After saying this, Sima Junru's back was soaked with cold sweat.

You must understand that the Prince of Liao is the emperor's son. He is now accusing his son of treason in front of his father, but he has no actual evidence.

"Muzhi, how should we prevent this? What are your brilliant ideas?"

"I will now send men to assassinate Lu Wanqing and cut off the source of the problem."

Zhao Huan fell silent.

He carefully read Sima Junru's detailed report, which mentioned that each of the wealthy businessmen associated with Lu Wanqing was a local tycoon.

There were even people personally promoted by the imperial court.

They now possess enormous wealth and are trying every means to infiltrate the government's power.

If Lu Wanqing takes advantage of this idea, it could very well grow into a runaway beast.

Killing Lu Wanqing now would naturally put an end to the matter temporarily.

But the beasts did not disappear because of Lu Wanqing's death; their greed continued to grow day by day.

Wouldn't it be better if someone were willing to step forward now and expose these corrupt beasts?

The inherent contradictions within the economic rise of the Song Dynasty were essentially a power struggle between the imperial court and the people.

The process of game theory is itself a very subtle and complex one.

The imperial court released a large number of business opportunities, and wealthy merchants in the private sector became powerful by accepting bribes. Once they became powerful, they began to turn against the imperial court.

This is the normal law of development of things.

Zhao Huan wanted to mediate between these two groups and reach a consensus among all the people of the Song Dynasty: merchants should not interfere in politics!

How could this consensus be reached for the Song Dynasty, which had never experienced any bourgeois revolution?

People simply cannot realize the harm that businessmen in power can cause to the country.

So, you have to go through experiences to grow!

Children cannot be raised in a greenhouse.

We must make sure the people of the Song Dynasty know that it is very dangerous for merchants to be out of control.

P.S.: I drank too much with my wife at home last night, so I took the day off. This is the first update of 2020. I remember this book was released on January 1, 2019. It's been a year already. Time flies.

Wishing everyone a happy new year.