As Wang Kaizhi spoke, everyone present fell silent.
Everyone there was shrewd to the core. How could they have failed to see the things Wang Kaizhi had pointed out?
But the crux of the matter was, how exactly were they supposed to resolve it?
Then the head of the Zheng Clan of Rongyang spoke. "Today, we must devise a solution. Even if we have to plunge the world into chaos again, we cannot let Li Shimin continue his arrogance. Otherwise, this time we truly will be destroyed."
"To put it bluntly, we still haven't figured out how to wipe out the eunuchs, yet Li Shimin has already made another move."
"All those new technologies are simply beyond our understanding. Honestly, if my household's shopkeeper hadn't spent months explaining them to me and let me try them out myself, I would never have imagined that such miraculous things could exist."
"It's easy to imagine that once all these industries begin operating, they will need countless workers. Those commoners will naturally no longer need to serve as our tenant farmers. They can choose to become workers and earn a living instead of being our slaves."
"Why have we been annexing land so furiously? Is it really for the little bit of grain those fields produce?"
"In the end, we use land annexation as our foundation to expand the number of people under our control. After all, people are the most precious resource in this world. As long as we control enough of them, we will have a place even in times of chaos."
"But now, Li Shimin is digging up our roots!"
By the time he said this, the Zheng clan head's expression had begun to darken.
Their clans were their roots.
How could they not be furious when Li Shimin intended