It's early spring, but the morning in the capital is still chilly.

Yahuan sent hot water, Wu Shan got up to freshen up, and Mrs. Wu also got up, and the years did not leave many traces of this woman in her early forties, dignified and elegant.

Mrs. Wu helped Wu Shan put on the second-grade official robe, he suddenly sighed, his eyes revealed a faint worry, and as a result, Mrs. Wu complained: "Now that you are an official and a scholar of the Ministry of Etiquette, what else is there not to be satisfied with?" ”

"You know what!" Wu Shan took the black gauze hat and put it on, and lightly blamed.

"I don't understand! I don't understand! Mrs. Wu helped him tidy up his official robe, but the strength invisibly increased a little, and it seemed that he was a little emotional.

"My current position seems to be extremely beautiful, but I am actually in the middle of a countercurrent!" Wu Shan tidied up the black gauze hat, either explaining to her or reminding him.

Among the six ministries, although the officials are in charge of people and the officials are in charge of money, the one that has always been closest to entering the cabinet is the book of the Ministry of Rites. Like his mentor Xia Yan, today's Yan Hao and Xu Jie, both from the Ministry of Rites to the cabinet.

It's just that although he has reached the official level of the Ministry of Etiquette and has an age advantage, he can't see the dawn of entering the cabinet. And now, there is a danger of being dismissed at any time.

"According to me, you have a sad face every day, this official doesn't do it! Like my father, it's comfortable to go back to my hometown and be a rich man! Mrs. Wu looked at the black gauze hat a little crooked, and helped him straighten it out and said.

A bitter smile appeared on Wu Shan's face, in fact, he did have this idea, but it was not something he could really give up if he wanted to. How many officials were beheaded during the Taizu period, but the result was not rushing?

Mrs. Wu looked at him and didn't speak, knowing that this topic would not continue, so she took a handkerchief and said seriously: "Look, our daughter seems to be Sichun, shouldn't you find him a family?" ”

"She's still young, isn't she?" Wu Shan took a handkerchief and blurted out.

"She's not young anymore, let's book a family affair for her first, and marry her in two years, it's just right!" Mrs. Wu's face was gentle, planning her daughter's future.

"Let's talk about that later!" Wu Shan shook his head slowly, and his eyes fell on the line of words in the handkerchief: "How deep is the love?" Deep mountain sunset and late autumn rain? His brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't know where this poem came from.

When I went out, the sedan chair was ready.

He got into the official sedan chair, then left the Huaishu Hutong and headed towards the Dongjiang Rice Lane in the west of the Forbidden City. It's just that his right eyelid is always moving today, giving him a bad sign.

The major case of fraud in the township test is still fermenting, the order for a thorough investigation has been issued to the provinces, and Wang Yongbin is also on the way to the capital. Yan Dang's fangs were revealed, as if he wanted to make a fuss about this case, and I am afraid that there will be another purge.

As soon as he thought of this, a wry smile appeared on his face.

Although he did not participate in the fraud case, who knows if it will involve him, after all, Wang Yongbin does have some friendship with him. Even if he fails to blacken him in the end and let him fill the vacancy of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, it will be a heavy blow to him.

Just as he was sighing, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and the sedan chair stopped, so he asked what was going on outside.

"Master, a large group of scholars are making trouble in the sedan chair!" The butler who followed outside the sedan chair hurriedly replied.

Wu Shan pulled up the curtain and couldn't help but gasp, the scholars outside had gathered hundreds of people. Because the old Xu Ge in front of him stopped the sedan chair, the lower officials behind them also stopped the sedan chair one after another.

Because it was far away, and Xu Jie's voice was not loud, he couldn't really hear it.

But presumably Xu Jie, who is a good man, must go up to the sky for the sake of the scholar and listen to the clouds. Wu Shan was considering whether to make a detour, but there was a sudden movement in front of him, and the gang of lifters got out of the way and assigned the letter to the officials behind them.

"Master, I'm afraid you have to take a look at this!" The butler let the sedan chair stop and handed in a copy.

Wu Shan was also curious in his heart, and when he took a look at this situation, he couldn't help but gasp.

"The king of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites used the guest to connect with Wu Shan of the Ministry of Rites, and helped Lin Haoran, the son and nephew of the salt merchant, to win two yuan in a row!"

The spearhead of this large group of people was pointed directly at him, which made a cold sweat immediately break out on his back.

But don't underestimate this kind of rumor, where did the case of confusion in the north and south come from, isn't it because the scholars are making a lot of trouble, and Taizu brought Liu Sanwu to justice in order to protect the overall situation?

Now if these people who have fallen off the list are really all instigated, then even if he has a hundred mouths, I am afraid that he will not be able to say clearly.

What's more, he had already seen that behind this matter, there was a figure of Yan Hao or Xu Jie. Because these people who failed to make the list did not choose others, they chose Lin Haoran, but there is a university question hidden here.

"Master, it's here!"

The sedan chair had been lowered, and the butler reminded softly outside.

Wu Shan sighed heavily, and took the form into his arms, knowing that this time he was afraid that he would be reported by the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. It's just that he suppressed all his worries in his heart, opened the sedan curtain and walked out.

The six yamen of the capital, except for the criminal department, are all located in this Dongjiang rice lane. This alley runs from west to east, and was named after the Caoyun Tax Office and the Customs here, and was later intercepted as Dongjiang Rice Lane and Xijiang Rice Lane.

Walking into this tall yamen, he showed the majesty of the usual minister, and entered the office area of the Ministry of Rites through the second gate.

The responsibilities of the Ministry of Rites are roughly divided into three parts, one is responsible for the five rites and five rites of Kaoji, Jia, military, guest, and fierce; the second is to manage national school affairs and imperial examinations; The third is to be responsible for the affairs of vassal and foreign exchanges.

Like the previous Ministry of Rites, he took charge of the overall situation and grasped "etiquette and etiquette".

Since etiquette and governance are the cornerstone and code of conduct of the entire Confucian state, in a sense, it is equivalent to the existence of the only consulting lawyer in the Ming Dynasty, and has great authority.

Even Emperor Jiajing, who likes to be arbitrary, has to ask Wu Shan, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites who is proficient in the etiquette and law of a country, on some issues, before he dares to give a will.

Like the other six ministries, the Ministry of Rites also has many subordinate institutions, such as the Hanlin Academy, the Kokuzijian, the Shuchangkan, the Zongrenfu and other schools throughout the country.

It is precisely this kind of factor that the Ministry of Rites is much more important than imagined, so the Ministry of Rites has repeatedly been able to enter the cabinet, and even become the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that on this day, Wu Shan has been absent-minded. Even about the preparations for the upcoming palace examination, he couldn't keep his spirits up, and his eyes were repeatedly on that form.

"Lin Haoran!"

It's an unfamiliar name, and it has nothing to do with him no matter how you look at it, but it has a lot to do with it.