Yang Guang came to the study room and heard Yang Jian curse,""Arrogant, too arrogant. Is he still a citizen of the empire?”Yang Jian held a piece of information from Yangzhou and his expression changed drastically. This plan was originally very clever and could tie the Wu family to the Great Sui Empire. Unexpectedly, Wu Tian did not play according to the rules and publicly announced that if Li Yuan dared to go to Jiangnan, he would dare to kill him.
No one would doubt Wu Tian's courage. After all, Wu Tian had a criminal record. When he was five years old, he even dared to trick Fan Qinghui. If Fan Qinghui was in the current Wu family, she would not even have the chance to walk out of the Wu family's door.
If he wasn't even afraid of Kind Boathouse, why would he be afraid of the Li family? Moreover, the Li family had suffered heavy losses in the operation to destroy the Wu family, and even sacrificed the elder of Kind Boathouse, Li Juan. At the same time, the Li family had lost another general while they were killing Wu Tian. This was an important core member of the Li family, and Wu Tian had no mercy when he attacked. Even the Li family and the royal family were in-laws, but he directly ignored them. It could be seen that Wu Tian's lawless behavior had indeed caused Yang Jian a headache and anger.
It was not that Yang Jian did not think that the Wu family would be destroyed if he could not use them. However, the Wu family was guarded by Wu Tian. Moreover, Wu Tian did not have a father. Up until now, no one knew the background of the Wu family. Moreover, the Wu family only had Wu Tian, the only seedling. They could not threaten Wu Tian at all.
If the imperial court acted rashly and failed to kill Wu Tian, the Yang family of the Great Sui Dynasty would have to suffer the bloody revenge of Wu Tian, a top expert with the strength of a Grandmaster. The price was too high. Yang Jian did not dare to take the risk and touch Wu Tian's reverse scale. Originally, Wu Tian was old and should know how to compromise in politics. Who knew that he was still a hothead who had no scruples at all.
Now, a good political game had become useless on Wu Tian. Wu Tianming's eyes widened as he released the news. Li Yuan was so scared that he fell ill. He did not even come to the morning court today. The cowardice and fear of death towards Li Yuan made Yang Jian and Yang Guang completely relax and no longer be wary of Li Yuan.
Little did they know that this was Li Yuan's brilliance. Although Li Yuan was greedy for 'flowers' and 'womans', he was not a person without intelligence. Li Yuan was definitely a honey-tongued man but a smart person who knew how to make choices. When Li Yuan saw that the situation was not right, he immediately fell ill. This trick of his was a sure-fire method for others, the current crown prince, and the emperor. If he used it on Wu Tian, it would be the prelude to courting death. It was not a miracle pill, but a super poison.
For someone who knew more or less about the course of history, how could he not know Li Yuan's tricks? He could deceive everyone in the world, but he could not deceive Wu Tian. Li Yuan's personality had long been thoroughly studied by modern historians. Therefore, when Wu Tian learned that the imperial court wanted to appoint him as the head of Jiangnan, he immediately announced the news. He knew that Li Yuan did not have the guts to do so. Even if he announced the news, Li Yuan would not dare to come. According to Wu Tian's speculation, Li Yuan should have known that Wu Tian would dare to kill him.
The royal family of Great Sui would never stand up for Li Yuan and truly oppose the Wu family. Although the Wu family did not have a single person in the court, they had great influence in Jiangnan. Who asked the Wu family to be the family that knew how to make money the most in the whole Great Sui? If Great Sui did not want the world to be in chaos, the only way was to appease the Wu family and kill Li Yuan. As long as the Li family was not killed, the Wu family would not be in trouble.
Wu Tian despised these royal relatives very much in his heart. So what if he slapped their faces? If he wanted to, he could beat these royal relatives up. Who could do anything to him? As long as the Wu family did not tamper with the tax, Yang Jian or Yang Guang would put the Wu family in an important position. After all, the Wu family was now the Yang family's money bag.
