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Chapter 141(1/2)

The work Sa Hai was responsible for before was mainly about the management of books and publications, as well as the management of Imperial College, and included some matters of organizing the imperial examination.

When candidates from all over the country enter Beijing, the Ministry of Rites is responsible for receiving their list, corresponding to the names handed over from various places, giving wooden signs similar to "admission tickets", and contacting the examiners designated by the emperor, contacting the examiners, and keeping the test questions confidential, locking the test questions and waiting for the day of the formal examination.

The layout of the examination room is also within the scope of Sa Hai's responsibility. It is necessary to hand over the exchange with the Ministry of Revenue to receive financial appropriations. It is necessary to arrange for the subordinates to clean up the examination room and contact the imperial guards to maintain order in the capital on the day of the imperial examination.

After the imperial examination was conducted, the papers that were completed were collected, copied and handed over to the appraisers to review the papers. They were also handed over to the Ministry of Rites to review the papers.

It can be said that at the beginning of this year, Sa Hai was responsible for the main task of the March examination. Now Kangxi transferred Sa Hai to establish a new literary department, so all these tasks remained as a burden for Sha Cheng.

Wu Nuchun's ability to do business is not good, but his ability to exclude his colleagues is first-class. Sha Cheng wanted to move past Wu Nuchun and promote his subordinates, but this person even came up to say that "Yu Li is not in line."

Now Yinreng is making another quarrel, and Sha Cheng's face looks very good. For the first time, he did not collapse his gentle image in front of Yinreng.

[Mr. Sha’s mentality is broken! He actually looked down on his elder friends. It’s time for Mr. Sha to see his elder friends’ ability to do things!] Xiaomei encouraged Yinreng to show off here, but Yinreng didn’t want to be a donkey who worked diligently. What is he doing to share the worries of Khan Ama so far? How come he ended up being grinding for people? It’s completely different from the wonderful life that Khan Ama sent to do when he came up with ideas!

Yinreng pretended not to see Sha Cheng change his face and said obediently: "Master Sha, Gu knows that he has limited abilities. He has only seen it before, but has never been involved in common affairs, so he brought some people with good abilities to do things. If the adults don't believe it, you might as well as assign some simple work to Gu to see if it can be done smoothly."

Sha Cheng looked slightly slower and glanced at the person Yinreng brought over.

An old woman with big arms and round waists, I think she is the nanny of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

There is also a strong and beardless man. I think it is the eunuch next to the prince, and Xiaodou Ding Cao Zhen has been ignored by Sha Cheng.

The last one is Xinyu, the commander of Luanyi Guard!

The younger brother of the powerful minister of the dynasty, Soetu, was an envoy used by the emperor to contact the court officials in private.

Sha Cheng's brow relaxed a little, and when he saw the young prince being modest and polite, he finally nodded.

"Please come, your highness's follower."

He turned around and took Yinreng to the original office of Sa Hai. He saw several documents piled up on it. Sha Cheng said: "This year the Emperor will add special subjects. The examination room of the original tribute school is not enough. The new subject needs a new location and schedule to avoid conflicting with other subjects."

Therefore, someone needs to go to the tribute school in person, contact the people below to clean up the scene, and solve the problem of setting up the examination room. After all, the entire imperial examination process requires three subjects, and each subject takes three days!

In addition, the examiners designated for the newly added subjects are still setting the questions, and Yinreng also needs to send someone to contact the examiner and take the paper back to the Ministry of Rites for publication and sealing.

These books are not difficult, but they are difficult because Sahai takes away half of the people. The remaining civil servants are not enough, so it is impossible to tell if they are going to run errands.

Sha Cheng also said: "The candidates who came to participate in the Imperial College this year accounted for half of the Imperial College. This year, there are many talents in the Imperial College, but the students being trained cannot be ignored."

"The Imperial College will hold a spring festival ceremony. This group of supervisors will come to take the exam, and the next group of supervisors will be admitted."

