Yeon Gaesumun's eyes lit up. The Cui family made a lot of money by buying immortal wine and colored glaze from Tang Dynasty and transporting them to Goguryeo. If they could get the formula and produce it themselves, wouldn't they make even more money?
The Yuan family is not short of money, but Yuan Gaesumun is a very ambitious person, and to support his ambition, in addition to power, he also needs a lot of wealth.
"Brother Cui, you go back and wait for news from me. I'll go talk to my father." Yuengai Suwen said.
"Okay, it's just that the Tang Dynasty just fought a great victory not long ago, and Tong'eshe was captured alive. If we don't hurry up and wait until the Western Turks are destroyed, it will be too late to send troops by then." Cui Xu reminded.
"I see."
Yeon Gaesumun sent Cui Xu away and hurried to Yuan Taezuo's study.
"What are you doing here?" Yuan Taizuo frowned slightly.
He quite recognized Yeon Gaesumun's abilities, but Yeongaesumun was a little too ambitious and did things without considering the consequences.
After the last reprimand, Yuan Taizuo did not see Yuan Gaesumun, and Yuan Gaisumun did not come to see Yuan Taizuo.
The father and son fell into a cold war.
Based on Yeon Taejo's understanding of Yeon Gaesumun, Yeongaesumun would not have given in so early.
"Father, I learned a very important news from Cui Xu?" Yeon Gae Suwen said.
Yuan Taizuo naturally knew Cui Xu, and Yuan Gaisuwen had a good relationship with him, which brought a lot of profits to the family. Yuan Taizuo also praised him.
"Father, according to what Cui Xu said, the Tang Dynasty sent troops this time to destroy the Western Turks, and then launched troops from the grasslands and the Tang Dynasty to attack Goguryeo in order to destroy Goguryeo." Yeon Gaesumun looked solemn.
said.
"This is impossible! Let's not say whether the Tang Dynasty can destroy the Western Turks. Even if it is destroyed, the Tang Dynasty will be severely weakened. After a few years of relaxation, it will not be able to send troops again." Yuan Taizuo said without thinking.
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As a country of half farming and half pastoralism, Goguryeo understood the situation of the Tang Dynasty better than those nomadic peoples.
The Tang Dynasty invaded the grassland across such a long front. Not to mention anything else, the number of civilians it needed was an astronomical number.
At the beginning, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, which ultimately led to the destruction of the country.
Although it had something to do with the defeat, the most important thing was that too many civilians were used.
Although the people who received the omen did not have to spend money, their food came from the court. If the people were given a large number of omens, it would naturally delay the planting and collection of food, which would reduce the tax revenue of the court.
In addition, the cost of fighting was too great, and the foundation left by Yang Jian was directly exhausted.
In addition, soldiers who die in battle need to be compensated, otherwise who will sacrifice their lives for you?
The Tang Dynasty was only established for more than ten years. Even if it recovered, its national power at this time would not be comparable to the Sui Dynasty when Yang Guang just succeeded to the throne.
Why did the Tang Dynasty still have the ability to use troops against Goguryeo after destroying the Western Turks?
"Father, this is what the Cui family said personally. How could it be false? When the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo, didn't those aristocratic families pass on information to us?" Yeon Gaesumun said.
Because Yang Guang was a king who subjugated his country, and the smear campaign against him caused many people to think that Yang Guang was a foolish king.
If we were to create a ranking list of foolish kings, many people would probably think that the first one is King Zhou, and the second one is Yang Guang.
In fact, Yang Guang was not as fatuous as the world thought, but he was misled by the novel.
Yang Guang's reign was not long, but he did many things.
Take the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal as an example. Many people have an inherent belief that it was Yang Guang who was lustful and had people dig the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in order to make it easier for him to find beauties in the south of the Yangtze River.
With Yang Guang's identity, if he wants a beautiful woman, he can choose from all the women in the world with an imperial edict, so why bother?
In fact, Yang Guang only had dozens of concubines.
Among all the emperors in history, he is not even ranked high.
The reason why Yang Guang's lecherous image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people is because the Tang Dynasty smeared him.
After all, Li Yuan started a rebellion, and the Li family gained control of the world, so they naturally wanted to smear Yang Guang. The more stupid Yang Guang was, the more legitimate the Li family would be.
In addition, Yang Guang was not a person who loved the people. Although the construction of the Grand Canal was a great success, ordinary people did not care about the benefits. They knew that Yang Guang forced them to dig the Grand Canal, which destroyed many of their families.
Coupled with successive years of war, the people were overwhelmed and naturally hated the emperor.
The Tang Dynasty's deliberate darkening and the people's hatred of him led to the image of Yang Guang being mediocre and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Closer to home, there are many benefits to building the Grand Canal.
First: It strengthened the connection between the north and the south and strengthened the court's control over local areas.
Second: Allowing goods from the north to the south to circulate quickly.
Third: Let Jiangnan be developed.
Before the Grand Canal, the North was always rich and the South was poor.
After the Grand Canal, the South slowly surpassed the North.
It can be said that the people in the south after the Sui Dynasty were all grateful to Yang Guang.
In addition, Yang Guang also pioneered the imperial examination.
You read that right, the imperial examination was pioneered by Yang Guang.
After Yang Guang succeeded to the throne, he felt that the influence of the aristocratic family was too great. He wanted to weaken the influence of the aristocratic family and strengthen the imperial power, so he carried out many reforms, one of which was the imperial examination.
However, those reforms were all aimed at the aristocratic families, so they would naturally offend the aristocratic families.
During Yang Guang's third expedition to Goguryeo, the family not only held Yang Guang back, but also revealed information about the army to Goguryeo.
Therefore, the Yuan family had experience in cooperation with those aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty. Yuan Gaisuwen felt that there was no need for the Cui family to lie to him about this matter.
"Why do you think those aristocratic families disclosed information to us? They were just using us to help them get rid of Yang Guang." Yuan Taizuo looked at the point clearly.
If those aristocratic families in the Tang Dynasty really wanted Goguryeo, why didn't they support Goguryeo's takeover of the Central Plains when there was civil strife in the Central Plains?
"Father, it doesn't matter whether they are using us or not. As long as the information is true, that's fine, right?" Yeon Gaesooun did not agree with Yuan Taizuo's words.
"That's what I say, but those aristocratic families are after all the aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty. How do you know that the information this time is not a complete set jointly set up by the aristocratic families and the royal family of the Tang Dynasty?" Yuan Taizuo said.
"Father, are you really not planning to send troops?"
Yuan Gaisuwen couldn't listen to Yuan Taizuo's words at all, and he was determined to send troops.
"Don't mention sending troops again. It's impossible for me to send troops." Yuan Taizuo said coldly.
"I'm sorry, father!" Yeon Gaesumun said with a ferocious expression.
"What did you say?" Yuan Taizuo was stunned.
Yuan Gaisuwen didn't speak. The hand in his sleeve tightly grasped a cold object, and before Yuan Taizu could react, he stabbed it into his chest.
Yuan Taizuo glanced at Yuan Gaisuwen in disbelief, then lowered his head and looked at his chest, and said: "You...you...you..."
"Plop~"
In the end, Yuan Taizuo still didn't say what he wanted to say and fell backward.