After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

This month, the waves in the capital can be described as turbulent and treacherous.

First, the family heirloom of the Yan Mansion that eventually became a laughing stock, and then, the final outcome of the marriage between the Zhou family and the Yan family.The emperor suppressed all criticisms with extremely strong means, and ordered people to thoroughly investigate the matter. The final result of the matter also satisfied the emperor and everyone: Zhou Cai's impostor was confirmed and covered up the evidence for him At the same time, the emperor also ordered someone to publish an article, which was distributed to all the academies in the world, explaining the disadvantages of "demanding women to observe chastity".Yan Shangshu insisted on his daughter to keep the chastity, but was exploited by the traitor instead, it is really laughable and generous.Because of this, he was ashamed to see others, complained of illness, and recuperated at home for half a year.

Then, it was Zhou Cai who was quietly arrested and taken into prison.In the place where Zhou Xun experienced in the past, now he has finally stayed in it.But it is obvious that what he received in the imperial prison was not treated like Zhou Xun, whether it was because of his rhetoric or because he was bloodless.In addition, it was the imperial decree promulgated by the emperor, which expressed his strong affection for the sisterly love between the eldest princess and Miss Yan, and granted them the Golden Ranchi.Of course, all this can only be taken over after they return to the capital.

In the end, it was the talented and beautiful new servant from Hubu.

It is also a coincidence that the original servant of the household department happened to retire this year and return to his hometown.The new champion took his place.Despite the teachings of the old servant, everyone in Hubu originally had a lot of doubts about this young man who seemed to be only good-looking.However, in just one month, the new servant worked all night to sort out all the old and bad debts of the past three years.The relevant people were dismounted and ransacked their homes if the circumstances were serious, while those with minor circumstances were treated with both kindness and power.Soon, everyone was convinced.They all said that the emperor must have discerning eyes and saw the talent of the number one scholar in this area, so he put the number one scholar here.Now the emperor often comes to the Ministry of Households to inspect, and the two can be said to be very good friends.

But what they didn't know was that at the beginning, the emperor put the positions of Liubu and others in front of Zhou Xun, and let him choose by himself.

"The Ministry of Officials is in charge of people, the Ministry of Households is in charge of money, the Ministry of Industry is in charge of engineering, the Imperial Academy writes articles, and the Ministry of Rites is in charge of teaching." The emperor waved his hand, "There is also a Shenji camp, which is in the valley I showed you last time. The Ministry of Punishment is working with the Ministry of Civil Affairs to compile a code of anti-corruption, anti-corruption and wrongdoing... Speaking of the code, have you seen the twelve pillars standing outside the capital? The Tiangong Bureau managed by the Ministry of Industry Repaired, the Tiangong Bureau is not only in charge of manufacturing and weaving, but also encourages folk craftsmen to come up and apply for patents, and there are prizes for patents."

Zhou Xun: "I see."

Emperor: "I want to engrave the law code on the pillar!!"

Zhou Xun: ...

Emperor: "Twelve pillars!!"

After the emperor finished speaking, he said, "In fact, there is another place called Guangdian General Administration, which is also newly established."

"What does Guangdian General Administration mean?"

The emperor said sternly: "Recover the glory, inherit the classics...cough, mainly for propaganda, writing essays, some popular science dramas, brushing up slogans and popular science lectures."

Then, the emperor scratched his head again and said, "How about I take you to visit the sites of various departments and see which one you think is more suitable for you?"

Zhou Xun nodded.The emperor was very happy and said, "It's just for you to see my achievements this year!!"

The two of them went to the offices of various departments in a carriage.The offices of the six ministries and various departments were expanded from the Forbidden City, also known as the Outer Forbidden City, located in the south of the imperial palace.Along the long road, cross a bridge, and on both sides are various departments lined up in sequence.

Just after crossing the small bridge, Zhou Xun saw a stone tablet next to him.The stele is engraved with four big characters "Drinking water and thinking about the source".

"This is?"

