After the big wedding, Xu Zhi took a short break for two days, and then officially reported to the Ministry of Industry.
The original owner, Wei Zhaoze, as a Jinke Tanhua, was supposed to be qualified in the Hanlin Academy, but he was "special" again. After staying for less than a year, he was transferred to the Ministry of Industry and took the position of Yuanwailang , the rank is from the sixth rank, but it is basically regarded as an idle job with no real power, so don't worry about anything. But even so, Wei Zhaoze never slacked off, and now that he was replaced by Xu Zhi, he naturally couldn't let others see that something was wrong.
For the reborn protagonist Liu Yu, he is not in a hurry. The plot has just begun, and Liu Yu will always be unable to sit still. He just needs to watch quietly for now, and there will always be flaws that can be exposed to make a fuss about.
Although this dynasty is an overhead dynasty in the novel, it has many similarities with the Ming Dynasty in Xu Zhi's cognition, such as the bureaucratic system. The construction and repair of the palace and government office, the immediate boss Xu Langzhong has a blessed face, and his personality is also a kind of old man. He usually cares about Wei Zhaoze a lot. Xu Lang is Chinese and foreign, and the attitude of others is somewhat lukewarm.
As a joke in today's capital circles, it's not surprising that someone who married a male "princess", got the attention of the emperor, and has no background.
But Xu Zhi didn't care. In fact, his and Wei Zhaoze's personalities are somewhat similar in some aspects. According to the principle of "no prisoner", as long as no one specifically troubles him, he can read some paperwork by himself, and he doesn't have to be ordered to do this or that, and he can be considered to be happy at leisure.
After half a month of this kind of life, life is dull, Xu Zhi and Liu Yu get along, at least on the surface, they are in peace, of course, the sweetness of the newlyweds is gone, and for this reason, Master Wei both Happy and sad, happy because his son probably still likes women, sad because even liking women is useless.
Xu Zhi specially bought Liu Yu's personal servant girl named Chun Xue, who would report Liu Yu's daily itinerary to him every day. Although Liu Yu was married as a woman, he would not guard Liu Yu like a real woman. At home, people are only seen in the morning and evening in a day, and no one dares to care about him.
However, these days, Liu Yu has been able to hold his breath. Except that he likes to go to restaurants and theaters as before, he has not done anything out of the ordinary, and Xu Zhi can also see that Liu Yu will hold back whenever he is face to face. With emotions, an expression that I have been wronged but I don't say I am strong.
Xu Zhi would be entertained by him every day, and he felt inexplicably happy after a boring day.
Soon, the first turning point of the plot came.
Yang Tianmu, the great general of the dynasty, successfully led his troops to completely eradicate the Northern Yuan forces on the border, and returned triumphantly.
In the early morning of the next day, the whole scene was full of joy, but General Yang, the hero, had a calm expression, as if this victory was nothing more than his due responsibility. The emperor happily praised him a few words, rewarded him with a lot of things, and saw that he was tall and heroic, so he was awarded the honorary title of "Great General Protecting the Country" on a whim.
When General Yang heard these words, he almost couldn't hold back his face. He was originally a man of few words, so he thanked the emperor for his kindness and quietly withdrew.
As a sixth-rank official, Xu Zhi was standing a bit back, and couldn't see the face of this "mighty general" clearly. He could only vaguely see the tall and burly figure of the other party. In fact, to be serious, although the two of them were together In the plot, there is a love rival relationship, but in fact there is not much involved. Even if the other party loves Liu Yu miserably, the methods are aboveboard. If they play tricks, it is unknown whether the original owner can survive to the end.
Therefore, because of these reasons, Xu Zhi didn't have much dislike for Yang Tianmu. In addition, the other party was also a great hero who defended his family and the country. The only bad thing about him was probably his eyesight.
The morning court was still going on, and after solving a few small and big matters, Wei Rong, Minister of the Household Department, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have a statement."
The emperor nodded, "Please tell me, Ai Qing."
Wei Rong took a sneak peek, saw that the emperor was in a good mood, changed his face for a second, and began to cry, "...the matter of the Ministry of Industry has been dragged on until now, and I don't know how much money has been spent, and the people in the Weiyang River area have also complained. , if this goes on, I'm afraid my household department won't be able to get the money out..."
What Wei Rong said, being in the Ministry of Industry, Xu Zhi naturally understood what happened. Simply put, the Weiyang River had a huge flood last year, killing and injuring many people, and many people in the surrounding area were also displaced. It didn’t take long to build the flood control works. This year, there was another flood and it collapsed again. The tofu dregs of the fortifications can be seen. After the responsibility was investigated, it was repaired again. The person in charge this time was Zuo Langzhong Zhou from the Ministry of Industry Min, known as a genius since he was a child, has some accomplishments in construction engineering. He is responsible for the renovation of several palaces in the palace. It was only worth a third of the repairs, and the Ministry of Households quit, so the two sides became so stalemate. This delay caused the people of the Weiyanghe generation to make a fuss.
