Chang'an City, Weiyang Palace.

Li Chi sat in the study, first feeling the breath in the room, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath several times.

This is a large study room, but the significance of this study room is not big, but a word can be added in front of the study room.

Royal.

The decoration of this study is arranged according to Li Chi's preferences. It is not luxurious, nor does it seem to be priceless.

He only likes simplicity and simplicity. If the place is magnificent and dazzling, he will be very annoyed.

Behind Shuzhou is a huge bookshelves, which are so big that you can visit the top books and need to pedal a ladder to remove them.

He liked it so much because it smelled heavily from books.

Once upon a time, he loved reading so much, but he couldn't read many books.

When the master took him to make a living, if he could get a book by chance, he could read it over and over again many times.

He is such a book lover. He finally got into the academy. He didn't have to have a little dirty hand when he was studying.

He is still such a greedy person. His reputation for being greedy for money is unknown to the people of the world.

Logically speaking, a person who is greedy for money should like the most is the smell of money, but he doesn't like it. What he likes is the smell of new books and the fragrance of ink.

He liked the taste so much that he could smell a new book in his hand.

The table in this study is not made of precious wood, but a stone table.

Perhaps, since historical records have been made, he was the first emperor to use a stone table in his study.

Because he felt that tables made of expensive wood were not a good choice, two were not practical, and three was that they were not as good as doing something practical than having that money.

Lian Xiwu wrote to him, asking what kind of wood to use for furniture, tables, chairs and other items needed in the palace.

Li Chi's answer was that if you can use stones, use stones, and stones don't need to be expensive, just carry them.

He also asked Lian Xiwu to calculate how much money this amount could be saved, and then used the money to the official schools in the northwest Jizhou region.

The northwest area of ​​Jizhou is also quite bitter and cold, and it is almost impossible for ordinary children to study.

If a little money saved in the palace can be used for three or five years, or even ten years of education in the county, it is something that makes Li Chi happy, rather than looking at a set of expensive furniture.

Li Chi once said that if you use this saving money to educate hundreds or even thousands of children, you may have great talents among these children in the future.

Such a talent can become the pillar of Ningguo in the future. If a piece of furniture can pass on for several generations, then a talent can make Daning prosperous for several generations.

"His Majesty."

Someone outside the door called softly.

Li Chi glanced at it and saw that Yu Jiuling was standing outside the door. He smiled and said, "There is no ceremony yet."

Just as Yu Jiuling was about to speak, Li Chi said with a smile: "But you can just shout first, it sounds quite comfortable."

Yu Jiuling also laughed.

After he entered the door, he said, "Your Majesty, Xu Ji has arrived."

Li Chi asked: "Where are people?"

Yu Jiuling said: "People are waiting outside the palace. If Your Majesty sees him, I will invite him in."

Li Chi said: "Let him come in."

Yu Jiuling leaned over and said, "I will leave."

Li Chi nodded, Yu Jiuling turned around and walked out, Li Chi called him again, Yu Jiuling turned around and looked at Li Chi and asked Li Chi what else was wrong.

Li Chi said: "Call me and listen."

Yu Jiuling smiled and leaned over: "Your Majesty."

Li Chi: "It's really good."

Soon, Yu Jiuling took Xu Ji outside the door and came here from outside the palace. Xu Ji even looked so cautious all the way over.

After seeing Yu Jiuling, he even spoke with a smile, although by grade, his official position is much higher than that of Yu Jiuling.

Such a rank-ranking official was designated as a second-rank compound in the early years of the Chu State, but by the end of the Chu State, he had been promoted to a first-rank high position.

Yu Jiuling is now Li Chi's personal general. He is a third-rank official in military position, much lower than Xu Ji.

But how dare Xu Ji put on airs in front of Yu Jiuling? He wished he could call Yu Jiuling an older brother.

"Your Majesty is waiting for you, go in."

Yu Jiuling smiled, and Xu Ji quickly thanked him. Just as he was about to take a step, Yu Jiuling said with a smile: "Mr. Xu is about to come, so I congratulate you in advance."

Because of this sentence, Xu Ji's heart suddenly tightened. It was not because he was scared, but suddenly became nervous. There was still a bit of uncontrollable excitement in this tension, so that his hands trembled involuntarily for a moment.

"General Yu was joking."

Xu Ji was about to say a few words of politeness, but Yu Jiuling smiled and said, "Why are you polite? We don't need to be out of here. You say that if you have good things, you have good things. Go in quickly."

