Before they reached the gate of the city, they saw a great crowd of people coming out of the gate.

This meeting was very low-key, but the significance of the representative was extraordinary, and it was the first face-to-face meeting between the emperor and the top gate valve in Shandong.

An old man stands at the front, although he is arrogant, he has to be accurate in his sense of proportion, this emperor is reasonable, more reasonable, unreasonable, and quick to turn his face. At the very least, it is necessary to welcome the emperor in terms of momentum, and not to let the people form the impression that the emperor came to visit. [

The rational approach is to stay at home one by one, waiting for Li Wei to see him, it is very likely that Li Wei will take a look in Mengyang, and the Zheng family will not take a step forward, and then leave Mengyang.

Uncle Zheng Lian introduced: "This is my father. ”

"See Your Majesty."

"Zheng Weng, please get up", Li Wei helped him up. Then I took a look, I looked thin, but I was in good spirits, wearing a long robe, wide at the top, and very wide at the bottom, different from the current Tang costume, and very similar to the clothes of the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Orthodoxy, not surprising.

I looked at a cadre of people and others, including the children of the Zheng family and the officials of Mengyang.

Directly welcomed Li Wei to the Zheng Mansion.

It is a very large mansion, without the tall buildings of the Imperial Palace, but the courtyard is deep, many walls are covered with moss, and a thick history can be found in almost every corner. This is also the foundation. But Li Wei knew that the Zheng family in Xingyang was not only this mansion, strictly speaking, one-third of the houses in Xingyang City were the property of the Zheng family.

When it was time for dinner, tables had already been set up in the hall of the Zheng family, and the wine and food were served like flowing water. The top family, who also pays attention to etiquette when eating, is absolutely silent. After eating, tea was brought again, but this tea was not for drinking, but for measuring the mouth. After the fragrant shabu-shabu tea came up, everyone rinsed their mouths, and then put on the sugar popping plate corn fragrant mouth (ancient people did not have toothbrushes and toothpaste, sometimes the mouth was very stinky when the fire was high, so they used sugar fried corn seeds to chew to remove some of the odor in the mouth). Only then was the after-dinner tea served.

Bi'er said, "Good pomp. ”

Li Wei also said in a low voice: "No, although the Zheng family is big, there are many people to feed, and in terms of living standards, it may not be as good as some rich businessmen." It's for my treat...... That's what I did. ”

After chatting casually, the Mengyang officials got up and said goodbye one by one.

Uncle Zheng Lian's father stood up, came to Li Wei and said: "I heard that Your Majesty likes books since childhood, and our Zheng family is lucky to have gone through several substitutions and still keeps some books. ”

"There's Lao Zhengweng."

The two stood up.

Inviting Li Wei to the study to read a book is fake, but it is true to go to the secret talk.

When he came to the study, Li Wei looked at it, and sure enough, there were a lot of books...... Some books have been preserved for a long time, and even the bamboo slips are dull yellow. Li Wei glanced backwards slightly, under the traction of the old man of the Zheng family...... Come to your desk and sit down.

The servant brought the tea and immediately withdrew.

Father Zheng said: "The minister has heard many things about His Majesty in Mengyang for a long time and has admired them for a long time. ”

This is a polite remark about malnutrition, don't take it seriously, hundreds of years have passed since the Zheng family moved to Mengyang, and they have experienced several dynasties, and some of them are still very promising, and I haven't seen how many bodies they put down.

"I don't dare to be, I just remember the words of the ancestors, the king is the boat, the people are the water, and they can also carry the boat and capsize the boat. I just want the Tang Dynasty to stand a little longer, so that the people can have a more peaceful time. ”

How can it be long-term, these families think that the dynasty can be destroyed, and the family cannot die, but whether a dynasty is long-term or not, there will be many things involved, Li Wei didn't want to delay, and faintly brought the words directly to the topic.

"Your Majesty will definitely be able to do it, the minister heard about the Huaizhou case."

"Hmm."

"The minister has a discussion to say."

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"With regard to annexation, some are done for profit, and some are forced to do so. For example, some Shu landlords have a lot of money and countless estates, but they only need to support dozens of relatives. But some families are huge, as many as tens of thousands.

The peaceful development of the imperial court is the blessing of the people. But the more the population multiplies, the more I don't want to, and I have to do it. ”

"Zheng Weng, with all due respect. What you said is very ridiculous, I thought about the situation of these gate lords of your Zheng family a long time ago when I was the crown prince. If you hadn't gotten it up, it would have happened what you said. Therefore, after thinking about a good plan, there was a matter of sailing. Without him, win-win ears. If you are ashamed of your words and business, overseas is a terra nullius, even if there are some indigenous people, their civilization is backward, their weapons are backward, and they are far from being the enemy of the people of the Central Plains. On the contrary, these indigenous people can be used as a subordinate, helping us to cultivate these new areas. In this way, since the drawbacks brought about by the increase in population are solved, it can also open up territory for the imperial court. If you are nostalgic for the countryside, how can ordinary people be able to defeat a famous family like you. Even if the emperors of my dynasty are wise, we can't be in the future, Henan, Hebei, Guanzhong, these states and counties, only you top gate valves are left, right? Is there a perfect good thing about the family? People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries. It is better to leave it to future generations to solve than to have a short pain. ”

Because there are overseas, Li Wei said it confidently.

But this sentence was extremely serious, and Father Zheng's face was a little ugly.

Li Wei didn't see it, and said: "Zheng Weng, on the way, I discussed with Liu Renliang, I once said a sentence, in the country is the country, at home is the family, in the clan is the clan, as the head of the family, always want to make the life of the family and the clan better." ”

"Yes."

