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Chapter 1406 Are They Afraid Of Knives?

The early spring in the north looks no different from winter. There is still snow in the fields, and the mountains in the distance are even more snow-capped.

A group of cavalry came slowly, followed by a long line of horses and carts.

"It snowed heavily last year, it seems that this year is another good harvest!"

Liu Qing held the rein in one hand and stroked his beard with the other, looking at the fields on both sides of the official road with a smile.

"Yes!"

Luo Cai stretched his buttocks. The long ride made him feel a little numb in his lower body, "This year will be a crucial year for Your Highness to rule the world. Food and grass must be sufficient. Otherwise, if it drags on, it will be manipulated by the false emperor in Guanzhong." Opportunity."

"Actually, if His Highness is willing to live in harmony with those Guanzhong clans, the Guanzhong clans will stand by him immediately, it's just... that's all."

Liu Qing hopes to end the troubled times quickly, but King Qin is stubborn on this matter, and no one can persuade him.

"Your Highness once said that those big clans are cancerous. They have contributed a lot to the downfall of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years."

"That's right!" Liu Qing sighed, "Since it was recorded in history, the great clan has been a huge force other than the emperor. When the country is destroyed, the great clan is still there. For thousands of years, it is not that no one wants to attack the great clan, but those who People have become the faint kings and sycophants in the annals of history."

"Actually, what if we destroy those great clans?" Luo Cai said calmly, "After destroying them, another group will rise up. It's like weeds, they can't be eradicated."

"Old man knows, let me just say that old man, maybe after decades, the Liu family will become a big family. In the future that I can't see, the children and grandchildren will be like the current big family, greedily grabbing land and people..."

"Your Highness also said that as long as people still need to eat, drink and drink, their desires cannot be stopped. However, they can be restricted."

"If your Highness doesn't enter Chang'an, you just want to watch from the sidelines and keep those big clans cold." Liu Qing said: "I don't know what methods His Highness will use to limit the greed of meat eaters, but when I look back, I will warn my children and grandchildren, who is so special? Those who dare to annex fields, corrupt money, and plunder, before His Highness takes action, this old man will kill his relatives righteously."

"So, great goodness!"

Luo Cai's words were hinting at Liu Qing: You are the number one civil servant His Highness relies on, if your children and grandchildren don't pay close attention and something goes wrong, His Highness will be slapped in the face.

Liu Qing glanced back, "Why didn't Mr. Dalang come out today?"

Luo Cai said with a smile: "Mr. Da Lang must be studying at this time!"

The sound of reading came from a carriage behind.

Zhou Ning's carriage is further behind.

In the carriage, Zhou Ning was reading a book.

Aunt Guan knelt on the side and said: "The family said that A Lang and Mr. Lang went to Sichuan with the false emperor, but they have been trying to escape back."

"Difficult." Zhou Ning raised his head, "The false emperor will definitely make people stare at A Weng and A Ye."

With the hostage in hand, the puppet emperor's waist is straight.

"Auntie!"

Second Li's voice came from outside.

Zhou Ning put down the scroll and sighed: "The little magic star is here."

"Little Devil Star" is the nickname given to Li Lao Er by the King of Qin, and Zhou Ning deeply agrees.

Aunt Guan raised the curtain of the carriage, and the four-year-old Li Laoer was carried into the carriage by the maid, "Mother, go out and play."

Zhou Ning blocked his hand with a headache, "Let the maid take you to play."

"No, I want brother to take me to play."

"Your brother is studying."

"Read it."

"I still have to write."

"Aniang." At this moment, Ah Liang's voice came from outside.

The old mother can't protect you anymore! Ah Liang.

Zhou Ning sighed.

"Brother!"

Li Laoer was overjoyed and rushed out. The guards outside quickly caught him, otherwise he would probably fall to the street.

Eight-year-old A Liang also felt a headache when he saw his little brother, "You can play by yourself!"

"Brother is lying." Li Er Er came to pester A Liang as soon as he got off the ground, and at this moment, Huang Wei came.

"Ah Liang, Erlang."

"Uncle."

The two saluted.

