Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1439 Tianbao Shenlong Emperor
60 years is not enough to change the vicissitudes of life.

But it has already been two generations. Qin Jun is the generation born after Zhenguan, and now he will reach the year of knowing his destiny.And the emperors of the Tang Dynasty have passed on five emperors, the ancestor Gaozong, the ancestor Gaozong, and Li Ye, who is revered as the Emperor of Tianbao Shenlong today.

The Li family in the Huangtang Dynasty has been fighting fiercely in these years. Even if the ancestors established the clan system, it could not completely improve the situation of this internal fighting. Every time the throne is replaced, three or five princes will always die. There are six, seven or eight emperor uncles and even emperor uncles plus a group of side branches.

In comparison, it is the Qin family, Qin Qiong left seven sons behind, and now there is one king and six princes, except for his son Qin Xun who was held in Songzhou by Qin Lang and was not allowed to return to the Central Plains, and was his Duke of Qi who was busy taking concubines and having children. , Which of the other brothers is not a hero?
The fifth son, Qin Xun, is incompetent, but his ability to take concubines and give birth to children is the best among the brothers. He is almost 60 years old, and the number of sons is longer than his age. He has already given birth to more than 60 sons. The eldest son is in his 40s, and even has great-grandchildren. As a result, three younger sons were added last year.

Qin Xun has more than 60 sons, nearly half of them are married and have children. Now he has nearly 60 grandsons. If this Songzhou house can give birth like this in the future, then Qin Xun’s more than [-] sons will have three to five hundred children. Grandchildren are no problem.

Qin Lang only gave birth to 21 sons, but the number of grandchildren has exceeded [-], and the number is still increasing rapidly. Qin Lang is expected to have more than [-] grandchildren and great-grandchildren in his lifetime.

Qin Qiong's seven sons are now divided into seven houses, and each house has at least 100 sons, which add up to more than [-], and the grandchildren add up to over a thousand.

Anyway, the Qin Li brothers now have a hard time remembering the grandchildren of the Qing brothers' family, let alone the imperial court, they can only reward a few Yin Fengen from the eldest family's concubine. Where can I take care of it.

That is to say, the Qin family is special, they have both great martial arts skills and top-notch foreign relatives, not to mention the strong ability to make money, otherwise it is not impossible for ordinary families to have so many children, but who would dare to have such a child?
Do you really think you won't have to separate your family after you have a baby?

Even if a concubine gave birth to a maidservant and gave birth to concubine sons, they could get less points, but those sons born to regular wives would always get a lot of points, so the more children and grandchildren, the more fierce the internal fighting in the big family, and the better the family business will be maintained.

Many aristocratic families have set up family rules to ensure that the family property is inherited by the eldest son of the family, such as the ancestral house and ancestral land, while the other sons can only share some money, and the other sons can only share a small amount. Fields, shops, etc., ancestral houses and ancestral fields plus ancestral books, etc., often only have the right to use, and are not eligible for division.

It is to ensure that the family will not be weakened from generation to generation.

But no matter how small the points are, if there are too many people, there will always be a lot of points.

So how can ordinary families dare to divide up with the Qin family like this?
Dozens of sons, hundreds of grandchildren, and thousands of male great-grandchildren in the future. This kind of reproduction and expansion method, even Jinshan can't stand it.

But the Qin family doesn't care about these things, and the Qin family is really good at giving birth and childcare. The child's death rate is extremely low, and they can have children and raise them.

On the way to the Yanying Hall, the emperor couldn't help thinking of the Tweeting System established by the Holy Patriarch when he established the system of feudalism.The meritorious officials of the imperial family are granted, and then they are enfeoffed from generation to generation. A piece of fiefdom, every time it is handed down to one generation, is redistributed again, and the fiefdom keeps getting smaller so that it cannot threaten the court.

If this system is used, even though the Qin family has many internal and external fiefdoms, it is not a problem.But the problem is, Li Ye didn't dare to mention this matter rashly.

Even after these years, the status of Luzon has become blurred.

Is he still the territory of Datang?

Say yes, but Qin Lang is the king of a country within a country in Luzon. Apart from paying 100 million yuan in taxes to the court every year, Luzon is autonomous in other aspects, and even has the right to levy, mint, and issue banknotes. It also has the power to command troops, diplomacy and even foreign wars.

You say that it is not the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but the current laws, taxes, and household registration systems in Luzon are basically used by the Tang court.

In short, today's Luzon is in a very strange situation, and I can't say a word or two. After decades of Shengzu, Shizu, Gaozong and the current four dynasties, it has been entangled, and even the court is used to it. Luzon's special status.

In fact, the imperial court now completely treats Luzon as Japan, Linyi, and Chenla, and is not even included in the list of governors of Bohai, Mobei, Tocharo, Tubo, Subi, and Nibala. Because in the Bohai Sea and other places, although the local indigenous barbarians governed themselves, the imperial court had garrisons and even officials in these places, and the imperial court had control over the diplomacy and many other aspects of these places.

But Qin Lang’s Luzon had much more independent power than them. Anyway, the imperial court neither garrisoned nor sent officials in Luzon. Luzon had its own army, its own diplomacy, its own coinage, its own levy Taxation and justice, administration, etc.

Under such circumstances, if one day Qin Lang dies, can Li Ye say to give Lu Song an order of grace?Can he divide the whole of Luzon to his 21 sons in the name of the emperor?

