Chapter 130 A Brief Understanding of Poetry
It is said that practicing Buddhism is difficult, but Li Nuo thinks it is just that easy.
Is it difficult to break through two realms in three months?
It was not until Li Anning went out to ask around that Li Nuo found out what had happened.
Half a month ago, when he mentioned to his father the idea of setting up anti-theft offices in each county, his father didn't say anything.
Li Nuo thought he didn't take it to heart.
But at the court meeting the next day, officials from the Dali Temple proposed to set up an anti-theft department across the country.
Just as Li Anning and Prince Chun had expected, this matter encountered great resistance in the court.
This proposal was rejected on the spot.
After the court session that day, the three officials who took the lead in the opposition were taken away by the Mingjingsi. Some were demoted, and some had their property confiscated.
Other officials who opposed the ruling were also investigated by the Mingjingsi and Dalisi.
Although nothing was found out during the investigation, when the Dali Temple official brought up the matter again at the court meeting half a month later, there was no more voice of opposition in the court.
After the court session ended, the Secretariat immediately drafted the imperial edict.
It is allowed to set up anti-theft departments in county governments in various places to specifically arrest and capture thieves.
There are no officials in the Anti-Theft Bureau, which is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the county lieutenant. Some personnel are selected from the constables and yamen runners, and the elites of the thieves provide technical support and professional training to them.
Those thieves who were sentenced could be spared from exile and obtain a certain degree of personal freedom if they were willing to go to the local anti-theft office.
After serving their sentences, they can choose to stay in the local anti-theft department or return to their hometown.
The Ministry of Revenue will not allocate additional funds to the Anti-Theft Bureau. If the owner of the stolen goods seized by the Anti-Theft Bureau can be found, they will be returned to the owner.
If the owner of the lost items could not be found, half would be turned over to the state treasury, and the other half would be retained by the owner to be used as funds for the Anti-Theft Bureau.
Facts have proved that if the court really wants to do something, there are no difficulties that cannot be overcome.
The Ministry of Personnel does not need to create new official positions, the Ministry of Revenue does not have any extra expenses, and it can even make a profit from it.
The imperial court gained real benefits, and the people also benefited from it.
It is beneficial to the country and beneficial to the people.
Officials who promote this matter, regardless of whether they follow Confucianism or Legalism, can all achieve improvement in their cultivation.
The idea of setting up the Anti-Theft Bureau was proposed by Li Anning.
It was my father's credit that it was implemented into a government decree.
But Li Nuo also played a driving role in this.
Although this achievement is not enough to make his cultivation level soar, it is more than enough to break a small bottleneck.
Li Anning looked at Li Nuo with envy.
He really has a good father...
Even I have benefited a lot from him.
When Li Nuo broke through, she also noticed a subtle improvement in her own cultivation.
When you reach the fourth level, you can still feel the obvious improvement in your cultivation. This is an incredible thing.
Although she was a princess, she couldn't help but envy him.
After practicing for less than three months, he had already entered the second realm.
It took her half a year to go from the first level to the second level.
This was when she was in charge of many cases in the Ministry of Justice.
With his cultivation speed, he might catch up with me in a few years...
Li Nuo also felt that he really had a good father.
Although his father was not good at talking, he always arranged everything for him silently behind the scenes.
Li Anning is going to the imperial mausoleum to keep vigil for his mother and will not be in Chang'an for the next month.
After seeing Li An Ning off, Li Nuo also left the Ministry of Justice.
Without Li Anning, his position in the Ministry of Justice would actually be out of place.
He hoped that after passing the imperial examination, he could enter the Ministry of Justice with dignity.
When returning to the Song Mansion, passing by Yuyin Pavilion, Li Nuo asked Butler Wu to stop the carriage.
In the past half month, I have been busy with the Anti-Theft Bureau's work, leaving home early and returning late. I wonder how Fenghuang's training is going.
If she follows her own instructions and practices once in the morning and once in the evening, she should make considerable progress.
Yuyin Pavilion's business doesn't seem to be as good as it was half a month ago.
Although it was not the peak period, less than one-third of the guests were seated in the lobby on the first floor.
Yuanyang was sitting at the counter counting the bills. When she noticed a customer coming in, she subconsciously looked up, immediately stood up, walked out and said, "Sir, long time no see. Fenghuang is in the room upstairs. I'll take you upstairs..."
Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "No, just do your thing. I'll go up by myself."
On the second floor of Yuyin Pavilion, inside the room, Fenghuang's face showed a hint of sadness.