Moreover, the aristocratic families would not allow anyone to destroy the Wu family before they obtained the technology to make salt, paper, printing, and Chinese medicine. For example, the current Mercy Boathouse had lost its mysterious and lofty image. Even the influence of Buddhism among the people was gradually declining. The hatred of Buddhism and the people of Mercy Boathouse towards Wu Tian and the Wu family was probably as deep as the blood feud of killing their parents.
Moreover, the Jingnian Zen Temple had been crippled by Wu Tian. Even the head of the abbot had been chopped off by Wu Tian and hung at the entrance of the temple. Wu Tian's savagery and viciousness, as well as his vengeful personality, were not something that any aristocratic family dared to provoke. In the hearts of the various worlds, Wu Tian was a madman who would bite whoever he caught and would not rest until one of them was dead.
Even the Dou family and the Dugu family had come to do business with the Wu family. After all, one of the Dou family's two prodigies, Dou Ke, had been 'raped' by Wu Tian. The Dugu family's master's mother had also been slept with by Wu Tian. Of course, this was a secret. However, the Dugu family and the Dou family had been slapped on the left cheek by the Wu family. Now, they had been slapped on the right cheek by Wu Tian. Even when Dou Wan persuaded the Dou family and the Li family to join forces and resist the Jiangnan Group led by the Wu family, the Dou family avoided Mo Shen.
The Dou family had been woken up by Wu Tian's slaps. The Li family's status had plummeted. After all, the Li family had a high status. It was because the Li family had an aunt in Kind Boathouse that everyone favored the Li family. Now, the Li family's backer was gone. Moreover, the Li family's business and intelligence network in Jiangnan had been completely eradicated by the Wu family.
Moreover, this was the most critical period of the court's political struggle, and they had no time to care about the Wu family's trouble in Jiangnan. Everyone could see that Yang Jian's life was coming to an end, and after Yang Guang became the Crown Prince, he had carried out a major purge of the people who had once supported Yang Yong. Many Guanlong families were now licking their wounds, not to mention that the Wu family was not without people in the court. Now, the Yuwen family and the Dugu family were faintly working together to erase the impression of the Wu family in the hearts of other families. Moreover, Crown Prince Yang Guang also supported Wu Tian. Therefore, other than the Li family, who was deeply hurt, the rest of the people in the Long Group all lost their memories. It was as if they had forgotten about Wu Tian, the scourge of the aristocratic family.
Now, Li Yuan was so frightened by Wu Tian's words that he fell ill. He had become the laughing stock of the various aristocratic families and the topic of conversation in Luoyang. They even used this matter to tease the Li family. The little ones from the Li family didn't even dare to step out of the door. Once they stepped out, they were ridiculed by the other young masters of the other aristocratic families for their father, Li Yuan.
Originally, they thought that Yang Jian would teach the Wu family a profound lesson, but the Guanlong Group's aristocratic families, who were sitting at the side and ready to receive benefits, were all stunned. They looked at the imperial edict in their hands and could not believe that it was true. Yang Jian actually compromised. Not only did he not punish the Wu family, but he also handed over all of Jiangnan's administrative affairs to Wu Tian. Even the power of appointment and dismissal was in Wu Tian's hands. He only needed to report it to the imperial court.
However, who knew that You Chuhong and Yu Wenshang, as the Wu family's lobbyist, had gone to Yang Guang's place and told him about Wu Tian's promise? Therefore, when Yang Guang learned that Yang Jian was extremely angry, he went to the palace. The father and son discussed for two hours in the study before writing the imperial edict.
This was because Wu Tian had promised Yang Guang that if Yang Guang wanted to go north and start a war against Liao, the Wu family would provide five million taels of silver for military expenses, ten thousand pieces of cloth, and five thousand horses. Moreover, the Wu family would also send out five thousand elite soldiers. These were the Wu family's most elite death warriors.
