Ministry of Rites, one of the six departments of the Tang Dynasty.

The Ministry of Rites was in charge of ceremonies, sacrifices, feasts, schools, imperial examinations, and foreign affairs activities in the imperial court.

For example, the official schools of various state capitals, as well as the Guozijian in Chang'an, as well as the previous imperial examinations, are all under the control of the Ministry of Rites. This imperial examination is similar to the national college entrance examination in later generations. Of course, the acceptance rate of this ancient imperial examination is extremely low, and it is not at all comparable to the college entrance examination in later generations, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a big wave of gold rush. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites is somewhat similar to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture in later generations.

At the same time, the Ministry of Rites also managed the exchanges between the Tang Dynasty vassal states and other foreign states, such as receiving foreign guests, protesting and negotiating, and sending foreign envoys, which were all things that the Ministry of Rites should do, somewhat similar to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in later generations.

At the same time, the Ministry of Rites also shoulders an important task, that is, to promote etiquette and religion to the common people all over the world, so that the people must know etiquette and honesty, and let the people know that the emperor is the son of the mandate of heaven.

Generally speaking, it is like a news broadcast, and it is no different from the modern propaganda department.

Therefore, although the Ministry of Rites is not conspicuous among the six ministries, it exercises the functions and powers of the four major departments: the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Propaganda.

There are four divisions under the Ministry of Rites, namely the Department of Ceremonial and Cleansing Officials, which are in charge of the Jiali, military rites, and management of academic affairs and imperial examinations; The priest of the ancestral sacrifice is in charge of auspicious and murderous affairs; The host and guest clearance department, in charge of the guest ceremony and the reception of foreign guests; The fine food and cleaning officials are in charge of the affairs of the feast and the sacrifice.

The above four divisions are the overall structure of the Ministry of Rites.

Under normal circumstances, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites sits in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites and coordinates the overall situation. The four divisions are respectively managed by the two attendants of the Ministry of Rites under their subordinates.

The division of labor between the left and right attendants of the Ministry of Rites is clear, and each performs its own duties.

Two of them are on the left and right, and the left waiter is the real second-in-command.

Therefore, among the four divisions, the two important departments of the Ritual Cleaning Division and the Host and Guest Cleaning Officials Division are under the direct management of the left servant, while the right waiter can only be in charge of the other two clear water departments

Guo Ye left the palace early in the morning and entered the imperial city and went to the station set up by the Ministry of Rites.

He was already familiar with the Imperial City, so he soon arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Rites.

This Ministry of Rites Yamen is no different from the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites where he stayed before, it is also a prominent and majestic Yamen gate, and there are still soldiers stationed at the gate to protect it.

Today, Guo Ye was dressed in a scarlet robe, wearing a goose-winged hat, wearing a silverfish bag at his waist, and cowhide boots, and came to the gate calmly, and then showed his identity generously, and was soon led into the yamen of the Ministry of Rites by the soldiers.

The first thing he did when he took office today was to meet his immediate boss, Cui Henian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

After he entered the gate of the Ministry of Rites, under the guidance of the soldiers in front of him, he slowly walked to the small courtyard where Cui Henian was.

Walking on the road, although it was not the first time he had served in the Sixth Division, and although he had the experience of serving in the Military Department, it would be false for him to say in his heart that he was not nervous.

It's not that he, Guo Ye, has never seen a big scene and is timid, but because Cui Henian's son Cui Yizhen indirectly died in his hands in Yangzhou.

How can the revenge of killing a son be eliminated?

Guo Ye didn't know how Cui Henian would treat him when he saw him in a while, and what kind of scene would it be at that time.

He has already thought of the worst ending, with the person and past of Cui Henian mentioned by Ma Zhou yesterday, although he did not dare to blatantly avenge his son in the Ministry of Rites, he would definitely have to give himself small shoes to wear.

At that time, Cui Henian will first treat each other with an angry face, and no matter how bad it is, he will ignore it coldly, and then he will make a stumbling block for himself in the division of duties for a while. If the estimate is good, Cui Henian will definitely assign the two worst Qingshui departments among the four divisions of the Ministry of Rites to himself.

The county officials are not as good as the current management, if Cui Henian really does this, although it is unreasonable in theory, but Guo Ye is helpless against him.

There are two official words, Cui Henian is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, so he can say whatever he wants.

Walking into the small courtyard where Cui Henian was, Guo Ye slowed down, and sighed in his heart, alas, it was really unlucky, the Ministry of Rites and Rites could still collide with Cui Henian, I knew that this was the case, it was better not to ask for promotion, and continue to be happy in Yangzhou as his local tyrant.

"It's here, Guo Shilang!"

The soldier who led the way stopped, pointed to a room with a closed door a few steps ahead, and reminded him respectfully: "Cui Shangshu is in the room at this time, you can enter by knocking on the door." ”

With that, the soldier respectfully retreated and walked out of this small courtyard.

Guo Ye stood outside the room for a while, was stunned for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and felt slightly ruthless, muttering: "Since you have come, you still recognize a fart?" I will always see you after I don't see you today, grandma's, I want to see what he can do to me. ”

After saying that, he walked up hard, knocked lightly on the door three times, and said in a peaceful voice: "The new left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Guo Ye, come to meet Lord Shangshu!" ”

"Oh? Guo Shilang is here? ”

The voice fell, Guo Ye hadn't pushed the door yet, and the door had been opened from the inside, and a person appeared at the door, it was Cui Henian.

I saw Cui Henian with a smile on his face, and he graciously grabbed Guo Ye's arm and dragged it in to invite: "Guo Shilang, Cui is looking forward to the stars and the moon, and everyone is looking forward to you as a powerful person to come to the Ministry of Rites, haha, please come in, please come in!" ”

Cui Henian, with a smile on his face, a hearty laugh, and affection?

That's right, Guo Ye felt that he was not wrong at all, this was the first impression that the other party gave him.

Suddenly, he was stunned!

How so?

He racked his brains before thinking about it thoroughly, and had already imagined all the scenes that would appear when he met Cui Henian for the first time.

But I didn't expect that he and Cui He would meet in this kind of scene.

Where are the enemies so red when they see each other?

This is clearly the reunion of old friends who have not seen each other for many years, everything is so enthusiastic and harmonious.

How so?

This doubt rose again in Guo Ye's heart, and a big question mark surfaced in his heart, and it also permeated his mind.

For a while, he couldn't think of a reason, and walked into the room with Cui Henian in a daze.

As soon as he entered the room, Cui Henian warmly invited Guo Ye to a chair, invited him to sit down, and then turned back to his desk and handed a cup of tea to Guo Ye, and asked with concern: "All the way to the Ministry of Rites, Guo Shilang must be thirsty, right?" Come, drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat first, haha. Speaking of which, Cui and Guo Shilang have been friends for a long time, and they are really thunderous about Guo Shilang's past heroic deeds, and they have already made friends. ”

Guo Ye held the warm teacup in both hands, looked at the warm smile on Cui Henian's face, and listened to Cui Henian's passionate concern and greetings, and the whole person sat there in a daze, not even daring to move his buttocks.

At this time, he had only one question in his heart, was this person really Cui Henian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites? Is it still the Qinghe Cui clan Cui Henian who was mistakenly killed by me?