Li Jing, who was following Li Jiancheng, saw this scene in his eyes and sneered secretly in his heart. Until now, Li Jiancheng only knew how to win over powerful families for help, and had always looked down on officials from small and medium-sized nobles. As for those reckless heroes, he had never
Take it seriously, including when Li Jing was at Li's house.
Compared with Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin was just the opposite. He didn't pay much attention to the wealthy family at all, because Li Shimin knew that with the profit-seeking nature of the wealthy family, it doesn't mean that they will support you if you show a posture and intend to please and get closer to them.
, they will only look at your value.
Li Jiancheng was the eldest son, and the wealthy family believed that Li Yuan would become the emperor in the future, Li Jiancheng would become the prince, and he would become the emperor in the future.
Therefore, the support of Li Jiancheng by the powerful family is an early investment. In fact, no matter whether Li Jiancheng takes the initiative to lean towards the powerful family, the attitude of the powerful family will not change.
Therefore, Li Shimin never took the initiative to show favor to the rich and powerful families. He just tried his best to show off his abilities until his ability and prestige clearly surpassed that of the eldest son Li Jiancheng, who had a great innate advantage. As expected, some powerful and powerful families secretly took the initiative.
Provide him with financial and human resources and other help.
In addition, unlike Li Jiancheng who looked down on the small and medium-sized nobles and civil and military officials with rude backgrounds, Li Shimin devoted great efforts to these people.
Originally, these people were very unhappy because of Li Jiancheng's contempt and neglect. But at this time, Li Shimin took the initiative and used his methods and mentality to win over people. Many people had actually become Li Shimin's people without knowing it. This was even
Li Yuan didn't even notice it, let alone Li Jiancheng.
Yin Kaishan, the former general outside the city, is one example.
Moreover, even if some of these people are loyal to Li Yuan because they were promoted by Li Yuan and are not loyal to Li Shimin, they still have a good impression of Li Shimin. At least they hope that Li Shimin will give him more help in the future than Li Jiancheng.
They are the masters.
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Time passed little by little, and the guests in the hall finally felt a hint of the banquet atmosphere.
It seems that the changes that occurred in Chang'an City outside the palace caused an uproar and sensation, which gradually subsided and dispersed with the arrival of Li Jiancheng.
Seeing that Li Jiancheng, who had always been friendly to the wealthy family, looked calm, it seemed as if Chai Shao and his troops suddenly entered the city, and the handover of Chang'an City's defenses seemed like everything was far away.
The atmosphere of the banquet gradually got better, and the uneasy atmosphere in the banquet due to the change of defense also gradually calmed down - mainly because Li Jiancheng looked as if nothing had happened and calmly chatted with the heads and bigwigs of the powerful families.
The heads and bosses of the wealthy family also secretly observed Li Jiancheng and found nothing unusual.
And with Li Jiancheng's small city, these old foxes could easily see the depth, so they were completely relieved.
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When it was getting dark, more and more bosses from the Li Yuan Group arrived.
Shunde, the eldest grandson who is in charge of civil affairs, Dugu Changsu, the head of the Dugu family, the most powerful family in the world, Zheng, the head of the seven sects with five surnames, and the Li family of Longxi...
Just when the sky was completely dark, the iconic ritual music that represented the appearance of the most distinguished big shot finally started playing!
As this iconic ritual music sounded, everyone in the audience immediately fell silent!
This is the signal that Tang Wang Li Yuan is about to appear!
All the people talking stopped talking, and then all the guests naturally stood on both sides along the empty red carpet in the middle of the hall, making way for a path leading to the highest throne.
Although there is no dragon chair there yet, it is actually no different from the dragon chair.
In fact, in the original history, as early as last year, Li Yuan had established a country and proclaimed himself emperor, and the Tang Empire had been established.
However, now because of the appearance of Wang Junlin and Nie Xiao, history has changed too much. Wang Junlin also seized the opportunity last year and sent troops from three directions to seize Hedong, the home base of Li Yuan Group. Then Li Shimin attacked Sichuan and Shu.
Another defeat.
Therefore, the current situation is not a good time for Li Yuan to proclaim himself emperor.
At this time, the door was slowly opened, and the personal guards of the Tang Dynasty wearing green armor entered proudly!
Then, the king of Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan, arrived!
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Li Yuan wore a gorgeous golden python robe tonight, which was the standard dress for princes in the Sui Dynasty.
Behind the emperor, there were two old men in black. They seemed to have a deep aura and shining eyes, unlike ordinary people.
Because in order to show his trust in his ministers, Li Yuan rarely appeared in such situations with personal guards, so everyone was used to Li Yuan appearing alone.
I didn't expect to be followed today by two guards who were obviously masters, and a pair of personal guards behind me.
The most important thing is that everyone soon discovered that His Royal Highness the Tang Dynasty was holding a sword in his right hand today!
Li Yuan came from a family of generals, and he was also good at martial arts, and was even a master in the stagnant stage, so his posture and technique of holding the sword did not seem inconsistent.
Of course, this sword is definitely not ordinary, which can be seen from the dark green gems inlaid on the scabbard.
