As long as he is an emperor, no matter he is a faint emperor or a wise emperor, he will want to kill the noble family members.
Because these families, which have been passed down for hundreds of years and have experienced many dynasties, have no sense of identity or loyalty. Their only loyalty is to their own family.
For example, a certain family that had descended from ancient times took over their hometown's fields somewhere in Shandong and turned their fellow villagers into their own tenant slaves.
Every time foreigners invade, they are always the first to go up and down the table and ask others to be their masters.
It is precisely because of this ability to adapt to the situation that it can last for dozens of generations and enjoy treatment like a local emperor.
Even the fellow villagers who had been oppressed and bullied by their family were proud of them.
For the emperor, of course, it was impossible to have any favorable impression of such a wealthy family.
It's not that Li Er doesn't want to touch them, it's just that the powerful family has great influence and strength. It's not impossible to use force directly, but it will cause turmoil in Nuo University.
With his own cousin as a warning, Li Er has always been very cautious in this regard.
After all, among the various rebel kings in the late Sui Dynasty, which one did not receive the support of a powerful family behind their backs?
They are capable of causing havoc.
Now, Li Er has sensed a good opportunity to defraud the powerful family. He believes that Li Yunze can also see it, so he wants to cooperate with him.
Li Yunze, who was holding the tachyon, pondered briefly, "A wealthy family also wants to build a railway?"
"Um."
Li Er nodded and nodded, "I've mentioned it many times overtly or covertly, because I'm jealous of the gold and silver you earned on the railway."
"They know nothing!"
Li Yunze sneered, but didn't explain much.
The materials he used to build the railway came from the modern world, and the background behind it was very complicated. It was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
Without the vast amounts of materials and technologies provided by the modern world, with Datang's current production capacity, would you like to build a railway spanning more than a thousand miles? Just dream.
"Everyone wants to do a profitable business." Li Yunze looked at Li Er and confirmed through his micro-expression observation that he did not want to let the wealthy family get a share of the pie. He immediately responded, "But it is a very important project that does not make money, and it must be done." Construction is the way to go."
Sure enough, Li Er's eyes lit up and he asked with interest, "Tell me about it."
"Who else in the known world is barely qualified to be Datang's opponent?"
Faced with Li Yunze's inquiry, Li Er thought for a while and said, "The previous dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, killing millions of people, but failed to destroy the country. This can be counted as one."
Li Er's hostility towards Goguryeo has never been extinguished. He wants to do what his cousin failed to do.
"The Western Turks control hundreds of thousands of people and threaten the countries in the Western Regions. They should be destroyed."
Ever since Nuoda's Turks were directly divided into two parts with the cooperation of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and Chang Suncheng, they were still the world's most powerful country while intimidating the Western Regions and the Central Plains.
Now that the Eastern Turks have fallen under the iron heel of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Turks are naturally the next target.
Seeing Li Yunze motioning for him to continue, Li Er frowned and thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "Tubo is located on a high mountain. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Can it be considered one?"
No wonder Li Er was confused. More than a hundred years later, the Tibetans, who successively attacked Chang'an City and plundered Han people into the mountains and became slaves, were far from showing such great strength in this era.
Its real national power took off after Princess Wencheng got married and Li Er, the bad guy, gave her a full set of gifts.
"That's right."
Li Yunze finally expressed his position: "Whether it is Goguryeo or the Western Turks, it is actually nothing to worry about. As long as the Tang Dynasty cavalry can pass by, it will naturally be devastating. Only here in Tubo, if no precautions are taken, it will become the Tang Dynasty's henchman in a hundred years. say no
When they get it, they can also besiege Chang'an City and let the princes in the city tie up many women and give them to them for sexual pleasure. "
Li Er's eyes suddenly became sharp.
If Li Er is a real dragon, then Chang'an City is his dragon's nest.
Hearing that someone could threaten his nest, the murderous aura in him was really frightening.
Li Yunze did not feel timid, but spoke calmly, "The time, place, and people are favorable, and Tubo occupies an absolute geographical advantage."
"The air above high mountains is thin. For people like me who live in places with dense air all year round, if we go to high mountains, most people will have physical conditions affected by the thin air."
"It may range from needing to rest, and the ability to move is greatly reduced. It may range from directly losing one's life, which is not impossible. In this state, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army cannot be exerted at all. On the contrary, the Tubo people who have lived in the mountains all year round have already lost their lives. After adapting to this environment, instead of
But it can be as powerful as a dragon or a tiger. "
Li Er nodded repeatedly and hurriedly asked, "Is there any way to deal with it?"
"Of course there are ways to deal with it." Li Yunze responded with a smile, "Daoist Master Sun is already making preparations."
"Okay." Li Er nodded repeatedly, and then asked, "You mean, there will be a war between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo, so we should first build a railway to the mountains for emergencies?"
Glancing at the fleet of road protection teams on horseback patrolling the railway outside the window, Li Yunze said with a smile, “They all say that railways can make money, but they are all obsessed with money and want to get in, but they don’t know the choices in railway projects. The line is the most important thing.”
