The waiter Fei Li thought for a while and said respectfully to Yang Fu: "My lord, although our Ministry of Rites is the Qingshui Yamen, we can't let him come nonsense. ”

"The Ministry of Rites is the main department, and he is not worthy to come; The host and guest are responsible for etiquette, and he can't go without the slightest mistake; The catering department is not suitable for him; As for the ancestral department, it is relatively leisurely, according to the opinion of the lower officials, it is better to let him go to the ancestral department! ”

There are four departments of the Ministry of Rites, one is the Ministry of Rites, the second is the host and guest, the third is the Catering Department, and the fourth is the Ancestral Department.

The Department of Rites is the main department of the Ministry of Rites, which is mainly in charge of ceremonial music, tribute, etc.

The food department is in charge of the food and beverages at various ceremonies.

The host and guest department mainly entertain foreign guests.

This time, the envoys of the Shang Kingdom were in charge of hospitality.

What about the Ancestral Division?

Palm ancestral shrines, enjoy sacrifices, astronomy, temples, monks and nuns, etc., there is nothing to do on weekdays, and it is an idle department that can no longer be idle.

Normally, all departments should walk to observe the ceremony, and they should be arranged to the two offices of the host and guest department or the department of rites.

Jin Ge is different, he has become a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of the world's scholars.

The Ministry of Rites can't kick Jin Ge out of the Ministry of Rites, so it is a great favor to arrange for him to go to the most idle government office.

Yang Fu had no objection to Fei Li's suggestion, looked at Liu Dai in the ancestral hall, and said, "Then let Jin Ge go to you!" ”

Liu Dai bowed his hand and said, "The lower official obeys the order." ”

On the first day of Jin Ge's visit to the Ministry of Rites, he did not see Shangshu Yang Fu, but saw the waiter Fei Li.

It turned out that there were two waiters in the Ministry of Rites, and the left waiter was called Yang Wan, who was a member of Yang Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Last time, because of Prime Minister Wang's affairs, he was transferred to the Guozijian, so there is only one squire in the Ministry of Rites now.

The first thing Fei Li said when he saw Jin Ge was: "Lord Shangshu asked Jin Xianzi to go to the ancestral hall to serve as the director." ”

Jin Ge arched his hand and said, "I'm tired of my lord." ”

Fei Li turned his face to the scribe on the side, and said, "Take Director Tang to the ancestral hall." ”

"Yes!"

The scribe replied and made a gesture of invitation.

Jin Ge smiled and followed the scribe away.

Fei Li, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, had an extremely cold attitude towards him.

Jin Ge didn't take it to heart, he came to the Ministry of Rites to study, and it didn't matter where he went.

After Liu Dai saw Jin Ge, he didn't say too much, and after arranging a room for him, he didn't pay attention to him anymore.

Some of the small officials in the ancestral hall went in and out, and when they saw Jin Ge, they were all far away, as if they were hiding from the plague god.

Jin Ge had been sitting here for several hours, and no one dared to speak to him, and it seemed that he had been selectively ignored.

He sat quietly in his place, bored and looking at the "Great Qiandian".

At noon, Jin Ge felt a little hungry.

So he got up, found a scribe and asked for the location of the canteen, and walked over.

After entering the dining hall, Jin Ge made a meal and found a table to sit down.

There weren't many dining halls in the first place.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites would rather squat on the ground and eat than share a table with him.

Listening to the discussion of the people around him, Jin Ge turned a deaf ear, finished eating, wiped his mouth very elegantly, and walked out of the dining hall.

Jin Ge returned to his duty room, but he really had nothing to do, and fell asleep on the table.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's time for the next value.

Jin Ge rubbed his eyes, stood up and stretched, walked out of the duty room, walked out of the Ministry of Rites, and returned to the Protector's Mansion.

For seven or eight days in a row, Jin Ge was on time and on duty, and his life was quite leisurely.

