Thousand-year-old family: its rise began with Shang Yang’s reforms

Chapter 499: Celebration
The tenth year of Zhenguan.

spring.

When the warm spring sun shone on the land of the Tang Dynasty, the officials of the Tang Dynasty's land office had returned to Chang'an City from all over the world, and they brought good news.

The reform of the land system was quite effective. More than 80% of the land in the world had been measured and registered - and they brought back a lot of money.

Some of this money was used by the powerful to redeem their land, and some was secretly given to them by some powerful people.

All in all, the amount of money is quite shocking.

This can be seen from the recent words of Fang Xuanling, the new person in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, who cannot close his mouth. Fang Xuanling is very excited and says the more the better.

At least the Tang Dynasty's treasury was filled and had a considerable amount of "inventory" compared to the beginning.

It can even support the emperor in taking some military actions.

This is all thanks to the reform of the land system.

When these officials returned to Chang'an one by one, Gao Shilian and his people were also waiting. They wanted to see what kind of "knife" Li Shimin would choose to slaughter them in the end.

At this time, they have already recognized the current situation and know that their status and power are not worth mentioning to the emperor and Chen family.
Anger, sadness, sighs.

Of course, when some people are sad, there will definitely be another group of people who are excited and happy. For example, the emerging families headed by the Wang and Xie families on the surface. Because these families have successfully taken sides before, they still have a place on the ship of the new era.

They can continue on this one ship.

Chen Ruohan sat in the yard and sighed. He looked at the memorial in his hand and felt a little regretful for some reason, but this regret gradually disappeared with the sound of footsteps behind him.

Chen Zhan stood behind Chen Ruohan and laughed softly. He looked at Chen Ruohan and said, "I know you have always wanted to make a thorough reform, but Ruohan, this is not something that can be done overnight."

"Kyoto University has just been established, and its science is just getting on the right track."

"We haven't even successfully summarized the principles and laws of all things in the universe into a new discipline. It is impossible for us to carry out a thorough reform."

Chen Ruohan nodded slightly. He knew this as well, he just felt a little regretful.

But Chen Zhan's next words made Chen Ruohan a little stunned.

Chen Zhan spoke slowly and firmly, "But we still have things we can do now."

He picked up the memorial on the table and said softly, "Whatever you cannot do, leave it to me, to your father."

"The dying memorial of the King of Zheng State, the head of the Chen family, and the old minister of four dynasties."

"How many people in this world can stop it? How many people dare to stop it?"

“Death is the greatest thing!”

Listening to Chen Zhan's words, Chen Ruohan was a little confused. The next moment he looked at Chen Zhan and said, "Father, could it be you?"

Chen Zhan said calmly: "Your father has experienced Emperor Wansui, Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Dade, and now Your Majesty, five emperors and four dynasties, and he is now more than a hundred years old."

"Among the ancient saints and wise men, apart from the 'Ancestor Heavenly Master' from the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Dayu Dynasty, who else has lived longer than me?"

He chuckled, "Human power is limited. Being able to live and see the completion of Chen's century-long plan is already a great honor and reward for me."

The spring breeze fell, but Chen Ruohan always felt a little autumnal sadness.

Autumn always laments parting.

The pain of parting.

In the eleventh year of Zhenguan, with the completion of the land system reform, the elderly official once again set out on the road to Taiji Hall. This time he did not stop, and then slowly spoke about the reform of the new land system.

This time, he proposed to take over the land of the Nine Provinces and return it to the Tang Dynasty. The common people and the rich and powerful can only have the right to use it, but cannot dispose of it at will. But if the country wants to use the land, it also needs to pay money to the people who are expropriated.

Such a system is a huge improvement, but it is also a huge harm to the powerful.

Originally, even if Chen Zhan had proposed such words, those aristocratic families would have refuted it openly or secretly - although it would have to be implemented in the end, there would definitely be some obstacles.

but
Just one day after the system was proposed, when the ministers had just prepared their "arguments" to delay the reform for a while to give their families some extra preparations.
The King of Zhenguo, who was attending court the day before, passed away.

Yes.

Passed away.

Li Shimin was devastated when he heard the news. He couldn't imagine that such a pillar of the country had passed away.
Even crazier than him were the noble families who had intended to refute the "reform" system.
"Forcing the King of the Town to Death"

"The King of Zhengzhou will die with regrets"

Who in this world dares to take responsibility for these words?
Don’t even mention who dares to take responsibility.

I just want to ask, who in the world would dare to be tainted by even a tiny bit of these words? Not much, just one ten-thousandth of them, who would dare?
No one dares.

so.
The land reform system proposed by King Zhenguo can only run smoothly.

At this time, Chen Ruohan, the eldest son of King Zhenguo and the heir to the title of King Zhenguo, who had automatically resigned from the titles of Crown Prince of Zhenguo and King An, stood up.

He said he had another idea.

A. better idea.

An idea that everyone can accept.

The eleventh year of Zhenguan.

On a quiet and ordinary day in summer, a group of powerful officials gathered in the Taiji Hall of the Tang Dynasty. Any one of these people was the top controller of the Tang Dynasty.

If they stamped their feet, the entire Tang Dynasty would shake three times - even the whole world would shake three times.

This group of people was later listed as the most unpopular people by all countries in the world, led by Li Shimin, Chen Ruohan, Chen Linan and Li Jing.

When literary writers in many countries in later generations were creating works, they all used Li Shimin as the template for the biggest villain - one country even used him as a template to write a very terrifying "world-destroying devil."

Chen Linan, Chen Ruohan and Li Jing are the three biggest lackeys of this devil.

The eleventh year of Zhenguan.

On that ordinary afternoon.

This group of people raised the golden cups in their hands, and even Gao Shilian showed a rare smile on his face.

They toasted and drank.

Seems to be cheering something.

Everyone was happy.

Everyone was satisfied.

But things in the world cannot be like this.

So according to common sense, there is a group of people who should be unhappy.

(End of this chapter)