"I don't know~!"
Di Xiaoxu was sweating profusely and bowed.
Li Er squinted his eyes and hummed: "Of course you don't know! Every year when the court levies taxes from the localities, there are always some treacherous people who ask people to make false accounts to deceive the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. If we can really promote new arithmetic on a large scale, I will definitely The Tang Dynasty can make a surplus of 100,000 guan every year. Do you know how many people can be saved by these 100,000 guan?"
Li Zexuan on the side was moved. He really didn't expect that Li Erhui would suddenly decide to promote his new arithmetic on a large scale. Although the new arithmetic was indeed beneficial to the daily work of the central and local financial departments of the Tang Dynasty, it still had to be implemented nationwide. There are certain difficulties because few people are willing to learn.
Just listen to Li Er continue to say: "I have already decreed the implementation of Li Zexuan's pinyin. Judging from the response of the people in the past few months, the implementation effect is very good. At least many children can now read the "Datang Dictionary" "I went to read newspapers to others, and now I want to implement his new arithmetic. Di Aiqing, do you still dare to say that engineering is miscellaneous and useless?"
Seeing Li Er supporting Li Zexuan so much, how could Di Xiaoxu still dare to be as majestic as before? You must know that Li Er at this time has a very strong character, and the imperial prime minister can just say whatever he wants (Xiao Yu is a living example) , there is no need to discuss with the ministers at all. From this point of view, what does he, Di Xiaoxu, Zuo Cheng, a small minister, and Sanqi Changshi mean to him?
So, he could only say: "I know my mistake, I will never dare to do it again~!"
He knew he was wrong, but Li Er seemed to be a bit unreasonable today. He took a few steps in place and continued: "Others can study at Yanhuang Academy. As far as you, Di Xiaoxu's son, have a distinguished status, Do you think being in Yanhuang Academy will insult his status~?
Let me tell you another piece of news. Did you know that today’s candidates include Changsun Chong, son of Fuji, Fang Yizhi, son of Xuanling, and Chu Yanfu, son of Dengshan (that is, Chu Suiliang). Their sons can come to Yanhuang Academy. Why do you Di? Xiaoxu’s son can’t come~? "
At this time, Di Xiaoxu was really shocked. He never expected that Changsun Wuji, as the head of the civil service, would ask his son to take the exam of Yanhuang Academy! This... Di Xiaoxu really wants to say at this moment: There is a traitor among us!
Not to mention Di Xiaoxu, Li Zexuan next to him was also surprised when he heard the news. The sons of civil servants such as Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Chu Suiliang were all here? He looked at Li Gang next to him and found that the old man's face was calm at the moment. He obviously knew about this. This made Li Zexuan frustrated for a while. It was because he was not careful in his work! Otherwise, I wouldn’t have known the news until now.
Seeing the shock on Di Xiaoxu's face, Li Er chuckled and said: "Today's matter is logically your family matter, Di Aiqing, and I have no right to interfere, but since it involves Yanhuang Academy, I have to take care of it." ~! It’s okay if Di Zhisun fails the exam this time. If you do, Di Xiaoxu, dares to interfere with it, then I will not take it lightly~! Otherwise, where is the prestige of Yanhuang Academy? Mine is Where is the face? Do you understand~?"
To be honest, Li Er's request is not excessive. His starting point is just to help Li Zexuan maintain the reputation of Yanhuang Academy. Otherwise, if Di Zhisun is really admitted to Yanhuang Academy, he will be forced by Di Xiaoxu's pressure. And if he dropped out of school, wouldn't it be said that Yanhuang Academy was just giving them, the Di family, the dirty things that the Di family didn't want?
In this way, not only the reputation of Yanhuang Academy will be greatly damaged. Li Er's plan to use engineering to weaken aristocratic families and check and balance Confucianism would also die prematurely, which Li Er would never tolerate.
Di Xiaoxu didn't think so. After hearing Li Er's decision, he opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, this..."
"Huh~? What~?"
A sharp look flashed in Li Er's eyes, and his voice became a little dangerous.
Di Xiaoxu trembled, and finally lowered his head and said: "Old minister, I obey the order~!"
Li Er then nodded with satisfaction and said: "Well, in that case, then Di Aiqing should go back! Just after the morning court, Di Aiqing came over. She must be physically and mentally tired, so she should go back and have a good rest!"
Di Xiaoxu was speechless. He wanted to wait here until the morning exam was over and hint to Di Zhisun not to try his best to take the exam. Unexpectedly, Li Er asked him to go home directly, which really blocked his last escape route. However, he had no choice but to hold his hands and say: "Thank you for your understanding, your majesty. I will retire!"
At this point, he could only pray in his heart that Di Xiaoxu's arithmetic skills were scumbag.
After Di Xiaoxu left, Li Er looked at Li Zexuan and said, "Where will these candidates eat at noon? Do you have any arrangements~?"
Cheng Chumo is just a special case. He handed in his paper early and his home is close. So he has the conditions to go home for lunch and take a nap. But for the vast majority of students, they can only go home in Yanhuang at noon. Eat near the academy or Yanhuang Academy, otherwise you may not be able to make it in time for the afternoon exam. The exam time in the afternoon is at 1:30 p.m.
Li Zexuan smiled and replied: "Thank you for your Majesty's trouble. These ministers have already made arrangements. The canteen of the academy will be open to these candidates at noon. It can accommodate more than a thousand people for dining at the same time. If anyone feels that the food in the canteen is too expensive, you can also Let’s dine at Meicun and Hanjiazhuang at the foot of the mountain, the farmers there have prepared all kinds of meals today!”
Li Er glared and said, "Hey, what? You kid, do you still need money to feed the students~?"
It's no wonder that Li Er has this idea. In fact, Li Zexuan's usual behavior is very wealthy, especially when he was building Yanhuang Academy, he threw away hundreds of thousands of coins without blinking an eye.
But that’s not what Li Zexuan thinks~! After hearing this, he had a dark look on his face. What do you mean he needs money to feed the students? When he was in school in his previous life, he had to swipe his campus card to eat at school!
"Your Majesty, I spent a lot of money to buy the ingredients used for cooking in the academy! These are all costs! You can't let me open the academy for two years and use all my family's money, right~?"
Li Zexuan said with a sad face.
Li Er was happy when he saw this and said: "Fuck you! I don't know your kid's background? You came to me to cry for poverty! If nothing else, Cheng Qian and Qing Que are now better than me because they teamed up with your kid to do business. They are already rich! They paid for many of the Queen’s clothes and jewelry this year!”
Li Zexuan was speechless, and Li Gang said with a smile: "Haha, Your Majesty, what Xiaoxuan said is right. The food in this academy is excellent, so the ingredients are quite expensive. Now all the veterans want to live here for the rest of their lives!"
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