Chapter 0640 It seems that His Highness guessed it right
"Your Highness, isn't three hundred thousand stones of food enough?"
Yang Shidao howled.
He knew very well that the reason why Li Yuanji did not answer his words and instead asked him to go back to rest was because Li Yuanji was not satisfied with the price he offered.
Li Yuanji saw that Yang Shidao had spoken out, so he stopped hiding it, "Oh, three hundred thousand shi of grain, how about sending it to beggars? When my second brother went to the east, I gave you a little benefit, so you can give it to me.
I gave my second brother one hundred thousand shi of food.
Now I have given you the entire family property of the Li family in Zhaozhou, but you are only willing to give me 300,000 shi of grain.
Do you think I'm easy to bully, or do you think I'm easy to fool around with?"
Yang Shidao's face suddenly turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You can't include the food you forcibly took from our clan!"
The reason why the Yang family supplied 100,000 shi of food to Li Shimin's Eastern Expedition army was because after the Yang family reached a deal with Li Shimin, Li Yuanji used the opportunity of being Yang's son-in-law. Why did the Yang family give Li Shimin food but not him?
On this pretext, he forcibly obtained some grain from the Yang family.
This enabled the Yang family to supply more than 100,000 shi of food to Li Shimin's Eastern Expedition army.
Part of this was traded by Li Shimin, and the other part was extorted by Li Yuanji.
Now that Li Yuanji is considered together, in Yang Shidao's view, it is a bit shameless.
Li Yuanji was not a pure Tang man. If he had to choose between food and face, he would naturally choose food without hesitation, so he pretended not to hear Yang Shidao's words and continued: "I gave you the opportunity.
, since you don’t care and don’t pay attention to it, then forget it, there’s no need to talk about it, you can go back.”
As Li Yuanji spoke, he waved his hands indifferently.
Yang Shidao gritted his teeth tighter and made a loud crunching sound, but he did not leave. Instead, he bent down slightly, hiding his face, and said in a heavy and difficult voice: "How much food do you need to be satisfied?"
Li Yuanji stretched out a finger without hesitation and said: "One million stones!"
Yang Shidao suddenly raised his head, his face full of horror.
This is life-threatening!
Although the Yang family has a great business, they cannot produce so much food in one go.
"Your Highness, although I, the Yang family, have vast hectares of fertile land, I cannot produce so much food. Even if I empty out my Yang family's wealth, I still can't produce it!"
Yang Shidao said anxiously.
Li Yuanji said calmly: "That is your Yang family's business and has nothing to do with me."
Yang Shidao said with a somewhat gloomy expression: "This matter..."
Li Yuanji interrupted before he could finish his words: "You want to say that you can't make the decision on this matter, and you have to go back to discuss it?"
Yang Shidao nodded subconsciously.
Li Yuanji added: "I have already asked you to discuss it once, and I will only give you one chance to discuss it. If you still want to discuss it, there is no need to discuss it again.
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Because I no longer have time to wait for you."
Yang Shidao opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.
Li Yuanji continued: "I won't hide it from you. The Cui family of Qinghe and the Lu family of Fan Yang have sent people to look for me. If you Yang family don't give me an answer as soon as possible, then I will have to talk to them.
I believe that after seeing what happened to you Yang, they should be more decisive and generous."
When Yang Shidao heard this, his face changed drastically, and he subconsciously asked: "Who are they from the court?"
Li Yuanji didn't hide anything and nodded.
He didn't lie to Yang Shidao either. People from the Cui family in Qinghe and people from the Lu family in Fanyang had indeed contacted him, but they hadn't made an offer yet.
It's not that these two companies couldn't afford the price, but he didn't ask them to raise the price.
When it comes to carving up the Li family in Zhaozhou, he would rather take advantage of the Yang family than the Cui family of Qinghe and the Lu family of Fanyang.
Because these two families are prosperous enough, the Qinghe Cui family has two-bedroom people all over Hebei Province, and they also have properties in various parts of Hebei Province. If they take over the Zhaozhou Li family's family business, they will become a family that can endanger the Li family.
A wealthy family.
This kind of wealthy family shouldn't exist.
Fan Yanglu's family also has multiple houses, and the relationship is quite close. The family's industries are involved in all walks of life, and the family wealth can no longer be described as rich, but terrifying.
Its influence is not inferior to that of the Cui family, and together with the Cui family of Qinghe and the Cui family of Boling, it is called "Cui Lu".
Let them take over the family business of the Li family in Zhaozhou, and they will also become a threat to the Li family.
So in this matter, he prefers Yang.
Of course, if the Yang family cannot come up with a sufficient price, then he can only divide the Zhaozhou Li family's family business in two and sell it to the Qinghe Cui family and the Fanyang Lu family.
As long as it is done properly, the Qinghe Cui family and the Fanyang Lu family will not be able to digest the Zhaozhou Li family's family business in a short period of time, and they will not become a threat to the Li family.
After the Turks are defeated, it is not too late to turn back and deal with them.
"Can you give me one more day? I will definitely give you a reply within one day."
Yang Shidao said quickly.
When people are doing business, they are most afraid of competition.
Once someone comes out to compete, people will easily get confused.
There is no doubt that Yang Shidao is now in a state of confusion.
Li Yuanji thought for a moment and said: "One day is not enough. I don't have that much time anymore. I can only give you three hours. Give me a reply after three hours."
When Li Yuanji said this, he waved his hand, indicating that Yang Shidao could leave.
Yang Shidao hesitated for a moment, then agreed decisively and quickly left Wude Hall.
Not long after, the Yang clan members in Beijing gathered at Yang Shidao's Prince Consort's Mansion.
When night fell, Yang Shidao negotiated with the clansmen and came to a conclusion, agreeing to Li Yuanji's price.