"I carved it and put it here." The emperor said solemnly, "There is a stone tablet like this at every intersection entering the Outer Forbidden City. As the saying goes, water can carry a boat, and it can also race...and capsize it. This is the principle that every official should remember, also called the spirit of 'drinking water'. The spirit of 'drinking water' is not only the spirit of work, but also their code of conduct. Advanced 'drinking water' individuals will be selected every month. Oh, I There is also a monument erected in front of each department’s courtyard, as a department training that each department should keep in mind. In addition, there are group training and department newspapers, each department has a different style, let them increase A sense of collective honor. By the way, here is a map for you to see."

With that said, he handed the map to Zhou Xun.

The six ministries other than the Ministry of Punishment and the Clan Mansion are all on the east side of the long road, while the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Inspectorate are on the west side of the long road.In addition, there are some departments that Zhou Xun found unfamiliar, such as the General Administration of Guangdian.He looked at the map carefully, and then looked up to see the bulletin board next to it and the wooden column with newspapers.At a glance, the first column of the bulletin board is densely pasted with...

"Commendation form and assessment form, you see this is changed every month, and there are monthly advanced individuals on it. Oh, and there are also coded names of individuals who were punished for violating the rules, such as smoking a pipe in the office area , making loud noises during the lunch break of colleagues, jumping in line in the cafeterias of various departments, etc., etc., etc. Of course, the names of these people who were criticized were coded, you see..." The emperor leaned down and pointed to He, "For example, this person who eats snail noodles during office hours, let me see, a certain servant surnamed Wang who did not want to be named..."

Zhou Xun: ...

Emperor: "What's wrong?"

Zhou Xun: "It's nothing, I really can't recognize this certain servant surnamed Wang who doesn't want to be named."

The emperor let out a "haha" and led Zhou Xun to other places.The slogan in front of the bureaucracy is "Only the virtuous, the heroes don't care about their origin", and beside it stands a statue of a cat catching mice.Zhou Xun took a look and said, "What does this mean?"

Emperor: "It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat."

Next to it is the household department.There is a copper bull standing in front of the household department with the slogan "Open source and reduce expenditure", and there is a street sign on the path next to it, with the three characters "Wall Street" written on it.

Then there is the Ministry of Rites, whose slogan is "Persuasion with Truth Only", and the statue next to it is...

A cannon statue.

Zhou Xun:? ?

He glanced at the emperor, and the emperor smiled.

Then there is the Ministry of War.There is no statue in front of the Ministry of War, only a monument.Inscribed on the stele are the words "Don't say anything in advance".

Zhou Xun: ...

There was nothing to see in the clan mansion, so the two went directly to the Ministry of Industry.Although the Ministry of Industry is in the east, it is the farthest from the yamen of the other ministries.The emperor said: "The Ministry of Industry is often very noisy, so it was moved here. There is also a Tiangong Bureau next to it. It is under its control in name, but it is actually an invention, and there is a registered patent. There are several departments in the Tiangong Bureau, such as the mechanical and power engineering department, the shipbuilding and marine engineering department, and the agricultural and biological institute. They happen to be on the far side and have the largest territory, which is convenient for them to work on their own. Do your own thing. Their experimental fields and laboratories are at the very edge of the Forbidden City. The noisy ones are outside the city, and those related to the military are closed in the valley. Speaking of the Agricultural and Biomedical Institute, the rice they are promoting now It was Bai Yuxing who brought it back from the southwest. Going there, there are Qintianjian who is in charge of weather forecasting, Danlufang, and Taiyuan Hospital in charge of health. Under Taiyuan Hospital is their newly established medical school. Doctors from various state capitals will come to exchange training every month. Qin Tianjian is useless for the time being, and can only do weather forecasting work, and then usually grind lenses, improve telescopes and so on. Of course, I also treat them well. That’s right, lest they have nothing to do to summon Trisolarans. As for the alchemy furnace room, they don’t know how to make alchemy, and they are excellent at making arsenic and poison. After entering the black clothes to make full use of their talents, the rest is to make wine, gooseneck flasks, study the periodic table of elements, engage in chemical reactions, play with fruit flies and grow peas, etc. Let them every day Write a paper in a month, right."

He turned to Zhou Xun and said, "Do you still remember that little eunuch of Zhao Yue?"

Zhou Xun froze for a moment, and said, "Who?"

