Chapter 685

The stars are hidden and the sun rises.

Chang'an City has ushered in a new day. The people of Chang'an city are running for life as usual, day after day, day after day.

However, for Merton, life changed a little more because he had a disciple to teach.

In the study of Mo mansion, the master and apprentice sat opposite each other.

"Master, do you think Taoists can use astronomical telescopes?" Wu Meiniang shook her horsetail behind her head and said curiously.

Merton smiled without answering. Instead, he told a story: "it is said that cats have nine lives, and it is difficult to die. Even if they fall from a high building, why do they still land safely, but they will eventually die of their own curiosity."

Wu Mei Niang frowned and said, "you said that Taoism would eventually be like a cat. She couldn't help her curiosity and use a telescope!"

"No!" Merton shook his head and said, "being a teacher means that if you don't stop your curiosity, you will kill you one day!"

Wu Meiniang and Hao Ran spit out their own tongue and quickly sat down in a serious manner, making a clever appearance.

Merton took out a Book of Mojing and said, "Mojing is a must read of Mohism. Have you ever read it and understand the truth."

Wu Mei Niang shook her head and said honestly, "I don't understand before I have time to read."

She just worshipped Merton as a teacher yesterday. She didn't have time to read the Mojing.

Merton waved his big hand and said, "since you don't understand anything, how can I teach you! You can come to me after reading the Mojing!"

"Ah!"

Wu Meiniang was shocked when she heard the speech and left the study with a wronged face.

"I didn't expect that the great Mohist family should teach disciples like this. I'm still an eye opener!" at the moment, a familiar voice came from outside the study, and Li Shimin pushed the door and entered.

"Your Majesty, your majesty, why are you free to come to my humble house today?" Merton bowed quickly.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "if I don't come today, how can I hear such a wonderful lecture."

Merton said with a wry smile, "let your majesty laugh."

Li Shimin's eyes turned and said, "I'm very curious. If Wu answered that he knew the Mojing, how would you teach?"

Merton smiled and said, "since you know everything, what else to teach! Naturally, you don't have to teach any more."

"Master cheeky!" Wu Meiniang's voice of shame and anger came from outside the study.

"Ha ha ha! It's worthy of the Mohist family. Even the disciples are so unique!" Li Shimin laughed at the speech. He didn't expect that Merton would even pit his disciples.

Li Shimin stretched out his hand and Wu Meiniang hurriedly came in and knelt down in the tunnel: "Meiniang, see your majesty!"

Li Shimin nodded and said in a pitiful voice, "I already know about you. I have ordered to reprimand the martial brothers. If you want to return to Yingguo government, I promise no one will dare to embarrass your mother and daughter."

Although Li Shimin only ordered to reprimand the Wu family brothers, the matter has been heard by heaven. The Wu family brothers' official career has been ruined and they can only live in Yingguo government all their life.

Wu Meiniang's eyes lit up when she heard the speech and bowed down again: "thank you for your justice. However, since Mei Niang has left the Wu mansion, she will not go back. Besides, Mei Niang has worshipped the master as a teacher, so she naturally needs to learn Mohism well."

Li Shimin looked at Wu Meiniang in surprise and said, "why, there's nothing left for a master like Merton. If I were you, I wouldn't have studied."

Merton's face turned black when he heard the speech, and he couldn't help touching his nose in embarrassment.

Wu Meiniang said positively, "although the master teased the disciples, what he said is not unreasonable. The master is busy. Naturally, he can't teach the disciples all day and learn to read the Mojing. Naturally, it's not hard for the master to do it himself. As for reading the Mojing, it's just the disciples' nonsense. The Mojing is broad and profound, especially what the disciples can read just after reading."

Hearing the speech, Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said, "sure enough, there is the posture of a thousand mile horse. I'll test you again. I have a horse named lion. It's also a thousand mile horse. It's fat and willful. No one in the whole horse guard can tame it. If you tame the horse, what should you do?"

Morton's heart moved. He didn't expect Li Shimin to ask this question. He couldn't help looking at Wu Meiniang kneeling on the ground curiously.

Wu Mei Niang thought, her eyes turned and said proudly, "if it's a little woman, it only needs three things!"

"Oh!" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows and looked at Wu Meiniang in surprise.

"The first is the iron whip, the second is the iron stick, and the third is the dagger. If the lion doesn't listen to tame, he can beat it with an iron whip. If he doesn't tame it, he can beat him on the head with an iron stick. If he doesn't accept it, the horse is wild and difficult to tame. It's useless. It's just a waste of forage to keep it. Just cut his throat with a dagger and kill meat." Wu Meiniang's Ying Mei raised her eyebrow and snapped.

Li Shimin accidentally glanced at Wu Meiniang, turned to Merton and said, "ink sacrifice, this is your disciple. Why don't you evaluate the answer."

Merton sighed, stepped forward and bowed, "I know my sin!"

Wu Meiniang was quite complacent when she suddenly saw the master bowing down to plead guilty and looked puzzled.

Li Shimin looked at Merton with a smile and said, "I've never heard of boasting about others as a thousand mile horse, but I've never heard of boasting about being a thousand mile horse."

"Ah!" Wu Meiniang suddenly realized, and her face turned red with shame. The emperor said that the Qianlima lion was not a horse. It was clear that her master was not obedient.

Merton immediately smiled bitterly. He had just cheated his apprentice once, but he didn't expect to be cheated back in the twinkling of an eye. At this time, their teachers and apprentices were even.

"Forget it, you are not the only one who is disobedient in this world!" Li Shimin said with a faint interest.

Merton waved, and Wu Meiniang immediately backed down as if granted amnesty. Only Merton and Li Shimin were left in the whole study.

