The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 204 The Family's Choice

Looking at Liu Tai, the representatives of the aristocratic families present were also sitting upright.

At least from this moment on, no one dares to underestimate Liu Tai because of his young age.

Because he holds the power of Donglai County, which represents the three states of You, Qing and Ji. This power has nothing to do with age.

Everyone looked serious, because today's meeting may very well decide the future of the family.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally Kong Yi was the first to speak:

"We are very pleased to be invited by the Duke. We hope that today's discussion will be as good as the White Tiger's discussion. We also ask the Duke for his advice."

While maintaining a smile, Liu Tai asked Chu Hui beside him softly, "What is White Tiger Tongyi?"

Liu Tai expressed his aversion to people who use allusions at every turn, especially those who don't even know the allusions themselves.

"Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty convened a Han family meeting to establish a unified standard for Confucianism. The contents of the meeting were recorded by Ban Gu. The meeting was held in the White Tiger Palace, so it was called the "White Tiger Tongyi"." Chu Hui quickly stood aside. Explain to Liu Tai.

"It's not good to compare me to Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty." Liu Tai's face looked hypocritical, but he looked more and more pleased with Kong Yi. He felt that he was indeed a descendant of the Kong family, and he should make good arrangements for him!
"Emperor Han Zhang was not directly involved at that time. It was Wei Ying who asked questions on behalf of Emperor Han Zhang, so you did not overstep your bounds!"

After all, Chu Hui was more or less aware of his lord's little thoughts, so he decided to expose them quickly.

"Ahem, that's it!" Liu Tai looked at Kong Yi and felt that this kid had no sense.

But with a somewhat leisurely smile on his face, he turned to look at Xun Chuo and said, "I'll leave it to you to record today's events!"

"Follow the order!" Xun Chuo was very excited when he heard this. Ban Gu could write the "White Tiger General Discussion", and today he can also write today's meeting. For a while, Xun Chuo was also excited, and even the pen in his hand trembled. Shake!
Liu Tai faced everyone again at this moment and said formally: "I don't dare to compare with the White Tiger Council. To me, it was the aristocratic family that betrayed the Han Dynasty. Even if the White Tiger Council is held again, will the family betray me again?"

Hearing this, all the aristocratic families present were in an uproar, and they were all extremely angry.

Obviously, he didn't expect that Liu Tai's opening remarks were like this. This was tantamount to offending all the aristocratic families present!
Pingyuan Hua stood up and said, "If the Duke has no intention of cooperating, we will leave as soon as possible. Why do you need to be so bloody?

Every word of today has been recorded in the record. Do you think that you have a strong army and we will just sit there and wait for death? "

When Liu Tai heard this, he looked calm and said, "At the end of the Han Dynasty, the cultivated land was 1000 million acres, and the population at the end of the Han Dynasty was more than 700 million households. If each household had an average of [-] acres of farmland, they would naturally be in peace, and there would be no Yellow Turban Uprising. Things.

But the problem is that your aristocratic family occupies as little as ten thousand hectares and as many as one county. How can you have even half of the land for the people of the world?

In contrast, the foreign relatives are causing trouble in the court, and Shi Chang is serving in the court. Only your family is named Junwang, but in reality they are county thieves, occupying the local people's land and plundering the people's living space. If the country has no people, the family and the country will perish.

Therefore, aristocratic families were the cause of cholera in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The rise of the Eastern Han Dynasty was due to aristocratic families, and the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty was also due to aristocratic families! "

The expressions of everyone present could not help but change drastically. They could only feel that they were sweating profusely and their backs were getting cold, and their eyes were looking around.

Because they were frightened by Liu Tai's thorough analysis, but they felt that Liu Tai would call out the swordsman at this time and hack all the heads of the aristocratic families present to death, completely destroying the three states of You, Qing and Ji. The family was completely wiped out.

"Brother..." Lu Chen looked at Wen Qiao beside him, and he keenly felt the tension present.

Wen Qiao patted Lu Chen on the shoulder and whispered, "Jun Gong Liu would not risk the disapproval of the world like this!"

To be honest, Wen Qiao didn't expect that at the beginning of the meeting, Liu Tai believed that the family was responsible for the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

This made the atmosphere between the two parties so tense. Normally, shouldn't they accept the aristocratic family? !
Even Xun Chuo, who was recording this incident, was sweating profusely after recording the last sentence Liu Tai said.