One Luzon kingdom, turned into 21 Luzon principalities?In the future, it will become two or three hundred Luzon princes?In the future, it will become thousands of Luzon counties, thousands of Luzon viscounts and barons?

This is unlikely.

However, Pei Yan, Wei Yuanzhong and other apprentices once told the young emperor that if Luzon was treated separately, for example, directly placed in the same vassal state as Linyi and Japan, then these problems would not exist, and there would be Don't worry about it.

The young emperor felt that this seemed a little inappropriate, but Pei Yan said directly that Lu Song was not an old frontier of the Han family, nor was it opened up by the imperial court. In addition, it was a land in the sea far away from the Central Plains. It is not compared to the rivers in the Western Regions or the Dianyue and Chaonan areas in the Western Regions. After all, those places are connected to the territory of the Central Plains. Dianyue and Chaonan are two new sea estuaries in the southwest, and they are also connected to two fertile estuary plains.

Luzon is just a relatively independent archipelago in the sea, and the connection is not strong. Since the Qin family is strong, then separate him and maintain the current situation of special self-governing overseas feudal territories. There are millions of tax packages.What's more, Lu Song of the Qin family is in the South China Sea, and can still deter the Nanyang for the court.

As for whether Luzon will be too big in the future, or even endanger the court, this is unlikely. It is not that the Qin family is believed to be loyal for generations, but that Luzon is just an island after all.

Even if this island country in the sea develops again, can it still develop beyond the Central Plains?

For example, Linyi, Baekje, Silla, Waguo, or island countries or peninsulas, which are not hundreds of years or thousands of years old, can't endanger the Central Plains. They are inherently restrictive.

The emperor did not fully agree with this statement. He felt that the development momentum of Luzon was different from that of Silla Baekje or Waguo Linyi. This is a regime ruled by the Han people that is very similar to the Central Plains. However, Gaochang is a small country with few people, and there are overlords such as Rouran and Turks restricting the surrounding area, but Luzon has already become a tyrant in Nanyang. Who can restrict him?
However, the emperor also agreed with part of what Pei Yan and the others said, that is, since Lu Song is still very loyal and the court has not yet found a suitable way to deal with it, let's put it on hold for now.

Thinking like this, I went all the way to Yanying Hall.

Yanying Hall is a side hall, the hall is not big, but it is more convenient for the monarch and ministers to play the right role.

"Wing King has arrived?"

"I'm waiting for orders from the side."

Li Ye entered the hall, "Please come, King Yi."

Qin Jun was led into the inner hall by the servants, and the emperor waved his hand to make everyone in the hall retreat.

"The minister's performance today is not a secret matter. Both the servant and the historian can stay."

The emperor was a little surprised. He thought it was a very confidential matter, so he had to play it right in private.

"Uncle, please sit down." Li Ye was very polite with a smile on his face, made tea for Li Ye himself, and said while making tea, "This is the new tea this year sent by my grandfather from Luzon. I heard that it is the best tea. The famous Luzon black tea is produced in the mountainous area of ​​Dingyuan Prefecture in the Northeast of Xinjin Mountain in Luzon. It is said that more than 2000 years ago, a group of Baiyue immigrants from the south of the Central Plains crossed the ocean. technology.

They built terraced fields in the mountains with a height of more than [-] steps, and also built canals for irrigation of the winding mountains, which rise layer by layer like steps, towering into the sky.

My grandfather turned those rice terraces into tea gardens, where the special climate cultivated Luzon black tea of ​​very high quality. "

When Li Ye talked about this Luzon black tea, he looked quite familiar.

Qin Jun took the teacup handed to him by the emperor, thank you.

"Compared to the top black tea in Wuyi Mountain, there is still a gap between Luzon black tea." Qin Jun said truthfully.

"But I heard that Luzon black tea and black tea are sold far more than Wuyishan black tea in the overseas tea trade, and the share is increasing year by year."

"That's mainly because the black tea in Wuyi Mountain is of higher quality. It focuses on high-end tea and is mainly sold domestically. Luzon black tea is mainly sold in the middle and low-end home. Your Majesty also knows that overseas barbarians drink tea. The method is very different from my Central Plains, there is no such a long tea drinking culture in the Central Plains, which is the same as the black tea that has been mainly sold to nomadic tribes in the grasslands such as Mobei and Southwest, and the demand is different."

Finished a cup of tea.

Qin Jun noticed that sitting behind the emperor were two living historians, who were writing furiously, recording the conversation and behavior between the emperor and Qin Jun just now.

"Today, I invite Yanying to leave, because I want to ask the saint to resign face to face."

"Please resign?"

The emperor was surprised.

Even the two living men stopped writing for a while in surprise, and looking up, the servants and palace people waiting in the palace were also very surprised.

"But what did I do wrong? I was rude to my uncle. I just took over the government and I still don't understand many things. If there is something wrong, please speak up." The emperor's attitude was very low.

Qin Jun quickly stood up and crossed his hands to apologize.

"Since the sage has been in power, he has acted fairly and generously. He has the air of a sage. It is not because of him that the minister resigned. It is because the minister agreed at the beginning of Emperor Gaozong's succession that he would return to Luzon when the court was stable. Later, when the grand master entered the court, he said that the Western Regions were not stable, so he asked me to go to the Western Regions with Su Shuai to guard the frontier and put down the rebellion Xihu. After that, the town lasted for 13 years, and now the western border is stable, and the sages in the court are also officially in charge. With a scene of prosperity, the minister will retire and return to Luzon."

(End of this chapter)