Chapter 371 Desire

Chen Mansion.

After listening to the reports of several waiters, Chen Tieniu looked ugly.

More and more shops have stopped supplying them, and several shops at home will soon be unable to open.

Of course he could see that this was an obvious target.

After he reduced the land rent for tenants and raised the wages of servants and clerks, several businessmen who usually cooperated with him began to deliberately target him and the Chen family's business.

This made his thoughts waver.

Should we help more people live a good life within our limited capabilities, or should we protect ourselves wisely, bow to those people, and just like them, only care about making money for ourselves and not care about the lives of others?

At this time, a servant suddenly came to report: "Master, Shopkeepers Zhao, Shopkeepers Xu, Shopkeepers Huang and Shopkeepers Zhang are here, saying they want to see the Master."

Chen Tieniu's face turned dark. Are these guys here to show off their power?

If he didn't see them, wouldn't it mean that he was afraid? He said with a sullen face: "Let them in."

Soon, four figures walked into the hall from outside. The leader showed a smile on his face, walked forward quickly, held Chen Tieniu's hand, and said: "Old Chen, I'm really sorry for these recent things. It's us. You are crazy, you must forgive us..."

The other three people also spoke one after another.

"You are right, how much money you make is enough. People say that good things help the world. We should do something for the people."

"It's you, Old Chen, who woke up early. In this regard, we are not as good as you."

"What happened before was because we didn't do well. You adults don't care about the faults of others. Don't argue with us. From now on, we will do it together..."

…

Chen Tieniu was stunned when he heard this. Did these guys deliberately say sarcastic things to make him angry?

However, looking at the sincere expressions on their faces, it seems that they are not being sarcastic.

This made him not know what to say.

When Chen Qi returned to Chen Mansion, he saw this picture.

My father had a lively chat with several businessmen who had been targeting the Chen family in recent days. They didn't look like enemies at all, but rather like close friends. From their words, I could tell that not only would they no longer target the Chen family, but they would intensify the conflict. The cooperation of the Chen family.

In addition, they seem to be planning to follow the example of the Chen family and reduce rents and raise wages for tenants and servants...

Chen Qi froze on the spot for a while.

He and his father have been practicing his teacher's teachings. If you are poor, you can be alone, and if you are successful, you can help the world. They use the power of the Chen family to help more people get rich, but they have been attacked and targeted by these people.

In desperation, he had to ask his husband for help.

Whether the Chen family's business will be affected is not what he cares about most. What he cares about is that after the Chen family collapses, many people will lose their livelihood.

The husband not only agreed to help him, but also taught him six arts for a while.

Unexpectedly, by the time he returned home, the matter had been resolved.

The gentleman is indeed very powerful.

Seeing Chen Qi, a shopkeeper came over and said with a smile: "Chen Qi, you must be a good official with the world in mind, upright and honest, and make good use of your talents to let the people of Daxia live a good life... …”

Chen Qi could only nod in agreement.

But he was still curious as to why these profiteers, who only had money in their eyes, suddenly changed their tempers and became so enlightened. Could it be that they were threatened by the Mirror Division?

The only possibility he could think of was this...

…

Ningxinyuan.

study.

Li Nuo threw a piece of paper full of words into the heater.

"Huang Tianyue suddenly realized that he was too harsh on the tenants. They worked from dawn to dusk and could only barely feed themselves. Thinking about it, he suddenly felt despair and understood Chen Tieniu..."

"After Zhang Yuandong thought deeply, he thought that he would never be able to spend all his money in a few lifetimes, and there were still countless people suffering in the world, so he couldn't help but have the heart to help the world..."

"Xu Yunlang..."

"Zhao Dongcheng..."

He had just received news that after Chen Tieniu, there were four more businessmen in Chang'an who greatly reduced the land rent of their tenants, returned their servants' deeds to their families, and increased the wages of shop assistants several times.

Li Nuo has many ways to do this.

He could send people to threaten him. With the power of the Li family, they would not dare to refuse, but they would definitely be dissatisfied.

He can also use vertical and horizontal techniques to influence their thoughts, just like he did with Chen Tieniu, but he needs to create opportunities to communicate and contact them face-to-face. If he does it too obviously, it will inevitably arouse suspicion.

Only the calligrapher's method can make it so silent that no one can think of it.

It is not without reason that a family with such powerful abilities has been buried in the long river of history, and even its authenticity has been questioned.