Therefore, we have to contact Wang Shizhen, listen to Wang Shizhen's report, and prepare the sacrificial rituals of the Imperial College.

This ritual imitates the ancient rituals in the "Tai School" during the Han Dynasty. Spring has arrived, and worships God. Petitions this year for good weather, petitions for success in academic success, safety and health. The Imperial College Priests also have to go on stage to say some words to inspire the students. The significance is similar to the "opening ceremony" in the cartoon, and it kicks off the new semester.

For the most important school in the country, if the emperor wants to come to the scene in person, it will be even more troublesome and he needs to prepare more. This year, perhaps because of the addition of a new school, Kangxi is really preparing to attend the Imperial College ritual.

Yinreng was doing things in an orderly manner. He knew that Sha Cheng would not be relieved and would definitely look at his progress repeatedly. So he opened Sa Hai's office door open and recruited Sa Haiyu's subordinates one by one to count the work in his hands.

Some people cannot pull themselves away and do not touch them if they have someone responsible for the scope of work.

Some people have the spare time, so they squeeze hard and squeeze their working hours to every minute.

The rest required Yinreng to send someone to do it himself. Yuzhu was an eunuch and was not suitable to meet Wang Shizhen. Yinreng sent him to the tribute court to keep an eye on the setting of the examination room for the new examination. Xinyu had accumulated rich experience for Kangxi, and was familiar with the court officials. He was a well-known Luanyi Guard. So Yinreng sent him to contact Wang Shizhen and listened to Wang Shizhen's report on the new student.

Yinreng himself took Cao Zhen to read through the books and books of the Ministry of Rites, sorted out the records of the rituals held in previous years, and specifically compared the records of the number of people when Kangxi went to the Imperial College in previous years. From the number of accompanying officials to the number of imperial guards responsible for safety, to the etiquette norms, they all refer to the examples from previous years.

Yinreng was responsible for checking the allocation of people and the consumption of money, and Cao Zhen was responsible for checking the etiquette norms. These records were scattered in the list of accompanying officials, account books, abandoned ritual memorials and other documents. Especially in the entire sacrificial ritual, the palace did not clearly record the process, but everything followed the "Rites" and the records in the rituals were vague. Moreover, because the rituals were books left by the Han Dynasty, some records were not applicable to the current Qing Dynasty.

It is not easy to integrate this information. The amount of reading is like looking for a needle in a haystack. No matter how fast Yinreng and Cao Zhen read, it is difficult to read such a complicated document in a short time. At this time, Xiaomei needs to "cheat" for Yinreng!

The system assisted scanning told Yinreng where the keywords were, and then the two of them flipped it out. Finally, before dark, the rituals of the ritual were summarized in detail.

Sha Cheng had too much work to keep his feet busy, and he was so angry that he was so angry that he was fuming for Wu Nuchun's efficiency. After he finished his work, he suddenly remembered that the prince was still on Sa Hai's office and rushed over.

Before he arrived at the door of the room, he could only hear Cao Zhen read the recorded charter in a crisp voice. In the details, even the details of the sacrifice were summarized.

Sha Cheng was extremely surprised and hurriedly walked in. In the meantime, the prince's desk was filled with various volumes and booklets, and Cao Zhen also opened a small table, and there was still dry ink in the inkstone in front of the table.

Madam Xu couldn't do anything, but she had great strength to carry documents for them, and could raise a stack with one hand.

None of the other civil servants of the Ministry of Rites left, and they were kept by the prince, and they were called "overtime".

Soon, Yuzhu came back and brought all the snacks that you had hungry at night, including buns, shabby, cakes, egg tarts, barbecue, juice, and milk tea.

Not every official is as hard-working as Sha Cheng, who stays and finishes his work before leaving. Just like Wu Nuchun, he leaves as soon as the time comes, and he doesn't care whether the things he has done can be done. If he can't finish them, he can share them with his subordinates.

