Chapter 53: Returning to the Old Man

"You don't have to look at it, it's useless to watch it, Your Majesty will not keep a treacherous villain."

Zhao Yin saw the reluctance in their eyes, and simply cut off their thoughts.

"Your Majesty, the minister is already old, please allow the old minister to return to his hometown, alas, ......"

Shen Yuan staggered up from the ground, holding a stick, and said helplessly.

The most important thing in his life is reputation, but he didn't expect that in order to help the family fight for his reputation, he ended up in shame when he was old, which is really not worth it!

"Your Majesty, please allow me to resign tomorrow and return to my hometown."

The other few people saw that the emperor had no reaction, if they stayed any longer, they would only be humiliated by this yellow-mouthed child, so what kind of face did they have to see other colleagues, so they simply left directly, and they could be more decent.

"Goodbye, come and play when you have time......!"

Zhao Yin gloated and waved his hand at a few people.

"Okay, let's do it today, the matter of my marriage is decided, everyone disperses......!"

Li Er saw that this scene was over, and there was nothing new to drag it on, so he directly dismissed the important ministers.

However, Zhao Yin did not leave, and kept circling Li Er.

"How do you know that I'm looking for you?"

After everyone left, Li Er asked with some confusion.

Could it be that this kid still has mind-reading, this special ability?

"Huh? Your Majesty, what are you leaving me for? ”

was asked by Li Er's words, and he was stunned.

He just felt that he had a little loss because the qu yuan plough and the horseshoe were just offered, and he wanted to make amends to Li Er, so he didn't leave.

These two things are good things for the benefit of the country and the people!

Originally, I wanted to rely on these two things to pit Li Eryi ruthlessly, but now it is also in the soup.

"Your kid is out like this today, I have lost eight ministers all of a sudden, these people are all in very important positions in various departments, and now there are so many vacancies, where can I find people......

Li Er frowned as he walked towards the imperial study, complaining about Zhao Yin.

Princess Changle and Zhao Yin walked on Li Er's left and right respectively.

"Your Majesty, do you really think that those people are your right-hand men......!" Zhao Yin said with some disdain.

"Huh? What do you mean? Li Erhu asked suspiciously.

"Whether it is the two old guys from Yushitai, or the six officials, and the Chang'an County Commander who was beheaded by you a few days ago, they are all minions of the Seven Great Families, they are not helping you, it is the Seven Great Families, in your place, it is just an iron rice bowl, and they don't do practical things at all."

"How do you know that?" Li Er saw Zhao Yin's serious expression, not like he was joking, so he stopped and asked with a frown.

"I've known since they started making trouble for me......" Zhao Yin smiled mysteriously.

"The last time I was in Chunmanlou, after the sons of their families were humiliated, they already hated them."

"So I found the Chang'an County Order first, but that guy was too simple-minded, and he directly said that I offended the Seven Great Families, so he arrested me."

"Then there are a few people in the court just now, and they are doing this to give Your Majesty a warning."

"Humph......!"

Now that Li Er heard the Seven Great Gates, he was angry.

They not only monopolized the necessities of grain, salt, cloth, and paper in the Tang Dynasty, but also monopolized education.

At present, many officials in the DPRK and China are related to these families.

Although he knew all these things, he had to hire these people, otherwise he would not find a suitable candidate.

"So, you gambled with them today to drive them out of the court on my behalf?"

Li Er put his hands behind his back and continued to walk in the direction of the imperial study.

"That's right, if these officials continue to stay in the court, they will only make the wings of the Seven Great Families fuller, but for the people, it will not do them any good, because they will not be loyal to the court at all, and they will not do practical things for the people."

Zhao Yin said without changing his face.

In fact, he just wants to avenge himself, whoever let them provoke himself first, then don't blame himself for being too ruthless.

Break off these minions of the Seven Great Families first, and it will be easier to deal with them in the future.

"Uh-huh......! That's right! Li Er nodded approvingly, but then frowned again, "But, after these people leave, what about the vacancies they leave behind?" ”

"There are many talents in the world, as long as Your Majesty opens an additional imperial examination, these problems will be solved......

But after thinking about it for a while, Zhao Yin added: "It's not ...... I would like to suggest that the imperial examination be reformed. ”

"Reform ......? How to change? When Li Er heard this, he looked at him with interest.

"First of all, I suggest the use of an anonymous system, and the names of candidates are temporarily sealed with a special thing, so that the examiner will not show favoritism, and the last ones who can be hired are all those who have real talents. Second, I propose to reduce the price of books and paper so that all the people in the world can afford to read them, so as to prevent the monopoly of the power of the seven major families. ”

"This first point is indeed a good way to adopt, but the second point is very difficult to ...... to implement!"

Li Er looked helplessly, "These seven families have monopolized paper and books for a long time, and it is impossible for them to take the initiative to reduce the price......"

While a few people were talking, they walked into the imperial study, and Li Er handed a thick stack of files to Zhao Yin, his face was very ugly, "Take a look for yourself!" They would rather sell their grain to Goguryeo than to me. ”

Unconsciously, Li Er had regarded Zhao Yin as a strategist, not the stinky boy he was at the beginning.

"Then I don't know Your Majesty, do you want to suppress the power of these seven families?" After Zhao Yin flipped through these files, he asked with a solemn face.

"Needless to say, I don't want to dismantle the power of the seven great families all the time." Li Er said angrily.

These big families are like huge stones piled up in his heart, and he has always wanted to move them away.

But it has been helpless, and now some important materials in the Tang Dynasty are in the hands of these big families, if they unite to raise prices, then the people will inevitably be in turmoil.

Unless they are all killed, but this is impossible, because then there will be no merchants in the whole country, and the country will be in turmoil.

"My son-in-law has a plan now, but I don't know, will Your Majesty do it with me?"

Zhao Yin pondered for a while and asked.

"What ...... strategy?"

"Your Majesty, we can set up a money bank, and collect all the money of my dynasty into the bank, and we can control them from the source."

Zhao Yin came up with a bold idea.

In fact, this idea has been brewing in his heart for a long time, and he originally wanted to find a suitable time to talk to Li Er again.

However, today, seeing that Li Er was so annoyed by the Seven Great Families, he simply tested Li Er's tone first, after all, he only had this idea now, and if he really wanted to implement it, he still needed to plan it well.