Public opinion crushing

After all, most of these officials are from other aristocratic families, and anyone with a discerning eye can see what Emperor Hongwen meant by suddenly doing this.

Naturally, it is impossible to give the Han family a chance.

I have to say that Emperor Hongwen was really cruel this time.

When the head of the Han family learned about this, he immediately went to the Ministry of Finance in person to express his intention to make additional donations.

The Minister of Hubu did not accept it, but reported it to His Majesty.

Anyone who can reach the position of Minister is not an idiot. When Emperor Hongwen asked him to read out the donation list this morning yesterday, he had already thought of Emperor Hongwen's intention.

The half day yesterday was actually the last chance given by Emperor Hongwen to the Han family, but unfortunately the Han family did not seize it.

Now that everything has been settled, why do you, the Han family, come so reluctantly just now?

"Clan Chief Han, please sit here for a moment while I go to report to His Majesty."

Soon the Minister of Household Affairs arrived at the Imperial Study Room to report the situation.

Emperor Hongwen didn't even raise his head.

"At this time, the list that Aiqing read in the morning must have been circulated, and the Ministry of Industry has probably started making merit monuments."

"At this time, it might be inconvenient to change it again."

Upon hearing this, Shangshu Hubu immediately understood what Emperor Hongwen meant.

"When the time comes when the old minister doesn't think carefully, the old minister will resign first."

Emperor Hongwen nodded.

Not long after, Patriarch Han left the household department with a gloomy look on his face. He was so angry.

Emperor Hongwen really didn't give him any chance.

Thinking about the things I donated, not only did I not get a good reputation, but I might even get a bad reputation.

There was a suffocation of breath in his chest, and it was really uncomfortable not to go up or down.

It has to be said that the Ministry of Industry acted very quickly. At noon the next day, the merit monument was erected.

When the monument was erected again, the people in the capital rushed to tell each other and gathered at the gate of the palace.

"Why did the Han family donate so much?"

"Yes, the Han family has become extremely rich these years. Why are they so petty?"

As soon as someone spoke, a lot of people immediately started talking.

The Han family has been very active these years, with all kinds of arrogance, arrogance, and show off wealth.

"Such a petty family still wants to replace the Dong family and become the number one family?"

"How ridiculous."

"Isn't that right? I heard that the Dong family was the first to speak about this donation."

"This level of enlightenment is definitely not comparable to that of the Han family."

"Does that need to be said? How many years has the Dong family been inherited? How old is the Han family? To put it bluntly, the Han family is just a typical nouveau riche."

"That is, if the situation in Dongzhou hadn't been difficult at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, how would the Han family have been able to control so many salt businesses?"

"You have taken so many things and made money from us people. Now the people are in trouble, and you are so petty."

"Without us people, how will the Han family's business be done?"

"Yes, this kind of thing that only goes in but cannot come out is really disgusting."

"Especially their salt is just mediocre, and it's so expensive. It's far behind compared to snowflake salt."

The more people talk about it, the more they belittle the Han family.

In the end, many people began to attack the Han family, and they had bad intentions in doing business these years.

The quality of their salt is so low and yet so expensive. However, the quality of their snowflake salt is first-rate, yet it only sells for less than half of their price.

This is a typical example of the greed of the Han family, which dominates the salt market and defrauds the people.

For a time, the people in the capital began to criticize the Han family verbally and writtenly.

They also pulled out other families for comparison. Without comparison, there would be no harm.

More and more mistakes of the Han family were exposed, and the reputation of the Han family fell rapidly.

After receiving the news, the head of the Han family fainted without mentioning it.

Ni Ma, I also donated 200,000 shi of food and 50,000 silver.

Although he is not number one, he is still number four, and there are more than a hundred numbers below him.

Why are you scolding him from the Han family? The one hundred or so people who were even worse actually got praise. What the hell is this?

Too much, really too much.

There is no one outside to care about the dissatisfaction of everyone in the Han family.

Under the guidance of the public opinion of caring people, the Han family, the fourth, is not as good as the last one on the merit monument, the small businessman who donated several hundred dan.

In simple words.

If you have one hundred yuan and can donate ninety-nine yuan, that will definitely be more impressive than those who have millions but only donate ten thousand yuan.

Of course, all this is the result of guidance from thoughtful people.

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, no matter how small the donation is, it has to be respected. After all, it has made a contribution. One hundred thousand stones of love, one penny is not the same, right?

It's just that someone wants to take care of the Han family. Therefore, even if the Han family is fourth, it is wrong.

"Miss, the Han family is really pitiful."

Qiu Yu said with a smile.

"This is not called pitiful, it should be called frustrated."

Qiu Shuang also said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, it's typical to lose your wife and then lose your troops."

Regarding their words, Lu Yaoyao smiled and said, "This is just the beginning. Just watch, the Han family will suffer later."

The current public opinion has just begun. When word spreads out of the capital and spreads across the country, the Han family will be in even greater difficulty.

It has to be said that Emperor Hongwen cut off the Han family's opportunity with this one hand, and his method of guiding public opinion was really excellent.

"The Han family is going to be in big trouble."

Prime Minister Dong was also chatting with his wife about this matter at his house.

"How could this happen? The Han family has also donated a lot, so why doesn't anyone speak for them?"

Mrs. Dong really couldn't understand what happened this time.

"Then who's to blame? It's just that they were too high-profile and stood too high in the past, but they couldn't match the courage."

"If you're not first, you're wrong. Even if you're second, the result will be the same as now."

"Why?"

Dong Xiang smiled mysteriously and lowered his voice: "Because some people can't stand them. This is just the beginning. Just watch, the Han family's life will become more and more difficult in the future."

"Master, you are really wise. If you hadn't suddenly decided to add more, I'm afraid the Han family would be in the same situation as us now."

As the first one on the merit monument, the Luo family has earned a good reputation this time.

"The Han family is still a bit young."

"Yes, yes, but sir, your Majesty's game this time is really ruthless. I don't know how he could come up with such a powerful plan."

Hearing this, Luo Shanping narrowed his eyes slightly, this conspiracy was indeed very subtle.

But he had a feeling that this plan was not the work of Emperor Hongwen.

You must know that the past ten years have not been smooth sailing in Dongzhou. In the past, when the court was short of food, Emperor Hongwen put down his dignity and begged noble families to borrow food.

If he really had such means, would he let down his dignity?

Moreover, the strategy this time was very different from Emperor Hongwen’s character.

Therefore, he felt that this strategy was definitely not thought up by Emperor Hongwen, but someone gave him some advice.

But who it was, he couldn't think of yet.

"Go and prepare the carriage. I have to go to Xiang Dong's mansion."
Chapter completed!