Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 679 The centipede is dead but not stiff

Chapter 7 and Four: Centipede is dead but not stiff

Longxi Li family
There was a lot of traffic, people were pushing each other, people were squeezing people, it was obviously a very spacious place, but because there were too many people and vehicles coming, it was blocked halfway.

Someone waved a large amount of silk gold, thinking that it could be sent to the gate of the Li family in Longxi.

Don't look at this as a gift of money, not everyone is qualified to give it away.

Most people dare not even step in the threshold of others. Anyone who comes to Longxi Li's house in Chang'an is either rich or noble!

Those with the lowest status were also those of ordinary background but with official positions.

Qin Yang heard that someone even offered 10 taels of silver in exchange for the qualification to follow a third-rate family's child in order to get a chance to enter the Li family's gate!

It seems absurd to put this matter in other dynasties.

But it was precisely in the early days of the Tang Dynasty, in this era when aristocratic families and poor families coexisted, it was easy for absurd scenes to appear!
Those who used to wear official uniforms to handle affairs for the imperial court, now change their official uniforms and wear casual clothes, they are the guests of the family!

"The trend of the aristocratic family is indeed like the roots of an old tree. It goes down layer by layer, and it is constantly pulled in chaos." A carriage stopped by the side of the road, Qin Yang looked at the scene in front of him from a distance, shook his head and sighed.

It is precisely because the family is a centipede that dies but not stiff, so Li Shimin has been slow to take action against the family without his help, because the influence of the family in all aspects cannot be weakened overnight.

Acting rashly, the two sides wrestled, and the people who were involved were unlucky.

Now that there is an imperial examination again, this is a measure to gradually erode the power of the aristocratic family. It cannot be done drastically, so as not to force the aristocratic family to make another ruthless move.

Boiling the frog in warm water is probably what Li Shimin wants to use, right?

However, because he passed through and became one of Li Shimin's confidence, now Li Shimin's attitude towards the aristocratic family is a little different from before, and is even tougher.

He helped Li Shimin support the new branch of the Boling Cui family before, as if he opened the door to a new world for Li Shimin.

Since then, Li Shimin's private show operations have continued.

But even though the centralization of power has become much stronger than in previous years, in Chang'an City, the place under the emperor's feet, there are still so many people blatantly sending silk money.

At this moment, the person sitting in this carriage with Qin Yang is none other than Li Ke.

Li Ke's current appearance is very different from that of more than three years ago!

He has grown at least half a head taller, and his figure is thinner than before, and he has become much stronger.

The skin is still fair, but it is a shade darker than before. Generally speaking, this person is no longer the youthful kid in the past, but a young man who looks much more stable.

Still the kind of young man who holds great power and occupies a high position!

Compared with the past, Li Ke's knowledge is also much stronger. Hearing the teacher's emotion, he sighed in the same way: "Teacher, this is the aristocratic family who has endured these five surnames and seven surnames and followed them in the past. The reason for this is the reason. One move affects the whole body, if you can't hold most of Tang's economy in your hands, you can't be cruel to the aristocratic family."

How many aristocratic families are there in the country?

Basically, wherever there is a city, there is a family.

In every place, there must be at least one local tyrant.

That is the so-called local snakes, these families, passed down from generation to generation, became aristocratic families.

The aristocratic family is not always the same. The former Langya Wang family is no longer ranked among the five surnames and seven Wangs, and is directly suppressed by the five surnames.

In the future, the five surnames and seven Wangs will disappear, and there will inevitably be other aristocratic families.

Li Ke never dared to think too far into the future, but the suppression of the aristocratic family is by no means a simple deterrent by force, which is something everyone knows.

Fortunately, their father and son met a wizard like King Youzhou!
"Thanks to the teacher, the imperial court has mastered more land and factories than in the past, and because of these extra land and factories, ordinary people have brought jobs and food."

"The common people will not be displaced, and if they can have something to do and eat, they will naturally not be caught by the family's tricks and become hermits of the family."

What is a hermit?

It is to give up the native place background of the common people, to give up the identity of a good citizen, to give up one's own land, to give up all the rights of being a human being, to be merged into the family, and to become a family slave of the family.

House slaves are naturally at the mercy of the family.

When farming as a tenant for an aristocratic family, at least part of the grain can be left to eat by oneself. If the landlord wants the tenant to work, he must also be paid, otherwise the tenant can give up the job!

But if you become a slave of an aristocratic family and farm, it is completely planted for the master, and the harvest has nothing to do with the slave. If the master is willing to give the slave more food, the slave can eat more, no matter what. If you are willing to give more, even if the crops are bumper, the slaves can only go hungry.

Let the domestic slaves build houses and work in the factory of the dead family, and they don't need to be paid at all. It's all for nothing!

After all, how could a domestic slave have his own private property?If the master is willing to give it, you can have it, but if the master is unwilling to give it, then you have nothing!

Qin Yang also knew that the problem of hidden households was actually one of the reasons for the extremely small population in the early Tang Dynasty.

"As long as there are aristocratic families, the matter of hermits cannot be completely eliminated. However, we can gradually reduce the number of hermits. As long as no new hermits merge into the aristocratic family, the aristocratic family has no power to replenish, and the hermits There will be no more supplies. One day, the family will disappear."

Not only the aristocratic family, but even the emperor will disappear and be buried in the long river of history.

However, there is no need to say the latter sentence to the prince Li Ke.

Hearing what Qin Yang said, a smile appeared on Li Ke's face.

Even knowing that to achieve this goal, I am afraid that it will not be achieved by one or two generations, and perhaps it will be achieved by future generations, but right now, seeing the family gradually weakened, even if it is only a tiny bit, is still a victory.

It was an aristocratic family that "would rather marry a girl with a fifth surname than an emperor's daughter." It was only in the past few years that the aristocratic family showed some signs of decline.

"By the way, teacher, this disciple is going to be a father!" Li Ke suddenly said to Qin Yang after talking about political affairs.

"Speaking of which, you were married before, and I didn't know you before, so I didn't have time to give you a gift. When your child is born, I will give you a big gift!" Qin Yang said with a smile.

Qin Yang had some understanding of Li Ke, the king of Wu in history.

For example, Wu Wang Li Ke had more than one concubine in history.

The first concubine was also surnamed Yang. She married Li Ke in the fifth year of Zhenguan.

However, he was his first wife after all. Judging from Li Ke's appearance, he clearly cared about Concubine Yang. When he talked about his pregnant wife, the smile on his face was bigger than before.

(End of this chapter)