All the officials of the Qing and Qing officials present assigned their respective tasks to the prince. On average, each person stayed for half an hour to do more work. Life was not tiring. In addition to the majesty of the prince's order, there was another point, that was the interests...

This is the crown prince, no one dares to neglect the future emperor, and even has to flatter him.

Half an hour of extra overtime was the limit of Yinreng's efforts to exploit officials of the Qing dynasty. Yinreng grasped it just right and said it very beautifully. He could not give rewards to the officials, and the officials looked down on these, but he asked himself to make more food in the Yuqing Palace that only had in the palace to cushion everyone's belly. This is possible.

Xiaomei has used various delicacies to tempt Yinreng since she was a child. She wanted to lure Yinreng into being deceived. Who would have thought that Yinreng had never been heavy on her since she was a child? The only candied haws that she liked were weakened when she grew up.

He himself does not pay attention to it, but he likes to use these to make fun of his younger brothers, especially to give the food he has eaten to the third prince Yinzhi.

To this end, the kitchen chefs in Yuqing Palace developed various snacks, which Yinreng had eaten in the system and proposed to make them in the kitchen.

The kitchen was useful now, and the several etiquette officials who stayed to "work overtime" felt fresh.

As for the increase in salary, the Ministry of Revenue will only allocate funds if the emperor ordered it.

Yinreng wrote his new memorial to "proposal" and suggested that Kangxi, in order to exceed the task, ordered the officials who temporarily "work overtime" to increase their "overtime salary".

When Yinreng saw Sha Cheng coming, he talked to him about his work progress today.

"The examination venue in the Gongyuan has been decided. Another place is set up on the east side of the Jingyi Examination Hall. Now craftsmen have been ordered to build another house and send slaves to clean it."

"The roster of newly enrolled students from the Imperial College has been retrieved, and the number of people is the same as the roster record."

"The rituals for the sacrificial ceremony have just been checked, and all the adults have said that the rituals are stipulated, which can be adjusted according to the actual situation."

Yinreng talked about what he did and what he sent people to do. His organization and logic were clear. Listening to his words and reports was a pleasure. He never liked to superimpose words and sentences, nor did he like to make a verbal word. When making a report, he should be straightforward, neat, clear numbers, clear organization, and the listener was comfortable and the responder thoughts were smooth.

Sha Cheng: "..."

The old man finally looked at Yinreng with his eyes. He thought that the emperor threw the crown prince to him, "causing trouble" for him, and asked him to "take care of the children". Unexpectedly, the crown prince's ability to do things is actually pretty good?!

It's not just good. The prince can finish the work that others need seven days to complete in one day, because he can use people.

He knows how to use familiar people around him, and he is willing to use unfamiliar people to be able to find out what a person is good at in a short time, and then arranges him in the right position. This is the ability of the crown prince!

"Mr. Sha, what are the problems with doing this? If there is no problem, I will ask the subordinates to draft the memorial and submit the charter early the next morning."

Sha Cheng stroked his beard and nodded: "There is no problem with the charter."

He glanced at Yinreng meaningfully: Being able to keep so many civil servants for half an hour is also an ability.

"If there is no problem, then today's work is over here. Thank you, all the adults. The meals delivered by the kitchen are expensive and not rare. If adults think the taste is OK, eat more. Khan Ama advocates thrift, which is not good if it is wasted. Lord Sha has been busy and has not eaten and drunk water yet, right?"

After Yinreng’s invitation, Sha Cheng gave him a face and ate the orange cake made of Gannan navel orange. The sour and sour cake tasted pretty good, and there was also cream in it, which was really fresh.

On the first day of working at the Ministry of Rites, Yinreng left a calm and reliable impression on Sha Cheng. After seeing Yinreng's efficiency with his own eyes, Sha Cheng gradually relaxed and gradually handed over most of the things that Sa Hai was originally responsible for to Yinreng.

Kangxi also summoned Sha Cheng to the imperial court and asked him how the prince was performing.

