When the fifth watch was about to end, Yao Shiheng was pushed up by his wife. When he was still a little delirious, he had already put on his court clothes under Shen Rong's service.

Shen Rong seemed to be coaxing her youngest son, coaxing her husband, who was still a little confused, out of the courtyard door.

Walking out of the warm room, Yao Shiheng immediately shivered, although he was dressed very thickly, his face still felt cold.

However, he quickly got used to it, and compared with the wet and cold winter in his hometown, the dry and cold winter in the north still makes people feel less cold.

Yao Shiheng, who came to his senses, couldn't help but look up at the sky, the sky was still pitch black at this time, but there were countless stars dotted with the sky. It looked like a black curtain covered in small pieces of silver.

The three-star Betelgeuse hanging high in the south reminded him that Chinese New Year's Eve was coming to an end. Yao Shiheng lowered his head and exhaled a breath of hot air before he asked the housekeeper, "Is the sedan chair ready?" ”

Under the arrangement of the housekeeper, a four-person blue tweed official sedan chair was already placed on the road outside the door, he walked outside the door, looked at the snow on the front steps of the door that had not been cleared and frowned slightly, but after all, he didn't say anything, bent down and sat in the sedan chair.

In the swaying and regular rhythm of the sedan chair drivers, Yao Shiheng mished for a while. When the sedan chair stopped, he woke up.

After he got off the sedan chair, he suddenly saw the figures outside, the sky was still dark, but the officials who rushed to the court had arrived one after another.

From here to the left gate of Chang'an, he could only walk by himself, stepping on the creaking snow, Yao Shiheng tried to identify the road and walked forward.

Unlike the rice lanes of the East and West Rivers, which are paved with loess, this section of the road leading to the left gate of Chang'an along the root of the imperial city wall is paved with stone slabs. Although there are gaps in some places due to disrepair, they are generally relatively flat.

The reason why Yao Shiheng stared at the road carefully was that he was afraid of stepping into the mud of the gap without lighting.

Because this section of the road was only allowed to walk towards the counselor, the servants who illuminated him could not accompany him. And with the lighting equipment, there is nowhere to stack it after entering the imperial city, so everyone can only discredit and move forward.

Fortunately, it is only more than 500 meters, as long as you are careful, you will not fall. As for the cabinet and the chief officials of the six ministries, they have special pick-up and drop-off officials, so they don't have to worry about these trivial matters.

When Yao Shiheng walked into the left gate of Chang'an, he looked at a row of burning braziers on the road pointing to Chengtianmen, and the royal street was bright, and he suddenly relaxed.

Starting from the Chengtian Gate, the brocade guards wearing bright armor began to stand on both sides, and colorful flags were placed from the Chengtian Gate to the end gate.

Entering the end gate and walking a little way, there is the Liuke Yuanshe, which is the place where the civil and military officials wait for the early dynasty, and it is also a place where the six departments work.

Yao Shiheng walked into the room with the lantern of the Metropolitan Courtyard and found a seat and sat down. An errand officer came in and made him a cup of hot tea before leaving, while several of his colleagues in the room who were chatting also stopped talking and nodded to him in greeting.

Yao Shiheng smiled and nodded in return, and several colleagues began to continue their conversation again. Yao Shiheng listened for a while, it was just some troubled things, he wisely did not interject, but closed his eyes slightly, pretending to doze off.

Yao Shiheng wants to prevent his colleagues from disturbing him in this way. Yesterday afternoon, he received a notice that after today's court meeting was over, he would be transferred from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the post of cabinet secretary.

Hearing about this official position that he had never heard of, he subconsciously asked the official who conveyed the order, and learned that the cabinet secretary Lang was the former cabinet secretary.

The Chinese calligraphers are in charge of writing edicts, edicts, silver books, iron coupons and other things. Although the status is higher than that of the scholar in the east room of the Naowenhua Palace, the scholar in the west room of the Zhiwu Yingdian, the scholar in the cabinet and the scholar in the cabinet system.

However, they are all officials from the seventh grade, and the Chinese calligraphy department is not divided into two longs and two, and the elder person has a palm print, called "Yinjun". Moreover, the actual task of the people everywhere is only to write the edict as usual, and there is no important authority in addition.

And the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a positive seven products, and since Yao Shiheng participated in the trial of the case of Yangwu Hou's slave in the Three Law Divisions, he feels that he has become a figure in the heart of the emperor, and his career will be smooth sailing in the future.

He didn't think that he would be assigned to work in the cabinet secretary's department, although he heard that the middle secretary had been restructured. In addition to the previous responsibilities, some new contents have been added.

But no one knows exactly what these new contents are. Yao Shiheng felt upset about this.

Just as Yao Shiheng was silently thinking about his thoughts, another imperial historian walked in, he glanced at the situation in the room, and walked to Yao Shiheng's side to do it.

"Brother Ziyi, why do you look so tired, isn't it because you were too excited yesterday and didn't sleep well last night?"

