On the afternoon of the next day, Li Shao, the Western Cao of the Prime Minister's Mansion, came to Yang Qing's home with official certificates, black official uniforms, bronze seals of the master's books and other things required to take office, and formally informed him that Prime Minister Zhuge had appointed him as the prime minister. book. Different from the previous Han Dynasty, although Yang Qing was actually an official of the Prime Minister's Office recruited by Zhuge Liang, he was formally appointed by the Ji Han court and became an actual courtier. In fact, this was also the change of Ji Han's government from the Eastern Han Dynasty. The reason why the matter was transferred to Tai Pavilion and turned into the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Xicao Peng was in charge of the important position of appointing and removing officials in the prime minister's palace. Li Shao had only been in this position for a short time. He had also heard about Yang Qing's recent reputation. He saw that Yang Qing had obtained such an important official position at a young age, and he had no doubts about it. It's also a feeling of emotion that the young talent is similar to it. However, he was an upright and upright man, so he would not be jealous. He immediately said congratulations when Yang Qing took over the appointment document.
Yang Qing did not expect that Zhuge Liang's conquest would come so quickly, nor did he expect that Zhuge Liang would give him the position of chief clerk. During the Three Kingdoms period, the position of chief clerk was too famous in later generations. For example, Lu Bu was Ding Yuan's chief clerk, Yang Xiuzeng As Cao Cao's chief clerk, Liao Hua was once Guan Yu's chief clerk. Yang Qingfu entered the core team of the Prime Minister's Mansion as soon as he became an official, which shows that Zhuge Liang valued him.
"May I ask Li Caopu, how much is my monthly salary?" Yang Qing asked Li Shao. He had spent about seventy-eighty-eighty percent of his money. He was really short of money and urgently needed help from the court. .
Li Shao was a little confused when he heard this question. He had heard about Yang Qing's literary talent. He was also a person who loved poetry. He wanted to take this opportunity to ask Yang Qing for advice on the new comer. I didn't expect that the first topic with Mr. Yang would be about his monthly salary. It seemed that Mr. Yang was indeed from a humble background.
Li Shao couldn't help but smile in his heart, but he still replied seriously: "The official position of the chief secretary is the same as Shao's, with a rank of 400 shi and a monthly salary of 45 hu." Li Shao was also afraid that Yang Qing didn't know how much he could get in one month. The official salary was explained in detail, and then Yang Qing understood how much money he could have in a month.
It turns out that although the rank of officials in the Han Dynasty was determined by the number of stones, they were not all given food, but money and grain. When salaries are paid based on money, the conversion ratio between money and grain is fixed, so when grain prices rise, official salaries actually depreciate. The so-called rank of one thousand shi and two thousand shi are actually imaginary numbers here. It does not mean that an official with a rank of two thousand shi will actually be given two thousand shi of food. The real salary is measured in dendrobium. One dendrobium is equal to one stone, which is ten dou. The highest positions in the Eastern Han Dynasty are Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong. The three are collectively called the Three Dukes. They are all officials with the rank of ten thousand stones, and their monthly salary is It’s three hundred and fifty dendrobium.
One kilogram of rice weighs about one hundred and twenty kilograms (equivalent to about sixty kilograms today). In the Three Kingdoms, one kilogram of rice in an average year was about one or two kilograms. So Yang Qing’s monthly salary of forty-five kilograms was about six kilograms based on grain prices. Seven thousand dollars. As for the conversion into modern wages, grain prices are also used as the reference standard. Comparing the price ratio between the five baht coins of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the RMB, some experts have verified that one Han coin is equivalent to one dollar and a half today. Therefore, the monthly salary of Yang Qing, the bookkeeper Around 10,000 yuan.
After Li Shao's explanation, Yang Qing also knew that in addition to the forty-five bushels of salary, he also had various benefits. For example, at the end of the year, the emperor would reward officials with money, grain, meat, etc. He was delighted that this master I can finally stop worrying about making a living.
