The rise of the prince

Chapter 559 Comprehension and Planning

In the evening, after returning from the Privy Council for dinner, Li Xingzhou asked someone to prepare 500 taels of silver, called Shiyu, put on plain clothes, and prepared to pay homage to Yan Yan.

During the day, people in the mansion have already gone to express their condolences, and almost everyone in the palace has been there once.

Originally, the amount of money Yan Yan put into the palace during difficult times must have been more than 500 taels, and even 10 taels would not be worth what he paid, but the money still belonged to Yan Yan’s children in the end. Too much Li Xingzhou thought twice and didn’t take more. Afraid of ruining people.

Money can destroy people.

Li Xingzhou himself has a deep understanding of this. In his previous life, there was an urban village in his sphere of influence. Later, when it was demolished, many families could get millions, and some could get hundreds of thousands. On average, they were close to millions.

This is a great thing. It is true that some people started their own businesses after getting the money, and they built factories worth tens of millions, and they flourished, but there were only a few of them.

About half of the people stopped working every day after receiving the money, and left home alone, playing mahjong and cards everywhere.

There are also restaurants and shops in the village, which are everywhere. Even if no one eats or buys them, they are not afraid of losing money.

As a result, some people's money is quickly spent, the money is gone, and the people are ruined. They have been lazy for so long, and they have long been used to it. How can they go back?

Later, the local government learned a lesson and released the demolition funds in batches and monthly. (note 1)

Indeed, money can enable some ambitious people to realize their dreams, but it can also make more people who have no self-control fall into the abyss.

So Li Xingzhou only brought 500 taels, which is a huge sum of money for ordinary people.

Most of them were some gifts. He and Shiyu brought a few nurses to Yan Yan's house. Sure enough, there were far fewer people at night.

After arriving outside the hospital, everyone who heard the news had already come out to pick him up. Li Xingzhou asked the nursing home to give gifts and silver to the frightened children, and then went in with poems, respectfully offered incense to Yan Yan, and bowed down.

They only stayed at Yan Yan's house for about half an hour, and then they said goodbye.

There was a Taoist priest in the room who kept chanting. He didn't know what to read, and he couldn't understand it. The atmosphere was very depressing.

Yan's funeral was arranged by his children, and the palace sent some gift money and things.

After returning that night, Shiyu's expression was still not very good, and Gillian asked him to accompany Shiyu very sensiblely.

In the evening, for the first time, Shiyu took the initiative to put her arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest. Shiyu is actually very arrogant. The two of them have been in a relationship for so long. She would never take the initiative to do this, unless she made a bad move to "force him" "she.

It can be seen that Yan Yan's death has hit her hard, after all, Yan Yan is her teacher and like her elder.

She quickly fell asleep in her arms, but in the middle of the night, Shiyu woke up again, and Li Xingzhou woke up with a feeling, and found that the little girl was staring at him blankly after the moon was over.

"What's wrong?" Li Xingzhou hugged her slender waist.

Shiyu leaned over, "I was thinking, why did such a good person disappear like this, I just met a few days ago"

Li Xingzhou hugged her gently.

"When you went to court today, Chen Wenxi next door came again, and wanted to sell Yongyue Pavilion to subsidize the family." Shiyu said softly on his chest.

"Well, what do you think?" Li Xingzhou asked.

Shiyu leaned into her arms again, "I didn't think it would work before, Yongyue Pavilion is not like a restaurant, but more like a garden, so it's not suitable."

"Indeed, there are water pavilions and corridor gardens in that place, unlike restaurants."

Shiyu continued in a soft voice: "But this time when Chief Yan Yan is gone, I think it is necessary to buy it."

"Huh?" Li Xingzhou looked at him curiously.

"Director Yan left, but he made arrangements before he left and taught me everything, but what about the other managers? Manager Yan Kun and Manager Gufeng are not young. To put it bluntly, if any One of them left today, what should I do?" Shiyu asked.

Li Xingzhou looked at her.

Shiyu whispered: "There are unpredictable things in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings. Who knows for sure? I want to buy Yongyue Pavilion and turn it into an academy. The big families will have their own academy, and the palace must also think about it." If you don’t educate the younger generation now, there will be no one to take over if something happens in the future.”

He smiled: "Little lady still thinks in the long run."

"I'm just expressing my feelings. I can't wait until then to worry about it. It's good luck for the palace to have Manager Yan gone this time. There are no omissions for a while, but if you are not prepared, you will suffer a big loss in the future." Shiyu said earnestly.

Seeing her foresight, Li Xingzhou was also very pleased. In fact, he had already planned a half-academy, but he just wanted to delay it a few years, because he was different from Shiyu.

He is for himself and the future of this country, so when the emperor is still in power, he dare not act rashly.

To put it bluntly, the first step in his big-step plan is to build roads for quick response, and the second step is to educate people. Only when he has a reserve of talents can he dare to do it.

The reason is very simple, if he does something in the future, it will involve the interests of many ministers, there may be conflicts in the court, and even a situation where no one is available. At this time, he needs his own people.

"You are right. You can handle this matter. I believe in you." Li Xingzhou said, "But when it comes to the younger generation, we have to work hard."

"No." Shiyu replied quickly, but
She just said no.

The next day, the Great Court Meeting was also a day that shocked the whole country. Xia Guo suddenly sent troops to besiege and captured the important town of Tang Long in the northwest of Jing Guo. Thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed, and only a few escaped across the river.

The news finally arrived in Beijing
The whole court was furious, from the officials to the common people, they all denounced Xia Guo's shamelessness loudly, and at the same time asked the court to send troops to Xia Guo.

Early the next morning, many students chanted the slogan of avenging the martyrs, wrote all kinds of poems, and pleaded with tens of thousands of people in front of Donghua Gate, hoping that the emperor would send troops to Xia Kingdom to avenge the martyrs. The national prestige.

In fact, the emperor had expected this situation a long time ago, so he didn't release the news until after the army set off. Now that the army has gone north, there is one more reason why it can't attack Xia.

But these were not enough, the emperor took Li Xingzhou, Degong, He Zhao and other important officials to the top of Donghua Gate, comforted many students and the people, and said loudly that Xia Guo would have an explanation, so that everyone should not be impatient and wait Good news from the imperial court.

Afterwards, the students and the public dispersed one after another.

After going down the tower, the emperor praised Li Xingzhou: "If it wasn't for your idea, I wouldn't know how to deal with it today." Everyone gathered around and said flattering words like "My lord's opinion".

The emperor then ordered him to take good care of the Privy Council. It was officially stated that the Privy Council would be handed over to him. As soon as he said this, some people frowned, such as Meng Zhiye, who is currently the judge of the Ministry of Rites.

But there is no way to refute it, because Li Xingzhou has been dealing with the affairs of the Privy Council for many days, and the deal is done. They didn't stop him at first, but now it's too late, the battle is urgent, and it's most taboo to change people in front of the battle.

This is the genius of the emperor
　(Note 1: It’s true. I worked as a contract worker for zhengfu in the first year after graduation from university. It’s the first time I saw that people can degenerate like this. It’s not just one or two. The reality is that such a windfall has ruined the lives of many people in the village, because many people have no self-control and no long-term planning.)
　　
　
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