The peace talks were at a standstill. There were a lot of civil and military discussions throughout the dynasty. The Northern Barbarians were a defeated country, but their attitude was so arrogant. Are they here for peace talks?
To seek peace, you must have an attitude of seeking peace.
The snipe and the clam quarreled over each other and the fisherman benefited. As the stalemate between the northern barbarians and Yanyang continued, Sangnan benefited instead. Although the officials hated Dugu Jing's arrogant attitude, they also hoped that the peace talks would go smoothly.
No one in the family wants to fight anymore.
Xie Xun also has a tough temper. The Northern Barbarians wanted to kill Xie Jue and refused to let go. He also bit him to death. You can go back and we will continue to fight.
The two sides were at a stalemate.
Lin Ge Laofu.
Lin Hongyuan and Lin Hongcheng both came to see Mr. Ge. Mr. Ge gave up on the peace talks and left all the power to Xie Xun.
He is presiding over the spring plowing, looking forward to good weather this year and a bumper harvest in the autumn.
Moreover, spring is the season when floods occur frequently in the south of the Yangtze River. Ge Lao is focused on spring plowing and the disaster in the south of the Yangtze River, and is not interested in peace talks. In his opinion, this matter is simple. If the northern barbarians want peace talks, they must be sincere and kill Xie Jue.
Impossible.
If they were to attack the city, the Zhenbei Houfu would be willing to sacrifice their lives to protect the people of Cheng. But now that Yanyang has won the battle, why should the Northern Barbarians make such rude demands? It is just incitement by a well-intentioned person.
Although Mrs. Hou's biological son was only Xie Xun, Xie Jue was recorded in Mrs. Hou's name when she was born. Mrs. Hou often brought her children to the Hou Mansion.
The entire Lin family treated the three sons of the Xie family as their own children. Although Mr. Lin was partial to Xie Xun, he also loved Xie Zhang and Xie Jue very much.
"Father, a stalemate in the peace talks is not a long-term solution. The deadlock must be broken. If Zhixu continues to be so willful, how will we talk about it later?" Lin Hongcheng was a little anxious.
"How to break the deadlock and kill Tingfeng so that they agree to peace talks?" Mr. Lin Ge looked at the memorial from Jiangnan and said calmly, "Today he proposed to kill Tingfeng, tomorrow he can kill Shouyu, and the day after tomorrow he can propose to kill
Zhizhixu. This is not how peace talks are conducted. You are not even as good as Zhizhixu."
"Father, my son has no such intention." Lin Hongyuan defended, feeling very anxious. "The peace talks must be advanced. I know Xu's temper is too hot, so it's better to find another person to negotiate with."
"Who?" Mr. Lin Ge asked leisurely, throwing the memorial on the desk.
The servants in the courtyard had been sent far away, and there was silence in the courtyard. Lin Hongyuan and Lin Hongcheng looked at each other, and Lin Hongyuan said, "The cabinet is in charge and we don't want to fight anymore. The prince is mild-tempered and he is the prince, so let him talk."
"Is it your intention or the prince's?" asked Mr. Lin Ge.
Lin Hongyuan asked instead, "Father, do you know that the Marquis wants to reform the land system?"
Mr. Lin Ge chuckled lightly, "What he wants to do is not only the reform of the land system, he also wants to abolish the military household system and focus on agriculture and suppress business. Why did he only talk about the land system?"
There was a land reform in Yanyang decades ago. At that time, the land belonged to the princes and no buying and selling was allowed. Later, the state recognized the private ownership of land and allowed buying and selling. However, due to war and famine, the land gradually concentrated into the hands of seven families, forming a land system.
Merger. As a result, farmers have less and less land to cultivate, and they gradually become tenant farmers.
There was a military adviser named Bai Feng under the command of Beihou of Laozhen. He recommended him to the imperial court to implement reforms. He wanted to reform taxes and curb land annexation. The reforms mainly focused on the land system, hoping to implement a one-household-one-farm system. And through tax reforms,
Suppress land annexation. Yanyang now implements a capitation tax system.
