Chapter 300 Decision
Ningxin Garden.
Li Nuo walked to the small pavilion in the center of the lake and fell into deep thought.
After being massacred by his father, the imperial court of Daxia was no longer suitable for practicing Legalism. Even if he stayed in the Ministry of Justice, it would take him at least ten years to cultivate from the fourth realm to the fifth realm at a normal speed.
If they wanted to take a shortcut and break through quickly like before, the only way would be for Prince Rui and Prince Gong to rebel, and then, along with a group of followers, fall into his hands.
But this kind of thing can only be encountered by chance.
When the Legalists encountered such a situation, the most effective way was to find another way out.
The earliest Legalists were the ones who traveled between countries to practice Buddhism.
If Li Nuo was alone, it would be fine, just half a year.
Jiaren and An Ning had just become pregnant, so it was impossible for them to go with him, which meant they would be separated for half a year.
But the opportunity to quickly break through the fifth level is rare.
Whether practicing martial arts or the various schools of thought, the fifth realm can be regarded as entering the ranks of truly powerful people.
Today, Li Nuo has almost no ability to fight back against a strong man in the fifth realm.
The current glory of the Li Mansion is only temporary, and no one can predict the future situation.
The situation in the court could be reversed overnight. Their father had so many enemies that once his father fell, they would have to face endless enemies.
Li Nuo cannot always rely on his father and wives, he wants to be their support.
Zhao State provided him with an opportunity.
It was impossible for him not to be tempted by this opportunity.
After thinking for a moment, he had made a decision in his heart.
At this moment, footsteps were heard behind me.
Li Nuo turned around and saw Jia Ren and An Ning walking towards him hand in hand.
An Ning sat on his lap as usual and asked, "What are you thinking about? You've been in a daze here for quite a while."
Li Nuo was silent for a moment, but still told them about this matter.
After listening to this, Jia and An Ning looked at each other. Jia held his hand and said, "My husband, go and do what you want to do. An Ning and I will take good care of ourselves. Don't worry about us."
An Ning also smiled at him and said, "However, Sister Jiaren and I are not with you, so you can't mess around with other girls over there. Don't wait until half a year later to bring us another sister or two."
Li Nuo tapped her forehead lightly. He went to Zhao State to do important things, not to pick up girls.
It was all because of that old fortune teller who told Butler Wu that he had several destined marriages. As a result, An Ning would interrogate him twice every two days, asking him if he had dated any girls.
After asking for their opinions, Li Nuo had almost made a decision.
Jia Renning is in Chang'an and will receive the most attentive care. There is really nothing to worry about.
Only half a year. After half a year, I can come back in time to see his child being born.
However, he still needs to inform his father of this decision.
Dali Temple.
When Li Nuo walked into the yamen, he saw his father flipping through files and Prince Chun sitting in the corner, playing chess with himself and having a lot of fun.
Seeing Li Nuo coming in, he immediately waved and said, "You've come at the right time. Come and play two games of chess with me."
His father was not only the Minister of Dali Temple, but also in charge of the Mingjing Division. He had to read countless files every day. Li Nuo was not in a hurry anyway, so he sat down to play chess with Prince Chun.
He had only a basic knowledge of Go before, and usually only played Gobang with Mu'er. But this time, when he played with Prince Chun, he was very adept at it, which surprised Li Nuo himself.
Go is a very popular game in all the countries on the mainland. Any scholar must know a few moves of it. Maybe because more people played it, the level of Go also improved during a certain fusion. He didn't realize it until now.
Prince Chun held the chess piece in his hand and said in surprise, "You played well. I'm not saying you only know a little bit. You two, father and son, are both very modest..."
Li Xuanjing didn't know when he finished the work in his hands. He walked behind Li Nuo and watched him play chess with Prince Chun.
While Prince Chun was thinking, Li Nuo told his father about the matter.
Before Li Xuanjing could say anything, Prince Chun asked in surprise, "What? You want to go to Zhao? What are you going to do there?"
Li Nuo said: "With my current cultivation level, Zhao State is more suitable for me to practice..."
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After a while, Prince Chun looked at Li Nuo's back as he left, and asked Li Xuanjing in confusion: "How could you agree to it? Zhao is not Chang'an. What if something goes wrong?"
