The conversation between Li Tai and Chen Jingke soon turned into information that appeared in front of Li Shimin.
Regarding Chen Jingke's arrogance, although he kept muttering about being bold and bold, he was actually not really angry.
Instead, he said to the eldest grandson Wugou: "Mr. Guanyin, you have found a good lobbyist."
Changsun Wugou smiled and said: "Erlang, please don't praise him. He is as brave as a fool to say such treacherous words. Fortunately, you have a broad mind. If someone else had killed him, he would have been killed."
"Haha, you actually said what I like to hear." Li Shimin was very proud, and then said:
"Qingque has never heard such unbridled words in his whole life, so he is probably very angry. But the more so, the easier it is for these words to touch his heart."
Changsun Wugou said with deep approval: "Yeah, I didn't expect Jing Ke to use such a method. I hope it works, I really don't want to see their brothers fighting against the wall."
The smile on Li Shimin's face froze and he said, "Don't worry, I won't let this happen."
Then he lowered his head and continued reading the information to resolve the awkward atmosphere.
When he saw the sentence 'The nobles also despise the royal family for this reason', the unhappiness in his heart instantly found someone to vent to, and he said coldly:
"The nobles are powerful, I will destroy you all."
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There are two major capitals in the hands of powerful nobles: one is the right to interpret classics, and the other is land and hidden populations.
The first stage of Li Shimin's plan was to rob the population.
Although many people complain about Yang Jian and Yang Guang's father and son, there is one thing they do much better than Li's father and son.
From the beginning of Yang Jian, he suppressed the power of the gentry, and even the power of Guan Longxungui was greatly restricted.
In terms of population, Yang Jian successfully snatched the majority of the population back from the hands of the nobles and nobles and distributed the land. This was the true equalization of land for all.
When the people had land, they were naturally unwilling to work as tenants to the landlords, so the nobles and nobles had empty land but no one to cultivate it.
This is also the reason why Li Shimin, as the son of the Duke, had to work in the fields himself when he was a child. The imperial court robbed the people, and if he didn't work, the land at home would be left uncultivated.
In the early stages of Yang Guang's life, everything was actually going well, but unfortunately it started to get out of control in the middle and late stages, eventually leading to chaos in the world.
The powerful nobles and nobles of Guan Long took advantage of these decades to hide some of the common people again.
Li Yuan became the Supreme Emperor within a few years of being the Taiping Emperor, so I won't talk about him anymore.
After Li Shimin came to the throne, he learned Yang Guang's lesson and adopted appeasement measures to treat Guan Long. However, overcorrection and excessive caution also caused the court to lose the ability to conduct population censuses.
He could only use advocacy methods to call on everyone to free slaves. Sometimes when the imperial court was financially wealthy, it would spend money to redeem some of the slaves.
From this aspect, he, as the emperor, was truly aggrieved.
It can only be said that no one is perfect, and everyone living in today has the limitations of the times.
These are the conclusions that Chen Jingke came to after traveling through time, based on the historical data of his previous life and some current situations.
But the appearance of Chen Jingke gave him the opportunity to jump out of the era. The enfeoffment allowed him to completely surrender Guan Longxungui, and then he took action against the nobles.
Li Shimin is a decisive person. Once he has made up his mind, he will not hold back.
After more than a dozen generals took office, he immediately adjusted the officials of more than 30 states, which were mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan and Jiangnan Province.
Shandong and Henan are the basic areas of the northern gentry, while Jiangnan Road is the basic area of the twelve aristocratic families in the south.
The so-called twelve aristocratic families in Jiangnan are the twelve high-ranking noble families inherited from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, such as the Xie family where Xie An belongs, the Langya Wang family where Wang Xizhi belongs, etc.
Although the Twelve Aristocratic Families have lost their influence over the country and have become a second-rate noble family, their strength in Jiangnan cannot be underestimated.
Li Shimin wanted to clean up the power of the powerful nobles, so he would naturally not forget them.
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If everyone was still confused when the emperor ordered generals to guard passes and important towns at first, then the pertinence of this second step is too obvious.
The nobles could no longer remain calm and took action one after another. On the one hand, they gathered local forces to prepare for emergencies, and on the other hand, they began to use family connections to investigate the situation.
The calm water surface of Chang'an City became turbulent.
Changsun Wugou repeatedly warned: "Don't go out unless necessary these days. Even if you go out, you should take a good guard with you."
Chen Jingke was a man who cherished his life, so he immediately said: "Don't worry, aunt, I am very afraid of death. I promise not to go out if nothing happens, and I will bring ten or eight guards with me when I go out."
Chen Jingke kept his word. Except for occasionally going to the palace to see Xiao Sizi, the rest of the time he really stayed at Zixiao Temple and never left.
But he wanted to be quiet, and some people didn't want him to be. Every day, people came to see Sun Simiao, and he received several letters from all over the world every now and then.
Just looking at the envelope, you can tell that it is written by his old friends from the noble family.
For those who came to visit in person, Chen Jingke's answer was: My master went to the mountains to study a medicine, and we still don't know when he will come back. I'm sorry.
At this time, Sun Simiao was conducting experiments on enclosed smallpox and had not been seen in front of outsiders for nearly a month.
In addition, since he had often been seen before, those who visited him had no doubts and had no choice but to leave.
Just ignore the person who wrote the letter.
It was a coincidence that Sun Simiao happened to be in seclusion to study medical skills, otherwise it would have been difficult for him to handle those old friends from the gentry asking for help.
If you don't help, it's too unkind. If you help, you're going against the emperor. It's easy to end up not being human.
How good it is now, no one can say anything if it is perfectly staggered.
However, although Chen Jingke was very conscientious and did not even dare to leave the house, it did not mean that he would honestly do nothing.
That day he found Wu Shu and said, "Sister Wu, how are the sales and coverage of Wang Yuetan?"
Wu Shu said without thinking: "Sales volume is fixed at around 80,000 copies. It is difficult to make big progress in a short period of time."
"Except for the remote states, we have booksellers in all other states...Why do you, a hands-off shopkeeper, think of asking this?"
Chen Jingke yelled at Qu: "I just believe you, okay, how can I call you a hands-off shopkeeper? Sister Wu, you hurt my heart too much."
Wu Shu covered his mouth and smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I will assume that you trust me. Then, Master Chen, you came to me to ask this, but what are your orders?"
Thinking of business, Chen Jingke put away his smile, took out a few folded pages of paper from his sleeves and handed them to her:
"Put this article in this issue of Wangyue Talk. It doesn't need to be too conspicuous. Just put it on an unimportant page."
Wu Shu took it over curiously, and after reading it, he said in confusion: "Are you praising the noble clan?"
Chen Jingke said meaningfully: "Sometimes flattery can kill people."