When Li Tang failed in the Eastern Expedition, moving the capital has become an imperative thing, but the Guanlong nobles were united against it at that time, which made Li Yuan drag to today, and now the Li Tang Dynasty has a strong enemy of the Great Sui outside, and there is a rebellion of the Beizhen Army inside, and the Son of Heaven who has no resistance moves the capital at this time, which seems very reasonable. It's just that when this day really came, there was still an uproar in Xiangyang. Many families sold their fields, sold shops, and many began to leave Xiangyang with gold and silver treasures, but more people were happy to buy at low prices, they thought that the city of Xiangyang was no less than Luoyang, and it was located in a strategic place where the south and north went from south to north, and sooner or later it would prosper because of the Han River and the Yangtze River.

"Grandfather, some of the shops and farmhouses have already been sold." In Pei Ju's house, Pei Hong is reporting to his father.

"Got it, let's also prepare to enter Shu." Pei Ju, who was fishing, looked at the surrounding pavilions, a little more sorrowful between his eyebrows, and asked lightly: "Who is the person who deals with you?" ”

"Merriam-Webster." Pei Hong said: "After taking the road of Empress Dowager Wei, the Wei family should have decided to return to the Great Sui, not only them, but many families also chose to stay." ”

Pei Ju smiled, "Whenever the imperial court goes down, the first person to seek a way back is the family. Now Li Tang is still breathing, and people's minds are sui! Even if the Great Sui is not good for our family, the first thing the family thinks about is always how to survive and how to occupy a place in the new dynasty. These people who buy fields and shops at a low price"

"Grandfather." Pei Hong asked with some puzzlement: "Although the Sui Dynasty is not friendly to our family, but do we really want to live and die with Li Tang?" ”

Pei Ju glanced at the eldest grandson, and then said: "After more than ten years of turmoil in the world, the strength of the family has been weakened to the extreme, and there are many Guanlong nobles who have been in the limelight for more than 100 years, so the imperial examination system that is beneficial to the royal family is the trend of the times, and no one can change it." Our Pei family has been glorious for nearly a thousand years, and if future generations want to live on the shadow of their ancestors, they will not be able to continue at all. ”

"And although Emperor Shengwu is not the founding emperor, in fact, he is. Such a person has a tenacious character, and in his eyes he only has the continuation of the country and the dynasty, and anyone who stands in his way will not end well. Webster's desire to get in touch with him with such a little bit of relationship and continue to be brilliant is simply a pipe dream. Pei Ju sneered.

Pei Hong hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Grandfather, no matter how domineering Yang Tong is, as long as we don't make enemies of him, we won't kill people indiscriminately, right?" ”

Pei Ju glanced at the eldest grandson with a smile and said, "Do you want to learn from Webster, stay in Xiangyang and wait for the opportunity?" ”

"Exactly." Pei Hong nodded and said: "Since the Holy Lord gave everyone self-choice, many family lords have rejoiced, and those who buy Tianzhai shops are all this kind of people. And we followed into Shu, is there still hope for Datang? ”

"The morale of the Tang army was low, and the war-weariness was extremely high, and the saint was eager to do everything to please the soldiers. How to please? It's just money, land, and women. And if we stay, it is clear that we want to return to the Great Sui, so that we can be killed justifiably. Pei Ju said lightly: "Why didn't Wu Chuanwei stay?" It's those who stay and kill us. ”

"He, how dare he?" Pei Hong's face was pale, he originally thought that Li Yuan wanted to make friends with the family, but he didn't expect that this was a fatal trap at all.

"The private soldiers of all families and tribes have been handed over, and we have no power to resist, he can kill if he wants, and destroy if he wants." Pei Ju said lightly: "It is also limited by the truce agreement, otherwise Xiangyang City will definitely be burned." ”

"Grandson understood." Pei Hong was not at all skeptical of his grandfather's analysis, because his political wisdom had reached a height that he could not imagine.

At this time, Pei Ju asked again: "Where is the field, have they all been sold?" ”

"Not yet." Pei Hong said with some embarrassment, when the Dou family, the Changsun family and other families sold their land cheaply, he was still laughing, and now he knows that people have long had foresight.

