Chapter 35 Vested Interest Groups
It is different to convince Di Renjie to convince Xue Ying and the Xue Shao brothers.
Because the Xue brothers and Di Renjie have completely different reasons and political ideas. Di Renjie wants to show his ambitions, but the Xue brothers do not clearly state what they did to benefit the country and the people. Most of the descriptions of these two brothers are concentrated on the gossip love stories between Princess Taiping and Xue Shao.
What the Xue brothers did and even started was just to ensure that the interests of the Xue family in Hedong were not violated, and could even go further.
In layman's terms, the Xue family in Hedong is a vested interest group of the Tang Dynasty.
Yang Yao smiled brightly like the sun, and grabbed Xue Yi's hand and said, "Xue Aiqing, although I have done some ridiculous things before. However, Lingtang and the late emperor are brothers and sisters of the same mother, and they are also relatives of blood. They prosper and both prosper and lose. At the moment when Li Tang's foundation is in danger, he should choose to stand on the side of Li Tang because of his feelings and reason."
Yang Yao has something in his words, and it also involves the height of Li Tang's survival, but it is reasonable.
Whether the emperor Yang Yao, the emperor himself is a foolish monarch has nothing to do with the Xue family in Hedong!
What’s important is that Yang Yao was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and the central point of power and interests in the whole world. All power and interests distribution of the Tang Empire, including the Li Tang royal family and the interests of the royal relatives of the Li Tang royal family, revolve around Yang Yao, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty fails, whether it is the Empress Dowager or Pei Yan wins, it means that the previous distribution of interests will be completely broken, and then it will be transferred to the power and distribution of interests centered on Tiger Mom and Pei Yan.
In this process, emerging political forces must appear, such as the cruel officials such as Wu family, Zhou Xing, and Lai Junchen. Of course, there are also capable ministers such as Zhang Jianzhi and Di Renjie.
It will inevitably crack down on the interests of vested interest groups, such as the Li Tang royal family and the Xue family in Hedong who have gained benefits based on imperial power.
Therefore, Yang Yao's success or failure is not the success or failure of a foolish monarch, but is related to the success or failure of the current power and interest distribution pattern, involving the honor and disgrace of thousands of people, and naturally also includes the honor and disgrace of the Xue family in Hedong.
The Xue family can have the current glory and wealth only because they are the royal relatives of Li Tang. If the Li Tang changed its rule, their glory and wealth would not be preserved for a long time.
Xue Ying and Xue Shao looked at each other and saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.
Xue Ying pondered, "Master, since the Majesty ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager has been trying to win over the Li Tang royal family and has also handed the words to the Xue family in Hedong through the princess. He will continue to guarantee the interests of Xue family in Hedong as always. Are you worried too much?!"
The court officials, the Li Tang royal family, and the aristocratic family who existed as royal relatives were the three largest forces in the world.
Yang Yao's strategy is to combine the three forces into an alliance. Even if the tiger mom has the means and prestige, it will definitely not cause any storm. She can only accept the ending of returning to the harem to retire.
However, the tiger mom could see clearly the key points that Yang Yao could see. The tiger mom's strategy was to rush together, use a slow-down strategy, and adopt a differentiation strategy to defeat Yang Yao, Pei Yan, Li Tang royal family and royal relatives one by one.
It’s just that because Yang Yao pretended to be a foolish monarch who ate a tiger, and his mother-in-law made the tiger mother unable to tell the truth for the time being. He could only turn the finger from Emperor Yang Yao to the regent minister Pei Yan who promoted his confidants and had a ill intention. In the eyes of Tiger Mom, whether it was to defeat the emperor first or defeat Pei Yan first, it was just a different order.
Before Yang Yao came to the Prince Consort's Mansion, he had already made a statement and said slowly, "Xue Aiqing, Prince Consort, I heard a story in the palace yesterday and I will share it with you."
"In the big forest, there is a tiger, a fox who thinks it is smart, and a large group of animals. When a tiger eats wild pigs, the fox watches the fire from the other side of the river; when a tiger eats a leopard, the fox thinks it doesn't matter to him; when a tiger eats a black bear, the fox is even gloating, thinking that the opportunity for his fox to pretend to be a tiger's power has come. When a tiger comes to eat a fox, the fox finds that there is no helper in the whole forest."
His fable is concise and vividly describes the current situation of the dispute between the world and the court. The fox who thought he was smart was a royal relative like the Xue family in Hedong who thought he could be highly valued after he took office.
Xue Shao's eyes flashed, which showed that he was hesitating inside. Xue Shao's body was also trembling slightly. This son-in-law seemed to be close to the tiger mom and had a great glory. However, when it was a critical moment of struggle, he was not sure how much money the name of this son-in-law could be worth.
