On the second day of October, Chang'an City.

The winter in Guanzhong this year came particularly early. By the end of autumn, there were two consecutive snowfalls. The first snow failed to accumulate, and the second snow had already made the entire palace covered with thick white clothes.

It is covered in silver, and the cold winter is approaching.

The snow was flying, and the errands of Liutai Yamen were better. Yuan Bolang had a dark face and listened to the reform statements of several young and strong factions. He had long been impatient to leave, but due to the tasks assigned by the emperor, he could only listen patiently.

"What do Yuan's opinions on this?"

The young man who spoke was only about twenty years old, and he was short and was like a performer, but he had a singular mouth. His name was Xu Ying, and he was promoted to the emperor's new list. He had already entered the Six-Taiwan Yamen at a young age, which was like entering the cabinet.

Even if an official has talented connections, he often needs to stay in the officialdom for 30 or 50 years before he can join the Sixth Taiwan Yamen. Although there are not many officials in the Sixth Taiwan Yamen, there are roughly six to ten people in each generation. These are all older people. Today's emperors do not remain the same. The two Jinshis and one Tanhua on the new list have unique insights into reform, so they transformed into officials in the court, and all three of them entered the Sixth Taiwan Yamen.

This Xu Yingguan is just a Sesame official who is a fifth-rank official who compiles the calendar. He actually sang against Yuan Bolang in the Sixth-Taiwan Yamen every day.

"I have no objection, please submit it to the emperor."

After hearing them, Yuan Bolang was impatient. He put on a sheepskin coat and stepped out of the Six-Taiwan Yamen. When he came out, he found that the wind was so fierce outside, and Feixue was coming towards him. He was about to consider whether to go back, an acquaintance chased him out from behind with an umbrella to support Yuan Bolang.

"Shu Li?"

Yuan Bolang glanced at the person who held an umbrella for him, and felt a little unlucky. This person was Li Yannian, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. If it weren't for the "friendship" between Li Yannian's daughter and Liu Yu, would the emperor have promoted this criminal who had been in jail for several years to such a critical position as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?

Li Yannian smiled with her, as if she had not noticed Yuan Bolang's habit of him.

"Where is Xiang Yuan going? Go to the palace to see the emperor?" Li Yannian asked with an umbrella for Yuan Bolang.

"I have a different way from Li Shangshu. Thank you for your thanks to Li Shangshu." Yuan Bolang didn't want to bother the emperor because he knew that the emperor didn't want to see him. Since Li Yannian came out to disgust him now, he felt that it was okay to meet the emperor.

The emperor is so worried about the emperor. Yuan Bolang knew that a minister of the Ministry of Revenue could not enter the Yaqian Hall without the emperor's summoning.

Yuan Bolang wanted to take the umbrella, but Li Yannian smiled and said, "The officials are about to enter the inner garden, so why not go with them."

Yuan Bolang sighed, he was really denied by Li Yannian.

The two of them walked along the snow all the way. Yuan Bolang was extremely annoyed. He didn't expect that he could not get rid of the dog skin plaster. Li Yannian kept talking all the way, and seemed to be revealing some news to Yuan Bolang, intentionally or unintentionally.

"The north...it seems to be a bit lively."

"I believe they will be back soon..."

Yuan Bolang frowned and stopped. At this time, they had just entered the inner courtyard not far, and there was still a road from the courtyard where Yaqian Hall was located.

"What exactly is Li Shangshu going to say?" Yuan Bolang said angrily, "It's snowing in Chang'an City now, and the snow in the north is probably thicker. Even if they don't win, they will return to the court, let alone they have won the battle now."

Li Yannian smiled faintly and said, "This victory is a bit of a trick."

Yuan Bolang finally understood that Li Yannian was deliberately coming to convey the news to him, not to seek bad luck. Yuan Bolang only knew that Hua Ji'an had controlled the military's power and no longer took the imperial court seriously. He had not stopped all the way to the north. However, in the past two days, news came from the military department's yamen, as if it was said that the war in the north had ended.

How to end the way, because the distance is long and the conveyed is not very clear. It can be foreseeable that the Huaji'anhui is the second Liu Yu. It may be more authoritative than Liu Yu.

After all, Liu Yu was also the emperor's master and would give the emperor some face. Hua Ji'an was just a surrendered general.

Yuan Bolang looked dark and didn't ask, so Li Yannian stopped talking. The two of them went all the way to the yard of Yaqian Hall. As soon as they entered, they saw a few people throwing snowballs in the snow, and the sounds of women laughing everywhere. Yuan Bolang looked at it carefully. It was the emperor who was wearing a thick mink coat and playing snowballs with several palace maids. The eunuchs stood by, some even rubbed snowballs for the emperor, and the emperor was having fun together.

Yuan Bolang sighed. It seemed that the emperor was quite idle, and he had no idea that the danger was coming.

When Huaji'an returned to the court, it might mean another bloody storm of internal struggle.

When the eunuch saw Yuan Bolang and Li Yannian come in, he hurriedly pulled the emperor's sleeves. The emperor noticed that two people came over at the door. His face immediately became very disappointed, he patted the snow on his hands and on his body, and walked over with the thick snow on his horse boots.

"My minister Li Yannian greets His Majesty!"

Before the emperor approached, Li Yannian knelt to the bottom in the snow, respectfully like a grass man who had just met the emperor. Yuan Bolang frowned. Everyone knew that the Shun Dynasty was harmonious between the monarch and his ministers. Unless it was a court discussion, they would not need to kneel down and salute when they saw the emperor.

Liar! Yuan Bolang cursed in his heart.

"Li Aiqing gets up. What is the important thing? You and Xiang Yuan need to come to see me?"

The little eunuch brought a thick cotton cloth to wipe the emperor's hands. The emperor took the handkerchief and wiped his hands. When he saw that his hands were red, he smiled naturally, but when he saw the two ministers in front of him, the smile on his face immediately dimmed again.

"Emperor..." Yuan Bolang took the lead. He originally wanted to say that he was not with Li Yannian.

However, Li Yannian spoke faster and said, "Your Majesty, I have just received a secret letter from the north here, and I will submit it to Your Majesty for you to read."

Yuan Bolang frowned again.

A secret letter? If it is really urgent, Li Yannian would be so slow. He would not be sent until the Six-Taiwan Yamen has disbanded. Even if it is an urgent matter from the border, it should not be submitted from the Ministry of Revenue, but from the Ministry of War. The Ministry of Revenue is nominally responsible for the marching expenses of the army, but all court officials know that Huaji'an has not passed through Chang'an City now.

"Oh?" The emperor also found that something seemed wrong and said, "Then Li Aiqing just miss it, I won't look at it."

"This letter was not a secret letter, but after reading it, I found that it was of great importance, so I gave it to you for your Majesty to read. Your Majesty would better read it in person."

Li Yannian looked at Yuan Bolang when he spoke, as if he said that this letter could not be known to Yuan Bolang.

Yuan Bolang finally couldn't help but feel angry and said, "Since Li Shangshu has read it, what's the secret letter? What the emperor said is not easy to use?"

"I dare not, I dare not!"

Li Yannian confessed, "This letter is nothing, it's just that the border army recruited a batch of food in the Western Regions. It seems that there is a brief mention of it, saying that there is news about the vanguard general..."
Chapter completed!