Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 533: Is it a distortion of human nature or is there another hidden story behind it?
After the class, Li Yuan's head was full of fog. He felt as if he had a serious illness and his mind was buzzing even when he heard people talking.

Li Yuan, who had already returned to the palace, had ordered the three ministries, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Personnel to calculate how much silver would be spent if Xia Lin's plan was implemented in Chang'an.

Isn't Du Ruhui a fortune teller? He kept playing until late at night. When he looked up, he wiped his face without saying a word. He looked as hopeless as a party who had been forced to work for more than 30 hours.

"how?"

Li Yuan didn't leave either. He just sat there waiting, feeling angry. Didn't Xia Daosheng say before that Chang'an would not be able to accomplish anything? He wanted to prove his point just for this statement. Chang'an has nothing else now but a lot of money!
Du Ruhui pursed his lips for a long time without saying anything. Li Yuan frowned and said, "Speak now!"

"Your Majesty, there may be some places where the cost is slightly less than his, but Chang'an is so large that the total cost is probably still higher." Du Ruhui was sweating as he spoke. His voice became lower and lower until it was almost undetectable: "It will cost... about 400 million taels."

"Take... take the young master?"

"Four hundred million taels, your majesty."

Li Yuan thought it was okay after hearing this. After all, the money was not invested all at once. Fuliang took ten years to build and it was not all silver. It also included food, materials and manpower. "Then why did he say that Chang'an couldn't be built?"

Du Ruhui opened his mouth and said, "Land acquisition... a large amount of land acquisition, and all the current business structures. Yes, Xia Daosheng said structure, I think this word is very exquisite. The current business structure needs to be completely reconstructed, there are too many things involved, Your Majesty."

"You mean the various forces, right? Then why are these people okay in Fuliang but not in Chang'an?"

Du Ruhui took a sip of the teacup, but suddenly realized that this was a bit presumptuous in front of Li Yuan, so he quickly put down the cup, coughed and said, "Your Majesty, Xia Daosheng had already said this yesterday. He said that Fuliang's model is to attract investment, and people from all parties go to Fuliang as guests, and both sides cooperate and win-win. Fuliang's rules are rules, and both sides must abide by these rules. Whoever breaks them will be eliminated... But no matter whether it is Chang'an or Jinling, they are the masters, and they set the rules. Everyone sets rules that are beneficial to them. If we want to call it fairness, I'm afraid it's..."

After listening to this, Li Yuan sat down on the chair dejectedly. When he thought of the wealthy families gathered in Chang'an and the upstarts who had recently migrated there, he suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

"What can you do?"

"Your Majesty, how about we take a gamble?"

When the bet was mentioned, Li Yuan became more excited and sat up straight: "Tell me about it."

"When Xia Daosheng was in Jinling, he did three things. The first was to reduce the number of nobles in the Wei court. The second was to curb the expansion of the financial and academic factions. The third was to provoke the confrontation between the old and new nobles. These three things drove many new nobles and merchants from the Wei Kingdom to our Tang Dynasty. What if we do the same?"

Li Yuan frowned: "Are you going to die? Even I don't dare to do that, only that stupid boy... Hey!"

At this point, as soon as the word "eh" came out, Du Ruhui and Li Yuan slapped their thighs almost at the same time, and the tacit understanding between the men was instantly reached.

"How do you think we should get him to take action?" Li Yuan started walking back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, still looking somewhat uneasy.

Du Ruhui seemed relieved at this moment: "Your Majesty, I have killed two birds with one stone."

"explain."

"It's unlikely that he will be given an official title, but Your Majesty can make him a marquis! Give him the title of founding county marquis to praise his contribution to the founding of the Tang Dynasty. If this spreads to Wei, Emperor Jingtai is suspicious by nature, and this is a good way to divide him and his subjects. And when he becomes a marquis, given his character, I'm afraid he will cause some trouble in Chang'an. Then..." Du Ruhui lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty only needs to show more favoritism and let him gather power for the prince, and then the prince will plan with him."

"He can do it?"

"No, we still have... Princess Pingyang. If he really doesn't want to assist the Crown Prince, then let him assist Princess Pingyang."

"Nonsense!"

Li Yuan slammed the table, causing Du Ruhui to bow his head in a hurry. Li Yuan panted and said, "You are confused! With his brain, the financial resources of the Dugu family, the prestige of Pingyang and the military power of Erfeng, won't the Tang Dynasty belong to Pingyang?"

"Your Majesty!" Du Ruhui sighed and said earnestly, "No matter who it is given to, they all have the surname Li! The princess changed the name of her eldest son to Li Zhi, can't your majesty see it? The second prince held the Jianmen Pass to intimidate Chang'an, and the third princess took her son to change his surname. What is this for, your majesty knows clearly. Your majesty, please forgive me for saying something inappropriate, even if your majesty forcibly gives the throne to the prince, he may not be able to keep it. It is better to give it to the capable, at least the country of the Tang Dynasty still belongs to the surname Li. Besides, if the grandson Li Zhi ascends the throne in the future, won't his father have to contribute? The bond between Li Tang and him is much deeper than that between Tian Wei and Li Tang."

