Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Changsun Wuji painstakingly uncovered so many cases of fraud in obtaining birth subsidies in order to intensify the conflict between Du He and those princes and aristocratic families.

While the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. He used these princes and aristocratic families to force His Majesty to get rid of Du He, the troublemaker.

When the time comes, he will activate Li Junxian's chess piece, and great things will be accomplished!

No one expected that Du He, the daring villain, would actually restrain himself from taking action this time. This abnormal behavior is really hard to understand.

"Could it be that Du He noticed that I had taken action?"

“But even if Du He knew that this was done by me, he would still have to deal with those princes and noble families!”

The more Changsun Wuji thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and his brows suddenly furrowed.

On the left side of the side hall.

Chu Suiliang suddenly said, "Duke Zhao, since Du He doesn't dare to confront those vassal kings, why don't we add fuel to the fire?"

Add fuel to the fire?

Zhang Sun Wuji raised his eyebrows and asked, "Chu Suiliang, what's your plan?"

The people sitting on both sides of the side hall all turned their eyes to Chu Suiliang.

Ever since they suffered losses repeatedly at the hands of Du He, their think tank Chu Suiliang became mute and rarely put forward his own ideas during meetings.

I didn't expect that he had been pretending to be dead for so long and now he finally started to make an effort.

A moment of silence.

Chu Suiliang said with a sinister expression, "Since Du He doesn't dare to punish those who embezzled the birth subsidies, then we should spread the news and get more princes and noble families involved!"

"When things get out of hand, Du He won't be able to ignore it!"

In addition to serving as the Minister of Revenue, Du He was also the Judicial Inspector. Both important positions were related to the issue of birth subsidies.

He just didn't believe that Du He could still pretend to be dead at that time?

Even if Du He wanted to pretend to be dead, the prince would not be able to sit still, right?

Yuwen Jie slammed the table and said excitedly, "Good idea!"

"Since Du He is a coward, let's make this fire even more intense and roast this Minister of Revenue Du He on the fire!"

Not to mention other princes and aristocratic families, even the members of the Yuwen clan were all eyeing this birth subsidy.

They even encouraged the family's tenants and followers to have more children, and the birth subsidy rewards they received would also belong to their Yuwen family.

Giving birth to a son would grant one 20 mu of permanent farmland, free loan of oxen and horses, and free access to the Zhenguan plow and grain seeds.

The power of this reward is even greater than that of making meritorious contributions.

Like those princes and aristocratic families in remote areas, they would think that the court could not find them, and then they would defraud birth subsidies on a large scale.

If 50% of the princes and aristocratic families got involved, would Du He and Li Chengqian still dare to take action?

What a joke!

Yu Zhining, Zhang Xuansu, Xie Yan and others all spoke up.

"Great idea!"

"As expected of top think tank Minister Chu!"

"If this plan goes well, we won't even need to do anything to remove Du He, the roadblock!"

"Let's have a feast to celebrate!"

This group of people had been suppressing their emotions for a long time, and now smiles finally appeared on their faces.

After listening to their words, Changsun Wuji also felt that the suggestion proposed by Chu Suiliang was very good. At that time, not only could Du He be eliminated, but the prince might also be dragged into the water.

After all, the regent now is Li Chengqian. If he punishes dozens of princes and hundreds of people from aristocratic families too harshly, who will agree to his ascension to the throne?

But if the imperial court does not dare to take action, more and more people will defraud birth subsidies in the future.

Although the treasury is rich and the Tang Dynasty has a lot of land, how long can it last?

If the imperial court canceled the national policy of birth subsidies, could the national policies of equalizing the land tax and population registration also be canceled amid huge protests?

After sorting it out.

Zhang Sun Wuji immediately came down and said, "Zhang Sunxun, prepare the banquet and bring some good wine!"

"I want to get drunk with all the ministers!"

It is said that things will work out in the end. After being suppressed by Du He for so long, they finally found a way to fight back!

...

While Changsun Wuji and his ministers were having a banquet, Du He was also telling the story of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to his wives and children.

Later in the story, Du He had forgotten the original plot. As he spoke, he did not follow the original novel's story, but began to modify the story of the Three Kingdoms.

The direction of the modified story is not very clear yet. Du He said that fantasy elements will be added later.

"Master Guan Er raised his Azure Dragon Crescent Blade and swung it at Lu Bu, the world's number one warrior. A blade a hundred feet long crossed the air and flew towards Lu Bu's face."

"Lü Bu simply stamped his feet lightly, and a shockwave dissipated the sword energy."

"If you want to know what happens next, let's listen to the explanation next time."

After Du He finished speaking, the wives and children pestered him again, asking him to talk for another half hour.

Especially the modified version of the story, they were fascinated by it.

Even Du Ping'an, who had just returned from studying with Li Shimin, brought a small stool and sat obediently in front of Du He to listen.

Du He smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll talk for another half an hour."

He took a few sips of water to moisten his throat, then continued, "Lü Bu unleashed his ultimate, unparalleled attack. He leaped into the void, transformed into a streak of light, and charged towards Guan Erye on the ground..."

Most of the hour passed in a flash.

Du He waved his hand and said, "It's getting late. You should go back and rest. Starting tomorrow, I will write three chapters for you every day."

He didn't expect that his wife and children were so interested in this kind of story that they even lost their appetite.

I now talk about dry mouth and tongue every day, but I forget everything after a good night's sleep.

It would be better to write it down, and once the printing workshop is built, this magical adaptation of the Three Kingdoms novel can be printed out.

The wives and children stood up with a look of reluctance, then bowed to Du He and left.

After everyone has left.

Du He handed a stack of rice paper to Li Yi and said, "Yier, here is an introduction to novel genres and how to write novels, as well as the planning and establishment of a printing workshop. Take a look at it when you have nothing to do during the day."

"If you encounter any questions you don't understand, I'll come back to explain them to you in the evening."

Li Yi held the stack of rice paper in both hands and responded happily.

...

The next day.

noon.

Du He put away the paper of the written novel and then walked towards the East Palace.

Mingde Hall.

Li Chengqian saw Du He walk in and immediately stepped down from the imperial platform and asked, "Du He, the Dali Temple has reported to you about the princes and aristocratic families embezzling birth subsidies. How do you plan to deal with this?"

His brows had been twitching wildly since yesterday afternoon, and he vaguely felt that something big was going to happen.

I didn’t expect that after the court meeting ended today, the Dali Temple would present such important news.

However, after learning about this, he still felt uneasy, as if someone was plotting against him.

Du He smiled and replied, "Your Highness, these people are just a mob, there is no need to worry about them."

"Wait until I've fed Yongzhou's 100,000-plus soldiers, dug out some more of these termites, and then I'll wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

Feed the Yongzhou soldiers?

What does this mean?

Should we give them silver?

Li Chengqian's bad premonition grew stronger and stronger. He asked in a low voice, "Du He, how do you plan to feed these palace soldiers?"