Compared with all the old music houses in Chang'an, Yuyin Pavilion lacks the foundation.
Although the hype some time ago has made Yuyin Pavilion famous to a certain extent and many customers come here to visit, as time goes by, the attention brought by this trick will eventually disappear.
If you want to continue to gain attention, you need to keep building momentum.
Just as Phoenix was about to pick up a piece of paper on the table, her eyebrows suddenly raised, her body slightly tilted, and she grabbed a wrist that was stretched out from behind. She rose up and pressed Nightingale, who was attacking from behind, onto the table. She pressed down on him and said unhappily, "Stop it, I'm busy..."
When she looked down, she was slightly stunned and immediately let go of Li Nuo, "Why is it you..."
Li Nuo rubbed his wrist and looked at Fenghuang in surprise.
When he walked to the door of the room just now, he saw that the door was open and Phoenix was sitting at the table.
In order to test the results of her training over the past half month, he quietly walked in and tried to attack her from behind.
I didn't expect her perception to be so sharp and her agility to be so surprising.
I don’t know whether it’s because of the powerful health-preserving method or because she herself has a good talent in martial arts.
After Li Nuo sat down, he asked, "Have you been practicing the technique I gave you recently?"
Fenghuang poured him a cup of tea and said, "How can I not take your kindness to heart? I practice the technique several times every day. In the past few days, I feel like I have more strength..."
Li Nuo rubbed his wrist. He felt more than a little stronger. His hand still hurt.
Last time he discovered that Fenghuang was quite strong. When she cried on his shoulder, he couldn't push her away.
With such extraordinary talent, it would be a shame not to practice martial arts.
Fenghuang looked at Li Nuo and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I thought it was Nightingale just now. I was too strong. How about I rub it for you?"
Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "No, I can do it myself. Also, you don't need to say 'slave' when you speak. It sounds weird. Just speak normally..."
Phoenix took a deep breath, tried to keep smiling, and said, "I understand."
"Don't even mention me, young lady. You are older than me."
"I see!"
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It’s not that Li Nuo has any opinion about Fenghuang.
There are only three women he interacts with the most on a daily basis.
A lady's gentleness is a silent gentleness.
Li Anning's gentleness is without gentleness.
Fenghuang was too gentle. When she didn't speak, she exuded a unique charm from the inside out. When she looked at him with seductive eyes and called him "slave" in a soft voice, it would make people feel their bones soften and they couldn't help but have wild thoughts...
There are many beautiful women in Yuyin Pavilion, but only Fenghuang gives him this feeling.
Li Nuo didn't even dare to stay with her any longer. When he was about to leave, he glanced at a piece of paper on the table and asked curiously, "What is this? A poem, written by you?"
Fenghuang was still sulking in her heart, she rolled her eyes at him and said, "How can I have such talent? I specially asked a talented scholar from the academy to write this poem, and he paid 100 taels of silver for each poem!"
Li Nuo was shocked and said in disbelief: "Just this, one hundred taels?"
Fenghuang said leisurely: "One hundred taels is already a very cheap price. The most famous talents would charge five hundred taels for a poem, and you have to have connections. If you don't have connections, you can't even buy it with five hundred taels..."
The annual salary of an official of the fifth rank was only five hundred taels.
The constables in the county government received two taels of silver per month.
The prisoners in the Anti-Theft Bureau were even more miserable, earning only ten cents after a hard day's work.
Just writing a poem would earn you one hundred taels.
This is not writing poetry, it's clearly robbing money.
It would be fine if it was well written, but the key is that it is just average.
Like "The white wrists are as frost-covered as the slender jade hands, the light singing and dancing are intoxicating in the autumn", it piles up some gorgeous words and uses a little rhyme, but there is no technique at all.
Li Nuo can write as many poems of this kind as he wants.
He looked at Phoenix and asked, "Why do you buy poems?"
Fenghuang was still angry and didn't bother to explain to Li Nuo. She said, "I like it. Is that not okay?"
Li Nuo knew that Fenghuang was rich, but she couldn't waste her money like this.
It is better to make money for yourself than to let others make it.
Although the Li family is not short of money, Li Nuo is embarrassed to always ask his father for money.
He looked at Fenghuang and said, "To be honest, I know a little bit about poetry, and I don't want five hundred taels from you, nor do I want one hundred taels from you. I'll give you eighty taels for each poem. If you are not satisfied, you can return it at any time. How about it, do you want to read a few poems?"
Short, there will be more today
(End of this chapter)
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