Chapter 30 The number one scholar’s father is a charlatan who always wins in gambling!
Reform has never been an easy thing. There are countless examples of failed reforms in history. There were even cases where reforms were successful but the emperors executed them afterwards to appease the anger of conservatives.
If Li Changqing had not had the support of his father, he would not have dared to write to the emperor to request reform. After all, he was not alone, he still had a father and mother to protect. If he offended too many people because of the reforms and was abandoned by the emperor, his whole family would be ruined.
However, the deep impression of Si Yuan's perfect planning and winning every time he gambled over the years made Li Changqing full of confidence in his father, so all he needed was for Si Yuan to say to him: "Just go for it, Dad is here for you."
Li Changqing then had endless courage and felt that the difficulties and obstacles of choosing the path of reform were nothing.
In fact, this is true. After the reform began, Li Changqing encountered attacks and assassinations many times, but with Si Yuan supporting him behind the scenes, he was able to predict the enemy's future and prepare countermeasures every time.
When he was attacked in the court, he would debate with the ministers. As long as the emperor was willing to handle his conflicts with others fairly and impartially and not favor those ministers, he would not lose. The emperor supported reform, and it was good enough that he did not favor Li Changqing in the court, so the emperor would naturally handle the matter impartially.
After the emperor was fooled by Li Changqing's big promises and supported the reform, he was mentally prepared to support Li Changqing until he was exhausted.
But what surprised and pleased the emperor was that, facing the attacks from the conservative nobles whose interests were affected, Li Changqing was able to handle them with ease, and he didn't even need the emperor's help to take sides.
Therefore, the emperor did not feel it was troublesome to support Li Changqing's reforms. Since the reforms could be successfully carried out so easily and made him an eternal sage king in history books, the emperor naturally firmly supported Li Changqing.
Although all the work was done by Li Changqing, he was happy to do it. As long as the emperor could continue to support him and not hold him back, he would be grateful.
As the reform progressed, the entire country was indeed getting better and better, the people's lives were getting better and better, and the court's rule was becoming more and more stable.
The emperor was the one who could feel the changes the most. He treated Li Changqing, who had brought so many good changes to his country, with so much affection that he called him "my dear" every day. From time to time, he would let his beloved Li stay in the palace and sleep next to him to show his favor to him.
Regarding this royal favor, Li Changqing said: Wouldn't it be good for the emperor to go back to the harem and hug his concubines to sleep? Why do you have to pull me to sleep with your feet together? I want to go home and sleep with my wife in my arms.
Li Changqing had just gotten married and was in his honeymoon period. On his way to another place as an imperial envoy, he was assassinated and saved by a young lady from a military general's family.
When a hero saves a beauty or a beauty saves the hero, it is easy for the hero to repay the life-saving grace with one's own life.
Li Changqing was saved by a heroic beauty at the moment of life and death. His heart beat faster and he went home to announce to his father and mother that he was in love.
Si Yuan was fine. He was very open-minded about whether Li Changqing got married or not. He didn't mind even if Li Changqing never got married in his life.
But Yu Yan was different. Although she was open-minded, she was not as open-minded as Si Yuan. She had been worried about her son's marriage for many years. Finally, she heard her son say that he was willing to get married, and he wanted to marry his savior.
Yu Yan immediately prepared the betrothal gifts and wanted to go to the family to propose marriage, but was stopped by Si Yuan: "At least inform the other party's parents first to see if they are interested in marrying their daughter. If they don't want to marry Changqing, and you go directly to propose marriage, wouldn't that be repaying a kindness with a hate? They saved your son's life." Although according to Si Yuan's hexagram, Li Changqing must have been safe that day, it is a fact that the lady saved Li Changqing. Maybe it was because this family lady saved Li Changqing that Si Yuan's hexagram showed that Li Changqing was safe on this trip.
Although Yu Yan was anxious for her son to get married, she was not a person who would not listen to others, nor did she think that her son was loved by everyone and that flowers would bloom wherever they went. So, she followed Si Yuan's advice and went to meet the mother of the lady that Li Changqing liked first, and hinted at something.
After the young lady's mother understood, she went home to discuss it with her husband. They both felt that Li Changqing was in a high position at a young age, and their family was a beneficiary of Li Changqing's reforms. In addition, their daughter had saved Li Changqing, so there were no other disadvantages to this marriage except that Li Changqing was a little old.
But everyone knows that Li Changqing was still unmarried at the age of twenty-four or twenty-five because his parents were open-minded and gave him the right to decide on his own marriage. He wanted to choose a wife he liked.
And now Li Changqing wants to marry the girl from their family. It must be because the girl saved Li Changqing last time and Li Changqing fell in love with her at first sight.
Li Changqing is a favorite of the emperor. He holds a high position, holds great power, is handsome, and has a clean family. He is truly the perfect partner.
So the marriage came together, and life after marriage was better than Li Changqing's wife had imagined. She was not forbidden to go out or practice martial arts after marriage. On the contrary, she had more freedom than when she was at her parents' home.
When she was at her parents' home, her mother would nag her if she wielded swords and guns and she was forced to do needlework, but at her husband's home she was extremely free. Her husband supported her in whatever she wanted to do, and as long as it was not illegal, her parents-in-law never cared what she wanted to do.
