Xiaoyue has always helped Wen Youyou do things, but in fact, she has never taken the initiative to receive her master's salary, because she feels that Jiang Shangyue's restaurant also has a share of Wen Youyou's income, but he never wants it, so Xiaoyue regards this income as her own hard work as a master.

However, Wen Youyou sent her this big gift, and if she refused, it would be a little angry, so she smiled and said, "It's a big deal, then thank you Master Wen." ”

"Today I am not only here to give gifts, but also to ask for something. Wen Youyou said with a serious face.

"Wen Youyou, I still need to say these polite words to you. Satsuki put the stove on the desk, "If there's anything, just say it." ”

"Xiaoyue, this time the emperor is very satisfied with the matter of national bonds. Wen Youyou said slowly, looking a little uncomfortable, at this time he was not at all like Master Wen, who was beautiful before and after.

"Isn't that great?" Xiao Yue didn't understand why he was suffering from his face, "Lord Wen is probably going to be promoted again." ”

Wen Youyou was not happy to hear this, but sighed and said, "You are right again." ”

"Don't always sigh like this, look old-fashioned. Xiao Yue comforted him, "Isn't it good to be promoted? Don't all officials want their official positions to be as big as possible?"

Wen Youyou shook his head, he picked up the teacup just now, rubbed the pattern on it with his fingers, and said in a low tone: "Xiaoyue, after this sale of national bonds, I found that I was really not suitable for the household department. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Yue rarely saw Wen Youyou's depressed look, she said worriedly, "Is there something going on?"

Wen Youyou smiled bitterly: "No, it's just my own reflection." ”

"Then I'd like to hear how you reflect. ”

Wen Youyou took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, "These days, I also learn to read the account books and check the status of the treasury flow, but maybe I am born with no sense of money, and then I have no sense of numbers, and I always feel very difficult." ”

Xiao Yue also knew that Wen Youyou really didn't care about money, or that he didn't care, when Xiao Yue asked Xu Chengchang to buy the national bonds, he also asked Wen Youyou to buy them together, but he didn't want to toss.

"And, compared to you, I feel even less like that. Wen Youyou put down the teacup in his hand, lowered his head, and looked a little inferior.

Xiao Yue patted Wen Youyou's shoulder and said, "Wen Youyou, don't be like this, anyway, I will help you, what are you afraid of?"

As everyone knows, Wen Youyou is afraid of this, he feels that Xiaoyue rejected himself before, and most of them have reasons why his intelligence is not as good as hers, so he held his breath and wanted to do a career on his own, which impressed Xiaoyue, but he didn't expect it to become an opportunity to get promoted with Xiaoyue's help.

He also knows that many officials in the imperial court now compliment him to his face for being young and promising and have a bright future, but they talk about him behind his back, saying that he is just a good birth, has a good father, and is lucky to have a good master.

Seeing Wen Youyou's back to herself, Xiao Yue lowered her head and was silent, and said worriedly: "There is nothing that can't be solved, you name it, and we will figure it out together." ”

Wen Youyou took a deep breath, turned to look at Xiao Yue and said, "I don't think I'm good at working in the household department, and I want to change departments." ”

Xiao Yue saw that he spoke firmly, as if he had thought it through, so she had no choice but to follow his words and say, "Then do you have a department you want to go to?"

Wen Youyou said without thinking: "Officials." ”

Xiao Yue was very surprised, and she asked, "Why haven't I heard you say it before?"

Wen Youyou pulled a stool and asked Xiao Yue to sit down, "I didn't mention this to you before, so I'll tell you today." ”

After Xiao Yue sat down, she smiled at Wen Youyou and said, "Then I'll listen to it." ”

"Didn't I make friends with some young officials before? Some of them were the same contemporaries of my official studies, and some of them were newly promoted young talents from the local government, and we would sometimes meet at Jiang Shangyue Restaurant and talk heart-to-heart. Seeing that Xiao Yue did not react, he knew that she did not object to his dealings with these young officials, so he continued: "I didn't have any purpose at first, but just chatted with some like-minded officials about each other's work troubles, and I found that there was a big problem in the governance of the court officials. ”

Xiao Yue picked up the teacup on the desk, took a sip, and asked, "Is this related to the party dispute you told me before?"

Speaking of the topic that Wen Youyou was interested in, he began to gush, "Yes, but party struggle is only one aspect, according to my observation, there are many problems in the selection, recruitment, evaluation and management of officials from all over the country. ”

"Like the source of officials, like the children of the family here I can directly enter the official school, as long as they are not too bad people after entering the official school, they can complete their studies, it is nothing more than a matter of time, and then the officials will appoint them without inspection. If the children of other families want to enter the court as officials, they only have to enter the four major academies first, and those with excellent grades are recommended to enter the official school, and then after completing their studies from the official school, they will be selected by the official department. This has led to many problems of cronyism, many people who are not appointed, and misuse, misuse and abuse are frequent. After Wen Youyou said the above paragraph very indignantly, he wanted to continue to express his opinion on the officials, but Xiao Yue interrupted him.

"After saying so much, you are probably thirsty, so let's take a sip of tea first. Satsuki filled the teacup for him and handed it to him.

Wen Youyou took the teacup, "Xiaoyue, I'm not thirsty," he put the teacup on the desk again, and continued, "You don't know, the problems in the Ministry of Officials are more serious than those in the Ministry of Households. I tell you, this ministry ... ”

"Okay, okay, stop!" Xiao Yue interrupted him again, "It's the first time I've heard these things you said, and I also think that there are indeed a lot of problems, but you are not in your position now!"

Wen Youyou saw that Xiao Yue had said the point all of a sudden, he was stunned, he took a few steps back, looked at Xiao Yue and said, "Xiao Yue, what you said is really right. He suddenly lowered his head, and after being silent for a while, he added faintly, "But I... ”

"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Yue saw that his expression was a little hesitant.

"I don't know if the emperor is affected by the state bonds, and he is more and more dissatisfied with the old appearance of the court, and he wants to change the old and bring forth the new. Therefore, a few days ago, the emperor issued an order asking civil and military officials to give their opinions on the ills that now exist in the imperial court. I've been thinking about whether or not to give the emperor a lesson these days. ”

"What do you want to write?" asked Satsuki curiously.

Wen Youyou saw that Xiaoyue did not object, so he said happily: "I want to propose to the emperor to reform the rule of officials." ”

"Oh, have you figured out how to write something?" Satsuki asked.

Wen Youyou pulled Xiaoyue to the back of the desk with great interest, then picked up a pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote a few big characters on a piece of white paper, "Recruit, manage, send." ”

"What do you mean?" Xiao Yue looked at the three headless words he wrote, and the second monk was puzzled.

"Xiaoyue, listen to my explanation. I am going to elaborate my views on three aspects: how to select, manage, and prohibit factional fights among officials. Wen Youyou was about to continue the discussion, but Xiao Yue interrupted him again, "Wait, don't talk about it yet." ”

This time, Wen Youyou looked a little impatient, "Xiaoyue, what are you doing, I'll talk about it when I'm done." ”