Chapter 750: Courteous to others
Chapter 750 Courteous to others
Qin Lang is very generous in giving gifts.
Resell 800 stones of pepper to Fang Xuanling at one time, so that the old Fang can earn at least 50,000 peppers. And for the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan, it would start with a piece of ambergris worth 300,000 guan, plus a large pot of tulips.
Of course, that's not all.
When Qin Lang presented the Supreme Emperor with a piece of paper for him to read, the way Li Yuan looked at Qin Lang changed. This piece of paper is very valuable and can guarantee at least 100,000 guan of income per year.
"I'm just an abdicated emperor, just a bad old man with no real power in his hands. Why are you flattering me so much?" Li Yuan asked.
"The minister's father returned to the Tang Dynasty and was treated favorably by the sage. He never dared to forget that the minister was only a maidservant who gave birth to a bastard, but the sage loved him very much back then, and he will never forget it."
Li Yuan sighed.
"It's rare that you two still remember these things." He waved his hand, and Li Yuan, who was in his sixties, was in a daze, as if recalling many past events.
"Your grandpa hasn't returned to Beijing for many years in Jiannan. How are you? Shubao is the bravest. Among the ten thousand armies, taking the head of an enemy general is like searching for something. With Shubao, no general in the enemy's army dares to be arrogant." Jumping. Your kid is ignorant and resourceful, but in terms of courage, he is far behind your old man by more than a thousand miles."
Qin Lang smiled and said, "I have selected many famous generals under my horse, Luo Yi in Youzhou, Xie Shufang in Jiangdong, Shuangfeng in Chang'an, and Junkuo, the king of Hedong, and Fuyun in Tuyuhun..."
"Hmph, can that be the same? Which one was really defeated and killed by you? You are just making up for it." Li Yuan dismantled Qin Lang unceremoniously.
While talking, Li Yuan sighed again.
"I'm getting old, and it's enough to move into this Daming Palace for a while before I die. I won't live a good two years. I know my own body. Erlang is capable. I admit that I really misjudged my eyes at the beginning, in vain. I missed the lives of Dalang and Saburo, hey, let’s not talk about this. I was ready to be able to return to heaven at any time, but I was a little reluctant to let those children go. I don’t know who can take care of them. Originally, I arranged Let Dou Dan manage it for me, and hand over all the money I have accumulated in the past few years to him to manage and live, but although Dou Dan's character is not greedy for my money, his ability is not good enough."
He looked down at the piece of paper given by Qin Lang. Qin Lang allocated dry shares to the Supreme Emperor in several profitable industries, and stated that the dry shares will be kept in the future, and the dividends and interest will be used to subsidize the young children of the Supreme Emperor. The expenses of the king and princesses.
More than 30 princes and princesses, with a dividend of 100,000 yuan a year, the average is at least 3,000 yuan per person. Although this amount of money is not a lot, it is definitely not a small amount. At least it can ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing. With a little frugality, there is still a lot left to buy manor properties and so on.
Even if Li Shimin treats these brothers and sisters unkindly after he leaves, this income is enough.
"what do you want?"
"If I give up on this old face, Erlang will always have to buy face once or twice." Li Yuan said straightforwardly. Although Qin Lang said that he was grateful for the kindness he had done to them back then, he had experienced a coup in the palace and was killed by his own son. Li Yuan, who was kicked off the throne, didn't know that in this world, no kindness or affection is as direct as benefit.
"There are many barbarians in Annan, who occupy the mountains and forests, resist the imperial court, block commercial routes, and often go down the mountain to harass the imperial court and counties. This is a serious hidden danger. Shi Li Daliang, the chief of the Annan Metropolitan Guard, intends to send troops to crusade, and recruits the commanders of the three provinces. The chieftains of the Han Dynasty responded by sending troops to eliminate disasters for the court and open up the territory. However, the saint did not want to use troops against the southern barbarians. I hope that the Supreme Emperor can help persuade the saint. If the imperial court can open up Annan and Jiannan, and open up between Shannan and Sanguang, not only Annan will be more stable, but Jiannan will also be safer. From now on, I am completely safe..."
Li Yuan listened carefully, and then smiled.
As the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, many people underestimated Li Yuan's talent. In fact, Li Yuan's ability is not much worse than Li Shimin's. Li Shimin's success today is based on Li Yuan's hard work in unifying the world.
Although Li Shimin led the conquest and pacified the world for a long time, without Li Yuan's plan, how could the Li family live in a corner of Taiyuan during the Sui Dynasty, how could it be possible to finally sit in the world?
This does not depend on momentary courage or luck, but on the control of the current situation. Li Yuan is a master strategist for the decision-making of fighters.
Whether it was all kinds of alliances in the early stage, or borrowing troops from the Turkic people, or even showing weakness to Li Mi, etc., these are just tactics and serve Li Yuan's grand strategy.
Li Yuan's strategy was successful as a whole, but in the end he didn't expect his son to fall.
This does not deny Li Yuan's ability, just like Yang Jianxiong's talent and strategy, he can be called the first hero Mingjun three hundred years after the Han and Wei Dynasties. Although he was afraid of his wife, he also chose the wrong prince and died in Sui II , but it can't obliterate Yang Jian's amazingness.
