On the afternoon of the next day, Li Shao, the Western Cao of the Prime Minister's Mansion, came to Yang Qing's home with official certificates, black official uniforms, copper seals of the master's books and other things required to take office, and formally informed him that Prime Minister Zhuge had appointed him as the prime minister.

Different from the previous Han Dynasty, although Yang Qing was actually an official of the Prime Minister's Office recruited by Zhuge Liang, he was formally appointed by the Ji Han court and became an actual courtier. In fact, this was also Ji Han's imperial government.

The reason why the affairs of the Eastern Han Dynasty were transferred from Guitai Pavilion to the Prime Minister's Palace.

Xicao Peng was in charge of the appointment and dismissal of officials in the prime minister's palace. Li Shao had only taken up this position not long ago. He had also heard about Yang Qing's recent reputation. He saw that Yang Qing had obtained such an important official position at a young age, and he was not confused when he passed it.

It was a sigh of relief that he was similar in age. However, he was an upright and upright man, so he would not be jealous. When he saw Yang Qing taking over the appointment document, he immediately said congratulations.

Yang Qing did not expect that Zhuge Liang's conquest would come so quickly, nor did he expect that Zhuge Liang would give him the position of chief clerk. During the Three Kingdoms period, the position of chief clerk was so famous in later generations. For example, Lu Bu was Ding Yuan's chief clerk, and Yang Xiuzeng

As Cao Cao's chief clerk, Liao Hua was once Guan Yu's chief clerk. Yang Qingfu entered the core team of the Prime Minister's Mansion as soon as he became an official, which shows that Zhuge Liang valued him.

"May I ask Li Caopu, how much is my monthly salary?" Yang Qing asked Li Shao. He had spent about seventy-seven or eighty-eight percent of his money. He was really short of money and urgently needed help from the court.

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Li Shao was a little confused when he heard this question. He had heard about Yang Qing's literary talent. He was also a person who loved poetry. He wanted to take this opportunity to ask Yang Qing for advice on the new comer.

I didn't expect that the first topic with Mr. Yang would be about his monthly salary. It seemed that Mr. Yang was indeed from a humble background.

Li Shao couldn't help but smile in his heart, but he still replied seriously: "The official position of the chief secretary is the same as Shao's, with a rank of four hundred shi and a monthly salary of forty-five dendrobium." Li Shao was also afraid that Yang Qing didn't know how much he could get in one month.

After explaining the official salary in detail, Yang Qing finally understood how much money he could have in a month.

It turns out that although the rank of officials in the Han Dynasty was based on the number of stones, they were not all given grain, but money and grain. When salaries were paid based on money, the conversion ratio between money and grain was fixed, so when grain was given

When prices rise, the official salary actually depreciates. The so-called rank of one thousand shi and two thousand shi are actually imaginary numbers here. It does not mean that an official with a rank of two thousand shi will really be given two thousand shi of grain. The real

Salary is measured in dendrobium. One dendrobium is equal to one stone, which is ten dou. The highest positions in the Eastern Han Dynasty are Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong. The three are collectively called the Three Dukes. They are all officials with the rank of ten thousand stones, and their monthly salary is three

One hundred and fifty dendrobium.

One kilogram of rice weighs about one hundred and twenty kilograms (equivalent to about sixty kilograms today). In the Three Kingdoms, one kilogram of rice in an average year was about one or two qian. Therefore, Yang Qing’s monthly salary of 45 hu of rice was about 6 kilograms based on grain prices.

Seven thousand qian. As for the conversion into modern wages, the price of grain is also used as the reference standard. Comparing the price ratio between the five baht yuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the RMB, some experts have verified that one qian in Han Dynasty is approximately equivalent to one yuan and a half today. Therefore, Yang Qing, the protagonist

The book's monthly salary is around 10,000 yuan.

After Li Shao's explanation, Yang Qing also knew that in addition to the forty-five bushels of salary, he also had various benefits. For example, at the end of the year, the emperor would reward officials with money, grain, meat and other items. He was happy in his heart.

I can finally stop worrying about making a living.

