Chapter 32: Awakening
Su Zigui had mixed feelings in his heart, why did the country that was so rich when the emperor was in the first emperor ascend the throne now, and it became what it is today in just five years?
He secretly swore in his heart that no matter how long he could do this official position, no matter what His Majesty's purpose was, but since he sat in this position and took the money given to him by the imperial court, he must be worthy of his conscience, do his part well, seek his own government in his position, and become a good official for the benefit of the people.
The mansion was very close to Su Zigui's home, and he walked there, but it took time for two pillars of incense to arrive.
"The son returns, the son returns to the ......"
Su Zigui heard someone calling him, so he looked around for the source of the sound, and he saw He Yu standing at the door of the mansion and waving to him.
He walked up to He Yu and bowed to him, because he asked, "Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here?"
He Yu also returned the salute and replied: "You don't have to be polite, my father ordered me to wait for you at the door of the palace." ”
"You must not be familiar with it for the first time, so my father asked me to show you the way, and by the way, I will take you to meet your colleagues who know the government office. ”
Su Zigui's face was a little moved, His Majesty was so concerned about his affairs.
"Let Your Majesty bother. ”
He Yu grabbed Su Zigui's arm out of sight, and said with a cheap smile: "Actually, I can still support you in the scene, so that some self-righteous people who rely on the old and sell the old look down on you." Let's go inside. ”
He Yu led Su Zigui to a wing room of the mansion, the wing room is divided into two rooms, the outside is Su Zigui's office, the furnishings are very simple and elegant, a desk, a few chairs, and a bookshelf stands behind.
Inside, there is a different cave, Su Zigui is the secretary of the criminal department, and he is an important subordinate of the imperial court, in charge of household rent, prison lawsuits, and other matters. He is also in charge of miscellaneous matters such as money and food, justice, etc., so all the inside of this wing room is a bookshelf, which displays various case files and confessions of the imperial court, as well as the accounts of taxes and expenditures over the years.
"Zigui, this is where you work, see if there is anything wrong, I will ask people to change it. ”
"Thank you Your Highness the Crown Prince for your trouble, I think everything is fine. ”
"That's good, this is the official seal, the official uniform and the appointment documents. ”
"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince, for your trouble. ”
After completing the induction process, He Yu took Su Zigui to meet his deputy and visit other officials in the government.
After a morning of polite greetings, Su Zigui could see that although many of them greeted him with a smile and even flattered him, Zuo was just because He Yu was present and personally sent him over, although he was not convinced, but on the surface, he always had to give him a little thin face, and he didn't dare to offend him.
Su Zigui knew in his heart that how many of them could look down on him?
In their eyes, he was born in a poor family, just a small guy in the Linxian Pavilion, and now because he saved His Majesty's life, he ascended to the sky in one step, and relied on His Majesty's cultivation to become a high-powered Shangshu Lord, and he is young, and many of those people have not sat in the position of Shangshu of the Criminal Department for more than ten or twenty years in the government, Su Zigui, a hairy boy who just came here, turned out to be their top boss, and anyone would feel uncomfortable.
But how many of them do nothing, do not seek the welfare of the people, and even think about searching for the people's fat and ointment all day long?
He Yu helped Su Zigui arrange everything and left here. After he left, Su Zigui went back to his office to do his own work, because he had just taken office and was not familiar with this place, so he had to check many case accounts, although he had a deputy, he was still busy.
Su Zigui was very devoted, and unconsciously he was busy until noon, although it was the first time to do such a job, but he got started quickly, did it easily, immersed in his work, and even forgot to eat, maybe Wenzhi martial arts is the most suitable destination for Su Zigui.
"Buckle Buckle ......"
"Lord Su, do you want to go out for a drink or two, Lord Su is a new official, so the lower official will prepare a thin wine for you to catch the wind and wash the dust, you must reward the lower official face." The man had the greasy middle-aged man's oily, pot-bellied, and face-full of meat, and after coming in, he stared at Su Zigui with a cunning smile, and he didn't feel good at first glance.
Su Zigui got up and invited him to sit down, poured him tea, and said politely: "Today is my first day in office, I should have invited you to have a drink, but there are still many accounts in my hands that have not been sorted out, and I will definitely invite you to drink another day." ”
"Lord Su is young and promising, and his future is limitless, even I, who have been in the government for more than ten or twenty years, are not as good as you, today my old man has a little thin wine, Lord Su must give me a face." ”
"Another day, another day, the juniors will definitely invite you to drink. ”
"Lord Su, do you want to talk to the lower officials about this ......?"
Su Zigui understood his code words, and his "this" referred to how to loot the people's fat and people's ointment. Su Zigui didn't want to just do nothing here and eat for nothing, let alone be a notorious corrupt official and do those things that had no conscience.
Although he didn't know how much time he could spend in the imperial court, since he sat in this official position, he had to be worthy of his conscience.
Su Zigui didn't want to drink with him, let alone go with him, so he refused, the officialdom was complicated, and various forces were intrigued, Su Zigui knew this delicate relationship, and there was still a little politeness in his words after weighing.
"The little sister at home doesn't like me to drink outside, and I don't like me to talk about this with others, I'm afraid the adults are hungry, it's time to eat, I still have some things, so I won't send the adults, the adults please. ”
The man felt that Su Zigui was difficult to speak, and he had a tendon, and he pointed out to him the way of wealth, and people didn't appreciate it at all, so he could only leave disappointed.
Originally, because I heard that Su Zigui was His Majesty's savior, His Majesty valued him very much, and he gave him such an important official position just after he came here. That's why I want to win him over, it seems that he has a hot face and a cold ass, and people don't give you face at all, he is a hairy boy, relying on His Majesty to pick up an official position, the world is as black as a crow, and no one needs to dislike anyone, so that person is more and more unaccustomed to Su Zigui.
On the first day Su Zigui took office, he felt that the glamorous appearance of the government was actually ruined, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a miasma. Most of the officials here are inactive, and they do not seek political power in their positions, but only know how to win connections, squeeze the people's fat and ointment, and live a chaotic life. The officialdom of a court is still like this, not to mention what kind of miasma the officialdom of the entire Yan Kingdom is.
Especially the things that Su Zigui gave to his deputy, although they were verbally submissive and said that they would do it immediately, but these people did the grinding work to the fullest, and kept delaying it, and it was not as good as his resolute work style.