son-in-law

Chapter 473

In late April, a lot of rich people from other places suddenly appeared in front of Chang'an County Lord's Mansion, offering extremely attractive prices to buy land in Gyeonggi-do owned by the Tang clan.Because the conditions they offered were too attractive, the princess had to go to talk to his brother.But Tang Zhen told Tang Ling'er that not only are people looking for you, but many people are looking for me.In particular, the Duke's wife, Mrs. Fan, brought her father and all her uncles here, claiming that she would cancel the Tang family's 300 billion debts, and buy half of the Tang family's land in Gyeonggi Province at the "highest market price".

What kind of concept is this? It is equivalent to buying the land of the Tang family with more than ten times the highest market price.The elders of the Fan Clan chaebol directly told their son-in-law Tang Zhen that this was the only chance the queen mother gave them.If it can't be done, the queen mother will kill all three families.

Tang Ling'er took the account book and calculated, "The land in Gyeonggi Province is ridiculously expensive. They just don't want to pay back the cost of buying land like this. Then we might as well sell it."

This is really a happy trouble. Tang Zhen rubbed his forehead and said with a sudden smile: "The queen mother must think that Tang, Meng, and Ximen have too much land in Gyeonggi-do, so she came up with this method. She is bullying Fan, Meng, and Ximen. The Han and Qian families have no soldiers."

Tang Linger said: "How about we increase the price?"

Tang Zhen thought for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud. He felt that the little girl was really greedy, so he waved his hand: "No need, this is no longer a simple land transaction. In addition, when the Tang family was in the most difficult time, The Fan family has supported us before. Now we are too ruthless, it is a bit chilling. When our Tang family encounters difficulties again, there will be no one to help us."

Tang Linger nodded.

Tang Zhenpin smacked: "After the Zhao family eats up all the gentry of Wudao, we will start. At that time, the entire land of Chang'an Dao will belong to our family. In that way, the most important thing our family needs now is land. "

Tang Linger smiled contentedly.

Tang Zhen also smiled: "This is a good idea that our sister-in-law came up with."

Hearing her brother's praise of Su Yu, Tang Linger sat aside with a smile, feeling that she was happier than praising herself.

At this time, Tang Zhen said again: "Cao Yuzan is also a character who will not give up until she achieves her goal. Besides, Gyeonggi Province is originally the territory of the royal family. She has found a good way for us to retreat, so we will give her face." Pat lightly After a few cases, he decided: "Sell half."

When the Tang family started selling land, the Meng family and Ximen family also started selling land, and all three families made a fortune.This is really good news for Cao Yuhan.She was relieved to put the land in the hands of a chaebol who had no military power.By this time she was gaining widespread acceptance within the royal family, including those who had once opposed her.

At this time, the three old princes approached Cao Yuzan and said that they would hand over the third division of Tiger Talisman to Cao Yuzan.In other words, Zhao Yafu, one of the five great generals, and his third division (Jinwuwei) directly under him have since belonged to the Queen Mother.If Zhao Yafu is disobedient, the Queen Mother can remove him.And all the commanders of the third division were promoted, appointed, and dismissed by the Queen Mother.But the three old princes have a request, no matter how they change, the division supervisor and food supervisor must be from the royal family of Zhao.

On the day she got the Tiger Talisman, Cao Yuzan replaced Zhao Huang, the "King of Lushan County" Zhao Huang, the supervisor of the third division, and replaced it with Zhao Li, the son of Prince Rui Zhao Man, the Prince of Yuzhou County.It turned out that Zhao Wen, the food supervisor, was the son of Prince Xian Zhao Xuan, so he didn't move.

At this time, Cao Yuhan became more aware of the powerful control of the three elders of the royal family.She even felt that Queen Mother Chen's neck was broken by them.But Cao Yuzan was delighted that the youngest of the three elders, Prince An, Zhao Sheng, was 57 years old, and Zhao Sheng's health was very bad, and he was about to fail.

Just when Cao Yuzan was complacent, Cao Sheng came to Cao Yuzan again and warned her that Prince Kang Zhao Di was about to take over Zhao Sheng's class.Therefore, the structure of the three elders of the royal family will not change or disappear, and you should never forget that your surname is Cao, not Zhao.In addition, the princess who was imprisoned in Jingci Temple should be released.In the words of Cao Sheng: Do you want to wait for Zhao Di to take over before releasing him?That would be too passive.

