As the end of the twelfth lunar month enters the weather, the weather becomes colder. Even in the Jiangnan area like Yangzhou, the north wind is always howling all day long, and there are sporadic rain and snow falling from time to time, which makes the mansion, which has just recovered from the war, become a little quiet again.

Perhaps in previous days, people would also prepare food, clothing and expenses for the upcoming New Year Festival. Even if the weather is not good, it will make the city and the county towns below lively. But this year, due to practical reasons, it will no longer be the same. After all, it is good for the people to have enough food and clothing now. Except for those rich families, which family can still spend extra money to waste?

This made the yamen relax a little. After experiencing the hard work of self-rescue for several months, officials and others could finally relax and take a break without spending too much effort on the security in the city.

As the prefect, Li Ling finally didn't have to be busy this time and could take more time to accompany her family. She didn't have to go back to the back yamen every night and saw Yue'er's pouting face. The poor little girl hadn't been to visit anytime after coming to Yangzhou. Her brother had no time to accompany her, so she could only stay in the backyard, read books and write articles, and be in a daze.

Fortunately, it has been different recently, because Li Ling can already withdraw from his busy official duties - this is not only because he completed all the relevant matters that need to be solved within a few months after taking office, but even the Cao Gang has found a new way out for them, but also because the government office has finally filled many vacancies.

Because of the military disasters before, many of the officials in the city were injured, and the people who could use them when Li Ling took office were too short of their ability. However, after this period of hard work, not only solved the people's livelihood problems in the entire palace, but also allowed Li Ling to discover a lot of available materials among the temporary government officials. After all, there are talents in the world, and it only depends on whether they want to use them.

With the strong support of the governor, as everything was back on track, the group of officials who temporarily took over official positions became regular, such as Chu Lian, was promoted to Tongzhi, second only to the prefect, and the same was true for others. Many of them were even ordinary common people several months ago, but now they are wearing green robes and have become officials in the government office with certain real power.

These people were naturally grateful to Li Ling, and followed his leadership. As long as a command was conveyed, they would do their best to do their jobs without having to pay any more attention to the prefect. It was precisely because of their efforts to help that Li Ling only needed to grasp the direction of the major policies, and no longer had to do things personally as before, so he naturally became much more relaxed.

Although due to the weather, I still can't take Yue'er and the others around recently, I can finally stay with them more so that the little girl will not complain anymore. Li Ling can use the rest of her free time to write novels. Sometimes people are so strange that after getting used to fatigue, they can't let themselves be idle.

As for the real big event, that is, the recompilation of the civil book that may be proposed at the beginning of next year, Li Ling did not think about making plans too early, but whether it was a wealthy family like Lu Xie or an ordinary wealthy businessman gentry, they were very resistant, so they could not proceed smoothly, and they could only slow down. After the New Year, after receiving the command from the governor's yamen, they would use the majesty of the government to forcibly break the deadlock.

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On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, after tomorrow, the yamen will be closed for half of the month, so naturally it will be more leisurely.

Li Ling simply did not go to the Qianyao, but only wore a fur coat. He and Yue'er each held a book in the study of the Houyao. While he was happy, a servant hurriedly reported: "Sir, someone from the Changxing Marquis' Mansion has sent an invitation. Please come and have a lecture today."

"Hmm?" Li Ling was stunned for a moment. Because of the re-compilation of the civil book, he and Lu Xie's family still had some gaps, and they had less time to go around recently. However, the matter of the bookstore that should be handled continued and it could be opened after the beginning of the New Year. At this time, they suddenly asked themselves to go there, but why?

Although he was confused, Li Ling decided to go to the appointment. He nodded and looked at the appointment time on the invitation. It was this evening, and there was obviously a dinner party.

After comforting Yue'er for a few words, and confirming that there was nothing wrong in the yamen, when it was time for Shenpai, Li Ling took a bus and headed straight for Xiejiabao. When he arrived, it was already dark and there was someone waiting there. When he saw the car coming, he led Li Ling into the door.

As Li Ling thought, the Xie family had prepared a banquet, and after a few greetings, they invited them to move to the warm room beside them for a drink. What was somewhat beyond Li Ling's surprise was that not only him came this time, but also Lu Xu and Lu Xingyuan from the Lu family, which raised the specifications of today's banquet to a higher level.

However, at the beginning, no one of the three parties mentioned serious matters, just told jokes and brought their relationship closer. At most, they would talk about Zongheng Bookstore, which was about to open for business. In this regard, Li Ling naturally had some patience and joked with them, and further explained some of his ideas about the bookstore.

