imprinted you in my heart

Zuoxuan and Yichun, who were arranged to serve tea in the side hall, originally thought that His Majesty would be in a very good mood after seeing their little friends from back then, but in fact it was unexpected. Nervous.

Zuoxuan and Yichun sitting on both sides of the carriage look at me and I look at you, and gestured to each other with their eyes to speak, and did not say a word until the carriage returned to the palace.

In Zuo Xuan's memory, she had never seen such a low-pitched majesty. She didn't know what Zhao Huanying said to his majesty, so she dared not speak rashly.Yichun is not like this.

Shi Min was so focused on the subordinate staff that he didn't have any extra thoughts to take care of them. As soon as he got back to the palace, he went to Wenxuan Hall, Yichun followed him all the time, Zuoxuan went back wherever he came from, and went back to the Department of Internal Forbidden Army.

As soon as she returned to the Department of the Internal Forbidden Army, she received an order from Her Majesty from Director Lu himself, telling her to prepare as she did when she came here. His Majesty will set off to cross the river tomorrow morning.She didn't see it at the beginning of Lu Guan, the oral order was written on a sealed letter and handed over to her by the deputy commander.

After getting the order, I didn't dare to delay for half a moment, and started to prepare immediately.

Lu Guanchu took advantage of His Majesty's micro-clothes to go out of the palace and made almost the arrangements for tomorrow's trip, so he went to the Wenxuan Hall to replace Yichun, fearing that Yichun, who was accidentally used as a punching bag, would be amnesty and returned happily Fengde Palace.

Hearing Yi Chun's general story, Lu Guanchu was not too sure about the reason for His Majesty's displeasure, but felt that Yi Chun was a bit exaggerated. After all, she had served His Majesty for so many years, and she never saw His Majesty's frowning face even when she was almost forced into the palace in the year of her enthronement. Is that just going to see a former waiter today?

impossible!According to her understanding and observation of His Majesty, His Majesty has no unreasonable thoughts about the six attendants, even if the six attendants are under the palace rules and tutors, no one will go overboard. Harm Your Majesty.

Lu Guanchu, who was full of doubts, finally saw His Majesty again, Yi Chun did not exaggerate, His Majesty was indeed a bit sad, sitting quietly behind the desk, not reviewing memorials, secret letters, nor reading books, practicing calligraphy, brows Frowning, sitting there motionless with unfocused eyes.

Lu Guanchu scolded Yichun several times in his heart, he knew to tell her to be careful, and he didn't know to tell her the specific situation of His Majesty, most importantly, how long has His Majesty been like this?Really worried about her.

The attendants around her had been replaced by Lu Guanchu, and Shi Min didn't realize it. Ever since she entered the Wenxuan Palace, she had been like this almost all the time, thinking about the affairs of the subordinate staff.

Ever since she came to this world as a grandson, no matter it was the teachers who taught her daily lessons or the earnest teachings of the emperor's grandmother, they only taught her how to be a virtuous and wise monarch, how to control honorable officials, and how to balance the court. No one taught her how to solve the subordinate staff problem.

History learned in previous life?Not to mention, she is just a historical waste, never passing the exam from junior high school to high school.If it wasn't for the earnest teachings of the school teacher and the emperor's grandmother after coming here, coupled with the strong desire, desire and a lot of time to live, to make up for the history here, and to remember and recite it with heart, I am afraid that the previous dynasty is what it is. She doesn't know.

After constant recollection and repeated confirmation, she can be sure that there are no specific regulations on subordinate staff in "Hua Lv", and she even mentioned that there should be such a word, but there is no substantive content at all.

Even her newly promulgated official management law is specifically aimed at officials, and the subordinate staff are at most only mentioned in conjunction with the "Hua Law", and they are not listed at all.

I wanted to find someone more professional to ask, but I remembered that all the ministers were crossing the river, and those who stayed here might not necessarily know more than her, so they didn't ask anyone to summon them.

If Zhao Huanying hadn't mentioned this, she didn't know when she would have found out, "The King of Hades is easy to see, but the little ghost is hard to deal with" is really apt to describe it. Thinking of the various difficulties and demands that the common people encountered in handling affairs, she would feel uncomfortable .

