"It's so strange!"

After coming out of Liangyi Hall, Li Yifu frowned and looked confused. He whispered to Xu Jingzong beside him: "Brother Xian, is this matter big or small? Your Majesty immediately summoned me to come here. It is obvious that he valued this matter very much, but he only discussed it for a moment. Before he could discuss a result, His Majesty asked me to wait back. What does Your Majesty mean?"

Xu Jingzong didn't understand it, and said, "I can't figure it out either."

Li Yifu thoughtfully said: "Actually, there are only a few tenant farmers after all. Even if Your Majesty favors Han Yi, there is no need to blame the nobles for the few tenant farmers. In fact, as long as Your Majesty asks Han Yi to return the tenant farmers, this matter can be resolved, and those nobles think the same."

Xu Jingzong didn't come up with a clue and snorted: "Han Yi, this kid, will not be able to live in peace as soon as he comes back. If he is not here, it will be a blessing for me in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Yifu said: "Han Yi's motive is also very puzzling. If he does this, he offended all the gentry, landlords, nobles, civil and military officials of the court, and royal relatives. Could it be that he is really just out of breath? But based on my understanding of him, he is not like a person who is so impulsive!"

Xu Jingzong said: "What do you mean is there something else?"

Li Yifu nodded and said, "I really can't explain this clearly, but since Your Majesty has not made any statement, we should just wait and see if we fall into Han Yi's trap."

I have been bitten by a snake for ten years in this dynasty and I am afraid of the rope!

Inside Liangyi Hall.

After the ministers withdrew, Li Zhi immediately stared at Han Yi with a gloomy face. After a while, he said, "You kid really can cause trouble for me. I have just promoted you, so can't you give me some peace."

It's my fault. If they hadn't been to me, I would have done them too! Han Yi said: "Your Majesty clearly, I am not doing this because of myself, but for my Tang Dynasty."

"It's for the Tang Dynasty again!" Li Zhi snorted and said, "Okay, let's talk, how hard you worked for the Tang Dynasty."

"It's not easy to work hard!" Han Yi said with a embarrassed smile.

Li Zhiyun said: "Don't talk nonsense, why do you do this?"

Han Yi said seriously: "Your Majesty, what is the national system of our Tang Dynasty? Isn't it just a equal-field system? The key to the equal-field system lies in land. Therefore, since the beginning of the Zhenguan year, Emperor Taizong has strictly restricted the annexation of land by princes and nobles. The amount of land that first-rank officials and second-rank officials can occupy is clearly stipulated. However, from the end of Zhenguan to the Yonghui period, the world was peaceful, so it was a bit loose, and the number of merits increased day by day. These princes, nobles, gentry and landlords began to annex the land.

But then again, this has been the case since ancient times. Once the country is stable and prosperous, these princes, nobles, gentry and landlords will begin to annex the land because they have a lot of money in their hands and have more and more descendants, and only annex the land. There is another reason, because the people's endurance is too fragile. Once there is a wind and rain, they can only sell the land and overcome the difficulties first. For the sake of their livelihood, they can only become tenant farmers. The court should pay attention to this matter."

Li Zhi frowned. He actually understood in his heart that the founding meritorious service was some people, but so many years have passed, and everyone is full of children and grandchildren, so the demand for land is naturally increasing. In fact, the court has rewarded them with a lot of land after these merits, but it is still far from enough. This is also a headache. He pointed to the stool next to him and said, "You sit down!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Han Yi sat down.

Li Zhi said again: "You keep talking."

"Abide by the order!"

Han Yi also said: "There are three harms to the annexation of land. First, it will hurt Your Majesty's interests. They hold a large amount of land in their hands, but the land will not increase. In the future, your Majesty's reward will become more and more difficult, and sooner or later you will face a situation where there is no land to be sealed. However, rewarding the land of the meritorious officials is the system of the court, and it can even be said to be a promise given to his ministers by His Majesty. What should we do at that time? Your Majesty must be prepared for danger in times of peace and cannot wait until the problem arises before thinking about how to solve it.

Secondly, it hurts the interests of the people. The equal land system is to restore the people's freedom and allow the people to have land to cultivate, thus making the country stable. This is also the fundamental reason why our Tang Dynasty was able to be prosperous and strong. However, they ganged up land on a large scale, resulting in the people becoming the targets they deprived. If the weather is good, these tenants can barely survive. But once there is a disaster, the people will not only face the harm caused by the disaster, but also face the exploitation of the landlords. Under these three blows, the tenants' lives will only become more and more difficult, and even cause riots.

