Chapter five hundred and sixty fourth where the pay comes from
The Temple of Peace, thirty miles west of the suburbs of the city, was officially renamed the Temple of Eternal Life.
It became Chu He's old nest in Chang'an City.
Three hundred Shence soldiers guarded here and obeyed Chu He's orders, demonstrating the king's trust in this new Changsheng Zhenren.
And just under an old pear tree in the backyard of Changshengguan, Chu He and Li Deyu were sitting opposite each other and drinking tea and talking.
"Mr. Li, I'm plagued by official duties, why do you have time to come to my place to drink tea?" Chu He naturally knew that Li Deyu would not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and that he would have a purpose in this place.
In fact, Chu He had been waiting for Li Deyu to come to visit this time.
Li Deyu didn't drink tea, and frowned and said, "Since the Taoist priest has the ambition to support the world, he should know the principle that the three armies should take the lead before they move. Now that the Uighurs are about to use troops, the national treasury is very empty. If the food, grass, and money are not replenished as soon as possible, this battle will be difficult to fight."
Money is nothing to Chu He.
He held a knife of wealth and honor, and the long sword passed by, gold was everywhere.
It is actually not decisive to do this, and it is too eye-catching and not taken by Chu He.
Therefore, Chu He said: "I have been practicing hard for many years and breaking the art of turning stones into gold. However, my strength is not good. I can only prepare a thousand kilograms of gold for Mr. Li within half a month to provide funding."
Li Deyu originally came to ask for advice, but he didn't expect to have such unexpected gains.
There are already a lot of gold, and after eating and taking the bribe, there are still two or three hundred kilograms left to buy food and supplies, which is indeed enough to relieve the embarrassment a little.
As for solving the problem of corruption, uh..., let's think about how to defeat the Uighurs first!
"Thank you for your generous help, Master." Li Deyu looked up and stood up and bowed to Chu He and said.
No matter what the real purpose of the Taoist in front of him is, he has indeed made great contributions to his contribution of a thousand pounds of gold. Li Deyu should express his gratitude for both public and private.
"It's just a matter of the three armies, which requires the power of the country. With the Taoist priest alone, it's afraid it's difficult to support it." At this point, Li Deyu revolved around the topic again.
Chu He tapped the table with his fingers, and then said with a smile: "Let's talk about this great Tang Dynasty, and there are huge wealthy people in Chang'an City. Not to mention fighting with the Uighurs, even if it's the power of ten battles, it depends on whether Mr. Li can excavate it."
Li Deyu smiled bitterly and said, "Eunuchs, nobles, officials, and wealthy businessmen... are mixed with each other and support each other. They are not easy to move, and they cannot move!"
Chu Hedao: "Mr. Li's eyes are as sharp as a torch, why did he forget his relatives?"
Li Deyu was shocked and looked up suddenly, but he didn't expect Chu He to burn the fire on his relatives.
You should know that he is a royal relative who has touched their interests. If the woman in the palace cries to the emperor, then even if Li Deyu is valued by Li Yan, he is afraid that life will not be easy.
"If the Taoist priest has no idea, that's all. Why bother to joke with me like this?" Li Deyu shook his head and said.
Chu Hedao: "The emperor has a sequence, so there are naturally different relatives. What can be moved, what can't be moved, what can be thoughtful, what can be beaten, what can be knocked, and what can be beaten, and force them to spit out some. Mr. Li must have a clear idea in his mind!"
Li Deyu was stunned.
If you want to say that officials protect each other, eunuchs are solid and nobles form their own. Behind the wealthy businessmen are all rich backgrounds, difficult to move and difficult to deal with.
The attributes of relatives are relatively simple.
Their honor and disgrace are largely dependent on whether the poor woman in the palace can be favored by the emperor.
This kind of struggle is also the most obvious and lacks room for maneuver.
Instead, it is easy to defeat one by one.
Of course, many families of foreign relatives also have bureaucrats and nobles, but they are not outstanding. In order to avoid the autonomy of foreign relatives during the Han Dynasty, royal families in all dynasties tried their best to choose beautiful women who were not so prominent in the palace to serve the king.
Especially after Wu Zetian, the Tang royal family paid more attention to this issue.
The rights of foreign relatives have always been extremely restricted.
It is easy for relatives and families to gain wealth and power.
"After that being said, you need to have a trick. Since the Taoist priest has come to this point, you might as well continue to say it." After saying this, how could Li Deyu not know that Chu He had a curse in his heart.
Upon hearing this, Chu He nodded and said, "How is the Qin family?"
"Which Qin family? Could it be the family of the late emperor Qin Concubine?" Li Deyu said with a strange expression.
"Master may not know that this Concubine Qin is not easy to provoke now." Li Deyu said with some obscure words.
Chu He shook his head and said, "If you only pick soft persimmons, how can you get the effect? The so-called bad reputation will be unsatisfactory. If the rumors start from the slightest and spread in the world, then even the emperor has to restrain his country and the country. Although Concubine Qin is beautiful, how can she be compared with the color of Concubine Yang in the past?"
"Under the country and the country, Concubine Yang can die. How can Concubine Qin survive?"
Chu He's words were already showing his murderous intent.
Since the root cause of the Liu Yanchang case lies in the Qin family, it will be easier to get Liu Yanchang out of the death penalty if there is no Qin family.
Li Deyu fell into deep thought about Chu He's words, obviously also weighing the gains and losses.
"When I am a person with ambition today, I am ruthless in others, ruthless in myself, and sentient beings in the world. Mr. Li is confused, so don't you see clearly at this time?" Chu He's words were like a big bell, and he woke up Li Deyu.
He was thinking, if he really followed Chu He's plan, would he be evil if Li Yan was exposed?
Now Chu He woke him up. For Li Yan, Concubine Qin was just his spoils, just a beautiful woman who entertained people. If he could use the battle against the Uighurs to open up the situation and revive the Tang Dynasty, then for Li Yan, his weight would be far greater than the so-called Concubine Qin and the Qin family behind him.
At that time, Li Yan will take the initiative to ignore it and forget about it, how can he pursue it again?
"Thank you for your advice, I understand! At this point today, I will leave first without disturbing Taoist practice." Li Deyu achieved his goal and stood up and said goodbye.
Chu He took out a medicine jar from his sleeve and said, "Mr. Li is 'living all kinds of things every day' and works hard for the country. I have no life, so I can only give this health medicine to Mr. Li. However, I also asked Mr. Li to express it to the public, otherwise the threshold of my outlook on immortality would be flattened."
After saying that, Chu He also blinked ambiguously at Li Deyu.
Li Deyu's old face turned red in an instant, but hesitated to hold the medicine jar in his hand, as if he was pinching his life.
After presenting medicine at Youjiaofang that day, there were not many nobles who came to Chu He for this "magic medicine" every day.
Where did Chu He prepare so much?
Of course, I could only perfunctorily say that this magical medicine is difficult to refine and takes a long time to barely deal with it.
Seeing Li Deyu's feet slipping away quickly, Chu He squinted his eyes and looked at the old man's back as he walked away, and sighed a little: "With this old man's cunning, as long as he pays a little attention, you will definitely understand that using Liu Yanchang as a breakthrough point to attack the Qin family, I don't need to remind me. I just hope that the three thousand kilograms of gold given first can confuse him a little so that he will not doubt my relationship with Liu Yanchang, otherwise it will cause some minor trouble."
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Chapter completed!