The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Just after November, Kyoto has already welcomed five heavy snowfalls.

The snowflakes as big as goose feathers fluttered and scattered, and a thick layer could be piled up in an instant.

Have a good night's dream. Open the window and look again, everything you can see is silver frost, it looks so beautiful from a distance!

The majestic palace city has a sense of emptiness and solemnity because it is covered with a layer of snow; the pavilions and pavilions are decorated with white snow, adding ethereal and elegant temperament; the red plums and green branches are more beautiful because of the white snow , more poetic in the agility.

Such beautiful scenery is the source of inspiration for literati, poets and painters;

Such beautiful scenery, for ordinary people, is full of oppressive feeling.

People who have shelters are busy clearing the snow on the roof of the house, for fear that if one is not paying attention, the thick snow will collapse the roof.

Those who stay at home in winter during the slack season are afraid that the bedding and winter clothes are not thick enough to withstand the cold, and they are also afraid that the firewood they have saved before is not enough to make the winter difficult.

And for those displaced refugees, even if they are resettled by the imperial court, the winter clothes they can cover their bodies cannot withstand the cold wind, the food they eat is barely enough, and the houses they live in are not warm. If they want to survive the long cold winter, they are basically fighting hard.

Even the officials in charge of resettlement prayed that the refugees would not freeze to death, so that the results of the report would not be embarrassing.

At this time, the work of the General Secretary is extremely busy, and the memorials handed in from various places are related to snow disasters, refugees, and food.

As a newcomer to the Department of General Affairs, Sheng Yuan, the right counselor of the fifth rank, is not much more relaxed than the experience and governors below.

That's right, she's been promoted to the rank of Senator!

From the previous six ranks to the current five ranks, the span of official ranks is not small.

As a courtier who has only been in the officialdom for only two years, such a big improvement has really attracted a lot of criticism.

In this regard, Shengyuan has a good attitude.

As the saying goes, a mediocre person who does not invite envy is not afraid of criticism. If she is made the chief assistant immediately, she can shout "Let the storm come more violently!"

Of course, the so-called criticism did not actually affect Sheng Yuan.

After all, compared to hearing the phrase "the minister has his own performance" from time to time, it is still acceptable for her to be promoted to a small fifth-rank counselor.

Even the cabinet ministers are afraid of this girl who does not distinguish between enemies and me but only looks at her mood when she is impeached.

The key is that there is no certainty about what this girl is impeaching.

Instead of looking up every day with the mood of discovering surprises, it's better to be out of sight and out of mind, and change your ears to be clean.

"Counselor to the right, this is today's proposal, Zhang Shu told me." Sheng Yuan had just entered the office room, and saw several governors carrying a half-capacity high-playing notebook, and his shoulders almost collapsed.

Fortunately, she still remembered the official dignity, so she quickly adjusted her expression, waved her hand, and let the governors leave: "Just put it away, and I will check it later."

Only she was left in the waiting room, so Sheng Yuan put on a bitter face and sighed at several piles of playbooks.

It sounds like Tongzhengshisi is not as famous as Liubu, Duchayuan, and Dali Temple, but in the eyes of the court and the emperor, its importance cannot be underestimated.

The chief leader of the Tongzhengshi Division, Tongzhengshi, is a third-rank civil servant who belongs to one of the Nine Ministers, and has the qualifications to participate in court discussions and pushes, and to participate in the joint review of major cases.

The future, status and structure of the immediate boss fully demonstrate the importance of the department.

In units such as the Tongzheng Envoy, all subjects who submit a complaint must first pass it through their hands, wait for a copy to be copied, and then play it; if there are important secrets, the Tongzheng envoy can enter the palace to report it at any time.

Knock on the blackboard, draw key points, you can enter the palace at any time!
Of course, it is not up to Sheng Yuan, a small right councilor, to report to the emperor and make a small report. What she has to do is to collect the memorials, divide them according to the priority, and hand over the important memorials to Tongzheng. hand, and then arrange for his subordinates to copy the rest of the play.

This job sounds not tiring, but in fact, Sheng Yuan would write a clear summary on the stickers for all the manuscripts that have been reviewed, and then explain the importance of the memorial.

If you talk about it carefully, her work focuses on "abbreviating and summarizing, summarizing and refining".

For Sheng Yuan, the technical difficulty is not too great, but the workload is more touching.

"Fortunately enough silver frost and charcoal tubes, fortunately enough hot water cotton clothes!" Sheng Yuan rubbed his thawed red nose and let out a sigh.

Taking a look at the intensity of today's work, Sheng Yuan put down the stove in his hand, glanced at Xiaoyao who was making tea on the small red clay stove, and then began to grind ink slowly.

"Miss, I'm afraid that today, people from all over the world are complaining about the severe snow conditions, and they are asking the imperial court for food and assistance."

Xiaoyao made tea and brought it over. Seeing that the open playbook was full of familiar words, she couldn't help saying something.