Chapter 992: Chapter 992: For Liuli_1 Chapter 992: Chapter 992: For Liuli_1 Yang Wenxiao looked at Qiao Xiaomai’s puzzled expression and shook his head, “No, for now, I’m more interested in taking silver out of those nobles’ pockets.”

Qiao Xiaomai “…”

She steadfastly gazed at Yang Wenxiao, the confusion on her face not diminishing in the least.

Seeing this, Yang Wenxiao sighed softly, “To tell the truth, this is my own personal desire.”

Personal desire.

As these words were spoken, Qiao Xiaomai’s eyes widened even more.

Yang Wenxiao didn’t leave her hanging. He sighed again and said, “Your great-grandmother, her status was also not low, born into the Ruan Family of the East, a major clan with a three-hundred-year lineage, and she was a concubine-born daughter of the Ruan Family.”

Qiao Xiaomai “…”

She fluttered her long eyelashes, wondering if Yang Wenxiao’s personal desire was Liuli?

Speaking of Liuli, a look of reminiscence tinged with joy and anger crossed Yang Wenxiao’s face, “The Ruan Family wanted to marry her off to an idiot in order to form a marriage alliance. She refused to submit to her fate and escaped from the Ruan Family.”

“The Ruan people, of course, would not let the matter rest, and they sent experts to hunt her down, even going so far as to break one of her legs.”

“Although her leg healed later, the Ruan Family’s debt couldn’t go unsettled. She said that these Aristocratic Families were like tumors to the Court, constraining the imperial power. If the Yang Family wanted to flourish, it was necessary to remove all these Aristocratic Families.”

As Yang Wenxiao spoke, he couldn’t help but sigh again, “She was right, the Aristocratic Families really are tumors to the Court, and they must be excised.”

“I personally took action and annihilated the Ruan Family, over four hundred people, and I did not spare a single one.”

Qiao Xiaomai “…”

Did Yang Wenxiao mean that part of the reason for eliminating the Aristocratic Families was because they constrained royal authority, and another part was for Liuli?

“Later, I seized Mount Jiang and promulgated the ‘Daqi Law’. I abolished the previous dynasty’s law which stated that a woman who eloped with a man should be severely punished. I did this for Liuli.”

“Such a woman, the Ruan Family actually wanted to pair her with an idiot. Her resistance to fate was not wrong; the error lay with those old-fashioned and vicious people.”

Qiao Xiaomai “…”

No wonder there was such a grand debate in the Imperial Court over Zhuang Lühe’s affairs; it turned out not to be for Zhuang Lühe, but to vindicate Liuli.

“I utterly loathe those from the Aristocratic Families who always hold their chins so high. If I could step by step cause them to fall into ruin, this would be more gratifying to me than personally killing each and every one of them.”

Previously, he thought Qiao Xiaomai was only good at fiddling with food, so he didn’t take her too seriously.

After all, not everyone loves food, and trying to bankrupt the major Aristocratic Families through food was undoubtedly a fool’s dream.

But now, the novelties that Qiao Xiaomai had come up with made him believe that this dream could become a reality.

To be honest, after decades of seeing those arrogant gestures of the Aristocratic Families, he was sick and tired of them.

Rather than directly beheading these people, he’d prefer to see them lower their high-held chins, and then have him kick right up at them.

To see these self-proclaimed nobles fall from the clouds, to live in poverty even worse than farmers, just thinking about it made him feel exhilarated!

So, it’s not that he didn’t care about the common people, he just wanted to take silver more from those of the Aristocratic Families.

“First we’ll make a wave of silver, then we’ll promote the two-wheeled cart in the countryside,” he said. “The name ‘two-wheeled cart’ isn’t good; you come up with a name, see if you can find something more unique.”

Making money, one must show sincerity.

Starting with the naming.