This situation will definitely continue.
Li Qiao's guess was good, and the third prince jumped even more.
The third prince is the head of the Ministry of Personnel. Although winter has just entered, the assessment of Dasheng officials by the Ministry of Personnel has already begun.
Dasheng attaches great importance to the assessment of officials. There is a small test every year and a big test every three years. The assessment contains many contents and involves all aspects of officials.
The assessment process is mainly the official's self-reported performance + comments from the top + daily supervision by the Yushitai.
These three parties were finally gathered in the Ministry of Personnel.
Generally speaking, the Ministry of Civil Affairs synthesizes information from three parties and finally makes a comment to the officials.
The third prince is in the official department and has easy access to officials. He also likes to make friends with officials. In addition, after the fifth prince is finished, he is busy winning over the people who originally sided with the fifth prince. Therefore, he is busy keeping his feet on the ground. I wish I could have a hundred hours in one day so that he could bring all the civil and military officials to his side.
Now there is no prince who can compete with him. If you don't stand by his side, where else do you want to stand?
He who knows the current affairs is a hero.
Even Li Qiao posted a message inviting Li Qiao to his house to attend his third son's full moon banquet.
Li Qiao couldn't refuse, so he had to go.
Fortunately, he invited too many officials and called most of the officials from the capital. He had too many people to greet, so he had no time to communicate with Li Qiao that day.
After a huge full moon party, the first snow of winter came.
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Chapter 161 The Third Prince’s Disaster Relief Sleigh
The snowflakes were very small and disappeared when they fell to the ground, but they were accompanied by a cold wind, so it was very cold.
Li Qiao went out to work in the morning. Tao Zhu stood on the corridor and glanced at the snowflakes that were drifting down. He turned to Li Qiao and said, "Want something hot for lunch? Can I have someone bring you some soup?"
Li Qiao was tying the belt of his cloak. Hearing this, he also glanced at the small snowflakes that had drifted into the corridor in the wind. He shook his head and said, "No, it's too troublesome in the cold weather. And I have to go to Shengpingcang today, so I won't be here." Tobe."
After the autumn harvest, autumn taxes from various places came to Beijing. The Ministry of Revenue has been busy recently, so Sheng Hong asked him to deal with the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue first and temporarily suspended his ghostwriting duties.
Therefore, his lunch consisted of Tobe's big pot meal.
But today he has to go out to work.
He is now mainly responsible for checking the grain and money taxes sent to the capital from various places.
Jibei Province is the closest to Shengjing, and the autumn taxes from Jibei Province are the earliest.
Shengjing has five major granaries and three major cash warehouses. He had to go to the Shengping Granary today to check the quantity and quality of autumn grain in Jibei Province.
"Yes, you are not in the household department today."
Tao Zhu couldn't help but raise his hand and pat his forehead. He had forgotten what Li Qiao mentioned last night.
It happened that a snowflake was blown by the wind to the corridor and fell on his forehead, making him shiver.
Seeing this, Li Qiao held his already cold hand and said, "It's cold outside, so wear thin clothes. Don't freeze. Go back to the house."
Tao Zhu shrank his neck, but took a step forward and hugged him: "Then you come back early."
Being an official is really not as comfortable as being a local landlord.
Li Qiao knew that he felt sorry for her again, so she smiled and hugged him, then asked him to go back to the room. After he closed the door to block out the cold, he wrapped his cloak tightly and headed towards the front yard. Go.
In this kind of weather, the morning court was automatically cancelled, and he did not need to go to the palace to write for himself. He went directly to the Ministry of Revenue.
He went to his independent office to get the relevant information, and then called the chief doctor in the northern part of Shangji and several minor officials. The group left the inner city and headed towards Shengpingcang, one of the five major granaries.
This job is not complicated, but it takes time. It was dark when I went in and it was still dark when I came out. But fortunately, after the work was done, the autumn grain in Jibei Province was of high quality and quantity, and it was very qualified.
Li Qiao said goodbye to several other officials, and then walked home slowly on the bluestone road that had been dyed white by snowflakes.
When I got home, it was not yet seven o'clock in the evening.
He sent Li Meng back early to report the news so that his family didn't have to wait for him, so the others had just finished dinner.
Li Qiao told everyone to go and do whatever they were supposed to do. It was cold, so everyone should go back to their rooms and rest.
I thought it wouldn't snow today, but after the ineffective snowflakes had been falling for most of the day, the snowflakes suddenly started falling rapidly.
Following this trend, there may be heavy snowfall at night.
Just as Li Qiao had imagined, when he woke up the next day, the whole world was covered with white snow, driving away the night. Even inside the house, he could still see the faint light emitting from the snow outside.
It was extremely warm under the quilt, and Tao Zhu's hands and feet were wrapped around him. He immediately closed his eyes again, squinting for as long as he could.
