Chapter 143: Commendation
"Your Majesty, although we can't take out a magical talisman like the immortal chief, we can take out something else." Du Ruhui said.
"Something else?" Li Er was puzzled.
"Your Majesty, we cannot guarantee that those who give food will receive greater benefits, but we can make them give food in exchange for the fame they want." Du Ruhui said.
"Fame? The court gave them fame? Le Shi for remembering? Li Er said. This kind of thing has existed since ancient times, and when there is a famine or someone has made a more influential good deed, it is engraved on the stone tablet for future generations to remember.
"A reason, but the court needs to notarize them, such as giving them the name of some rewards, or issuing a holy decree to commend them for their good deeds in this incident. His Majesty is the monarch of the Tang Dynasty, and the holy decree is not something that ordinary people can receive. Du Ruhui said.
"But what is the difference between this and cheating them out of their food?" Li Er asked.
"Your Majesty, the difference is that they don't give anything by cheating, and Your Majesty gives them such an honor, maybe for ordinary people, they will choose food instead of honor, but these people who take out food don't care about food, they care about reputation and status. Being commended by His Majesty is a glorious thing. Fang Xuanling said.
"This ......" Li Er had never thought like this.
"Your Majesty, this is the same as those generals in the army, the generals go out to fight for the country, and Your Majesty gives them rewards. These people give His Majesty food relief to the people, and His Majesty also gives them rewards, although there is no material reward, but spiritual rewards can also be used, for example, they can be allowed to see officials and not worship. Fang Xuanling said.
"Status is also a reward, which is really the best way to show their status for these small landlords, and it can be regarded as a reward!" Du Ruhui said.
"Both Aiqing said this, is it really feasible?" Li Er was a little tempted, speaking of which, Li Er really wanted to make the country peaceful and peaceful, and hoped that the people of Datang could get better and better.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to hesitate any longer, otherwise the matter of starving to death in a good year may really occur, and if it is instigated by people with bad intentions, the consequences will be unimaginable." Du Ruhui said.
"Since this is the case, then select a few places to try it out, and if it is possible, it will be promoted to the whole territory of Datang. There are also precedents to follow in disaster years, and raising food on the spot can also make the people of Datang suffer less from displacement. Li Er made up his mind.
"Your Majesty Shengming!" Fang Mou Du bowed down to receive the order.
At the turn of the spring and summer of the second year of Zhenguan, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin made a decree that the wealthy families in all states and counties could donate grain in exchange for the imperial court's awards, and the reward level could enjoy certain privileges when they reached a certain level.
The introduction of such measures directly shook the entire small landlord class in the Tang Dynasty, there are many big landlords in the world, but more are those small landlords, although they live without worry, but their status is not very high.
Even if they are in second place above the four people's hierarchy of the Shi Nong, they are still untouchables compared to the Shi clan. The scholars contemptuously called them Tianshenu, and looked down on them from the bottom of their hearts.
And Li Er's holy decree gave them a kind of affirmation, spiritual affirmation, and social status affirmation. This made the small landlords moved, and they all went to the local government to inquire about the situation.
This policy touched the dignity of the scholars, but the scholars also knew that there was no way to oppose this matter. The reason why Li Er did this was completely to emulate the practice of the Pure Yang Immortals.
In the eyes of these scholars, the common people were just field slaves, tenants and untouchables who farmed for them. Those small landlords were even more targeted by their plots. Now the other party can exchange it for an amulet as long as they donate food.
The talisman of the gods is to directly protect life, and the talisman of the imperial court is to protect the name. Because they have won the commendation of the imperial court, then those scholars cannot be high in the face of small landlords.
Therefore, the Shi clan was very resistant, but they didn't dare to really fight with Li Er in this matter, after all, Li Er did this with the gods in front of him. If they jump out, then His Majesty the Emperor will pull out the immortal Lu Hanyang and set their clan and the divine power against each other.
This will be a heavy loss, because the divine power was not seen by them before, but Lu Hanyang, a living immortal, they did not dare to be disrespectful.
Lu Hanyang didn't know that he had invisibly made a shield for Li Er, so that Li Er had won over those small landlords and laid a small stumbling block for the family.
But even if he knew, he wouldn't say anything, because it was the people who really benefited from it. It is the lowest people who really suffer, although the small landlords also benefit, but only mentally.
The people of Datang all over the country have benefited from this will, and although the food they received is not much, it is enough for them to last until this year's harvest season.
This made the people in the area other than the line through which Lu Hanyang in the north passed more grateful to the imperial court. Li Er's rule has been further consolidated.
After this policy was implemented throughout the country, the people settled down a lot, and even those who fled in the mountains and forests in many places have left the mountains and forests one after another.
Originally, they didn't believe in the imperial court, but after witnessing the fact that those people with household registration received food, they all felt that the world was really peaceful.
Li Er learned these news, the big stone in his heart was put down, and the people recognized his rule, which is the most important thing, after so many years, Li Er knows very well that the people's hearts are actually the things that can really seize the world.
Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, Li Er has now gathered the hearts of the people, so who can easily overthrow it in this world?
Lu Hanyang didn't know this, he walked all the way, all the way to help the victims, and did his best. A month has passed, and at this time he is about a thousand miles away from Chang'an City, and in the far north, the army led by Li Jing has already threatened the grassland.
"Alright, it's time to go straight to the road! Otherwise, I don't know how many Datang soldiers it will be if it really fights! Don't worry about the battlefield battle, after all, they are all here to be soldiers, for military merit. But a wounded soldier cannot die in vain. ”
Lu Hanyang looked at the sky in the north, and then his eyes flashed with determination, he didn't want to care about the battlefield war, he just wanted to treat some more wounded soldiers.
Lu Hanyang is reluctant to intervene in this battlefield battle, because this is a nation's battle, and the men of this nation must exchange their blood for the bow of the alien race, which is the backbone of a nation.
And what he wants to do is to ensure that the descendants of Huaxia who have left blood will not die in vain because they have not received reasonable treatment.