Chapter five hundred and ninety fifth: the doomed result
"Husband, is this too extravagant?" Li Lizhi said worriedly.
Although there is no Concubine Yang now, she has heard many examples in history of kings who ruined their country and family for the sake of women.
In addition, Li Shimin was not well-off before, and frugality became popular in the palace, so Li Lizhi also developed the habit of frugality.
"It's nothing. Our family has so much money that it gets rusty if we don't spend it. Money is money only when it is spent." Lin Xuan said in the tone of a nouveau riche.
With so much money piled up at home, Li Shimin would be worried if he was frugal.
This is not to say that Li Shimin is small-minded, but in ancient times, money and food were equal to soldiers and horses.
As long as you have money, there is no problem in raising an army.
In addition, natural disasters often occur in the Tang Dynasty. For the refugees, as long as they can be fed, it doesn't matter whether they are rebelling or not.
In ancient times, those in power suppressed merchants. In addition to merchants not being engaged in production, there may not be any reason why they did not want others to control too much wealth.
It is one thing for aristocratic families to monopolize knowledge, but what is more important is that they want money and food.
If you have money and food, you can support private soldiers. This is the reason why the family is deeply rooted.
Historically, after Zhu Yuanzhang unified the world, he had no money to build the palace, so Shen Wansan, a wealthy man at the time, funded Zhu Yuanzhang.
No one knows the exact amount of funding, but it is rumored that Shen Wansan funded half of the imperial palace in Nanjing.
To build a palace, even Zhu Yuanzhang's financial resources at that time were stretched thin, but Shen Wansan was able to spend half of it.
It is naturally impossible for Shen Wansan to use all his family wealth to build the palace for Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows how rich Shen Wansan is.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought, this is enough. He is so rich, if he recruits troops, wouldn't he be in big trouble?
You must know that the country had just been founded at that time, and there were rebellions everywhere. Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally very afraid of a rich man like Shen Wansan.
But if people gave him money to build the palace, if he had no reason to kill Shen Wansan, what would others think of him?
The Zhu Yuanzhang at that time was not the Zhu Yuanzhang in his later years. He could just find any excuse to kill someone.
Later, the army returned victoriously, but Zhu Yuanzhang had no money to reward his soldiers. Shen Wansan approached Zhu Yuanzhang and said he was willing to provide Zhu Yuanzhang with money to reward his soldiers.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he felt that an opportunity had come.
On the grounds that Shen Wansan rewarded the emperor's army, Shen Wansan was directly sent to Yunnan.
As for the family property, it was naturally confiscated.
In ancient times, being too rich was also a sin.
Lin Xuan felt that it was impossible for Li Shimin to kill him just because he was rich, but what if?
Many people may think that the emperor must like those who are upright, loyal and without flaws.
This is not the case.
The emperor prefers people who are loyal but have shortcomings.
There are no shortcomings. Once the emperor is jealous, he will not find any reason to kill you.
On the contrary, the emperor prefers people with shortcomings, because he feels that he can kill you anytime he wants, and there is nothing to be afraid of.
This is also the reason why many people in history like to defile themselves.
Song Gaozong suffered a lifetime of infamy for killing Yue Fei.
Many people said that he killed Yue Fei because Yue Fei shouted to welcome back the second emperor, worried that the throne would not be preserved, and was afraid of the Jin people.
Is this really the case?
Maybe there is a reason for this, but it is certainly not the main reason.
The main reason is that Yue Fei is too perfect.
Yue Fei managed the army with clear rewards and punishments, strict discipline, and was able to sympathize with his subordinates and lead by example. The "Yue Family Army" he led was known as "if you freeze to death, you will not tear down the house, and if you starve to death, you will not take prisoners."
The 'Yue Family Army' was not called by Yue Feiqi, but was called that by others.
At that time, the army led by Yue Fei was the strongest army in the Southern Song Dynasty, and most of those troops were those from the Northern Song Dynasty that Yue Fei had gathered and those who had been suppressed and surrendered by bandits. Gu Zhen
At its peak, the Yue family's army numbered more than 300,000 troops including auxiliary troops, but at the beginning, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty only gave Yue Fei 30,000 troops.
Those soldiers and horses were called the Yue Family Army, and they only recognized Yue Fei, not the emperor.
Many people in later generations said that Yue Fei was too stupid and completely foolish and loyal. With his military strength, as long as he rebelled at that time, he would definitely overthrow Song Gaozong.
This is indeed true.
It was precisely for this reason, and because Yue Fei was so perfect and without flaws, that Song Gaozong had no choice but to kill him.
No emperor would be so generous as to leave a person who could overthrow him at any time.
From a historical perspective, we can know that Yue Fei is a loyal minister and cannot rebel. However, from the perspective of Song Gaozong, we do not know this and he can only feel the threat of Yue Fei.
Of course, even if Yue Fei had shortcomings and gave the clues to Song Gaozong, he would still die when Yue Fei regained the north.
Because Yue Fei's prestige is too high.
The prestige is too high, and he is a political novice. He does not know how to assess the situation, which has already doomed Yue Fei's outcome.
Even if Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty is replaced by an eternal emperor like Qin Shihuang and Li Shimin, this result will not be changed.
Of course, if you are a time traveler, it is a different story.
It's just that because Yue Fei is a national hero and respected by others, many people criticize Qin Hui and Song Gaozong without thinking about the deep reason.
Therefore, many times, we should not evaluate the actions of people at that time from the perspective of history. From their perspective, many things, strictly speaking, are not wrong.
This is a bit far-fetched. Lin Xuan spent money, on the one hand, to enjoy himself, and on the other hand, to dispel Li Shimin's suspicion.
Never place your trust in one side, the premise is that you have to do things to make the other party trust you.
After Li Jing destroyed the Eastern Turks, he didn't know how to advance or retreat, and was greedy for power. It's hard to say whether he is still here or not.
Seeing Lin Xuan say this, Li Lizhi didn't know what to say.
However, she decided in her heart that she would try to persuade Lin Xuan more in the future.
"Princess, Prince Consort, someone from the East Palace brought His Highness the Crown Prince's name card and asked to see the Prince Consort." Zi Yi said.
Li Lizhi frowned and said displeasedly: "Didn't I tell you before? From now on, you must call your consort first at home."
It was right to call her first, but she wanted to give Lin Xuan respect. Only in this way could the couple last long.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and said, "Take him to the front hall, I'll be there right away."
Lin Xuan didn't care much about the title issue.
Zi Yi and the others have been in the palace for so long, some rules have been deeply ingrained into their bones, and they cannot be changed so quickly.
"Yes." Ziyi glanced at Lin Xuan gratefully, bowed and left.
"Why did Brother Prince send people here?" Li Lizhi asked a little strangely.
Although the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, Li Lizhi still understands many things after seeing and hearing.
She is the eldest princess. No matter whether Li Chengqian succeeds or who succeeds in the future, it will not have much impact on her as long as her brother from the same mother takes the throne.
Although she has a good relationship with Li Chengqian, after getting married, she has to think about Lin Xuan.
She was very aware of the dangers inside and didn't want Lin Xuan to get too involved.
"I don't know either, why don't you go and take a look with me." Lin Xuan said.
Li Shimin's beating on him was still vivid in his mind, and he didn't want to get too close to Li Chengqian.
But when Li Chengqian sent someone, he had to see him and take Li Lizhi with him. If there was any difficulty, it would be good for Li Lizhi to refuse.
"Okay, I'll go take a look then." Li Lizhi responded.
She naturally understood what Lin Xuan meant and would not refuse.