"Your Majesty is a heavenly Khan, all over the world. Who dares not to respect your Majesty's orders?" Merton quickly flattered.

"If everyone obeys the law and discipline, how could hundreds of people loot property, sneak into the prison and kill people, the business war continues, and the prices in Chang'an become volatile under my eyes." Li Shimin said angrily.

Merton was sweating. He had already received the news that Liu Zhang Fang had committed suicide in prison. He didn't expect the Luoyang aristocratic family to act so vicious.

"I'm just forced to defend! Please forgive me, your majesty. Liu Zhangfang's death has nothing to do with Wei Chen." Merton argued helplessly.

Li Shimin said coldly, "of course it has nothing to do with you. Otherwise, do you think you can still stand and talk to me? I'll ask you the same question again. If you have a rebellious lion, how will you tame it?"

Merton took a deep breath and said, "the boy thinks the first two moves of the bad man's plan are very correct. If you don't accept it, just fight."

"It's still hard to tame? Is it still a waste of forage?" Li Shimin wondered.

Merton said solemnly, "look at the boy, although the lion is difficult to tame, it is not useless. After all, the lion is a thousand mile horse. If it is used for breeding, within three years, your majesty can get a batch of young horses. Although its offspring are not as good as the thousand mile horse, they are also good breeds. If they are tamed a little, they are also a rare number of good horses."

"Descendants? In detail," Li Shimin frowned.

Merton took a deep breath: "Your Majesty's worry is just the family gate. He controls the court, controls a large amount of land and controls the economic lifeline of the Tang Dynasty. Some aristocratic families have been inherited for thousands of years and have a grand reputation. Even if your majesty wants to move him, you should think twice, and your majesty is kind and does not move the sword far away."

Li Shimin solemnly nodded. Now Datang has defeated Turks and Tuyuhun one after another, and foreign aggression has been eliminated. His eyes began to focus on the unstable factors in Datang and the aristocratic family.

When Li Tang set up the army, these aristocratic family door valves were the greatest help of Li Tang. However, after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, these door valves became blood sucking insects of the Tang Dynasty and kept attached to the Tang Dynasty to suck blood. Could it be that Li Shimin could not see it. In particular, the business war in the Mojia village made Li Shimin see the ugly face of the aristocratic family.

Mojia village is the first village in the world that he personally sealed. However, the world's door valves are still desperate for interests. All kinds of means are exhausted. If Merton is not superior, Mojia village will surely become a laughing stock now.

"I have another plan to completely solve the problem of aristocratic family. It depends on your Majesty's determination." Merton suddenly raised his head.

Li Shimin glanced at Merton, raised his eyebrows and said, "how can you excite him? Come on! Where does the plan come from?"

Merton solemnly said, "without him, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has a plan!"

"The old plan of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty?" Li Shimin thought deeply.

Merton said excitedly: "When the Western Han Dynasty was established, in order to avoid repeating the lessons of the subjugation of the Qin Dynasty, the emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty decided to adopt the method of state enfeoffment and the coexistence of prefectures and counties, which led to the chaos of the seven countries later. At the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the state enfeoffment was even more out of tune. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty not only wanted to eliminate the great enfeoffment, but also did not want to repeat the mistakes of the chaos of the seven countries. Therefore, he adopted the suggestions of his father Yan and implemented the order of mercy It was because the power of enfeoffment in the Western Han Dynasty became smaller and smaller, so it was no longer able to threaten the imperial court until the descendants of all countries were the same as the people, and the Great Han had no danger of enfeoffment! "

"Push the favor order!" Li Shimin's eyes suddenly brightened. He vaguely understood Merton's meaning.

Merton sneered: "the current aristocratic family is very similar to the countries of the Western Han Dynasty. Most of the titles and property in the family are inherited by the eldest son, so that the power of the family is becoming more and more powerful."

Li Shimin nodded. This is the biggest disadvantage of the direct eldest son inheritance system.

"Nowadays, the imperial examination system is implemented in the imperial court, and the talented people are selected as officials. The printing technology is promoted. The poor children's literacy is doubled. Over time, the poor children will certainly denounce the imperial court. Among the people and aristocratic family leaders, there are many wives and concubines in groups and many children. If you follow the order of mercy, you will make a decree to divide the family property equally between the father and the children. In this way, the aristocratic family will be one It's divided into ten, ten hundred... But for several generations, the family of the door valve has disappeared, and everyone is also dead! "Merton said excitedly.

"Second push! Everyone share the family property!" Li Shimin was excited and couldn't help himself. His heart suddenly opened up, and the heart disease that had been bothering him suddenly healed without medicine.

"Take bad people for example. The Duke died early. Bad people are unmarried. Shouldn't they share a share of their family property as a dowry?" Merton said solemnly.

Li Shimin nodded solemnly.

"It's said that the aristocratic family leaders are polygamous concubines. They are all weak women and have no survival skills. Shouldn't they share a share of the family property to ensure a carefree life? How miserable it is for some unborn concubines to be directly driven out of the family and even exiled in the brothel. Shouldn't they get a compensation?" Merton pitifully pity humanity.

Li Shimin nodded deeply. If he continued to divide like this, it would not be enough to have thousands of family wealth. Moreover, once he pushed the favor twice, he would certainly get countless support. If anyone opposed it, there would be no peace at home in the future. After all, he had more partial houses and common sons in addition to the main house.

Li Shimin looked at Merton with lingering fear and said, "I'm afraid it's their biggest mistake to offend you."

Merton is really a catfish with sharp teeth and sharp mouth. This bite is too painful.

Once the second push is made, the aristocratic family will split abruptly in a few generations. Even if there is a fish that has escaped the net, it is also very few, which does not pose any threat to the imperial power at all.