Cao Yuzan wondered, since the three elders are so powerful, why didn't they become emperors?
Cao Shengdao: This is not something you have to worry about, you just need to work hard for the royal family.You took back a lot of land from the three big clans this time, and the royal family saw it, so I rewarded you with Zhao Yafu.I suggest that you don't replace Zhao Yafu easily. If you want to change, someone from the royal family must take over, so it's better to control Zhao Yafu.Unless you find out the illegitimate children of Emperor Bandung, but the three princes don't tell you, and you don't know who they are.

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In order to ensure the stability of Kyoto, the Queen Mother decided not to carry out tax reform in Gyeonggi Province.But she will not tell the outside world what is in her heart, and still uses the tax reform to force the three big chaebols to buy the land of Tang, Meng, and Ximen.If the three chaebols are disobedient, the queen mother will take back all the land in their hands, and the losses of the three families will be even greater.Su Yu felt that Cao Yuzan was very good at extortion.When this queen mother dies in the future, her temple name should be "Queen of Blackmail".

In fact, relying on the strong background of the three major chaebols, even if there is no land, business alone can guarantee the prosperity of the family.But Liang Chaoren seemed to have a special obsession with land, and felt that without land as a support, they could not be regarded as a real wealthy family.

The Fan family cooperated with the Tang family, the Qian family cooperated with the Meng family, and the Han family cooperated with the Ximen family, all of which bought a lot of land.In this tax reform, the assets of the three major chaebols Fan, Han, and Qian were cut in half.But no matter how they said it, they saved their lives.The gentry in those places were not so lucky.

I don't know how the queen mother infiltrated the news. Now the rumors are saying that as long as you buy the land of the three major clans in Gyeonggi-do, it will guarantee that the land ten times that of the local gentry will not be taxed.As a result, Su Yu could often see big landowners from afar blocking the door of the princess mansion, offering high prices, begging the princess to show mercy and sell them even a hundred acres.But the princess was unmoved, because it was impossible for the Tang family to sell all the land in Gyeonggi-do.In Tang Zhen's words, selling half of it would be a shame to the Empress Dowager.

At this time, the rich people began to think of new tricks. They brought the most beautiful daughter in the family and wanted to give it to the Duke Tang Zhen as a concubine.Those who went to the Duke's mansion to send their daughters off for a while were simply going to step on the threshold.There are also some people who bring their daughters to other princes, hoping to make connections.At this time, such a strange phenomenon appeared in Qinghuafang: many rich people came to visit with their beautiful daughters, begging, and they looked more like beggars in brocade clothes.

There was clearly a compensation plan in Su Yu's plan, but Cao Yuhan didn't fully implement it.She wants to pursue the best interests, and has been testing the bottom line of this group of gentry, Su Yu thinks it is very dangerous for her to do so.

That afternoon, just as Su Yu returned to the princess mansion from the queen mother, he saw a handsome girl and a poor maid sitting on the stone steps at the gate of the princess mansion wiping tears.Su Yu asked curiously, "Girl, why are you crying?"

The girl raised her eyes to look at Su Yu, she is such an exquisite beauty, wearing a second-rank court dress, isn't this a certain son of the Tang family?
She immediately fell to her knees in front of Su Yu: "I beg you to accept me, or Daddy will jump into the river! Daddy spent all his money on buying land, if the government takes all of this, Daddy will not be able to live. The whole family will hate him to death. Woooooo..."

Hearing this, Su Yu felt a little complicated.He lifted her up, and then asked about her family.Understand the impact of tax reform on the local side.During the conversation, I learned that this tax reform is devastating to these "little fish".

Although some regional governments have begun to take action, they all need the support of the military without exception.Now Zhang Yunlong and Zhao Ting have gone to Shandong Road and Hebei Road respectively, and the tax reform in those two roads has not been smooth.It can be said to be described as "grabbing".caused a very bad social impact.Therefore, in the initial stage of tax reform, it seemed difficult.