This Wei Rong was also smart, before the matter was reported to the emperor, he stood up and complained first, severely discredited the Ministry of Industry, and accused the Ministry of Industry of not doing things well.
Sure enough, Wei Rong was still crying, and the impatient Zhou Min jumped out and sang against him.
"...Well, you Wei Rong, with your little silver taels, how did you make this punch! Your Majesty, you can ask Mr. Xu..."
Doctor Xu? Xu Zhi suddenly understood why his boss was so lucky to ask for leave today due to illness.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, the emperor finally stopped their quarrel with loud coughs, and said calmly, "Xu Aiqing has already informed me about this matter, and I have made a decision."
Zhou Min adjusted his clothes, exchanged glances with Wei Rong, looked at the emperor, and waited for his decision.
"Wei Zhaoze!"
Xu Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then realized that this was his current name, and quickly stood up and walked forward.
"The minister is here."
The emperor smiled and said: "Yesterday Xu Jie showed me Aiqing's article. It can be seen that Aiqing is quite insightful about water control."
Only then did Xu Zhi remember that Xu Langzhong had inadvertently asked him about flood control a few days ago. He happened to be reading "Dian Yao" at that time, and he was bored, so he wrote an article according to his own ideas. To him, unexpectedly, the other party actually handed it over to the emperor!
"Can… "
"Ai Qing, you don't need to be humble!" The emperor waved his hand, "I order you to take over the affairs in Zhou Min's hands from now on, and take full responsibility for the restoration of the Weiyang River for a period of three months."
The emperor had already spoken, so what else could Xu Zhi say, he could only obey the order and take over this mess.
Seeing that Zhou Min's face changed, and he was about to speak, the emperor spoke again: "Zhou Aiqing, I will leave it to you to build the Wanshou Tower, which recently celebrated the Queen Mother's birthday, and don't let me down."
Zhou Min immediately agreed happily, and cast a smug look at Wei Rong by the way.
Wei Shangshu gritted his teeth: A little servant, how proud is he!
The emperor thought for a while, and finally emphasized: "Wei Aiqing, these few months, you must cooperate with the Ministry of Industry."
Wei Rong made a bitter face: "... I understand."
When he went to court, Xu Zhi suddenly found that more people chatted with him. Maybe he felt that he had fallen into the emperor's eyes. People in the officialdom were all good people. Although Xu Zhi had never been in the ancient officialdom, But in the modern workplace, he is easy to handle. Now he is gentle and polite, not as unsophisticated as the rumors say. Coupled with his handsome appearance, many people can't help but give him a high look.
Not far away, Yang Tianmu looked at the slender figure, frowned indistinctly, casually said a few perfunctory words to the officials who came up to chat, and walked out of the palace gate quickly.
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On the same day, Xu Zhi took over the Weiyang River affairs from Zhou Min's hands, and then he was dragged by Zhou Shilang to dump beans like a basket of Wei Rong's black history, which was blatantly disgusting. Xu Zhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, these two were enemies of the imperial court, and they brought everyone a lot of fun every day.
"Work hard, young man." Zhou Min patted Xu Zhi's shoulder with a smile, thinking, finally he doesn't have to guard the smelly and dirty boundary every day, and the gorgeous and magnificent palace really matches his temperament best!
"Yes, my lord." Xu Zhi saluted and started to prepare.
Back at the Wei Mansion that night, a little later than usual, Liu Yu was still nowhere to be seen, and no one came to report until the dinner was over.
"His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess said that she will rest at the Princess Mansion tonight, let the younger one come and let me know."
Master Wei immediately turned dark.
In fact, princesses usually live in the Princess Mansion when they get married, but Liu Yu is different. He said that he wanted to marry into the Wei Mansion, but after a while, he rested in the Princess Mansion. If this news gets out, I don’t know. People thought that their Wei family bullied his princess!
Xu Zhi carefully appeased the upset elders, and finally let them enter the room to rest, then went into the study, flipped through the materials he got from Zhou Min today, compared them with the topographic map of the Weiyang River area, and began to draw. sketch.
He didn't have any feelings for Liu Yu at all. After watching the plot, even if he did, he just didn't like the other party's character and attitude. Therefore, even if he knew, Liu Yu didn't rest in the princess mansion at all, but entered After leaving the General's Mansion, and expressing his lovesickness with the bamboo horse he hadn't seen for many years, he didn't feel much.
His mission is to keep Wei Zhaoze alive, not to circle around the protagonist.
Besides, he understands a truth very well.
No matter how high you stand, how painful it is to fall.