Xue Lang said solemnly: "The saint, the people below sent the list this morning, and the minister saw the five surnames and seven sects in it, and the six surnames in Kansai, and he felt it in his heart, but the minister was not proficient in the pedigree, so he went to the princess's mansion to consult the princess of Pingyang, and the princess identified that on this list, there are ten ** all of them are county wang families, so he specially entered the palace to report to the saint." ”

Xue Lang explained the cause and effect clearly. Princess Pingyang has not spoken much since she entered the palace, and after the conflict with the prince because of the pretending to be the prince, Princess Pingyang was angry with Xue Lang, and she no longer participated in the discussion.

Xue Lang understands her, and is naturally willing to respect his choice, if it is not a matter of importance today, it is not good to ask others for genealogy knowledge, so as not to leak the news, otherwise, there is no need to involve Princess Pingyang.

However, apparently the sage didn't understand the twists and turns, so he actually asked her: "What does Pingyang think?" ”

Princess Pingyang said: "Father, since Youyang has found a problem, it is better to ask him first." ”

The sage bowed his head: "My son is right, Youyang, what is the solution?" Say it all! ”

Xue Lang frowned slightly, obviously quite distressed, and said: "Sage, if you talk about the solution, in a hurry, coupled with the limitations of objective conditions, the minister has only one strategy. ”

The sage was stunned and asked, "What are objective conditions?" ”

Xue Lang had no choice but to explain what is subjective and what is objective first, and then said: "The family is prosperous, accumulated over several generations, if you talk about strength, ordinary wealthy businessmen and giants may not be comparable, and in the process of auctions, they naturally have an advantage." What's more, if it is decided today, there are few families that can compare to these generations of accumulation. On the other hand, there are many in-laws in the Junwang family, and if everyone can abide by the rules and bid with financial resources, then there is still some room for manipulation. If someone disregards ethics, contacts in advance, and deliberately suppresses the auction, then the auction will be a mere formality, and there will be a lot of trouble. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement with Xue Lang's words. Xue Lang continued: "However, the auction is a matter that has already been announced to the world, and it is impossible to cancel it for these reasons, otherwise, in terms of the credibility of the imperial court, the loss is too great and the gain outweighs the loss!" Therefore, the minister has a plan, and asks the sage to decide. ”

"Hurry up!"

"Whoa!"

Xue Lang said: "Why don't you set this auction as a secret auction!" ”

The Li father and son were confused, and the sage asked, "What is a secret shot?" ”

Xue Lang: "Sage Rong." When the original minister decided on the auction method, he was afraid that someone would agree in advance and deliberately reduce the price, causing unnecessary losses, so the auction process was not announced to the public, and even his subordinates did not inform them in detail, but just asked them to make various preparations. ”

The auction was a new thing in the Tang Dynasty, and no one had heard of it except Xue Lang, and no one had seen it. Xue Lang only wrote a general process for the sage, but never wrote the details, but only orally explained the form and process of the auction to the sage, and in terms of specific operations, Xue Lang changed many details.

Now, these measures are on the right track. Xue Lang said: "Originally, the auction was for everyone to bid together, creating a situation of competition, in order to achieve the purpose of raising the price. However, in view of the current situation, the minister suggested that the form of bidding together should be changed to a secret auction. That is, we give the lowest price, and then let everyone write down the psychological price on paper, and after handing it all over, it will be selected by the imperial court, which is also more convenient to operate. ”

The prince immediately said: "If this is the case, when the price of these people is over, won't it be exposed?" ”

Xue Lang said: "Therefore, if you are in a hurry, you can't care whether you are a gentleman or a villain!" The minister suggested that a condition be added temporarily, in addition to the price, but also to listen to the operation plan of each family, increase the detailed rules for the operation of the vermicelli workshop, and all the right of interpretation belongs to the imperial court, if there is a violation, all will be disqualified! ”

“……”

The father and son of the Li family looked at each other, obviously understanding the unexplained meaning of Xue Lang's words, and Xue Lang's expression was quite strange

Before this, they all thought that Xue Lang was an upright person, but now they know that he doesn't understand scheming, but he doesn't like to use scheming very much, and he must be forced to be anxious at this time!

Princess Pingyang sighed slightly and said, "In this way, it violates Youyang's principle of being a person and doing things!" ”

Xue Lang said: "I can't take care of too much at this time, let's solve the problem first." For the sake of the country's safety, the prestige of the family must be weakened, if they are allowed to become bigger, it is not the blessing of the country! ”

Throughout the Han Dynasty and the present, when the centralization of power is relatively high, the life of the common people will be better. The two Jin Dynasty was the heyday of the family's gate lords, and the ordinary people could simply say that the people were not able to make a living, so all kinds of riots were so frequent, it was because the common people couldn't live, and the scholars were drunk and dreaming of death, ridiculous. It was an era when it was better to be able to do things than to be reincarnated.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the five surnames and seven sects were prominent in the world, and the Li Tang royal family from the Li family in Longxi was not confident enough when facing the five surnames and seven sects.

Xue Lang elaborated on his thoughts and plans, and everyone nodded frequently when they heard it, and when they were about to make a plan, the prince glanced at Xue Lang and said, "Father, my son has a word." ”

"I can do it."

The prince said: "Father, what Youyang said to weaken the family is imperative, and I agree with this, but I have a weak foundation, such as today, it has not yet been settled, and the four seas have not yet returned to the heart, it is the time to rely on the family, if the relationship with the family is bad at this time, I am afraid that it will shake the foundation of the country and endanger the great cause!" ”

Seeing this, King Qin hurriedly said, "Father, I think the eldest brother is wrong!" We need to rely on and borrow from the family, but we should not ignore the harm caused by the excessive authority of the family. Otherwise, if the family is allowed to become bigger, in the long run, the tail will not fall, and it will definitely affect the court and the country! ”

What the two of them said made sense, and for a while, the sage felt a little difficult to choose, and looked at Xue Lang: "What do you think of the words of Da Lang and Erlang?" ”

Xue Lang said: "What the prince and the king of Qin said...... The minister thinks it all makes sense! However, we should never forget to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and we should not tolerate or ignore the bad side of things just because of their good side. The administration of the imperial court should focus on guidance, guide the good side, and use means to restrict and destroy the bad side. If the family and the court really want to get along for a long time, they should be restricted. The use of these means is not to eliminate the family, the family is deep-rooted, the influence is huge, I was at the beginning of the dynasty, it is the time to pacify the four seas, the means should be slow rather than urgent, so if you combine the views of the prince and the king of Qin and then make a decision, it should be more appropriate. ”

Governing a big country is like cooking a small thing, and it is right to treat other forces not all at once. The family clan has deep roots in the Tang Dynasty and has a lot of social resources, so they are directly destroyed...... Not to mention the cost and the combat power that needs to be consumed, with the current accumulation of the Tang Dynasty, daring to do so is basically not far from the death of the country!

Xue Lang did not want to eliminate the family, but hoped that the imperial court could restrict the family from the policy and strengthen the centralization of power, which was actually a way to preserve the family.

Therefore, Xue Lang said: "Sage, my Tang Dynasty has just established the foundation of the country, this is not a good time to weaken the family, the minister suggests waiting patiently, waiting for the world to calm down, the four seas return to the heart, it is the right time!" ”

Make up for it!