Seeing that the salary issue that Yang Qing was most concerned about had become clear, he took the opportunity to ask Li Shao many things to note in the officialdom. Li Shao also told him everything, and the two of them became familiar with each other for a while. Due to time constraints, Li Shaolin They still couldn't talk about poetry with Yang Qing, but they made an appointment to invite a few friends to meet again in their free time.
"Cao Cao, how is Master Yang doing today?" As soon as Li Shao returned to his official residence, a group of subordinates under his command stepped forward and asked, "There is no way Yang Qing has become famous in Chengdu recently, and he has Prime Minister Zhuge." After several hours of reception, they found out that since Zhuge Liang founded the government, they had never seen anyone who could be so highly regarded by the prime minister. I am afraid that only Ma Shenjun can compare with him. Li Shao naturally knew what the officials were thinking, but he just wanted to take this opportunity to beat his subordinates to prevent them from causing any trouble.
"This newly promoted Chief Yang can be said to be a young hero. Needless to say, he is talented, and he is also humble and polite." Li Shao said seriously: "You must try your best to cooperate with Chief Yang in the future, and don't get into trouble. You shouldn't have such thoughts, lest I have to deal with the aftermath for you." After receiving Li Shao's advice, the officials naturally understood what their chief officer meant, and they sang "O" in unison and dispersed.
"Yang Mingzhi, Yang Mingzhi, I hope you can help the Han Dynasty and Prime Minister Zhuge!" Li Shao sighed softly after everyone left.
On the morning of the next day, Yang Qing reported to the Prime Minister's Mansion as agreed with Li Shao. Before he arrived at the gate, he saw Li Shao waiting at the door of the manor from a distance. There was another person standing side by side with Li Shao. Yang Qing quickened his pace and stepped forward to see, it turned out to be Ma Su.
"How virtuous and capable is Qing? He actually asked Junjun and Cao Yu to wait here together!" Yang Qing said politely.
"Haha. When you take office tomorrow, I, Xi Cao, will welcome you into the government." Li Shao smiled and said, "As for Ma joining the army..."
"As for Su, the Prime Minister specially ordered me to greet him here. I will take you to see him after you have settled down." Ma Su took the words and explained.
"I see, you can join the army and serve as Cao Cao." Yang Qing thanked him again. The three of them exchanged some pleasantries at the door of the mansion, and then Li Shao and Ma Su led Yang Qing into the mansion. The three of them talked while walking through the hall and the courtyard. They met various members of Cao Cao's family on the way, and Li Shao and Ma Di would also introduce them to them. The last time Yang Qing came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, he only had a cursory look at it. This time, after the introduction of Ma and Li, he finally had a detailed understanding of the layout of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
There are four gates on each side of the Prime Minister's Mansion. This gate is similar in shape to a palace, and has a special name called the Four Gates. Because the prime minister was in charge of the government and had a high position, according to the system of the Western Han Dynasty, the prime minister's office could adopt the form of some palaces and forbidden provinces. However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were no prime ministers but only three ministers, and the four-door system was no longer implemented. However, according to what Ma Su said, Prime Minister Zhuge was highly valued by two generations of emperors, so the layout of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Ji Han mostly adopted the regulations of the Western Han Dynasty, so the Prime Minister's Mansion still has four gates, front, rear, east and west.
The main building complex of the entire Prime Minister's Mansion is a courtyard with three entrances, separated by the front door, the middle door, and the pavilion door. According to these three gates, there are also attached walls and other facilities. Between the entrance gate and the middle gate are the official residences where officials work and live. The east and west gates are also on both sides of the first courtyard. The east and west gates of the prime minister's house are the most important. There should have been two chief officials stationed at these two gates. The office was nearby, but at this time when the country was first established, everything was focused on power and frugality. In addition, there was only one prime minister in Wang Lian at this time, and Zhuge Liang often had to discuss state affairs with him. Therefore, Wang Lian did not work here and only let Wang Lian. A young history officer was stationed here in charge of the east and west gates.