Just because politicians can subtly influence other people's thoughts, they are regarded as street rats and everyone avoids them.

The ability of a calligrapher is more terrifying than that of a strategist.

No one wants someone to be able to control other people's thoughts and determine other people's lives with just a pen.

Unless that person is themselves.

This ability has touched a certain taboo.

But currently, Li Nuo's calligraphy skills are not of much use.

Just by writing this page, the power has been exhausted, and it will take at least a day to recover.

Moreover, with his current strength, he can only use the power of the calligrapher on ordinary people. It is not essentially different from the Zongheng technique, but the implementation process is simpler.

Fortunately, after this incident, his Confucian cultivation has also increased perceptibly.

For hundreds of years, Confucianism has been the leader among other schools, with the largest number of practitioners. This is not only because Confucianism is respected by people, but also because their practice methods are not so harsh. No matter which school, they can echo Confucianism.

Especially with the assistance of political strategists and calligraphers, Confucian practice has advantages that others do not have.

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In the last two months of the thirty-fifth year of the Great Xia Zhisheng, good news came one after another for the people near Gyeonggi.

At first, several wealthy businessmen in Chang'an announced that they would reduce or exempt land rents for tenants and increase wages for clerks, which won unanimous praise from the people.

Soon after, the Ministry of Household Affairs convened dozens of top wealthy businessmen in Chang'an to discuss matters.

People don’t know what the court discussed with these businessmen, but soon after the meeting, the court issued a law.

Every household and major shop in Chang'an must pay long-term workers and clerks no less than two taels of silver every month. Any violation will be fined ten times the amount of silver.

This law will be tried out in Gyeonggi Province first and then implemented nationwide.

While the people at the bottom were cheering and a group of businessmen and owners were waiting and watching, dozens of the largest wealthy businessmen in Chang'an immediately announced that they would lead by example, actively respond to the court's call, pay attention to the poor people, and contribute their own strength to the prosperity and stability of the country...

These big businessmen in Chang'an have quite a lot of backers behind them.

Even they have to obey the court laws obediently, and others naturally have no room to resist.

In addition, the imperial court's tax laws also underwent more in-depth reforms.

Starting from next year, the court will exempt families with an annual income of less than twenty taels of silver from tax. If it exceeds twenty taels of silver, the higher the income, the higher the tax rate will be.

Similarly, people who own less land will have lower or even tax-free land taxes, while the more land they own, the greater the tax burden they need to bear.

The imperial court's move seemed to rob the rich and help the poor.

This is not the first time that the court has tried to do this, but it has always ended in failure. This time, there are fewer powerful people in the court who oppose it, and the wealthy families have also remained silent.

Just because these laws were promoted by Li Nuo, a member of Zhongshushe.

Although he only has a fourth-grade official rank, he is definitely a person that no one in the whole court dares to mess with.

Li Xuanjing, the Minister of Dali Temple, is his father, and Zuo Xiang, the head of the civil service, also obeys his advice, which makes him take both sides in the court. In addition, he also has Shang Fang's sword in his hand. Who dares to provoke him in such a large court? ?

In the last month before New Year's Eve, good news also came from Sinong Temple.

Through joint research with the Ministry of Industry, Sinong Temple has successfully doubled the yield of several major crops in Daxia, and has begun to cultivate seeds on a large scale to ensure that all Daxia crops can be grown within five years. The people of Xia are well fed.

Of course, not all is good news.

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The news coming from the border of Liang State is not optimistic.

Since the Emperor of Liang abdicated, the court of Liang has been completely controlled by Wei, and Liang has been completely reduced to a subsidiary of Wei.

In the past few months, Wei State has continued to increase its troops on the border of Liang State. Naturally, Daxia will not sit still and wait for death. It has also dispatched many troops to guard the southwest, and the number is still increasing.

People in several states in the southwest have smelled the smell of war and began to flee in advance...

The thirty-fifth year of the Holy Holy Day passed with mixed joys and sorrows among people.

With the first heavy snowfall in Chang'an, Daxia officially entered the thirty-sixth year of the Holy Spirit.

When the new year arrives, more and more people begin to realize one thing.

His Majesty changed his reign title in the year he ascended the throne, which means that he has been emperor for thirty-five years.

Daxia was founded for more than 300 years, and he was the longest reigning emperor.

