Shortly after the new year, Liang Ren left to take up his new post in the south.
He made a special trip to Huanglong Prefecture before leaving, though this time it wasn't as bustling as his previous visits.
Liang Ren had a round of heavy drinking with Bai Yuan and Yang Fangyu. Quoting a line Bai Yuan had once shared with him, "Heaven gave me talent, so it must be of use," he left Huanglong Prefecture with a hearty laugh.
A shame he didn't stick around for the next line of the poem. In the end, it was Yang Fangyu who settled the bill.
Half a month passed.
After Xu Dingchun was ordered back to the capital, the Northern Garrison Army was no longer the force it once was. An increasing number of powerful individuals from the Northern Plains began to cross the Great Wall.
This was when the importance of the four great Jiedu Envoys became apparent.
Perhaps the Imperial Court had foreseen this, which was why the Emperor had restored the old system.
