The ineffective handling of the officials of the Ministry of Rites gave Liu Yu the opportunity to do something, and Liu Yu immediately went to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to inquire about the missionary affairs of the Westerners, and Huang Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also lost his official position because of this.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Yu's approach is inevitably a big fuss, but Liu Yu is very cautious, because he knows the consequences of this matter.

Liu Yu did not allow the introduction of foreign ideas, and in the closed and backward Dashun Dynasty, he could not tolerate the great harmony of Eastern and Western cultures. As a dictator, Liu Yue has an awareness of this.

Liu Yu dismissed a number of officials in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and personally supervised the affairs of Westerners, showing a very cautious appearance. As soon as Liu Yu returned to the palace, Han Sheng hurriedly came to see Liu Yu, and Liu Yu met Han Sheng in the Yaqian Palace.

"Brother Han, the people in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites are procrastinating and lazy, this time it should be regarded as a lesson for them, and you don't have to say anything for them." Before Han Sheng could speak, Liu Yu said first.

Han Sheng smiled helplessly and said: "Little Brother Liu, it's really not that I deliberately want to say something for them, it's just that this Ministry of Rites is different from the other five departments, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites must be knowledgeable and knowledgeable." Such a replacement is not easy to find. ”

Liu Yue understood what Han Sheng meant, those in the Ministry of Rites were all old scholars, and the Ministry of Rites at this time was equivalent to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was also responsible for the sacrifices and astronomical calendars of the Dashun Dynasty. And the official in charge of the Ministry of Rites, it is customary to find a "highly respected" Confucian in the court to take on the role, and such a Confucian is usually the most scarce kind in the imperial court.

"Brother Han, you go back first, I'll think about the candidates, and then discuss it tomorrow when the court talks."

Liu Yu's idea is very simple, and now Sui Yi is still at home. Now it is difficult to reinstate Wang Hu to reinstate Sui Yiguan. So he simply let Sui Yi take charge of the Ministry of Rites. Let Sui Yi learn more things. Liu Yu didn't mention this to Han Sheng in person. is afraid of Han Sheng's opposition, Liu Yu proposed it in the court, then it means that the case has been decided, and there will be basically no opposition below.

Liu Yu and Han Sheng didn't discuss much and went back to the inner court on their own, only to know when they came back that Sui Yu had not left, and when Liu Yu returned to Yingcui Palace, she was still talking to Xu Xuanzhu, but Qu Ning had already left.

"Husband, but the people of the Ministry of Rites have been dismissed?" Xu Xuanzhu came up and asked.

"The news is really fast, how did Madame know?"

Xu Xuanzhu said: "The Ministry of Rites is preparing for the birthday of the Son of Heaven. There was something going on at the Ministry of Rites, and soon a guard came to report it. ”

Liu Yu glanced at Lu Chu'er, who shouldn't have appeared here, and frowned slightly, needless to say, it was Lu Chu'er, a long-tongued woman with a tongue and a wart, who came to pass the words.

"Guard Lu, let you protect Your Majesty, why are you here?"

Lu Chu'er immediately felt that Liu Yu was going to attack her, and hurriedly said, "Subordinate...... Let's do our duty! After saying that, he slipped away quickly, for fear that he would be caught by Liu Yu if his pace slowed down.

Liu Yu sighed, he was angry just now, and he couldn't help but give the officials of the Ministry of Rites to him. Now Qi'er's throne is unstable, and he needs a maverick and domineering person to calm the scene. Therefore, Liu Yu is even more unreasonable. He also forgot that the first day of March was Qi'er's birthday, although Liu Yu was not ready to make a big deal, but as the first birthday of the new emperor after ascending the throne, he couldn't be too sloppy, and the people in the Ministry of Rites had been preparing for a while.

"I am ready to take charge of the birthday of the Son of Heaven. Madame need not worry. ”

Now that the matter of the Ministry of Rites has not yet been decided, Liu Yu can only say so.

Xu Xuanzhu knew that he shouldn't ask more about the court, so he shut up and stopped mentioning the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. It is rare for Sui Yu to come to the palace as a guest, Liu Yue and her do not talk about official affairs, but they can also talk about the affairs of the Sui family, especially Liu Yue wants to know about the recent situation of Sui Yi.

"My brother rarely goes out after he gets married, and I rarely go back, and I don't know the details." Sui Yu looked at Liu Yu with some embarrassment.

Liu Yu nodded, he knew that Sui Yu was busy in the dark now, and many times she spent the night in the office of Shangshuyuan, and a girl's family worked like this, Liu Yu was also a little unhappy, but Sui Yu is really a good hand at managing the country, and the court is indispensable for her.

Liu Yu said: "Miss Sui has been too busy lately, why don't you go back for a few days off first, adjust and then come back?" ”

Sui Yu's face suddenly became a little sad, and she lowered her head and said nothing. Liu Yu pondered for a while before he understood Sui Yu's thoughts.

"Miss Sui, don't get me wrong, I really asked you to go back and rest for a few days. Because Miss Sui has been getting up early and greedy lately, a daughter's family is so tired, she always has some time to rest. Go back and rest for a few days to relax, and come back to do more with less. ”

Sui Yu's face only improved, but she was still a little embarrassed: "But those official things ......"

"It's okay, I'm here." Liu Yu smiled, "I'll help you." Miss Sui, don't believe in my abilities. ”

Xu Xuanzhu said: "Didn't the husband say that he wanted to prepare for the birthday of the Son of Heaven? ”

There are many skills that do not pressure the body, and there are many things that are not afraid of delay. Liu Yu smiled: "It's no problem to grab it for your husband." ”

Sui Yu saw Liu Yu insisting and said, "Then the little woman will sort out the matter at hand, General Liu, Sister Xu, the little woman will say goodbye first......"

