Chapter six hundred and twentieth grace and power to divide the field (3)
Bai Fan, who could not bear it, shouted: "Enough!
I thought you were all old and wise, but I didn’t expect that everyone was so ignorant of the times.”
"Zhu Zi! Do you dare to humiliate me?"
"Shame you? Are you worthy?
I had a comment before, and I am here to discuss it today. It’s not because I, Bai Fan, force you to bargain here. Is it useful?
It is because the situation forces us to make concessions in advance. It is not that I, Bai Fan, suppress you to make concessions. Do you still want to compromise with the people when the blood flows into a river in the future? I am afraid that it will not be as simple as losing face, and you will not be able to keep your face in it.
Just this point, isn’t it wrong to scold you for being ignorant of the times?"
you……
Bai Fan's scolding felt refreshed in an instant, which also made the group of long-winded guys speechless and cursed in their hearts. They thought this kid had changed to a smile today, but he didn't expect it to be so hateful.
The clan leader of the Wang family in Taiyuan sighed and said, "Marty Lantian, although I understand what you said in my heart, this fairy grain with a yield of thousands of kilograms will definitely change the land pattern in the future, but with your words today, we can't explain this to the clan members. It's shameful that when the family is big and the business is big, people are uneven, and there is no reason for them to accept. Even as the clan leader, I can't cover the sky in the family."
Nodding, Bai Fan expressed his understanding, and the old man's words were pertinent.
"Yes, Marquis of Lantian, even if I come here to see the power of immortal grain and know the consequences of the situation, but the clans' children disobey orders and will still have an accident in the future. I am afraid that before the people make trouble, the aristocratic class will fight against the policy of paying grain first. This is probably something the court does not want to see." The head of the Pei clan of Hedong said.
"I don't know if you have any countermeasures to convince the family members to accept this condition.
Since you agree with what I said before, we need to solve the problem together, so that we will not cause chaos in our family or the people will not cause chaos. This is also the reason why everyone is invited here today."
It was not until this time that everyone recognized Bai Fan. From this point of view, Bai Fan is really different today, not to suppress the nobles.
"Many tribe members in the family will have enough food to live. They have been living by not paying grain tax for many years. Now that they start paying grain tax, the impact on these people is the greatest, which is equivalent to invading them from the nobles into the people at once. In this way, their hearts will be extremely unbalanced." The old man from the Cui family of Boling spoke.
Bai Fan shook his head and said, "With Xianliang, people don't have to worry about food and life. Even if the remaining food after paying the grain tax, it will be enough for every family to have surplus food.
In other words, what they care about is a matter of face, they are afraid of paying food with the people, losing their aristocratic status, and becoming the people from then on?"
Everyone bowed their heads and said nothing. The patriarch of the Cui clan of Boling nodded and said, "Yes, that's the reason. And this reason is probably the fundamental reason why the nobles did not pay the grain. We do not lack the grain we handed over, but if we want to maintain the reputation of the nobles for thousands of years, the nobles should still be distinguished from the common people."
Yes, basically all the old men nodded secretly in their hearts at this moment. It is indeed the case that it is really a shame to make everyone stand side by side with the mud legs.
"Is it useful for a noble to stick to his face so much? Can the honor of a noble be kept in this way? Are nobles really superior? It's just that the families born are different in wealth. Who is born to be naked?"
The head of the Yang family of Hongnong snorted coldly: "Of course we will not be as self-pretentious as those playboys. Most of our nobles are literati or military generals. All dynasties have made contributions to the country and the people. Military generals protect the country and protect the safety of the country, and educate the people to the world. Only in this way can we enjoy the status and rights of the nobles. This is also a merit worthy of respect for the people. Now, we must deprive our family of past contributions and honors for no reason. Lantian Hou, do you think it is fair to us? Do you sacrifice fairly to our past contributions?"
Bai Fan smiled and said, "Okay, Mr. Yang's words are very reasonable, and Fan also agrees with them."
Everyone was puzzled. The Lantian Hou was angry and laughed at the time. What was he doing? It was really difficult to get along with this person. You couldn't see clearly what this smiling tiger was calculating.
"Since you can let go of the unreasonable persistence of the nobles, and talk about the contributions and merits of the nobles, this involves the rewards and inheritance of the nobles.
There is an old saying that a gentleman's virtue is killed for five generations, but the nobles of aristocrats of aristocrats are now passed down for thousands of years. This is unreasonable. Scholars are exempt from taxes. Although this sentence is an ancient saying of a thousand years, is this scholar a self-proclaimed? Can a scholar be called a scholar?
The nobles of all dynasties came from the throne, but the titles of the nobles who were granted must be reduced from generation to generation. At most, they will become civilians after the inheritance of the five generations without merit.
But please tell me, the old aristocratic class today, with a large family of more than 100,000 people and a small family of hundreds or thousands of people. These have made contributions to the Tang Dynasty and were they enthroned?
Therefore, the noble's ancestors cannot shine on their descendants for thousands of years. If you have no contributions to the side branches, external branches, and even those in the direct lineage, the identity of this nobleman needs to be re-discussed.
Otherwise, the old nobles will not lose their honor without contributors, and the new people will be rewarded for years. Sooner or later, a new situation will appear in the Tang Dynasty where everyone is a noble. In that case, there will be an embarrassing situation where there is no food to be collected and no work to be used. At that time, the country will not be in chaos, will the world not be in chaos?"
Hiss... Everyone took a breath.
"Bold, Bai Fan, do you want to touch the status of aristocratic people like me? Do you have this ability?"
Only then did everyone understand that Bai Fan was crazy. He was not trying to drive the land, but wanted to collectively suppress the aristocratic forces, lay off a large number of old nobles, and make a seat for the new nobles.
Zheng Wenyong was confused. What is this situation? It is different from the one in the script. Didn’t it be said that it would only be about land and food?
That's right, I seemed to have been cheated by Bai Fan, the niece-in-law.
"How many children of aristocrats from aristocratic families have joined the court to benefit the people. Even if they do not have a fief, they still have titles. Why are they not scholars?"
"How much has we done for the people and the country in all dynasties? Do you have to erase it with your words?"
The scene suddenly became chaotic, and many old people were blushing. If you say that land and grain tax could be discussed, what you are talking about now is really the life and death of a family, and you must not give in.
Bai Fan sneered: "Where can I use it to erase it? The wheel of history has been erased.
I want to ask you, have the contributions made by the predecessors of all dynasties been rewarded by the emperors of the dynasty? But over the years, the dynasties have changed many times, how long can those rewards last? Was the rewards of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty effective in the Tang Dynasty?
Even if Your Majesty can tolerate it, then can the rewards of the Jin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty continue to the Tang Dynasty?
It's really ridiculous. If you say that, you can build a country like that, will the land in the world always belong to you?
If you don’t want to mess with you, we don’t want to move on to your ancestors. We also express our admiration for the honors of our ancestors. However, the children of marginalized clans no longer have the qualifications to inherit honors, so we must give way to the people later. This not only affects the wealth of our new nobles, but also the life and death of you old nobles.
I said, everything arises because of the immortal food. Don’t you understand? If you don’t give in, there will be a battle between the nobles and the people sooner or later."
Today's Chapter 4, thank you for your support.
Chapter completed!