Since ancient times, there has been a saying in the hearts of the common people, which is that no one will think that they are worse than others, and no one will think that a powerful person with bad morals is the destiny of heaven.

In ancient times, the common people generally had a low level of education, they did not have the consciousness of the court and the regime, and they did not know what it meant to be loyal to the monarch, they valued their own interests more, if the magnates could make them fed and clothed, even if the exploitation was larger, they could accept it, if the magnates were incapable, and let their interests suffer, they would oppose the magnates, and hoped that a new magnate would emerge and be able to lead them to live a good life.

Therefore, since ancient times, the usurpation of power is a matter of the nobility and the royal family, the common people will not participate, nor will they care, the emperor will continue to be the emperor if he wins, if the usurper takes the throne, then take over the original emperor to govern, as long as the interests of the common people are not violated, the common people will treat this thing as if this thing did not happen.

And those who oppose the usurper are the loyal subordinates of the original emperor, and the usurpation of the new emperor violates their interests, so they will resist desperately until they die.

The common people only want to live a good life, and it doesn't matter who the emperor lets him be, even if a foreigner comes to be the emperor, as long as the common people can live a stable life.

For example, in later generations, there was a braided dynasty, which conquered more than 100 million people in China with only a few hundred thousand people, which is simply incredible, and this regime can last for more than 200 years, which can be called a world miracle.

The reason is not that the Chinese court has accumulated too many evils, the officials are too corrupt, and the common people have been forced to have no way to live, and even uprisings have occurred everywhere, if it were not for the two extremely powerful uprising forces that greatly weakened the Chinese court, it would be impossible for the braids to invade China, and ruled for more than 200 years in one fell swoop, and even forced a huge ethnic group to shave off their hair and comb a big braid, which is particularly ugly.

The reason why the Braided Dynasty was able to rule China for more than 200 years had a lot to do with their policies, and they encircled a large number of Chinese nobles, making them submit to themselves and helping them rule the huge Chinese nation.

For ordinary people, as long as they shave their hair, they can live very well, and due to the war that led to the demise of a large number of corrupt classes in China, the new pigtail dynasty is more politically clear than that of China, of course, this is the early stage, and the later period is not like this.

In addition, in the later period of China, the Xiaoice River appeared in the climate, agricultural production was greatly reduced, but the taxes of the imperial court were not reduced in the slightest, so that the common people could not survive, and violent incidents occurred.

Who is to blame for climate change? You can't blame the common people! You can't blame the court! This is a matter of nature, and it cannot be changed by man.

But the court and the nobles did not consider the actual situation of the common people, the taxes could not be reduced, and the land rent could not be reduced, so that the common people could only eat the soil, and if they did not rebel, they would die a dead end, who would not rebel?

Of course, the common people will not consider the difficulties of the court and the aristocracy, the difficulty of the court is that the expenses are larger, if all the people do not pay taxes because of their own disasters, the officials of the court will have no rice to cook, the court will collapse, and the nobles also want to make their lives better, the land rent is given to the peasants, the land rent can not be less, God does not give the power is God's business, and they cannot be blamed for the landlord, so the land rent can not be less.

Just like the same in later generations, for example, the rent of the store cannot be stopped because the renter has posted the book, and the rent cannot be less.

There is also personal income tax, as long as the salary exceeds a certain amount, you have to pay, even if your family needs high expenses for hospitalization, it is your own business, the tax can never be paid less, and you have no way to pay less, it will be deducted directly from the salary.

The biggest advantage of the braid dynasty is to catch up with a good era, after the discovery of the Americas in Western Europe, a large number of excellent crops from the Americas to Europe, and then spread to China, and these crops are first-class in terms of yield and disaster resistance, after the common people use these crops, the agricultural output has increased significantly a lot, and the stomach is not hungry, no one will be idle and have nothing to do, and run to rebel.

In addition, after the war, a new imperial court was established, and the population must have decreased a lot because of the war, and it was impossible to reduce the arable land, so that the per capita arable land area increased a lot, so that the possibility of the common people being starved was very low, and the possibility of rebellion was also very low.

Therefore, it is not that the Son of Heaven of the Braided Dynasty is destined to return, but because the Braided Dynasty has caught up with a good era, and in this way, their rule has been carried out smoothly for more than 200 years.

Although in the process of their rule, there are really opposing forces, but these are only a very small number of people, most of the ordinary people, only care about how their small life is, whether they can live a happy life, whether they can eat enough and dress warmly, as for the rebellion against the Braided Dynasty, as long as there is no sufficient reason, they will not do it, don't talk about national righteousness, the common people don't eat that.

At this moment, the Tang Empire is already very strong and economically rich, so the people of the Nanyang countries like to join the Tang Dynasty, and they will clearly understand that joining the Tang Empire will make their lives better, and if they become a small country, their lives will not be so good.

Longyamen Country is a good example, when Datang announced that it would build the county seat of Longyamen in Longyamen, the people of Longyamen Country were all happy to tell each other, looking very excited, without the slightest dissatisfaction.

Of course, this does not include the king of Longyamen, as well as some nobles, because the Tang Dynasty did not give them any promises and benefits, after the Longyamen Kingdom was merged into the Tang Dynasty, the common people could usher in the opportunity for development, and the interests of their aristocratic class would be greatly damaged.

People are living in pursuit of interests, the common people are like this, the businessmen are like this, and the aristocracy is the same, the Tang Empire wants to set up a county in Longyamen, and promises to reduce taxes for the people, which is in line with the interests of the people of Longyamen, and the people naturally fully support it, while the aristocracy represented by the king has not received any benefits, and the privileges and interests that originally belonged to them have also been taken away by the Tang Dynasty.

