On June 2, the forty-third year of Kangxi, Yinzuo, who had been ordered to get married, officially entered the study on duty, and became the prime minister of the prince in earnest. Yinzuo is actually no stranger to the study, since he entered the study at the age of six, and opened the house at the age of sixteen, Yinzuo has been in the study for a whole ten years, and he understands the functions of the minister of the study, and knows what is going on, but when it was his turn to take office, he found that this job was really not fun.

The ministers of the upper study, Zheng Yipin, usually concurrently serve as the ministers of the guards, and many of the ministers of the upper study also hold the position of the secretary of the ministry, for example, Ma Qi, the chief minister of the upper study, has the title of the head of the household secretary, and Wang Luo also holds the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, of course, not all the ministers of the study have part-time jobs, Zhang Tingyu, Li Guangdi and others have not held other positions. Yinzuo's original Ministry of Industry was also dismissed at this time, and he became a minister of study on a bare pole, but the name also hung the title of the minister of the guard, and in fact, he couldn't point fingers at the guards, of course, Yinzuo himself would not be stupid enough to do such a taboo thing, to put it bluntly, Yinzuo, the prince and prime minister, is actually an apprentice in the study, learning how to deal with various political affairs.

The minister of the study is a bit like the secretary general, and a bit like the premier of the State Council in later generations, the position is honorable, but the work is not easy, and the affairs are very cumbersome: all the ministries and places must first write an abridgement and attach the handling opinions for the reference of the saint; They also had to meet with officials of all sizes and listen to the reports on the achievements of officials from all over the country who came to Beijing to report on their work; Drafted edicts for the emperor, coordinated the affairs of various ministries and provinces according to the edicts, and had to go out of Beijing on business from time to time. The name of the prime minister sounds good, but it is actually a tiring job, and it is not a skilled person in government affairs who cannot cope with the affairs of the minister of the study.

After all, Yinzuo has been in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and he has not been to the local business trip, plus in his previous life, he was a veteran of playing official documents, and he also wrote a good hand, and those sub-official documents are very handy, and the methods of handling official affairs are also very old, even Ma Qi, Zhang Tingyu and others are full of praise, but the speed of the excerpts cannot be compared with the "old birds". Coordinating ministry affairs is not difficult for Yinzuo, but listening to the performance reports of officials from all over the country who come to Beijing makes Yinzuo a little uncomfortable, without him, the customs are very different in various places, and the political situation is different, even if Yinzuo has a strong information network in his hands, it is impossible to cover everything, God knows whether those sub-officials are telling the truth or a lie, and whether the achievements of this sub-official should be praised or degraded, which really makes Yinzuo very annoyed.

According to the Qing system, whether it is an official who comes to Beijing from other places or an official who is sent to a place outside Beijing, as long as it is an official of five grades or above, he must resign before leaving Beijing, that is to say, he must go to the emperor to follow the saint in front of him, report his work, and listen to the teachings of the saint, but the problem is that the officials above the fifth grade in the world have gone to the sea, and there are not 100 but 80 officials who come to Beijing and leave Beijing every day. This is a drudgery, even the most diligent Yongzheng of the Qing generation of emperors can't do it completely, and other emperors are even more impossible, most of this work is handed over to the minister of the study to deal with, only the minister of the study thinks that the officials who should be praised by the saint have the opportunity to face the saint, but the problem is that it is not a simple matter to judge who is qualified to face the saint among the officials, in case the wrong person is recommended, the corrupt officials are recommended as the minister of integrity, and the minister of the recommended study is to eat and hang, That's not a fun thing, and no one wants to be beaten up, does it? So the big guys are very cautious when meeting officials, and they are easily unwilling to nod their heads, and the other ministers in the study are all veterans of officialdom, and they are very familiar with government affairs, and they can deduce a rough idea in a few words, but they only pity Yinzuo, a rookie, who is tired and busy, but fortunately, there has never been much difference.

