My Wife is Unbeatable in the Whole World, Touch Me If You Dare! Chapter 544 - 353: Li Yun's Enlightenment2

The attendant was still in a daze, only to be pinned to the ground by soone.

A few shopkeepers from the back hall heard the news and ca out, only to be taken down by the Ministry of Justice on the spot.

"What are you doing!"

"What cri have we committed, why are you arresting us!"

"Which governnt office are you from, how can you arrest people arbitrarily!"

A constable held a warrant from the Ministry of Justice in his hand, waved it before them, and said, "Take a good look, the Ministry of Justice doesn't arrest people without reason, you've committed the cri of maliciously inflating dicine prices, so you'll all have to co with us."

Manager Xu was stunned for a mont and then angrily said, "What cri of maliciously inflating dicine prices, what are you talking about, there is no such cri in Daxia!"

The Ministry of Justice constable said, "I'm sorry, this cri was just established, if you have anything to say, save it for the Ministry of Justice."

Several shopkeepers from the Wang family's Jishi Hall were taken away by the Ministry of Justice, and many people on the street witnessed this scene.

"Isn't that Manager Xu, what happened to him, why was he taken away by governnt officers?"

"Manager Xu always seed very upright, did he commit so cri?"

"There are other shopkeepers from the Wang family's Jishi Hall involved too, this is a big issue!"

Wounded-healing Hall.

A disciple rushed in quickly, panic-stricken, "Manager, sothing's wrong, including Manager Xu, several shopkeepers from Jishi Hall have been taken away by the Ministry of Justice!"

The figure behind the counter moving the abacus changed expression upon hearing this, and said in shock, "What!"

If Manager Xu alone were caught, it might be because he did sothing wrong.

But when all the shopkeepers from the Wang family's Jishi Hall were taken away by the Ministry of Justice, he could be sure it was because of the price hike in dicinal materials.

The court's actions had to be based on the law; the Ministry of Justice couldn't just arrest people randomly for this!

He hurriedly left the dical Hall to find others to discuss counterasures.

An hour later, word ca from the Ministry of Justice.

Several shopkeepers from Jishi Hall, for violating the court's "Pharmaceutical Managent Regulations," arbitrarily inflating dicine prices, and attempting to undermine the fundantals of dical reform, were sentenced by Assistant Minister Li Nuo to ten years of imprisonnt, and the five Jishi Halls in Chang'an were confiscated according to the law, including their dicinal fields near the Capital, which were also nationalized.

The court's implentation of dical reform is to ensure that people can seek dical treatnt when sick and get treated when ill, and it is a fundantal national policy that will be pushed for the long term.

Their actions are undermining national policy and profiteering from national difficulties, and are unforgivable cris.

At the sa ti, the Imperial Hospital posted a notice outside Jishi Hall, announcing that the five Jishi Halls will be converted into National dical Halls, with Imperial Physicians on duty daily, consultation fees ranging from ten to one hundred cents, and dicine prices less than one-tenth of before.

Upon hearing the news, the people of Chang'an cheered.

In the past two days, news had erged that the court was about to implent a new law.

In the new law, the Redemption tailored for nobles and officials would be further curtailed, and the Redemption silver would be increased tenfold.

This was naturally great news for the people.

It was heard that such a law had already been implented in Zhao Country, and now it was finally their turn.

Since the top scholar returned from Zhao Country, it had been one good thing after another for the people.

In the past, ordinary people wanted to see a doctor, but the consultation fee alone was one tael of silver, and dicine costs were exorbitant, so after a few visits, the ordinary family could go bankrupt.

The consultation fee at the National dical Hall is one-hundredth of what it was at Jishi Hall in the past, affordable even for beggars on the street.

The people of Chang'an were jubilant, but the shopkeepers at various dical Halls were both shocked and fearful.

This is plain robbery!

Just because they raised the price of dicinal materials, people were taken to the Ministry of Justice for sentencing, and their dicinal fields and dical Halls were seized; how is this different from banditry?

It's hard to imagine the court doing such a thing.

Reasonable bandits only care about money without harming people!

Though shocked, angry, and fearful at heart, they dared not delay in their actions.

Several major dical Halls imdiately removed their signs of increased dicine prices and restored the prices to the original levels, worried they might be next to be raided.

At the sa ti, they also imdiately sent ssages to their families.

Secretariat.

The Left Pri Minister looked at the dossier sent up from the Ministry of Justice with astonishnt.

Isn't this blatant robbery?

This is blatant robbery.

As a Confucian disciple and a national Pri Minister, he could never have co up with such a thod in his lifeti.

But he had to admit, this thod was very effective.

Not only did it render dicinal materials cost-free, but it also ant that they no longer needed to build dical Halls; the Ministry of Industry only needed to change a sign, and the National dical Hall could officially open tomorrow.

This decree at least pushed the progress of dical reform forward by several months.

Just a few days ago during the preparation stage of dical reform, it suddenly reached the completion stage.

At this mont, he finally personally experienced how effective violence could be.

All his life he had pondered how to get the noble families to relinquish their benefits so that the people of Daxia could live prosperous lives and had made many efforts, but all had ended in failure.

Li Nuo, through dical reform, taught him a lesson.

When faced with the oppression of the noble families, the court's path of reform, and the way forward for the people of Daxia, the simplest and most effective thod consisted of just four words.

Kill them all.

This was a path he had never considered.

A figure entered the governnt office, and the Right Pri Minister picked up the dossier that the Left Pri Minister had just put down. He had guessed what thods Li Nuo might use to implent this dical reform, but he did not expect that his thod would be so simple and direct.

Having set down the dossier, the Right Pri Minister said, "As expected of Li Xuanjing's son, only he and his father could use such a thod."

Li Nuo walked in from outside and said, "You flatter , Right Pri Minister."

He had just co over after finishing up at the Ministry of Justice.