Datang: My private money was exposed by Li Shimin

"Give this letter to Pei Ji, he knows what to do next, I'm old... that's all I can do!" Li Yuan personally handed the letter to Li Chengqian, looking at him earnestly and said .

He has also heard some things outside recently, and he also knows that Li Shimin must hold all the power in his hands. After all, he has no real power now.

Can help Li Chengqian relieve the pressure, considering the current situation, it is within his power.

however.

To Li Chengqian, this letter has a completely different meaning.

He took the letter very excitedly, without reading the content, put it in his arms very carefully, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Yuan a few times.

In fact.

From the beginning to the end, Li Chengqian did not put all his hopes on Li Yuan. What he valued was the power behind the Supreme Emperor and the pressure brought by his status to the emperor.

Now that there is a letter written by the Supreme Emperor, those veterans who loyally supported him will become Li Chengqian's greatest reliance. If he adds the power of the aristocratic family, it will completely change his current situation.

"Grandson, thank you, Grandpa Huang!" Li Chengqian whispered again very excitedly.

immediately.

He didn't stay too long, and left here quickly. The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and there are still many things to do.

Seeing Li Chengqian's back in a hurry, Li Yuan couldn't help laughing bitterly.

At his age, he can actually understand that the rights and status they are desperately pursuing will only be in vain in the end.

nowadays.

Let them fight for these things, and it's best for me to spend my old age here...

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It was at this time that the aristocratic family was blown up because of the news that the emperor suddenly announced the opening of the imperial examination and began to open it to ordinary people.

Li Yuankai looks obviously much older than before...

During this period of time, they had fought openly and secretly with the emperor, and each time they ended up in a disastrous defeat. Coupled with the grief of losing his son-in-law, he was physically and mentally exhausted.

in fact.

From the beginning when the disaster happened, they just wanted to take this opportunity to ask the emperor for more official positions to arrange for their own people to enter the court.

only.

What happened later became more and more out of control. In a sense, they were forced to come to the current situation.

At this moment, there was unprecedented silence in the lobby. For nearly half an hour, no one took the initiative to speak.

What they are facing this time is completely different from the past. If they fail in the past, at most they will lose some money or control over the matter.

But now it's completely different.

The emperor suddenly wanted to set up imperial examinations. The key was to start targeting ordinary people. This was equivalent to shaking their foundations, and official positions could no longer be hereditary.

The knife was on the neck, and everyone knew that they must fight back to the death, otherwise, they would be the ones lying on the ground unable to turn over.

"Think about it, everyone. The emperor is clearly prepared this time. If this matter is still not handled properly, it may not be as simple as losing money and food!" After a long silence, Pei Ji stood up with a gloomy expression. .

He has always been involved in these matters of the family, just wanting to rely on their strength to help himself and the Supreme Emperor regain control of the situation.

If the members of the family are eliminated, it means that he will lose the greatest support.

therefore.

Pei Ji and a considerable number of people are unwilling to see the real failure of the family.

"The emperor now offers imperial examinations for ordinary people. It is clear that he wants to cut off our retreat and let ordinary people have the opportunity to enter the imperial court!"

"These people have deep conflicts with us. Just imagine, if a considerable number of people in the court in the future come from ordinary people, and these people will help the emperor against us wholeheartedly, what kind of situation will that be?" What kind of situation?" Duan Lun also stood up immediately.

As the two of them spoke, the hall remained silent.

Everyone understands the truth and knows that the emperor has sinister intentions. The crux of the problem is that they have no good way to deal with the current situation.

The emperor wants to conduct the imperial examination, and it is for the country and the people, and there is no reason to refute the whole matter. You can't force the emperor to stop, right?
As time passed, the atmosphere in the lobby became more and more dull, and most people's eyes began to focus on Li Yuankai.

At this time, everyone hoped that he could come up with an idea, at least to ease the pace of the emperor's actions.

"We must not let Erlang of the Li family continue to be so rampant!" Li Yuankai slapped the table angrily.

Just from the title of the emperor, we can see how angry Li Yuankai is now.

In just a few months, they have already been driven to nowhere. If things go on like this, no one knows what will happen in the future.

"In this action of driving up food prices, everyone here has made a lot of money, right?" After a moment of silence again, Li Yuankai didn't go on directly, but mentioned another matter.

in fact.

He already had a solution in his heart, but if he wanted to do this, he had to get the support of everyone. As the leader of the family, he knew how difficult it was to find something out of these guys.

really.

Hearing what Li Yuankai said, the expressions of many people immediately changed.

Those who can sit here are not fools, and naturally understand what may happen next.

"Is there any suitable solution for Mr. Li?" Duan Lun asked uncertainly.

"If you want to disrupt the emperor's deployment, you have to pay a corresponding price. Now is not the time to make trouble. I hope you don't pay too much attention to the immediate interests, and think about your own future!"

"My method is actually very simple, control all the books related to the imperial examination in my hands, and raise the price of books just like the price of food!"

"Didn't the emperor want ordinary people to take the imperial examination and enter the imperial court? If you want to do this, you must at least be able to read?"

"What if ordinary people can't afford books?" Li Yuankai sneered when he said this.

After the incident of hitting grain prices, he believed that the treasury was completely empty.

Although the emperor took a lot of money back from them later, it was not enough to continue to compete with the aristocratic family. What's more, the scope of book price hikes this time was not limited to Chang'an.

"Okay, since you want our lives, let him take off his skin first!" Most of the people, including Duan Lun, immediately nodded resolutely.

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