Moreover, the taxes were collected monthly, and many people simply could not afford to pay the heavy taxes.
Laozhen Beihou and Bai Feng traveled for many years and were extremely dissatisfied with the land annexation in Yanyang. They came up with a policy of taxing land. Regardless of household registration, they only paid attention to the land. The land was divided into dry land, paddy field, high-grade land, low-grade land and so on.
There are different tax provisions, that is, taxation based on the gap between rich and poor.
This policy touched the interests of the nobles. Most of the land in Yanyang was in the hands of the nobles, so Bai Feng did not end well.
After Bai Feng's death, the Marquis of Zhenbei wanted to continue to implement reforms, but the Northern Barbarians invaded. The Marquis of Zhenbei's government was too tired to deal with it, so the matter was left alone. Later, Yanyang and the Northern Barbarians were locked in a bitter battle.
The late emperor wanted to continue to implement the reform policy of Lao Zhenbeihou and weaken the power of the family, so he was burned to death in the palace.
After the peace talks between Yanyang and the Northern Barbarians, the Marquis of Zhenbei will definitely support Emperor Jianming in implementing tax reforms and heaven and earth reforms, thereby weakening the family's control over the imperial power.
The separation of military power and imperial power is a taboo.
Nowadays, the three parties compete and contain each other, barely maintaining a balanced situation. If it is broken, it will lead to a turbulent killing wave.
The aristocratic family would never watch helplessly as the Marquis of Zhenbei carried out taxation and heaven and earth reforms.
Lin Hongcheng said, "Father, if Mr. Hou implements reforms, what will our family do? Should we support it or oppose it?"
Lin Gelao lowered his eyes. He was already seventy years old, but he still dragged his body and refused to retreat. Why? Is it to fight against the suppression of the family by the Zhenbei Hou Mansion? Or to pave the way for the reform of the Zhenbei Hou Mansion.
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Lin Hongyuan and Lin Hongcheng once thought that their father was the head of the Lin family, the head of the aristocratic family, and he could answer hundreds of calls. The aristocratic family had not emptied out the imperial power overnight, and thus maintained prosperity for decades. They wanted to achieve a century of prosperity, endless life, and a prosperous family.
, no one is allowed to touch their interests.
If the reform is successful and the imperial power is at its peak, the aristocratic family will become the chickens and dogs under the imperial power, and honor and disgrace will all depend on one person's thoughts. Therefore, in the past few decades, the aristocratic family has been blocking change.
Even...burn the late emperor to death.
No matter who lit the fire, the result was the acquiescence and implementation of the family.
"You came to me and have made a decision in your mind. Why don't you tell me your views." Mr. Lin Ge stopped quietly and motioned with his eyes to Lin Hongcheng to pour tea.
Lin Hongcheng stood up to make tea and gave his father and brother a cup of tea. The aroma of tea filled the room.
Lin Hongyuan said, "In the past few decades, the changes in the world have been full of blood, and it is not only the interests of one family that have been touched. My father, Li Zhoufang, Cai Zhang, and Wang Xielin are all famous surnames in the family. Over the past century, there have been constant in-laws, and they have become allies. For the sake of
The honor and disgrace of the family continue. If the Marquis insists on going his own way, he will be the enemy of the whole family. The Marquis has been on war for many years, and the family has never stabbed him in the back. They have prepared supplies for him. Ningzhou wants people and food. The family and the Marquis are of the same mind.
, the Xie family is also a rich family, and land reform will also weaken his family’s control. But the Marquis defeated the Northern Barbarians, but he wanted to attack the family, why would he do something that harms others and does not benefit himself? "
"Do you have the same idea?" Mr. Lin Ge looked at Lin Hongcheng.
"Yes!" Lin Hongcheng sighed, "Master Zhang heard from somewhere that the Marquis wanted to reform. He came to us recently and asked us in a vague way, if the Marquis wants to reform, what is the attitude of our Lin family? Father, the Marquis has always been
At the border, we don't care about internal affairs. Ten years ago, due to the changes, the palace was bleeding like a river. Now the border is peaceful and recuperating, and there is no need for further chaos."