Pei Huaijie, who was supported by the Henan Aristocratic Family and represented the interests of the Henan Aristocratic Family, Yu Baoning, who was himself a member of the Henan Aristocratic Family, and Fang Jun, who was the core figure in Luoyang to implement the administrative order, these three people gathered together and represented various The different interests of the factions naturally have their own agendas and agendas.
However, they found consistent interests at a certain opportunity, and they naturally hit it off.
As for the Henan family that suffered a "backstab", who cares?
At this point, even though the Henan family understood that they had suffered heavy losses in this competition for interests, they were helpless and could do nothing about it. Pei Huaijie, who was elected by them to protect their interests, naturally no longer defended them because of his change of stance. As an "ally" "Yu Baoning chose to be a "rebellious boy" for his own benefit. Coupled with Fang Jun, who represents the center and is extremely powerful, this has formed a huge trend. Who can stop it?
Anyone who dares to stand up to resist and obstruct at this time will be the target of concentrated fire attacks from the three parties.
No one can survive the combined attack of these three parties.
What's more, who can sacrifice himself for the benefit of everyone?
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The next morning, the heads and deacons of the Henan aristocratic family gathered at the main store of "Dong Datang Trading Company" in Cihuifang. It was a crowded and grand occasion.
Although these families have long formed an alliance and are advancing and retreating together, they are also close to each other. Many of the aristocratic families who have not had much contact with each other have not had much contact and do not know each other. Today, they have become mutual acquaintances and liaisons. bridge.
At the beginning of the hour, the family heads and deacons gathered together. Under the auspices of Pei Huaijie, they signed a letter of intent agreeing to redeem the land occupied and annexed by each family with money, and promised to pay an average of ten per mu after the entire Henan Prefecture measured the land. If the land is redeemed at a consistent price, if there is insufficient money or silk, the firm will be responsible for the loan, and the monthly interest shall not exceed five cents...
The so-called alliance has been torn apart by the "backstabbing" of Pei Huaijie and Yu Baoning. Even if they are unwilling and reluctant, under the general trend, the heads and deacons of each family still signed the letter of intent.
Fang Jun then ordered someone to deliver the letter of intent to Chang'an immediately and present it to His Majesty.
The trend is set.
In a good mood, Fang Jun immediately ordered a banquet. He ordered fine wines and delicacies from several restaurants in Luoyang City and entertained the heads of households and deacons in the main hall of the business. During the banquet, Fang Jun once again showed people his deep drinking capacity, and almost met him. He toasted everyone who came to drink till their glasses were dry, and shocked the whole audience.
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"Hoo!"
Although he drank a lot, he did drink too much today. Fang Jun felt tipsy as never before. After the banquet was over, he drank honey water under Wu Meiniang's service. After taking a bath, he changed into a set of clothes, and then he sat down energetically. In the back hall, talk to Li Tai and Xu Jingzong.
Li Tai looked at Fang Jun's normal expression and said with envy: "You are in really good health. You drank so much and you recovered in such a short time."
What man wouldn’t envy this kind of physical fitness?
Good physical fitness not only means being able to drink, but also means being able to fight for a long time and persevere in certain aspects, making every wife and concubine satisfied and satisfied, which is every man's dream...
Fang Jun rinsed his mouth, replaced the honey water with tea, took a sip, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, you don't need to be envious. You are in good health, but you are just a little too fat. You only need to lose a few thirty or fifty." Jin, just as energetic.”
Li Tai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Drinking cold water will make you grow fat, so what can you do? In order to set up county schools and township schools in all states and counties all over the world, there was a period of time when I traveled all over the Guanzhong in wind and rain, and my face turned a little dark. As time goes by, some fat will be lost, but once you rest, the meat will grow back quickly.”
This is a problem of physical fitness. It is related to genes. Fang Jun has nothing to do. He just advises: "You should still keep exercising. Regardless of whether you can lose weight or not, strengthening your physical fitness is very useful."
With a physique like Li Tai's, no one can tolerate being pampered all day long, eating well and not exercising.
Li Tai nodded and stopped continuing the topic.
Exercise is easy to say, and eating less doesn't sound difficult. However, unless you have great perseverance, it is extremely difficult for a person like him who loves eating and is extremely wealthy to do it.
"Pei Huaijie was well aware of the situation. Seeing that the general trend was unavoidable, he decisively changed his path and cooperated with the implementation of the central government's decree. Otherwise, without his assistance, it would have been extremely difficult to implement the measurement of land acres."
The officials who had been supported by their own family suddenly turned against them. Who could resist?
Especially after the "penalty and redemption" system was abolished, the world's aristocratic families attached great importance to the career prospects of their children. Between losing some visible benefits and pursuing longer-term benefits, they could only choose the latter.
