Chapter 737: Sitting in the yamen

On the 17th day of the first lunar month, Cao Yong's new official took office on the first day.

Chu Yu got up early, held the white geese and put on the lapis lazuli, and served Cao Yong on his clothes. Cao Yong glanced at the mirror, and said, "Well, he is young and promising."

Although it is an offending job, it has the right to prosecute, impeachment, and straightforward reporting. In addition, the emperor is directly above, and there is no second-level leader. Apart from dealing with a moody and unpredictable old emperor, he doesn't have to look at others' expressions anymore. He is also considered free.

The woman brought Tianyou and Hang Seng over and greeted Cao Yong.

After the Chinese New Year, the two of them gained a lot and were so fleshy. From now on, they also have to study with their husbands.

After breakfast, Cao Yong left Wutongyuan, first went to Lanyuan to invite his parents to his parents, and then rode out to the Ministry of Revenue. The procedures for the Ministry of Personnel were sent to the Ministry of Revenue yesterday, and now he went directly to the Ministry of Revenue to take office.

Although the imperial edict was issued yesterday, the details of the Office of the Household Department have already been placed on Cao Yong's desk.

The household department has a seal for the officers of the Ministry of Public Affairs, one person in the Han Dynasty, one person in the fourth rank of the official, and the seventh rank of the official. The officers of the Ministry of Public Affairs, one person in the Han Dynasty, one person in the seventh rank of the official, and fifteen people in the pen and post style.

If there is a full staff, there are only nineteen people in the "Yazhongya" located in the Ministry of Revenue. Currently, there are only Cao Yong in the handwriting and giving in to the court. There are also Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai, and thirteen people in the handwriting style.

Cao Yong originally thought that "censors" like this were all from professional schools, but when he learned about the resumes of several colleagues, he was surprised. Because Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai were both from imperial examinations, they were not from imperial examinations. Chen Yizhen was a donation to an official, and Chang Dai was a favor.

The previous one, the official seal was given to the clerk, and the place was promoted to the Censor.

Let’s talk about the Ministry of Revenue. The officials of the church are also considered old people that Cao Yong knew. The prince who is in charge of the ministry is the fourth prince, the Grand Secretary of the Ministry is Ma Qi, the former chief supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Secretary of the Manchu Mu Helun, the Secretary of the Han Dynasty Zhao Shenqiao, and the Minister of the Han Dynasty. The minister of the minister of the minister of the Han Dynasty are often replaced, but Cao Yong is not very familiar with it.

Zhao Shenqiao is just a minister in the same palace, but Mu Helun is Cao Yong's old superior.

In the 48th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, when Cao Yong first joined the Ministry of Revenue as a minister, he happened to be transferred to serve as the Minister of State. In the officialdom, in addition to the friendship between "members" and "same year" and "schools", colleagues and superiors and subordinates also need to maintain their friendship.

Just say that in the first month of this year, Cao Yong still went to Mu Helun's mansion to pay New Year's greetings, but he still held the ceremony of a noble official. Mu Helun was not feeling well and avoided the ceremony.

The so-called Household Department Office is actually the small courtyard behind the warehouse in the northwest corner of the Ministry of Revenue. There are five main rooms, three rooms in the east and west wings, and three rooms in the downward door.

It's so small and exquisite, looking at the gray walls and tiles, it's very inconspicuous.

When Cao Yong entered the yard, there were two letters in the yard. Although he didn't know Cao Yong, he recognized his clothes and put them on his back and bowed to him.

Cao Yong nodded as a gift, and took Jiang Jian, Zhao Tong and Xiaoman into the yard.

After many years of office, Cao Yong also knew the general structure of the public housing, so he went straight into the east house when he arrived at the upper house.

There are two east rooms, and the inner room is Cao Yong's office. Against the east wall, there are a row of bookcases. The bookcases are filled with yellow old books, emitting a musty smell. Under the south window, there are desks and chairs, which look old because of the ages. Under the north window is a short kang.

It really doesn’t have the majesty of an official office, and it looks like an old master’s study.

Only the four-character banner hanging on the wall opposite the book is sharp and reveals a bit of strictness. The banner is written from right to left with four large characters, "Speak straight and straight".

It looks a bit old, but it is written by Kangxi, which also reveals the emperor's expectations for "Chidao Censor". After all, the emperor sat high on the dragon throne and lived in the nine palaces, and could see and hear, but only see.

"Chidao Censor" stares at the inside and outside the capital. If he cannot speak fairly, the emperor will become deaf and blind.

There are several tables and chairs in the outer room, which are the following master and the position of the on-duty pen and post.

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If the pen and post are full, there are fifteen people. Each of them serves three people around the senior officer, and the other three are sorting official documents and chores. Because the Han Zhang Seal is not present, the two missing persons of the senior officer have not been made up for the time being.

Xiaoman was carrying two big bags in his hand. One was filled with several books that Cao Yong often used, as well as pen cases, inkstones, pen holders, pen washes and other items. Open them and put them on the desk one by one.

Another one is a few blue cloth cushions inside, and Xiaoman also arranged them one by one in the room.

The originally old and dilapidated house has become a little more popular. Cao Yong looked around and was satisfied.

In this moment, the officials in the east and west wings had already received the letter and knew that the new Master Zhang Zi has arrived.

The imperial edict was issued yesterday, and the official documents of the Ministry of Personnel need to go through some complicated procedures, so I still don’t know what the surname of my new boss is.

Despite this, etiquette is important now and there is no need to care about it.

Leaded by Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai, thirteen pens gathered in the hall of the room.

Then, Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai went to the east room to invite Cao Yong to come out for the gift.

