Douluo: Crossing the Avalanche, Qin Shi Huang Template

Chapter 40: Public Execution, Winning Over the People

It was ten o'clock in the morning on the third day after the avalanche order was publicized.

This was the first time Xue Beng had stepped out of the palace since ascending the throne.

Because it might be bloody, Tang Yuehua and Dugu Yan did not follow out.

"Get started!"

Avalanche sat on a large carriage carried by the guards and walked out of the palace.

Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang mixed into the crowd, with soldiers led by Bai Qi and Wang Yi in front and behind.

Behind him was the prisoner who was to be executed today.

After the avalanche came out, he found that a lot of people had gathered on the street he was going to pass. After all, the notice had been issued for three days.

"Greetings to the Great Emperor Avalanche!" Passersby looked at Avalanche sitting high on the shelf and greeted him one after another.

Avalanche sat upright on the shelf, gazing around majestically, as if he was oblivious to the people around him.

"Is this the new emperor of the Tiandou Empire? He is so powerful that I dare not even look at him."

"Yes, although he looks very young, he exudes a tall and majestic aura."

"That's true, but I don't know what will happen to the Tiandou Empire in his hands. Sigh."

When the avalanche shelf was far away, the people behind him slowly stood up and started talking.

In fact, ordinary people don’t care who the emperor of the Tiandou Empire is, they only care about whether their future lives will get better.

If you treat me well, I will let you be the emperor. If you treat me badly, I will move my whole family away. That's the reality.

The avalanche team marched for an hour and arrived at the city wall. Under the wall was a makeshift execution platform.

More than 20 meters away from the execution platform, the soldiers formed a circle, and many people gathered outside the circle, some on the roadside and some in the attic.

Xue Beng wore a crown and a dark imperial robe with a black dragon pattern imitating that of Qin Shi Huang. He held the Tianwen sword at his waist and stood on the city wall with a serious face.

"I, Xue Beng, am carrying out a public execution today in order to allow the general public of the Tiandou Empire to see clearly what kind of filthiness has caused the empire to fall into dire straits and what is the unknown filth."

"I feel deeply saddened by the current situation of the Tiandou Empire, so I had no choice but to take such precautions."

"Now let me publicly reveal all those who have violated the imperial laws one by one, and bring the criminals to Xingtai for everyone to see clearly."

Avalanche stood on the city wall and spoke with a very sad look.

"Count Ferid, Count Marshall and other nobles have committed the crime of secretly abducting women and oppressing the people. At the same time, they have committed the crime of treason."

"The second group of nobles secretly abducted girls from decent families, sold them to brothels, and colluded with slave traders."

"The third group is the auction merchants who trade in slaves in the Tiandou Empire."

"Is it right for me to be saddened by these parasites that have become the empire's parasites?"

"What's even more distressing is that the royal family, more than half of the imperial nobility, are colluding with each other."

"I believe that you all know this more or less, so should such people be killed?" Xue Beng spoke loudly and righteously.

In order to let the people of Tiandou Empire see his sincerity, Xue Beng went up to the city wall personally.

"Deserves to be killed!"

"Kill!"

"I recognized that nobleman. He was the one who kidnapped my daughter a year ago. I didn't expect that he would force my daughter to commit suicide in the end."

"I also know that slave trader. Kill him."

"Kill them."

Hearing the response from below, Xue Beng's face turned cold and he spoke loudly.

"Execution!"

"Execute!" Bai Qi immediately gave the order at the edge of Xingtai.

"Yes."

Xue Beng personally supervised the execution. Ning Fengzhi, Jian Douluo, and Ning Rongrong also came here.

"Fengzhi, it can be seen that Xue Beng's ambition is extraordinary. Of course, his move is indeed good. He has won the hearts of many people and has great courage. This includes more than half of the imperial nobles and the presidents of some chambers of commerce." Jian Douluo said slowly beside Ning Fengzhi.

"Well, isn't that the person in charge of the auction we often go to? I didn't expect that he was arrested as well. Although Emperor Tiandou had previously banned the slave trade, this situation still existed in many auctions. If Xue Beng can really make up his mind to make major changes to the Tiandou Empire, perhaps it is worthwhile to miss this opportunity." Ning Fengzhi nodded and replied.

As the execution began on the scaffold, everyone's attention was drawn to the scene, and nearly fifty people lost their heads.

After a brief period of silence, the sound of the tidal bore began.

"Okay, good kill!"

Avalanche looked at the nearly 10,000 people in front of him shouting, but did not stop them, allowing them to vent their anger to their heart's content.

It was not until half an hour later that the sound of the surging tide gradually subsided.

It was at this moment that Avalanche slowly raised his hand, and the last bit of sound finally quieted down.

"I would like to take this opportunity to announce a few things to everyone. The previous laws of the empire have been revised. We have found that there are many loopholes in them." Avalanche said with a dignified look on his face.

"Li Si, you come and announce it."

Li Si stood in front of the avalanche, looking at the people under the city wall, took out a book and said, "First, all the people of the empire who cultivate the land will have their land tax abolished. They only need to pay 10% of their harvest."

"What, 10%! So low?" People started talking at once.

"But I have to make one thing clear. That is, the whole land under heaven belongs to the king. In other words, you only have the right to use it, but not the right to dispose of it or operate it."

"If the empire finds out, I'm sorry, but you will permanently lose your status as a citizen of the Tiandou Empire, because selling land is equivalent to committing treason."

"Second, within five years, under reasonable laws and regulations, the tax rate for merchants in the Tiandou Empire will be reduced to 30%."

Li Si then issued several laws in succession for the people of the empire.

"That's all for now. I hope you can inform your relatives and friends in time. As for more, they will be announced one by one tomorrow."

"Long live the wise Emperor Avalanche!"

As the imperial decree revised by Li Si was promulgated, the people below were suddenly extremely excited.

Of course, this merchant naturally refers to a pure businessman, not ordinary people who come to the city to set up stalls to sell their own agricultural products.

The reason why Avalanche announced the laws for civilians at the first opportunity was naturally to appease the uneasy hearts of civilians.

You have to know that although Douluo Continent is a world with soul masters with extraordinary abilities, there may not be one soul master among a hundred people, so the grassroots of an empire is still mainly composed of civilians.

So of course Avalanche chose to calm the civilians' emotions first.

After all, what he had done, coupled with the recent turmoil and the fact that he had just ascended the throne, naturally he had to take practical action.

"Get off and drive back to the palace!"

"Farewell to His Majesty the Great Emperor Avalanche!"

It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon when the avalanche returned, leaving behind a large crowd of people talking about the matter.

"10% for civilians and 30% for merchants. What a bold move." As the richest sect on the continent, Ning Fengzhi of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect naturally knew what Xue Beng's words meant. It could be said to be the lowest tax in history.

This undoubtedly gave the common people peace of mind.

In fact, Avalanche raided these nobles and the auction and gained nearly 1 billion gold soul coins, which were naturally deposited into the national treasury.

The top student can only say that these nobles are so rich that money is flowing out.

"The country's fortune has not improved at all. It seems that this matter needs to be brewed for a while." Avalanche found that although a group of people were cheering for their decision.

I couldn't wait to open the panel and look at the progress of the country's fortune.

But this is a drop in the bucket for such a huge empire, and it was just announced not long ago, so things are still in the works.

Furthermore, there is a saying that goes, words are not enough, facts are the proof.

The next time Avalanche levies taxes, it must really follow the laws it has promulgated, and only then will the common people see the truth.

Here it comes…

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(End of this chapter)