But today was not a holiday. Less than five minutes after closing his eyes, Tao Zhu woke up.
The two of them lay on the bed for a while, then reluctantly dressed and got up.
The snow was quite heavy last night, and the snow in the yard was piled up to his knees. Li Qiao simply abandoned the car and walked to work.
In this kind of road condition, riding a carriage is not much faster than walking.
However, by noon, the sky started to snow again, this time it was not light snowflakes, but heavy snowflakes.
By the time Li Qiao got off work, the snow on the road had piled up to her knees again.
The snow kept falling, even when Li Qiao came home and had dinner.
Fortunately, Li Qiao had no bath tomorrow, so he no longer had to walk to work while it was still dark.
Therefore, Zheng Qianqian clamored to play cards again.
Li Qiao rarely goes to the card table, and he is very busy recently and rarely has free time. Li Xiaorui and the two cubs are very clinging to him, crawling around on him and reluctant to let him go.
He played with the three little guys with building blocks, but after playing for a while, all three little guys fell asleep.
The three of them played in the snow for too long today and were exhausted.
After the three little ones fell asleep, Li Qiao got off the kang, came out of the bedroom, and took a few steps to the door of the main house.
Opening the door, a cold wind blew in immediately.
In the yard, several people were clearing snow.
The snow kept falling, and Li Qiao arranged for them to sweep the snow every half an hour.
After staring at the six of them for a moment, Li Qiao closed the door.
I hope the snow stops at midnight. Although auspicious snow heralds a good harvest, it must be moderate. Too much is a bad thing.
God seemed to hear his thoughts. Although the snow did not stop in the middle of the night, the heavy snowflakes turned into small snowflakes.
When he woke up the next day and learned that the snow had not caused a disaster, he felt much relieved.
After breakfast, Li Xiaorui was no longer illiterate, but gathered around him and shouted to build blocks.
The two little cubs rarely see him during the day, and they each hold one of his legs, call daddy, and play with building blocks.
"We won't play with blocks today, let's play with a fresh one."
Li Qiao knelt down with a smile and pinched their little faces one by one.
"What's new?"
Li Xiaorui asked immediately, and his big eyes lit up.
"sled."
Li Qiao did not hesitate: "I asked the Ministry of Industry to customize them a few days ago. They are your favorite tigers and rabbits. If nothing unexpected happens, they will be delivered today."
"Wow!" Li Xiaorui exclaimed.
Although he doesn’t know what a sled is, his uncles went to the Ministry of Industry to customize it, so it must be fun!
Li Xiaorui said "Wow", and the two little boys also said "Wow". They didn't even know what a sled was, but the eldest nephew said "Wow", and their uncles must keep up.
Tao Zhu stood aside and looked at this scene with amusement.
Sledding, though?
"When did you get it customized? I never heard of you mentioning it."
"I want to give you a surprise. Don't worry, we have some too. I've ordered a few that can fit us adults."
Li Qiao said with a smile.
It snows every winter. In the past, it was just him and Tao Zhu, who were not very interested in playing in the snow. But now there are three more little ones, and they are all lively and active, so he went to the Ministry of Industry to customize a sled.
Li Qiao's guess was right. At about ten o'clock in the morning, the people from the Ministry of Works delivered the sled. However, because it was the first time for the people from the Ministry of Works to do this and they were not very skilled, they only had the children's version.
Your sleigh will take several days to complete.
Li Qiao understood very well that sleds really didn't exist in Dasheng before. It was normal for craftsmen to need to think more.
The children's sleds are very cute. One is in the shape of a tiger and the other is in the shape of a rabbit. The inside is very spacious, enough for Li Xiaorui and the two cubs to sit in it.
This small sled for children does not require horses and can be pulled only by human power.
It happened that the snow in the alley had not been cleared yet, so Li Qiao Tao Zhu and a group of adults carried sleds and took three little ones to play in the snow in the alley.
The three little guys had never seen such interesting toys before. After sitting in the sled, the smiles on their faces never stopped.
Even several nearby neighbors were attracted by the laughter and came out of their homes to stand in the alley to watch.
These neighbors knew that Li Qiao had no airs, so they boldly asked what it was.
Li Qiao answered with a smile, and also placed a wave of advertisements. It is expected that the Royal Toy Store will launch this kind of sled next month. If you are interested, you can go and buy it.
The whole day was spent in the laughter of the three little guys. During dinner, Zheng Qianqian couldn't help but said: "Uncle, why don't you send someone to the Ministry of Industry to urge you? That sled is so fun."
"You can hurry, but you can only play if there is snow. According to the speed of the Ministry of Industry, by the time they get your sled ready and delivered, the snow should be almost gone."
"It's okay, let's get it first." Zheng Qianqian said and looked at Tao Zhu: "Uncle Zhu, do you think so?"
Tao Zhu nodded slightly: "Yes."
He also wants to play...
