Wu Qing stood in the column of civil officials, bathed in the morning light, entered the Duanmen, passed through the imperial city, and entered the Zetianmen, and the Qianyuan Hall was in front of him.

The majestic Qianyuan Hall is the location of the Great Dynasty Meeting, Wu Qing walked and adjusted the official uniform, holding an elephant wat, and followed the officials into the main hall. The eunuch of his own palace shouted: "The emperor and queen of heaven have arrived, and hundreds of officials greet him!" ”

There are several columns, and the civil and military divisions bow left and right to greet them, and the mountains shout long live. At this time, Wei Yuanzhong, the attendant in the palace, supervised the dress and demeanor of hundreds of officials, and if there were officials who behaved disrespectfully and yawned, they would all be found out.

Wu Qing almost yawned, but he stopped desperately.

"Today's dynasty, hundreds of officials speak!" The temple superintendent shouted.

Gao Zhizhou, the imperial historian, went out of class and said: "Qi Xià, last year Guanzhong drought, Chang'an rice 500 yuan, Chang'an starvation all over the field, autumn grain harvest, now spring ploughing is imminent, I implore Your Majesty to exempt the people of Guanzhong from paying taxes for a year." ”

Emperor Li Zhigao sat on the dragon throne, he knew that there were frequent disasters in the last year, and many people died of starvation, and even the prince came to the eastern capital, leaving only the prince's youngest son, Li Chongfu, the king of Tangchang, to stay in Chang'an, and sent the left servant to shoot Liu Renliang, who was the third grade of the same Zhongshu sect, as the deputy to stay behind, which shows how big the disaster in Chang'an is.

So Emperor Li Zhi said: "Since I ascended the throne, there have been many disasters and famines, and the disasters in Guanzhong have never been seen before, and the people of Guanzhong have been poisoned, and I can't bear it. ”

"Your Majesty is merciful, long live long live long live!" Hundreds of officials bowed.

Wu Qing looked at the emperor Li Zhi sitting high above and the queen Wu Meiniang who was listening to the government with a curtain on one side, and suddenly he had an idea. That is, sitting on top and standing below without knowing the difference.

Emperor, the most honorable title of this era, the highest power in this empire. A word can shed blood, and a rage can slaughter thousands of miles.

For that throne, the founders of every dynasty fought out of the sea of corpses and blood, and built it with blood and flesh. For the sake of that throne, the brothers turned against each other, the father and son became enemies, and the six relatives did not recognize it. That throne. What's so appealing? Is it really power? Or is it the satisfaction and possessiveness behind power?

For a while, Wu Qing couldn't help but be stupid, what was said at the court meeting. I never heard it, and he wandered into the world.

Fortunately, there are thousands of court officials in the main hall, and it is not easy to be discovered, not to mention that Wu Qing is a fourth-grade official. The positions are already in the middle. It can be seen that there are many redundant officials in the imperial court.

I don't know how long I stood there. On the first day of the new year, the court stood for three hours, and it was almost noon that the court retreated.

Wu Qing didn't care, like many old officials, he almost fainted in the court.

Under the court, Wuqing walked out of the Qianyuan Palace, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province were on both sides of the Qianyuan Palace, and most of the rest of the official houses were in the imperial city. Shangshu Province is farther away, outside the eastern city. Therefore, Wuqing also got the imperial city, and only by entering Yongfumen could he go to Shangshu Province and to the Ministry of Officials. Out of the Qianyuan Palace, I saw Zheng Xiwen.

When Zheng Xiwen saw Wu Qing, he hurriedly said, "Squire, please!" ”

Wu Qing understands, he doesn't know anyone in the ministry, since someone automatically sent it to the door, why not accept it first? "Please!"

So the two chatted all the way, and then went out of the imperial city, entered from the Yongfu Gate, and passed through Sinong Temple all the way, and then entered the Shangshu Province, and the Ministry of Officials ranked first of the six departments, which was naturally very important, so the official house was also very magnificent, and in addition to the Shangshu, the biggest real power was the two servants.

Now the secretary of the ministry is concurrently served by the left servant Liu Renliang, and Liu Renliang stayed in Chang'an, and the power is in the hands of the servant, but Wei Xuantong entered the political hall with the servant of the ministry, and most of them were not in the ministry, so the chief officer of the ministry took on the role of Wuqing, a novice. It was lunch time, and I had to go to the official kitchen to eat first. Each department has its own official chef, and the meals are different, which is the same as the government department in the previous life.

