Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the scholars have been suppressed many times, and their social status has declined, especially the gradual improvement of the imperial examination system, which has broken the monopoly of the scholars on education and culture, but the power of the scholars is still not small, and they control all aspects of social life. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the major scholar clans have hundreds of years, even thousands of years of inheritance, and have a very deep cultural heritage, which is not something that ordinary people can fight against, which gives the scholar clan an advantage in all aspects, including the imperial examination, as a result, many officials in the court are from the scholar clan, and many shops in the city are also the industry of the scholar clan, not to mention the field property.

And the children of the scholar family have a characteristic, that is, the small family first and then everyone, since ancient times, there is a saying that the family and the country are the world, that is to say, in the hearts of the children of the scholar family, their own small family will always be in the first place, everything must be centered on the interests of the small family, when the interests of the family and the interests of the country conflict, the interests of the family will always be put in the first place, even at the expense of confronting the country, which is also the difficulty of reform, making it difficult for the Tang Dynasty court to attack the scholars.

At this moment, as soon as the draft of the two tax laws came out, the officials representing the interests of the major noble clans exploded, especially those who owned a large amount of land behind them, all of them were nervously fidgeting, as if a piece of meat on their bodies was about to be cut off.

Just as Ang Lee was thinking about how to implement the two tax laws, the representatives of the major noble clans gathered in the capital to discuss how to oppose the two tax laws and how to get the imperial court to completely abandon this policy that infringed on their interests.

'The law of the ancestors cannot be abolished. This has almost become the most advantageous weapon of the scholars, after all, the policy of rent adjustment was set by the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty, as a descendant, how can he violate the legal system of the ancestors at will, this is a manifestation of unfilial piety, and it may bring unpredictable consequences to the Tang Dynasty.

"Ladies and gentlemen, once the two tax laws are implemented, the interests of our major families will suffer irreparable losses, so this time, we must unite as one and never let the two tax laws be implemented."

"Yes! Oh, yes! The law of the ancestors cannot be abolished, and such a mess will cause a big mess, and the two tax laws must not be implemented. ”

"Yes, yes, as long as we all oppose it, it will be difficult for the imperial court to enforce it."

The representatives of the major gentry clans have reached an agreement on opposing the two tax laws, which is also a rare cooperation for the gentry clans, under normal circumstances, they are competing for interests, and even tearing each other down in order to compete for the land of the poor, however, at this moment, the two tax laws have emerged, and it will greatly infringe on their interests, so they will naturally let go of their past hatred and sit down to study how to deal with the two tax laws.

There is a famous saying in later generations: 'There are only eternal interests, and there are no eternal friends.' In order to protect their own interests, the nobles can do anything, but in order to protect the common interests, they will also unite and find countermeasures together.

The opinions against the two tax laws have been agreed, and the next thing they have to do is to discuss how to oppose it, after all, they can't oppose it in their hearts! If there is any point in such a so-called opposition, if you want to oppose it, you must take action, and you must let the imperial court see that the two tax laws are not feasible and absolutely cannot be implemented, otherwise, it may cause very serious consequences.

"The Zheng family is located in the Central Plains and has the most fields, so they should be the first to stand up and set an example for everyone."

"Yes, yes, yes, we should put the Zheng family first."

When one person proposed, everyone agreed.

"Lu Shangyi, who and I have the most fields in our Zheng family, although your Lu family is far away in Fanyang, but the north is sparsely populated, I heard that the power of your Lu family has reached the area of Yingzhou in the north, from the north of Fanyang, most of the fields are your Lu family!"

Although they have reached an agreement on opposing the two tax laws, in the process of concrete implementation, there are still many contradictions, and no one is willing to stand up first.

"Okay, okay, the enemy is now, let's stop fighting, let's look at the situation first and then make a decision! lest you act hastily and anger your majesty. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, it makes sense."

"By the way, I heard that His Majesty just let Li An serve as the head of the household department and lead the implementation of the two tax laws, this person is less than twenty years old and is still very immature."

"Oh, it's Ang Lee, who is very good at fighting! He fights very well, and it may not be possible to deal with these things, as long as we set up some more obstacles, we will make sure that he is anxious. ”

"Yes, yes, find more things for the household department to do, so that they don't have time to take care of the two tax laws."

