Great Tang Southern Emperor

After the officials met, Li Shimin said: "My dear friends, what's the matter today?"

"Cui Tifu has something to play." As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he saw a person walking out of the crowd of censors.

"Cui Aiqing, but it doesn't matter." Li Shimin sneered in his heart, and the court battle began.

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At the time when the debate in the court was the most intense, in a certain mansion in Chang'an City, an old man was sitting leisurely fishing in a pond, while a 20-year-old young man behind him was walking back and forth anxiously.

"Your heart is disturbed, even my fish are scared away by you." The old man should be over 80 years old, and the wrinkles on his face can kill mosquitoes. Hearing the footsteps of the young man, he said without opening his eyes.

"Old ancestor, isn't grandson impatient?" Seeing the old man talking, the young man hurriedly approached him and said, "Li Shimin's move is really poisonous, and he directly strangled our lifeblood. Can't force Li Shimin to back down?"

"Impossible to succeed." The old man said lightly.

"Ah?" The young man seemed to have misheard: "Old Ancestor, what did you just say? Grandson seems to have misheard."

"I heard you right." The old man still squinted his eyes: "Li Shimin is not easy to deal with. If he really changes his mind so easily, he is not worthy of being a wise king."

"Then you still let the uncles go?" The young man was even more puzzled: "Why do you do useless work when you can't achieve your goal, just to make the enemy wary."

"Heh, do you think that if we don't tell the enemy about being wary, the enemy won't notice?" The old man raised his fishing rod to change the bait, and his closed eyes finally opened. Guangzhanran or empty room electricity or other characteristics, that is, a pair of ordinary old people's eyes, cloudy and dull, coupled with that face with withered eyes, no one who looks at him at a glance will not compare him with the famous Xingyang The helm of the Zheng family is linked together, but he happens to be Zheng Shixun, the ancestor of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

"Then what is the intention of the old ancestor?" The young man is Zheng Shixun's great-grandson Zheng Yan, and he is one of the strong contenders for the successor of the next Patriarch of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

"It's not interesting, it's just announcing the existence of my family to Li Shimin." Zheng Shixun changed the bait and closed his eyes again: "Tell Li Shimin, don't do too much."

"Then let's just watch them steal our interests?" Zheng Yan said unwillingly: "Our family needs a large number of tenants to farm for us, but Li Shimin's immigration policy can completely relocate the tenants to Turks. It's breaking our foundation."

"Who said we didn't take action?" Zheng Shixun smiled slightly: "Black Bird (Zheng Yan's nickname), you have to understand a truth, the game between the family and the dynasty has never been in the court."

"Isn't it in the court? What the ancestors meant" Zheng Yan was not an idiot either, he had vaguely noticed Zheng Shixun's intentions.

"It seems that you are not too stupid." Zheng Shixun nodded and said: "Blackbird, you have to remember that when two soldiers are fighting, it is the best policy to use your own strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. The strengths are not in the court, but in the place."

"Grandson understands." Zheng Yan suddenly said: "Our family's influence in the court is not strong, most of them are Qingliu censors, even if there are one or two in power, they are definitely not opponents of Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others. In this way, we simply gave up the court, carried forward our strengths, and made trouble for them in the local area.

Of the 360 ​​prefectures of the Tang Dynasty and the 550 seven counties, three out of ten are controlled by our aristocratic family, and half of them can be influenced by us.Even if Li Shimin made the immigration policy a national policy, as long as we are unwilling to implement it, he will never do anything about it. "

Zheng Shixun smiled and shook his head: "You, you are still too tender. If Li Shimin is really so easy to deal with, then Li Jiancheng is sitting on the throne now."

Chapter 181 Family Conspiracy

Chapter 1: Family Conspiracy

"No way? The locality is our home field. No matter how powerful Li Shimin is, he can still beat the family?" Zheng Yan said unconvinced: "The family is not only our seven clans and five surnames, but also Xue Wei, Dou Yan and Pei. , these families are not weaker than the seven clans and five surnames at all. If we unite together, no matter how good the immigration policy is, it will only become a pile of waste paper, right? Is Li Shimin stronger than the alliance of aristocratic families?"

"Li Shimin is indeed not as strong as the family, but he has righteousness in hand, and the immigration policy is indeed a good one. The attraction to the tenants cannot be broken by mere rumors. On the contrary, as long as there is one who can succeed, the rumors will be self-evident. It's not worth breaking." Zheng Shixun opened his eyes, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes, and sighed: "I have to say, Li Shimin made a good move, and right now, he can only make trouble for Li Shimin and fight for us. Time is all it takes. As for the abolition of the immigration policy, this is absolutely impossible.

Otherwise, once the promotion of the content of the immigration policy spreads, all the people in the world will eat us up completely.Black Bird, you have to remember one thing, the existence of my family is not in poetry, not in the land, but in the hearts of the people, in the opinions of the people in the world, once we lose the hearts of the people, we will be nothing. "

How could there be no way? Zheng Yan was still not reconciled: "The ancestors knew about Wang Mang, right?"Although it has been discredited in history, you should know the specific situation better than anyone else.After he came to the throne, every decree he issued was good governance, but the result was that it was destroyed by the aristocratic family in the end, and even the throne was not kept. Why can't we follow suit? "

"Hehehe, Black Bird, you can think of this, the ancestors are very pleased, but you have to remember that when looking at the problem, you should consider the situation of both parties. It is true that Wang Mang was resigned by the family because of the New Deal, but you ignored the relationship between Wang Mang's New Deal and The differences in the immigration policy." Zheng Shixun was very satisfied with Zheng Yan's tact, and taught cheerfully: "First, Wang Mang's reforms are too radical. Almost all new government orders are enforced. If you don't follow them, you will Heavily punished; the immigration policy is different. The immigration policy follows the principle of voluntariness. If you are willing to come, I will give you the land. If you don’t want to come, I will not force you.

