Hong Wutian instantly understood Xiang Dongyang's plan, "It turns out that you, the old man, actually want to take control of the emperor and wait for the price! Are you not afraid of waiting for you to die of old age and you will not have the chance to show your full ambition?"

Xiang Dongyang said seriously: "Kong said that good birds choose trees to live in, and wise ministers choose masters to work. If the emperor does not value me, then I would rather never go to office."

Hong Wutian nodded slightly, "You are right, but I just watched it. The emperor seemed to have no intention of recruiting you! He asked you why the system of land distribution was difficult, and he asked you why the sparks of fire burned the prairie. If you say the thoughts in your heart, he would definitely ask you to become an official, but you, an old guy, are arrogant, but you don't say it. I think you are also a little angry when I see him!"

Xiang Dongyang said: "During the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Liu visited Zhuge three times during the cottage. I am not good at marching and fighting, but if I talk about governing the government and developing the local government, I think I am not inferior to Zhuge. If the young emperor has the heart of the people and does not get my answer this time, he will come again to inquire. If he doesn't come, it only means that he does not attach enough importance to the matter of dividing the land and the people. Even if I give him advice, what's the use?"

Hong Wutian chuckled, stopped answering, and said, "Play chess, play chess."

Then the two continued to play chess.

On this side, as soon as Zhao Dongting returned to his bedroom, he said to Li Yuanxiu: "Dadfather-in-law, prepare some exquisite fruit tomorrow and accompany me to my hometown."

Li Yuanxiu said in confusion: "Your Majesty, why are you going to his house?"

He always resented Hong Wutian and Xiang Dongyang's arrogance.

Think about it, whose house the emperor should not be treated with diligently?

But those two old guys only made a cup of tea and ignored it. Hong Wutian was even more disgusted. He didn't even kneel down, which was very rude.

Zhao Dongting knew Li Yuanxiu’s thoughts and whispered: “My father-in-law is doing what I said.”

When a person is still arrogant when he is old, he will definitely have extraordinary abilities. Zhao Dongting had a conclusion on this in his previous life.

Another day passed.

The next night, Zhao Dongting did not go to the roof to stare blankly, so he asked Li Yuanxiu to go to the roof to see it. When he learned that the light was on in Xiang Dongyang's house, he carried fruit and took Li Yuanxiu to Xiang Dongyang's home in casual clothes.

When knocking outside, Hong Wutian was still the one who opened the door.

Seeing that it was Zhao Dongting, Hong Wutian said in surprise: "Why is the emperor here again?"

Zhao Dongting smiled and said, "I am not sleepy yet in the palace. Come and see the two seniors."

After saying that, he personally walked into the door with the fruit and into the inner room.

Xiang Dongyang sat on the table and saw Zhao Dongting coming, his eyes flashed with joy, but it did not reveal it. He just bowed and said, "I have seen the emperor."

"Senior, no need to be polite."

Zhao Dongting put the fruit on the table and said, "I came here in a hurry last night and was rude. Today I brought some fruits and asked my senior to accept them."

Xiang Dongyang was not polite and immediately asked Hong Wutian to wash the fruits, saying, "Why is the emperor coming to the humble house again?"

Hong Wutian had no airs to eat, so he smiled and went out with the fruit.

Zhao Dongting said: "Last night, I heard from seniors that the matter of dividing land is feasible but difficult. I went back and thought until late at night, but I didn't think of any proper solution. I came here tonight to ask seniors, may I have any good ideas?"

Originally, in Zhao Dongting's imagination, a large army was overwhelming, and the land distribution system should not be too difficult. But the situation in the past two days told him that he was too underestimating the arrogance of the nobles and gentry of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Just two days after the land distribution order was issued, there were a series of gentry causing trouble. Some gathered servants and sat in the fields, preventing the minor officials from the Ministry of Agriculture from measuring the land, and even more, they even spoke harshly to the minor officials and stick to each other. Most of these gentry have something to do. The court did not send troops to dispatch, and the government actually restrained the left and right, and officials complained to the superiors. This made Zhao Dongting and Lu Xiufu very worried.

But those gentry did not do too much and sent troops to suppress them seemed too much.

Zhao Dongting said that asking for advice was not just a polite word, but that he really didn't have any good ideas in his heart.

Xiang Dongyang held his beard and smiled, "The emperor really wants to hear my unclear opinions?"

Zhao Dongting said: "I sincerely ask for advice, and I would like to ask for advice from seniors."

Xiang Dongyang asked again: "The emperor thought, why did the nobles of Leizhou Prefecture obstruct the division of land?"

Zhao Dongting replied: "I want to distribute the land in Leizhou equally to the people. Their fields are deprived and their interests are damaged, so they will naturally obstruct them."

"In my opinion, it's not just that."

Xiang Dongyang shook his head slightly, "Every family of these nobles is extremely wealthy and has many industries. He has lost some land, but the real benefits are not too great."

Zhao Dongting couldn't help but ponder and then said, "Since that's the case, I promised that the people would have tax cuts and exemptions to implement the policy of implementing the aristocrats, and the benefits of the nobles were less damaged. Why did they block them so violently?"

As he said that, he took out the tax reduction and exemption regulations submitted by Lu Xiufu to him from his sleeve and handed them to Xiang Dongyang.

Xiang Dongyang looked carefully, suddenly left the table and knelt down, sighing: "The emperor cares about the people, which is really a blessing for the people..."

Zhao Dongting hurriedly helped him up and said, "It's a pity that this land division is obstructing a lot. If you really want to implement it, I don't know when it will be obtained."

Xiang Dongyang knew Zhao Dongting's intention, and knew that he was tempting himself, and he didn't care. He bowed and said, "Emperor, in my opinion, the nobles were not really concerned about the land, but their face."

After reading Zhao Dongting's tax reduction and exemption policy, he concluded that Zhao Dongting was really thinking about the people's land distribution and did not intend to hide it anymore.

When Zhao Dongting heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, "Face?"

Xiang Dongyang said, "Yes. The people regard them as nobles because their families have good lands, which is the special kindness of the court to them. But if the court takes back their land, it will be like this kind of blessing. Apart from their wealth in their homes, they will have no similarities and similarities with ordinary people. At that time, the nobles are no longer nobles, so how can they accept the court to take back the land?"

When Zhao Dongting heard Xiang Dongyang say this, he felt suddenly enlightened.

Yes, I only thought about the interests of these nobles, but never thought about their face.

Didn’t the wealthy families in ancient times reflect the fact that they were large houses and the fertile land were reflected in the large number of fertile land?

Even if they have other ways to make money, they cannot reflect the identity of an extraordinary people.

For a moment, Zhao Dongting couldn't help but feel secret surprise. This trip was indeed not in vain.
Chapter completed!