"It's the one who gave us... ahem, wine." The emperor's face was stained a little red, and he scratched his head, "Now he is also thrown into the pill furnace room by me, and he is in there every day. Do experiments, from morning to night, then record data, write papers, read Ph.D. every year, and finish forever. Recently, his research topic is ginger shampoo."

Zhou Xun: ...

The emperor smiled triumphantly: "Doing a Ph. D. every year and finishing it forever, is there a more terrifying life than this? This is the greatest revenge!"

Zhou Xun: ...

Zhou Xun coughed, and the emperor took him to the west again.Before reaching the Ministry of Punishments, there was another building.The emperor said: "This is the secretariat. Usually, various administrative matters of other departments are under their management, including technical support, coordinating daily food delivery, collecting opinions and suggestions, organizing medical examinations and seeing a doctor, etc. The meaning of their existence is to take care of each The officials took care of every detail..."

"Is it to make officials work better?" Zhou Xun felt a little warm in his heart, "The emperor is very sympathetic to his subordinates."

"No, it is to raise the officials into giant babies who don't have to do anything but work." The emperor said coldly, "and take the opportunity to find those moths who eat empty wages and pretend to be sick every day."

Zhou Xun: ...

Sure enough, there are twelve stone pillars standing on the side of the Inspector's Office of the Ministry of Punishment, and further away is the Jiangwei Guardhouse.It seemed that someone was being interrogated in the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The emperor went over to ask a few words, and then returned happily: "Good news, we are going to get rich again!"

"...Are you going to get rich again?"

The emperor nodded happily and said, "Yes, money is always insufficient now. This is not a corrupt official, but he can also rob the house. A little bit is a little bit."

Zhou Xun: ...No surprise at all.

The statue at the gate of the Inspectorate is a man wielding an ax and seems to be chopping down a tree.Seeing Zhou Xun looking over, the emperor said, "Don't worry! This tree is a cherry tree, not a jujube tree."

Zhou Xun: "...What is this tree for?"

"A story about cutting a cherry tree teaches people to be honest," said the emperor. "This man's surname is Hua, and his name is George Washington."

Zhou Xun: ... I thought his surname was Joe?

After leaving this area, there are Hanlin Academy, Guozijian and other places. There is also a science college near the Guozijian. After the apprentices learn basic knowledge such as arithmetic, they will choose the best to enter the Ministry of Industry or the Shenji Camp as arithmetic workers.And the institution that the emperor launched to him in the end-the General Administration of Guangdian.

The General Administration of Guangdian is very lively. There are not only people transcribing books, but also people rehearsing scripts. It can be called a literary square.

"This place is quite easy to build. Originally, Rong Xuan was very fond of calligraphy, painting and sculpture, so he set up a group of troupes from the painting academy, sculpture academy and the like to raise them in this area. Now I have collected them all into the General Administration of Guangdian for publicity. Oh, by the way, the Tai Hospital developed a pair of gymnastics before, and they also publicized it to people in the capital. When you were studying for the number one scholar, all the children in the capital did radio gymnastics. You should stand up to them It’s easy to talk, free and easy in the peer square.” The emperor said proudly, “Before, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the propaganda film, which was confusing for a while, but now it’s changed to be managed by the General Administration of Guangdian. They even painted a picture before. You know, there are always not enough people, so the textile factory also recruits those poor widows to weave to subsidize their families..."

Speaking of this, he continued: "As a result, there are always talkative people who say that it is indecent for a woman to show her face to work. What's the indecency? Half of the productivity is trapped at home like this! Later, a painter here saw it , was very touched, and drew a painting for one of the female workers. The female worker was named Li Sha, and she was smiling in the picture, so the painting was also called "The Smile of Li Sha". He put The painting was pasted outside the factory as a poster, but someone always came and stuck a cloth on the painting to cover the face of the female worker. The artist had to smile wryly, saying that he had painted "Mona Lisha's Smile"... "

The emperor's face contorted strangely.

After reading everything, the emperor pulled Zhou Xun to sit on a bench beside him, "Now that you have finished reading, what do you think?"

