Chapter 38 Visiting the Yamen

Wu Shigong walked into the Yamen of the Soldiers and Horses Division and found that there were not many people in the Yamen, and most of them had not yet arrived at the Yamen. Wu Shigong was a little unhappy in his heart, it seems that the style of the Ming Dynasty has to be grasped. Wu Shigong came to the inner hall and instructed Wu Mian to call Xu Yimu and Wang Baihu of the pro-soldier team. That Xu Yimu and Wang Baihu had already arrived at the yamen. After a while, the three of them came to the inner hall.

Wu Shigong first asked Xu Yimu, who was given to the military department and Nancheng to inspect the imperial history, whether the official document for military training and instructions had been written? Xu Zhimu replied ashamedly: No. It's not that Xu Zhimu is procrastinating. At that time, the efficiency of the work in the yamen was not so high, and Xu Zhimu still followed the old rules and wanted to arrange a document today and write it with determination. Wu Shigong immediately told him to arrange for someone to write it immediately, because Wu Shigong thought that he would visit a few yamen this morning, and by the way, he would bring this official document over and inspect the imperial history yamen in the military department and the southern city, and the two yamen would prepare cases.

Then, Wu Shigong asked Wang Baihu, has the Jihua of military training been formulated? Wang Baihu was also empty-handed. Yesterday, after Wu Shigong arranged for Wang Baihu to formulate Jihua, Wang Baihu did not find an opportunity to ask Wu Shigong for instructions alone. After going back, Wang Baihu had the feeling of a dog biting Wang Ba - a place where he didn't have a mouth. Because, he had never formulated such a jihua before, and he didn't know Wu Shigong's thinking, which made him a little at a loss. Wu Shigong didn't embarrass Wang Baihu, he took out the military training Jihua that Zhuyun sorted out for him yesterday, and explained it to Wang Baihu in detail. After that, Wang Baihu was asked to improve it in detail according to this jihua, and to make the content of a month's military training specific to each day. After Wu Shigong asked Wang Baihu to formulate it, he handed it over to Wu Shigong for approval. Then the day after tomorrow, let Wang Baihu send this jihua to the hands of the six hundred households who participated in military training, and. At the same time, let the 600 households report the list of personnel participating in the military training. After listening to Wu Shigong's arrangement, Wang Baihu hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Xu Yimu's hands and feet were quite fast, and in just such a few moments, he wrote those two official documents. So, Wu Shigong called Shumo in, took out the official seal, found a box of ink ink, and covered it. The official seal in Wu Shigong's hand is officially opened today. Then Wu Shigong put forward his own requirements to Xu Yimu and Wang Baihu: asking them to improve efficiency and keep up with their own work rhythm. In Zuihou, Wu Shigong said to the two of them: Just because they are their own people, Wu Shigong has higher requirements for them. These words made Xu Yanmu and Wang Baihu listen to it more warmly.

Zuihou, Wu Shigong made a serious criticism of the work of Wu Mian's water dragon team. Wu Mian was a little stunned by the criticism: Didn't Commander Wu still talk and laugh with him just now, why did he change his face so quickly now? Wu Shigong said to Wu Mian: The work of the water dragon team is not only to extinguish fires, but also to prevent fires. He pointed out to Wu Mian: Is there a safe passage in the tavern and the green building? Do you have fire extinguishing equipment? Listening to Wu Shigong's criticism, the more Wu Mian thought about it, the more mysterious it became. It turns out that the commander is showing him the way to make a fortune.

After such a short meeting, Wu Shigong put away the official documents that had been dried and set off to visit other yamen. Before leaving, Wu Shigong told the three of them two things: one was to let them not be busy with the work at hand, first take their own soldiers to inspect the scene of the explosion, and cooperate with other hundreds of households to block the ruins site, if anyone still wants to go to the ruins to pick up items, first persuade and educate, if they don't listen, arrest them. The other thing was to send people to the carriage and horse shops in the southern city to announce that these carriages and horses should prepare 1,500 carriages equipped with horsemen by June 15, and that the government would requisition these carriages for half a year to clean up the ruins.

After the confession, Wu Shigong officially set off with the guards around him.

Wu Shigong first came to his direct superior, the Yamen of the Ministry of War. I didn't think about it, and I was entangled with the gatehouse of the Yamen of the Ministry of War for a long time, and the gatehouse didn't let Wu Shigong in. Because, after Wu Shigong arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of War, he didn't know who to look for. Wu Shigong thought to himself: Then find the biggest one. So, he proposed to the porter and went directly to ask for the secretary of the military department. Then how could the porter report to Wu Shigong? The military department is still in charge of everything, how can I meet you as a little military attaché? can be a porter in the yamen of the military department, and the eyes are not very poisonous. The concierge had already seen from the pattern on Wu Shigong's official robe that Wu Shigong was just a deputy commander of the Terracotta Division. He naturally classified Wu Shigong, a miscellaneous official from the sixth grade, as a military attaché. In desperation, Wu Shigong asked if he could ask to see the squire of the military department, or not to report; So Lang Zhong? Outsider? Fortunately, Wu Shigong has a good memory, and Zhu Yun still remembers his class yesterday. However, the porter's statement was not reported. The porter already knew that Wu Shigong did not come to the yamen of the military department for any important matter, he just came to visit after taking office and sent an official letter of request for training soldiers. The civil officials in the yamen of the Ministry of War were originally the ones who met the military attachés, so did you, the junior military attaché, meet them whenever he wanted? The porter still thought in his heart: If Wu Shigong stuffed him with a big red envelope, it was not impossible to be accommodating. But Wu Shigong hasn't reacted yet, does this person still understand the rules?

