Chapter 217: One Trick to Calm Everyone Down

Speaking of movable type printing, Li Yi thought of the person who provided the type base.

"I wonder how Zhong Shaojing and Zhong Shangshu are doing?" Li Yi shook his head and continued eating.

At this time, Zhong Shaojing, who was suddenly remembered by Li Yi, was hungry and writing in Hongwen Hall.

Li Yi said that Zhong Shaojing would be put in Chongwen Hall, but Li Longji thought Hongwen Hall was better.

Zhong Shaojing has already written two thousand common characters based on "Jade Pian" and is continuing to write.

"It needs to be large, medium and small, and it is not allowed to exceed the grid. Your Majesty is probably going to remove the Minister of Household Affairs of a certain person."

Zhong Shaojing felt like a mirror in his heart. After the New Year, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue disappeared.

Now he can't take care of the affairs of the household department, and the minister is busy.

The root cause is that Yao Chong wanted to demote himself, and he reached out to Chang'an Order.

Damn it, Pei Yaoqing is so shameless for being on the People's Watch.

"What should I do? Will I be kicked out of the capital?"

Zhong Shaojing's heart suddenly became confused while he was writing. He sighed, balled up the paper he had just written on, threw it into the wastebasket, took a deep breath, and continued writing.

"Your Majesty." "Your Majesty."

While Zhong Shaojing was writing, a voice came from outside.

He quickly stopped writing, stood up, rubbed his wrists and walked slowly to the door.

When the door opened, he was startled. Seeing the person in front of him, he quickly greeted: "Your Majesty is here in person, sir..."

"But you haven't eaten yet? By coincidence, I haven't eaten either, so I brought some food with me. Why not find a place to eat?"

Li Longji said to Zhong Shaojing in a gentle voice.

After saying that, he turned around and went to the next room. There was nothing else there.

Zhong Shaojing didn't understand what was going on, so he followed behind in fear.

A eunuch pulled out a chair for Li Longji, and Li Longji sat down first.

Zhong Shaojing sat halfway down and looked up at Li Longji. He wanted to ask something but didn't know where to start.

Another eunuch brought up two mats with alcohol stoves on them. Each person had a small stove. They lit the fire, and the already hot muscles inside began to growl slowly.

"Ke Da, I deliberately asked for some hot sauce. It's the most delicious when dipped in it." Li Longji introduced the hot sauce. Li Yi didn't give him much.

Others brought bowls and bunches of wine to warm the wine.

Li Longji continued to introduce: "60-proof liquor, soaked in ginseng, wolfberry and other medicinal herbs, drink it to maintain your health in winter."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and everyone left, leaving only two people.

"Hey, let's drink first." Li Longji personally poured wine into their glasses.

Zhong Shaojing quickly held the wine cup with both hands. When he finished pouring, his hands were trembling.

"It's great. After the New Year, the household department is too hard, so you...change to something more leisurely." Li Longji said while holding the wine cup, and then took a sip.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty wants to drive me out of Chang'an?" Zhong Shaojing was afraid. If an emperor did this to you, it meant something was wrong.

He followed up with a sip: "Cough cough cough, hiss~~"

The wine was too strong, and it had been burned. He was breathless after one sip, and it felt like a ball of cotton was stuck in his throat.

"If I don't leave Chang'an and I don't see you for many days, I will think about it. I have an important matter that I would like to ask Zhong Qing to take care of personally." Li Longji waved his hand and changed his title.

"What kind of errand?" Zhong Shaojing felt a little relieved when he heard that he would not be kicked out, and then asked what he was asked to do.

"Vice president of the Datang Calligraphy Promotion and Research Collaborative Association." Li Longji said a very long name.

Zhong Shaojing thought hard, but finally didn't remember that there was such an official position in the Tang Dynasty.

"Eat vegetables." Li Longji said and put vegetables into the casserole to eat.

Zhong Shaojing took a bite and found that it tasted good, especially when dipped in hot sauce.