Liu Tai looked at the scene and continued to say calmly, "This matter is not something you and I can debate clearly.

Because language can deceive, but mathematics cannot. You only need to calculate how much money and food a family of five needs to survive.

We only need to count how much cultivated land the Han Dynasty has and how much cultivated land your family has occupied, multiplied by how many families there are in each county. Although the county ranking of this family is biased, the gap is not far away.
Then subtract the cultivated land you invaded from the cultivated land in the world, and how much cultivated land is left in the hands of the people.

Not to mention that the people need to use this amount of cultivated land to pay taxes to support the court and you.

Why would I say that the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the death of aristocratic families were not precisely because the way of human beings was insufficient but had more than enough, and eventually perished!
If you don’t believe my conclusion, go back and calculate it yourself, because mathematics will not lie, especially if you calculate it yourself. "

Liu Tai looked around at the crowd and continued: "Today, I am not arguing with you about the process, because there is no point in arguing.

I summon you today just to tell you that although the Eastern Han Dynasty perished because of you, this makes me hate the family very much.

But I have communicated with talented people such as Chu Hui, Yang Man, and Xun Chuo, and I have to admit that the family has talented people, so I am willing to cooperate with the family.

Any family under my rule must abide by my two red lines. "

The aristocratic family present really didn't expect Liu Tai's words to be so straightforward. He really dared to say anything.

But they also knew very well that Liu Tai had determined that their family was the culprit that led to the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Based on this, Liu Tai not only did not directly send out swordsmen to kill himself and others, but chose to cooperate with him and others.

For a moment, he couldn't help but have the bastard thought that Liu Taizhen was kind, and someone couldn't help wiping his sweat to calm himself down.

Mrs. Yan looked around but saw no one came out, so she took the lead and said, "I wonder which two are the Duke's?"

"The first is land, and the second is knowledge. Maybe it can be said to be your family knowledge!" Liu Tai looked at the crowd and said.

After hearing this, the aristocratic families present began to discuss one after another.

If they say that land is what they have expected, but their family education, isn't this asking them for their lifeblood?
"Don't push too far, Duke. Land is a tangible thing. Under the thousand-field tax, we will naturally try to control it to a thousand acres of land.

But every word of the family knowledge we have inherited is passed down from our ancestors. Do you want to force us to give it to you? ! "

Yan could no longer hold back and argued loudly with Liu Tai.

For the aristocratic family, Liu Tai's daring to touch their lives was enough to drive them to death, but now he actually wanted to touch their family education, which was really unbearable!

When Liu Tai heard Yan's roar, his expression was more or less calm, but he said with a little calmness,
"It seems that the head of the Yan family has agreed to the restrictions on the family's land. Let's pass this first and let's continue discussing knowledge!"

"How could I agree!" The head of the Yan family did not expect that Liu Tai would grab his hand after just one word.

"My lord, please tell me what you think!" Kong Yi stood up at this moment and looked at Liu Tai seriously. “As for land restrictions, the Qianda tax is already being implemented.

All in all, aristocratic families also have to pay taxes, and even if the land under their individual names exceeds a thousand acres, they will be collected cumulatively.

At least until now, I think this is enough to restrict the family.

After all, even though it is not the way of heaven to serve more than enough, it is the way of humanity. I can't let others fail to do so! Liu Tai said seriously as he looked at the aristocratic families present.

After hearing Liu Tai's words, the aristocratic families present breathed a sigh of relief.

For them, it is just a question of whether to earn more or less. At least they can accept the payment of this money.

"I am not interested in your family knowledge, but I hope that the knowledge inherited by your family can be shared with poor families, no, with all the common people of the Han Dynasty. I want everyone to have books to read and everyone to have wisdom!" Liu Taizhen said.

Of course, Liu Tai did not give them any more thought and continued, "I will build a public school.

The first subject is history, which records the history of China, and the second subject is mathematics, because only mathematics is true in the world!

Therefore, these two subjects are necessary subjects in this public school.

I am not capable of other subjects. I hope you can enter the school to talk about your own theories, the theory of hundreds of schools of thought, and inclusiveness and annexation.

I come to you not to expropriate your family heritage, but to hope that you can share the knowledge of hundreds of schools of thought and pass on the Han culture. "

After Liu Tai finished speaking, he looked at them quietly, with a bit of calmness in his expression.

