It wasn't until after breakfast on the fourth day that Xilingyue finally couldn't help it and asked Acui: "Hasn't the prince returned home for a few days?" ”

Acui paused for a moment and replied softly: "The prince has been back to the house for the past few days, but when he returns every day and night, he has not come to disturb the lady." ”

I see. Presumably Li Chengxuan has just returned to Chang'an, and he is busy handing over the Birthday Gang, and he has to find evidence of Li Qi's rebellion. Xi Lingyue thought like this, and didn't ask any more questions, but she had no one to say after she had saved her stomach, and she was a little anxious.

As she expected, Li Chengxuan has indeed been very busy these days, and he is busy handing over the Birthday Gang at the moment. The empress dowager's fifth birthday is imminent, naturally can not be lazy, two months ago the saint has ordered the "six bureaus and one palace" to make every effort to organize this birthday banquet.

Since the establishment of the imperial power, the management and expenditure of the imperial court and the harem have always been carried out separately and without interference with each other. The imperial court has six departments: officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and has jurisdiction over major matters of people's livelihood, and has also set up Dali Temple, which is responsible for the criminal law of prisons. The "Six Bureaus and One Palace" are regarded as the six departments in the harem and the Dali Temple, which are the cardinal departments in charge of court affairs.

"Six Bureaus and One Palace" was established in the Sui Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty followed this system. The "six bureaus" refer to the Shanggong Bureau, the Shangyi Bureau, the Shangfu Bureau, the Shangshi Bureau, the Shangshu Bureau, and the Shanggong Bureau, each of which has four divisions and different responsibilities; "One Palace" is Gong Zheng, which is equal to the sixth game, but the number of people is slightly smaller than that of the sixth game, and the responsibilities are relatively simple.

Because these departments are too complicated, the palace is called "six bureaus, one palace and twenty-four divisions" by the number, referred to as "six bureaus and one palace", and the responsibilities are as follows: the Shanggong Bureau is responsible for assisting the queen in managing the harem, and there are four divisions under it: secretary, secretary, secretary, and secretary. The secretary is in charge of the entry and exit of the palace documents, transcription and review; Si Yan is in charge of the edict accompaniment, and the foreign secretary summons and summons the meeting; The Registrar is in charge of the above list of women in the palace and registers the gifts; The priest manages the keys to each palace and cabinet, and opens and closes the palace pavilion every day.

The Shangyi Bureau is responsible for maintaining the poetry and calligraphy etiquette in the palace, and consists of four divisions: Si Register, Si Le, Si Bin, and Si Zan. The secretary is in charge of the scriptures, and the palace goes up to the queen to the prince and princess, and several cases, pen and paper, and books used are all enshrined by this department; The musician is in charge of the ritual music and rhythm of the palace music; Sibin is responsible for managing the guests' meetings and holding banquets; Sizan is responsible for guiding guests to the banquet, feasting, drinking and other palace etiquette.

The Shangfu Bureau manages the number of clothing, deeds, and chapters of the harem, and consists of four divisions: Sibao, Si Yi, Si Ornament, and Si Zhan. Sibao manages all the seals, waist cards, and orders in the palace; The secretary manages the imperial clothes and jewelry in the palace; The secretary is in charge of Tang Mu and the scarf; The guard is responsible for managing the entrance and exit of the guard of honor in the harem.

The Shangshi Bureau is in charge of the purchase and supply of harem meals, and has four divisions: Diet, Cooking, Medicine, and Food. The chef is responsible for cooking and supplying shy, rice and noodles and charcoal; Si Yu is in charge of winemaking; Pharmaceutical management of uterine Chinese medicinal materials, research and development of medicinal diet; The priest was responsible for distributing money, rewards, charcoal, etc. to the palace people.

The Shang Bed Bureau is in charge of the order of the Son of Heaven and the concubines entering the palace, and there are four divisions: Division, Division, Garden, and Lamp. The company is in charge of the four seasons of chuáng curtain laying and bedding sprinkling; The secretary is responsible for the management and distribution of the palace's shoulder chariots, fans, cultural relics, and feathers; The Si Yuan is responsible for taking care of the flowers and trees in the palace; The master lamp is responsible for hanging lamps and lighting candles in the palace every morning and evening.

