The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 740 different hearts
After the failure of Li Tang's Eastern Expedition, moving the capital has become an imperative. It was only the joint opposition of the Guanlong nobles at that time, which made Li Yuan procrastinate until today. Today's Li Tang Dynasty has the powerful enemy of the Sui Dynasty outside, and Beizhen inside. It seems very reasonable for the emperor to move the capital at this time without any resistance.But when this day really came, there was still an uproar in Xiangyang.Many people from aristocratic families started to sell fields and shops, and many people began to leave Xiangyang with gold and silver treasures, but more people bought them at low prices secretly. They thought that the city size of Xiangyang was no less than that of Luoyang. , and located in a strategic place that travels from south to north, sooner or later it will prosper because of the Han River and the Yangtze River.

"Grandfather, some shops and farm houses have been sold." Pei Hongzheng reported to his father in Pei Ju's mansion.

"Understood, let's prepare to enter Shu." Pei Ju, who was fishing, looked at the surrounding pavilions, his brows were a little more worried, and asked lightly: "Who is the person you are trading with?"

"Wei Shi." Pei Hong said: "Wei Shi should have decided to submit to the Sui after taking the path of Empress Dowager Wei. Not only them, but many families also chose to stay."

Pei Ju chuckled, "Every time the court goes downhill, the aristocratic family is the first to seek a way out. Now that Li Tang is dying, people are thinking about the Sui! Even if the Great Sui is not good for our aristocratic family, the first consideration of the aristocratic family is always how to live Come down, how to occupy a place in the new dynasty. These people who bought fields and shops at a low price"

"Grandfather." Pei Hong asked with some puzzlement: "The Sui Dynasty is certainly not friendly to our aristocratic family, but do we really want to live and die with Li Tang?"

Pei Ju glanced at the eldest grandson, and then said: "After more than ten years of turmoil in the world, the strength of the aristocratic families has become extremely weak, and many noble families in Guanlong that have been prosperous for more than a hundred years have been destroyed. Restriction is the general trend, and no one can change it. Our Pei family has been honored for nearly a thousand years, and if future generations want to live on the shadow of their ancestors, they will not be able to continue."

"Even though Emperor Shengwu was not the founding emperor of the country, in fact, he is. Such a person has a tenacious character, and his eyes are only on the continuation of the country and the dynasty. Anyone who stands in his way will not end well. Webster wants to rely on It's just a daydream to have a relationship with him with a little relationship and continue to be brilliant." Pei Ju sneered.

Pei Hong hesitated for a moment, then asked again: "Grandfather, no matter how domineering Yang Tong is, as long as we don't make him an enemy, we won't kill people indiscriminately, right?"

Pei Ju glanced at his eldest grandson with a half-smile, and said, "You want to learn from Webster and stay in Xiangyang to wait for an opportunity?"

"That's right." Pei Hong nodded and said, "Since the Holy Majesty gave everyone self-choice, many aristocratic families rejoiced, and those who bought farms, houses and shops were all of this type. But we followed into Shu, is there still hope for the Tang Dynasty?" ?”

"The morale of the Tang army is low, and the mood of war weariness is extremely high. The Holy Majesty can't wait to do everything to please the soldiers. How to please? It's nothing more than money, land, and women. If we stay, we obviously want to submit to the Sui Dynasty, so that we can be justified They killed us." Pei Ju said flatly, "Why did Wu Chuanwei stay and not leave? He stayed and killed us."

"He, how dare he do that?" Pei Hong's face was pale. He originally thought that Li Yuan wanted to make friends with aristocratic families, but he never thought that this was a deadly trap.

"The private soldiers of all families and clans have already been handed over, and we have no power to resist. He can kill or destroy if he wants to." Pei Ju said lightly: "It is also limited by the truce agreement, otherwise Xiangyang City will be destroyed. Burn it."

"Grandson understands." Pei Hong had no doubts about his grandfather's analysis, because his political wisdom had reached a height beyond his imagination.

At this time, Pei Ju asked again: "What about the fields, have you sold them all?"

