Chapter 175 Ambition!

Today is the first day of the new year's court session. Many officials who have been sent to the capital city will return to their respective jurisdictions after listening to the emperor's words today.

This is equivalent to a large company where executives from other provinces return to the head office early before the New Year to report on their work and the year's performance statements, and then return to their posts to start the new year's work at the end of the annual meeting.

As the helmsmen of the company, the Zhan family mother and daughter will give some inspiring words and some instructions and directions for the coming year at this annual meeting.

Li An will also attack today, so he got up early and started preparing for everything.

The eldest disciple Hong Kaijia has been wandering around the outside world for a while now, and he has found a suitable place for himself to open a new academy. This time, Li An plans to spend more time and effort to train a group of specialized talents for use.

As for the Shangjing Academy mentioned earlier, Li An felt that it had no value at all, and there was no need to save it.

He had already seen clearly the quality of the students in Shangjing Academy. The so-called talents there might be beneficial to the stability of Northern Qi, but they were not what Li An needed.

It is worth mentioning that Shen Zhong went to Qing State. As for when he left Beijing, the Jinyiwei could not tell. He went with his family and was well prepared. Along with him, there was also news that Sean was still alive.

Li An didn't care whether Shen Zhong could be reused after going to Qing Kingdom, but he was afraid that Fan Xian's life would not be easy in the future.

Perhaps his existence would greatly reduce Sean's value to the temple, but whether it was Sean's tactics or Fan Xian's deception, it would make Emperor Qing re-evaluate the importance of Chen Pingping, and at the same time - would also accelerate his demise.

Feeling grateful that he had brought a bit of vitality to the dull Qing Kingdom, and also feeling grateful that Yan Bingyun might have good things coming because of being used to bind Shen Zhong, Li An went out happily and got on the carriage, accompanied by Yan Xiaoyi and his son.

There was heavy snow falling from the sky.

The three of them were dressed in ordinary and thin clothes. Even the national master didn't have work clothes, especially on such an important day as today.

Li An also went to the palace twice these days, and mainly discussed with the emperor about the future development of Northern Qi and the development of smuggling. The important thing about smuggling is not the money, but the channels. Of course, it is not to say that money is not important. Now what Qi needs most is precisely these money. It's just that in the long run, these channels are more important. As for entering the palace today, it is to solve the future development of Northern Qi.

When the carriage passed Xiushui Street, Li An leaned out of the window and looked carefully.

Many of the shop owners here are spies placed by Qing Kingdom in the open by Northern Qi. There are merchants from all over the southern counties here. After traveling around the world, they will transfer the intelligence they collect back to Qing Kingdom, so that Southern Qing can be successful. It is still early at this time. Looking at the hurried figures of people, it seems that with the passing of winter, the intelligence system that has been dormant for some time has revived again, showing vitality.

"Have Sean and Uesugi Tiger taken action?"

Li An yawned a little uncomfortably, exhaling a cloud of white mist. Fortunately, Butler Chen was thoughtful and prepared hot tea in the carriage, which allowed the three of them to pass the time.

Yan Xiaoyi was still cold and taciturn, but the arrival of his son had brought about some changes in him, which Li An was happy to see.

"Everything has been prepared. I believe that sir has big plans this time." Yan Xiaoyi's tone was slightly cheerful. He had done some things for Li An, from which he could see some of Li An's arrangements and intentions. It seemed that the day of revenge was not far away.

Li An smiled slightly, knowing that his biggest motivation was revenge, followed by achievement. As for archery, it was a hobby, not a pursuit.

"They are indeed stupid. They think they can do this without anyone noticing." Li An took a sip of tea. "After today, you will have to get busy."

Yan Xiaoyi did not comment.

When the carriage was about to enter the palace, Yan Xiaoyi asked the question in his heart: "When a country is like a person, is it the beginning of his glory and also the precursor of his demise?" Yan Xiaoyi was right.

When a country has only one will, all forces will converge in one place. Then naturally, no matter what they do or what kind of powerful enemies they have, they cannot be feared or defeated. However, this situation often leads to major disasters due to the incompetence and misjudgment of the rulers.

When the mood of the ruler changes, the future of the country will change.

"It is people, not machines, who rule the country. Machines are things that can work perfectly, so what you think is not wrong. Of course, it also depends on who the decision maker is." Ang Lee's smile seemed a little ridiculous.

"What about you?" Yan Xiaoyi felt a little chilly for some reason. It was not because of the cold outside the carriage, but because of the fear of not being able to see the road ahead. "Is this why you went to see Ku He?"

Li An thought about it carefully and gave an affirmative answer: "I will not be wrong in this regard. To be precise, I have several different successful cases for the laws of development in the dynasty stage. I can barely be considered to have experience, right? As for Ku He, his brilliance is too great for Qi State, so I asked him to build momentum for me and sweep him out. I believe he also saw this clearly and did not refuse."

"We're almost at the main hall!"

Li An stretched his body.

After a while, the carriage stopped. Just as Li An was about to get off the carriage, he heard Yan Xiaoyi's voice again: "If the emperor rejected you today because of the obstruction of the ministers, or if Ku He rejected you that day, what would you do?"

As soon as these words were spoken, not only did Li An pause in his movement to get out of the car, but even Yan Shendu looked anxious and wanted to hold his father back.

"First of all, this situation will not happen." Li An set the tone for the matter and replied indifferently: "If Ku He refuses, there will be no Tianyi Dao; of course, if the Zhan family refuses, there will be no little emperor, and there will only be Madam Li."

The wind and snow poured into the carriage, but were stopped by an invisible wall. It had no choice but to turn around and rush out.

Li An got off the carriage with a lot on his mind and walked up the stairs to the hall above.

He had long been tired of the days like those in Qing Kingdom, the feeling of being threatened all the time. Since he had the life to start over, he could only act according to his own wishes, and the Grandmaster's cultivation and young age were his greatest help.

At the same time, one's own disciples and followers like Yan Xiaoyi are one of the conditions for success.

The three men walked slowly into the hall, without any stain on their bodies. They did not stand at the doorway like other officials, shaking off the snow and wind on their shoulders. This made those officials very envious, and they slightly stopped looking down on the warriors.

At least, this aspect is quite convenient.

Sean no longer concealed his tracks because of Shen Zhong's escape, and today he appeared in the court with his adopted son Uesugi Huer.

Seeing Li Ang coming, he and Uesugi Tora came over to greet him and nodded vaguely.

Li An put aside his thoughts at this time and finally smiled. He took the sword box that Yan Shendu helped to carry and placed it on the ground, and responded: "Master Xiao, has your body recovered?"

"Recovering well!"

"That's good!" Li An nodded, "Master Xiao, you should start preparing to take over the newly opened government office - Black Ice Terrace!"

(End of this chapter)