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

Although Lin Beifan is a local official and cannot leave his post during the New Year, his official duties are also much less.

Deal with urgent matters first, and put off other matters until after the year as much as possible.

In this way, it only takes two or three hours a day to handle everything, and the rest of the time is spent fishing in preparation for the New Year.

The same is true for ordinary people. If there is nothing urgent, they will not report to the official until after the New Year.

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

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

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

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

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

Every New Year's Day, the imperial court would hold a large court meeting.

This grand court meeting is a tradition of the imperial court, which helps to strengthen the connection between the emperor and the officials, enhance the cohesion of the imperial court, and also allows the officials to appreciate the emperor's kindness and serve the imperial court wholeheartedly.

This grand court meeting mainly consists of two parts. In the first half, hundreds of officials congratulated the emperor and presented gifts. In the second half, the emperor rewards all officials and holds a banquet to entertain them.

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

Everyone held gifts in their hands and paid New Year greetings to the empress in order.

Lin Beifan was attending a court meeting for the first time. He felt a little uneasy and asked in a low voice:"Mr. Guo, this is my first time to attend a court meeting! What is the meaning of paying New Year greetings to His Majesty? I don't understand. Can you explain it to me? ?"

"my pleasure! Guo Captou from Six Doors smiled and said:"It is very particular to pay New Year greetings to His Majesty, especially when it comes to giving gifts!""

"What's the point? Mr. Guo, please speak!"Lin Beifan humbly asked for advice.

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

Captou smiled and said:"Your Majesty is the lord of the world and is rich all over the world. What has he not seen before?" Therefore, it is best not to give away common treasures such as gold, silver and jewelry! If you want to give something, you have to give something that His Majesty doesn’t have, something rare and unique, so that you can please His Majesty!

Lin Beifan nodded:"That makes sense!""

Not one of the hundreds of officials who paid New Year's greetings just now gave gold, silver and jewelry.

After all, no matter how good or abundant the things you give are, can they compare to those from the palace?

The empress is tired of seeing it!

"Secondly, what you give must be sincere!"

"What is sincerity?"Lin Beifan asked for advice again.

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

Guo Captou smiled and said,"For example, the Jade Guanyin that Lord Gao gave me just now!" This Jade Guanyin is just made of ordinary white jade, there is nothing special about it! But when Mr. Gao said that it took 9 skilled craftsmen and 7 months to build it, it was not easy, and he seemed sincere!

Lin Beifan clicked his tongue and said,"That makes so much sense!""

"Third, do what you like!"

Guo Captou continued:"Whatever Your Majesty likes, we will give it to you in order to please Your Majesty! Therefore, I specially prepared this gift for Your Majesty!

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

"Mr. Lin, please take a look!"Guo Captou gently opened the red cloth, revealing the tip of the iceberg.

Lin Beifan saw that there was a pot of plant inside, with several gorgeous flowers growing on it, which was particularly beautiful.

Guo Captou whispered:"This The official inquired and heard that His Majesty seems to be very fond of flowers recently. He has planted many strange flowers in the back flower. Come and enjoy them when you have time! Therefore, I specially prepared this pot of camellia called Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea! This pot of flowers is grafted and cultivated. Each flower is different and beautiful, 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!""

Captain Guo smiled proudly:"Haha, Mr. Lin deserves the award! By the way, Mr. Lin, what gift are you preparing to present to His Majesty? Lin

Beifan looked at the gift in his hand and looked ashamed:"I am not prepared enough, so I won't show off my shame!"

Guo Captou smiled understandingly and said,"Master Lin, you don't have to worry!" This is your first time to attend the court meeting, so you are not well prepared. We all understand! Besides, you have made so many achievements in the past year, and His Majesty has shown great favor to you. He will never blame you. Just do what he wants!"

"Thank you Mr. Guo for your comfort. I feel much better!"

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

He presented the camellia called Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea with both hands, which indeed made the empress happy.

"I like this Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea very much. Guo Aiqing is interested!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty, I am so ashamed!"

All of a sudden, Guo Captou became the most handsome guy in the room!

Finally it was Lin Beifan's turn.

Lin Beifan walked up carrying a bucket covered with red cloth.

The empress looked over, and the officials looked over Looking over, they were all very curious as to what gift Lin Beifan sent.

The empress smiled and said:"Ai Qing, what is this gift of yours? You actually want to put it in a bucket?""

"Your Majesty, please take a look!"Lin Beifan opened the red cloth, revealing a bucket of strange and ugly things.

The officials were shocked and the whole place was in an uproar!

One of the veterans pointed at Lin Beifan and said angrily:"Master Lin, just give this to me. To His Majesty?"

