"This is on the one hand, Lian Guogong is also a noble, and he has a sense of crisis when he has seen the heroes and famous generals die one by one over the years. Therefore, instigating the officials of the Ministry of Rites and a group of nobles to use the ancestral etiquette to restrain the emperor, the emperor naturally cannot let these people become a climate. ”

"The emperor's purpose is to rectify the Ministry of Rites and replace it with obedient people?"

Zhuo Cheng nodded, and was about to give him an analysis, when the old lady said slowly: "Don't worry, he still has time, let him slowly comprehend by himself." ”

Zhuo Ruoning hugged his grandfather's arm and shook it: "Second brother has time, I don't, grandfather, do you have anything to explain to me?" ”

"Hehehe, you, just remember one thing, as a courtier, you must be loyal to the emperor."

Zhuo Ruoning nodded and said that he understood, "But I don't understand, what role can a secretary from the ninth rank play in the emperor's plan?" ”

"Don't underestimate this little secretary, the more low-level officials they do, the more basic things they do, and the documents and cases in the ministry are all in your hands."

Zhuo Cheng said: "I think the emperor wants to take this opportunity to breathe a sigh of relief and show an attitude to those who use the ritual law to say things: taking down the Ministry of Rites means that the imperial power is greater than the etiquette law." Now there is no one in the Ministry of Rites, even if the emperor promotes women to officials, no one jumps out to oppose them. Originally, it was time for the speaker to come forward, but most of the speakers are your students, and for the sake of your face, you can't object too much. ”

"What does the emperor mean, does it make me disgusted and disgusting with the officials who oppose him, or does he really let me do something?"

"It depends on where the emperor will attack next."

Zhuo Ruoning is very confused, she is more familiar with the universe and the vast starry sky than people, and the experience of being bullied since she was a child makes her afraid of dealing with strangers, let alone dealing with intricate colleague relationships.

The news that the emperor had conferred an official on the woman quickly spread throughout the government and the opposition, and the next day everyone reacted and came to Zhuo's house to inquire about the news.

The two lords and wives are more tired than yesterday's running banquet to deal with the guests.

The second master invited an old Confucian from the Ministry of Etiquette to come back to teach social etiquette, and let Zhuo Xiao also learn to learn.

“…… Seeing the officials at the same level, the two hands were put together and tucked in their sleeves, and then the two faced each other, humbly raised their sleeves, and then slowly lowered them, while whispering 'please, please'......"

Zhuo Ruoning wore Zhuo Xiao's previous robe, dressed as a man, followed the old gentleman again, and asked strangely: "What please?" ”

Zhuo Xiao smiled: "The word 'please' has no special meaning, just a sign of respect." ”

The corners of Zhuo Ruoning's mouth twitched, "There is no one at the same level as me, isn't it the youngest official from Jiupin?" ”

"It's not the smallest, there are ambassadors and deputy envoys in the yamen, and there are also a lot of miscellaneous positions that have not been recruited."

"Understood, temporary."

Zhuo Li was strict with Zhuo Ruoning on the face, disliked the Lin family in every way, and was not ambiguous in front of business, he asked his subordinates to set aside a study room for his daughter to make a study, and took some official documents back to her for reference.

The scope of the functions of the Ministry of Rites is very wide, from sacrificing heaven and earth, down to dressing and eating, the rules and regulations are all determined by the Ministry of Rites, and there is nothing in the whole world that they cannot control.

And the responsibilities of the small secretary, up to the supervision system landing, down to the inspection of document typos, as soon as there is a mistake, it has to be taken out of the pot, the so-called money from selling cabbage, with the heart of the chief eunuch, once into the eunuch door is as deep as the sea, from then on idle is a floating cloud.

Therefore, she must understand all kinds of official document forms.

The second wife was in charge of the housework, and when she saw that the east wing was cleaning up the study, she asked her to carry a set of bookcases in the warehouse. Zhuo Yuan gave her a set of four treasures of the study.

A few days later, the entry procedures at the ministry were completed, and the housekeeper went to get the paperwork and the clothes and patches for the official uniforms and came back.

