"bump!"
Li Yi knocked off the "Dongfeng" played by Li Xuan, chose a card and played it: "Thirty thousand!"
Two days ago, the students of the School of Mathematical Sciences began to settle their accounts nervously. All the officials in the court and central government were worried about this incident. Dean, if you play mahjong in the college, it's a bit unreasonable.
Fortunately, the academy is not far from the imperial palace, and Li Xuan has been busy in the science academy next door these days, plus the eldest princess played mahjong, three missing one, and finally called Tsundere Lolita to join the table.
"Nonsense!"
Tsundere Loli pushed down her card wall, her eyes curled up with a smile, "Give me money!"
Yongning stood beside Li Yi, and gave her a copper coin in his hand with some distress. After half an hour, the copper coin in her hand was reduced by a small half.
When shuffling the cards, Li Mingzhu raised his head and glanced at Li Yi, and said slowly: "Today, more than ten courtiers complained of illness and did not go to court. The early court ended in less than a quarter of an hour."
Her voice paused, and said: "If it is delayed for a few more days, I'm afraid there will be less than half of the people in the court."
"The result will be tomorrow." Li Yi looked at the cards, and he was very curious. He played a Nanfeng at random, and now he is waiting for the six or nine barrels of cards.
"Hu!"
Tsundere Loli pushed down the card wall and said with a smile: "Give me the money!"
He couldn't play mahjong anymore, so he switched to poker. Li Yi and Tsundere Lolita, Li Xuan and His Highness the Princess, after a while, the smile on Yongning's face brightened.
"Father really intends to find out all the corrupt officials?"
If you play cards, you should play well. Seeing how professional Li Xuan is, Her Royal Highness cannot do without state affairs. Li Yi waved his hand and said, "How is it possible? If we really want to catch them all, I am afraid that the court will have to clean them inside and out. "
Li Mingzhu's expression softened, and he asked, "Then why do you need to check these accounts?"
"You will know when tomorrow morning." Li Yi sorted out the cards and changed the subject: "How is your business?"
"It's all going well." Li Mingzhu nodded and said, "According to what you said, a large piece of land was surrounded outside the city and workshops were built. Most of the farmers near the capital sent over 13-year-old women of the right age. The looms have also been improved, and in a short while, garment shops in Kyoto will be able to open on a large scale."
"At that time, it will be subdivided. The clothes for the common people and the clothes for the powerful and officials will need to be separated. The latter will take two more days of work, and the craftsmanship will be finer. The price will be a hundred times more expensive."
"In addition, you send someone to take care of the military ration business with Jiangmen. You are a princess, so it's easier to get in touch with them. No one will gossip, so I'll just collect the money..."
Li Xuan asked a little depressed: "Why can Mingzhu do the military ration business, but I can't?"
Li Yi glanced at him, is this guy stupid? Although he is considered half of the royal family, he is only the son of a prince. He has such a good relationship with the general, and he runs there every day, so what do the courtiers think?
A smile suddenly appeared on Li Xuan's face, he didn't mind this matter anymore, he threw out a few cards and said, "Three with two, I only have one card left."
"Sorry."
Li Yi waved his hand, three twos and two threes, sorry.
Li Mingzhu and his gang would not want it if they could afford it.
"Wang Bo!" Tsundere Loli threw all the cards in her hand, "Shunzi, we won again..."
"Give money, give money!"
For things like playing cards and chess, there is no more reliable teammate than Tsundere Lolita. Yongning was busy collecting money, Li Xuan was a little discouraged, thought of something, and asked: "Mingzhu, your birthday is coming soon, what do you want this year?" What gift do you want?"
This kind of questioning method is not right, how can anyone directly ask others what gift they want, and then directly give a thousand and eight million taels of silver, which is definitely more shocking than any other gift.
Tsundere Lolita looked up at Li Yi, and asked, "Sir, what gift do you plan to give Huang Jie, my birthday is coming soon, what you give me can't be worse than Huang Jie's!"
"Temporarily confidential."
Li Yi actually didn't know when Li Mingzhu's birthday was, but this time it happened to be in time, and it should be ready soon.
"My birthday and Mingzhu's are on the same day." Li Xuan turned to look at Li Yi with deep meaning in his eyes.
Li Yi arched his hands to him: "Happy birthday!"
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"The next day, it's already the second day."
In a certain official mansion in Kyoto, a middle-aged man was pacing anxiously in the courtyard, with several blisters on his mouth.
"Master, don't you want to go to court tomorrow?" A woman came out of the house and said worriedly.
The middle-aged man waved his hands impatiently and said, "No, no, just say I'm sick, very sick!"
As soon as the words were finished, someone stepped forward and told, "Master, there are people coming from the palace!"
The middle-aged man's face turned pale immediately, his legs softened, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Come on, how many are you here?"
"One." The servant said, "Do you want to see Master?"
"No see, go ask him, what's the matter?" The middle-aged man waved his hand, walked quickly to the bed in the room and lay down, wiped his face with two pieces of old ginger, and his whole body seemed to be much weaker immediately .
Not long after, the servant came in from the outside again.
"Going away?" the middle-aged man asked.
The servant replied: "Let's go."
The middle-aged man got up from the bed and asked, "What did he say?"
"The eunuch from the palace said that tomorrow morning, His Majesty has something important to announce, and you can't ask for leave. Even if you are sick, your life is hanging by a thread, and you have to carry it to the Golden Palace..."
The middle-aged man's eyes darkened, and he was so weak that he lay on the bed.
At different times, there are quite a few officials who also feel the blackness in front of their eyes.
In the past few days, the number of officials in the court has almost decreased by half. It seems that they all suffered from some kind of acute illness overnight. Those who are sick cannot even go to court, and those who are sick can only rest at home.
And His Majesty didn't say much about it, as if nothing happened in the past two days, there was nothing unusual about going up and down.
It was just that on the second day, the eunuchs were sent to inform those officials who were sick that they were not allowed to ask for leave when they went to court tomorrow morning. The meaning was clearly conveyed, even if they died, they would die in the court.
Everyone knew that all the accounts sent to the School of Mathematical Sciences would be settled tomorrow, and it was time for His Majesty to settle with them.
All the city gates in Kyoto have been tightly guarded by the forbidden army, and it is easy to get out of Beijing when entering Beijing. What's more, the vicinity of the houses of hundreds of officials in the court may be closely watched by secret agents. As long as they have any abnormal behavior I'm afraid that someone from the secret service department will come to the mansion immediately to ask for a cup of tea.
Li Yi is not worried that some people in Kyoto will not be able to fall asleep again tonight, and he is not worried that they have not slept well for many days and whether their bodies can bear it. Looking at the oval glass bead handed over by Lao Fang, the bubbles in it are almost gone No, although there is still a little bit of color, but the impact is not great. After more than a month, after many equipment and process improvements, it has finally been pushed to this step.
It can finally be used to swindle money... and it can finally be used to benefit the majority of female compatriots in Kyoto.
"If you improve the process, it will be easier to cheat money."
Li Yi handed the glass beads to Lao Fang, and reminded him again. At the same time, a carriage with boxes drove out of the School of Mathematical Sciences and drove straight into the gate of the palace.