Li An didn't mean to punish Lu Shangyi, otherwise, he wouldn't have come to visit, but Lu Shangyi's thinking was still in the nightmare of Zheng Laoliu being beheaded, and he was frightened for a while. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Since Li Shilang is here, I guess I won't embarrass our family, what are the conditions, please ask Li Shilang to show it."

Lu Shangyi's son was not intimidated and respectfully saluted Li An.

"Haha! This official likes to talk to smart people, and he is not tired. ”

Li An was very satisfied with Lu Shangyi's son's answer, opened his mouth to praise, and looked at Lu Shangyi himself.

At this time, Lu Shangyi finally understood, and knowingly asked Ang Li about his conditions.

Li An tried to convince people with reason, and said: "Your Majesty asked this official to implement the two tax laws, you should all know, of course, this official knows that you major scholars have a lot of land in their hands, and once the two tax laws are implemented, your interests will be lost, but you should know that according to the current pace of annexation, in a few decades, most of the land in the hands of ordinary people will run into the hands of your major scholars, so how much tax can the imperial court's rent adjustment system receive, once the imperial court has no money, How should the Tang Empire operate, once the Northern Captives invade the Tang Dynasty, what should the imperial court do if they have no money to recruit troops? ”

"What Li Shilang said is, however, my Datang is powerful in the world, which Beiyu dares to invade my Datang, this is a bit unfounded."

Lu Shangyi was deliberately changing the topic, in fact, he understood that what Li An said was the truth, and it was also very reasonable, but after all, the implementation of the two tax laws would infringe on the interests of their clan, and as the representative of the Fanyang Lu clan, he considered the interests of the family the most, not the interests of the Tang Empire.

The essence of the family is so selfish, everything they do, can not bypass the scope of safeguarding the interests of the family, for the interests of the family, even if it causes the loss of the country, they don't care at all, the Great Sui Empire has been dead for a long time, but their major families, not still alive and well, and began to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty, once the Tang Dynasty is dead, they can also be loyal to others, as long as it does not harm their interests, even if they make them loyal to foreign races, it is not impossible.

Li An knew that the family concept of Lu Shangyi and other scholars had been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and it was impossible to change their minds, of course, Li An did not have time to reform his mind, and now, the sword of Damorix was in his own hands, where did he need to talk too much nonsense with them,

"What do you think in your heart, the official doesn't force it, I let go of your condition, that is, the Fan Yang Lu family, you must show your support for the two tax laws promulgated by the imperial court, of course, you can also not agree, however, the official will not be soft, now, the official not only has the evidence of your father and son annexing the land, but also the evidence of the annexation of land by many people in your family, to put it simply, the first thing the official is targeting is your Fan Yang Lu family, you think about it carefully!"

In Li An's semi-threatening tone, it was revealed that he would not ask other scholars for the time being, and focus on the Fanyang Lu clan, so that the other major scholars would inevitably watch the fire from across the strait, thereby reducing one competitor, and if their Fanyang Lu clan was really stared at to death, the losses they would have to bear would far exceed the losses caused by accepting the two tax laws.

In the eyes of Lu Shangyi, who is supreme in safeguarding the interests of the family, at this moment, he has no better way than to accept Li An's suggestion, after all, Li An is now staring at their Fan Yang Lu family.

But as an elder in his fifties, being pinched by Li An, this feeling in his heart can be imagined, in addition, he is not the patriarch of the Fan Yang Lu family, if he agrees to Li An on his own initiative, how will the people in the family think of him in the future, will the patriarch suppress him in order to calm the anger of the public, and also, those Lu children who are officials in the court, will listen to him and support the two tax laws?

At this moment, Lu Shangyi put on a bitter gourd face, he was about to cry with sorrow, and his son was also frowning, looking helpless.

Of course, Li An would never pity the father and son, paused, and gave an ultimatum: "Tomorrow morning, this official hopes that you, Fan Yang Lu, can fully support the two tax laws, otherwise, the consequences must be something you don't want to see." ”

The reason why he was so eager for Fan Yang Lu's statement was to prevent long nights and dreams, after all, these big families have hands and eyes to the sky, and they may not be able to play any tricks.

