I am a corrupt official, but they say I am a loyal minister

The taste of the new year is getting stronger and stronger. Everyone buys new year goods, puts on new cotton jackets, kills chickens and ducks, and prepares for the new year happily.

The court officials have basically stopped working and are about to start their vacations.

Chapter 237 He Said You Don't Understand, You Obviously Understand It!

Although Lin Beifan is a local official, he can't leave his post during the Chinese New Year, but his official duties are much less.

Deal with urgent matters first, and try to delay other matters until later in the year if possible.

In this way, it only takes two or three hours a day to finish all the processing, and the rest of the time is spent fishing and preparing for the New Year.

The same is true for ordinary people. If there is no urgent matter, they will not report to the official, and they will talk about it after the New Year.

At this time, the government and the people showed an unprecedented tacit understanding.

With much anticipation, New Year's Day has finally arrived.

This New Year's Day is different from what modern people know.

The New Year's Day that modern people know is the first day of the new calendar and is an ordinary festival.

New Year's Day here is the first day of the lunar calendar and the first day of the New Year, which represents the beginning of a year.

Every New Year's Day, the imperial court will hold a grand court meeting.

This grand court meeting is a tradition of the imperial court, which helps to strengthen the relationship between the emperor and the officials, enhance the cohesion of the court, and at the same time let the officials appreciate the emperor's grace and serve the court wholeheartedly.

This grand court meeting is mainly composed of two parts. In the first half, hundreds of officials congratulated the emperor and presented gifts.In the second half, the emperor rewarded all officials and held a banquet to entertain all officials at the same time.

On that day, hundreds of officials gathered to give blessings to the empress.

Everyone held gifts in their hands, and paid New Year's greetings to the Empress in order.

It was the first time for Lin Beifan to participate in the court meeting, and he felt a little nervous, so he asked in a low voice: "Master Guo, this is the first time for me to attend the court meeting! I don't understand what is so important about this New Year's greeting to His Majesty, can you tell me about it?" ?”

"I'm so happy!" Guo Tutou of Six Doors said with a smile, "It's very important to pay New Year's greetings to His Majesty, 07 especially when it comes to giving gifts!"

"What's the point? Master Guo, please tell me!" Lin Beifan asked humbly.

"First of all, the gift must be innovative!"

Guo Butou smiled and said: "Your Majesty is the lord of the world, rich all over the world, what things have you never seen before? Therefore, it is best not to give away such common treasures as gold, silver and jewelry! If you want to give it, you must give it something that Your Majesty does not have. , send some rare and peculiar things, so as to please His Majesty!"

Lin Beifan nodded: "It makes sense!"

None of the officials who paid New Year's greetings gave gold, silver and jewelry.

After all, no matter how good and more you send, can it compare to the palace?

The empress is tired of watching it!

"Secondly, the things you give must be sincere!"

"What is sincerity?" Lin Beifan asked again.

"The so-called sincerity is a treasure that is not easy to obtain!"

Guo Butou smiled and said, "For example, the Jade Guanyin sent by Mr. Gao just now! This Jade Guanyin is just made of ordinary white jade, and there is nothing special about it! But when Mr. Gao said, it was used It took 9 months for 7 skilled craftsmen to build it, which is very difficult, and it seems sincere!"

Lin Beifan clicked his tongue and said, "That's too reasonable!"

"Third, do what you like!"

Guo Butou continued: "We will give whatever Your Majesty likes, so as to please His Majesty! Therefore, I specially prepared this gift and gave it to Your Majesty!"

Lin Beifan asked curiously: "Master Guo, what are you giving?"

"Master Lin, please look!" Guo Tutou gently lifted the red cloth, revealing the tip of the iceberg.

Lin Beifan saw that it turned out to be a pot of plants with several gorgeous flowers growing inside, which were very beautiful.

Guo Butou whispered: "I have heard that His Majesty seems to like flowers very much recently, and he has planted a lot of exotic flowers in the back flowers. Come and watch them when you have time! Therefore, I specially prepared this pot named Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea. Camellia! This potted flower is grafted and cultivated, each flower is different and has a beautiful posture, so it is named Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea!"

"This gift is innovative, sincere, and in line with His Majesty's preferences!" Lin Beifan gave a thumbs up: "Master Guo, you are still taller, I admire you!"

Catcher Guo smiled triumphantly: "Haha, Mr. Lin is over the top! By the way, Mr. Lin, what gift do you prepare for His Majesty?"

Lin Beifan looked at the gift in his hand with shame on his face: "I'm not prepared enough, so I won't make a fool of myself!"

Catcher Guo smiled understandingly: "Master Lin, you don't have to worry! It's your first time to participate in the court meeting, and we all understand that you are not well prepared! Besides, you have made so many contributions this year, Your Majesty treats you With grace, I will never blame you, just do what you want!"

"Thank you Master Guo for your comfort, I feel much better!"

Everyone continued queuing up to give gifts, and finally it was Catcher Guo's turn.

I saw that he offered the camellia called Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea with both hands, which really pleased the empress.

"I like the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea very much. Guo Aiqing has a heart!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your praise, I am ashamed of myself!"

Suddenly, Guo Tutou became the most beautiful boy in the audience!

Finally it was Lin Beifan's turn.

I saw Lin Beifan walking forward carrying a bucket covered with a red cloth.

The empress looked over, and all the officials looked over. They were all very curious about what gift Lin Beifan gave.