On this day, Jin Ge was really bored in the duty room, walked to Liu Dai's duty room in the ancestral hall, and asked very respectfully: "Lord Liu, I don't know if the lower official is in the ancestral hall, do you need to do something?" ”

Liu Dai glanced at him meaningfully, smiled, and said: "The ancestral hall has no official business on weekdays, if the chief Jin is bored, you can take a look at some of the ancestral documents, and in a few days it will be the death day of the Duke of Dingguo. ”

The Department of the Ancestral Department is mainly responsible for the ancestral shrine and the sacrificial offerings, the national taboo and the temple and so on.

Dingguo Gong?

Jin Ge was slightly stunned, Dingguo Gong is the grandfather of this body!

Jin Ge hurriedly bowed and said, "Can the lower officials also write a sacrificial text?" ”

Liu Dai smiled secretly in his heart: "A gentleman can also write a sacrifice? What a ridiculous fallacy in the world! ”

He glanced at Jin Ge deeply before he said, "Of course you can, this official, I'm looking forward to your sacrifice!" ”

Jin Ge nodded, and said calmly to Liu Dai: "Xiaguan, let's go write a sacrifice!" ”

After Jin Ge returned to the duty room, he thought about it and made some mistakes.

The memorial text is nothing more than words such as whining and lamenting, exaggerating the merits of the deceased and mourning the experience of the deceased.

Jin Ge doesn't like this kind of sacrificial text very much.

So Jin Ge began to read the previous Dingguo Gong's sacrificial texts, and he was disappointed.

Those sacrifices are either whining or whining.

Or it's lament, alas!

The merits of Dingguo Gong Jin Ge are the most understood.

In the first battle of Liangzhou that year, the 280,000 troops of Daliang were annihilated in one fell swoop.

It was also because of this battle that the Great Qian Empire unified the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop.

And Jin Ge's first poetry examination was to write about the merits of the national government.

Jin Ge has been obsessed with it for the past few days, and when he walks, he is thinking about the memorial of the country.

Liu Dai also told Shangshu Yang Fu and the waiter Fei Li about Jin Ge's desire to write a sacrificial text, and the two listened to Liu Dai's announcement and sneered.

Yang Fu took a sip of tea and smiled: "Lord Liu, as far as this official knows, this time the officiating text should be written by Mr. Fangzheng!" ”

When Liu Dai and Fei Li heard this, they were first shocked, and then their faces showed great joy.

There are two days left to worship the Duke of Dingguo.

Jin Ge finally finalized the sacrifice.

At noon that day, Jin Ge had lunch and was about to lie down on the table to sleep.

A scribe came panting and said, "Master Jin, Lord Shangshu invites you to go." ”

Jin Ge didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly came to Yang Fu's duty room.

After Jin Ge came in, he saluted very respectfully and said, "I have seen all of you! ”

Yang Fu asked Jin Ge to sit down.

Jin Ge sat in his chair and stared intently.

I saw an old man in a Confucian shirt sitting next to Yang Fu.

Seeing the old man's appearance clearly, Jin Ge was startled at first, and he was on guard.

This old man is none other than the current great Confucian and the dean of Hongzheng College-Fangzheng.

Seeing Jin Ge walk in, Yang Fu arched his hand towards Fang Zheng and said, "Mr. Fang, this person is Jin Ge, the head of the Ancestral Department." ”

Fang Zheng glanced at Jin Ge and smiled slightly, stroked his beard and said: "The old man knows Jin Gongzi, he is very knowledgeable, the old man is not as good as it!" ”

Yang Fu and the others were also stunned when they heard Fang Zheng's evaluation of Jin Ge.

After listening to Fang Zheng's praise, Jin Ge still did not relax his guard, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Fang has a good reputation. ”

Fang Zheng glanced at Yang Fu deeply and said: "Lord Yang, to get back to the point, sacrificing to the Duke of Dingguo is a major event, and the most important thing is the sacrificial text, I don't know the sacrificial text, but are you ready?" ”

Yang Fu said: "The selection is underway. ”

Fang Zheng muttered: "Actually, the old man also wrote an article to mourn the ...... of Dingguo Gong."