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Speaking of which, the Ministry of Rites is indeed called the Qingshui Yamen, and it is responsible for nothing oil and water, such as the royal worship of ancestors and the reception of foreign envoys, although it sounds very beautiful, in fact, it is just a good look on the scene, at least the decision-making power of many major matters is not here in the Ministry of Rites. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the Shimizu Yamen also has the benefits of the Shimizu Yamen.

The function of the Ministry of Rites is special, and there are naturally many poor scholars who think they are a little arrogant, and compared with the other five, there are naturally many fewer things to fight for power and profit. There are fewer opportunities to be in the limelight, and there are fewer opportunities to make mistakes, and sometimes it may not be a good idea to move slowly up in the officialdom.

Recently, the deserted Ministry of Rites has also been busy because His Majesty suddenly wants to worship the ancestors, but things like the royal ancestor worship have long formed a certain charter, and they only need to be implemented step by step, and there is really no need to spend too much effort.

Chu Nan walked into the palatial gate of the Ministry of Rites, looking at the many busy officials of the Ministry of Rites, and he could also see the ability of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to train his subordinates, and those who could sit in the position of the six Shangshu would not be incompetent.

As a new member of the Ministry of Rites, Chu Nan naturally passed the inspection at the gate very easily, anyway, he didn't have anything to do now, and he was happy to be leisurely, wandering around at will, although those officials of the Ministry of Rites were a little strange, but they were only regarded as newly recruited officials, and they didn't care, and after a few glances at Chu Nan, they lowered their heads and continued to do their own things.

Chu Nan walked for a while and was a little bored, although the gate of the Ministry of Rites looked magnificent, but the inside was just average, and it looked like the buildings left over from the previous dynasty were repaired and continued to be used, which was far from the real power departments such as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials, not to mention the local tyrant yamen like the Ministry of Households.

I walked all the way to the outside of the household lobby before someone finally noticed me.

The little official who was wiping the table and serving water in the lobby of the household department saw someone coming in, hurriedly left the work in his hand, ran over with a smiling face and was about to speak, when suddenly as if he had seen some magical scene, he looked at Chu Nan and hesitated: "Chu ............ Clear...... Lord Chu?"

Chu Nan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "What, you know me?"

The man was thin and small, but he was wearing a wide cotton coat, which looked a little funny, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard Chu Nan speak, and said, "What............ What, Lord Chu...... Don't remember the villain?"

Chu Nan looked at the man's efforts to recall, and could only see that it was a little familiar, and frowned: "Are you ............?"

The man smiled again, and said with a smile: "Adults and nobles are forgetful, the villain is Ou Xiaohua, the one in Hangzhou prison............ The Lord of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who was killed ............"

Speaking of the death of the king of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the smile on Chu Nan's face was a little reluctant, but he also remembered the origin of the person in front of him, at that time, the king of the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not regret dying in the Hangzhou prison, and he went to the prison to avenge the king's unrepentance, and punished a group of villains and prison bullies found by the Zhang family, but the person in front of him stood up and testified to the truth at the risk of retaliation afterwards, and when the matter in Jiangnan was over, he said hello to Jian Rong, the governor of Jiangsu, and let him out, and then put it aside, but he didn't expect to meet here, sighed slightly, and asked: " Why did you come to the capital and enter the Ministry of Rites?"

Ou Xiaohua said a little embarrassed: "Oh, after the villain was released, I wanted to follow you, but at that time, the adult had already left Hangzhou by boat and returned to Beijing." The villain didn't dare to stay in Hangzhou for longer, so he ran to the capital. ”

After speaking, Ou Xiaohua suddenly woke up, and arched his hand and said: "I haven't congratulated Lord Chu on the new member of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Sun is now in the back hall, and the villain will take the adult there." ”

Chu Nan nodded, walked slowly behind Ou Xiaohua, and asked, "Then why did you enter the Ministry of Rites?"

Ou Xiaohua walked in front, leaned slightly sideways and said: "Originally, the villain wanted to go to the adult, but at that time, it seemed that Lord Chu was also in trouble, how could the villain bother the adult again? But it can be regarded as a villain's life, and he happened to meet the son of Lord Sun, he said that he was your friend, and when he heard about the villain, he arranged me to do chores in the Ministry of Rites............ Well, in fact, the villain is not a member of the Ministry of Etiquette. ”

Chu Nan smiled and nodded, when he came back from Jiangnan, he was snubbed by Emperor Liang, and if he didn't say it well, he would be pulled out as a scapegoat to punish, of course Ou Xiaohua didn't dare to go over, but it was rare for Sun Mian, who had some friendship with him, to be so righteous, but sometimes friendship was accumulated little by little, at least when he was in danger, Sun Mian expressed a certain amount of kindness, and he had to give back in the future.