It was not until the drunkenness was halfway through, and Xie Wenruo shut up the people around him with a look, and only the five of them were left in the hall. Only then did Li Ling look up and know that the real show was being staged.

"Do you still remember the matter you mentioned to us a few days ago that the court will promote the recompilation of the civil book in Jiangnan?" Xie Wenruo asked with a smile.

Li Ling frowned slightly and nodded immediately: "Of course, this is what the governor and the court meant. As the prefect of Yangzhou, I should do my best to get this job done. Why, have you figured it out, or have you found some excuses to stop me?" Sure enough, they came for this matter.

Xie Wenruo did not feel unhappy because of Li Ling's tone, but instead smiled and said, "Mr. Li is worried too much. If it is really the intention of the court, my Xie family has been appointed by the Changxing Marquis, even if it is unwilling, he must do his best to help the government office get things done."

"The same is true for my Lu family." Lu Xu also smiled, "But your Majesty's wiseness and the court's lords will naturally not let this wrong move be truly implemented."

"Hmm? What do you mean by these words?" Li Ling felt a sudden slap in his heart. Obviously, the policy that was imperative was about to change.

"Haha, don't be nervous, please listen to me and say it slowly." Xie Wenruo smiled and raised his glass toast, then shook Xie Wenbin.

The latter immediately understood and quickly got up and poured wine for Li Ling, and whispered: "Just yesterday, we received news from the capital. Your Majesty has decided to take back his orders and no longer recompile the civil book against the public's opinion."

"This is impossible..." Li Ling's face changed suddenly, and he had no intention of raising his glass to drink, and his eyes stared at Xie Wenruo, "How can the orders of the court be changed every day? This matter has been spread to Jiangnan..."

"Mr. Li, don't be impatient. What you said is indeed reasonable, but this matter is far more harmful than good. His Majesty realized that this matter would lead to another chaos in Jiangnan, and there were many officials in the court who were resistant, so after careful consideration, he decided to take it back."

Seeing Li Ling's expression change again, Lu Xu also said, "Mr. Li, I know about this. Just half a month ago, no less than 200 officials from all over the court collectively submitted memorials to Your Majesty, telling you the many disadvantages of re-compiling the civil book and the new chaos that may be triggered... Some even speak fiercely, and directly denounced the person who proposed this policy, that is, the governor of Jiangnan, Wenming, was a disaster to the country and the people in order to gain fame. They all said that they were sure to take his official position and remove him from his post."

Xie Wenruo followed and said, "Yes, Lord Li, you have only been in the official position for three or two years and still know very little about local affairs, so he only thought that this matter was feasible based on his passion. However, he did not know the pros and cons, but was used by the Governor Wen.

"Not to mention the people who are willing to be in trouble with the country and the people, even the people in Jiangnan will not agree. So once the matter spreads, everyone in the court will naturally join forces to condemn it together. It is precisely because of the persuasion that the Majesty saw through the disadvantages and decided to give up this matter."

Li Ling's body was shocked again. The statements of these people had already shocked him. This time, not only did this policy not be officially implemented, but even Wen Ming's future may be implicated.

But why did things suddenly turn a sharp turn and turn into a situation where everyone opposes it?

To be honest, this matter has been planned for two months. The imperial court officials agreed, and the emperor even issued an order directly to re-edit the civil book with Jiangnan as a pilot. Why did a major change suddenly occur? What did they do long ago? Why did they oppose it when the matter was about to be implemented?

These questions were entangled in Li Ling's mind, but they couldn't ask a single question. Because he knew that with the current identities of the people in front of him, it was probably impossible to know more about the inside story, and he only knew the result. Of course, he would not suspect that they were lying and deceiving. After all, such a major event would soon be reported, and that was the final result.

As if seeing what Li Ling was thinking, Lu Xu smiled and said, "Mr. Li, I have no intention of offending you when I talk about these things today. I just want to communicate with you first, so that you can prepare early and not work in vain. Perhaps because of the coming New Year Festival, the relevant books and articles will not be delivered in recent days, but after the New Year, at the latest two months, everything will be cleared."

"I know, I will verify this matter, and I can understand the good intentions of both families." Li Ling raised his glass with difficulty and drank it, but the wine was so bitter at this time.

I thought that this time I would re-compile the folk book would do something big for the world, but I didn't expect that the teacher would be successful and the child was still in the womb. This feeling of frustration was really uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!