The location of the official department is very easy to find, enter the imperial city gate, keep going along the central axis, pass through the Hanyuan Palace, just go straight towards the highest palace in the imperial city - Xuanzheng Palace. A row of low houses on the right side of the Xuanzheng Hall is where Shangshu Province is located, and of course the Ministry of Officials is also among them, and on the left side of the Xuanzheng Palace, there is Zhongshu Province, which is also a row of low houses.

The features are so obvious that it's hard to find them. So when Shen Zejing submitted the relevant documents in the office of the officials, he made such an exclamation, and then found the place where he worked - the Ministry of Officials.

The examination of the meritorious division is a personal fat shortage of less oil and more promotion - this has almost become the consensus of the entire Dayong officials, of course, it also has risks, and the slightest carelessness will lose the official and go to prison, but whenever there is a vacancy in the meritorious examination, there are still many people who have their own strange tricks, and the goal is this position. As for the last shortcoming, it fell on Shen Zejing's head, and naturally Shen Huashan and the entire Wu Yue Shen family's planning was indispensable.

The office of the Gong Gong Si is not very big, and before Shen Zejing went in, there were four officials waiting there, and they clearly knew that today was Shen Zejing's first day in office, and they were waiting here early in the morning. In the entire examination department, the highest official position is Lang Zhong, in other words, these four people are waiting for their boss. These people hadn't had much contact with Shen Zejing before, and they didn't know what kind of temperament he had, so it would not be wrong to wait early. As for whether people get along well or not, it doesn't matter much, the position of flowing water, the iron-clad friendship, this is all to be dealt with.

When Shen Zejing pushed the door in, the four of them stepped forward to greet them one by one, exchanged official names, and waited for Shen Zejing to speak, and the atmosphere was a little serious for a while. Shen Ze respects his people, has a beautiful face and hair, and is also a humble gentleman, although he treats his children at home as strict as the autumn breeze, he treats his subordinates like a spring breeze outside, and at this moment his face is a standard leader Seeing the expression of his subordinates, he was cordial and polite, and motioned for them to sit down and not be restrained, while saying: "From now on, everyone will work together, encourage each other, and do their own things, don't be so polite." Shen Zejing himself sat down and began to look at these officials who would be with him for at least a year.

These people have already seen each other at the Shen family banquet before, and at that time, they only talked about greetings, and they didn't talk well, but on the first day of taking office, of course, they had to take a closer look and get along well. Shen Zejing also compared his understanding of them with real people in his mind to see if the rumors were as they were.

Gu Zicheng, a member of the staff, is about thirty years old, looks good, calm and natural, and looks not a treacherous person, Shen Zejing is relieved, after all, it is Gu Zicheng who will have the most contact with him in the future, how is this character, it is quite important. Shen Zejing doesn't want anything to go wrong during his tenure, it is related to the examination of merit on the basis of an official's promotion, and it is not a trivial matter if something goes wrong, and at the lightest it is to be dismissed.

The other three officials are all very young, from the eight main officers, named Ling Yungao, Qin Che, and Tang Gunan, with the unique spirit of young people, they are very energetic when they look at it.

These four people are the main officials of the merit examination department, and dozens of other merit examination order history and book order history, because of their low position and miscellaneous affairs, they will not come to see Shen Zejing, so in general, it is these people that Shen Zejing has to face every day.

Shen Zejing also nodded to everyone separately, thinking, this is the examination of the meritorious division, there are really few people, it doesn't matter if there are fewer people, just do good things, after everyone is seated, Shen Zejing began to speak:

"For farmers, spring ploughing and autumn harvesting, do not lose time; Be austere and loving, do not be ashamed of the degree, prepare for floods and droughts first, and prepare taxes and grains as scheduled, so that the land has no surplus profit and people have no spare strength. …… There is no easy karma in the world, and there is no impossible karma. If each observes his karma, he will not succeed in his karma. (1) So I won't say much else, I hope everyone will do their jobs and do their jobs. ”

At the first official meeting, Shen Zejing said these few words, and without saying much, he asked the three principals to go about their own affairs, leaving Gu Zicheng to inquire about related matters.

The meritorious examination department belongs to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials, together with the Si Feng and the Si Xun, and is called the three divisions of the Ministry of Officials, which is mainly responsible for the punishment and discussion of civil officials, in fact, it is to evaluate the official performance of civil officials, and set the rank for civil officials as the basis for their promotion or dismissal. Shen Zejing has long been familiar with these, as long as you are an official, as long as you are not an official or a third-class official, who doesn't know about the meritorious service? So these are not what Shen Zejing wants to know, when Gu Zicheng reported these to him, he was not satisfied, and he didn't understand why this seemingly reliable foreigner wanted to popularize the common sense of the Gong Gong Division for him, he knew it.

What he wanted to know was that the daily office process of the Gong Gong Division, what difficulties he could encounter now, and the contacts with the other two divisions, with the officials of the Ministry of Officials, and even with the Monk Book Province, etc., were what Shen Zejing was concerned about, so he had to ask directly.

