On the first day of duty in the palace, it was no different from going to the Hanlin Academy, Lu Shuo was led by the small officials, and first went to worship the statue of the sage of Confucius.

The statue of Confucius here is obviously much taller and more sophisticated than the one served in the Hanlin Temple, but this shows the difference between the two places.

After worshipping Sage Kong, Lu Shuo went to Gao and Yue to pay homage.

These two people don't like to embarrass newcomers like Zhang Jingxiu, maybe they think that Lu Shuo is insignificant as a small official, or maybe because of their relationship with the Lu Mansion, all in all, after saying some words of encouragement gently, the two let Lu Shuo go.

After that, Lu Shuo was taken by a petty official and went to the office to report.

Wenyuan Pavilion is very large, the place where Lu Shuo works is located on the east side of Wenyuan Pavilion, entering the Huiji Gate, and the southernmost row of corridors near the city wall is the East Room of the Cabinet, also known as the Banquet Hall.

The location of Wenyuan Pavilion is hidden, the whole building is like a hollow word, and it is built by attaching to the Qinzheng Palace, and this position alone can see the function and status of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Close to the Son of Heaven and hidden, the true secret is also important.

Lu Shuo looked at the surrounding environment for a while, and then sat down, and after a while, a few people came outside, claiming to be the Zhongshu people who were guarding here.

The rank of the Zhongshu Sheren is from the seventh grade, one level lower than Lu Shuo, and he is a subordinate official of the Jingfang Pavilion.

He has a similar role to Li Yan, but compared to Li Yan, who is a miscellaneous worker, the Zhongshushe is mainly responsible for seeing the grass edicts, which is equivalent to the secretary of the Japanese lecturers, and the Zhongshusheren is a serious official position, and Lu Shuo is a relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Lu Shuo made this clear to him before Lu Shuo came, so Lu Shuo was extremely polite to him, unlike Li Yan who raised his status through grace and power.

The two sides greeted each other, Lu Shuo made a general note of the appearance of several Chinese scholars, and one of them led Lu Shuo to visit the Sutra Banquet Hall.

There is no public hall in the banquet hall, and the general meeting and discussion are in the personal room.

The duty rooms in the banquet hall are all separate, and the five people who are on duty in Hanlin are one person on duty, and even the Chinese scholars who are in charge of secretarial work also have separate rooms.

One room per person is to ensure confidentiality.

Lu Shuo was assigned to the middle room, the duty room was three zhang square, it was very spacious, and the privacy was very good, and when the door was closed, it was another world.

This made Lu Shuo very satisfied, compared to the noisy office environment in the review hall of the Hanlin Academy, the treatment here is simply much better, and Lu Shuo finally has a private office.

There is no official on duty in the banquet hall, except for the subordinate officials who work for the elders, Lu Shuo, a newly recruited official has no subordinates, and the Zhongshu Sheren only serves as a secretarial worker, and will not pay attention to you at all at other times.

This has also led to a result, whether it is cleaning, boiling tea and pouring water, or archiving materials, it is up to the Japanese lecturers to do it themselves.

After a rough understanding of the environment of the entire Wenyuan Pavilion, Lu Shuo finally settled down in the new office.

He put away the key to the duty room closely, put a basin of water, wiped the official desk, chairs, and the bookshelves on the side, and saw that the materials were all sorted and placed neatly and in order, so that he put his four treasures and books in the study room one by one, and as for the official seal, he found a hidden place to put them.

Just entered the straight, there is nothing to order, Lu Shuo is very idle, he is cleaning all morning, and when he is free, he takes a few books and reads them carefully.

When it was time for lunch, several people from the middle school beckoned Lu Shuo to eat, and when Lu Shuo went out, although there were no important documents in the room, he still locked the door.

Be careful to make the ship of ten thousand years, from now on, he must develop the habit of prudence and prepare for the future.

After Lu Shuo came out, in addition to a few Zhongshu scholars, there were also a few other Japanese lecturers with the same official position as him, Lu Shuo greeted each other with everyone, and spoke very politely.

No way, human relations are the last word that officialdom must learn, unless necessary, Lu Shuo doesn't want to offend anyone, who knows when he will turn over, officialdom, everything is hard to say.

Everyone saluted, and Lu Shuo also knew his colleagues, but these days the lecturers are all extremely young, less than ten years old from Lu Shuo, and he didn't see the Gu Xiancheng in his father's mouth.

Wenyuan Pavilion is set up with a public kitchen, and meals are unified here.

Since Wenyuan Pavilion is a confidential place, it can't see fire and oil, so the meals are only brought in after they are cooked, and the quality can be imagined, naturally it is not as fine as the outside, but Lu Shuo does not dislike this, how many people want to eat such a simple meal as Wenyuan Pavilion, but they can't eat it.

Just like outside, even in the public kitchen, everything is clear, officialdom is a place where dignity and humility are always spoken, and officials are honorable, and they will not eat at the same table with officials.

Therefore, when Lu Shuo came in, he saw Hanlin, the middle scholar sat on the east side, and the clerk sat on the west side.

Although Lu Shuo's official position is not low, he is the youngest, and he sat down after a little humbleness, and glanced at the dishes on the table by the way.

Five people, six dishes and two soups, meat and fish, the dishes are fine, and they seem to be good, far beyond the imagination of Lu Shuo.

I didn't expect an unexpected surprise.

Since Lu Shuo was arriving for the first time, seeing his surprise on his face, someone next to him explained: "The food in this palace, from the Son of Heaven to the eunuchs, was originally in charge of Guanglu Temple, but everyone thought that Guanglu Temple was difficult to swallow, so the Son of Heaven ordered the Shang Food Supervisor and the Shang Food Bureau to purchase the imperial meal, as for the palace maids and eunuchs, they also have their own kitchens, and so do our Wenyuan Pavilion, let Guanglu Temple directly fold the food into silver and invite a cook by himself." ”

I see!

Lu Shuo smiled and sighed that foodies are the same in ancient and modern times, even these old-fashioned officials, and they have worked hard to eat.

Another person smiled and said: "In the past few years, we invited a chef from Chuzhou, and in the past few years, we have changed to a chef from Wudi. ”

Everyone in the kitchen laughed when they heard this, and then they humbled each other before moving their chopsticks.

A few Hanlin chatted while talking, talking about some articles and regulations, and chatting very happily.

Unlike Hallymin, the environment here is much more relaxed, and it feels very relaxed, and there are not so many intrigues.

Lu Shuo felt very satisfied, but he thought privately that the reason why this is the case here may also be because everyone has become the closest person to power, no matter which one is very likely to be developed, everyone is the same, it is easy to offend, and whoever provokes is to make enemies for himself, it is better to unite and develop in a group than to go it alone.