Li Yuan rubbed his hands and shouted, the excitement on his face difficult to conceal.
He was very enthusiastic about eliminating wealthy families, and he even did not hesitate to fight for it as a lifelong matter.
Although he himself is also a member of a wealthy family, he has now separated from the wealthy family and has become a being who is superior to the wealthy family.
Therefore, even if a wealthy family is tortured to death, he will not feel sad like a rabbit or a fox, but will only be excited.
"If you have any other clever tips, tell them all!"
Li Yuan seemed to have seen that after the Tang Dynasty eliminated the wealthy families, it developed into unprecedented prosperity and the country was unprecedentedly stable, so he excitedly urged Li Yuanji to talk about some methods for targeting the wealthy families.
Li Yuanji did not hide it, but told Li Yuan what he was implementing, what he wanted to implement, and what he was thinking about.
"Father, although the wealthy families of the aristocratic family look like giants that could threaten our Tang Dynasty, they are actually just a bunch of turtles in a jar. My father has led an army, so he should know that the way to lead an army is not only to defend, but also to attack.
But now when facing us, the wealthy and powerful families can only defend, not attack.
We can use this advantage to ravage them at will."
After Li Yuanji finished talking about what he did and the methods he thought about, he also made a summary.
Li Yuan's eyes shone when he heard it, and he kept cheering. He wished he could practice with a wealthy family right now.
This is not to say that he can no longer tolerate any wealthy families in his eyes, but the shame that wealthy families once brought him was so great that these humiliations have formed hatred in his heart, making him have a strong desire for people from wealthy families.
hostility.
In addition, the existence of the wealthy family affects the stability of the Tang Dynasty. This is a new hostility. The two hostility are superimposed, which gives him the reason to completely remove the wealthy family.
Speaking of which, people from wealthy aristocratic families are quite arrogant in their operations.
When Li Yuan was still the Duke of Tang, they did not take Li's blood into account. The Zheng family in Xingyang did not even mind marrying Dafang's legitimate daughter to Li Jiancheng, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Li family in Zhaojun, the Yang family in Hongnong, etc.
I don't mind marrying the legitimate daughter of the clan to Li Shimin.
After Li Yuan became emperor, people from wealthy families picked up Qiao, especially the other families in the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.
Li Yuan excitedly ran to propose marriage to his son Qi Wang, hoping to marry other members of the Qi Wang family, thereby deepening his control over Taiyuan Prefecture, Duji Road, and Hebei Province, and strengthening his ability to deal with Wang Shichong.
and Dou Jiande’s background.
As a result, the other members of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes not only refused to agree, but also humiliated Li Yuan.
This made Li Yuan go away in good fortune and return in disgrace.
In the end, he had to endure the humiliation and let his son marry the legitimate daughter of the Yang family of Hongnong.
Speaking of the Hongnong Yang family, their operations in this area are also very arrogant. When Li Yuan proposed marriage for their son, although they agreed to Li Yuan's marriage proposal, they gave the eldest daughter's legitimate daughter to Li Yuan's second son as a nuren.
, married Xiaofang’s legitimate daughter to Li Yuan’s fourth son as his wife.
This seems to be a very wise decision. They have sacrificed their lives and befriended Li Shimin, so that when Li Shimin ascends to heaven, they will also be able to take advantage of him.
But doing this made Li Yuan angry.
Good guy, Li Yuan, an emperor and an elder in-law of Yang family, personally went to Yang family to propose marriage for his son. Instead of marrying off the eldest daughter, Yang family gave his other son as a concubine.
Doing this seems to be bowing to Li Yuan, but in fact it is slapping Li Yuan in the face.
Li Yuan was not stupid. He could easily see that Yang did this because he was interested in his second son's political future and wanted to invest in advance, instead of really attaching importance to getting married to Li and not caring about Li's blood.
Li Yuan had already been humiliated and disgraced by the other members of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes. At this time, the Yang family came up and slapped him. How could Li Yuan read the Yang family?!
Li Yuan was restrained even if he didn't dismantle the Yang family.
It was because of the coquettish manipulations of these wealthy families that Li Yuan deeply resented falling in love with them.
In the past, Li Yuan restrained himself because the Tang Dynasty had not yet been unified and he had no good way to deal with them.
Now that the Tang Dynasty was unified and had a good way to deal with them, Li Yuan could no longer bear it.
"Leave the affairs of Xingyang to me, and I will prepare the Zheng family myself."
Li Yuan took all the responsibility for Zhang Liang's opening of elementary school in Xingyang.
Li Yuanji did not object. It was also a good thing for him to have Li Yuan help him share part of the work.
After all, he had to deal with all the government affairs of the Tang Dynasty, and he didn't have time to keep an eye on Zhang Liang's education in Xingyang.
With Li Yuan watching and controlling, he can save worry and effort.
