Man Tang Hong Chapter 0490 People cannot be driven by money
Daxingtai, Shaanxi Province, was Li Shimin's basic base, and it had already been built like an iron bucket by Li Shimin.
Li Jiancheng's use of it for surgery was purely wishful thinking.
Not to mention that there were a group of princes and county princes who had made great contributions to Li Tang in Daxingtai, Shaanxi Province. Even Yu Zhining, Han Liang and others were not something Li Jiancheng could easily deal with.
Li Jiancheng wanted to rely on Pei Ju to advise him, and the person who captured Daxingtai of Shaanxi Province was not even a little bit worse.
Pei Ju alone cannot be the opponent of Yu Zhining and Han Liang.
Regardless of Yu Zhining, Han Liang and others are not as famous in history as Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others, but they think that Yu Zhining and others are not as good as Fang Xuanling and others.
In fact, if we really want to compare them, people like Yu Zhining may not be ranked lower than Fang Xuanling and others.
They just don't like to argue, especially not with internal people, they just like to do things silently.
Just because his status under Li Shimin is higher than that of Fang Xuanling and others, it is enough to show that his ability is good 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 abilities are not as good as Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche?
Ren Gui was one of the assistant ministers appointed by Li Yuan for Li Jiancheng. Ling Jing served as a minister for the prince of a country and almost rewrote history. Xue Wanshu and Xue Wanshu were already famous all over the world before Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche became famous.
And was promoted to the rank of noble noble.
Their ability is definitely not inferior to that of Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche, but they just did not catch up with the good times and did not enjoy the dividends of the Zhenguan Dynasty, so they are not as famous as Xue Wanjun and Xue Wanche.
Therefore, people with a great reputation must be capable, and those with a lower reputation but whose status is higher than those with a great reputation must also be outstanding.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng and Pei Ju alone cannot defeat a group of people.
As for Li Gang, if you ask him to be a positive person, or teach and educate people, it's okay, but if you ask him to engage in conspiracy, he is not good at it.
Otherwise, he would not have faced Li Yuan and fought with Li Yuan when Li Jiancheng was in trouble.
If he was good at conspiracy, he could have taken a roundabout way or diverted the trouble away from him, which would be far better than a deadly fight with Li Yuan.
Therefore, Li Jiancheng's plan to target Daxingtai on Shaanxi Province was doomed to fail.
This was a bad move, not like Pei Ju's style. It was most likely that Li Jiancheng felt that he was good again and started to make his own decisions.
However, these have nothing to do with Prince Qi's Mansion, so Li Yuanji doesn't pay much attention directly, so Li Yuanji doesn't want to say anything more on this topic. After taking a sip of the tea poured by Ling Jing, Li Yuanji changed the topic and stared at Ling.
Jingdao: "What's the situation now at Yu Wenbao's side?"
Ling Jing laughed and said: "Last night, His Highness the Crown Prince sent people to quietly send those heads to Hangu Pass, and also sent a lot of money, and then they were thrown away by Yu Wenhou Minghuo.
He came out and poured a lot of filth on the money."
Li Yuanji also laughed and cursed: "This idiot..."
If someone wants to bribe you and you don't agree, just let them go. If you still humiliate them, isn't this a slap in the face?
How can people just give up and give up?
"You can send someone to Hangu Pass later and ask him to seal the main gate of Hangu Pass and only open the small door to avoid the limelight."
Although Yu Wenbao was happy to do this, if Li Jiancheng wanted to take revenge, he would easily notice the layout of Prince Qi's palace in Hangu Pass, so Li Yuanji thought it was better to avoid it.
Although I am a bit cowardly, the point in this kind of matter is not to act on impulse, but to win or lose.
So it doesn't matter if you act cowardly for the moment, as long as you can stand up later.
When Ling Jing heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry and said: "With Marquis Yuwen's temper, if you ask him to hide, he will never agree."
Li Yuanji said angrily: "Just tell him not to forget the important task I gave him. Although he is a little more honest and upright, he knows the importance."
Ling Jing hesitated and said, "That's okay. I'll send someone to try. If it doesn't work, don't blame me for not doing the job well."
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Ling Jing and said nothing. He believed that Yu Wenbao would not go against his will, so if he spoke, Yu Wenbao would definitely comply.
"By the way, there is someone who has a connection with me and told me that he wants to see you."
Ling Jing said suddenly.
Li Yuanji said suspiciously: "Who?"
Ling Jing said with a strange expression: "Li Zhongwen..."
Li Yuanji asked in astonishment: "He hasn't been executed yet?"
Ling Jing said in a funny tone: "Originally, he was going to be executed, but because of something like His Highness the Crown Prince, we put it on hold for the time being. Now that His Highness the Crown Prince's matter has been resolved, his execution has been put on the agenda.
Knowing how he got through the door of Dali Temple, he was actually willing to let people from Dali Temple help him pass the message."
Logically speaking, for a rebellious felon like Li Zhongwen, no one is willing to send messages to him in private, and no one dares to contact him in private.
Otherwise, they could easily be labeled as accomplices and executed together.
So in this case, he must have paid a huge price to let people from Dali Temple help him convey the message.
"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 unjustifiable.