Qin Lang's careful thoughts had nowhere to hide in front of Li Yuan.
However, Qin Lang had no intention of hiding anything at all. Since he wanted to ask Li Yuan for help, he had already considered it thoroughly beforehand.
What Qin Lang revealed to the Supreme Emperor was that he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to conquer the southern barbarians, to fight against the barbarians and rob the barbarians to steal livestock money, to make money from the war, and even wanted to take the opportunity to expand his fiefdom.
These are straightforward.
Li Yuan looked at this impatient young man with a smile, "Wu'an Prefecture is so remote in the southern border, is it really worth your energy? You are not afraid that one day, the southern barbarians will rise up and your fief will be flattened. At that time, you will have countless Is the investment all in vain?"
"I have thought about it, and I am also very worried, so I don't want to sit still, I want to take the initiative to attack. Now taking advantage of the good situation in the sea trade, Annan's development is not bad. Taking advantage of this east wind, I will act first and beat the southern barbarians. Conquer, organize those blank wildernesses into prefectures and counties, even if they are ruled by Jimi, they will be included in the management of Tang Dynasty after all, so that there is no need to worry about it day and night."
"You kid wants more than these, right?"
"To tell you the truth, my fief is very short of manpower. There is a lack of manpower everywhere in coal factories, iron mines, salt factories, ceramic factories, fishing grounds, shipyards, etc. If we can capture some captives from barbaric lands and make them slaves, it will solve the problem. Fewer problems."
"Also, if the several barbarian tribes in the upper reaches of Anbei are conquered, then the commercial routes between Annan and Jiannan, central Guizhou, Yunnan, and Shannan will be opened up. For the entire Annan and my fief Wu'an Prefecture, It's all great news."
Li Yuan smiled.
"To be honest, you never thought about taking the opportunity to expand your territory?"
"Of course I want to, but everything is subject to the arrangement of the court."
Li Yuan shook his head.
"Chang'an is so prosperous, isn't it good to stay here? I don't understand you two, one stays in Jiannan Songzhou and refuses to move back, and the other stays in Chang'an but wants to go to Annan Wu'an Prefecture every day. Is Chang'an so terrible? "
Qin Lang said unabashedly to Li Yuan, "There is a saying that companions are like companions to tigers, and there is a saying that Vanity Fair is also a hunting ground. Chang'an is indeed a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. The minister is only in his early twenties, and this prime minister is already three or four years old. Let us be prepared for danger in times of peace, just thinking about arranging a way out for future generations, if the descendants are more stupid, let them stay in the south of Annan, and don't get involved in the battle in Chang'an casually."
This confession was even somewhat taboo, but Li Yuan felt it was very rare.
"It's rare that you are so young, but you can still think so long-term. If everyone is like you, there won't be so many right and wrong things. When I asked Erlang to be the king of Shu, Erlang insisted on fighting in Chang'an, hey " Li Yuan sighed, "You two can see clearly, but old people like Liu Hongji and Changsun Shunde can't see through this point, and they can't guarantee it until they are old."
"There are Xiaoan, Youliang and the others, hey."
"I will arrange a banquet in the palace tomorrow. It will be regarded as a celebration of my housewarming. I will invite the emperor and the prince to come over. I will find a chance to talk to the emperor at the banquet. I can't guarantee whether it will be successful or not. I accept this gift of yours with a smile, and I will not return it if the matter is not completed."
Qin Langlian said, that is filial piety, and has nothing to do with it.
The two foxes laughed there.
"By the way, it's rare for you to come here once, just to make two rounds of mahjong. I'll ask Concubine Yin and Concubine Zhang to come and join me."
Qin Lang didn't really want to play mahjong with the Supreme Emperor, especially with the Supreme Emperor's woman, but Li Yuan became addicted to playing cards and had to accompany him.
Concubine Yin De and Concubine Zhang are still young and beautiful. They both gave birth to children for the Supreme Emperor, but their charm has not been reduced by half, but they have become more mature and charming. They are indeed the two most favored by the Supreme Emperor. They are indeed good capital. Tall and plump, with two very delicate faces.
Concubine Zhang used to be Zhang Jieyu, and the two had built a good relationship with the prince before. No one expected that Li Shimin would become the big winner in the end. It was a grievance to accompany the Supreme Emperor to live a hard life in the palace these few years.
A few players are very good at poker, but Qin Lang plays less and his skills are not as good as others.
At the card table, the two concubines of the Supreme Emperor were playing cards, while frequently joking with Qin Lang there, and even winking and flirting from time to time, but the Supreme Emperor clearly saw it but ignored it.
Qin Lang admired Li Yuan's generosity and calmness. It is said that when Pei Ji was accused of treason, Li Yuan sent two concubines to visit and comfort him. He even stayed in Pei's residence overnight before returning. Insider.
However, if Qin Lang had ten more guts, he wouldn't dare to be too empress. Wouldn't this be to make Li Shimin a cheap father?
Not so courageous.
However, in front of the Supreme Emperor, together with young and beautiful concubines who have been in business for two years, it is indeed exciting enough to be seduced by them so naked.
He made mistakes more and more frequently, losing nine out of ten times!
(end of this chapter)