Time flies, time gradually moves to March of the eighth year of Dazhi, at the beginning of this month, Datang is about to hold an unprecedented scale of the dynasty, this New Year's dynasty and the previous only four officials can get the content of the court is different, as early as a month ago has set the tone, almost all officials know the importance of this New Year's dynasty, His Majesty the Tang Emperor will be officially canonized in this March dynasty, but the prince canonized who did not say clearly, but the palace has sent a message, the prince must be Li Qi undoubtedly.

The prince is a major event related to the country in all dynasties, which is also very important to today's Tang Dynasty, since Zhang Huan first ascended the throne seven years ago, the call for the crown prince has been continuous, but Zhang Huan has been slow to establish the prince on the grounds that the prince is young, and the ministers also know that he does not want to make this important decision easily, but at this time Zhang Huan is nearly forty years old, his two eldest sons Yong Wangqi is sixteen years old, Zhao Wang is twelve years old, all have reached the age of sensibility, if it is not decided, once the dispute between the crown prince is introduced, It was a tragedy that no one wanted to see, so Zhang Huan finally made up his mind after nearly seven years of thinking and observing.

In the evening, as soon as night fell, Cui Xian, the head of the Cui family, came to the mansion of Cui Yu, who is currently the oldest in the Cui family, Cui Xian has recovered from the incident of his son leaving home, and from his final decision with Fang Zongyan to marry Fang Min by his second son Cui Zhao, it can be seen that Cui Xian has made concessions to his son, in fact, he has always regretted driving his son out of the house, but what is the use? Cui Yao is thousands of miles away in Baghdad, and there is little news, but he got a little news from the mouth of Agush, the special envoy of the Great Food who came to the Tang Dynasty in May last year, that his son is very busy in Baghdad, and he has nearly 10,000 students, learning Chinese and oriental history.

Cui Xian was speechless, which meant that the eldest son might never inherit the Cui family's inheritance again. He fell into a state of extreme frustration. Remorse and pain, it was not until half a year later that he gradually came out of the pain of self-blame.

Today, Cui Xian received an urgent message from Cui Yu, and came directly to Cui Yu's mansion after the next court, since Cui Yuan's death, Cui Yu has taken on the important responsibility of the spiritual leader of the Cui family, he is one of the seven ministers of the Tang Dynasty, with deep qualifications and extensive contacts in the court. But he has always been very low-key, in the Cui Yuan era he seemed to be Cui Yuan's shadow, in the short few years as the head of the family, he always made the Cui family maintain a low-key style like him, until he gave up the position of the head of the family to Cui Xian, Cui Yu still maintained his shadow style, but this shadow was suddenly magnified several times after Cui Yuan's death.

Cui Yu's mansion is located in Pingkangfang, that is, the old mansion where Li Linfu was haunted, and he lived in this mansion for six years. But he has never encountered anything strange, at this moment Cui Yu is writing something in the study, and suddenly there is a housekeeper outside the door: "Master, the head of the house is here." ”

"Let him in." Cui Yu hurriedly finished writing the last two words, and then flipped what he had written, he didn't want Cui Xian to see what he wrote for the time being. Moment. Cui Xian walked into the study quickly, stepped forward and saluted, "See the second uncle." ”

"You're welcome, please take a seat."

A concubine laid a cushion for Cui Xian, served him a cup of tea, and when the concubine retreated, Cui Yu glanced at Cui Xian and said with a slight smile: "Do you know what I called you urgently today?" ”

Cui Xian picked up the teacup and said in a deep voice: "But for the day after tomorrow, the crown prince is ordained?" ”

"That's one thing, isn't it?" Cui Yu smiled, but did not continue to talk about the second thing, but stopped at the matter of the crown prince. "Who do you think this prince will be? Li Qi or Lee? ”

Mention of the canonization of the crown prince. The frustration on Cui Xian's face was clear. "Do you need to ask? Our concubine can't compete with the queen of Pei's family. This position of the crown prince is naturally won by the Pei family. ”