A familiar voice sounded in the ears of Yao Shiheng, who was closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, and he quickly opened his eyes to look.

"Ah, it's Brother Nian who is here, but I haven't seen you for a few days." Yao Shiheng greeted Mao Yujian politely and thoughtfully.

Mao Yujian seemed to feel that Yao Shiheng's tone was a little less enthusiastic, but he quickly thought that it was just his own illusion and put this doubt behind him.

Yao Yushi, who was afraid of his wife, was about to be assigned to the cabinet secretary to do things, which made him a little gloating. After all, when Yao Shiheng tried the three legal divisions, several bigwigs in the Metropolitan Procuratorate were polite to him.

Everyone thought that Yao Shiheng was going to ascend to the sky in one step. But yesterday afternoon, Yao Shiheng was appointed as a member of the Zhongshu House, this inexplicable appointment made people scratch their heads, but also made their colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate feel happy.

Mao Yujian is one of those who steals joy, and it is always a good thing to be able to reduce one competitor. However, he immediately thought about coming to have a relationship with Yao Shiheng.

On the one hand, Yao Shiheng, who was transferred, is no longer his competitor in the Inspectorate. Second, although the cabinet clerk has little power, he is a well-informed position because he writes orders for the cabinet.

Mao Yujian hopes to take advantage of this opportunity to repair the cold relationship with Yao Shiheng.

However, he didn't know that after Yao Shiheng was drunk by him last time and wrote the impeachment of Xungui, his name was blacklisted by Su Rong.

Yao Shiheng, who was forced to accept his wife's instructions in the past, rarely took the initiative to approve of her once this time.

After all, after getting drunk, the Shangshu written down when he was delirious was directly handed over to the General Administration, which was a bit excessive.

Fortunately, it was the impeachment of Xungui, if he was hot-headed at the time and went to impeach several cabinet elders, wouldn't he be killed by this young brother?

Yao Shiheng thought of this, and he, who had always been soft, couldn't help but feel a little angry. Mao Yujian looked at Yao Shiheng dealing with himself lukewarmly, and thought that he was thinking about the reason why he was transferred inexplicably.

So Mao Yujian looked left and right, and after finding that no one was paying attention to them, he approached Yao Shiheng and pretended to be mysterious and said, "Brother Ziyi, do you know why you were transferred to the cabinet secretary?" ”

Yao Shiheng, who didn't have much energy to deal with Mao Yujian, finally became interested now, and he also wanted to know who stabbed him in the back again.

"Do you know why? might as well speak out to solve the confusion of the foolish brother, the fool thought about it for a long time last night, and he didn't remember who he offended recently. Could it be that when the three law divisions were tried, Dali Temple..."

Mao Yujian immediately interrupted Yao Shiheng, who was starting to ramble, and said directly: "No, you are also unlucky." This cabinet secretary Lang was originally Sun **, and he didn't fit him to publish a book of "Please Refute the Three Dynasties", which angered His Majesty. Therefore you were removed from your position, and then Your Majesty appointed you. ”

"Your Majesty's handpick?" Yao Shiheng's face was a little ugly, he didn't think that the emperor would remember his name and have such bad luck.

He said with a gloomy face: "What is the origin of this grandson, and now he has been assigned there?" ”

Mao Yujian sat up slightly straightened and said: "Sun ** is Sun Guoyi, the disciple of the master of the spoon garden, this master and apprentice are really unlucky." Mi Wanzhong lost his official position for a stone and almost went bankrupt.

This apprentice had just been transferred to the capital from the local area, and because of a slack, he was directly assigned to the Imperial Palace and went to sit on a cold bench. ”

"Huang Shichen? Did His Majesty ask him to sort out the books? Isn't that a matter of the Inner Court? Does Your Majesty want to? Yao Shiheng was a little unbelievable.

Mao Yujian interrupted his reverie and said: "You think too much, I borrowed a room from Huang Shichen and asked him to check the authenticity of the "Three Dynasties Classics".

His Majesty said that since he thought that the "Compendium of the Three Dynasties" was not true, then find out these falsehoods. If there are still people in the court who think that the "Three Dynasties Essentials" is a lie, then they can go and help Sun ** check the books. ”

Yao Shiheng is a little difficult to comment on Chongzhen's statement, it seems that it is just a joke of the emperor, but it is not good to say that this Sun ** will never have a future from now on. This thought made him shudder a little.

Mao Yujian continued: "But Brother Ziyi, don't worry too much. This secretary Lang, you will work for a few days first, and then the fool will definitely help you get rid of the sea of suffering. ”

Yao Shiheng asked with some emotion: "Is there any good way for Brother Nian?" ”

"After next year's examination, it will be the season for new non-commissioned officers to be appointed officers, and the official positions of various ministries in Beijing will inevitably be adjusted. As long as you seize this opportunity and let your brother let you go out as a prefect, isn't it better than your current secretary? Mao Yujian said slowly.

This really made Yao Shiheng a little moved, and he couldn't help but ask a little eagerly: "I wonder if Brother Nian can tell me the details?" ”