The poor work of officials of the Ministry of Rites gave Liu Yu the opportunity to go. Liu Yu immediately went to the Ministry of Rites to inquire about the Western missionary affairs, and Huang Cheng, the Minister of Rites, also lost his official position.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Yu's approach is a big deal, but Liu Yu is very cautious because he knows the consequences of this matter.

Liu Yu did not allow the introduction of foreign ideas, and in the closed and backward Dashun Dynasty, he could not allow the great harmony of Eastern and Western cultures. As a dictator, Liu Yu had this awareness.

Liu Yu laid off several officials in the ritual office of the Ministry of Rites, personally supervised the affairs of Westerners, and showed a very cautious look. As soon as Liu Yu returned to the palace, Han Sheng hurried to invite Liu Yu, and Liu Yu met Han Sheng in Yaqian Hall.

"Brother Han, the people in the Ministry of Rites are lazy and lazy to do things. This time I just treat it as a lesson for them, and you don't have to talk about it for them." Before Han Sheng could speak, Liu Yu said first.

Han Sheng smiled helplessly and said, "Brother Liu, it's not that I deliberately wanted to talk to them about the quotations. It's just that the Ministry of Rites is different from the other five departments. The officials of the Ministry of Rites must be knowledgeable and well-versed. Such a substitute is not easy to find."

Liu Yu understood Han Sheng's meaning. Those in the Ministry of Rites were all old scholars. At this time, the Ministry of Rites was equivalent to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was also responsible for the sacrifices and astronomical calendar of the Dashun Dynasty. The seemingly dispensable Ministry of Rites was very important in this era. The official in charge of the Ministry of Rites had to find a "high-respected" great scholar in the court to take responsibility, and such great scholars were usually the most scarce in the court.

"Brother Han, you go back first. I'll think about the candidates carefully and discuss them when the court is about tomorrow."

Liu Yu's idea was very simple. Sui Yi was still unemployed at home, so it was difficult to arrange for Sui Yi to restore his original position to Wang Hu, so he simply asked Sui Yi to take charge of the Ministry of Rites and asked Sui Yi to learn more. Liu Yu did not mention this matter to Han Sheng in person, because he was afraid that Han Sheng would object, so Liu Yu proposed it in the court, which would mean that the case had been decided, and there would basically be no objection below.

Liu Yu and Han Sheng did not discuss much and returned to the inner court. When he came back, he realized that Sui Yu had not left. When Liu Yu returned to Yingcui Palace, she was still talking to Xu Xuanzhu, but Qu Ning had already left.

"Honey, did you lay off the people from the Ministry of Rites?" Xu Xuanzhu asked after coming up.

"The news spread so quickly, how can the lady know?"

Xu Xuanzhu said: "The Ministry of Rites is preparing for the birthday of the emperor. When something happens to the Ministry of Rites, guards will come to report it soon."

Liu Yu glanced at Lu Chu'er who shouldn't have appeared here and frowned slightly. Needless to say, the words Lu Chu'er, a long-tongued woman with warts, came to pass on her.

"Guard Lu, let you protect His Majesty, why did you come here?"

Lu Chu'er immediately felt that Liu Yu was about to attack her, so she quickly said, "I... let's do my duty now!" After saying that, she slipped away quickly, fearing that Liu Yu would be caught back by slowing down.

Liu Yu sighed. He was angry just now. He just gave the officials of the Ministry of Rites without saying a word. Now Qi'er's throne is not stable, and he needs a maverick person like him to suppress the scene, so Liu Yu's work is even more unreasonable. He forgot that the first day of March is Qi'er's birthday. Although Liu Yu is not going to have a grand ceremony, he should not be too careless after the new emperor ascends the throne. The people of the Ministry of Rites have been preparing for a while.

"I am going to take charge of the Emperor's birthday myself. There is no need to worry about the wife."

Now that the matter of the Minister of Rites has not been decided, Liu Yu can only say so.

Xu Xuanzhu knew that he should not be in charge of the court affairs, so he kept silent and stopped talking about the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. It was rare that Sui Yu came to visit the palace. Liu Yu could not talk about official affairs with her, but could also talk about the affairs of the Sui family, especially Liu Yu wanted to know about Sui Yi's recent situation.

"My brother rarely goes out after getting married, and I don't know the details." Sui Yu looked at Liu Yu with some embarrassment.

Liu Yu nodded. He knew that Sui Yu was busy with darkness now, and often spent nights in the yamen office of Shangshu Academy. A girl was so hardworking, and Liu Yu was a little disgusted, but Sui Yu was really a good at managing finances and governing the country, and the court could not lack her.

Liu Yu said: "Ms. Sui has been too busy recently. Why don't you go back and have a few days off first? How about adjusting and then coming back?"

Sui Yu's face suddenly felt a little sad, and she lowered her head and said nothing. Liu Yu thought for a while before he understood Sui Yu's thoughts.

"Miss Sui, don't get me wrong. I really asked you to go back and rest for a few days. Because Miss Sui has been getting up early and working late recently, her daughter's family is so tired. She always has to have some rest time. Go back and rest for a few days to relax, and do things again should be twice the result with half the effort."

Sui Yu's face improved, but she was still a little embarrassed: "But those business matters..."

"It's okay, I'm here." Liu Yu smiled, "Just let me help you. Miss Sui, don't trust my abilities."

Xu Xuanzhu said: "Didn't your husband say you want to prepare for the emperor's birthday?"