"Not yet." Pei Hong said with some embarrassment. When Dou's, Changsun's and other families sold the land at a low price, he was still laughing at it. Only now did he know that they had the foresight.

"It's only a day or two at most, let's deal with it as soon as possible! We will sell as much as others are willing to give now." Pei Ju said: "Don't worry about everything, otherwise you will end up dead if you don't say what you don't get. The fate of the genocide."

"Wechsler agreed to buy our field before, but kept the price extremely low, so my grandson is going to visit Webster." Pei Hong couldn't sit still.

"Go." Pei Ju nodded.

"Grandson resigns." Pei Hong bowed and hurried to Wei Mansion with the real estate title deed.

Just like Pei Ju, Wei's family also had their sons come forward to purchase the property, and Wei Siyan, the eldest son of Wei Kuangbo, was responsible for the purchase. When he heard that Pei Hong came to visit, he knew the purpose of the visit, and received him very warmly. He bought all the fields and shops of Pei Ju's family at a very low price.

After the delivery was over, Wei Siyan went to the backyard and reported to his father: "I told my father, Pei Hong didn't agree to sell the fields and shops at a low price, but within an hour, his attitude changed drastically. After the delivery, his face became even more joyful." It's hard to hide."

Wei Kuangbo said, "It's nothing more than asking Pei Ju for instructions."

"Pei Ju is full of tricks, is there any conspiracy?" Wei Siyan asked.

"What kind of conspiracy can there be? He has no choice but to do it." Wei Kuangbo shook his head and smiled calmly: "The general situation of the world is fixed now, even if Tubo, Nanzhao and other southwestern countries all come to help, Li Tang will change. There will be no end to defeat. Pei Ju now has no choice but to share weal and woe with Li Tang."

"This kid also understands." Wei Siyan said: "But as far as I know, Pei Yun's second son, Pei Yin, is in Luoyang and was named the Duke of Fengyang County. Why didn't Pei Ju choose?"

"Pei Ju is Pei Ju and Pei Yun is Pei Yun. They are completely different." Wei Kuangbo shook his head and said, "Pei Yun who died in the Jiangdu Palace coup was a loyal minister of the Sui Dynasty, and as the heir of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Shengwu could not deny Otherwise, the hearts of loyal officials and martyrs will be chilled. The reason why Pei Yin was named the county magistrate originated from this. This is the same reason as Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun. And Pei Ju was an extremely personable minister during Emperor Wu's period , but became Li Tang's official, how could Emperor Shengwu let him go?"

Wei Siyan frowned and said, "But father, whenever Emperor Shengwu went, he would take back the land and redistribute it. We bought a lot, and ended up empty-handed?"

Wei Kuangbo said with a smile: "The Dugu faction promised that when the Sui army entered the country, they would donate [-]% of the land property and disband the slaves. This was the understanding of the Sui Dynasty. It's just that they were not secretive and exposed in advance. This is what happened today. It can be seen that the bottom line of Emperor Shengwu is what the Lonely School promised. I let you buy farms and shops at a low price in order to turn [-]% of the money into land. When the Sui army enters, then After we donate [-]% of the land, the remaining [-]% of the land will be even more than it is now."

"My child understands." Wei Siyan suddenly realized.

"How much money do you have left?"

Wei Siyan said like a few treasures: "The mansion still has 20 shi of grain, 5 guan of copper coins, 20 jin of pure copper, [-] taels of gold, and [-] taels of silver. The calligraphy, paintings and rare treasures of celebrities have not been touched. Do you want to spend them all?"

"Absolutely not. After all, I, Webster, is a big family that has passed on for hundreds of years. When the Battle of Guanzhong happened, I transferred the wealth to the south. Anyone with a heart can find it out. If we don't have any wealth left, we won't be able to fool us." People." Wei Kuangbo thought for a while, and then ordered: "How about this, copper coins, copper ingots, gold and silver will cost another [-]%; food will be used to reward the army."

Wei Si saluted and said, "My child obeys."

Wei Kuangbo took a deep look at his eldest son, and said, "Try to keep it secret."

"Here."

(End of this chapter)