"What are you thinking about?"
Li Yi flicked his finger on her forehead and said, "This imperial edict will only count when you grow up."
Among the girls, Duanwu was the most obedient, Yongning was the most adorable, and Shouning was the most mischievous one. She had countless ideas and no one knew what she was thinking in her little head.
"That's what I said!" Shouning covered her forehead and ran away with a chuckle. Soon, she ran back and asked, "Then how old is considered to be grown up?"
Li Yi rubbed her hair and said, "You will know when you grow up."
…
After Shouning ran away, Li Yi thought of what just happened and turned to MIngzhu and said, "Li Xuan doesn't think before doing things. You should suppress him."
"You mean the position of the Right Minister?" MIngzhu thought about it and said, "But I think this position is quite suitable for you. Don't you want to be in cahoots with me?"
"Cahoots …" Li Yi shook his head and asked, "Who's the wolf and who's the Bei?"
MIngzhu thought about it and said, "I think it's the Bei. I like to be in the top."
…
Since the death of the former Emperor at the beginning of the year, the court was generally peaceful. It wasn't until April that there was another disturbance.
Prime Minister Qin resigned many times. After the Emperor agreed, he was conferred the title of "Special Minister". This was also a non-official who didn't directly participate in the court affairs. His position was even higher than the Minister of Honor. He had the right to attend the court meetings and greet the Prime Minister.
The Left and Right Ministers were the two towering pillars of the court. Now that one of them had fallen, it was natural to build another one.
In recent years, the court of the Jing Kingdom was becoming younger. There weren't many senior officials like Prime Minister Qin and Prime Minister Shen left. Because of their old age, they weren't suitable for the position.
A country could live without a ruler, but it couldn't live without a Prime Minister.
In the court meeting at the beginning of April, the ownership of the Right Minister's position was naturally the most important.
The Imperial Court tended to be younger, but it was not to the extent that there was a gap between the old and the young. The Wang family, the Shen family, and a limited number of officials with experience and ability could all be choices.
There was no need to consider the Shen family. In the imperial court, it was impossible for the Left and Right Ministers to come from the Shen family. The Shen family would not participate and the officials would not agree.
The other officials were at a disadvantage in the struggle for the position of Prime Minister, either because they did not have enough experience or because they did not have enough background.
On the surface, the Wang family had the greatest hope.
Because of the Empress, the officials were almost certain that the Wang Family would rise to a higher level this time.
However, His Majesty stood his ground against the opinions of the masses and wanted to bestow the position of Right Minister to County Marquis Li. This made all the officials' jaws drop.
Although His Majesty favored County Marquis Li, he had to be fair to all the officials in the imperial court. It was a bit too much to be swayed by emotions and want to pile all the good things on County Marquis Li …
What's more, the position of Prime Minister was not a cabbage. It was the cornerstone of the imperial court. It needed both ability and experience. No one doubted County Marquis Li's ability, but his experience …
Forget it, let's not talk about experience. In the past two years, a certain atmosphere had been formed in the imperial court. They only talked about ability, not experience. If you can do it, you can do it. If you can't, you can replace someone else. Don't mention who your father is or who your grandfather is …
Of course, if the two people's ability was similar, it would depend on the father or the grandfather.
As for County Marquis Li, no one doubted his ability. Because he was too capable and too young, they didn't care about the lack of experience. They didn't even care about whether there was such a precedent …
But the problem was — he was lazy!
Although he held a high position, many of the officials could only see him once a year at the Imperial Court. He was the dean of the School of Mathematics, but he only treated the School of Mathematics as a fishing ground. He was capable, but he was lazy!
If County Marquis Li really became the Prime Minister, what was the difference between the imperial court and having only one Prime Minister?
At that time, Prime Minister Shen would have to deal with all the affairs in the imperial court alone, and it would not be long before he resigned and retired …
Li Xuan's idea naturally attracted the opposition of the officials.
Of course, for them, County Marquis Li had no other shortcomings except laziness. Their opposition was still very vague. Even so, the atmosphere between the emperor and the officials was still a bit unpleasant.
…
Li Yi found that he knew Li Xuan better than himself. Could this guy's brain really not work a little bit?
"You can leave the position of the Right Prime Minister to the Wang family or Dong Wenyun …" Li Yi looked at him solemnly and said, "Don't give me any more trouble. If you dare to make me Prime Minister, I will immediately leave the capital …"
"I know you don't care, but I just don't like how they act!" Li Xuan snorted coldly and said, "Since I, the Emperor, can't decide anything, why do they want me to be the Emperor?"
Li Yi looked at him and asked back, "Do you think you can do whatever you want as the Emperor?"
Li Xuan waved his hand and said, "The more they want it, the more I don't want to give it to them. The more you don't want it, I still have to give it to you …"
Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "Since it has come to this, in fact … what I said just now was all a lie. As a scholar, who doesn't want to become a general and become a Prime Minister? I refused because I know that the more I don't want it, the more you want to give it to me. This is the simplest way to advance by retreating. Do you understand?"
Li Xuan looked at him and frowned. "So, you also want to be the Prime Minister?"
Li Yi nodded solemnly and said, "Now that it has come to this, I won't hide it from you. I really want to be the Prime Minister."
"If you want to be the Prime Minister, you should have said so earlier!"
Li Xuan slapped his thigh and said, "If you had said so earlier, I would have agreed when Prime Minister Qin resigned for the first time. I was afraid that you wouldn't be happy. Now, I will issue the decree in the morning court tomorrow!"
"— —"
One must abide by the rules. Those who don't play by the rules should be struck by lightning!
"Young master, Old Liu is here." Just when Li Yi was wondering why he became so despicable after becoming the Emperor, Fang came in with County Magistrate Liu.
Liu Dayou could be said to be the epitome of the saying "one never comes to a temple without a cause". Every time he came, there must be something big.
And it was something bad.
Therefore, Fang privately called him a jinx.
"Liu Dayou greets Your Majesty!" Liu Dayou first bowed to Li Xuan respectfully before turning around and bowing. "Lord Li."
Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Lord Liu, could it be that something big has happened this time?"
Liu Dayou shook his head and said, "It's nothing big. It's just that two young men were jealous of a girl in a brothel and tore down a brothel. Both of them were slightly injured and are now being detained by the county government …"
There was no need for Liu Da to make a trip here just to tell him about the fight between the two playboys. Li Yi thought for a moment and asked, "I'm guessing that one of the young men should be surnamed Li, right?"
Liu Dayou nodded and said, "One of them is Li Yingjie, the eldest son of Assistant Minister Li of the Ministry of Personnel …"
"What about the other one?"
"The other one … is surnamed Wang."
Li Yingjie was the son of his second uncle, Li Mingze, who was about the same age as him. Li Yi had seen him many times but had never talked to him much. Madame Dowager often mentioned him, saying that he had changed his previous playboy character, which was very rare.
Not to mention that his father was an assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel who was on the rise in his career, there were not many people in the capital who would take the initiative to provoke him just because of his surname.
Liu Dayou's arrival had explained everything. Li Yi stood up and said, "Let's go and have a look."
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