I don't know how long it took, Li Yuan left the house a little tired, and when he saw Li Yuanji who was blowing a cold wind outside, he couldn't help but sigh.

He said hello in no mood, then turned around and left.

Back in the house, the two brothers, Qu Tushou and Qu Tuquan, were still full of bitterness, as if they had indescribable words and didn't know how to say them.

Li Yuanji sat down again, which invisibly brought a strong pressure to the two brothers.

In the face of the Emperor, they still have reason to refuse, but now they are facing the emperor, the current saint, who has the power of life and death in the world, can they still refuse?

When he was outside, Li Yuanji also thought a lot, especially about the arrangement of the two brothers.

Qu Tushou inherited the title of Duke of Jiang, but he did not have any advantages of his own, had no officialdom experience, and did not get any training and precipitation.

If this is the case, an official position will be arranged, and the arrangement is low and does not conform to his identity, and the arrangement is too high for him to be competent, and he is not too young to be old, so Li Yuanji has a headache for his arrangement.

And Qu Tuquan is relatively much better, he was born in a family of military generals, although he doesn't know how much he has learned his father's skills, but the advantage is that he is only a civilian now, and he is only in his thirties, and he also has no officialdom experience, so the arrangement for him is acceptable no matter how high or low.

Personally poured the three glasses of wine in front of him, which made the two brothers feel a little flattered, and got up again and again to push and concede.

"I'm ashamed of you two brothers!" Li Yuanji stopped the two brothers' pushing, and said with a serious face.

"Why did Your Majesty say this? The minister (Xiaomin) is ashamed to be a ......" Li Yuanji's words made the two brothers tremble with fright, and they spoke again and again.

"Why don't you dare? Jiang Guogong devoted his life to the country, and finally died of illness in office, as the monarch, I failed to take care of him and failed to sympathize with Jiang Guogong's body, which is my dereliction of duty. And Jiang Guogong has only been dead for a few years now, and his descendants need to live like this, if it weren't for today's coincidence, I am afraid that I would have forgotten that there was such a loyal old minister who dedicated so much to the Tang Dynasty. What Li Yuanji said was sincere.

He has indeed forgotten many people, whether it is those old ministers who follow him or who have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, he has forgotten them.

Although this is the trend of the times, people die like lights going out, if the descendants of these old ministers do not fight, it will only bury them more completely in the sea of people over time.

If someone rises, someone must fall.

Although it may seem that there are no limits to these things, is this really the case? In the era of famous generals, it is also necessary to have a radish and a pit, and if the veterans of the previous generation do not leave, it will be difficult for the new generation to grow up thoroughly.

It can be thought of as metabolism or something else.

Li Yuanji has gradually transformed from an angry young man into a politician in the past eight years.

And a politician needs to be smarter, clever to use all kinds of events, to create benefits for himself, omnipresent interests, even if it is just a little, seemingly so insignificant, must not be easily given up.

Whether a person has a role in the court or not depends not on how much ability he has, but on how the court thinks of him?

If the court thinks he is useful, then he is useful, and if the court thinks he is useless, even if he has made great contributions, the court will still feel so.

Li Yuanji secretly despised himself, eight years, let himself become more philistine, but this is the times, even if you are an emperor, if you don't adapt to it, sooner or later it will ruthlessly eliminate you.

Li Yuanji, who had a wry smile on his face, continued to speak: "I have been thinking about it for a whole afternoon, and I say in my heart, I am very relieved to see you so conformist and follow Jiang Guogong's life values, but I am also very sad, Jiang Guogong's these have brought you glory, but they have also restrained your development. ”

Pointing to Qu Tushou and said: "You inherited the title of Duke Jiang Guo and inherited his family property, but you don't have any advantages yourself, and it is difficult to even step into officialdom, because there is no past, so it is difficult for you to continue at all, and now you can only live by guarding these family properties." ”

He pointed at Qu Tuquan and said: "You didn't inherit everything, although Qu Tushou didn't treat your brother like others, and you also have a heart that does not admit defeat and wants to change this status quo through your own efforts." But losing money is losing money, I know what you have in mind, but I want to tell you that I am not one of those landlords, and I am only allowed to take advantage of myself and not suffer losses. In my eyes, business only needs to be fair and reasonable. ”

"I thought about giving you a sum of money to improve your life, but after all, this is a palliative rather than a cure, and I have also thought about giving you a half-official position, but I am also a little worried about what kind of official position I should give. So I want to ask you, what are you thinking in your own hearts? There is no need to be too taboo, I am not digging a hole for you again, but I really want to know what you will say after these feats. ”

"Your Majesty can think of us people, the minister is already very content, when my father was alive, he often taught us that how much ability we have, how much responsibility we have to shoulder, don't be too little, don't be greedy, just do things in a down-to-earth manner, it's yours after all, it's not yours to get it and it's not long.

