When Li Zhi came down with an imperial edict, it was like a thunderclap on the ground.

Few people expected that things would go to this point, and their relatives refused to recognize each other. The decisive Wei Siqian immediately summoned all the censors from the Censorate and began to conduct a surprise inspection of the land.

All of this is because of Han Yi.

Without Han Yi, none of this would have been born.

The emotions of hatred and Han have reached their peak. Now that the imperial power has been concentrated, if it were still in the era of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it would probably have been cleared again.

At this time, the Yuan family was under the banner of fighting against Korean thieves, and among the gentry and nobles, it was very popular among the gentry and nobles. In addition, the manpower was tight and the exchange of land became very smooth. Not only that, many gentry could not swallow this. In order to protect the interests of the landlords and prevent farmers from transferring to craftsmen, they also imitated the Yuan family and began to enclose land. Of course, they were just small-scale, and they were not prepared and did not make any progress so quickly. Compared with the Yuan family, they were just doing things.

Han Yi has no time to take care of the Yuan family now. First, he has to appease the merchants in the two cities and North Lane.

First floor!

All the major merchants in Chang'an arrived, looking at Han Yi with a gaze, and agreed to make an explanation.

"How many tenant farmers have you all lost?" Han Yi's tone was very plain.

"Twenty-eight households!"

Qian Dafang immediately raised his hand high, and was so excited. For him, there were so many twenty-eight households, and he was incomparable to those gentry.

“I have twelve households too.”

"I'm fifteen households."

"I have seven households!"

After everyone finished speaking, Qian Dafang laughed and said, "Brother Han, look, we don't have many households together, so you can do it and return the tenants to us."

Han Yi smiled and said, "Do you pay for the breach of contract? Do you take the lawsuit?"

Qian Dafang scratched his head and said, "You are a third-rank official now, who dares to sue you!"

Han Yi said: "But my enemies are everywhere, and many of them are first-class dukes. Do you think anyone sues me?"

Dou Yi asked, "Then I wonder what Brother Han means?"

"Yes! You said you want to give us an explanation."

Qian Dafang said with a resentful look on his face.

Han Yi glanced at him and said, "You must have heard that the Yuan family has been moving frequently recently."

Qian Dafang's eyes rolled and he said nervously: "You don't want us to follow the Yuan family, right!"

"Do you have that much money from the Yuan family?" Han Yi said.

"That's it!"

Qian Dafang said immediately.

Han Yi said: "I know that in addition to your own business, you have a lot of land. Even if you are not grain merchants, your land is too much, not too much, and not too little. If you want to make a little money, you will definitely not make money from your business, let alone the current grain price is so low."

Zhao Sijia said: "You can't say that. This person has to eat, and this land can always grow grain, so of course you buy land."

"The fourth brother said it right, I believe many people think so."

Han Yi changed the subject and said, "But that's the old saying. Now trading is the most profitable. Unless you are a grain merchant, you might as well concentrate on trading. I would like to give you two suggestions: either learn from the Yuan family and adopt the employment system, or sell the land to grain merchants like Lao Qian and others in exchange for cash and put it into production."

Qian Dafang, Dou Yi, Wei Qing and other grain merchants looked at each other quickly. They never expected that Han Yi would give him such a suggestion.

For today's people, selling land is just working hard!

Wan Jichun said: Those who work in restaurants also need food.”

Han Yi said: "You can buy it with Wei Qing."

Qian Dafang said, "There are me and I."

All the merchants remained silent. If this was the case, they would rather not have the tenant farmer.

Han Yi said: "Since everyone has no confidence in their own business, then this way, put all the money into my business."

The merchants cheered up and looked at Han Yi in shock.

Ramshid shot out two greedy eyes and said, "Brother Han, can you explain this clearly?"

Han Yi said: "It's very simple. As long as everyone sells the land they have in their hands to grain merchants like Qian Dafang, the money they earn can be invested in my winery and perfume shops, and get a certain share of dividends every year."

Ramshid said: "Distribution? If you sell more, we will get more."

"Of course not!"

Han Yi said: "I am not short of money. I just think that you landlords are not landlords, businessmen are not businessmen, and you are a four-dimensional person. I hope to invest more in the transaction. Therefore, I just guarantee that the equal dividends will be paid every year. The more you invest, the more you get, at least it is much more cost-effective than you farming."