"Li Shilang, it's only been a day to prepare, this time is too short, I am not the patriarch below, I am afraid that I have no ability to call on the clansmen to obey orders."

Lu Shangyi still had a trace of luck in his heart after all, and wanted to delay backwards.

Li An smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth: "If Lu Yuanwai does not have the ability to call on the clansmen to obey orders, then this official will deal with your family first tomorrow afternoon, and then go to your patriarch in person to talk about this matter." ”

Threatening, and not giving the opponent the slightest time to prepare, this is Ang Lee's methods.

"Li Shilang does things, and he is really resolute, but Li Shilang should know that the two tax laws will offend all the big families, and it will not be of any benefit to Li Shilang, so why should Li Shilang risk offending the world's corporal clan and forcibly promote the two tax laws?"

Lu Shangyi's son spoke, which was also a question in his heart.

Li An was angry, and said loudly: "This official is a member of the Li Tang royal family, and he is only for the court, how can he be like you children of the scholar family, who only consider your own small interests, regardless of the safety of the imperial court, and how big the loss can be to you if the land is taxed fifteen or one, and once the court has money, in the future, all of you will benefit, and when that day comes, you will all understand, farewell!" ”

After speaking, Ang Lee did not stop, and walked away.

"Li Shilang walks slowly, walks slowly."

Lu Shangyi reluctantly sent more than a dozen steps, and when he saw Li An walking out of the door of the mansion, he stopped and sighed.

"Father, what to do now, Ang Lee will only give us one day."

Lu Shangyi's brows furrowed into a big pimple, and after thinking for a long time, he raised his eyebrows: "Get ready, let's go visit the right minister again." ”

"Father, tomorrow afternoon, Ang Lee will attack us, what is the use of visiting the right minister now, besides, the last time I went to visit the right minister, the right minister didn't see us at all, this time I went, I'm afraid we will have to eat again."

"Even if we can't see it, then we have to give it a try, if we really can't go back to the sky, we can only be the sinners of the Fan Yang Lu clan."

Lu Shangyi's face was painful, and he cheekily went to visit Li Linfu again, which was his last straw, he wanted to bribe Li Linfu to help him get rid of his crimes, and he even made a decision to spit out all the annexed 2,000 acres of land.

"You'd better go back! The right minister is not a guest today. ”

Lu Shangyi's father and son were once again closed, and the servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion did not let them in at all, and they naturally did not have the courage to break in.

"Father, what should I do, the right minister refuses to meet, it seems that we can only do what Ang Lee said."

Lu Shangyi ignored his son, directly presented the gifts, and said respectfully: "These are all gifts to the right prime minister, please transfer them to the right prime minister, and say goodbye." ”

After throwing down the gift, Lu Shangyi hurriedly took his son out of the right prime minister's mansion, sighing as he walked, he originally wanted to watch the fire from the other side, sit and watch Li An and the Zheng family in Xingyang fight each other, and reap the benefits himself, but unexpectedly Li An turned his target to their father and son, and actually found evidence that was very unfavorable to them in such a short period of time.

"Father, since the right minister refuses to see us, we still send him so many gifts, isn't this feeding the wolf?"

"What do you know, the right minister is the head of the hundred officials, maybe for the sake of the gift, help us."

Lu Shangyi still held on to a hint of luck, and stopped after turning a corner, secretly checking the movement at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Ah Lang, Lu Shangyi's father and son are gone, but they have left a big gift."

Li Linfu glanced at the gift and sighed: "It is Your Majesty's intention to implement the two tax laws, but these families can't understand it!" ”

"Ah Lang, do you want to return these gifts?"

"No need, Zhonglin, you go and tell Lu Shangyi that the two tax laws are His Majesty's will, so that he doesn't see the situation clearly and loses his Qingqing's life, go!"

Li Linfu looked at the face of the gift and decided to remind Lu Shangyi and let Lu Shangyi stop struggling.

"Yes, Aaron."

After Li Zhonglin went out, he found Lu Shangyi's father and son just after walking a dozen steps, and told Li Linfu's words truthfully.

"Father, what do you mean by the right phase? Does it mean that His Majesty is determined to implement the two tax laws? ”

"That's right, that's what it means."

Lu Shangyi's bitter face suddenly became more bitter, and he was completely desperate.

