Chapter 0638 People are always driven by interests
The imperial court usually chooses to turn a blind eye to such matters. If it is necessary to investigate for some purpose, it will leak the news in advance. The generals below will take advantage of the investigation before the investigators arrive.
, kill some prisoners to replenish the heads.
If it is really impossible to make up for it, and if it is discovered by the court, it will usually not lead to a serious crime.
As long as you don't kill good people for merit, as long as you fail to defeat the battle and falsely report some military exploits, the court will not mobilize troops to pursue it.
Over time, the habit of making false reports was developed. When false reports of military exploits were needed to boost morale and stabilize people's hearts, the imperial court would even personally make false reports of battles.
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Therefore, such things as exaggerating and falsely reporting amounts were very common in the Tang Dynasty. They were nothing and were rarely pursued.
Therefore, Yang Shidao did not think that he was wrong in falsely reporting the amount. He felt that the reason why Li Yuanji persisted in pursuing the amount was purely to help his subordinates exonerate and pave the way for subsequent negotiations.
Yang Miaoyan was not deceived and refused to help. If the clan wanted to seize the remaining property of the Li family in Zhaozhou, there would be a lot of blood.
This made his body hurt, but there was nothing he could do.
Because Li Yuanji occupies the absolute initiative, and the remaining property of the Zhaozhou Li family is very attractive, the family will not give up at all.
So heavy bleeding is inevitable.
When Chang Guang saw her husband nodding, he said with a smile: "It should be... it shouldn't be more than a hundred thousand... it should be only seven or eight thousand dan..."
The reason why Chang Guang said Hanhu was because she didn't know the specific number. She didn't know whether it was 70,000 stones or 80,000 stones, or maybe it was stuck in the middle. It was also because she had lied just now and was immediately exposed.
I felt a little embarrassed.
Li Yuanji did not talk to Chang Guang anymore, but looked at Yang Shidao and said, "Is it 70,000 stones or 80,000 stones?"
Yang Shidao gritted his teeth and said: "Seventy-four thousand six hundred and twenty stones..."
Li Yuanji nodded and said with a smile on his face, "Okay, there are some oddities and some are complete. It's clearer than the report I got."
Speaking of this, Li Yuanji stared at Yang Shidao and asked, "Then let me ask you, why is your Yang family transporting so much grain to Zhaozhou at this time?
Zhaozhou is now the land of the Fourth War. Grain merchants from all over the place are walking around, but you, the Yang family, keep digging in. Do you want to capitalize on the enemy?
Or do you have any connection with the rebels in Zhaozhou, or are you simply supporting the rebels in Zhaozhou?"
Yang Shidao was suddenly asked whether he could do it. He never expected that Li Yuanji would beat him up.
It was obviously Li Yuanji who secretly negotiated with them and asked them to help deal with the Zhaozhou Li family at the cost of a part of the Zhaozhou Li family's property.
Now that the Zhaozhou Li family has been dealt with, Li Yuanji actually has the intention of turning his back and refusing to admit his guilt.
Yang Shidao secretly scolded Li Yuanji for being shameless, but alarm bells went off loudly.
"Your Highness, this matter is..."
Yang Shidao hesitated to speak.
But before he finished speaking, Li Yuanji said decisively: "But what? Did I instruct you to do this?"
Yang Shidao was speechless and speechless.
According to the agreement between Yang and Li Yuanji, Yang has actually received the benefits he deserves, but he is just greedy and wants to get more.
Li Yuanji did not violate the agreement, but Yang violated the agreement.
It was Yang's own decision to transport grain to Zhaozhou privately and manage the various industries left by the Li family in Zhaozhou, and he did not inform Li Yuanji.
Li Yuanji refused to admit it, and Yang couldn't force it on Li Yuanji's head.
The most important thing is that even if the Yang family is in charge, the Yang family cannot recognize it, secretly help the royal family deal with other wealthy families, and take the opportunity to embezzle the property of other wealthy families. However, this is a taboo for wealthy families. If the Yang family admits it, she will become
Lost to everyone.
After Yang Shidao closed his mouth, Li Yuanji looked at Chang Guangdao again: "You are my sister, and you keep telling me justice, so I will give you face and justice.
I will order Su Dingfang to return all the food stolen from the Yang family to the Yang family.
At the same time, Su Dingfang and others were asked to send Yang's people in Zhaozhou out of the country as gifts.
Lest Yang’s people run into trouble in Zhaozhou and you frame Su Dingfang and others again.”
Chang Guang stared in astonishment and kept saying: "How...how can this be done?"
At this time, sending gifts to Yang's people in Zhaozhou out of the country doesn't mean that Yang will vomit out everything he has eaten?
The Yang family would never agree.
The Yang family also paid a lot of money in order to embezzle the Li family's property in Zhaozhou.
If he loses his wife and loses his troops, then the Yang family will suffer a big loss.
As the daughter-in-law of the Yang family, she occupies a share of the property that the Yang family embezzled from the Li family in Zhaozhou. Chang Guang would not agree to this at all.
Yang Shidao had already heard that Li Yuanji felt that Yang had eaten too much in Zhaozhou and refused to bleed, so he decided to break up. He immediately didn't care about waiting for Li Yuanji to ask him to speak, and took the initiative to say: "Your Highness
, I, the Yang family, paid a lot of money in order to enter Zhaozhou. If you send all of my Yang family members out of the country as gifts, then I, the Yang family, will lose all my money.
