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Chaos in the Ministry of Rites

It seems that there is a lot of rain in Shengjing City this spring, and the people in the city are whispering, saying that too much spring rain does not seem to be a good omen.

Su Yangjie was not in the mood to think about that. He was very busy today. For Emperor Jiang's Qianqiu Banquet, the Ministry of Rites rushed to deliver a lot of fresh fruits from Lingnan. Seeing that the fruits were about to be sent to Shengjing, the carriage carrying the fruits was caught in the rain. Slippers fell into the mud in the mountains and forests on the outskirts of Beijing.

In order not to delay the freshness of the fruit, everyone in the Ministry of Rites went to the mountains and forests in the outskirts of Beijing to help with transshipment. Even Wang Chi, who was nearing the end of his life, rushed over in the rain, so Su Yangjiao naturally rushed to help .

But for the twelve carts of fresh fruits, it would take two days to move them with only thirty or so people from the Ministry of Rites even without sleep. After all, this was to be used at the emperor’s birthday banquet, and the color, shape and taste of the fruits were all important. There are strict requirements, and after two days of soaking in muddy water like this, all of them must be unusable.

Su Yangjiao frowned, looking at those adults who usually roll up their sleeves and write, struggling to do this kind of physical work, he couldn't help feeling worried.

After he moved a basket of oranges to the car, he patted the stains on his hands, looked at the anxious Wang Chi beside him, walked over quickly, and lowered his voice: "Master Wang, this is not possible, let alone us How much strength does a person have, the efficiency is too low."

Wang Chi remained motionless with a sullen face, looking anxiously at the first carriage that had not been moved for two hours, and sighed: "I also know that this method is really slow, but the fourth prince is still waiting Got a better idea?"

"My lord, why don't you ask the city guards to help?" Su Yangjiao looked at the tall buildings in the city gate in the rain. The nearest garrison here is the city guards. The soldiers in the army are naturally strong and strong, so they can carry things. It must be much better than the scholar officials of the Ministry of Rites.

"What's the best way for the old minister to become the fourth prince!" Wang Chi was not in the mood to chat with Su Yangjiao, and moved to the side impatiently, "The city guards only listen to the orders of the Holy One, who can use them easily? Besides , then Jiang Heng has no friendship with anyone on weekdays, how can he mobilize soldiers to do such things?"

Wang Chi had changed his opinion of Su Yangjiao a while ago, thinking that the previous evaluation of him might have been a bit biased, at least after he came to the Ministry of Rites, he handled both large and small official affairs properly without any mistakes.Unexpectedly, today he said such nonsensical words, which really exposed his ignorance.

"If the soldiers can't be dispatched, why don't we go to the trading company to invite some porters, and just find a few masters to watch over." Su Yangjie didn't give up, and went over to continue to give ideas.

"Porter? The fourth prince is talking about servants?" Wang Chi turned his head abruptly, his cloudy eyes brightened a little, and then dimmed again, saying: "If you can invite servants, of course it would be the best, but The weather is so bad, those servants are probably resting, where can they find it? Besides, even if they find it, who will pay for the transportation? The Ministry of Rites does not have this money budget. "

Su Yangjiao frowned, knowing the meaning of Wang Chi's words, the old guy was unwilling to spend an extra sum of money for carrying, so he handed over the physical work to the subordinate officials of the Ministry of Rites.

He suddenly put away the respect he had just had, and said loudly to several officials of the priesthood: "You go back with me, our priesthood won't help you with this."

What Su Yangjiao said is correct, although the Qianqiu Banquet is entrusted to the Ministry of Rites to organize, but the priesthood is only in charge of the annual royal sacrificial affairs, and the affairs of other banquets in the palace are managed by the other two ministries, which really has nothing to do with the priesthood.

When Wang Chi heard what Su Yangjiao said, his face became distorted with anger, and he was so anxious that he couldn't cover the rain any more. Even the raindrops fell on his beard. He hurried over, pointed at Su Yangjiao and scolded: " This Qianqiu Banquet is originally a matter of the Ministry of Rites, since the Fourth Prince has come to serve in our Ministry of Rites, he should listen to my orders, I don't know what it means!"

"Master Wang is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, so he should take the overall situation into consideration. In this weather, let his officials carry the goods in the rain, not to mention other things.

Just talking about this matter is against the law of etiquette. If manpower is needed, he should report to the Ministry of Education and ask Mr. Shoufu to immediately dispatch manpower to assist the Ministry of Rites.

If it is urgent and unable to transfer manpower from the Ministry of Public Affairs, we should also invite servants to carry it, and our Ministry of Rites will send officials to monitor it, and report it to the Ministry of Public Affairs for record after the event.