Tired, so *** tired! It's been more than half a month since I entered the study, Yinzuo is still a little uncomfortable, today it's Yinzuo's turn to be on duty, get up early in the morning, arrive at the signing room at three o'clock, busy for a noon, get dozens of books, but the stack of pieces on the case is not to mention that there are seventy or eighty copies, I saw that Yinzuo was upset for a while, and even had no appetite for food, got up, paced around in the signing room, just had to take care of the face of the prince, otherwise Yinzuo really wanted to stretch his waist. Ma Qi, who was on duty with Yinzuo, put down the pen in his hand, stretched his waist fiercely, and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, the time for dinner has come, and I have to meet the officials this afternoon, haha, let's eat." ”

Yinzuo raised his eyes and looked at the less than ten pieces left on Ma Qi's table, and suddenly smiled and said, "What delicious food has Master Ma sent to the house today, so anxious to eat?" ”

Unless the emperor has another reward, the ministers on duty in the study can be sent from their own house, Ma Qi is honest, but the money in his hand is not much, and the meals are not very elegant, there are three dishes and one soup left and right, vegetarian and meatless, and he is very thrifty. At this time, when he heard Yinzuo's words, Ma Qi smiled and said, "What? The prince is planning to have a treat? ”

"Hehe, it's no problem to treat you, but ......" Yinzuo paused, rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "This king has ordered me to go down today, and send eight dishes and one soup, which is enough, ah, what does this king think about, oh, West Lake vinegar fish, palace fried chicken, steamed abalone...... Hehe, this king just invited a famous chef from Jiangnan, this craft has nothing to say, Master Ma wants to try it? ”

Yinzuo is delicious, and everyone in Beijing knows that the number of famous chefs in Prince Yi's mansion is not much better than that of the palace. Every time Yinzuo recited the name of a dish, Comrade Lao Ma had to swallow and spit secretly, but when Yinzuo finished speaking, Comrade Lao Ma smiled and said with a smile: "The prince dares to treat the guests, but in order to avoid the suspicion of accepting bribes, the lower officials will eat it, and the prince has to approve it himself, haha......"

Er, this old comrade Ma is really good at home, he can see our intentions at a glance, cut, how can there be a free lunch in the world, if you eat ours, you have to help us work, who made your old man quick with his hands and feet? Yinzuo laughed and said: "Eat first, eat first, hahaha......" turned around and shouted to the long attendant who was already waiting outside: "With sincerity, has lunch been delivered?" ”

Zhou Yongcheng, that is, Ah Fu who entered the palace with Li Wei, don't look chubby, with a simple face, in fact, his heart is very bright, since Li Wei was released to Sichuan as a county order, Yinzuo promoted Zhou Yongcheng to his side as a long-term leader, and he also managed a lot of subordinates, of course, that is only on the surface, secretly Zhou Yongcheng is one of the people in charge of the internal security of the palace in the "Dark Arrow", and his status in the palace is not low, and he is one of the servants who have to be used by Yinzuo's side. At this time, hearing Yinzuo's question, Zhou Yongcheng hurriedly walked in with a huge food box, and said loudly: "Master, I came early, but I was afraid of delaying the master's approval, so I didn't dare to go up." As he spoke, he opened the food box, and the dishes were put on the table, and for a while the fragrance of the dishes overflowed, which made Ma Qi unable to sit still anymore, hehe smiled, cleaned his hands, and unceremoniously squeezed to Yinzuo's side and got up quickly.

The gentleman pays a lot of attention to eating, and things like food and silence are restrained on Zhang Tingyu and Wang Luo, but Ma Qi has always cared about this set, and the appearance of eating is really not elegant. Yinzuo just smiled and dined, but he didn't have too many words, but when he finished eating, Yinzuo came to his senses and said with a smile: "Master Ma, you are always an old minister in the study, hey, this work of the rotating minister in the study is responsible for the work, right?" If the king is not finished, the one who is punished will bear it as one. Ah, this king has to call you an old Tarzan, doesn't he? How about Taishan's ability to work more? Yin Zuo said as he divided the stack of pieces on his desk into two, thought about it, took a few more copies and put them on Ma Qi's table, mixed them into Ma Qi's stack of pieces, and looked at the stunned Ma Qi with a smile on his face.