Sha Cheng replied respectfully: "Your Highness is quick and studious, calm and humble."

He now understands why Tang Bin praised Yinreng well, and this heir of the Qing Dynasty was so outstanding!

Kangxi: "…"

When the emperor heard his ministers praise Yinreng, the emperor should have been happy, but the words "calm and humble" raised Kangxi's vigilance.

Will Yinreng be calm and humble?

No, based on Kangxi's understanding of his son, this is "the tranquility before the storm"!

On the other hand, Yinreng, who finally let Sha Cheng lower his vigilance, went to meet the examiner of the examination, Huang Ji, Minister of Personnel, and Zhu Zhibi, Minister of Works.

When visiting Huang Ji, who was in charge of the examination of the classics, Yinreng was humble and polite throughout the whole process, showing that he came to Huang Ji to discuss the details of the council examination for the sake of official duties of the Ministry of Rites.

"During the examination of the classics, every time the candidate fainted in the examination room and failed to continue to refer to it. In previous years, the Imperial Hospital would send two imperial physicians and eight doctors to add special departments this year. If the increase is four imperial physicians, is it feasible for twelve doctors?"

Huang Ji is a good at writing eight-legged essays. After Kangxi abolished eight-legged essays, he asked to restore eight-legged essays to be written by Huang Ji.

This civil servant who had been in the Ministry of Rites transferred to the Ministry of Personnel to be a minister of the Ministry of Personnel. His style of work pays more attention to etiquette than Sha Cheng. This is also a literati leader who fanatically respects Confucianism among Han officials.

Huang Ji showed reluctance and resistance to Kangxi's addition of new disciplines: "In the past, the emperor also set up special disciplines, but Bo Hongru had never sent an imperial physician during the scientific examination. How could he make an exception this time?"

Yinreng nodded: "What Lord Huang Ji said is that he is not considered. He is just a reference for literati. He is already weak and this year is much colder than in previous years. If you increase the imperial physician on the grounds of worrying about the health of literati in the world, you can be compatible as appropriate? Bo Hongru naturally needs to increase the number of imperial physicians during the scientific examination, and the purpose is to prevent problems before they happen. If there are excellent talents who suffer losses in the examination hall, it will cause huge losses to the Qing Dynasty."

Huang Ji thought about it and was quite acceptable to this place. He pondered: "What Your Highness said is reasonable, but you ask me about this, why don't you ask the emperor?"

"Khan Ama sent Gu to the Ministry of Rites to do things in order to see Gu's ability to do things. Since Gu is doing these things, he must discuss with Lord Huang and Lord Zhu. As long as you two agree, Gu will submit a report to the cabinet."

This is not a big deal. It is rare for the prince to care about the safety of the candidates. Huang Ji finally felt relieved: "I can agree here."

So Yinreng bid farewell to Huang Ji and went to find Zhu Zhibi.

After seeing Zhu Zhibi, the Minister of Works, Yinreng asked him a few words about the addition of imperial physicians.

Zhu Zhibi was a capable man. Before the Qing Dynasty, local taxes were chaotic, taxes were reformed, taxes were collected, and the general governor of the grain transportation was sent to avoid local officials colluding with local tyrants and local tyrants to oppress the people. All policies were reported by him.

He has been the Minister of Works for several years and is a capable person who is extremely sensitive to mathematics. Unfortunately, he is very old and is 73 years old. He is still showing off his light and heat in his job and promoted Kangxi to be the chief examiner of this examination!

If you want to talk about who is the best at mathematics in the court and the country, Zhu Zhibi, the Minister of Works, can definitely rank among the top three.

Compared to Huang Ji, Lord Zhu seemed to get along better with Yinreng. He was chubby, with a white beard and long eyebrows, just like Santa Claus.

Kangxi was always paying attention to Yinreng's actions. When he heard that he had visited two examiners, he called Huang Ji and Zhu Zhibi one after another and asked them what the prince asked them to do.
To be continued...
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