Leaving Taiji Palace, Dugu Cheng and Dou Wei walked to Dugu Mansion in a daze, and the two looked at each other in the study without saying a word.

It wasn't until the tea was cold that Dugu Quan slowly spoke: "Master Dou, the meaning of the saint is already very clear, he is telling us through Liu Xiangguo's mouth that he wants to open a scientific examination in Guanzhong, and he will divide the fields." ”

"What does the Dugu family master mean by this?"

"The head of the Dou family doesn't understand, he just doesn't want to understand." Dou Wei smiled bitterly: "Since the head of the Dou family asked, then I will make this clear." Shengshang wanted to conform to the general trend, follow the example of the Sui Dynasty to rectify the rule of officials, encourage industry and commerce, promote agriculture and mulberry, and divide the land and land. And this will inevitably touch the interests of my Guanlong nobles, and the saint doesn't want to be this wicked person, so the saint will hand over this right to the Guanlong magnates to choose. ”

"Do you have to divide the land and promote the imperial examination?" Dou Wei looked at Dugu with a helpless and painful face.

"This is fundamental, the head of the Dou family should know that Yang Tong can have today's momentum, and it is fundamental to divide the fields equally, compulsory education, and open a department to obtain scholars, if there is no these, how can he get to this point without the support of any force."

The Sui Dynasty was able to become a happy land that the people yearned for, because Yang Tong turned all the fields under his rule into official land, which were not allowed to be sold privately after being distributed to the people, so that the people never worried about grain and grass anymore, and the tax system of apportionment into the mu reduced the burden of the poor people. As for compulsory education, it reduces the cost of education for ordinary people, coupled with the imperial examination system that leads to Qingyun, there will be what the people want today.

If there are no these four points as the foundation, then the so-called innovation is just a change of rules of the game, and it is impossible to stimulate the enthusiasm and sense of identity of the people.

Dugu Cheng did not stop, and continued: "It's not the saint who is anxious now, but our Guanlong nobles, if we don't want to be eaten by Yang Tong to the point that there are no bones left, we can only sacrifice part of our interests, support the saint's drastic innovation, and eliminate the current decadent government and people's livelihood, if the Guanlong nobles are unwilling to compromise." No matter how capable the saint is, he can't fight Yang Dong with an army that is not attached to the people, if the Tang Dynasty is defeated, the Guanlong nobles will be finished. We can take away the money, but the mighty house slaves and land can not be taken away, lost the house slaves and fields, there is no difference between the Guanlong aristocracy and the ordinary small wealthy family, if the new unified dynasty suppresses the family gate valve for two generations, our family will be in the dust. ”

Dou Wei also nodded, he also saw it very thoroughly, in the face of this historical trend, no one could stop it! If Li Tang is lucky to win, they will still be compensated in the future, and if Yang Tong or other reckless tyrants win, Guan Long's magnates will be completely finished. He pondered for a while and said: "How to support, how many fields to support, this needs to be discussed with the family, we have each made a decision, and then mobilize the major families, what does the head of the Dugu family think?" ”

Dugu smiled: "Okay, let's make a decision." ”

Not long after Dou Wei left, Dugu thought silently

The Dugu clan and the Dou clan are now listed as the second clan of the Tang Dynasty. The status is second only to the Li family of the imperial family, far above the other Guanlong nobles. It is not by chance that the Dugu clan was able to obtain this status, they transferred the money and grain from all over the country to Guanzhong in the last years of the great cause, and the Dugu clan is known as the richest man in the Great Sui, and has a very high appeal in Bingzhou, Guanzhong and Bashu.

When Li Yuan got into trouble, the Dugu clan not only took out a huge amount of money and food to support Li Yuan, but also threw a large number of young and strong domestic slaves into the army.

When Li Xiaogong went south to Bashu, Dugu Cheng, the heir of the head of the family, was ordered by the head of the family to persuade the counties of Bashu to make great contributions to the bloodless occupation of the entire Bashu by the Tang Dynasty. Li Tang reciprocated the favor, and it was reasonable to seal the Dugu family. However, with Li Tang's repeated defeats at the hands of the Sui Dynasty, nearly 300,000 troops were wiped out before and after, and the Sui army from afar took the first step into the nine counties of Guanbei, which made Duguquan's confidence in the Tang Dynasty also shaken a little.

Now Li Tang, who has been heavily invested by Dugu, not only made the huge investment of the Dugu family not return at all, but also like a Pixiu who only enters and does not leave, of course Dugu is not happy, this subtlety, Dugu moved the idea of re-boarding the big ship of Dasui.

