Tang's dining table

Yun Chu wanted to visit Li Ji, but Li Ji refused to see him, and said that his position as marching commander Shi had been stripped of him, and that he was an old man who was busy making money with Princess Anding, so he would no longer work for the commander-in-chief. .

The words were hypocritical and heartless.

This is the correct way for nobles to interact with each other.

He would rather make money with Li Si than have any connection with Yunchu.

In other words, from this moment on, Li Ji himself truly withdrew from the political stage of the Tang Dynasty.

With Li Ji's complete withdrawal, the old officials of Zhenguan also left, and their stormy years finally came to an end. Li Zhi completely became the king of this world, and no one could restrain him anymore.

Without the emperor in Hedong, Pei Xingxing inspected Xue Rengui's army. Naturally, Xue Rengui's army came and went without any scruples. Wherever the army went, the more than 500 storage officials in Li Zhi's pocket took Li Zhi's The edict was stationed locally.

This time, they were obviously more experienced. The first thing they did when they entered the yamen in various places was to redefine Yongye Tian and Koufen Tian to win over the local people and turn those wealthy families into a complete minority.

The methods are also gentler than those in Henan. As long as wealthy households and wealthy families are willing to cooperate, the government will even commend them and give them plaques specially made by the court...

This kind of approach is not a bad thing for ordinary wealthy households. The so-called wealthy households in the Tang Dynasty are simply families with a large number of people and a lot of land. Because there is no separation of families, the acres of land and property in the family are in the hands of the parents. This After failing once, Li Zhi's strategy turned into a small push of grace to some extent, splitting the large and small wealthy households scattered across the land into smaller wealthy households.

These ordinary wealthy households, once their family property is divided among their descendants, basically meet the standards of the Tang Dynasty male Dingkou's 80 acres of land and 20 acres of Yongye land.

After the split, Zuyongdiao once again regained its vitality and basically restored the original intention of creating Zuyongdiao.

In the past, places without excess land were called narrow townships, and places with excess land were called wide townships. Now, most places have become wide townships.

Those elite officials also took the opportunity to disband the previous government soldiers because the conditions were not met, and began to select new government soldiers from the families of those who had just benefited. Once the Zhechong government soldiers in these places were replaced, basically, at the local level, It settled down.

Once property is divided, it will be even more difficult to take it back. Even if the family of father and son is divided, they can never return to a monolithic state. This is the position determined by human nature, even if these people know that they will restore their previous state. Life will be easier if we are in a group, and because of the dispute over who will be in charge of distribution, we will never go back.

This is the new strategy formulated by the officials in the Tang Dynasty after studying the experiences and lessons of Yanshi County, Zhengzhou, and Bianzhou.

The only ones who are really hit are the wealthy families, the kind where one family controls a county and a large amount of land. Their main property is land. Therefore, unlike the small wealthy families who can use other methods, they only Can resist hard.

Yun Chu looked at the geographical map that had been hung up in the morning and could clearly see that as Pei went on inspection, Xue Rengui's army moved eastward. The land behind the army had already appeared in large areas, large areas of yellow. These yellows gradually became similar to those in Guanzhong and Luoyang. The colors are connected...this is a very bad sign.

Some people in the court have begun to wonder whether the emperor will use this trick on them after dealing with the affairs in Shandong and Hebei. After all, they are the ones who control the most land in the Tang Dynasty at any time. Group of people.

Li Zhi told the officials several times that this time he would only target Shandong and Hebei, but not many people were willing to believe it.

It is not impossible to equalize the wealth and the poor, but it cannot be equalized among them.

Li Ji followed Li Si, Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi across the Yellow River and plunged into the vast and distant lands of Shandong and Hebei. Li Si believed that the people there should be eagerly looking forward to the arrival of her, Princess An Ding. She even arrogantly believed that only through the hands of her, Princess An Ding, could Shandong and Hebei usher in true stability.

Speaking arrogantly will naturally lead to backlash. The last time Gongsun Changsheng impeached Yun Chu for being domineering, this time it was the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty who were impeaching Princess Anding for being too domineering. They asked the emperor to immediately send personnel and national funds to replace Li Si. Think about what you are currently doing, and do not regard important court affairs as a way for Princess An Ding to steal her own wealth.

Just when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were preparing to fight against the prince, Yun Chu and others, Yu Xiurong, the mistress of the Yun family, rode to Hedong in person and captured the four children Li Si, Yun Jin, Wen Huan and Di Guangsi. Not only Not only did they capture the people, but they also handed over all the hard work of the children to the court.

At this point, Li Si came into the view of the court ministers as a political figure for the first time, leaving a very deep impression on them. Moreover, after sending people to sort out the cooperative industry left by Li Si, They were surprised to find that as long as the imperial court encouraged this production model, it could overthrow the imperial power.

