Oh my god, can you play like this?

Chapter 223 When the water is clear, there will be no fish

Even though Li Beichen heard what he wanted to hear, he still felt a little uncomfortable, so before eating dinner, he asked Gu Lanzhi for some appetizers.

Li Beichen was quite satisfied and was in a good mood taking care of Gu Lanzhi while he was eating at the table.

"By the way, I saw Lord Li, the Minister of Imperial Household Affairs, in the villa today."

While serving soup to Gu Lanzhi, Li Beichen said nonchalantly, "It's normal to go out and relax during your break."

"Normal? Huh...

Shu Rui said that this Lord Li has settled down in the villa for quite some time, measured in months. "

Li Beichen paused as he was serving soup to Gu Lanzhi, and looked up at him.

Li Beichen knew what Gu Lanzhi meant by this, and he also knew what the consumption level of Gu Lanzhi's villa was.

"I'll ask someone to check it out after dinner." Then he continued to serve soup to Gu Lanzhi.

"I've asked Chen Yi to check it out."

Chen Yi is Li Beichen's right-hand man and now the head of the intelligence center. He has been hiding in the villa.

Hearing Gu Lanzhi say this, Li Beichen nodded.

"There must be many such people in the court. I've asked Chen Yi to investigate them all." Gu Lanzhi took the bowl of soup handed over by Li Beichen.

Li Beichen smiled at Gu Lanzhi and nodded.

His Lanzhi is really good. He knows what you want to do without saying anything.

With a wife like this by his side, Li Beichen didn't even have the mood to look at anyone else, let alone have a harem.

Gu Lanzhi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then continued, "When the news reaches you, it's not too much, so don't punish them too harshly."

Although Li Beichen is not an extreme person, Gu Lanzhi is afraid that Li Beichen has just ascended the throne for a short time and has been too obsessed with rectifying the court. He may not be able to control himself all of a sudden, and it will be bad if he goes too far.

Li Beichen looked at Gu Lanzhi, sighed and nodded.

Gu Lanzhi understood why Li Beichen sighed. Gu Lanzhi also hated corruption, but he still had to allow such people to exist. There was nothing he could do about it.

We can only do as Gu Lanzhi said, as long as it's not excessive, just turn a blind eye.

The days passed one by one, and by the time Gu Lanzhi heard the news about Lord Li, he had already been sentenced to beheading.

Gu Lanzhi thought that this Lord Li was also quite interesting.

He was originally a close confidant of the second prince of the previous dynasty. After Li Beirui was deposed from the throne, the second prince and others were also thrown into prison. A small portion of the second prince's property was kept with Lord Li.

You said that the Second Prince has been imprisoned. As a close confidant of the previous prince, shouldn't Lord Li live a more low-key life and not let anyone know that he was once a close confidant of the Second Prince? Only then can he live a good and stable life?

This should be a choice that any normal person would make, right?

But no one knew whether Lord Li had lost his mind or whether he had lived an unhappy life under the pressure of the second prince.

At the beginning of the new emperor's accession to the throne, Lord Li was indeed well behaved for a few months, and then for some reason, he completely exploded.

Not only did he take the money left by the second prince for himself, he also began to squander it.

Just like going to a mountain villa to have fun.

If Gu Lanzhi hadn't caught him red-handed, Lord Li might have continued his extravagant life!

Moreover, Lord Li was arrested, and Li Beichen had someone interrogate Lord Li.

Following the lead of Lord Li, several hidden confidants of the Second Prince were found.

After the evidence was conclusive, Li Beichen dealt with all these people quickly. Those with serious crimes were all executed, while those with lighter crimes were all dismissed from office and their entire families were exiled.

The national treasury was also enriched by raiding the homes of these officials!

In this way, Li Beichen would have enough money to build the road.

After hearing all this, Gu Lanzhi just smiled faintly and said nothing more.

Gu Lanzhi knew that there would be a lot of news like this in the near future.

Chen Yi has already investigated all the officials in the court, and Li Beichen will definitely deal with those guys who deserve to be dealt with one by one.

Gu Lanzhi only had to sit in Fengqi Palace and wait for the news to come in bit by bit.

Now that the weather is getting warmer, the baby is getting stronger and stronger and can sit and play by himself.

The father Gu Lanzhi is becoming more and more dependent on his son. He completely treats his baby as a toy.

Watching the child grow up little by little and seeing different changes in the child every day makes Gu Lanzhi feel extremely satisfied.

Maybe it was because she had never left the palace since she got married and had gotten used to it, so Gu Lanzhi’s desire to leave the palace was not as strong as before she got married.

But he would still stroll out of the palace from time to time, but he would not stay outside the palace for too long, which was something Li Beichen had not expected.

Li Beichen thought that Gu Lanzhi had gotten out of trouble and didn't want to return to the palace!

So every time Gu Lanzhi sent the child to Li Beichen, Li Beichen would hold the child and say with satisfaction: "The greatest role of you, little guy, is to make your father come back earlier."

Every time the baby heard his father say this, he would show a look of contempt.

Gu Lanzhi often told Li Beichen that the baby might be able to understand what adults were saying.

Li Beichen didn't believe it at first. How could a baby who was only a few months old understand what adults were saying?

But after observing for a while, Li Beichen had to believe that the baby could understand.

Although the baby cannot speak yet, his expression, movements, and the look of disgust are not reactions that a baby of a few months old would have.

It was because of these discoveries that Li Beichen finally believed the fact that his baby was precocious.

When the eldest lady and others came to the palace to see the baby, they also said that the baby could understand what adults said.

After Gu Lanzhi got over his initial pride in his son's intelligence, he thought about it calmly.

This is Gu Lanzhi's child, and it is very likely that he has inherited some of his supernatural powers.

Seeing how smart the baby is, it is very likely that he inherited Gu Lanzhi's psychic abilities, which allowed the baby's brain to develop particularly well, making the child so smart.

Although this matter has not been confirmed, Gu Lanzhi feels that it is very likely.

However, the baby's special abilities have not yet manifested, so Gu Lanzhi did not tell Li Beichen about this matter, wanting to wait until he was sure before telling Li Beichen.

The cold winter has passed and spring has arrived, and the time for spring ploughing is approaching.

Li Beichen had already distributed high-yield grain seeds to the people living in the vicinity of Kyoto City.

Although Li Beichen knew the special features of high-yield grain varieties, it would take some time for the people to accept this new thing.

Even though Li Beichen has arranged for officials from all over the country to explain and popularize knowledge to the people, the effect is very general.

Therefore, Li Beichen decided to force all the people living around Kyoto City to switch to high-yield grain seeds and let the people plant them once first.

When the harvest time comes and the actual amount of grain harvested is seen, people from other places will go to the government office to buy high-yield grain seeds without the need for officials to lobby them.

Dongshun's biggest enemy, Xilin, had been badly damaged by Gu Lanzhi's attack and had signed a peace treaty, so Dongshun should not be at war again in the next few years.

It's just a matter of waiting for a year for the people to receive the grain seeds, and Dongshun Kingdom can afford to wait.