Su Yu felt that Cao Yuhan's actions were too fast and violent, but the method was very single, and the compensation plan could not keep up.If things go on like this, riots will happen sooner or later.What is gratifying is that today Su Yu went to find Cao Yuzan and learned that Cao Yuzan's four generals had proposed a more detailed and more moderate plan.And from Zhang Yunlong and Zhao Ting, there are also some experience summaries drawn from practice.

The news was delivered in a hurry all the way for eight hundred miles, and a large number of troops and horses came and went quickly. For a while, it felt as if Daliang Dynasty had fallen into war again.But it takes time for the news to spread. Obviously, the little girl and her father haven't received the news yet.

Su Yu smiled and said: "Go home, the Queen Mother has given you a kindness, and will leave a hundred acres of land for a family like yours. Your family will not starve to death."

"Really? Liars are puppies."

Seeing this little girl who showed her mischievous nature when her mood improved slightly, Su Yu raised her eyebrows, imitating the girl's tone and replied: "Really, go find your father quickly, don't jump into the river."

The girl smiled shyly and ran to find her father.

Su Yu saved a life with a few simple words in the kiosk, but Su Yu didn't take it seriously at the time.

In the afternoon, I went back to the princess' mansion and helped the princess's wife to review some documents.The princess should be pregnant in February, and it's only two months now, so she can't be too tired.But Tang Ling'er was a person who couldn't stay idle. Su Yu helped her approve the documents, so she ran out, looked around, and there was always something she was worried about.Su Yu also had nothing to do with her.At this time, Su Yu suggested that the released maids should be properly recalled to share the work of the princess.But the princess didn't agree, and said to let them practice again.

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Peng Tingyu, the general who suppressed the bandits, led a team to Taiyuan Mansion, met the Tiger Talisman, and inspected the soldiers of the Taoist Mansion.The soldiers of Guandao Mansion could not be reused, so only [-] of them were selected to accompany the team.Peng Tingyu decided that the troops will only rest for two days, and will be pulled into the Taihang Mountains tomorrow.

Taiyuan Mansion has prepared a garrison for the bandits in advance, and a thousand recruits are arranged in Wuliting outside the city.In the barracks, smoke was rising from the kitchen, and a group of officials including the Observation Envoy of Hedong Road and the governor of Taiyuan came to work in the army.Not to mention many small things.

Lin Conghu, the leader of the recruit regiment, pointed to the map and explained Peng Tingyu's battle plan with a group of recruit leaders around him.Just after the meal, Cao Renfeng led a man in brocade clothes and appeared in front of Lin Conghu, explaining the story in detail.

Su Yu had already greeted Lin Conghu, and if there was a break, he would ask Cao Renfeng to come to Taiyuan City to help with something.And Lin Conghu had just greeted the governor of Taiyuan, and the governor said that he would send yamen servants to help catch the kidnappers.

That night, Cao Renfeng led a hundred crossbowmen into the city to find the governor, who said he would order the four gates to be closed.

Cao Renfeng said, "Your Excellency, please don't close the door."

"Why?"

"Cao believes that it is unlikely that the Han family is in the city. If the door is closed early, it will be a warning to the enemy. We need to wait until we bring the Han family into the city before we can close the door."

Mr. Fu Yin was silent. At this time, Kong Xiang, who was wearing a Chinese dress and a silver crown on his head, presented the gift list. Mr. Fu Yin politely declined, but Kong Xiangqiang tucked it into his sleeve.The gift list was in the sleeve, and a box was led into the warehouse by the housekeeper.A full 2000 million yuan fell into Mr. Fu Yin's house just like this.

Afterwards, Lord Fu Yin called Fu Wei and asked Fu Wei to accompany him to take care of him, and if he needed to close the city gate, he would tell him at any time.

Kong Xiang gave Fu Wei another gift, and Fu Wei said: "As long as the bandits are in the city, we will definitely not let them escape today."

According to Su Yu's intention, don't let Kong Xiang come forward in person, just let Qi Hun come forward.Kong Xiang promised well in Luoyang, but he changed his mind when he arrived in Taiyuan.Kong Xiang was born with the guts of a leopard, so he must lead the team himself.Cao Renfeng divided his subordinates into three teams to hide in secret. Then he disguised himself as Kong's uncle and walked into Juxian Village with Kong Xiang.

(End of this chapter)