In these years, due to the existence of Li Chengqian.
Datang has formed a very complete business system.
Where there is food, food is sold; where there is a light industry system, industrial products are sold.
For a long time, not only the merchants have formed their own complete industrial chain, but also the common people have become accustomed to the life of having someone come to buy them immediately after they produce the goods.
As the region with the richest products within the Tang Dynasty, Shu was naturally affected by the rise of commerce.
Its main products include food, wood, porcelain, iron ore and mineral salt, all of which are handled by merchants and distributed throughout the country, and even sold outside the region along the Silk Road.
In the commercial era, as long as you have products and materials, you have a source of money.
Even people without land can make a lot of money by going to the mountains to collect herbs or cut trees and bamboos.
And when the people can make money, the local government's fiscal revenue will naturally increase.
After all, people can only consume when they have money, and merchants can only pay taxes to the court after they make money.
This has also caused Shu's fiscal revenue to increase exponentially in recent years.
But Li Chengqian once said that water can carry a boat but also capsize it.
There are some things that the court can give you, and you can naturally get them back.
When Li Ke announced that he was leading the Shu rebellion, Li Chengqian didn't even need to speak.
Changsun Wuji, Lu Qing and his party took the lead in launching the siege and sanctions against Shu.
First of all, they strictly prohibit Shu products from appearing in their stores.
Secondly, they also strictly require their goods to appear in Shu.
You know, under the influence of Li Chengqian, the Changsun family and the Lu family have already become the leading merchant families in the Tang Dynasty.
This directly caused Shu to lose nearly a quarter of its revenue.
And that's not even the point.
The focus is on the influence of these two families in the business world.
They have spoken out in the business community to restrict import and export trade to Shu. How can other businessmen dare to go against them? Not to mention working with them to restrict Shu, but also to avoid conflicts with them as much as possible.
After all, businessmen are not fools. They can clearly distinguish the difference between eating a full meal and eating every meal.
But this time, it was considered that Shu was severely damaged.
Not only did it strand the goods produced in Shu, it also made many workers supported by merchants unemployed.
As the old saying goes.
If the knife doesn't hit you, you won't know it hurts.
At the beginning, when the war started, it did not affect their lives, and naturally they didn't feel anything.
I still go my own way and do whatever I have to do, and I feel that if the emperor changes in the future, I will not be affected too much.
But this time, they were really panicked.
In particular, all the businessmen who made a living selling Sichuan specialties to other places have given up.
A group of businessmen ganged up and went to the Yizhou government office to find Li Ke and persuade him to stop his hostile behavior towards the court.
But how could Li Ke listen to them?
At the beginning, Li Ke could still explain the reason to the other party in a polite way.
Later, he simply closed the door to this group of people.
In his opinion, this group of businessmen was really childish and ridiculous.
After all, at the moment, he has led his army to go to war with the imperial court.
This matter has already reached the point of no return.
How could they stop doing it?
Once he stops, he may still be able to survive because he is Li Shimin's son.
What about those who followed him in the uprising?
How could Li Shimin let them go?
But will unemployed workers take care of this?
Those who can't make money because of this war
Will the businessmen take care of this?
They can't even eat, so how can they think about your nonsense?
Therefore, in the end, it is inevitable that the merchants and workers will conflict with Li Ke.
First, businessmen organized workers to launch a large-scale protest in Yizhou City, spreading the word everywhere that Li Ke was not rebelling against the Qing emperor, but was rebelling against Chi Guoguo.
How could there not be rumors among the people at this time?
In the end, everyone in the army was panicked.
Everyone is afraid that they will become traitors and will be nailed to the pillar of shame together with their families like the rebels in the east.
And what can Li Ke do?
After learning about this situation, he could only send troops to suppress it.
Countless people were arrested and imprisoned that day.
What's more, some were beheaded on the spot to scare the monkeys.
It is indeed understandable for Li Ke to do this.
After all, as the commander-in-chief of an army, he cannot let anything affect their military morale.
But in the eyes of the common people, this is indeed a sign of cruelty.
Some people also had the idea of re-examining the prince.
And some thoughts, once they arise, can never go away...
"A few days ago, the imperial court sent me news."
"At the moment, many local officials from Jiannan Province fled from Yizhou to Chang'an with their families and asked me what to do."
Li Shimin turned to look at Li Chengqian and said, "What do you think?"
"this……"
Li Chengqian laughed dryly and said: "Father, you can make the decision on this matter yourself, there is no need to ask me..."
"You are the current crown prince, shouldn't you share your worries?"
Li Shimin looked directly at Li Chengqian and said, "Besides, I really want to hear your opinion. Do you think these people deserve forgiveness..."
he asked The meaning is already obvious.
Just to see if Li Chengqian has learned the ruthlessness to eradicate the weeds.
After all, this guy is now the prince, and the world will belong to him in the future.
As the saying goes, if a person is not ruthless, he cannot stand firm.
As a king, in addition to mind, intelligence and strategy, what he must possess is a ruthless heart.
It means doing what is best for you at the critical moment.
And to do this, you must be able to do whatever it takes.
Those Yizhou officials now fled from Shu.
But it is inevitable that there will be some close relatives of Li Ke.
If these people stay, they might make some small moves in the future.
It would be troublesome for both the court and Li Chengqian himself.
Of course, besides that, Li Shimin really wanted to see what he meant.
See if he can give himself an idea on how to deal with these people properly.
After all, this guy's intelligence is unprecedented.
Company commander Sun Wuji admitted that this guy's resourcefulness was superior to his own at some moments.
If nothing else, let’s talk about the energy these merchants can unleash.
Before this, even Li Shimin himself didn't know that a small business could have such a big impact on the country.
Changsun Wuji, Lu Qing and other people, with just a few words, could cause Shu to suffer such huge losses, and even directly cause Li Ke's subordinates to mutiny.
And this is only for this country.
What if it is targeted at other countries?
Li Shimin couldn't even imagine what kind of effect it would have if one day the Tang Dynasty used this method to target Silla and Baekje, or the Western Turks...
At that moment, Li Shimin also spoke directly: "If you think they should be killed, then kill them all. If they should be kept, keep them all. Their life and death are entirely up to you..."