On the 16th day of the 12th lunar month, there will be light snow in Luoyang.

As the end of the year approaches, the city should be bustling, and the government offices should be loose. But this year's situation is obviously very different because of the events in the northern border. The atmosphere of the New Year in the city is much worse than before. Especially after the snow today, all the vendors who used to walk around the streets disappeared, and even most of the shops in each shop were closed.

As for the major yamen, everyone was busy and prepared for the next yamen, especially the Transport Department, which was closely related to the use of troops to the north, there was not even a single idle person.

So when Li Ling entered the gate accompanied by Li Moyun, although there were people walking by around him, no one came to ask.

Well, except that they are really busy, it is not ruled out that the Transport Department is giving him a warning. An official who was suddenly assigned to this yamen was dependent on two levels as Shaoqing, and he also had such great real power, but how could the officials who had been here for many years deal with it?

The officials' attitude of turning a blind eye to him did not make Li Ling feel unhappy. He still had a faint smile on his face and walked firmly in. Anyway, the regulations of the major yamen in the capital are similar. He could not ask for directions and go straight in and come to the front of the main hall in the center of the entire yamen. He ignored the strange gazes of many people around him, and bowed to the purple-robed official who was looking down at the official document and said, "Secretary Li Ling, you have met Lord Yuan."

The clothing and colors of officials in the Great Yue Dynasty were already regulated. The seventh rank and below were green robes, the fifth rank to sixth rank were green robes, the third rank and fourth rank were red robes, and the second rank and above were purple robes.

This official in his fifties sitting in the hall was a rare second-rank official in the court, Yuan Yunjie, the chief officer of the Transportation Department. Below, two official ministers were responsible for local tax transportation and military food and grass dispatch. They were third-rank officials, and the fourth-rank Shaoqing was Li Ling.

Yuan Yunjie raised his eyebrows, then he slowly raised his head and nodded to Li Ling without seeing any joy and anger: "It turns out that Li Shaoqing has arrived. Come in and sit down and talk."

"Sir Xie." Li Ling bowed slightly, and then entered the hall without being humble and arrogant. He sat down on the seat in front of him, waiting for the other party to speak first.

But then, the development of things became a little strange. Yuan Yunjie did not immediately talk to Li Ling, but looked down at the Chinese books again, and sometimes he even wrote and painted with a pen on it, as if he had forgotten his new subordinate.

Seeing this outside, Li Moyun couldn't help but feel that he was not bullying others like this. But when he looked at his son again, he saw that he looked calm and gentle, neither anxious nor annoyed, just sat there and observed the various arrangements in the room, and casually drank two sips of newly brought tea, just like he was at home.

After half an hour, Yuan Yunjie put down his affairs and glanced at him. Then he remembered that there was a new subordinate who was left alone. He smiled: "I have heard from everyone about Li Shaoqing. Since it is Your Majesty's intention, I will give you all the burdens. I hope you don't let Your Majesty down. I will give you full responsibility for the transfer of grain from all over the country to Northern Xinjiang."

Okay, after delaying for so long, there was no apology at all. He spoke just such a stiff statement and no further arrangements. Even if Li Moyun had never been in the officialdom, he knew that this guy was making things difficult for his young master.

Li Ling still looked calm and nodded and responded: "This is not necessary for the Lord. Since the minister has received His Majesty's order, he should do his best to get the job done and will never let the Transport Department be embarrassed."

His words suddenly made a trace of gloom flash in Yuan Yunjie's eyes. What's this? Is it ignoring me? But this unhappiness was only a moment. He was so cunning that he naturally couldn't really argue with a new subordinate, so he waved his hand casually: "Since that's so good, then you go."

This is really not caring about anything. Li Ling said in his heart and could only say, "The official came here today. In addition to greetings to the adults, he also wanted to listen to the adults' arrangements. Is there any arrangement in my official office? "

"There is an empty place in the official hall, and the person is here-" Yuan Yunjie couldn't hold back on this matter, so he called a clerk and asked him to take Li Ling over to move in. "As for the manpower, you have also seen it. The yamen is still busy today. Not to mention your arrangements for delivering grain to the northern border, just raising grain from all over the country is a lot of things, so..." He didn't say the latter sentence as you saw it.

Li Ling nodded: "Then the official will not disturb you." He stood up again to salute, then went out, called the clerk, and asked him to take him to the official hall.

