Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 171

Chapter 231

The Guanlong nobles are the most powerful, the Shandong clan is knowledgeable, and the Jiangnan Hua clan has the deepest background.

In short, although the Shandong clan and the Jiangnan Hua clan are not as powerful as the Guanlong nobles, because they are deeply rooted, Li Shimin has to respect them three-thirds.

Sometimes, the Shandong clan and the Jiangnan Chinese clan joined forces to trap the Long nobles in order to gain benefits.

This time was no exception. A small moveable type printing technique put everyone in the Shandong clan and the Jiangnan Hua clan at risk.

In order to show their status, or to recover a little loss of benefits, they can only unite and try to force the court to admit defeat.

But the authorities are obsessed, and the bystanders are clear. In the eyes of other people, the actions of the two major forces seem extremely naive.

Like Choi In-ju...

A few days ago, Master Cui Renshu sent a letter suddenly asking him to go to Chang'an. Cui Renshu didn't dare to delay, so he left Dingzhou and went to Chang'an.

After Cui Renshu left, the Cui family was presided over by the youngest Cui Renchong.

Unexpectedly, just after he left the Cui family, such a thing suddenly happened.

The aristocratic families drove up prices together, trying to put pressure on the court.

Doing so may be able to obtain short-term benefits, but in the long run, this is obviously not good for them.

Although the paper mill is in the hands of a wealthy family, papermaking is not a secret. It is definitely unrealistic to use paper to force the court to submit.

"Third Brother, do you know what Eldest Brother asked me to do in Chang'an? He just personally warned me that the imperial court will attack the aristocratic family these days, so we must keep a low profile." Cui Renshu said.

Cui Renshi couldn't help but said: "Second brother, it's not that serious, is it?"

Cui Renshu glared at him, "It's not serious. In the past, when we controlled books, it was equivalent to controlling scholars, but now, the movable type printing technique of the imperial court has made books worthless. Scholars no longer need to be attached to aristocratic families. We Then use scholars to deal with the court, do you think they will agree?"

"This time, we are really in danger, no, for the future of the Cui family, we must find a way."

Seeing what he said, Cui Renchong couldn't help but said: "Second brother, if you say that, is it possible that we have to confess to the court? If this is the case, the Cui family will really have to submit to the court in the future. gone."

Cui Renshu snorted coldly and said, "Third brother, it's already at this time, and you are still obsessed with your obsession. The imperial court needed us before, so they lowered their posture so low, but now they don't need us anymore. The aristocratic family has become a cancer, affecting everyone The greater the power, the more difficult it is for the court to sleep and eat."

"If you don't admit defeat, the Cui family will be finished. Li Shimin's move is so slippery!"

Cui Renchong had a cold face, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "All of this is caused by movable type printing. If it wasn't for it, would we be in trouble?"

"Movable type printing..." Cui Renshu pondered for a moment, and said, "I'm going to go to Qianzhou, please tell me."

Cui Renchong was stunned, "Second brother, what are you doing in Qianzhou?"

"Brother said that movable type printing... was dedicated to the imperial court by Li Chengqian, King of Qian." Cui Renshu said lightly.

"Ah? Isn't it Wei Wang Li Tai?"

Cui Renshu curled his lips, "That's just a wording used by His Majesty to win the hearts of Wei Wang Li Tai. The real person behind it is Qian Wang Li Chengqian. He invented these things."

"I didn't expect it to be him..."

Cui Renchong's face was shocked, and then he gritted his teeth and said, "This Li Chengqian... the sweet potato made us hurt our muscles and bones, and now he has invented a movable type printing technique. Is this guy the nemesis of our aristocratic family?"

In addition to books, aristocratic families also control the food of a place, just like the Xie and Zhang families in Qianzhou.

What's more, these two families are not even considered clans, they only control the food in one place, let alone a big family with a long history like the aristocratic family.

They and the local people originally formed a mutual leaning relationship. They were responsible for providing the fields, and the people were responsible for contributing their strength.

Then the harvest is shared equally by everyone, so that the people will never be hungry, and at the same time they can feed the clan.

As a result, sweet potatoes were born out of nowhere, and quickly became popular throughout the Tang Dynasty, and the people began to grow sweet potatoes one after another.

The terrifying yield of sweet potatoes made the people no longer lack of food, so the balance between them and the clan was instantly broken.

People are no longer dependent on the clan, but self-sufficient.

This incident made the clan feel a little dissatisfied, but it has already happened, and they can't do anything about it. They can't prohibit the people from planting sweet potatoes, right?

Besides, their main target is scholars, ordinary people are incidental, and it doesn't matter if they are missing.

Therefore, although the sweet potato incident had a certain impact on the Datang clan, they didn't take it seriously.

But now, movable type printing is aimed at scholars, and this is the life of aristocratic families, so their reaction is so big.

The most cruel thing is that these two things aimed at the aristocratic family were actually made by Li Chengqian!
"Be patient, Li Chengqian is now full-fledged, and there is no point in confronting him head-on. The only thing we have to do now is to win him over!" Cui Renshu said.

"Win? Why?"

"Movable type printing is a foregone conclusion, and it is impossible for the imperial court to abolish it. Then we must also learn this technology, so that some scholars can be left, otherwise the loss will be too great."

Cui Renshu sighed: "It's obviously impossible to ask the court for this technology, so we can only go to Li Chengqian..."

"I didn't expect that my thousand-year-old family of the Cui family would be cornered by a brat. It's really sad and lamentable!"

...

Qianzhou.

Li Chengqian did not expect that movable type printing would push the world's aristocratic families to a dead end.

At this moment, he was looking at a middle-aged man standing in front of him with a surprised face, and he even forgot to speak.

"Your Highness, this is what happened. Do you understand?" the middle-aged man asked cautiously.

Li Chengqian came back to his senses, pinched his chin and muttered: "You mean, Zheng He lost his way when he sailed to the West, and finally arrived in Sulu Kingdom inexplicably, and met more than 100 Dashiguo people on Sulu Island, and from their mouths Did you learn that there is a gold mine on Sulu Island?"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man nodded, "General Zheng knew the importance of the gold mine, so he killed those Dashi people, and then sent the last general back to tell His Highness the news."

"Hiss...gold mine..."

Li Chengqian took a breath, and murmured in shock: "This voyage to the West has quite a harvest, Sulu country...it should be the Philippines, right?"

The middle-aged man asked: "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Li Chengqian pursed his lips, "This king sent two thousand soldiers to go with you to Sulu Kingdom, and we must keep those gold mines in the hands of Datang, understand?"

"Here!"

After the middle-aged man took the order, he withdrew.

"Gold mine, if you can hold it in your own hands, then..."

Li Chengqian muttered, but his eyes were shining with excitement.

At present, one tael of gold in Datang is equal to eight strings of money, and because gold mines are difficult to find, and the technology to extract gold mines is very cumbersome, the amount of gold is scarce, and even reached the point where there is no market for the price.
(End of this chapter)