Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu wanted to say that he had the final say, but he felt that it was against the Taoist philosophy of equality, and he did not respect Zhang Yuelu. More importantly, he had no confidence, so he could only say: "They say that it is difficult for an upright official to deal with household affairs. How can there be anything like this?" Whoever has the final say is decided by everyone’s discussion.”

"I know you're a loser." Qiniang looked sideways at Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu innocently said: "What does this have to do with having the seed or not?"

Qiniang said plausibly: "Other men, no matter whether they can make the decision in front of others, at least say that they can make the decision. You don't dare to say that you can make the decision in front of me. I don't care what you say in front of the Zhang family girl. I don’t dare to think that you are henpecked, right?”

Qi Xuansu asked back: "Qiniang, if you find a man now, who has the final say?"

Qiniang said matter-of-factly: "Of course I have the final say. This is a detailed analysis of the specific situation."

Qi Xuansu curled his lips: "This is a double standard."

Even when Qiniang was being unreasonable, she seemed to be reasonable: "I have double standards. What, are you not convinced?"

Qi Xuansu whispered: "No wonder you are alone."

"Tianyuan, what are you talking about?" Qiniang looked sideways at Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu naturally acted according to the prevailing situation: "I said, Qiniang, you are good at reasoning."

Qiniang did not argue with him and said: "I heard that Li Wugou specially approved you to rest. Looking at this posture, no matter how big the action is, it will not be your turn to go to the battlefield and perform meritorious service, so you don't have to follow the big army. When you come back, you can apply to return to Yujing with the first batch of withdrawal troops. Li Wugou will agree. You have made so many military exploits, and you will not be charged with being timid in battle. You will only be said to be noble and upright. , giving the opportunity to make meritorious deeds to fellow Taoists.”

Qi Xuansu asked: "Why should I return to Yujing early?"

Qiniang said: "Of course it's to look at the house. Don't you take a look at your own house?"

When things came to a close, Qi Xuansu was no longer so eager: "Are you too impatient? Should you stop being so calm?"

Qiniang rarely attacked Qi Xuansu verbally, but said sincerely: "In the West, there is a noun called 'consumption', which means squandering and exhaustion. This word appeared two hundred years ago, along with sea trade. With the great development of the world, many middle-class Westerners believe that the wealth in the world is inexhaustible, so the concept of "consumption" that advocates people squandering wealth at will emerged. Many people pursue decent consumption and crave unrestrained material things. Enjoyment and recreation, and regard these as the goals and meaning of life, this trend has gradually affected us. "

"I have always been against the so-called 'consumption'. This concept has grown and spread mainly because Westerners have different ideas from us. In Westerners' view, man's mission is to understand the world with physical strength and wisdom, and then conquer and control the world. , becoming the master of all things in nature and making them serve humans. This is completely different from our Eastern idea of ​​the unity of heaven and man and the pursuit of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. Westerners view the relationship between man and nature. Seen as conquering and being conquered, exploiting and being exploited, based on this idea, the emergence and growth of so-called 'consumption' is logical."

"Although I am against 'consumption', and 'consumption' essentially conflicts with Taoism's frugality, in this matter, I hope you will not be too frugal. Speaking from my own experience, when I was young, I wanted to but because of If you don’t buy something if you don’t have money, you may not want to buy it if you have money after you are 40 years old. Even if you buy it, you won’t be able to get the experience you had when you were twenty.”

"Based on your future, you may own tens of thousands of houses in a dozen or several decades, but you will no longer have the joy of getting your first new house at the age of twenty."

"It's like a matter between men and women. When you become famous, you will be favored by men, favored by women, or even eunuchs. As long as you think about it, you will always be surrounded by countless people, but you can still regain the sourness of your first love when you were young. Is it sweet or bitter? It will be boring to buy toys that you could not get when you were a child. "

"I advise you not to cherish your gold-threaded clothes. I advise you to cherish your youth. If you have flowers, you must break them off. Don't wait until there are no flowers and break branches. The ancients have long made this clear."

Qi Xuansu suddenly understood why Qiniang was not very interested in spending money. It was not only because she was stingy, but also because she was older and the same money could no longer bring her the same level of excitement.

When he was young, he could sneak out of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, stroll around Longmen Mansion, eat a candied haws, and make a candy man. It was considered a good thing and could keep him in a good mood for several days.

Now, if you give him a hundred or a thousand skewers of candied haws, he won't be able to regain the carefreeness he had back then.

Qi Xuansu couldn't help but sigh: "I wanted to buy sweet-scented osmanthus and carry wine, but it turned out that it was like a young man traveling."

Qiniang finally said: "This matter is settled. I will leave Yujing before Li Changgeng takes over as the rotating master."

Qi Xuansu could only accept it. It would be early July before the two deputy head masters would take over the handover. He only had to rush back in June. It was not April yet, and there were two months in between, enough for him to take over Fenglinzhou's side. The matter is dealt with.

There are many things going on in Fenglinzhou. Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu are nominally resting. In fact, they just no longer go to the battlefield to gain military exploits. It does not mean that they can go sightseeing in Fenglinzhou openly. Normally, they will also participate in some In less important clerical work, Qi Xuansu participated in the reform of Fenglinzhou's aristocratic system.

Zhang Yuelu participated in the reform of the land system.

