On the fourteenth day of the lunar month, Xu Heng left the palace before dawn.

Xu Heng went out at the right time, when Su Su and Shangguan Tingxue were still asleep, and Xiao Yi had been up for a while. Knowing that Xu Heng was going to get up early, he prepared his clothes early, and after serving Xu Heng to get dressed, he sent Xu Heng to the gate of the palace, and watched Xu Heng's figure disappear into the morning fog before reluctantly returning to the palace.

Xu Heng rode forward alone.

It was dark, but there was already some light, and there was silence in the Princely Alley, except for the occasional sound of servants sweeping the front of the house. At this time, in the Princely Lane, only the servants who got up early yawned and began to clean up all kinds of chores, and most of the princes and nobles who were the masters were still sleeping beside their wives and maids at this time.

The mist before dawn is refreshing and cool, does not block the view, and also brings coolness to pedestrians. Xu Heng was awakened by the coolness of the fog, looking at the scenery in Shen'an City at this time, his heart was full of comfort.

The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of the day lies in the morning.

Early morning is a time of hope.

After thinking about it all night last night, Xu Heng found that he couldn't change Xu Jin's view of the rivers and lakes, but it just took a little time. This less than a year made Xu Heng fully aware of one point

-- The rivers and lakes must exist, not disappear.

Xu Heng was very concerned about his brother's opinion, because judging from the matter of the purple gold jade bottle in Xijing City, he had already begun to pay attention to the affairs of the rivers and lakes, maybe this might just be what he said about observation and learning. But judging from the attitude he is showing now, one day, the rivers and lakes will definitely fall in his hands.

Xu Heng believed in his brother's ability,

Especially when their father has been crowned the crown prince, and they withdraw from the court dispute, Xu Jin's future observation object will be the whole world. What is written is also the whole world.

No one could have predicted the consequences of his pen.

So he was particularly eager to determine his brother's attitude towards the rivers and lakes.

Although the result was not as unsatisfactory as I had guessed, fortunately, my brother's mind could be changed.

Xu Heng walked out of Wanghou Lane, turned west, and went straight to the Jingfeng Gate on the east side of the imperial city. After leaving Wanghou Lane, the sky became much brighter, and there were more people on the street, more common were officials from various public offices, followed by merchants who got up early to do all kinds of business, and everywhere were teahouses, taverns and restaurants that began to prepare for the day.

The senior officials who need to participate in the court meeting need to arrive very early, if it is a court meeting, when Xu Heng goes out, they should have already gathered in front of the Taiji Palace; two days outside the court meeting that is held every three days, there is no need to arrive so early, the high-ranking officials only need to go to the public offices after the dawn to order the mao, and now in the direction of the imperial city in various parts of Shen'an City, most of them are petty officials who do not need to participate in the court meeting.

The status of each office is different, some are important and some are insignificant, the important office is busier on weekdays, the more insignificant is more idle, and the later the work time. And the Jianghu Division where Xu Heng is going is one of the earliest offices in Dianmao.

Xu Heng came to the Jingfeng Gate of the Imperial City, and after showing his identity jade card, he was sent into the Imperial City by the guard Gong of the gatekeeper, and the horses were left outside the gate.

Horses are not allowed in the imperial city, and this rule is suitable for the hundred officials of Shen'an.

Jingfeng Gate is a side gate on the east side of the imperial city. In the imperial city, the West Ancestral Hall and the East Sheji, as soon as you enter from the Jingfeng Gate, it happens to be the government office of Dayang and its many affiliated institutions, and the Huhai Mansion where Xu Heng is going is among them, which just saves Xu Heng a little footsteps.

After Xu Heng entered the imperial city, the sky was partially brighter, the red glow dyed the heaven and earth in the southeast, and the rest of the blue-black sky became clearer and clearer.

Xu Heng strolled between the various government offices, looked at the scenery in the imperial city with interest, walked around, and finally stopped in front of a government courtyard in the southeast corner of the imperial city. There is no plaque on the yamen, indicating that this is not a government office with a name, at best it is an attached courtyard of a certain government office.

Most of these nameless affiliated courtyards are used to store the files accumulated by the government office or objects that are not used all year round, and are guarded by one or two small officials, or simply sent two old people to guard them, saving human resources.

Of course, this kind of courtyard also has another purpose: that purpose is to hang a bright plaque on this courtyard, and then offer it to those princes and nobles who have made hereditary merits, and hang a very famous false title in the courtyard, and all day long can even send their own servants to come as they want, and the corpse is vegetarian, but they receive several times more money than those hard-working officials.

Most of the generations of Sexun's children spend their lives in such idleness, worry-free about food and clothing, life and death, and the only joy in life is how to find some more interesting fun in their lives.

Among such Shixun's children, there are also many people with lofty ambitions, but due to their special status, even if they have talents, it is difficult to display them. The more intelligent you are, the easier it is to be criticized, and it is safe to be incompetent.

Therefore, those who have high aspirations at the beginning will inevitably end up in the world.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Heng insisted on leaving the palace and entering the rivers and lakes.

Standing in front of the yayuan for a while, after sighing, he stepped forward and wanted to do something serious.

When he walked to the door, he happened to meet the little official guarding the yamen who opened the door, Xu Heng stopped, and after the door opened, he was about to go in, but found that the person who opened the door turned out to be an acquaintance.

"Heng Gongzi?!" After the two looked at each other for a moment, the young man dressed as a small official in the door took the lead in speaking, and after calling Xu Heng's title, he realized that it was inappropriate, and immediately saluted, "Huhai Mansion official Du Xinran see Heng Gongzi." ”

The person in front of him turned out to be Du Xinran, the head of the guard who had stopped him outside the city gate two days ago.

I didn't see each other for a day, and the two met elsewhere, and they were guarding the door and entering the door one by one, I have to say that fate is really wonderful.

This time, Du Xinran would not stop Xu Heng again.

Xu Heng nodded at the little official's visit, according to Xu Heng's identity, nodding is already enough. It's not even necessary to speak. It's just that Du Xinran is more or less an acquaintance, so Xu Heng asked with a smile: "Chief Du, can I enter here now?"

"Yes, Prince Heng, please take care of yourself. ”

Du Xinran lowered his head and endured the bitterness in his heart, and did not dare to be dissatisfied with Xu Heng's ridicule.

Xu Heng did such a thing, once later, he could still stiffen his brother-in-law with his neck, and twice, he was like that, but after three or five times, he was removed from the army by his brother-in-law, completely separated from the army, and was stuffed into the imperial city to find a clean mansion as a small official.

Officials are different, officials are not of the world's rank, and they can also be promoted, but the official position of officials is much stricter.

Once the officials are inducted, they will be registered as officials from generation to generation, and their descendants will be government officials for all generations and must not be separated. The brother-in-law has completely lost confidence in him, and the brother-in-law is looking for someone to handle the formalities for him, and he will become a government official in the near future.

There is no future, but there is no need for food and clothing.

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[Minor Modification]: Regarding the Huhai Division that appeared above, it has been renamed the Jianghu Division here, this new name can show its functions more simply and directly, and I will slowly correct the previous omissions~

By the way, there is also the problem of twelve hours: twelve hours a day correspond to 02468...... and other even-numbered moments, as for odd-numbered moments such as 12679, after I checked the information, they are generally named "positive". For example, Yin Zheng, who Xu Heng went out today, is now called 5 o'clock in the morning.

At five o'clock in the morning in winter, of course, it is dark~

(End of chapter)