But the current situation is not something that a small number of nobles of the Longyamen Kingdom can control, they are only a small number of people, and most of the ordinary people support the merger into the Tang Dynasty, these original vested interests will not get the slightest support from the people, in this way, their opposition will not have the slightest effect, and they do not even dare to openly express their dissatisfaction, otherwise, it is not as simple as losing vested interests, but there is no chance to even be an ordinary Tang people, and they will be killed by the Tang Dynasty because of their own speech.

If they incite the common people to oppose the Tang Dynasty, the common people will only stare at these nobles with disdain and scold, you idiot, you still want to ride on our heads to make a fortune! The era of you aristocrats is over, and now in the Tang Dynasty, you can't go back.

This is the trend of the times, it is irreversible by a few people, the king and aristocracy of the Longyamen country, usually did not bring any benefits to the people, when the pirate forces invaded, they actually surrendered directly, and also wantonly looted the wealth of the people to the pirate group, making the Longyamen country a miasma, the people complained, many handsome daughters of the people's families were ruined by the pirates who invaded the Longyamen, and many of the people's belongings were looted by the pirates, and more young people were caught in the pirate's lair, force them to be pirates, or kill them.

Due to the incompetence of the aristocratic ruling class of Longyamen, the people of Longyamen were in great trouble, they were bullied by the pirate forces too badly, but the Tang Army sailors taught the pirates a hard lesson, and almost wiped out the pirates in the waters of Malacca, so that the people of Longyamen naturally regarded the Tang Dynasty as a guardian saint, and naturally preferred to join the Tang Empire, thus becoming a member of this great empire.

As for the kings and nobles of the former Dragon Tooth Gate Country, in the hearts of the common people, they can't play the slightest role when they are needed, but they are quite good at riding on the heads of the common people.

The common people of Longyamen have completely abandoned the aristocratic class riding on their heads, they willingly joined the Tang Empire, and cooperated with the county order of the Tang Dynasty to strive to build a new Tang Longyamen County.

In order to thank the people of Longyamen for their cooperation, the Tang Dynasty has decided to elect officials among these people, let them cooperate with the county officials of the Tang Dynasty, and jointly manage Longyamen County, vowing to build Longyamen County into a model county overseas of the Tang Empire, so as to attract the envy of the people of the countries along the way, so as to promote the hearts of the people of the small countries to the Tang Dynasty.

In any era, the merger of a small poor country into a powerful rich country will certainly greatly improve the living standards of ordinary people, and the status of ordinary people will also be greatly improved, and the benefits are self-evident.

But there is also a class whose interests will be harmed, that is, the people in power in small countries, that is, those with vested interests, as the aristocracy, no matter how poor the country is, they will not go hungry, they can live a very comfortable life, and it is only ordinary people who live a hard life.

And once it is incorporated into a large rich country, the life and status of the common people are improved, but the interests of their nobles are not guaranteed, especially the king, as the king of a country, once he is incorporated into a large empire, he is no longer the lord of a country, and his status and autonomy will suffer a huge loss.

Since ancient times, there is a saying that the aristocratic class of a small country is above the ordinary people, and they can be very proud of their power, and they have the final say on what they want to do, and once they are incorporated into a big country, the decision is not in their own hands, and once someone frames them, saying that they intend to restore the country and plot against them, it is really impossible to jump into the Yellow River.

Therefore, the kings and aristocracy of small countries are the most reluctant to be incorporated into large countries, and only ordinary people want to live a better life before they want to be incorporated into rich countries.

In later generations of China, because it was too poor, many ordinary people wanted to live in a rich country, so there was a large-scale smuggling behavior, and many smugglers died on the way, pitiful and pathetic.

Li An doesn't care about the future life of the original King of Longyamen, this useless king has been abandoned by his people, that is to say, this old man is useless, there is no need for the Tang Dynasty to spend a lot of money to support this waste, and it is more conducive to the control of the Longyamen by the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Empire, and it is very good to maintain the security of the Maritime Silk Road.

Not long after, the down-and-out King walked out of the Tang army's camp, and it was clear that he was rejected by the black wolf, the pirate leader was a selfish fellow, how could he support this worthless man.

"Big brother, this king looks quite pitiful, did he just leave him to fend for himself? Wouldn't that be a little cruel? ”

Li Feiyu suddenly moved his heart of compassion.

Li An said with a smile: "What is self-fending, I have already ordered a total of 800 acres of land for this down-and-out king, as well as his wives and concubines, and his descendants, which is not less than that of ordinary people, as long as he and his children and grandchildren can work harder, they will never starve to death, but this old guy still wants to get for nothing, and wants my Tang Dynasty to provide for his family to eat and drink, how can there be such a cheap thing." ”

This king has more than a dozen wives, eight sons, and more than 20 grandchildren, with a total population of more than 50, which is not very large, but it is not small, if it is supported by the Tang Dynasty, it is a big burden, although the Tang Dynasty can support it, but these guys have hands and feet, and they are not disabled, why should they support them in vain, let them learn to work by themselves is the best, 800 acres of land, arable land accounts for 500 acres, and there is not very good land, you can grow fruits and economic trees, As long as you work hard, you will never go hungry.

"Haha! Big brother, farming this kind of hard life, where can these guys stand it, it is estimated that they are busy, I heard that this old king has more than a dozen mothers-in-law, the youngest is only twenty-eight years old, I don't know if they can suffer this sin, will they remarry! ”

Li Feiyu joked.

Li An smiled: "If you like which, you can discuss with the king and buy it back as a concubine." ”

"Haha! Forget it! After all, he was the king of a country, so I won't bully him, and whether they can live a good life depends on whether they can study modestly and be a good farmer. ”

Li Feiyu said with a smile.