She suddenly wanted to talk to someone, "Yichun, go and call Lu Guanchu here." Shi Min's voice was lower than usual.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, I'm here, and Yichun has returned to Fengde Palace to be on duty." Lu Guanchu had never seen His Majesty like this before, he was puzzled and worried, and the smile that had been hanging on his face all year round had subsided.

Hearing this, Shi Min realized that it was Lu Guanchu who was standing below, and immediately got up and walked down, facing the main entrance and standing with his hands behind his back, "Do you know how many subordinate officials are on duty in various government offices in Fandu?" .

Lu Guan, who also turned around and looked at His Majesty's back from a distance, heard the words at the beginning, her mind was running fast, as if she had a little idea but couldn't grasp the point, knowing that what His Majesty dislikes the most is nonsense, she pondered for a while before finally He replied: "If your Majesty asks how many ministers there are in the court, and how many servants are there in the palace, I can barely answer one or two, let alone answer one or two outside, even if I ask the minister to estimate, I can't estimate it. Please also ask your majesty." Forgiveness".

Shi Min knew that she was telling the truth, not to mention that Lu Guanchu, an internal official who lived in the palace for a long time, couldn't figure it out. Even if she knew the approximate number of officials, she didn't know how many subordinates there were, how they were hired, and what they did. , she is not very clear about it, the only one who knows a little bit is the most common yamen servant.

Later, after a general understanding, she realized that her so-called understanding was simply wrong. Fortunately, she never said it out loud, otherwise she would have to laugh at it generously.

"It's normal if you don't know, and I don't know either. But you must know a few words, Bufei, Bingjing, Tanjing, banquets with various names." After Shi Min finished speaking, he turned around and saw Lu Guanchu was dark His eyes were full of surprise, and after meeting for a moment, he immediately lowered his head respectfully and dared not look directly.

Lu Guanchu was really surprised. She always thought that His Majesty knew about this. After all, it was basically the same in both the previous two dynasties and this one. Although there are no express rules, everyone knows the unspoken rules. Looking at it now Don't you know, Your Majesty?Thinking of His Majesty's aversion to corruption and bribery, she broke into a sweat. It seems that the plan to hold a birthday banquet for the elders this year will not work.

She also thought that His Majesty's unhappiness might be related to these things, and after thinking it over, she answered word by word: "I do know these words, but I don't know all of them, such as Bufei......".

Lu Guanchu didn't dare to keep secrets, so he told everything he knew.She is just an internal official whose life and communication are far less colorful than those of foreign officials, so what she knows the most is that she has paid many times of ministry fees in person.

From the day she was admitted as an internal official, no matter whether it was the letter of appointment or the promotion of the official rank, she basically had to go to the Ministry of Officials and pay a fee for the Ministry. , the subordinate officials who are specifically responsible for handling the documents will let the documents be completed quickly. The rule is that the more you give, the faster you give, and the less you give, the slower.

She is not short of that little money, and she also wants to get things done quickly, so she will go there every time. She has never been there since she was promoted to the highest rank of internal officials. She is afraid of offending people, and she deliberately It shows that this was the situation a few years ago, but she doesn't know how it is now.

As for Bing Jing and Tan Jing, she only knows that the local governments specialize in filial piety to court officials. As long as they have official ranks and work in Fandu, there will be a sum no matter how big or small. She doesn't know the exact amount, but only knows about Bing Jing. It is for summer, and carbon respect is for winter.

As for the various banquets, due to the particularity and secrecy of their internal officials, no one knows where they live or who their family members are, and no one dares to invite them. Foreign officials are not allowed to contact internal officials. It is stipulated by the palace rules, and the official management law is also clear, no one will defy the law, so she is not very clear.

Their internal officials mainly communicate with each other in the form of private banquets. For example, when she got married, instead of inviting her colleagues to her home as guests, she found a suitable time to hold a banquet in her residence after she returned to the palace to be on duty. , are all small banquets, and the guests are all well-connected, so the gift money naturally varies from high to low.

