Yan Wang was holding his forehead and looking at the thicker and thicker to-do work in front of him, he had turned from the initial shock to anger, and now he was numb.

Zhao Mao's mouth was dry, and when he saw that he was motionless, he stopped and asked, "Lord Wang, are you listening?" ”

"Listen, are you done?"

"And ......"

Zhuo Ruoning went to pour him a glass of water, Zhao Mao drank it in one go, and was about to continue.

King Yan waved his hand to interrupt him: "That's all for today, I feel dizzy when I hear it." ”

Zhao Mao said anxiously: "If you don't finish explaining these things today, you won't be able to sort it out after we are asked." ”

King Yan sighed: "Why are you a person who is about to be beheaded, still worrying about the affairs of the yamen?" No wonder people call you stupid. ”

Zhao Mao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, if someone Zhao lives for one day, he must be worthy of the emperor's kindness and promotion." ”

Zhuo Ruoning listened to these words on the side, and suddenly had a trace of respect for this Lord Zhao, she couldn't understand the belief of the scholar that "the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die", but she saw a firm belief from Zhao Mao, and it was on this occasion that this belief was dyed a little tragic.

"Lord Wang, if you don't commit a very serious capital crime, if you don't cut it, don't cut it, let Lord Zhao atone for his sins, wouldn't it be better to serve the court?"

King Yan was a little annoyed: "You tell the emperor, what right can I, a vassal king stranded in the capital, have to speak." ”

"Then how many people are left in our Ministry of Rites who can work?"

"The right attendant Lord Liu and the two Lang Zhong are close associates of Lian Guogong, and when the Yupei case happened last month, they were all imprisoned. This month, due to the case of private possession of gunpowder in the Fuller House, the Ministry of Rites arrested a batch due to poor management, and there are really not a few left. Zhao Mao laughed self-deprecatingly.

Now that the person is arrested, who will do it?

"Lord Wang, can I go outside and recruit a few people to help? I told the monks to help them solve the problem of staying in the capital for an extended period of time, and to inform the monasteries of the method of receiving the Du Mu within three days. ”

"Three days? You really dare to agree, judging from the current situation, you may not be able to approve it in three months. King Yan said excitedly.

Zhuo Ruoning was so frightened by his sudden raising voice that she shrank her shoulders, and said timidly: "How did I know that your work efficiency is so low." ”

"You have to recruit people yourself, this king has so many things to deal with, and he has no time to clean up the mess for you." He patted the half-human-tall booklet in front of him and said.

Zhuo Ruoning nodded hurriedly, not daring to bother him, as long as there is this sentence, it will be easy to do things.

"When will the officials of the Ministry of Worship come back, and who will open the certificate of the monks' stay in the capital?"

Zhao Mao said: "Lang Zhong, the priest of the ancestral shrine, is in prison, and has been sentenced to be beheaded after the autumn, and the principal suffered a stroke while investigating the case in Shandong, and now his mouth is crooked, and he can't take care of himself." ”

Zhuo Ruoning: "......"

"The road of these monks from other places has to be postponed by the Ministry of Households, because the emperor thinks that the cultivators who have not received the degree are not official monks, and they are not under the control of the local monks, monks, and monks."

Zhuo Ruoning: "Then I'll go to the household department in a while, isn't it next to me?" ”

Zhao Mao sighed, with some sympathy in his eyes: "I want to find the household department to do something, but I'm afraid that it's useless for you to break your leg, they are used to knowing how to spare their lives, and no one wants to get involved in things like extending the road guidance period." In the unlikely event that there are fugitive prisoners and soldiers among these monks, or if there are bad things in the capital, who will be responsible for what happens during their stay? ”

Zhuo Ruoning looked at King Yan: "Lord Wang, do you go and say that it works?" ”

King Yan glanced at her: "This king is so idle, go to Xu Duo for a few monks?" ”

Xu Duo is the head of the household.

"So what do you say?"

"You say it, you figure it out yourself."

Zhuo Ruoning was so angry with him that she finally understood the helplessness of the workplace "do more and make more mistakes".

She threw up her sleeves and walked out, thinking that she should not be this broken business, so she went home to learn embroidery from her sisters and dye her nails.

But when she walked down the steps, she was unwilling, thinking that the monks had taken her note. Son, go back hopefully, if she picks the child, what will happen to those people?

Tobe was next door, and she lifted her foot to go that way.

The shape of the building of the household department and the yamen of the Ministry of Rites is the same, but the scene inside is completely different.

Officials are coming in and out, and there are vaguely sitting in the hall officials who are handling things, and there is actually a doorman guarding the door.

