Looking at this person as if nothing had happened, Yao Bin was speechless.
"I said, okay, now that we've gotten rid of them, I'm going back."
"No, no. I already said we were going to your house for tea, now let's go."
Yao Bin was so angry that he laughed. "When did I ever say I'd treat you to tea? You were the one who said so."
Although he had a good impression of this man in the court just now, it was too much now.
"Hey...don't be so quick to refuse. His Majesty just told me to come find you after the court session. Did you forget?"
Yao Bin was the Minister of Revenue, so of course he had to be contacted regarding matters related to depositing money into the national treasury.
In fact, the total amount was only five thousand taels, which was not needed at all. However, he thought about the income the Ministry of Revenue would receive every month in the future.
This will definitely add up over time.
Moreover, there will definitely be a lot of donations from selling books in the future.
Thinking of this, Yao Bin's expression improved a little.
"Come with me."
Not to mention that Prince Cheng is quite popular here, let’s talk about Prince Xian Xiao Ying.
As soon as I returned home from court, someone came to visit me.
He knew exactly why.
Some people cannot save face in the court, but are still very tempted in private.
Of course he accepts everyone who comes.
As for how many books he collected, only he himself knew.
These people then reported to Emperor Wu.
The two brothers were drinking in the imperial garden.
"I never thought that just a few books could make a small contribution to the national treasury."
Because of this incident, Emperor Wu has been in a good mood recently.
Xiao Ying continued, "This is all thanks to my cousin. I'm ashamed that I didn't even think of this."
Thinking of Prince Cheng, Emperor Wu felt better.
"He's a good man, and smart. Those who look down on him and laugh at him behind his back are the real fools."
That’s true, but Xiao Ying didn’t comment.
But he thought of another thing.
"By the way, my royal brother, there is one more piece of good news that I haven't reported to you yet."
Any more good news?
Isn’t what happened today a good thing?
He didn't care about it, thinking it was probably not a big deal. If it was a big deal, his royal brother would have already told the court.
Although he didn't care, he wouldn't refuse his brother's kindness.
"Tell me, what's the good news?"
So, Xiao Ying talked about compiling the test papers and selling them, and half of the profits would go into the national treasury.
When this matter started, Xiao Ying did not tell Emperor Wu about it, as he did not really believe it would succeed.
It took him a long time to haggle with the prefects of various prefectures. In the end, he agreed to give 10% of the profits to the provincial treasury.
This is even more exciting than officials donating money to the national treasury.
"Whoever came up with this idea is really smart."
This idea was thought up by Li Yu, and Xiao Ying did not take credit for it.
"That's the guy who invented printing. His mother came up with it."
Emperor Wu had an impression of this person. The last time it came was her son, who said that she liked horses.
I didn't expect that a country woman would have such wisdom.
It was quite unexpected.
"No matter who it is, as long as his opinions are beneficial to the country, he will be rewarded."
Seeing that Emperor Wu was in a good mood, Xiao Ying said again.
"Your Majesty, you may not know this yet, but this lady is responsible for the compilation of the exam materials."
Although Emperor Wu was not a pedantic person, he also knew that women had not even passed the imperial examinations.
How can we compile the imperial examination materials?
"Nonsense, everything else is fine, but how can a woman be allowed to interfere with the imperial examination materials?"
Xiao Ying knew this would be the result, so he had no choice but to take out the two books he had prepared, which were edited by Li Yu.
"Brother, please take a look. To be honest, I really think it's good. At least I don't have the ability to do it."
Emperor Wu took it and began to read it.
Finally, a conclusion was given, which was not bad.
However, he didn't believe that this was written by a country woman.
"Is this really the work of a country lady?"
"Of course, oh! No, there's someone here who has been helping her."
That's right! It's normal to have someone to help you.
Emperor Wu was curious about who else could do this. "Who is that person? I think this was done by that gang."
Seeing that Emperor Wu still didn't believe it, Xiao Ying was helpless.
"That man is the Minister of War, Yu Xing'an's youngest son, Yu Shan.
My brother should remember me, last year's third place winner."
"He has an influence."
The key point is that the Minister of War threatened to sever the father-son relationship with him. This matter is too well-known.
I didn't expect that this boy would become an assistant to a woman.
If his father knew about this, he would probably be furious again.
"Then wasn't this arrangement done by Yu Shan? It really was that woman."
"It's true. I can't possibly joke about this."
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