Chapter 1424: Slowly returning
Li Qin returned to Chang'an, and it was expected that the head of the Wang clan would come to see him off, after all, they were about to get huge benefits.
But what Li Qinzai didn't expect was that so many ordinary people and farmers also came to send them off.
Everything he did in Jiangnan, whether it was the destruction of the wang clan or the disposal of officials, in fact, there was only one ultimate goal, that is, to curb land annexation, so that landless farmers could gradually return to the countryside, so that the cultivators could have their own land and the poor people could have a way to live.
But what he did in Jiangnan was clear to the head of the Wang family, a few officials, and he didn't expect the common people and farmers to know it.
What Li Qinzai didn't know was that all his actions in Jiangnan had had a series of chain reactions on the people and peasant households in Jiangnan.
Turmoil from the top will eventually affect the people, which is inevitable.
The Wang clan had stopped buying and selling land, and some of the peasant households who had lost their land were recruited by the wang clan to ship workshops, and some were favored by Li Qinzai's decree to re-measure the land, and the landlords had to return part of their land.
In other cases, after Gu's was confiscated, the government returned most of Gu's land to farmers.
In short, the people have really received a favor, for Li Qinzai, it may be just an inconspicuous small favor, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this is tantamount to a rain from heaven.
So, today, Li Qinzai set off for Beijing, and unexpectedly received the sincere gratitude and congratulations of tens of thousands of people.
The people's hearts are because there is really a blue sky in this world to run for them and pay.
Li Qinzai, who rode out of the camp on horseback, saw the crowd of people outside the camp, and hurriedly dismounted after being taken aback.
"It doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this, please go back, fathers, and the days to come...... It's going to get better and better. Li Qinzai said with a smile.
In the crowd, the heads of the six major clans stood silently, seeing the grand scene of tens of thousands of people sending each other, the six heads of the family looked at each other, and their hearts were mixed.
They were born in Jiangnan, grew up in Jiangnan, and once thought that the family ruled the people of Jiangnan, and it was indisputable that they would die in one word, but at this moment, when they saw the people say goodbye to Li Qinzai, the heads of the family found that this kind of treatment was something that their ancestors had never had.
And a foreign messenger was easily obtained.
The people's hearts are turned to the back, and they look to the east.
The expressions of the heads of the family were calm, but their hearts were like thunder.
For the first time in their lives, they began to doubt the significance of their ancestors running Jiangnan for generations.
After Li Qinzai returned the salute to the people, his eyes glanced at the six family heads with deep meaning.
The six heads of the family met his eyes and hurriedly smiled.
Li Qinzai slowly walked in front of the six people and said in a low voice: "Heads of the family, after I leave, I hope to treat the people well, they are the foundation of your management of Jiangnan." ”
"The land has been occupied by you, the people have no way to live, and the foundation of your hundreds of years of family business will no longer exist.
The six of them were awe-inspiring and bowed down to be taught.
Li Qinzai arched his hand and said with a smile: "The imperial court sailor is about to set sail, I have prepared fine wine in Chang'an, and congratulated you in advance on your earnings." ”
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Set off from Gusu and head north.
Li Qinzai should have chosen to go north from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but he still wanted to see the people's sufferings along the way, so he decided to ride back to Beijing.
Sometimes he really feels as if he has become a seamstress of the Tang Dynasty, sewing and mending all the way, filling in the gaps for this Datang that has been in its prosperous atmosphere, and extending its national glory.
After all, it is the most shining dynasty in Chinese history, Li Qinzai is already a member of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also his duty to do something for it, as long as it is not too hard, he is willing to do it.
All the way back to Beijing, I did not encounter the so-called injustice.
Before and after Xue Rengui's 20,000-strong army guarded the mighty guards, who dared to show their heads in front of Li Qinzai when they were unfair?
After a long journey, Li Qinzai became more and more disappointed, wanting to be the master of the blue sky, and the addiction of eradicating the injustice in the world was not vented, except for the state and county officials going out of the city to welcome him, and the endless officialdom banquets where you came and went, there was basically nothing else.
A month later, in the middle of a hot July, Li Qinzai and Xue Rengui's troops finally arrived in Chang'an, which had been lost for a long time.
Riding on a horse, looking at the towering Chang'an city wall in the distance, Li Qinzai slowly exhaled a breath and muttered: "This walk is three or four months, and there is not even a business trip subsidy, and the next time ......"
As he spoke, he suddenly stopped.
Hey, it's a bit off the line, although Li Zhi didn't give him a business trip allowance, Li Qinzai's trip was really not in vain.
Not to mention the generous gifts given to him by the Lu clan of Wujun, after the negotiation, the heads of the other six major clans also gave him a lot of valuable treasures.
Not only that, after the seizure of the Zhu family and the Gu family, the local officials were very sensible, and quietly gave him a lot of some valuable savings in the treasury of the two major families.
Anyway, Li Qinzai represents the imperial court, and sending Li Qinzai is equivalent to confiscating the state treasury, and the logic can be said to be very meticulous and impeccable.
And Li Qinzai, this trip to Jiangnan not only gained the heartfelt love of the people and farmers, but also quietly earned a lot of money, both fame and benefits of the business trip, as if ...... It's not bad, and it can be often in the future.
The only regret is that the gentle and beautiful Jiangnan woman didn't taste it this time.
It's not that Li Qinzai doesn't want to, it's that King Teng is staring too closely.
For fear that Li Qinzai would do something to disappoint his daughter, if he took a few concubines back to Chang'an for no reason on his next trip to Jiangnan, and competed with his daughter for her husband's favor, King Teng would definitely not be able to accept it.
So under the strict defense of his father-in-law, Li Qinzai wanted to go into the city several times to find something happy to do, but finally lost the soup.
A high-powered, suave young county prince, when he went to Jiangnan, there was nothing to do with birds during the day, and birds were fine at night, and after four or five months, sometimes he even had to rely on his long-lost dexterous hands......
Li Jungong's sadness, the old man will not understand.
Finally returned to Chang'an today, Li Qinzai's eyes were red for some reason.
I didn't know the taste of meat for nearly half a year, and I should be wanton when I go home today.
Thinking of this, the fatigue of the journey seemed to be gone in an instant, Li Qinzai whipped the horse fiercely, the horse neighed, and under the escort of a group of subordinates, the group galloped towards the gate of Chang'an.
An hour later, Li Qin entered the city and ran straight to the Guogong Mansion.
As soon as he arrived outside the gate of the mansion, he saw Steward Wu standing at the door looking forward to it, and when he saw Li Qinzai coming with a horse, Steward Wu shouted in surprise.
"The fifth young man is home!"
The door of the house was wide open, Li Siwen and his wife, Cui Jie Xiaoba and Xiaoxiba, and even Jinxiang with a big belly, as well as Qiao'er and Hongbi greeted him one after another, and his relatives, wives and children all looked at him with tears in their eyes.
(End of chapter)