"Su Yong, would you like to go to the north to negotiate with Mongolia?" Xiong Shangshu's expression was serious when he asked, and his voice was even more serious.

Sure enough, it came. Su Yong, a staff member of the Ministry of Rites, felt his heart beat faster. He thought that after Xiong Shangshu spoke two days ago, such a thing would have to wait a few days. Unexpectedly, things would move faster than he imagined.

"Of course I do." Su Yong replied immediately. At this time, all humility is full of support, and the year-end work report, as well as the opportunity for promotion, all need to have sufficient actual results. Although the credit for arranging various celebrations is great, it is not Su Yong's hobby.

Seeing that Su Yong's answer was very decisive, Xiong Shangshu said solemnly: "Do you think it is a very decent thing to lobby the Quartet and hang up the number of seals with a three-inch tongue." ”

After a little thought, Su Yong replied decisively: "...... Be! ”

"Things that can't be done. Just think for yourself. Xiong Sheng replied, "All right, you can go out first." ”

Ten minutes later, Du Zhen sat in front of Xiong Xiang. Xiong Shang asked the same question, and Du Zhen decisively expressed his willingness to talk to Mongolia. To the question of lobbyists, Du Zhen replied: "That era has passed. I think now we are in harmony with the Mongols. Let Mongolia misjudge our purpose. ”

"What do you call a misjudgment?" Xiong Shang asked.

"Let Mongolia feel that we will not go to war with them while we are negotiating." Du Zhen spoke out his considerations.

"It's not so easy to do something like that. You go out first. Xiong replied.

When the two of them went out, Xiong Sheng sighed slightly. The answers of the two young men were the opinions that the young people could say, but on the whole, both of them had enough merit and fame to think about these things. At least neither of them thought they were out there to start the war. All the conditions have been able to meet the needs of the mission.

The basic personnel can still be used, and Xiong Sheng began to draft a report to Zhao Guanjia. Da Yuan has officially put forward a request for negotiations for the exchange of the Empress Dowager, and it can be seen that Da Yuan's side is also very serious. Moreover, Dayuan also proposed that the Great Song Dynasty send representatives to Dadu to negotiate.

Lifting the pen, Xiong Sheng couldn't help but think of Song Gongming. Thinking of this hateful fellow, Xiong Sheng felt angry. Snorted heavily, Xiong Sheng quoted Zhao Guanjia's important speech on building a cadre team and cultivating young cadres at the beginning.

They all work in the same department, everyone has their own people, and Song Gongming soon learned about Xiong Shang's interview work. Now Song Gongming was angry, Xiong Sheng was ready to act arbitrarily. It's easy to get angry, but how to make Xiong Sheng not do this, Song Gongming has no way in his heart for a while. In any case, Xiong Shang is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Xiong Sheng himself has the power to decide who to send the envoys.

After thinking about it, Song Gongming found that he couldn't find a way. There was no way to ask his subordinates, and in a hurry, Song Gongming ran to find his old boss Liu Meng. Liu Meng is now serving as the secretary of the ministry, in charge of personnel work.

The office staff asked, "May I ask what is the matter with Director Song looking for Liu Shangshu?" ”

"I ...... Looking for him has some official business to do. Song Gongming said.

"Liu Shangshu is not available today, Director Song can fill out a list first, and I will arrange it for you."

Song Gongming knew that this was a private matter, and it was inconvenient to fill in the official form. He asked, "Is Liu Shangshu not free at all today?" I'll just talk about it for a moment. ”

"There's really no time today." The staff replied.

This yamen is different, and the situation is also different. Song Gongming sighed in his heart. The Ministry of Rites is a very idle department, the imperial examination is held every three years, and the major events every year are only a few years, all of which are related to sacrifices. As for diplomatic work, it can basically be equated with none. Now there is a new National Day, which has finally added an item to the major events of the year. That's it, the Ministry of Rites is also a leisure.

"Then forget it." Song Gongming decided to go to Liu Meng at night. It's really not appropriate to talk about this during the day.

In the evening, Song Gongming went to Liu Meng's house with gifts. Liu Meng's wife came out to receive him, and after listening to Song Gongming's question, Liu Meng's wife replied: "He came back late at night." At least since I didn't come back for dinner today, I should have come back very late. ”

Song Gongming regretted it in his heart after hearing this, but he couldn't stay at Liu Meng's house. He could only leave the gift and leave obediently. It was raining all the time outside, and Song Gongming stepped on the wet ground, feeling even more irritable in his heart. During the day, Song Gongming saw Xiong Shang's arbitrary performance, and suddenly an impulse was born in his heart. If only Xiong Sheng could step down and get out of the way, and let Song Gongming come to power.