Second, although Wang Mang replaced the Western Han Dynasty, it is not orthodox after all, and the foundation of the new dynasty is not very stable. If he is willing to wait for more than ten years, and then promote the New Deal after the foundation is stable, the effect may be much better (still the same sentence, I am too anxious, and my pace is too big to talk about it); it is different now, after the troubled times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world is peaceful today, everyone thinks of peace, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty is solid, and now they have defeated the Turks, and their prestige is in full swing. The appearance is not obvious;

Thirdly, although the new government is a good government, but because of the troubles of the family, the people not only did not get any benefits, but the people were in dire straits. Naturally, everyone opposed it; although we can also make troubles and destroy this good government, what does this mean to the people? What about losses?You also know how much we Han people are attached to the land. If those tenants know the content of the immigration policy, do you think we can stop all people in this world with our strength? "

"Then old ancestor, what should we do now? We can't just wait to die like this?" Zheng Yan thought about it carefully, and finally found out that what the old ancestor said was right. The family has nothing to do about the immigration policy. .

"You said you were smart just now, why are you becoming stupid now?" Zheng Shixun reached out and tapped Zheng Yan's forehead lightly: "Didn't you listen to what I just said? Tell me what I mean."

"Yes." Zheng Yan quickly took out a pen and paper to record.

"First, from now on, start contacting various companies, use all the forces on the surface, and start creating obstacles to the immigration policy, trying to delay it for more than half a year."

"Yes." Zheng Yan writes like a fly, writing down Zheng Shixun's words verbatim.

"Secondly, from now on, I, Mrs. Zheng, will immediately start selling off the land under my name. Except for the granted land, the rest of the land will not be kept and will be sold."

"Ah? Is it really for sale?" Zheng Yan was still a little bit reluctant.

"Of course you have to sell it, otherwise are you going to throw the land in your hands?" Zheng Shixun knocked him again: "One has to look at the long term. Once the immigration policy is officially implemented, do you think those tenants and black households will be honest? Will you plant the land for us? No one will plant the land for us. Can you grow all the fields by yourself? Since you can’t finish the land and you don’t plan to sell it, are you planning to let the court take back these lands? (In At that time, there seemed to be such a decree, that is, if the land in your hands is not cultivated, it will be forcibly taken back by the government.)”

"Is that so, do you want to tell the other families?" The seven clans and five surnames have the same spirit, and it is not too much for Zheng Yan to ask this question.

"No, if they can't even see this, then there is no need for them to exist."

"Yes, grandson understands, grandson will pass the order, and grandson will leave." Zheng Yan turned and left.

Zheng Shixun quickly stopped him: "Come back, I haven't finished yet."

"Yes, ancestor, please tell me." Zheng Yan hurried back.

"Third, Blackbird."

"Grandson is here."

"I want you to help someone."

"Old Ancestor, isn't it too early to bet now? Li Shimin is in his prime, and it seems that it is not a problem to be the emperor for another 20 years. Prince Li Chengqian is only 11 years old this year, and he is still underage. Definitely; Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is even more of a naughty boy. Although he has shown the attitude of a king, after all, his heart is still uncertain, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future. Young man, no one can say for sure what will happen later, isn't it too early to place a bet now?" Zheng Yan asked, but he didn't care about who would assist him at all, obviously he was mentally prepared.

"It's getting late, it's not early at all." Zheng Shixun said slowly: "After all, it's better to give charcoal in the snow than to have icing on the cake. Your father has already arranged for you. The East Palace attendant, you can go to see the prince tomorrow. Originally I should have arranged for you to go to Yue Wang's side, but considering that you have been exposed to others, you may have attracted attention in the past, so this time I have wronged you."

"Grandson didn't feel wronged. For the sake of the Zheng family, grandson was already ready to sacrifice." Zheng Yan had no objection to this arrangement, but he still asked: "But grandson wants to know, who is the king of Yue?" "

"Your brother."

"What? Eldest brother is out of the mountain too?" Zheng Yan said pleasantly, "Isn't it three years before he can go down the mountain?"

"Time doesn't wait." Zheng Shixun sighed and murmured: "Taoism has already started to move. If we don't move, we will fall behind."

"Damn Taoism, it's a big deal for us." Zheng Yan also understood that the aristocratic family was not ready, but Taoism didn't know what was going on. Plan ahead.

"It's just sooner or later, don't worry too much about it." Zheng Shixun waved his hand: "You go, I'll squint for a while."

"Yes, my grandson will leave."

Chapter 182 Propaganda Offensive

Chapter 1 Propaganda Offensive

The undercurrent of the Tang court was surging, and the grassland was not peaceful.

During this period of time, some rumors have been circulating on the grassland:

Jieli Khan is actually just a coward and a coward. He kneeled down to a four-year-old child in order to save his life. He has lost all the face of the Great Turks. He is not worthy of being called a grassland eagle at all;