Li Xiu's decision to resign was very sudden, and there was no warning in advance, but when the news came out, the whole court was also shocked, and many people also inquired about the news, when they learned that Li Xiu took the initiative to resign, it caused heated discussions in the court, people who didn't know Li Xiu couldn't figure out why he resigned, and people who knew Li Xiu felt surprised, but they felt reasonable.

"Don Ma, you left too suddenly this time, the court and the central government have already quarreled because of your resignation, and many people dare not miss it!" In the financial supervision department, Cen Wenwen, who came to take over, also said to Li Xiu with a wry smile that Li Shimin appointed him to take over the post of financial supervisor, so it also needs to start the handover from Li Xiu's hands, and some places still need Li Xiu to explain to him in detail, and it is estimated that it will take at least half a month to make him fully competent.

"It's not sudden, I don't really like things in the court, but now that our Tang Dynasty is strong and the frontier has settled down, I also want to take a good rest." Li Xiu explained with a light smile at this time.

"Hehe, when I first heard the news, I was also very shocked, but then I calmed down and thought about it, it is also very in line with the character of the concubine, in fact, sometimes I am quite envious of the concubine, after all, not everyone can have the ability to withdraw from the court!" When Cen Wenwen said the end, he couldn't help but show an emotional look on his face.

Although the civil and military ministers in the court look glamorous to outsiders, in fact, for them insiders, the court is more like a big quagmire, as long as you step in, don't want to quit again, of course, some people like this quagmire and don't want to quit at all, but some people can't retreat if they want to, and Li Xiu is the only one who can come and go freely, which makes Cen Wenwen naturally very envious.

"I know my own business, but this time it's troublesome for you to take over the financial supervisor's business." Li Xiu smiled bitterly when he heard Cen Wenwen's words, and then said apologetically, with Cen Wenwen's ability and merits, Li Shimin originally had better arrangements for him, but now he can only stay in the financial prison, although it is temporary, but it also requires him to spend a lot of energy to adapt.

"The horse is polite, the financial supervisor is a good position, many people can't ask for it, and I am also very optimistic about the development of the bank, maybe I will be famous in history because I have served as a financial supervisor in the future." Cen Wenwen laughed and said, he is indeed very optimistic about the financial supervisor, although Li Shimin said that he would only let him take over temporarily, but he followed Li Xiuxue very seriously, and the more in-depth he understood, the more he attached importance to the financial supervisor, and even felt that the finance of Datang in the future might have to take the bank as the core.

With Cen Wenwen's words, Li Xiu didn't say anything anymore, and in the next few days, he also handed over the affairs of the financial supervisor to the other party little by little, and also summoned Liu Renliang alone, Liu Renliang was also a little puzzled by his departure, and even visited many times to persuade him, but Li Xiu's intention to go has been decided, and it is useless for him to persuade him.

After Li Xiu handed over the affairs of the financial supervisor, it was about to be the New Year, and the New Year's flavor in Chang'an City was also more intense, Li Xiu is now unofficial and light, and he is also happily taking the children to prepare for the New Year these days, although the Spring Festival is not as grand as in later generations in Datang, at least it cannot be compared with the Shangyuan Festival, but in Li Xiu's house, the Spring Festival has always been the most lively festival.

On this afternoon, Li Xiu brought a lot of holiday gifts to Ma Ye's house, not only for Ma Ye and his wife, but also for H'er and Shangguan Yi and his wife, as well as their children, but Shangguan Yi was not there, H'er and the county lord of Guanghua were busy with Zhang Luo's wine banquet and left Li Xiu to eat, so Ma Ye personally received him, but as soon as they met, he saw Ma Ye and said with a smile: "You kid is really decisive, you really resigned from your official position!" ”

"Don't you know my temperament, Uncle Ma, the things in the court were not what I wanted, and now I have resigned and are clean, and now I can finally spend the New Year with peace of mind!" Li Xiu also sat down with a smile at this time.

"It's okay to resign, the court is indeed a place of right and wrong, especially as Your Majesty gets older, those princes are not worried, and your relationship with the royal family is too close, staying in the court will have problems sooner or later, and it is better to stay away!" Uncle Ma also nodded at this time and said, he is old and his body is no longer good, but his brain is very clear, and his life experience has also given him far more insight than ordinary people.

"Let's not mention the bad things in the court during the New Year, and I am now unofficial and light, and I can better accompany Uncle Ma and General Qin to Liaodong next year, when we will not only collect the bones of the Sui army soldiers, but also set up a monument biography for them, so as to warn future generations and not make Yang Guang's mistakes again!" Li Xiu spoke again at this time, and when it came to the biography of the monument, he had also thought about it for a long time, after all, it is true that people are happy to win the battle, but they must also learn a lesson from the defeat.

Hearing Li Xiu's idea, Ma Ye also praised it and said: "This is indeed a good idea, it was too worthless for our brothers to die back then, obviously the other party was inferior to us in terms of troops, equipment, and quantity, but because of the chaotic command from above, countless people died in Liaodong, not only was it not worth dying, but even the bones were thrown there and no one cared for them, it is estimated that now except for a few survivors like us, I am afraid that no one remembers the names of those soldiers who died in battle." ”

Speaking of the end, Ma Ye couldn't help but show a sad look on his face, as if he remembered the old brothers who fought with him in Liaodong at the beginning, Ma Ye at that time had just enlisted in the army for a few years, and he wanted to make meritorious contributions, and he was surrounded by enthusiastic young people like Qin Qiong, but unfortunately in the end, except for him and Qin Qiong, everyone else died in Liaodong and never came back.

Seeing Ma Ye's appearance, Li Xiu couldn't help but sigh secretly, in fact, the reason why he resigned, in addition to the tired court, was also partly because he wanted to have more time to accompany Ma Ye, after all, he was old, to put it mildly, maybe one day he would never wake up as soon as he closed his eyes, although Ma Ye had the daughter of Hate Er, but after Hate Er had a child, it was impossible to accompany Ma Ye every day, although Li Xiu was not Ma Ye's son, but the two were emotionally no different from father and son.

But at this moment, I suddenly saw that Ma Ye seemed to remember something, and after hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke: "By the way, I just have something to discuss with you, but don't be angry after you hear it!" ”