Faced with Li Xingye's obvious support, Zhao Lin immediately said, "I'm willing to share your worries."
"good!"
Li Xingye was delighted and said, "Don't worry about delaying your imperial examination. As long as you complete this mission successfully, I will personally recommend you to His Majesty and will certainly not let you suffer any loss."
Zhao Lin said: "Your Excellency underestimates me. I work so hard not just to become an official."
"Oh? If not to be an official, what for?" Li Xingye asked.
Zhao Lin said solemnly, "Saying that it's for the benefit of the people of the world is too great. The adults won't believe it, and I can't do it either. I just want to make those who see it suffer less."
"What a great move! It will save those who see it from suffering." Li Xingye praised, "Now you have a chance to realize your ambitions. From now on, you will work with me to complete the tasks assigned to the Yingfeng Bureau. We must not allow this Flower and Stone Gang to become a burden to the people."
"Yes, sir."
Everyone bowed in unison.
Li Xingye said, "That being said, I have no idea what to do. What suggestions do you have?"
Everyone looked at each other, and no one spoke.
As the advisor, Zou Yu bravely spoke first, saying, "First, we should pass on His Majesty's order, and then strictly control the officials and servants of each province and prefecture, so that they cannot exploit the people. Only then can we successfully collect the flowers and stones and build the garden."
"Yeah." Li Xingye nodded and said, "Anything else?"
Another staff member named Wang Lei said, "Sir, I think we need to send personnel to various locations to monitor the situation, otherwise the officials on the ground will still find loopholes to exploit."
Li Xingye nodded again and said, "Not bad. Anything else?"
Seeing that Li Xingye was very satisfied with the opinions put forward by the two, other staff members also offered suggestions.
After everyone finished speaking, Li Xingye looked at Zhao Lin and asked, "Why aren't you talking?"
Zhao Lin smiled and said, "The seniors have explained everything in detail. I have nothing more to say."
Li Xingye's face turned serious: "Just say it when I tell you to."
Zhao Lin said, "Students feel the most important issue is what criteria to use to select rare flowers and plants, and rugged and beautiful rocks. If there are no standards, and people just say it's what it is, it's useless even if adults personally inspect it."
Li Xingye nodded slightly and said, "What do you think?"
Zhao Lin said, "I think it's too difficult to set a fixed standard. After all, flowers, plants, rocks and stones are all different. But we can't let each place decide for themselves, otherwise it will be a disaster for the people. So I think, why not let each place choose the flowers and rocks, but they can't move them. They can only seal them on the spot, and then we will send someone to confirm whether they are. If they are, we will send them to the capital. If not, we will leave them alone. Isn't this better?"
What Zhao Lin said was implicit, meaning that those below him have the responsibility to do things but not the right to make decisions.
Li Xingye's eyes lit up and he said, "Your method does solve the problem of extortion and robbery by the officials. But what if they seal the items recklessly in order to complete their mission?"
Zhao Lin said, "That's easy. Just set a quota for them. If too many of them fail to meet the standards, we'll hold them accountable for abusing their rights."
"Hmm!" Li Xingye nodded, looked around and said, "Does anyone have anything else to add?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Zou Yu sighed, "Young Master Zhao is so talented that we are willing to admit he is superior to him."
Li Xingye smiled and said, "He is a poet and a great talent. You are not as good as normal."
Zhao Lin quickly said, "My Lord and the seniors, thank you for your praise. I just read a lot of books."
He was telling the truth. If he had not read Water Margin and looked at a lot of materials for the civil service exam, he might not have been able to see the hidden problems in the Flower and Stone Gang, let alone come up with a good solution.
Li Xingye said, "Regardless of the situation, your suggestions are excellent. I will review them and present them to His Majesty at court tomorrow morning."
Zhao Lin stayed here for one night, and only left when Li Xingye went to court the next day.
After returning home, Zhao Lin didn't bother to greet Sudi and went back to his room to sleep. As soon as he lay down on the bed, he suddenly jumped up, grabbed a gun from under the table next to him, stared at the bed and shouted, "Who is it?"
A timid person came out from under the quilt in underwear.
"Miss Yun?"
Zhao Lin was stunned, and almost lost his grip on the knife. He asked, "Why are you here?"
Yun Zhiyi said shyly, "Didn't you redeem me so that I could warm your bed? The bed is already warm, come and sleep."
"I……"
Zhao Lin immediately realized that it was Sudi who was causing trouble, and went out with a knife.
"Sudi! Sudi! Come here!"
Hearing Zhao Lin's shouts, Yun Zhiyi felt relieved, but a trace of sadness still appeared on his face.
"He won't look down on me, will he?"
At Yun Zhiyi's point, she no longer fantasizes about true love.
Although no one has asked her to take her virginity yet, everyone is giving face to Bai Shiyuan.
However, Bai Shiyuan's face cannot last too long. Moreover, it is said that his fiancée is a shrew and not a simple person. If she really sends someone to deflower Yun Zhiyi and then openly accepts customers, Yun Zhiyi will have nowhere to cry.
So when Fu Liqing mentioned her idea, Yun Zhiyi immediately agreed in her heart.
Zhao Lin is handsome, talented and almost the best candidate Yun Zhiyi can find right now.
However, Zhao Lin's reaction still made Yun Zhiyi feel uneasy, and she didn't know what he meant.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Sudi was practicing martial arts. She looked rather slender in her tight clothes. She sneered, "You redeemed her so eagerly, wasn't it just to warm her bed?"
"I'm not going to warm your head, if you want it, I'll give it to you." Zhao Lin said unhappily.
"Then why did you redeem her?" Sudi asked curiously.
Zhao Lin said, "She is Qing'er's friend. Since Qing'er asked, I have to help her no matter what."
"Is it that simple?" Sudi didn't believe it.
"What else?" Zhao Lin asked unhappily. "Do you think that fifty thousand taels of silver is easy to earn?"
Sudi smiled and said, "I'm just kidding. If you don't want her, just let her go to my place."
Zhao Lin immediately showed a strange look: "Warm your bed?
"Why warm the bed? I'm looking for someone to teach her how to manage the household." Sudi said unhappily.
"You're smart." Zhao Lin said.
Yun Zhiyi waited anxiously on the bed for a long time before the maid came to call her. After she put on her clothes and went over, Zhao Lin said, "Miss Yun, Lan'er should have told you that I redeemed you mainly because of Qing'er's request. There's no other intention, so you don't have to think too much about it."
Yun Zhiyi didn't know whether she should be happy or sad, so she could only lower her head and say, "I will listen to you, Master."
Zhao Lin said, "You know, Sudi and I are both very busy and don't have time to manage the household, so you can help me manage the household for the time being. When you have a place to go, you can go there. How about that?"
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