As the head of the house. Choi Hyun also attaches great importance to the prosperity of the family. The current situation in the DPRK and China is no longer as dominant as the Choi and Bae families many years ago. In fact. At that time, the seven great families of the land had already declined. The decline of Pei's land lies in the division of Pei Jun's sons. caused the Pei family to be disheartened. And the capable Pei Mingyuan has been an official in Changzhou. For family affairs, the whip is out of reach. Pei You has no courage. It is impossible to reunite the hearts of the Pei family. As for the Cui family. Choi Hyun never saw this as his own responsibility. He has always believed that Cui Qinggong's betrayal led to the complete decline of Cui's family. Of course. The most important reason is that the emperor suppressed the family land. It can be seen from the imperial examination. In recent years, fewer and fewer children from local families have been admitted. The Cui family didn't even make it to the list for two consecutive years. The Pei family is the same.

Although the family has gone into decline. The Cui family is the same as the Pei family. Unwilling. They pinned their hopes on the next emperor. Therefore, the dispute between the two families over the prince has never stopped. The Cui family has always pinned their hopes on Cui Ningdi's son Li Di. Until yesterday, news came out of the palace. Zhang Huan is already asking someone to teach Li Qi etiquette. Cui Xian was completely dead at this time. The Cui family was eventually defeated by the Pei family. He let out a long sigh and said, "Thirty years later." The Pei family must have a chance for revival. And our Cui family has sunk since then. ”

"Why should the head of the family be so pessimistic?" Cui Yu smiled faintly and said, "As far as I see." The Cui family will not sink here. And it is impossible for the Pei family to rise again. ”

Cui Xian heard something in his uncle's words. He hurriedly asked, "Why is that?" ”

"That's the second thing I've called you here today. Some subtle changes are about to take place in the power structure of the imperial court. "Speaking of which. Cui Xian flipped the letter written on the table again. With a somewhat gloomy expression, he said: "This time the dynasty is not just as simple as appointing a prince. I'm afraid the emperor is going to change his appearance again. ”

"Transfigured?" Cui Xian was surprised, Zhang Potian officially retired in January, and then Chu Xingshui returned to his hometown in February, how long has it been, and he is about to change his appearance again, which really surprised Cui Xian, and he hurriedly asked: "Then who stepped down this time?" ”

"The emperor didn't say it explicitly, he just felt that he hoped that Xiangguo would be best served by a local official around fifty years old." Cui Yu sighed slightly: "This is actually to me and Pei You, he wants us to resign from the position of Xiangguo." ”

Cui Xian pondered for a moment and said: "Maybe this is just the emperor's unintentional words, but in fact, it doesn't mean in disguise?" ”

Cui Yu shook his head and said with some emotion: "Jun Wu jokes, I've worked with him for so many years, don't you still know him?" This is something he has been planning for a long time, step by step, first Zhang Potian. Then there is Chu Xingshui. These two are people who have a deep personal relationship with him, so it is logical to replace them first, and then replace the two Xiangguo of Cui and Pei, but we have been doing Xiangguo for almost eight years, and it is indeed rare. ”

Cui Xian was silent, he thought of himself, Zhang Potian retired, and the emperor appointed Hu Yong as the secretary of the military department, which was to promote the descendants from the dragon faction. And Chu Xingshui retired and recommended Fang Zongyan as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, which is the continuation of the power of the Chu Xingshui faction, judging from the succession of these two people, it is to balance the power of the DPRK and China, so the second uncle should take over by himself, in terms of qualifications, he Cui Xian has served as the Shu County Thorn History, Hanzhong Thorn History, Taichang Qing, and now Guanglu Siqing. It is more than enough to serve as prime minister.

Thinking of this, Cui Xiandi's eyes became eager, how could Cui Yu not understand his nephew's mind, he sighed secretly, who said that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, how scheming his eldest brother is. But his son is so stupid, can't he see that the establishment of a prince and the change of appearance are actually the same thing? Why did it take eight years to change the appearance, and only now did the prince be established, and then think about it, Zhang, Chu, Cui, and Pei have been replaced one after another, isn't this the complete destruction of the four great families? His nephew actually dreams of replacing him in the photo, stupid!

