The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Li Shimin looked at Li Fu suspiciously.

What does this guy want to do?

Li Fu approached Li Shimin.

Li Shimin hid behind him.

The good things about Da'an Palace were finished, and the rest didn't seem to be good things.

"You... just say it directly, there's no need to beat around the bush, anyway, you have to tell me in the end." Li Shimin looked at Li Fu and pretended to be calm.

"Ahem."

Li Fu coughed awkwardly twice, with a righteous smile on his face.

"I think we should hold another auction the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Speaking of auctions, Li Shimin remembered the last time when Li Fu's men sold a box of special tea for a sky-high price.

"Even if there are only ten boxes of tea in an auction, it will bring in hundreds of thousands of guan. But, if we do it again, will people pay for it?" Li Shimin frowned.

Let's not talk about the fact that the money is not worth money. In Li Shimin's opinion, for a box of tea... in this way, I'm afraid no one will be fooled again, right?

Fifty thousand or a hundred thousand strings of cash, to buy a box of tea, I always feel that there are not so many fools.

"My second brother, shallow, shallow thinking, shallow knowledge." Li Fu said.

As he said, Li Fu saw the congratulatory memorials sent by various prefectures on the table in front of Li Shimin.

"Are these all sent to congratulate and greet on the Mid-Autumn Festival?" Li Fu asked.

Li Shimin nodded.

The things that can be handled in Ganlu Hall are basically unrelated to the major affairs of the court, and there are occasionally some small things.

The important affairs of the court are handled in Liangyi Hall, where Li Shimin and several relevant court officials hold small meetings.

"Are there any gifts?" Li Fu asked, "Send some meaningful gifts, for example, a pig with golden scales on its body, saying it is a unicorn, or a bunch of the most beautiful rice, tied with a ribbon, and put in a box, saying that the weather is good and the harvest is good under the emperor's rule, and that it is all the credit of the emperor's benevolent rule, and the emperor's majesty and grace to the people."

Li Shimin frowned and looked at Li Fu with a complicated look.

How does this kid know everything?

He used to be an official?

Can't?

Before recognizing his ancestors, it was already clear that this kid had lived in a manor in Jingyang County from birth to before he was conferred a title, and he had never been an official.

Isn't this too skilled?

"Why, did your younger brother guess it?" Li Fu looked at Li Shimin with a smile.

Li Shimin nodded helplessly.

"Then are you happy, second brother?"

This question stumped Li Shimin.

Are you happy?

When seeing rice, one must be happy, good weather, good harvest, which emperor does not want such a grand scene under his rule?

As for the pig with scales, it seems to be treating people as fools...

"These gifts are more symbolic than practical. I plan to do the same for this auction to sell tea." Li Fu said: "As for the last time, there was no special tea on the market, right? Until now, there are only ten or twenty boxes on the market."

The rest are Taiji Palace and Da'an Palace, as well as Jingyang Palace. By the way, Li Fu gets some special tea in bulk and sends it to his father-in-law during festivals.

Apart from these, there is nothing else outside.

A year has passed, and I don't know whether the special tea obtained at the auction was drunk or collected.

It's not popular to collect that thing. If you keep it, it will not taste good.

But in Li Fu's imagination, the aristocratic families have accumulated wealth for thousands of years, and spending so much money to get some good tea to drink at home is not a problem for them at all.

So, it is estimated that the ten boxes and twenty boxes have been almost consumed.

There were a total of twenty boxes at the beginning, in addition to the auction, there were also rewards from Li Shimin.

There would be no more.

"Besides, whether it will succeed or not, we will do it first, and it doesn't matter if it fails. What's there to be afraid of." Li Fu smiled and said, "Every auction is actually a showdown between the aristocratic families in Chang'an City."

Li Shimin frowned and leaned forward slightly.

"What did you say?"

"Stand up? What does it mean?" Li Shimin asked puzzledly.

"Stand up, it means to be the boss, to be the leader, which means to emphasize leadership and authority."

After hearing this, Li Shimin looked unhappy.

"Hmph, it's not their turn to set up a stick in the Tang Dynasty."

"This is about the secret comparisons between the noble families in Chang'an City, which has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty." Li Fu waved his hand: "The noble families, the five surnames and seven families, except for our old Li family, which is the royal family, the rest of the noble families, although they are united,Under unity, there will be a hierarchy, right? There will also be a big and small power, right? There must be a leader in a small group. Whose words carry more weight? They have to fight for it, openly or secretly. It's still a matter of face. "

"Speaking of aristocratic families, the most famous ones are the Five Surnames and Seven Famous. What about the second ones? Don't those second ones think that they can one day be on par with the Five Surnames and Seven Famous? "

"Everyone is ambitious. As a big family, they all have ideals, goals, and certain moral standards. "

After Huang Chao cleaned up a wave according to the clan history, let's look at the moral standards of officials in the court in the future...

Times have changed, and standards have also been lowered.

"Who bought the first box of tea at the last auction?" Li Fu asked: "My brother remembers that it was the Cui family of Qinghe, right? "

Li Shimin nodded.

"You see, the Qinghe Cui family, whether in the former Sui Dynasty or in our Tang Dynasty, has a very high reputation. People call it "the most noble family in the world and the head of the northern nobles". Is what my brother said right?"

Li Shimin continued to nod.

This saying has existed since the former Sui Dynasty.

"Although it is not called the head of the five surnames and seven families, it is not much inferior to the head of the northern nobles." Li Fu smiled and said: "So, the first box of tea belongs to the Qinghe Cui family. This is the Qinghe Cui family's establishment among the many noble families in Chang'an City, and he also established it. The subsequent few families who took action after the Cui family were nothing more than keeping up with the Cui family's pace. In the future, the family will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the head of the northern nobles, not lagging behind, and not losing face. "

Since Li Yuan explained these aristocratic families to Li Fu at the auction last time, Li Fu went back and had nothing to do, so he also learned a lot.

After all, if he wants to make it in the Tang Dynasty, he will inevitably have to deal with these aristocratic families, so it is a good idea to learn more about them.

In addition, Li Fu himself is a prince and the prince's teacher. If he doesn't even know about these aristocratic families when he goes out, it will be really embarrassing.