At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

"Lord Sikong is indeed worthy of being praised by His Majesty as a genius in the world. I really admire him."

"This method of risking one's life and then surviving, is probably only Lord Sikong in the world who can think of it." Shen He praised with admiration.

Li Shiji and Xu Qing fell silent at this time. They knew very well how big a chain reaction Ren Hao's reforms would bring about. Otherwise, Shen He would not have called it a desperate situation.

Compared with the support of the gentry and Confucian scholars, Ren Hao cares more about the support of Xu Qing and Li Shiji.

The support of the nobles and Confucian scholars only gave Ren Hao the best opportunity to deal with Zhao Ping'an in the court.

The geographical advantage comes from the Li and Wu families.

Although the Li family had no real power in the court, they were indeed the most powerful royal family besides the princes, and they owned a large amount of land.

The Xu family enjoys high prestige in the army, which is also the most crucial link.

The reform and implementation of the public land system will inevitably cause resistance from local princes and aristocratic families. If the Li and Xu families take the lead, local resistance will be reduced.

Even if there are still people who resist stubbornly, Xu Qing will have to lead his troops to conquer and annihilate them, and their land will be confiscated and become public land.

Ren Hao also hoped to get the support of the Li and Xu families, and there would be resistance from a large number of local princes and aristocratic families. Rather than letting the people go out to open up wasteland and wait for a year for the harvest, it would be better to defeat them directly, seize the land and distribute it to the people.

As for the local princes and aristocratic families who honestly accepted the public land system, they would remain as they were and be slowly eroded away in the future.

The public land system was also the beginning of equality and freedom.

"Do you support me or not?" Ren Hao asked bluntly.

"My Li family absolutely supports this. My Li family is willing to offer thousands of acres of fertile land as public land to show our determination." Li Shiji supported it without hesitation. After all, their Li family and the emperor were one and the same.

At this time, the pressure was on Xu Qing.

"I am willing to support your reform on behalf of the Xu family. Food and grass are the most important materials. If the public land system can eliminate the crisis of insufficient food and grass on the front line, my Xu family must strongly support the reform of Lord Sikong and firmly support Your Majesty." Xu Qing also directly set an example. In addition to his good relationship with Ren Hao, what are the generals who fight the war most afraid of? It is that the food and grass are in urgent need and they are tied up in the battle.

If there were sufficient food and grass, he would have led his troops to the territory of Northern Wei long ago. Why couldn't he occupy the city?

Moreover, his last sentence was a token of allegiance for the entire Xu family. They would never betray His Majesty at any time.

"Who's eavesdropping outside?"

Xu Qing suddenly noticed someone outside the door and immediately threw the wine glass on the table.

When the wine glass fell to the ground and shattered with a bang, the sound of it falling to the ground was also heard outside the door.

Several people went out together, only to see Qingzhu sitting on the ground, looking pitiful. It was obvious that she was frightened by the cup thrown by Xu Qing just now.

Seeing Ren Hao and the others coming out, Qingzhu reacted quickly and stood up to explain.

"Master, I calculated that the masters should soon... finish their wine, so I thought of sending some wine over."

"But...but I never thought that my steps were too light and the young marquis misunderstood me."

"I really didn't hear anything." Qingzhu explained tremblingly with a frightened look on her face.

"It's okay, just pack up and go down." Ren Hao waved his hand as if nothing happened, but he knew everything in his heart.

"Okay, sir." Qingzhu nodded, then squatted on the ground to pick up the broken wine jugs and wine glasses.

Ren Hao turned around and said to Xu Qing, "Brother Wu, you are too startled. This is not a military camp. Look how scared I am of the maidservants in the mansion."

"Miss Qingzhu, I'm really sorry. I'm too sensitive." Xu Qing apologized to Qingzhu embarrassedly, then squatted down to help Qingzhu clean up the mess on the ground.

"My lord, this kind of work is better done by us servants. How can we let you condescend to do it?" Qingzhu was flattered and immediately snatched the broken cup from Xu Qing's hand.

"It's okay, it's okay. I was at fault first. Miss Qingzhu, you don't have to worry about it." Xu Qing laughed, with the four words "first love" written all over his face.

Qingzhu's pitiful and frightened look as she sat on the ground just now immediately aroused Xu Qing's desire to protect her. In addition, Qingzhu was naturally beautiful, so Xu Qing's heart, which had not yet tasted the forbidden fruit, was immediately stirred.

"No, no, Young Marquis, please don't embarrass me." Qingzhu didn't dare to trouble Xu Qing to condescend to her, so she snatched the broken cup from Xu Qing's hand.

"oops."

But Qingzhu was careless and his index finger was cut by the broken cup.

Xu Qing immediately stepped forward, held Qingzhu's right hand, and took out the fine cloth on his body to bandage Qingzhu.

Qingzhu's face turned red at this time. After Xu Qing bandaged her, she ran away.

Looking at Qingzhu running away, Xu Qing stood there in a daze, unable to come to his senses.

Li Shiji said, "She's gone, why are you still standing there? If you really like Miss Qingzhu, just ask Lord Sikong to give it to you directly."

"Oh." Xu Qing came back to his senses, then shook his head and said, "No, no, I just had a sudden thought just now, but I definitely don't have such intentions."

"Now that the world is not under my control, how can I return home?" Xu Qing said encouragingly.

All three of them looked at Xu Qing with admiration.

Qingzhu, who was hiding far away, also secretly admired Xu Qing after hearing his inspiring words.

……

When a gray pigeon flew into Wen Yan's bedroom, she immediately stopped dressing and took off the small bamboo tube tied to the pigeon's feet.

The small note in the bamboo tube contained the content of the conversation between Ren Hao and the other three.

"What a great idea! How can I call home if I haven't returned home yet?" Wen Yan nodded in appreciation and tore up all the pieces of paper.

"Your Majesty, it's time for the morning court session." The old eunuch standing outside the door reminded.

"I understand." Wen Yan nodded, put on the crown that symbolized supremacy, and walked out of the bedroom to the Linde Hall.

However, the Linde Hall at this moment was not as lively as usual. In the past, the ministers from the noble families would joke and mock each other, but today it was unusually silent and depressing.

Faced with such a strange atmosphere, Zhao Ping'an, the prime minister, smelled something strange.

"Censor Chen, what's wrong with you today?"

"Don't you usually love to make jokes and flatter Ren Sikong? Why don't you say a word today?" Zhao Ping'an looked at Chen Yushi, then glanced at Xu Qing who was standing in for his father, and Ren Hao who was standing behind.

Ren Hao had a serious look on his face at this time, not acting playful or yawning as usual.

Even Li Shiji, who followed Ren Hao's lead, looked serious as did Shen He.