Su Dingfang and Xue Wanshu could guess that Li Shimin would make a deal with Li Yuanji in order to protect the officials he left behind in Hebei Province.
But they didn't expect it would happen so quickly.
The transaction was completed before they even heard a word about it.
"Your Highness wants to control water transportation?"
After thinking for a short time, Xue Wanshu subconsciously spoke.
Li Yuanji said calmly: "It's not about control. After all, once water transportation is operational, it can be regarded as the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty. How can I control it in my own hands?"
With Li Yuanji's status, it would not be difficult to control water transportation.
But it's not necessary.
As he himself said, once water transportation started to operate, it would become the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty.
If he alone affects this lifeline, it will be difficult for him to develop it rapidly.
It is better to let go and let everyone do it together to increase the volume of water transport.
In this way, not only can more tax collection wharves be built, adding a lot of income to Datang, but it can also benefit the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Xue Wanshu didn't have as far-term perspective as Li Yuanji, so she couldn't understand Li Yuanji's thoughts, so she didn't say much when she heard Li Yuanji's words.
Su Dingfang, on the other hand, said with a smile: "His Royal Highness wants to control the water transportation, and he also sends me to supervise this matter. This gives me a way to make money."
Li Yuanji glared at Su Dingfang and said, "You can find a few boats yourself, and I don't care about the popular ones following behind, but don't bring any private goods on the Huanglong boats."
Li Yuanji didn't like to see his subordinates using public weapons for personal use.
Because public utensils have been used privately for a long time, it is easy to confuse public and private objects and make no distinction between them.
Su Dingfang heard Li Yuanji's bottom line and said without hesitation: "Your Highness, don't worry, I understand the importance of it."
Li Yuanji nodded and said nothing more.
Su Dingfang immediately took Xue Wanshu back to the cabin.
As for Li Yuanji giving Su Dingfang a way to make money but not Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanshu didn't complain at all.
Because Li Yuanji gave Su Dingfang a financial path, it was equivalent to giving Xue Wanshu a financial path.
Also under Li Yuanji, Su Dingfang sailed a few boats behind the Huanglong boat to enjoy spicy food, and so did Xue Wanshu.
After Su Dingfang and Xue Wanshu left, Li Yuanji fell asleep again.
Not long after, exclamations erupted one after another in the cabin.
Because Du Fuwei dressed up as a woman, the dance he performed was so wonderful that everyone in the boat room cheered for him.
When Li Yuan was most interested, Du Fuwei proposed to Li Yuan that he should resign from the post of Shangshu Ling of Daxingtai, Southeast Road.
The reason is that he knows nothing but dancing, and it is really difficult for him to take on such an important responsibility.
Although the reason was lame, Li Yuan believed it, and so did all the civil and military officials.
Because Du Fuwei, a generation of heroes, put down his dignity and airs, and expressed his complete surrender to the Tang Dynasty in an almost self-humiliating way.
Datang had no reason to embarrass him anymore.
He decisively handed over his power and put himself in a position where he was harmless to the Tang Dynasty and even had some merit. The Tang Dynasty had no way to kill him.
Li Yuan laughed and rejected Du Fuwei's request.
Du Fuwei burst into tears and said bluntly that if Li Yuan refused to agree to his request, he would kneel to death on the giant boat.
Under Du Fuwei's repeated pleas, Li Yuan was 'forced as a last resort' and finally took over Du Fuwei's position as Shangshu Ling of Daxingtai, Southeast Road.
At the same time, he ordered Chen Shuda and Li Daozong to lead their people to the Southeast Road after the Daqing and take over everything on the Southeast Road.
In order to express his "love" for Du Fuwei and to reward Du Fuwei for being respectful and knowledgeable, Li Yuan gave Du Fuwei the "honor" of going to the palace with swords and shoes, and also gave Du Fuwei a sword class, advocacy and other ceremonial guards, plus
A group of Du Fuwei's households were closed.
In the end, his head got hot and he gave Du Fuwei the privilege of "spending his life".
Even though Li Jiancheng, Pei Ji and others repeatedly blocked it, Li Yuan still insisted on his opinion.
Because in Li Yuan's view, Du Fuwei's complete surrender to him in this way had the same merit as those who came with troops and territory.
The most important thing is that Du Fuwei showed his complete surrender to him when he was happiest, which was even better than his happiness.
So he did not be stingy with his rewards at all.
Since then, apart from the heroes of Taiyuan Yuanmou, the first person in the Wude Dynasty who had the privilege of "forgiving one death" was born.
The privilege of ‘forgiveness of death’ promised by Li Yuan is still very strong.
Because until now, not one of the people among the people who were granted the privilege of ‘forgiveness of death’ by Li Yuan has been killed.
Liu Wenjing, who was executed by Li Yuan for treason, was not included in this list.
Because Liu Wenjing, Pei Ji, and Li Shimin were the only three people in the Tang Dynasty who were "forgiving of death."
Du Fuwei declined many of Li Yuan's rewards and only accepted the privilege of "sparing one death".
Li Yuan seemed even happier about this.
Because Du Fuwei is so knowledgeable.
Du Fuwei was so knowledgeable that he could get things done exactly as he wanted without him opening his mouth.
It's okay to go to the palace with swords and shoes, and a series of ceremonial guards such as sword classes. Currently, only his son has them.
Deep down in his heart, he still didn't really want anyone to enjoy the same treatment as his son.
"Li Qing is deeply in my heart."
Li Yuan praised Du Fuwei fiercely in front of all the civil and military personnel, and then led the civil and military personnel to start dancing wildly.