"It's only a day or two at most, so let's deal with it as soon as possible! We sell as much as others are willing to give now. Pei Ju said: "Don't be careful, otherwise if you don't get anything, you will end up with a dead family." ”

"Merriam-Webster promised to buy our land, but the price was very low, so my grandson went to visit Merriam-Webster." Pei Hong couldn't sit still.

"Go ahead." Pei Ju nodded.

"The grandson is leaving." Pei Hong bowed and hurriedly went to Wei Mansion with the real estate title deed.

Like Pei Ju, the Wei family also came forward to buy the family property by their sons, and it was Wei Kuangbo's eldest son Wei Siyan who heard that Pei Hong came to visit, so he knew the other party's intention, and met him very warmly, and soon bought all the Pei Ju's farmhouse and shop at a very low price.

After the delivery was completed, Wei Siyan went to the backyard and reported to his father: "Father, Pei Hong did not agree to sell the farmhouse and shop cheaply, but in less than an hour, his attitude changed greatly, and after the delivery, his face was even more joyful. ”

Wei Kuangbo said: "It's just to ask Pei Ju." ”

"Pei Ju is scheming, will there be any conspiracy?" Wei Siyan asked.

"What conspiracy can there be? He had to for. Wei Kuangbo shook his head and smiled: "If the general trend is set today, even if Tubo, Nanzhao and other southwestern countries come to help, Li Tang will not be able to change the fate of defeat." Pei Ju now has no choice but to share the hardships with Li Tang. ”

"This kid understands, too." Wei Siyan said: "But as far as the child knows, Pei Yun's second son, Pei Su, is in Luoyang and was named the Duke of Fengyang County. Why didn't Pei Ju choose? ”

"Pei Ju is Pei Ju, Pei Yun is Pei Yun, the two are completely different." Wei Kuangbo shook his head and said: "Pei Yun, who died in the coup d'état in Jiangdu Palace, is a loyal minister of the Great Sui, and as the heir of the Great Sui Dynasty, Emperor Shengwu can't deny it, otherwise it will chill the hearts of loyal ministers and martyrs. This is the same as Dugu Qingyun and Dugu Yanyun. And Pei Ju was a very popular minister during the period of Emperor Wu, but he became an official of Li Tang, how could Emperor Shengwu let him go? ”

Wei Siyan frowned and said, "But father, every time Emperor Shengwu goes, he will take back the fields and then redistribute them, and we will buy them in a big way, and in the end, we will not be empty-handed?" ”

Wei Kuangbo said with a smile: "The Dugu faction promised that when the Sui army entered the country, they would donate ninety percent of the land wealth and dissolve the domestic slaves, which was forgiven by the Sui Dynasty, but they were not secretive and exposed in advance, which led to today's end." It can be seen from this that the bottom limit of Emperor Shengwu is what the Lonely Sect promised. I asked you to buy the farmhouse and shop at a low price, because I wanted to turn ninety percent of the money into land. When the Sui army enters the country, then after we donate ninety percent of the land, the remaining one percent of the land will be even more than now. ”

"Got it." Wei Siyan suddenly realized.

"How much money is left?"

Wei Siyan said: "There are still 100,000 stones of grain in the house, 200,000 copper coins, 10,000 catties of pure copper, 50,000 taels of gold, 200,000 taels of silver, and celebrity calligraphy and paintings and curiosities have not moved. Do you want to spend it all? ”

"Absolutely not. After all, my Wei family is a big family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, and when the battle of Guanzhong occurred, the wealth was transferred to the south, and those who are interested can find out at a glance. If we don't have any wealth left, we can't fool people at all. Wei Kuangbo thought for a moment and ordered: "In this way, copper coins, copper ingots, gold and silver will cost seventy percent; Food was used as a reward for the army. ”

Weiss saluted, "The child obeys." ”

Wei Kuangbo glanced at his eldest son deeply, and said, "Try to be as secretive as possible." ”

"Whoa."