Chapter Eighty-Three: Lobbyist Zhang Wen

Yu Qian said: "Now there is a problem. ”

Zhang Wen understood and said: "My lord, please speak, if you can use me Zhang, Zhang will die." ”

Yu Qian lightly said the original story.

Without him, Yu Qian just remembered that the Li family in Xining went to Beijing with his family. Since then, the Li family in Xining is a person from Beijing, and the local land will naturally not be moved. He even promised to take care of Anninberg, and so on.

The reason why Yu Qian asked Zhang Wen to be this lobbyist.

First, Yu Qian didn't want to make a big deal out of it, after the Xining Li family moved to Beijing, although they still had the name of toast, they had to put a housekeeper or something, and deal with it here, and the right to speak was naturally greatly reduced.

Since the Li family knows each other, Yu Qian doesn't want to dirty his hands.

And through the hint of the middleman, there are still bargaining chips. But if Yu Qian spoke directly, there would be no room for maneuver.

As for scaring the snakes.

Just look up to the Li family. 、

The Li family is estimated to have one or two thousand families, plus the Xining guards under their control, who can pull up a few thousand people. There is no problem with the decision.

But what did Yu Qian do with five thousand soldiers? And what will the other Xiningwei families do? Not to mention anything else, the Qi family can't wait for the Li family to conflict with the imperial court.

Secondly, Yu Qian took a fancy to the relationship between Zhang Wen and the Li family.

What the? You say that Zhang Wen has nothing to do with the Li family?

That's. How many people is Xining, even if the registered population of Xining plus the population of each Tusi is at most more than 100,000, even in the late Ming Dynasty, the local scholars only talk about 300,000 people in Xining?

There are only more than 100,000 people, and Zhang Wen can be regarded as a person with a head and a face, how can he not deal with the Li family.

And Yu Qian also knew that the authority of the Li family was much stronger than that of the Qi family, and if Zhang Wen had a very bad relationship with the Li family, Zhang Wen might not be introduced to Yu Qian by Li Wen.

Their relationship may not be very close, but as an intermediary, it is still possible.

Although Zhang Wen didn't know how much of the inside story was behind this, as soon as he heard Yu Qian, he knew that the Li family had suffered a big loss, not to mention the loss of land, just saying that the Li family moved away from Xining, and the influence they left behind would soon dissipate.

In this way, the Li family at least lost control of Xiningwei, and could only rely on their own family. It is even said that the master is absent all the year round, how can some domestic servants manage the territory well.

After a long time, I'm afraid that the people below have other thoughts. Can the Li family get it in Beijing?

The losses inside and out are incalculable.

It's just that Zhang Wen peeked at Yu Qian, but saw that Yu Qian's smile remained unchanged, but his heart suddenly burst out, and he secretly prayed that this important event could be passed safely.

Zhang Wen said: "Let's go here." ”

Zhang Wen left the command envoy's yamen in a hurry, and he didn't dare to go home, knowing this matter, he naturally had to keep it very secret, and even he felt that someone was following him behind him.

He decided that he would not go home until this matter was over.

Zhang Wen saw Li Wen and told Li Wen about the cause and effect of this matter, Li Wen was immediately furious and said: "Shameless puppet, my Li family let me go again and again, does he think my family is a soft persimmon?" ”

Li Wen saw that the imperial court was serious about the tea and horse matter, and the Beijing Hui Ningbo was in the Beijing army, and he also had a tendency to be marginalized, after all, although Li Ying was not considered a Jingnan honorary, he had a close relationship with Jingnan honor.

So although Li Yong was not excluded, he didn't have a good opportunity. Of course, this also has something to do with Li Yong's lack of outstanding strength.

In this case, Li Wen judged that he could not resist the imperial court, so he reluctantly cut off the annual income of forty or fifty thousand taels of silver, and sold all this matter to Yu Qian.

There is no merit and hard work.

But he didn't want Yu Qian'en to take revenge.

For a while, Li Wen was anxious and angry, and he was furious, but after a while, he sat down decadently.

Without him, he had already found that Yu Qian had made complete preparations, and he was not afraid of Li Wen's rebellion at all, not to mention the new defeat of the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Wei shocked the world, Li Wen didn't think that he could resist the imperial court soldiers, and he couldn't even beat the five thousand Beijing battalions outside the city.

