The couple sat opposite each other, and Li Yue whispered: "In the eyes of the clan elders, our land in Lishan is too little."
"Well, from the 100 acres of land in Lishan to the 600 households in Lantian County, we really don't have much land."
The two reached a consensus and clearly understood the concerns of the clan elders about Lishan.
If you want your family to prosper, you must have enough land. The more than 100 acres of land in Weinan controlled by Lishan is indeed very fertile. For Lishan, the land in Lantian County only has a share of food but does not belong to the category of fiefdom.
In other words, there are only a few hundred acres of usable land at present. The elders of the clan hope that Lishan can follow the pace of land annexation and leave a piece of real estate for future generations.
From ancient times to the present, people on this land have a fanatical attachment to the land. For them, your family's failure to annex land is a stupid choice and an irresponsible behavior towards future generations.
If you still dare to sell your land, your elders and relatives will poke you in the back.
This pursuit almost rises to a moral level.
Even though land annexation is an act that is expressly prohibited by imperial authority and various regulations, everyone understands it tacitly.
Zhang Yang whispered: "When a dynasty is reshuffled and re-established, it is often accompanied by wars, which will lead to a sharp decline in population. The new emperor can easily divide and equalize the fields."
"But as time goes by, the population will increase after the world is peaceful. From Wude to Zhenguan, the population of Guanzhong has increased five times due to the efforts of the central government to boost the population of prefectures and counties, including migration from various places. The population entering the customs."
The night wind blew into the house, causing the light of the oil lamp to sway.
Li Yue took a sip of tea and wrote a few more characters for "人人" and "田", "From one person to one field to three people sharing one field, the land has become precious."
Zhang Yang nodded and said: "When the rich and powerful have more land, they take the food and towns as their own, so that the tax revenue of the country cannot be used for the people, and the life of the people becomes more and more difficult."
"Well, according to my husband, this seems to be an endless cycle that cannot be broken out." Li Yue gave her own evaluation.
After reaching a consensus, both husband and wife resisted this move of land annexation.
She whispered: "I hope Lishan will never go down this road."
After a long night of conversation, the couple had a firmer direction for Lishan's future.
The next day, Zhang Yang continued to tell the children about the contradiction between productivity and production relations.
"...So under the basic contradiction of the country, people from different classes have different interests and demands, thus forming a chain of games."
Li Lizhi, Xiao Wu and Xiao Hui listened very attentively, and they have all developed the habit of taking notes.
Since Li Yue established the mountain gate of Lishan to teach the main purpose of Lishan knowledge, Zhang Yang has given very few lectures.
He looked at the group of children in front of him and said, "Do you know what is the most dazzling and important treasure of our Lishan Academic School since its establishment?"
Seeing that the children were silent, Zhang Yang was silent for a long time and then said: "It is knowledge. Knowledge is a precious thing in the process of our era."
The children nodded vigorously.
Auntie had already prepared the meal, but it seemed that they were no longer interested in continuing to listen to the class, and their attention was focused on the bowls of dishes on the dining table.
Children of this age are most likely to feel hungry. Zhang Yang clapped his hands and said, "Eat."
"Okay!" The group of children happily ran to eat.
The knowledge of Lishan Academic School was often sent to the palace. As the father of his children, Li Shimin often wanted to see what Zhang Yang was telling the princes and princesses.
Every time I was sent one or two articles written by Zhang Yang, Li Shimin looked at these unfamiliar knowledge and tried hard to understand them.
Today I called Fang Xuanling and Kong Yingda to discuss it together.
Fang Xuanling read several articles on materialism and the theory of production class, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, I have never seen these learned ministers before."
Kong Yingda was the person who taught the princesses and princes. He had also seen Zhang Yang's knowledge and listened to the children's stories about what they had learned in Lishan Mountain.
He whispered: "Since ancient times, Confucianism and Taoism have often argued. From the debates of hundreds of schools of thought, the three schools of Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism are the most prosperous. Now Zhang Yang's materialism has some of the style of the past."
Li Shimin drank tea and said: "Which article does the old gentleman like the most?"
Kong Yingda stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, everyone likes it."
"Why?"
Kong Yingda was born as a Confucian and had a high reputation among the gentry. Since he liked this old gentleman, he would also like to hear his unique insights into this knowledge.
"Your Majesty, I am a man who has been studying for a long time. I have also met people with great talents, and even met people with great ambitions. It can be said that I have read books all my life. I have read many articles and many opinions, but the Lishan Academic School The knowledge is very interesting.”