Ma Qi was wiping his mouth with Bai Juanzi, and when he saw Yinzuo's cheating behavior, his eyes were wide-ranging, and he shook his head and said with a wry smile after a while: "I said that how could the prince prepare such a lot of dishes today, and the dare was calculated early in the morning, that is, the lower officials were greedy and replied, yes, the matter is coming, isn't it?" Yinzuo smiled and arched his hand and said, "Those who can work harder, those who can work harder." Sitting back in his place and burying his head in the folds, Ma Qi sighed, reluctantly picked up the pen, and busied himself with his work.

In less than three minutes, Yinzuo finally finished those annoying recitals before the time came to meet the officials, and hurriedly asked the bachelor in the signing room to send the bachelor to the internal recital office to present the imperial review, and looked at Ma Qi, who had already finished the errand and was sitting calmly in the position, and said: "Lord Ma, it's time to see the officials, or this king will go to the court room?" ”

In addition to the consideration of etiquette, more important is the issue of confidentiality, some officials may talk about some secret matters that are inconvenient to talk about when they meet with them, and these matters may involve major matters, and once the secret is leaked, the consequences will be extremely serious, and the only way to decide whether to transfer them to the Imperial Review is to judge the seriousness of the secrets alone.

The court room is not far from the signing room, that is, it is only dozens of zhang apart, but the facilities are much simpler, and there is no ice basin. It is true that Ma Qi is the chief minister of the upper study, but Yinzuo is the prince, and his position is far higher than that of Ma Qi, and Ma Qi also vaguely guessed the root cause of the old man Kangxi to let Yinzuo enter the study, how dare he take it big in front of Yinzuo, at this time, when he heard Yinzuo ask, he immediately laughed and said: "It's better to go down to the official, the lower official is familiar with the people, and the work is very fast, and Shen Shi can finish the job." ”

Yin Zuo laughed and said: "It's good that Master Ma is so confident, there are a total of thirty officials to meet today, well, just go to the king of Fangben, then the official king will see ten, and the rest will belong to Lord Ma." As soon as the words fell, he went out the door. As soon as Ma Qi heard this, he understood that he had fallen into Yinzuo's sleeve again, so he had no choice but to smile bitterly, and instructed the principal of the signing room, asking him to divide the officials into grades, and generally speaking, the few with high official positions were handed over to Yinzuo, and the other low-ranking and complicated government affairs had to be carried around by themselves.

Stuffy! As soon as Yinzuo entered the court room, he was almost suffocated by the stuffiness there, frowning and just about to sit down, the two little eunuchs quickly moved two ice basins in, saying that it was ordered by the eunuch Li Dequan, and that it was specially for filial piety to the prince. Yinzuo was not polite, took out a silver ticket and rewarded the two little eunuchs, but he couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart: a group of eunuchs are all clever ghosts, and this sycophant is really in place.

Yinzuo glanced at the resumes of the officials he wanted to see today, and found that there was Li Weilie, the political envoy of Yunnan, and his heart moved, remembering that Shi Shilun had been in Yunnan for almost two years, although he had also passed one or two letters, but after all, it was impossible to contact Shi Shilun often as Yinzuo, and it was a big taboo. Yinzuo only knows a rough idea of Shi Shilun's affairs in Yunnan, I heard that Comrade Shi Shi is doing a good job there, but it seems to be quite a contradiction with the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, what is going on, Yinzuo is not very clear, it just happened that Li Weilie sent it to the door, and if he didn't take the opportunity to ask clearly, Yinzuo was really a little relieved, after all, Shi Shilun was an official that Yinzuo valued very much, and he also wanted to cultivate this person, but he didn't want Shi Shilun to make any trouble in Yunnan. Yin Zuo thought for a while, and instructed Zhou Yongcheng, who was standing behind him: "Go, ask Li Weilie, the political envoy of Yunnan, to come in first, and let the other officials wait outside." ”

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