The little princess' mind was read, and the court and harem were eating melons

When Li Qingyi left the palace again, the news that the queen was going to hold an osmanthus banquet had already spread to all the wives of officials and their families in the capital.

There was an extra sword-carrying guard beside Li Zhu. It was said that the emperor personally ordered him to be there to protect Li Zhu. The reason was that Li Zhu had a conflict with someone when he went out three days ago. As a result, he was beaten because he was outnumbered and had only a weak servant with him.

When Li Qingyi received the news, he wanted to leave the palace to check on Li Zhu, but was stopped by Li Zhu who hurriedly sent people into the palace.

Li Zhu: Ahhh, please don't rush over to watch me get beaten! Give me some face!

Li Qingyi: "..."

You also have to save face.

So that day, as soon as Li Qingyi left the palace, she went straight to the Princess's Mansion.

The eldest princess was not at home today. She was invited by an old princess from the royal family to visit someone. Therefore, there was no need for Li Qingyi to meet other masters in the eldest princess's mansion. He went directly to the courtyard where Li Zhu lived.

"Little Prince, Little Prince, the Eleventh Princess has arrived."

Li Zhu was writing furiously at his desk. When he heard the voice, he was stunned for a moment before he reacted. He immediately put down his pen. The first thing he did was not to go out to greet Li Qingyi, but to hurriedly try to use something to cover the things on the table.

But Li Qingyi was anxious to see how serious Li Zhu's injuries were. Plus, she was small and of noble status. Those who wanted to stop her, firstly, did not have the advantage in size, and secondly, they did not dare to go too far. So they failed to stop her, allowing Li Qingyi to rush directly to the study where Li Zhu was.

Well, I happened to see Li Zhu's little movements clearly.

"Li Zhu!" Li Qingyi shouted loudly. She felt it was mighty, majestic and authoritative, but to others it sounded - ah, cute!

But it didn't matter. Li Zhu was frightened by her baby voice and almost bumped into the inkstone beside him. Li Zhu was so scared that he quickly reached out to hold it to prevent the ink in the inkstone from splashing directly on his semi-finished product.

Li Qingyi didn't wait for him to finish his move. This wasn't a turn-based game. He took advantage of this opportunity to run over and climbed up the chair in a few seconds. He took a closer look and was immediately annoyed: "Li Zhu!"

Seeing that he had been discovered, Li Zhu was a little embarrassed and touched his nose: "Aunt, why are you here? Just come if you want to. Why didn't you tell me in advance so that I could go out and greet you in person?"

Li Qingyi pointed at him, obviously a little angry, "How dare you say that? If I hadn't come directly here, I wouldn't know what you were doing behind my back!"

Li Zhu: "I didn't do anything bad..."

Probably, except for Li Zhu and Li Qingyi, no one else could understand why Li Qingyi was angry.

Li Qingyi's eyes swept across the inkstone in Li Zhu's hand, and his eyes flashed.

As if sensing her thoughts, Li Zhu quickly took the inkstone and hid it behind him. "Aunt, I spent several days thinking about this and dug it out from my memory. It's my hard work!"

Li Qingyi rolled his eyes: "Is this your hard work? This is the hard work of others, you... forget it, I know you mean well, but right now you don't even have an official position, even if you have that great ambition, you should just hold it back!"

What did Li Zhu write?

He used pinyin to write down policies such as "spreading the tax according to the land area" and "returning the fire consumption to the public"!

After Li Qingyi finished speaking, he thought of something and turned to look at the group of people who followed him in. He frowned and waved his hand: "All of you go out. I want to talk to my nephew."

Fang Xin's gaze lingered for a moment on the crooked but unrecognizable paper on the desk. She responded respectfully, and when she left, she took the bewildered servant beside Li Zhu out with her.

After the study door was closed, Li Qingyi pushed open all the windows in the study to expand the view. Then he pulled Li Zhu to sit on the ground and frowned at him: "What do you think? You were not like this before..."

"Radical?" Li Zhu asked tentatively.

"It's not radical, it should be said... so concerned?"

Li Zhu was silent for a while before he slowly said, "Aunt, Teacher, my idea is actually quite simple. I just think that Daning's tax system is too complicated. There are many problems with the accounts, but the complexity of tax items is also one of the reasons why the accounts are easily tampered with."

"If nothing else, the poll tax is really annoying."

The taxation system of Daning had changed from that of previous dynasties, but the land tax, head tax and corvée remained unchanged.

The existence of poll tax and corvee labor would force common people to rely on the powerful and wealthy to become serfs, or even flee directly in years of disaster.

Li Zhu: "I know, I didn't intend to bring it out now, and I don't have the ability to implement it. I just want to kill those who messed up the accounts."

Yes, Li Zhu wanted to change this thing now because he felt resentful after checking the accounts.

As for improving people's lives... Li Zhu doesn't have such big ambitions for the time being, it's good enough that he can take care of the people around him.

Li Zhu explained in a low voice: "Besides, I am not writing this because I want to implement it right away. The Fourth Master was able to implement it by iron-blooded means. How can I be that capable? I just remembered it and wrote it down, just in case there is a chance in the future?"

Li Qingyi was suspicious: "Really?"

Is it true that you, Li Zhu, have suddenly gone crazy and want to be a reformer in Daning?

Li Zhu quickly shook his head: "Really, really, I didn't think that much. I just remembered this and thought it was quite useful, but I can't use it now. I don't know if I will need it in the future. But if I forget about it in the future and can't take it out, I will lose money, right?"

"I'll just record it first, no need."

Li Qingyi asked: "Does Wang Xuan know?"

Li Zhu: "Wang Xuan...she has a lot more in her head than I do. She is the one who reminded me."

Oh, that's it.

Li Qingyi raised his hand and slapped him on the forehead: "You and Wang Xuan, be quiet!"

One is just an "invisible man" who barely has a name in front of the emperor and quietly helps to settle the accounts; the other is just a commoner, a woman with no identity or status and at most a little money, who has no power at all, so why think so much?

I want to go to heaven!

There was a crisp sound.

Does it sound good?

What sounds good is a good start.

Li Zhu was not angry even after being beaten. Then he saw Li Qingyi folding the papers and stuffing them into his collar. He glared at him and said, "Don't write anymore!"

"Wait, but, then..."

Li Qingyi: "Hmm..."

Li Zhu shrank his head: "Okay."

Afterwards, Li Qingyi went to Wang Xuan's house again, took a look around, and didn't find any dangerous items, so he felt relieved.

Li Qingyi: Damn, both of these students are such a hassle!

As a result, after returning to the palace, Li Qingyi secretly flipped through the papers from Li Zhu and saw a plan to promote Arabic numerals.

Li Qingyi: “……?”