The thousands of questions on the list finally alerted all of Gyeongo's civil and military officials.
Just as Fang Yun had said, the bureaucratic system had a huge inertia. However, in a bureaucratic society, most of the elites would be in the bureaucratic system.
Therefore, when Gyeongo realized that they had fallen into a desperate situation, they didn't think of reforms like Fang Yun did. Instead, they found someone to take the blame.
This was the habit of the elites of every ethnic group.
Soon, Gyeongo released a statement.
They admitted that the county magistrate of the deceased's family was not an official and had been escorted back to the capital. They also demoted the local magistrate to the seventh rank and transferred the provincial magistrate away.
The statement also said that although the death of the family of seven was caused by the Dragons, Gyeongo didn't intend to shirk responsibility. Instead, they began to study how to ensure the food and clothing of the people involved.
In the end, Gyeongo condemned the Dragons and the Water Hall, and hoped that the Notre-Dame would uphold justice.
That night, the Dongsheng Pavilion sent a letter to Fang Yun and the Qing Emperor, requesting them to go to the Dongsheng Pavilion to discuss the dispute between the two countries.
Two hours after the letter was sent, a letter from the Hall of Works forced the Qing Emperor to call for an impromptu court meeting in the middle of the night.
The Hall of Works used the excuse of technological innovation to remove all of the Notre-Dame's Gongjia scholars from Gyeongo. They also stopped all technological and organizational support for Gyeongo. Due to the fact that Gyeongo had set up trade barriers and obstructed the Gongjia's development, the Gyeongo Imperial Family and the government increased the cost of using technology by five times.
In recent years, the Hall of Works had been the Notre-Dame's palace that had grown the fastest. Because of the large number of technological innovations and popularization, the Gongjia's Saint Path had continued to expand. As the Saint Path grew stronger, the Gongjia's power also increased. Naturally, their control over the power of the Saint Origin World had also increased.
In order to develop the Gongjia's technology without depriving the innovators, the Hall of Works had set up a patent system. The innovators could give the technology to the Hall of Works, and the Hall of Works would be responsible for promoting it. All workshops that used the relevant technology had to pay a patent fee.
Generally speaking, the patent fee was very low because it would obstruct the development of workshops. However, because of the large number of workshops, the total amount was still considerable. Therefore, many innovators gained a considerable amount of wealth.
The Gongjia scholars, especially those who had the ability to innovate, had become a new generation of the Saint Origin World.
Some people had even calculated that among the founders of the new families and families that had emerged in the past thirty years, scholars from Gong Family accounted for a whole thirty percent of them. Besides, their wealth growth was also the highest among all families and families.
The patent fees were very low, but many workshops needed to use many of the Workshop's technologies, which accounted for about 5% of the total cost. All workshops could accept this ratio. After all, the profits were greater than the expenses.
If he didn't hand it over, the Hall of Works could punish him.
Therefore, from now on, the workshops of Gyeongo's royal family and the government would either close down or continue to lose money until they couldn't afford it.
Or perhaps, Gyeongo's royal family would force all Gyeongo citizens to buy goods produced by the royal family and the government at a high price. This was exactly what Gyeongo's opponents wanted to see.
The Qing Emperor sat on the dragon chair in the throne room and furrowed his brows. The serving girls and eunuchs who served him had all been kicked away by him. Only the head eunuch who had served him these years remained by his side.
The officials of Gyeongo sitting opposite the dragon throne were already in an uproar. Some officials thought that they should continue to fight against Jingguo and Fang Yun, and that they should not admit defeat at this time. Some officials thought that there was no need to make things worse, and that they should sit down and have a good discussion.
While the officials were arguing, the Minister of Revenue's expression suddenly changed dramatically. Not caring about the etiquette between ruler and official, he quickly ran to the front of the dragon chair and whispered to the Qing Emperor.
Ordinary scholars could not hear the sound, but officials at the Hanlin Academy or above could hear it clearly.
Many people's expressions changed dramatically.
The Qing Emperor's expression became uglier and uglier as he listened. In the end, he kicked the old eunuch out.
The old eunuch rolled down the emperor's steps and knocked his head on the ground, fainting.
The Qing Emperor said impatiently, "Drag this old good-for-nothing out!"
The guards at the side swarmed forward and dragged the unconscious old man away.
One of the officials boldly asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?"
The Qing Emperor took a deep breath and said, "The Agriculture Hall has ordered that they will provide new seedlings for high-yield crops to the ten countries. However, the seedlings are produced in the Blood-Light World, and all the techniques and cultivation processes are related to the Blood-Light World. Each country will have to pay a certain amount of breeding fees. Other than Gyeongo and Gu, each country can pay a portion of the breeding fees after harvesting their crops. However, if Gyeongo and Gu want to use high-yield seedlings, they will have to pay the full amount of breeding fees. The Agriculture Hall did not give a specific number, but it is certain that the breeding fees we have to pay are equivalent to directly spending money to buy food. "
"The Agriculture Hall is going too far! This matter concerns the livelihood of the people. Are the Saints going to turn a blind eye to it? "an official said.
The Minister of Revenue said helplessly, "The Agriculture Hall is fully in charge of agricultural matters. The Saints are not allowed to interfere. After all, the Agriculture Hall is not only the Agriculture Hall of those few elders, but also the Agriculture Hall of all the farmers and scholars in the world. Which Half-saint would be willing to offend all the farmers? "
"We will still use the same seeds as before. What can the Agriculture Hall do to us?"
"The Agriculture Hall can't do anything to us, but let me give you an example. Each of us can only grow three hundred catties of grain per mu of land, but each of the other countries can grow five hundred catties of grain per mu of land. This means that each country will have more food and more manpower. No matter what they do, they will be faster and better than Gyeongo. In a few years, Gyeongo will fall behind the other countries in all aspects. In addition to the restrictions of the Agriculture Hall and the Water Hall, Gyeongo will experience a great decline in all aspects, including the number of scholars. "
"That is something that will happen many years later! The one in Jingguo doesn't have long to live … Ahem, we just need to delay for another two or three years. When there is no one left in Jingguo, we just need to find a puppet with the bloodline of the Jingguo royal family and use the excuse of going north to save the emperor to occupy several prefectures in Jingguo. At that time, won't the land and workshops in Xiangzhou and Jiangzhou all belong to Gyeongo? "
"That's right! We don't need to oppose Jingguo for a long time. We only need a few years to swallow Jingguo! "
"No matter how fast Jingguo develops, a few years won't change anything. Gyeongo has a strong foundation. Two or three years is more than enough!"
"Gyeongo can bow to anyone, but we will never bow to Jingguo and Fang Yun!"
"Only by completely defeating Fang Yun and swallowing Jingguo can our courage be lifted!"
Many of the officials were united against a common enemy. At this moment, more than half of the officials in the throne room had lost their courage during the meeting at Yueyang Tower.
Emperor Qing nodded and said with a gloomy face, "That's right. We will never yield to Jingguo! I … "
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