This migration made many people lose weight, but Huang Wei gained a little weight.He couldn't stay idle, he either walked for a while every day, or came to look for Ah Liang and the others, and took them to play.

The carriages of Concubine Shu and Sister Huang were at the back, Concubine Shu asked people to hang up the curtains of the carriage, and looked outside, very relaxed and happy.

King Wei sent someone to send a letter, saying that he is now temporarily living in Chang'an, and King Qin also sent someone to comfort him, saying that it is fine to go as usual, even if he wants to go anywhere.

But King Wei didn't move, just squatted in Chang'an, drank a little wine every day, and wandered around the market when he had nothing to do.I went to the blacksmith shop again a while ago, planning to reopen it.

"King Qin can be regarded as a believer." Concubine Shu said.

"Yes!" Sister Huang said.

Concubine Shu saw Huang Wei walking to the edge of the field with the two children, and said: "You can't trample on the field, even if there are no crops in the field, you will be criticized."

She got out of the carriage, "Go and see."

In an age of low productivity, agriculture is the foundation of everything.Emperors and princes must show compassion for farmers and attach importance to farming.

Reminding Huang Wei is also a gesture of favor to King Qin.

By now, everyone knows that King Qin's tendency to rule the world is unstoppable.

How to find their proper position in the new dynasty is something everyone is thinking about.

Concubine Shu, as the concubine of the false emperor, naturally has no need to seek any position, and there is no position for her.But children are debts!

King Wei was working like an old farmer in Chang'an, and he didn't say he took the initiative to help King Qin, which made Concubine Shu secretly complain.

If the son is dull, the old mother must be clever.

Huang Wei stood beside the field with his two children, pointed to the snow in front of him and asked, "Is the snow cold?"

"cold."

"No such snow! The pests in the field can survive until the time of planting, and then eat the crops. If there is no harvest in the field, the farmers will starve."

Huang Wei took Li's second son by the hand and looked at A Liang, "When your grandmother was still at her mother's house, she also took me to play in the field. It happened that it snowed that day, and your grandmother was happy, saying that the harvest will be good next year, and everyone will be happy." It can fill my stomach."

"I see."

Only then did Aniang realize this truth.

Although Li Xuan often took him around the market to observe the people's sentiments, but after all, he was not that meticulous.

Huang Wei was old and talked a lot, and he babbled on for a while, while Concubine Shu listened with a smile on his face.

"At that time, there was a tyrant in my hometown who wanted to take away our family's land, so he tempted the old man to gamble. The old man was young at the time, and he didn't know how high or low, so he followed. The family reported it to my sister, and my sister took people to the casino. Pulled the old man back. When I got home, my sister beat the old man hard for the first time..."

Huang Wei thought of Elder Sister, and said with a smile: "From now on, I will never gamble again."

A Liang asked: "Uncle, isn't this an annexation of the land? The officials at that time didn't care about it?"

Huang Wei sighed, "Officials with flowing water, petty officials and powerful officials who are hard-working. Whenever officials go to a local office, they will ask the local officials for news about the powerful, and then the powerful ones will wait for the powerful ones to visit them, and those without background will take the initiative to visit them. Powerful..."

"Why?"

Li Xuan hasn't mentioned these nasty things to A Liang, not because he doesn't know, but because he is worried that A Liang is too young, such ugly things will pollute his pure mind.

But Huang Wei has suffered for many years, but he feels that the child should be in charge of the family early, so he said: "The powerful and the petty officials colluded to control the place. If the officials don't buy it, it will be difficult for them to move forward. Think about it, what do the officials want to do, but let the petty officials go?"

Ah Liang nodded, "Yes."

Li Laoer couldn't understand, so he turned his head and saw Concubine Shu behind him, so he smiled at her.

The tiger-headed child reminded Concubine Shu of the original King Wei and smiled at him.

"But the little official and Haoqiang are a family. Once they join hands, the official's order will not come out of the official house. Even if they go out, but Haoqiang's order, who will dare to accept the order of the local people?"

"What if the common people go to sue the officials?" A Liang asked.

"If the common people go to sue the officials, where is the evidence?" Huang Wei sighed: "Even if there is evidence, it is enough for the powerful to push out a family member to take the blame. But this official will be targeted after that. Ah Liang! Those powerful and small officials are the same Collusion, trying to bring down an official, it's not a thing."