Unless he is willing to flee to Xifan, or to Qinghai-Tibet?

But how is that possible?

The Li family is also one of the hundreds of families at the top level in Daming, and they enjoy endless glory and wealth. But what are the places in the West and Qinghai-Tibet? It's a barren and wild place.

Even if you are the king and hegemon, what good can it be?

And even if he wants to rebel, many people in his family will not agree.

Without him, just look at it, most of the rebellions are because the people at the bottom can't survive, where is it so easy to rebel if you are really born rich and noble?

Especially this kind of rebellion, which has no future in sight.

Who will do it?

Even Levine was unwilling.

Yu Qian's methods were difficult for the Li family to accept, but in general, the Li family just lost Xining. With the title of Earl Huining, no one dares to underestimate the Li family.

But being the boss in Xining is much better than going to the capital to be a grandson.

Even the existence of the Li family in Xining is also to give Huiningbo some support, not to mention anything else, once something happens in the West, the imperial court will naturally think of Huiningbo.

None of these benefits will be available today.

As for the loss of goods, Li Wen didn't think much about it at all.

After all, the Li family has accumulated for decades, but it is really Zhong Mingding's family, and the family background is very thick, and the local emperor in this kind of place is even richer than some princes in Beijing.

For example, Shi Heng, a newly promoted noble, has a very thin family background, how can he be like this with the Li family in Xining

Compared to the century-old family?

So in Li Wen's eyes, money has never been a problem.

"Brother Li." Zhang Wen saw that Li Wen's mind had calmed down, and said: "I look at the adults, and he is also a believer, since he has put forward this condition, he will definitely do it, and how dissatisfied Brother Li is, it can still be discussed." ”

"It's just that there are some thoughts that you can't have."

Li Wen smiled bitterly: "I know. It's just that such a big thing makes me think twice. ”

Zhang Wen said: "Okay, I'll stay at your house, after you think about it." Come back to me. ”

Li Wen asked him to send him down to settle down, and he frowned and thought about it, and suddenly remembered a person, and secretly said in his heart: "She is the only one who can discuss with me at home." ”

Li Wen immediately went to the backyard and asked to see him. After a while, two old women said, "Second master, please come in." ”

When Li Wen entered, he saw a white-haired old woman sitting on the right seat, and he immediately saluted and said, "My grandson has seen my grandmother." ”

This person is Li Nange's continuation. Now he is over ninety years old, and if he can't afford it in ordinary people's homes, the Li family is not an ordinary family after all.

And the old lady has seen too many winds and waves in her life. Even when Li Ying was impeached and imprisoned, it was the old lady who stabilized the overall situation and allowed Li Ying to come out of the edict safely.

Now the old lady has long been out of business. But for such a big event, Li Wen didn't report it to the old lady.

The old lady also knows this, this grandson was raised by him, and there is naturally a greeting in the morning and evening, but she is too busy with affairs on weekdays, so she rarely comes to the backyard.

Today I heard that the governors of the three sides are coming. I want to be busier, so when he comes at this time, there must be something.

The old lady asked, "But what happened?" ”

Li Wen wanted to speak and stopped. Looking at the maids and servants beside her, the old lady understood, and with a wave of her hand, these people all went down.

Only then did Li Wen step forward and whispered Yu Qian's request one by one.

When the old lady heard this, her eyes sank slightly, she pondered for a moment, and said, "You did a good job before." ”

Levine said, "What does grandmother mean? ”

The old lady said: "My family is extremely rich in Xining, but after all, we can't resist the general trend of the imperial court, so you broke your wrist and handed over the tea and horse business, this step is good." ”

Li Wen smiled bitterly and said, "But I didn't expect Yu Qian to be insatiable. What to do now, my grandson doesn't know. ”

The old lady said: "Yu Qian's reputation, I have also heard of it, and he has never been a tyrannical person, so the reason why Yu Qian is to my family is not to peep into my family's wealth, but that my family is blocking his way." ”

"And Yu Qian represents the emperor, blocking his way, that is, blocking the emperor's way, your majesty is not a good stubble today."

Just like the conspiracy theories that came out of Tumubao, there were also a lot of conspiracy theories in the Battle of Maoerzhuang.