A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 791 Li Jing's Choice
  imperial city,

Zuowei Yamen,

As soon as Li Dejiang, the lieutenant general of Zuo Wei's family, came back, a red-clothed official came to greet him and said, "The eldest son is here. Please wait in the public room."

Li Deyu knew that the eldest son was talking about his brother. Li Deyu, who had just been transferred to be a young prisoner, had nothing to look down on for this eldest brother who had no ambitions and no ability and liked to hang around. Even the two brothers In fact, the relationship is pretty good in private.

When he came to the room, Li Deyu was drinking tea by himself, reading the Beijing News in his hand, very leisurely.

"Brother has just arrived as general supervisor. He must be very busy. Why do you have time to come to my place?" Li Dejiao came in and asked with a smile.

Li Deyu has gained a lot of weight recently. Unlike those stout generals, he is simply obese. He is even more intolerant of heat in June. He was sweating profusely while sitting there. When his brother came back, he smiled and said, "You also know that brother, I Not the one who really does the work, just dawdling around,"

He smiled and said, "The generals and generals of the Twelve Guards Yamen are very busy, but you, the lieutenant general, are extremely busy. I have been here for a long time,"

"I'm really busy, what's the matter?"

If the generals and generals of the various guards do not take on other duties, they can only sit in the yamen and sit on the cold benches drinking tea and reading newspapers when they are not fighting. On the contrary, those generals and generals are actually in charge. Chang'an soldiers and horses.

There are twelve guards and four palaces in Nanya. Four of them do not control the soldiers.

Among the twelve guards, the ten guards except the left and right guards each have a Yifu. The Yifu in Yifu are the Yiwei selected from the descendants of nobles and senior officials, and they take turns to serve as the guard.

The left and right guards are more special. Each guard has one personal guard, two Xun guards and two Yi guards.

The second and third ranks of the Tang Dynasty supplemented the personal guards, and the seventh rank of the personal guards was the highest.

Those who can be by-elected as bodyguards are all children of top-ranking relatives and high-ranking officials.
  Li Dejiao, the lieutenant general of Zuowei's family, not only commanded the family under Zuowei, but also the foreign troops on the Zuowei's march to Beijing were also under his command in Chang'an.

Having elite soldiers is real power.

The twelve guards have twenty Zhonglang generals and forty Lang generals, headed by the Zhonglang generals of the left and right guards.

The generals have nothing to do every day, but Li Dejiao has almost no time for leisure tea. Besides, in addition to his official duties, he has also been busy with many private matters recently.

Li Deyu was transferred from the military commander to the general military commander. In terms of official position, he was from the fourth rank. Compared with the former military commander who was at the fifth rank, he had become an official again and was promoted one level.

But the Lieutenant General of Zuo Wei who won the Li De Award will be the fourth rank, which is two levels higher than his new position.

"Actually, it's nothing, except that Aye said you've been very busy recently,"

Li Dejiang sat down and looked at his brother.

"Aniang asked me to call you home and eat enough." Deyu said.

"Okay." Li Dejiang knew that this meal was not simple.
  Li Deyu completed his task and was not in a hurry to leave. Although he was about to be a young prisoner, he was really not a man of work. His father was a famous general in the court, and now he is still the right servant of the prime minister. Li Deyu is also a top-notch dude. Even if he is messing around, this official is Keep rising.

He doesn't have any ambitions, and life is pretty good like this.

Previously, Li Deyu was not interested when De Jiao took the initiative to go to Lingnan. Chang'an was so prosperous and he was not young anymore, so why should he be so tired.

"I heard that growing sugar cane is a good business in Lingnan? Erlang, you have been to Lingnan and served as governor for a year. Do you think I should send people to Lingnan to buy some land and slaves to start a few larger sugar cane plantings? If we open a few more sugar-pressing workshops in the garden, can we make money?" Deyu asked with a smile.

Li Dejiang looked at his fat brother, who had gray hair on his temples.

"Brother, are you short of money recently?"

"No shortage."

Li Jing is the prime minister, and his family belongs to the Li family in Longxi, which is the core family of the Guanlong clan. Li Deyu is also the eldest son of Li Jing. How could he be short of money? In fact, although he has no talent or ambition, he can only make money. There is no need for him to take action. The Li family has its own white-glove shopkeeper, and he himself has one, too.

