The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 230 United Family
Although Li Yuan did not provoke the aristocratic family, he also borrowed many methods from Yang Tong. For example, the land-to-household approach was popularized in Shangluo County.

Because Shangluo County was once the territory of the ogre king Zhu Can.Zhu Can took pleasure in eating people from top to bottom. Wherever the army went, the people were used as food. As a result, the bones of Shangluo were left in the wild, and the population became extinct.

Although Zhu Can went to the Nanyang area for Li Xiaogong, there is no one in Shangluo County today, and because of this, the entire county's land has become official land and official land.

When resettling the common people here, Li Yuan lost many constraints. It can be said that Li Yuan was completely enthusiastic about many of Yang Tong's policies, because the rulers were the biggest beneficiaries of this series of policies, so some of Yang Tong's policies Even if the policy cannot be copied, Li Yuan will discuss with his son and his advisers how it can be used in Li Tang's territory.

Because the land is distributed to households, and the tax per mu is reduced, the layer of exploitation by the aristocratic family is reduced, which not only makes Shangluo County rich and enriches the treasury, but also attracts many people under Xiao Xian's rule.

But Li Yuan didn't do it thoroughly, and he didn't dare to promote it in Guanzhong, so the people who were exploited by the aristocratic family, the servants of the aristocratic family, and the tenants fled to the nearby counties in Guanzhong under Yang Tong's rule.

Although Li Yuan did not dare to promote compulsory education under the rule, "Meng Xue" hurts the aristocratic family, but it is beneficial to the imperial power forever, and he will never prohibit it.

A gleam flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, and he said with a wry smile, "Yang Tong must have made a lot of money."

In terms of making money, Yang Tong is really good!

The government-run supply and marketing association he opened specializes in selling grain, oil and salt, agricultural tools, cloth and other daily necessities, so as to resist the malicious price hikes of businessmen.Also because the supply and marketing association is government-run, people are willing to buy even if they line up, so that a large amount of price difference falls into Yang Tong's pocket, which also provides a lot of resources for raising officials and raising the army.

Although Li Yuan was jealous, he didn't dare to do it, because the grain, oil and salt, agricultural tools, and cloth business were all in the hands of the Guanlong dignitaries, so he didn't dare to snatch the rice from the Guanlong dignitaries.

He raised the "Mengxue" in his hand, shook his head and said: "This book is all made of rice paper, Yang Tong wants to promote culture and education, but he took it for granted! When he becomes a pauper, he will know how ridiculous it is for Quan Zhi to popularize books. This book What was the selling price in the Sui Dynasty?"

Rice paper is not inferior to the paper of later generations, but the only disadvantage is that the workmanship is complicated. A good piece of rice paper needs to go through [-] processes including soaking, ash covering, cooking, bleaching, pulping, water fishing, adding glue, and flooding. It takes a year can be made.

Therefore, rice paper is extremely expensive, and ordinary people dare not even think about it.Even Li Yuan was reluctant to waste it. He usually used hard yellow paper to write, and only used rice paper when necessary.

Although there are only "Thousand Character Classics", "Three Character Classics", and "Disciples Regulations" in the book "Meng Xue", after adding explanations and some short stories that teach people to be kind and learn, there are tens of thousands of words and more than a hundred sheets of paper. !Including printing costs and binding costs, how can ordinary people afford such prices, even books? How can ordinary people be able to read thousands of volumes and possess a wealth of knowledge?
In order to weaken the advantage of the aristocratic family, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty promoted culture and education and set up imperial examinations. His original intention was to let the poor people all over the world learn knowledge and obtain fame through the imperial examination system, thereby breaking the monopoly of the super rich on cultural levels and small and medium-sized officials. .

But because culture and education did not achieve results in a day or two, the imperial examination system instead brought more benefits to the aristocratic families, and it also directly caused the wise and powerful Sui Wendi to do a stupid thing in his later years.He ordered the abolition of schools, the dismantling of Guozijian, Taixue, and prefectural and county schools, and the people were not allowed to study.Although Yang Guang reopened the school afterwards, the books were still expensive because the paper was too expensive, and the effect was not satisfactory.

