"Well." Yan Shiyue waved her hand, "Forget it this time. In fact, the Ministry of Commerce does not need so many people. A few but good ones are best. After all, they are directly under the king."
Liu Zhongqing nodded repeatedly: "I understand."
Yan Shiyue dismissed him: "Since you are here, Xiaoying!" Tang Xiaoying came in, and Yan Shiyue said very considerately: "I don't have so many rules here, you go to meet Qi Niang, and have a good chat with your daughter, and then have dinner in their courtyard, don't be polite."
Liu Zhongqing choked, but he couldn't say that he didn't want to see his daughter, and then he was sent out by Tang Xiaoying.
Yan Shiyue called Huo Li in again.
She looked at him, and Huo Li bowed his head at first, maintaining a respectful smile. Gradually, he became a little uneasy.
Yan Shiyue then said: "He has a higher rank than me?"
Huo Li was slightly surprised: "Of course it's the Prime Minister."
"Is there a future for you following him or following me?"
Huo Li understood immediately and knelt down on the spot: "Don't worry, Prime Minister. Since Huo Li has entered the Ministry of Commerce, he will naturally follow your lead. Even if we are father and son, uncle and nephew, we will never sacrifice public interests for personal reasons. If I violate this, I will let you punish me!"
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Yan Shiyue nodded: "Remember what you said, go find Si Nian."
Huo Li kowtowed and left.
After the Liu father and daughter had an awkward meal and sent him off, Liu Qinnan immediately came to find Yan Shiyue.
Yan Shiyue and her child were taking a nap. When she came to see him again a while later, she had taken the child out to play.
Liu Qiniang was a little nervous.
When Ren Dong came back, she whispered to him.
The situation at home is like this now. Everyone eats in their own courtyard in the morning and evening. At noon, when no one is at home, Sun Wuniang and a few others will go over to eat with Yan Shiyue. So in the evening, the only people eating in the hall are Yan Shiyue and his group, Huo Qijing, Xu Wenqu, and Zhao Kuangyin, to whom Yan Shiyue has ordered that "no one can get married unless he has passed the imperial examination."
After Huo Qi Yang became the top scholar, he returned to the border town to build a tomb for his parents and was not at home at this time.
When Liu Qiniang told him about the incident, Ren Dong smiled and said, "It's okay. The fact that Master's Wife didn't look for you means it's not a big deal. Master's Wife is not someone who would sulk. Don't worry."
Liu Qiniang whispered, "I'm just worried that Master's wife will agree to my father's unreasonable request because of me."
"No," Ren Dong said, "If Master's Wife doesn't want to agree to something, even Master can't ask her to agree to it."
Seeing that what he said was very matter-of-fact, Liu Qinnan couldn't help but smile. Ren Dong looked up at her strangely, and when their eyes met, he couldn't help but smile too.
Ren Dong was usually gentle and silent, but when he smiled, the tattoo on his face gave him an especially charming and beautiful feeling, so much so that when she saw his tattoo now, she inexplicably felt that it was a bit erotic and was embarrassed to take a closer look.
She leaned over and gave him a gentle kiss, then slid down and put her arms around him.
She just felt that life nowadays was so good that it made her a little nervous, afraid that something would ruin it all.
After Liu Zhongqing, officials continued to come to recommend themselves or were recommended by others.
Yan Shiyue was so annoyed that she got up early in the morning and hid in the palace, saying to Emperor Ming Yan: "Don't worry about me, I'll just sit for a while and then go back."
Emperor Ming Yan said with a smile: "Now, in the whole capital, everyone knows that you are living a life like a god. I heard there is a rumor that if you want to see the Prime Minister, you must not do it before the Chen hour. The best time is Si hour (9 to 11 o'clock). If you go too early, you can't get up. If you go too late, you have to eat. In the afternoon, you have to take a rest..."
Yan Shiyue said speechlessly: "Who is destroying my reputation? Even if it is true, you can't say it out loud!"
Emperor Mingyan said, "You only entertain a few guests for one hour a day, and you're still complaining!"
"But they are really annoying! They keep repeating the same things over and over again!" Yan Shiyue said dissatisfiedly: "If I have that time, I would rather write calligraphy and practice martial arts!"
She remembered and asked him, "By the way, Aye, are we going to the palace this year?"
Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "If you want to go, let's go."
"Go ahead!" Yan Shiyue said, "Go ahead and be quiet, so you don't have to rush to see Aye."
Emperor Mingyan smiled and said, "Okay, it's all up to you."
Tsk tsk, when her father wanted to coax people, he really had a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and she almost believed it.
Yan Shiyue left the palace and went to the Ministry of Commerce.
Now the Ministry of Commerce has its own office, which is newly built. It is quite large and quite close to the imperial palace. When the Ministry of Works was first being built, no one thought there would be a Ministry of Commerce. At most, they thought the Ministry of Revenue was going to move in. Little Fox Yan was quite happy about moving to a new place, but it turned out to be a false alarm.
She had just come back for the first time since the repairs were completed. She strolled around and when Qu Sinian finished his work, he hurried over to find her. Yan Shiyue smiled and said, "It's fine."
"Well," Qu Sinian said, "It's good, but I didn't repair it. You should praise me for what I did."
Yan Shiyue asked him, "Have the people in the workshop figured out anything?"
Qu Sinian shook his head and said, "Look, how can I praise this? If it was in Yuefang, it would have been done long ago!"
Qu Sinian clasped his hands and said, "It's my incompetence. I don't know how to choose people."
"Forget it!" Yan Shiyue said, "You said my family is getting annoying every day, how about we have an internal exam, and those who want to come can write a self-recommendation letter or an article or something?"
Qu Sinian took a breath and said, "Okay."
I see. This is just like giving money to the opera theater last time. It is normal to make recommendations through private connections. Asking people to recommend themselves openly is against the rules, as if the Ministry of Commerce is competing with the six ministries for people.
Yan Shiyue said, "Then I'm too lazy to care. You are the Shangshu, so you should think about it yourself!"
Qu Sinian smiled and said, "I am the Prime Minister's man, and I have to do things in accordance with the Prime Minister's style. I think the Prime Minister's idea is very good!"
She glanced at him and said nothing more, "We will go to the palace after the Qianqiu Festival, so you should also prepare."
Qu Sinian agreed, and when she saw that it was about time, she got on her horse and went back.
It’s May now and the Qianqiu Festival is coming soon.
The prince had been on tour for half a year, even celebrating the New Year with the people outside, and returned to the capital before the Qianqiu Festival.
Before the people arrived, the gifts had already been delivered. Yan Shiyue received several carts of gifts from all over the country. Yan Shiyue's first thought was... Did the prince go to search for land? But when he saw Sun Wuniang's expression, he realized that this is how gifts are given these days. When you go out and come back, you will receive several carts of gifts.
Yan Shiyue particularly liked one of the gold-paper fans, which was magnificent yet elegant, and especially suited her temperament. There was also a pair of hollow gold incense balls with flower and bird patterns, which were also very nice... She found that she really hated the word "elegant", and mostly liked the nouveau riche style of Qianlong.
Moreover, her appearance is also very dark. Now that she has grown up, she has the kind of beauty with the flaming red lips of the Queen. If she wears something like the light green bamboo leaf pattern like Lin Daiyu, it doesn't suit her!
She took it and gave it to Sun Wuniang: "Please use some small coins to make a fan pendant for me."
She had someone make a big box of small gold coins, which were shaped like copper coins, round on the outside and square on the inside with words embedded in them. However, they were much smaller, only as big as a fingernail, and were polished to a high shine. She often used them as decoration.
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