Chapter 863 Donating land and conferring farmland

Chapter 863 Donating land and conferring farmland

"Congratulations, Mr. Xi, for raising a good girl and marrying a good match!"

Li Tai, of course, also had to attend the wedding of the Quan and Xi families to congratulate. He first came to Xi Gu's house and smiled and congratulated the host when he saw him.

Xi Gu led a group of children and guests to respectfully welcome Li Tai into the hall, and also said with a smile on his face: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for coming to congratulate me, and thank you for creating this good world and teaching this good man, so that my family can conclude a good match!"

There were many guests at Xi Gu's house today, and Li Tai's arrival brought many personal soldiers and followers, which inevitably made his house more crowded. So Li Tai did not stay any longer. After congratulating, he exchanged a few words of greeting and went to Quan Xu's house again.

The Quan family's ancestral home is Tianshui, Longyou. They are not native to Xiangyang, so they naturally have few relatives and friends here. However, because the Taifu and all the comrades came forward to help arrange the wedding, it was also very grand and lively. When Li Tai arrived, the atmosphere was even more lively.

Because of the need to cooperate, the wedding preparations were quite urgent, so Quan Xu's relatives in the village did not have time to rush to Xiangyang. So Li Tai not only attended himself, but also brought his wife to this house, and he and his wife acted as Quan Xu's family to host this wedding.

After nightfall, the wedding procession returned and the wedding officially began. Most of the people who came here to congratulate were from the Taifu Yuancong who had followed Li Tai for many years. Among them, there were also people who were in a similar situation to Quan Xu, who were not young but still had not married. At this time, seeing that Quan Xu was going to marry a beautiful girl and that his father-in-law's family also gave him such a rich dowry and gifts, they were all full of envy for a while.

Li Tai sat at the table, and naturally he could see the changes in the minds of his disciples, but he just smiled and said nothing. Following his boss, how could his brothers be single all year round? Everyone doesn't have to worry. Similar things will happen one after another in the future, and everyone will have a share, and there will be no disappointment!

The marriage between the Quan and Xi families was very lively in Xiangyang City. In addition to the grand occasions of the two families, what people talked about more was that the dowry Xi Gu gave to his daughter was really generous and a little exaggerated. Not to mention the wealth in front of him, such as money and silk, the fields, gardens and villas alone almost gave more than half of the Xi family's business in Xiangyang for several generations.

This also caused a lot of discussion among the people in Xiangyang. Many people felt that even if they married off their daughters, there should be a limit. After all, daughters are outsiders when they marry off. There are so many men, women, old and young in the family who need to be supported and inherited. It is not easy to run a business. How can they be so abused!

However, there are also smart people who have sensed some unusual meanings from it and linked this matter with the capital declaration that the Taiwan government is vigorously promoting recently. If we evaluate Xi Gu's behavior of marrying off his daughter from this perspective, we can draw a different conclusion.

Although Xi Gu gave a large amount of capital to his daughter and son-in-law, he actually avoided the risk of capital declaration. These powerful families have settled in Xiangyang for generations. Who doesn't have hidden troops and assets that cannot be exposed on the surface?

If they are fully reported, the risk is too great. After all, these powerful families have read some history books, and they are not unfamiliar with Emperor Wu of Han's calculation and reporting of silk. What's more, not showing wealth is also the ancient wisdom of our ancestors.

Nowadays, transferring part of the property through the marriage of children will undoubtedly greatly alleviate the pressure brought by the government orders of the Taifu. And if you can find a Yuancong meritorious scholar under the command of the King of Taiyuan to form an alliance like Xi Gu, and transfer the assets to him in the form of dowry, it will undoubtedly be an additional layer of insurance!

After all, no matter how harsh and fierce the Taifu is, it is impossible to suppress the Yuancong meritorious scholars within it too harshly. Although the assets are transferred to the daughter and son-in-law's home, there is always a layer of kinship between them to take care of each other, and they can also take advantage of the rise of the Taifu. This is naturally a more clever workaround than being stingy and guarding wealth!

Although the masses gradually have such an awareness, few actually put it into practice.

After all, the current situation is still unclear, and although there are many Yuanconggongshi in the Taifu, most of them do not meet the standards of their southern marriage. Who wants to be ridiculed by the masses for marrying out of line in a moment of urgency? Most of the Yuanconggongshi in the Taifu are not well-known old surnames in the world. If they are relatives of the King of Taiyuan, it is almost the same.

But since Li Tai intends to find soft rice for his brothers, how can he let the scene cool down, so soon another big wave came up. Shortly after the marriage between the Quan and Xi families, Xi Gu was appointed as the governor of Xiangzhou by the Taifu, and directly obtained the honor of being the governor of the state!

As this appointment was announced, the enthusiasm of these powerful people in Xiangyang City was immediately ignited. It is true that their marriage in the Southern Dynasty respects family background and does not want to be criticized for marrying out of line, but the premise of all this is also based on the sharing of political resources.

But now is the time of dynasty change. They are a group of people who are at the mercy of others and are in danger of losing their country. What political resources can they share? Even if they huddle together for warmth, they have to hope that others will kill them to death before they have a chance to survive.

Of course, the Shannan Dao Daxingtai under the rule of King Taiyuan is not so cruel, but he is definitely not a good person. You must know that the Hedong Liu family, who was arrested by the whole family before, is still unknown whether he is alive or dead! Should we learn from Xi Gu's active embrace, or be like the Hedong Liu family, whose fate is uncertain? Of course, everyone knows how to choose.

The reason why the famous families can be passed down for a long time is because of tradition, persistence and integrity? It depends on flexibility and adaptability! No matter the change of dynasties and the rise and fall of family businesses, as long as I can keep my life and not leave the table, there will always be a chance to get an erection again!