There were no rules for paying respects in the mornings and evenings, only that the family would get together every day to eat home-cooked meals. Her husband's family treated her very kindly, her parents-in-law never interfered in the affairs between them, and her husband did not take concubines. Whenever she wanted to go back to her parents' home, she could just ask the servants to harness the carriage for her and go back.
Even her parents couldn't help but sigh that when she saved people, she really saved herself into a happy life.
Li Changqing and his wife had two sons and one daughter. Because of his outstanding achievements, he was highly valued by the emperor. His two sons were granted titles by the emperor, and his daughter was also named a county lady.
Li Changqing's wife and mother were both awarded the first-rank imperial edict, and even his father Si Yuan was granted the title of marquis by Li Changqing after asking the emperor to do so.
It’s just that this title of marquis cannot be passed on to future generations, but it is also the highest honor.
At least now that Si Yuan has become a marquis thanks to his son's status, the current Earl of Jingyuan Li Chengyuan never wants to see Si Yuan again.
In the past, Li Changqing was trying to make himself proud, and Li Chengyuan was willing to get close to Si Yuan for the sake of his sons' future. But when Si Yuan's title became higher than his, Li Chengyuan could no longer maintain his sense of superiority towards Si Yuan. He didn't want to be reminded every time he saw his own brother that his brother was a marquis of a higher rank than himself.
From then on, Li Chengyuan never took the initiative to see Si Yuan. He just sent his son to meet his third uncle to maintain the relationship between the two families.
Li Changqing was happy to promote capable descendants of Li Chengyuan, but he would not help a fool, as he believed that misfortune would come upon a person who was not worthy of his position.
Old Earl Jingyuan lived to be over seventy years old. He saw his second son being conferred the title of marquis because of his father's status as a son, his grandson entering the cabinet with high power, and his great-grandson being conferred the title. The Li family was truly the most glorious family in the dynasty. He died with a smile on his face one night.
Old Jingyuan Earl was Li Changqing's biological grandfather. According to the rules of this dynasty, Li Changqing had to observe a year of mourning after his death, but he did not have to observe a period of mourning.
The rule of this dynasty is that only sons who are officials need to observe mourning for three years when their parents die.
The funeral of old Earl Jingyuan was very grand, and Si Yuan also met all of the original owner's brothers and sisters again after many years.
Especially Li Jingyuan, who has never come to see Si Yuan again since Li Changqing was favored by the emperor.
Li Jingyuan had been working as a fourth-rank official in the capital and had not been able to move up any further. However, even though they lived in the same capital, he had never even met Si Yuan once.
However, after Si Yuan learned that the original male protagonist Li Changwen had been sent to serve as an official in a remote area and had never returned to Beijing, he no longer paid attention to Li Jingyuan's family. He only occasionally inquired about the current situation of the original male protagonist's family.
The original male protagonist Li Changwen is still serving as an official in other places and has not been transferred back to the capital. However, after serving as an official for so many years, he is considered a high-ranking official.
Although his official career is not as smooth as in the original plot, it is much better than that of ordinary officials. After all, Li Changqing was a big shot in the capital, holding a high position of power and respected by many. As his cousin, Li Changwen would naturally be regarded as a member of the same camp. Even if Li Changqing did not promote Li Changwen out of personal gain, no one would dare to embarrass him.
However, while being protected by Li Changqing, Li Changwen was also implicated. The conservative nobles were unable to deal with Li Changqing, so they tried to trip up Li Changwen. If Li Changwen, as the original male protagonist, had not been so capable, he would have really been implicated.
Now, Li Changwen also came back to attend the funeral of old Lord Jingyuan. He came to the funeral alone, while his wife Tan Zhuyue came with Li Jingyuan and Tan. They were obviously a family, but it seemed as if they were divided into two families.
Li Changwen has been alone as an official in other places for many years and has not brought his wife Tan Zhuyue with him. Tan Zhuyue and Tan Shi fought with each other in the inner house, but later they felt it was boring and stopped fighting. The two women wanted Li Changwen to come home, but unfortunately Li Changwen enjoyed his free life outside and was determined not to come back. Li Jingyuan and Tan Shi could do nothing about him.
When Si Yuan was burning incense at the spirit tablet of old Lord Jingyuan, he heard the sound of quarreling behind him. He ignored it and lit the incense in his hand before turning around. It turned out to be Li Jingyuan holding Li Changwen and talking about something excitedly. Li Changwen walked away with a cold face.
Si Yuan understood this. The relationship between Li Changwen and Li Jingyuan had been cold for many years. Li Jingyuan probably wanted to persuade Li Changwen to go home or give him a grandson as soon as possible. Li Changwen was unwilling to listen to him anymore.
Si Yuan looked at Li Jingyuan's confused and painful expression, shook his head slightly, then walked to Li Changqing's side and said, "Go, burn some incense for your grandfather."
Li Changqing also withdrew his gaze from Li Changwen and went forward to burn incense at the spirit tablet of old Earl Jingyuan.
As Li Changqing bowed with incense in his hand, Si Yuan watched as the progress bar displayed on the system in front of him was officially filled up, and then the system interface was filled with fireworks: [Congratulations to the host for completing the first task! 】
[Has the host left the current world?] 】
Si Yuan can freely choose how long to stay in this small world.
Si Yuan finally chose to stay, planning to live until Li Changqing passed away before leaving. After all, as Li Changqing's father, if he passed away, Li Changqing would still have to observe mourning.
Moreover, he didn't want Xiao Changqing to become a fatherless child.
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