A century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family.
For them, the change of dynasty is just the rise of another dynasty.
In their eyes, there is no such thing as loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, let alone common people.
Through marriage and other means, they have tied up and linked up a rather large network of interests.
What's more, they are like separatist vassal kings in the local area, amassing money and training troops.
But these people are not training to protect the people.
They always protect only their own interests.
This point has been vividly reflected as early as the Eight Kings Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty.
In order to gain more benefits from the Eight Kings Rebellion, many northern aristocratic families even tried to collude with foreigners and lure the barbarians to join the civil war in the Central Plains.
This also directly led to the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms era.
But when the Han people in the north either rose up and attacked like Ran Min, or they were devastated.
What are these aristocratic families doing?
Most of the aristocratic families in the north moved their entire family to the south of the Yangtze River to continue enjoying themselves.
as future generations.
How could Li Chengqian not know what they were thinking?
They are nothing more than waiting for the rise of the next unified dynasty.
Then continue the blood-sucking of the dynasty and prosper your own family.
After all, in ancient times, if you wanted to be an official, you had to be literate at the very least.
Culture and knowledge are controlled and monopolized by aristocratic families.
If you want to study, you must have inextricable connections with aristocratic families.
Even in today's Tang Dynasty, there are many scholars who come from aristocratic families or who are recommended by aristocratic families.
These people come from aristocratic families, so they must give back to the aristocratic families.
Especially since most of these people are at the middle level, even Li Shimin would not dare to attack them easily.
And this slowly triggered a vicious cycle.
The aristocratic family supports the children of poor families, and the children of poor families will give back to the family after they become officials.
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Thinking of this, Li Chengqian and Li Shimin sighed together in a tacit understanding.
Li Shimin looked up at Li Chengqian and said: "This This time, you can be regarded as helping me solve a problem."
"Actually, monopolizing book knowledge is not the biggest thing."
"This matter can be solved as long as my father is determined to deal with it."
Li Chengqian shook his head and said.
Seeing this, Li Shimin raised his eyebrows.
"Then tell me, what's the biggest thing?"
"The biggest thing is that our land is controlled by aristocratic families."
"I made inquiries when I went to Jiangnan before. Most of the land in Jiangnan is controlled by aristocratic families."
"After the family took control of the land, they rented it to farmers for planting and lived by collecting rent."
"And their lowest rent is 50%."
Li Chengqian sighed.
"Father, you should also know what this means, right?"
Hearing this, Li Shimin fell into deep thought.
Of course he knows what this means.
This means that every year, most of the people's harvest must be used as rent.
If the year is good, the people will have enough to eat.
But if there is a disaster, people will have to sell their sons and daughters to repay the rent.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin sighed and said: "The family has been deeply rooted for hundreds of years."
"If you want to solve the trouble caused by the aristocratic family, you have to do it step by step..."
"The former Emperor Yangdi is the best example."
He glanced at Li Chengqian: "I can only do as much as possible in my lifetime."
When you ascend to power, there won't be so many difficulties and obstacles.
He added silently in his mind.
Li Chengqian didn't hear the underlying meaning of his words.
But he didn't want to say anything more on this issue.
After all, there were some things that he couldn't easily interrupt.
All he can do is the things in front of him.
Nowadays, papermaking technology has achieved initial success.
But if you want to continue, you still need to complete one thing.
Thinking of this, Li Chengqian raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a wicked smile.
"Father, do you think you can open a papermaking bureau for me next?"
"Paper Bureau?"
Li Shimin glanced at him and immediately saw through his little thoughts.
"I think you want to do business again..."
"Father, this time you are doing something for the Tang Dynasty, and it does not count as competing for profits with the people."
Li Chengqian rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "And the wealth will not flow to outsiders..."
Li Shimin's attitude was tough: "Stop wishing for anything, I will never let you do this."
Seeing this, Li Chengqian gritted his teeth and simply used his ultimate move.
"Father, don't you want to engage in book printing to break the family's monopoly on knowledge?"
"yes."
Li Shimin nodded, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Chengqian.
"Is it possible that your boy also has research in this area?"
"You don't have to worry about whether I have done any research."
Li Chengqian said with a proud look on his face: "As long as you build a paper bureau for me, I promise to help you solve this problem."
Yo ho...
Is this guy making terms with himself?
Li Shimin smiled coldly and said, "Are you negotiating terms with me?"
As long as Li Shimin replaces 'I' with 'I', it means that he is going to be angry.
Li Chengqian still has this kind of vision.
Li Chengqian quickly suppressed his complacency and revealed a bitter look on his face.
"Father, you don't let me do business and you say you won't compete with the people for profit. I agree."
"But this matter is not about competing with the people for profit. Moreover, I sincerely want to help you."
"Can't you agree yet..."
After saying that, Li Chengqian winked at Li Shimin.
In this way, even if Li Shimin It's hard to avoid feeling a little soft-hearted after seeing him.
Hidden under the naughty appearance, there are these benefits.
If you do bad things, you are naughty and you are young and ignorant.
But if you do good things, you are young and promising, and you are precocious.
Li Shimin sighed and said: "Okay, okay, don't try this stupid thing with me, I just promise you."
I heard that Li Shimin agreed.
Li Chengqian suddenly jumped up and down: "Father, you agreed."
"A gentleman's words are hard to follow, so you can't go back on your word."
Seeing that this guy was about to start squawking again, Li Shimin immediately stared at him.
"If you keep talking nonsense, believe it or not, I will beat you up?"
Li Chengqian scratched his head, and then quickly bowed and saluted: "I would like to thank my father."
"Don't be too busy thanking me. You have to say the ugly things first."
"If you do this well, I will reward you greatly."
"If you don't do well, don't blame me for punishing you heavily."
Li Shimin warned: "I'm not kidding you this time."
"I know, I know."
Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely do this beautifully for you."
After sending Li Shimin away.
Li Chengqian still didn't lose his excitement and was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
Seeing this, Cheng Hualiang on the side couldn't help but speak.
"If His Majesty had asked you to do something, you would have complained long ago."
"Why are you so happy this time? This is not your style."
"What do you know?"
Li Chengqian rolled his eyes and said, "Don't underestimate this small page. The doorway inside is huge."
"In the future, if these papers are printed into books and sold, we will be able to count the money without mercy."
He has even seen his own wealthy life in the future.