Feng Quji's words could be said to have awakened someone from a dream.
At first, everyone was thinking about how to confront the Imperial Court's policies.
However, after Feng Quji's words…
Everyone woke up.
Just as Feng Quji said.
Why did he have to confront them head-on?
Since they could not stop the Ancestral Dragon from carrying out this strategy, they could not stop it.
Then he would have to take a roundabout approach.
While ensuring his own life, he also had to complete the task.
The nobles were enlightened and looked at Feng Quji with admiration.
"Prime minister is indeed the prime minister. Your words have enlightened us.”
"We know what to do."
"However, we still have a doubt. Can the Imperial Preceptor's seeds really produce three to four thousand catties per mu?”
"If we can grow so much, then no matter how much land we have, we won't be able to control those poor people.”
But as soon as he finished speaking, Feng Quji immediately said,"Even if his land can grow three to four thousand catties of grain, he will still be able to survive. It's still a good thing for us.”
"The land can't be used. If so much food grows, people can't finish it and can sell it.”
"Just because Great Qin doesn't lack food doesn't mean that other places don't.”
"Grain for horses, grain for salt, and other things. You have to eat and drink. Everything can be sold.”
Everyone was surprised after hearing that.
Then, the nobles left Feng Quji's mansion in high spirits.
Everyone got a satisfactory answer.
After they left Feng Quji's mansion, they started discussing on the way.
"Since the Prime Minister wants us to comply on the surface, then everyone must not act one way in front of others and act another behind their backs. We must work hard together.”
"Otherwise, if the Imperial Court defeats them one by one, they shouldn't come to discuss with us.”
"Look at what you're saying. The doctor told you not to worry. We'll definitely fight against a common enemy. Li Si is our enemy.”
"That's right, we have to follow the Right Prime Minister closely to have a good life.”
"We all understand, don't worry, Doctor Ling.”
Would the doctor be at ease?
He was not at ease at all.
These people might betray him one day.
Therefore, he was extremely careful.
After obtaining the Sword of Qin Emperor, Li Si led his men to survey the land the next day.
His first stop was aimed at the doctor who had made a fierce speech in the court.
The reason why Li Si first looked for this doctor was to kill a chicken to warn the monkey.
Let all the nobles know that you, Doctor Ling, don't get along with me in the court.
Then I'll make an example out of you in the imperial court.
I have the right to act first and report later.
If you don't cooperate, don't blame my sword for not recognizing you.
However, what surprised Li Si was…
He didn't expect this doctor to be so cooperative.
When Li Si went to his residence, he even sent out his servants.
He brought Li Si and the others to measure the land.
Li Si was filled with confusion.
However, he still brought people to measure the land of the doctor's family.
Soon, Li Si arrived at a land far away from the capital under the guidance of the doctor's servant.
On the way, he checked the surroundings as he walked.
He knew what was going on.
These people definitely wouldn't be so cooperative.
When he arrived at that piece of land.
He immediately noticed something strange.
If there was land for long-term crops, the ground should not be so hard.
Even if it wasn't the planting season yet, there should have been signs of early fertilisation and watering.
However, this piece of land was so hard that Li Si found it funny.
This doctor Ling had lived a luxurious life since he was young and had never done any farm work.
But Li Si was different.
Li Si had managed the warehouse before. He was a small official in charge of the warehouse, so how could he not know what farming was?
Therefore, he already had a plan in his heart.
Since you want to sit on the rafters and play such tricks in front of me, don't blame me for not giving you face.
However, Li Si did not show it immediately. He still went to measure their land with a smile.
After measuring, he found that the land in the suburbs was indeed large enough. More than 200 mu.
However, according to his salary as a doctor and the land that had been passed down from their ancestors, this should not be all.
However, the doctor already had a corresponding plan.
He brought Li Si to another place to measure.
In the same situation, these lands were unbelievably barren.
After Li Si finished measuring, Doctor Ling started complaining.
"Prime minister, you can see that although I oppose your policies in the court, I'm not afraid of you.”
"But I was the first to cooperate.”
"There are a total of more than 1,200 mu of land. It was passed down from our ancestors.”
"I'm willing to contribute to planting potatoes and sweet potatoes.”
"I hope that you can make good use of this land. After all, this land is not so easy to obtain.”
When she spoke, she also had a sorrowful feeling, as if she had really taken away an important treasure from him.
" What else can we say?" Li Si chuckled." Since the doctor ordered you to cooperate, what else can we say?"”
"Maybe I really wronged you before.”
"Since that's the case, we won't hold it against you for concealing the truth.”
"Although we found that there are many fertile lands in other places, we have to find a way to get rid of them.”
"I originally thought it was your doctor Ling's family, but it seems that it's not.”
The doctor was shocked.
What was that?
They also discovered other lands.
" After all, you've handed over all 1,200 acres of land," Li Si continued." In that case, the 2,000 acres of fertile land in the southeast will belong to the public.”
"And all the land under the heavens belongs to the king. Those lands without an owner naturally belong to His Majesty. What do you think?”
"I believe that you are not the kind of person who would dare to lie to His Majesty. After all, the crime of lying to the Emperor is to confiscate and exterminate the entire family.”
After Doctor Ling heard this, his face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
He did not expect Li Si to be so two-faced in front of him.
While accompanying him to measure the land.
On the other side, they sent another group of people to find the two thousand mu of fertile land in the southeast according to the inventory.
This was bad.
He immediately resisted.
"No, no, no. Those lands do belong to our family, but…"
Li Si smiled." Let the doctor take a look at our records!"”
