"Conditions?" Zhang Huan suddenly looked at Cui Yuan with some vigilance, Cui Yuan is different from Pei You, when he and Pei You proposed to strike the army, it coincided with the defeat of the Pei family in Hebei and the panic of the people, he had a preconceived idea and controlled the Pei family under his own ideas, but Cui Yuan could think calmly, from the point of view that he did not hesitate to promise himself, he must have thought deeply about this matter, with Cui Yuan's old scheming, his small condition will not be so simple, even if it is simple, there must be a deep meaning behind it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Huan said quietly: "Elder Cui Ge, please speak!" ”

Cui Yuan took a deep look at Zhang Huan, from the sudden change in Zhang Huan's eyes, he knew that Zhang Huan's heart was already vigilant, he had been in politics for decades, and almost every political enemy had a very thorough understanding, if officialdom was like a battlefield, then he had to know himself and his opponent, and he would not be defeated in a hundred battles, and the same was true for Zhang Huan, from the earliest contempt for him, to the hostility towards him later, and finally the attention to him, although he had fallen in the crisis caused by the family civil strife, it did not mean that he did not care about the changes in the situation in the court, In recent years, Zhang Huan has risen in Longyou, encroaching on territory step by step, expanding his strength, if this is just the case, it means that he is still just a big warlord, just to seize the throne and climb to the top of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

But from the time of Zhang Huan's conquest of Anxi, Cui Yuan immediately realized that he met a master of Zhongxing with great talent, and even opened a generation of precedent for the Tang Dynasty, for which Cui Yuan began to fall into the contradiction between the family and the world, from the hundred years of history of the Tang Dynasty, the interests of the family have always been irreconcilable with the interests of the world, it is a major threat to the imperial power, from Gaozong, Wu Zetian, the Tang Dynasty spared no effort to weaken the power of the family, although the court was successful at the level of core power, but the family has produced many talents, The place that has always been firmly in control of the Tang Dynasty, once the imperial court is in a weak position, the family forces will come back. After the Anshi Rebellion, he once held power and formed a family government, and now, the Tang Dynasty seems to have reached the era of strong and weak branches, whether to go through a cycle, the family is dormant again, or it is annihilated, for this reason, Cui Yuan's heart is full of contradictions and confusion.

As the leader of one of the largest families in Datang. It is his bounden duty to protect the interests of the family, and he must always consider the interests of the Cui family, whether it is to give up the position of right minister. Concentrate on patching the family's loopholes; or starting from a century-old plan, fighting for Zhang Huan's harem for the Cui family, thereby affecting his heir to the throne, this is the specific manifestation of his consideration for the Cui family.

But as a politician, he also needs to consider the overall interests of the Tang Dynasty, and devote himself to the prosperity and strength of the entire dynasty, during the ten years of his reign. At the same time, he is also very aware of the contradiction between the family and the world, the most typical contradiction is land, the family's thirst for land is endless, they need a lot of land to feed the army, so that the annexation of land and the storage of slaves will intensify the underlying contradictions. It seriously affected the financial revenue of the imperial court and shook the foundation of the dynasty.

So when Zhang Huan asked him what the most pressing problem was at the moment, he replied that he would do nothing. This is a kind of helplessness in his place, he knows where the root of the problem is? However, he also hoped that Zhang Huan would solve the root cause in a gentle way.

Now is the time he has to face, he wants to exchange a small request for the Cui family's abandonment of the army, Zhang Huan is listening quietly!

"My Cui family has a total of nearly 200,000 hectares of land in Qinghe County and Shandong and Hedong, in order to cooperate with Zhang Shangshu's military household land system, my Cui family is willing to donate half of the land to the imperial court as the basis for granting land, but also hope that the imperial court will give us a promise to ensure that the rest of the land will continue to exist as the Cui family's permanent field."

Cui Yuan paused, then smiled slightly: "Of course." As a thank you to Zhang Shangshu for his support. The Cui family is willing to dedicate the most beautiful daughter to Zhang Shangshu as a concubine. ”

Cui Xuezhu's peerless appearance flashed in Zhang Huan's mind, of course. It was only a flash, and at this time his focus was not on women, but on Cui Yuan, who had already touched the core interests of the family - land.

Zhang Huan paced slowly in the flower pavilion with his hands behind his back, thinking about the problem he had to face, frankly speaking, although the problem of land annexation is serious, but whether to seize the land of these big families or not, it does not have much impact on the plan of granting land, in recent years, the rebellion in Shuzhong, the rebellion of Xiangyang, and the rebellion of the Central Plains, the abundant land in his hands has no less than one million hectares, and the vast land in the Western Regions, it should be said that it is not a problem to re-grant land, at least the mu system of military households in other places can be implemented throughout the country, so it is relatively limited to land, abolishing slavery, Increasing the number of yeoman farmers is the top priority, and what is the use of their families for land that no one cultivates?

But the essence of the problem is not how much land the family occupies, but how to control the huge power of the family, which Zhang Huan knows very well, weakening the power of the family is not something that can be completed in a moment, or even a year or two, but a long-term, all aspects of the weakening process, and even his harem is also a battlefield to compete with the power of the family.

After Zhang Huan weighed it again, he suddenly smiled and said, "How many people can the Cui family have, and do they need to use 100,000 hectares of land to feed?" ”

The sacrificial temple should be just a very ordinary and ordinary event, ordinary and every family sacrifices the ancestral tablet, the Tang Dynasty has to sacrifice the temple every year for a hundred years, generally speaking, the royal family is organized by the Zongzheng Temple to participate, and some of the more solemn sacrifices are also attended by hundreds of officials, but this situation is very rare, most of them occur when the emperor ascends the throne or dies.

