When it was late July, the weather started to turn cold.
News came from the south that the flood had subsided and the flood was temporarily eliminated. The officials sent by the imperial court strictly followed the regulations issued by the imperial court. They built temporary residences and settled down the victims. Every day, they provided porridge and rice. There was no large-scale civil unrest.
As for the epidemic after the disaster, there was also no outbreak. There were many cases of diarrhea, but it was quickly controlled and did not worsen further.
Although the post-disaster reconstruction work still needed a long time, the impact of the flood this time was indeed much smaller than before. It did not affect the hearts of the officials so much.
The scale of the Emperor's relocation from the palace was very large. It lasted for a few days. The Empress and a few favored concubines in the harem also followed him to live in Hibiscus Garden.
Of course, the imperial court continued to operate as usual. Some important political matters, after being reviewed by the two Prime Ministers, would be sent to the palace and handed over to the Eldest Princess to make a decision. If the three provinces had no objections to the Eldest Princess's decision, it would be carried out. If there was a huge disagreement, the memorial would be sent to Hibiscus Garden for the Emperor to make the final decision.
Of course, until now, no one questioned any of the Princess's decisions.
In just a few days, some officials completely understood why the Emperor would make such a seemingly ridiculous decision.
A problem that the Minister could not solve was sent to the Eldest Princess. Within a day, she would get a perfect solution. Other than being amazed, it also made many people feel ashamed.
Evildoer, there was really an evildoer in this dynasty …
The Eldest Princess was busy, so Li Yi naturally had nothing to do.
Ruyi's due date was early November. It was only about three months from now. Even though she was a grandmaster, she was still protected tightly. In case of an accident, she was not allowed to leave the mansion. Anyway, the house was big enough. There were mountains and rivers, and the scenery was not bad. It was a good place to have a baby …
It was not enough to have Xiao Huan to take care of her. Miss.Liu had not gone out for many days. She stayed at home and occupied Ruyi. At night, Li Yi would also be driven out by her.
The space in the inner house was not big. It was specially arranged by Li Yi according to the layout of the Willow Leaves Village. She drove him out and did not allow him to sleep in her room. Li Yi had only two choices. One was to make do with Xiao Huan, and the other was to sleep in the outer house. The former was almost ruled out by him without hesitation.
Xiao Huan was no longer the young and inexperienced girl she used to be. She had not fully matured yet. The night was long, and Li Yi did not want to make himself suffer.
They were now inseparable from Ruyi. The familiar women of Willow Village often came to talk to him, but they had to avoid talking to him. Li Yi felt that he was redundant. He lay in the yard, basking in the sun and drinking tea. This was the ideal retirement life.
After calming down, he had enough time to think about some things.
Since a long time ago, he had been laying the foundation for the Eldest Princess. Now, he had finally seen some results. The next thing to do was to wait.
Many things needed enough time to ferment if they wanted to achieve the desired effect.
Although no matter what kind of preparation they had made, the final decision was still in the hands of the old Emperor. But when her weight in the court became more and more important, to the point of breaking through a certain critical point, it was possible to break some conventional ideas.
As for the King of Shu …
The King of Shu did not have to worry at all. The person involved could not see clearly. Perhaps only those who were in the same boat as him would use self-hypnosis to deceive themselves when they had no other choice. With the old Emperor's temper, it was impossible for him to watch the imperial power fall into the hands of an idiot. Otherwise, he would not have made so many moves against the Cui family. Not to mention the other princes, even compared to Li Han, the King of Shu did not have any advantages.
Think about it, more than a year ago, he was still the most powerful prince in the capital city. It was really not easy for him to get to where he was today step by step.
Lying comfortably on the rocking chair, he was in a state of relaxation. Just when he felt a little sleepy, he was awakened by the sound of hurried footsteps.
Fang rushed in from outside and said, "Young Master, bad news!"
"What's the matter?" Li Yi sat up from the rocking chair and asked.
Fang handed something to Li Yi and said, "Young Master, take a look at it yourself."
It was a greeting card. Greeting cards were usually given to strangers or strangers who were not that familiar with one another. He had received many such greeting cards in the past, but this time, it was different.
Li Yi put down the card and asked with confusion and confusion on his face, "Where is she now?"
"In the front hall."
"Let's go."
Li Yi pondered for a moment before walking out of the room.
He slowly walked to the front hall, stepped into the hall, and cupped his hands to an old man who was sitting inside drinking tea. "Prime Minister Qin is busy with official business, how do you have time to come here today?"
He did not say anything like "I'm sorry for not coming out to meet you" or "your presence brings light to my humble dwelling". There was a clear sense of alienation in his words.
Prime Minister Qin actually handed over a visiting card and personally came to visit, which was naturally beyond Li Yi's expectations.
No matter what, he and the Qin family and Prime Minister Qin had an irreconcilable and antagonistic relationship. Prime Minister Qin had invited him once, but they parted on bad terms in the end. This time, he actually came in person …
"Doctor Li, please don't blame me for coming rashly." The old man put down the teacup, stood up and said, "Last time in the Imperial Garden, Doctor Li talked about the tax reform. This old man still has some things that I don't understand, so I specially came to explain. I hope Doctor Li will not be stingy with your guidance."
He said "Doctor Li" in a calm tone, as if he had completely ignored Li Yi's age. As a veteran of three dynasties, there were not many people in the entire court who could be treated like this by him.
Li Yi's gaze stopped on Prime Minister Qin's face for a moment, then he nodded and said, "I don't dare to give advice, just treat it as an exchange. Prime Minister Qin, please sit down …"
Prime Minister Qin nodded, sat down again, and said straightforwardly, "The tax system of this dynasty mostly follows the previous dynasty, but at the end of the previous dynasty, there were many military towns, and they refused to obey the court, so the tax system introduced is not suitable for this dynasty. Although there have been several reforms in the past few decades, this old man thinks that the current tax system still has great defects …"
Today's conversation was completely different from the one in the Qin Mansion.
Prime Minister Qin seemed to have completely forgotten his position, and the questions he asked were all about the tax law and economic reform that Li Yi talked about in the Imperial Garden that day. In the process of their conversation, Li Yi unexpectedly found that Prime Minister Qin also had a deep understanding of this.
Although some parts were still very vague, the general direction was correct. He even filled in many details that Li Yi did not mention that day. Li Yi could see that these things were not put forward in a day.
In other words, he had been exploring these things, exploring these things that were suitable for the current system reform of the Jing Kingdom, for a long time.
However, due to limited knowledge, before this, he only had hazy ideas, but at this time, these ideas had gradually begun to surface.
Li Yi was very clear that for people in this era, it was very rare to be able to think of those things that were ahead of time.
Moreover, his understanding of the Jing Kingdom was far beyond his imagination, and his words often hit the nail on the head and hit the nail on the head …
Li Yi seemed to have always underestimated this old man. After offending the prime minister of a country, he had always been prepared to accept the other party's revenge, and had several sets of plans to deal with it. However, Qin Yu had suffered losses time and time again, and the King of Shu had gradually lost power … Prime Minister Qin had never taken any action against him.
This was not common sense, and Li Yi could not figure out the reason, let alone see through Prime Minister Qin.
Including today, when he took the initiative to visit, he did not talk about grievances, and only talked about state affairs, which made Li Yi have a new understanding of the old man in front of him.
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