Chapter 624: Li Tai's Change
Li Tai could fully imagine how high Li Chengqian's prestige would be at that time.
Li Zhi was also silent after hearing this, of course he also knew this truth, but Li Zhi was unwilling.
"Fourth brother, even so, even if you know that the eldest brother has conquered the territory of Nuoda, but for ordinary people, it is just the power of the prince.
Besides, the place in Goguryeo is several times barren than my Tang Dynasty, and even if it is defeated, the imperial court will have to operate it for many years.
It even requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
I've been fighting in Datang for two years, and the food has almost been used up, and the money has been consumed even more.
If you want to support the growth of Goguryeo, I'm afraid that the imperial court will not have so much energy,
Therefore, the younger brother can only say that the territory is there, but the impact will not be great. Li Zhi was still stubborn.
Even if you defeat a Goguryeo, it's useless, the people in that place still need to be educated,
If you want Goguryeo to prosper like the Central Plains, you need to invest a lot.
Seeing Li Zhi's appearance, Li Tai couldn't help but sigh in his heart, isn't this who he was back then?
"Lao Jiu, you are wrong, I heard a news, after Yuan Zheng, the Lu State Guild personally escorted hundreds of thousands of corpses of the former Sui back to Chang'an.
When the eldest brother attacked Goguryeo, he destroyed several Beijing officials left behind in the former Sui period, and by the Liaoshui, after the identification of the local people, dug up the bones of the former Sui soldiers who died at that time.
Do you know what this means to the people now, there are their relatives here, Aya is going to build a cemetery outside Chang'an City, and all the bones are buried here,
Build a huge hero's tomb to let these soldiers live forever. Li Tai looked at Li Zhi after speaking.
Li Zhi really didn't know about this news, and he was a little speechless when he heard Li Tai finish speaking.
"But... But ....."
"No, but, and you think Goguryeo is barren? Do you think that the imperial court needs to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in the development of Goguryeo? ”
Li Tai asked disdainfully.
"Fourth brother, can Goguryeo still be richer than my Tang Dynasty?" Li Zhi asked puzzled.
"That's definitely not the case, but don't forget, Aya also has a capable son, and he has already thought of a countermeasure for Aye."
"Fourth brother is talking about the old ten?" Li Zhi was stunned.
"Who else can there be besides him, the God of Wealth, why do you think Lao Shi built the road to Goguryeo, why do you think Aya would give Lao Shi the matter of road construction tolls.
You and I were in the court that day, you don't think it's really because the court has no money, right? Li Tai said this.
Li Zhi asked very cooperatively:
"Got it, didn't you?"
"Haha, Lao Jiu, of course not, Lao Shi didn't take a penny on this road, it was all money raised.
Won't the imperial court raise it?
Lao Jiu, you must know that Lao Shi and Aya have been for almost ten years, which is something that none of us have ever had.
The tacit understanding between Aya and Lao Shi is not something that outsiders can know, and Goguryeo's plan was planned by Lao Shi from the beginning.
Now that Goguryeo has been won, Aye's biggest headache is the development of Goguryeo.
If I guess correctly, Lao Shi built the road in order to develop Goguryeo, and if the imperial court paid for the construction of the road,
The ministers would not have agreed to build the Goguryeo road, and they chose to build it that was beneficial to them, such as their hometown, or where they had the most estate.
But Aya asked Lao Shi to build roads, and then Lao Shi could build whatever he wanted, and others couldn't control it.
This is the tacit understanding between Aya and Lao Shi, who deceived everyone.
Believe it or not, when the imperial court announced that it would occupy most of Goguryeo, Lao Shi would lead merchants to flock to Goguryeo.
Lao Shi is better at playing with people's hearts than you and me. After Li Tai finished speaking, he began to drink tea by himself,
There was time left for Li Zhi to think, and Li Zhi had already turned up turbulent waves in his heart now.
He wasn't surprised by the news Li Tai said, what surprised him was that the fourth brother, who had always been stupid, had seen things so thoroughly today.
It was beyond his expectations.
In the past, he had the impression that Li Tai was like a child spoiled by Li Shimin, ignorant, arrogant, and jealous.
But today really impressed him.
"Listening to the words of the fourth brother today, it is really better than reading for ten years, I didn't expect the fourth brother to understand how to understand the affairs of the DPRK and China.
The control of the changes in the imperial court is so subtle. Today's little brother is grateful. Li Zhi thanked Li Tai.
Li Tai didn't change his color after hearing this, if it weren't for his fat body, he would really look like a master of the world.
"Hehe, Lao Jiu, this is because the fourth brother is standing on another level, looking at things from the heart of a bystander, you will find that what you see is very different from before.
The fourth brother is tired and doesn't want to do something meaningless. ”
Li Tai said it very sincerely, making it difficult for Li Zhi to distinguish the truth from the false.
"Thank you, Fourth Brother, for mentioning it. The little brother took his leave first. Li Zhi stood up and saluted and walked down the second floor.
Li Tai did not move, but continued to look at the procession of carriages outside with no end in sight.
There was no one on the entire second floor, and they were all covered by Li Tai, otherwise the two of them would not have talked about such a sensitive issue just now.
At this time, Du Chuke, who had been standing behind Li Tai, said softly:
"Lord Wang, you shouldn't say so much to King Jin today, be careful that if you say too much, you will lose. And the minister felt that there was no need to tell the truth to King Jin.
The minister was afraid that the king of Jin would be discouraged when he found out. ”
Li Tai did not look back and continued to drink tea;
"Hehe, you're wrong, this king just wants to let Lao Jiu know how difficult he is now and how strong his opponent is,
Lao Shi is not a good type, you and I asked you to send someone to keep an eye on the people in Ji Wangfu, is there any news? ”
"There's news, it seems that King Ji's Mansion has a team dedicated to finding out the news, but the exact number of people is not known.
Our people noticed that someone seemed to be staring at the Jin Palace. However, it has not yet been determined whether it is from King Ji's Mansion.
We have few people, and they haven't met anyone yet. Du Chuke replied.
"Well, there is no need to go out of his way to investigate, this king now has to stand in the position of a bystander to see the outcome of the matter,
Let's see how these brothers and brothers fight, how to toss,
Let's just watch the play, and this king still has something to ask Lao Shi to help with. We're not going to do anything now. Li Tai smiled slightly again to express his demeanor.
"Yes, my lord. However, the minister feels that with the strength of King Jin now, I am afraid that he is not the prince's opponent at all.
What's more, there is also a King Ji next to him.
It's hard to achieve your goal, my lord. Du Chuke reminded.
"Hehe, Lao Jiu is not alone, don't forget, someone is secretly helping him." Li Tai chuckled.
"Lord Wang, the person we guessed to help King Jin should be Your Majesty."
"It should be for sure, otherwise you think Lao Shi will spare him? Lao Shi is a smiling tiger, with black hands. ”