Seeing that the salary issue that Yang Qing was most concerned about had become clear, he took the opportunity to ask Li Shao many things to note in the officialdom. Li Shao also told him everything, and the two of them became familiar with each other for a while. Due to time constraints, Li Shaolin

Although they still couldn't talk about poetry with Yang Qing, they made an appointment to invite a few friends to meet again in their spare time.

"Cao Cao, how is Mr. Yang doing today?" As soon as Li Shao returned to his official residence, a group of subordinates under his command came up and asked. There is no way Yang Qing has become famous in Chengdu recently, and he has Prime Minister Zhuge.

After several hours of meeting, they found out that since Zhuge Liang opened the government, they had never seen anyone so respected by the prime minister. I am afraid that only Ma Shenjun could compare with him. Li Shao naturally knew what the officials were thinking, but he just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.

Give your subordinates a good beating to prevent them from causing any trouble.

"This newly promoted Chief Yang can be said to be a young hero. Needless to say, he is talented, and he is also humble and polite." Li Shao said seriously: "You must try your best to cooperate with Chief Yang in the future, and don't start anything.

You should not have such thoughts, lest I have to deal with the consequences for you." After receiving Li Shao's advice, the officials naturally understood what their chief officers meant, and they sang "O" in unison and dispersed.

"Yang Mingzhi, Yang Mingzhi, I hope you can help the Han Dynasty and Prime Minister Zhuge!" Li Shao sighed softly after everyone left.

On the morning of the next day, Yang Qing reported to the Prime Minister's Mansion as agreed with Li Shao. Before he arrived at the gate, he saw Li Shao waiting at the door of the manor from a distance. There was another person standing side by side with Li Shao.

Yang Qing quickened his pace and stepped forward to see, it turned out to be Ma Di.

"How virtuous and capable is Qing? He actually asked Jun Jun to wait here with Cao Yu!" Yang Qing said politely.

"Haha. When you take office tomorrow, I, Xi Cao, will welcome you into the government to take charge of affairs." Li Shao said with a smile: "As for Ma joining the army..."

"As for Su, the Prime Minister specially ordered me to greet him here. I will take you to see him after you have settled down." Ma Su took the words and explained.

"I see, I have the time to join the army and work with Cao Cao." Yang Qing thanked him again. The three of them exchanged greetings at the door of the mansion. Li Shao and Ma Su led Yang Qing into the mansion. The three of them talked while walking through the hall and courtyard.

When meeting various Cao officials, Li Shao and Ma Di would also introduce them. The last time Yang Qing came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he only had a cursory look at it. This time, after the introduction of Ma and Li, he finally had an idea of ​​the layout of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Detailed understanding.

There are four gates around each side of the Prime Minister's Mansion. This shape is similar to a palace, and there is a special name called the Four Gates. Because the Prime Minister is in charge of the government and has a high position, according to the Western Han Dynasty system, the Prime Minister's Mansion can adopt the shape of some imperial palaces. However,

By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were no prime ministers but only three ministers, and the four-door system was no longer in effect. However, according to Ma Su, Prime Minister Zhuge was highly valued by two generations of emperors, so the layout of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Ji Han Dynasty mostly adopted the regulations of the Western Han Dynasty, so the Prime Minister's Mansion still has front, rear, east, and west

Four gates.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The main building complex of the entire Prime Minister's Mansion is a courtyard with three entrances. The front door, the middle door, and the pavilion door are separated by the three entrances.

The main gate also has its attached walls and other facilities. Between the entrance gate and the middle gate are the residences where officials work and live. The east and west gates are also on both sides of the first courtyard. According to the system, the east and west gates of the Prime Minister's Mansion are the most important.

, there should have been two chief historians stationed near these two gates, but at this time the country was just established, everything was urgent, power and frugal. In addition, there was only one chief minister, Wang Lian, and Zhuge Liang often had to discuss with him.

Because of state affairs, Wang Lian did not work here, and only asked a young history officer to be stationed here to be in charge of the east and west gates.

After entering the middle gate, it is where the Prime Minister lives and works. Therefore, the area inside the middle gate is also called the Xiangshe Gate.