More importantly, the Wu family was paying five million taels of silver for Yang Guang to build the Grand Canal. The Wu family had spent more than ten million taels of silver at once, which shocked Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, who was afraid of poverty. He had a good impression of a hothead like Wu Tian. Yang Jian was not afraid of being arrogant, but he was afraid that Wu Tian would hide in the dark and wait for an opportunity to harm others. Now that he saw Wu Tian showing off his wealth, he blatantly guaranteed to the imperial court that after he became the head of Jiangnan, the tax revenue of Jiangnan would definitely double. If they could not meet the requirements, the Wu family could make up for it from their own treasury.
This was blatant bribery, a blatant demand for power from the Imperial Court. Moreover, Yang Jian and Yang Guang were unable to refuse or punish Wu Tian. The Great Sui's finances had long since dried up. The three northern expeditions against the Turks had already drained the national treasury. Now that Wu Tian had jumped out to take over Jiangnan's administration and promised all kinds of benefits, Yang Jian and Yang Guang would be fools if they did not agree.
Yang Jian was an emperor who had fought in the south and north. He knew that Wu Tian knew how to make a choice. However, Wu Tian did not lose anything. He even made a lot of money. Once Jiangnan fell into his hands, Yang Guang would not be able to take Jiangnan territory from his hands in the future. If he wanted to destroy Jiangnan, he must first make it crazy. Wu Tian took advantage of Yang Guang and Yang Jian's refusal to reach out to the army and ignore his permission to control Jiangnan's administrative power.
Dou Ke and You Chuhong's brother-in-law, who were in the same boat, began to secretly discuss matters. You Chuhong held the imperial edict issued by the imperial court and sighed."Could it be that the Wu family has so much silver that they can't use it up?”With You Chuhong's relationship with the royal family, and furthermore, she was one of the persuaders, she naturally knew the benefits that Wu Tian had promised. Such a bold fellow really had a tight grasp on the imperial court. The aristocratic families might not care about the life and death of the Sui Dynasty, but Yang Jian and Yang Guang did. That was the Yang family's territory. If they did not care, who would care?
Dou Ke could not imagine that Wu Tian was actually a business genius. As for the political noob, she was a little speechless, but she also felt like she was killing an old master. She did not know if Wu Tian was too talented or if Wu Tian had met a dead mouse blindly. In any case, she was very puzzled. Moreover, Wu Tian's achievements in business were indeed refreshing to her. There were all kinds of products that were sold overseas, and money was rolling in.
Every day, the Wu family would send a large number of commercial ships out to sea, and every day, a large number of ships would return. The originally complicated relationships between the aristocratic families in Jiangnan were bound by Wu Tian's interests. Even when the Wu family monopolized Jiangdu Prefecture and wiped out the people of the other aristocratic families in Jiangnan, Ju remained silent, as if he had forgotten about it.
Even the Compassionate Boathouse, which had been wandering outside for the past ten years, had ceased its activities. The Buddhist Sect had also kept their mouths shut and stopped assassinating Wu Tian. It was as if everyone had forgotten about Wu Tian. It was as if Wu Tian had no enmity with anyone. He was beaming with joy as he started doing business with the Wu family.
Dou Ke was puzzled." Sister You, should we go to Jiang Du and ask that bastard Wu Tian? He hasn't given us a single letter in a year. Has he forgotten about us?" If he doesn't want to admit it, I'll be the first to not let him off.”
You Chuhong thought to herself,'I won't let him off. If you go, won't you just let him do whatever he wants? I don't want others to know that we've had sex before…' It wasn't that You Chuhong didn't want to, but she was afraid of being discovered. She was also a woman. How could she not know the needs of men? Hearing Dou Ke's words, his heart couldn't help but move."The You family and the Dugu family must maintain a certain relationship with the Wu family. We can't put all our eggs in the same basket. I really need to go to Jiang Du with Dou Ke and give the imperial edict to Wu Tian.”
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