In this matter, too much power would not be involved, and there would be no need to mobilize too many troops. He also did not have to worry that Li Yuan would take this opportunity to regain his power and come to the front of the stage again.
At this time, Li Shimin pondered and poured cold water, "Yuanji, the wealthy families are not as weak as you said. They can only defend but cannot attack.
When they attack, they are invisible and all-pervasive.
Although they are not as fierce and direct as the army, their knives are also very sharp and they kill without blood."
When Li Yuan heard what Li Shimin said, he thought it was reasonable. The excitement on his face suddenly subsided and he quickly looked at Li Yuanji, wanting to know what Li Yuanji had to do to deal with it.
Li Yuanji said confidently: "With the temptation of huge profits from water transportation and sea transportation, plus our instigation, they have no spare power to deal with us, and it is difficult for them to unite to attack us.
If the second brother is still worried, he can follow what I did in Luoyang and provoke internal struggles among their families."
Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then he understood the meaning of Li Yuanji's words, and his face suddenly turned ugly.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yuan blinked with some confusion, his eyes lingered on Li Shimin and Li Yuanji and said: "What to imitate, and how to provoke internal struggles among them?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin and said with a smile: "Of course I sell my officials and titles and use the talents of each family."
Li Yuan immediately remembered the things Li Yuanji had done in Luoyang to tarnish his reputation when he followed Li Shimin to conquer Liu Heitai. He also recalled the strategy that Li Shimin secretly sent back to him to divide the wealthy families. He instantly understood Li Yuanji's actions. Yuanji means.
The matter was only the beginning at that time. Because Li Yuanji did not cooperate and Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin cherished feathers, it was abandoned halfway.
Now that the old things are brought up again, it seems that we can continue to do them?
"Do you want your second brother to come forward and resell the official titles to the concubines of those wealthy families, so that the concubines can become powerful in the clan and then compete with the legitimate sons?"
Li Yuan asked.
Li Yuanji nodded, shook his head and said: "Yes and no..."
Li Yuan didn't understand the meaning of this.
Li Yuanji explained: "With my second brother's current status, even if he came forward to resell officials and titles, I'm afraid no one would believe it, so I have to let others do it."
Li Yuan was even more confused, "Since you are going to let others do it, why do you want your second brother to follow what you did in Luoyang?"
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "No matter who is asked to do this, there must be a reasonable excuse, right?"
Li Yuan was stunned for a moment, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
Li Yuanji continued: "If you use the excuse that my second brother is gathering strength and preparing for a comeback, I believe many people will be fooled."
Speaking of this, Li Yuanji said with a bright smile: "If there are one or two direct descendants of wealthy families who are also fooled, then we will make a lot of money."
Li Yuan didn't care about using Li Shimin's comeback as an excuse. He just said with a look of astonishment: "Are you planning to lure the direct descendants of a wealthy family to the bait, and then send an army to clear them out in an open and honest manner in the name of rebellion?"
When Li Shimin heard the word "disobedience", the corners of his mouth twitched at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Although Li Yuan has now given up yelling at him to kill him, the word "treason" proves that his status in Li Yuan's heart is still that of the treasonous son who committed rebellion, and there has been no change.
This is not good news for him.
He is now a caged bird. Under strict guard, only Li Yuan can help him.
If his status in Li Yuan's heart does not improve, then his life will be over.
Li Yuanji saw the corner of Li Shimin's mouth twitching, but he didn't pay attention. Instead, he smiled and answered Li Yuan's question, "Not bad..."
Li Yuan said thoughtfully: "Whether a direct descendant of a wealthy family is fooled or not, there is no loss for us?"
Li Yuanji nodded slowly.
If a direct descendant of a wealthy family is fooled, he can use the excuse of rebellion to send an army to annihilate the wealthy family openly.
The direct descendants of the wealthy family will not be fooled, nor will it affect his plan to provoke an internal struggle within the wealthy family.
"This is indeed a good method. As long as they are in chaos internally and with each other, even if they see that we are plotting against them, they will not have the power to deal with us."
Li Yuan became excited again, and stared at Li Yuanji and said, "Who are you going to let go?"
Li Yuanji glanced at Li Shimin with a smile and said, "Grandson Anye!"
There is no more suitable person for this matter than Changsun Anye.
Changsun Anye is Li Shimin's brother-in-law. Even if he has some grudges with Changsun and Changsun Wuji, he is still Li Shimin's brother-in-law.
Changsun Anye did not participate in the previous Xuanwumen coup. After the coup, he stayed in the house for a long time. He rarely comes out to wander around Chang'an City, so he did not suffer any damage in the previous coup.
Let the eldest grandson find an excuse to leave the palace once, and then secretly meet him once, and ask him to help manage Li Shimin's comeback. You can definitely deceive people.
If you add Qu Tutong, Yuchi Gong, Chu Liang, and Changsun Wuji if necessary, you will definitely be able to deceive everyone.