Xu Ji suppressed the inexplicable excitement in his heart and stepped into the door of the imperial study. Because he was too nervous and excited, his foot tripped on the threshold and almost fell down.

Hearing the voice, Li Chi asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Ji quickly replied that it was nothing, but he was tripped and then quickly walked into the house. Before the person could fully come in, he had already kneeled forward.

"My dear Xu Ji, please pay homage to Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty."

After these few screams, the corners of Li Chi's lips rose slightly.

Li Chi said, "Get up, there are not so many rules. What happened just now? What happened? Did you trip up?"

Xu Ji quickly leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, I was accidentally walking, and I didn't see the threshold, so I stumbled..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Chi had already shouted out the door: "Ye Xiaoqian comes in."

Ye Xiaoqian, who had been promoted to commander of the Grand Inspector, hurriedly entered the door and leaned over and asked, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

Li Chi pointed out and said, "The threshold of entering the hall has been cut down. Don't keep it. I just stumbled on Xu Ji and almost fell my important minister... I can't say that I will stumble on anyone in the future, so I won't keep it."

Xu Ji's heart was shocked, as if it was overwhelming.

He couldn't control himself at all, and he threw himself to the ground with a thump. He was not kneeling down, but he was clearly lying down.

"Your Majesty, you can't do this, Your Majesty. Although I was tripped, it was my accident. Your Majesty, please take it back..."

Li Chi stood up, walked to Xu Ji and reached out to help Xu Ji up.

"It's just a threshold, how can it be compared with you?"

Li Chi said: "You are in Jizhou, and the people of Jizhou are becoming more and more prosperous. You are in Yuezhou, and the people of Yuezhou are regaining their vitality and everything is renewed. If a person like you really breaks his body because of a threshold, it is not a trivial matter, but a big event for the people of the world."

Xu Ji was so nervous that he couldn't speak. He vaguely felt that the good thing General Yu said just now was coming, and it was really coming.

And this good thing may be the thing I thought about day and night. When Xu Ji thought of this, he was so excited that he seemed to be expanding every pore in his body.

After a moment, Xu Ji forced himself to calm down again, and must not lose his composure.

"minister......"

As soon as he spoke, Li Chi spoke first.

Li Chi said: "The current situation in Jizhou and the current situation in Yuezhou are enough to prove one thing, that is, you have great talents and great talents to govern the world."

Li Chi returned to the desk and sat down, signaling Xu Ji to sit down and talk.

Xu Ji sat down cautiously and nervously with his butt, and he was already so panicked that he couldn't stand it anymore.

Li Chi said slowly: "The matters of the ceremony can be waited, but the matters of people's livelihood in the world cannot be waited. Now the world is in trouble. The more talented a person is, the more effort he has to do."

Li Chi looked at Xu Ji and said, "I have just arrived in Chang'an, and many people have already mentioned you in front of me."

After hearing this sentence, Xu Ji became even more nervous because this sentence can be a good thing or not.

But Li Chi's next words made Xu Ji's heart that had just been hanging up was relieved.

Li Chi said: "You have the talent of the prime minister. You don't need them to tell me about this book. Can they know you better than me?"

Li Chi stood up and paced in the study and said, "So I thought, after the ceremony, you must shoulder the responsibilities of the prime minister, so... What is the world like? You need to see more. I will give you two years. You can take some time every year to go and take a look at it. Within two years, you will write down what you see and what you think of, and the way to govern the world. "

Xu Ji knelt on the ground again with a plop, and kept kowtowing to thank him.

"I will never let down Your Majesty's high hopes, and I will never refuse..."

Li Chi smiled and said, "Get up, go out for a walk with me, I'll take you to see this Chang'an City..."

Xu Ji quickly stood up: "I obey the order."

The two of them left the imperial study room one after another, and walked out of the Weiyang Palace while chatting again.

Walking on the streets of Chang'an City, Li Chi introduced Xu Ji while walking, looking a little excited.

After walking for a while, Li Chi suddenly remembered something and stopped.

He looked at Xu Ji and asked, "You came back from the south. I heard that there are many wealthy families and gentry students in the south of the Yangtze River. I hope they will set their capital in Daxing City. Some people even said that if they set the capital in the north, they would not agree. Is this a matter?"

Xu Ji was excited about the prime minister and every pore was excited when he suddenly heard Li Chi say this, as if a basin of water was poured on his head.

After a moment, Xu Ji leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing."
To be continued...