The Lone Star of the Tang Dynasty

In that moment of lightning ......

Du Ruhui and Li Er, who were in the know, were not shocked in their hearts, and they had already experienced Li Changge's insight and resourcefulness.

And Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, the two uninformed, had a strong thought in their hearts at the same moment: there will be a king in five hundred years, if this young man was born more than ten years early, they would definitely choose to follow him without hesitation. They deeply regretted that if Li Changge was Li Er's son, they would have sworn allegiance to the death.

Li Er was even more shocked by Li Changge's thoughtfulness and foresight, and almost fainted. In a trance, he exchanged a look with Empress Eldest Sun, and the same exclamation flashed in each other's eyes - this young man is like a real dragon descending from the sky, gifted, and destined to rewrite the fate of the Tang Dynasty!

After Li Changge finished talking about his strategy, put down the cup in his hand and waited for Ying'er to change the tea, he noticed the sluggish expressions of several people around him, and he was a little nervous for a while, thinking that he had mistakenly fallen into the business of selling beautiful young men to the powerful, otherwise why would they show such shocked eyes?

"Everyone, ......" Li Changge asked embarrassedly, but Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng stood up at the same time and saluted Li Changge, which made Li Changge instantly confused and didn't know why.

"I'll wait...... On behalf of the Tang Dynasty, thank you Gongzi!" The sincere words of the three ministers resounded in the room.

Li Changge was quite surprised: "What are you doing here? You don't have such family and country feelings, and you are not an important minister." "

When Li Changge was confused, Li Er's eyes were red, he looked at him distractedly, and said emotionally: "Son, your promotion plan for potatoes and sweet potatoes has undoubtedly brought the foundation of prosperity to the entire Tang Dynasty, so why be too modest?"

Li Changge was stunned, although in a sense, if the imperial court could think of these and put them into practice, it would indeed help promote the arrival of the prosperous era, but he knew that the prosperous standard in his heart was completely different from the prosperous era in the hearts of people in the early years of the Tang Dynasty.

"Lao Li, there are many aspects to measure whether a country is strong or not. Tackling famine is important, but there is no need to get too excited. Li Changge tried to lighten the mood, emphasizing that prosperity could not be achieved by this alone.

"Childe's words are wrong!" When Empress Changsun heard this, she immediately retorted, and Wei Zheng and the others, who had not yet gotten up, were directly knocked down by these words and fainted. Li Er was also about to slip to the ground due to violent mood swings, but fortunately, the eldest grandson queen was quick to hold on.

Seeing this, Li Changge immediately panicked, and hurriedly shouted to the back kitchen: "Mian'er Ying'er, why is the tea not good?

A moment later, Mian'er Ying'er hurried back to the front hall with a tray, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw several guests staggering and slumping on the ground. They were stunned and hurriedly asked Li Changge, "Childe, what's going on? Are they drunk?"

"It's not a matter of drinking. Li Changge was also confused, "Anyway, you feed them some water first." Oops, this ...... I really don't understand what these people are messing with! They are all excited here, and if something happens, Youzhou is too guarded to trouble me? These guys are really weird. "

After a while, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and others eased up.

Wei Zheng drank a large amount of tea, and the hot tea entered his throat, and a cool meaning penetrated his heart and spleen, and the feeling of suffocation dissipated a lot. He looked at Li Changge with a determined gaze, and reiterated his previous strategy against the family clan.

