The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 669 Seeking common ground while reserving differences

For the old man of the Cui family who was willing to show face, Li Muyun nodded slightly, smacked his lips and said: "Actually, this world is very big, so big that we can't find the edge with our current abilities. The only thing you think is that we are obsessed with the reputation left by our predecessors. Is it really good?"

Lu Zushang looked sideways at Li Muyun, and said with a sneer, "King Xiaoyao, what do you mean? If you have something to say, you can't help but say it directly. Everyone understands, so why say it so cryptically."

"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll talk about it." Li Muyun stood up from his seat and stood with his hands behind his back. Originally, he didn't need to stand up, but he couldn't stand the kneeling position, so he had to take the opportunity to stand up Get active.

At this moment, everyone's eyes had been focused on him, waiting for him to continue speaking, hoping to hear what shocking suggestions he could give.

After a while, Li Muyun took a deep breath and said: "Everyone is said to be Li's seniors. To put it in a more vulgar way, the rice I have eaten is saltier than the road I walked, but there is something that Li doesn't understand. I don't know. Can you guys enlighten me?"

A group of old guys twitched their mouths, some of them couldn't understand Li Muyun's logic, the rice they ate was saltier than the road they walked, what the hell is this?In the end, what kind of head should be drawn by the door bow in order to connect these three things together.

Fortunately, among the crowd, Li Xiaogong and Li Muyun are more familiar, knowing that this guy's brain circuit is different from normal people, so he simply ignored whether his logic is normal or not, and asked directly: "What doubts do you have, tell me."

Li Muyun glanced at everyone in the room, and asked in an uncertain tone: "Everyone has been clinging to the things left by the predecessors, and you don't want to make progress. Don't you think you are discrediting the ancestors?"

If it wasn't for the desire to ease the relationship with Li Muyun, almost all the old guys would leave the meeting at this time, but even so, everyone still glared at him. Obviously, if there is no reasonable explanation, there will be no room for relaxation in the relationship between them .

But to put it bluntly, Li Muyun was also very embarrassed at this time. The reason why he said these irrelevant things was really because he didn't know how to continue the topic, so he could only delay.

But at the moment it is obviously impossible to procrastinate any longer, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and he continued: "Li remembers a great sage who once said a famous saying: To establish a heart for the world, to establish a life for the people, to inherit the knowledge of the past, Create peace for all generations! What do you think of this sentence?"

Zheng He, the patriarch of the Zheng clan, spoke for the first time, with an indescribable taste in his voice: "Yes, I am worthy of being a great sage, but I don't know who said this sentence?"

Li Muyun shook his head: "It doesn't really matter who said it, what matters is whether you agree with it?"

The old men didn't know what Li Muyun wanted to do, but speaking from their hearts, these words really spoke to their hearts, and under the condition that the family's interests were not involved, they all nodded in approval.

The corner of Li Muyun's mouth raised an arc: "Since this is the case, then we have a common goal, do you think so?"

All the old men continued to nod, only the old man of the Lu family said a little displeased: "King Xiaoyao, let's talk about something practical, such rambling remarks are not in line with your character."

"Okay." Li Muyun nodded, and walked to the middle of the room: "As I said just now, this world is very big. Similarly, there are many things in this world that we don't know, and we may not be able to share them with you. It's just as much as you think."

Everyone remained silent and continued to stare at Li Muyun, wanting to hear what he wanted to say next.

Li Muyun didn't disappoint everyone, he paused and continued: "The reason why you all have prejudice against me, Li Muyun, is nothing more than the fact that I pay food together, reform the land and return it to the people, and print. I'm not wrong, am I?"

"But have you ever thought about it, is the thing dug out of the land really that important to you? And does the reform of the land change the land into my hands, Li Muyun? In addition, I did not hide the printing technique. Everyone, right? I didn’t hide it from you, including the method of making paper? Then what made you so afraid of me?”

The old men with five surnames and seven Wangs were left speechless by Li Muyun's words. After thinking about it, it seemed that this was really the case.

Li Muyun made it public on the day movable type printing appeared, and he also made the method of papermaking public. From a logical point of view, it is really impossible to say that there is anything wrong with him. Even from a moral point of view, they still want to send a pennant to Li Muyun What the hell, after all, what he made public plays a pivotal role in the spread of culture.

But then again, Wu Xing Qiwang lost a lot of money because of Li Muyun's publicity, so what to say!Find someone to reason with!The impression they left to the world is that they are heirs of poetry and books, and they regard money as dung, so they can't say one thing and do another. .