Liu Wenjing understood Li Yuan's meaning, and said, "This kind of paper is smooth, white as jade, and randomly folded paper is not rice paper, and the price is about the same as bamboo paper."

Li Yuan's eyes widened, and he whispered, "How is it possible?"

In the Tang Dynasty, apart from rice paper and some precious papers, there was no paper that could be folded.Bamboo paper and hard yellow paper are the most popular in the market. Bamboo paper is popular in Xiaokangjia. This kind of paper is as hard as a biscuit and can only be used for writing. It breaks when folded, and the price is the lowest.

Liu Wenjing said: "It is said that the technology of papermaking and printing made a major breakthrough in the Sui Dynasty! The supply and marketing cooperatives all over the Sui Dynasty were filled with books. The books were of different thickness and prices. They were all popularized in the Sui Dynasty. That's why books are sold to Guanzhong and other places! But the highest price of books is only two yuan, not to mention aristocratic families, even ordinary people can afford it. It is said that in the Sui Dynasty, the highest price of books was only two yuan. It’s only a hundred dollars. There is a tenfold price difference between the two, and it’s the bookseller who made the huge difference.”

"Why is this? What's the purpose?" Li Yuan frowned puzzled. Books were popularized by Yang Tong, but they were monopolized in Guanzhong. After twenty years, there are still people who are willing to buy it. Yang Tong only earns [-] yuan, which is a bit too cheap. He feels that there must be a conspiracy.

"Yang Tong is not selling books, but buying the hearts of the poor and the common people!" Liu Wenjing sighed: "Books were one of the symbols of wealth in the past, and the number of books was a criterion for the wealth of a family. It is not easy for the poor to study. If you want to learn, want to have books to read, you need to borrow books to copy, not to mention the cumbersomeness, and you have to owe a favor to the boss. If you have a bad relationship, you can’t borrow them. Now Yang Tong gives books to profit-seeking people at a low price The world’s booksellers sell them all over the world, so if poor scholars want to study again, they don’t have to seek help from aristocratic families. If things go on like this, the world’s poor families will surely prosper. In the end, who is the world’s poor scholars grateful for? It is Yang Tong who promotes high-quality and cheap books.”

Which level of people in the world most want to study?

Aristocratic family?Not!

Aristocratic families have the most abundant educational resources and living conditions in the world. For them, reading is a habit like eating, and they can become officials through family connections, so they don't have much desire for reading.

common people?No!

Before solving the problem of food and clothing, the common people are concerned about their livelihood, and reading is just a very noble thing for them, a kind of castle in the air that is out of reach.But before solving their livelihood, they will not think about studying.

most eager to read --

Undoubtedly it is a poor family.

The poor family is different from the poor family in later generations. The poor family in this era refers to the small rich family who do not have to worry about their livelihood, but they are not wealthy families. The poor family knows what benefits reading can bring them, so they are the best in the world. , a group most eager to acquire knowledge.

"Poor literature and rich martial arts" is a saying that paper books are circulated all over the world and are no longer expensive. Now that bamboo paper is still king when it is broken and broken with great force, "rich literature and poor martial arts" is reasonable .

The children from the poor family are not only blinded by the aristocratic family, but also condescending, in order to have a chance to study, and even if they are successful in their studies, if they want to get the opportunity to advance, they have to ask whether the rich and powerful families appreciate it, and are willing to give alms.Also because there is no family support behind him, he will not be able to hold a high position in his life, even if there is, it will be an accident among accidents.It's just that the boundary line between the aristocratic family and the poor family is not so clear. As long as the poor family successfully accumulates for three generations, there is hope to join the ranks of the aristocratic family, but it takes hundreds of years of accumulation to be possible.