If you have more skills, you won’t be afraid of delaying yourself, and if you have more things, you will be afraid of being too lazy. Liu Yu smiled and said, “It’s okay to grab it for your husband.”

Seeing that Liu Yu insisted, Sui Yu said, "The little woman will sort out the matter at hand. General Liu, Sister Xu, the little woman will say goodbye first..."

Sui Yu got up and was about to leave, Xu Xuanzhu took her out, while Liu Yu was eating snacks alone.

Because he was afraid that Sui Yu would be too tired, Liu Yu would stop everything on him. In fact, he also wanted to experience Sui Yu's daily work. What Liu Yu thought was that with Han Sheng's help, he would not be too busy. With his physique, he should be fine.

Xu Xuanzhu came back and asked, "If you are too busy, do you need help from me?"

"No need for madam, you should be more important now, and you don't need to work too hard. The female army's affairs are enough for you to work hard."

Recently, Xu Caihua is responsible for the female army. Liu Yu promoted Wang Hu mostly for Xu Caihua's sake. Wang Hu was at least half of his own. Although Xu Caihua spoke unreliable, she was still very down-to-earth in her work. Under her governance, the female army was calm and did not cause trouble for Liu Yu.

Liu Yu immediately agreed to prepare for the errand of the Emperor's birthday and Sui Yu's Secretariat and the Shaoshang of the Trade Department. When he said that, the beauty was very grateful, but after thinking about it, he felt that he was causing trouble for himself. Liu Yu ate some snacks, got up and walked out the door.

"Where are you going, my husband?"

"Go to the Ministry of Rites to take a look."

Liu Yu thought to himself that since he didn't know how tired he was in taking over, he would go and have a look first. If it really didn't work, he quickly appointed Sui Yi's Minister of Rites and handed over the Emperor's birthday to Sui Yi for preparation. Han Sheng was not afraid of the Shangshu Academy. At that time, he only needed to be responsible for the business of the Trade Department. Because he was not a merchant, the deputy supervisors of the Trade Department would definitely have some taboos on him, and would have lost a lot of reporting on matters, and he would be completely relaxed by then.

Liu Yu returned to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and Huang Cheng and others were dismissed from the yamen.

Some middle-level officials were sorting out copywriting. When they saw Liu Yu, they all came to salute.

"I forgot to ask before, how are the preparations for the Emperor's birthday?"

Officials of the Ministry of Rites immediately submitted a summary of the preparations for the Emperor's birthday to Liu Yu. The Ministry of Rites also specified the details according to the standards for the festive activities held by the palace in the past. Liu Yu looked at it and found that the cost was a bit large, but the actual effect might not be good.

In the Ministry of Rites' plan, on the first day of March, all officials needed to enter the palace to celebrate the birthday of the emperor and hold a banquet. There would be fireworks performances in several places in Chang'an City that night, which meant to have fun with the people. This was nothing, but the Ministry of Rites did a very special job in some specifications, probably because the new emperor could not be careless in ascending the throne, and in order to make Liu Yu unable to find any problems, they "exceed the standard" in the specifications of banquets and fireworks performances. Even the layout of the lanterns and wedding silk in the palace was obviously wasted.

"If you don't stop these officials, you will be sorry to the people of the Dashun Dynasty. The failure of the bureaucratic system."

Liu Yu cursed angrily. Liu Yu originally thought that it would be more troublesome to prepare for the emperor's birthday, but now he knows that this matter can be handled by himself. It is nothing more than setting the details and then paying the money from the Inner Trustee Lishu. At that time, you can find someone to do it with the money. This is basically something that everyone can do, but the court wants to raise so many idle people and have to support them with high officials and generous salaries. A lot of people can't do a simple thing well.

Liu Yu picked up the cinnabar pen and stroked it with a large stroke, placing many unnecessary expenses on it, only retaining the two aspects of banquets and fireworks. The layout of the palace on that day was also omitted, everything was simple, just a cup of tea, and Liu Yu had already finalized the details.

While making changes to the arrangements on the emperor's birthday, Liu Yu said and asked the officials of the Ministry of Rites to record them.

"...There will be a singing and dancing performance at the banquet in the palace. This matter will be left to the people of the singing and dancing workshop. These operas will be taken to the evening, and a big show will be held in the inner court that night..."

The court supported many advocates, and they were also under the jurisdiction of Taichang Temple of the Ministry of Rites. They were the same as the direct superior department of the Song and Dance Hall. These people had nothing to do on weekdays, just preparing for palace performances. When the old emperor was alive, the number of advocates was once hundreds of people, and the life of the palace was extremely corrupt at that time. However, since Su Yan ascended the throne, because Su Yan was not good at this, the number of advocates had been sharply reduced. Until now, there are only 20 to thirty people who are still eating this bowl of rice.

Liu Yu asked these people to start opera, and the song and dance workshop was responsible for the song and dance workshop, so that he could often go to the song and dance workshop and "inspect" it. This was what Liu Yu prepared for his free life.

Liu Yu didn't know many people in the singing and dancing sect, but one Yu Mo, another Aunt Xuan and Sima Xuan'er were enough. Then, let Sima Xuan'er perform her dance in the palace. Liu Yu felt a little nostalgic and looking forward to it.

"It's decided first." Liu Yu closed the summary and said, "The new Minister of Rites will take office tomorrow. When you do your work well, the court will promote and reuse it according to your work performance and do it well!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. Read.)
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