"Isn't the emperor's grandson's father Dugu?"

"Your Majesty, you can fool others, but don't fool yourself..." Li Yuan's face was wrinkled like a chrysanthemum at this moment. He was silent for a long time, pointed at Du Ruhui and said, "I really want to beat you to death."

The scene suddenly fell into an extremely awkward situation. Li Yuan actually understood everything from the moment he saw Xia Lin holding the two children. But now that Du Ruhui had said it, he was somewhat embarrassed. He couldn't hide the little things his daughter had done...

"Your Majesty, instead of struggling to fight, it is better to continue on this path. The surname Li is more important than anything else."

Li Yuan himself was also a very cunning person towards his children. He had been suppressing Li Shimin before. In fact, to put it bluntly, Li Shimin was wild and difficult to tame. He was a military general and had a certain desire to win. Compared with Erfeng, Sanniang's overall temperament was much gentler and softer. In addition, Sanniang's influence in the army was actually not smaller than Erfeng's, and many people in the court also supported Sanniang.

Even Li Shimin followed his sister's lead. Now it seems that what Du Ruhui said is not unreasonable. In these troubled times, as long as the country still has the surname Li, it is better than anything else.

"I'm afraid that's the only way."

Li Yuan sighed and decided Li Jiancheng's fate amid the conflict.

Of course, he will definitely be supported in the end. If he can do this well, the prince will still be his, but if he can't even do this, then I'm sorry. For the prosperity of the Li Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan does not mind passing the throne to his daughter.

As for whether there is a precedent for this, it doesn't matter. Princess Pingyang's bravery and fighting skills are well-known and admired by everyone in the world. With this foundation, everything will be fine.

At this moment, Xia Lin was reading a letter in the room. The letter was written by Shan Xiongxin. It said that the Green Forest Army's return to the fields had been launched one after another, and the original promises were being fulfilled one after another. It was estimated that before the official start of spring plowing, about 380,000 farmers would be reallocated land, and those who did not need to be allocated land would be discounted according to a certain ratio, and among them, about 70,000 Green Forest Army soldiers would continue to stay in the army.

"The Green Forest Army is going to disband?"

Princess Pingyang pushed the door open and brought Xia Lin a big bowl of noodles. "You look so sad. Wasn't this ordered a long time ago?"

Xia Lin hummed: "Why did you personally deliver the noodles?"

"It's you. You don't like servants serving you, so I have no choice but to send it to you myself." The princess sat beside Xia Lin's bed: "How many people will the Green Forest Army leave behind?"

"About 70,000. The new troops are also withdrawing one after another. The 70,000 Green Forest Army is now an elite force. But I am still worried that 70,000 is a little too few. 70,000 is not enough to defend the Central Plains."

"Don't worry, it's enough. The Green Forest Army is still very strong." The princess smiled and said, "But you are under house arrest now, you really can't run away."

"Hey, so I can't run away? It's because I can't bear to run away." Xia Lin ate the noodles in a few gulps. "Besides, since your father asked me to stay, I would be sorry to him if I don't do something."

"Don't mess around, this is my home and your son's home."

"I know, I know." Xia Lin stretched lazily: "I'm going to wash up. Have you fed the child?"

The princess chuckled and said, "You have one and a half hours."

"Go and come back!"

Li Yuan thought Xia Lin would panic about being under house arrest, but in fact, he was not panicked at all. Anyway, he was under house arrest for half a year in Jinling City. He was so happy that he could have his children accompany him under house arrest here. It was a pity that Lao Zhang was not here, otherwise he would definitely take the opportunity to make an airplane by himself and fly 90,000 miles with Lao Zhang...

The class will not be finished for a few days, and he is not in a hurry anyway. He has a lot of his own people in Jinling City, and Fuliang is now gradually getting back on track. The only thing he has to worry about is the area outside the Shanhai Pass. After all, the information is relatively closed, and he doesn't know how his eldest son Ye Liangchen is doing now. After all, he can give him people and technology when he needs them. If he still can't get it done, then he is really going to go over and beat Chenzi up.

As for Ningbo, there is no rush. It is not the time to expand to the sea yet, and the infrastructure there is indeed slow and a bit lagging behind. After all, it is the sphere of influence of the Jiangnan gentry, and some things are difficult to connect, so now it is a situation of steady development.

So after traveling all over the world, Xia Lin came to the Northwest by chance. Isn't he going to give Li Yuan a good beating?

Of course, Li Yuan might not blame him. After all, there is no emperor who does not hate the aristocratic families. Xia Lin can be said to be a sharp blade in the hands of every emperor. But what they probably can't imagine is that after the aristocratic families are harvested, it will be Xia Lin's turn to turn around and say to the emperors, "It's time to harvest you."

(End of this chapter)