However, Li Muyun didn't stop there, but continued: "Next, let's talk about the food in one package. You should know that the things dug out of the field are not worth much, and the price of food is getting lower and lower. Has the price been going on for several years? Even if you oppose this policy, how much food can you save, how much money?"

"Now that Tang Dynasty is no longer fighting civil wars, what's the use of hoarding more food, besides causing unnecessary fear, who can rely on the extra food to make a fortune?"

"To tell you something that you don't like to hear, you may say that if there is a famine year, you can gather people's hearts, but Li wants to remind you here that our Tang Dynasty now has rice seeds that can be planted two to three seasons a year. In a few years, the Tang Dynasty will no longer have to worry about famine, if you want to win the hearts of the people by relying on those small favors, it may not be realistic."

"So in Li's view, your persistence is completely unnecessary. It is the general trend to pay for the food and return the land to the people. Why do you bother to make His Majesty dissatisfied with that little money?"

To be honest, it's not that the old men with five surnames and Qiwang couldn't understand what Li Muyun said, but whenever they thought of having to hand over a large amount of grain every year, they felt a little uncomfortable, even though it was really not worth much.

However, under the influence of inertial thinking and deep-seated land complex, emotions overcame reason, and they reflexively thought of opposing this policy. Now that Li Muyun reminded them, and looking back, the old men also regretted it.

The old head of the Wang family had been listening to Li Muyun's speech, and at this moment he suddenly said: "Then according to King Xiaoyao's intention, we should agree to pay food as a whole and return the soil to the people?"

"Hehe, Old Patriarch Wang, actually, I always feel that everyone sitting here is putting the cart before the horse." Li Muyun didn't answer Patriarch Wang's words directly, but continued after a faint smile: "Actually, in my opinion, the continuation of the family is what you all have to do." should be considered fundamentally.”

Hearing Li Muyun's slightly threatening tone, Patriarch Wang's expression changed instantly, and he said coldly, "What do you mean?"

Li Muyun waved his hand and said calmly: "Patriarch Wang, don't worry. I didn't mean to threaten you. I just discussed the matter. We can get together today to ease the conflict between each other, so naturally we have to express our thoughts. Clear, right?"

Patriarch Wang took a deep breath: "Then explain clearly what you mean by that sentence just now."

"Sigh." Li Muyun sighed: "Let's talk about it first. What I said is just a hypothesis, not a fact. If you agree, I will continue to talk about it. If you must take it seriously, then let's stop here. How about going back to each house?"

Seeing the solemnity of what he said, the old men couldn't help but looked at each other, but they nodded in the end, as they agreed with Li Muyun's words. They really wanted to hear what shocking words Li Muyun could say.

Li Muyun was polite, seeing that they all agreed, he said slowly: "I'm talking about a very practical question, if His Majesty hadn't been kind, and if you met a tyrant like Emperor Sui Yang, how dare you be like him?" Are you making a fuss now?"

"Even the common people in Caotou know the truth that small arms can't twist thighs, don't you guys know? Don't you all have to run things to the point where swords meet?"

Li Xiaogong's cold sweat broke out, he slapped the table and said, "Mu Yun, stop talking nonsense!"

Li Muyun pouted: "Brother Wang, I'm not talking nonsense, I just want to know, if faced with a butcher's knife, what will the Patriarchs choose? Will they continue to persevere with the lives of all the clansmen, or compromise?"

It is human nature to bully the good and fear the evil. The main reason why the patriarchs of the five surnames dare to fight Li Er to the death is that Li Shimin is the kind of emperor who cares about face and can be more or less reasonable. I'm scared.

And the fact is indeed the case. In history, after Wu Zetian came to power, he killed the family in sevens and eighties, and in the end, they didn't see much trouble from them.

Cold sweat began to seep from the heads of several Patriarchs. Although Li Muyun kept talking about hypotheses, who could guarantee that what he said was true, and who could guarantee that Li Er really didn't have such thoughts.

If the hypothesis comes true, the Patriarchs hardly dare to imagine what will happen.

Li Muyun turned around in the middle of the room, glanced over the speechless faces of everyone one by one, grinned and said: "It seems that you all agree with Li's words, so can we continue?"

"Just say what the king has to say, we will all listen!" The Patriarch of the Cui family wiped the cold sweat from the top of his head, and his tone was many times softer than when they first met.

In a short moment, he had already gone through Li Muyun's words in his mind, and had a faint feeling that what he said was not necessarily just an assumption, and it was very likely that Li Shimin really had the meaning behind it.

(End of this chapter)