Leaving the teahouse, Han Jian walked to Donglu Street. When he arrived in Donglu Street, he was quiet and there was not even a stall. Each yamen was very grand. The yamen staff of the Tingwei Mansion were clustered in groups, and this was their main patrol area.

Han Jian went directly to the door of the General Office of the Shangdian Office. Several guards stopped him and shouted: "You must not trespass in the yamen. Can you trespass on the important yamen? Is there any famous post?"

Han Jian handed over the official position, and the people took a breath of cold air when they saw it. The inconspicuous young man in front of him was Xiaodong King, one of the four kings of the Wei Dynasty. Although they also knew that Xiaodong King would come today, they did not expect Xiaodong King to be so low-key. They originally thought that the Eastern King was coming, so why was it a servant? Who would have thought that the Eastern King came just in plain clothes?

They thought about it again and again. Since the man in front of them was the King of the East, his official position was above the first rank, so there was no need to wear a fourth rank official uniform and show off.

"Your Highness the Eastern King, please come in." The guards' attitude changed drastically, leading Han Jian into the interior.

"I'm working hard." Han Jian said politely.

Han Jian entered with the guards and found that the show was very ordinary. Not only did there be no plaque at the door, but when he came inside, he just passed a narrow doorway and walked around the flower hall and entered a small yard. The small yard was lined with rockery, with several bird cages hanging, and a few unknown birds were singing happily. There was a pavilion in the yard and there were stone tables and benches in the pavilion. Han Jian thought, this was a good place to enjoy the cool air.

"Your Highness the Eastern King, this is the main courtyard of the Shangting Office." The guard introduced.

Han Jian nodded. The place looks quite small outside and it doesn’t seem crowded when you come in. It may be due to the layout of the rockery. The yard in Luoyang has a bit of the smell of Jiangnan gardens.

Around the yard, there are one and two-story small buildings, and the rest are one-story low houses. The main house facing the door is hung with a plaque "Carbager's Thoughts". It seems that it should be the main hall of the Shangting Hall.

"Please inside." The guards led Han Jian to the main hall, where the plaque of "Ji Si Hall" was hung. There were two officials chatting inside. When they saw Han Jian coming in, they both got up and left, but did not come to see him and reported to their homes. Han Jian glanced at him and there were several desks around, which might be the official's office, all of which were empty.

"Where are people?" Han Jian asked.

"Go back to Your Highness, there is a great dynasty today, and all Shangguans have entered the palace. Why don't you wait here first?"

The Great Dynasty means that the Wei Dynasty's ministers' meeting once a month. Officials who are not on duty in Luoyang City will come to the palace to meet the saints. His tutoring department is only a fourth-rank, so he has no other job. Han Jian nodded to show that he understands, and the guards salute again and retreat.

Han Jian came to take office, but he didn't see anyone, so he walked around the main hall.

Originally, the desk should have been placed with government documents, but Han Jian walked around and didn't see any of the articles involved in official affairs. Instead, he saw that the two desks were placed with his Han's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", a commentary book and a pirated copy of a roadside stall.

Han Jian picked up the book and looked through a few pages. Then he heard footsteps outside the Jisi Hall. A slightly fat middle-aged figure walked in quickly. After entering the room, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to find a cup of tea when he looked up and confronted Han Jian. The man grinned, and a crack was cracked in the middle and lower part of the big melon face, and it looked like the case had leaked oil.

"Xiaodong King?" The man shouted in surprise.

"What is your priest?" Han Jian did not recognize this person.

"It's really you." The man walked forward with a flattering look on his face and bowed, "It's Ma Jining, who is the leader of the Ministry of the Lower Turkish Department, I'll give you a greeting to King Xiaodong."

As he said that, this person bowed to the front and bowed, which was considered to be "big" enough among the etiquettes.

The head of the Kuji Department is Han Jian's direct superior. He is the "Kuji Department" who is here to be the deputy to Ma Jining, but Ma Jining comes to give him a big gift first, which makes him very embarrassed.

"You are welcome to be polite to the horse department." Han Jian quickly helped each other.

"The basic etiquette is still necessary, and you must get it."

Ma Jining asked Han Jian to sit down and said a few casually. Han Jian also threw the question over: "Ma Du Cheng, isn't it said that today's great dynasty, why are you back alone?"

