After the Yu Yun incident, although Li Yuan verbally agreed to Chen Shuda's two suggestions, one is to expand the phase and give the Dugu family a phase, and the second is to promote Yu Weiliang, the second son of Yu Yun, to the Taishou of Wuwei County, but at that time Li Yuan agreed that there was a premise, and the premise of the expansion was to destroy Song Jingang and expand the phase in an atmosphere of victory. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although more than half a year has passed since the Yu Yun incident, there are still many contradictions within the Guanlong aristocracy, the Dou family and the Dugu family have almost completely turned against each other, this is the second time that the two families have turned against each other in five years, the last time the Dou family won a big victory, successfully isolated the Dugu family, and finally ended with Dugu Shun being assassinated, and the Dugu family bowing their heads and admitting defeat.

This time, on the contrary, the Yu Yun incident made most of the Guanlong nobles side with the Dugu family, while the Dou family only received the support of the Doulu family and the eldest grandson family, and another major event was the official dissolution of the Wuchuan Society.

And the last time the two families turned against each other just for the sake of power struggle, when the dust of power struggle fell, the opposition ended, but this time it was different, when Wei Yunqi met with the six families of the Guanlong nobles, the opposition became a rupture, and it was this rupture that led to the official dissolution of the Wuchuan Society.

In the afternoon, Li Yuanji's carriage stopped in front of the Dou Mansion, and the porter had already rushed in to report, and not long after, Dou Wei personally greeted him and bowed down, "I don't know if His Highness is coming, I miss the welcome, please forgive Your Highness!" ”

"Gong Dou is too polite, I have something to visit."

Li Yuanji's mother is Dou Wei's cousin's niece, so according to the seniority, Li Yuanji should call Dou Wei his grandfather, but Li Yuanji only calls him Dou Gong, which shows Li Yuanji's arrogance, but Dou Wei is also a little afraid of this famous demon king, and he doesn't dare to put an elder in front of Li Yuanji.

Dou Wei hurriedly invited Li Yuanji into the guest hall, and the two sat down separately, and a maid served them tea.

Li Yuanji said lightly: "This morning, my father specially summoned me and gave me a task to come and discuss with Duke Dou. ”

"I don't know what task the Holy Lord has given to His Highness?" Dou Wei took a sip of tea and asked with a smile.

"Father asked me to find a way to raise a million stone of grain and 500,000 yuan."

'Dangchang! The tea bowl in Dou Wei's hand fell to the ground and shattered, and Dou Wei was stunned.

"What!" Dou Wei couldn't believe his ears, the saint was going to raise money and food again.

Li Yuanji looked at the smashed tea bowl on the ground, and said with some dissatisfaction: "This is a big deal, is it necessary for Dou Gong to make such a fuss?" ”

Dou Wei was upset and didn't know what to say, so he said after a while: "Your Highness wants to raise money and food, why are you looking for me, I'm afraid I won't be able to help Your Highness." ”

Li Yuanji's face immediately became gloomy, "What do you say about Gong Dou, could it be that Li Yuanji is young and ignorant to deceive me, and he can deny it in person?" Or do you think I'm a small official and don't bother to cooperate with me? ”

Dou Wei was startled, Li Yuan's guitar couldn't be provoked, he quickly explained: "I understand what the Holy Lord means, and I also understand why His Highness came to me, but now the situation is a little different from before, even if I want to help, I'm afraid I can't do it." ”

"Why? The last two times Dou Gong raised money and food was very smooth, why couldn't he come to me? ”

"Your Highness doesn't know, in the past, I convened the nobles of Guanlong to discuss, and everyone shared it, this time ......"

"It's the same this time!"

Li Yuanji interrupted Dou Wei's words impatiently, and said with a very strong attitude: "What is the difficulty of Duke Dou summoning the nobles of Guanlong and letting them share it again?" ”

Dou Wei scolded in his heart, if it wasn't for Li Yuanji who created the Yuyun incident last time, how could it lead to the split of the Guanlong aristocracy, he caused a big disaster, but now he is forcing himself again, what is this?

Dou Wei took a deep breath and said: "Because of Yu Yun's death last time, the Wuchuan Society has been disbanded, and the Guanlong Society has also split, more than half a year has passed, except for Doulu and Changsun, the other Guanlong nobles no longer pay attention to me, and they no longer come to the door, I have been isolated by them, and now I gather them again, no one will pay attention to me." ”

"Why do you mention the Yu Yun incident, is it possible that Gong Dou is accusing me, and it is my Li Yuanji's responsibility?" Li Yuanji asked viciously.

"I didn't mean that, it was His Royal Highness who was too careful, I just said that the nobles of Guanlong no longer pay attention to me, of course, the Dou family will continue to share the worries of the saint, and we are willing to donate 100,000 stone grain and 50,000 yuan to reduce the burden on His Highness a little."