Sui Yu got up to leave, Xu Xuanzhu sent him out, and Liu Yu was eating snacks alone.

Because he was afraid that Sui Yu would be too tired, Liu Yu stopped everything on himself, in fact, he also wanted to experience Sui Yu's hard work on weekdays. What Liu Yue thought was that if Han Sheng helped him now, he wouldn't be too busy, and with his physique, it should be no problem to take over for three or five days.

Xu Xuanzhu came back and asked, "If the husband is too busy, do you need the concubine to help?" ”

"No need madam, you are now in good health, you don't have to work too hard, the affairs of the women's army are enough for you to do."

Recently, Xu Caihua has been responsible for the women's army, and Liu Yu's promotion of Wang Hu is mostly based on Xu Caihua's face, and Wang Hu is half of his own person. Although Xu Caihua is unreliable in speaking, she is still very down-to-earth, and the female army is calm under her governance and does not make trouble for Liu Yu.

Liu Yu agreed for a while to organize the birthday of the Son of Heaven and Sui Yu's Zhongshu Ling and the errand of the young eunuch of the Department of Commerce and Trade. Liu Yu ate some snacks, got up and walked out the door.

"Where is the husband going?"

"Let's go to the Ministry of Rites."

What Liu Yu thought to himself was, since he didn't know how tired Lu Dao was to take over, he would go and see it first, if it really didn't work, he would quickly appoint Sui Yi's Ministry of Rites, and hand over the birthday of the Son of Heaven to Sui Yi to prepare, and Han Sheng would not be afraid of Han Sheng's affairs, and he would only need to be in charge of the affairs of the Commerce and Trade Department at that time. Because he was not a businessman, the deputy supervisors of the Department of Commerce and Trade must have been taboo against him, and there would be a lot less reporting on affairs, and he would be completely relaxed at that time.

Liu Yu returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and Huang Cheng and others were dismissed and had already left the Yamen.

Some middle-level officials were sorting out the copywriting, and when they saw Liu Yu, they all came over to salute.

"I also forgot to ask before, how are the preparations for the birthday of the Son of Heaven?"

The officials of the Ministry of Rites immediately presented a summary of the details of the preparations for the birthday of the Son of Heaven to Liu Yu to see, and the Ministry of Rites also specified the details according to the standards of the previous court celebrations.

In the plan of the Ministry of Rites, on the first day of the first month of March, the hundred officials need to enter the palace to celebrate the birthday of the Son of Heaven, hold a banquet, and there will be fireworks displays in several places in Chang'an City that night, which means to have fun with the people. Originally, this was nothing, but the Ministry of Rites did a very good job in some specifications, probably considering that the new emperor could not be sloppy when he ascended the throne, and in order to make Liu Yu unable to find faults, they "exceeded" the specifications of banquets and fireworks displays, and even the decoration of the palace's lanterns and wedding silk was obviously extravagant and wasteful.

"These officials, if you don't stop it, you are sorry for the people of the Great Shun Dynasty. The failure of the bureaucracy. ”

Liu Yue scolded indignantly. Liu Yu originally thought that it would be troublesome to prepare for the birthday of the Son of Heaven, but now he realized that Lu Dao could completely handle this matter by doing it alone, it was nothing more than to work out the details, and then the Yamen of the Inner Treasury Rite Division would pay for it, and then take the silver to find someone to do things. This is basically something that can be done by one person, but the imperial court wants to raise so many idlers, and it is necessary to support them with high-ranking officials and generous people, and a large number of people can't do a simple thing.

Liu Yu picked up the cinnabar pen and stroked it with a large stroke, ticking off a lot of unnecessary expenses on it, leaving only the banquet and the fireworks show. The layout of the palace on that day was also omitted, everything was simple, it was just a cup of tea, and Liu Yu had already finalized the details.

Liu Yu was making changes to the arrangement on the birthday of the Son of Heaven, and while he said that he would let the officials of the Ministry of Rites next to him record it.

“…… When the time comes, there will be a singing and dancing performance at the banquet in the palace, and the matter will be entrusted to the people of the singing and dancing workshop, and these singing and other things will be returned to the evening, and a big play will be held in the inner court that night......"

The imperial court has a lot of advocates, and they are also under the control of the Taichang Temple of the Ministry of Rites, which is the same as the direct boss department of the song and dance workshop, and these people have nothing to do on weekdays, just to prepare for the palace performance. When the old emperor was alive, the number of advocates was once as many as several hundred, and the court life was also extremely erosive at that time, but since Su Yan ascended the throne, because Su Yan is not good at this, the number of advocates has been sharply reduced again and again, and there are no more than twenty or thirty people still eating this bowl of rice.

Liu Yu let these advocates start the play, and the singing and dancing workshop is responsible for it, so that he can often go to the singing and dancing workshop to walk, and by the way, "inspector", which Liu Yu prepared for his leisurely life.

There are not many people Liu Yue knows in the song and dance workshop, but one Yu Mo, one Aunt Xuan and Sima Xuan'er are enough, and when the time comes, let Sima Xuan'er perform her dance in the palace, Liu Yue feels a little nostalgic and looking forward to it.

"That's it." Liu Yu closed the summary and said, "The new Ministry of Rites Shangshu will arrive tomorrow, and when the time comes, you will do things well, and the imperial court will promote and reuse them according to your work performance, do a good job!" (To be continued......)