"Your Majesty …"
Changde's face was stiff. Just as he opened his mouth, Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
Changde's mouth was half open as he froze in place. When he came back to his senses, Li Yi had already walked out the door.
"You know that His Majesty wants to summon you into the palace?"
Li Yi was too lazy to reply to Chang's words. Wasn't it obvious? The old emperor had obviously gone overboard with the investigation of the accounts. He was probably doubting his life right now. Moreover, Changde was the old emperor's personal eunuch and would not easily leave the palace. Under normal circumstances, when he saw Chang, he would most likely summon him into the palace.
"Wait here for a while. I'll be right out." At the palace gate, Li Yi got off the carriage and turned his head to speak. Seeing Fang's hesitant expression, he looked at him and asked, "What's the matter? Say it."
"Son-in-law, can you bring me in with you this time?" Fang had a troubled expression as he said, "I haven't seen what the palace looks like yet."
Li Yi looked at Changde and saw him nod. He had the others wait at the palace gate. He waved at Fang and walked into the palace gate.
Fang followed closely behind. Granny Liu looked around as if she was looking at a grand garden. Her gaze lingered on the tall palaces for a long time.
"His Majesty is inside. You can go in by yourself." Changde stopped at the entrance of the imperial garden and stopped Fang, who wanted to follow him in.
After walking through a bluestone passage that was more than ten feet long, the familiar pavilion was in front of them.
"Sit."
In the pavilion, Emperor Jing was not wearing a dragon robe. He was only wearing bright yellow casual clothes. Li Yi looked at the porridge on the table, rubbed his stomach, and said, "Your Majesty, I just ate at home."
Even if he had eaten, he still had to eat. It was a good habit to only eat until he was eighty percent full. He hadn't eaten in the palace for a long time and the imperial chef's skills had improved.
"In this matter, did I really do something wrong?" Emperor Jing suddenly asked without rhyme or reason.
"What is it?"
Li Yi was drinking the soup with a spoon. He thought that it was necessary to go to the catering office and ask how the soup was made. It was sour and sweet, so Ruyi should like it.
Emperor Jing glanced at him and said, "Don't play dumb in front of us."
Li Yi put down the spoon, sighed, and said, "His Majesty is not wrong. It is this world that is wrong."
"Speak human language."
"It's not wrong for His Majesty to want to get rid of the parasites in the court. However, if there are too many parasites, the entire court will collapse if he wants to get rid of them all."
"The imperial court cannot collapse." Emperor Jing frowned and asked, "Can we really not investigate any further?"
Li Yi drank another mouthful of soup and said, "If we don't investigate, wouldn't it be too easy for them?"
"Are you going to investigate or not?" Emperor Jing looked at him and asked.
"Investigate …"
Emperor Jing was about to ask him how to investigate, but Li Yi's tone changed, "Investigate … Whether to investigate or not, it's up to Your Majesty to decide."
"…"
Seeing that the old emperor's breathing was a little short, as if he was about to have an asthma attack, Li Yi hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Someone, call the imperial doctor …"
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"How can we keep the court in order and make them spit out the money they have embezzled?" Emperor Jing looked at Li Yi and said, "I will leave this matter to you."
Li Yi almost spat out the soup and said, "Your Majesty, this is too offensive. It will offend all the civil and military officials in the court."
Emperor Jing looked at him and asked, "So you want others to offend you?
Someone has to disregard their own interests and do something for the country. If everyone only thinks about themselves, how can the country be strong and how can the people be rich? "
Li Yi sighed and said, "Your Majesty also knows that I have offended enough people in the court. If I don't bring a few guards with strong martial arts skills, I won't dare to go out. The people's hearts are terrible. Those enemies of mine, whether it's in the open or in the dark, are almost endless. They even use men of sacrifice. They don't even dare to drink tea when they go to someone's residence. The guards at home are a little more powerful than others. If I offend more people, I'm afraid there will be no place for me in the big Jing Kingdom."
"Really?" Emperor Jing frowned and asked.
"Your Majesty, believe it or not, if I walk home from the palace alone, Your Majesty will never see me again."
"I can't offend them …" Li Yi said with a sigh.
Emperor Jing glanced at him and said, "Among the officials in the court, who can't be offended more than you? They should be the ones who should be more worried, right?"
It was a little unconscionable to say this. He didn't offend anyone at home all day, and people came to climb the wall in the middle of the night. When did he take the initiative to harm others?
How did the King of Shu treat him? How did the Chen and Cui families treat him?
Assassinations by men of sacrifice, impeachment by the court … They were simply unscrupulous.
In the face of ferocious enemies, how did he respond?
He helped the King of Shu build momentum and help him win the hearts of the people to fight for the throne. He disregarded the past and allowed the children of his enemies to go to school. He taught them knowledge, gave them meritorious deeds, and gave them a bright future. Who else in the world could disregard the past and repay evil with good?
"Well, the money in the national treasury was not used for the people. They were all fed to these vermin. I can't swallow this, but I can't continue to investigate like this. It will mess up the court. You have a lot of ideas. Help me with some ideas, and I won't care about you being lazy at home all day." Jing Emperor picked up his chopsticks and began to eat without waiting for his response. It was obvious that he didn't give him a chance to refuse. The atmosphere was slightly awkward.
Li Yi once again filled a bowl of soup for himself and looked up at Jing Emperor.
The dignified king of a country only cared about money. Last time, he said that he stinked of money. Now it seemed that he was the stinkiest one.
"Your Majesty, before that, I want to clarify that I am not being lazy at home." Li Yi put down the bowl and said, "I am actually, actually …"
Jing Emperor took out a crispy melon from somewhere and took a bite. He said, "What? Haven't you thought of a reason?"
For a moment, he really couldn't think of a good reason. Li Yi sighed and said, "Well, Your Majesty, let the Intelligence Office send all the accounts to the School of Arithmetic. Then send a thousand imperial guards to surround the School of Arithmetic. Three days later …"
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"Will this method work?" Jing Emperor put down the milkmelon and looked at him.
Li Yi took the last milkmelon on the table and took a bite. He said, "Whether it will work or not, we will know after we try it."
Then he added, "By the way, send the accounts that have been checked over together."
Jing Emperor looked at him and asked, "Why?"
Li Yi explained, "The School of Arithmetic has developed a new and more scientific method of checking accounts. The accounts that have problems in the past must have problems. The accounts that have no problems in the past may not be really good."
"In that case, let them send it together." Jing Emperor nodded. He stood up and walked outside, "Well, I will arrange this matter early. You should also go back and make some preparations."
Li Yi looked up at him, "Your Majesty, I don't know how to calculate the wages?"
Jing Emperor narrowed his eyes, "What wages?"
"Your Majesty, you also know that the students are risking their lives to check the accounts. We can't …"
Emperor Jing sat down again and said, "Well, today I will properly calculate with you the problem of the salary."
He looked up. This expression … How is this calculating wages? It is clearly calculating accounts!
"Your Majesty, go first." Li Yi picked up the spoon again, "I will finish this bowl of soup."
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