The concierge's refusal made Wu Shigong angry enough. In a fit of rage, Wu Shigong stuffed the official document of military training into the concierge's hand, turned around and left. Wu Shigong thought hatefully in his heart: If you don't report it, you won't report it, there is a kind of you who tore up the official document.

Then, Wu Shigong came to the yamen of the criminal department. The same story happened all over again. This is also the officialdom custom of the Ming Dynasty that Wu Shigong does not understand. In the Ming Dynasty, the noble and the lowly were very serious. Looking down on military attachés, that's a common phenomenon. Wu Shigong turned around again and wanted to leave the Criminal Department. As soon as he stepped on the horse, he heard someone calling out to him. Take a closer look, it turned out to be his seventh brother Wu Shili. He was working as a scribe in the Criminal Department. The brothers chatted for a while at the gate of the Ministry of Punishment, and saw that Wu Shili seemed to be a little absent-minded, and Wu Shigong knew that Wu Shili might be busy with official business, so he stopped bothering him. So the brothers saluted and said goodbye.

After that, Wu Shigong came to the Yamen of Dongchang. The guards guarding the door of the East Factory were greatly surprised. It was the first time he had seen an official come to surrender. After hearing Wu Shigong's report, the guard impatiently drove Wu Shigong away. The guard still thought to himself: Is it possible for you, a petty official, to see the hundred households in charge of the southern city in our East Factory? Aren't you kid itching, do you want to taste the top ten tortures of our East Factory?

Zuihou, Wu Shigong came to Nancheng to inspect the Imperial History Yamen. Nancheng patrols the royal history surnamed Valley. Nagu Yushi met with Wu Shigong, but this meeting was also the strangest thing for Wu Shigong. At the beginning of the meeting, after the two of them saluted, Gu Yushi was a little unhappy. Later, during the conversation, Gu Yushi sneered at Wu Shigong again and again. made Wu Shigong very confused, he hadn't offended him before? However, Wu Shigong didn't want to stiffen the relationship with Gu Yushi, so if he couldn't provoke him, he could afford to hide. So, Wu Shigong took out the official document of military training and handed it to Gu Yushi for a look. Unexpectedly, Gu Yushi left a sentence: You want to train soldiers in the Soldiers and Horses Division, so what does it matter to the officials? After that, he walked away. Wu Shigong was stunned for a long time, and thought in his heart: Could it be that the eldest aunt of Gu Yushi is here?

Wu Shigong didn't know, in fact, Gu Yushi's anger was because Wu Shigong didn't understand etiquette. Wu Shigong made up for the knowledge of officialdom in Zhuyun yesterday, knowing that he was from the sixth grade, and the Gu Yushi was the seventh grade, and he took it for granted that the Gu Yushi was a seven-grade sesame official. Therefore, today's salute between him and Gu Yushi is a courtesy. But the size of the officials in the Ming Dynasty is not just based on the size of the grade, especially between the civil and military, the difference is even greater. Otherwise, how could Nancheng Patrol Yushi Yamen, a seven-grade Yamen, lead Nancheng's soldiers and horses to command the Yamen, a six-grade Yamen? In the final analysis, it is still noble and cheap. On weekdays, the commander of the Terracotta Division may have to kowtow when he sees the inspection of the imperial history. Today, Wu Shigong, the deputy conductor and acting conductor, met Gu Yushi, how could he not kowtow? And Gu Yushi thought that Wu Shigong's approach of meeting him politely was to despise him, so he was very angry.

This morning, when I visited the Yamen, there were too many inexplicable things. Wu Shigong was not interested in visiting any further. In fact, Wu Shigong didn't know that his behavior was wrong from beginning to end. The Ming Dynasty did not have the rule of visiting other yamen at all. Wu Shigong also carries the concept of his previous life. After the new officials take office, they visit the higher departments and visit the brother departments.

In the Ming Dynasty, the emphasis was on the king not seeing the king. The chief officials of the various yamen, if they do not have official affairs, generally do not meet each other. Of course, if you have a good relationship, go to sing karaoke after work, and no one cares about you. But when they sit in the government, they will never interact with each other. If Wu Shigong takes office, he only needs to arrange people to post his own posts to various relevant yamen and tell everyone that he has taken office, then it will be fine. This is also the evil result of Wu Shigong not having a master who is familiar with the rules of the yamen.