Bi Goo had a lot of questions, but when he heard Li Yi's words, he didn't want to ask anymore.
"Xiao Yi, everyone is asking you questions, and many of them are about national policies. You didn't leave your name, and you even have to bear some responsibility for saying the wrong things. Do you think it's worth it?"
Bi Goo asked questions about Li Yi himself.
The other scholars couldn't wait for everyone to know how talented they were so that they could be favored by His Majesty.
They could be invited by His Majesty to drink in Fanglin Garden or Pear Garden and become high-ranking officials.
Xiao Yi had never shown this before. How could a young man be so calm?
"Old Bi, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Li Yi prepared the dipping sauce and put it on the table.
"Lie first." Bi Goo found it interesting.
"Lying means that the country will die. Misfortune and fortune are two sides of the same coin." Li Yi put oysters into the two pots of the mandarin duck pot.
Bi Goo narrowed his eyes. "Why does your lie sound like the truth to me? Other than being delicious, you don't have any flaws. "
"Old Bi, I don't agree with you. What's wrong with eating? One can't get tired of eating fine food.
Of course, I don't want to eat raw meat, even if I have the means to check if there's any problem with raw meat. "
Li Yi threw two pieces of frozen tofu into the pot. This wasn't to suppress the boiling soup, but to be eaten after it absorbed the juice.
When the tofu was frozen, its structure would change and become like a honeycomb. It absorbed the soup the most.
Compared to eating meat … tofu was not as tasty as meat. Tofu was not as tasty as meat.
"Tell me the truth." Bi Goo arranged the plates.
"The truth is, I just want to let the people of the Tang dynasty live a good life. The money I earned in Zhuangzi is enough, so I took it out to help the people of the Tang dynasty."
Li Yi grabbed an extra handful of chopped green onions and put them in his bowl.
Bi Goo: "…"
He didn't find any difference between a lie and the truth. Weren't they all the same?
If someone else had spoken to him like this, he would have flipped out.
Facing Li Yi, he took a deep breath. "Xiao Yi, what do you think about your own affairs?"
"Myself? I'm just trying to help everyone live a better life. "Li Yi's gaze was sincere when he spoke.
That was indeed what he thought. Lifespan.
"Okay, Xiao Yi, I believe you." What else could Bi Goo say?
It couldn't be said that Li Yi wanted to rebel and become the emperor, so Li Yi gave out all the good things. Had anyone ever seen someone who wanted to rebel work so hard to help the ruler?
The slices of meat and vegetables were brought up by the palace maids. The eunuch sat on the side with a notebook and a pen to record the conversation between the two people.
It felt like a daily diary. As long as a minister came to find Li Yi, he would record everything and show it to Li Longji later.
Li Longji didn't do this to monitor Li Yi. He knew about the minister's thoughts on administration through the exchange between Li Yi and the minister.
"Xiao Yi, your chili is good." Bi Goo boiled a piece of mutton in the spicy area. When he ate it, his whole body felt comfortable.
"I'll bring you half a liang when I leave." Li Yi generously gave him half a liang of chili without seeds.
The chili in the pot now was whole chili. It was relatively intact after the seeds were removed, not chopped chili.
After eating this meal, he had to filter the oil and chili out again. He couldn't waste it next time.
As for the saliva, Li Yi didn't care.
Bi Goo boiled some cabbage and asked, "If you sell the chili oil you make, people will buy it even if the price is high."
"I'm not selling. Do I have to pay taxes? I, Zhuangzi, eat it myself." Li Yi refused.
Bi Goo: "… …"
After eating a lot of spicy food, he took a hot bath at night and fell asleep in the pool.
He was carried back to the courtyard. He didn't wake up the whole time and kept snoring.
He had been too tired recently. This was even after he had extra money. If he didn't have money, his body would be even more tired now.
On the fifth day of February, a group of officials from the Ministry of Revenue happily came to the Zhang family's village for a vacation.
Bi Gou gave them five days off. Go ahead and have fun.
Bi Goo led the Ministry of Revenue's small officials to work. He was in a good state. He learned some knowledge and knew that he wasn't sick for the time being.
If Li Yi had finished checking his body and sighed, he would have fallen sick by now.
On the first day, the officials from the Ministry of Revenue were relaxed. They didn't miss home and just ate and drank.
After a day, their condition slipped slightly. They didn't have any beautiful women to accompany them.
On the third and fourth day, they were irritated and felt uneasy. The pace of work was too fast. Suddenly, there was nothing to do. They were annoyed.
On the fifth day, they found that their lives were too monotonous and boring. They were worried that the Ministry of Revenue's work wasn't done well and couldn't eat.
On the sixth day, as soon as they returned to the Ministry of Revenue, they immediately threw themselves into work.
"It's a habit. It doesn't matter if it's an ordinary person, but officials can't bear it if they're far away from that position."
Li Yi said to Li Chengqi, who came to him to ask why the officials from the Ministry of Revenue had returned to normal.
Li Chengqi had a deep feeling about this. In the past, his life was muddled until he met Li Yi.
Unlike the officials from the Ministry of Revenue, he didn't dare to stand out too much. He didn't even contact the ministers.
Even if he missed his father, he couldn't go to the Baifu Palace casually.
"Brother Yi, why are you always in a daze? You're always in Zhuangzi. "Li Chengqi thought about the mood change of the officials from the Ministry of Revenue and wondered about Li Yi.
"I have a good mentality. I have things to do. When I was in Zhuangzi, I was always making arrangements."
Li Yi didn't feel empty. He hated that he couldn't make a clone of himself to help him with his work.
"The people in the imperial court are waiting for news from Songzhou." Li Chengqi brought up another matter.
"It should be about time. The Winged Knights should be arriving soon." Li Yi wasn't very sure. The Winged Knights still hadn't sent back any news.
The three thousand Winged Knights carried by the two of them were hurrying on their way. The group was even larger than when they set off.
Guo Ziyi didn't just know how to fight, but he also didn't lack political wisdom. He always followed Li Yi and learned things that should've taken him more than ten years to learn in a few months.
Li Yi gave him special treatment and taught him the relationship between political struggles, military operations, and political intentions.
Therefore, he tried his best to ask the officials along the way for money.
He wasn't afraid of the other party's schemes or resistance. It was just a matter of one strike.
The Winged Knights didn't belong to the local government. Their dispatch represented the emperor's will.
Now, they were even more powerful than the Ming dynasty's Brocade Guard. The Brocade Guard still needed to list a crime.
They didn't. They directly told the local officials that they had received benefits from whom and how much. His Majesty had already ordered them not to accept. Did they want to die or live?
If the local officials chose to take money, they would give it to them! They were here to support the frontline soldiers, not because they were afraid of them.
The local officials paid, and the Winged Knights hired people to help transport and purchase the goods.
When they were more than a hundred li away from Songzhou, the cured meat, sausages, and preserved fruit were all carried away on their backs.
At the next location, the group received the money and happily went back. The next local official paid to hire servants to carry the goods.
"Chief Inspector, we've offended a lot of officials along the way." The Non-commissioned Officer of the Winged Knights was afraid of trouble and said to Guo Ziyi.
"Isn't it good to offend the local officials? We're the emperor's private army. Don't tell me we have to be brothers with the local officials? "
Guo Ziyi taught his brother about politics. The emperor's private army represented purity. They couldn't have a good relationship with anyone other than Li Yi.
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