The officials in the court all saluted according to the number of rituals.

After the officials of the four divisions saw it, they were officials of the department of the department.

There are two secretaries in the secretary office, and the official position is from the ninth grade. The secretary office mainly deals with the outside yamen, exchanges official documents, and forwards.

In addition to the three halls and four divisions, the Yamen under the Ministry of Rites also has the Huitong Hall, the Casting and Printing Bureau, and the Teaching Workshop Division.

The Ming Dynasty has always regarded itself as a state of the Celestial Empire and a central power, and does not attach special importance to foreign affairs, and treats foreign countries as tributary countries.

Therefore, later US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger commented on China, saying that China has no experience in dealing with a major country on an equal footing for thousands of years.

This was especially true during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

During the Qing Dynasty, the emperor sent a letter to US President Abraham Lincoln, in which he said that he would inherit the mandate of heaven and care for the four seas, and regard China and other countries as one family, no different from each other.

Therefore, the status of the hall can be imagined, so this will belong to the main and guest department of the Ministry of Rites.

In the diplomatic affairs of the Ming Dynasty, the master of the same pavilion received the envoys of Fanbang, and the main and guest department of the Ministry of Rites was in charge, and the main translator of the Siyi Pavilion was responsible for the Taichang Temple.

As for the Casting and Printing Bureau, there is no need to mention it.

Finally, there is the Department of Teaching Workshop, the teaching official was very noble in the Yuan Dynasty as a three-grade official, and in the Ming Dynasty, it was only for the ninth grade.

The Jiaofang Division is not only the legendary wife and daughter of the offender, but also contains a large number of music books, such as Dong Xiaowan, Li Xiangjun and other famous prostitutes in Jianghuai were born in the Nanjing Jiaofang Division.

By the way, the Department of Teaching is the only revenue-generating department under the Ministry of Northern and Southern Rites.

The Yamen of the Ministry of Rites is well-known as the Qingshui Yamen, the poor jingle bell, when the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites wants to use money, they all ask the secretary of the sect to take it, such as today, when Lin Yanchao arrives, or the official is promoted.

Where does these public funds come from, they are all the 'meat money' of the Department of Education.

The atmosphere of the Northern Rite Department is still better, and as for the officials of the Southern Rite Department, they directly receive guests and feast in the Teaching Workshop Division.

Therefore, this point is often laughed at by the officials of the capital and the scholars. However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites just rolled their eyes and turned a deaf ear, this is also a matter of no way, who called you the poorest of the six.

Then Lin Yanchao returned to his office, and in the evening he had a reception banquet for the arrival of officials.

However, it was said that Lin Yanchao's office was the West Yamen, and the East Yamen was the office of the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites. Therefore, when the officialdom has reached the level of a squire, it can be regarded as a bit of a 'government and a tooth' qualification.

The west yamen is next to the main hall, and Yu Shenxing, the left waiter, accompanied Lin Yanchao, who was dressed in a scarlet robe, walked through a black beam and Zhu Gate and came to his own office.

The office of the squire is not as good as the office where Shangshu is located.

There are two halls, two halls, and three halls, and there are only two halls, the front hall and the back hall.

The front hall is three rooms wide, and the plaque on the top of the head is written with the words "Tianli Guoju".

Before the front hall, the main hall of Confucius, the straight hall officials, and the sticker all came to pay respects, and about twenty or thirty people did this, kneeling down at the foot of the steps with bated breath.

Lin Yanchao didn't speak, but looked at the government office with his hand, and Yu Shenxing beside him was also silent.

These Kongmu, the officials have been kneeling, and they don't dare to raise their heads and get up without Lin Yanchao's orders.

Yu Shenxing saw this scene and thought to himself, Lin Yanchao's new official came to discipline his subordinates, and he was inconvenient to say much about this.

At this time, Lin Yanchao asked Shen Xing: "Brother Keyuan, how can this hall yamen look a little old. ”

Yu Shenxing smiled and said, "Brother Zonghai, what you mean is the dilapidated yamen. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "That's right. ”

Yu Shenxing smiled and said: "Brother Zonghai doesn't know, although our Yamen of the Ministry of Rites is poor, it is not without money. However, the great uncle thought that if he wanted to repair the yamen, he had to raise money from the teaching department, which was really indecent, so he preferred not to use the money. ”

"In addition, the yamen also has money to envy, but you also know that Hai Shilang asked the great uncle for money twice in three days to use it for the righteousness of the capital, so the matter of repairing the yamen stopped."

When Lin Yanchao heard this, he immediately respected Shen Li, nodded and said, "That's right, no matter how poor we are officials, we can't be poor in education." ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao looked at the kneeling officials below, and then said, "Get up!" ”

All the officials got up, and none of the officials who could be on an errand in the Ministry of Rites had a background, but who dared to squeak in front of Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao directly lectured them: "As the saying goes, the official looks at the three-day official, and the official looks at the ten-day official." You are all old officials in the yamen, and this official has read your resume, and you have not been in the Ministry of Rites for more than ten years, but also for decades, and you have served many officials. ”

"Since the official took office, he has heard that slippery officials are the most bullying officials, and for these people, the means of cheating, deceiving the officials, and disobeying the yang and yin are simply ...... with open hands."

Listening to Lin Yanchao's words, some of the officials below were already in a cold sweat.