"But I am the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but I can't think about how to make dozens of families strong and rich, I want to think about how to make the whole country stronger and the people richer. This common people are not the hundreds of thousands of subjects of the top gate lords, but tens of millions of people in the entire Tang Dynasty. The establishment of the Tang Dynasty, although your family also has merit, "This is a sentence that has been suppressed and lifted, Tang Dynasty Sui, several disciples of the Zheng family have made efforts, but the entire Zheng family continues to watch, not only the Zheng family, in addition to the Pei family, Shandong's top gate valves, including the five surnames and seven families, do not contribute much. He continued: "I can only think about the big picture. However, your major families have a long history, a rigorous style, and many talents. ”

Biting the talents very hard, in the early Tang Dynasty, there were seven families with five surnames, and they were still standing by and did not devote themselves wholeheartedly to the arms of the imperial court.

There may be a lot of talents, but there are not many talents who can serve the imperial court.

"Safflower also wants green leaves. Therefore, I am not evil to your major families, even now, I am not thinking about how to prevent the annexation, as long as I do not resent, my attitude towards this is just to turn a blind eye. This trip is just to take a look at the people's livelihood, as well as water conservancy, to see how to expand more arable land and settle the people who have no land or less land. Even if there will be some closed fields, it will be rewarded according to merit, and it will not make the rich rich and the poor benefit the poor, and destroy the Great Wall of the country. ”

This is the signal that is being put out.

Your big families took the initiative to defect to the imperial court, and the problem is not very serious, I don't move you, but I will use other means to win over civilians or Shu clans, or meritorious children to come to power, and under the rise of one another, the power of your major families will become weaker and weaker.

The attitude is still very tough.

Father Zheng held the teacup for a long time, and finally asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, what do you think of our major families?" ”

"Zheng Weng, look at this bonsai ......," Li Wei said, pointing to a pot of Wulao pine bonsai on the table. The bonsai is very exquisite, the branches are thick and vigorous, and a few branches are bent and bent, which is very much the omission of the southern bonsai.

"Your Majesty is ......"

"Beauty is beautiful, but this pine will never grow tall or big. The country is also a big tree, with roots, stems, branches and leaves, I said that safflower needs green leaves, and the same is true for trees. If the branches are not numerous, how can the leaves be lush? When the branches are growing, the tree can grow taller and bigger. But there is a premise, each branch has a certain thickness, if the branch is thicker than the stem, not a branch, but a few dozens of branches thicker than the main trunk, will the tree grow into a towering tree? ”

This is the second signal released, I do not exclude you from several great families, but you must be attached to the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, several dynasties, and our major families are also the same."

"Zheng Weng, I also said this. Since the appearance of the gate valve in the Eastern Han Dynasty, some gate valves, such as your Xingyang Zheng family, have been changed by successive dynasties, but your family stands majestically. The Northern Wei Dynasty entered the Central Plains, in exchange for the support of the Han people, and even raised your major families to an unprecedented height. This sentence is very ironic, why does the existence of five surnames and seven families still be raised by a Hu regime. Father Zheng's face became ugly again. Li Wei continued: "However, when Qi Zhou saw that your major families were too big to lose, he began to think of suppression, and when he arrived in the Sui Dynasty, he suppressed it again, and it was ultimately useless. ”

Not only during the Qi Zhou Sui period, Li Shimin and Li Zhi were not allowed to have five surnames and seven families were not allowed to join relatives, and they also revised the "Clan Chronicles", which was also suppressed. But it was always to no avail. Li Wei in the back didn't say it, and continued: "However, the flowers are not red for a hundred days, your family style is rigorous, and you have survived, but take a look at the Yuan family in the Eastern Han Dynasty, where is it now?" What is the situation of the overseas Chinese in the southeast now? Zheng Weng, can you guarantee that in the face of extreme dissatisfaction with the imperial court, your family will still maintain the glory of the past every generation? Remember, this is the Tang Dynasty, after the painstaking governance of the three generations of Gaozu Taizong and Emperor Taishang, there has been a scene of hundreds of years of foundation. Instead of the short era of the Sui Dynasty in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there is a time ......"

"Could it be that His Majesty also wants to suppress our major families?"

"yes, deep down I do want to. There are many benefits to suppressing your big families, there are no big forces in the country, and the government decrees are all over the place, which is easy to govern. Without the leadership of your major families, there will be no more people who will follow your example to annex, slack off the imperial court, and buy and sell marriages. Without your big families, there would be no more family views, no distinction between the noble and the low, and no matter how carefully you govern it, it will be easy to achieve theoretical equality for everyone, everyone will be equal, the people will not complain, and the country will not have the rebellion of Zhang Jiao Chen Sheng. ”

Father Zheng sneered and said, "Your Majesty, you are not the only one who has this kind of thought, but has there ever been an emperor who has succeeded?" ”

This is in the study, otherwise the thrilling conversation between the two will leave all the audience stunned.

"It seems to be as Zheng Weng said, but how did Bao Ding solve the cow? Not only your big families, but also the power of Tibet, and the Koreans. However, the strong bull of Goryeo fell to the ground under the dissection of my court, and it was not long before Tibet. I'm not in a hurry, if the cow is very disobedient and has to solve it, I will solve it, but I will solve it slowly. Don't wait for children and grandchildren, believe that I still have decades to live in this life, and this cow in my hands will be dissected! ”

"The minister believes that His Majesty has this ability, but although the minister does not care about politics, he also hears a lot. Above the court, His Majesty only has the right to deal with politics, and less than half of the courtiers who can control it are ...... to death...... It may not be known, saying these words at this time, according to the minister, it is very irrational. ”

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