Although the Dugu family is one of the 'big conglomerates' behind Li Tang, and the investment intensity exceeds that of the Dou family, the Dou family is a simple relative of Li Tang, and if you want to reinvest, you can only choose some small forces to invest. And the Dugu clan can also choose the Sui Dynasty again, because Yang Tong, like Li Yuan, has the blood of the Dugu family, and more importantly, more than 30 sons of the Dugu family, such as Dugu Yu, Dugu Kaiyuan, and Dugu Sheng, all died in the Jiangdu Palace Rebellion, and made great contributions to the victory of Empress Xiao to evacuate Jiangdu. There is this layer of relationship, if you bet again, Dugu feels that Yang Tong should be able to accept the Dugu family.

"Master of the family, Master Cheng is here." At this time, the concierge housekeeper reported it.

Dugu Cheng knew that Dugu Cheng was coming, "Let him in!" ”

The door opened, Dugu Cheng walked in, and saluted respectfully, "See the head of the family!" ”

Dugu Cheng Dugu Xin's second son Dugu Shan's eldest son, the nephew of the head of the family Dugu Quan, is talented and intelligent, resourceful and strategic are the world's first-rate candidates, although he did not hold any position in the Li Tang Dynasty, but Dugu Quan's many family affairs were handed over to him to decide, and he was already recognized as the successor of the Dugu family master.

"Zhongping came just in time, sit down!"

"Thank you!" Dugu Cheng saluted and thanked him, the etiquette was meticulous, clean and neat,

When he knelt on the mat, Dugu said slowly: "More than 30 sons such as Dugu Yu, Dugu Kaiyuan, and Dugu Sheng are loyal to Sui, and the King of Qin is also posthumously sealed one by one in the name of Da Sui, and the children died as they deserved...... In order to let the children look under the Nine Springs, I plan to let you go to Yecheng and bring back the glory of the children! ”

Dugu Cheng's face was solemn, he was not surprised that Dugu said this, although Yang Tong was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy, although he had been famous for less than three years, his existence had become a nightmare for the major clans, and the amazing talent and terrifying achievements also made Li Tang change his complexion, and if the Dugu clan did not leave this relationship, I am afraid it would be too late in the future. But when he thought that Yang Tong didn't blink his eyes, he killed the Taiyuan Wang clan and the Taiyuan Wen clan of the five surnames and seven sects, and blew away the deeds of the Wenxi Pei clan, and said a little unconfidently: "Family master, I heard that Wei Kuangbo went to Yecheng, and was finally bombarded back, will it be useful for us to do this?" ”

Dugu Quan's "The actual emperor of the Great Sui is Yang Tong, he has nothing to do with Wei's, Wei Kuangbo is smart enough to give his daughter to Yang Yu, isn't this a blockage for Yang Tong?" He was lucky not to be hacked to death. We are different from Wei, we are dignified and upright to worship the rewards of the loyal ministers and good generals of the Great Sui, which is not only the recognition of the Sui Dynasty, but also the recognition of Yang Tong. ”

Dugu Cheng was silent for a moment and said, "Will this cause Li Yuan's dissatisfaction?" ”

Dugu snorted coldly: "He Li Yuan wants to recruit soldiers, cast money with copper ingots, feed the army with grain, settle the people in the fields, and open a department to get scholars...... These are inseparable from the support of our Dugu family. What if he is dissatisfied? If you want to say that you are dissatisfied, it should be us, in addition to being able to pinch Niu Zong, who can he deal with? A small Xue Ju has been fighting again and again for a year or two, and now he has been attacked by others! How can this kind of person compare with Yang Dong, who is outside the territory and expands the territory? ”

Dugu Cheng said: "In fact, not only the head of the family has opinions, but many family heads are dissatisfied with the Tang army, which has been defeated repeatedly, and I heard that even the Dou family has a lot of opinions. ”

Dugu's eyes showed a hint of remorse, "I hope that the Li family will unify the world before I support him." But they are so uncompetitive, and they still ask for it like a pixiu, and it is normal for everyone to be disappointed and dissatisfied. I knew that I should have sent the children of the clan to support Yang Tong, what a wrong step! ”

Dugu Cheng frowned and said, "But I still think Yang Tong is not the kind of person who compromises." ”

"Yang Tong is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and his hard temperament is exactly the same as Yang Guang who has just ascended the throne, but didn't Yang Guang compromise with the Guanlong nobles later?" Dugu Zhen said very slowly, as if to let Dugu Cheng remember his words: "Even if he destroys our old family, every lord who helps him achieve the imperial cause is about to become a new great family gatekeeper, the family gate valve can never be extinguished, and a person who does not know how to compromise will not be able to achieve great things, Yang Tong is obviously not such a person, when he sent Wenxi Pei's family to Yang Qi's hands, I knew that he was a person who would compromise, but he was strong and domineering in major matters, so people often ignore small things." ”

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