There are those who are suspicious, and there are also those who are surprised...
Only a very few people know Li Chengzhi's identity, just like Mr. Ren. But they all keep their mouths shut and remain silent.
Most of them are guessing about Li Chengzhi's identity, wondering who he is, who dares to shout without the permission of Li Shiliang, the leader of Xihai?
Furthermore, what do you mean by taking off your headscarf?
Even if you want to take action, you should just roll back your sleeves...
But Zhao Xian's face suddenly stiffened, and his two cloudy eyes seemed to be fixed on Li Chengzhi.
Although he did not recognize Li Chengzhi, he had heard countless rumors about Li Chengzhi.
A gift from heaven and man, a genius from all over the world, a man who is uniquely beautiful, and one who is unique in the world...
With more than 300 retainers, he raised an army to quell the monks' rebellion and settled Jingzhou...
Enter the northern land alone, suppress the fertile fields, and destroy Du Lun...
Battle with Chencang, defeated the famous Southern Liang general Chang Yizhi, Pei Sui, executed Yu Zhong, Yuan Ji, captured Yuan Li...
Among them, the most talked-about one is that he saved many people, but later he was so sad because of the death of the late Emperor Bintian that he became bald overnight.
White hair overnight?
Seeing Li Shiliang bowing slightly and looking very humble, Zhao Xian's mind buzzed.
Li Chengzhi!
When did he come to Hexi?
No wonder that after the Qingming Dynasty, Li Shiliang went out of his way and no longer treated the scholars with kindness, but pressed forward step by step, as if he wanted to kill them all?
In all likelihood, it was the intention to teach Li Chengzhi.
According to this calculation, it has been four months since Li Chengzhi arrived in Xihai. Doesn't this mean that he has already left the imperial court? Otherwise, how could he have been away from the capital for so long?
The more he speculated, the more anxious Zhao Xian became, and his face turned pale uncontrollably.
Today's incident seems to stand out, but in fact it has been premeditated, and he, Zhao Xian, is the mastermind behind the plan.
He secretly seduced everyone, saying that the Zhao family and the Ren family were related by marriage, and the Ren family was the wife of Li Shiliang, so he could definitely keep everyone safe.
Otherwise, how could the necks of these scholars be so hard?
Furthermore, this was not a rebellion or a defection, it was just the scholars' appeal for injustice, which was reasonable and reasonable. Therefore, even if Li Shiliang found out that the Zhao family was secretly planning it, at most he would reprimand him.
But who would have expected that the person in charge of Xihai now would be Li Chengzhi?
Although these two are uncle and nephew, they are very different.
The former was smooth and well-rounded, and always left some room for action. He was born in a noble family, so he favored the nobility.
But the latter is a god of murder who emerged from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, with more than tens of thousands of lives in his hands?
In just one battle in Chencang, he concealed the truth and smuggled nearly 100,000 households from Qin and Liang states to the West Sea. You can see how audacious and ambitious Li Chengzhi is?
And how could such a person have mercy on the lives of more than a hundred people?
What made Zhao Xian even more frightened was that he had obviously fallen into Li Chengzhi's plan today. This was clearly arranged by him, and he was determined to catch all the bad guys in one go.
What exactly went wrong?
Zhao Xian raised his eyes and looked around, his eyes full of fear.
Most of the people around him were confused and didn't know why. Some people were speculating on the origin of this person who dared to overstep even in front of Li Shijun. Others were wondering why Zhao Changshi (Zhao Xian once served as Longxi County Magistrate) had a sudden change of expression.
Frightened and anxious.
Only a few of the Ren family members lowered their eyebrows and drooped their eyes, lowering their heads and saying nothing, just like old monks in meditation.
It's Ren!
And even Li Shiliang didn't know about it.
Otherwise, he wouldn't look thoughtful and suddenly enlightened at this moment.
What a traitor, how could he have such a deep plan?
What happens after that?
Under torture, why can't I ask for anything? I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it...
Zhao Xian felt regret and hatred in his heart, and his face covered with age spots had no trace of blood. But his body was extremely honest, and he knelt down with a "pop".
"The common people are guilty, I hope the government will open up and let me have the Zhao family's incense..."
Li Guogong...Li Chengzhi?
The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, and the faces of all the scholars around him changed in shock.
If it weren't for Li Chengzhi, how could Yuan Huai be defeated and how could they be kidnapped to Hexi?
Looking at Li Xian again, he had already sunk to the ground, wishing he could mash his head into the soil. There were beads of sweat on his forehead, and his whole body was trembling.
No matter how stupid the scholars were, they knew that a disaster was coming. The children of the Zhao family were the quickest to see the opportunity, and more than ten of them fell to their knees in just a few breaths.
Then came the Ren family. The reason why they knelt down was because they didn't want to expose the fact that they had become Li family's lackeys so early.
Then it was like a wall collapsed and a house collapsed, and they knelt on the ground with a crackle. More than a hundred soldiers stood there, holding the rope and were stunned: Should I tie it or not?
