The cold wind blew, and snowflakes drifted from the roof just after the snow fell.

In the pavilion of the palace, a pile of charcoal was burning in a cast iron stove.

The red charcoal fire makes the surroundings warm and comfortable baking.

Liu Yu sat on the soft bearskin chair next to him and took a glass of wine.

The fragrant wine is the most suitable for this kind of snow-appreciating weather.

"I wonder if there will be a talent for singing snow that is 'not as good as willow catkins rising due to the wind' in the future."

Liu Yu looked at the light snowflakes and couldn't help but sigh.

Xie Daoyun, a talented woman from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born in decades. Although the current Chen County Xie family has a high reputation in Jiangdong, they have no power.

It is far from the glory of "Wang and Xie" in later generations.

"What Your Majesty just said is really a top-notch sentence."

The queen king on the side laughed softly.

She knew that Liu Yu had never been good at poetry, songs, and did not like four or six parallel prose.

I definitely don’t know where I heard the sentence “Snow” just now.

"Good sentences are good sentences, but the snowflakes in our Yecheng are not comparable to those of willow catkins."

Liu Yu said with a smile.

The snowflakes that Xie Daoyun saw were from Jiangnan, which was quite good compared to the light willow catkins.

But the snowflakes in Yecheng are often whistling with the scenery of the northern country, and they are not similar to the gentle willow catkins at all.

"Your Majesty, I heard that a snow disaster had just happened in Bingzhou. I wonder how it was damaged?"

After the two chatted for a while, the Queen suddenly changed the subject and asked.

When Liu Yu heard this, he knew Wang Ze’s hidden little thoughts.

He drank all the wine in his glass and said slowly.

"When Wang Zan took office as the governor of Bingzhou, he had already dealt with it properly, but he saved me the trouble of disaster relief."

When the Queen King heard this, he was immediately delighted.

Wang Zan comes from the Wang family in Taiyuan and is the cousin of the queen Wang Ze.

The Wang family in Taiyuan has suffered great losses due to Wang Jun's previous defeat. Although their reputation remains, the talented people in the young area are Wang Zan, Wang Chang and others from the former Youzhou Governor's Office.

In addition, the children of the Wang family in Taiyuan were all disliked by Liu Yu because they were too careless and refused to change their habit of advocating flamboyance.

Now the queen knows that the prosperity of the Wang family in Taiyuan is the key to whether the position of the crown prince of his son is stable.

After all, there are news that several palace ladies are pregnant in Liu Yu's harem.

Some of the palace people are from the Yang family of Hongnong, Xun family of Yingchuan, Gao family of Bohai, etc., which is not inferior to the Wang family of Taiyuan.

Of course, Wang Ze would be anxious.

"However, Wang Zan was in Bingzhou to thank guests, whether it was relatives or friends, or old friends, I was missing, which made me very appreciative." Liu Yu said lightly.

"I don't see you?" After hearing this, the Queen was slightly stunned.

Bingzhou is the hometown of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

Although the children of the Wang family in Taiyuan were all over the world after becoming officials, there were definitely many relatives and old friends in their hometown in Bingzhou.

Even though the Huns had been harmed several times, there were still many Wang's children in some other branches.

As soon as Wang Zan, the governor of Bingzhou, went to Jinyang to take over, he immediately received a large number of people's request for advice.

Among them, they are basically children of the Wang family in Taiyuan, or old friends of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

What everyone wants is nothing more than the recommendation of the governor of Bingzhou.

Since Liu Yu gradually abolished the power of prefectures and counties to recruit officials, only the governors and officials like the founding government have the power to recommend recruit officials.

As long as Wang Zan, the governor of Bingzhou, nodded, all of these people could immediately become officials of the Han Dynasty, and they were officials of high rank.

"Wang Zan is capable of doing practical things in Bingzhou and knows how to advance and retreat. He is really the pillar of your Wang family in Taiyuan." Liu Yu continued to praise.

Having said that, Wang Ze already understood the meaning.

As a senior official, Wang Zan, the governor of Bingzhou, did not see the old friends of those disciples, but was simply afraid that this would arouse Liu Yu's disgust.

Now everyone in the world knows that the Taiyuan Wang family was at its peak in the Northern Dynasties.