And today's sacrifice is Xuanren's first sacrifice in four years, and the time chosen is not the New Year or the Midyear Festival, but on a certain day in March, which is such an ordinary sacrifice, but it has touched the hearts of countless people. All the clans and civil and military officials who participated in the sacrifice will witness this moment.

As soon as the day dawned, a low and powerful horn sounded over the imperial city, with the arrival of Mao Shizheng, two teams of one hundred and eight cavalry guards dressed in full costume galloped out of Chengtianmen, and kept slowly moving along Anmenmen Street, behind them a long team of eunuchs composed of offerings, offering meat, wine, brocade, swords, sigils, all kinds of gold and silver sacrificial vessels, etc., they followed the guards of the ceremony, and walked without hurry. The temple is located in the southeast corner of the imperial city, covering an area of nearly 100 hectares, which enshrines the tablets and sculptures of the emperors of all dynasties since the founding emperor Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty, as well as the tablets of six people who were named Taishu and did not succeed to the throne: Emperor Li Xian, Yin Taishu Li Jiancheng, Zhang Huai Taishu Li Xian, Yide Taishu Li Chongrun, Jieshu Taishu Li Chongjun and the old Taishu Li Yu who had just been built and had not yet been canonized.

Almost at the same time that the Kaili guards drove out of Chengtianmen, the hundred officials of the Tang Dynasty and the royal clans entered the Taimiao from the left and right gates, and everyone stood on the empty Taimiao Square, the clan was on the left, and the hundred officials were on the right, each holding a wat board, with a solemn and solemn expression, and thousands of armored warriors were lined up around the Taimiao.

Today's master of ceremonies is Li Han, the young secretary of Taichang Temple. The chief priest is Li Li, the secretary of Zongzheng Temple, and the head of the hundred officials not far from him is Zhang Huan, the head of the cabinet and the secretary of the military department, who is dressed in a black first-class sacrifice dress. Wearing a crown of deer pigs, a long sword at his waist, hanging jade, and a purple ribbon, and holding a horned jade wat in his hand, his expression was extremely serious.

"It's auspicious!" With the shout of the master of ceremonies, the big bell in the temple was runged, heavy and long, the gate slowly opened, and two teams of sixty-four horsemen and costumed guards entered from both sides of the gate. The sacrificial eunuch walked in quickly through the side door with the offerings, and put the offerings into the main hall in turn.

"Sacrifice! Clans entered. The master of ceremonies shouted again, and hundreds of royal scholars followed Li Li step by step into the majestic Taiqing Palace, the center of the hall is dedicated to the Holy Ancestor Xuanyuan Emperor Li Er, that is, the old book, which is the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty royal family, and behind the main hall is the temple of each emperor. Each has a temple number, such as Taizong, Gaozong Temple, Xuanzong Temple, etc., and there are five Taishu Temples. But next to the Taishu Temple, a smaller temple was specially built, which was the Yu Taishu Temple.

"Bow!" The master of ceremonies shouted again, and Li Li led hundreds of royal clans to kneel down slowly, bowing to their ancestors with the most pious heart.

"Bow again!"

"Three bows!"

The master of ceremonies, Li Han, immediately unfolded the sacrificial text and read aloud: "In the late spring of March, Meng, there are 417 scholars of the Li clan, and the ancestors and ancestors are sprinkled with thousands of words in the spirit of the heavens.

"Yu Taishu Qishuhuan. When he was young, he lived among the people. It has been 32 years now, but its heart of belonging to its ancestors is not lost. Repeatedly made great contributions to the community, the current clan unanimously decided to allow it to return to the Taimiao, and pass on the seventh book of the Taishu Yu to worship! ”

The eunuch standing in front of the temple shouted: "Therefore, the seventh book of Taishu Yu is worshipped!" ”

Zhang Huan straightened his waist, followed the lead of the master of ceremonies strode into the side door of the main temple, he did not immediately kneel to worship Li Er, but with the master of ceremonies Li Han, and surrounded by hundreds of royal families to the temple of the old Taishu Li Yu, the door of the main hall has been opened, through the direct rays of the rising sun, you can see the statue of Li Yu very clearly, this is the first time Zhang Huan saw the appearance of his biological father, the whole statue is carved with white marble, the brushwork is delicate, the statue is lifelike, only to see Li Yu's demeanor is serene, lightly brushing his long beard, and his eyebrows and eyes exude a kind of conquest atmosphere.

Without shouting without the master of ceremonies, Zhang Huan has slowly knelt down, at this moment, he seems to have forgotten his journey to the sect, an inexplicable emotion makes his heart excited, so that his heart begins to ache, in Zhang's mansion that has not been cared for by his father since he was a child, the daily book that he and his mother sent under the fence, the countless pairs of white eyes indifferent, all appeared in his mind one by one at this moment, who would have thought that his biological father would be a tragic death in the palace coup?

Although he had never seen his father's smile, at this moment he felt that his heart and this temple began to have a wonderful communication, their blood was connected, and he suddenly remembered that his father had shouted at the moment of death: "My children's letter will definitely fulfill my last wish!" ”

Zhang Huandi's eyes were moist, he kowtowed three times to his father's portrait, and prayed silently in his heart: "Father, the child is here to see you!" Children's books must fulfill your unfulfilled wishes, this day is not far away, be proud of your children's books! "New, although the number of words is not much, but I have tried my best, after all, I still have to have a meeting, but also to socialize, tomorrow I will return to Suzhou, and I will start a dull life of work and code words. ）