Yang Tong popularized a large number of cheap books in the world, and a large number of poor scholars were bound to return to the Sui Dynasty, because compared with Guanzhong, Central Plains, Jiangnan and other places where official career resources were fixedly allocated, there were no poor scholars, and no noble sons from poor families, the implementation of the Sui Dynasty focused on poor scholars and scholars who had opened the imperial examination. , The employment system of being able to be superior and mediocre, can enable poor people to get more opportunities to get ahead.

"This..." Li Yuan didn't expect that this move would have such an effect besides cutting off the roots of aristocratic families. Li Yuan couldn't help but lamented in his heart. He also wanted to promote compulsory education, but was stopped by his advisers. Well, wouldn't he, Li Yuan, be able to take some of the favor of the underprivileged in the world?Why worry about no talent available?Why do you have to be subject to the aristocratic family everywhere?He hurriedly looked at Liu Wenjing and said, "Does Zhaoren have a way to crack it?"

"This is Yang Tong's usual conspiracy. All the princes in the world can see it, but they all have intersects with aristocratic families, so no one dares to touch it. In the domain under Yang Tong's rule, there is no place for aristocratic families to stand. The policy of benefiting the country and the people has only become popular, but in terms of culture and education, even if he is so strong, it still took more than three years to lay the groundwork, and now he has achieved great momentum, even if the world's aristocratic families join forces, there is no way to resist." Liu Wenjing shook I shook my head and sighed!
The atmosphere in the hall fell silent following Liu Wenjing's words. Li Yuan, father and son, Xiao Yu, and Chen Shuda all understood why Liu Wenjing said that.

Now that Xiao Yu and Chen Shu have reached Li Yuan's most trusted upstart Li Tang, they are all qualified to participate in such important decisions.

Xiao Yu was the seventh son of Xiao Kui, Emperor Liang Ming of the Southern Dynasty, the younger brother of Xiao Cong, Emperor Jing of the Western Liang Dynasty, and the younger brother of Empress Xiao Xiao, Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty.He is famous all over the world for his filial piety.Love to learn, talented, upright and aboveboard.After the fall of Xiliang, Yang Guang and Empress Xiao brought them up. After entering Chang'an, he paid homage to the minister of internal history. When Li Yuan established himself in Guanzhong, he offered Hechi, Shunzheng and Hanzhou counties to Li Yuan. Song Guogong!

Chen Shuda is the No. 17 son of Chen Xu, Emperor Xuan of the Chen Dynasty, and the younger brother of Chen Houzhu.He was originally the governor of Jiangjun. When Li Yuan rebelled, he surrendered to Jiangjun.

This is also Li Yuan's conscious effort to weaken the power of the Guanlong dignitaries in the court. Although he entered the pass because of the Guanlong dignitaries and quickly settled down, he has concerns about the strength of the Guanlong dignitaries.

However, because the Guandong gentry was not as powerful as Guanlong in Guanzhong, Li Yuan gradually introduced the southern gentry, which is why Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda were promoted repeatedly.

As for Liu Wenjing, although he was the mastermind of Li Yuan and played an important role in the first few years of the uprising, he is a bookish maniac, and because he knows too many things he shouldn't know, he is on the verge of death. change.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to care too much about the impact of the influx of books into Guanzhong." Liu Wenjing said with a smile: "Although Yang Tong has won the favor of poor people in the world and the loyalty of a large number of poor people, he has also touched the core interests of the world's aristocratic families and major princes. , This also created a solid foundation for the alliance. Within a year, we will be able to join hands with the princes of all parties to discuss it. Although Yang Tong is strong, the border stretches for thousands of miles. From Lingwu in the west to Liaodong in the east, if the princes Let's join forces to fight together, does the Holy One think that Yang Tong can stop the world's soldiers with the power of one family?"

"Absolutely not!"

Compared with the time when anti-kings prevailed in the past, the forces that can be counted today are nothing more than Li Yuan, Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, Zhu Can, and Du Fuwei, Shen Faxing, Li Zitong, Lin Shihong, and Xiao Xian in the south. It is less, but the power is not bad. If these princes can unite together, no matter how strong Yang Tong is, Li Yuan doesn't think he can resist.

