Thief Emperor

Chapter 537 Myoto and Naoto

"Promotion?"

Li Yun had been in Jinling Workshop for half a day. In addition to dust, he also smelled of gunpowder. He looked at Wu Yuanyou and said with a smile: "Your Highness, this is not a place to talk. I am also very dirty. How about this, you go home first. I will hold a banquet in Li Garden tonight. Your Highness, come directly and we can talk in detail."

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu drooped his face and sighed, "Lord Li, I really don't want to get involved. There are only a few words to say. Just listen to me here. When I'm done, just give me a reply and I'll be done with my business. I can live my life in peace again."

Li Yun was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Your Highness, who do you need to report to in my Jinling City?"

Wu Yuanyou lowered his eyebrows and said, "The imperial court sent me a secret letter. Did you know about it, Lord Li?"

"When did you come? Lord Li, do you know?"

He sighed and said, "Although the imperial court has fallen, the people of the Imperial City Bureau are still alive. It is not easy for them to cause trouble in your territory, Lord Li. It is probably difficult for them to harm you, Lord Li, but it is probably easy for them to kill a coward like me."

At this point, he looked up at Li Yun and sighed, "Mr. Li, I have come all the way here, just listen to me. After I finish, I will be able to explain to the court and my elder brother. You don't know him."

"He may be a little soft on outsiders, but he is very tough on us brothers. How long have I been able to live a peaceful life? I haven't lived enough."

When Li Yun heard this, he found it a little funny at first, but then he couldn't help frowning.

Wu Yuanyou had been living in Jinling City for almost a year, but Li Yun did not know about the letter from the court in advance.

But soon, Li Yun came back to his senses. He looked at Wu Yuanyou and said, "I don't know what happened in your Highness's house. In the final analysis, it's because I didn't send anyone to monitor your Highness. Otherwise, not to mention a letter or a piece of paper, I could find the source."

Wu Yuanyou shook his head and said, "This secret letter was brought in by the vegetable farmer who delivered vegetables to my house."

"Mr. Li, you don't know that the Imperial City Division is very powerful. This skinny camel is bigger than a horse."

"I don't want to be involved in the affairs of the court. I just want to get the job done."

The fat Prince Chu whispered, "My children are all young, and two of my concubines are pregnant recently. For them, I have to live a few more years."

Wu Yuanyou is indeed afraid of death.

And he is very aware of the times.

When he was in the capital, the Prince of Chu was not only evil, but also tyrannical. However, after the decline of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he became more honest.

In the past, he always called me "this king". Now that he has come to Jiangdong, he not only calls me "this king" in front of Li Yun, but also calls me "this king" in front of everyone. He has completely lost his previous prince's airs.

Even he, who used to love visiting brothels, now never leaves the house all year round.

Li Yun dusted himself off and smiled helplessly: "Well, Your Highness, you decide. I'll listen."

Wu Yuanyou took out the letter from his pocket, coughed, and then opened the envelope, showing the seal on the lower left corner to Li Yun: "This is the seal from the palace. I'm not kidding you."

Li Yun just found it a little funny: "I don't have any suspicions, why is Your Highness so cautious?"

Wu Yuanyou muttered a few words, then stuffed the letter back into his arms, looked around, and whispered to Li Yun: "Jiedushi of Jiangnan, conferred the title of Marquis."

He paused, and continued, "I will also give you, Lord Li, the title of General."

Li Yun looked at Wu Yuanyou with a smile but said nothing.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu sighed and said, "I knew that these things would not attract you. I don't know what kind of brains those bastards in the court have to do such a stupid thing as issuing an imperial edict to dismiss them."

He was very annoyed and said angrily: "Now, you want to coax Lord Li back, but you are still so petty. The court is already like this, and you are still reluctant to give up the title. Not to mention the Duke, even if you give me the title of a Prince, what's wrong with that!"

He cursed angrily: "I heard that the old beast Wei Quanzhong was made a prince!"

Li Yun was calm and said with a smile: "I heard that the document to dismiss me was forced by General Wei. I can't blame the court for anything. I don't mind my low position. It's just that I am very interested in the workshop now and don't want to be an official in the court anymore."

"Your Highness, please tell the court that I am just an idle person in Jinling City now. I am not responsible for any military affairs in Jinling, and I don't plan to serve in the court in the future."

When Wu Yuanyou heard this, his expression became complicated.

He was silent for a long time before he sighed, "My eldest brother is really like a living pig."

He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "Wei Quanzhong just forced him to give in. If it were me, I would fight him to the end. I don't believe he dares to kill the king!"

After that, the fat prince bowed to Li Yun and whispered, "Lord Li, don't forget the promise we made to each other."

When Wu Yuanyou first arrived in Jiangdong and met Li Yun, the first thing he did was to ask Li Yun to promise him two Wangs and three Kes.

