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

This year, winter in Guanzhong came very early, and by the end of autumn, there were already two snowfalls in a row. The first snow failed to accumulate, and the second snow had covered the entire palace with a thick white coat.

Wrapped in silver, winter is approaching.

Flying snow, the errand of the Liutai Yamen is better to do, Yuan Bolang listened to the reform statements of several young Zhuang factions with a dark face, and he was impatient to throw his sleeves and leave, but because of the task sent by the emperor, he could only listen patiently.

"What is Yuan's opinion on this?"

The young man who spoke was only in his twenties, short in stature, and he was born like Hua Dan who sang opera, but he had an eloquent mouth. His name is Xu Ying, and he is a jinshi promoted by the emperor's new list, and he has already entered the Liutai Yamen at a young age, which is like entering the cabinet.

An official, even if he has talent and connections, often needs to mix in the officialdom for thirty or fifty years before he can enter the six yamen to run errands, although the six yamen do not specify how many officials there are, but roughly there are six to a dozen people in each generation. These are old people. Today's emperor is not the same, the two jinshi on the new list are one Tanhua, because they have a unique set of views on reform, so they have become members of the court, and all three of them have entered the six yamen.

This Xu Yingguan is just Zhongshulang, a sesame official who is compiling the calendar of Wupin, and he sings against Yuan Bolang every day in the Liutai Yamen.

"No opinion, let's present the emperor."

After listening to them, Yuan Bolang had long been impatient and put on a sheepskin jacket. Strode out of the six yamen. When I came out, I realized that the wind was compelling outside. Flying snow is coming. Just as he was about to consider whether to go back, an acquaintance chased him out from behind with an umbrella and held up Yuan Bolang.

"Li Shangshu?"

Yuan Bolang glanced at the person who was holding the umbrella for him, and felt a little unlucky. This person is the newly appointed Hubu Shangshu Li Yannian, if it weren't for Li Yannian's daughter's "friendship" with Liu Yu, the emperor would have promoted this criminal minister who had been in prison for several years to such a key position as Hubu Shangshu?

Li Yannian smiled with him, as if he didn't notice Yuan Bolang's life towards him.

"Where is Yuan Xiang going? Enter the palace to see the emperor? Li Yannian held an umbrella for Yuan Bolang and asked with a smile.

"It's a different path from Li Shangshu. Thank you Li Shangshu. Yuan Bolang didn't want to bother the emperor, because he knew that the emperor didn't want to see him, and now that Li Yannian came out to disgust him, he felt that it was okay to go and meet the emperor.

Eat the king's worries, anyway, Yuan Bolang knows that a household secretary can't enter the Yaqian Hall without being summoned by the emperor.

Yuan Bolang wanted to take the umbrella, but Li Yannian smiled and said, "Xia Guan is also about to enter the inner garden, so it's better to go along." ”

Yuan Bolang sighed, he was really relied on by Li Yannian.

The two of them walked all the way through the snow, and Yuan Bolang was extremely annoyed. He didn't expect that he couldn't shake off this dog skin plaster. Li Yannian kept talking all the way, intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was revealing some news to Yuan Bolang.

"North Side...... It seems to be a little lively. ”

"I'm sure they'll be back soon......"

Yuan Bolang frowned and stopped. At this time, they had just entered the inner courtyard not far away, and there was still some way to go from the courtyard where the Yaqian Hall was located.

"What exactly does Li Shangshu want to say?" Yuan Bolang didn't have a good breath and said, "Now that it has snowed in Chang'an City, I'm afraid the snow in the north is even thicker." Even if they didn't win, they would have returned to the court, not to mention that they had won the battle now. ”

Li Yannian smiled faintly and said, "This victory has some doorways. ”

Yuan Bolang finally understood that Li Yannian was deliberately here to convey the news to him, not to find bad luck. Yuan Bolang only knew that Lu Dao now that Hua Ji'an controlled the power of the military, he no longer took the imperial court seriously, and his expedition to the north has not stopped until now. However, in the past two days, news has come from the yamen of the military headquarters, as if the war in the north has ended.

How to end the method, because the distance is not very clear, what can be predicted is that Hua Ji'an will be the second Liu Yu. may be more authoritarian than Liu Yu.

Liu Yu said that in the end, he was also the emperor's master, and he would give the emperor some face. And Hua Ji'an is just a general.

Yuan Bolang didn't ask with a dark face, and Li Yannian didn't say anything. The two of them went all the way to the courtyard of the Yaqian Palace, and as soon as they entered, they saw several people throwing snowballs in the snow, and the sound of women laughing everywhere was heard. Yuan Bolang looked fixedly, it was the emperor wrapped in a thick mink coat, and he was having a snowball fight with several palace maids. The eunuchs all stood aside, and some of them were rubbing snowballs for the emperor, and the emperor was playing happily one by one.

Yuan Bolang sighed, it seems that this emperor is also quite idle, and he doesn't know the danger of the road at all.

Hua Ji'an's class returned to the dynasty, which may mean another bloody storm of infighting in the Shun Dynasty.

When the little eunuch saw Yuan Bolang and Li Yannian coming in, he hurriedly pulled the emperor's sleeve, and the emperor noticed two people coming at the door. Dengshi's face became very disappointed, and he patted the snow on his hands and body, and walked over with his riding boots stepping on the thick snow.

"Minister Li Yannian to meet Your Majesty!"

Before the emperor approached, Li Yannian knelt down in the snow, respectfully like a grass man who had seen the emperor for the first time. Yuan Bolang frowned, everyone knows that there is harmony between the monarchs and ministers of the Shun Dynasty, unless it is a court discussion, otherwise there is no need to kneel and salute when he sees the emperor.

Villain! Yuan Bolang scolded in his heart.

"Li Aiqing, get up, is there something important that you need to come to see me with Yuan Xiang?"

The little eunuch brought a heavy cotton cloth to wipe the emperor's hands, the emperor took the handkerchief and wiped his hands, and 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 dimmed again.

"The emperor's ......" Yuan Bolang took the lead, originally he wanted to say that he was not a peer with Li Yannian.

However, Li Yannian spoke faster, and said in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the minister here has just received a secret letter from the north, and I have specially come to present it to Your Majesty. ”

Yuan Bolang frowned again.

MeSign? If it is really urgent, this Li Yannian will be so unhurried, and he will not send it until the deliberations of the Liutai Yamen are dispersed? Even if it is an urgent matter at the border gate, it should not be submitted from the household department, but from the military department. The household department was nominally responsible for the marching expenses of the army, but all the courtiers knew that the current Huaji'an requisition and transfer of military supplies did not pass through Chang'an City at all.

"Oh?" The emperor also noticed that things didn't seem to be right, and said, "Then Li Aiqing will just read it, and I won't look at it." ”

"This letter was not originally a secret letter, but after reading it, the minister realized that the matter was very important, so he brought it to your majesty to show you. It's better to see it in person. ”

Li Yannian glanced at Yuan Bolang when he spoke, as if to say that this letter could not let Yuan Bolang know the truth.

Yuan Bolang finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and said, "Since Li Shangshu has seen it, what kind of secret letter is it?" What the emperor said is not good? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

Li Yannian confessed, "This letter is actually nothing, but the border army requisitioned a batch of grain in the Western Regions." There seems to be a slight mention of it, saying that there is...... Message from the striker general......"

After saying that, the cotton cloth held by the emperor fell directly on the snow, and even Yuan Bolang looked at Li Yannian in surprise. I can't believe he's telling the truth. (To be continued......)