Chapter 720 Heartache (Second update)
On Zhou Gu's first day as the Minister of Hubu, he not only failed to resign in advance but did not leave the Hubu until midnight, together with the Minister of Hubu and others.
When they came out, everyone was so tired that they didn’t even have the strength to speak.
When he was in Daliang, Zhou Gu had always thought that one day he would enter the court, step by step, and become an auxiliary minister after the crown prince ascended the throne. He would not be so busy that he only came out of the Yamen in the middle of the night.
The moment he saw the moon hanging high in the sky, he almost regretted coming to Nanchu with Su Rong.
He wanted to spend the rest of his life with the one he liked, He Hemeimei, but he didn't expect to be afraid of fighting with swords or thousands of troops. The first thought that almost made him regret it was that he got lost in the mountains of official duties in the household department. .
This is only the first day, and he is twice as busy as the Ministry of Rites. If this continues for a year and a half, he is afraid of premature aging.
Ziye followed Zhou Gu, and today he also broke his leg while running, and was also weak and completely exhausted. He felt sorry for Fengling yesterday when the young master kicked him away from the princess and was kicked out by his own young master to fill the vacancy in the Ministry of Etiquette. He thought to himself that it was okay for him. He was still with the young master. He didn't have to fill the vacancy. It would be much easier. He only had to follow. Just the young master.
Who would have known, I would be slapped in the face today. The young master is as tired as an ox, and he is almost as tired as a dog.
If this continues, he is afraid that one day he will not even have the strength to swing his sword.
No wonder the Prime Minister and Mr. Xie jointly kicked the young master to the Household Department. The Household Department was really short of people, there were too many things piled up, the problems could not be solved, and there were bad things everywhere. , frowning tightly, and almost ran away several times, which is even worse than yesterday when the concubine discussed urgent and difficult matters with the courtiers in the meeting hall on the first day.
He felt that the young master almost wanted to draw his sword and kill someone. If the people of the Nangong family had not escaped from Da Wei, he would have lined them up one by one and cut them into pieces like watermelons.
Hey, I’m so tired, so tired. His life was not much better than Fengling's.
Returning to the palace, Zhou Gu dragged heavy steps into the Phoenix Palace. When he walked to the entrance of the palace, he suddenly remembered that Su Rong should have rested when he came back so late at night. She was also very tired, so he shouldn't make a noise. reach her and wake her up.
But he hadn't seen her for a day, and he really missed her.
As he was struggling, the door suddenly opened from the inside. Su Rong stood in the door barefoot and wearing single clothes, and whispered to him: "Why don't you come in when you come back? Are you standing at the door and acting as a doorkeeper?"
Zhou Gu shook his head, "No."
He stretched out his hands to pick her up around the waist and walked towards the door. After two steps, he turned around and kicked the door shut with his foot.
Su Rong whispered, "Why are you hugging me?"
This arrogant princess hugged her, making her feel as if he was about to enter his bridal chamber.
Zhou Gu carried her into the back room, entered the inner hall, came to the bed, opened the curtains, and put her on the bed. Then he said, "The ground is cold. Your feet are bare. Aren't they cold?"
Zhou Gu nodded. There was a moon outside the house, and a little moonlight filtered into the room. After getting used to it, it didn't feel dark, but he still walked to the table and turned on the lamp with a flint, and the room suddenly became brighter.
Su Rong sat up from the bed and asked him, "Why are you coming back so late? There is so much work in the household department that you can't handle it? But it shouldn't be so late. It's already past midnight." Zhou Gu poured himself a glass of water , brought it to the bedside, drank and sighed, "The situation in Hubu is very bad. I didn't expect it before I went to Hubu. After I went there, I realized that it was ten times worse than I imagined."
Su Rong frowned, "Is it so bad?"
"Yes. The files are piled up in three rooms, and there are hundreds of things to be dealt with, and they are all in disarray." Zhou Gu drank a glass of water and played with the teacup and said: "There are dozens of important things. I'm afraid I will be busy for a year. It’s all too busy.”
Su Rong took a breath, "Is it so serious? Didn't the Ministry of Household Affairs do anything before?"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered that the reason why there were so many things to deal with in the Household Department was because the Nangong family used to control the Household Department. For their own benefit, the Nangong family infiltrated the entire Household Department and ousted the Secretary of the Household Department. This was also his fault. I learned from Ye Guixue when she mentioned it to her on the way back to Beijing. Now that the Nangong family has all evacuated, won't the entire household department collapse and be in disarray, and have to pick it up again? Of course it won't work if there is only one Minister of Household Affairs.
She stretched out her arms and hugged Zhou Gu, "Then you can't be so tired. If you go to the office so late every day, how can you bear it if you are not made of iron? Look at you, your face has not looked good this day. At noon Didn’t you eat at night?”
"Eat." Zhou Gu threw the cup back on the table in front of the bed, letting Su Rong hug him, resting his chin on her shoulder, smelling the fragrance emanating from her body, letting himself relax, "That's it. My head hurts from the piles of files, and I feel like I have to do this work for a year, and I feel bad.”
Su Rong could understand this feeling. When she went to court on the first day, she heard that everyone had played their own notes, and some people even played two or three notes. They were all urgent matters that needed to be solved. She also heard that at that time Her whole body was in bad shape, and she almost punched a hole in her biological father's face.
But she really didn’t expect that Hubu would be so bad.
Tonight, she did not wait for Zhou Gu to come back on time. She was thinking about the first day he went to the Hubu. Both Ye Xiang and Uncle Xie said that the Hubu needed people, so it must be true. It would not be surprising if it was later. But how could she She didn't expect that as soon as she waited, he didn't come back until after midnight.
She hugged Zhou Gu and said distressedly: "This can't go on like this."
"It's not impossible, I can bear it." Zhou Gu rubbed Su Rong's neck with his chin, "It will be fine when everything is smoothed out."
"According to what you said, it will take at least three months." Su Rong said.
Zhou Gu nodded, "It does take a while, but I can bear it."
He was stunned and stunned by the situation in Hubu for a while. Now that Su Rong hugged him, he felt energetic again and felt that he could do it again.
Su Rong said: "This is not the solution. Even if you can bear it, what about the other people in the household department? Did they leave as late as you today?"
"Well, Mr. Sun also stayed with everyone. He is getting older, and at the end of the day, he staggers when walking." Zhou Gu thought of Mr. Sun, and when he first met him, he was as excited as if he had been given a shot of chicken blood. Later, when I got busy one day, I didn’t even want to talk anymore.
Su Rong thought quickly, "Let's do this. Zhang Yun can't come back. He must leave his boss behind, transfer Xingzhi and Ning Ze back to the capital, and ask them to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to help you. Regarding the follow-up matters of the peace negotiation with the Wei Dynasty, Zhang Mao and Jiang Zhu will be able to help Zhang Yun with their people, so they should be able to handle it. In addition, I will discuss with the courtiers tomorrow morning and start the imperial examination immediately. Within three months, a group of talents will be selected."
Zhou Gu thought about the difficult matters in the Household Department, so he didn’t object and simply said: “Okay.”
(End of this chapter)