Qian Dafang's eyes were circling and said, "I think Brother Han's suggestion is pretty good."

Wei Qing nodded and said, "Old Qian's words are reasonable."

Han Yi ignored these two villains and said, "But I have to remind you that in the next five years, our market will expand more than ten times. In other words, the money you invest in trading today will increase at least ten times in ten years. Therefore, if you invest money in me, you will definitely not lose money, but I will make more money. Then don't say that I cheat you."

This is another move!

If it were before, these businessmen would definitely not believe this, but based on Han Yi’s prophecy two years ago, these businessmen had to believe him!

Zhao Sijia said: "Brother Han, why do you say that?"

"I am the Minister of Revenue." Han Yi smiled.

The businessmen straightened their backs at the same time. This reason was really - it was too convincing.

Han Yi smiled and said, "I am a businessman. After I enter the Ministry of Revenue, I will definitely relax the restrictions on business. Therefore, investment in business is the most promising investment in the future."

Qian Dafang said with a slanted eyes: "But there is also the Minister of Revenue above!"

Han Yi smiled and said, "But there is still a prime minister in the Minister of Revenue."

Yes! Han Yi is still the third rank of the subordinates of the Zhongshu. This position is equivalent to the Shangshu Ling. The Shangshu Province also manages six ministries. Who is in charge of whom?

Qian Dafang started scratching his chin. This guy had little beard and could not stroke it, so he could only scratch it.

Han Yi coughed lightly and said, "The same thing, I have been helping you with money all the time, and I asked you to do this, what did I get?"

In the past, people probably wouldn't be moved by it, but now Han Yi is the prime minister and minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so this is enough!

Zhao Sijia suddenly said, "I wonder what Brother Han plans to let us do?"

Han Yi said: "Are you not the Yuan family and the landlords buying fertile land and exchanging arable land recently? The reason they do this is to concentrate fertile land, which will save a lot of labor. We merchants can also participate in it and sell the land for sale and exchange, and sell it to Dafang. These grain merchants, because the investment of the grain merchants must be land, and your investment requires money. Everyone takes the needs. If they really can't swallow it, they will sell it to the Yuan family to reserve funds and prepare to expand production to welcome the short-term wave of **.

Lao Qian, you grain merchants, who have a lot of land in their hands, can produce more grain, and can also learn from the Yuan family's employment system to solve the troubles of tenants, and also have more say. Of course, if you really don't want to, you can invest money to me, and I promise you will make money. If you don't agree, then I can't do anything about it."

This is too early, and all the businessmen remained silent.

Han Yi smiled and said, "After everyone goes back, think about it carefully. After all, this is not a matter of one or two cents of money."

In fact, land must make money, but the problem is that their land is not much and not much, and they are still self-sufficient. The problem is that their funds are constantly fixed on the land, so there is no capital in business. This is the same as later generations. Everyone buys houses and all the money flows into real estate. Then the people don’t have much money to consume other industries, and other industries will definitely be bad. This is a deformed economy and is unhealthy.

Han Yi did this to avoid this. Grain merchants earn money from grain merchants, and other industries earn money from other industries. If they play with land, they will play with the people and production will always be like that.

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The more thrilling the court was, the happier Cheng Yaojin was, because this proved that his original choice was not wrong. He quickly adapted to his life at home, drinking as much as he wanted, and doing whatever he wanted, without having to worry too much. On the afternoon of the day, the warm sunshine made people feel warm. He carried the fishing rod and followed his servants around him to a relatively remote place in the south of the city to fish.

But when he arrived, a fat old man suddenly appeared by the river!

"well--!"

Cheng Yaojin immediately complained and said unhappily: "I can't even do if I want to be quiet for a while!"

"You old man, this river is not yours. You can't come, and others are not allowed to come. You are too domineering!" the fat old man said without looking back.

This person is Changsun Wuji.

Cheng Yaojin muttered and swearing at Changsun Wuji's back, then waved his hand, sent off his followers, walked over with a swagger, hung the bait on the hook, and threw it into the river.

After a while, Changsun Wuji suddenly said, "Old man, how long have you been fishing together?" But his eyes were always in the river and he did not look at Cheng Yaojin.

Cheng Yaojin did not turn his head and said, "I have never caught fish with you civil servants."

Changsun Wuji glanced at him and said, "You must be very resentful of me now!"

