Man Tanghong

Chapter 491 People Can't Be Driven by Money
Daxingtai on Shaanxi Road, that is Li Shimin's basic platform, it has already been built by Li Shimin like an iron bucket.

It was pure wishful thinking for Li Jiancheng to operate on it.

Not to mention that in Daxingtai, Eastern Shaanxi Province, there are a group of princes and county princes who have made great contributions to Li Tang. Even Yu Zhining, Han Liang and others are not easy for Li Jiancheng to deal with.

Li Jiancheng wanted to rely on Pei Ju to advise him, and the person who took down Daxingtai on Shandong Road was not a star.

It is impossible for Pei Ju alone to be the opponent of Yu Zhining and Han Liang.

Don't think that people like Yu Zhining and Han Liang are not as famous as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others in history, so you think that people like Yu Zhining are not as good as Fang Xuanling and others.

In fact, if there were to be a ranking, people like Yu Zhining might not be inferior to Fang Xuanling and the others.

People just don't like to argue, especially with internal people, they just like to do things silently.

Just because his current status under Li Shimin's command is higher than that of Fang Xuanling and others, it is enough to show that his ability is not bad, and he may not lose to Fang Xuanling and others.

People like Ren Gui, Ling Jing, Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu, etc. are not as famous in history as Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche. Can you say that their ability is not as good as Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche?

Ren Gui was one of Li Yuan's assistant ministers appointed by Li Jiancheng. Ling Jing served as the son of a country to sacrifice wine, and almost rewrote history. Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu were famous all over the world before Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche became famous. And was promoted to the rank of high noble.

Their abilities are definitely not inferior to Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche's. It's just that they didn't catch up with the good times and didn't enjoy the bonus of the Zhenguan Dynasty, so they are not as famous as Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche.

Therefore, a person with a great reputation must be capable, and a person with a low reputation, but who is above a person with a great reputation must also have something extraordinary.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng can't beat a group of people with Pei Ju alone.

As for Li Gang, you let him be positive, or teach and educate people, but you let him engage in conspiracy and tricks, he is not good at it.

Otherwise, when Li Jiancheng was in trouble, he wouldn't face Li Yuan directly and fight Li Yuan to the death.

If he is good at intrigue, he can completely detour, or divert the trouble to the east, which is far better than his deadly confrontation with Li Yuan.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng's aim at Daxingtai in Eastern Shaanxi Province is doomed to failure.

This is a bad move, not like Pei Ju's style, it is very likely that Li Jiancheng felt that he was doing it again and started to make his own decisions.

However, these have nothing to do with Prince Qi's mansion. Li Yuanji doesn't want to pay more attention directly to this topic, so Li Yuanji doesn't want to say anything more on this topic. After taking a sip of Ling Jing's tea, Li Yuanji changed the subject and stared at Ling Jing Jing said: "What's the situation with Yu Wenbao now?"

Ling Jing burst out laughing, and said: "Last night, His Royal Highness sent someone to quietly send those heads to Hangu Pass, and also sent a lot of money, and then was thrown away by Yuwen Hou. Come out, and pour a lot of filth on those money."

Li Yuanji also laughed, and scolded: "This idiot..."

If someone goes to bribe you, if you don't agree, just let him go, and humiliate him, isn't that a slap in the face.

How can people let it go.

"Go back and send someone to Hangu Pass and ask him to seal the gate of Hangu Pass and only open the small gate to avoid the limelight."

Although Yu Wenbao was very happy to do this, if Li Jiancheng retaliated, he would easily notice the layout of Qi Wangfu in Hangu Pass, so Li Yuanji thought it was better to avoid it.

Although being cowardly is a little bit cowardly, what we are talking about in this kind of matter is not to use emotions, but to win the king and lose the bandit.

So it doesn't matter if you pretend to be cowardly for a while, as long as you can stand up in the future.

Hearing this, Ling Jing said dumbfoundedly: "As for Yu Wenhou's temper, if you ask him to hide, he won't agree at all."

Li Yuanji said angrily: "Just tell him, don't forget the important task I entrusted to him. Although he is a little honest and straightforward, he knows the importance."

Ling Jing hesitated for a moment and said: "That's fine, I'll send someone to try it, if it doesn't work, don't blame me for not doing my job well."

Li Yuanji gave Ling Jing a blank look and said nothing, he believed that Yu Wenbao would not disobey his will, so he spoke, and Yu Wenbao would obey.

"By the way, there is someone who sent a message to the minister through his relationship, saying that he wants to see you."

Ling Jing said suddenly.

Li Yuanji asked suspiciously, "Who?"

Ling Jing said with a strange expression: "Li Zhongwen..."

Li Yuanji was stunned and said, "He hasn't been executed yet?"

Ling Jing said with a smile: "Originally he was going to be executed, but after the incident of His Royal Highness, it was temporarily put on hold. Now that the matter of His Royal Highness has been resolved, the matter of his execution is also on the agenda. Knowing how he got through the door of Dali Temple, he was willing to let the people of Dali Temple help him spread the word."

Logically speaking, for a rebellious felon like Li Zhongwen, no one is willing to help him spread the word in private, and no one dares to contact him in private.

Otherwise, it is easy to be labeled as an accomplice and executed together.

So in this case, he must have paid a huge price for letting the people of Dali Temple help him spread the word.

"Did he say what he wanted to see me for?"

Li Yuanji stared at Ling Jing and asked.

If Li Zhongwen spent a huge price just to see him, it would be a bit unreasonable.

So he guessed that there must be some kind of conspiracy.

