It is actually a very easy thing for Han Yi to make a big fortune by making a big fortune with his current status. Even if he doesn't get anything, it doesn't matter, but if he gains something, it may benefit the whole country. If he doesn't do this game, it would be a fool.

Of course, Han Yi was not in a hurry to succeed. He stayed with Mudan for two days at the Yuan family and then went back.

He also had one important thing, which would be completed before the end of the year, that is, let Xiao Shougui go out to take charge of Jianzhou.

However, there is a very sensitive issue involved, which is the grudge between Liu and Wu Meiniang. As long as it involves Queen Wang and Wu Meiniang, he cannot be careless. Therefore, he must first discuss with Wu Meiniang, seek Wu Meiniang's consent, and then recommend it to Li Zhi.

Imperial Garden.

"Your gift box is really exquisite!"

Wu Meiniang stroked the gift box with the Wu family logo with her hand in her eyes, and said to Han Yi: "But you have donated a lot of gift boxes to the court, so don't spend more money. I remember you still owe a lot of money. Just give one or two boxes to express your feelings. You don't need to give so much, and it's useless to hold this gift box."

I beg you for work, would I be embarrassed to give you one or two boxes? Han Yi said: "I am grateful to you because the queen is understanding. But I think that the wife of the original country might have been tired of working hard for the queen and may have owe some favors. Now that the end of this year is approaching, it is also appropriate to give back some gifts."

This generation of national wife is Wu Meiniang's mother, Yang.

Wu Meiniang was slightly stunned and immediately reacted. She knew that her mother was a very good person. After she became the queen, Yang's market naturally rose with the flow and had a very close contact with the noble lady. She gave it to someone with her logo, of course she would be very proud, and her mother would definitely like it. She nodded and smiled: "You are really considering it carefully. OK, I will accept this gift."

Han Yi said again: "Empress, more than half a month ago, the Minister of Personnel came to the Ministry of Revenue to find a minister."

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "Is that true?"

Seeing that her expression was dull, Han Yi obviously knew it. He thought to himself that I could never underestimate her intelligence website. In the future, I had to be more cautious when meeting Brother Wuji. He nodded and said, "He came to find me to ask me about the candidates to send people to Tuyuhun to supervise the war."

Wu Meiniang said curiously: "I'll go and ask you about this matter between the Ministry of Personnel?"

Han Yi said: "The Queen is Shengming, this is just an excuse. I think the reason why the Minister of Personnel did this may be to protect himself, to sow discord, or to use me."

Wu Meiniang asked with a plain expression: "Then how do you think?"

Han Yi said: "Reporting to the Empress, I have always been about things and not people. This matter is important and related to the country's major plan. Therefore, I suggest that the Ministry of Personnel send some people familiar with the war to Tuyuhun. On the surface, it is to supervise the war, but in fact it is to understand the terrain of Tuyuhun and the fighting methods of Tuyuhun and Tubo in case of emergencies. As for their purpose, I think it is not important. What is important is to do things well. Of course, they underestimate the ministers. They are all from nobles, but they are just from peasants. How can they respect me? If one day I am surrounded by a group of nobles, how can my life be easy."

Wu Meiniang smiled softly and said, "Actually, you don't need to report to me specifically about this matter. You are a smart person. I believe you will not be used by others. And I have also said that Li Yifu is not a rival to Lu Dongzan. If he makes a mistake in this matter, the consequences will be unimaginable. You have to worry about this matter. You are doing very well and you must put the overall situation first in everything."

She knew very well that the power of the Guanlong Group in the Helong area was deeply rooted, and you could not avoid them in this matter and had to contact them. She did not want a war to break out at this time, because once the war started, there would be more variables, and no one could expect the outcome, whether it was internal affairs or diplomacy.

Damn! Why don’t I tell you, who can guarantee that you won’t think too much? Even now I don’t know what you are thinking. Han Yi said: “I am grateful to you because of the trust of the Queen. In addition---”

As he said that, he showed a little dilemma.

Wu Meiniang smiled: "Since you have something to tell me, just say it. Don't have to play these tricks, you are a prime minister after all."

Han Yi said awkwardly: "The Queen is forgiven for her crimes. This is the case. I want to recommend one person to Your Majesty."

Wu Meiniang frowned slightly and said, "Who is it?"

Han Yi said: "Wuyi's eldest brother, Sima Xiao of Jianzhou,"

"Xiao Shougui?"

Wu Meiniang muttered softly.

Han Yi said: "I will not hide it from the queen, my sister-in-law is the cousin of the offender Wang."

"Is it her?"

Wu Meiniang suddenly remembered and asked, "Is it the Xiao family who asked you to come?"

Han Yi hurriedly said, "No, my father-in-law advocates Buddhism and is not in conflict with the world. The same is true for my elder brother. And they are already very lucky. If they complain again, they will be a little greedy. I took the initiative to do this, but it is not to make up for anything. I don't think I owe them. I just now take charge of the Ministry of Revenue and hope to make the treasury more abundant through some reforms. This requires local support. I dare not deny that I really want to help her elder brother Wuyi."

His attitude is very frank. Simply put, I am a prime minister and I cannot be a commander alone. If no one supports me, I will do nothing. It is natural to promote my relatives. Isn’t this the same with you, Wu Meiniang.

Wu Meiniang was silent and said, "Xiao Shougui was appointed as the Sima of Jianzhou. Although he did not hold real power, he would not make mistakes. It is not a good thing for him. Once he controls real power, he will make a slight mistake, he will probably lead to impeachment from ministers in the court."