Fortunately, as one of the important yamen in the court, the Transport Department has not yet been sick enough to bring a dilapidated official hall to make things difficult for Li Ling, but the location here is a little remote. Since there is no one available here for the time being, it seems particularly deserted. Now there are only him and Li Moyun.

"Young Master, they did it on purpose, it was too much!" Li Moyun had no worries and immediately said unfairly.

"I had been expected." Li Ling walked around casually, touching the desk bookshelf with his hand, and found that although it was empty, it was kept as necessary and clean without dust. He nodded, "I was not in the way of dealing with the Transportation Department, and came over as an outside official and snatched such an errand that could have made great contributions, so their superiors and subordinates naturally didn't like it."

"Young master, what should we do?" Li Moyun looked distressed. This situation was even more difficult than he thought, and there was not even a single available person.

"What else can I do? Of course, I will mobilize all the people as soon as possible and start to do the job." Li Ling smiled, "Xiang Daxing and the others will come here in the afternoon. The house here is enough. Although it is a bit remote, it is better to be quiet. It's great."

"But those people alone are not enough to do the job. How should we find other clerks and mates?" After following Li Ling for several years in Yangzhou Prefecture, Li Moyun also had considerable experience. He knew that it was impossible to do the complicated and chaotic errands with just those more than ten people. There were too many trivial things that needed the most inconspicuous officials to do.

"Well..." Li Ling smiled and glanced around, "This is the Transportation Department, I am Shaoqing again, so it's not easy to find someone to do things?"

...

Shortly after afternoon, Lu You brought Xiang Daxing and other officials from the Ministry of Revenue to the Transportation Department.

They had many errands in the Ministry of Revenue, but because of Li Ling's request, Shen Zhuohui let them over, which surprised them and had a more different view of Li Ling, especially Lu You and Xiang Daxing. When they saw Li Ling, they felt more restrained and didn't know whether to give a gift or reminisce about the past.

The two of them had a good relationship with Li Ling. One was his boss and helped him a lot, and the other was his colleagues. But who would have thought that in just a few years, the young man who had just joined the Ministry of Revenue became their immediate boss. This change was really at a loss.

Fortunately, Li Ling did not get divorced from them because of this. As soon as he met, he smiled and greeted him: "Senior Lu, Brother Xiang, I haven't seen each other for a few years, so I'm fine. This time I have a heavy responsibility and really need trustworthy and capable people to help, so I thought about transferring you over. You won't be surprised, right?"

He had no tendency to be a boss at all, but made everyone feel a little relaxed. He waved his hand and said he didn't dare. Lu You also smiled and sighed: "I really didn't expect that Lord Li, you have only been out for a few years, and you have been promoted to a fourth-rank high-ranking official when you come back. Compared to you, I am really ashamed."

"This is all promoted by Your Majesty, I dare not be complacent. By the way, you should just call me Wen Zhong. It's more kind to do this. Brother Xiang, so do you."

"This..." Xiang Daxing was a little embarrassed. He was a little dull. Even though he had some friendship with Li Ling, the other party's identity was very different at this time, and he was still in awe. How could he dare to respect him with his former attitude?

When Li Ling saw this, he stepped forward and patted his shoulder hard: "Don't be so restrained. I came to you because I trust you enough, and it's no different from my friends. If you can't let go, it's just that it will affect your errands. Wouldn't that hurt me?"

After a pause, he looked at the others: "Everyone is a rare elite in the Ministry of Revenue. Whether it is financial management and accounting, they are the best in the world. The logistics of the northern wars will be all about us. We will fight side by side in the next few months or even a year, so don't worry too much about the difference in identity. Maybe after the matter is done, we will all be promoted by the court and rise to the top of the country. We will be here!"

As soon as he said this, everyone's spirit was really refreshed. Even Xiang Daxing's eyes flashed with light, and then they all said yes, and their morale was really rising.

"Okay, everyone will focus on their errands, accounts, and the superiors and inferiors in the officialdom, and so on." Seeing this, Li Ling emphasized again, then clapped his hands, signaled everyone to determine their own public housing, and then list the items they need, etc.

Although they brought a lot of the four treasures of the study that they used to, and they were planning to calculate the foundations, many of the things they needed for office work in the yamen still had to be collected in the Transportation Department. At this moment, some people listed all the relevant items and recorded them. There were three or four long lists of glossy paper.
Chapter completed!