Just after November, Kyoto has already received five heavy snowfalls.
Snowflakes as big as goose feathers are floating in the air, and they can pile up in a thick layer in an instant.
After a good night's dream, I opened the window and looked again. Everything I could see was covered with silver frost. It looked so beautiful from a distance!
Because the majestic palace city is covered with a layer of snow, the ground has a sense of emptiness and solemnity; the pavilions and pavilions are decorated with white snow, adding an ethereal and elegant temperament; the red plums and green branches are more delicious because of the white snow. , more poetic in its agility.
Such beautiful scenery is the source of inspiration for literati, poets and painters;
Such beautiful scenery, for ordinary people, is full of unspeakable oppression.
Families with shelter were busy clearing away the snow on the roofs of their houses, fearing that if they were not careful, the thick snow would collapse their roofs.
Families who stay at home during the winter are afraid that their bedding and winter clothes are not thick enough to withstand the cold, and they are also afraid that the firewood they have saved is not enough to survive the cold winter.
As for those displaced refugees, even if they were accommodated by the court, their winter clothes could not withstand the cold wind, they could barely eat enough food, and the houses they lived in were not warm. They basically had to fight hard to survive the long cold winter.
Even the officials in charge of resettlement prayed that fewer refugees would freeze to death, so as not to report embarrassing results.
At this time, the General Affairs Department is extremely busy, and the memorials handed in from everywhere are related to snow disasters, refugees, and food.
As a newcomer to the General Affairs Department, Sheng Yuan, the right counselor of the fifth rank, is not much easier than the experience and governors below.
That's right, she was promoted to an official rank by Sheng Sheng!
From the previous sixth rank to the current fifth rank, the span of official ranks is quite large.
As a courtier who has only entered officialdom for two years, such great progress has really attracted a lot of criticism.
In this regard, Sheng Yuan has a good attitude.
As the saying goes, not being jealous is mediocre, and she is not afraid of criticism. If she were to be the chief assistant immediately, she could shout "Let the storm come more violently!"
Of course, the so-called criticism did not actually affect Sheng Yuan.
After all, compared with hearing the phrase "I have my own book" from time to time, it is still acceptable for her to be promoted to a small fifth-rank counselor.
Even the cabinet ministers were afraid of this girl who would not distinguish between friend and foe but only look at her mood during impeachment.
The key is that there is no certainty about what this girl is impeaching.
Instead of going to court every day with the feeling of discovering surprises, it is better to be out of sight and out of mind, and to have a clear mind.
"Right Counselor, this is today's proposal, Zhang Shu told me." As soon as Sheng Yuan entered the office, she saw several governors carrying half a dozen people carrying a memorial book, and her shoulders almost collapsed.
Fortunately, she still remembered the official dignity, quickly adjusted her expression, waved her hand, and asked the governors to leave: "Just put it away, I will check it later."
When she was the only one left in the waiting room, Sheng Yuan grimaced and sighed at the piles of memorials.
It sounds like the General Affairs Department is not as famous as the Liubu, Duchayuan, and Dali Temple, but its importance in the eyes of the court and the emperor cannot be underestimated.
The general leader of the General Affairs Department, the General Affairs Representative, is a third-rank civil official who is one of the Nine Qings. He is qualified to participate in court discussions and recommendations, and to participate in joint trials of major and important cases.
The future, status and structure of your immediate boss fully illustrate the importance of your department.
For a unit like the General Affairs Office, any complaint submitted by a subject must first go through his hands, and a copy will be copied and then reported. If there are important secrets, the General Affairs Office can go to the palace at any time to report it.
Just knock on the blackboard and highlight the key points, and you can enter the palace at any time!
Of course, the matter of reporting to the emperor and making small reports is not the turn of Sheng Yuan, the little right counselor, for the time being. What she has to do is to collect the memorials, classify them according to priority, and deliver the important memorials to the general government. hand, and then arrange for his subordinates to copy the rest of the memorial.
This work does not sound tiring, but in fact, Sheng Yuan must write a clear summary of each memorial on a sticker, and then explain the important points of the memorial.
If we look at it more carefully, her job focuses on "abbreviating, summarizing, and refining."
The technical difficulty is not great for Sheng Yuan, but the workload is quite impressive.
"Fortunately, there are enough Yinshuang charcoal tubes, and fortunately there are enough hot water and cotton-padded clothes!" Sheng Yuan rubbed her thawed red nose and let out a sigh.
After measuring the intensity of today's work, Sheng Yuan put down the heater in her hand, glanced at Xiaoyao who was making tea on the small red clay stove, and then began to grind ink slowly.
"Miss, I'm afraid people from all over the country are complaining about the severe snow conditions today and are asking the court for food and support."
Xiaoyao made tea and brought it over. When he saw that the open notebook was full of familiar words, he couldn't help but say something.
