Chapter 958 Introduction of Labor Law (3)

"Why, you Wen family don't want to give it, right?"

Governor Cao asked rhetorically.

Wen Yan glanced at the five major aristocratic families who were silent, and then at Ji Wujue. It seemed that the emperor wanted to scare the monkeys this time!

No matter how unwilling Wen Yan was, he could only agree. After all, the emperor was still sitting here. Although he didn't say a word, everyone knew that Cao Cao's words were what he meant.

No matter how powerful the Wen family is, they are still just an aristocratic family. How can they dare to go against the emperor?

Governor Cao had already prepared the documents for compensation and the list of family members of the victims.

After seeing Wen Yan's agreement, he immediately took it out for Wen Yan to sign and seal, and ordered Wen to pay all the compensation to the family members within one month.

In addition to the more than 100 people who died in the mine, there were dozens of injured.

As for the compensation for these wounded, Governor Cao also formulated an amount based on their respective injuries.

The total amount is as high as more than 7 million!

Such a high amount of compensation has never been seen before.

Everyone in the five major families never thought that these more than 100 miners would actually have to pay so much money!

It seems that the emperor is determined to take action on Mr. Wen!

It's just that they couldn't figure out why the emperor wanted to have Wen's surgery done.

Is it just because the Wen family secretly mined coal despite the imperial order?

No, this reason does not seem to be enough for the emperor to call all the five major families over.

People from the five major families began to speculate on the emperor's intentions.

In the main hall, after Governor Cao settled the compensation matter, he asked the officers to bring in five or six more people from the Wen family.

These people are all the responsible personnel of the Wen family in Guyang City.

When Wen Yan saw those people under his command being brought up, his expression changed.

He vaguely remembered that according to the laws of the Donglan Kingdom, any operator or vendor who causes casualties due to improper management will be punished depending on the seriousness of the case. For major accidents like this, the death penalty will be imposed!

Wen Yan's legs went weak and he almost lost his balance.

The Wen family has been going smoothly over the years. Even though there have been several coal mine explosions before, they have used money to settle local officials, so they have always been in peace.

So much so that he had forgotten that if this matter was not resolved, as the main person in charge of the Wen family, he would lose his head!

"The Wen family disobeyed the imperial court's orders and mined coal privately, causing major disasters and accidents. Come and put all these people in jail to await their fate!"

Governor Cao patted the gavel in his hand, and Wen Yan and those who were later taken up were all taken down.

Seeing Wen Yan being escorted away, the people from the five major families vaguely realized the emperor's purpose in calling them here this time.

Kill the chicken to scare the monkey!

"Thank you, sir!"

The family members kowtowed to Governor Cao excitedly. This Lord Cao is a good official!

Not only did they get huge compensation for them, they even put these people in jail!

God has really opened his eyes!

"You don't have to thank me. I'm just acting in accordance with the law." Governor Cao glanced at Ji Wujue. If the emperor hadn't been here, Wen Yan would never have agreed to pay such a large amount of compensation.

But what he found strange was why the emperor suddenly started to attack the Wen family this time?

You must know that the six major families have been restraining and balancing each other for many years, and the emperor has been maintaining this balance.

Now, he saw signs that the emperor seemed to be breaking this balance.

What is the emperor's intention in doing this?

Not far away, Ji Wujue picked up a sweet-scented osmanthus cake and brought it to Lu Yunluo's mouth, "Are you relieved?"

Lu Yunluo opened her mouth and took a bite, "How did you know I was angry?"

Ji Wujue smiled. If he couldn't tell, could he still be her husband?

"But with 50,000 taels of silver, those family members will be able to live comfortably for the rest of their lives."

Lu Yunluo said, this should be the best result, right?

After noon, local officials from around Guyang City gathered together.

I heard that the emperor wants to implement the labor law and plans to pilot it in Peizhou first.
Chapter completed!