As the Northern Army returned to Beijing, the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became tense.

With the protection of the Northern Army, Emperor Yongtai was full of confidence.

At least, the capital is safe.

Those noisy families of officials, take it slowly and solve it one by one.

only……

"Ahem..."

Emperor Yongtai coughed several times in a row, with chest tightness and shortness of breath, which was really uncomfortable.

Sun Bangnian brought the decoction medicine just right, "Your Majesty is time to take the medicine!"

Emperor Yongtai took the medicine bowl, took a sip, and frowned.

"Why is it so hard?"

The decoction is more bitter every day, and the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital deserve to die!

Sun Bangnian said carefully, "Your Majesty, the decoction has always been so bitter."

"Impossible! Are you talking about my taste problem?"

"I don't dare!"

Sun Bangnian was frightened.

Emperor Yongtai stared at him with a bad look.

It seems like a lifetime has only one breath.

It was not until the emperor's eyes turned away that Sun Bangnian felt that he had come back to life.

Emperor Yongtai slowly finished the soup and then took a candied fruit to suppress the bitter taste in his mouth.

He flipped through the memorial and felt bored.

"It's all about asking for food and money. I really treat me as a sucker. If the local generals send troops to quell the rebellion, the first thing they do is not to share my worries or to rush to eliminate the rebels, but to ask me for money and food. If I don't give it to them, they dare to delay the war. It's really outrageous."

Sun Bangnian asked carefully, "Does Your Majesty want to give money and food?"

Emperor Yongtai snorted coldly, "The Ministry of Revenue has no money and the Young Mansion has no food. What should I give to them? I issued an order to urge local generals to send troops to quell the chaos and eliminate local thieves within a limited time. One order is not enough, and even three orders and ten orders are issued. I don't believe it. At this time, someone dares to openly disobey the sacred order."

Sun Bangnian received the order.

He found relatives and ministers and wrote the imperial edict to urge troops.

In the past, those who wrote imperial edicts were court officials from aristocratic families.

Now, this job has been replaced by clan officials.

Among the clan officials, there are also many people who are quite accomplished in calligraphy.

He is fully qualified to write imperial edicts.

This is an honor and an authority.

Writing an imperial edict means that you can know the emperor's intentions and the movements of the court as soon as possible.

If the officials of the aristocratic family lose this job, the clan officials naturally have to take the opportunity to seize the opportunity.

Nowadays, the clan has set off a trend of hard practice of calligraphy.

When this group of clan officials grows old, the next generation of clan officials will be able to successfully take over.

Imperial edict was written.

I checked the emperor and confirmed that there was no problem, so I used seals to spread the world.

Since the emperor and the court officials fell in love, the imperial edict has no longer passed through the Political Affairs Hall and directly spread the world from the palace.

Some officials protested that such an imperial edict was illegal and unreasonable.

The emperor replied with a word, "I am the law, I am the reason. The imperial edict is my will. Whoever dares to question the imperial edict is questioning my imperial authority is questioning my imperial authority."

How can this be persuaded?

Anyone who has different opinions will be placed on the charge of despising the emperor's authority and will be sentenced to prison.

The court was semi-paralyzed.

The royal family took advantage of the situation and occupied various important positions.

He said he wanted to share the emperor's worries and problems.

The emperor was also willing to appoint royal relatives as officials, at least they would not sing against him.

After so much trouble, the atmosphere in the capital is tense every day.

Even ordinary people in the market can feel that tension.

Whenever I pass by the gate of the yamen or the gate of the aristocratic family, everyone is in a hurry, fearing that a great disaster will fall from the sky and become the fish that will be affected.

...

The sky is gloomy and it may rain.

This year is not a drought, but it is not a good weather.

There was a drizzle in a few days. Although the rain was not heavy, fortunately, it could barely meet the minimum requirements for spring plowing.

The government supports seeds, and this year's spring plowing has finally started in chaos.

Rumble...

Thundering!

"It won't be a thunder again!"

"Since the beginning of spring this year, it has been thunder and no rain."

"I hope there will be a storm that will water the ground thoroughly."

Everyone was looking forward to a heavy rain, and what was finally coming was a negligible light rain, and it only took less than two hours.

The slightly dry and hard road surface was not completely washed by the light rain.

God likes to play with people.

...

Yan Yunge fishing in the wild.

On the outskirts of the capital, there is a tributary of the Wei River. The water is shallow and there are fish, which is a good place to fish.

The maid puts on a seat and bench, adds tea and snacks, and can fish or read books to relax.

Yan Yunge picked up a piece of peach blossom cake and took a bite, which made it smell like peach blossoms.

She tasted another piece of mung bean cake.

Yan Yunge is not very satisfied with the chef's cooking skills, but his dim sum is still worthy of praise.

Two fish had been caught in the bucket, about seven or eight taels, enough to cook a pot of fish soup.

A convoy passed by on the official road in the distance.

The guards were scattered around and alert.

Assassin Liu Shi quietly came to the riverside. When he was about to approach Yan Yunge, he was discovered by the guards around him.

The guards were facing a great enemy.

Yan Yunge waved his hand, and the guards retreated with concern, staring at Liu Shi.

Yan Yunge looked at him, "When did you come back?"

"I just arrived in the capital early this morning. This is a letter from General Yan Xiao’s subordinates to hand it over to the girl."

Yan Yunge took the letter from him and glanced at the notes on the envelope. It was indeed written by his brother Yan Yuntong.

"Thank you for your hard work this trip."

"It's not hard to do things for girls."

A month ago, Yan Yunge sent Liu Shi to Shanggu County with her letter, and then brought back the reply from his brother Yan Yuntong.

She instructed Abei, "Take Liu Shi down and rest, don't treat him unfairly."

"Sister obey your order!"

After someone left, Yan Yunge opened his brother Yan Yuntong's letter.

The letter explains two things.

He reassured Yan Yunge that he had any measures to deal with it whether Yan Yunquan returned to Shanggu County or not.

The second thing is good news.

Liu Baozhu is pregnant and just found out.

Yan Yunge smiled happily, "Brother is really amazing."
To be continued...