Li Shimin nodded and said: "I am willing to give you details."
"Well." Kong Yingda whispered, "The difference between Lishan's article and other gentry articles is materialism, that is, Zhang Yang's materialistic discussion, so he talked about the debate between idealism and materialism. What surprised me was his discussion It talks about the persistence of seeking truth from facts and seeking truth and knowledge. Well...this kind of persistence is rarely seen anymore."
“Scholars from ancient times often lack practice and truth-seeking in their studies. When people lack the thinking of seeking truth from facts and the persistence of seeking truth and knowledge, then people will become blindly obedient, thus killing their literary talent and becoming a mediocre person. My dear, I feel sad every time I think about this."
Fang Xuanling was surprised and said: "The old master is a great Confucian in the world. The lower official thought that the knowledge Lishan insisted on was in conflict with Confucianism. I didn't expect that the old master would appreciate these articles so much."
Kong Yingda shook his head and said: "I am familiar with not only Confucian classics, but also Confucian classics and Yi studies. Zhang Yang is a studious person. Even though he is withdrawn and has an eccentric temperament, he is not a bad boy who loves to learn."
Kong Yingda's statement to Zhang Yang was pertinent, and he did not show the guidance of his elders, but affirmed these articles in a gentle and gentle manner.
Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling, "What do Xuanling think?"
"Your Majesty, I like Zhang Yang's article on production relations and class contradictions."
"Xuan Ling said it bluntly."
Hearing this, Fang Xuanling looked solemn and said: "The discussion of production relations and the production class described in the article is very explicit."
"Well, I feel like a light is shining on my back after seeing it."
Fang Xuanling added: "Zhang Yang did not divide people into three, six or nine grades, but through changes in production relations, the value of people's production, the utilization of surplus value, and even the efficiency of the utilization of this value."
"Such articles are bound to be despised by the gentry and despised by the current world. People who pursue nobility believe that everyone is free, but in Zhang Yang's discussion, no one can escape the framework of production, which makes people feel like a thorn in their backs. That’s the reality.”
The three monarchs and ministers in the palace were discussing, and voices came from the front of the palace.
The guard came to report, "Your Majesty, the Persian army has reported."
Li Shimin said loudly: "Send it up."
At the same time as the military report was delivered, Cheng Yaojin, Li Daliang, Niu Jinda, Hou Junji and others also entered the palace.
"Your Majesty! Give a certain family a thousand soldiers and horses to wipe out the big cannibal!" Cheng Yaojin said loudly.
"Your Majesty, the cannibals and bullies have gone too far. General Mo will lead his troops to destroy them!"
"His Majesty……"
Li Shimin glared at a few people, then opened the military newspaper and read the contents. Musab, the envoy of Dashi, returned to Dashi and built Jingguan at the junction of Persia and Dashi with the prisoners of war they captured from the west.
Thousands of human heads were piled high and sacrificed in front of the capital, sending a bloody letter of war to the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin's eyelids jumped when he saw it, and he slammed the general's newspaper on the table, "Arrogant kid!"
Musa'ab was only in his early twenties, and when he came to visit the Tang Dynasty, the people of the Tang Dynasty were quite polite to him.
There were even officials in the court who advocated making peace with the Tang Dynasty. They did not want this person to declare war on the Tang Dynasty or even build a capital temple as soon as he returned to the feast.
The military report was sent by Liang Jianfang. The cannibals had assembled more than 400,000 troops, and there was a steady stream of troops gathering in the rear.
"Your Majesty!" Cheng Yaojin took a step forward.
Everyone was so angry that Li Shimin would have mobilized an army to wipe out the cannibals.
The emperor stood up slowly, nodded and said, "Pass on my decree and tell Liang Jianfang that if he fails to win this battle, he will return to his hometown to farm."
Li Daliang bowed and said: "If Liang Jianfang loses to the big cannibal, he will eventually die!"
Hou Junji said in a deep voice: "You, Li Daliang, are quite old. Let alone leading troops on an expedition, you will most likely fall ill after leaving the Western Regions."
Li Daliang, who had black hair and black beard mixed with white, replied: "A certain family is always strong."
The food envoy Musab successfully angered the emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty. After receiving his majesty's order, Xu Jingzong also sent all the food information accumulated over the years to the court.
In Lishan, Zhang Yang read the letter from monk Xuanzang.
Li Tai was heartbroken and asked, "How come Xuanzang is still alive? What on earth did Xu Jingzong do?"