"Of course! Lin Beifan nodded and smiled.

"How could 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:"What does this Jiang look like?" The other party replied:"

Layer upon layer, like a mountain!""

"By the way, this is the gift I gave to Your Majesty! Lin

Beifan pushed the bucket of ginger in front of the empress and said loudly:"I send it to your majesty... to unify the country (one bucket of ginger mountain)!""

The officials were shocked again!

The empress stood up and slapped the case, and Long Yan shouted happily:"Okay, okay! This gift from Aiqing is really great. It has been sent to my heart. I like it very much! Come on, come on, take this bucket of Jiangshan to cook, I want to eat this Jiangshan in my stomach! Ha ha!"

"What your Majesty said is absolutely true!"Lin Beifan beamed.

The six-door policeman Guo who was standing next to him was dumbfounded!

Good guy!

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

Even if he drains his brain, he can't think of anything. Such a great gift!

Guo Captou glared at Lin Beifan angrily, and said you don't understand, but you obviously understand it very well!

Next, the empress hosted a banquet for the officials. There were endless delicacies from the mountains and seas, and palace wines.

And there were many. The palace dance troupe played piano and drums, sang and danced to entertain everyone.

At this moment, all the officials relaxed and enjoyed the song and dance performances while tasting delicious food and wine.

Even if they are usually political enemies and stumbling upon each other, they all laughed today After that, they toasted to each other.

Put aside the grudges for the time being and celebrate the New Year well. We will talk about it after the New Year!

Even Gao Tianyao, the Minister of the Ministry of official affairs who was not dealing with Lin Beifan, frequently toasted and drank, always smiling and in a good mood.

Seeing Lin Beifan not moving his chopsticks and not drinking, He asked curiously:"Mr. Lin, don't you drink such a good wine?"

"Thank you Mr. Gao for your kindness. I just drank it last night! Lin Beifan smiled.

Gao Tianyao:"……"

Good guy, I feel like I’m being dazzled!

It was rare for the empress to relax.

While enjoying the song and dance performance, I felt filled with emotion, another year has passed!

This year has been so difficult!

There is a demon sect making trouble and revolting, intending to overthrow the court!

Two young masters battle in the capital!

Thirty thousand soldiers in Tangzhou were forced to rebel by corrupt officials and became bandits and rebels!

There is a problem of horse bandits in northern Hebei, burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil!

King Wuxi colluded with the Dayue Dynasty and prepared to launch an army to attack Wu!

There was a flood disaster in the south of the Yangtze River. The king of Jiangnan was selfish, causing millions of victims to be displaced and leaving the burden to the court!

There are also Jianghu, the leader of the Tianmen Sect is very ambitious and wants to take power!

……

If any of these things are not handled well, the consequences will be unimaginable.

The imperial court is in dire straits and cannot withstand the torment!

But, luckily he is there!

The empress couldn't help but turn her gaze towards Lin Beifan.

It was he who exposed the demon sect’s deception and extinguished the fire of uprising!

It was he who persuaded the two young masters to leave the capital and save the capital from disaster!

It was him who persuaded 30,000 rebels to surrender and resolved a civil strife!

It was him who solved the problem of horse bandits with clever tricks!

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

It was him who went to the south of the Yangtze River to rescue millions of victims. At the same time, he turned decay into magic. He used cement to solve the food, clothing, housing and transportation problems of the victims, making up for all the losses of the court and making the court stronger!

It was him who used a clever plan to destroy Tianmen and severely defeat the power of the sects in the world!

It is precisely because of him!

Although the imperial court has experienced many disasters over the past year, it has also been able to develop steadily and grow steadily in strength.

In contrast, other vassal kings were getting worse and worse, and the threat to the imperial court weakened.

It is precisely because of him!

She will not be isolated and helpless in the court, and will not be so passive in the face of the officials who are disobeying her. She is more and more confident, has more and more power, and the officials are becoming more and more obedient!

It is precisely because of him!

Only then does she have enough money and food to develop her personal power!

Let her face the strange situation of Bo Yun in the future and no longer have the power to fight back!

Without Lin Beifan, there would be no such great situation!

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

However, what she can give is too little!

Thinking of this, the empress felt ashamed. She picked up a glass of wine and said to Lin Beifan very solemnly:"My dear, I offer you a drink. Thank you for everything you have done for me and for Dawu!"

Lin Beifan quickly picked up the glass and said:"Your Majesty. I'm serious, this is your duty!"

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

Don't think I don't know, you little bastard, you are always ready to run away!

However, I won't let you go!

Stay, this is your destination!

Dawu can't live without you!

I can't live without you!