Chapter 540

This is an important milestone in the history of law!

Qin Mu smiled slightly, watching the reactions of the court officials.

In fact, he had thought of this crime long ago.

It was just that he hadn’t announced it until now.

In this era, people were accustomed to the existence of the powerful, and their tolerance for the privileges of the powerful was relatively high.

Qin Mu had been waiting for a suitable opportunity.

Now, with the Wang clan captured, it was the best opportunity.

Who else could be as representative as the four great clans?

No one!

With this law in place, no powerful person would ever be able to use their privileges to block the advancement channels for humble scholars again.

Only by allowing a large number of new humble scholars to constantly advance,

and allowing the old-fashioned powerful to gradually decline,

can a society be vibrant and function normally.

The rich cannot remain rich forever, and the poor cannot remain poor forever!

Qin Mu himself was one of those humble scholars whose advancement channels had been blocked.

Having suffered deeply from it, he naturally felt it more profoundly.

And Qin Mu knew that there were actually many people who had encountered the same thing as him.

It was just that no one had his ability to build a powerful empire and then fill this loophole!

Only he had achieved it!

It was very satisfying!

The news that the Wang clan was about to be publicly executed spread instantly.

The people of Changancheng told each other the news.

The people’s resentment toward the powerful clans was already very deep.

The existence of the clans made ordinary people live without hope, yet they were helpless.

That kind of invisible pressure suddenly disappeared after they became citizens of the Great Qin.

Before, the people didn’t know why.

Now, they had heard of the crime the Wang family was charged with.

"What? Anti-social crime?"

The momentum Qin Mu was building.

"It’s the first time I’ve heard of such a crime."

"Only our Great Qin Emperor would care so much for the people at the bottom!"

"No wonder our ancestors were poor for generations; it turns out it was all caused by these clans!"

"In this way, no one will ever be able to trample us into the dust again, right?"

"In this life, I only admire our Great Qin Emperor; he is a great sage!"

In the streets and alleys, everyone was discussing this newly defined crime.

A single crime had awakened the consciousness of the people of the world.

It allowed ordinary people to see hope for the future.

This news spread rapidly across the world in various forms.

The entire Great Qin boiled over Wu Li Ke a pot of boiling water.

Liaodong.

The Fuyu people were telling the Sushen people.

"Your chieftain’s position is passed from father to son; do you know why?

It’s because your chieftain committed an anti-social crime and didn’t give you a chance!"

Western Regions.

The Central Plains people were telling the Persians.

"Do you know why the Great Qin is so powerful?

They appoint people based on merit!

Anyone who dares to block the advancement of the virtuous commits an anti-social crime and will be beheaded!"

Tianzhu.

The Great Qin people were telling the Tianzhu people.

"You low-caste people are just stupid!

Don’t you know that the high-caste people all commit anti-social crimes and should all be beheaded?

Pick up your knives and go after them!"

Great Tang.

No one dared to speak.

However, the powerful clans were also terrified, each fearing for their own safety.

They were afraid that one day, their own clan would be captured and beheaded Wu Li Ke the Wang clan of Longcheng!

In the past, these clans had to desperately marry into each other to form solid alliances to feel that their clans were stable.

But now, when talking about marriage, they had to consider it first.

Is this committing an anti-social crime?

If marriages are too frequent, and every position is given to these relatives first,

does that block the advancement channels for humble scholars?

Just thinking about it makes one tremble!

If one day the Great Qin occupies the world, they will definitely all be captured and beheaded!

The powerful clans all began to restrain themselves because of this.

This unexpected effect also alarmed the Great Tang Emperor, Li Er.

"What? Anti-social crime?

How is Qin Mu’s brain wired?

How could he come up with such a miraculous move?

Hahahaha..."

Li Er was overjoyed by this.

He had originally thought that the Great Qin capturing the entire Wang clan alive meant there was some conspiracy.

He hadn’t expected it was to capture them and use their heads to promote a new crime.

The Great Tang also benefited from this.

This wave of strikes against the clans made all the powerful clans begin to restrain themselves.

It gave Li Er more confidence in dealing with the clans in the future.

Li Er even began to have some fantasies.

"If the clans really restrain themselves and are willing to give up bullying and cooperate with the court’s new system,

I could consider sparing them and living in peace."

But Li Er was just thinking; he knew Fang Fang Xuanling would definitely not agree.

The superficial restraint of the clans did not necessarily mean they had changed for the better.

In the future, they might still repeat their old ways at any time.

Regardless, it was indeed beneficial to the Great Tang for now!

Changancheng.

In the Great Ming Palace.

Qin Mu also heard the various discussions on the streets.

Everyone thought that Qin Mu’s move was just to announce a new crime.

In reality, Qin Mu’s greatest purpose was to awaken the consciousness of the people.

In his view, the awakening of consciousness was more important than any law!

If the people’s consciousness is not awakened, no matter how strong the Great Qin is, it is just a strong country.

But when consciousness begins to awaken, the Great Qin begins to have a national soul.

A Great Qin with a national soul can be considered a true superpower!

This is what makes Qin Mu most excited.

The Great Qin Prime Minister, Wang Wang Yangming, was a person very sensitive to the situation.

After seeing the effect of announcing the new crime, he immediately entered the palace to advise Qin Mu.

"Your Majesty, the move to announce the new crime is truly brilliant!

I have heard that this crime has sparked heated discussions everywhere in the world.

Many people from foreign states, influenced by this matter, have begun to want to become citizens of the Great Qin.

The number of applications for naturalization has increased more than tenfold compared to the past!

And it is still increasing rapidly!"

These were all within Qin Mu’s expectations.

After all, he was likely the only one in the world who had the most accurate prediction of the impact of this matter.

The Great Qin was his life’s work; how could he not make it the best?

"Wang Wang Yangming, as Prime Minister, you must put more effort into how to spread this matter among the foreign states."

Spreading it among foreign states?

Wang Wang Yangming was stunned.

What he had just said was only what he had seen from the reports of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War; he hadn’t thought deeply about it.

The Emperor specifically pointed it out, and only then did he notice it.

"Does Your Majesty mean to intentionally expand the influence of this matter?"

Qin Mu nodded with a smile.

He believed Wang Wang Yangming’s brain was sufficient, which was why he gave him this task.

"Subdue the enemy without fighting!"

A loud drum doesn’t need a heavy hammer.

With just such a light hint, Wang Wang Yangming immediately knew what to do.

"Your Majesty, I understand.

This is what the Great Qin finds most attractive; by spreading these things widely among the foreign states, over time, these foreign states will be assimilated by the Great Qin!"

They can win over more hearts!

That Wang Wang Yangming could grasp this level was already quite remarkable.

"To summarize in one word, this is cultural output."

"Spread the parts that are most agreeable, and win back the hearts of the people."

Cultural output is the core strategic ideology.

Once you take the lead in this aspect, those hostile countries will find it very uncomfortable.

Fight? You can’t beat the Great Qin.

Do business? Your own citizens will slowly lean toward the Great Qin.

Whether you fight or not, it’s a dead end!

No one can stop the Great Qin’s footsteps in unifying the world both territorially and psychologically!

What Qin Mu is doing now is precisely building such momentum.

Little by little, it is already beginning to show results.

From the beginning, the Central Plains and foreign states rarely interacted, and the people almost didn’t understand things in other countries.

Now, any move by the Great Qin can reach the foreign states.

The people of the foreign states have already begun to pay attention to the Great Qin.

Wang Wang Yangming was very impressed by this move.

"Your Majesty’s strategy is unfathomable.

Using this strategy to deal with foreign states, sooner or later, the whole world will return to your heart!"