All the Li family's retainers and the old Jingzhou tribe all had stars in their eyes and wanted to shout: "Langjun is mighty!"
Just now these scholars were so noisy, so fearless, and had the attitude of "If you are capable, you can kill grandpa". But Lang Jun didn't say a word, let alone introduce himself to his family, he just took off his turban, and actually ordered these scholars to
The son knelt down and bowed his head, as silent as a cicada.
I would like to ask, even if the emperor comes in person, is it so majestic?
Li Shiliang sighed secretly.
He knew that Li Chengzhi was already dissatisfied with him, complaining that he was too tolerant to scholars.
Otherwise, why would he be spared and conspire with the Ren family?
Li Chengzhi didn't know Li Shixian's thoughts, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
At this time, what he did was a treason and perverse act. Li Shiliang only saw the ghost when he could understand it, so he had no dissatisfaction at all, let alone any complaints.
He was tired of pulling back and forth and didn't want to waste energy and time, so he cut the mess quickly...
Li Chengzhi waved his hand towards Li Xiaoxian, who shouted loudly, and more than a hundred soldiers retreated to both sides like mud cut by plows.
All the scholars were even more horrified and did not even dare to express their anger.
Seeing Zhao Xian kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down his face, Li Chengzhi sighed leisurely: "Seeing the opportunity so quickly shows that you are not a stupid person. But why do you have to be alone and take risks by chance?"
"The grassroots... are guilty!"
Zhao Xian knocked his head heavily on the ground, seemingly too choked to speak.
But Li Chengzhi's eyes were so sharp, even though it was just a quick glance, he still saw the trace of malice in Zhao Xian's eyes.
What an old guy, not only can he steer with the wind, but he's also good at acting?
I will spare you this time today, and we will take our time with the rest...
"It's good now that you know you're guilty!"
Li Chengzhi took two steps forward and walked to Zhao Xianshen, "I just said that Li will not kill anyone today. However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided:
From today on, your Zhao family will be demoted to the common people. Regardless of the direct concubine, all those who are fifteen years old and married will be divided into households. All the land owned by your Zhao family will be divided equally among the families in the clan...
The earth cannot be gathered together in one place, and the ding cannot live in one house. Are you willing?"
Demoted to common people, divided into households, fields, and residences?
Zhao Xian suddenly had a sudden realization in his heart: Is this the purpose of coming to Li Chengzhi?
He was happy and hated at the same time.
Fortunately, I have saved my old life, not to mention the children of the clan, and at least I can keep my official status as township head and party chief.
What's annoying is that Li Chengzhi's move is clearly imitating Liu Bang's tactics of dividing the powerful powers of the six countries. And it is definitely more than that, and it will definitely make the Zhao family fall apart.
But now that the knife is on his neck, how dare he respond?
It's better than having Li Chengzhi take advantage of this and have everyone in the family beheaded...
He kowtowed heavily again and responded in a sad voice: "The common people wish for everything!"
"good!"
Li Chengzhi nodded slightly, looked at the other people kneeling on the ground, and asked loudly: "What do you want?"
First, the children of the Ren family all said in unison: "No one dares to disobey the Duke's order!" Then the rest of the people also reacted and responded sparsely.
It's not very neat, and you can guess with your toes that there are many people who are dissatisfied. But Li Chengzhi is already very satisfied.
He pointed at Li Song: "It will be done today!"
Li Song took the order, and Li Chengzhi waved his sleeves again and walked in calmly: "The ground is wet, fellow villagers, please stand up and answer!"
Everyone thanked them repeatedly, and when they got up, they heard Li Chengzhi say: "I know that today's move seems to you to be retrograde. But Li invited you here today not to brainstorm ideas, nor to seek knowledge.
I just ask you to be witnesses and watch the ceremony. In addition, there are a few small things I want to inform you..."
Li Chengzhi paused for a moment and looked much more serious: "First of all, from now on, Mr. Li will serve as a memorial ceremony for the university and sincerely invites sincere people to serve as doctors in various subjects. Regardless of origin or household registration, anyone with a skill will be
Available on call...
Secondly, from now on, thirty-eight children's schools are to be built in Xihai and Zhenyi. All children, both male and female, who are suitable for young children can enroll in the school. Anyone who is literate and good at reading and writing can recruit doctors...
A doctorate from a university is entitled to a temporary monthly allowance for repairs, and a half payment for a doctorate from Tongxue. In addition to field taxes, corvées are exempted, and the person and his children are no longer limited to the old rules. If he has the ability, he is a county magistrate, prefect, brigade commander, or military commander.
Do your best..."
After hearing the first two sentences, everyone was still a little disapproving, thinking that Li Chengzhi was really going against the grain: Those who are good at learning and righteousness can only teach children's education, but on the contrary, a doctorate from a university can be a doctor with only one skill?
