On August 26, Xu Jintian was woken up by Xie Xiaowan before dawn, because his marriage leave had ended and he had to participate in the morning dynasty today.

As the old saying goes: Gentle Township is a hero. A comfortable life is indeed easy to wear down people's will, Xu Jin has been at home for half a month, sleeping until three poles in the sun every day, opening his mouth for food, stretching out his hand for clothes, and three beautiful and gentle wives and concubines, all of whom are a little unaware of what night it is.

At this time, Master Xu was lying on the bed and refused to get up, hugging Xiaowan's waist, like a puppy cub who had just been born and hadn't opened his eyes, his head arched in the plump arms of the lady, and said: "Good lady, it's not dawn yet, can you sleep for a while?" ”

Xie Xiaowan was angry and laughed, and was almost softened by Xiang Gong, and said angrily: "It's not too early, Xiang Gong still has to go to court today, and he should be late to sleep again." ”

Xu Jin woke up and had to participate in the morning court today, so he had to get up, freshen up under the service of his wife and maid, and change into a brand new court dress.

Xu Jin is now a five-grade Hubu Langzhong, and Beijing officials at this level must go to the early court, blowing cold wind in the square outside the Fengtian Hall every day, not ordinary hardship. Of course, there are also people who regard this as an honor, after all, not everyone is qualified to blow a cold wind outside the Fengtian Temple, and how many people have not climbed to the fifth grade after a lifetime.

There were three types of official clothing in the Ming Dynasty, namely court dress, formal dress and regular dress. The five-rank official had to wear a cyan court dress, wear a three-beam high crown, the belt was a silver gilded ribbon belt, and wore medicinal jade and other ornaments around the waist.

As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, Xu Jin was already handsome, and when he put on a grand court dress, he was even more handsome and extraordinary. Xie Xiaowan's beautiful eyes looked at her father-in-law, and the two little cabbages in early spring and early summer were even more excited, and she peeked at her master shyly from time to time.

Xu Jin finished dressing and was about to eat breakfast when Fei Ruyi and Fei Jixiang came over, and when they saw their husband in a five-grade court dress, their eyes were also bright, and Ying Ying stepped forward and said, "I've seen my husband, I've seen my sister!" ”

Xie Xiaowan was born in poverty and had a gentle temperament, plus before the Fei sisters got married, everyone was close friends, so naturally she would not put the big lady in the room on the shelf at this time, so she stood up with a sweet smile and pulled the two girls into the table and ate breakfast together.

This breakfast was very harmonious, and after the meal, Xu Jin boarded the carriage and left the house under the eyes of his wife, and went to wait for the morning court outside the noon gate.

At about eight o'clock in the morning, the morning dynasty was over, and Xu Jin went to the household department to report. In fact, the appointment document of the Ministry of Officials was issued to Xu Jin a few days ago, but Xu Jin was still on marriage leave, so he only reported to the Ministry of Household to perform his duties today.

It was not the first time that Xu Jin had entered the yamen of the household department, so he went through the formalities of performing his duties with ease, and then went to the inner hall to meet Sun Jiao, the secretary of the household department.

Sun Jiao is nearly seventy this year, obviously lacking energy, when Xu Jin came in, he was wearing crystal reading glasses to review the official documents, and he was yawning again and again, and he didn't even notice that Xu Jin Xing came in.

Xu Jin frowned imperceptibly, in Sun Jiao's state, it is estimated that he will not be able to do it for long, coughed lightly, and said, "Xiaguan Xu Jin has seen Lord Shangshu. ”

Sun Jiao took off his reading glasses and looked up, and said with a smile: "Xu Ziqian, the old man is looking forward to you!" ”

Sun Jiao said and turned out from behind the case, sat down at the coffee table, and pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Ziqian, sit down, you don't need to see outside the old man." ”

The implication is to treat Xu Jin as his own.

Xu Jin thanked him, sat down on the chair opposite Sun Jiao, and a scholar stepped forward very cleverly to pour tea for the two, and then withdrew.

