Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1408 The Prince Returns to Beijing
Hou Junji left Chang'an City with his soldiers and horses.

The news about Li Shimin building a palace for Li Yuan has also spread.

After the people heard the news, they condemned Li Shimin much less.

In fact, these people don't think much. In their view, if a person is willing to spend money and heart for his elders, he is considered filial.

Now that Li Shimin wants to build a palace for Li Yuan, then Li Shimin must be filial.

If you are filial, they will naturally stop talking.

Chang'an City gradually recovered.

At this time, Li Chengqian, Ma Zhou and the others returned to Chang'an City in mighty force after solving the flood in Bazhong City.

The disaster relief this time can be said to be quite successful. When he came to the main hall, Li Chengqian felt an indescribable sense of pride for the first time.

However, when Li Chengqian came back, Li Ke showed an imperceptible sneer in the hall.

In Li Ke's view, Li Chengqian is back, so his plan should almost be acted on, right?

In the main hall, Li Chengqian reported to Li Shimin about his trip to Bazhong this time, how to eliminate the flood, how to help the people tide over difficulties, and so on.

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction after hearing Li Chengqian's words.

"Okay, the prince is here, and he has done a good job. This is what a prince should look like."

At this time, many people in the court also praised Li Chengqian one after another. After all, the crown prince Li Chengqian could be considered a capable person if he was able to resolve the matter in Bazhong smoothly.

However, when the officials were talking like this, the crown prince Li Chengqian stood up and said suddenly: "Father, although the matter in Bazhong City has been resolved, but when I went out this time, I discovered a shortcoming of my Tang Dynasty. , if this shortcoming is not removed, it will be difficult for my Tang Dynasty to pass on from generation to generation."

Hearing this, everyone was a little puzzled.

"His Royal Highness, can you find some disadvantages?"

"It's so serious, shouldn't it be so serious?"

The officials in the court murmured in their hearts, Qin Tian was also a little curious here, and Li Shimin asked directly: "What did the prince find?"

Li Chengqian said: "In Bazhong City, some rich merchants and dignitaries use their money and power to wantonly occupy the land, resulting in less and less land in the hands of the people. Once some natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, these people will easily run out of food. , so, if the common people have nothing to eat, how can our Tang Dynasty be safe?"

Li Chengqian talked about what they encountered in Bazhong City. After he finished speaking, Li Shimin's first reaction was a little excited, because it was really good that Prince Li Chengqian could consider this issue.

It shows that now he has also begun to think about the people and the Tang Dynasty.

However, after the initial excitement, when Li Shimin was thinking about the deep meaning behind this matter, he felt an indescribable pressure.

He is not unaware of the annexation of land by wealthy businessmen and dignitaries. After all, these people have money and power, and they must have the strength to buy land.

It's just that these people bought the land, what can you do?
It's not that he hasn't thought about curbing this matter, but if he does something, it will inevitably involve the interests of these wealthy businessmen and dignitaries.

If their interests are touched, will they be willing?

If they do something to resist, the stability of Datang may no longer exist.

"Father, my son thinks that my Tang Dynasty should control this matter. The family and those dignitaries can only own a certain amount of land according to their identities, and the rest of the land should not be owned. This is to ensure that my Tang Dynasty The common people can own enough land to sustain their existence."

Li Chengqian spoke again, and Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he heard it.

It has to be said that it is indeed good that Prince Li Chengqian can raise this point, but if he does not consider the actual situation, he must take action, control the land of these rich businessmen and dignitaries, and even let them spit out the excess land, are they willing? ?
It is not a good thing to fight against all the powerful and wealthy businessmen.

At least in Li Shimin's view, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not agree. Among them, whose family's land property is not beyond the amount?
And things were indeed like this, right after Li Chengqian finished saying that, someone from Chaozhong immediately jumped out.

"His Royal Highness, the land in my Tang Dynasty is allowed to be bought and sold freely. It is normal for rich people to own more land."

"Yeah, I think His Royal Highness is taking the matter too seriously. The land in the hands of the common people is the same. At least when the court distributes it to them, the food produced by their fields can support them, but They don’t know how to run the business, and they sold the land themselves, who is to blame for this?”

"That's right, that's right, His Royal Highness is a bit alarmist..."

Many people opposed it, Qin Tian stood on top of the hall, his face turned pale.

He didn't expect Li Chengqian to discover this problem after returning from a trip to Bazhong, and he had such an idea.

If he really wants to implement it, then his Qin family's property will probably increase a lot, right?
Ever since he learned that their Qin family had land in Longshou, Qin Tian asked Tang Rong to tell him about all the land of their Qin family. After listening, Qin Tian was shocked.

Because their Qin family's land property is really too much, these past few years, Tang Rong has nothing to do, and only cares about buying land.

After buying these lands and planting grains, it has indeed increased a lot of income for his Qin family. Qin Tian is also very happy about this. After all, for people in this era, if they have land in their hands, they are not afraid of anything.

After he found out, he rewarded Tang Rong severely that night.

However, now that Li Chengqian proposes this, isn't this going to cut off Qin Tian's fortune?
Although the little money the land earns can't compare with other businesses of the Qin family, he is still very upset that the land has been reduced in this way.

He was very surprised, why did Ma Zhou follow Li Chengqian, but didn't stop him?
Above the court, the officials kept talking, it was very noisy, Changsun Wuji's eyes were fixed, but there was an urge to hate iron for being weak in his heart.

Why is this prince so stupid, why does he talk about everything?
Of course, the reason why he had such an idea was because Li Chengqian's matter, if he really did it, would definitely hurt the interests of their eldest grandson's family, and he didn't want this kind of thing to happen.

Many times, as long as their own interests are involved, they will lose their justice, and even lose their preference for others.

At this time, Changsun Wuji really wished that he hadn't supported Li Chengqian, he was too stupid.

The situation in the main hall was a bit chaotic, Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "We will discuss this matter later."

(End of this chapter)