"It's just how to persuade the princes from all walks of life to join forces?"

Li Yuan was very troubled. All the envoys from the previous round returned with their halberds, because all the princes knew that Yang Tong was the greatest threat to Li Yuan. Before Li Yuan was killed, Yang Tong would not attack the Central Plains for the time being. After Li Yuan, maybe he has already unified the Central Plains!With a complete southern force to deal with Yang Tong, the chances of winning are great.And before that, only a fool would agree to form an alliance with Li Yuan to provoke Yang Tong who is not a threat to him for the time being!
And Du Fuwei, Shen Faxing, Li Zitong, Lin Shihong, and Xiao Xian, the five princes, are separated from Yang Tong by a central plain, so far away!They didn't realize Yang Tong's terror at all, so they were not in a hurry.

At this time, Chen Shuda smiled and said: "The previous round of envoys was just to test the attitudes of the princes, and the next step will focus on attacking the families and powerful families under the princes' command, to show their power to Chen Ming, and to bribe the princes, brothers and close officials of all parties with great profits. For example, you can buy Wang Shichong's brothers Wang Shishi, Wang Shiheng, Wang Shiwei, Wang Shiyun, and Wang Shibian, and you can buy his sons Wang Xuanying, Wang Xuanshu, and Wang Xuanqiong to influence Wang Shichong; Li Mi can buy his close minister Fang Xuan Zao, Bing Yuanzhen, Wang Bodang, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji; for Dou Jiande, he bought his brother-in-law Liu Heita, and his mastermind Kong Deshao... as long as the relatives and subordinates of the princes agree, they will attack the defense of the princes It's much easier. Of course, before buying, you must understand the character of those people, so that you can target them, and temporarily don't touch those who are single-minded! When everyone agrees to form an alliance with my Tang Dynasty, a few people It is useless to oppose, you can only follow the trend."

"After listening to what Mr. said, I suddenly understood!" Li Yuan's eyes lit up, and he praised Chen Shuda greatly.

At this time, Chen Shuda said modestly: "I am ashamed, this is only after listening to Brother Zhao's analysis, I just realized it! It's nothing to pick up people's wisdom." He said, and bowed his hands to Liu Wenjing.

There are fierce factional disputes among the top officials of Li Tang court. Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji, Duguzheng, Dou Wei, and Xiao Yu are the core figures in Li Tang. In the battle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin, Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji, and Xiao Yu remained neutral, Li Shimin is the son-in-law of the Dugu family, so Duguzheng naturally belongs to Li Shimin's faction, and it is only natural for Dou Wei to support the prince Li Jiancheng in order to seize the first seat of the Guanlong dignitaries in the hands of the Dugu family.

But when Pei Ji was humiliated in Hedong County, he couldn't deal with Yang Tong, so he hated Li Jiancheng, who was unable to protect himself, and became a staunch supporter of Li Shimin. At this stage, Li Jiancheng was in a weak position.

But after Liu Wenjing was withdrawn from the Nayan, the court agreed that Wei Kuangbo, the Patriarch of Jingzhao Webster, was the right candidate, but Li Jiancheng strongly recommended Chen Shuda. Li Yuan also wanted to weaken the powerful officials in Guanlong, so he adopted Li Jiancheng's suggestion and promoted Chen Shuda to Nayan , In this way, the forces of Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin were restored to balance.

Liu Wenjing and Li Shimin have been friends for a long time, but he is dedicated to the public, so he should be included in the imperial party, but because of Li Yuan's suspicious alienation and suppression, and because the biggest political enemy Pei Ji took the initiative to move closer to Li Shimin, there are signs of moving closer to Li Jiancheng. Although it doesn't mean anything, Li Jiancheng's princelings have always had a heart to win over.And Chen Shuda was a core member of the princeling party, so he naturally didn't want to offend this talented and scholarly man.

"Chen Shangshu is being polite!" Liu Wenjing returned a salute with her usual expression.

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