Li Yuan held this sword lightly in his hand, walked slowly into the hall, and walked towards his seat...
The details that were different from the past were quickly discovered by many people in the audience.
As a result, the hall, which had gradually begun to have a banquet atmosphere, suddenly felt a bit nervous again, and many people narrowed their eyes.
Li Yuan didn't seem to notice the unusual atmosphere in the hall, but without squinting, he walked proudly across the red carpet and came to his throne.
Then, he held the hilt of the sword with both hands and slowly sat down with the sword in his hand. His face was solemn and solemn, which was very different from the peaceful expression before.
"This Li Yuan... I seemed to have misjudged him back then, but that's probably it. If I had taken action, I would have taken action directly." Li Jing stood behind Li Jiancheng and saluted Li Yuan together with all the guests.
"Everyone, please stand up!" Li Yuan looked majestic and raised his hand in return. He was not an emperor, but actually had the demeanor of an emperor.
The sound of rituals and music stopped, and the whole place fell into silence, quietly waiting for Tang Wang Li Yuan to speak.
As for His Highness Prince Tang, who was obviously very different from the past, his sharp gaze swept across the entire audience, and then he twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled softly.
Although he is smiling, this smile is by no means pleasant, because his smile is different from before. There is a bit of coldness in the smile, and even a hint of murderous intent and a touch of mockery!
"Gu Xiang, you must have a lot of questions at this moment, and some of you may even be restless at this time."
Although many people had already made some assumptions based on the foreshadowing, Li Yuan suddenly said this at this time.
Such a sentence still surprised many people.
Li Yuan really has such courage and decisiveness...Does he really want to have a showdown with a powerful family?
But then Li Yuan turned his eyes, the coldness and murderous intent on his face faded a bit, and said with a smile: "I, Li Yuan, have always tolerated and kept the overall situation in mind, so that some people secretly colluded with the Far East Army, and Gu Yizhen did not take action to kill him.
Pull it out."
As he spoke, Li Yuan suddenly stood up with his sword in hand!
Many people gasped on the spot and secretly looked towards the side halls and the main entrance on both sides, worried that thousands of swordsmen and axe-wielders would appear on both sides at the next moment.
"Is this the Hongmen Banquet today?" Many family heads and bosses who had secretly sent people to express their allegiance to Wang Junlin turned pale and secretly began to figure out how to escape later.
However, Li Yuan is still the same Li Yuan, not Li Shimin. He does not have the courage to do the Hongmen Banquet.
"Today I want to have a frank talk with you. If you want to go and serve King Junlin, I don't have to stop you, but you can leave, but you can't take away all the property and savings of your clan." Li Yuan said calmly.
The whole place fell silent for a moment, and many people were relieved, at least there would be no more sword-fighting scenes, but then they frowned again.
The reason why their wealthy family is called a wealthy family has a lot to do with the thousands of years of property and millions of acres of fertile land they have accumulated. If these things were left to Li Yuan, they would just be a group of people who went to serve Wang Junlin, and then the latter
Is it possible to reuse them?
It has to be said that Li Yuan's move was very good, and it can be regarded as retreating.
At this time, Dugu Changsu stood up and said: "Everyone, this is also the result of the discussion between me and the prince. You want to be in two boats. This kind of thing will never happen again in the future. If you are not willing to give up,
The family property, then let’s keep the people as well!”
Dugu Changsu knew very well that he, like the Yuwen family, had already formed a deadly feud with Wang Junlin because of some things he did back then. In addition, he could see very clearly that following Wang Junlin, their family would be destroyed sooner or later.
Seeing that Taiyuan's Wang family and Wenxi Pei family are now being reused by Wang Junlin, many aristocratic families secretly envy them, but this is only for other aristocratic families to see, that is, the two archways.
Dugu Changsu was convinced that after Wang Junlin calmed down the world, he would definitely take action against the powerful families, and with Wang Junlin's domineering and cruelty, it was possible for them to exterminate their clans.
Therefore, Dugu Changsu saw clearly that he had never thought of joining Wang Junlin. It can be said that the Dugu family was the most loyal to Li Yuan, and this was why Li Yuan dared to break up with various powerful families today, forcing some vain attempts to step on his feet.
One of the things that the wealthy families of the two ships rely on to make their final choice.
"Li Yuan is still Li Yuan after all. I thought I would let Chai Shao lead an army into the city to change defenses. Not to mention a mass killing, at least some people would be killed. Unexpectedly, in the end, I just wanted to use the army to force these wealthy families to make the final choice." Li Jing looked unhappy.
Change, but there is ridicule and contempt in my heart.
"However, the Dugu family will not agree if they start a mass killing! After all, if we start this today, Li Yuan may also take action against the Dugu family in the future." Then Li Jing thought to himself, "So, compared to
After all, Li Shimin is ruthless and decisive enough, and there is indeed a reason why the prince values Li Shimin so much."
Thinking of this, Li Jing looked outside the palace, thinking that Li Shimin, who Wang Junlin had always regarded as his biggest opponent, should be on stage soon!