Lin asked a tailor to measure her size, and Zhuo Ruoning learned that there were several kinds of clothes for officials, court clothes, official clothes and regular clothes were worn on different occasions, and different hats and belts were matched at the same time.

Lin communicated with the tailor about the details of the sewing, and when he saw that his daughter was like her, she was holding a melon and gnawing on the juice all over her hands, and said with disgust: "You stand aside, don't get the juice on the clothes." ”

Zhuo Ruoning puffed out his cheeks and said aggrievedly: "Why do you always dislike me in the past two days? ”

Lin was choked, she didn't know what was going on, how well-behaved and quiet her daughter used to be, she was good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she read books and did embroidery work in the room all day long, that is what a virtuous woman should look like.

But since she came to Nanjing, her appearance has not changed, but her behavior has been completely different, she likes to tinker with all kinds of things, and she still recruits such a big deal of right and wrong.

Sometimes I look at her with a belly fire, just like now, knowing that the fire has burned her eyebrows, she is still holding a melon and gnawing in front of her, looking like she is not cleaned up.

The tailor secretly looked at Zhuo Ruoning and said with a smile: "Madam is really a blessing, even her daughter can be an official, I have never heard of a woman as an official in the imperial court." ”

Lin was angry, "If you are envious, take it back, so that I will not be angry with her every day." ”

"Oh, ma'am, how can a villain have such a life?"

Zhuo Ruoning didn't care about her words, knowing that the Lin family blamed her for not refusing to be an official.

"I don't want to be the kind my dad wears, it's ugly."

"The officials' clothes are customized, it doesn't matter if you like it or not."

The tailor said: "You can collect some here at the waist, the girl's family loves beauty and can understand." ”

Zhuo Ruoning hurriedly agreed: "Yes, take in a little waist, don't make a bucket waist like Daddy, it looks fat and short." ”

"Let your dad hear and see how he scolds you."

Zhuo Ruo condensed his neck: "I went to see my sister embroidering patches, and after studying for a while today, I seem to be quite talented." ”

"What kind of embroidery, have you done all the homework your father assigned to you?"

"It's already done."

"Finished writing?"

"It's done."

Lin was speechless and waved his hand to follow her.

On the day she went to the Yamen to report, her clothes were not ready, so it was no wonder that she was able to receive a ready-made official uniform for other officials, and her clothes, hat, and belt had to be tailor-made.

Lin had no choice but to change a green robe for her and sew the patch on it.

Zhuo Ruoning wore a black gauze turban, a green robe with an embroidered quail patch collar and a green robe, a black horn belt around her waist, and soap boots on her feet, standing in front of the old lady with a straight posture.

Zhuo Yuan smiled and said: "It's good, go to the yamen to do a good errand, don't insult the lintel of the Zhuo family." ”

Zhuo Ruo condensed his sleeves and said yes, Lin looked at his childish daughter, and said sadly: "Father, why don't I send her there, Nian Nian doesn't even know where the yamen is going." ”

Zhuo Yuan was free and easy: "This step must be taken out, let her go by herself, and let Brother Xiao follow." ”

Zhuo Ruoning took a small sedan chair to Hongwu Gate, and then walked from the Thousand Steps Corridor to the Ministry of Rites, and met many officials along the way, who cast curious glances at her.

Zhuo Ruoning remembered what the old gentleman taught her, and when she saw someone looking at her, she folded her sleeves and gave a salute, smiling carefully, very close to flattery, anyway, these people are generally higher than her position, which made those officials embarrassed, arched their hands perfunctorily, turned their heads and hurried away.

When he arrived at the entrance of the ceremonial department, Zhuo Ruoning saw that the steps outside the door were sitting or standing, crowded with people, and the door was even more noisy and shouting, and it was blocked.

"Hey, what is this for?" She asked Zhuo Xiao.

"I don't know, you go in and ask, I'll wait for you outside, if there's something, I'll call when you come out."

Zhuo Ruoning nodded, tried to squeeze in, and said, "Trouble let me go." ”

"Why are there still children, while playing!"

She was pushed out several times.