Datang: My Peerless Talent Has Been Exposed

"Auxiliary machine, I was happy to get a large amount of money for the Ministry of Households, thinking that I would be able to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and create a prosperous world, but when I turned around, I felt chills all over my body, and there was great terror! "

Speaking of which, Li Shimin looked seriously at the few most trusted close ministers in front of him, and said quietly,

"I racked my brains for spending tens of thousands of guan before, but now a few aristocratic families get together a little and can easily spend hundreds of thousands of guan. You must know that this is not all their family wealth!"

"This scene makes me feel chills all over my body. If one day they support my family's army as they did back then, how will I resist?"

Changsun Wuji and the others gasped, completely shocked by Li Shimin's hypothesis.

They are actually very clear that even a large part of these merchants are actually the spokespersons and collateral children of those big families, and they are also operating the family's ancestral business.

But it seems that they have pooled a large sum of money, but in fact, the money is far from hurting the muscles and bones of these big aristocratic families.

For these big aristocratic families, the family's hole cards must not be used until the family is exterminated.

And their greatest assets are actually the large tracts of land accumulated from generation to generation, acquired through various means such as extortion, and the gold and silver hidden in secret warehouses obtained through various means.

But now these big families are so shocking just by spending their own business funds, then if it really comes to a certain moment, or even fully supports the rebellion of a certain force as His Majesty said, what kind of scene will it be?

Before the ministers could say anything, Li Shimin continued,

"Just now I took a closer look. In the end, more than [-] southern merchants were fighting against less than [-] northern big families. Southern merchants have always been famous for their wealth, but now they are fighting with real swords and guns, but they are usually not seen. The undisguised northern clans smashed it with money!"

"Auxiliary machine, Keming, Fang Qiao, could the lovers have thought of the great terror in my heart? It is the terror of knowing nothing about the opponent!"

"I originally thought that our big families were just hoarding some land and food, and we were more focused on exerting our strength in the court, but now that we made an appearance, it completely frightened me! You know, not all the big families participated just now. , there are several companies that did not participate!"

Changsun Wuji and the others were completely silent when they heard the words. In fact, they were also frightened when they thought about it.

This is like saying that the little boy who thought he could only read books suddenly became a martial arts master. He even knocked down a martial arts master with three punches and two kicks without exerting all his strength.

And it's so hard to die, this little boy is still your deadly enemy, so I asked you if you were afraid?

Du Ruhui was born from a poor family, and now he has lost his usual laughter, and said seriously,

"Your Majesty, it is said that if the aristocratic families with centuries-old dynasties and thousands of years don't think of a way, these aristocratic families will become bigger and bigger. We must make plans early!"

Li Shimin nodded,

"Keming, why don't I want to attack the family? Not to mention completely destroying the family, but I can't let these gnats lie on the court to suck blood. But it's not that easy, not to mention the court, it's just me and Xiao Zhang who made it That workshop that sells cheap book paper has made the family unable to sit still!"

"There is one thing I haven't told you before, that is, in the past two months alone, the guards I placed outside Xiao Zhang's shopkeeper Zhuangzi and outside the paper workshop have killed more than a dozen groups of infiltrators!"

Hearing Fang Xuanling raised his head sharply, he looked at Li Shimin in surprise, but when he saw Li Shimin nodded calmly, he gasped suddenly.

He knows how these dead men came here, and everyone here knows it well, and even more knows what these people are doing.

The purpose of the gentry is to monopolize the right to read and write. If a poor family cannot produce a noble son, they must either join the gentry to study, or be an honest farmer with his face turned to the loess and his back to the sky.

But once the cheap paper and cheap books of this little shopkeeper are sold everywhere, this monopoly may be broken, and this is definitely something that the nobles and big families do not want to see, so it can only be destroyed!

Chapter 204

As for Li Shimin's worries, several courtiers are actually very clear, and it can even be said that they have discussed these matters with Li Shimin not once or twice.

But unless Emperor Sui Yang's bloody sweep of the southern aristocratic family was used, there was no easy way to solve the aristocratic family.

It can even be said that even if a decree to weaken the aristocratic family is to be passed in the court, it may cause turmoil in the court.

The aristocratic family's monopoly on education and talents for many years, as well as the continuously intertwined network of relationships through election as officials and marriages, have already formed a dense and strong chain in the court.

Whether it is the emperor Li Shimin or poor scholars like Du Ruhui, those aristocratic families are undoubtedly a big mountain in front of them.

But how to destroy the family?

From a short-term perspective, it can only limit the performance of family officials in the court, but from a long-term perspective, it is necessary to support the rise of poor scholars as much as possible.

Only after the rise of the humble family can a court game situation be formed with the aristocratic family, even if it cannot be evenly matched for the time being, at least there is a game, and there is room for the emperor to play.

For Li Shimin, if there is no fight in the court, then these courtiers should fight with him, which he cannot allow.

But if the poor family rises up to compete with the aristocratic family, then he will feel comfortable. He has changed from an athlete to a referee in one fell swoop.

To realize this situation, the cheap paper and cheap books produced by Zhang Nuo are indispensable artifacts. Without these things, the poor family can still only get the opportunity to study from the aristocratic family.

As time goes by, is the poor family still the poor family?

Although Zhang Nuo seems to be not well-known in the court, in fact, all the top bigwigs in the court know him, and the top families have also known from other channels that Li Shimin has such a man. The adopted brother is also a talented man in the field who is proficient in natural resources.

The aristocratic family's initial plan was to kill him directly. In their eyes, Zhang Nuo, who had no official position at that time and ran the tavern, was just a commoner. It was just luck that he met Li Shimin. If he killed him, he would kill him.

But God knows how Li Shimin was willing to place so many security forces around Zhang Nuo, let alone after Zhang Nuo moved outside the city.

It was like an iron barrel array, and the army was directly mobilized to live in the village.

This is difficult, even if there are dead soldiers, how to break through the encirclement of the army and fight in front of Zhang Nuo?

What's more, it can be seen from Zhang Nuo's power when he shot the general of Li Youliang's family in the street last time, he is obviously a warrior with both civil and military skills.

If he rushed to Zhang Nuo with great difficulty, but couldn't beat him, wouldn't it be a delivery?

It is not easy to cultivate a dead soldier, it is slowly piled up with time and money.

No matter how big the aristocratic family is, there are actually not many dead soldiers who can go to the battle. After all, what should be avoided should be avoided a little bit, and you can't directly train soldiers yourself, right?

Therefore, since then, the aristocratic family has become hard at both hands. On the one hand, it continues to send people to try their best to get new paper making methods. After all, this is also a great source of income.

On the other hand, it is to find a way to kill Zhang Nuo. As long as the culprit is killed, the family will be comfortable, and even use Zhang Nuo's new paper-making method to make profits to a higher level.