"Childe, the strategy you just proposed is so brilliant that even Zhang Liang and Xiao He are incomparable. However, there is a suspicion that the imperial court first hoarded dried sweet potatoes and released the news of the use of soldiers, which was intended to deceive the family into believing that the imperial court would not intervene in the market. However, if the imperial court suddenly sold a large amount of dried sweet potatoes, the amount of silver required would be huge, and I am afraid that it would put great pressure on the treasury. "

Li Changge nodded slightly, admitting the existence of this problem, but gave his own opinion: "You are right, there is indeed such a consideration. But in reality, food itself is another form of wealth. When food is in short supply, its value is comparable to silver, or even higher. "

When Wei Zheng heard this, his heart suddenly brightened, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: a master is different, and his thinking is far beyond ordinary people. "Moreover, taking advantage of the high food prices in the early stage, the treasury can be more flexible, although this flexibility is best avoided as much as possible. "

Fang Xuanling also praised again and again, and deeply admired Li Changge's resourcefulness. But he still couldn't help but regret: "It's a pity that these families have deep roots, even if they have such a well-designed bureau, I'm afraid it will be difficult to shake their roots." A hundred years later, I'm afraid it's their world again. "

After listening to this, Li Changge smiled lightly and responded confidently: "In a hundred years, there may be a new family rising." But these so-called five surnames and seven hopes in front of them are not really invulnerable. Times change, nothing is eternal, and the current situation is not a foregone conclusion. "

Li Changge's words revealed an indescribable height and intensity, as if although he was here, he was already above those intertwined families thousands of miles away. Especially when he said the words "five surnames and seven hopes", that attitude of overlooking everything shook everyone present. Even His Majesty Li Shimin, who is famous in the Tang Dynasty, is helpless in the face of these family forces.

Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Li Er were originally all bowing their heads and pondering the strategy proposed by Li Changge, but after hearing this title, they all raised their heads in unison and stared at Li Changge with blazing eyes. If other young people were to speak so wildly, they would only regard him as young and frivolous, but Li Changge is not a young talent who is full of enthusiasm, but a great sage who is really full of wealth and wisdom.

Fang Xuanling was so excited that he even wanted to make a big salute again to ask for a lesson: "Childe, please explain your views in detail!" Li Changge quickly held him up, and responded with a wry smile: "Brother Fang, don't be like this, I'm afraid I'm going to die young if I toss like this again!" Okay, okay, I said yes." "

Fang Xuanling and others sincerely expressed their willingness to worship Li Changge as a teacher, in order to get his wisdom and strategy. Li Changge saw that everyone was emotional, and although the words of the apprentice made him laugh, he could only accept it with a wry smile and began to explain his opinions.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's not that complicated to solve this problem. The reason why scholars such as the five surnames and seven wangs can dominate one side is rooted in two points: first, they have accumulated rich financial resources; second, they have almost monopolized the way to become officials. It is now the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the literacy rate is extremely low, and the imperial examination system has not yet played its due role. Therefore, families who can afford to support a large number of children to study have far more opportunities to become officials in the imperial court than those of poor families. It can be said that for the children of poor families, it is almost impossible to enter the official career without a 'way'. In addition, they control almost most of the land in the county, and the combination of capital and power makes them call for wind and rain between the government and the opposition. "

Li Changge deeply analyzed how the large scholar clan was formed, and then put forward a targeted view: "Therefore, the first step to solve the problem is to accurately grasp the core of the problem. The family, that is, the scholars, is the gate valve. In order to solve the problem of the noble family, it is necessary to provide fair opportunities for the children of ordinary families to become officials, and not only to continue to implement and improve the imperial examination system, but also to strive to create conditions so that more children from poor families can have the opportunity to study. As for the gate valve problem, it is necessary to break the gate valve system so that it no longer becomes a closed privileged class. "

"What does it mean to make the gate valve no longer a gate valve?" Fang Xuanling and others admired Li Changge's insights more and more at this moment, the depth and breadth of his thinking far exceeded their imagination, and this apprenticeship was really worth it.

Li Changge further explained with an example: "The key reason why the family has survived countless years without decay is that they firmly control all the land resources. No matter what kind of livelihood the people are engaged in, they are inseparable from the land, and the family determines the life and death of the people by collecting land rent, which is the so-called 'valve' phenomenon. "

"There are two ways to solve this 'valve' system: the first is to implement a tough uniform system, which your Majesty obviously ......."