Chapter 179: Overview of the Dazhao Officialdom

"As an official, don't forget your original intention. Okay, you go in by yourself. Dad is leaving first."

May 21st was the day when Shen Yun officially took office at the Ministry of Personnel. Early this morning, Shen Yun specially sent his son to the gate of the Ministry of Personnel, just like he did on his son's first day of school.

After Shen Su got off the carriage, he bowed to his father in the carriage, watched the carriage leave, and then turned and entered the gate of the Ministry of Personnel.

The first thing he did on his first day in office was naturally to see the Minister of Personnel, but today he came early and the Minister of Personnel was not on duty yet.

"Are you the new Shen Bangyan?"

Shen Su was just thinking about whether he should look around first when he heard someone talking to him from behind. The man was about the same age as his father, and was wearing the brown official uniform of a fourth-rank official.

"I am Shen Su, your Excellency."

"Master Shen, you are too polite. Your father and my brother-in-law are colleagues in the Dali Temple. You should ask me to take care of you." The master patted Shen Su's shoulder with a smile, "Not bad, not bad, quite strong. I guess you know some riding and shooting skills, right?"

"Mr. Xiang, why are you here so early today? Hey! Is this the new one?"

Shen Su repeated what he had just said, "I am Shen Su, your Excellency."

"Don't be polite, don't be polite, Xiao Shen, right? Now that you have come to our Ministry of Personnel, we are a family. Come on, I will introduce you to the family."

After saying this, he pointed at the first person Shen Su saw and said, "This is our Right Assistant Minister Xiang."

"I have met Lord Xiang."

Xiang Shiliang (Minister Xiang's real name is Xiang Shiliang) waved his hand and said, "Hey, no need to be so polite."

Seeing Shen Su's confused look, the official who came later patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Hahaha, young man, you will know in a few days. This is how it works in the Ministry of Personnel. When you enter the gate of the Ministry of Personnel, you don't have to perform formalities when you see the Minister. I am from the Ministry of Literature like you, and I am Ji Fengchang, the doctor of the Ministry of Literature. If you have any questions here in the future, you can ask me."

Only then did Shen Xu realize that the gentleman in front of him was his direct superior, Lord Feng Ji. He subconsciously wanted to salute again, but was immediately stopped.

As he was talking, the bell rang, indicating that the shift had ended, and then Shen Su saw a scene that shocked him.

As the bell rang, a group of adults in official uniforms of various colors rushed in from outside. Some of them were holding large cakes in their hands and taking a bite every two steps.

Ji Fengchang said to Shen Su in a profound tone, "You will know all this in the future. It's all knowledge. The time for checking in should be neither too early nor too late. You should be standing here before the bell stops. This is called perfect timing. There is a lot of knowledge in this. I knew you were coming today, so I got up a quarter of an hour earlier on purpose."

"Thank you for your hard work..."

"Yes, it should be." Ji Fengchang waved his hands, searched the crowd, and then shouted in one direction, "Sir Shangshu - the newcomer, the new Xiao Shen is here."

Shen Su was in a daze this morning. When he saw the Shangshu, he couldn't help but bow. After bowing, he found that what Shangshu said was true. No matter the official rank, the officials in the Ministry of Personnel only greeted their colleagues verbally but never bowed.

As soon as Ji Fengchang mentioned the newcomer, not only the Shangshu, but everyone else in the yard gathered around and greeted Shen Su in a flurry of conversation.

I have to say that the people from the Ministry of Personnel were really enthusiastic. In the end, it was Ji Fengchang and several other officials from the Ministry of Literature who pulled Shen Su out of the crowd.

"You'll get used to it. We haven't had any new people here for a long time, so I'm happy to see you."

Afterwards, Lord Ji took Shen Su to walk around the Ministry of Personnel and took a look around, even the puppy hole under the broken wall on the east side was not spared.

"This dog hole was originally bigger. Two years ago, an adult wanted to get out of here to get off work earlier, but it got stuck. Since then, the hole has been filled up a little, so that only dogs can pass through, not people."

Shen Su didn't say a word the whole morning. Firstly, it was because Lord Ji was too talkative and it was not his turn to speak. Secondly, it was because he had never imagined that the Ministry of Personnel would be like this.

"Okay, that's all for now. The room in front is your duty room. There are some books on the table. Take a look at them in the next two days. Come back to me if you need anything. Work hard! Young people have a bright future."

The moment he heard the word "duty room", the word "finally" flashed through Shen Su's mind...

The duty room was not big, with a screen separating the inner and outer rooms. There was a small couch inside, a desk outside, a large bookshelf, and a small table next to it that could accommodate two people sitting opposite each other. Perhaps for the sake of appearance, there was a small fish tank in the middle of the duty room, with a few koi in it, which looked about the same size as Shen Su's. Today was his first day on duty.

Shen Xu walked to the desk and sat down, picking up the book that Lord Ji had just mentioned for him to read. It was called a book, but in fact it was a written record written by himself.

Above are the various positions of Dazhao, and the basic information of the current incumbents, including their origin, age, when they took office, whether they took office through the Ministry of Personnel examination, the imperial examination, or other reasons, are all clearly written. Not only the incumbent, but also the predecessor is clearly written, and even the reason for leaving office is written on it.

All these documents were bound into volumes, divided according to different regions and prefectures. Even in the same place, the civil officials and military generals also wrote separately.

There was a thick pile of documents stacked up. Seeing these, Shen Su was relieved... It must have taken a lot of effort to organize them in such detail.

When Shen Su saw this, he forgot the time and only came to his senses when there was a knock on the door of the duty room.

"Xiao Shen, it's time for lunch!"

After Shen Xu left, Ji Fengchang said, "You just got here, so relax and don't worry. You are still young and you still have decades to work on."

When noon arrived, it was time for lunch in all government offices, including the Imperial City Office.

Yuwen Mu was frowning as he advised the eldest prince, telling him that there was nothing delicious in the cafeteria of the Imperial City.

The eldest prince came back from Yanzhou two days ago. The Ministry of Justice was extremely happy this time. The prison cell of the Ministry of Justice, which had been vacant for a long time, finally had some people in it!

After the eldest prince returned from Yanzhou, he rested for two days and then returned to the Imperial City.

"Your Highness, you are a noble, so you should eat alone in the duty room."

"Food tastes better when there are more people around. I am now a member of the Imperial City Department, not some prince."

Yuwen Mu sighed. Some people asked for it, and there was nothing he could do about it.

When they arrived at the dining hall, Yuwen Mu said again: "Your Highness, why don't you go to the civil servants' table?"

The eldest prince refused, because he didn't even know the civil servants.

"No need, I will just sit at the same table with you, Lord Yuwen."

The food in the Imperial City Division is actually quite good. After all, with so many military officers, if they only ate carrots and vegetables every day, the entire cafeteria would surely be turned upside down.

However... when the eldest prince saw the meatballs as big as his fist, he was still stunned.

Today, because the eldest prince was here, all the dishes were served but no one started eating. The eldest prince cleared his throat and said to everyone, "You can continue to do what you did in the past. Don't worry about me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the eldest prince saw chopsticks flying on the table...

I said I didn't need to care... I really didn't care at all...