Of course, Zhang Huan did not explicitly say that he wanted him Cui Yu and Pei You to resign, and there was no time limit. That's just not wanting to tear your face. If they don't know each other and don't know each other, then Zhang Huan will inevitably have another exam cheating incident to clean up the officialdom.

Fifty-year-old Sangkook. This is nothing more than a subtle signal.

In the imperial study room of the Zichen Pavilion of the Daming Palace, Zhang Huan was reading the latest report on the situation in Hui. In January last year, there was a serious internal strife within the Hui, which made the food crisis of the Huihui fully exposed, and in March, Jiegan Garth sent an army of 30,000 to attack the Eastern Hui, and Yao Luo Geling met the battle with 40,000 men, and the two armies fought fiercely on the grassland on the south bank of the Krulun River, and finally ended in a disastrous victory for the Eastern Hui, and more than 50,000 people were killed on both sides in that battle, which greatly damaged the vitality of the Eastern and Western Hui.

A year later, there were signs of troop transfer again, according to the report of the secret agent in Han Erbali, this time, the number of troops transferred by Jiegangas was not less than 50,000 troops, 50,000 troops, which was almost the last capital of Jiegangas.

Zhang Huan found another book from the table, this is written by Yao Luo Geling two months ago, it is a book of begging the Tang Dynasty to aid ordnance materials, in this book of notes mentioned a detail, this winter the number of herdsmen attached to Kedun City has increased by 300,000, it seems that this is the fundamental reason why Jiegan Gas wants to pour out his troops, one thing and the other, if he does not destroy the East Hui, there will be no place for him to stand on the grassland.

Zhang Huan walked slowly to the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the spring scenery outside the window, he is almost forty years old this year, and has entered the eighth year of taking charge of Datang, the national strength of Datang has been greatly displayed in the past eight years, and the land reform has entered the normal track, the money and grain in the official warehouse and the official treasury are sufficient, and the price of rice has fallen to 25 Wen per bucket, if the price factor is removed, this has actually reached the level of the early years of Tianbao, the country is rich and the people are strong, although the population is still insufficient, but the reproduction of the population has not accumulated for two generations, It can't recover the 50 million level in its heyday, two generations, it will be at least thirty or fifty years later, and he can't wait for so long, Zhang Huan suddenly had a feeling that time is not waiting, he is close to middle age, do you want him to wait for another ten years?

Besides, after eight years of national strength recovery, financial and material resources have a certain foundation, he has military power, and now it is time to finally liquidate the family.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan resolutely returned to the table, picked up a pen and wrote a piece of paper, and ordered: "Let Du Mei send someone to send this edict to the Ministry of Rice as soon as possible." ”

After dealing with the matter of returning to the court, Zhang Huan hastily had lunch, took a nap, and started the afternoon court affairs again, at this time, a eunuch came to report: "Li Hanlin and His Royal Highness King Yong ask to see Your Majesty." ”

"Order them to come in." Zhang Huan put down the pen and waited for the arrival of Li Mi and his son Li Qi with a smile, as the court said, Zhang Huan's final decision was to set up his eldest son as the prince, which was expected by all, Li Qiren was filial piety and courtesy, and the second son Li Chang was powerful and strong, and his character was tough. Quite similar to him. From the personal feelings, he likes Li a little more, but how can the foundation of the country be changed by his personal preferences, he wants the land is by no means a inheritance of determined reform, after experiencing his decades of great governance, what Zhang Huan needs is a person who can inherit his national policy and keep it, and can continue his national policy of helping agriculture and business, until the Tang Dynasty finally goes to prosperity, and at the same time, what he wants is a tolerant and benevolent. can follow the Confucian principle of governing the country with benevolence and courtesy, and can treat the people of the world well, the civil and military ministers, and the benevolent monarch who can treat his brothers and sisters well, the eldest son Qi is in line with this condition, which is also the result of repeated discussions between him and Xiangguo.

