Time is coming to the end of April.

During this period, Li Shimin finally decided to issue a pass certificate to Xuanzang and agreed to his journey west to seek the Dharma.

Xuanzang actively made preparations.

Although he has not adapted to the height that Luo Taisui has set for him, there is enough time for him to think about it in the long journey.

Regarding Empress Changsun’s condition, the Zhen Quan and Zhen Liyan brothers have already had preliminary treatment plans.

However, because Empress Changsun is still in pregnancy, it is not convenient to apply acupuncture and medication.

Fortunately, the qi is severe and the conditioning is due to conditioning, so there is no need to rush for a moment.

The Zhen brothers took this opportunity to study the other contents of "Bian Que's Heart Book" more in-depth.

At the end of this month, the most eye-catching thing is a war without gunpowder on the red list.

Since the Wang family in Taiyuan broke the tacit understanding between the five surnames and seven sects and donated 200,000 stones of grain, they have donated in various forms many times in succession.

It means that the Duke of the Shan Kingdom, who is the top leader, will not give up.

At this time, the imperial court reiterated the ranking rules for revising the aristocratic list and the hundreds of family surnames, which was to use "charity" as the main measurement principle.

This hypocritical and flexible word once again came into people's sight and caused widespread discussion.

The popularity is no different.

Many grain merchants who were bewitched by others and tried to get along with the court, facing the declining grain prices, finally thought of using economic losses to exchange for policy preferential treatment.

How to operate?

Of course, part of the food is donated in exchange for "charity" value.

In order to reduce tax exemptions and obtain various benefits such as exemption from the imperial examination and exemption from the preliminary examination.

The boat is small and it’s easy to turn around.

These small merchants turn very quickly in the wind.

On the contrary, the five surnames and seven sects except the Wang family in Taiyuan have much slower reactions.

However, the foundation is still there.

Although they took action late, they were beyond the reach of other landlords and gentry.

First of all, the one million stones of grain from the Boling Cui family appeared at the top of the red list.

The Duke of Shanguo was squeezed down and ranked second temporarily.

But it's only one day.

The other five families followed suit, and the top spot was released after the sing and I was frequently replaced.

One million stones...

One million and two million stones...

One million and a half million stones...

One million and eight hundred thousand stones...

One million and nine hundred thousand stones...

When the food price is low to a certain level, it will be meaningless to a large family like the five surnames and seven sects.

More importantly, after the failure of trying to use food to strangle the lifeline of the court in this natural disaster, the situation took a sharp turn, which means that their restraining power over the court has continued to weaken.

The court has also begun to weaken their influence.

Although the effect is not obvious for the time being.

But killing people with a blunt knife is even more cruel.

If these traditional aristocratic families do not change, decline will be inevitable.

And I can only watch and can do nothing.

Therefore, "charity" has become their only life-saving straw.

Even if this was the bait thrown by the court, they had to open their mouths and swallow it down.

Doing so not only restored the reputation that was lost among the people, but also delayed the actions of the court, and bought valuable time for himself.

As for what to do in the future, I can only do it slowly.

"Fanyang Lu family, donated two million stones of grain!"

With a singing voice, the top list was refreshed again, and Fanyang Lu's family reached the top.

The following name changes accordingly.

"Look! I once said that this list will become a battlefield for the competition between the great families of aristocratic families, how about it?"

"You guy said it!"

"Haha, it's really wonderful!"

"These aristocratic families were reluctant to sell their food before, but now they are rushing to donate it to the court, and the court will use it to provide disaster relief... They really fart when they take off their pants, and they do nothing more!"

"Isn't this the court's response?"

"When the imperial court raised the price of grain before, we all blamed His Majesty for wrongly!"

"Your Majesty did this to make these aristocratic families who disregard the lives of the people and then release their blood!"

"Your Majesty is indeed wise and kind!"

"Your Majesty is certainly wise, but I still feel unhappy when I see these aristocratic families showing off their power on this red list."

"Yes, but what can we do? A lean camel is bigger than a horse. What a noble family is a noble family!"

"I wish someone could do these unscrupulous families!"

"Uh... it seems like I'm going to change the ranking again."

"Well, I look familiar with this guard. I can climb high and low, so I can do it smoothly."

"I don't know who it is this time."

"Who is it? Isn't it one of the five surnames and seven sects?"

"Other aristocratic families always lack foundation."

"Ah... nothing to say."

"Um?"

"how?"

"It seems wrong."

At this time, a brand new list was posted to the top of the red list.

Someone below sang: "The Duke of Shanguo's Mansion donated 2.56 million stones of grain!"

Buzz...

It exploded off the stage.
Chapter completed!