civilwarnovels Chapter 102 Li Shimin's Test
Chapter 102 Li Shimin's Test
Chapter 102 Li Shimin's Test
After Cheng Yaojin and the others left, Li Shimin stared at Lin Xuan and said, "You have never been able to do this before, can you tell me why you are so good all of a sudden?"
Li Shimin did not hide that he had investigated Lin Xuan.
He was worried that there were shadows of other people behind Lin Xuan, but there was nothing wrong with the investigation results.
Lin Xuan can write poems, has a high level of calligraphy attainment, and even trains soldiers. If there is no one to teach him, he doesn't believe it at all.
But the people he sent couldn't even investigate any clues, which surprised him.
Lin Xuan was startled, if he could not answer this question well, he would be in trouble.
"Returning to Your Majesty, I had a head injury before, and I had a very long dream at that time, and I learned all of these from the dream!" Lin Xuan said.
He also thought about whether to make up a master, but finally gave up on this idea. After all, there will always be some traces of a person. If Li Shimin can't find any traces, he will be more suspicious.
Dreaming is different, and Li Shimin has no way to investigate this thing.
Li Shimin asked: "Then what else do you do besides these?"
"Everything that is messy will be a little bit." Lin Xuan said.
He doesn't know what he can do, he can only do what the system gives him.
Li Shimin took a deep look at Lin Xuan, and said lightly, "What do you think of Changle?"
Lin Xuan said seriously: "The princess is naturally beautiful, virtuous and virtuous, and she is really a model of the princess of the Tang Dynasty."
"How about I betroth Changle to you?" Li Shimin said.
Lin Xuan was overjoyed, of course he was willing, not to mention that he liked Li Lizhi.Even if he doesn't like it, Li Shimin said so, how dare he refuse?
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. It is my honor to marry the princess!" Lin Xuan said excitedly.
Li Shimin said angrily: "Wait, I just have this plan. Let's talk about it after you pass my test. Do you think my daughter is so easy to marry?"
"I am willing to accept your majesty's test!" Lin Xuan bowed and said.
Li Shimin pondered for a while, and said, "What do you think of the family?"
Lin Xuan did not answer this question, but instead asked: "Your Majesty wants to deal with the family?"
Li Shimin's eyes flashed, he nodded, and did not speak.
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the aristocratic family only needs to be suppressed, and it will naturally decline, but it is impossible to destroy the aristocratic family."
Li Shimin nodded. He also knew that it was impossible to eliminate the family, and he did not intend to completely eliminate the family.
What is a family?
As long as someone in the family has been an official for several generations, it is considered a family.
Calculated in this way, Fang Xuanling, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Li Jing and others are all members of aristocratic families.
Eighty percent of the officials in the world are members of the family. If he wants to destroy the family, he will not be able to sit firmly on the throne.
Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Lin Xuan knew that he approved of his words, and continued: "Your Majesty wants to deal with the aristocratic families, simply because some aristocratic families headed by the five surnames and Qiwang have deep foundations and are not conducive to the stability of the court."
Li Shimin nodded, and said angrily: "That's right, I'm still here, so they dare to put people around Qingque to stir up Qingque's ambitions. If I'm not here, they will change the dynasty!"
Lin Xuan looked at Li Shimin in surprise, since you know that Li Tai has ambitions and there is a shadow of a family behind him, why do you still love him so much?
Li Shimin snorted coldly as if he knew what Lin Xuan was thinking, and said, "If I don't let them see hope, how can they support Qingque wholeheartedly?"
Lin Xuan looked at Li Shimin in astonishment. Old Li's trick was so good that those aristocratic families thought that Li Tai had a great hope of becoming the emperor, and all their thoughts were on Li Tai, and they would not seduce his other sons. .
In the end, Li Tai did not become the emperor, and all the calculations of the family were in vain.
Lin Xuan sighed secretly, really can't underestimate the ancients. It was also said in history that after Li Chengqian was deposed, Li Shimin intended to make Li Tai the prince, but was finally persuaded by his eldest grandson Wuji.
This is simply a lie, it is impossible for Li Shimin to make Li Tai the crown prince.
Seeing Lin Xuan's eyes, Li Shimin said angrily, "Is there anything you can do to weaken the aristocratic family? If not, don't draw my daughter's attention."
"Your Majesty, I have an idea." Lin Xuan said hastily.
Li Shimin let himself know so much that he shouldn't know, if he didn't say anything, who knows if Li Shimin would kill him to silence him.
"Your Majesty, you can rewrite the "Clan Records" and put all the five surnames and seven Wangs at the back, which will naturally damage their reputation." Lin Xuan said.
This method has been used by Li Shimin in history, but he has not thought of it yet.
Using the method Li Shimin thought of to guide Li Shimin, Lin Xuan felt very happy.
Li Shimin's eyes lit up, but he was sure that Lin Xuan was about to praise me, so he was a little angry, and said angrily: "This method can only damage their prestige, what's the use if it doesn't have much impact on their strength?"
Lin Xuan was speechless. Even if I didn't mention this method, you wouldn't think of it in the future. It would be useless if you didn't mention it at that time.
But it doesn't matter, who made him do it right, as long as he could marry Li Lizhi, Lin Xuan would go all out.
"This is just the first step. Does Your Majesty know what is most important to the family?" Lin Xuan deliberately paused at this point.
"Don't be tricky, tell me quickly." Li Shimin said angrily.
"The most important thing is money and power. The aristocratic family created the set of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen just to show their status. In fact, they are the biggest businessmen." Lin Xuan said.
He hates those whore and stand up. The aristocratic family looks down on businessmen on the surface, but they send people to do business themselves. The biggest merchants in ancient times are those aristocratic families.
They have a lot of resources in their hands, and they dare to sell some strategic materials.
Without money, how to maintain their luxurious life.
Li Shimin said with a dark face: "Don't I know what you said? But what's the use?"
He felt that Lin Xuan scolded him too, because their Li family is the biggest taxi.
"Your Majesty, why is it useless? You can increase the business tax, so that the more they earn, the more tax they pay." Lin Xuan laughed.
Li Shimin said: "Do you think they will pay taxes honestly? They can definitely pay a little bit and say they didn't make any money."
Those aristocratic families are not stupid. It is no problem for you to collect business tax. I make a consistent amount of money in a month. How much do you want to charge?
"Your Majesty, you can estimate their profits. As long as the difference is too big, they will be sealed up in the name of tax evasion, and a few of their shops will be closed, and they will be honest." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin hesitated, "Will this be too obvious?"
Lin Xuan explained, "How could it be? Your Majesty is not targeting them. The whole world is like this. As long as you do business, you have to pay taxes. As long as this business tax is collected, Datang will never be short of money."
Li Shimin was surprised, "Is this business tax as profitable as you said?"
Lin Xuan was speechless, is this what you should focus on?You should pay attention to how to suppress the family and how to think about making money.
"Really!" Lin Xuan nodded.
(End of this chapter)