"Compared to the Zheng family, what I am most worried about is the emperor. This majesty is different from others. Look at his series of methods to support the Han people against the nobles and let the Guanzhong and Guandong families fight each other so that he can reap the benefits.

The most important thing is to take back the land of the Lu family in Hedong and prepare to distribute it to those soldiers who have served with merit. Hum, aren't those soldiers with meritorious service the Han tribe? Aren't they the common people who have been splashed? Now, he stretched out his hand again

When he arrives at the Zheng family, what he wants is the Zheng family's land. Do you think he will also extend his hand to the powerful families in Guanzhong, and also ask us for land and implement a new land policy?" Wang Gui showed a sinister smile on his face.

Come. When Wei Ting and others heard this, their happy mood suddenly dropped. Although Lu Zhaoci had already prepared to suppress the family, but always, when the imperial power was strong, the family would automatically choose to avoid it.

Wait until the imperial power is weak, and then take control of the government. It is impossible for the imperial power to eliminate the aristocratic families, just because they have deep roots and luxuriant leaves, and because they own the land. You can kill people, but you will not take back the land. As long as there is land, those aristocratic families will

There will be a chance to rise. But once the land is taken back, the family will be like a big tree with its roots removed and waiting to wither. Therefore, this land is the foundation of the family, the last bottom line of the family...

"Probably not!" Dugu Shang opened his mouth and said suspiciously: "Your Majesty is also from a noble family. He naturally understands what the foundation of the noble family is. This land is the foundation of the noble family. If he takes back the land of the noble family, wouldn't he be forced to do so?

Are we rebelling again? He knows that his opportunity to ascend to the throne of emperor has a lot to do with aristocratic families like ours. If he really takes back these lands, then Yang Guang will be a lesson to him.

Ah! Your Majesty is so smart and wise. It is impossible to think that such a thing can happen."

"Don't be careless about this matter. I thought it would be better to send someone to your Majesty to hear the news, so as not to be in a hurry when the time comes. I don't know what to do. What's more, now that the private soldiers have been collected by Cen Wenwen under the pretext, Your Majesty

We are not allowed to continue to raise private soldiers, which is not good!" Wei Ting frowned and said.

"That's fine." Wei Siyan nodded and said, "There is only one person who can accomplish this, and that is Zhongshu Ling. Hehe, the Cui family's land is far above us! I'll go right away.

Tell him that each of our families is willing to donate thousands of hectares of land to your majesty to reward meritorious soldiers. Let's see how your majesty responds. If your majesty agrees, it means that your majesty really values ​​the land and may really take it from us in the future.

The fields, then I’ll be ready soon.”

"This is a very clever plan." Everyone nodded and said. At that moment, they all separated and prepared not to mention it.

"Your Majesty, I heard that your Majesty intends to take back the lands of those aristocratic families?"

Qianqing Palace is also the former Taiji Palace, including a total of sixteen main halls, among which Taiji Hall, Liangyi Hall, Ganlu Hall and Yanjia Hall are called the four halls. In addition, there are Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Sherenyuan.

, Hongwen Pavilion, as well as important buildings such as Ningyin Pavilion and Wangyunting Pavilion. Among them, Taiji Hall has now been changed into Taihe Hall, which is used as a place for court meetings, while Liangyi Hall has been changed into Xuanshi, where Lu Zhaoci received

A place for trusted ministers.

In the announcement room, Cen Wenwen, with a humble look on his face, was sitting on a brocade stool, holding a stack of memorials in his hand. In front of him, Lu Zhaoci was carefully looking through the important national affairs handed over by the Shangshu Province.

"Your Majesty, I heard that you are planning to take back the family's land?" Cen Wenwen said cautiously.

"What, text, do you have a different opinion?" Lu Zhaoci raised his head and said with a smile: "The reason why a large-scale uprising broke out in the late Sui Dynasty has something to do with Yang Guang, but in fact. This

Everything is controlled by the aristocratic family behind the scenes. They are dissatisfied with Yang Guang's rule, so they find ways to overthrow Yang Guang's rule. I don't like these people. They have land in their hands. Since they have land, they can

Raise people. If you can raise people, you can form a certain amount of troops. With the army, they will be unscrupulous in everything they do. The text is still as good as before! I took advantage of Li Daen's incident and took over the private soldiers of the famous families in Chang'an City, which made me feel relaxed.

Quite a few!”

"His Majesty's teachings are still good." Cen Wenwen quickly said respectfully: "It's just that this private army is different from the land. I am worried that those aristocratic families will be pushed too hard by Your Majesty, and they will do what they did to Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. His Majesty has just ascended the throne and claimed the title."