Some people may wonder how the reform of the land system is related to Tiangang Hall. In fact, the reason is very simple. The reason why Taoism wants to reform the aristocratic system is to separate the nobility title from the land to prepare for the next land reform. . For example, it is to change a feudal prince with a fiefdom into a prince without a fiefdom.

Because of this, the title is important, but not that important. If the title was linked to the territory, it would not be so easy for Qi Xuansu to obtain the position of earl for Fan Ji.

The reform of the land system, which is being promoted simultaneously with the reform of the aristocratic system, involves real interests and affects the fundamental interests of some people. These people will fight desperately. It is basically impossible without the use of force. Naturally, Tiangang will Please cooperate.

The reason why Daomen wants to reform the land system is mainly based on two considerations.

The first aspect is to crack down on local tyrants. This time, the situation in Fenglinzhou is completely out of control, forcing the Taoist sect to end personally. In addition to the Zunbang faction becoming powerful, the key is the rebellion of the feudal lords in various places. Everyone wants to be the grass-head king, and the heavy Go back to the "Warring States" situation of the year.

Among these powerful locals, the Fenglinzhou Buddhist Sect naturally includes the Taoist Sect. The Taoist Sect has already turned against Buddhism, and the Fenglinzhou Buddhist Sect has chosen to side with the Zunxing Sect. Naturally, there will be no good results this time. Buddhist temples everywhere have a large number of Land, if the Taoist sect takes back these lands, it will weaken the Fenglinzhou Buddhist sect. Without the support of land, what else could Fenglinzhou Buddhist School use to support the monks and soldiers? Confucian people once said that there is only one who can set up a pot to cook rice, but no one can set up a pot to cook rice. In the same way, setting up a pot to cook Buddhist scriptures cannot feed millions of monks.

All in all, Daomen must fundamentally solve the problem of local powerful people.

The second aspect is to consolidate the foundation of rule and win over the people. In the past, the "people" in the words of emperors and generals actually referred to local powerful people. As long as they could reach a consensus with the gentry and aristocracy, they could win the world. Taoism does not deny this, but with the development and changes of the world, the civilian class is becoming more and more important. After Daomen takes back the land, they will naturally not cultivate it themselves, but will still have to redistribute the land.

All dynasties have regarded land annexation as a formidable enemy, and even if they cannot completely curb it, they must find ways to slow it down.

First, because people with land are the main source of taxes, and good soldiers are also the best source of soldiers. The second reason is that restraining mergers can effectively prevent the emergence of landless refugees. The Jin Dynasty did not suppress annexation, and in the early days of the dynasty, a large number of people became refugees. In order to prevent the refugees from revolting, the imperial court established a Xiang army, which was not trained and only used for labor, resulting in redundant troops with no fighting capacity. In order to prevent aristocratic families from becoming dominant in the court, they had to liberalize the imperial examination and absorb a large number of children from poor families in order to balance the situation, resulting in redundant officials. This has always been the case. The nobles of the aristocratic families did not pay taxes, and the common people became tenants. The court had no taxes, and increased taxes, causing more people to become tenants. In addition, the need to use the army forced power to be delegated to the local areas, leading to the succession of tycoons from all over the country. Sit big.

Based on these considerations, Daomen decided to redistribute land and distribute the land into the hands of the people. And they must publicize it vigorously, so that the people know that it was Taoism that saved them, and let the people know who is on their side and who is exploiting and persecuting them.

Although it cannot be said that people will not pay taxes when they come, it is true that they will reduce taxes and distribute fields.

As long as the common people recognize the Taoist sect from the bottom of their hearts, then the Taoist sect's rule will be firm, and the mere nobles will not be able to make big waves.

At this point, Daomen knows that it cannot get it right in one step, but must proceed step by step. Therefore, the land of the Royal Family, Tianmen and Fenglinzhou Buddhist Sect were allocated first. As the defeated party, it was proper for these three families to be completely liquidated. They could not win on the battlefield and had no room for resistance at this time, let alone provoke In the eyes of the local feudal lords and daimyo, it was a great mercy that the Taoist clan did not kill all the Zunbo sect. It was reasonable and legal to collect the land and would not affect other people.

This is divide and conquer.

First win over one faction, stabilize one faction, and kill another faction, leaving only two factions.

Then pull another faction, kill another faction, and only one faction remains.

Finally, the remaining faction was killed. That faction was unable to resist and could only wait to be killed.

The three major factions at this time were the Zunban Faction, the Local Powers and Neutrality Faction, and the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office.

First, win over Prime Minister Toyotomi, kill the Zunhuang faction, and stabilize the neutral faction. The neutral faction believes that the liquidation of the Zunhuang faction is reasonable and will not take drastic actions.

Only Prime Minister Toyotomi and the local neutral faction were left. Then use Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office to clean up local powerful people. At this time, will Toyotomi Prime Minister's Office become sad because of the death of local powerful people? They won't, they only think that only by solving these local powerful people can they stabilize their rule.

After the local tycoons were destroyed, only Prime Minister Toyotomi was left. They rose up from the Taoist sect and relied entirely on the support of the Taoist sect. Moreover, the remaining forces of the Zunbang faction and the local powerful sect would counterattack crazily with the tacit approval of the Taoist sect, and instead became the Taoist sect's handle. The pawns of Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion are those who must die if the king wants his minister to die. After these three steps, the main opposition figures were eliminated, the tightly guarded factions were broken up, the centralization of power was completed, the New Deal was successfully implemented, and the land was redistributed.