"Someone in our Yang family holds the position of Lang Zhong in the household department, if Li An has any movement, he will notify us, as long as he starts to act, we will respond immediately, as long as we hold together, I don't believe that we will lose to a little doll."

On behalf of you, the scholars discussed how to deal with it, and sent people to inform their own officials to inquire about the progress of the two tax laws in various ways, so as to facilitate their response.

The representatives of the major noble clans were discussing in secret, but the court had already been arguing, and when Li An handed over the draft of the two tax laws that had been written, the ministers of the court began a fierce debate in front of Li Longji.

Most of the ministers represented the interests of the nobles who owned a large amount of land, and strongly demanded the abolition of the two tax laws on the grounds that the law of the ancestors could not be abolished, while some ministers who did not have much land felt that the implementation of the two tax laws could increase the income of the imperial court, and the damage to those who had many fields was not very great, and it could be implemented completely, so a controversy was formed.

However, judging from the situation in the court, the majority of those who oppose the two tax laws have few supporters, which shows that the power of the scholars is huge enough to influence the court.

Li Longji's purpose was only to let the courtiers express their opinions, so he did not prevent any courtiers from expressing their opinions.

However, Li Linfu, as the head of the ministers, did not express his opinion, because he had not yet figured out Li Longji's thoughts, so he did not dare to rashly express his opinion, so as not to make Li Longji unhappy and let himself fall out of favor.

In the Tang Dynasty, if you want to implement a big policy, you must be carefully considered, if most of the courtiers and the people of the world are violently opposed, it will be difficult to implement this policy, so at this moment, if you want to implement the two tax laws smoothly, you must let the fierce opposition of the major scholars obey it, otherwise, once these scholars are violently opposed, it is likely to cause turmoil, so that the gains outweigh the losses.

Li Longji handed over the task of implementing the two-tax law to Ang Lee, on the one hand, because the two-tax law itself was proposed by Ang Lee, and on the other hand, it was to test Ang Lee's ability to see if Ang Lee could handle this matter in an orderly manner.

In Li An's mansion in Daye Fang, Li An is leisurely admiring vegetables in the big backyard, although the major scholars have united as one, although the court has been noisy into a pot of porridge, but Li An is still living comfortably, without the slightest panic, after all, everything is safe, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, what is there to be nervous.

"Ah Lang, Yan Yushi is here to visit."

"Oh, my uncle is here, Zhao Liu, my uncle is here, do you still need to pass it on? Please. ”

Li An frowned and blamed.

"No need to please, I'm already here."

Yan Zhenqing was not afraid of Li Anxin because Li An was promoted to the four-rank household servant, but he was still the same as before, of course, this is also the result that Li An wanted.

"Uncle, this is the first time you have come to my mansion! Ha ha! Come and see the vegetables I grow, many of them are already ready to eat. ”

Li An's expression was extremely calm, as if he didn't have to worry about the two tax laws at all.

"In such weather, you can actually grow vegetables?"

Yan Zhenqing was the first time to Ang Lee's mansion, and he was indeed surprised to see the tender green vegetables, but at this moment, he was not in the mood to appreciate the vegetables.

"It's okay, the court has already quarreled into a pot of porridge, and in addition, the major scholars have secretly united, in order to deal with you, are you still in the mood to grow vegetables?"

Yan Zhenqing said speechlessly.

"Oh, it turns out that my uncle is here for this! The two tax laws are favored by His Majesty, and they will definitely be implemented in the end, as for these people who want to oppose it, let them jump for a few days and vent their grievances in their hearts! ”

Ang Lee's expression was very understated, as if he could easily handle the matter of the two tax laws, which surprised Yan Zhenqing.

"Yes, it seems that you already have a way to deal with these opponents? It's me who is overthinking. ”

"Uncle, since you're here, let's have a good meal at my house first! As for the details of the two tax laws, we will talk about it while we eat. ”

Li An pulled out a few woad vegetables and shook them in front of Yan Zhenqing's eyes.

"It's still this virtue."

Yan Zhenqing smiled and promised to stay and eat.

Before the meal was ready, Li Fei Shouyu and Zhang Guangsheng came to visit with several subordinates, who heard the news of Li An's promotion, specially came to congratulate them, and found a good future for several subordinates.

"Shouyu, Guangsheng, come here, please take a seat."