If the optometry fails, call an old farmer. Can you also summon a blacksmith?
But when I heard the last sentence, I couldn't stop myself.
It's just a doctorate in Tongxue, and he can earn two and a half gold for just one month of practice?
It sounds like a small amount, but it counts as a lot, because the "gold" in the West Sea and the "gold" in Luoyang are as different as heaven and earth.
Today, the new coins circulating in the West Sea have no square holes, are as bright as gold, and do not contain any traces of lead. Regardless of official history or soldiers, the monthly salary paid out is this kind of copper coin.
Although there was an official provision stating that one gold could be given to each government office in exchange for two stones of corn or wheat, two bolts of silk, or four sheep. However, among the people, the value was more than doubled.
Mainly because the copper mine in Xihai was established not long ago, too few copper coins were minted and the circulation was insufficient, causing the price to double.
Two and a half gold can be exchanged for five stones of grain, which is six hundred catties. Even if you eat it freely, it will be enough for two strong men to chew for a year.
And this is just one month of training for a doctor of Tongxue. He has already reached the monthly salary of a squadron leader in the army. Who wouldn't be jealous?
What's more, Li Chengzhi has just divided the remaining aristocratic families in Xihai into households, which is as close as draining fuel from the bottom of the cauldron. Everyone present knows clearly: in the future, there will no longer be clothes to stretch out your hands, and food to open your mouth. If you want to have a full stomach, you want to be fed.
His wife and children can only fend for themselves.
Not to mention farming, most of them can't even distinguish five points, are they afraid they will starve to death?
So after hearing this, everyone felt as if they were surviving a disaster and were overjoyed.
And that last sentence almost made wealthy families like the Ren family and Zhang family cry with joy.
Who doesn’t want to be a master, who doesn’t want to go a step further, but where did Xihai come up with this bullshit regulation that states that ordinary nobles cannot be more political than the party leader, and cannot lead the army more than the leader of the team?
It’s simply the most ridiculous thing in the world...
At this time, more than half of the nobles present no longer cared about dividing their families, because most of them were common people.
I worked hard on duty in the government office, and at the end of the month I received my salary, but 70% of it was to join the government?
However, the children of the common branch of the gentry who did not have official status and held military positions were even more miserable: after the gentry moved to Xihai, all the servants and slaves in the family were ordered to be dismissed, and then the fields were divided according to Dingkou.
The larger the ethnic group, the more land will be allocated. But if there are no servants, we can't starve to death, right? Naturally, it falls on the heads of the common people...
Everyone has selfish desires, even saints are no exception. So how can these people be unhappy when they suddenly hear that they no longer have to hand over their salary to the public, and no longer have to work hard to support a bunch of cysticercids?
If it hadn't been for a long time of accumulating prestige, I would have laughed out loud...
As for the direct descendant, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but he dared not speak out in anger.
After letting these people digest it for a while, Li Chengzhi said loudly: "These are just a few things. Fellow villagers, you can think about it by yourself. You can sign up for the exam immediately, or you can think about it after you go back. Remember, Li
Just wait ten days, don’t wait until it’s over..."
However, the children of the common branch of the gentry who did not have official status and held military positions were even more miserable: after the gentry moved to Xihai, all the servants and slaves in the family were ordered to be dismissed, and then the fields were divided according to Dingkou.
The larger the ethnic group, the more land will be allocated. But if there are no servants, we can't starve to death, right? Naturally, it falls on the heads of the common people...
Everyone has selfish desires, even saints are no exception. So how can these people be unhappy when they suddenly hear that they no longer have to hand over their salary to the public, and no longer have to work hard to support a bunch of cysticercids?
If it hadn't been for a long time of accumulating prestige, I would have laughed out loud...
As for the direct descendant, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but he dared not speak out in anger.
After letting these people digest it for a while, Li Chengzhi said loudly: "These are just a few things. Fellow villagers, you can think about it by yourself. You can sign up for the exam immediately, or you can think about it after you go back. Remember, Li
Just wait ten days, don’t wait until it’s over..."
However, the children of the common branch of the gentry who did not have official status and held military positions were even more miserable: after the gentry moved to Xihai, all the servants and slaves in the family were ordered to be dismissed, and then the fields were divided according to Dingkou.
The larger the ethnic group, the more land will be allocated. But if there are no servants, we can't starve to death, right? Naturally, it falls on the heads of the common people...
Everyone has selfish desires, even saints are no exception. So how can these people be unhappy when they suddenly hear that they no longer have to hand over their salary to the public, and no longer have to work hard to support a bunch of cysticercids?
If it hadn't been for a long time of accumulating prestige, I would have laughed out loud...
As for the direct descendant, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, but he dared not speak out in anger.
After letting these people digest it for a while, Li Chengzhi said loudly: "These are just a few things. Fellow villagers, you can think about it by yourself. You can sign up for the exam immediately, or you can think about it after you go back. Remember, Li
Just wait ten days, don’t wait until it’s over..."