Shanggong Bureau is responsible for the construction of female workers, and consists of the division system, the division of treasures, the division of color, and the division of accountants. The division is responsible for cutting and sewing the clothes supplied to the harem; Si Zhen is responsible for building pearls and managing money and goods; Sicai is responsible for the procurement and management of cotton, silk and silk; The treasurer is responsible for clearing the supply, especially the clothing, food, and charcoal distributed to the palaces must be registered with the treasurer's department.

In addition, there is also a "one palace" in the palace, and the chief official is named "Gongzheng", who is in charge of precepts, pickets, and punishments. From the harem to the concubines to the palace maids, if there is a violation of the palace rules or dereliction of duty, the palace is responsible for punishing it. This ministry has similar responsibilities to the Dali Temple of the imperial court.

Each of the six bureaus has one or two chief officials, and one palace has one chief officer, all of whom are positive five products. There are subordinate positions such as chief officials, chief officials, wardens, and female historians, ranging in rank from the sixth rank to the ninth grade, and the total number of official positions in the seven departments exceeds 400. The most special thing is that these seven departments are mainly female officials, and occasionally some eunuchs hold low-end positions, doing some manual work such as running errands, announcing decrees, and carrying heavy objects.

The six bureaus and one palace seem to be at the same level, but they have always been headed by the Shanggong Bureau, just because this bureau is managed by the queen herself, and the cashier's documents of all the affairs of the remaining six departments must be executed by her visual signature. This one duty alone makes the Shanggong Bureau above all the ministries.

However, after the current saint ascended the throne, the situation of six games and one palace is a little embarrassing - because the middle palace is hanging in the air and there is no queen.

She is the granddaughter of Guo Ziyi, the king of Fenyang County, the second daughter of Princess Shengping and Guo Yu, the acting duke, and Guo Zhongting's aunt. Shengshang and Guo's young man got married, and their relationship was also harmonious, and they had a son and a daughter after marriage.

It is also strange to say that such a wife with a prominent background and children, after the Holy Lord ascended the throne, he refused to make her the queen, and only made her a concubine.

In addition, the queen mother is still alive, and the queen mother has been the actual ruler of the harem since the reign of the previous emperor, so the harem has always been held by the queen mother. Originally, the queen mother was getting older, and she had to let Guo Guifei help take care of the affairs of the harem, but there was a rather favored Qizhou county lord by her old man's side.

Over time, the attitude of the six bureaus and one palace towards the county lord of Qizhou was a little more affectionate than that towards Guo Guifei, and this matter has always made Guo Guifei quite unhappy, but because the county lord of Qizhou is the adopted daughter of the queen mother, Guo Guifei could not raise any objections, so she had to endure it.

No wonder Guo Guifei feels aggrieved, this county lord of Qizhou is not very old, but after the founding hero, the family has outstanding military achievements - she is a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty, one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, the governor of Xuzhou, and the descendant of Qin Qiong, the Duke of Huguo, who is nineteen years old, and her name is called "Qin Se". Qin Se's father and brother died in battle when she was a child, and the queen mother raised her under her knees when she was still the crown prince Liangdi, and it has been almost ten years since she has always loved her.

This time, the queen mother put aside Guo Guifei and personally designated Qin Se, the county lord of Qizhou, to organize her birthday banquet. And right now, the county lord is leading the chiefs of the Sixth Bureau, and is handing over the birthday gang with the Fu King Li Chengxuan.

Li Chengxuan originally wanted to directly transport the Birthday Gang into the palace, but my dynasty ordered that after the prince opened the mansion and lived alone, he could not enter and leave the harem at will, and he had to report it layer by layer to get permission. The Empress Dowager understood his hard work all the way and didn't want him to be bound by these rules, so she asked Qin Se and the people of the Sixth Bureau to personally go to the Fuwang Mansion to receive the Birthday Gang, and brought him some supplements by the way.

(End of chapter)