Wu Qing and Zheng Xiwen walked into the official kitchen, and all the directors and other directors greeted them one by one. Wu Qing smiled to show his closeness. The food of the squire is also different from that of other officials, and the higher the official position, there is also a difference in treatment. Wu Qing sat in the position of the waiter, and saw that there were three meat dishes such as roast chicken, a plate of beef, two vegetarian dishes, and a bucket of rice, but there was only a small bowl on the dining table.

Wu Qing frowned and said, "Is there a big bowl, give me another twenty catties of beef!" ”

The servant said, "My lord, this is the ration of the imperial court, if you add vegetables, you will have to pay for it yourself." ”

Wu Qing was stunned for a moment and asked, "How much?" ”

"If you want twenty catties of beef, you have to add twenty pennies!" The servant replied.

Wu Qing took out Baiwen, put it on the table, and said, "This is five days, put it away!" ”

The servant smiled and said, "Okay, twenty catties of beef, and I'll serve it right away!" ”

Wu Qing picked up a large bowl, then poured in rice, put in various dishes, and began to eat. Wuqing's appetite is very amazing, he can eat a bucket of rice every time, ranging from thirty catties to sixty catties of meat, which is also the result of practicing martial arts.

Zheng Xiwen and other subordinate officials watched in shock as Wu Qing ate bowl after bowl of rice, and finally swept away the dishes on the table.

"Insulting Sven!" Someone whispered.

"It's really very comparable!" Naturally, some people admired.

After Wu Qing finished eating, he felt that he was only half full, but if he ate it again, these people would drop their jaws, so in front of everyone, he walked out of the official kitchen and walked into his own independent official residence.

The private official residences of high-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty are very elegant and spacious, and they are also very humane, with supporting facilities that can be had, and there is a small bed in the official residence for the waiter to take a rest after dinner.

Wu Qing looked at it, and there was nothing to do with himself at this time, so he went to the small bed in the back room and decided to make up for sleep, so as to fight at night.

I don't know when, Wu Qing woke up instantly, tore a person's collar, slapped it with one palm, and looked at it, it turned out to be Zheng Xiwen. I saw Zheng Xiwen's face pale with fright.

Wu Qing was very happy, but fortunately he didn't take a picture, so he let go and said: "I am so good at killing people in my dream, you must not approach in the future, if you don't have weapons, otherwise you will die in vain." ”

Zheng Xiwen shuddered for a while and said, "The squire is really very human. ”

Wu Qing asked, "Are you in trouble?" ”

Zheng Xiwen paused and said: "Today in the official kitchen, in fact, the waiter does not have to give money, the waiter is also the general of Zuo Yu Linwei, and he can add meals at will." The slave was nothing but a blackmailer. ”

Wu Qing laughed and said: "Their life is difficult, I only eat the food of the officials in the ministry, and he will give him if he wants, a little money, and it will not get in the way." ”

Zheng Xiwen knew that Wu Qing was not short of money, so he smiled and said, "The waiter is really a cheerful person." ”

Wu Qing got up, and his own official slave called for washing water, washed up, and then sat down behind his bookcase, and said, "You first introduce me to what the waiter should do." ”

Zheng Xiwen's natural way of Wuqing's details, celebrities like Wu Qing are the objects of study by the literati of the Tang Dynasty, so they will be briefly introduced. Only then did Wu Qing understand that there were two Langzhong under the Shilang, Langzhong of the Ministry of Officials and Langzhong of the Examination of Merit, who were responsible for the selection of officials, honors, and meritorious examinations. There are also two members of the six ranks, one of whom is the examiner, who is responsible for the tribute. The staff outside the Lang reports directly to the waiter and is directly governed by the waiter.

What we have to do now is to prepare for the coming spring festival in February, which is the main business of the officials and examiners. Of course, Wu Qing has a lot to do, that is, to supervise the evaluation of the two Langzhong according to the previous year of the official, and he needs to make promotions, transfers, and dismissals. In addition, some of the emperor's rewards need to be issued in official documents by the ministry. Wu Qing only needs to review and sign, and stamp the seal of the ministry.

Wu Qing understood his responsibilities and said, "You go and bring me the roster that should be raised this year." ”

Zheng Xiwen said: "Squire, today is the first day, and I'm afraid the household department hasn't done it well, why don't you go to the household department tomorrow to see it in person?" ”

Wu Qing paused and said, "That's okay, if there is anything, I'll talk about it tomorrow, I still have to go to Yulinwei to have a look." ”

"The subordinate obeys!"

Wu Qing saw that no one was coming again, so he walked out of the official department towards Yongfu Gate. (To be continued......)