The main thing is to rely on the gift money received from the banquet when you get married with your partner outside, that is the big head, this kind of small banquet in the palace is just for fun and to show that you are married.

Whether she got married at the time or now every time she goes home, she will disguise herself as a businessman. Although the palace rules do not expressly stipulate that she must disguise herself when she leaves the palace, both the internal officials and the palace servants will do it spontaneously in order to protect their family members. Putting on disguises, he dared not tell his family about the affairs of the palace and his identity. When he was out of the palace, he either used an alias or his real name, and he never dared to use his palace name.

Who to pretend to be, how to convince the family members, you have to figure out your own way. Anyway, you dare not tell your family members about your identity and the affairs of the palace. No one wants to see it.

No matter whether the palace attendant or the internal officials can inform the immediate family members under only one circumstance, that is, if they are about to die, or if they are already dead, they should be notified by letter, and then the family members will write a letter of mourning and send it to the Shangguan Bureau of the Palace according to the prescribed procedures. After receiving the letter, the Shangguan Bureau will mark the name of the palace in red, archive the information, and destroy it according to the procedure after 30 years.

After the death of an internal official, the Shangguan Bureau will also send people to condolences according to the procedure to give a certain amount of condolence money according to the rank. Because the highest rank of internal officials can only be promoted to the fifth rank, the condolence money is 20.00% more than that of foreign officials.

Palace servants don't have this kind of treatment, but they will get a severance pay when they leave the palace. According to the general standard, it is absolutely no problem to live for 20 years. You only need to stay in the palace for a minimum number of years, and you can save a lot of money. There are many opportunities and prospects, and this is the fundamental willingness of some people to be palace servants, especially men. Entering the palace is equivalent to being semi-disabled, and there is no benefit to pave the way How could they want to?

When Lu Guanchu was talking and thinking about this, Shi Min also saw it clearly, which reminded her of Chen Jiyuan. Although she had never been by her side, the help Lu Guanchu and the others could not help her. And.

Chen Jiyuan ran as fast as a rabbit after resigning from the post of speaker last year, but no matter how much she asked Guo Fanqiu to investigate, she couldn't find it. Thinking that the dark words were all established in his hands, the anti-reconnaissance methods were easy to grasp, and they kept going. She didn't find any news about her, and she didn't know that Chen Jiyuan had passed away five days ago until Zhang Fan, the head of the Shangguan Bureau on the sixth day of the first month of this year, came to see him with a white letter of condolence.

Immediately asked Lu Guanchu to take 200 taels of silver from his private treasury to Zhang Fan, and asked him to send capable people to condolences, and told him to inquire about Chen Jiyuan's daily life. It cannot be said that she gave the money, and the reason is to let him Thinking about it, Zhang Fan thought about it all night, and finally came up with a good reason.

The news she found was different from what she expected. She thought that Chen Jiyuan would devote his last time to the mountains and rivers or to spend time with his family, but she didn't. She devoted her last time to the children in the village, teaching them to read and write. This kind of quality made her sincerely moved and admired, and she did not send the wrong calligraphy.

She was very curious about where Chen Jiyuan learned all his martial arts, and it was not easy to ask about privacy issues before, but now it is indeed impossible to ask.

However, according to the general knowledge of martial arts given to her by Teacher Qi Ming, there are no more than three types. The first is to learn martial arts from a master by chance, which requires good luck; There is no such thing as founding a school here, whoever is famous can learn from them, and those with real skills are very strict in accepting apprentices, so the number is not many.

There is no comparison with the world of martial arts written by modern masters, and it is not considered a force, let alone the martial arts. As for why I learn, there are many reasons. It may be purely curious and fond of it, or it may be a desire to act chivalrously or Awarded to the imperial family.

The third is to spend a lot of money to invite teachers to teach at home, just like she studied in the school thinking room when she was a child.

Based on her understanding of the conditions in Chen Jiyuan's family, the third is directly ruled out, and the other two are more likely than she can guess. She doesn't know why the emperor's grandmother made her so determined, and she will never be able to. Very good, there are always many doubts in life that may never be answered. ?