Ling Jing smiled wryly and said: "He didn't say, he just said that if you don't go, you will regret it."

Li Yuanji laughed mockingly: "Is he playing hard to get?"

Ling Jing smiled wryly and did not speak.

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "Since he won't say anything, he's gone."

Ling Jing couldn't help but said: "Maybe he really has something important to tell you? Are you sure you don't see him?"

Li Yuanji said with a smile: "He has rebelled, and he has been found out. What big things can he do? It is nothing more than confessing some Turkic spies that he did not confess before, or giving me a sum of money he has hidden Money, let me help him protect his wife and children, what else can be done?"

Ling Jing thought for a while and said, "I think the latter may be the majority?"

Li Yuanji smiled and said, "But am I the kind of person who lacks money? Am I the kind of person who protects rebels for money?"

The fleet that came back from Jiaozhou had already arrived in Luoyang, and after having exhausted all the goods brought back from Jiaozhou and along the way, they set sail again after finishing up.

Although the benefits from the maiden voyage are limited, after filling the hole in the development of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, there is still some surplus.

After distributing the benefits, Qi Wangfu also received a large sum of money.

It can be expected that as the shipping from Luoyang to Jiaozhou becomes smoother and more goods are transported, the benefits obtained will increase exponentially.

At that time, Prince Qi's Mansion will get more money, so Li Yuanji doesn't care about getting some money from Li Zhongwen.

As for Li Zhongwen's extravagant methods during Weizeguan period, even if Jieli and Liang Shidu gave him a golden mountain, he would almost be in trouble for him, so even if Li Zhongwen hid money, he didn't have much money.

So it's not worth Li Yuanji's concern.

"No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat."

Ling Jing felt that the background of Prince Qi's Mansion was not as good as that of Prince Qin's Mansion and the East Palace, so he didn't want Li Yuanji to miss this opportunity to make money.

As for whether Li Zhongwen's request can be handled well or not, it doesn't matter at all.

As long as you get the money, it depends on your mood whether you can do it or not.

Although it is a bit shameless to do so, Li Zhongwen is going to die soon, and there is no way to care about it.

Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Ling Jing, Ling Jing didn't know who he learned from, but he became such a philistine, even greedy for the dead money in Li Zhongwen's hands.

Shameless enough.

In the eyes of the vast majority of Datang, money is something that is difficult to earn and accumulate.

But in Li Yuanji's eyes, these things are everywhere.

If he really cared about this thing, if he really wanted it, he didn't need to use his brain, he just waved his hand and let the people under him rob it.

All places other than Datang can be his looting grounds. He can rob whoever he wants, and he can rob him however he wants. No one dares to come out and bully him with all kinds of righteous words.

After all, he always walks sideways in Datang, and he can do whatever he wants outside of Datang.

So money is not important to him at all.

For Datang, it is actually not too important.

Because the reason why money can become money is because it has purchasing power. In the case of Datang with a population of just over 100 million households, all kinds of materials are the most valuable, but money is worthless.

If too much money comes out, not only will it not be of any benefit to Datang, but it will also cause Datang's prices to skyrocket.

This is a disaster for the people of Tang Dynasty who have just experienced the war.

It is precisely because of this that the water transport and sea transport that have been opened so far mainly transport food and 'luxury goods'.

The food is prepared for the people in Hebei Province and Dongnan Province who are still recovering from their vitality, and the "luxury goods" are prepared for the rich families in these two places.

This is also the reason why the boats returning from Jiaozhou stopped when they arrived in Luoyang.

Because most of the people on the land to the east of Luoyang have suffered several military disasters one after another, they no longer have the ability to buy "luxury goods", and they dare not have this extravagant hope, so "luxury goods" are destined not to flow into their hands , and is destined not to become a commodity to squeeze them.

On the contrary, most of the people on the land to the west of Luoyang, after recuperating in recent years and eating the dividends of the war, already have some family wealth. being squeezed.

Some small landlords who 'slave' their tenants, once they start to covet pleasure and better 'luxury goods', they will change their ways to squeeze the tenants.

Therefore, for the sake of the people at the lowest level, a large number of "luxury goods" are still not suitable for appearing in the west of Luoyang, or even Chang'an.

Some people may say that as long as the price of "luxury goods" is set high, so that the people at the bottom and those with a little extra money can't reach them, they won't be able to squeeze them.

Then, what Li Yuanji can say is...the wool comes from the sheep.

After better 'luxury goods' appear and replace the original 'luxury goods', then the original 'luxury goods' will flow into the hands of small clans and small dignitaries through the hands of the rich and powerful. However, the original "luxury goods" in the hands of small clans and small dignitaries will continue to flow down.

Then it flows down layer by layer, and finally makes the people at the bottom bear the price they shouldn't have to bear.

This is the pyramid of interests formed under the influence of the pyramid of power.

It is also a pyramid of exploitation.

As long as there are classes, as long as there are families, as long as there are people who can be superior to others, then this kind of pyramid will always exist.

As a high-ranking person, without changing the class, what can be done is to add many restrictions to this kind of pyramid, so that the wealth going up is slower and less, and the "luxury" going down is slower and less.

If we can let the wealth of the upper class flow down, and turn "luxury goods" into "cheap goods" that benefit the people at the bottom, then we should do more.

Although Li Yuanji never thought about using the knowledge brought over from later generations to achieve great things, nor did he think about using the knowledge brought over from later generations to become king and hegemony and change Datang according to his own thoughts.

But after he had seen the hard life of the people in the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't bear to ignore it. He didn't mind using his position and power to seek some benefits for the people.

(End of this chapter)