In the middle of the night, it started to snow.
At dawn, the people were burning their stoves. It was cold.
The Guo family asked the Li Family Zhuangzi's people to make breakfast. It was spicy soup with scallion pancakes.
It was easy to make and didn't need dough.
Two more Herbal Tea Eggs and some pickled vegetables would be enough.
Everyone ate the same thing, including the pregnant Empress Wang. She was not feeling well recently and didn't get milk for her.
"Send a batch of food to the county's Grief Tian Square and give them a thousand coins." Li Yi ordered Qing Song. Qing Song went to find someone to make the arrangements.
Sure enough, he found Zheng Yiqin and other county officials as soon as he went out.
They went back yesterday and came back early in the morning.
After getting the money, he took the food and rushed to Grief Tian Square. He hadn't eaten yet.
A thousand coins was not a small amount. He knew that he had to let the people in Grief Tian Square eat and live well. He also had to find someone to treat their illness.
Grief Tian Square was not short of money this year. The Guo family donated the most. Other people who went to the Li Family Zhuangzi to sell things also donated money.
Grief Tian Square couldn't stop people from leaving, but it could give the people who were still alive hope.
The existence of Grief Tian Square not only helped people in need, but also united people who provided help.
When the people who donated money saw that the people living in Grief Tian Square had a better life, they would feel proud and feel the prosperity and power of the Tang dynasty.
Especially the newspapers of the Li Family Zhuangzi always talked about how poor other places were, how they didn't have enough to eat, how they didn't have enough to wear, and so on.
It was always a comparison for the people of the Tang dynasty. Sometimes, happiness came from comparison.
After everyone ate, the group set off and passed by Grief Tian Square.
"Stop, let's go and take a look." Li Longji knew that Grief Tian Square was in front of them. He asked the group to stop temporarily. He wanted to go in.
Grief Tian Square, as its name suggested, was a square with many buildings. The imperial court hired people.
It didn't need the temple or the temple to take care of it, including the capital government's Grief Tian Square.
In the past, people in the temple took care of it. The temple had money, so the people would burn incense and light lamps to donate money.
Li Longji didn't think it was a good idea. People in Grief Tian Square saw people from the temple. Of course, they were also grateful to the religion.
He took over the money and contributed a portion of it. The Imperial Court contributed another portion, and Li Yi also donated.
Fewer and fewer commoners went to offer incense. They were more willing to offer incense to the longevity tablets of Li Longji and Li Yi.
He would keep the money for himself and donate it to the military.
Those who had more money would directly look for the yamen and provide the Grief Tian Lane.
It was said that offering incense to Li Yi was more efficacious than offering incense to the temple. It seemed to be the most efficacious in praying for children.
Back then, she didn't have a child. Now that her life was better, she burned incense for Li Yi and begged for a child. Sure enough, she got pregnant.
In fact, the reason they could get pregnant was because they ate good food and were in a good mood.
With the supplement of protein and trace elements, the probability of pregnancy would increase when a man and a woman were together.
Of course, if he wanted to improve his family's standard of living, he would be able to earn a lot of money.
It was a vow to get some offerings for Li Dongzhu.
He made a pot of Red Braised Pork and placed it in a basin for a quarter of an hour. Before it got cold, he quickly brought it to the table to eat.
The commoners clearly knew that Li Yi wouldn't be able to eat it, but they still insisted on doing so. It was very ritualistic.
Zheng County's Grief Tian Lane also had the longevity tablets of Li Longji and Li Yi. The people living in the lane would clean it every day, and some would even kowtow.
Li Yi accompanied Li Longji in. Zheng Yiqin was there and he was eating. There was a lot of spicy soup and scallion pancakes. He just happened to eat with them.
When he saw Li Longji enter, he quickly got up.
"You continue eating. We will take a look ourselves." Li Longji said to Zheng Yiqin and walked forward.
He sniffed and didn't smell any stench or mold. Instead, he smelled a little of toilet water.
He saw an old man around sixty years old and asked softly, "Did you spray toilet water today?"
The old man looked at Li Longji and nodded, "I spray it every day. I mix toilet water with water and spray a little. It's fragrant."
"Did you eat better than usual today?" Li Longji asked again.
"Today's soup and pancakes are delicious. Sometimes we can even eat meat buns in the morning." The old man admitted that it was delicious and emphasized that he could eat meat.
"Did you wash your clothes and bedding in the past two days?" Li Longji saw that the old man's clothes weren't new, but they were clean and tidy.
"I promise to wash them every three days. What's wrong with you? The matter you are asking about, is it to impeach Zheng Mingfu? "
The old man reacted. Why did he ask this?
Li Longji waved his hand, "No, I'm not an official. I can't impeach anyone."
"What about you?" The old man looked at Li Yi.
"I'm an official. I can impeach others, but I won't impeach Zheng Yiqin. I'm Li Yi, and I'm quite satisfied with him."
Li Yi admitted his identity. Yes, he was an official, an unofficial official.
"Which Li Yi? Li Dongzhu? Let me kowtow to you. "The old man was puzzled at first, but he reacted quickly and wanted to kneel down.
Li Yi rushed forward and squatted down. He held the old man up, "Don't, don't kowtow. I can't accept it."
"I can accept it, I can accept it. Let me kowtow to you." The old man insisted.
"I'm begging you, uncle. Don't kowtow. You really can't kowtow." Li Yi wouldn't agree to anything.
"I'll kowtow to you every day in front of the memorial tablet. I'll kowtow to you in real life." The old man stared into Li Yi's eyes.
Li Yi took a deep breath, "Kowtowing to the memorial tablet is good enough. Uncle, let's eat. Let's eat."
"Alright, kowtow to your memorial tablet." The old man didn't have as much strength as Li Yi, so he could only stand properly.
"Uncle, what's wrong with Wan Tian Square?" Li Yi let the old man sit down.
"Everything is good. Don't impeach Zheng Mingfu. Zheng Mingfu is obedient. He's a good official." The old man gave his evaluation.
Zheng Yiqin, who was quietly following behind, wanted to cry again. Even the people in Wan Tian Square knew that they were just a figurehead.
Everyone chatted for a while, and Li Longji continued to walk around.
The faces of the orphans were very clean. There was even a fat boy among them. Apparently, he had a big appetite.
There were also women boiling water and preparing to wash clothes. They were hired to take care of the people in Wan Tian Square.
The salary was not very high, but they could eat three meals in Wan Tian Square. There was always more food in Wan Tian Square, so the women could bring it home.
Li Longji looked around and walked out, "Brother Yi, it's all about money."
"It's about the country's power, administration and economy. When these children grow up, they won't hate the Tang dynasty.
In theory, they will know what their childhood was like. If they become officials, they might love the people. "
Li Yi didn't dare to say anything. Some people were poor when they were young, but when they became officials, they worked hard to earn money.
Some people who came from wealthy families became officials, but they loved the people.
If the people were asked if they wanted someone with little money to be an official, or someone with a rich family to be an official, they would usually choose the latter.
For example, Wang Wei didn't try to earn money when he was an official. He was rich, so he was more willing to find people to hold banquets with.
Meng Haoran's family was also rich. He could always find people to recite poems with him. Everyone liked to hang out with him.
When it came to Li Yi, the students didn't even have the chance to hang out with him. Only the students who came to Zhuangzi before could listen to his lectures.
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