"Hey, ask you a question."

The two of them drank tea in the vestibule for a while, and Luo Taisui suddenly spoke.

"explain."

Li Lizhi has not been called "Hey", and it feels a bit new.

"Are you from the Li family in Longxi?" Luo Taisui asked bluntly.

This little girl is so concerned about national affairs that even though she doesn't care much about the other party's identity, he still notices some clues.

Li Lizhi turned her eyes to Luo Taisui, and nodded slowly and said, "That's right."

Then he added: "It's just a side branch. Even if we want to regard ourselves as the Li clan of Longxi, the real Li clan of Longxi will not agree with it."

"These famous families are more respectful than the top. When my son is also surnamed Li today, isn't he still rejected by the Li family in Longxi?"

Luo Taisui never thought that this little girl who ran to his mansion all day was Princess Changle of the Tang Dynasty. She comforted her and said, "By the way, your family is also in the grain business?"

"That's right." Li Lizhi did not deny it.

No wonder.

The short-selling price war in the grain is the interests of these grain merchants, no wonder she cares so much.

"Are you worried about the decline in grain prices?" Luo Taisui grinned and said, "Don't worry, the court wouldn't think of my solution."

After all, the historical short-selling price war will only occur hundreds of years later.

Li Lizhi curled her lips.

The court knows it.

The Ministry of Revenue has already started to arrange the arrangements, and the father is now in a difficult situation.

"It doesn't matter how high the grain price is. If necessary, my Li family can open a warehouse to release grain. The most important thing is not to let the people starve." From her perspective, this is indeed the case.

Luo Taisui was so proud that he gave a thumbs up.

Conscientious businessman!

"This is a good deed. The court should encourage more and even arrange some incentive measures, such as giving families that are beneficial to the country and the people the opportunity to go directly to the imperial examination, or to affirm their reputation...

This way, the rich can do good deeds and gain real benefits. Why not do it?"

The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were very strict and not everyone could participate.

Like Pei Xingjian, it was through the merits of his ancestors that he became a Hongwensheng and then obtained the qualification to participate in the imperial examination.

"This is a good way." Li Lizhi pondered for a moment, "but it seems to be not attractive to famous families like the five surnames and seven sects."

"In fact, it's not the case." Luo Taisui shook his head and said: "The five surnames and seven sects can disdain the imperial examination, but they cannot ignore fame.

Because fame is their foundation.

In fact, in terms of power and financial resources, who can compare to today's son?

But even so, today I still need to manage the local area through the five surnames and seven sects.

Why?

Because the five surnames and seven sects have a strong influence in the local area!”

Li Lizhi nodded slowly when she heard this.

Because of this, the ministers of the court were happy to make friends with them, gift them with money, and were proud of marrying women from five surnames, which invisibly encouraged their arrogance.

Luo Taisui continued: "The influence of the five surnames and seven sects mainly comes from their ancestors. If you want to maintain your prosperity, you must continue to increase your reputation.

Since you know what they are asking for, you can dominate them on this point."

"You might as well talk about it in detail." Li Lizhi showed great interest in this topic.

"Simply put, it is to manipulate public opinion."

Luo Taisui talked: "We can take advantage of this disaster opportunity to use various reward measures to encourage ordinary gentry and wealthy families to donate food.

Then hype their good deeds.

To guide public opinion among the people, put pressure on the five surnames and seven sects, it means that small families donate generously, while famous families are indifferent to the sufferings of the people... The more unpleasant words, the better.

The five surnames and seven sects will definitely not watch their reputation be damaged. Once they can't calm down and join the ranks of donating food, it will be easy.

Next, we will focus on the comparison between the five surnames and seven sects. Who donates more and who donates less has become the standard for measuring their family reputation, and the court ranks them.

Who is the first family in the Tang Dynasty, who is the second family, who is the third family...

If you are unwilling to fall behind others, you must move forward bravely.

In short, the more people cherish their wings, the more likely they are to be controlled by public opinion.

As long as you are good at manipulating public opinion, you can make them do the actions you want just like manipulating puppets."

Later, Li Shimin did think of revising the list of aristocratic families and expelling some aristocratic families that did not match their names and derogatory words.

However, he just divided the aristocratic races into different levels, and his methods were quite gentle, but the effect was of course average.

Luo Taisui thinks it is better to rank directly, so that he can stimulate competitiveness.

The so-called two peaches kill three soldiers.

Once the relationship between the five surnames and seven sects changes from being united to supporting each other, can we still maintain the internal solidarity?

The answer is no.

The world is bustling with people, all comes from fame; the world is bustling with people, all comes from profit.

Who can take fame and fortune lightly?

Li Lizhi understood such a simple and easy-to-understand truth on the spot.

"Continue talking." She urged Luo Taisui.

Before Luo Taisui even had time to take a sip of tea, he continued: "A hundred schools of thought are better than one dominant. Therefore, more gentry members should be promoted, and at the same time, vigorously promote the imperial examination system to give children from poor families more opportunities, and then reduce the influence of the five surnames and seven sects."

"What else?" Li Lizhi continued to urge.

"There is also the prohibition of getting married in close relatives and the receipt of brides." Luo Taisui said without thinking.

"It is forbidden to get married in close relatives?" Li Lizhi's eyes lit up, "But the meaning of intermarriage within the five squads?"

"That's right." Luo Taisui had no idea what was going on in the other party's little head, and said to himself: "The five surnames and seven sects have been intermarried for a long time, and they are mostly related to blood.

Marriage from close relatives is somewhat unfavorable to offspring and will cause many birth defects.

From this point of view, we can ban the marriage and alienate the family."

"It's okay..." Li Lizhi fell into deep thought without warning.

emmm...

Luo Taisui finally realized at this time, why did he just talk about dealing with the five surnames and seven sects? What were they talking about at the beginning?

Why can't I remember it a little...

While he was brainstorming, he heard Li Lizhi say quietly: "Recently, I heard that when my son intends to marry Princess Changle to Changsun Wuji's son Changsun Chong, Empress Changsun is the sister of Changsun Wuji's father and mother, then they..."

"What?" Luo Taisui finally came to his senses and slapped the table with a palm, "Changle is mine, what is his Changsun Chong worthy of marrying Princess Changle?"

Li Lizhi looked at Luo Taisui who suddenly became irritable and fell into a daze.

I...when did I belong to you?

It's simply nonsense!

The next second, her pretty face instantly turned red.
Chapter completed!