Others couldn't help but become curious about the silver donated by Jiang Xiang and other merchants.
"Hiss...how much silver did they donate?"
"If they were able to alert His Majesty and get him to personally summon them, then the silver they donated must be quite a lot."
"Of course. Who will look after you if you donate less?"
The person who spoke first raised his hand again, signaling others to be quiet.
"Don't be impatient, you haven't finished talking yet."
The others looked at him curiously.
The man said, “You don’t know, do you?”
"I heard that representatives of the aristocratic families also came with them to the palace to meet His Majesty."
What?
Are there also representatives of the aristocratic and powerful families?
The others were shocked when they heard this.
"Did the nobles and dignitaries also follow those merchants into the palace?"
The man said, "No, they are just representatives of some aristocratic and powerful families."
"There are so many aristocratic families and nobles in Xianyang, how can all of them enter the palace?"
"We just selected a few representatives to go in, and the others stayed outside the palace gate and waited."
"Of those merchants, only three were allowed to enter the palace. The others were left at the palace gate."
Others asked.
"What rewards did those powerful families receive?"
"Yes, even the merchants received rewards. His Majesty personally conferred them the title of Imperial Merchants and even gave them plaques."
"What about those aristocratic and powerful families? Did they receive even more generous rewards?"
The others were curious and stared at the person who spoke first.
The man shook his head.
"You're all wrong."
"No reward."
"Those powerful families didn't get any rewards."
Everyone else was dumbfounded.
"Ah? No reward?"
"So many powerful families, and not a single one of them received any reward?"
"Didn't those wealthy and powerful families donate money? Why didn't they get anything?"
The man said, "You are wrong again."
"I heard that those wealthy and powerful families also donated silver."
"But I don't know how much was donated."
"But it's true that they didn't receive any reward."
"My third uncle's youngest son's cousin's aunt's aunt's son was at the palace gate and saw it with his own eyes."
"The imperial edict was posted outside the palace gate, and the palace attendant at the gate even read it out loud."
"The imperial edict only mentioned that the three merchants were named imperial merchants and given plaques."
"The noble families and dignitaries didn't even mention a single word."
Wow!
These words made everyone else feel incredible.
The noble and powerful families did not receive any reward at all, as all the money was given to those three merchants.
What does this mean, Your Majesty?
Everyone present had a vague premonition that the status of businessmen would no longer be as lowly, despised, and despised as before.
Someone asked quietly in a low voice.
"Then those aristocratic and powerful people didn't make a fuss?"
The others were also full of curiosity.
It glows with a gossipy light.
The man said: "There is no trouble yet..."
"But whether there will be a commotion later...that's hard to say."
The powerful and wealthy families have always liked to oppress the people and use tricks to rob merchants of their money.
Everyone present knew it well.
Now the merchant has been personally named the Imperial Merchant by His Majesty.
But the aristocratic and powerful families were left empty-handed.
This is equivalent to putting these two groups of people on opposite sides.
They will have a good show to watch next.
Although those merchants have the protection of Your Majesty.
But after all, Your Majesty is far away in the palace. Even if something happens to the merchants, Your Majesty is unable to do anything.
Just wait.
Those wealthy and powerful families will definitely not let those merchants go.
Merchants and some dignitaries in other counties also received the news from Xianyang.
In a mansion.
Several dignitaries sat together.
One of them said, "Have you all received the news from Xianyang?"
The others nodded.
"received."
The noble who spoke first said, "Your Majesty also donated silver and made the three merchants from Xianyang imperial merchants."
"But the other noble families who donated silver received no rewards at all."
"Your Majesty, this is truly unfair."
The powerful people at this time seemed to have forgotten.
The original purpose of donating silver was to have one's name engraved on a monument, not for any reward.
The other dignitaries also looked angry.
"Your Majesty is too partial."
"Why were a few merchants given the title of Imperial Merchants and even given plaques?"
"That's right. They all donated silver to the palace, so why do the wealthy and powerful get nothing?"
"If I had known this would happen, I would have not donated it."
"It's a good thing we didn't donate. Otherwise, we would have given the money and gained nothing. It would have been too unprofitable."
A group of dignitaries expressed their agreement with this statement.
The merchants on the other side also sat together.
Everyone shared the news they received.
Then a summary was made.
"News came from Xianyang: noble families and merchants came to the palace to donate silver."
"Although I'm not sure how much silver the merchants donated."
"But what is certain is that the amount of silver donated by merchants must be much greater than that donated by the aristocratic families."
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