New Year brings numerous tasks, things rarely seen in day-to-day affairs suddenly sprout up like bamboo shoots after a rain.
As the year end approaches, while the Southern Border lacks the harsh cold of the north, its affairs are abundant, with all kinds of petitions requiring the personal review and directives of the Vassal King, nearly filling the large desk.
There are requests for additional allocation of reward silver for various provinces and counties to commend officials during the festive season, reports of small groups of nomadic bandits at border outposts seeking strategies for suppression or appeasement, disputes among Tusi over the top trading spot for the festive season needing arbitration, a rare hail disaster in winter within the domain requesting tax relief and warehouse assistance, and even lawsuits from distant branches of the Imperial Family over trivial matters like title inheritance and land division… An endless array of issues.
