Dou Yi didn't answer him directly, he poured a full glass of wine, picked up the wine glass and asked with a smile: "Have you, the senior minister, participated in major political decisions?" ”

Du Gu Qiu smiled and said: "I'm afraid there is no decision, but His Royal Highness the King of Jin did consult me in advance on many major political matters, such as the opening of Weiyang Palace, which was originally the opening of Weiyang Palace and Furong Garden, I persuaded His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and too many people will be despised by the people, Weiyang Palace is the old palace of the previous dynasty, and it is generally demolished directly, but it doesn't matter if it is opened."

But the Hibiscus Garden is a royal garden, and the people will despise the imperial power, and over time it will cause the people to disobey the decree, and Enwei and the party are the long-term way, His Royal Highness the King of Jin adopted my suggestion, only open the Weiyang Palace, and the Furong Garden may be restricted in the future. ”

"What do you mean by restricted opening?" Dou Yi asked puzzled.

"It is only open to special groups, and it should refer to officials above the fifth grade, like the elder brother who has no official position, but he can also bring his family to go to Qingqing with a title."

"That's a good limit!"

Dou Yi approvingly: "It not only enveloped the officials, but also did not spoil the royal garden, when Emperor Ming was in power, several ministers put forward similar suggestions, but because Li Linfu resolutely opposed it, it was finally stopped, and in the end, it was not the same as the Anshi thief?" ”

"There is also an attack on Zhaozhou, I also put forward a proposal to take it step by step, although His Royal Highness the King of Jin did not give me a clear answer, but the strategy he is adopting now is to take it step by step."

Du Gu Qiu smiled proudly: "So my senior minister is still meaningful, and I don't take a fortune for nothing." ”

"Brother Xian, I can't say anything, what you represent in the Counselor's Building is not you personally, but the interests of our entire Guanlong family, we are now a down-and-out phoenix is not as good as a chicken, and the tiger is bullied by dogs in Pingyang.

The manor in Guanzhong is gone, the garden house in Qujiang is gone, and after the appearance of Xi'anmen Street, the business in the east and west markets has been greatly reduced, and the income has been seriously affected.

In the past, the children were at least captains in the army, and they were at least seven grades as officials, but now the children of the Guanlong family cannot be seen in the court of King Jin, and there are only a few generals above the captain level in the army.

The fundamental reason for the decline is that the Guan Long family has no political status, and there is no one in the court to help us speak, Brother Xian, everyone is counting on you to be selected for the Counselor's Building to help us talk to the broken nobles. ”

Dou Yi said a lot in one breath, and Du Isoqiu understood what he meant, he wanted to persuade himself to fight for the prime minister and become the representative of the Guan Long family, but he was also difficult to do!

Dugu Qiu sighed slightly and said: "Even if I have this heart, but he is my son-in-law, I have to consider avoiding suspicion, I think the position of senior minister is the most suitable for me, and I disappointed my brother." ”

Dou Yi saw that he couldn't convince Dugu Qiu, he got up and slapped a few times, and the small door next door suddenly opened, and four or five people poured in at once, including Zhao Guanshan, the head of the Zhao family, Hou Mo Chensen, the head of the Changsun family, Changsun Tai, the head of the Daxi family, Da Xikuan, and Dou Yuanzhu, etc., who were stunned.

He finally woke up, pointed at Dou Yi and scolded with a smile: "You old monkey, you actually buried a knife and axe hand next door, why don't you drop the cup?" ”

Dou Yi smiled, "To deal with you, you have to use group beating tactics!" ”

Everyone was not polite, sat down directly at the table, ordered the bartender to serve wine, Zhao Guanshan caught the lonely autumn and spit bitter water: "After Xi'anmen Street opened, the West Market is fine, the source of customers in the East Market has been directly reduced by forty percent, our stores are in the East Market, this is a heavy loss, our Zhao family has opened a color silk shop for more than 80 years for the first time, no, you must transfer a shop on Xi'anmen Street to me." ”

Hou Mo Chen Sen also said: "Our shops in Chengdu are closed, the merchants have withdrawn north, the business can't continue, the loss is too great, Brother Dugu, you have to help us, we hope to restore the manor in Guanzhong, otherwise we can only sit and eat empty." ”

The eldest grandson Tai also pulled Du Isolate Qiu and complained: "Our news is too late, Xi'anmen Street has been repaired, we know that the store has already been divided, and after the curfew is canceled and the curfew, the land outside the city has risen sharply, we want to buy, but it is already a step late, like the Du family, the Wei family and the Hedong family have started in advance and made a lot of money, we were the first to get the news before, and now we are no different from the people in the market." ”

Da Xikuan also shouted: "I have a grandson who has been in the Jin Army for two years, and he is still a brigade commander, it's too much, we have no right to speak in the imperial court, Brother Dugu must stand up." ”

After these Guanlong families returned to Chang'an, they found that they had completely lost power, all their former privileges had disappeared, and their property had suffered serious losses, which made them learn from their pain and make them regret it.