Now, Li Yun has broken away from the system of the Great Zhou court. Although he has not said it explicitly, his intention to start anew is already quite obvious.

Li Yun nodded with a smile: "The prince is a wonderful person, I will never forget it."

"it is good."

Wu Yuanyou bowed to Li Yun, then turned and left.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and walked back. He ran to Li Yun in two or three steps, bowed to Li Yun and said, "Mr. Li, I have one more thing to ask you."

Li Yun now likes this little fat boy a little. He smiled and said, "You tell me." "I'm not afraid of someone watching me. If the mansion has people, you can send a few more to my house."

Li Yun laughed out loud.

"Okay, okay, I'll get a few people to go to the prince's house later!"

The little fat man was satisfied. He bowed to Li Yun again and turned away.

Li Yun looked at his back and said to Zhou Bi who was standing beside him with a smile: "Did you see that? Learn more from him!"

Zhou Bi first scratched his head, then looked up at Li Yun and whispered, "Second brother, I'm afraid I can't learn it."

“I can’t learn it either.”

Li Yun smiled and said, "If I were a prince, and suddenly found myself in this situation, I would probably be depressed to death, but others can take it calmly."

"If the old emperor had chosen him at the beginning."

Li put his hands behind his back and said, "Tsk, what's going on now? I'm afraid it's hard to say."

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After bidding farewell to Wu Yuanyou, Li Yun did not plan to go home, but wanted to continue working in the workshop.
Now, the telescope is already there, and the thunder bomb is just a matter of time. The most important projects of the workshop have already made progress. This project, which has consumed a lot of his resources, has finally produced some output. Some other projects in the workshop can also be launched one after another.

Just as Li Yun was about to return to the workshop, two members of the Li Yuan family came running over from a distance. After they ran to Li Yun, they took a breath and lowered their heads and said, "Master, someone is coming from home. Madam asks you to go back."

"Is someone coming?"

Li Yun was a little curious: "Who's here?"

The family member bowed his head and said, "Master Du, Master Yao, and Master Zhuo from the government office have all arrived at Li Garden and are waiting for you to return."

Hearing these three names, Li Yun frowned subconsciously, then said, "Okay, I'll go back now."

Zhuo Guangrui was not in Jinling before. He is now mainly in charge of the affairs of the Jinling Ministry of Industry. Previously, because some important states wanted to expand the city, establish military farms, and develop water conservancy projects, he left Jinling and was busy everywhere.

At this moment, he should have just returned.

The three of them arrived at Li Garden together, which probably meant that there was something very important going on. Li Yun did not delay and rode all the way into the city. After returning to Li Garden, he first went to the back house to wash up and change his clothes, and then went to the main hall to welcome guests.

Seeing him come in, the three of them quickly stood up, bowed their heads in greeting, and greeted him with a "Master".

Li Yun sat down in the main seat, then he waved his hand towards the three people and said with a smile, "What's the big deal that brought you three together?"

Du Qian and Yao Zhong looked at each other, and finally Du Qian smiled and said, "Brother Yao and I are fine, but Brother Zhuo insisted on coming to see the superior."

He paused and continued, "Brother Zhuo has some opinions about Juntian."

Li Yun was startled, then looked at Zhuo Guangrui, thoughtfully: "Brother Zhuo, are you against equal distribution of land?"

"Yes."

Zhuo Guangrui stood up and answered very straightforwardly. He said in a deep voice: "The mansion... the superior, now the land is equally distributed, and no one can get it."

"why?"

Mr. Li frowned: "Because of the Zhuo family?"

The Zhuo family is a big family in the southeast and is now the richest family in Wu County. The Li Garden where Li Yun lives now was originally the property of the Zhuo family and was given to Li Yun by Master Zhuo.

Zhuo Guangrui shook his head slightly: "The Zhuo family is willing to donate all the land in the family to the upper position, and the upper position will use it as public land!"

"But I think that the government of each prefecture in Jiangdong can collect some of the unowned land and make it public land, or they can ask people to open up wasteland, but for the time being."

“The land cannot be equally distributed.”

Li Yun lowered his head and drank his tea: "Tell me the reason."

"Up, we now only occupy the southeast!"

"The majority of the country has not yet been occupied. If the Southeast begins to distribute land equally, the landlords and gentry in other places will definitely regard those in power as their enemies!"

"They will even risk everything they have to become the enemy of the higher-ups!"

He looked at Li Yun and said in a resounding voice: "If you only want to stay in the southeast, you can do whatever you want now, but if you want to unify the world, you have to slow down this matter!"

He took a breath and continued, "In the future, when the world is unified, or when Jiangdong has the momentum to overwhelm the world, the ruler can take drastic measures to eliminate the accumulated abuses!"

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ps: The land must be equally distributed. If it is not distributed evenly, there will be no new life. However, after reading some comments, the author is wondering if it is too hasty. Brothers, please express your opinions here so that Xiaoman can refer to them!
(End of this chapter)