"For example, the line from Chang'an City to Luoyang City is definitely the most profitable. There are countless people and materials coming and going. It is a typical way to make money while lying down."
Li Yunze simply took the map and spread it out on the table. His fingers landed on Songzhou and Weizhou all the way to the west.
"After defeating Tuyuhun, the Tang Dynasty's troops came directly to the feet of Tubo. In Songzhou and Weizhou, you can go directly to the mountains of Tubo after leaving the city. In the future, these two places must be the most important logistical supplies for the war with Tubo. center."
Regarding Li Yunze's judgment, Li Er nodded in agreement.
These two places are at the foot of the mountain, and in front of them is the passage up the mountain. They are absolute battlegrounds for military strategists.
"Building railways to these two places will inevitably lead to losses. But for Datang, it is necessary. Moreover, it is very difficult to build here. The cost per mile is at least multiple times that of building to Lanzhou."
Li Er has already understood that this kind of thing that is beneficial to the court is the best way to deceive the family members.
Li Yunze hadn't finished what he said, or he simply stated the matter directly: "The Daming Palace has been completed. When the inauguration ceremony is held, Your Majesty can take out two lines from Chang'an City to Lanzhou, and from Chang'an City to Songzhou Weizhou." , giving everyone a chance
Get involved in the competition. "
"Of course, this is competition on the surface. Secretly, the line to Lanzhou is given to the nobles, and the line to Songzhou and Weizhou is given to the family members." Li Yunze even explained the specific operations clearly, "Let them directly Group together to form a consortium to bid, as for the inside story
The operation is up to His Majesty. "
Li Er smiled and stroked his beard, his eyes narrowed, "Great kindness!"
With hundreds of years of accumulation, the wealthy family is really rich.
But their money would rather hide in the cellar and grow moldy than use it to support the court. They even hoarded money on a large scale, resulting in insufficient money supply in the market.
Now that he has the opportunity to cheat them, Li Er will naturally not show mercy.
The pleased Li Er went to have dinner, but Li Yunze was staring at Songzhou and Weizhou on the map.
These two places also have stories in the history of Datang.
The so-called Songzhou is actually the ancient city of Songpan.
When Lu Dongzan, the Prime Minister of Tubo, came to propose marriage, he went here.
As for Weizhou, the ancient city during the Three Kingdoms period is Jiangweicheng. You can tell who built it just by looking at the name.
Historically, after the Tubo people used a honey trap to conquer Victoria, they renamed it Wuyou City, which meant that after taking this place, they would no longer have any worries.
And in another thousand years, the name of this place will be Wenchuan!
The Tibetans attacked Weizhou many times, but it was too easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they failed to conquer it after many attacks.
They thought of many ways, one of which was the honey trap.
She selected beauties and came to Weizhou to seduce the city gate official. After marrying the city gate official, she gave birth to two sons.
When the two sons grew up twenty years later, they cooperated with the Tubo people and opened the city gate at night to let the Tubo people into the city.
The Tibetans who finally broke through Weizhou massacred the city and then successively conquered Songzhou and Baozhou, and finally came to Chang'an City.
The frightened Emperor Daizong fled in a hurry, and the civil and military nobles in the city were frightened. They tied countless women with ropes and gave them to the Tubo people to beg for peace.
This matter is similar to what Zhao Ji and his son did.
They are all beasts!
"Honey trap?" Li Yunze muttered, clenching his fist and smashing it on the map, "Just wait."
Li Er's hunting meeting on the prairie went very smoothly. The tribes on the prairie expressed their loyalty to their Khan very sincerely and presented horses, falcons, white cattle and lambs.
Li Er was very satisfied with these gifts.
After the hunting, he invited the noble heads of each tribe to go with him to Chang'an City to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the Daming Palace.
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No tribe would refuse the invitation of Tian Khan.
This was especially true after Tuyuhun was defeated and their khan performed a dance in front of everyone.
Prairie tribes are very practical. They will follow whoever is strong without any dissent.
Of course, if it gets weaker, it's just a matter of putting on another face.
Li Er knew this very well, so he took this group of people to Chang'an City in order to show the national power and prosperity of the Tang Dynasty and let them graze for the Tang Dynasty honestly.
On the way back, Li Er's special train was followed by more than ten trucks, which were filled with preliminary processed wool, coal and other minerals.
Shengzhou has become the most prosperous business place in the North.
Various goods from the pass were transported here and sold to various tribes on the grassland.
The grassland tribes also exchanged their cattle, sheep, wool, leather, cheese, dried meat and other materials in exchange. Their commercial development level impressed many civil and military nobles who followed.
You know, before the railway was opened, this was a remote country.
Shengzhou also found a large coal mine through Li Yunze's relationship. Trains full of coal go south almost every day, providing sufficient fuel supply for the entire Guanzhong.
Moreover, under Li Yunze's suggestion, the imperial court was even willing to provide coal as fuel to the people at low prices or even for free, and then banned the felling of trees.
Because Li Yunze said that if we continue to cut down trees without restraint, due to soil erosion, the river will turn into the Yellow River!
