Since the last conflict in Liulin, Liulinli and Donghou Mansion have completely become enemies.
After the Dong family was cheated by Cui Tao during a lawsuit in the governor's office, the Dong family sent servants to guard Liulin and sealed off Liulin.
However, Zeng Mu was not in a hurry. On the one hand, he was busy developing, and on the other hand, he united with the remaining captains to jointly submit a letter to the governor's office. The earthquake caused in Gaochang City this time was worse than the last time the escaped slaves of Dong Hou's family
The lawsuit is even bigger than the earthquake.
This petition was not to discuss the ownership of Liulin, but to propose to the governor's office to take back the land abandoned by each family.
According to the land grant system of the Tang Dynasty, every male can receive a land grant when he is born, and when a male male dies, the land grant will be recovered.
In addition to land grants, there are also Yongye fields that are awarded by the government when you become an official.
During the Taizong period, after Marquis Dong returned to the Tang Dynasty, the governor's office granted them many acres of land. Later, these old nobles obtained more land through mergers and seizures.
But whether it is land granted or farmed forever, the Tang Dynasty government still has a law on recovery, that is, abandoned land needs to be recovered.
In the agricultural era, land was the most important means of production. It was natural that no court could bear to let the land go uncultivated. It was only natural to take back the uncultivated land and hand it over to others for development.
The governor's office received the letter from these village leaders and immediately sent a working group to identify the abandoned fields.
This time, the governor's office came well prepared and acted very quickly.
The report submitted by the working group includes not only abandoned land, but also uncultivated forests such as willow forests.
In other words, the willow forest in front of Liulin Lane is also considered as wasteland and is land to be taken back by the government.
This made Dong Chong very angry. This willow forest had been the hunting ground of the Dong family for generations. This was not a land granted by the imperial court. The governor's office actually wanted to take it back by acting like a rogue!
Not only the willow forest of the Dong family, but also many mines, forests, and pastures under the names of the old nobles will be taken back in the name of abandoned fields.
But want to protest? Except for a few old nobles who also want to have their "wasteland" taken back, the other landowners in Gaochang City are watching indifferently.
The Dong family, a group of old aristocrats, occupied land without cultivating it and occupied unowned mountains and forests everywhere. They had long been despised by the landlords.
This time, the governor's office was clearly trying to suppress them, but the actions of the governor's office were indeed clever. Whether it was enslaving people or invading mountains and forests, these were the things that Gaochang's old nobles couldn't stand.
However, this time it involved land, which affected the lifeblood of the old nobles of Gaochang. Dong Zhong contacted him and finally brought the case to Li Xiuzhang, the governor of Xizhou.
When encountering such a thing, Li Xiuzhang could no longer pretend to be dead no matter how cunning he was. He summoned officials from the governor's office to discuss the lawsuit.
Li Xiuzhang, who was meditating at home, once again put on his crimson official robe and sat in the main seat of the Governor's Mansion.
On his left was Cui Tao, the Bafu Sima sent by King Jianning, and all the ministers in the governor's office were replaced by Cui Tao as "his own people". Looking at the new faces in the room, Li Xiuzhang didn't show any concern at all.
Said nonchalantly:
"You are all talents valued by His Highness. Originally, I, a dim old guy, should be able to sit at home, but Gaochang City has been uneasy recently, and someone wants to carry out this clay statue of me. There is really no way."
Cui Tao crossed his hands as a courtesy. Li Xiuzhang was indeed an old fox. The meaning of this sentence was that he didn't want to come forward at first, but the old nobles had made trouble out of control, and he couldn't wait to come out to clean up the mess.
This sentence also shows that Li Xiuzhang is unwilling to wade into troubled waters, but it also shows that the situation in Gaochang City is tense now, and he has no choice but to intervene.
Cui Tao said: "With the governor in charge of the overall situation, it is naturally the safest."
Li Xiuzhang nodded slightly and said: "I know these big families in the city. Although they do not have the title of Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong also issued an order back then to wait for them with the title of Gaochang Kingdom reduced by one, so the people in Gaochang City People call the Dong family Donghou Mansion."
These old nobles of the Gaochang Kingdom had no merit for the Tang Dynasty. They were only allowed to enjoy the treatment of nobles because of the decree of Emperor Taizong.
But over time, the head of the Dong family actually called himself Marquis Dong.
Li Xiuzhang said this to Cui Tao. These old nobles are not real nobles. They have no titles.
Since they had no title, they occupied the forest, pasture and mines, which was actually against the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
Sure enough, Jiang is still old and hot, and Li Xiuzhang's two sentences are a blow to the bottom of the pot, and legally deny the privileges of the old aristocrats of the Dong family.
Li Xiuzhang continued: "However, there has been no peace in Xizhou in recent years. The governor's office has allowed them to form their own groups to train to protect their family property. These families have kept many domestic slaves and trained them day and night. I am also worried that Gaochang will be in trouble because of this."
Cui Tao was also a little hesitant. Naturally, most of the players were afraid of the world being in chaos and wanted to kill all the powerful people in the city.
However, the players are only over 2,000 when they are full. If every city they visit has to purge all the big households in the city, it will be difficult to unify Longyou, let alone fight for the world.
Now that Li Xiuzhang had understood the threat of these private soldiers of the old aristocracy, Cui Tao asked directly: "The governor is a role model for our country. I wonder if the governor has any good ideas?"
Li Xiuzhang nodded and said: "My method is also simple. I use reason to convince people."
"Convince people with reason?"
Li Xiuzhang nodded and said: "Whether it is the redemption of slaves or the inventory of abandoned fields this time, the governor's office is actually in charge. It is because our governor's office is in charge that other big households have not followed suit."
Cui Tao nodded. What the players were discussing was the sausage tactic of using soft knives to erode the power of these old nobles step by step.
Originally, Cui Tao's plan was to further develop the industries in each district, attract slaves from the old nobles, and gradually dismantle the population controlled by these old nobles.
However, there will always be various changes in the development of things. This joint letter from Zeng Mu and other players made Cui Tao see another opportunity.
But Cui Tao did not expect that this action of depriving the old nobles of "wasteland" would arouse such a big resistance.
Cui Tao sincerely asked Li Xiuzhang for advice: "Please give me some advice, Lord Governor."
Li Xiuzhang said: "As long as they firmly hold the 'reason', these big families will not be able to make trouble."
"Then how can we keep it reasonable?"
Li Xiuzhang chanted the Buddha's name and said: "The people in Gaochang City worship Buddhism, and they often debate scriptures in the city. This time the governor's office took back the wasteland, and these families don't understand it, so why not follow the example of Buddhist scriptures and debate with them whether these lands should be Take it back?”
Cui Tao's eyes lit up. Isn't this a hearing?
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Today I am sorting out the plot, there are only two updates, sorry