After being guided to the right path, these Xiangyang powerful men no longer hesitated and began to look for their own goals.

At this time, in the city of Xiangyang, a copy of the awards and merit books of the Taifu government after the Battle of Jiangling was also circulated in due course. Now, the birthplace, place of origin, merit, official title and other factors of these Yuan Cong meritorious servicemen in the Taifu are basically listed clearly. This way, these wealthy people in Xiangyang can directly choose the person they like according to the picture, saving a lot of time to inquire and inquire about the details.

So in the next period of time, the entire Xiangyang City entered a period of high incidence of weddings. There were weddings almost every day, and sometimes there were several weddings every day.

Those unmarried Yuancong warriors from Taifu who were of the right age suddenly became popular. Each of them faced the encirclement and solicitation of Xiangyang's wealthy families. Not only were there young ladies to choose from, but also large areas of land and property were competing for them. It's so annoying that people can't even push it away. It's really distressing!

In addition to these Taifu clan members, other families who took the lead in marriage alliances also became the targets of Xiangyang's wealthy families. For example, Xi Gu, the newly appointed governor of Xiangzhou, had many relatives and friends who came to ask for marriage, and even his infant grandson had people vying for his hand. And according to the dowry prices offered by various families, if they can really get their children married, not only can the previous dowry be recovered, but they can also make money!

However, as Xi Gu was one of the officials who would be re-employed by the Tai government, Li Tai naturally would not let him fall into this gradually crazy atmosphere, and directly took him to the south of Jingshan Mountain to supervise the construction of the new city. At the same time, he also instructed his subordinates to spread the news through some channels. These powerful people completed the asset declaration and delivery first, but they could get limited options for properties around the new city!

Although he does not plan to actually move Xiangyang City, the previous confrontation between Jiangling and Xiangyang in Nanliang also caused large areas of land between them to be deserted and abandoned. Now if he wants to redevelop it, of course he also needs to build some functional cities as basic supporting facilities. facilities, so it also needs to enrich part of the population and divert part of the industry, so it is not a pure lie.

After these Xiangyang nobles married Yuancong of Taifu, they soon received goodwill feedback from Taifu, allowing them to recommend their children to Taifu as candidates, enter the Selecting Academy to learn the rules and regulations of official skills, and participate in the competition this autumn. After being selected by the Taiwan government, you can be awarded the official position of the Taiwan government.

This is of course one of the talent selection plans of the Tai government. After all, if the Tai government wants to establish its rule based on Xiangyang, it cannot completely ignore the influence of these powerful local families. It is also appropriate to selectively absorb some of them to join the Tai government. However, when it was brought up at this point, it seemed that the Tai government reciprocated the favor and knew the rules, so the wealthy Xiangyang families were also very pleased.

As time entered into May, the number of marriages in Xiangyang City gradually began to decline after reaching a peak. Most of the Yuancong governors under Li Tai had completed life-long events, and the rest were either already married in the countryside, or they also had their hearts set on something, so they didn't join in the fun.

When this situation is almost complete, the next operation will come immediately. Quan Xu and other generals jointly submitted a letter to the Taifu government, requesting that their respective properties be donated to the Taifu government, and imploring the Taifu government to distribute their land and property to a group of veterans who had been fighting for many years, so that they could also settle down and have assets to support them. its home.

The wealthy people in Xiangyang, who had just completed the transfer of their assets and were about to join the Taifu Tongxu, were shocked when they learned about this. However, it was useless for them to be shocked now, because after all, this was no longer their industry.

This is naturally the tacit understanding that Li Tai and the other generals have had for a long time. It’s not that all the generals are high-spirited, but that he and the generals in the Taifu know very well that Xiangyang is not their destination. There is still the whole world ahead, so there is really no need. I am too obsessed with this land and property in Xiangyang.

As a result, all the brothers had a hot meal, and the Taifu government also took advantage of this to gain control of thousands of hectares of fertile land and large swaths of mountain industry.

This number alone does not look too big, but it is the land industry in the suburbs of Xiangyang. It is of extraordinary significance. It can almost be said to be the assets that the powerful people in Xiangyang and other places have been running for many generations since the Hu Dynasty and the Di Rebellion. More than half.

With these land assets, the next step can be put on the agenda again. Li Tai then ordered Sima Zhao Gang of the Tai Prefecture to use these land assets as the basis to create a Hussar Prefecture along the periphery of Xiangyang, and allocate land to each of the prefecture soldiers according to their military merit. In this way, Xiangyang truly became the military and political center of the Taiwan government!

In the past, Li Tai did not grant land to the sergeants in Jiangling because he did not want the soldiers to be too scattered to avoid recruitment trouble. Now that a large area of ​​land is controlled around Xiangyang, of course it must be arranged for a group of loyal veterans, so that these veterans who have been fighting for a long time can have a family to rely on, and also make the core of their rule more stable and reliable.

After the Hussar Mansion surrounding Xiangyang is completed, it is estimated that it will be in the second half of the year. With the election in the autumn, Li Tai can issue a policy and ask the electors whether it is suitable to move Xiangyang to the city? What are the advantages and disadvantages of moving or not moving?

The answer is also obvious. Xiangyang's geographical advantages are too outstanding. If there is no trouble, there is really no need to move to the city.

When the time comes, Li Tai will not be able to disobey the public opinion and directly stop the Xiangyang relocation plan, then the resource adjustment and order reconstruction around Xiangyang will come to an end. The wealthy people in Xiangyang didn't have to complain, after all, it was up to them to decide whether to move or not.