I Am a Corrupt Official, But They Say I Am a Loyal Minister!

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

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

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

The same is true of the common people. If there is no urgent matter, they will not report to the officials.

At this time, the officials and the people showed 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, known to modern people, is the first day of the new calendar and is an ordinary holiday.

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

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

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

This great court meeting is mainly composed of two parts. In the first half, hundreds of officials congratulate the emperor and present gifts. In the second half, the emperor rewarded hundreds of officials, and at the same time held 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's greetings to the Empress in accordance with the order.

It was the first time for Lin Beifan to participate in the court meeting, and he was a little uneasy, and asked in a low voice, "Master Guo, this is the first time this official has participated in the court meeting! What's the point of paying New Year's greetings to His Majesty, this official does not understand, can you tell me about it? ?"

"I'm very happy!" Guo Zhaotou from Six Doors smiled and said, "It is very important to pay New Year's greetings to Your Majesty, especially when it comes to giving gifts!"

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

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

Guo Zhaotou smiled and said: "Your Majesty is the ruler of the world, rich in the world, what have you not seen? Therefore, it is best not to give away common treasures such as gold, silver and jewelry! If you want to give it, you must give something that Your Majesty does not have. , to send some rare and peculiar things, so as to please Your Majesty!"

Lin Beifan nodded: "It makes sense!"

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

After all, no matter how good and how much you give, can it be compared to the palace?

The queen is tired of watching!

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

"What is sincerity?" Lin Beifan asked again.

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

Guo Zhaotou said with a smile: "For example, the jade Guanyin gifted by Lord Gao just now! This jade Guanyin is just made of ordinary white jade, and there is nothing special about it! But when Lord Gao said it, it was used. 9 skilled craftsmen, it took 7 months to build, it is very difficult, this shows sincerity!"

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

"Third, do what you want!"

Guo Zhaotou continued: "Whatever your majesty likes, we can give it to please your majesty! Therefore, this official specially prepared this gift for your majesty!"

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

"Lord Lin, please take a look!" Guo Zhaotou 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, which was particularly beautiful.

Guo Zhaotou said in a low voice, "I heard that your Majesty seems to like flowers very much recently, and has planted many strange flowers in the back flowers. Come and watch them when you have time! Therefore, this official specially prepared a pot called the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea. The camellia! This potted flower is grafted and cultivated, and each flower is different and beautiful, so it is named the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea!"

"This gift is innovative, sincere, and in line with His Majesty's favor!" Lin Beifan gave a thumbs up: "Master Guo, you are still taller, this official admires it!"

Guo Zhaotou smiled proudly: "Haha, Master Lin has won the prize! By the way, Master Lin, what gift are you preparing for Your Majesty?"

Lin Beifan looked at the gift in his hand and looked ashamed: "This official is not prepared enough, so I won't be ugly!"

Guo Zhaotou smiled understandingly and said: "Lord Lin, you don't have to worry! It's your first time to participate in the court meeting, and you are not well prepared. We all understand it! Besides, you have made so much credit this year, Your Majesty is right to you. The grace is added, and I will never blame you, just as long as you like it!"

"Thank you Mr. Guo for your comfort, this officer feels much better!"

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

I saw that he offered a camellia named Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea with both hands, which really won the Empress' favor.

"I like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea very much, Guo Aiqing has a heart!"

"Thank you Your Majesty for your praise, Wei Chen is ashamed to be worthy of it!"

For a while, Guo Zhaotou became the most beautiful boy in the audience!

Finally it was Lin Beifan's turn.

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

The empress looked at him, and the officials looked at him. They were all very curious as to what kind of gift Lin Beifan gave.

The Empress smiled and said, "Aiqing, what is your gift that you actually put in a bucket?"

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

The officials were shocked, and there was an uproar!

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

"Of course!" Lin Beifan nodded and smiled.

"How can such a lowly thing be given to Your Majesty, you clearly don't take His Majesty in your eyes!" The other party scolded.

Lin Beifan said loudly, "This official asks you, what is this?"

"This is ginger!" The other party thought about it and added: "Ginger for cooking!"

Lin Beifan asked again, "What does this ginger look like?"

The other party replied: "The layers are stacked, 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 will send it to your majesty... to rule the country (a bucket of ginger)!"

Baiguan was shocked again!

The queen stood up at the table, and Longyan shouted with joy: "Okay! This gift from Aiqing is really good, it's really delivered to my heart, I like it very much! Come on, get this bucket Jiang Shan takes it to cook, and I want to eat this country into my stomach! Haha!"

"Your Majesty's words are very true!" Lin Beifan grinned.

Guo Zhaotou, who was standing beside the six doors, was stunned!

good guy!

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

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

Guo Zhaotou glared at Lin Beifan angrily, and said that you don't understand, you clearly understand!

Next, the Empress hosted a banquet to entertain the officials.

The delicacies of the mountains and the sea, and the fine wines of the palace are endless.

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

At this moment, the officials were all relaxed, enjoying the singing and dancing performances and tasting the food and wine.

Even if they are political enemies in normal times and stumble upon each other, today they will smile and toast each other.

Let go of the grievances for now, have a good New Year, and talk about it after the New Year!

Even Gao Tianyao, the minister of officials who did not deal with Lin Beifan, frequently toasted and drank, 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 drink such a good wine?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Gao, Xiguan just drank it last night!" Lin Beifan said with a smile.

Gao Tianyao: "..."

Man, I feel like I'm being dazzled!

The queen also rarely relaxes.

Enjoying the singing and dancing performance, I am filled with emotion, another year has passed!

This year has not been easy!

There are demon sects making waves and uprisings, intending to subvert the court!

The two young masters will fight in the capital!

30,000 soldiers in Tangzhou were forced to rebel by corrupt officials, turned into pirates and became rebels!

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

The King of Wuxi and the Dayue Dynasty colluded and prepared to attack Wu!

There was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and the king of Jiangnan was selfish, causing the displacement of millions of victims and throwing the burden to the court!

There are also rivers and lakes, the Tianmen sect master is ambitious and wants to be in power!

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

The imperial court is in danger like a tired egg, and it can't stand the toss at all!

But, lucky to have him!

The Empress' gaze turned to Lin Beifan involuntarily.

It was him who revealed that 557 broke the bewitching technique of the demon sect and put out 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 30,000 rebel soldiers to surrender and resolved a civil strife!

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

It was he who devised a strategy and decisively won thousands of miles, 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 corruption into magic. He used cement to solve the problems of food, clothing, housing, and transportation for the victims, made up for all the losses of the court, and made the court stronger!

It was him who used a clever plan to destroy the Heavenly Sect and smashed the power of the sect in Jianghu!

It is because of him!

Although the court has suffered many 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 their threat to the court is weakened.

It is because of him!

She will not be isolated and helpless in the court, and she will not be so passive in the face of yang and yin disobedient officials. She has more and more confidence, more and more power, and more and more obedient officials!

It is because of him!

Only she has enough money to develop her personal power!

Let her face the bizarre situation of Boyun in the future, and no longer have the power to fight back!

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

He was so selfless and fearless, he paid so much for Da Wu!

However, what she can give is too little!

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

Lin Beifan hurriedly raised his glass: "Your Majesty's words are serious, this is the duty of a minister!"

The Empress shook her head with a light smile, where is your duty?

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

However, I won't let you go!

Stay here, this is where you belong!

Dawu can't live without you!

I can't live without you! .