Emperor, the empire has just been established and its foundation is unstable. However, those aristocratic families have deep roots. Your Majesty's imperial examination system has just been implemented. Those Jinshi scholars may not be able to control local political power in a short time. The aristocratic families have great strength in the local area. Once

If they also follow the example of those rebels in the late Sui Dynasty, wars will break out all over the Tang Dynasty, which is not conducive to His Majesty's rule."

"What do you mean?" Lu Zhaoci showed a trace of thought on his face.

"I heard that when your Majesty pacified the capital, the palace was filled with treasures. However, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was not satisfied with this. He kept asking for beauties and treasures from the people, and even launched a war against Goguryeo.

, the people's dissatisfaction boiled over, which led to the destruction. I believe that running a country is like planting a tree. If the roots are not shaken, the branches and leaves will flourish. I believe that at this time, the world has not yet been calmed down, and it is difficult for internal disasters to arise." Cen Wenwen said.

The voice rang out in the hall, and Lu Zhaoci's expression gradually became serious...

"Text, but the common people in the world are rebelling because they have no land in their hands and no food in their mouths! Those fields are in the hands of aristocratic families. If I don't give land to those people, those people will starve to death, and the court will also

Because of this, we won't be able to collect taxes!" Lu Zhaoci frowned and said. Every class has a community of interests, and Lu Zhaoci represents the ruling class, so he should ensure the interests of the ruling class.

"This is easy to handle!" Cen Wenwen said with a smile: "Nowadays, most of the aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty are surrendered to your majesty, but there are still many aristocratic families in Guandong who support others. Why don't your majesty take their land and distribute it to others?"

What about the rest?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am so happy, so happy!" At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the hall, and Master Cui Ren burst in.

"Zhongshu Ling, what a happy event, you are so excited." Lu Zhaoci smiled and said: "Could it be that Xu Shiji captured Luoyang?"

"Your Majesty, that's not true. The major families in Guanzhong heard that Your Majesty had no land to reward meritorious soldiers, so they agreed to send a generous gift to Your Majesty. Each major family donated thousands of hectares and hundreds of hectares according to their respective family properties.

The land will be used for military supplies. Your Majesty, this is a great joy!" Master Cui Ren quickly held up the land deed in his hand.

Lu Zhaoci's face lit up, and when he was about to reach out to take it, he saw Cen Wenwen shaking his head at him. He pointed at Master Cui Ren with his right hand and said with a smile: "I am rich all over the world, with countless gold and silver treasures. How can I even reward the soldiers?"

Can't you take it out? Well, you go back and tell them that I already know what they are thinking. These things are the hard work of their ancestors. I cannot take away the things left by their ancestors. As long as they can feel at ease for me,

Just serve the imperial court. I don't want these things. Come, give each of these aristocratic families a reward of ten taels as a reward."

"This, I would like to thank Your Majesty on their behalf." Master Cui Ren's face turned red and he quickly bowed.

"Your Majesty comes from an aristocratic family, and he should rule the world together with the aristocratic family. As long as they can be loyal to your Majesty, your majesty will not hesitate to reward them. But if they are half-hearted, I am afraid that the Chai family and the Zheng family will be their role models." Cen Wenwen said with a smile on the side.

"Yes, yes. It seems that these aristocratic families are still loyal to His Majesty." Cui Renshi's eyes were filled with anger, but his face was full of smiles.

"Okay, Zhongshu Ling, you go back!" Lu Zhaoci waved his hand and said, "These guys think I am Yang Guang."

"Indeed, these guys deserve to be punished." Cui Renshi also nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "I will scold them now."

"Okay, okay, let's get down!" Lu Zhaoci said with a smile: "Zhongshu ordered that the Queen is about to give birth, so let my father-in-law come too!"

"Yes, I will send someone to invite you immediately." Master Cui Ren quickly retreated.

"Hmph! If the text hadn't stopped me, I would have actually taken over these land deeds." Lu Zhaoci snorted coldly: "None of these aristocratic families are good people."

"Your Majesty, what you just did was right." Cen Wenwen nodded and said: "Nowadays, the aristocratic family is very powerful. If your majesty wants to benefit the common people, you have to be patient! Only by calming the world, will the aristocratic family be the best?

It can be weakened for a while, and then it will not be too late to implement a new land policy."

"I understand." Lu Zhaoci waved his hand and said, "Okay, Mr. Cen, after the Queen Mother gives birth to Lin'er, I will go to Luoyang personally to conquer the country. At that time, the city of Chang'an will depend on you."

"I obey the order." Cen Wenwen saw Lu Zhaoci's brows furrowed. He was obviously still worried about the land issue, but he really had no good solution, so he had to retreat.