Making money is the least important thing to them.
  Li Deyu just heard that Lingnan is now full of gold and silver, and he was a little excited.

"Brother, if you want to play, just let people do it. Sugar cane cultivation there is indeed very promising, and it is more convenient to get land and buy people now, and the cost is low." Li Dejiang told the truth,

In fact, you really need to be discerning. The most profitable industry in Lingnan now is trade, especially maritime trade, followed by mining, gold, silver, copper, iron, coal, and lead, and then precious wood, spices, etc. No matter how much slave trading or shipbuilding is involved, money can be made faster than growing sugar cane. Of course, hoarding land, growing sugar cane, and making sugar is also a long-term and stable business. It can be continued continuously and there is no big risk.

Even if sugar production, the most high-end decolorization, refining, processing, and trade are the most profitable, they are actually only in the hands of a very few companies such as the Wu family, but the upper-class industries are also quite profitable.

"Remember to go home early. I'm leaving first. I also made an appointment with my colleagues who will serve as prison guards for tea." Li Deyu stood up and left.

Li Dejiang looked at his brother's fat body, which trembled when he walked, and he couldn't help but shook his head secretly. Their family was the core family of the Guanlong military aristocracy group, and their Aye Li Jing was more He is a famous general in the world.
  Even their uncle Han Qinhu was one of the four famous generals founding the Sui Dynasty.

The Li family, the in-law Han family, and other families have not produced several famous generals. However, Li Deyu, the eldest son of Li Jing, has no talent in this area and is not even qualified to be a qualified general.

Spend the whole day fooling around with the dandy Qi,

Some time ago, he even got very close to the Chai brothers and even attended King Wei's banquet. However, Li Deyu was punished by Li Jing when he returned home that day.
  He was punished by kneeling all night.

Later, Li Deyu never had any contact with King Wei again.

He picked up the tea cup and thought about it quietly, thinking that today's dinner was probably also a Hongmen Banquet. He probably guessed something in his mind. He knew what kind of person his father was.

really,

When he returned home in the evening, his father directly asked him to come to the study.

"Play a game of chess with me." Li Jing said.

Young Master Li, who was so arrogant outside, was a little frightened in front of Li Jing, he was very docile and honest.

My chess skills were not as good as mine, and because of my uneasiness, I was killed.

One set is over.

Li Jing shook his head,

"Sometimes, the best way not to lose is to stay out of the game."

"There's absolutely no need for you to get involved,"

Li Dejiang thought for a while and said, "My son doesn't think he did anything wrong."

"I know that you have a good relationship with Huaiyu and they get along well, but I still want to remind you that you should not get involved in the affairs of the East Palace.
  Our Li family should not and do not need to take sides,"

Li Jing did not take sides in the battle between Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's brothers, and he did not need his son to take sides.

Li Deyu had previously been in contact with Dong Gong, and he had severely punished him.

Now that the Virtue Award follows Huaiyu's relationship with Donggong, Li Jing does not support it either.

"From now on, you have to cut off your relationship with Dong Palace," Li Jing said seriously.

Li Dejiao felt uneasy, "Does Aye know something big happened?"

Li Jing shook his head, "We, father and son, and the Li family, don't want to choose sides. We just have to do our duty as courtiers."

Li Dejiao thought for a while, "But the prince is already the prince, and the prince is also the king. There is nothing wrong with being a son, right? It is not appropriate to be close to the kings."

But Li Jing still said, "It is enough for the ministers to serve only the emperor. It will not be too late for the prince to serve again after he assumes the throne."

"Aye, you are the teacher of Wu Xiang, and Wu Xiang is the master of Donggong, so Aye can also be regarded as the master of Donggong. Does Aye really want to be so clear-cut with Donggong? Is it necessary?"

"Is necessary,"

"Actually, I don't want Huaiyu to do that. I will talk to him personally after he returns to Beijing. Stop what you are doing in secret now. Don't do it anymore. An Xin is on duty at Zuowei. Don't get involved. Others, especially don't have any contact with the East Palace." Li Jing reminded his son again.

(End of this chapter)