Li Xuanjing continued the chess game that Li Nuo had just started and said, "The child has grown up. He has his own ideas and his own path to follow."
Prince Chun seemed to have thought of something, and he sighed slowly, with an expression full of emotion.
This is the truth, but we can't just walk randomly...
Li Nuo already has two wives and will soon have three children. The guy in his family never leaves the house and only tinkers with a pile of broken wood. Even when he goes to bed at night, he sleeps with a wooden man in his arms...
I really don’t know what’s good about that pile of broken wood. Can it come alive and give birth to a child for him?
Secretariat.
As the end of the year approaches, the Secretariat is quite busy.
At the end of the year, each ministry would receive more memorials. On the other hand, it also coincided with the envoys' conference, and the economic and political cooperation with various countries would ultimately have to be finalized through the Secretariat.
Today, all officials of the Secretariat, including the Secretariat Sheren and the Secretariat Assistant Minister, are being extra cautious.
Because the Right Prime Minister is in the Secretariat today.
The official title of the Right Prime Minister was Shangshu Ling, in charge of the Secretariat and the Six Ministries. In addition, the left and right prime ministers also had an overall view of court affairs and had the power to interfere in the affairs of any ministry.
The Right Prime Minister would occasionally come to the Secretariat to take a look at the memorials from various departments and see how the Secretariat's secretaries handled them. If he caught any official making a mistake, that official would be reprimanded by him so that he could not even raise his head.
Compared with the amiable Left Prime Minister, the officials of the Secretariat were naturally more afraid of the strict Right Prime Minister.
In a government office, Du Yu stood behind the right prime minister, trembling with fear.
The memorials that the Right Prime Minister was checking today were those that he had handled.
He prayed silently in his heart, hoping that nothing would go wrong...
But what you fear will come true. Just when he was feeling uneasy, he saw the right prime minister frowning.
Du Yu immediately looked at the memorial. After taking a look at it, he remembered that it was from a young official in the Censorate. He hoped that the court would issue a decree to limit the amount of land that aristocratic families could own and set an upper limit on the amount of land that they could exempt from tax.
He never approved such memorials.
This is not something that can be decided by just a letter from him.
The official also had a high opinion of the Secretariat.
How could the Secretariat have the ability to decide these matters?
However, the right prime minister did not make things difficult for him, but put the letter into his sleeve.
Although the court stipulated that these memorials must be handled in a unified manner and cannot be intercepted and disposed of privately, he dared not correct the right prime minister.
Then, the right prime minister looked at another memorial.
Du Yu took a look and felt relieved.
This is a memorial from the Honglu Temple. According to convention, Daxia should send a new batch of envoys to Zhao State.
Daxia and Zhao were friendly countries. The two countries had a lot of in-depth cooperation and sent the most envoys to each other. These envoys were generally rotated every two years. This group of envoys were about to return home, and the Secretariat was going to draw up a new list of envoys.
The Right Prime Minister looked back and asked, "Has the list of envoys to Zhao been drawn up?"
Du Yu hurriedly said, "Replying to the Right Prime Minister, I have asked the Ministry of Personnel to draft it a few days ago."
The Right Prime Minister said, "Show it to me."
Du Yu took out a list from his drawer and handed it respectfully to the right prime minister.
After reading it, the Right Prime Minister picked up his pen and wrote another line on the paper, saying, "Let's follow this list."
After saying that, he stood up and left.
Du Yu took the list and looked up. There was a line of fresh ink with some bold and large characters.
Li Nuo, Langzhong of the Ministry of Justice.
Du Yu sighed in his heart. As expected, he angrily criticized the Right Prime Minister in the Secretariat last time, making the Right Prime Minister embarrassed. How could this matter end so easily?
Being an envoy to the State of Zhao was not a tough job, but it could add to one's resume. Usually, after the mission was over, one could be promoted immediately. But for a long time, I was afraid that I would not see him in Chang'an...
The right prime minister left the Secretariat and returned to the Chancellery.
He walked into the government office, threw the memorial in his sleeve into the stove, looked at the blazing flames in the stove, and said in a deep voice: "Young man, you don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is..."
(End of this chapter)
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