"Father, what about us?"

"What else can we do, hurry back and gather all the people the family can muster and prepare for a meeting."

Lu Shangyi already seemed a little angry, the Lu family was the first to stand up and support the two tax laws, which would undoubtedly cause dissatisfaction among the other families, and he, as a representative of the Lu family, had sworn that he would fully oppose the two tax laws in front of the other representatives, and giving in at this moment was undoubtedly a slap in the face, but Li An's knife was already on his neck, and he had no choice.

Fifteen miles south of Chang'an City, Li An was preparing to do an experiment, and the project of the experiment was to test the power of the black powder he configured.

In a small house in the mansion, Ang Lee made black powder with sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal powder in the best proportions, and filled three small clay pots, which were stuffed with oil-soaked cotton rope to facilitate ignition, and which were connected to the outside.

"Ah Lang, this earthen wall is six feet high and one foot thick, don't you think it's okay?"

Zhao Liu found a suitable earthen wall and ran over to report to Li An.

Li An glanced at it, nodded and said: "Yes, it is very suitable for this experiment, come, put this small clay pot in the corner of the wall, light the cotton rope on it, and then come back immediately, and no one is allowed within a hundred steps around the earthen wall." ”

"Yes, Aaron."

Zhao Liu responded and did it himself.

There was no one near this earthen wall, and after lighting the cotton rope, Zhao Liu quickly ran back and stood beside Li An according to Li An's request.

"Ah Lang, the rope is already on fire."

Zhao Liu looked at Li An in confusion, he couldn't figure out what kind of experiment Li An was doing, he had nothing to do to light the rope, and there was no one nearby.

"Zhao Liu, cover your ears and squat."

Ang crouched down and covered his ears with his hands.

"Ah Lang, why do you want to squat down and cover your ears."

Zhao Liu also squatted down and pinched the earlobes of his two ears, looking puzzled.

"Boom ......"

After a violent explosion, the six-foot-high, one-foot-thick earthen wall was smashed to pieces, and a large number of clods of earth collapsed everywhere, and the thick dust was three feet high.

Zhao Liu didn't cover his ears, he was startled by this violent sound, and sat on the ground unconsciously, surrounded by Li An's servants and recruited workers for several miles, and they all craned their necks to look at the sound here.

Some of the leading little stewards even ran over quickly with a few subordinates, wanting to see what was going on.

"Ah Lang, what's wrong with this earthen wall, how did it become like this?"

Wang Ba was the first to arrive, with two of his subordinates.

"It's nothing, you go back and get back to work, don't worry about it."

Li An waved his hand and told the people who were running to hurry back, after all, the gunpowder test was very dangerous, and it was very unsafe for this person to be around.

The curious crowd was splashed with a basin of cold water and walked back unhappy, but they still looked back step by step, wanting to see what was going on.

"Ah Lang, what the hell is going on, I just ordered a small clay pot just now, and it has so much power."

Zhao Liu was completely shocked, he knew that the earthen wall was blown away, it must be related to the small clay pot, but he couldn't say why.

Li An didn't bother to explain to Zhao Liu, he was more concerned about the power of gunpowder, so he walked quickly towards the earthen wall to see the damaging effect of a clay pot of gunpowder on the earthen wall up close.

"Yes, yes, such a small clay pot has such a great destructive power, enough, enough."

A deep pit appeared in the place where the small clay pot was placed, and the earthen wall next to it was completely overturned, leaving only a foot-high broken wall at the base of the wall, which looked a little miserable.

"Ah Lang, what the hell is this, how can it have such great power?"

Looking at the sunken pit, Zhao Liu touched his head and asked with a frightened expression.

Li An smiled and explained: "This is called black powder, it is a very powerful material, and it is very widely used, but you are not allowed to leak it casually, so as not to make trouble for me, understand?" ”

"Ah Lang, don't worry, I won't say it."

Li An smiled, looked into the distance, and said loudly: "Zhao Liu, bring the remaining two small clay pots, let's go to a place where there are stones to try the power of blasting stones." ”

"Yes, Aaron."

Zhao Liu took two small clay pots filled with black gunpowder and rode with Li An towards the stone mountain in the distance. (To be continued.) )