The empress smiled and said, "Aiqing, what is your congratulatory gift that you want to put in a bucket?"

"Look, Your Majesty!" Lin Beifan lifted the red cloth, revealing a bucket of strange and ugly things.

All the officials were shocked, and there was an uproar!

One of the old ministers pointed at Lin Beifan and said angrily, "Lord Lin, are you going to give this to His Majesty?"

"Of course!" Lin Beifan nodded and smiled.

"How can you give such a lowly thing to His Majesty? You clearly don't take His Majesty seriously!" The other party scolded angrily.

Lin Beifan said loudly: "I ask you, what is this?"

"This is ginger!" The other party thought for a while, and added: "Ginger for cooking!"

Lin Beifan asked again: "How does Jiang look like?"

The other party replied: "There are layers upon layers, like a mountain!"

"By the way, this is a gift from the minister to His Majesty!"

Lin Beifan pushed the bucket of ginger in front of the empress, and said loudly: "I send it to Your Majesty...to rule the country (a bucket of ginger)!"

Baiguan was shocked again!

The empress stood up against the table, and Long Yan shouted joyfully: "Okay! This gift from Aiqing is really wonderful, it has been sent to my heart, I like it very much! Come on, hurry up and get this bucket Take Jiang Shan to cook, I want to eat Jiang Shan into my stomach! Haha!"

"What Your Majesty said is absolutely true!" Lin Beifan smiled openly.

Guo Butou, who was standing next to the six doors, was stunned!

Good guy!

This gift is a good gift, it’s a wonderful gift, and it’s very economical!

Even if he squeezed his brains out, he couldn't think of such a good gift!

Catcher Guo gave Lin Beifan an angry look, and said that you don't understand, but you obviously do!

Next, the empress hosted a banquet in honor of all officials.

Delicacies from mountains and seas, fine wines from the imperial court are endless.

There is also the court dance troupe, playing the piano and drums, singing and dancing, to cheer everyone up.

At this moment, all the officials relaxed, enjoying food and wine while enjoying the song and dance performance.

Even if they are usually political enemies and trip each other up, today they just laughed it off and toasted each other.

Let go of the grievances for the time being, and celebrate the new year well, and let's talk about it after the new year!

Even Gao Tianyao, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials who did not deal with Lin Beifan, toasted and drank frequently, always smiling and in a good mood.

Seeing that Lin Beifan didn't move his chopsticks and didn't drink, he asked curiously, "Master Lin, don't you want to drink such a good wine?"

"Thank you, Mr. Gao, for your kindness. I just had a drink last night!" Lin Beifan laughed.

Gao Tianyao: "..."

Good guy, I feel like I've been dazzled!

It was also rare for the Empress to relax.

Enjoying the song and dance performance, my heart is full of emotions, another year has passed!

This year has been so difficult!

There is a demon sect stirring up troubles and revolting, intending to overthrow the court!

Two young masters will fight in the capital!

3 soldiers in Tangzhou were forced to rebel by corrupt officials, turned into bandits and became rebels!

Northern Hebei is plagued by horse bandits, burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil!

King Wuxi and the Great Moon Dynasty colluded and prepared to attack Wu!

A flood disaster occurred in the south of the Yangtze River, and the king of the south of the Yangtze River was selfish, causing millions of victims to be displaced, and the burden was thrown to the court!

There are also rivers and lakes, the master of Tianmen Gate is ambitious and wants to take power!

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If any of these things are not handled properly, it will bring unimaginable consequences.

The imperial court is in dire straits, and it simply cannot stand the toss!

But, fortunately, there is him!

The Empress' eyes couldn't help turning to Lin Beifan.

It was him who exposed the bewitching techniques of the demon sect and extinguished the fire of the uprising!

It was him who persuaded the two young masters to leave the capital and save the capital from catastrophe!

It was him who persuaded 3 rebels to surrender and resolved a civil strife!

It was him who used clever tricks to solve the problem of horse bandits!

It was him who strategized and won a decisive victory thousands of miles away, severely damaged the military power of King Wuxi and the Great Moon Dynasty, and resolved a war!

It was him who went to the south of the Yangtze River to rescue millions of victims, and at the same time turned decay into magic, solved the food, clothing, housing and transportation problems of the victims with cement, made up for all the losses of the imperial court, and made the imperial court stronger!

It was him who used his ingenious plan to destroy the Heavenly Clan and severely set back the power of the Jianghu sect!

It is because of him!

Although the imperial court has suffered many disasters and disasters in the past year, it has been able to develop steadily and its strength has grown steadily.

In contrast, other vassal kings are getting worse and worse, and the threat to the court has weakened.

It is because of him!

She will not be alone and helpless in the court, and she will not be so passive in the face of officials who are obedient and disobedient. She has become more confident, more powerful, and more and more obedient!

It is because of him!

She has enough money and food to develop her personal power!

Let her face the weird situation of Bo Yun in the future, and she will no longer be helpless to fight back!

Without Lin Beifan, there would be no such good situation today!

He is so selfless and fearless, and he has paid so much for Dawu!

However, what she can give is really too little!

Thinking of this, the empress felt ashamed, picked up a glass of wine, and said to Lin Beifan very solemnly: "Aiqing, I offer you a toast, thank you for everything you have done for me and Dawu!"

Lin Beifan quickly picked up the wine glass: "Your Majesty is serious, this is the duty that I should do!"

The empress smiled and shook her head, where is this your duty?

Don't think I don't know, you little bastard, you've been preparing to run away!