He looked at Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun was silent for a while, and finally said: "Many scenic spots, many places...are related to your previous life experience? Are those stories and many things from the world you are in?"

The emperor scratched his head: "You saw it..."

He touched his nose with a guilty conscience, and felt a little embarrassed: "Haha, do you think I'm special... Well, I also think that what I do is naive and boring, haha..."

The next moment, he saw Zhou Xun's smile under the setting sun.

"You know everything about my world, but I have always been ignorant of your world." Zhou Xun said, "Now I finally know more about your world."

emperor:……

Looking at the strange Forbidden City in the twilight, Zhou Xun thought that the emperor might be very lonely.

What would a person who traveled to another world think?When in the eyes of everyone, he has become another person, does this also mean that it seems that his own life of more than 20 years in another time and space has also been denied?He is no longer Rong Haoyu, but Rong Xuan. In the eyes of everyone, he is just Rong Xuan.In the eyes of everyone, the past he has is Rong Xuan's past, and there will be no second person in this world who knows and understands the existence of "Rong Haoyu".

Zhou Xun knows that it is a very bad thing to be denied his own life.The emperor always told him heartlessly that he was "playing tricks".But Zhou Xun always felt that in this so-called "playing tricks", there might be another level of thinking that even the emperor himself didn't dare to think about.

——He didn't want "Rong Haoyu" to disappear.

Therefore, he tried his best to make it have everything he remembered, surrounded by familiar images, and there would no longer be so much loneliness in a foreign land.Although he is just Rong Xuan in everyone's eyes, whenever he sees these images of existence, the corners of his mouth will turn up, and let him remember his anchor point - he is Rong Haoyu.

No one cares about "Rong Haoyu".But Zhou Xun cared about him and liked him, and only Zhou Xun would think about these things.And when he saw that the emperor was stunned for a moment when he heard his words, he knew that he was right.

The emperor had always saved him, and when he finally understood this at this moment, he found himself wanting to protect the emperor too.

To protect that other world, Rong Haoyu, whom no one knows existed except him.

Fortunately, he knew that the emperor had a dream—and now he finally had the qualification to stand behind him, watch him tenderly all the time, and accompany him in chasing his dream.

There was no speaking between the two for a long time.After a while, Zhou Xun said, "What's wrong?"

"No, no, no, I just... just when I thought I did something stupid, I got a very touching sentence." The emperor rubbed the tip of his nose vigorously, and looked to the other side nervously, "That... ...Have you thought about it? Have you thought about what to choose? Actually, I think the General Bureau of Guangdian is good, and you can write articles...In fact, the Imperial Academy is also good, but Zhou Cai was there before, and it was dirty. The words of the Ministry of Rites , Yan Shangshu..."

Zhou Xun laughed softly. He shook his head and said, "I'm not going there. I want to go to a department that can help you the most. Just writing articles can't help you."

"Writing articles can't help me?" The emperor was stunned, "Then where do you want to go?"

"Of course it's the household department." Zhou Xun said, "help you..."

"Make money and save money."

emperor:……

Zhou Xun: "This is the most important, right?"

...Thus, there is today's Zhou Shilang.

Zhou Xun came out from Hubu, and the twilight fell on the top of his head through the large osmanthus leaves.When other colleagues in the household department saw him, they greeted him one after another: "Zhou Shilang finally got off work at normal time today."

"I have something to do today." Zhou Xun saluted them back.

Several people continued to chat after Zhou Xun left.

"Speaking of which, for some reason a few days ago, Prime Minister Lu actually asked for more than a month's leave to go to Jiangzhou, saying that he was looking for someone."

"Does he have any acquaintances in Jiangzhou?"

"I don't know, Prime Minister Lu's hometown is at the junction of Jiangzhou and Qingzhou, right?"

What he was talking about was the carriage from the palace parked in the corner that he saw after leaving the household department.The guard who came to pick him up said: "Today, there are envoys from the Northern Wei Dynasty who are attending a banquet in the palace. The emperor said, let Mr. Zhou go together..."

"He told me last night." Zhou Xun said with a smile.

"Young Master Zhou, please." The guard said.

Zhou Xun nodded.He got into the carriage.The carriage drove to the palace.