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Chapter 608 The Persistence of Nobles

Hearing what Zheng Wenyong said, Bai Fan was very surprised.

Many years ago, when I first debuted, I met Cui Jian, a rich man from an aristocratic family. That was the first time I knew the aristocratic family. My understanding of the aristocrats of the aristocratic family was Cui Jian's domineering, tyrannical, powerful...

Later, after fighting against the Cui family of Qinghe, I found that there are good and bad families in the family. The so-called forest has all kinds of birds.

Having seen Cui Junchuo's old stubbornness, Bai Fan's understanding of the aristocratic family is that the nobles of the aristocratic family will do everything in order to save face.

Of course, this point of view was overturned when the Taiyuan Wang family surrendered to the court, and the aristocratic family was also afraid of death.

After so many years of experience, Bai Fan's perception of these great families has not changed much. This group of people is a group of scholars who have gone astray. Prestige, from the bottom of my heart, I feel that I am superior to others, and I have broken away from the common people.

Of course, if it is said that the aristocratic family has advantages?Yes, the aristocratic family knows the way of survival, otherwise it will not be passed on for thousands of years. The aristocratic family understands the righteousness of the country, and there are also pillars like the elders of the Li clan in Longxi and Li Zheng, the elder of the Qingcheng sect, who will not seek refuge with other clans even if they are exterminated.

Therefore, in Bai Fan's eyes, there are good people in the aristocratic family, but not many, and more are not bad people, but pretentious and annoying children.

Today, Zheng Wenyong was able to speak out about the responsibilities of the aristocrats of the family, which made Bai Fan look at him with a new eye. It seems that he was shallow in the past. These nobles have been the pillars of the country for thousands of years, and some people keep their mission in mind. At this time, Bai Fan thought of Cui Cui Junsu.

Shaking his head and getting all kinds of distracting thoughts out of his mind, Bai Fan began to organize his words to express his own opinions. Although he might not be able to convince the Zheng family, at least the pros and cons involved should make them agree.

"The people in the world are not ignorant of the unevenness of the fields and acres, but they are well aware of it. The reason why the people have not been chaotic for many years, and even faintly agree, is because the aristocratic family owns a large area of ​​​​fields, and at the same time, the people can rely on a big family like yours. They depend on it for their livelihood, otherwise the financial resources of each family will be poor, even if they have good land, they will not be able to grow it, and they will not be able to survive in a disaster year.

And the supply and demand relationship under this coincidence also made this rule reasonable. If there was no kindness from the nobles to help the people indirectly, I am afraid that some people would have expressed dissatisfaction with this. "

Zheng Wenyong smiled and said: "Hehe, how do you know that this is a coincidence and indirection? Now the old man can clearly answer you. The nobles of the family are not fools. If there are more fields, someone must plant them. If we are short of people, we must invite the common people. , Of course, the free employment relationship is not secure, and it will make us less profitable, so the means may be a bit despicable, but it is true that we help them survive.

Because we know that if the people starve to death, who will farm for us?Therefore, this is no coincidence. "

Bai Fan understood, and his admiration increased. This is the balancing method used by the aristocratic family for thousands of years. The employment relationship is naturally not as reliable and powerful as the life-saving relationship. Although the method is simple, it is very practical.

"Boy admire!
I don't want to comment on this matter, but what I want to say today is that with the Immortal Food, this kind of coincidence, or this kind of help may never happen again.

Because fairy food is really something that can make the world no longer hungry. Just imagine, if a mu produces a thousand catties of grain, even if a commoner’s family only grows three to five mu, or even only one mu, as long as they persist in the first year, then every family will have enough food. The era of Yu Liang is coming, and the common people will have other ideas when they are no longer threatened with life and death.

If you go a step further, as long as there is one person who is dissatisfied with the injustice of your non-payment of grain taxes, slowly, it will be spread to ten to ten, and everyone in the world who pays grain will feel that it is unfair. When the time comes, what will happen? "

This……

Everyone at the scene understood it, and they all felt a chill in their hearts. Yes, there is no threat of life and death. Everyone wants to pursue some freedom and human rights. The major affairs of the country are not worrying about inequality, but some people will stand up and be dissatisfied. time, I'm afraid...

"A group of ungrateful people, why don't you give them immortal food, it's all the fault of immortal food.

Lan Tianhou, why do you want to get back the fairy food?Are you sincere against us?Is it to destroy the nobles of our family? "An elder stood up and shouted.

