Happy Little Scholar

"Mingzhu Academy?"

Li Mingzhu murmured the name, not believing that his purpose was really as he said. No matter how she looked at it, it seemed that there was another meaning in it.

The arrogant loli no longer pestered Li Yi to ask why she couldn't drink the soup of the imperial sister. She pulled Li Yi's sleeve and said with a blushing face: "Sir, let's build a few Shouning academies, Bingning Academy is also OK..."

After thinking about it, she felt that she couldn't forget Yongning, and raised her head again and said: "There is also Yongning, Yongning Academy, how about it, it's also very nice!"

She felt that although her name was not as nice as her imperial sister, it was much better than Chengyang and the others.

Li Yi touched her head and said: "Okay, then build another Shouning Academy and let you be the dean."

"Hook!" The arrogant loli immediately smiled, her eyes were full of crescents, and she stretched out her little finger.

This action was learned from Yongning.

Yongning knows a lot of new things that she doesn't know. When she talks to her master, she often doesn't understand, so she just follows his example.

Li Yi reluctantly hooked his little finger with her, and when their thumbs touched, the arrogant loli said happily: "Pin it up and hang it, and don't change it for a hundred years!"

Although she didn't know why the pinky was made to hang, the meaning of this action was that it was agreed that it couldn't be regretted. No matter if he hanged himself or not, this was what her master promised her. When she was older, she could have her own academy. She was the dean, a little more powerful than Li Han, so that he wouldn't show off in front of her all day long...

Li Mingzhu knew that what he said was always powerful. Since he promised Shouning, there would definitely be a Shouning Academy in the future.

Maybe by that time, Shouning had already forgotten about this matter.

After watching them complete this childish covenant, Li Mingzhu looked at Li Yi and asked calmly: "The Ministry of Rites has clearly stated that it will no longer participate in this matter. We don't even have anyone available now. How can we get so much silver?" She knew that the matter of raising silver had encountered great obstacles. Whether it was the court or the people, there were a lot of discussions about this matter. Almost no one thought she could succeed. Everyone was waiting to see her laugh. It was of course a lie to say that she didn't care about these things. It was just out of trust in Li Yi that she asked this key question now. Li Yi looked at her and said mysteriously: "Don't worry, the good show... has just begun." He put away the things he won from the old emperor and explained: "You change your clothes first, we will go out immediately and talk about it later." The arrogant loli waved the sword on the side. The royal children were not required to practice both civil and military skills, and it was even rarer for women to practice martial arts. Among all the princesses, Li Yi knew only the eldest princess. With the nanny watching, Li Yi didn't have to worry about her hurting herself. Li Mingzhu changed her clothes and came out. When waiting for the arrogant loli, Li Yi told her the plan in detail.

Li Mingzhu looked at him and asked, "You knew from the beginning that the officials of the Ministry of Rites would hit a wall, and you also expected that they would definitely withdraw voluntarily. Are these all part of your plan?"

Li Yi nodded: "After all, the Ministry of Rites is not ours. With them around, we can't do it freely. If they tip off or something, there will be some impact. Besides, how can such credit be given to them for nothing?"

Li Mingzhu sorted out all the processes and connected all his actions in the past few days. He couldn't help but think of the mysterious light he saw in his eyes that day.

She looked at him and said seriously, "You are so mean."

Li Xuan stood behind the two of them, opened his eyes wide, looked at Li Yi, and asked in disbelief, "What did you do to Mingzhu?"

...

Li Xuan looked at the two of them suspiciously for a long time before suppressing the unrealistic idea in his mind and said, "I have heard about the academy. I should be able to take out 100,000 taels first and use it on the academy in Kyoto. It is more than enough. As for the others, we will slowly think of ways."

If it was just Kyoto, this matter would not be a problem, but the problem is that the scale of this time is so large that it covers the entire Jing Kingdom. The initial investment alone is a very terrifying number, and I don’t know how much silver will be used in the later stage.

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Your father-in-law has already donated 200,000 taels. You should keep the money."

Li Xuan's prince's mansion is not poor. The three cooperative businesses alone can bring him unimaginable profits, but he is also extravagant when it comes to spending money. The national treasury can only give a part of the research funds of the entire Academy of Sciences. More of it is still filled by himself. It is not easy to take out so much money at once.

Li Xuan frowned, looked at him, and said, "It's already this time, don't be stubborn, I don't know how many people are staring at this matter, waiting to see Mingzhu's joke."

"Laugh?" Li Yi looked at him and said lightly, "They will stop laughing soon."

When he walked out of the Morning Dew Hall, Li Xuan looked at him meaningfully, sighed, and said, "When I first met you, why didn't I think you were so bad..."

...

Liu Dayou, the governor of the capital, was sitting in the hall, nodding his head, dozing off.

The weather has been hot these past two days. Even though I had an ice pack in my arms, the room was still stuffy. The constant chirping of cicadas outside was even more annoying, and fatigue came over me in waves.

Bang!

The moment his eyes closed, his body fell straight down, his head hit the edge of the table, and a big bump immediately appeared, and he woke up.

He quickly put an ice pack on his forehead, took a sip of tea, and was no longer sleepy. He lowered his head to read the official documents.

These days, Kyoto has not been peaceful, and the people are very dissatisfied. If the people are not appeased, there will be a big mess in the long run.

The cause of the incident was that the eldest princess wanted to build many academies so that more children from poor families could read books, but the funds for building the academies were insufficient, and there were obstacles in fundraising, so the matter was temporarily shelved.

The people of Kyoto were very dissatisfied with this.

After all, this is a major event that benefits the people. For any poor family, who doesn't want to send their children to school and fight for a glimmer of hope for glory, but most families even have problems with food, let alone cultivating a scholar.

Now that there is such an opportunity, how can they give up?

Liu Dayou could understand their desire. After all, he was born in a poor family. His father sold everything he had to give him the opportunity to study and pass the imperial examination. When he became successful and wanted to fulfill his filial piety, his father, who had worked hard all his life, passed away without enjoying even a day of happiness with him.

This has always been a regret in his heart. In his heart, he also strongly supports the princess.

However, there seemed to be not many people who had the same idea as him in the court.

When he was looking at the official documents and felt sleepy again, a yamen runner came to report that the princess and Chang'an County Hou had arrived.

County Magistrate Liu's sleepiness was swept away at this moment. He hurriedly stood up, tidied his official uniform, came to the back hall of the county government, stepped into the room, and bowed to the two people sitting above, "I meet the princess and Li County Hou!"