"The Duke made it easy, but this school has been passed down from generation to generation by my ancestors, how can I share it so easily!" Someone said.

Liu Tai said calmly, "I know your concerns. In this school, I will build a library, and all the books in it will be handed over to the students and teachers there for copying.

And if you have books in your hands that are not available in the Library Pavilion, the Library Pavilion allows you to exchange one for three.

You select three volumes of books that your family does not own in exchange for them. "

"Can one book be exchanged for three?!" After hearing Liu Tai's words, everyone's expressions couldn't help but change.

"Yes!" Liu Tai nodded and said, "Today's world is undergoing changes that have not happened in a century, and I also want to unite you all.

But the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty made me suspicious of the family, not you.

So now I draw two red lines for all aristocratic families. If they want to be used by me, their land and knowledge must be limited.

And land is subject to the thousand field tax, and knowledge is sent by a gentleman to teach in the university I established.

At the same time, establish a private school in your hometown to enlighten the people's wisdom. Of course, I am not interested in going to your township to inspect. You believe that education is all.

But what I must say is that in the university established in Guanggu City, in addition to the two main subjects, other subjects including Confucianism need to have enough students. If a subject has less than three students for three consecutive years, then This subject will be expelled from the school! "

When Liu Tai said this, he paused and continued, "So, those families who are willing to accept my conditions can stay, and those who are not willing to stay, just leave!"

When everyone heard Liu Tai's words, their expressions were somewhat solemn, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

Liu Tai smiled slightly when he saw this scene, then looked at Xun Chuo and said, "Yanshu, please stop writing for now."

When everyone heard Liu Tai's words, their expressions couldn't help but straighten up. It was obvious that what happened next would not be recorded in the annals of history.

Liu Tai decisively turned around, faced the wall, and said loudly, "Next, I will count to one hundred. If the family cannot bear these two bottom lines, they can choose to leave.

Anyway, this is my first meeting with you today, and I don’t even know who you are.

So leave when I turn around, and historians will not record your names, one, two, three..."

The faces of all the aristocratic families became extremely anxious as they listened to Liu Tai start counting each word one by one.

Although Liu Tai said he wouldn't care, everyone knew that as long as the family stayed, they would definitely be compensated.

In this world, seeing the family leader around you being compensated is really more heartbreaking than being harmed yourself.

And as Liu Tai spat out the numbers one by one, he reached the number fifty before he knew it.

Obviously, the aristocratic families present had to make a decision. If they didn't make a decision, wouldn't they agree with Liu Tai?

So soon, the wealthy family could no longer bear the atmosphere, gritted their teeth and chose to leave.

The head of the Fan Yang Lu family just wanted to stand up. Lu Chen quickly stood up, grabbed the head of the Fan Yang Lu family, and said,
"Uncle! Now the world is in chaos, but Duke Liu is the only one who protects one side with his strength. If we lose our protection, how will our Fanyang Lu family survive?"

This is not a choice between land and knowledge at all, but a choice between family survival and destruction! "

The head of the Fan Yang Lu family didn't expect that Lu Chen would show up. He couldn't help but was startled, but immediately couldn't help but smile bitterly. His Fan Yang Lu family's name was already called out, so how could he have a chance to leave!

He sat down with a wry smile and looked at his nephew again. He didn't know whether he did it on purpose or accidentally.

But at this time, the heads of all the families suddenly woke up. They must know that this is a troubled time, not a peaceful and prosperous time.

What we are talking about now is not principles but soldiers and horses. As long as the Sima clan has soldiers and horses in hand, it is a society where even the emperor dares to kill in the street.

I really lost my mind before I chose to leave. Liu Tai seemed reasonable, but the question was, was he really a reasonable person?
Suddenly everyone looked at Lu Chen with a bit of gratitude.

They finally figured out why they and others came to hold this meeting with Liu Tai.

It's not because Liu Tai's force can protect himself and others, but of course it can also destroy his family.

Liu Tai gave himself a choice, but the question is who knows the other side of this choice, whether it is destruction! ?
As for Liu Tai's promise, after Sima Yi swore to Luoshui, which family would dare to put their family's life on someone else's promise!
Liu Tai's, but it doesn't work either!

(End of this chapter)