Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 47 Wrap It Up With Me

If you want to find a recognized official in the Chancellery, it must be Hua Xin.

Hua Xin, whose courtesy name is Ziyu.

"You are not a fish, you know the joy of fish".

Although he is not too old and is only 33 years old after completing his official career, Hua Xin's seniority among scholars is quite high. In his early years, he worshiped the late Taiwei Chen Qiu, and he was the same as Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi and others. A real fellow disciple.

The teacher was an important minister who died in the eunuch cause, and was a model scholar who was famous throughout history; all of his senior brothers were well-known Confucian scholars in the country. With such a background, Hua Xin's official career was destined to be limitless.

Not long after the death of the late emperor Liu Hong, Hua Xin was recruited by General He Jin to serve as a minister in Shangshutai. In the same batch as him, Zheng Tai of Henan and Xun You of Yingchuan entered Luoyang as officials.

The three of them are now the celebrity in front of Dong Xiangguo, Huangmen Shilang and Shangshu Lang. If you have to compare, Hua Xin, the Shangshu Lang, is actually the worst one among them.
The reason is that although Hua Xin was educated by a great Confucian scholar, he really had no impressive talents to speak of.

It may be because after Chen Qiu was executed by the eunuchs, Hua Xin, as a disciple, was suppressed and had no chance to become an official. He could only make a living as a minor official in the local county government.Hua Xin, who is now in his 30s and has just started his official career, is very rigid in his work and does not know how to adapt.

In the eyes of others, at best it was called craftsmanship, but at worst it was death. The ministers who belonged to the same Cao Cao as him all complained, saying that having such a colleague was more uncomfortable than killing them.

You must know that those who can be appointed as ministers must either have prominent family backgrounds or have profound knowledge. Few people have his practical style. It is natural for them to dislike each other when they work together. Hua Xin is not treated well by his colleagues. It's normal to see.

However, Hua Xin's rigid character and his experience as a county government official made him a duck to water in a high-intensity working environment like Shangshutai. At least he was always diligent and conscientious in his work and never complained about being tired.

"Bo Xu, haven't you finished the state and county assessments you are responsible for? Zuo Cheng is anxious to get it."

Hua Xin came over. He was the only person Xu Jiashu had seen so far who didn't have extra clothes on his body. He was wearing his official uniform and was freezing. He exhaled white air when he spoke, like someone who had just finished his work. Old smoker.

He just didn't know whether he was a reformer or a conservative, and Xu Jiashu couldn't help but think about it.

"It's doing it!"

Seeing that Hua Xin didn't mention the pile of orange peels on the desk, Huan Jie secretly breathed a sigh of relief. With Xu Jiashu, an outsider, Hua Xin restrained himself a lot, at least he didn't accuse him face to face of taking the opportunity to be lazy.

"Send it over soon!" Huanjie replied,
After hearing a satisfactory reply, Hua Xin gave up. After a few polite words with Xu Jiashu, he went back to work.

"Why are Boxu so afraid of him?" Xu Jiashu asked curiously. This was not because he was trying to make a fuss, but because as a colleague, Huan Jie was too humble in front of Hua Xin, which was really abnormal.

"First of all, I don't mean to be afraid!" Huan Jie raised his finger to correct Xu Jiashu's wrong statement, "This is to respect the senior. Hua Ziyu is over thirty, so I should let him go!"

"and then"

Huan Jie was suddenly speechless.

"Then?"

"Then he has a great background and I can't afford to mess with him." Huan Jie drooped his head like a deflated rubber ball, but he did not forget to grab a handful of oranges in his hand. "My lord, Grand Administrator Sun, is in Lu Yang, you can’t be a human being without putting your tail between your legs.”

Although it sounds ridiculous, Huanjie felt that he might be kicked out of the chancery at any time, and his life might even be in danger.According to the concepts of this era, Sun Jian, who recommended Huan Jie as Xiaolian, was a figure comparable to a lord or a father to him, and the relationship between the two was extraordinary.

Let's put it this way, if Sun Jian died, Huan Jie would go to his funeral in person.

This is also true in history. Sun Jian died in the battle while attacking Liu Biao.Huan Jie risked his life and went to see Liu Biao and asked to take care of Sun Jian's funeral. Liu Biao was moved by his loyalty and allowed him to take Sun Jian's body and coffin away.

But now, Sun Jian is acting as a vanguard in the coalition camp, making it clear that his horses and chariots are going to enter Luoyang. Huan Jie, a protégé and former official, is really in a dilemma - if the coalition forces lose, he will be a disciple planted by the rebels; if the imperial court loses, He is the lackey of Thief Dong's sect.
Under such circumstances, how could Huan Jie still have time to work?

"I see." After hearing this, Xu Jiashu nodded, "That's why Boxu has no interest in political affairs."

"Actually, it's not all because of these reasons." Huan Jie didn't feel embarrassed at all. "If there were fewer things to do, even if I was in a bad mood, I could still make it."

After all, Huan Jie was selected into the Chancellery based on his strength. Of course, Huan Jie could not be an idiot.

The key is that his department is the Sangong Cao, which is in charge of the year-end performance evaluation of state and county officials. It happens to be responsible for processing the account books sent by the accounting officials in the court.

This is the busiest time of the year. Even if the six ministers in the department divide the workload, each one has to sort out the account books of more than two states alone. Maybe this workload is too heavy for Hua Xin. It’s nothing, but it’s quite difficult for a newcomer like Huan Jie.

"The prefectures and counties that rebelled against Dong did not send their planners, and those who came had their own problems." Huan Jie detailed his difficulties to Xu Jiashu: "Some counties are very detailed in their affairs, and they use useless things just to show their merits." They also insist on writing it up; some counties deliberately omit it, deliberately letting the officials in charge get scolded, and trying to get away with it."

"Also," Huan Jie became more and more aggrieved as he spoke, "even if I wanted to look for the account books from previous years to compare, the guards at the Jiade Gate on the west side of Nangong wouldn't let me in. This makes me how to tell whether the account books are true or false? I'm new here."

In short, for Huan Jie, a newcomer to Shangshutai, the first year of workplace experience was not too wonderful - difficult colleagues, heavy work, unreliable data, and superiors who pressed for submissions, no one was missed. They all happened to him.

"I can't stay here any longer!"

Huan Boxu emphasized.

After letting go of his worries, he felt much better, but found that Xu Jiashu hadn't made a sound for a long time. When he turned around, he looked carefree, as if he didn't take it to heart at all!
Huan Jie felt that he seemed to be making friends carelessly.

"Is that all?" Xu Jiashu blinked, looking like he hadn't heard enough.

"Aren't these enough?" Huan Jie pointed to the time-telling chickens raised in the Chancellor's Desk and said with a look of sadness and anger: "I've been getting up earlier than them recently, and I haven't finished the work yet!"

"Oh——", Xu Jiashu responded in a long voice, and suddenly realized, "It turns out that Boxu can't do assessments!"

"What, breaking the law?"

Huan Jie replied angrily.

"Little things", Xu Jiashu looked relaxed when talking about the professional field, "I'll take care of it!"

(End of this chapter)