The official who had been recording at the side took out the account book.
It was clearly written on it.
That 1,200 mu of barren land was all the land in Doctor Ling's family.
According to this principle, the two thousand mu of land in the southeast had nothing to do with Doctor Ling's family.
" Go!" Li Si shouted." Men, surround that piece of land. It belongs to His Majesty."”
The Panic of the Great Nobles
Li Si led more than 1,000 soldiers and began to survey the 2,000 acres of fertile land.
Since the doctor said that these lands were not theirs, then they would not be polite at all.
Doctor Ming was about to rush over to argue.
Before he could say anything, the butler of the doctor's family rushed over and said,"Master, what's going on? Didn't we already contribute a portion of the land?”
"Why are we still fenced off the land here?”
"It seems like we've all underestimated Li Si." Doctor Ling's face was livid.”
"On one hand, you're hypocritical to us, and on the other hand, you're secretly investigating!”
"Good, very good. Since Li Si dares to go against the entire aristocracy, we must definitely pay him back.”
Then, he walked up and said to Li Si through gritted teeth,""Li Si, even though you have the Sword of the King of Qin in your hand, do you dare to kill all the nobles?”
"After taking back our land, do you dare to give it to the commoners?”
"Do they dare to take it?"
"If they want it, believe it or not, they will return it without us doing anything.”
"When the time comes, don't blame us for counterattacking!”
"Everyone says that you should leave a line in your actions so that we can meet in the future. Do you want to fall out with me like this?”
Li Si laughed out loud. It seemed like these people were threatening him even more after their scheme failed.
If he was afraid of threats, he would not have braced himself to take on this burden.
"Doctor Ling, you can't say that. I'm going to measure the land."”
"You were the one who personally told me that the 1200 mu of barren land belonged to your residence.”
"You are all willing to hand it over. If I say that the land here belongs to you, then you will be committing the crime of deceiving the emperor.”
Doctor Ling gritted his teeth in anger." Li Si, you're playing word games with me? Fine, we'll see!"”
After saying that, he turned and left.
On the way, the butler still said to him,"Fortunately, we bought a lot of land in our hometown. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to explain.”
"When Grand Master passed away, he repeatedly instructed us to take good care of all the land.”
"Now that we've lost more than 3,000 mu, there are still a few thousand mu of land in our hometown.”
"Losing a few thousand acres of land is nothing. I won't be angry because of this. I just didn't expect Li Si to have the guts to go against the entire aristocracy.”Doctor Ling was also curious.
Li Si continued to target the nobles on Feng Quji's side.
These nobles were all connected. They took out a small portion of the land and claimed that this was all the land.
Then, Li Si did not stand on ceremony with them and directly circled the good land.
Since you said that a small portion of the land belongs to you, then the extra land belongs to the public.
If it's public, it belongs to His Majesty, so I can take it.
Therefore, he sent people to measure all the land and record it in the book.
He would let those nobles suffer in silence and shoot themselves in the foot.
After the first setback, the nobles immediately looked for Feng Quji.
"Senior Prime Minister, Senior Prime Minister, this is bad, that Li Si is serious!”
"And I don't know if this old fellow really doesn't understand or if he's pretending to not understand. He actually played word games with us. We lost in the first round, and we even lost a lot of land.”
"A few thousand mu. Senior Prime Minister, can you help us get this land back? After all, this idea came from you!”
Feng Quji almost spat out a mouthful of blood when he heard that.
Good heavens, you guys are really disgusting.
When you came to me for advice, you didn't even say a word of courtesy.
Now that you've been turned into this by Li Si, you're asking me for ideas. Am I your biological father?
Moreover, it seemed like it was his responsibility to help them get their land back.
Feng Quji looked at these nobles with disdain.
However, he had no choice but to make use of these people.
"Everyone, calm down, calm down!”
As soon as he said this, a general couldn't hold back his anger and stood out."Right Prime Minister, how can we have the time now?”
"Li Si's men are everywhere, taking in our lands.”
"We've already made an agreement with the big landowners below. As long as everyone obeys like us, we can keep the land.”
"But three days later, Li Si rushed over to measure the land and openly took it back into the hands of the imperial court.”
"Will those big landowners still support us?”
This sentence revealed the crux of the problem.
Feng Quji also felt that it was troublesome.
Hence, he had to face it squarely.
He walked around the hall again and again. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he spoke again.
"Things have already come to this, so we have to face it squarely. Li Si is serious this time. He has His Majesty's imperial sword, so we definitely can't fight him head-on.”
"Since the land has been taken back to the imperial court, they have obtained the land and promised the people that they would divide the land. We still have the same sentence-we agree on the surface but go against it.”
"We'll accept the emperor's decree for now and think of a way to distribute the resources.”
The doctor was in a hurry. After all, he was the first to suffer and was always thinking about how to take revenge on Li Si.
He immediately asked," Senior Prime Minister, don't keep us in suspense. We're all in the same boat. Just make it clear and let us stupid people understand. What do you want us to do?"”
"We'll do whatever you say.”
"Actually, it's not difficult to do it.”
"How could those poor commoners understand His Majesty's decree? Even if they were divided, these people would have to live under us for a long time.”
"If we say the word, won't these people obediently hand over the land?”
"It has already been recorded in the inventory, measured, and distributed.”
"It's just that in name, it's hanging on the heads of those poor people. In the dark, isn't the land still in our hands?”
"This way, even if the emperor knows, we won't refuse to cooperate.”
"Perhaps the people will be grateful for our kindness and will be willing to hand over these lands to us to manage.”
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