After entering the middle gate, it is where the prime minister lives and works. Therefore, the area inside the middle gate is also called the Xiangshe Gate. The middle gate is also called the Xiangshe Gate. There are gatekeepers with weapons guarding here and responsible for communication. All the subordinates are under the supervision of the subordinate supervisor. The third gate, the pavilion gate, divides the Xiangshe into two courtyards, the inner and outer. The courtyard between the middle gate and the pavilion gate is called the outer courtyard of the Xiangshe. , courtyard building and other places are all in the outer courtyard. The two east and west cao cao are on the east and west sides of the outer courtyard of Xiangshe Pavilion, and the other cao cao are located near the back garden of the outer courtyard.
Inside the pavilion gate is the inner courtyard of Xiangshe, where the prime minister listens to affairs, lives in residence, and meets with guests. The gate of the Xiangfu Pavilion is also called the Yellow Pavilion because its color is the same as the door of the forbidden province of the imperial palace. According to the pre-Han system, there should be no bells in the Xiangfu Pavilion, and there should also be no bells, pavilions and other attributes of other official temples. Officials, general affairs should be handled by the chief clerk or the servant guarding the cabinet, and outsiders must take off their clothes before entering the cabinet. However, in order to ensure the efficiency and confidentiality of state affairs transmission, Zhuge Liang now has bells in the Prime Minister's Mansion and subordinate officials who are responsible for communication. Outsiders do not need to take off their shoes when entering the pavilion door. Since the chief registrar is the leader of your group of officials, he is also called the chief registrar of Huangge. The official residence of Yang Qing, the chief registrar, is naturally located in the outer court near the gate of the pavilion.
As for Zhuge Liang's official residence, it was actually in the building complex of Huang Pavilion, also called Tingshi Pavilion. According to the Han system, officials had fixed times to handle official affairs and listen to reports from their subordinates twice a day, morning and evening. Officials did not have to deal with official affairs outside of this time. However, according to the current situation of the Han Dynasty and Zhuge Liang's character, this system has never been implemented. Officials at all levels can enter the hearing room to report official business at any time within a day.
In fact, there is another door in the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's residence called the dormitory door. Inside the door is where Zhuge Liang and his family and servants live. However, he also has his own mansion outside the Prime Minister's Mansion. In order to keep public and private affairs separate, Huang Yueying and the others generally will not come to live here. .
Yang Qing followed Ma and Li to the chief official's house, where Ling Shi, Yu Shi, Ling Xia and other subordinate officials were already waiting here. Li Shao introduced each other. After all the officials came forward to greet them, Yang Qing said a few humble greetings and then waved them away to do their work.
Now that Yang Qing is the owner of the official residence here, he is not humble at this time. He invites Ma Di and Li Shao into his public house. The three of them chatted for a while, and Li Shao said goodbye and went back.
"Mingzhi, I didn't expect that you and I would work together in the Prime Minister's Mansion so quickly." Seeing Li Shao leave, Ma Di smiled and said: "Besides, I didn't expect that the Prime Minister would hand over the position of Chief Registrar to you. Now you get what you want, and you can show off your talents. Moreover, you and I can discuss military matters at any time and jointly provide advice to the Prime Minister."
Ma Di likes to talk about military strategy and has considerable attainments in this field. There are few people in the Prime Minister's house who can defeat him in the art of war. In his eyes, among the great Han people today, only Prime Minister Zhuge can surpass him in the art of war. However, the Prime Minister Things were busy and he couldn't always disturb him, so Ma Su often felt lonely. After meeting Yang Qing, he felt that he had finally found someone with whom he could agree on the art of war, so Ma Di was quite happy that Yang Qing had entered the prime minister's house.
Yang Qingqian said: "When you enter the officialdom in the early Qing Dynasty, you need to pay more attention to joining the army in the future." Ma Su said: "It's easy to talk to, you and I are close friends, and I should help with these things." Yang Qing smiled bitterly in his heart, although he said that last time he It's okay to chat with Ma Su, but when did he become a close friend? Why didn't he know it? However, this person is enthusiastic and can have a deep friendship.
Ma Su didn't know Yang Qing's slander. When he saw that it was getting late, he was afraid that if he continued chatting, he would miss the Prime Minister's affairs, so he said anxiously: "Ming Zhi, we can talk about it at our leisure. Come with me to meet the Prime Minister now. "
