After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 896 Thoughtful
Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai were in a good mood, with a slight smell of alcohol on their bodies, but both of them were very sober.

Lu Bainian stood in the front yard and looked at the two old friends, smiling knowingly: "You have met Tao Nanshan, right? How is he now?"

Hai Xiya smiled and nodded: "Master Tao is fine, but he is very busy. He finally found time to have dinner with us, but he had to leave halfway through the meal. I only had two drinks as a token of my appreciation, and I didn't dare to drink more. Obviously, we are all very happy to meet again..."

Xie Wenzai smiled slightly: "It was not easy for him to leave the palace today on the pretext of handling official business, otherwise we would not have seen him. Although I am happy, I can't drink too much. If there is any emergency in the palace and he needs to be summoned to see the emperor, it would be disrespectful to smell of alcohol."

Lu Bainian showed a curious expression: "Could it be that he was called back to the palace when he was only halfway through his meal? There are so many ministers in the cabinet, and there are also many princes and ministers guarding the palace. Can't he leave for a moment?"

"That's not the case." Xie Wenzai said, "He was invited by the Minister of Rites. He should have gone to the Ministry of Rites, not the palace. As for what it was about, I didn't hear it clearly. But judging from the expression of the messenger, he seemed to be very anxious, so Tao Nanshan had to leave me and my cousin. His eldest son had dinner with us for the rest of the meal. I was not familiar with the kid, and I was not interested in drinking with him. So after dinner, I took my cousin and said goodbye and went back."

Tao Yue is now the head of the cabinet, but he is not the only one who holds the power. He has been on duty in the palace for many days. Now he has received a message from his family that Xie Wenzai has arrived in the capital, so he found an excuse to leave the palace to handle government affairs. Naturally, other cabinet ministers will take his place to guard the emperor.

He originally planned to stay at home for one night, so that he would have time to entertain his friends who had not seen him for several years. Unfortunately, he could not enjoy this rare half-day of leisure. Halfway through the meal, the Minister of Rites sent someone to invite him over. In fact, before the messenger of the Minister of Rites arrived at Tao's house, during the half-meal, someone came from time to time to pass on messages and ask Tao to make a decision. It was just that at that time, no one and no thing could make him leave Xie Wenzai and Hai Xiya.

Xie Wenzai didn't care. The busier Tao Yue was, the more he was valued, and the more power he held. Now he just had to wait for the emperor to pass away and the new emperor to take the throne. He could then let go and make great plans to rectify the chaos in the court caused by the emperor Deguang's favoritism of treacherous ministers, restore order in the court, and bring peace back to the world. That would be a good opportunity for this group of friends to realize their lifelong ambitions. Xie Wenzai had been looking forward to that day for a long time.

He looked at his friend who was hesitant to speak, knowing that Lu Bainian must have many questions to ask, but now the situation is unclear, what can he say? This is the front yard of the Hai family, where people come and go, and it is really not a good place to discuss the situation in the court, so he said: "Tao Nanshan suddenly had to see us in a hurry, but thanks to him, my cousin went to the Ministry of Revenue to report today, and everything went smoothly."

Lu Bainian came back to his senses and looked at Hai Xiya happily: "Is everything going well? Lao Hai will be on duty tomorrow, right?"

Hai Xiya smiled and nodded, "Yes, I will go tomorrow. Today I have met the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who is in charge of the Shaanxi Division, and have completed the handover and got a new assignment. I will go to the Ministry of Revenue tomorrow and start working directly. My boss is very kind, and my colleagues are also easy to talk to. This is all thanks to Elder Tao."

Tao Yue was busy, but he did not forget to instruct his confidants. Hai Xiya went to the Ministry of Revenue to report early this morning. The people in the Ministry of Revenue knew his name, and immediately someone sent a message to Tao Yue's people. The people rushed over to meet him, and very patiently took him to report, to meet his superiors, to find the position where he would sit in the government office in the future, and also introduced him to many colleagues. From the content of their conversations, whether it was the superiors or colleagues, they were all old students of Wumen or old friends and relatives of old students of Wumen. No wonder everyone treated Hai Xiya very politely. They were obviously strangers, but they were as friendly as old friends for many years. The new task he was assigned was also within his ability. It was more complicated and difficult to do, but if it was done well, it would definitely be his credit.

He had lunch with his new colleagues, and also familiarized himself with the streets and restaurants near the government office. He also learned about the current internal situation of the Ministry of Revenue from the gossip of his new colleagues, who was close to Tao Ge Lao, who was close to Sun Ge Lao, who was neutral, who was loyal to the emperor, who had old grudges with whom, who was related to whom by marriage, who disliked whom... He had memorized all these things, and he would be more comfortable doing things in the Ministry of Revenue in the future. When he left the Ministry of Revenue in the afternoon, Tao Yue specially sent his trusted followers to pick him up. With the support of the elder, even the officials and clerks in the Ministry of Revenue who had a mediocre relationship with the old students of Wumen did not dare to look down on him.

Although Tao Yue did not openly support him, he made careful and thoughtful arrangements in every aspect, which touched Hai Xiya deeply.

He had expressed his gratitude once in front of his cousin Xie Wenzai, and mentioned it again to his old friend Lu Bainian when he got home. When he returned to the upper room of the main courtyard, facing his wife and grandchildren, he mentioned it for the third time without feeling bored at all.

Haijiao Haitang went to the front yard specially to pick up her grandfather, and naturally heard him express his gratitude to Lord Tao twice, which naturally made her feel a little funny.

It seems that Lord Tao is using good wine to entertain his old friends tonight. Even if it's just a couple of drinks, Hai Xiya will be very excited.

Ma was a little worried that he was drunk, so she ordered someone to prepare a hangover soup while she personally changed her husband's clothes for going out.

Haitang was about to cook hangover soup for her grandfather, but was stopped by Haixiya: "Don't bother, I just drank two small glasses of wine, I'm not drunk at all. I'm just... too happy today!"

He had never experienced such a smooth inauguration of a new job, the workplace environment was so friendly, and his career prospects seemed to be smooth, so he was naturally in a very good mood.

He also realized that since Tao was so polite and considerate to his good friend's cousin, he would be even more concerned about Xie Wenzai, his genuine friend. If he wanted to persuade his cousin to return to the court, Tao would surely help him, right? His cousin finally had a chance to realize his ambitions, how could he not be happy?
He was still mumbling that his new colleagues had invited him to lunch today, and he would have to return the favor tomorrow. They had lunch on Zhengyangmen Street today, and he had memorized all this information, which one had the best food, which one had the cheapest price, which one had a more elegant environment, and which one was owned by a relative of his boss...

While listening to his mumbling, Ma took off his clothes and stuffed him into the warm bed. There was no hangover soup, but there was honey water handed to her by her granddaughter Haitang. She forced her husband to drink a bowl of it, so she didn't have to worry about him getting a headache the next morning.

After drinking the honey water, Hai Xiya felt his throat felt comfortable and his body felt warm. He felt drunk and fell into a deep sleep.

However, Hai Xiya didn't have a headache, but Ma herself had a headache. She pulled her grandchildren to ask: "What time does he go to the government office in the capital? What kind of breakfast should I prepare for him? Does he have to wear an official uniform? What rank is his official uniform? He didn't even explain clearly..."