"Is that so?" A Liang's eyes resembled Li Xuan's, squinting slightly, as if thinking about something.

"So officials can only rely on Haoqiang to govern the place, but why did Haoqiang help you?" Huang Wei was born well in his early years, and later witnessed countless low-level tragedies, and has his own understanding of this Tang Dynasty.

"There is no benefit, and the powerful will just stand by." A Liang understood, "In this way, the powerful will want benefits, and the officials will want political achievements."

"Yes." Huang Wei was very happy to see that the child was smart. "For the sake of political achievements, most officials will collude with tyrants. What do tyrants want? Fields! They collude with officials, use usury, and use many methods to exploit the land in the hands of the people. Especially usury , the common people were illiterate, so they colluded with the petty officials and deceived the common people with the contract that they could get their loans back at any time. Some simply robbed them openly... how many people ruined their homes for this!"

Huang Wei was a little sentimental, "As a result, the common people became refugees or tenant farmers. But the powerful became richer and richer. As they became richer, the officials followed suit."

"It's just that the people are suffering, and the country is still there." A Liang nodded.

A Liang's last sentence shocked Concubine Shu's heart.

Does this kid have such vision?

How did King Qin teach?

"Yes! Ah Liang must remember, don't let those powerful families bully the people hard."

A Liang asked, "Is it possible to control it?"

Huang Wei shook his head, "I don't know, but those families have always been so rich, no, they are getting richer and richer. It can be seen that the past dynasties have not been able to control them."

"Can't the law be controlled?" A Liang raised his head and asked.

Huang Wei shook his head, "The officials are with them, and the law is their plaything."

A Liang raised his head slightly, looking at the white snow in the distance, thinking.

Concubine Shu thought he was young and shouldn't worry about such things, so she said: "It's out of control! Even the emperor can't control it!"

Concubine Shu was in the palace, many of the servants and maids in the palace were from poor families, they talked about these things from time to time, so they knew more about it.

"The emperor can't control it?"

A Liang turned around.

"Yes." Concubine Shu nodded slightly to Huang Wei, and said, "Once the mighty and powerful clans of the world join hands, it will be a huge force. If the emperor wants to punish them... remember the previous Chen?"

"Know better." A Liang has already started to study history.

"In the former Chen Dynasty, there was an emperor who wanted to suppress a powerful family, but he drowned and died when he was in his twenties. When the emperor drowned, there was no one around him."

Huang Wei shook his head, "This is most likely drowning in the water with someone holding his head down."

"Exactly." Concubine Shu has a thorough understanding of such things, "Those people can make deals with ghosts for their own benefit."

"Then..." Ah Liang thought for a while, "That is to say, suppression cannot be suppressed."

Concubine Shu nodded, "It's impossible to suppress."

Huang Wei said: "It's just to let them restrain themselves and give the common people a way to survive. In this way, it will be a prosperous age."

A Liang said: "Written ones are not good, so what about martial arts?"

Huang Wei asked, "What martial arts?"

A Liang said, "Aye said that when the Tang Dynasty does not give the people a way to live, they will rise up and cut off the life of the emperors and generals. In this case, instead of waiting for the people to rise up, it is better for us to solve it ourselves first. This matter."

Li Xuan occasionally took Director A Liang with him. He once said: "When you encounter something that cannot be solved, you have to jump out. For example, if there are corrupt officials rampant, you still think about reprimanding or following the steps, that will only make things worse." Made a mess."

"Then how do we do it?" Ah Liang asked impatiently because his father was the one he admired the most.

At that time, Li Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and a stern look flashed in his eyes, "Cut the mess quickly!"

……

Huang Wei felt that Ah Liang was talking childishly, so he couldn't help smiling, and asked:

"In what way?"

"Knife!" Ah Liang said... Aye said he wanted to cut the mess with a knife, so why don't I just use a knife?
"Knife?"

Huang Wei and Concubine Shu looked at each other.

"Yes!"

A Liang said: "They are not afraid of oppression, so I think, are they afraid of knives?"

(End of this chapter)