The four children, Li Si, Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi, were badly damaged by Yu Xiurong.

Just watching Li Si cry all the way and start sobbing whenever he sees someone can make people feel pity. Especially the officials who came to accept Li Si and her family's property felt that they were robbing the property from children. , being despised by others, I couldn't help but want to compensate these four children. I couldn't let the four people who used their own money to contribute to the country not get a good end.

The three boys, Yun Jin, Wen Huan, and Di Guangsi, couldn't even put on their pants because they had bamboo sticks on their buttocks, so they had to cover their buttocks with ointment with a piece of linen cloth to cover their shame.

Li Ji, an old guy, was naturally not angry with Yu Xiurong, but he hid in the carriage of the three injured children, drinking tea and wine by the small stove.

Wen Huan moved his body, changed to a lying position and complained to Yun Jin: "You can't be too honest. You can't tell your mother everything. Originally, we were successful and it was time to rejoice, but instead we suffered in vain. Is it unfair to be whipped?"

Yun Jin said aggrievedly: "I think we are doing good things, why would my mother not allow it and still beat us?"

Di Guangsi looked back with difficulty to look at his swollen buttocks and sighed: "At least don't talk about us gathering the homeless children. It was only after the master's wife heard about this that she beat him even harder. "

Yun Jin said: "Those children have no food and clothing and live like wild dogs. What's wrong with me helping them? Yonghui has been in prosperity for many years. How can humans compete with dogs for food?"

Li Ji poured a glass of wine into his mouth and said: "There used to be a guy named Zhang Liang, who was born with a good heart. He had no other hobbies, but he liked to collect adopted children from borers. Moreover, everyone thought that It's pitiful, everyone wants to take back the family as their godson, but later on, he got more than 500 godsons, and for a while he was called a great philanthropist."

After listening to Li Ji's nagging, Wen Huan said to Yun Jin, "I bet that the person Yinggong mentioned will end badly."

Yun Jin said: "Why don't good people get good results?"

Di Guangsi said: "Your Majesty's eyes are wrong."

Yun Jin took a closer look at Li Ji's joking eyes and said to Wen Huan, "It seems that good intentions really don't have good results."

Li Ji said with a smile: "Not to mention the whole family is copied, but not a single one of the five hundred adopted sons is alive."

Yun Jin said angrily: "Who did it?"

Li Ji pointed to the sky and said, "Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty."

Wen Huan sneered and said, "It must be related to the rebellion."

Li Ji looked at the four little children in front of him with envy. He didn't know who he was thinking of. He became very depressed and lost interest in continuing to tell the story of Zhang Liang, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. .

In Yunchu's huge military camp, he really didn't even bother to take a second look at the emperor who could talk to him on an equal footing. As for Yunchu and others, as long as he saw them, a wave of nameless anger would arise from within. , but he couldn't leave the team preparing for Mount Tai's enshrinement at this time. Only when he was with these children could his complicated mood calm down.

Li Si got into the carriage. His big eyes were red and swollen. It looked like the sequelae of accidentally using too much ground ginger.

As soon as she came in, the three boys pressed their buttocks with their hands regardless of the pain. Li Si liked to lift the linen cloth and look at their buttocks.

Seeing that there was nothing he could do, Li Si said to Ying Gong: "The losses were huge this time, and almost the entire army was wiped out."

Li Ji glanced at this bad guy from the Li family and said indifferently: "I just want to know if my dividends will be affected."

Li Si sobbed and said, "There's not even a penny left in the compensation."

Li Ji looked at Li Si and said, "You seem to have taken the Queen's 160,000 yuan to buy supplies in Chang'an and Luoyang, right?"

Li Si shook his head in pain and said, "I'll pay it all."

Li Ji sneered and said: "You are really the queen's own son. He even ignored the love between mother and daughter in order to get rich."

Li Si looked at Li Ji and said, "Can you take eight thousand guan, Lord Ying?"

Li Ji looked at the roof of the carriage and said leisurely: "Other merchants are only interested in profits, but you are only interested in capital. From the beginning to the end, you have no intention of running the industries of Shandong and Hebei. You are only focused on it." I only think about the queen’s 160,000 yuan.”

Li Si waved his hand and said: "Okay, the Young Master has seen thousands of miles, and the little girl admires him. Twelve thousand strings, no more."

Li Ji sighed and shook his head consciously or unconsciously. He didn't care how much it cost. He just felt that his poor child was still fighting poisonous insects, beasts, and savages in Nanzhao. It was really pitiful to accumulate achievements little by little.

At the same time, it is both his blessing and his misfortune that the child lives in the same world as these bad guys.