Fang Jun nodded and said: "Pei Huaijie took the greatest credit for the implementation of the 'measurement of land' policy in Henan. But I have always looked down upon such officials. They only serve as officials and plan their own future, but they don't care about the empire." I call them 'official beetles' if they don't care whether their policies are beneficial to the country, let alone whether the people at the bottom benefit from them."
This kind of people are even more terrifying than "politicians". Most "politicians" have their own governing ideas. These ideas may be right or wrong, but they will stick to them consistently. But "official beetles" are different. They They only have the interests of one family and one family in their eyes, and they can change their stance at any time for the interests of one family and one family. They don't care about the rise and fall of the country, or the dire straits of the people. They only have naked interests in their eyes.
Xu Jingzong was drinking tea on the side and kept silent, thinking in his heart: Isn't this a covert attempt to ridicule me? Speaking of which, am I considered an "official beetle"? But as an official, shouldn't he plan for his own future? He works hard for the people, but many times the people may not know what he has done as an official. The implementation of certain policies may even lead to misunderstandings among the people. Instead of receiving due evaluation, they will be criticized... Why bother? ?
Fang Jun didn't know what Xu Jingzong was thinking. Seeing that he didn't speak, he reminded him: "Don't think that the letter of intent has been signed and it's done. Pay special attention to the next process of 'measuring the land'. Don't let some people do it." Conspiracies and intrigues have led to confrontation with the family members. If the trend rises again, it is possible to fall short."
The closer we are to success, the more careful we have to be. There are too many stories of capsizing in the gutter and falling short of success.
Xu Jingzong solemnly nodded: "Don't worry, Duke of Yue, your subordinates will understand the importance."
Without Fang Jun sitting in the middle and strategizing, he would have returned to Chang'an in despair under the pressure of the Henan family. He had betrayed His Majesty's trust and had no good official reputation. He would probably have to work in a certain department for the rest of his life. Being a deputy and waiting to die, the network resources accumulated in the academy will never be realized again.
So now I respect and fear Fang Jun, obey his advice, and treat him like a god.
Several people chatted about the situation involving these interests, and then turned the topic to the construction of the Eastern Capital.
Li Tai sighed and frowned: "Although Luoyang was established as the eastern capital by Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and was extensively built, making it a city that was more prosperous than Chang'an at that time. However, after the war in the late Sui Dynasty, ruins of the city could be seen everywhere. After Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, At the beginning, Luoyang was demolished on a large scale. If you want to make it suitable for the scale of the "Eastern Capital" in terms of scale and layout, you will need to make great efforts."
Xu Jingzong then smiled and said: "It would be fine if it were someone else. It would indeed be difficult to climb to the sky, but with Your Highness sitting here, it would be a matter of course. Besides, didn't Duke Yue give you hundreds of thousands of coins and silk before?" Money can make things work, and if money and silk are spread, countless building materials will naturally arrive in Luoyang, and you can build whatever you want."
When Li Tai mentioned the money donated by Fang Jun, he remembered the assassination that night and glared at Fang Jun bitterly.
Fang Jun quickly took the pot and poured tea for Li Tai, and said with a smile: "If I hadn't struck first and alerted all the forces, someone else would have definitely killed His Highness. Besides, even though it caused a false alarm for His Highness, Even hundreds of thousands of dollars can be enough to comfort you, right?”
Li Tai blew his beard and stared: "Do you think I don't know what you are hiding? That money is for me to build the Eastern Capital. If I send it to the palace's warehouse, will you just watch and say nothing?"
Fang Jun was a little embarrassed. Of course, the money was for Li Taiying to build the Eastern Capital, but he couldn't admit it: "Emperor Taizong built the Wei Palace on the land that gave His Highness a square in Luoyang. It has not been properly repaired in these years. Now His Highness is in charge. Luoyang It is natural to build the Eastern Capital and renovate the palace. Doesn’t this mean that it falls into your highness’s pocket? I don’t feel bad about this money. Your highness, you have the guts to keep it in your pocket.”
Li Tai cursed.
He knew very well where the money came from, how could he dare to guess it?
If he dares to take this money for himself today, countless clan members will come to visit him tomorrow. Maybe they won't ask for money openly, but it's okay to borrow money to make up for the shortfall caused by Fang Jun, right? If you can reject one or two people, how can you reject everyone?
That is to say, only by using this money to build the Eastern Capital can those clan members who were blackmailed by Fang Jun shut their mouths and suffer the loss of silence.
Ignoring Fang Jun, Li Tai looked worried: "There is no shortage of money and silk. There are companies here that can mobilize building materials from all over the country and even overseas, but I am short of people! The huge Luoyang city looks prosperous and beautiful, but in fact it is dilapidated. How easy is it to renovate it? The man who was responsible for building the eastern capital of Luoyang was It’s Yu Wenkai, a master of architecture who is famous all over the world. How can I have that ability? "The construction and maintenance of a city are simple to say, but the various professional knowledge involved are countless, and Yu Wenkai is the best throughout the ages. The building is unique among us, where can you find another one?