In a blink of an eye, the seventh year of Yongde came to an end.

This year's Chang'an City is particularly cold. After three days of heavy snow, the road was blocked with snow, and there were few pedestrians outside the city.

However, as the sky cleared, there were Hou Dingwu of Fang and the city defense camp in Chang'an City, who cleaned the snow on the roads under the command of Jingzhao Prefecture, and pedestrians were already everywhere on the streets of the city.

At this time, the royal army had been in Chang'an for two or three months, and some prefectures and counties in the places had begun to send memorials and official documents to Chang'an City.

At this time, there was no court or six ministries in Chang'an City. There was only one Jingzhao Prefecture, which was empowered by the military government, and there was no way to deal with these documents.

Logically speaking, the court was still in Xichuan at this time, and these official documents should also be sent to Xichuan. The reason why these prefectures and counties sent documents to Chang'an was somewhat of a speculative idea.

They...bet whether there will be a new emperor in Chang'an?

At the beginning, the documents sent to Chang'an had to be transferred to Xichuan by Jingzhao Prefecture. However, later, because it was too troublesome and time-consuming, the three governors discussed and simply handed over a memorial to Xichuan, and Prime Minister Cao Song set up a temporary political affairs hall in Chang'an to handle these political affairs.

In addition, Chang'an also issued documents to various places and ordered them to send all official documents to Xichuan. If they are not sent to Chang'an for the time being, please inform them separately.

As the court recovered Guanzhong and Chang'an, some people returned to Chang'an City with land deeds and house deeds, and took back their property in Chang'an.

As long as the land deeds issued by the Great Zhou court, all the Jingzhao Mansion returned the property, which also caused a lot of people to flow back, and Chang'an City began to slowly recover.

There is no shortage of smart people in any era.

Since the three Jiedushis "taken by" Chang'an, countless people have wanted to visit the three Jiedushis every day, and many scholars are also rushing to be their disciples at the Jiedushi's mansion.

Among the three governors, only Wang Fu accepted some scholars with fame as his aides, while Lin Zhao and Qi Shidao did not accept their disciples very much.

However, during this period, many Jinshi, who were in the same year as Lin Zhao, and some scholars from Yuezhou, visited Changxingfang. Lin Zhao still gave some face to meet these fellow villagers in the same year.

These people are naturally close to Lin Zhao in politics. If it is appropriate, they will be some useful power in the future.

On the 27th day of the 12th lunar month, the snow on the roads in Chang'an City had basically been cleaned up, and more than a dozen guards protected Lin Zhao's carriage and left Changxingfang.

The carriage went from Changxingfang to Yanping Gate west of Chang'an. The carriage had just stopped at the Yanping Gate. A young man with half a copper coin embroidered with a cuff bent down next to Lin Zhao's carriage and lowered his head and said, "Mr., Xichuan's convoy will be half an hour before he can reach Yanping Gate."

Lin Zhao nodded slightly.

"Don't worry, I'll wait."

The young man with half a copper coin embroidered on his cuffs bowed respectfully.

"I understand."

At the beginning, Lin Zhao selected seventeen young people from the Pinglu Army camp, each given half a copper coin, and formed an intelligence system belonging to the Pinglu Army. Now nearly a year has passed, and this copper coin guard has basically taken shape.

Four of the seventeen young people were eliminated, and the remaining thirteen formed the top leaders of this intelligence system.

And each of these thirteen people had half a copper coin embroidered on the cuffs.

Now, the copper coin guards are tending to be hierarchical. The more copper coins they use, the lower the level.

The highest-level one is the young man with thirteen and a half copper coins.

This intelligence system is rapidly taking shape with Lin Zhao giving all his resources. I believe that in another one or two or two years, it will truly grow and become an organization similar to Sigongtai.

Of course, the copper coin guards are still a little immature now, and they can only do some simple intelligence work. There is still a long way to go before the Sigongtai.

After the young man left, Lin Zhao sat in his carriage and closed his eyes to rest.

Just as he closed his eyes and rested, another carriage drove out of Chang'an City.

It is the carriage of Wang Fu, the governor of Hedong.

The relationship between Lin Zhao and Wang Fu is a simple interest relationship. In addition, due to differences in the matter between the crown prince, the relationship between the two is not very good now, so they did not get off the carriage and greet Wang Fu.

General Wang also sat in the carriage and pretended not to see Lin Zhao.

About half an hour later, on the official road outside Yanping Gate, more than a hundred cavalry guarding four or five carriages slowly approaching Chang'an City.

Because of the severe snow on the road, the horse team was extremely slow. When a middle-aged man walked in front, shouted loudly, and directed his soldiers to push the cart behind the carriage.

This middle-aged man was the General of Lingzhou and the governor of Shuofang.

A day ago, he left the city twenty or thirty miles to welcome the Xichuan convoy.

Even the emperor may not be worthy of being greeted by Qi Shidao at this time, so the identity of this Xichuan convoy is self-evident.

Danyang Grand Princess and Child!

She was the only one who could let the three governors of Chang'an City go out to welcome them together.

At this time, the convoy was only two or three hundred meters away from Yanping Gate. A young man from Wang Fu walked out of the team. Under the protection of several guards, he stepped into the snow and staggered to the horse team. Without saying a word, he knelt on the ground.

"Nephew Li Yan kowtowed to his grandma."

The Lord Highness looked respectful and plunged into the snow, with a very good attitude.

Qi Shidao, who was commanding the horse team, frowned when he saw this and said a few words to the carriage carriage next to him. Soon, the curtain of the carriage opened, and Princess Danyang and his son walked out of the carriage one after another.

The eldest princess, with Qi Xuan's support, staggered to Li Yan, who was kneeling on the ground, reached out to help him up, and shook her head slightly: "It's so heavy snow, you kid are so honest."

Li Yan bowed respectfully to the eldest princess.

"It's my nephew."

After saluting the eldest princess, Li Yan looked at Qi Xuan again and bowed again: "My nephew has met his cousin."

Qi Xuan was a legitimate Jinshi and was quite polite. He immediately bowed and returned: "Your Highness, you are polite."

At this time, they were only about 200 meters away from Yanping Gate. Qi Shidao immediately coughed and said, "The snow is deep, this is not a place to speak. Your Highness, let us enter the city first."

Li Yan nodded in a hurry.

“Grandpa said…”

After Li Yan made way, the horse team moved slowly again. When the Yanping Gate was about 100 meters away, the snow had been cleared out by the people of Chang'an. At this time, the other two military governors were already waiting on the side of the road.

Duke Lin smiled and looked at Qi Xuan, who was a little embarrassed because of the snow in front of him.

"Brother Qi, it's been a long time since I saw you."

Qi Xuan tidied up his clothes and looked up at Lin Zhao with a complicated expression.

"Yes... haven't seen each other for a long time."

Lin Zhao stepped forward, hugged the Imperial College classmate, and smiled heartily.

"After leaving for a few years, why did Brother Qi lose weight more than before?"

Qi Xuan, who was originally a little restrained, was stunned by Lin Zhao's hug.

Because literati did not embrace this etiquette when they met.

Master Qi was stunned for a moment before slowly breathing out, reaching out and hugging Lin Zhao with a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!