Only then did they deeply realize the importance of the Li Tang Dynasty to them, and their relationship with the Li Tang royal family was like skin and fur.

Knowing that when the first emperor was in power, they should have given their full support and supported Li Tang to restore the world, although it would cost a lot of money, but at least their power was still there, but it was too late.

The Guanlong family had to face the reality, the hostility of the Southern Tang eunuch group to them, and the hatred of the Zhuzhu Dynasty towards them, in contrast, only Guo Song was more tolerant of them, and they could only open up the situation here in Guo Song.

Helping the Dugu family have a place in the court has become the most realistic operation at present, making the Dugu family the representative of the Guanlong family in the court.

Dugu Qiu was dizzy from the noise, and he waved his hand exaggeratedly, "Please don't argue, listen to me!" ”

The room gradually quieted down, and Du Qiu Chang sighed, "There are a few important things that I have wanted to tell you for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity, so I will tell you now." ”

He glanced at everyone and said, "First, don't think about restoring the manor in Guanzhong, that's a good thing that Zhu Jun did, but King Jin is happy to see it."

Ladies and gentlemen, His Royal Highness the King of Jin has told me more than once that the fundamental reason for the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion and the decline of today's Tang Dynasty is that the Tang Dynasty did not stop land annexation, so that today's evil results will be achieved, and the first thing he has to do is to severely crack down on land annexation, and in the future, whether it is Guanzhong or other places, he will not allow more than 50 hectares of manors, including the land of his own estate, and he has also allocated all of them to tenant farmers. ”

"What are we going to do without land?" Changsun Tai asked.

"Business!"

Du Gu Qiu said decisively: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin encourages everyone to engage in commerce, engage in factory manufacturing, encourage mine development, encourage shipbuilding, and in the future, your status and wealth can only be obtained from commerce." ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Du Isolated Qiu said, "Why don't you understand? Even if we get the manor, who will farm for us? The peasants have their own land, and the surplus peasants will go to the city to make money, and in the future, there will be fewer and fewer tenant farmers, and the rent will be lower and lower, and even if you don't collect rent for others to plant, you may not be able to find people, and it will become more and more uneconomical for you to buy land, and you will even lose your old capital. ”

Da Xikuan sighed and said: "In any case, if someone in the court speaks for us, it will not be that my grandson has been in the army for two years and is still a brigade commander." ”

"Da Xi, your grandson mainly has no military merits, what happened to us before? You should know very well that the children all worked as guards in the palace first, mixed with four or five years of seniority before joining the army, and then all of them were captains and generals.

Now there is no position of guard, if the martial arts are outstanding, I suggest to go to the martial arts hall, study in the martial arts hall for two years, come out is the brigade commander, with military merits it is easy to promote, I tell you, even the nephew of His Royal Highness the King of Jin is also studying in the martial arts hall, and now he is still a miscellaneous soldier, now it is the era of relying on the ability to rely on capital to eat, everyone quickly change their minds, have money to invest, our family has 3,000 looms in the textile factory opened in Taiyuan, I am also ready to set up a shipyard, I am also ready to go to Anxi to buy land to grow cotton......”

"Wait!"

Dou Yi interrupted him and said, "Didn't you just say that you want to crack down on land annexation? ”

Du Isolate Qiu smiled, "The Central Plains is to crack down on land annexation, but the frontier is to encourage the purchase of land to grow wheat and cotton." ”

"What about the artificial?"

"Go to ask the locals to plant, or temporarily recruit at a high price in the Central Plains, there will always be people who go, this kind of short-term work is not like tenant farmers, tenant farmers can't see hope, so they can't recruit people, but short-term jobs are to make money, and there will be many people who are willing to go."

Dou Yi sighed and said, "Leave me two percent, and I will participate too!" ”

"We also participate, and Brother Dugu will leave us a part."

Everyone is struggling to find a way out, but there are many opportunities here in Dugu Qiu, and everyone wants to rely on the Dugu family to make money.

Dugu Qiu nodded, "I'm going to invest 300,000 guan first, and then take out fifty percent of the shares to distribute to everyone, and let's go to develop Anxi together, maybe we can find a way out in Anxi." ”

(End of chapter)