So he guessed that there must be some conspiracy behind it.
Ling Jing smiled bitterly and said, "He didn't say that. 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 bitterly and said nothing.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "Since he refuses to say it, he will disappear."
Ling Jing couldn't help but said: "Maybe he really has something big to tell you? Are you sure you don't see him?"
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with more sounds.
Li Yuanji said funnyly: "He has rebelled and has been found out. What else can happen? It is just to confess some Turkic spies that he has not confessed before, or to give me a sum of money that he has hidden secretly."
Money, let me help him protect his wife and children, what else can he do?"
Ling Jing thought for a moment and said, "I think the latter may be the majority?"
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "But am I the kind of person who is short of money? Am I the kind of person who protects rebels for money?"
The fleet returning from Jiaozhou had already arrived in Luoyang. After sorting out the goods brought back from Jiaozhou and along the way, and repairing them, it set sail again.
Although the benefits from the first voyage were limited, there was still some surplus after filling the hole in the development of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
After dividing the profits, Prince Qi's Mansion 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 gained will increase exponentially.
By then, the Qi Palace will have more money, so Li Yuanji doesn't care if Li Zhongwen gets some money.
Regarding Li Zhongwen's extravagant behavior during the Weizeguan period, even if Jie Li and Master Liang gave him a mountain of gold, they were almost in trouble. Therefore, even if Li Zhongwen hid money in his hands, 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 foundation of Prince Qi's Mansion was still a bit inferior to 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 is easy to handle or whether it can be handled, it doesn't matter at all.
As long as you get the money, whether you can do it or not depends on your mood.
Although it was a bit shameless to do so, Li Zhongwen was about to die, so he couldn't care less.
Li Yuanji rolled his eyes at Ling Jing. Ling Jing didn't know who he learned this from, but he had become so philistine that he even wanted to take advantage of the dead money in Li Zhongwen's hands.
How shameless.
In the eyes of most people in Datang, money is something that is difficult to earn and accumulate.
But in Li Yuanji's eyes, this stuff is everywhere.
If he really cares about this thing, if he really wants this thing, he doesn't have to use his brain, he just needs to wave his hand and let his people rob it.
All places outside the Tang Dynasty can be his plundering ground. He can rob whoever he wants, and rob as much as he wants. No one dares to come out and make all kinds of righteous remarks to him.
After all, he always walked sideways in the Tang Dynasty, and he could do whatever he wanted outside the Tang Dynasty.
So money is not important to him at all.
For Datang, it was actually not too important.
The reason why money can become money is because it has purchasing power. In the current situation of Datang, which has a population of only more than one million households, all kinds of materials are the most valuable, while money is worthless.
If too much money is spent, not only will it not be of any benefit to Datang, but it will also cause prices to skyrocket.
This was a disaster for the people of Tang Dynasty who had just experienced the war.
It is precisely because of this that the main goods transported by water transportation and sea transportation that have been opened are food and 'luxury goods'.
The food is prepared for the people in Hebei Province and Southeast Province, which are still recovering, and the 'luxury goods' are prepared for the wealthy families in these two places.
This is also the reason why the ship returning from Jiaozhou stopped at Luoyang.
Because most of the people in the land east of Luoyang have suffered several military disasters one after another, they no longer have the ability to buy "luxury goods" and do not dare to have such extravagant hopes, so "luxury goods" are destined not to flow into their hands.
, and it is destined not to become a commodity that exploits them.
On the contrary, most of the people in the land west of Luoyang have some wealth after recuperation and war dividends in recent years. Once the 'luxury goods' are shipped over, they can easily buy them if they have the ability to do so.
Being squeezed.
Once some small landowners who 'enslave' their tenants start to covet pleasure and better 'luxury goods', they will also change their ways to exploit the tenants.
Therefore, for the sake of the people at the lowest level, a large number of "luxury goods" are still not suitable to appear west of Luoyang or even Chang'an.
Some people may say that as long as the price of "luxury goods" is set high and out of reach of the people at the bottom and those with a little extra money, they will not be able to be squeezed.
So, what Li Yuanji can say is...the wool comes from the sheep.
After better 'luxury goods' appear and replace the original 'luxury goods', the original 'luxury goods' will flow into the hands of small clans and small powerful people through the hands of the powerful and aristocratic families.
, the original 'luxury goods' in the hands of small clans and small dignitaries will continue to flow downwards.
Then it goes down layer by layer, and eventually the people at the bottom are made to bear a price that they should not bear.
This is the interest pyramid formed under the influence of the power pyramid.
This is also a pyramid of exploitation.
As long as there is class, as long as there is family status, and as long as there are people who are superior to others, this kind of pyramid will always exist.
As a person in power, if class cannot be changed, what we can do is to add many restrictions to this pyramid, so that the wealth flowing upstream will be slower and less, and the 'luxury goods' flowing downstream will be slower and less.
If we can make the wealth of the upper class flow downward 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 from later generations to achieve great things, he also never thought about using the knowledge brought from later generations to become king and dominate, and to change the Tang Dynasty according to his own ideas.
But after he saw the miserable life of the people of the Tang Dynasty, he could not bear to ignore it. He did not mind using his power to seek some benefits for the people.