Please give us a way to survive, Your Highness."
Li Yuanji smiled coldly and said: "You have eaten so much by following Su Dingfang and others, and now you are not happy that Su Dingfang and others take some food from you.
Then just stop eating and go back and forth wherever you go."
Yang Shidao gritted his teeth secretly, knowing that he could not survive without bleeding, so he said in a low and humiliating tone: "We are willing to donate some food..."
"Don't!"
Li Yuanji waved his hand and said coldly: "Let's forget it. The Yang family is still the princess's natal family no matter what. If you are unwilling, I won't force you.
I don’t want the princess to be looked down upon by others when she returns to her parents’ home.”
As he spoke, he smiled at Yang Miaoyan.
Yang Miaoyan had already heard that the matter was not as simple as Yang Shidao and Chang Guang said, so she didn't talk to him anymore. Facing Li Yuanji's smile, she just rolled her eyes coquettishly.
Yang Shidao gritted his teeth and said: "We are very willing..."
Li Yuanji said indifferently: "Why does this sound like perfunctory?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yang Shidao took a deep breath, slightly cupped his hands to Yang Miaoyan and said, "Please give us a fair word, my empress."
Since Li Yuanji refused to let go, he could only ask Yang Miaoyan to make peace with him, otherwise there would be no way to continue talking about the matter.
Yang Shidao could see that Li Yuanji was still willing to talk, but the words had already reached the point of breaking up. As a person in power, it was impossible for Li Yuanji to get down the steps by himself, so someone had to help Li Yuanji with the steps.
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And the only person in Wude Hall who can build steps for Li Yuanji is Yang Miaoyan.
Li Yuanji seems to be only willing to sell Yang Miaoyan's face.
Faced with Yang Shidao's request, Yang Miaoyan said angrily: "If you lie to me again next time, I will never see you again."
Yang Shidao quickly said he didn't dare anymore.
There was just not much sincerity in the tone.
Yang Miaoyan pretended not to hear it, hugged Li Yuanji's elbows with both hands and said, "Alang, look..."
Li Yuanji looked at Yang Miaoyan dotingly and smiled, then looked at Yang Shidao and said coldly: "Since the princess has spoken, I will give you another chance.
However, I don't have time to talk to you anymore.
You think about it carefully, discuss it carefully, and give me a price that I won't refuse, and I will let Su Dingfang let go of Zhaozhou and let you pass."
Yang Shidao was stunned at first, and then said with mixed feelings: "I understand, I will go back to discuss with the people in the clan."
Li Yuanji's meaning was very simple, that is, he wanted Yang to give him a price that would make him happy, and he would hand over all of the Li family's properties in Zhaozhou to Yang.
This is definitely a great thing for the Yang family. As long as the Yang family can digest all the industries of the Li family in Zhaozhou, the foundation will be doubled immediately. With a little management, the Yang family will be able to open another one and another
Or build another house.
As for integrating everything of the Li family in Zhaozhou with the Yang family to make the Yang family stronger and stand above the Five Surnames Qiwang and the Eight Great Families of Guanlong, the Yang family dare not think about it, and they cannot think about it.
Because once the Yang family stands above the Five Surnames Qiwang and the Eight Great Families of Guanlong, it means that the Yang family also stands above the Li family in Longxi.
The Li family of Longxi is now a royal family. How can they allow a wealthy family to stand above them? What's more, this wealthy family is still a branch of the Yang family of the former Sui royal family.
Therefore, the real way out for the Yang family is to divide the expenses and housing and turn the Yang family into the Hongnong Yang family and the Zhaozhou Yang family.
If we just try to strengthen the Hongnong Yang family, we are seeking death.
However, even if the expenses are divided into houses, it is a great good thing for the Yang family.
Just think about it, while other wealthy families are still seeking development, the Yang family has divided into two branches, each of which can compete with other wealthy families. How powerful the Yang family must be.
However, huge gains represent huge efforts.
Since Li Yuanji had given Yang such great benefits, Yang would also have to pay a huge reward.
Yang Shidao felt that Li Yuanji's appetite would not be satisfied unless the granaries of the Yang family and several families close to the Yang family were emptied.
That's why he has mixed feelings.
He couldn't make the decision alone. He had to discuss it with his other brothers and some remaining elders before making a decision.
"Go, remember to hurry, because I can't wait for you Yang for long."
Li Yuanji waved his hand, indicating that Yang Shidao could leave with Chang Guang.
Chang Guang did not gain face in front of her younger brother today, and was even scolded by her younger brother several times. She was very unhappy. When she left, she was reluctant and unhappy. It was Yang Shidao who forced her to leave.
As soon as Yang Shidao and Chang Guang left, Yang Miaoyan began to complain angrily, "Why are they like this? For some money, they don't even have to show their face. They actually plotted against me. What good things can they do to me?"
them."
Yang Miaoyan was unhappy, very unhappy.
She regarded Yang Shidao and others as relatives, but Yang Shidao and others treated her as a fool and a tool for Yang's profit-making. How could she be happy?
"Humans are just like this. You just need to be more discerning in the future."