Brilliant, but at the beginning it was “fish”.
The Northern Wei was a Xianbei regime. Although it highly praised the Han family, its military power has always been firmly grasped in the hands of the Guanlong nobles, which evolved from the Xianbei nobles and the Guanlong nobles.
When the emperor needed a Shandong family, the Shandong family could participate in the government affairs; when the emperor did not like the Shandong family, for example, in the “National History Case”, more than 2,000 people were killed in the “National History Case”, and almost a generation of talents were killed.
The only things the Shandong families rely on are “dry bones in the tomb”, which are the county honours accumulated by their ancestors from generation to generation. The people spontaneously admire them, and the people and other powerful officials voluntarily gave them money to marry each other.
And most importantly, because they are the most knowledgeable people below today, and the “notes of scriptures” of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism are still tightly held in their hands.
The Shandong family knew that as long as they did not take the initiative to oppose the court, the court would have no choice but to do anything to them, and at least they could maintain their current status. Once they dared to oppose the court, the sword of the Xuanjia soldiers under Li Shimin was still sharp.
What is power? What is status?
In this world, it is not that you have the power of aristocratic families when you become a noble family, nor that you have the power of an emperor when you become an emperor.
The emperor, the strong soldiers and horses are strong.
Li Shimin cannot attack the aristocratic families on the surface because of their influence among the people and their own largest talent pool for governing the country.
The aristocratic families dare not disobey Li Shimin because Li Shimin had soldiers.
So Li Zhiyun checked their fields, they just shirked their responsibilities and refused to cooperate, or jointly committed perjury with officials, and did not dare to be too disrespectful to Li Zhiyun.
The person who sent people to assassinate Li Zhiyun was a local tycoon.
The influence of these powerful people is only in one county or even one village. They are not elegant at all, and their family members are unknown for generations. All their foundations are only in their hometowns. They build forts and raise private soldiers in the chaotic times, form an army in the name of brave men defending themselves, and collude with bandits to seize the land and houses of people.
When the world was in chaos, the more outstanding people among this group of people often joined the “rebel army” in various places and turned into generals, such as Xu Shiji in the Wagangzhai Rebel Army; the most outstanding people even became overlords, such as Xue Ju in the original history.
On the contrary, the noble families will react more cautiously, at most they will only ask their children to seek famous masters, and will not quickly place the whole family’s strength on the stage of competition.
The world is pacified, and the outstanding little powerful have joined the warm family of the Tang Dynasty. Xu Shiji and Xue Ju have transformed into new nobles in the Tang Dynasty. If ordinary little powerful powerful have not been annexed by other powerful people in troubled times, they can make a fortune and expand their family assets. When the new dynasty re-explored the land, they will “whitewash” the gray and black assets.
During the turbulent times of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, various situationsIt is difficult to build a stable grassroots power institution with continuous efforts. Even administrative divisions such as “county” sometimes have a great power vacuum, so they all need the support of “country talents”.
Based on the hundreds of years of experience of our ancestors, these little powerful men believed that the Tang Dynasty would also recognize the assets they plundered in troubled times. Who knew that there were troublemakers who complained that King Li Zhiyun of Chu really wanted to use the former Sui Dynasty household registration information to measure the land, and claimed that he would confiscate the excess land.
Li Zhiyun was originally targeting the aristocratic family. But re-measurement of land will not actually cause damage to the aristocratic family. The majority of their land was given by the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty or accumulated by the “Yongye Field” in previous dynasties.
However, the little powerful people who Li Zhiyun didn’t take it seriously were panicked. They lack political literacy and cannot see through Li Zhiyun’s intentions. They only know that Li Zhiyun wants to steal their land and punish them, and maybe exil their entire family.
Now that the chaotic times have just settled, many people are still unfair.
These little powerful men who have been thieves for several years and have just put down their butcher’s knife have thought that they are dead, so it is better to fight against the Tang Dynasty!
The glorious Great Sui Dynasty can be said to be destroyed, so what about the newly established Tang Dynasty?
It happened hundreds of years ago. There will be no more dynasty in this world that lasts for more than a hundred years!
So these little powerful men didn’t need to go through collusion and dig up their backyard weapons and turned them back!