Sun Jiao and Xu Jin chatted for a while, yawned and beat one after another, tearful in their eyes, took out a handkerchief and wiped their eyes, and said a little self-deprecatingly: "It's useless to poop at this age, so Ziqian smiled." ”

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "The household affairs are busy, and Lord Sun is not resting enough, or the officials will retire first, and Lord Sun will rest for a while." ”

Sun Jiao nodded, and after a few words of encouragement to Xu Jin, he asked Qin Jin, the left attendant of the household department, to call him and instructed him to arrange specific work for Xu Jin.

Qin Jin, the left servant of the household department, the voice of the country, Changzhou has no people's name, he is fifty years old, his face is thin, and his attitude towards Xu Jin is lukewarm, and after coming out of the inner hall, he directly brought Xu Jin to the Qing Officials Division of Beizhili.

It is worth mentioning here that there are a total of fifteen Qing Officials Division, which are responsible for the specific affairs of the north and south Zhili, as well as the household registration and field endowment of the thirteen provinces, and each Qing Officials Division is in charge of a household department Langzhong.

Qin Jin said lightly: "Xu Ziqian, you will be in charge of the Qing Officials Department of Beizhili in the future, so let's familiarize yourself with the affairs in the past few days." ”

At this moment, an official walked over, and Xu Jin saw it, hey, it turned out to be an acquaintance, it was Huo Tao, the head of the household who attended his wedding banquet that day.

Huo Tao saluted Qin Jin and Xu Jin and said, "Xiaguan see the two adults. ”

Qin Jin nodded and introduced to Xu Jin: "This person's name is Huo Tao, and he is the head of the Qing Officials Division of Beizhili. Director Huo, this Lord Xu is the new Langzhong of your company, and you will be responsible for bringing Lord Xu to familiarize himself with affairs in the past few days. ”

Huo Tao hurriedly said: "Okay, Xia Guan understands!" ”

After Qin Jin finished arranging the work for Xu Jin, he stopped being wordy, and turned around and left. Xu Jin frowned lightly, he didn't seem to have offended this person, why was his attitude so cold?

Huo Tao seemed to guess Xu Jin's thoughts, and explained with a smile: "Qin Shilang has such a temperament, he is lukewarm to anyone, and it is not aimed at Lord Xu!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but suddenly, smiled and diverted the topic: "I didn't expect to meet Master Huo again so soon, this official has just arrived, and he is not familiar with everything, but he has to bother Lord Huo and do not hesitate to give advice!" ”

Huo Tao also secretly sighed, he didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, Xu Jin would become his top boss, but this is a good thing, and said with a smile: "Lord Xu is serious, don't dare to give advice, go, the next official will lead Lord Xu to familiarize himself with the environment!" ”

Next, Huo Tao took Xu Jin into the office of the Qing Officials Department of Beizhili, introduced the main backbone members of the department to Xu Jin, and explained in detail the affairs of the Qing Officials Division.

When Huo Tao finished introducing the work, Xu Jin had a feeling of being a dog, and dared to feel that he had picked up a hot potato as soon as he arrived in office.

It is said that the Qing Officials Division of Beizhili is responsible for Beizhili, that is, the household registration and other affairs around the capital, and the current first priority is naturally Qingtianzhuang.

However, as mentioned above, most of the fields in the Gyeonggi area are owned by the nobles and powerful, and it is not easy to clear out, which is undoubtedly the most difficult hard bone to gnaw, and who is responsible for who has a headache.

Enforce the law impartially, you will definitely offend many big people, and in the end, you will definitely not be able to eat and walk around, and if you cheat for personal gain, you will definitely be scolded by the people, and maybe you will be impeached by an upright minister, and in the end you are not a person inside and out.

It turned out that the Hubu Langzhong, who was in charge of the Qing Officials Division of Beizhili, was lucky, and now this product has been promoted, patted his ass and left, leaving a mess for Xu Jin, a newcomer, to clean up.