"For people, being promoted and getting rich are undoubtedly the two great things in life.”
"For these important officials of the early Tang Dynasty, their official positions were almost at the peak, especially the twenty-four meritorious officials of the Lingyan Pavilion.”
"They are not members of the royal family, so the Duke has already reached the ceiling and can no longer be promoted!”
"Therefore, many of the meritorious officials who made great contributions in the early Tang Dynasty were unusually low-key. They did not seek to make contributions and only wanted to live a peaceful life in their later years.”
"Because if you go any higher, it won't be a promotion, but an imperial edict to behead!”
"This is the so-called high merit shocking the master!”
The professor first briefly introduced the situation of the important officials in the early Tang Dynasty.
Li Ke nodded in agreement with this information.
Indeed, the ministers who followed Li Shimin to conquer the world in the early Tang Dynasty had made great contributions in the war, and they had made great contributions again in the Xuanwu Gate incident.
Li Shi Min rewarded them all. Among the twenty-four meritorious officials in Lingyan Pavilion, except for Hejian County Prince Li Xiaogong, who was a member of the imperial clan, the rest were all State Dukes!
For officials outside the imperial clan, being able to be conferred the title of Duke was already the limit!
It was really too difficult for someone with a different surname to be conferred the title of king!
Moreover, there were so many meritorious officials. If Li Shimin conferred a King with a different surname, then he would confer a group of Kings with different surnames.
Otherwise, no one would be convinced!
What, do you think I didn't do as much as him?
Only him and not me?
If the matter was handled unfairly, the hearts of the people below would be scattered, and it would be difficult to lead the team!
The best way was to not seal any of them!
Therefore, the Duke was the ceiling of these important officials!
Since he had already reached the ceiling, the emperor had to reward and punish clearly.
If he didn't reward them, it would seem like the emperor didn't know how to reward and punish. He was a fatuous ruler!
But how? He had already reached the peak!
Isn't this making things difficult for the emperor?
He couldn't possibly give up the throne for everyone to sit on, right?
This was obviously impossible.
Therefore, the smart ministers tried their best to keep a low profile in the later stages so that they could live in peace and protect the wealth of their descendants.
Of course, there were still ambitious people who were not satisfied. For example, Hou Junji, who felt that he had not been rewarded for his meritorious service, was dissatisfied with Li Shimin and had chosen to support Li Chengqian's rebellion.
Therefore, after reaching their level, meritorious service was actually a bad thing!
Everyone understood the principle of shocking the master with great merit!
"Since I can't count on a promotion, I'll naturally turn my energy and goal to getting rich!”
"In any case, no matter how much money they earn, the emperor won't care. After all, these ministers have made contributions. Since we can't give them a higher title, let them earn more money to make up for it.”
"And as long as they want to make money, a lot of money, that gives the OP the opportunity to use capital to tie them up!”
"We can pull them into the industries that the building lord has planned and bring them along to earn big money. This way, we can tie them to the building lord's camp.”
"The deeper the cooperation, the more money they earn, and the more they can't leave the building owner.”
"If anything happens to the Tower Lord, they will be the ones to suffer the greatest loss!”
"They and the Tower Master are bound together!”
"Therefore, for the sake of benefits, they can only follow the Tower Master's path to the end because the Tower Master can give them benefits that others can't!”
The professor quickly posted his thoughts in the comments section.
Li Ke looked at the professor's suggestion seriously. As he looked at it, he couldn't help but nod. His eyes were full of approval.
Otherwise, why would he be a professor? His words vividly expressed the word 'benefit'!
The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit!
No one could escape the word 'profit', including these ministers!
They had followed Li Shi Min and made contributions, thus they were conferred the title of Duke and held high positions.
This was the benefit that Li Shi Min had brought them!
But at this time, Li Shiming had already given them the maximum amount of benefits, and he wouldn't give them any more.
Even if there was a change of emperor and Li Chengqian ascended the throne, would Li Chengqian be able to confer them the title of king?
That obviously couldn't be done.
Could Li Tai or Li Zhi confer them the title of King?
Similarly, he couldn't!
Therefore, it didn't make much difference to them who became the emperor.
No matter who became the emperor, they would still be the country's dukes. It would not change.
Of course, Zhangsun Wuji's words were different. After all, no matter who became the Emperor, he would definitely become the most valued person and would still be able to obtain benefits.
At this time, Li Ke's appearance could bring huge benefits to these ministers!
He definitely couldn't give these ministers the title of king, but other than promotion, there was also wealth!
Getting rich was also a benefit!
He could bring these ministers to make a fortune, but Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Zhi could not. This was his advantage!
Since Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Zhi couldn't give them any benefits, Li Ke could bring them huge benefits.
It was obvious who they would support.
Perhaps in the beginning, they did not want to participate in the fight for the throne. They did not want to support Li Ke as the emperor. They simply wanted to earn some money with Li Ke.
Li Ke didn't need to be anxious. He just needed to bring them to earn money.
Anyway, he had a lot of industries planned, and every industry could make a lot of money.
This industry would attract a few people to invest in it, and that industry would attract a few people to invest in it.
The more industries there were, the more people would invest in them. Some people might even be involved in multiple industries!
In this way, these ministers fell into the trap of boiling frogs in warm water.
Originally, he only wanted to earn some money with Li Ke, but now he couldn't leave.
Because at this time, these ministers were already deeply tied to him.
It was a relationship where they would rise or fall together.
Once he, Li Ke, could not sit on the throne and was settled by the new emperor, then all their industries would lose their backbone.
Would they sit by and watch such a huge industry disappear?
Could they just watch the huge benefits slip away from their hands?
There was only one answer.
That was, he wouldn't!
After all, no one did not love money, and no one wanted their treasure bowl to be kicked over.
Therefore, if they wanted to keep such a profitable industry and invest in a more profitable industry from Li Ke in the future, there was only one way!
That was to fully support Li Ke to sit on the throne and help Li Ke eliminate all his opponents!
This was the power of capital!
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