hsntnovel Chapter 1858 Anti-PUA
Chapter 1858 Anti-PUA
Li Shimin has been studying Li Shen's style of doing things over the years.
Especially in terms of understanding human nature and manipulating people's hearts.
Li Shen had no reservations about him and often discussed these things with him.
How to use techniques such as emotional manipulation to make this person identify with and depend on oneself psychologically and emotionally.
So as to achieve some of your own goals.
Li Shimin studied it for a long time, although he did not understand the principle.
But as an emperor, he was not completely ignorant.
This is similar to boosting morale. If he can figure it out, it will play a big role in the army.
Today was the first time he attacked his son, and he wanted to see what the effect would be.
Unexpectedly, he failed. He wondered where he failed.
How could he know that Li Shen's reactions were very slow, and the only thing that mattered to him the most was money.
Because of his memories from his previous life, Li Shen is very sensitive to money and is extremely greedy.
Since ancient times, scholars and royal nobles have valued reputation the most. In their hearts, fame is more important than wealth.
Many people can die for this.
But who made an outlier appear in the Tang Dynasty?
Prince Li Shen is so shameless for the sake of money that he doesn't care about fame or status. All he cares about is money.
So when Li Shimin said that the court needed money, Li Shen immediately became excited.
Wang De looked left and right and found that His Majesty and Prince Ji were both in deep thought and no one spoke.
This also made him curious about what the two were doing. Although His Majesty was one step ahead in the previous fight, he still failed in the end.
He also felt it was a pity. Prince Ji left the palace at the age of nine and was now twenty-one years old. He had never been deceived.
If I could be tricked today, I could leave behind a good story.
After a long while, Li Shimin finally spoke:
"Old Ten, you should have understood what I just said. Do you think what I said is wrong?"
Li Shimin felt that the situation could still be salvaged.
Li Shen has now perked up:
"What Aye said is true, but that's not the reason why the court wants 50%."
"The court can do a lot of things that benefit the country and the people if it has money. Don't you want to make our Tang Dynasty more powerful?"
Li Shimin used his second trick - moral kidnapping.
"Of course I want my Tang Dynasty to be strong and prosperous, lasting for thousands of years, and unifying the world.
But this is no reason to rob me of my 20% bonus. There are thousands of people in the world."
Li Shen remained unshakable. The premise of moral kidnapping is morality, which is exactly what Li Shen lacks.
"Old Ten, can you really eat such a big piece of meat?
According to what you just said, a 30% dividend would mean millions of strings of cash in dividends, which would mean a profit of tens of millions in a year.
With such a huge sum of money, do you think the court will allow it to exist?
Do you know that several million strings of cash can support hundreds of thousands of soldiers?
Aren't you afraid that the court will be suspicious of you?"
Seeing that the second trick didn't work, Li Shimin started with the third trick of intimidation.
Li Shen was disdainful in his heart, humph, so now you’re going to use hard tactics when soft tactics don’t work?
I have turned on the invincible mode now. I will not be affected by any soft or hard tactics. There is no way you can ask me for money.
"Aye, do you mean to suspect that I have rebellious intentions? Aye, do you mean to suspect that I want to rebel?"
Li Shen's face suddenly became a little aggrieved and lonely, and his eyes revealed disappointment and sadness.
"I know you won't rebel, but people's words are scary. The court officials will use this as an excuse to deal with you."
Seeing Li Shen's expression, Li Shimin couldn't help but explain.
Li Shen looked at Li Shimin with tears in his eyes.
"Father, I don't care what the court officials think of me. If they want to be suspicious, let them be suspicious.
What I care about is whether Aye thinks so, and whether he thinks I will be disloyal after I become rich. "
"I naturally believe in your loyalty, but you also..."
Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Shen immediately followed up and said:
"As long as you believe me, I don't care what they think. Just like what I said in my previous poem, no matter how many blows you make, you will still be strong. No matter which direction the wind blows from, it will still be strong."
Li Shen's eyes were firm and sincere, which moved Li Shimin's heart.
His son did make a great contribution to the court, not to mention his advice and suggestions.
Over the years, the total amount spent on donating money and grain to the court and building roads and bridges has reached tens of millions of strings of cash.
Apart from those founding heroes who made contributions to the founding of the country, no one made greater contributions than Li Shen.
If one wanted to rebel, how many soldiers could he recruit and how many horses could he buy with these tens of millions of strings of cash?
Moreover, Li Shen repeatedly helped to teach the prince. Save the queen, save himself, and save the prince.
What kind of treason would rebel like this?
Thinking about what Li Shen had done over the years, Li Shimin was quite touched.
I didn't expect that my son cared so much about what I thought of him.
Was it inappropriate for me to treat him like this?
Thinking of this, he felt a little ashamed and sighed:
"Alas...Old Ten, I believe in your loyalty, but just now I..."
Just then, a report came from the maid outside.
"Your Majesty, the Queen said that we can have our meal now."
"Can we eat now? Great, I've been hungry for a long time. Aye, let's go eat."
When Li Shen heard that it was time to eat, he, who had been hungry for a long time, immediately stood up, bowed, and ran out.
"......" Li Shimin's words got stuck in his throat, and his half-extended hand froze in mid-air.
The whole person seemed to be frozen, staring blankly at Li Shen, who ran out with a smug look on his face.
Li Shimin mechanically turned his head and looked at Wang De and asked uncertainly:
"Have I just been deceived by this rebellious son again?"
Wang De also nodded mechanically, and then shook his head vigorously:
"This...I don't think so, right?"
Wang De’s answer was not so certain.
He just thought that Prince Ji was sad and wronged because of His Majesty's disbelief.
Now it seems, maybe, not so certain.
"Alas~~~~ this bastard, he actually got the better of me again.
I shouldn't have believed him, I should have persisted."
Li Shimin shook his head and sighed.
"It is because Your Majesty dotes on Prince Ji too much that this happens. Otherwise, how could Prince Ji deceive Your Majesty?
Prince Ji is just being opportunistic and taking advantage of your majesty's trust in him."
Seeing that Li Shimin was in a low mood, Wang De hurried to comfort him.
"No, I wasn't on guard against him just now. I could tell when he behaved like this in the past.
It seems that I haven't dealt with this rebellious son for too long and have neglected to be on guard.
You have to remind me next time." Li Shimin began to review the incident.
"Yes, I will remind Your Majesty next time." Wang De nodded immediately.
"Let's go and have dinner. I'm afraid we won't be able to get the 20% bonus this time.
When it comes to fighting against this cunning and rebellious son, I still think that I have a better chance of success by using family rules.
It's a pity that my millions of coins are gone just like that."