After a while, Li Mi and Li Qi walked in quickly, Li Mi was in a very good mood these days, the emperor finally decided to establish King Yong as the crown prince, he was extremely in favor of this decision, and his thoughts were the same as Zhang Huan's. He also strongly advocated that Zhang Huan's succession should implement the statecraft strategy of Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, not to change various national policies easily, but at most to fine-tune to improve, so that after two generations of monarchs, the principle of checks and balances between the Tang Dynasty and the three provinces can be truly established, forming a deeply rooted belief in morality and ethics. In order to maintain its vigorous vitality after hundreds of years, this is actually the essence of the three provinces and six departments.

"Your Majesty the Emperor."

"Son-in-law, see father."

Zhang Huan felt very comforted when he saw that his son was full of energy and calm demeanor, he ordered the eunuch to sit down, and asked with a smile: "The emperor will start to face the people of the world in the future, have you ever been nervous?" ”

Li Qi bowed slightly and replied to his father: "The son faces it with a normal heart, does not rejoice in glory, does not take pride in promotion, and strictly restricts himself and his subordinates. Naturally, there is no tension. ”

Zhang Huan nodded. The son's answer was quite satisfactory to him, the key to being a prince is to cultivate virtue. Convincing people with virtue, it seems that he is aware of this. Zhang Huan pondered for a while and said: "Although the time is still early, my father still wants to tell you in advance that in October, my father will go to Broken Leaves to inspect, and at the same time meet with Da Shi Hari in Tuozhi City to officially sign the peace treaty between the two countries, and I may not be in Chang'an for half a year. ”

Zhang Huan said these words extremely plainly, but Li Mi next to him rolled like thunder in his heart, his face changed in an instant, he suddenly realized that the emperor was far-sighted, and decided to go to the Western Regions to meet the monarch of the Great Food Kingdom in two years before last, doesn't this mean that he has already decided to change his appearance and canonize the crown prince this year?

If the reversal is the beginning of the re-layout of the power structure of the Tang Dynasty, then the canonization of the crown prince is to blow the clarion call to attack the family, then, what deeper intention is hidden in the emperor leaving Beijing to inspect the Western Regions at this time?

Li Mi's face changed dramatically and was noticed by Zhang Huan, he quickly glanced at Li Mi, and still smiled at his son quietly: "Since my father has decided to officially canonize you as the crown prince the day after tomorrow, then you should also move to the East Palace to live, you have been learning etiquette these days, and my father feels that there is no need for it, so tomorrow you can relax, go to the East Palace in the morning to have a good tour, and then take your younger siblings and Aunt Heping to the West Inner Garden to ride horses and shoot arrows in the afternoon, you know?" ”

Li Qi hurriedly got up and bowed deeply to his father, "My son respectfully obeys my father's orders. ”

"Go ahead!" Zhang Huan smiled and waved his hand, "Your queen mother has missed you very much these days, go visit her and make her happy for you." ”

Saying that, he gave Li Qi another look, signaling him to stay, and after Li Qi retreated, Zhang Huan said to Li Qi: "This time Qi'er enters the East Palace, is Mr. willing to take on the post of Prince Zhan Shi?" ”

Prince Zhan Shi is also the chief of the hundred officials in the East Palace, although there is no real power during the prince's period, but often after the prince ascends the throne, he will be promoted to the minister of a country, and the position is very important, but the year before last, Zhang Huan drastically reformed the official system, and has cut all the subordinate officials of the palace, and most of the idle officials in the East Palace have also been reduced, only the honorary positions such as the three tains and three young people are retained, as well as some important auxiliary officials, and the prince Zhan Shi is also one of the official positions retained, and he is the third rank.