Previous emperors would reign for up to thirty years before passing the throne to the new emperor.

As the emperors of the five great dynasties, although they have the highest status, supreme power, and powerful strength, they are also eroded by the national fate they bear. In order to protect themselves, they must pass on the throne.

His Majesty has been on the throne for thirty-five years, but he still has no intention of abdicating.

The strange thing is that his body has always been healthy and has not been affected by time at all.

At the just-concluded court meeting, His Majesty made a brief appearance.

Officials all over the world were shocked to find that His Majesty's appearance turned into that of a young man.

No one dares to question this, and no one dares to mention the death of a group of powerful people. How to deal with the possible war is the most important issue at this year's court meeting.

The strength of Wei State is stronger than that of Daxia.

If it was just to deal with Wei, Daxia would be a little reluctant, but if another country took advantage of the situation, Daxia would definitely be unable to bear it.

For this reason, as soon as the Great Meeting ended, the imperial court sent envoys familiar with Chu and Qi to the two countries to investigate the trends of the two countries at any time.

At the same time, the three provinces also summoned Zhao’s envoys immediately.

Although the two countries are the weakest among the five dynasties, if they are tightly united, even Chu and Wei cannot be underestimated.

Ningxinyuan.

The three siblings, Li Yan, Li Nian, and Li Zhi, who are only five months old, have obviously developed faster than ordinary children. They can already walk unsteadily, and can clearly call everyone in the family by name.

Li Nuo did not use the calligrapher's ability to deliberately promote their growth.

Whether he is a strategist or a calligrapher, except for his initial verification ability, he has no use for his family.

The expansion of strength often brings about the expansion of desires.

Whether it is a warrior or a philosopher, this is inevitable.

The special characteristics of the strategists and calligraphers allow them to satisfy various selfish desires in a simpler way, and the expansion of such desires is naturally stronger.

If they are not restricted, they are likely to sink into it.

Li Nuo has felt more than once that the power of the strategists and calligraphers will give him some unnecessary thoughts, but these thoughts to satisfy selfish desires will be suppressed by the great spirit.

"Daddy!"

A babyish voice came from his ears. Li Nuo just picked up Li Nian and saw Li Zhi staggeringly reaching out to him. Li Nuo held one in each hand and kissed them on their delicate little faces, and by the way, passed a stream of medical qi to their bodies.

The most important reason why the three little guys can have such a physique is that they often receive the baptism of medical qi.

Looking at their tender and cute little faces, Li Nuo couldn't help feeling a sense of urgency in his heart.

Fenghuang's initial worries are now gradually being confirmed.

Wei State has deployed troops on the border, and its intentions are unknown to everyone.

Chu State has an ambiguous attitude. In the name of suppressing bandits, it has also dispatched some troops to the south. Although there are three small countries between the two countries, if Chu State really wants to invade, the three small countries can be destroyed overnight.

Although Qi State has not made any unusual moves against Daxia, if it takes action to contain Zhao State, Daxia will be isolated and helpless, and will undoubtedly be defeated.

What will be the fate of a fallen country? The history books clearly record it.

During this period, although he has been working hard to practice, it is obviously not enough to cope with the future changes.

Li Nuo's eyes swept over Jiaren, An Ning, Yiren, and Fenghuang one by one, walked over slowly, handed Li Nian and Li Zhi to them, and then left Ningxin Garden.

Prince Chun's Mansion.

Li Yun looked at a stack of drawings on the table, and his eyelids couldn't help twitching.

Li Nuo said, "You study it first. If you don't have enough money, go to Fenghuang for it. I've already told her."

Li Yun reacted, looked at him, and asked, "Are you leaving Chang'an?"

Chang'an, on the street.

In front of a fortune-telling stall, there were very few customers.

Although most fortune-tellers are scammers, there are often curious people who want to try it. The business of the stall is not good, but it can still do a few business every day.

A newly married couple without children heard that they would have a child this year, so they happily rewarded the old man with a few tips and left happily.

Behind the fortune-telling stall, the girl was flipping through a comic book out of boredom. When she looked up, a smile immediately appeared on her face and she said, "Big brother, can I go to your house to see Li Zhi and Li Nian today?"

Dongfang Xuan looked at Li Nuo, counted with his fingers, his eyebrows moved slightly, then looked at his granddaughter and said, "Qing'er, I want you to stay at your big brother's house for a while, are you willing?"