The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 273
Hand over all the land?Everyone hesitated.

Although Feng Guo is very fragrant, they are not willing to give up their property in Datang.On the one hand, these industries are not easy to acquire.

On the other hand, no one knows what it is like to close the parliament. If the management is not good, there is still a way out. If the land is handed over, there is no way out.

Yuwen Shiji got up tremblingly, and said: "Saint, the old minister is already sixty-seven, and his body is getting worse every day. Maybe he will let go someday."

"Ye Luo returns to his roots, the land of Tang Dynasty is my root, and I will be buried here when I die."

"I don't dare to ask for too much, I just want to leave a place to bury the bones, so I am grateful."

Yang Gongren also got up and said: "The ancestors of the ministers are also buried on this land. Even if they are lucky enough to obtain a feudal state in the future, they can't leave the whole family. They need to leave a guardian mausoleum."

"Your Majesty, please allow me to reserve a piece of land next to the ancestral mausoleum as the basis for the survival of the mausoleum guards."

Xiao Yu, Gao Jifu, Chu Liang and other older people also got up and prayed one after another, with one meaning, that they could accept but not all of them.

We can go to seal the country, but we need to leave a branch in China.In name it is to keep the mausoleum, but in fact it just does not put all eggs in one basket.

Someone took the lead, and others rose to express the same.

In fact, these are also within Li Shimin's calculations. Even if these people want the whole family to leave, he, the emperor, will not agree.

The departure of so many pillar families will lead to a huge power vacuum in the court and cause unnecessary turmoil.

Let the main force of these families leave and take back their privileges in Datang, but retain some of their members to continue to serve the court.

Then the imperial court slowly trains the new generation of officials to complete a smooth transition. This is the most beneficial way.

The reason why they said to let them hand over all their properties just now is just a negotiation technique.

At this time, seeing that everyone raised objections as expected, he pretended to ponder, and said for a long time:
"What the ministers said is not unreasonable, then allow the princes and kings to retain a certain amount of property in the ancestral land. But these lands will no longer be tax-free, and the amount will never increase."

Although everyone was very reluctant, seeing Li Shimin's resolute attitude, he knew that this was his bottom line, so they could only say: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After the general direction of the matter was finalized, Li Shimin also breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Today's matter is top secret, and it must not be leaked to cause unnecessary riots."

"Here." Everyone naturally understood this truth.

The fewer people who know about enfeoffment, the better, so that they can take the lead and snatch the best fief.

Anyone who leaks it will infringe everyone's interests, and it will inevitably lead to a group of people attacking it.

After unifying people's hearts, Li Shimin began to talk about his next plan: "The two most important points in the construction of a closed country are people and land."

"Now that we have the land, we can send a large army to take it at any time, but the population is the biggest shortcoming."

"Datang currently has a registered population of less than 2000 million, but the actual population may be 500 million. The rest of the population is hidden by local tyrants and gentry."

"Last year, I asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to check the population. However, there are many obstacles and no accurate results have been obtained so far. I don't explain the reasons for everyone to understand."

Everyone was a little embarrassed. On the one hand, the power of the tyrants and the gentry set up many obstacles, and on the other hand, they did not work hard.

but now……

"The hidden population is enough for us to build dozens of closed countries, so I hope everyone will work together to find them all."

"Here." Everyone said in unison.

This time it is no longer perfunctory, but really wants to find out the population.

Before, the benefits were too small, and he was unwilling to offend the powerful and nobles for the court.Now that the country is closed, the gentry don't know what kind of thing it is.

"If you want to increase the population, in addition to checking the existing population, you must also encourage births and increase the survival rate of the existing population..."

"The mortality rate of pregnant women with dystocia and infant mortality remains high, but everyone knows that Zixiao Temple's medical skills can already perform caesarean section, which can reduce the mortality rate several times."

"Many plagues that he could not deal with before, Zhenren Sun has also found a way to prevent them, and he even has a clue about the prevention and treatment of smallpox."

smallpox?Even though everyone was a little numb to the successive big news, they couldn't help being shocked again when they heard that there was a way to prevent and cure smallpox.

Yuwen Shiji said in surprise, "Your Majesty, did you mention smallpox just now?"

Li Shimin said affirmatively: "It's smallpox. Sun Zhenren has already risked himself to do the experiment, and there will be results soon."

"Hiss..." There was a gasp in the air.

This is smallpox.

Xiao Yu said with admiration: "Sun Daochang is really the most righteous man in the world."

Gao Shilian, who had been silent all this time, also praised: "The sage of medicine is alive, and it is really a blessing to have him here."

Qin Qiong's heart moved, and he winked at Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong, then got up and said: "Your Majesty, if Sun Zhenren's experiment is successful, I ask you to make him a holy doctor."

Yu Chigong and Cheng Yaojin also stood up and said: "I ask you to make him a medical saint."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. It wasn't that they objected to conferring the title of medical saint to Sun Simiao, but that they had to be cautious when conferring a living person.

You know, the only living saint is the emperor.If you want to consecrate Sun Simiao, what will the emperor think?
However, Li Shimin was not angry, but nodded slightly, and said: "Do you think that Sun Zhenren's achievements can be worthy of the title of medical saint?"

Xiao Yu was the first to stand up and support, saying: "I think Sun Zhenzhen is well deserved to be called a medical sage, and he should be granted the title."

At this time, everyone knew that the matter was almost a foregone conclusion, and they didn't mind doing the icing on the cake, and they all voiced their support.

Li Shimin immediately made a decision and said: "Okay, when Sun Zhenren comes up with the method of preventing and treating smallpox, I will decree to make him a medical saint."

"Your Majesty is holy." Everyone said in unison.

Qin Qiong, Yu Chigong, and Cheng Yaojin showed uncontrollable smiles on their faces. The living saints, their aloof status can no longer be added.

And their allies will also get more benefits.Another point is that Chen Jingke's safety is even more guaranteed.

Who dares to touch the sole heir of the Medical Sage?
Moreover, Sun Simiao was consecrated in the Tang Dynasty, and the Sun family is the family of saints held up by the Tang Dynasty.

As long as their descendants don't commit suicide, their status in Datang will be very detached, and they will truly live with the country.

As an ally, the benefits they get are also endless, and can even last for dozens or hundreds of years.

Others also understood this truth, and they were very envious of the three of them, and they took advantage of them first.

Li Shimin ignored everyone's thoughts, and brought the topic back to the beginning, saying: "Sun Zhenzhen's medical skills can reduce the death rate several times."

"If the Tang Dynasty can have a million more people after ten years of promoting the world, these people will become the capital for us to build a feudal country..."

"So I decided to send more people to learn medical skills from Sun Zhenren, and then establish a medical school in each state to teach medical skills."

"Half of the money needed will come from the internal treasury and half from the national treasury. What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)