It seems quite reasonable to become a Taoist monk in the early Tang Dynasty. Wei Penzi also once served as a Taoist priest.
Wei Shanjun naturally understood the King of Chu's solicitation, so he declined politely: "Your Highness, I have become a monk and have no intention of pursuing an official career."
"I didn't let you become an official." Li Zhiyun said: "I see your superb medical skills and want to train you to help people all over the world. Don't worry, I won't let you worry about your official career. You can just practice Taoism and seek medical advice.
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Wei Shanjun still wanted to refuse, but he heard Li Zhiyun say: "At the end of the Sui Dynasty, wars broke out, the population was in decline, and the court had many opinions on the monks and Taoists."
Hearing this, Wei Shanjun immediately grimaced, knowing that he couldn't run away.
"Since His Highness values you, how dare you disobey me?"
Li Zhiyun said with satisfaction: "Don't worry, if you want to ask, I don't care about you. As long as you study medical skills while asking questions, I will be satisfied. In addition, I have already sent someone to look for Sun Simiao. Maybe you can be with me in the future."
Sun Simiao discussed Tao together."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Wei Shanjun was slightly moved and discussed with Master Miaoying. This opportunity should not be missed.
Li Zhiyun smiled, feeling very happy.
Wei Shanjun, Zhen Liyan, Zhen Quan, if they find Sun Simiao again in the future, he might be able to set up a medical school.
Soon after, Li Zhiyun returned to Chang'an.
Before leaving, Li Zhiyun rewarded Wei Siyan fifty taels of gold in the name of recommending great talents.
Wei Siyan's wife was very happy when she got the gold, but the unhappiness in her heart because the King of Chu was cheating on him disappeared.
"I never expected that the sour path would be so valued by the King of Chu."
Wei Siyan said angrily: "I did not recommend Shanjun, and the King of Chu may not be interested in Shanjun, but the sisters."
Sisters?
Wei Siyan's wife was stunned at first, and then said happily: "You mean, the King of Chu wants to take them as concubines?"
Seeing his wife's behavior, Wei Siyan didn't want to talk to her anymore.
"Oh, that's really their blessing." She said happily.
Seeing this, Wei Siyan sighed silently. It was very important to marry the right wife. But he couldn't do it. He married a man who could manage the house, but he was a snobbery.
Later, Wei Siqi took the sister to his home in Chang'an and informed Wei Gui.
Hearing Wei Siqi say that Li Zhiyun mentioned it, Wei Gui suddenly felt a little disgusted in his heart. How could a man's thoughts escape a woman's intuition.
On the second night after returning home, Li Zhiyun rested in Wei Guifang.
The table was placed on the couch, Wei Gui was grinding aside, and little Chenglie was crawling around next to him. Li Zhiyun took up a pen and wrote the words "share a small family into an entire family" on the paper, and then slowly perfected the theory.
In Li Zhiyun's view, he must implement this law, not for anything else but for the sake of the people at the bottom, for the population growth of the Tang Dynasty, for the elimination of illegal households, and even to deal with aristocratic families.
A simple explanation for sharing an acre is that those with more land will receive more, those with less land will receive less, and those without land will not.
Get rid of the head tax and collect taxes based on land.
In this way, there is no point in hiding the population, because there is no way to escape if the fields are placed there. Whoever has more fields will pay more.
The burden on the people has also been greatly reduced. There are many people in the family but little land, and there is no need to worry about high head taxes. This allows the people to live freely!
Let them live!
Li Zhiyun still remembers that the population explosion occurred from the 18th year of Shunzhi to the 55th year of Qianlong, about 150 years ago, when the population exploded from 20 million to 300 million!
It only took about eighty years to go from a population of 15 million in the 18th year of Shunzhi to a population of 100 million in the sixth year of Qianlong's reign. Basically, the annual population growth was around 10 million, which is terrifying!
Li Zhiyun's future plans are indispensable without the support of a huge population, especially the Han people!
Throughout the dynasties, there have been foreign pioneers, but why can't we hold on to the territory? It's not because there are few people.