Although Ou Xiaohua was arranged to enter the Ministry of Rites, it was the same as the miscellaneous servants who were responsible for watering flowers and sweeping the floor in the courtyard, unless a noble person stretched out his hand, he would not have the opportunity to enter the list of officials of the Ministry of Rites, and be even the lowest-level official, thinking in his heart, Chu Nan patted Ou Xiaohua's shoulder and said softly: "Do a good job, you are still young, and there is a chance." ”

Although Chu Nan is not much older than Ou Xiaohua, there is really no awkwardness in saying this, sometimes it is like this, some people from the moment they are born, his starting point is higher than the status that countless people have worked hard for a lifetime.

Ou Xiaohua seemed to be a little moved, and agreed repeatedly.

Although the hall of the Ministry of Rites is very majestic and majestic, it is only used when there is a big event, and in general, all officials, including Sun Ke, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, work in the back hall.

The two of them came all the way to the outside of Sun Cao's office room, only to see that the door was closed, and Ou Xiaohua dared to lead the way in because she was familiar with Chu Nan's face, otherwise it would be useless to even have the qualifications to approach this room, and now naturally she didn't dare to make any more moves, and pointed to the door to signal that she had arrived.

Chu Nan smiled and motioned to Ou Xiaohua to lead the way in, Ou Xiaohua was stunned at first, and then understood that this was Chu Nan helping himself, after all, it is not easy for an inconspicuous little person like himself to take a step forward and become an official low-level official of the Ministry of Rites, of course, in a person of Sun Ke's level, it is a matter of one sentence, and only by being familiar with Sun Cao can he have the opportunity to take this step.

Although in the court, Sun Ke, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is relatively weak, but in the Ministry of Rites, he is still an absolutely strong figure.

Ou Xiaohua glanced at Chu Nan gratefully, her hands trembled slightly, and she gently pushed open the door, and waited until the door was staggered a small crack before she whispered: "My lord, the new member of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Chu, is here." ”

The man in the room hummed, and only a gentle voice said, "Well, come in." ”

Ou Xiaohua gently pushed open the door and took Chu Nan in, only to see a large bookcase on the right hand side of the house, behind the bookcase, Sun Ke, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was bowing his head and writing something, and it took a long time to stop putting down the pen in his hand and let out a long breath, and said to Chu Nan with a smile: "Lord Chu is here, just sit down, our Ministry of Rites doesn't have so many rules, just order at will." ”

Chu Nan didn't dare to say a few words, although Sun Cao said that there were no rules, but Chu Nan still didn't sit down, but stood not far from the bookcase, casually looked at the study of the scholar's book of the Ministry of Rites, and looked at the wide bookshelf behind Sun Ke with interest.

At the level of Sun Ke, so many dense books are obviously not used to show off, but it seems shallow, so another possibility is that the person in front of him is really a person who loves books, and his knowledge is certainly not shallow.

It was the first time for Ou Xiaohua to walk into the study of the boss of the Ministry of Rites, her body couldn't help but tremble slightly, Chu Nan gave her the opportunity to let herself lead the way in, and now Sun Cao didn't speak and it was not good to take the initiative to quit.

Sun Cao nodded secretly at Chu Nan, looked at Ou Xiaohua, who looked a little nervous, waved his hand and smiled: "Well, yes, your name is Ou Xiaohua, right? ”

Ou Xiaohua didn't expect Sun Ke to know his name, so he arched himself and retreated, so that Sun Ke could remember his name, which was also the first step of success.

Chu Nan pointed to Ou Xiaohua's back and explained: "Xiaguan has an old relationship with this person, but I forgot about it for a while, and I have to thank Ling Lang for helping him for me." ”

Sun Cao stroked his beard and smiled, he was born as a poor scholar and had no background, so speaking of which, it would be the end of his life to sit in this Ministry of Rites, and he had no extravagant hopes for his career.

