There were no walls in the world that didn't have a crack. The events that happened at Ning Wang Fu's banquet last night spread throughout the scholars the next day.
Of course, a large part of the reason why the news spread so quickly was because of the phrase "to write a new poem forcefully expressing sorrow", which made countless scholars feel like they were being shot in the knees.
After some scholars heard this poem, they looked at the work they were proud of before. The words revealed all kinds of sorrow. Their faces turned red, and they hid it well, not easily showing it to others again.
Living in the prosperous Jiangnan area, the world was stable, the years were peaceful, and when they had nothing to do, they would recite poems and write some lyrics. This was the life of a scholar.
However, if they didn't have enough experience, it was impossible to compose good poems. They read all day, held poetry meetings, and when they were in the mood, they would go to the brothels and brothels to experience the suffering of the common people. How could there be so much hatred between the country and the family? But in order to write a poem, they could only "forcefully express sorrow".
Moaning without illness, expressing sorrow without worry, this imperceptibly increased the pompous style of poetry in the literary circles of Jiangnan.
However, even though everyone was well aware of this, they wouldn't point it out. After all, in order to write a poem, they couldn't personally go to the border to experience the situation at the border, and experience the pain of the destruction of their country …
And this phrase "to write a new poem forcefully expressing sorrow" was like a fierce slap to their faces, reminding them to face reality. It was likely that in the future, when someone wrote this kind of poem again, they would have to weigh in their heart whether or not it was "forcefully expressing sorrow".
As the poem became more and more popular, it swept through the brothels and was heard by more and more people. As time went by, the pompous style of the entire poetry world actually decreased. Of course, this was a story for the future.
At this time, the "culprit" that caused this matter was in his own courtyard, enjoying the warm wind, lying on a rocking chair leisurely.
Li Yi was very idle. He hadn't gone to the shop to take a look for a few days.
Ruyi dew and spirits brought in a large amount of profit every day, most of which came from the share of the prince's mansion. Ruyi workshop's business was better than before, but its share in the total income was decreasing.
If he was alone, he would probably close the shop and wait for the money to come in. However, Ruyi Workshop was related to the livelihood of many people in the stockade. They were willing to do it, and Li Yi was happy to be a hands-off shopkeeper.
He had been waiting for Jinshan for the past few days.
Counting the days, the Emperor should have returned to the palace a long time ago. The reward he mentioned that night should still be valid, right?
A hundred mu of fertile land and a hundred bolts of silk. Of course, the most important thing was the ten thousand taels of gold. How long would it take to spend it all?
Li Yi's desire to earn money diminished as he thought about all the money that was flying toward him.
Lying on the rocking chair, some parts of his body were still faintly aching. This was because he had been training excessively for the past two days.
He couldn't afford to offend his fiery sister-in-law. He had only accidentally seen her washing her bellyband in the courtyard two days ago. Did she have to take revenge on him like this?
If he hadn't asked Ruyi to massage him a few times with her unique method, he would probably still be trembling when he walked.
A burst of noise suddenly came from outside the door. The courtyard door wasn't closed. Two pale, beardless men with cold and arrogant expressions pushed the door open and entered. Li Yi looked up and saw two familiar eunuchs. He couldn't help but feel happy.
The people who delivered money had come.
"The two of you must have had a hard time coming from afar. Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea first?" This time, Li Yi's attitude toward the two was completely different from before. He was extremely enthusiastic.
After all, this time they were here to deliver money. He couldn't go against anyone but gold.
Li Yi's attitude also stunned the two eunuchs who delivered the imperial edict. They felt quite flattered.
It had only been a few days, but the two eunuchs were not used to such a big change in attitude.
But at least they got a smile this time. The two's cold expressions softened a little, and their tone was much gentler than before. They said, "His Majesty has an imperial edict. County Lieutenant Li, accept it."
Xiao Huan was taken down the mountain by her Sister Ruyi to go shopping. There was only Li Yi at home. When the two eunuchs entered the village just now, they must have made a lot of noise again. Looking out of the door, many people looked inside curiously.
What was wrong with the son-in-law of Ruyi's family? It had only been a few days. Why did an imperial edict come again?
For generations, they probably hadn't seen an imperial edict even once. Now, they saw it twice in a few days. Although the imperial edict wasn't for them, they had something to brag about when they went out in the future.
"I've knelt in front of an imperial edict. That thing is rare. Have you seen it before?"
Therefore, before Li Yi knelt, a lot of people knelt outside the door first.
"Anxi County Lieutenant Li Yi, created the method of 'cardiopulmonary resuscitation' …"
A eunuch began to read the imperial edict expressionlessly. The imperial edict didn't mention anything about Li Yi's meritorious service in rescuing the emperor. After all, the emperor had snuck out this time, so he couldn't be too ostentatious. He used the reason that Li Yi had contributed the method of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He said a lot of praises, but didn't get to the main point.
"… With a hundred generations of meritorious service, you will be rewarded with a hundred bolts of silk, a hundred acres of fertile land, and ten thousand gold.
When the eunuch finished reading, Li Yi already couldn't wait to take the imperial edict. He said, "Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty!"
After going through a set of formal procedures, it was naturally the part that Li Yi was most looking forward to next.
The bailiffs that came along moved the silk into the courtyard in piles. Li Yi had seen the land deed with his own eyes. However, when all the bailiffs returned to their original positions and stopped moving things into the house, Li Yi still hadn't seen the ten thousand gold that he had been looking forward to for a long time.
"Where's the ten thousand gold?" Li Yi looked at one of the eunuchs and asked.
Did they forget about it?
The eunuch pointed at a rather luxurious box in the middle of the silk and said, "It's over there."
When Li Yi looked at the box, he couldn't help but have a thought.
Are you f * cking kidding me?
How does this broken little box look like it can contain ten thousand gold taels?
He ran over to open the box and saw the copper coins lying inside.
"This is the ten thousand gold?" Li Yi asked uncertainly.
"This is the ten thousand gold. Not a penny less," the eunuch said with a nod.
Li Yi was stunned for a while. When he raised his head again, he looked at the eunuch in a somewhat unfriendly way.
"You two are a bit too unkind. These copper coins are worth at most one tael of gold. Where did you hide my gold? Let me tell you, I'm very familiar with your Supervisor Chang … "
Li Yi was very angry. Even if they secretly kept dozens or hundreds of taels of gold for the ten thousand gold taels, he wouldn't care about it. After all, they came all the way here, and he should pay them for their hard work.
But these ten thousand gold taels were only left with a pile of copper coins when they were sent here. This was too black-hearted!
Fang didn't care about such a little money now, did he?
Hearing this, the two eunuchs faintly twitched the corners of their mouths. Did this County Magistrate Li think that … the ten thousand gold meant ten thousand gold taels?
If so, they were afraid that the national treasury would be emptied after a few more rewards from His Majesty …
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