After having this thought, Song Gongming felt as if he had found the door to solve all the problems in his heart. If there is no Xiong Shang, wouldn't it be Song Gongming's turn to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. At that time, at least no one could call Song Gongming in the Ministry of Rites, and if anyone dared to call the board, Song Gongming could directly open the board

But until now, Song Gongming can't even find himself. If it was Song Gongming's own efforts, he would not be able to bring down Xiong Xiang. And Liu Meng, who can manage Xiong Shang, can't see it, so it's difficult to ask Xiong Sheng to go to Zhao Guan's house to tell about it? Song Gongming really didn't have the courage to bring up this matter.

After such a long day of tossing, Song Gongming felt that his stomach was a little hungry. Running around outside in the cool breeze, he felt even more tired. What Song Gongming was looking forward to was to hurry home to have a hot meal, then take a hot bath, and lie down comfortably to sleep. With such an impulse, he quickened his pace and walked out of Liu Meng's community and went straight to his own community.

After this trimming, Song Gongming felt very comfortable after getting up the next day, this warm feeling, this feeling of being energetic and relaxed, was really good. This is what life should pursue. Song Gongming even felt that his choice yesterday was a bit excessive. He felt that he should talk to Xiong Sheng today and express his attitude to Xiong Xiang. For so long, it was Song Gongming who negotiated with Mongolia, and there was no reason to change such a thing.

After breakfast, Song Gongming's three babies went to work with umbrellas. Now the school has to enter the campus at 7:20, start reading at 7:30, and then rest for 10 minutes after 20 minutes of morning reading, and then prepare for 8 o'clock class. And the government department officially went to work at nine o'clock, although Song Gongming got it at half past eight, but it was no harder than this group of school-going children.

Sighing that it was not easy to live since he was a baby, Song Gongming prepared for a while, and then set off. After arriving at the Ministry of Rites, Song Gongming found that Xiong Sheng was no longer there. Judging from the time, Xiong Sheng should have gone to attend the imperial morning meeting of Zhao Guan's family. The morning meeting officially began at half past eight, which means that when it comes to hard work, Zhao Jiaren, as an official, works no less hard than a child who goes to school. The life of ordinary cadres is much easier than that of Zhao Guan's family.

Xiong Sheng didn't lament this question, because he had already lamented it several times before. The new system of the Zhao official family is not only the state ownership of land, but also the integration of officials. All officials were promoted from petty officials, that is, cadres. It is also possible to become an official directly, once every three years, there are less than 100 people who pass the imperial examination in the country, and you can obtain official status. However, even if you get the status of an official, you have to start from the grassroots cadre work.

This kind of system reform not only greatly improved the status of the minor officials, but more importantly, greatly increased the workload of the imperial court. Most of the officials have increased their workload several times over, and they are no longer responsible for picking the fruit. Under the new system, these officials need to learn to develop, produce, and manage.

So the officials of the Great Song Dynasty got busy and became very busy. As for this gathering at half past eight in the morning, it is already a very common thing. Xiong Shang has no plans to go to the next level based on the current status of the Ministry of Rites. Such an intention is inherently inappropriate. Xiong Shang is also a person who is going straight to the age of fifty, and he will retire in another ten years. Even if he struggles to climb up, how high can he climb? Compared with the current effort, that kind of gain is really not worth the effort.

Listening to the briefings of Shangshu and ministers from other departments, Xiong Sheng was even more determined. He only has to take care of one thing, while many other departments have to report several things. When it was Xiong Shang's turn, he told him about the negotiations with Mongolia.

In addition to choosing young people to negotiate, Xiong Shang also made adjustments to the location of the negotiations. Mongolia hoped that the Great Song Dynasty would send personnel to Dadu to negotiate, on the grounds that the Great Song Dynasty was very fast in transmitting information. Xiong Sheng felt that there was no reason to be so embarrassed about himself, and in terms of the distance of information transmission, Xiong Sheng felt that the negotiation in Jinan was excellent. Da Song can get accurate news within three days, and Da Yuan can also get accurate news about the negotiations within two or three days.

As for the content and outcome of the negotiations, Xiong Shangshu felt that it was not important at all. Da Yuan wanted to do it to Da Song, and Da Song also wanted to do it to Da Yuan. On this point, both sides are extremely clear. The reason why I don't do it is because there are problems within my own house that must be solved first. So this negotiation is actually a good gesture.

The rest of the department that attended the briefing didn't pay much attention to it. Fighting a war is a major event, but it is no longer the major event related to the life and death of the Great Song Dynasty in the past. Many people have already begun to pack their briefcases, just waiting for Xiong Xiang to get up and leave immediately after the report.

By the time Xiong Shang's report was over, most of them had already made a posture of leaving. The report is very even-handed, and there is nothing to blame or praise in it. Isn't it just playing tricks with the Mongols? Shang Shu and the ministers had to play countless tricks with their subordinates every day. Save a breath of hot air and warm your stomach.

Only Liu Meng frowned slightly, a little thoughtful. Just before he could speak, he heard Zhao Jiaren say, "Okay, dismiss." ”

Immediately, there was the sound of tables and chairs moving. In a hurry, he took three steps and made two steps, and went straight to the outside of the house. Liu Meng's lips moved, and finally chose not to speak.