Not only were the queen and Wang Ze, but also the two envoys of the Wang family's nephew, Liu Zhi, Wang Zan, and Wang Chang, as well as dozens of people, including generals, dukes, marquises, and magistrates.

Such a large powerful group would have long caused fear if it were placed in the hands of ordinary emperors.

Not to mention letting Wang Zan return to his hometown to serve as the governor of Bingzhou, I am afraid he will find an opportunity to suppress it.

"It is his duty to be able to share your majesty's worries. I am just afraid that he will do something wrong and make your majesty angry."

The Queen immediately said lightly.

When she thought about it just now, she felt that her previous thoughts were a bit inappropriate.

Now Liu Yu is only in his early thirties and still has a lot of time to come.

If I blindly want to expand the Wang family in Taiyuan as a backing, I will not only not add foundation to my son, but I will also attract Liu Yu's dislike.

"Haha, Wang Zan has the ability, so let them all show their skills in the prefectures and counties. The affairs of the Taiwan Provincial Court really make them useless."

Liu Yu also said immediately.

Now that the number of women in the harem increases, the mentality of the queen and Wang Ze has changed, it is naturally very common.

Liu Yu also knew the reason, so he would not blame Wang Ze for this.

As long as Wang Ze and the others know how to advance and retreat, they should not try to put their forces into the court again. It would be okay to let Wang Zan, Wang Chang and other Taiyuan children be governors.

After all, the military power of each prefecture and county is now in the military office.

Liu Yu and Wang Ze drank two more glasses of wine and were about to ask the eunuch to buy lunch, planning to enjoy the snow and eat in the pavilion.

Suddenly, the close eunuch came to inform him that it was Yuwen Zhao who was here.

"Isn't she still pregnant? Why did she come out in the snow?" Queen Wang Ze immediately said with concern.

Yuwen Zhao was born into the Xianbei and barbarians, and her child was destined to be unable to threaten the status of the crown prince.

Therefore, Wang Ze did not have much vigilance for Yuwen Zhao in his daily life.

"Then let her come over."

Liu Yu said slowly.

He couldn't understand that Yu Wen Zhao didn't stay in the house to take care of his health, so he came to see him doing something when he came to Chaoxue.

Soon, Yuwen Zhao, wearing a snow-white fox fur, came to the two of them.

Before she could salute her, the queen went forward and supported her.

"Okay, they are all their own family, don't do this anymore. Your Majesty has long said that there is no need to be polite."

Wang Ze smiled and pulled Yuwen Zhao to sit down together.

Yuwen Zhao, who was outspoken, just sat down and couldn't wait to speak.

"Does Your Majesty know that heavy snow on the grasslands this year have caused disasters and people and animals have frozen to death?" Yuwen Zhao said to Liu Yu with a pretty face.

Liu Yu was slightly stunned.

There is indeed a lot of snow this winter.

However, in the Central Plains, as long as the snowfall is not too severe, there will be no disaster that will crush the house.

Moreover, for the Central Plains, which have gradually begun to promote winter wheat, auspicious snow indicates a good harvest.

"The snowfall this year is indeed a bit heavy. Although there are food and grass in the Liaozhou area, there are no reports of disasters." Liu Yu said.

When Yuwen Zhao heard this, he immediately started to burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, it's not time for Liaozhou to report, but my servants have sent people to say that Liaozhou Lucheng, Tacheng and other places have all caused disasters, and tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and horses have been frozen to death!"

"Ten Thousands?"

When Liu Yu heard this, he was slightly surprised.

However, I immediately felt something was wrong.

Liaozhou was basically transformed from the territory of Yuwen Xianbei. Yuwen Mogui, who was content to enjoy the pleasure, and Yuwen Sunniyan and his son were both "happy but not indulged in Shu".

The governance of Liaozhou is still a routine of the Shanyu Khan on the grassland.

However, Lucheng and Tacheng areas are all territory belonging to Yuwen Zhao.

That's right, it belongs to her personal territory and is accompanied as a dowry.

The tribal populations of these two places are not considered to be directly under the Yuwen Xianbei, and even have many mountain and forest residents, rather than nomads living by water and grass.

Among them, the main ones were the tribes called the "Xi people".
To be continued...