Happy Little Scholar

After entering late July, the weather began to slowly cool down.

News came from the south that the flood had receded and the flood disaster was temporarily eliminated. The officials sent by the court strictly followed the regulations issued by the court, built temporary residences, resettled the victims, and provided porridge and rice every day. There was no large-scale civil unrest.

As for the epidemic after the disaster, it did not occur. There were many cases of diarrhea, but they were quickly controlled and did not deteriorate further.

Although the post-disaster reconstruction work still requires a long time, the impact of this flood is indeed much smaller than before, and it is no longer so heavy for the officials.

The emperor's move out of the palace this time was very large and lasted for several days. The queen and several concubines in the harem also moved into Furong Garden with him.

Of course, the government is still running as usual. Some important political affairs, after being reviewed by the two prime ministers of the Shangshu Province, will be sent to the palace and handed over to the eldest princess for decision. If the three ministries have no objection to the eldest princess's decision, it will be implemented accordingly. If there is a big disagreement, the memorial will be sent to Furong Garden for the final decision by His Majesty.

Of course, so far, no one has questioned all the decisions of Her Royal Highness the Princess.

In just a few days, some officials completely understood why His Majesty made such a seemingly absurd decision.

The problems that the Shangshu Province could not solve were sent to the eldest princess, and within a day, they could get a perfect solution. In addition to being amazed, many people also felt ashamed.

Monster, this dynasty really has a monster...

The eldest princess was busy, so Li Yi naturally became idle.

Ruyi's due date is in early November, which is only about three months away. Even though she is a master of her generation, she is protected by Tuantuan. In order to avoid accidents, she is not allowed to leave the house. Anyway, the house is big enough, with mountains and water, and the scenery is nice. It is a good place to keep the fetus...

Having Xiaohuan to take care of her is not enough. Miss Liu Er has not gone out for many days. She stays at home and occupies Ruyi. When she goes to bed at night, Li Yi will be driven out by her.

The space in the inner house is not large. Li Yi specially arranged it according to the layout of the house in Liuye Village. She drove him out and did not allow him to sleep in her room. Li Yi had only two choices, one was to make do with Xiaohuan, and the other was to sleep in the outer house. The former was almost ruled out by him without hesitation.

Xiaohuan is no longer the young girl she used to be, and she has not grown up yet. The night is long, and Li Yi does not want to make trouble for himself.

They are now inseparable from Ruyi, and the women who are familiar with Liuye Village often come to talk to him, but they have to avoid him when talking. Li Yi feels that he is redundant. He lies in the yard to bask in the sun and drink tea. This is what an ideal retirement life should be like.

After calming down, he has enough time to think about something.

He has been laying the groundwork for the princess for a long time. Now, it has finally achieved initial results. All he has to do next is wait.

Many things need enough time to ferment in order to achieve the desired effect.

Although no matter what preparations they have made, the final decision is still in the hands of the old emperor, but when her weight in the court becomes more and more important and breaks through a certain critical point, it is possible to break some conventional concepts.

As for the King of Shu...

The King of Shu no longer has to worry. The authorities are confused. Perhaps only those who have been tied to the same boat with him for a long time will resort to self-hypnosis to deceive themselves when they have no choice. With the temperament of the old emperor, it is impossible for him to watch the imperial power fall into the hands of a fool. Otherwise, he would not have taken so many measures against the Cui family. Not to mention other princes, even compared with Li Han, the King of Shu has no advantage.

Think about it, more than a year ago, he was still the most powerful prince in Kyoto. It is not easy to get to where he is today.

Lying comfortably in the rocking chair, in a state of emptiness, just when he felt a little sleepy, he was awakened by the hurried footsteps.

Lao Fang hurriedly ran in from outside, "Son-in-law, it's not good!"

"What's the matter?" Li Yi sat up from the rocking chair and asked.

Lao Fang handed something to Li Yi and said, "Son-in-law, take a look at it yourself."

This is a visiting card. Visiting cards are usually a must-have for strangers or friends who are not so familiar with each other when they visit. I have received many such visiting cards before, but this time, it is different.

Li Yi put the card down, with doubts and confusion on his face, and asked, "Where is he now?"

"In the front hall."

"Let's go."

Li Yi thought for a moment, and still walked out.

He walked slowly to the front hall, stepped into the hall door, and bowed to an old man sitting inside drinking tea, "Prime Minister Qin is busy with official duties, how come he has time to come here today?"

There was no words like "I am sorry for not welcoming you" or "I am honored to have you here", and there was a clear sense of alienation between the words.

It was naturally beyond Li Yi's expectation that Prime Minister Qin would actually hand over a visiting card and come to the door in person.

No matter from which aspect, he and the Qin family and Prime Minister Qin were in opposition and irreconcilable relationship. Prime Minister Qin had invited him once before, but they ended up parting on bad terms. This time, he actually came in person...

"Please don't blame me for coming here so hastily, Doctor Li." The old man put down his teacup, stood up and said, "I still don't understand what Doctor Li said in the Imperial Garden last time about the tax reform, so I came to your house to answer your questions. I hope Doctor Li will be generous with his advice."

He called "Doctor Li" in a calm tone, as if he completely ignored Li Yi's age. As a veteran of three dynasties, there were not many people in the entire court who could be treated like this by him.

Li Yi's eyes paused on Prime Minister Qin's face for a moment, then he nodded and said, "I don't deserve your advice, just treat it as an exchange, Prime Minister Qin, please sit down..."

Prince Qin nodded, sat down again, and said straight to the point: "Most of the tax system of this dynasty follows the previous dynasty. However, at the end of the previous dynasty, there were many vassal states that did not obey the court, and the taxation was disordered. Therefore, the tax system introduced is not suitable for this dynasty. Although there have been several reforms in the past few decades, I think that the current tax system still has great flaws..."

Today's conversation is completely different from the one in Qin Mansion.

Prince Qin seemed to have completely forgotten his position. The questions he asked were all about the tax law and economic reforms that Li Yi talked about in the imperial garden that day. During the conversation between the two, Li Yi unexpectedly discovered that Qin also had a deep understanding of this.

Although some places are still vague, the general direction is correct. He even filled in many details that Li Yi did not mention that day. Li Yi can see that these things are not proposed in one day.

In other words, he has been exploring these things, exploring these institutional reforms applicable to the current stage of Jingguo, for a long time.

It's just that he was limited by his knowledge. Before this, he only had vague ideas, but now, these ideas have gradually surfaced.

Li Yi knows very well how rare it is for people of this era to think of those advanced things.

Moreover, his understanding of Jingguo is far beyond his imagination, and what he said is often sharp and pointed to the source...

Li Yi found that he seemed to have always underestimated this old man. He offended the prime minister of a country. He was always prepared to accept the other party's revenge in his heart, and had several plans to deal with it. However, Qin Yu suffered losses again and again, and the King of Shu gradually lost power... Qin Xiang never took any action against him.

This is unreasonable. Li Yi can't figure out the reason, and he can't see through Qin Xiang.

Including today, he took the initiative to visit, not talking about grudges, but only talking about state affairs, which made Li Yi have some new understanding of the old man in front of him.