However, there was a slight twist in the process, that is, the more than 70,000 shi of grain that Yang had robbed Su Dingfang and others was included in the calculation.
Li Yuanji expressed opposition to this.
"I asked you Yang family to give me a reply within three to five days, but you made me wait for less than half a month. Don't I need to pay for this?"
In the Hall of Wude, the lights were turned on. Li Yuanji sat in the flickering light, staring at the tired Yang Shidao and questioning him.
Yang Shidao opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say another word.
At this point, there is no need to worry too much about this matter anymore. Li Yuanji is just lying on Yang's back to suck blood. As long as Yang is still thinking about the family business of Zhaozhou Li family, he can only let it go.
Li Yuanji slaughtered.
One million shi of food has been given, so there is nothing more to say about more than 70,000 shi, just treat it as an extra.
In the end, the two parties agreed that one million stones of grain would be delivered in ten installments, four of which would be shipped to the granary in Luoyang to fill the emptiness of the granary in Luoyang, and six of which would be shipped to Chang'an to fill the emptiness of the granary in Chang'an.
On the second day after agreeing on the delivery method, Yang Shidao led his servants to escort 100,000 shi of grain to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for delivery.
Li Yuanji suddenly felt that he was missing something.
Because according to secret reports from spies from all over Chang'an City, Yang Shidao didn't spend much effort at all in raising this food. He just took his people to move the granary in the mansion and the granary in the princess mansion and got it all.
It is said that there is still surplus grain in the granaries in his house and the princess's house.
However, the granaries of other members of the Yang family in Beijing have not been touched, and the food in the grain shop opened by the Yang family in Beijing has not been touched either.
The grain in the several places where Yang stored grain in Hongnong has not been moved.
Li Yuanji's desire to kill pigs became even more intense.
Because he clearly felt that it was not that there was no food in the Tang Dynasty, nor was there sufficient food supply for the people in the Tang Dynasty, but that the dignitaries and people from wealthy families collected most of the food on the market and stocked it in
In my own granary, I would rather watch the grain moldy in the granary than take it out for sale.
This resulted in the dilemma that although this year was a good harvest year, the court did not have enough food and grass to supply the army, nor did it have enough food and grass to provide relief to the people.
This is similar to the fact that rich people bury their money in the ground and are unwilling to take it out to circulate on the market, causing a money shortage in the country.
Although these grains and money are earned by people based on their own abilities and can be disposed of as they wish, it would be of no benefit to the country if the money earned from taking up considerable resources of the country is not used to supply the country.
Over time, there will be a shortage of food and money.
Food is okay, there is more food every year, but there is only so much money. If you hoard some, there will be less on the market. If you hoard more, there will be less on the market.
It would be okay if the country could find new veins of minerals and generate more money.
If you can't find it, you will be short of money.
There will be major turmoil in the country's economy.
Therefore, from the perspective of those in power, these people are all pigs and should be killed.
What those in power need to safeguard is never the interests of a certain person or a group of people, but the interests of the vast majority of people.
As long as the interests of the vast majority of people can be safeguarded, the position of those in power will be as stable as a rock.
At least, there won't be too many people in the country against you, and there won't be too much commotion.
As for the outside of the country, that is another problem.
Li Yuanji had many ways to break the monopoly of money and grain by dignitaries and wealthy families. Whether it was developing Yunnan copper, issuing Jiaozi, transporting grain from the south to the north, or vigorously promoting rice cultivation, this problem could be solved.
However, now is not the time to solve this problem.
What needs to be solved most now is the Turkic invasion.
September twenty-fifth.
One hundred thousand Turkic troops approached Yanmen Pass, and Chitang Pass and Shiling Pass were also in emergency. The Tang Dynasty was shocked three times a day, and the people in Taiyuan, Duji Road, and Hebei Province were panicked.
But the city of Chang'an was full of singing and dancing. Except that the price of food was a little higher and Prince Consort Yang sent some food to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there were no big changes.
Li Xiaogong, who was patrolling from Yangtuo Temple in Chitang Pass to Yanmen Pass, saw the Turkic army stretching for several miles outside the pass. Not only did he not panic, but he subconsciously frowned.
Li Shiji was wearing mountain-pattern armor and holding a long sword on his waist. He stood next to Li Xiaogong, also frowning and saying: "It seems that His Highness guessed it right..."
Li Xiaogong stared at the Turkic army outside the pass, nodded solemnly and said: "The Turks seem to be many, but in fact there are less than 30,000 people who can control the strings, and the rest are mostly servants and slaves. They want to defeat you and me.
It is simply impossible to guard Yanmen Pass.
Even if they attack Wei Zeguan guarded by He Fanren, Kan Leng and Niu Xiu, they will still lose a tooth.
Not to mention going to Chitang Pass and Shiling Pass to attack Huang Junhan and others."
Li Shiji said solemnly: "So all the soldiers and horses here are suspicious soldiers. The purpose is to attract a large number of soldiers and horses from our Tang Dynasty, making the interior empty so that they can take advantage of it?"
Li Xiaogong nodded and said, "That should be the case, but we don't rule out that Jie Li is confusing us."
Li Shiji looked at Li Xiaogong and said, "Then what should we do now? Should we continue to send people to investigate the news, send people back to report the news, or do both?"
Li Xiaogong thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Let's attack on both sides."
Li Shiji didn't seem surprised by Li Xiaogong's choice. He nodded and said, "Then if it is found that the Turkic army here is a suspect and the real Turkic army went to Chang'an, how should we deal with it?"
Li Xiaogong was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Shiji in astonishment and said: "What else can we do? Of course we must devour them. Since Jieli dares to bring them to the lake to trick us, then don't blame us for killing them!"