She was not talking about it in a vague way. How could she be afraid of just Liu? She was afraid that Xiao Shougui would implicate Han Yi, because most of the important officials in the court now support the deposed Wang Liwu. They are very sensitive to Liu and want to kill them all to avoid revenge in the future. Moreover, Liu can implicate many people, and the relationship here is very complicated. Han Yi's wife is from the Xiao family of Lanling, and has a relationship with Concubine Xiao. Wu Meiniang hopes that Han Yi will stay away from the relationship with Concubine Xiao as much as possible, let alone establishing a relationship with Concubine Liu again. What will happen then is afraid that Han Yi will be involved.

Han Yi said: "I am determined to share the worries of Your Majesty and the Queen. I am not afraid of the shadow."

Just then, I suddenly heard a shout, "The Emperor is here."

Wu Meiniang was stunned and said quickly: "You can do this by yourself."

After saying that, he got up to greet Li Zhi.

After a moment, Li Zhi came over.

"I (I) see Your Majesty!"

"No gift!"

Li Zhi smiled and looked at Han Yi and said, "Han Yi is here!"

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you have to talk about him. Now they have bribed me."

Li Zhi was stunned and looked at Wu Meiniang for no reason.

Bribery? Han Yi trembled. What's going on?

Wu Meiniang ordered someone to bring the gift box and said, "Your Majesty, please see, this is what Han Yi gave to me."

Han Yi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am able to have today in the North Lane, all depends on the care of Your Majesty and the Queen. This year is approaching, I am just representing the North Lane to give me a meager gift to express my feelings."

Li Zhi smiled and said to Wu Meiniang: "Queen, don't scare him. Last time it was because of this gift giving, something big happened."

Han Yi nodded straight and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "I'm just afraid of being impeached?"

"You!"

Li Zhi laughed, pointed at Wu Meiniang, and said, "This is just Han Yi's wish, just accept it. I have received more gift boxes than you."

The gift boxes made in the post-production were all engraved with the word "Yu", which means that the emperor accepted Han Yi's gift boxes and then handed them to foreign guests.

The three of them came to the pavilion. As soon as Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang sat down, Han Yi bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have to report to Your Majesty in this time, in addition to sending these gift boxes, I have something to report to Your Majesty."

Li Zhi felt that he was taking bribes inexplicably and asked, "What's the matter?"

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty asked Wei to take charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and I hope that Wei will make the country's finances more stable. Wei has repeatedly expressed to Your Majesty that he hopes to carry out some financial reforms, but Your Majesty has many concerns about this, and Weisty also understands Your Majesty's concerns very well. Therefore, I thought of a way to avoid Your Majesty's concerns."

Li Zhi said curiously: "What method?"

Han Yi said: "I recently browsed historical books and found that many reforms were recognized by the court, but were defeated by local prefectures and counties. One of the key reasons is that those reformers are eager to achieve success, ignore reality, and are blindly optimistic. Therefore, I believe that Your Majesty's concerns are very correct. But they remain unchanged and just stop moving forward. Therefore, the term reform has appeared in all dynasties. After all, monarchs like to make progress. I learned from the lessons of all dynasties and believed that reforms should be gradually gradually and must not be too rushed. Therefore, I suggest that the reforms be weakened and implemented quietly."

Li Zhi frowned and said, "Weakening the reforms and implement them quietly?"

“That’s right!”

Han Yi said: "First of all, the court can choose one county to implement some reforms from each road, such as the appropriate seeds according to the local area. If the achievements are good, it will naturally affect the surrounding prefectures and counties. This is quietly implemented. As for weakening the reform, the court does not propose reforms to avoid triggering conflicts between the court and the Ministry of Revenue contacts the prefectures and counties alone, forming a simple relationship between the two official offices. Even if it fails, it will not hurt the whole country, nor will it trigger the struggle between the old and new parties like the past dynasties. But if it succeeds, it will subtly benefit the whole country. Although it takes a long time, it can also make a stable transition to the country's finances."

Wu Meiniang's eyes lit up when she heard this and she praised her secretly. This kid is really smart!

Li Zhi nodded slightly and smiled and said, "You are doing the opposite. Since ancient times, the reforms have started from the court and then spread to local prefectures and counties. However, you have to start from the local area and slowly influence the court, and then let the court make policy changes based on local reforms. Although it is rapid, it is extremely risky. Given the authority of the court, it is irreversible. Therefore, sometimes even if the reforms fail, the court must persist, which puts the court in a dilemma. Although it is slow to influence the court, the court can follow the trend, advance or retreat, and it is indeed much more stable."

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Li Zhi thought, since Han Yi had already been activated, of course he had to use his talents. If everything was Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, it would be meaningless. Moreover, the method proposed by Han Yi is very stable and worth a try. He nodded and said, "Okay, I will let you try it."

Han Yi also said: "But Your Majesty, some prefectures and counties are far apart from the court, and the seniority of the ministers is too low. Local officials may not necessarily listen to the ministers. This is also a problem that often encounters in self-reform."

Li Zhi frowned and said, "What do you think should you do?"

Han Yi clasped his fists and said, "I dared to ask Your Majesty to promise that I am not evading my relatives."

"Don't avoid relatives when selecting virtuous people?" Li Zhi was stunned.

Han Yi said: "Weichen was born in a farmer family and was alone. His relationship with ministers in the court was not very good. The only person who could rely on was Weichen's wife. Therefore, Weichen recommended to Your Majesty, Sima Xiao of Jianzhou to take charge of Jianzhou and cooperated with Weichen to experiment with the new laws. In this way, the reform can be further weakened."
Chapter completed!