Cheng Yaojin said: "I never blame others when doing things. Only you civil officials like to blame this and that."

"I am not here to compete with you for civil and military affairs today." Changsun Wuji sighed lightly and said with a very guilty look: "Actually, I have come here today, and I have no other purpose. I just want to say sorry to you. I am causing you to be unsafe in your later years!"

Cheng Yaojin was silent for a while and said, "It's a blessing to the horse of the old man. If it weren't for the lack of protection in the evening, I would have lived a life of walking on thin ice and restlessness. How could I be as free and comfortable as today? I'm going to tell you, I'm really scared this time. Our Majesty is no worse than the late emperor in terms of power."

Changsun Wuji smiled and looked at the river and sighed: "Yes! Just a few tenant farmers, Your Majesty holds all the usually arrogant nobles in his hands. Who can imagine how courageous this is? The emperor's art is nothing more than this."

Cheng Yaojin suddenly turned his head and looked at Changsun Wuji and said, "Old man, do you regret it?"

Changsun Wuji said, "How do you say this?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "I didn't choose His Majesty now, but chose King Li Tai of Wei."

Changsun Wuji was stunned for a moment, thought carefully for a while, and said, "Li Tai is extremely smart and talented. Among the princes, he is probably unparalleled, so he is deeply loved by Fang Xuanling and the others. Once upon a time, I always thought that Li Tai was far stronger than His Majesty today."

"What about now?" Cheng Yaojin said curiously.

Changsun Wuji said: "My sister has three sons in total, and they were all grown up by me. I always thought I knew them very well, but the fact is that I just saw through Li Chengqian and Li Tai, but I didn't see through His Majesty today. Which one of them is better?"

Cheng Yaojin nodded and said, "Everyone believes that Your Majesty can sit on the dragon throne now is the credit of your eldest grandson's old man, but he doesn't know that being able to sit on it is the most powerful one."

"It's reasonable!"

Changsun Wuji said hehe.

Cheng Yaojin said: "But you haven't said it yet, do you regret it?"

Changsun Wuji shook his head and said, "If it were Li Tai, I would have died long ago. Li Tai has lived in spoiling since he was a child, which has led to him being too selfish. He only cares about himself but tolerate others and lacks a kindness and filial heart. If he became the emperor, if he said a few more words, he would probably be dead. At that time, Fang Xuanling's old boy supported Li Tai, but in fact he was not thinking about himself. He was thinking about his descendants. He knew that he could not survive. Haha!"

He smiled quite proudly, but there was a little bit of desolation in his pride. Fang Xuanling eventually lost, so his descendants could certainly not escape. However, Changsun Wuji had another reason not to say, and this reason was his main willingness to choose Li Zhi in the end. First, he would definitely choose one of the three sons of Empress Changsun. This is beyond doubt. When Li Chengqian was the crown prince, Empress Changsun was still alive. Changsun Wuji must support Li Chengqian. His sister warned him that he had no choice, so Li Tai could only rely on himself and win over a group of ministers.

When Empress Changsun passed away, Li Chengqian was not good at being able to support the mud. If Changsun Wuji supported Li Tai again, his status would be far inferior to those of Li Tai's previous close ministers. Changsun Wuji was also a very proud person. He would not be willing to be the second-in-command, so the only one left was Li Zhi. Li Zhi was the third brother, and the two brothers in front of him were there. He did not expect it would be his turn. He did not win over ministers like Li Tai, and he had always been very low-key. Therefore, Changsun Wuji chose to support Li Zhi.

As for King Li Ke of Wu, it was impossible from the beginning to the end. Li Shimin could not choose Li Ke, even if Li Ke's mother was not the daughter of Emperor Yang of Sui, because Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Cheng Yaojin, and Li Jieshu wanted ministers to be deeply favored by Empress Changsun, and of course they would support Empress Changsun's son. Li Shimin closed his eyes. Isn't it the final word that these ministers wanted to say, in fact, Li Shimin finally chose one between Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, and Li Jie's words were a secret move, which had nothing to do with whom he chose.

"You civil officials are more accurate than the other!" Cheng Yaojin shook his head and said, "But old man, it's not me who said you. Your Majesty is now enough to support my Tang Dynasty. You should let go. Don't always worry about power, you can't take it away."

Changsun Wuji's expression changed. After a while, he asked, "Will you ignore Cheng Chuliang?"
Chapter completed!