"shut up!"

Zheng Wenyong yelled loudly, and the elder suddenly came to his senses, and he made a mistake.

"We are called aristocrats of aristocratic families and have been respected for generations. Could it be that we got it through such despicable means? Zheng's family of poems and books has always been established with Confucian righteousness. The ninth child will go to the ancestral hall to receive the punishment."

The elder's face darkened, and he wanted to argue, but looking up, there were so many elders present, it seemed that none of them was ready to speak for him. With a sigh in his heart, he got up and went straight to the Zheng family's ancestral hall.

"The Zheng family has a pure style and strict family rules, I admire you!
The pros and cons of this transformation of the land have been explained below, what do you think? " Bai Fanlang said.

The elder of the Zheng family said: "What if my Zheng family disagrees? Is Lan Tianhou going to use swords?"

Bai Fan was dumbfounded, and said sincerely: "Fan didn't come here after the ceremony. In the past, he used more weapons because of his youthful vigor, but this time I said, it's not what I, Bai Fan wants, but the situation forces us to do so. To solve the problem, if Bai Fan really doesn't care about it, and the country will be in chaos and blood will be everywhere in the future, it is not impossible for Fan to clean up the mess, but then why bother? All the losers are my good sons in Datang."

The Great Elder nodded and did not refute, but some people were still dissatisfied.

A clan elder sitting in the third seat snorted coldly: "Marquis Lantian is good at using his power to overwhelm others.

Immortal grains can produce thousands of catties per mu, which can eliminate famine disasters, and our Zheng family will also benefit from it. From then on, there will be no food shortages in the world. After every family has surplus food, it is not impossible to ask us to pay food taxes. After all, our family has a big business Don't care about the food.

But with your words, you brought us together with the group of mud-legged people who have always relied on us to survive. What kind of nobles and commoners are we divided from now on?Now they are dissatisfied with the fairy food, and they will feel dissatisfied with their status when they are full in the future. Will I continue to make concessions when the time comes?

Lan Tianhou, I admire your integrity for the country and the people, but you are also a member of the nobility. Since we inherit the status of nobility, we must make a distinction. Otherwise, we will let a group of mud legs ride on our heads in the future. Waiting is flatly unbearable.

You are only worried about the chaos of the common people, don't you worry about the dissatisfaction of the nobles like us? "

Bai Fan laughed and stood up, applauding the clan elder's outspoken words at the same time.

"So that's the case, thanks to this senior's blunt words, the doubts in Fan's heart were only solved today.

After weighing the pros and cons, the nobles are still insisting on their status, which is understandable, but you are always a senior, well-informed, have you forgotten?Wanting to be respected is not based on who you are, but what you do.

The aristocratic family has existed for many years. In the past, the great reputation was due to the countless kindness of the living being remembered by the common people. In the future, if they only rely on the shadow of their ancestors and do nothing, it will be inevitable that everyone will be wiped out.

I think, even though we have established that the status of nobles is superior to others in the law, whether we can truly be superior to others depends on our actions. At your age, you should no longer be greedy for a hypocritical and forced noble title. Let the common people recognize our noble status from the bottom of their hearts, which is what we should pursue. "

The old man nodded and didn't continue talking. Zheng Wenyong, the patriarch of the Zheng clan, saw that the matter had taken shape, and said, "Jian Zhi, I'll wait until we know what you're here for, and we've listened to what you said today. It's just this matter." It's not easy, and our Zheng family has nothing to say if we want to achieve consummation.

Let me tell you the truth, there are only four of the five surnames and seven families left. The Taiyuan Wang family followed the court, so it is not difficult. Our Zheng family has always been on good terms with you. Strong, the second is the Boling Cui family, you have to persuade, even if you want to promote it nationwide, you also need to add the famous and well-known families such as the Hedong family, Luoyang, and Shandong. "

Bai Fan saluted respectfully, knowing that this trip was considered a success, "Thank you uncle and all the elders for your understanding. In this case, please help me. Ten days later, Chang'an County Immortal Grain Breeding Base, Fan sincerely invites the patriarchs of these big families to come and join us. Regarding the matter of Shang Xianliang's land, please ask uncle to help you find someone, after all, the boy's reputation is not very good."

Nodding his head, Zheng Wenyong agreed. From his own point of view, the land issue caused by immortal food is the trend of the times, and it is nothing to be able to help Bai Fan in a favor.

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