The three of them entered a room, and Master Lu said: "This is my study, no one will come without orders!" Master Cheng, if you have anything to say, please speak up, I will listen to you! ”

Cheng Dezhang saw Li Tao sitting precariously with a very serious look, and couldn't help but feel strange: Why did this kid change his surname today, and he could stand kneeling and sitting?

"Master Lu, it's not that I have something to say, it's him!" Cheng Dezhang pointed to Li Tao on the side.

"I don't know if this little Langjun is ......," Master Lu wondered.

"My name is Li Tao, and I am under the master's door with Lu Yue'er!" Li Tao naturally introduced.

"So you're here for Yue'er?" Master Lu's face was a little unkind.

"I don't know if Master Lu married Lu Yue'er to the Cui family, but it was to revitalize the lintel?" Li Tao did not answer Master Lu's words, but asked rhetorically.

"This is my Lu family's business, I have my own measure in this matter, why do outsiders need to ask?" Master Lu endured it and did not have a seizure.

"It's a pity, Master Lu thinks it's a good move, but in my opinion, it's a failure!" Li Tao had a smile on his face.

"Oh? I'd love to hear Li Xiaolang's opinion, how is this a failure? Master Lu didn't laugh angrily, and the sarcasm on his face was obvious.

"Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Master Lu's approach was understandable. But when it came to my Tang Dynasty, there was little left of the privileges passed down from generation to generation by the scholars since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. After the war in the early Tang Dynasty, although many scholars were written in the state, they were not exempt from poverty. Although many people, including Master Lu, still retain a deep-rooted concept of the family, as the imperial examination is gradually recognized by the people of the world, it is foreseeable that under the impact of the Shu clan, the more the Shi family will decline more and more in the future. Master Lu spent such a big price, but it was worth nothing, wouldn't it be a failure! ”

Li Tao took the things he heard from Cheng Dezhang before and learned and sold them, which sounded decent.

Li Tao's words couldn't help but impress Master Lu, but he still couldn't help but retort: "Li Xiaolang, what you said may have some truth!" There are indeed more and more scholars from the Shu nationality. But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, no matter how hard the scholars of the Shu clan try, they may not be able to surpass the scholars, they have hundreds of years of family heritage! ”

"Not necessarily!" Li Tao raised his eyebrows and said.

"Why is that?"

"Master Lu, let me ask you, if the Tang Dynasty royal family competes with these centuries-old scholar clans, who will win in the end?"

"The power of the imperial family is much stronger than that of the Shi family, so naturally the royal family will win. But we're talking about the Shu clan and the scholar family, why do you want to get involved with the royal family? ”

Master Lu said dissatisfied.

"The reason why I just said that the scholars of the Shu clan will inevitably overwhelm the Shi family is because of the royal family!"

"What does this have to do with royalty?" Master Lu couldn't help but wonder.

Li Tao smiled: "Didn't Master Lu see it? The main reason for the decline of the Shi family was the suppression of the Tang royal family. Before the Tang Dynasty, the Shu clan could only serve as officials below the fourth rank at most. But now, all talents with a skill in the Shu clan have the opportunity to become officials, and Wei Zheng and Ma Zhoubuyi were born and served as prime ministers. Xue Rengui was born in a peasant, and through the army, he made military exploits, served as the general of the right guard, and was named the prince of Pingyang County. Due to the dispersion of power, the Shu people did not form a group of reading power, nor did they form a unified force. Therefore, not only will the Shu clan not be suppressed by the royal family, but they will also be constantly strengthened by the royal family to fight against the Shi family. ”

Speaking of this, Li Tao suddenly asked: ""Clan Chronicles", "Forbidden Marriage Edict", "Surname Record", these must be familiar to Master Lu, right?" Can't you see the intentions of the Tang royal family? ”

Master Lu couldn't help but be moved, how could he not know about this? In the early Tang Dynasty, when the concept of gate valves was strong, the families of the Shi family still had a huge attraction to the new nobles, and they tried every means to marry the Shi family, which further raised the value of the Shi family. Tang Taizong was very dissatisfied with this, and in the eighth year of Zhenguan, he ordered the revision of the "Clan Chronicles". After the book was written, the Shi family was "demoted by one grade". In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan, he issued the "Edict on the Prohibition of Selling Marriages", directly denouncing this kind of marriage of "paying more bribes than goods, like selling hair" as the "old customs of Qi and Han" that "have the style of good morality and righteousness", and explicitly forbade it. In the fourth year of Tang Gaozong's celebration, the Shi family suffered a second blow from the imperial family. Under the planning and auspices of Li Yifu, the prime minister from a poor family and the winged wing of Wu Zetian, Tang Gaozong ordered the clan chronicles to be rebuilt, named "Surname Record", and issued a ban on marriage, and further strengthened the marriage restrictions on "seven surnames and ten families".

"Maybe you're right, but why would the royal family do it?" Master Lu was puzzled.

"If you are the emperor, do you want the world to be controlled by yourself, or is it controlled by the Shi family?"

Master Lu's face turned pale.

Li Tao chased after him and said: "No matter now or in the future, the Shi family will be constantly attacked by the royal family until it disappears." The Shi family is already a big ship that is about to sink, and the people on the ship can't get off even if they want to, but Master Lu just wants to squeeze on the boat. It is said that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, does Master Lu really want to use his family to bury those scholars? ”

Beads of sweat dripped down Old Man Lu's forehead.

"Take 10,000 steps back, even if the Shi family survives, do you think that the Shi family can really support the Lu family just by marriage? Datang married so many princesses to Fanbang, but did they ever get peace? If you want to really make the Lu family prosperous, there is only one way to go, there is no way out by marriage, not only can you not marry, but you must also get as far away from those scholars as possible, so as not to catch fire at the city gate and affect the pond fish! ”

Master Lu was finally convinced, he stood up and made a gesture to Li Tao: "Li Xiaolangjun, please give me advice, what should I do?" ”

When Li Tao saw that there was a play, he was not polite: "It's very simple, envelop the poor scholars and rely on their strength to revitalize the lintel!" ”

After hearing this, Master Lu sighed and said: "Li Xiaolang, how easy is this, a scholar with status will not take care of us, what is the use of being surrounded by someone without status?" ”

Li Tao reminded: "You're right, so, you can specialize in cultivating a group of poor scholars!" ”

"Cultivating a batch?" Not only Master Lu, but even Cheng Dezhang's eyes widened.

"I've heard that natural pearls by the sea are produced in small quantities, so they are very expensive. So, some people started cultivating sea mussels, which produced a large number of pearls! ”

Artificially cultured pearls are a thousand years later, but now they are brought here by Li Tao to talk about things.

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