"Xianggong, there don't seem to be any festivals lately, right?"

Looking at the gifts that were almost piled up in the room, Ruyi asked in surprise after thinking about it.

This is not the most surprising part, the family does not have any contact with the officials and magnates in Kyoto on weekdays, and even if it is really a New Year's holiday, it is impossible to receive so many gifts.

The people who gave the gifts were all officials from Kyoto, some of them sent their subordinates from the family, and some of them simply came in person, and the attitude was very polite, and the housekeeper invited them into the house to have a cup of tea, but they would be refused, and they would leave after putting down the gifts, which was really strange to the extreme.

Li Yi waved his hand casually and said, "Lady doesn't have to worry about these, in short, if someone gives a gift these days, don't worry." ”

This time the gift was received with peace of mind, and there was no psychological pressure to receive it.

Those officials in Kyoto still know how to be polite, and they give heavy gifts, and according to this situation, the silver they donated to the court that day should still be kept.

I just don't know if they learned that the old emperor originally only planned to clean up a few huge greed, and for the sake of the stability of the court, he decided to burn those account records and let the others go, whether he would take these gifts back again.

However, these gifts should also be received.

After all, it took a lot of effort to persuade the old emperor to change his mind, and he didn't get any big benefits from it, so why bother......

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After dealing with several big corrupt officials, the storm in the court finally calmed down.

Li Yi has never been to the court since then, but he has also heard that the personnel changes in the court in the past few days have been more frequent, and the officials have been promoted and demoted, and departments similar to the household department have been purged from beginning to end.

For the old emperor's big move, everyone chose to be silent, the turmoil of the last investigation of corruption cases has just passed, and it has not completely subsided, who dares to speak more at this time, let His Majesty remember some bad things, the old things are brought up again, and most of the officials in the court will not let him go.

The easiest person in the world to make money is really the emperor, who immediately earned nearly a million taels of silver with his mouth, and once again established his prestige in the court, deterred a large number of people, collected a large number ------of people, and took the opportunity to clean a large number of people.

It's easy to make money, but it's even harder to get money out of him than to ascend to the sky.

However, 30,000 taels of silver to build a lake is still more than enough, and the labor force is not worth much in this era, not to mention that the silver has to be kept for more important things, and in the future, as scientific research funds and the like, how can it be spent on such a trivial matter as repairing the lake.

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The school schedule has changed these days.

From morning to night, in order, digging the lake, going to class, digging the lake, and resting.

Digging a lake is not only digging a lake, how deep to dig, how to dig, how to design the waterway, these are all to be carefully calculated, and if you don't do a good job, this course will not be qualified.

Yes, digging a lake is also a course.

This course is a compulsory course for all students, whether they are children of a family or a poor student, two innovation credits must be obtained, otherwise even if the usual credits are full, they will not be able to graduate from the computing college.

It is said that the purpose of setting up this course is to enhance the physical fitness of the students of the School of Mathematics, exercise their ability to solve practical problems, teamwork ability, ...... ability to dig lakes, and so on.

Anyway, this is the dean's good intentions, the poor students will not suspect it, and it is useless for the children of the official family to suspect it.

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

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

Li Jianren broke a leg, I heard that his life was almost gone, Chen Lisen was poisoned, and his life was hanging by a thread, and he was saved by pouring two catties of fecal water, for him, I am afraid that it is more uncomfortable to live than to die now.

The ending of several other people was not very good, sick and injured, what is even more unacceptable is that they paid so much, and in the end they were expelled from the academy by His Majesty's decree, and they will never be hired by the imperial court, they can only be a gentleman for the rest of their lives, and their originally bright and unlimited future is ruined......

Therefore, these gentlemen who have never endured much hardship in their lives, these days, they can only put down their dignity and pride, dig lakes and transport soil with poor students, eat big pots of rice, and sleep in the same room......

As the dean of the Arithmetic College, Li Yi is of course not in the Arithmetic College.

Li Han will help him supervise the matter of digging the lake and attending classes, and he is very active in this kind of thing, because if he works hard, he will have enough vacation, bring enough guards, and play wherever he wants.

For Li Han, who grew up in the palace, the outside world has infinite attraction.

Li Yi has been busy in the past few days, Ruyi's mood these days is not quite right, so she can only change her ways to make her happy, and she also went to the palace to learn a few new dishes, and the first string of colorful glass beads produced was given to her, Xiaohuan and Miss Liu Er were red and didn't give it for several days.

The old man walked in mysteriously from outside, put something covered with a red cloth on the table, and asked in a low voice, "Uncle, how much can you see how much this thing is worth?" ”

He lifted the red cloth, and a crystal clear statue of Guanyin, which was about a foot high, appeared in front of Li Yi's eyes.

The statue of Guanyin is made vividly, the facial features are clearly recognizable, and the demeanor is also very expressive, under the irradiation of the sun, it gives people a strong visual impact.

Li Yi also doesn't understand the market, but the more transparent things are in this world, the more precious they are in this world, this statue of Guanyin, for those believers in Buddhism, is definitely a thing worth fighting for, he originally planned to give it to the old lady, he didn't consider the price, but think about it carefully, the cost of this thing is not low, the cost of equipment, materials, mental damage, plus the master's labor fee, how can you have a tael of silver, and it is not too much to sell for five thousand taels, right?

Through the events in the court a few days ago, he also roughly figured out the background of the powerful officials in Kyoto, five thousand taels of silver, there are many people in Kyoto who can afford it.

"Uncle, there are a few monks outside who said they want to see you, do you want to let them ......" Xiaohuan walked to the door, and as soon as he spoke, his eyes were attracted by the transparent Guanyin statue and couldn't move away.

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

Last time, Ruyi said that the old monk Tanyin invited him to Hanshan Temple to discuss Zen, but Li Yi never went, this time I'm afraid that the old monk didn't find it, right?

Sure enough, when a shiny head appeared in front of him, the face of the old monk Tanyin also appeared.

"Amitabha, Xiao Li Shizhu, long time no see." The smile of the old monk Tanyin was still so kind, and he gave a Buddhist salute and said.

"Long time no see, master."

Li Yixin said that he could come whatever he needed, just enough to ask the old monk how much this Guanyin statue was worth, so that he would have a reference price in his heart.

"Master, come over and help me see how much this Guanyin statue is worth."

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