And after Li Mao's operation with such sincerity, those clan nobles in Zhedong Province naturally had nothing else to say, and even on the night after Li Mao issued the holy decree, dozens of clans who were originally going to follow Li Heng across the ocean to the Americas came to express their repentance to Li Mao, and were willing to stay in Jiangnan to make meritorious contributions.

The number of people behind the ten families is far beyond Li Mao's imagination, and the surrender of these ten families is also like opening a Pandora's box, just a few days after Li Longji and Li Heng led the team of people to board the sea ship one after another, the clan nobles of the host, and even the generals and soldiers in the military camp have also been re-thrown into the arms of the Tang Dynasty in a steady stream, of course, after such a scene, although it was also expected by Li Mao in advance, but seeing that the number of people is increasing, Li Mao finally felt a trace of resentment.

So just when Li Longji and Li Heng were about to re-embark on the boat to condemn Li Mao's next behavior, Li Mao preemptively closed the door for people from eastern Zhejiang Province to turn back and surrender, after all, compared with sending away the two plague gods Li Longji and Li Heng, it is not enough to leave more than 100,000 people in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Father, Li Mao's kid is clearly playing a trick, he can't get this edict of amnesty to Jiangnan sooner or later, but it's all over Lin'an City in the days when we are about to set sail, this is not to shake the military heart of the child's department, so what is it?"

After Li Longji heard Li Mao's complaint, although he also agreed a little, but when he remembered the situation of his father and son at the moment, his old man instantly lost his temper. "Heng'er, if they want to stay, these rat-eyed people think that if they stay, they can really continue to live the life of fish and meat in Jiangnan as if nothing happened, do you think the rebel will agree? Don't look at what he says now, what new and old grudges are written off, should not be investigated, but his methods and thoughts, others don't know, don't you and my father and son still know? ”

"Father, do you mean to say that Li Mao is deceiving them, and then settling accounts after the autumn? Does he not care about the majesty of his emperor at all, the king of a country, Chrysostom and Yuyan, he can also say that he will regret it!! ”

"In such a sensitive period now, the rebel will naturally not be too ugly, but in the past, he dealt with the northern clans, as well as the Northeast Province, the Japanese Province, and even the Silla Peninsula and Cochin County...... Judging from the methods of many noble clans there, he hated these people in his bones, hated for no reason, and he was puzzled by his father before, but after a few years of calm thinking, he seems to really believe that water can carry a boat and can overturn a boat, and he is not stingy at all about what the people need, and in the past few years, the rebel has never built a palace for himself, or a facility for pleasure, even the use of Daming Palace He has also reduced it again and again! The manpower in the palace alone has been reduced by more than 10,000 ......"

After Li Longji said this, he then leaned on the railing of the boat and let out a sigh while looking at it from afar, and he didn't know if he was annoyed by himself or felt helpless about Li Mao's behavior, but after Li Heng heard his words, his eyes were wide and his eyes were dissatisfied.

Then he walked to Li Longji's side and bowed and said, "Father, Li Mao loved to hide his ambitions when he was a child, in the past, our brothers didn't think he was a prodigal son who was famous in Chang'an, but now it seems that he is the last one who laughs and laughs, and he is just a means to invite the hearts of the people in the world to see him doing this, and it is just a means to invite the hearts of the people in the world. Eh...... These things ......"

"No, no...... Henry! In the past, he was just pretending to be a father and making superficial statements, but when he distributed all the large tracts of fertile land in the north, and even in Jingshi, Luoyang and other places to the poor people, and set the rules that could not be bought and sold with the national policy, I think he was really very clever for my father, and in the past, we also learned a lot of mistakes from the previous dynasties, so that every time the founding king of the country is kind to the people, but you go down to see which dynasty and which generation of future generations of kings can treat the people of the world as always? That rebel's move is not simple! ”

Just when Li Longji and Li Heng, father and son, took dozens of sea ships to embark on the long road to the Americas first, Li Mao on Lin'an's side really made the next move, and unfortunately Li Longji expected it, because he first started with those clan bosses in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the millions of acres of terraced fields behind them.

"Sage, this ...... This...... These fields are all cultivated by us with the wealth of our whole family to get what we have today, and now if we give 90% of it to those people for nothing, what will it ...... This is not in line with the law after all, and besides, didn't you just make a holy decree before, and you are not guilty of our past crimes? ”

A large number of people in the Lin'an Palace knelt in front of Li Mao and instantly cried and wailed, and Li Mao frowned a little unbearably after seeing them pretend to reveal this virtue. "Okay, okay, don't follow the coaxing, how many of your family backgrounds, others don't know, don't I know? In addition, if you listen carefully, these fertile fields were not given to the people of Jiangnan for nothing, but the imperial court came forward to redeem them with silver money, and one tael of silver per mu of land is a lot? Just your Xu family's 100,000 acres of land, this hammer can only get more than 90,000 taels of silver tickets! In the future, apart from not being able to buy any more fields, what else can't be bought! Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and you should stop holding on to the old ways, if your children and grandchildren are profitable, what do you leave behind in the money and fields, and they will not earn it themselves? But then again, if your children and grandchildren are bastards, even if you hand over the country to him like me, won't you be able to keep it? ”

After Li Mao finished speaking, he pretended to sigh, and then covered his head with his hands and couldn't bear to look at them, and the group of people who were kneeling at the bottom were first told by Li Mao's words, and they didn't even react for a long time.

So Li Mao used the few pieces of torn paper printed out to exchange for millions of acres of fertile land in an instant, and his bloodless approach, although it seemed very disdainful in the eyes of the Jiangnan clan and even the scholars, but compared with the millions of toiling people in Jiangnan, those voices were instantly drowned in simple praise.

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