Of course, having said that, he knew that once the idea of sharing the land was taken out, the first ones to oppose it would definitely be the aristocratic families, followed by the noble bureaucrats. Because they had a lot of land, Li Zhiyun was poaching their roots.
However, he will definitely find a breakthrough!
Wei Gui was so preoccupied with wondering whether her husband was interested in some of his cousins that he didn't even pay attention to what Li Zhiyun wrote.
Half an hour later, little Chenglie felt sleepy and was carried down to sleep by the maid.
Li Zhiyun also figured out the general theory. He stretched and found Wei Gui grinding beside him, lost in thought.
"What are you thinking about?" He gently hugged his wife's delicate body and smelled the fragrance of her body.
Wei Guiyu tapped his lips gently with her finger, "I wonder if you have found some more sisters for me."
Hearing this, Li Zhiyun felt guilty and immediately coughed, "That's nonsense. Having you at home is better than three thousand people outside. I have never had such an idea."
"Really, not three?" Wei Gui said resentfully.
There are not many women in the palace now, only four. Even so, no woman would want her husband to have so many concubines.
There are too many monks and too little rice!
There is only one big stick, who wants to wait in line every day?
"Definitely not." Li Zhiyun said calmly. Anyway, if he doesn't admit it, it's not true.
"That......."
Before Wei Gui finished speaking, Li Zhiyun immediately discussed biological knowledge with her.
As the night passed, Wei Gui was moisturized and became bright and pretty.
Li Zhiyun got up and went to the Li Zheng Palace to attend the small court. Wei Gui also said hello to Princess Chu and took his children to Wei Siqi's house to visit some of his sisters.
Li Zheng Palace.
After Li Yuan's careful consideration, he decided to appoint Tang Jian as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Li Zhiyun was not surprised when he heard Li Yuan's announcement. After all, Tang Jian was also a hero of Yuancong in Jinyang and was Lao Li's confidant. There was nothing wrong with entrusting the Ministry of Civil Affairs to his confidant.
Originally, he was planning to wait for Lao Li to ask his opinion and then recommend Wen Daya, but it seemed that he was overthinking it.
But think about it, now Lao Li is not worried about anyone standing up and saying that this won't work or that won't work.
The Guanlong family has been almost marginalized in the political hall, so who dares to have an opinion on Lao Li's decision?
Besides, the King of Qin died and the prince was still banned.
Lao Li can make a decision with one word, and there is no need to ask other people's opinions.
Later, Li Yuan asked: "Who do you think can be the new prime minister?"
After hearing this, the ministers relaxed a little. Fortunately, the emperor was not so arrogant as to appoint ministers without asking their opinions.
Li Gang, the Minister of Rites, said: "I believe that the Minister of Dali Temple has fulfilled his duties and can assist His Majesty in handling government affairs."
Oops, someone has changed?
Li Zhiyun felt a little funny. The previous few times the officials from the prince's family had recommended Li Gang to become prime minister, but they all failed. It seemed that they were not going to give up.
Zheng Shanguo puffed out his chest and looked confident.
Although they may not be able to win the position of prime minister, the East Palace still wants to try their luck in case of success.
Li Yuan looked at Zheng Shanguo but said nothing, and asked Li Zhiyun, "King Chu, what do you think?"
Li Zhiyun leaned forward and said: "The position of the Prime Minister is of great importance. It is at the center and must not be ignored. The sons and ministers are stupid and obey the orders of the father and the emperor."
Want to paddle again?
Li Yuan asked: "King Chu, who do you think can assume the position of prime minister?"
Li Zhiyun thought for a moment and said, "I think Wen Daya is more suitable."
Since Wen Daya cannot be elected as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, then he should be elected as Prime Minister. Anyway, he does not have absolute confidence in recommending Wen Daya, so it is better than nothing and try his luck.
Li Yuan thought for a while and asked other ministers for their opinions. Some supported Zheng Shanguo, while others suggested others, but in short there was no conclusion.
At this time, Pei Ji suddenly said: "I personally believe that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is the hero who solved the Yiyangfang fire case. Since the King of Chu has been supervising the government affairs, he has handled everything properly and can be admitted to the political affairs hall."
Hearing this, a row of question marks appeared on Li Zhiyun's forehead.