"Hey, what my father-in-law said is too much!" Li Huaien drank a cup of tea and said with a smile: "In these troubled times, how can there be a long-lasting emperor? Zhou Xing met Hunan in just six years, and Guo Rong was only a generation hero.

In five years, will there be an immortal emperor or an immortal country in the world?"

"This emperor is extraordinary!" My father-in-law said calmly, raising his eyebrows, "The four families of Langzhou, but Wang Su of Lizhou, our Li family has not yet made a decision, and the other three families have already decided to send their direct descendants to serve as officials.

Datang."

"I came to your house this time. In addition to seeing my daughter, I also learned that I am accompanying the emperor today. I want to know what you think. After all, you are the governor of Langzhou!"

"Hunan has been conquered, Nanping is in sight, and we can still spy on Shu and the south of the Yangtze River. As long as we build up our navy diligently and keep up our military strength, and because the troops in the Central Plains are not suitable for the south, it is still possible for Li Tang to maintain control of the world for decades!"

Li Huaien's expression turned serious and his back straightened. He knew that this was deciding the future of his father-in-law, the Li family, and he had to be cautious about what he said. He and his father-in-law were already a family, and they would both suffer and prosper.

"Of course, although the current emperor is young, he is cautious, thoughtful, and has a good reputation. In the past few years, the secret recipe of gallbladder alone saved countless lives. Now he is the master of Hunan, abolishing miscellaneous taxes, favoring officials, and recruiting elite soldiers.

There are countless water-training masters who will forget Zhou’s kindness after the autumn harvest.”

"As long as we don't surrender half-heartedly, or even unify the south, confrontation between the north and the south is feasible."

"It doesn't look like the emperor died young..." The father-in-law nodded with satisfaction. He had always believed in his son-in-law's vision, otherwise he would not have married a high family and betrothed his beloved daughter to him.

, it really caused a lot of jokes at the time.

"This is destined by heaven, who could have predicted it? Guo Rong is not a figure who died young..." Li Huaien looked at the landscape words on the wall, shook his head and said.

"I heard that his policy of restricting Buddha made him disgusted and took away his life..."

"Absurd! It's unbelievable. The emperor's precious body, how can he take it lightly?"

When he came to Langzhou, it was inevitable to meet many officials. The information alone was not enough, and he needed to discuss them one by one in person. He planned to use some to go to Lingnan to test the waters, improve the civil affairs in Lingnan, and benefit the people.

How to show the power of the king? Reward and punish.

In one day, Li Jia met with more than a dozen county magistrates and governors of three states, deposed three, promoted five with generous rewards, refused to reward or punish, and praised four verbally. In a short time, these local snakes were

For decades, only the King of Chu finally saw the power of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, he still discovered a few talents.

For example, Jing Wei, the magistrate of Yuanling County in Chenzhou, although ugly in appearance, has extraordinary conversation. When encountering some civil affairs matters, he is not at all afraid, but talks eloquently. Li Jiaxing discussed with him for a long time, especially

It's about dealing with various barbarians, each of which has its own unique method.

Chenzhou, where Yuanling County is located, is the land of Wuxi. Xiongxi is full of Xiongxi and Youxi.

They are all here. According to later generations, there are about thirty-one ethnic groups. They have no skills and can't govern well.

If you really don’t know where it is, just say it bluntly, it’s Xiangxi.

In the land of several prefectures in western Hunan, those who can defend the county seat are already considered officials. If they can manage the barbarians, the word "can" is no longer enough to express it.

Li Jia has recorded such talents in his notebook and is ready to use them at any time.

In order to reflect his destiny, Li Jia visited a local Taoist temple and rewarded him with thousands of coins, reaffirming the bloodline of the descendants of Taishang Laozi, the ancestor of Li Tang.

Then he paid homage to Zhou Xingfeng's grave as his son-in-law. This was to show the officials and people of Hunan that he had inherited the legal status of Hunan.

Don't underestimate the importance of reasoning, especially in China, which is influenced by Confucianism. The most important thing is to represent justice and shame.

For example, Wu Sangui rebelled in the early Qing Dynasty and launched a campaign to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Although it was overwhelming, after his death, his elite soldiers were still there, but he was defeated and his people died. It was nothing more than his rudeness in sending troops.

Wu Sangui surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and personally killed Emperor Yongli. His reputation had long been ruined. When he was old, he still used the slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. How could it be justified? It was ridiculous.

Therefore, the loyal scholars did not want to see him, the loyal and Qing rebelled against him, and the centrists laughed at him. Therefore, as soon as Wu Sangui died, the army was defeated like a mountain.

Legal principles are not for the die-hard villains, but for the wavering centrists. After all, not everyone wants to fight or rebel. If you can give a reason to convince yourself, isn't it good to live a stable life?

Sure enough, these tactics had obvious results. When Yang Shifan, the military governor of Wuping Army, was away, the Shesheng Department conducted a survey on the people in Langzhou. Most people were neutral about Li Jia's entry into Hunan, and some were dissatisfied.

, after all, it harms the interests.

However, there are very few people who remember the Tang Dynasty. After all, historical years have passed and the glory of the Tang Dynasty has long passed.

It doesn't matter, as long as you don't rebel, you will be neutral. After a few summer harvests, you will return to your heart.

"Send people to go to the markets to publicize the glorious deeds of our Tang Dynasty. People like to talk about history, and focus on the prosperous and lively scenes——"

"Nuo——" Although Wu Qing didn't know much about this kind of ideological propaganda, he still had to obey the emperor's orders, even if he didn't understand.

What is “popular sentiment”?

Different dynasties have different explanations.

In the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the people's hearts were those of the aristocrats. As long as they subdued the aristocrats, it would be easy to rule the world.

In the Qin Dynasty, the people's hearts represented the beneficiaries of military merit and nobility, but they forgot about the survivors of the Six Kingdoms, so tyranny and tyranny continued one after another.

After the Han Dynasty, the representatives of the people's hearts were the aristocratic families. The upper class had no humble scholars, and the lower class had no nobles. The aristocratic families were always greedy and desperate to erode power, so they were overthrown and eliminated.

After the Tang Dynasty, with the gradual rise of the imperial examination system and the implementation of the land equalization system, the small and medium-sized landlord class became the center of rule and the representative of public opinion.

Therefore, after appeasing the officials and the common people, Li Jia was also ready to comfort the "people's hearts", the hearts of the aristocratic families, that is, the big landowners.

The Huangchao Rebellion was not without its benefits. It wiped out all the declining aristocratic families, which was its main contribution to later generations of dynasties. Coupled with the chaos of the five generations of warlords, the aristocratic families completely disappeared, so there were only big aristocratic families and no aristocratic families.

Family.

In the era when imperial power did not go to the countryside, state and county officials would join forces with aristocratic families to rule the people, whether it was corvées or taxes. Without the cooperation of local wealthy families, the county magistrate would be a puppet.

Of course, it would be different if there were soldiers.
Chapter completed!