Take another sip of wine and feel comfortable.

"Your Majesty, what rank is the vice-president of this association?" Zhong Shaojing asked the key question.

"From the second level." Li Longji gave the answer.

Zhong Shaojing was stunned. He was higher than his own Minister of Household Affairs? The official third rank of the Minister of Hubu was not removed, and the third rank of the prince Zhan Shi was not removed.

This is receiving two salaries, but... what kind of association does it do?

Before he could continue to ask, Li Longji began to introduce: "The Calligraphy Association does not have a president for the time being. It is in charge of the writing method of the Tang Dynasty, recording the style of each calligraphy style of the Tang Dynasty, and highlighting the beauty of our Chinese characters."

Li Longji talked about the Tang Dynasty, which made Zhong Shaojing excited. It's a good position. I don't care about the household department, but there are still many things I can take care of.

"What's the specifics?" Zhong Shaojing asked again, "No, how can I care?"

"I have a brochure here. Zhong Qing can read it after dinner. There are many things. He has a high position and heavy responsibilities. Zhong Qing should not be too busy."

Li Longji took out a pamphlet from his sleeve, which contained what Li Yi wrote about the things the calligraphy association should do.

It is indeed very busy, but in terms of real power, it is far inferior to that of the Ministry of Accounts.

And as the vice president, Zhong Shaojing wants to get benefits from it, but he can only get a little bit, not much.

The only benefit I can enjoy is reputation. At the same time, I can lead people to study calligraphy all day long, which is quite interesting work.

Zhong Shaojing took it carefully and put it aside. When he drank and ate again, his whole spirit changed.

Li Longji was equally happy that he didn't have to deal with the person who helped him fight and found a suitable job again.

There is an explanation for Yao Chong, and it will not chill other people who have helped him.

The two of them only drank a bunch of three ounces of wine. Zhong Shaojing, who had never drunk such a high alcohol content, was slightly smoked, but Li Longji was used to it.

After Li Longji left and UU Reading www.uukanshu.net things were removed, Zhong Shaojing sat in this room and opened the booklet to read.

"We want to hold calligraphy competitions for different age groups? Give prizes? The court allocates 500 yuan a year? How is this enough? 500,000 yuan. How many people are needed for the entire Tang Dynasty? The Calligraphy Association only needs 500,000 yuan a year?

Oh, as written below, you can find other people to donate. People who are interested in writing calligraphy can hold calligraphy gatherings for people in need everywhere, and the other party will fund it.

If someone asks for calligraphy, he can write good calligraphy and get money to polish his pen. If he is good, he can sell his calligraphy and make money. I am the vice president, and my calligraphy is valuable. "

Seeing how to make money, Zhong Shaojing felt relieved.

I've decided, let's do it, but I can't sell more, otherwise it won't be worth anything.

Li Longji wanted to laugh when he left. He guessed that Zhong Shaojing would be preparing to sell his words, but it didn't matter, Zhong Shaojing did not sell less on weekdays.

As long as you don't get greedy for private money, that's fine. As for other people trying to please Zhong Shaojing to donate to the calligraphy association, that's easy to do. The money will be useful.

"There are also literary associations, painting associations, craftsmen associations, etc. Any high-ranking officials who are disobedient and cannot be dealt with directly are put into the association to serve as vice-presidents."

Li Longji thought to himself that he had found a good way out, but if he was put in the association and could stretch his hand too far, no wonder he was so cruel.

Not long after, Yao Chong found out about his Majesty's visit to see Zhong Shaojing for dinner and about the calligraphy association.

Zhong Shaojing wants to change places and be promoted from the third rank to the second rank.

"Li Yi..." Yao Chong said two words and shook his head: "Okay, what a strategy to appease the employee, to satisfy His Majesty, to comply with someone's wishes, to eliminate Zhong Shaojing's resentment, and to bring stability to the household department."

"Perhaps His Majesty came up with it." Zhang said beside him.

Yao Chong glanced at him and nodded: "Yes, what your Majesty wants."