Chapter 166: Li Shen's Request
Wei Siyan wrote a letter and asked the housekeeper to send it to the palace guards at the palace gate, and asked the guards to send it to Wei Guifei. Generally, people with status like Wei Guifei write letters to their mother's family about anything. Of course, guards who don't have status will care about you.
In the afternoon, Li Shen received a message from the eunuch beside Wei Guifei, the meaning was very simple, first said what Wei Renji asked Wei Siyan to say, and then let Li Shen make up his own mind.
After hearing this, Li Shen thought about it, "Come on, go and invite Wei Siyan." "He has already discussed it with Li Shimin.
This time, only Wei Yuanquan and Cui Dunli were moved, Wei Yuanquan is now in prison, as for Cui Dunli, Li Shen has asked Li Tiejun to personally take fifty sharp blades and disguise himself as a businessman in the north today, Li Shen's request is very simple, quietly let Cui Dunli disappear. This will test Li Tiejun's ability.
An hour later, Wei Siyan's brothers came. Li Shen enthusiastically took them all to the front hall.
"His Royal Highness King Ji, I don't know why you called me here this time?" Wei Siyan asked knowingly, and on the way, they guessed that it must be because of the message. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to deliver the letter in the morning, and Li Shen would have looked for them in the afternoon.
"Uncle is not in a hurry, it's nothing serious, the letter you sent to my mother in the morning, my mother has just asked someone to inform me, just let me make my own decision.
So in the future, if the Wei family has anything to do, let them come to me, but I don't want to see them, so it's better for you to come and spread the word. Li Shen said with a smile.
"Ahh I don't know if His Highness has anything to say for us to pass on to the clan. Wei Siyan didn't expect that Wei Guifei didn't care about this at all.
"Uncle, you tell Wei Renji that I want the remaining half of the store in the boutique pavilion, as well as thirty acres of land in Qinrenfang. I can save the lives of the people they want to save and the lives of their families. But not as an example. Li Shen's words made Wei Siyan a little surprised. That's too ruthless, isn't it?
"By the way, another 5,000 acres of tea plantations," Li Shen added
"His Royal Highness King Ji, it is impossible for them to spend such a big price for Wei Yuanzhen." The second Wei Siqi reminded softly. Li Shen's words really surprised the three of them.
"Don't worry, they'll agree. A shop and thirty acres of land are not worth much. It's just tens of thousands of habits, and the tea garden may be a little more expensive. But it adds up to more than 100,000.
As long as you tell Wei Renji, say that I have a confession written by Wei Yuanquan himself. They'll agree. Li Shen said confidently
"His Royal Highness King Ji, I don't know if it's inconvenient for Fang to tell this Wei Yuanquan what kind of crime he has committed. It's better for a few of our brothers to weigh whether we want to hide. Wei Siyan asked cautiously, if there is a rebellion, the line must be drawn.
"Actually, it's nothing. He was one of the participants in the assassination of me some time ago. Moreover, the cavalry is the cavalry of the Tongzhou Mansion soldiers, and he also sent it. The leader of the troops is called Feng Shanwu, the commander of the Tongzhou Mansion. After Li Shen took a sip of tea, he said it lightly.
"What? He was involved in the assassination of the prince? The brothers stood up in shock, their faces full of disbelief.
"This Wei Yuan is dead. If it's not good, it will be exterminated. ”
"These guys are crazy."
Li Shen motioned for everyone to sit down, "Don't get excited, this matter has nothing to do with your Yunguo Mansion, I can only say that they are too unwise."
Anyone can hate me, the Wei family shouldn't. Originally, for my mother's sake, I wouldn't have dealt with them. I plan to take care of the Wei family when I have a chance in the future, but they don't think so. It's a shame. ”
Li Shen looked at the three people and continued: "The four are my mother's relatives, then we are not outsiders, tell you some truth today, the family will perish sooner or later."
At most, there are three generations of emperors, and it's hard to say how many families are left in the family. If you want to keep your family, listen to my advice, stay away from the court, and go into business instead.
Now that the prosperous era has just risen, all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt. It is the time to accumulate wealth, and we are not more comfortable as a rich businessman in the world than you are to be an official in the court.
If someone in the clan wants to be an official in the future, tell them to put the country first and not think about the family. Such a big family doesn't care about that little profit.
And you can donate a little wealth to the country from time to time, so that the family can go a long way.
Let's ask which emperor would be willing to let the scholars control the government all the time. You look at how many big families have perished from the beginning of the pre-Qin period to the present. All of you, the families of the family, are just filling in for the lack of others.
The wheel of my uncle's history will never stop, and he will always move forward. Every dynasty has its own changes, and we have to adapt to them. I hope you can keep the Yunguo Mansion in the future, after all, this is my mother's maiden home. ”
Li Shen's words made the four of them fall into deep thought. There are not no big families in history, the four major families of Ji, Jiang, Jing Mi and Ying in the Spring and Autumn Period. It had an impact on the situation at the time, and both of them were famous at the time. Now they have all disappeared in the long river of history.
"Your Royal Highness King Ji, you are right, now my Yunguo Mansion is no longer as glorious as my ancestors. To keep our side, it's time for a change.
Otherwise, they really don't know when they will be implicated, they dare to even assassinate the prince, what else would they not dare. It's just that in the future, I will need the help of the prince. "Wei Siyan, as the eldest son and eldest grandson of Yunguo Gongfang, naturally has the right to speak on his behalf.
"Uncle is polite, it's all family. In fact, there is no conflict of interest between the family and the country, and you are now officials who are doing their best for Datang. The family can change the direction of development according to the national policy.
And you can know some national policy news in advance, which takes the lead. Cater to the development of Datang and make a little money by the way, why not. Li Shen was very satisfied with their attitude.
"Then the prince, we will reply to Wei Renji according to what you said." Wei Siyan got up and prepared to leave. The amount of information received by the four of them today is a bit large. The family participated in the assassination of the prince. and what Li Shen said also made them go back and think about it
"Hmm. You just told him that if they wanted to talk, just let them come to me. Tell Wei Renji that time may not wait for anyone, and it will not be good if the criminal department interrogates something.
He also told Wei Renji to tell the people who should be notified that each family must take out fifteen shops in the East Market, and there are 10,000 acres of fertile land around Chang'an. This king promises that he will not pursue them, otherwise I will publish Wei Yuanquan's confession in the newspaper and send it to the whole country. I'll see how they die then. Li Shen got up and said
"Don't worry, Lord Wang, let's go back immediately and bring the word to Wei Renji." After that, Wei Siyan and a few people said goodbye.