Ma Jining sighed slightly, "The dynasty has ended in the palace, but something small has happened, and the people we listened to are basically left behind."

The rules of the Wei Dynasty's dynasty meeting were told that the general matter was finished. If there was still nothing that was not resolved, wait until the court was dispersed and the people from the corresponding department were left to discuss and resolve it. After hearing what Ma Jining said, Han Jian felt that there was something important to discuss in the interview.

"What's the matter?" Han Jian asked.

"That's right. The Shangqing Palace built two palaces. In order to show the respect of our Great Wei Dynasty to Taoism, the court wanted to build a pagoda in the Shangqing Palace. This matter was almost the same, but something happened today..."

Han Jian had only heard of pagodas before. Today, the first time I heard that there was a "dao pagoda"? I built a Taoist pagoda. What's the matter when I closed it?

"Isn't this the Ministry of Works responsible?"

Ma Jining smiled slightly and said, "It seems that you still don't know much about the operating model of our Shangshu."

Han Jian smiled ashamed and said, "I have done some homework, but I really don't know much."

Ma Jining stood up and talked happily: "We go to the General Office of the Listening Office, there are four branches in total. Do you know these little Dong Wangs?"

"I hope to hear the details."

"The first department is the Fengchasi yamen, and it is also the most important yamen in our office. Officials in the five provinces of the court, no matter big or small, can secretly investigate without your authorization. If it is proved that it is illegal, it will be handed over to the law. The assessment, appointment and removal of these officials are also the Fengchasi yamen. "Ma Jining finished speaking, adding, "The head of the Fengchasi yamen is Zuo Ling who meets the left head."

"Oh." Han Jian nodded to show his understanding.

"The second department is our yamen. To put it bluntly, our yamen is the one in charge of the yamen, but we are divided into two yamen. One is the Liku yamen, which depends on the yamen. The second is Chengxuan Tongli Yamen, which is responsible for tracking matters and checking the flow of yamen."

"Check the flow of kuyin?" Han Jian asked, "is it an audit?"

Ma Jining was stunned, thought for a while, and praised: "Xiaodong Wang Conghui, you can understand it at a glance."

Ma Jinning continued: "The Third Department, this is the Jingzheng Department's Office, which is commonly known as...the Hall of Hell."

Shenxingsi was a secret agency of the Wei Dynasty. It has its own court and yamen, and also has their own unique interrogation methods. The top ten tortures and eight cool methods are circulated among the people. Anyone who is caught by Shenxingsi will be skinless even if he dies. In addition, the secret spies and assassination masters all come from Shenxingsi, and martial arts masters are everywhere.

As Han Jian knows, Hu Deming, the youngest mansion of the Tingwei Mansion who was sentenced two days ago, is now being severely tortured in the Shenxingsi Prison.

"We are not easy to mess with the people from the Hall of Hell. Their yamen is not in our Jisiyuan. They have been paddled out alone and cannot be touched on weekdays."

Ma Jining said again: "The Fourth Department is the Supervisory and Supervision Weapons Office. It is commonly known as the Weapons Office outside. The Weapons Office is also the yamen with the most staff members. If we include the people in the major weapons workshops around Luoyang, there are at least tens of thousands of people."

After listening for a long time, Han Jian finally understood the structure of the listening department, but he still wondered. The court wanted to build a Taoist tower, so how could it be related to the listening department? Could it be because of the audit? If it were really because of the audit, Ma Jining, the head of the Treasury Department, would not come out early to talk nonsense to him until now.

"Ma Buling, after saying so much, you haven't explained why you want to stay in the audience today."

"Oh, this is a long story. In general, it is because the new consultant of the General Office of the Shangshu Office, uh, it's not you, Xiaodong Wang."

"Cui Mingli?" Han Jian was stunned and asked.

"It's Cui Boru. He was in the hall today. His Majesty asked him about the construction of the tower. Unexpectedly, he... refuted the opinion of our Chief Gu, saying that building the tower was exhausting the people and causing money, and also said that Chief Gu was a disaster to the Wei Dynasty, so... the two started arguing..."

Han Jian smiled bitterly. He was taking office as an imperial decree, so he didn't have to go to the palace. However, Cui Mingli, the consultant, had to go to the palace to take office. Originally, the "advisor" had no official position, but was just a false position. He could come and walk around on weekdays, and he didn't need to compete in the court.
Chapter completed!