Li Mi immediately shook his head, "Thank you for Your Majesty's kindness, it's just that the minister is nearly seventy years old this year, even if he does the crown prince Zhan thing, wouldn't it be criticized?" Therefore, the minister thought about it and decided to assist the prince until he was eighteen years old, and the minister officially retired and asked His Majesty to fulfill it. ”

Zhang Huan smiled again, "How about Mr. Zhan, who has served as the crown prince for two years?" When the emperor turned eighteen years old, I promised my husband to go into hiding. ”

Li Mi pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked: "The minister wants to ask, if the minister is the prince Zhan, then who is the prince and the young Zhan?" ”

The crown prince Shaozhan is the official who will take over the prince Zhan Shi, in fact, he is the future candidate of Xiangguo, since Zhang Huan only let himself be the prince Zhan Shi for two years, then it is extremely important to serve as the official of the prince Shao Zhan Shi.

Zhang Huan nodded secretly, Li Yu was really powerful, and he actually saw through his true intention of letting him do the prince Zhan Shi for two years, and he didn't hide it, so he told him frankly, "The prince Shao Zhan Shi I have decided to let Han Yu, the Zhongshu Sheren, take the position, and I don't hide Mr., Han Yue's qualifications are a little too shallow, and it is not suitable for the Zhongshu Sheren to be promoted to the prince Zhan Shi, so I want to let him do the Prince Shao Zhan Shi for two years first as a promotion ladder, I have discussed this matter with Han Xiangguo, the ruling office of this month, and got his consent." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan changed the topic and returned to the main topic that he was summoned to today, "I invited Mr. to come today, mainly to inform Mr. that the real-name system for land that I have been brewing for five years will be officially launched from April 1, which will be jointly implemented by Yushitai and the Land and Acres Superintendent, and it will take three years to complete the real-name registration of land. ”

Zhang Huan said this decision, and Li Mi's geocentric heart also sank into the abyss, indicating that his conjecture just now was correct, the emperor really wanted to do something to the family, the so-called land real-name system seems to be implemented to the whole country, but in fact, when ordinary people grant land, it is originally a real-name system, and although ordinary small and medium-sized landlords occupy more land than they grant land, they can get honors through military merits, assistance in running schools, assistance in widows and orphans, etc., as long as it is not too excessive, most of them can get by, in fact, to put it bluntly, This so-called real-name land system is the most severe means against the major families, confiscating their land in disguise, for example, the Cui family occupies 10,000 hectares of land, taking Cui Yuan Zengguan to Yipin Taishi as an example, his Yongye field is 60 hectares, plus 12 hectares of office field, it is only 72 hectares, so how should he Cui family's 10,000 hectares of land be real-name system, all to the head of the family Cui Xian? Of course he wants to, but can he afford to be qualified for this 10,000-hectare land? Even if it is divided equally among the Cui family, most of the children of the Cui family are civilians without official positions, and the standard of 30 acres per person is far from occupying 10,000 hectares of land, and the sky is about 1,000 acres of land, and the rest must be recovered, or they will be forced to pay back with heavy taxes, so the law of the land real-name system is actually a nationwide land cleanup, Zhang Huanchu ascended the throne when the throne was unstable and did not move, he has endured it for nearly eight years, and finally waited until the time is ripe.

Depriving the family of land is also taking away the foundation on which the family depends, and the family is not far from finally falling apart, but what makes Li Mi feel frightened is not the land real-name system itself, but Zhang Huan is going to leave Beijing in three months to meet with Da Shi Harry, is this really a coincidence of time? Li Mi knew that the real-name land system would inevitably provoke a strong backlash from major families, and he looked at Zhang Huan's resolute face, and suddenly a trace of inexplicable fear arose in his heart.

On March 5, the eighth year of Dazhi, in the March Dynasty, Zhang Huan officially canonized his eldest son Qi as the prince of the East Palace, and the Tang Dynasty Prince was established, and it was also in the same dynasty, but Han unexpectedly announced that the land real-name system would be implemented nationwide, and all subjects in the world should register the scope of the land to clarify the borderless land.

As soon as this decree was issued, it shocked both inside and outside the government and the opposition.

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