"It's better to come early, it's better to come at a coincidence, just in time for the meal, haha!"

"Congratulations on being promoted to the head of the household, congratulations, congratulations, haha!"

As soon as the three of them met, they were polite, and in the morning, Kunxiong, Feiyu and Erniu had already come, but they didn't bring their subordinates.

"Okay, I heard that His Majesty asked you to implement the two tax laws, but there are no people from us in the household department, and you will definitely not be able to do things easily, I found a few people for you, and they are willing to go to the household department and have a good future."

Li Fei Shouyu pointed to several subordinates behind him and pleaded.

"Good! It's a good thing, I took it, haha! Brothers, uncle, let's eat first! Don't let the food get cold. ”

Li An said politely.

Although he didn't have any confidants in the household department, Li An had already asked his old subordinates to help him, and asked them to make secret visits to find evidence of the annexation of land by the major scholar clans, and now Li Fei Shouyu has sent a few more people, of course, it is better.

At the dinner table, Yan Zhenqing, Li Fei Shouyu, and Zhang Guangsheng made it clear that they would fully support Ang Lee and would always stand on the same front with Ang Lee, which made Ang Lee very pleased.

In the afternoon, Li An got the news and hurriedly took Zhao Liu to inspect outside the city, although he is now a household servant, a senior official of the imperial court, but he asked for leave early on the grounds of fatigue, and the officials of the household department, including Guo Xuji, could not do anything about him.

After leaving the city, Li An met several old subordinates, who were responsible for collecting information on the annexation of land by the Shi clan, and at this moment, he had already heard a lot of news, and even conclusive evidence had been found.

"Shilang, Zheng Laoliu, a partial branch of the Zheng clan in Xingyang, annexed 20,000 acres of land in the east of Chang'an City, these fields are in front, and we have found many people, who can testify."

Li An smiled inadvertently at the corner of his mouth and asked, "How is the character of this Zheng Lao Liu?" What other property is there in the family? ”

"Shilang, this Zheng Lao Liu's character is not very good, he secretly opened six casinos in Chang'an City, and many families were ruined, but with the support of the Zheng family in Xingyang, no one dared to close the casino."

When Li An heard this, the smile on the corner of his mouth became even brighter, what he needs most now is someone like Zheng Laoliu, who has a very poor character, and has also done the job of annexing land, so that there will be no psychological burden to kill this person.

"A few of you continue to collect evidence, and the people whose fields were forcibly annexed must hate Zheng Lao Liu very much, you have to find more such people, bring them into the city, and settle them well."

"Yes, Squire."

Several subordinates answered, and rode away wildly.

"What a field! But people's greed is so endless, they want to be richer when they are rich, and if they are rich, they want their children and grandchildren to be rich forever. ”

Ang Lee sighed.

"Ah Lang, where are we going now?"

"I'm not going anywhere, go back to the city."

Li An rode back to the city and returned to his mansion.

On the morning of the second day, Li An went to the household department for a turn, didn't say anything, just said hello to the ministers, and went straight to the Zichen Palace.

"Everyone, Li Shilang asks to see you."

Li Longji smiled at the corner of his mouth: "It seems that there are a bit of eyebrows, let him in!" ”

"Weichen Li An see Your Majesty."

"Ang Lee, what is the progress of the implementation of the two tax laws?"

Li Longji asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, there is a scoundrel Zheng Lao Liu in the capital, relying on the protection of the Zheng family in Xingyang, forcibly annexing 20,000 acres of land in the east of the city, displacing hundreds of families, and Your Majesty has repeatedly ordered that land annexation is prohibited, Zheng Lao Liu ignores His Majesty's will, and his crime should be punished, please give Your Majesty an order to arrest Zheng Lao Liu and immediately behead him, and all his children will be exiled to the army."

Ang Lee did not answer positively, but made his own request.

When Li Longji heard this, he nodded appreciatively, and ordered: "Yu Chaoen, the purpose is intended." ”

"Yes, everybody."

"Your Majesty, Weichen retires."

Li An didn't have much to say to Li Longji for the time being, so he had to retire.

"There are some means to kill chickens and monkeys, haha!"

After Li An left the Zichen Palace, Li Longji looked at Gao Lishi beside him, sighed with a smile, and Gao Lishi hurriedly nodded in agreement. (To be continued.) )