Yang Yao also saw the hesitation of the two brothers and continued, "The county marquis and princesses, sounding like a great figure, is actually just a false reputation. The empress dowager favors the emperor sister, and the princesses is just a love for the house and the wuwu. When the power struggle has really reached a fever pitch, at most it will destroy the Xue family in Hedong and make the emperor sister remarry again."
"Power must be in your own hands; destiny must be controlled by yourself in order to truly rest assured, right! Xue Aiqing, the prince-consort?"
Xue Shao had less intentions and nodded repeatedly after hearing this.
The more experienced Xue Yan raised his head, met Yang Yao's gaze, and continued to ask, "What good plans does the priest have to stand out in the current political situation?!"
Like Di Renjie's attitude, if Yang Yao didn't show some real information to convince the Xue family, how could Xue Ying believe that he, a fool, could win the final victory?
In Yang Yao's plan, the Xue family and Di Renjie had different roles, and the words they had convinced were naturally different. He said, "Xue Aiqing, the former emperor was obsessed with returning to Chang'an before he died. I also believe that the foundation of Li Tang was in Chang'an, not in Luoyang, and he would eventually move the capital back to Chang'an. I want to transfer my dear to serve as the governor of Shanzhou first and be prepared to move the capital back to Chang'an."
Li Tang’s foundation is in Chang'an, and there is no doubt that Luoyang is the nest of an emerging force that defected to Tiger Mom.
Playing with Tiger Mom in Luoyang is equivalent to playing away football. The right time, place, people and people are not on Yang Yao's side, and the chance of winning is minimal. As long as you return to Chang'an's home court, your chance of winning will inevitably increase greatly.
My father Li Zhi never forgot to return to Chang'an before his death. That's what he thought.
Shanzhou is located at the junction of Henan, Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces. The fortress Tongguan is also in Shanzhou. It has been a must-fight for military strategists over the years. As long as you control Shanzhou, you can retreat and seize Guanzhong and advance.
Yang Yao's plan is feasible, but Xue Ying still has many concerns about the specific implementation.
He asked hesitantly, "Master, where is the military power? If there is no military power, just one governor of Shanzhou, dozens of Lin Guards can be captured."
Yang Yao smiled slightly and said, "I have my own plans. After the defeat of Sichuan, Tubo in the western border will be launched and attacked the territory. Those who can resist Tubo are the Xue family. Although my famous general Xue Rengui of the Tang Dynasty died, Xue Rengui's son, Xue Na, is also a general's son. I am preparing to promote Xue Na and control the Zhechong Prefectures in Guanzhong. In name, it is to train troops to resist the Tubo invasion. In fact, it is for me to use it and can send troops to Luoyang at any time."
Xue Rengui and Xue Ne were also prominent members of the Xue family in Hedong, but they were not the same clan as Xue Yan and Xue Shao. The emperor promoted Xue Yan, Xue Shao, and Xue Ne in a big way, just to reuse the Xue family in Hedong.
Xue Ying hesitated and said, "Master, the garrison of Guanzhong is Liu Rengui. I am afraid that it can't hide it from his eyes when he makes such a big move under Liu Rengui's nose!"
Liu Rengui is also an important candidate that Yang Yao must convince.
But Xue Yi said too much, the problem baby?!
How much does Yang Yao have? Do you still have to tell Xue Yan and Pan? I have never heard of what is the power of heaven that is unpredictable. Accompanying you is like a tiger?!
"This is not a matter of need for Xue Aiqing to worry too much. I have my own arrangements."
Yang Yao refused Xue Yan's problem and said to Xue Shao, "The prince consort, the prince consort, the prince consort, the prince consort has just given birth, and is weak. I have long heard that the hot springs in Mount Li are very effective for postpartum recovery. When I was in Chang'an, I liked to go to Mount Li to hunt and soak in hot springs, ha! After the queen's enthronement ceremony, I will go to Mount Li with the prince consort to play!"
Xue Shao understood it. At this moment, the emperor went to Guanzhong's Lishan Hot Spring to cultivate power in Guanzhong. The so-called hunting, accompanying the emperor to Lishan Hot Spring to recuperate, was just a guise of dealing with the empress dowager.
The sound of the system sounded, "Dou, the host completed the act of a foolish monarch of [Arrogance and Extravagance], [Arrogance Value] 250, total score: 1390"
There are many treasures that rewarded Princess Taiping in this industry, and it is reasonable to see that the value of a foolish monarch has increased sharply. But what the hell is that no more or less than 250? The game customer service did it on purpose!
Yang Yao did what he should do on this trip, and the effect was not bad. Just as he was about to get up and leave, he heard a servant come to report it. The Secretary of the Secretariat Pei Yan and the Supervisor Xue Zhongzhang came to the door to congratulate Princess Taiping on giving birth to a noble son.
Chapter completed!