Zhuo Ruoning looked outside, about to go in, the door stopped her, looked up and down, and saw that she was wearing a lacquered veil and embroidered quail patch on her chest, but the clothes were not official clothes, and she said strangely: "Which child's family comes here to play?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning showed him the waist card: "I'm looking for Xu Shangshu." ”

Those two men had never seen such a miniature version of the official, repeatedly checked the waist card, and looked at her curiously.

An official walked out, Menzi hurriedly handed over the waist card, and pointed to Zhuo Ruoning: "She said that she is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites." ”

The official should have heard about this, and while looking at Zhuo Ruoning, he smiled and said, "Is there anything wrong with Zhuo Siwu coming to the household department?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning looked at his clothes, he should be a principal, and hurriedly saluted: "The lower official has something to do with Xu Shangshu." ”

The principal had an inexplicable smile on his face, and his waist card was lightly tapped on his hand: "What kind of product is Zhuo Siwu?" ”

"From the ninth grade." Zhuo Ruoning didn't know what he meant by asking, so she answered honestly.

"How many products is Shangshu?"

"Second grade."

He laughed: "Secretary Zhuo doesn't know that Lord Shangshu is busy with official business, not everyone can see him?" ”

Zhuo Ruoning: "......"

Zhuo Ruoning: "May I ask what kind of product is Lord Yan?" ”

Principal: "......"

Zhuo Ruoning: "King Yan asked me to bring a message to Xu Shangshu, can I see it?" ”

The principal showed embarrassment on his face, and hurriedly said, "Why didn't you say it earlier, since you were sent by King Yan, you can naturally see it, but Lord Xu is not here." ”

Zhuo Ruoning took the waist card from his hand, "Then which adult is sitting in the hall now, I'll tell him." ”

She came under the banner of King Yan, and the principal didn't dare to slack off anymore, and led her in: "Today is Lord Zuo Lang Wang sitting in the hall." ”

Wang Zhe, the left waiter of the household department, knew that her father had popularized science for her, and she was an old treacherous and cunning person, and she played Tai Chi well. He will not offend anyone openly, but he will not do anything that is not beneficial to him, and it may be difficult to ask such a person to do things.

Zhuo Ruoning entered the lobby of the household department and explained his intentions, and Wang Zhe really smiled and said: "This year's monks' road guide is indeed in charge of the household department, but it is issued by the local monks' outlines, monks' heads, and monks' associations. Hundreds of people, verification is not a trivial matter, now many household officials have gone to the local guidance to hunt locusts, otherwise, the official asked the departments to see if there is spare manpower available. “

Zhuo Ruoning nodded gratefully: "That's great, King Yan is worried that those monks will make trouble, and said that he will get things done today, and he will have to return to the emperor in a while, I am worried that there is not enough time, since you have difficulties here, then I will go and tell him." ”

Saying goodbye and leaving, Wang Zhe hurriedly stopped her: "The household department is indeed understaffed, even if everyone is there, it is impossible to complete the road guidance of hundreds of people in one afternoon." ”

Zhuo Ruoning was puzzled: "I know your difficulties, why don't you enter the palace with King Yan and explain the situation to the emperor?" ”

Wang Zhe: "This ......"

Zhuo Ruoning proposed: "Actually, this postponement certificate is to let the monks who came from other places to receive the degree stay for a few more days, and let them leave when the degree of the Ministry of Rites is done." The monk already has a road guide in his hand, and he must have verified his identity in various places, so you just need to write a note. The son informed the Ministry of War, explaining that the monk took the article of the Ministry of Rites. Zi Ke can be used as a certificate of extension, and the matter of verifying his identity is handled by the Ministry of War, and they seem to have enough manpower. ”

Wang Zhe hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I'll write you a note. Child. ”

The military department is on the other side of the Ministry of Rites, and it is also next to each other, and Zhuo Ruoning is holding Wang Zhe's note. When the child came to the door, the soldiers who were doing things in the lobby looked strange, gathered together in twos and threes, and watched her unabashedly, turning heads and ears, pointing and pointing, and bursts of laughter from time to time.

Zhuo Ruoning vaguely heard words like "Geng Yanshi", and they seemed to know that she had a marriage contract with Geng Kan.

A rather dignified young general came out, reprimanded those who were soldiers, and led Zhuo Ruoning to the back hall to speak.

"General, I am Zhuo Ruoning, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, on the first day of employment, and I don't know the adults of the ministry, may I ask your surname?"

"Geng Xiu."

Zhuo Ruoning: "......"

The governor of the left army, the prince of the Marquis of Changxing, Geng Kan's eldest brother, Geng Xiu.