However, in the current messy situation, the ground is wet and muddy, if someone makes a mistake, may Mr. Wang afford it? "

Su Yangjiao expressed what everyone thought in his words. In fact, everyone knew that the Ministry of Rites did not have money to move.

On the contrary, the Ministry of Rites has always been responsible for various large-scale activities of the royal family, and the Ministry of Households directly allocates funds from the treasury.

Although there are also cases where the money cannot be allocated in time, generally speaking, it is still a very rich department.

But the Ministry of Rites is now a big hole, unable to make ends meet, and where did the money go?

It seems self-evident.

Wang Chi's beard started to tremble because of what he said. He pointed at Su Yangjiao "you, you" for a long time, and finally said "nonsense is unreasonable".

Some people with slightly higher official positions naturally knew the way of it, and when they saw that the two were at odds, they came to try to persuade them to make peace, while some people with lower official positions looked at each other, secretly digesting the meaning of what was said.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes not far away, and several horses came towards them like a whirlwind.

The leader is a military general, wearing a thick armor and a layer of coir raincoat outside.

The visitor stopped and got off his horse, came to Su Yangjiao, and saluted him: "I will see His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince at the end."

At first, because he was wearing a bamboo hat, Su Yangjie didn't recognize him. As soon as the voice came out, he knew who it was. He hurried forward and bowed his hands in return: "Commander Qin."

It turned out that the person who came was Qin Shao, the deputy commander of the Forbidden Army.

Su Yangjiao still remembered that he secretly helped him outside the Zhengyang Gate of the imperial palace. This person was willing to trust him to help him just because Su Yangjiao personally sent his daughter back to the mansion that day, which shows that he is also a bold person. people.

"Master Wang." Qin Shao turned around, saluted Wang Chi respectfully, then turned around again, and asked Su Yangjiao inquiringly, "Your Highness needs help?"

Su Yangjiao looked behind him, saw more than a dozen soldiers following him, and then moved forward again, and said to Qin Shao: "Commander Qin, are you going to perform official duties?"

"Exactly, the Holy Majesty told the last general to go to the Xishan camp to do some things, and by the way, he selected a few elite soldiers from the Xishan camp to fill the imperial army." Qin Shao narrated briefly, and he naturally knew what to say and what not to say.

"Commander Qin, these twelve carriages are carrying the melons and fruits needed for the father's Qianqiu banquet, but now these carriages are all stuck in the quagmire. You also know that the red soil in our Shengjing is very sticky. Once the carriages sink into Among them, it is difficult to move forward.

So I had to move it to these cars and transport it to the warehouse of the Ministry of Rites for temporary storage, but we officials..." Su Yangjiao turned half sideways and swiped his fingers, "Our officials in the Ministry of Rites are all scholars. The body is thin, and the hands can't lift the shoulders or carry it. If we rely on our own ability, I'm afraid it will take more than two days. By then, these fruits will probably rot here, so can I trouble these soldiers to help? help us? "

Qin Shao looked at the soldiers behind him, then at the officials of the Ministry of Rites, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is joking, the imperial guards are meant to protect the palace, protect the emperor, and protect the royal family. The fourth prince has an order, so how can we not respect it? However, after the incident, the fourth prince needs to submit a document to inform the Ministry of Education, and eventually the general will also inform the Ministry of War and register it in the register."

After finishing speaking, Qin Shao commanded a dozen soldiers to walk near the horses carrying the fruits, forming a row of people, and transferring the fruits on the carriages to the new carriages one by one. Everything was orderly and efficient. extremely high.

Lan Qing, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, was in a hurry, and hurriedly ordered a few officials in charge to assist, and registered the fruits one by one.

Looking at the messy scene just now, Lan Qing looked at the gloomy Wang Chi first, walked over and said a few words to him, and saw that Wang Chi's face eased a lot, and after a while He walked into his carriage with his entourage holding an umbrella.

After watching him leave, Lan Qing walked up to Su Yangjiao, and said with a smile on his face, "The fourth prince has a way, and he even invited the imperial guards to help."

Before Su Yangjiao opened his mouth, Qin Shaoxian who was on the side said, "They are not considered the imperial army. They are still from the Xishan Camp before they are registered in the military register. The general just met His Highness on the way and did His Highness a small favor."

Lan Qing went up to meet her, and the lines in the corners of her eyes burst out with a smile, "Oh, what a small favor, it really solved the urgent need of our Ministry of Rituals. In the future, if Commander Qin needs our Ministry of Rites' services, let's say, Lan must be obliged to do so. .”

Qin Shao cupped his hands and smiled faintly.

If it was for the Ministry of Rites, I am afraid that he would not stop dismounting today.

The author says:

Old Gong didn't play today, and the weak fourth Su missed him very much.