Gu Zicheng heard Shen Zejing's question, and only then did he understand the intention of this boss. I thought, I know all this very well. I told him all about it right away. Because this year is not the year of the examination, so there are no problems now, etc., and I also reported on the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Officials and Shangshu Province, who has a better relationship with whom, who has always been at odds with each other, Shangshu Zuocheng Tang Duo and the household servant Jiang Chenghai are related, Shangshu's right servant is not in good health recently, and even the information that the Ministry of Officials Lang Zhongcen Xiaobai recently accepted a concubine has been told to Shen Zejing, and a lot of gossip about Zhongshu and Menxia provinces has been given.

The two of them are like this, one speaks very carefully, the other listens very carefully, the boss and the subordinates, both are suitable.

This is a real person, and in the end, Shen Zejing commented on Gu Zicheng, smiling a little slyly and satisfied.

This is a doer, Gu Zicheng also commented on Shen Zejing in his heart, at least he was not fooled, and he was also very satisfied.

This was Shen Zejing's first morning in the Gong Division.

After noon, he went out of the examination department to carry out another predetermined episode on his first day of office, that is, to visit the relevant officials of the ministry. Under the guidance of Gu Zicheng, Shen Zejing successively met with Chen Zuishan in Sifeng Shilang and Zheng Beitang in Sixun Shilang, and exchanged a few words of greeting. Shen Zejing said that when he first took office, he was not familiar with the affairs, and he would take more care of Yunyun in the future, Chen Zuishan and Zheng Beitang also responded happily, and the three of them agreed to wait until Mu Xiu had a small drink together on the day of Mu Xiu, and Shen Zejing followed Gu Zicheng to meet his boss.

Cen Xiaobai is not too young, and he is happy, first congratulated and welcomed Shen Zejing, and then said that he would take him to meet other officials of the Ministry of Officials. Shen Zejing responded respectfully, remembering that Gu Zicheng said in the morning that Cen Xiaobai had accepted a new concubine, and then looked at his gray beard, and secretly said that he is really old and strong, this person seems to be good as a boss.

Under the leadership of Cen Xiaobai, Shen Zejing met the officials of the Ministry one by one, among them, some of whom had met for a long time, and some of whom usually had a lot of contacts, and more of them met for the first time, so after such a round of visits, Shen Zejing also knew that Xu Youyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, was a very kind old man, and Chu Yan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, was a little arrogant - who let the family have a daughter marry the younger brother of Emperor Changtai, although it is only a side concubine, but it is also a royal family, and it is inevitable to be arrogant.

After turning around, Shen Zejing finally stayed at Cen Xiaobai's place, and the two of them hadn't started to talk yet, just when another official Shen Jinghua came back from outside, Shen Zejing made a gesture to him again, Shen Jinghua is as his name, quiet and solemn Muhua, but because of the friendship of the same surname, he is a little enthusiastic about Shen Zejing.

"It just so happens that Jinghua is also here, presumably he will also tell you about this. Next year is the year of the five-year examination, the examination is not only a major event of the examination department, but also a major event of the Ministry of Officials, but also a major event of the DPRK and China, the most important thing, although there are previous regulations to follow, but can not be careless, to prevent the occurrence of forks, now on, it is necessary to prepare for relevant matters, and the detailed rules for the assessment must be ......formulated as soon as possible" The reason why Cen Xiaobai wanted Shen Zejing to stay was to say this, to give him a reminder, so that he could be prepared. If something goes wrong in the exam, he, a ministry, will also be implicated in negligence, and he doesn't want to let the official reputation be tainted.

Shen Jinghua also added on the side, especially the officials who were derelict in their duties in the previous examinations, although most of those officials were not intentional, but the mistakes also appeared clearly, especially when it came to bribery and bribery that were repeatedly prohibited, then there could only be one end, dismissal and imprisonment, and some of them were raided. Saying this, it is also for the sake of the same surname Shen, to give Shen Zejing a little reminder. It is true that there is a lack of fat in the examination of the merit, but it is also a test and risk, and it is even more important to keep the right heart in his position, not to be tempted by reputation and profit, and not to be afraid of slander.

Shen Zejing was the first to be taught, and thanked them one by one, and then returned to the Gong Division. and Gu Zicheng and other subordinates to draw and draw the internal affairs of the department, just like that, Shen Zejing's work task on the first day of office was completed.

That night, Shen Zejing was still in the study to take care of the day's work of the Examination Division, thinking of what Cen Xiaobai said, he also felt that the responsibility was heavy, and he was also thinking about how to carry out the affairs of the Examination Division, and deliberated on the major events of the examination.

In the study, Shen Ning was quiet on the other side as usual, even if Shen Zejing had already taken office, he would only be in the study at night, Shen Ning insisted on coming to the study at night to accompany his father, Shen Zejing saw that he couldn't dissuade him, so he went with her.

Shen Ning saw Shen Zejing sitting in front of the desk, frowning from time to time, and relaxing from time to time, knowing that he must be thinking about the exam, and he didn't bother him very interestingly, and he was also a little anxious in his heart, recalling the exam year in his previous life, there was a problem at that time, although there was still more than a year to go, it was too early to worry about this, but Shen Ning didn't dare to take it lightly, but now that he is too young and too weak, how can he remind his father about this matter? She didn't know that the two Lang Zhong of the Ministry had already reminded Shen Zejing, and Shen Zejing would naturally be much more careful and cautious in his actions after that.

Notes: (1) This passage is from "The Sacred Oracle Guangxun and the Principle of Doing Business to Determine the Chronicles of the People", said by Yongzheng. If you are interested, you can find the original text to see, haha.