Li Yuanji's face softened slightly, "My father asked me to discuss with Duke Dou, how can I raise a million stone of grain and 500,000 yuan?" Even if I don't let Dou Gong come forward, I hope that Dou Gong will give me advice and think of a good way. ”

Dou Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, just don't let him come forward, he pondered for a moment and said: "It can be divided into two times to raise grain, the Dou family, the Dou Lu family and the Changsun family are once, and they can raise 300,000 stone grain and 100,000 guan money, I can guarantee that it will be completed, and the other 700,000 stone grain and 400,000 guan money need to be shared by other Guanlong nobles, and they are another time to raise grain." ”

"Then how can they be willing to hand over money and food?" Li Yuanji continued to ask.

"The solution is very simple, as long as the Dugu family agrees, things will be easy to do."

"Then how can you get the Dugu family to agree."

With a sense of revenge, or a deeper and more complex mentality, at this moment, Dou Wei completely lost his friendship with the Dugu family for many years, and he whispered a few words to Li Yuanji.

Li Yuanji nodded again and again, "I understand, it's really a clever plan, it seems that I didn't find the wrong person today." ”

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The Dugu family can be called the richest man in the Great Sui Empire, Dugu Xin used his special relationship with the Northern Zhou Dynasty and his son-in-law Yang Jian to annex countless manors and industries in the world, almost all the clansmen were sent to take charge of these industries, and the Tiansi Pavilion Restaurant in Luoyang was just a drop in the bucket of the Dugu family's many industries.

As soon as the day dawned, there was a burst of dog barking in an alley in Chang'an Lizheng Fang, and the door of a family creaked open, this is a very ordinary medium-sized family in Chang'an, covering an area of about one acre of small house, two big trees are planted in the yard, a half-old wooden door, and a yellow dog and a group of chickens in the yard can be seen from the crack in the open door.

What came out was a man in his thirties, with a relatively rich body and good clothes, a light cyan silk gown, wearing a black gauze black cage hat, his name was Dugu Pingzhi, he was the partial concubine of the Dugu family, and his status in the Dugu family was low.

Because the Dugu family is prosperous, half of them live in the countryside of Guanzhong, they are responsible for managing the fields and properties in various places, and the other half are scattered in various squares in Chang'an City, they are responsible for the business everywhere, this Dugu Pingzhi is responsible for managing more than a dozen shops in Chang'an West City, and they are busy going out early and returning late every day.

He was about to go out, but his young son hugged his leg, "Daddy said okay, play with me at home today!" ”

The three-year-old son pouted, looking at his father with an unhappy face, Dugu Pingzhi married a wife at the age of twenty, and only got this baby son at the age of thirty.

At this time, the lady Wang stepped forward and hugged her son and said with a smile: "Bao'er, my father has something to do today, and he will be back soon." ”

Dugu Pingzhi also touched his son's little head and said with a smile: "Daddy promises to come back at noon, and Bao'er and Ah Huang will have a play." ”

"Then Daddy must come back at noon." The son said with tears in his eyes.

Dugu Ping felt distressed for a while, kissed his son's little face, and promised: "Daddy will definitely come back at noon." ”

"Husband, go quickly! The carriage was in a hurry. ”

"I'm going!"

Dugu Pingzhi turned around and left the house and walked towards the entrance of the alley, where a simple carriage was parked, which was specially hired by Dugu Pingzhi from the mule and horse shop, responsible for picking him up and returning every day, three times a month.

Dugu Pingzhi stood in front of the carriage and waved to the mother and son, and then got into the carriage, and he found that the coachman seemed to have changed, "Why didn't the old ginger come today?" ”

The coachman, a tall young man, replied lazily, "Sick, let me take his place for a day." ”

Dugu Pingzhi didn't ask any more, the carriage started slowly, drove outside the fangmen, out of the fangmen, the carriage should go west, to the direction of Xishi, but today it was the other way around, it was actually going east, that is, it was going out of the city.

Dugu was stunned, and hurriedly asked: "Young man, are you going wrong, I'm going to Xishi!" ”

"That's right, sit down."

The young man whipped the horse's buttocks, and the carriage suddenly sped up and ran out of the city, Dugu Pingzhi was about to shout, when suddenly a man in black appeared from behind him, covered his mouth, and then a sharp dagger pressed against his throat, and someone in his ear said coldly: "Dare to shout again, cut your throat!" ”

Dugu Pingzhi was so frightened that his soul was scattered, he nodded again and again, and soon the carriage drove out of the Lower East Gate and headed for the outskirts of Chang'an.

.........

Less than a quarter of an hour after Dugu's carriage left, there was a quick knock on the door of his house, "Who is it?" Dugu Pingzhi's wife, Wang, asked in the courtyard.

"Sister-in-law, open the door, big brother has an accident."

Wang was so frightened that he hurriedly opened the door, and there were two men who looked like men, and they said anxiously: "The eldest brother was hit by a frightened horse and is dying, he wants to see his sister-in-law and son." ”

Wang panicked, "That.... So what to do? ”

"Let's go! If it's too late, you won't see it. ”

Wang was so frightened that her legs were weak, her hands and feet were cold, and her heart was in a mess, she picked up her son and followed the two men to see her husband, and asked in a trembling voice as she walked..... What do you think? Will..... Will it be life-threatening? ”

"We don't know how he's doing now, but my sister-in-law will know when she sees someone."

The two men pushed the mother and son into the carriage, locked the door, and the carriage sped away.