Third, the harm to the interests of the country and the unrest in the past dynasties all started with the class contradiction between farmers and landlords. This is also the reason for the emergence of the equal-land system. If they continue like this and the court does nothing, history will surely repeat itself. In fact, after all, they deprive not only the interests of the people, but also the interests of the country and His Majesty.”

Monarch, country, and people. Based on these three points, in summary, it means that there are many harms but no benefits.

Li Zhi was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed, "I don't know what you said, especially after this reward, I realized that there was not much land in Guanzhong area to be rewarded." At this point, he looked angry and said, "There are those merits, relying on the ancestors' shade, domineering and arrogant, and always talking to me with the merits made by his father. That was the merits made by their father, not them, and the court also gave them enough benefits, but they were not satisfied. You took away a few of them, and they quarreled in front of me, but he pretended to be stupid and tender if I asked them to do something. It was really outrageous."

In fact, the Yuwen Seng Ni and the others made Li Zhi very unhappy. Now he wants to eliminate these old ministers and form a cabinet centered on Li Zhi. You always say things to your father. Your father is loyal to my father, and Han Yi is loyal to me. Why should my merits be concessions to the descendants of my father's merits? After all, those people are still using Li Shimin to suppress Li Zhi.

This is what Li Zhi hates the most now.

It seems that he has worked hard enough. Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, you have just started now and you can't see anything, but if you let it go, then this hidden danger will sooner or later cause a big problem. Your Majesty should do it as soon as possible to prevent it."

Li Zhi frowned and said, "How to prevent this?"

Han Yi said: "Preventing land annexation is like preventing floods. You cannot wait until the flood comes before stopping it. That is definitely not to stop it. The key to land annexation lies in the fragile survival ability of the people, because at present, the survival method of the people in the Tang Dynasty is very single, that is, farming. If the people lose their land, they do not know how to survive, so they become tenant farmers. If there are other ways, they will not be willing to become tenant farmers and be exploited by landlords. On the other hand, when a force begins to compete with the landlords, the people's own value will increase.

Take this for example. I spent 200 million yuan to get all the tenants of the landlords in Chang'an County to Fengfei Tower, and then no one will help them cultivate the land. The land there is a waste, that is, it is abandoned or wasted. They must calculate how much money they will lose in a year. If I spend money to hire someone to cultivate the land, it will make a profit or lose. If it is a profit, I have to consider how much money I spend. It can ensure that my tenants will not be poached by merchants and maximize their interests, instead of being fearless as before, those landlords will starve to death if you don't become tenants. Then of course they can exploit the tenants as much as possible."

Li Zhi nodded slightly when he heard this.

Han Yi said again: "I wonder if Your Majesty has ever heard of the principle of not putting all the eggs in one basket?"

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Don't put all the eggs in one basket? Why?"

It seems that he is more interested in eggs and baskets. Han Yi said: "These are some tricks in buying and selling, and the reason is very simple. If you put all the eggs in one basket, once the basket is damaged, then all the eggs will be broken. Today's agriculture is the only basket in our Tang Dynasty. We put all the people in it, so everyone is staring at this basket, and anyone can only get benefits from it, which leads to everyone putting their hands into the basket, that is, no matter who is exploiting it, the target is the farmer. When one day the basket is overwhelmed, it will be all over.

A healthy financial system must not be a single branch, but a flower blooms. The most reasonable approach should be to focus on agriculture and assisted by industry and commerce. If agriculture is damaged, the country can still rely on industry and commerce to survive this dangerous period. If I were there, it would be impossible, because those refugees, in the eyes of officials, cannot be dealt with at all, but in my opinion, that is cheap labor. I will hire them to do things here immediately, and they will not ask too much. They only ask to survive. Merchants can help them through this dangerous period and gain great benefits from it. The problem now is that industry and commerce are too weak and cannot play an auxiliary role at all. As soon as agriculture is damaged, the country will immediately fall into a crisis.

From a certain point of view, our Tang Dynasty was not as strong as imagined, and this hidden danger was too great."

"You made a lot of sense. Don't put all the eggs in one basket. It's really good! It seems that it's very correct to ask you to go to the Ministry of Revenue!" Li Zhi nodded frequently because Qingxi County was a rebellion formed when the Tang Dynasty was the most powerful. From this point of view, it directly reflected the hidden dangers of the Tang Dynasty. But after a while, there was a hint of helplessness on his face and sighed: "But these people are either royal relatives, or meritorious people, gentry, and many ministers, and the interests are mixed. If you stabbed them, you were a little reckless, because I had to take care of these people."

This time Han Yi didn't say anything.

Li Zhi glanced at him, frowned, and said, "You go back first."

"I'm going to leave!"
Chapter completed!