"Land annexation, how can we prevent land annexation?" After Lu Zhaoci waited for Cen Wenwen to leave, he looked at the memorial in front of him and frowned. The land issue is a big issue that has troubled countless rulers in Chinese history.

In the later stages of the dynasty, the problem of land annexation will inevitably arise, leaving the people with no place to stand. In this way, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, peasant uprisings will inevitably break out. Even if the peasant uprisings are suppressed, the empire's

His strength has also suffered serious losses. He can no longer sustain it for many more years. Lu Zhaoci knows that if the family is allowed to continue to develop, I am afraid that in a few years, the people living at the bottom of the entire Tang Dynasty will not be able to survive.

The arable land had no choice but to become tenants of those wealthy families. As a result, the court's taxes would be greatly reduced. This was even more unfavorable to the court's rule...

"Come here." Lu Zhaoci sighed deeply and shouted lightly.

"Your Majesty." Eunuch Cheng walked in quickly.

"Change your clothes and follow me out of the palace." Lu Zhaoci waved his hand. Eunuch Cheng did not dare to neglect and quickly ordered someone to change Lu Zhaoci's clothes. He also took off his eunuch robes and led a few of the imperial guards.

A guard escorted Lu Zhaoci and walked out of the palace gate.

"Alang, where do you want to go?" Eunuch Cheng asked cautiously.

"Where is the excitement!" Lu Zhaoci asked with a smile.

"Of course they are the East City and the West City. I don't know which city Your Majesty wants to go to." Eunuch Cheng asked quickly.

"Then go to the West Market!" Lu Zhaoci said calmly while sitting in the carriage.

"Yes, let's go to the West Market." Eunuch Cheng hurriedly said to the guard who was driving the car. The group of people came directly towards the West Market.

The West Market has two gates on each side. There are four streets in the city, which divide the city into nine square areas. Each street is a hundred paces wide. On both sides are clothing shops, medicinal materials shops, tomb shops, bridle shops, and silk shops.

There are nearly a thousand merchants selling scales, bran shops, silk shops, and delivery shops. There are many hotels, flag pavilions, wine shops and food stalls around the street. The Western Regions and Central Asia who came to Chang'an for business through the Silk Road

, "Hu people" from West Asia and other places also gathered in the city to deal in gold, silver and jewelry, and bought silk and porcelain with Chinese characteristics and shipped them back to the country for resale. At this time, although the West Market was not as prosperous as the East Market, it was still

It was almost the same. Lu Zhaoci was sitting in the carriage, listening to the noise next to him, and a lot of the troubles in his heart could not help but disappear.

"Stop the car, I want to come down for a walk." Lu Zhaoci suddenly knocked on the carriage, and the carriage stopped immediately. Lu Zhaoci opened the curtain and jumped out of the carriage. Under the protection of several guards,

Take a walk in the bustling West Market.

"Hey! This place used to be a stinking ditch! How did it become like this?" Lu Zhaoci suddenly pointed to the more than ten acres of land to the south next to the scale store and asked in surprise. The south of the scale store used to be Chang'an.

The West Market is a famous place for garbage. It is known as the place where filth lurks under the more than ten acres of land. It is in the flag pavilion where all the filth gathers. But now when you come here, you can see that it is extremely prosperous. Restaurants, wine shops, etc. are all showing off.

Something extraordinary here.

"Haha, this gentleman is referring to Dou's store. It seems that Lang Jun has not been to Chang'an for at least several years!" At this time, an old man on the roadside said with a smile.

"Old man, why is this place called Doujia Store?" Lu Zhaoci walked up and asked curiously.

"Young Master doesn't know that this place used to be a place where stolen goods were dumped. Later, the big businessman Dou Yi bought this place and spent 30,000 yuan to buy this ten-acre land. Dou Yi stood in the puddle for a while.

A wooden pole, with a small flag hanging on the top. Then six or seven temporary houses were built around the tower, and people were hired to make pancakes, dumplings and other food. Children were called to throw stones and tiles to hit the small flag on the wooden pole.

If you win, you will be given pancakes or dumplings as prizes. Children from both streets rush to throw them. In less than a month, tens of thousands of people came to throw stones and tiles, and the pool quickly filled up. Dou Yi was filling in the area.

On a piece of land, 20 shophouses were built. When rented out, the daily rent can be several thousand dollars, making a huge profit. This is how the place got its name 'Doujiadian'."

"Haha, this Dou Yi is indeed a strange person. Old man, do you know where this Dou Yi lives?" Lu Zhaoci suddenly became interested.

"Just ahead, the largest house in the West Market belongs to his family." The old man said cheerfully.

"Okay, thank you for your help, old man." Lu Zhaoci turned around and said, "Let's go see Dou Yi."

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Chapter completed!