“…… Now the headquarters is sitting in the office, regardless of whether you have heard of the reputation of the headquarters in the past, since the headquarters has arrived, you will put away such thoughts, if you find that someone is relying on the authority of the government and is pregnant with a fat adulterer, don't blame the headquarters for smashing his job, if he is guilty, he should be imprisoned! ”

When all the officials heard this, they all bowed down and said: "The villain respects the teachings of the ministry and does not dare to deceive in any way. ”

Lin Yanchao nodded when he saw this scene and said, "Kongmu, bring the roster!" ”

Kong Mu handed over the roster at the moment, Lin Yanchao passed over the roster one by one, and every official who should be named answered, Lin Yanchao took a good look at it, which made these people feel furious from the bottom of their hearts.

They have served many Shangguan in the past, and they know that Lin Yanchao is the most difficult to deal with, and they will have a hard time in the future.

Yu Shenxing watched Lin Yanchao from the side, Lin Yanchao was a humble gentleman when he was in the Hanlin Academy, and he got along well with his colleagues.

Now that he returned to Beijing to serve as the minister, he felt that Lin Yanchao's style of acting did have a bit of a vigorous and resolute taste.

He was a little worried that Lin Yanchao was young and couldn't stop these slippery officials, but today it seemed that he was really thinking too much.

Yu Shenxing said on the side: "Today, when Lin Butang arrives, you must collect all the habits of the yamen in the past, and act more carefully, otherwise once you commit a crime, Lin Butang will not talk to me so well." ”

After the officials visited, Yu Shenxing accompanied Lin Yanchao to the hall for a turn.

The front hall of this yamen is a place where official affairs are handled externally, while the official affairs of the department are handled in the back hall. On the left and right sides of the front hall are the official hall and the officer's room.

Behind the back hall are several matching rooms, and the pattern of the entire West Yamen is also like this.

This West Yamen is said to be an independent office, but in fact it is too small, not as good as the county government, and even less than the government office when Lin Yanchao was in Guide.

However, this is the office of the Ministry of Rites.

From a table in the Hanlin Academy, to sitting in a government today, it is no longer the same.

After accompanying Lin Yanchao to complete a circle, Yu Shenxing retreated and left.

The other officials also departed, except for those who were on duty.

Lin Yanchao immediately called Kong Mu to clean up a side room in the back hall for his own rest in the future, and then asked Chen Jichuan and his entourage to move their belongings and official seals to the hall.

While he was talking, the officials outside told him that Dong Sicheng in the host and guest Shilang asked to see him.

Lin Yanchao smiled when he heard this, he could talk at the evening banquet, but it was in front of the public, and it was not easy to talk about himself.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think that after he arrived, which of the following officials from the Lang Department would come to visit him first, but it was Dong Sicheng.

Dong Sicheng gave Lin Yanchao a long look and said, "Dong Sicheng is the official and the guest of the Lang Lang, and Dong Sicheng is visiting the minister. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "I haven't taken office today, you and I don't have to see outside, come to the back hall to talk." ”

Dong Sicheng is not only the same year as Lin Yanchao, but also has a prominent family background, his grandfather is Mao Kun, who is as famous as Tang Shunzhi and Youguang.

He himself is the grandson of Dong Fen, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the son of Dong Daochu.

Now the first assistant Shen Shixing, the third assistant Wang Xijue are all Dong Fen's protégés, and Shen Shixing's second son also married Dong Fen's granddaughter.

Therefore, in the same year, Dong Sicheng was even more popular than Lin Yanchao, who was comparable to Sanyuan and No. 1.

However, with such a background, Dong Sicheng is very modest, and he does not rely on his background at all as an official, and he is a very good friend.

On the contrary, his grandfather Dong Fen has a bad reputation in the court, and the people's grievances are boiling in the township, and the two grandparents have completely different reviews.

Dong Sicheng and Lin Yanchao said a word of congratulations, and then explained a few words of their official business, that is, he said goodbye, and did not say anything, but he had already expressed his attitude.

A moment later, Wang Ke received it.

Wang Keshou and Lin Yanchao were also in the same year, this person was very capable, and he was an honest official, so he was very respected by Shen Shixing, so he was promoted to the position of the ceremonial Shilang and the head of the four Shilang officials.

Wang Keshou saluted as soon as he saw Lin Yanchao, and was very respectful.

Lin Yanchao asked Wang Keshou about a few official things, and the other party knew everything, which made Lin Yanchao very satisfied, and it seemed that he also intended to get closer to himself.

After Dong Sicheng and Wang Keshou left, the rest of the Lang Zhong and Wai Lang suddenly came one after another as if they had a tacit understanding, one after another, never touching each other.

Lin Yanchao sent them away one after another, without any idle effort.

If the officials in the yamen said that they were still angry because Lin Yanchao had just arrived at the yamen, they were angry in their hearts.

Then when they saw the officials vying to see Lin Yanchao, their hearts were balanced.

In front of this new minister, not to mention that they are such small officials, even the officials of the five divisions are respectful.

When Lin Yanchao took office, one by one he didn't dare to fall behind.

This was not stopped until lunch.

However, at this time, the prestige of the new ministry had already spread from the mouths of the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Yamen.

According to legend, Shen Li is very old, and he has Jiuqing Hui, and he has already given the affairs of the Ministry of Rites to the two waiters.

As we all know, Shen Li and Yu Shenxing are both virtuous gentlemen, so the officials below are sometimes negligent, but after Lin Yanchao ranks in the third hall, I am afraid that the affairs of the Ministry of Rites will change in the future.