Happy Little Scholar

"My husband, there don't seem to be any festivals recently?"

Looking at the gifts that were almost filling up the whole room, Ruyi thought for a while and asked in surprise.

This was not the most surprising part. On weekdays, the family had no contact with the officials and dignitaries in Kyoto. Even if it was a festival, it would be impossible to receive so many gifts.

The people who gave gifts were all officials in Kyoto. Some sent servants from their homes, and some came in person. Their attitudes were very polite. The housekeeper invited them to the house for a cup of tea, but they were refused. They left after leaving the gifts. It was really strange.

Li Yi waved his hand casually and said, "My wife, don't worry about these. Anyway, if someone gives gifts these days, just accept them. Don't worry."

This time, I received the gifts with peace of mind and without any psychological pressure.

The officials in Kyoto still knew etiquette and gave expensive gifts. According to this situation, they should have kept some of the silver they donated in the court that day.

I just wonder if they would take back these gifts if they knew that the old emperor originally only intended to deal with a few corrupt officials, and decided to burn the account records for the sake of court stability and let the others go.

However, these gifts should be accepted.

After all, he spent a lot of time persuading the old emperor to change his mind, and he didn't get any big benefits from it. Think about it...

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After dealing with a few corrupt officials, the storm in the court finally calmed down.

Li Yi never went to court again, but he also heard that the court had frequent personnel transfers in the past few days, officials were promoted and demoted, and departments like the Ministry of Revenue were cleaned up from beginning to end.

For this big move by the old emperor, everyone chose to remain silent. The storm of the last corruption investigation had just passed and had not been completely settled. At this time, who dared to say more and remind His Majesty of some bad things and bring up the old things again, most of the officials in the court would not let him go.

The person who makes money most easily in the world is indeed the emperor. With just a few words, he immediately made nearly one million taels of silver, and also established his prestige in the court again, shocked a large number of people, gathered a large number of people, and took the opportunity to purge a large number of people. This is a good deal. It couldn't be more cost-effective.

It's easy to make money, but it's harder than climbing to the sky to get money from him.

However, 30,000 taels of silver is more than enough to build a lake. Labor is not valuable in this era, not to mention that this money has to be kept for more important things. It can't be spent on such a small thing as building a lake as scientific research funds in the future.

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The schedule of the college has changed these days.

From morning to night, it is digging a lake, class, digging a lake, and resting.

Digging a lake is not just digging a lake. How deep to dig, how to dig, how to design the waterway, all of these need to be calculated carefully. If one of them is not done well, this course will fail.

Yes, digging a lake is also a course.

This course is a compulsory course for all students, whether they are from aristocratic families or poor families, they must get two innovation credits, otherwise they cannot graduate from the School of Mathematics even if they get full credits.

It is said that the purpose of setting up this course is to enhance the physical fitness of students in the School of Mathematics, to train their ability to solve practical problems, teamwork, digging lakes, etc.

Anyway, this is the good intention of the dean. Poor students will not doubt it, and it is useless for the children of official families to doubt it. If they don’t dig, they can get out. The School of Mathematics is the least short of people.

No one dares to disobey or underestimate this young dean, because no one knows when he will recommend you to go out for internship.

Everyone can see how dangerous it is to go out for internship.

Li Jianren broke a leg and almost lost his life. Chen Lisen was poisoned and his life was hanging by a thread. He was fed two kilograms of feces to be saved. For him, I am afraid that living now is more uncomfortable than dying.

The endings of the other few people were not so good either, some were sick and some were injured. What was even more unacceptable was that after paying so much, they were eventually expelled from the School of Calculation by His Majesty's order, and would never be employed by the court. They could only be a playboy for the rest of their lives, and their bright and unlimited future was ruined...

So, these playboys who had never suffered much in their lives could only put aside their dignity and pride these days, dig the lake and transport soil with the poor students, eat in a big pot, and sleep in the same room...

As the dean of the School of Calculation, Li Yi was of course not in the School of Calculation.

Li Han would help him supervise the digging of the lake and the classes. He was very active in such things, because if he worked hard, he would have enough vacations and bring enough guards to play wherever he wanted.

For Li Han, who grew up in the palace, the outside world was infinitely attractive.

Li Yi has been quite busy these days. Ruyi has been in a bad mood these days, so he can only try different ways to please her. He also went to the palace to learn a few new dishes and gave her the first string of colorful glass beads he produced. Xiaohuan and Miss Liu Er were jealous for several days and didn't give them to her.

Old Fang walked in mysteriously from outside, put something covered with red cloth on the table, and asked in a low voice: "Son-in-law, look at how much this thing is worth?"

He lifted the red cloth, and a crystal clear Guanyin statue about one foot high appeared in front of Li Yi.

The Guanyin statue is lifelike, with clear facial features and a very vivid expression. Under the sunlight, it gives people a strong visual impact.

Li Yi doesn't understand the market, but the more transparent things are, the more precious they are in this world. This Guanyin statue is definitely something worth fighting for for those Buddhist believers. He originally planned to give it to the old lady without considering the price, but after careful consideration, the cost of this thing is not low. The equipment fee, material fee, mental damage fee, and the master's labor fee must be one or two taels of silver. Is it not too much to sell it for five thousand taels?

Through the things that happened in the court a few days ago, he also roughly understood the background of the powerful officials in Kyoto. There are many people in Kyoto who can afford five thousand taels of silver.

"Son-in-law, there are a few monks outside who want to see you. Do you want to let them..." Xiaohuan walked to the door and just said a word, her eyes were attracted by the transparent Guanyin statue and couldn't move away.

"Monk?" A trace of doubt appeared on Li Yi's face, and he said, "Let them in first."

Last time, Ruyi said that Master Tanyin invited him to discuss Zen at Hanshan Temple, but Li Yi never went. This time, I'm afraid the master has asked him to come, right?

Sure enough, when a shiny head appeared in front of him, Master Tanyin's face also appeared.

"Amitabha, Mr. Li, long time no see." Master Tanyin's smile was still so kind, and he bowed to the Buddha.

"Master, long time no see."

Li Yi thought that whatever he needed would come, and he could just ask the old monk how much this Guanyin statue was worth, so that he would have a reference price in his mind.

"Master, come here quickly, help me see how much this Guanyin statue is worth."

Li Yi's smile was very eager, and he casually told the little maid: "Xiaohuan, Master Tanyin is a distinguished guest, go and ask the kitchen to prepare a table of good wine and food, eight meats and eight vegetables, remember to cut two taels of pig ears, and garlic..."