After that, he was so anxious that he stepped on a bug again and again, "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
After Zhang Yang read the contents of the letter, the dispute between Dashi and Datang was finally known to Monk Xuanzang.
I also learned that Wang Xuance borrowed troops from Tubo to attack Tianzhu. He believed in the equality of life and the Buddha would have mercy on everyone.
The monk said in his letter that he did not care about the life and death of the Tianzhu people. He felt that if Tianzhu died, the spirit of the Tianzhu people would last forever. They would not perish, and neither would the Buddhist scriptures.
Zhang Yang was also troubled by Xuanzang, whom he had never met before and who often wrote to him.
Lishan never wrote back to him, but he persisted in writing again and again.
He was just short of converting Lishan and escaping into Buddhism.
In his letter, he also talked about a beautiful woman with Buddha nature.
Zhang Yang was very confused, how did Xu Jingzong cultivate a woman with Buddha nature, or did Xu Jingzong find a woman according to the appetite of those monks?
It's difficult for monks to believe in love because they are the most inhumane people in the world. It's ridiculous that they think people should be kind and kind.
Looking at Li Tai who was standing aside and gritting his teeth, Zhang Yang advised: "Xu Jingzong did a good job, but it is still unclear whether Xuanzang would be deceived. It was the woman who dragged Monk Xuanzang into the abyss, or whether it was Monk Xuanzang who saved him. That woman."
Li Tai whispered: "There are rumors outside the customs that monk Xuanzang has been to a small country. The leader of that small country is a woman. It is rumored that he and the female leader have a child."
Zhang Yang kept coughing, "What a gossip."
"Brother-in-law, is this really happening?"
"How do I know?" Zhang Yang burned the cloth in his hand, and no one else read Xuanzang's letter except himself.
Li Tai murmured to himself, "Well, it's so interesting. We should let Xu Jingzong send someone to find out."
"His Royal Highness the King of Wei wants to use this to discredit Monk Xuanzang?"
Li Tai snorted coldly: "I will use the lives of the king and his children to force Monk Xuanzang to die!"
"I thought His Highness King Wei just wanted to discredit him, but I didn't expect him to be so vicious."
Today is the first day of opening of Lishan Institute of Technology. Although the entire school has not been completed yet, there are still many main constructions that have not been completed, such as walls, playgrounds, canteens and dormitories.
Lishan has to continue to invest money in this technical institute. As long as it cultivates a group of technical backbones, these investments are nothing.
A group of half-year-old children gathered in front of the technical college. A simple door sign stood in front of the academy, with six words written on it, Lishan Technical College.
Li Tai's bodyguards were reading out His Royal Highness the King of Wei's mission for this academy, not only teaching them human nature, but also teaching them how to make a living.
Most of these half-grown children are from Lantian County and Gaoling County.
As for the children in the village, their starting point is much higher than them. Lishan has been operating for so many years and has its own technical foundation. The children of Lishan were also the first to be influenced by it.
Niu Chuang brought several technical backbones in the village to teach the children, allowing them to choose their own industry.
After a busy morning, the simple entrance ceremony was over.
The academy is very simple, the children's clothes are also very simple, everything is rustic.
If it weren't for Lishan's urgent need for human resources, Zhang Yang wouldn't have wanted to start it hastily.
Once you have a reputation, you need to have results. If you have results, you won't be afraid of not attracting people.
"Your Highness, King Wei, the roster of students and their chosen majors have been recorded."
Li Tai took it and took a look at it, nodded and said, "As I expected, there are only five cooks in the group. The largest number are blacksmiths, and there are not even many people who study agriculture."
The current situation has not escaped Li Tai's expectation. "As my brother-in-law said, the chosen major is complementary to the current situation. They are still willing to choose the line with the best benefits."
Zhang Yang shook his fan and nodded, "We finally have a beginning."
Princess Wei and Li Yue, as well as Xiao Qingqing, Li Lizhi, Xiao Hui and Xiao Wu were talking together.
"His Royal Highness King Wei, the prince's family is here."
Li Tai put away his roster, nodded and said, "Please come."
Seeing that the guard was looking at him and waiting for permission, Zhang Yang had no choice but to nod.
Li Chengqian's family didn't have much contact with Lishan on weekdays, so they may not have known much about the prince's current situation for a long time.
"I have met His Highness the Crown Prince." Zhang Yang bowed slightly when he saw the visitor.
"Brother Emperor." Li Tai also saluted. (End of chapter)