Li Yuan was extremely happy, and all the civil and military officials were also very happy. Li Shimin almost laughed out loud.
He was worried that he didn't have enough reasons to "fire" at Li Yi, so Du Fuwei gave him a reason.
Within the Tang Dynasty, things that should be leveled and things that shouldn't be leveled were almost leveled, so the pressure was on Li Yi.
After Du Fuwei completely surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, it became very conspicuous for Li Yi to be the vassal king in Youzhou alone.
So, after Li Yuan celebrated for several days and the joyful atmosphere began to dissipate, Zhang Shigui, another right-armed general among the sixteen generals, "fired" at Li Yi.
Zhang Shigui did not blatantly impeach Li Yi, because Li Yi was nominally his superior. To blatantly impeach Li Yi would be to suppress his superiors, which would be detrimental to his future career.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! He just gave a memorial to Li Yuan, detailing all the flaws in Youwuwei.
Liu Hongji took advantage of the situation and impeached the superiors and subordinates of Youwuwei. He bluntly said that the generals and generals of Youwuwei were unfavorable to the supervision of Youwuwei, which made Youwuwei unable to hold his position and created arrogant people.
Li Yuan did not take Liu Hongji's impeachment of most of You Wuwei to heart.
But Liu Hongji said that Youwuwei purged arrogant people, so he took it seriously.
Because although Liu Hongji didn't say it clearly, Li Yuan knew very well who the arrogant person Liu Hongji was talking about.
That is Wang Junkuo.
Wang Junkuo was killed by Li Yuanji, but Li Yuan did not punish Li Yuanji.
Although everyone in the court knew why Li Yuan did not punish Li Yuanji, the common people did not know.
The people would only feel that Li Yuan was favoring his son.
Liu Hongji implied that Wang Junkuo was an arrogant person. As long as this statement was confirmed and Li Yuanji was challenged to compete with Wang Junkuo, Li Yuanji would be offended by Wang Junkuo, or Li Yuanji would not be taken seriously, and Li Yuanji would have to force him to do so.
Teach him a lesson.
Then, Li Yuan and Li Yuanji are cleared in this matter.
Although Li Yuan would not deliberately clear up the matter, if someone came to help him and Li Yuanji clear their names, he naturally didn't mind going along with it.
Li Yuan took Liu Hongji's memorial and asked Liu Hongji at the court meeting who the arrogant person was.
Liu Hongji has almost no specific reason, it is Wang Junkuo.
He also took Wang Junkuo's previous actions in Mingshui City as evidence of Wang Junkuo's arrogance and brought them out.
Frankly speaking, Wang Junkuo was arrogant and did not listen to Li Shimin's instructions. He carefully screened the newly surrendered people in Mingshui City. Thousands of soldiers were buried in Mingshui City, and Luo Shixin and others were almost killed in Mingshui City. Li Yuanji had to
He risked his life and rushed to Mingshui City in person to help.
After listening to Liu Hongji's words, all the civil and military officials roughly understood what Liu Hongji was doing and what Li Yuan wanted.
As a result, one after another came up with evidence of Wang Junkuo's arrogance.
You say that when the wall fell and everyone pushed it down, Wang Junkuo was already dead.
Wang Junkuo's reputation is not good.
Naturally, all the civil and military officials added soil to Wang Junkuo's grave without any scruples.
Wei Zheng, Pei Ju and others said a few good words to Wang Junkuo, but to no avail.
In the end, Li Yuan ruled that Wang Junkuo deserved his death, and listed all Wang Junkuo's crimes and spread them throughout the world in the form of a report.
Wang Junkuo's fault will not be investigated.
Because Wang Junkuo is already dead, and death is the most important thing, there is no need to worry about it anymore.
People who don't know better think that Li Yuan is kind and unwilling to argue with a dead man.
Everyone who knows it knows that Li Yuan is embarrassed to argue with a dead man.
"Your Highness is so ruthless."
The main hall of Butokuden Hall.
Li Yuanji lay on the couch with his chest exposed, flipping through the documents that Ma Zhou had sent back from Hebei Province in his hand, and holding ice cubes in his mouth.
Ling Jing sat on his knees and sighed while reviewing Qi's government documents.
Li Yuanji raised his head and glanced at Ling Jing, and said angrily: "You don't think that the thing that ruined Wang Junkuo's reputation was done by me behind his back, do you?"
Ling Jing sighed again and didn't say anything. He just whispered to himself: "Now... Li Changshi is hiding in his house and doesn't dare to come out."
Although Ling Jing didn't think so, he felt that this matter was inseparable from Li Yuanji.
Because Wang Junkuo's reputation was ruined, it would benefit Li Yuanji the most.
Only when Wang Junkuo becomes notorious can Li Yuanji's killing of Wang Junkuo become extremely correct.
Li Yuanji didn't care if he killed someone, but he also ruined Wang Junkuo's reputation. It was really a bit cruel.
After all, how Wang Junkuo's family will live in the future is directly proportional to Wang Junkuo's posthumous reputation.
In this era that values honor, shame, and reputation, what kind of life a celebrity's family will lead after the celebrity's death depends entirely on the celebrity's reputation.
Li Yuanji looked at Ling Jing as if he were a fool, "Have you really served Dou Jiande as the Imperial Concubine's sacrificial wine?"
Before Ling Jing could say anything, Li Yuanji curled his lips and said in a wan tone: "With a prince like you under Dou Jiande, he won't be defeated unjustly."
Ling Jing was a little annoyed when he heard Li Yuanji's words, and said firmly: "Even if this matter was not authorized by His Highness, it still has nothing to do with His Highness."