Datang: At the beginning, Li Er eavesdropped on his heart

Chapter 447 Three generations of poor people
Since returning to Chang'an City, Li Yin has never been idle for a moment. He is so busy that he can't stop at all.

On this day, Li Yin came to the Tai Chi Hall as usual, and saw that Li Shimin had been waiting for a long time.

"It's just another pile of folds..."

Looking at the mountain of memorials on the table, Li Yin couldn't help feeling a little headache.

Li Shimin didn't think anything of it and called Li Min over to help him deal with it.

"For handling some government affairs, when you sit in my position in the future, you will be handy."

Li Min had a black line on his face, what else could he say.

Just treat yourself as an intern, and you should be willing to bear the burden of hard work.

After a lot of tiring, Li Yin finally dealt with most of the memorials on the table, and let out a long breath, feeling much relieved.

But Li Shimin had no intention of letting him leave at all, and immediately made Li Yin very dissatisfied.

This is a typical form of labor exploitation and rip-off behavior!

Li Shimin's face turned dark when he heard Li Yin's heartfelt voice, and he was still thinking about who Zhou Papi was, when he saw Li Yin continue to work hard.

There was a story that was talked about in later generations, but Li Yin has heard it more than once.

There was a landlord surnamed Zhou who asked his workers to get up and do work without waiting for dawn. In order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to crow like a rooster under the window, so he got the nickname of "Picking Skin".

What he said was to squeeze the labor force with the law in mind. When Li Yin looked at Li Shimin again, he felt that he was like this.

After finally cleaning up all the memorials on the table, Li Yin's eyes lit up, and he thought of leaving first.

But before he could walk a few steps, Li Shimin stopped him again.

"Min'er, it will be the vernal equinox soon, how are you preparing for the sacrifice?"

Li Shimin's voice was low, but he was sure that Li Yin hadn't prepared in advance, and he immediately laughed out loud when he saw Li Yin not saying a word for a long time.

"Father, I will prepare relevant matters now. Sacrifice during the Spring Equinox is a major event for the dynasty, and I will do my best."

Li Yin sighed, how could he not know the thoughts in Li Shimin's heart, but he really didn't want him to be idle for a moment.

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction, and said nothing more.

After leaving the Tai Chi Hall, Li Min sent someone to find the Minister of Rites to discuss matters in the Prince's Mansion.

But knowing that offering sacrifices at the vernal equinox is an extremely important matter, there must be no omissions at all.

The Book of the Ministry of Etiquette also raised his heart in his throat after he got the communication, saying that there is still some time before the vernal equinox, but there are too many things to prepare, and it is a bit rushed to do it from now on.

In the Prince's Mansion, many officials from the Ministry of Rites came and put forward their own suggestions.

Li Yin, however, felt dissatisfied with none of them after hearing it, so his face darkened.

"The repair of the Temple of Heaven should be the top priority!"

Li Yin slammed the ground loudly, and directly threw out a key question.

But I know that this matter is the most laborious and costly, and it is extremely difficult.

Sure enough, before Li Yin finished speaking, several officials were in a difficult situation, and they all had headaches.

Li Min treated them without blaming them and started discussing them carefully.

"My lords, the cost of repairing the Temple of Heaven is not a small sum of money, and I still need to crowdfund it after thinking about it."

Li Yin sighed, although there was silver in the national treasury, the earthquake in Yizhou and the subsequent floods had already disbursed a lot of silver from the treasury.

Zhang Luo even made preparations for Li Yuan's funeral. If he had to take money from the national treasury even to repair the Temple of Heaven, it would put the national treasury in a deficit.

After Li Yin finished his analysis, several officials agreed, and Minister of Rites was the first to nod.

"His Royal Highness is right. The Ministry of Rites will come up with a plan for crowdfunding as soon as possible, and His Royal Highness must be satisfied."

Li Yin nodded, but did not forget to give him a few words.

"The sacrificial offering is of great importance, so we must pay attention to it."

The Minister of Rites directly gave Li Yin a guarantee.

"Your Highness, just keep your heart in your stomach. If something goes wrong, you will dismiss me and investigate!"

Good guy!
Li Min was shocked. He never thought that the Minister of Rites would be so forthright, so he started talking easily with these officials.

After some arrangement, all the cattle, sheep and livestock to be used in the sacrifices to heaven and earth will be selected step by step, and many farm cattle will be distributed one after another.

But it is necessary to ensure that the spring plowing in the surrounding areas goes smoothly.

Li Yin discussed with everyone for a long time, and finally outlined a general grand plan, and let everyone disperse.

After leaving the Prince's Mansion, the Minister of Rites let out a long breath, but because his nerves were always tense when he was inside, he was really nervous.

Several subordinate officials hurried over and asked about specific matters.

Although Li Yin held the meeting for half a day, it was only a framework in the end, and some details in it still needed to be pondered by themselves.

The Minister of Rites immediately frowned when he heard the words, and then fell into deep thought.

"After the sacrifice, His Majesty will hold spring plowing, which is a big event."

After the Minister of Rites finished speaking, the other officials agreed very much, but they knew that at this time, Li Shimin would go to understand the people's sentiments, cultivate the fields with the people, and talk about the filial piety of some parents.

If the people said something wrong and caused Longyan to be furious, it would be a serious crime that can only be blamed for death.

The officials asked about the solution one after another, and seeing the corner of the Minister of Rites' lips curling up, he already had a countermeasure in mind.

"In this way, everyone will have to work harder these few days. Prepare some things for the sacrifice first. As for the matter of plowing, I will handle it myself."

After hearing this, several officials didn't know what to say, so they all nodded in agreement.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites bid farewell to everyone, but he never idled for a moment, and left Chang'an City with his trusted people.

In a house with smoke rising from the kitchen, there was only an elderly man and his son who was paralyzed at home.

The old man has to go to the mountains to cut firewood every day, and then sell it in the market, so that he can earn enough food and clothing.

But it is only like this in winter. When the spring starts to plant the fields, the old man will have to face the loess and his back to the sky. The money he has worked hard for a year is not much in total.

What's more, they have to pay taxes, honor the officials and lords, and exploit layer by layer, the income is really meager.

But it was such a family that actually caught the eyes of the Minister of Rites.

Several followers entered the yard, but they were surprised by the rags in front of them, and the smell was even more overwhelming.

"What kind of house is this, so shabby?" A follower said dissatisfiedly.

The Minister of Rites took a fancy to this point.

"This family has been poor for three generations and is famous for its honesty. It is most appropriate for him to accompany the emperor on plowing."

(End of this chapter)