The gates are all under the control of the gate supervisor. The third gate, the pavilion gate, divides the Xiangshe into two courtyards, the inner and outer. The courtyard between the middle gate and the pavilion gate is called the outer courtyard of the Xiangshe. The main hall of the Xiangfu is also the meeting hall of hundreds of officials.

, all the officials' residences, gardens, courtyards and other places are located in the outer courtyard. The east and west two Cao Cao are located on the east and west sides of the outer courtyard of Xiangshe Pavilion, and the other Cao Cao are located near the back garden of the outer court.

Inside the pavilion gate is the inner courtyard of the Xiangshe Palace, where the Prime Minister listens to affairs, lives in residence, and meets with guests. Because the color of the Xiangfu Pavilion Gate is the same as that of the gates of the Imperial Palace, it is also called the Yellow Pavilion. According to the pre-Han system

There should be no bells in the Xiangfu Pavilion, and there should be no bells from other official temples, pavilions and other subordinate officials. Generally speaking, matters should be handled by the chief clerk or the servants guarding the pavilion, and outsiders must take off their clothes before entering the pavilion. However, Zhuge Liang

In order to ensure the efficiency and confidentiality of the transmission of state affairs, there are now bells in the Prime Minister's Mansion and subordinate officials who are responsible for the transmission. Outsiders do not need to take off their shoes when entering the cabinet door. Since the chief clerk is the leader of your group of officials, he is also called

Huang Pavilion is the chief registrar, and the official residence of Yang Qing, the chief registrar, is naturally located in the outer court near the pavilion door.

As for Zhuge Liang's official residence, it is actually in the Huangge, also known as the Tingshi Pavilion. According to the Han system, officials have a fixed time to handle official affairs and listen to reports from subordinates, twice a day in the morning and evening. Officials do not need to handle official affairs outside of this period. However,

According to the current situation of the Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang's character, this system has never been implemented. As long as there is something to do, officials at all levels can go to the hearing room to report official business at any time within a day.

In fact, there is another door in the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's residence called the dormitory door. Inside the door is where Zhuge Liang and his family and servants live. However, he also has his own mansion outside the Prime Minister's Mansion. In order to keep public and private affairs separate, Huang Yueying and the others generally do not come to live here.

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Yang Qing followed Ma and Li to the office of the chief official. Ling Shi, Yu Shi, Ling Xia and other subordinate officials were already waiting here. Li Shao introduced each other. After all the officials came forward to see the ceremony, Yang Qing said

After a few humble greetings, he waved his hand and asked them to leave and do their work.

Now that Yang Qing is the owner of the official residence here, he is not humble at this time. He invites Ma Su and Li Shao into his public house. The three of them chatted for a while, and Li Shao said goodbye and went back.

"Mingzhi, I didn't expect that you and I would work together in the Prime Minister's Mansion so quickly." After seeing Li Shao leaving, Ma Di smiled and said: "Also, I didn't expect that the Prime Minister would hand over the position of Chief Secretary to you.

Now you have got what you wanted, and you can show off your talents. Moreover, you and I can discuss military affairs at any time and jointly provide advice to the Prime Minister."

Ma Su is good at discussing military strategy and has considerable attainments in this field. There are few people in the Prime Minister's house who can defeat him in the art of war. In his eyes, only Prime Minister Zhuge among the great Han people today can surpass him in the art of war. But the Prime Minister

Things were busy and he couldn't always disturb him, so Ma Di often felt lonely. After meeting Yang Qing, he felt that he had finally found someone who could agree with him on the art of war, so Ma Di fell in love with Yang Qing.

The government was also quite happy.

Yang Qingqian said: "When you enter the officialdom in the early Qing Dynasty, you need to pay more attention to joining the army in the future." Ma Su said: "It's easy to talk to, you and I are close friends, I should help you with these things." Yang Qing smiled bitterly in his heart, although he said that last time he

It's okay to chat with Ma Su, but why didn't he know when he became a close friend? However, this person is enthusiastic and can be a close friend.

Ma Su didn't know Yang Qing's slander. When he saw that it was getting late, he was afraid that if he continued chatting, he would miss the Prime Minister's affairs, so he said anxiously: "Ming Zhi, we will talk about it when we are free. Now go with me to meet the Prime Minister.
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