But the only son Sun Mian seems to have a good momentum, and has made friends with Chu Nan, Wang Lin, Leng Yun and others, speaking of which are all people with extraordinary backgrounds, needless to say, if it really becomes Mo Reverse in the future, the arm above the career at that time, nodded and said: "Well, some time ago, Zi Mian'er wanted me to stuff this Ou Xiaohua to the Ministry of Rites, at first I was a little annoyed, and then the unscrupulous son said that the person was related to you, and at that time you had no time to be distracted, so the old man reluctantly let him do a miscellaneous job in the Ministry of Rites." Hehe, speaking of which, you and Mian'er are the same age, so you have to interact more in the future and take care of each other. ”

Chu Nan smiled and nodded, this is also a big favor, but for a while, Sun Cao seems to have forgotten his official position, and he claims to be an old man, can he say anything? What Uncle Sun said is that he is very idle at home these days, and he is afraid that Brother Sun will be busy, otherwise he will definitely invite him out for a drink. ”

Sun Cao laughed, as if he was very satisfied with Chu Nan's title, and said with a smile: "That rabbit cub, I was recently driven by His Majesty to the forbidden army to guard the palace gate, and I still have leisure time." ”

Although he seemed to be very disdainful when he said it, Sun Cao still couldn't hide his pride, and came out of Emperor Liang's guard tiger gun camp to guard the palace gate, obviously hanging up in Emperor Liang's heart, and he also felt that he could be trusted, otherwise, how could he let Sun Mian go to guard the palace gate? Speaking of which, guarding the palace door is hard and tiring, and it is not something that everyone can do, and it is absolutely not this opportunity for a person who is not innocent and newly appointed.

Chu Nan naturally knew Sun Cao's mentality, and said a few words about his friendship with Sun Mian and others, so he didn't talk about it. After all, his family background is there, and it's good to have an attitude, and Sun Cao is not qualified to let himself be dead-faced.

Sun Cao said some homely words to Chu Nan again, and then slowly introduced the topic to official business, and his tone slowly became serious, "The missions of various countries are still on the way, and you don't have anything to do in a hurry now." Later, I will ask someone to sort out some information for you, you can take it back and take a good look, and I will also order someone to mark it out if you want to focus on it, of course, if you want to come to the Ministry of Rites, you can also do it. ”

Chu Nan nodded, although his familiarity with the northwest countries was ten times more detailed than that of the Ministry of Rites, but he still had to do the face-saving thing, at least he couldn't let people see that he had the intention of being passive and slacking off.

Sun Cao casually flipped through the information on the bookcase, and sighed: "Your Majesty and the people of the world want to see the scene of the hundred tribes coming to court, but they throw this matter down, but they don't know that those foreigners are also cunning, and if they are a little unsatisfactory, they will go to Your Majesty to complain, and no matter what the specifics are, the Ministry of Rites will definitely be punished, and you must also work harder, don't be deceived by the honest appearance of those foreigners." ”

Chu Nan nodded, knowing that this was Sun Ke mentioning himself, I was afraid that he was also beating himself, after all, he was hand-picked by Emperor Liang to be in charge of this matter, although he was mainly responsible for the accident, Sun Ke, the head of the Ministry of Rites, could not escape, and besides, he was still young, and there was the Chu family behind him, even if he fell, he would have a lot of chances to get up, but Sun Cao couldn't.

Sun Cao's attitude towards Chu Nan was quite satisfied, after all, the surname of the family is often unruly, if it is forced too tightly, it is easy to cause rebellion, so he changed the topic to a lighter one, sighed and said: "Alas, fortunately, you have to share the affairs of receiving the missions of various countries for your own officials, and if you don't spare me, this old bone will really be tossed and scattered." ”

Chu Nan said with a smile: "Master Sun said that you are laughing, you are when you are old and strong, what is this matter?"

Sun Cao waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, no, no, I'm really old, it's nothing to stay up for a few nights without sleeping before, but now I have to take a nap during the day." I now hope that Mian'er can support the Sun family as soon as possible, and I will also return to the field. ”

Chu Nan lowered his head and smiled, although it seemed that Sun Cao was a little tired, but his eyes were clear, and he was obviously still not convinced, these words could be heard as jokes, not taken seriously, if they were spread to Emperor Liang's ears, it would be a big trouble.

Sun Ke picked up some important precautions and said, it is nothing more than a few big countries that should be paid special attention to, Vasai is of course the top priority, Chu Nan wrote them down one by one very seriously, and did not let Sun Kao find out the slightest mistake.

Chu Nan saw that what he said was almost done, and he was ready to leave.

Sun Cao still has a lot of official business to do, so naturally he can't always talk to Chu Nan, so he let Chu Nan leave with a smile, bowed his head and said casually: "At this time, Mian'er is probably drinking tea in Piaoxian Tower." ”

Chu Nan was slightly stunned, nodded and left with a smile.

Piaoxian Tower can be gone, but Sun Mian is not a reason, speaking of which, I haven't seen Xian'er for a long time, so a delicate flower has already been booked, don't be picked.

(To be continued)