The minister also thought about taking the path left by his father and finding a half-official position, but every time he remembered his father's words, he dismissed this decision.

Human affection is also there, and the ability is not there, even if you take those paths, in the end, you can only be embarrassed by yourself, and your life is not going well, and the same is true of human feelings.

If you want to blame it, you can only blame the minister for not following his father to learn more things when he was young, now think about it, the spirit of the year, the majesty of the year, is actually very stupid, very stupid.

If he could go back to the past, he would definitely follow his father's side and study hard, although he didn't dare to support the family, at least he couldn't let his father's mantle dissipate.

It's a pity that there is no regret in everything, if you miss it, you miss it, you don't have the ability to be an official, and the identity of the minister is not allowed to do business, so you can only let the minister try to do something.

If you lose, you will lose, and if you buy experience, how can you make a steady profit without losing money? Besides, if you lose this time, the minister will also lose money, and if you have experience in the future, you will earn it back.

Therefore, after the minister and the minister discussed, he rejected the application for a price increase from the Ministry of Industry, no matter what he did, integrity is always the first, since the minister and the minister submitted the offer, regardless of profit or loss, it should be carried out at this price. Qu Tushou talked freely.

Li Yuanji's words moved him very much, and he also felt that his persistence was useful.

But again, human favor is human favor, like their case, human favor should often be used when it matters most, and should never be used in such inconsequential matters.

It is good that the emperor can remember his own family, but his own family must not float, otherwise it will only make the emperor hate his own people more and more, so that he can no longer have the idea of thinking about them.

"Now that your two brothers have made up their minds, I won't say anything more." Li Yuanji thought for a moment and said.

Their own arrangement is important, but it is more important to look at their own ideas, as the so-called twisted melon is not sweet.

Of course, there are other purposes for taking this step by yourself, but in this matter itself, I have no second thoughts, but I just hope to drive some other things through this matter.

After these honors, the role of Datang is also self-evident.

As the saying goes, these people are the ones who have more than enough success and more failures, but it does not exclude some real talents.

On the whole, these people are useful, but it is obviously very difficult to reach the height of their ancestors, but they will be more useful than some ordinary people, and in the same way, they will be more destructive.

As for the two brothers of Qu Tushou, Li Yuanji's senses are still good, and he thinks that these two brothers are at least not bad, and he also has some ideas.

"I won't let you lose money, and since you want to keep your promise and make an offer, I can't do anything that will damage your reputation. I will compensate you for the money you have lost. As soon as the two brothers were about to refuse, Li Yuanji continued: "Don't refuse, you have no reason to refuse me. ”

The attitude is so tough that people have no choice at all, this money can be said to be a reward, and so on, anyway, it is not a reason to sabotage the offer, so they really can't find a reason to refuse.

Although they really don't want this money, it's up to them whether they want it or not.

If the emperor gives it, don't ask for it.

"Minister, thank you for your reward......" In desperation, the two brothers had no choice but to take it.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji finally smiled and nodded, and then continued: "Don't worry, it used to be a hard time in Datang, so I can't think of you, but now Datang is not so bitter, and I will always miss you." ”

The two Qu Tushou brothers were stunned, the meaning of Li Yuanji's words was far from being as simple as the voice.

Before you, you referred to the two brothers, and now you seem to refer to the entire Tang Dynasty, all these people who are similar to them.

This covers a wide range, like them, there are not a thousand but eight hundred, and the number is definitely quite a lot.

Without waiting for these two brothers to figure it out, Li Yuanji continued: "The project is done well, and the workers try to stabilize as much as possible, what a skilled hand can do is far from being something that ten people can do, as long as there is no problem with the quality and the price is appropriate, I will give priority to you." ”