New year, new weather, the Xiao family is also in the market these days.

The little girls were busy taking care of them in the backyard, while Xiao Yi and the servants were sticking door couplets, hanging lanterns, and being responsible for the logistics of the house.

And Xiao Mo received batches of guests at home, including those who were backwards in the court and generals in the army.

In the past, when Meng Qiuxiang was there, the Xiao Mansion was more lively at the end of the year, but now that Meng Qiuxiang is gone, those old ministers rarely come to Xiao Mo to walk around.

If you want to move around, Xiao Mo will also visit her family from house to house, who made Xiao Mo young?

Today's Liufu, tomorrow's Liang Mansion, and then Ji's Mansion, Cao Gang and Shi Zhongyuan's mansion will also go around.

arrived at the Xiao family, who came in person, and talked to Xiao Mo for a few words, and then left.

When sending Zhou Chang out, a carriage listened in front of the door of the Xiao Mansion.

This is the car in the palace, don't think about it, it's Yun Xue and Zhao Yao who are here.

Seeing Xiao Mo at the door, Yun Xue waited for Zhou Chang to leave, and asked Xiao Mo, "Ziheng, have you made your father angry again?" ”

"No......" Xiao Mo shook his head and said, "I've been entertaining guests at home for the past few days, and I've been walking around the mansions of several seniors, so do you have time to enter the palace?" ”

Zhao Yao said, "Really? Tell me, what did you do the night ago, on the first night? ”

"That ......" Xiao Mo hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "Together with Brother Xiu and Liang Zheng, I met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Mingxianglou, what's wrong?" ”

"Mingxiang Building!" Zhao Yao's face sank, and she said to Yun Xue: "Forget it, sister, he went out to spend all day drinking and provoked the emperor, what should we do with him?" ”

So, Zhao Yao took Yun Xue and went to the backyard by herself.

As soon as they saw Xiao Yamo, the two sisters gave her a big red envelope, to say that this Xiao Yamo has a lot of red envelopes this year, just in the name of Xiu, it is enough for ordinary people to live for a lifetime.

Xiao Mo naturally didn't want these red envelopes, and gave them all to Mingyu to keep.

Where will Xiao Mo worry about money now? But now the Liao country is so poor that it is almost impossible to open the pot.

As the saying goes, a big drought in a hundred years, a big cold in ten years.

This year, the territory of Liao is frozen for thousands of miles, and thousands of miles of snow are drifting. Such a severe cold also made the ministers of the Liao State and Yelu Hongji quite helpless.

Xijing is quite good, but every morning, I will find many people freezing to death on the side of the road. This is only Xijing, and in other states and prefectures, countless people have froze to death.

Yelu Hongji was helpless, he called Zhang Xiaojie and Ma Zhi to his side, and then scolded them, asking them to find a way.

Zhang Xiaojie spread his hands and said that there was no way.

Then Yelu Hongji was anxious and said to Zhang Xiaojie: "This is how you eat the king's fortune and worry about the king?" ”

Zhang Xiaojie fell to the ground and said: "Your Majesty, the minister really has no choice, in the treasury, the warehouse has long been opened to release grain, and now only this bit of grain for the winter is left, and it has been transported to the Internal Affairs Department." This year, Taiyuan was defeated twice, and the aid to Western Xia failed, and hundreds of thousands of stones were lost in food alone, the old minister really had no choice, if the emperor was not satisfied, he would remove the old minister's official position and let others come! ”

is about to be dismissed, which shows how far Zhang Xiaojie has been forced.

"You!" Yelu Hongji is helpless, just quit Zhang Xiaojie, who can come up? So he looked at Ma Zhi and asked, "Aren't you helpless?" ”

When Ma Zhi heard this, he knelt on the ground and shook his head, not daring to say anything.

"Hmph......" Yelu Hongji flicked his robe, and then turned into the back hall.

Zhang Xiaojie and Ma Zhi glanced at each other, and then left the palace silently.

This time on the Shangyuan Festival, the Liao Kingdom and the An Dynasty are completely two scenes, the south is brightly lit, a prosperous scene, but the north is thousands of miles of snow, and the sound of wailing and crying can be heard everywhere.

Such news reached Xiao Mo's ears, Xiao Mo smiled, and said in his heart: The time for you to despair has not yet come, don't think that surviving the winter is over, after the beginning of spring, that is the most difficult time for your Liao country!

Then Xiao Mo replied to Gao Yuanyi, asking him to find a way to contact Zhang Xiaojie, and also sent someone to Liaodong to tell Kuai Yue to let him get into trouble as soon as possible.

As for Zhang Xiaojie, Xiao Mo asked him for a customs clearance document, Xiao Mo's men and horses want to go to Liaodong, and it is best to take the sea route, but it is cold and freezing, and it is safer on land.

However, Xiao Mo still felt that he should let Ma Zhanshan take his subordinates to Liaodong to disguise themselves as merchants, and then act with Kuai Yue, and Xiao Mo also counted the days here, and planned to let Li Zhun send people to prepare for the battle against Yanjing with Kuai Yue.

Therefore, this requires Ma Zhanshan's people to be able to go back and forth between Liaodong and the An Dynasty freely, and it would be best if they could obtain the customs clearance documents of the Liao State.

After doing this, the time has also reached the eighteenth day of the first month, this day is the day when the court restarts the early dynasty, and Xiao Mo also went to the court with the ministers.

Zhao Quan's complexion is still not very good, and now Zhao Quan has paid attention to his diet and daily life, but after that serious illness, almost all his life energy has been consumed.

To put it mildly, it is a miracle that Zhao Quan has survived until now.

This is the first early dynasty in the spring, naturally there are a lot of accumulated government affairs to deal with, Shi Zhongyuan and Zhou Chang and Ji Ping are almost the protagonists of the early dynasty, and then Zhao Quan is a little tired, so he ordered the three provinces and six departments to go to the political hall, and the three governors led the court meeting respectively, and Zhao Ziji went to observe.

There was nothing for Xiao Mo to do in government affairs, so Xiao Mo was called to the study by Zhao Quan.

Then Zhao Quan asked Xiao Mo: "Early birth Huafa?" Ziheng, what are you sighing for? ”

Xiao Mo listened, and he always wondered how he offended the emperor, it turned out to be because of this sentence.

Zhao Quan saw that Xiao Mo didn't speak, and said: "The prince said that you are going out for the country, working hard, and your heart is tired, but is it true?" ”

Xiao Mo hurriedly shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, minister...... The heart is like a mirror, look at the emperor to see! ”

Zhao Quan snorted coldly, waved his hand at Xiao Mo and said, "Your Excellency for the time being, you have to discuss the matter of conquering Liao with Lord Cao, and ...... On Master Li's side, guarding Taiyuan for the country, I feel very guilty in my heart, and I have always wanted to make amends. Ziheng, tell me, how should I do it? ”

Xiao Mo thought for a while, then looked at Zhao Quan and said, "Where do you dare to be the emperor's lord?" ”

Zhao Quan listened, his mouth moved, as if he had something to say, and finally looked at Xiao Mo's eyes, Zhao Quan sighed, waved his hand and said, "That's it, you go back to the house!" ”

After Xiao Mo left, Zhao He walked in and asked Zhao Quan, "What?" When the words came to his lips, the royal brother didn't say anything? ”

Zhao Quan listened and said, "Brother Huang, Xiao Mota...... Alas! Everyone has compassion, and the royal brother also said that this son has no dissenting intentions, and ...... He is still his own person, and I, my father-in-law, really shouldn't be angry with him like this! ”