Chen Yizhen was in his thirties and from Shanxi. He had a dark face, a heavy accent, and his forehead was covered with head-up patterns, looking like he was bitter and revenge. His official clothes were wrinkled, and there were traces of patches on his cuffs and collar.

Chang Dai was thirty-five and sixty years old, a native of the capital, with a smile on his face. Although he was 80% new official uniforms, he was very neatly cleaned and his boots were polished with Cheng Liang. He had a string of bees on his left wrist and a gem ring as big as a pigeon egg on his right finger.

If it were someone else, I would have thought that Chen Yizhen was poor and Chang Dai was a rich child.

In fact, the Chen family is a famous Shanxi merchant. Chen Yizhen is a legitimate branch of the family. Many of the tribe members work in Beijing. Two of the money shops in Beijing are opened by his family. He is the youngest son in the family. I heard that his parents did not agree to him as an official, but were afraid that he would suffer. However, he had no intention of doing business and insisted on donating the official.

Chang Dai was born in the Eight Banners, but he was not a powerful child, but a son-in-law of a middle-aged family. In his early years, he used the family's wealth to make up for the letter. Because it was not related, no one promoted him. He survived for fifteen or sixteen years and was only promoted to the school last year. His family was not well-off and his life was tight.

Cao Yong did not intend to investigate other people's privacy, just because in the Office of the Household Department, Chen Chang and the other two were his left and right arms in the future. Naturally, they wanted to understand clearly and use it with confidence.

You are not afraid of enemies like gods, but you are afraid of teammates like pigs.

In addition, Cao Yong was not a person who was willing to worry about personnel disputes, so as early as the New Year, when their father and son wanted to find out the two people here carefully.

Fortunately, although these two people are "hiding the rich" and the other are "hiding the poor", they are quite diligent in their work and have no record of greed.

Whether it is true honest or in this position, Cao Yong is very satisfied with this.

Cao Yong knew about the dirty things in the Ministry of Revenue many years ago, otherwise the Minister of Revenue would not have been replaced so frequently.

After these two men handed the gifts to Cao Yong, Cao Yong bowed and returned half of the gifts.

It was only after he entered the door that he realized that the official documents of the Ministry of Personnel had not arrived yet. According to the procrastination habit of the Ministry of Personnel, it seemed that he had to wait for two days. There was no way, Cao Yong was just waiting for his own name.

Chen Yizhen and Chang Dai both heard of Cao Yong's name.

Chen Yizhen remembered the rumors of "tea boy" and Daoxiang Village, which is a daily stake in gold. In the early years, the Chen family was also interested in getting involved in the tea business. Last year, they wanted to participate in the bidding of the Ministry of Internal Affairs last year, but his father and brother were cautious and were afraid of losing their trade with the government. After thinking about it over and over again, they still did not intervene.

However, there are contacts with Chen's money house in Daoxiang Village.

Chang Dai's Yue family's old Manchu surname was Xitala, and they were close to the old lady of Jueluo Mansion. However, their ancestors had some holidays, so the two families broke off contact.

He was so well-known for his in-laws Cao Yong. Although there were major festivals before, his grade was too low and he was far behind, so he didn't know Cao Yong.

No matter what they thought, there were more than a dozen posts waiting outside. Cao Yong came out from behind the desk and arrived at the middle hall with the two.

The so-called "center hall" is just the size of a room.

The two chairs were arranged side by side in the upper position, with a square table in the middle, and a few chairs were arranged on the left and right wings. The remaining half of the open space in the room, the pens stood in a few rows and looked down.

"Well, this is the newly appointed Master Cao." In addition to Cao Yong, Chang Dai is the oldest and has the highest official position, so he is recommended by Qi.

Everyone had leaned over to see it. Cao Yong nodded and looked at the crowd, but found two familiar figures. He also saw Cao Song's two cousins, Marhan's grandson Fengche and grandson Helian.

Yes, Cao Yong still remembers that when he was working in the six ministries, what happened to Fengche?

Fengche also saw Cao Yong looking at him, and smiled and saluted everyone.

Although I felt strange, I had to meet several officials from the Ministry of Revenue’s main hall, so Cao Yong said a few words to everyone and asked everyone to go down.

When I arrived at the main hall of the Ministry of Revenue, the fourth prince went to Changchunyuan to meet him. Ma Qi was in charge of the imperial court and usually received the official documents from the Ministry of Revenue, but he did not come to the Ministry of Revenue.

Mu Helun had already received the news, but was very happy.

He was still full of flesh and a big belly, looking at his face flushed, and said he wanted to arrange his life, invite Cao Yong to have a drink, and congratulate him for taking office.

His eyes narrowed a slit and looked at Cao Yong, just like he looked at his own son, which made Cao Yong get goosebumps.

Cao Yong couldn't stand it, so he exchanged a few greetings and had to worship Shangshu Zhao before he could get rid of his body.

Zhao Shenqiao could not see any joy and anger when Cao Yong was appointed as the director of the Husband. He was already in his seventies, his eyes were covered with bloodshot, his face was thin, but his waist was still straight and his character was not reduced.

Now, Zhao Shenqiao's life is not easy. His son was sentenced for corruption last year. Every now and then, he is often scolded by the emperor.

In recent years, he has handed over the revengeful memorials every year, and he has criticized and rejected them every time.

This is a famous honest official and capable minister, but his later years are so miserable. There is only one reason, that is, he is a Han official, not a Manchu official. Even if he has worked hard, he can only refute and suppress the court for the balance between Manchu and Han.

Seeing this, Cao Yong's heart, which was originally a little excited, gradually sank...
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