Chapter 184 Someone is inviting you to a banquet

Chapter 184 Someone is inviting you to a banquet

For Ma Su, being granted a title is not actually important. Anyway, people are going to leave sooner or later, it doesn't matter where they are sealed.

But what gave Ma Su a headache was the Prime Minister's Mansion Dongcao arranged for him by Zhuge Liang.

This position is not big, but it is not small either. With a salary of 600 dan, he is the assistant of the Prime Minister Chang Shi. The workload is theoretically not too big or too small.

But, you have to look at the workload.

As the political center of the entire Chengdu, you can't even think of free time when you are working in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Since Ma Su joined Jiang Wan, he has been busy from dawn to late at night. After passing government affairs one after another, Ma Su was almost numb from exhaustion.

"Jiang Changshi, why do we have so much work? One day's workload is almost more than what I did in Longyou for half a month." Ma Su was so busy that he had a headache and pulled Jiang Wan to complain.

Everyone in the production team knows that they work from 9 to 5, but I, a dignified street lord, have to work from 0 to 7 every day.

Is there any royal law for this?

"Why are you tired? Our Prime Minister's Office has such a heavy workload." Jiang Wan glanced at Ma Su and replied with a slight smile.

"We are all used to it. It seems that Youchang still has to adapt."

"I would rather go to the battlefield and hack Guo Huai to death!" Ma Di looked at the mountain of government affairs and felt a headache.

Five-star General MacArthur once said, I would rather die on the battlefield than die of exhaustion in the office.

Apparently the Prime Minister found Ma Su a job that was very suitable for him. He was so tired every day that Ma Su had no energy to do anything even if he wanted to die.

In fact, this is exactly the case. For more than half a month since he was rewarded for his merits, Ma Su had no free time at all. He didn't even have time to go out and catch his breath, let alone start something.

"No, if this continues, I won't be able to dry myself in front of this table!" Ma Su shook his head and started to think lazily about what to do.

At this time, Ma Su finally understood why the prime minister became ill from overwork. He is just the deputy of the Prime Minister Chang Shi, who is almost exhausted every day, not to mention the workload of the Prime Minister himself.

The main reason why the Prime Minister's Office is so busy is that the Prime Minister's Office has to make the decision on everything. From frontline supplies to soldiers’ pensions and rewards, from Chengdu patrols to Dujiangyan maintenance…

All matters, no matter how big or small, are handled by the Prime Minister's Mansion, that is, Zhuge Liang.

Therefore, in the government affairs handled by Ma Su, sometimes the barbarians in Nanzhong rebelled again, and sometimes it was the lack of food in Bazhong. Such a complicated and troublesome matter made Ma Su, the prime minister's boss, almost bald.

However, this is also the characteristic of the Sangong and the Nine Qings. The prime minister is basically in charge of all major affairs. Whether it is military affairs, officialdom or taxation, they are all lumped together and are all the responsibility of the prime minister.

Although the Shangshutai had already appeared during this period, the main person in charge was still Zhuge Liang. It was not until Zhuge Liang died of illness and Liu Chan took back the power to open the government that the main decision-making body became the Chancellery.

"Speaking of which, is it possible to reform the official system? The current system of three ministers and nine ministers has too high requirements for the prime minister..." While Ma Su was dealing with government affairs casually, he began to consider the issue of reforming the official system.

The three provinces and six ministries system of the Tang Dynasty was much more advanced than the three ministers and nine ministers. Not only is the division of labor clear and efficient, it also greatly reduces the matters that need to be handled at the prime minister level.

Well...it became the division of power in the history books.

However, after Ma Su thought about it and analyzed the specific issues, he determined that it may not be mature yet. Because there is an extreme shortage of scholars and officials in the Shu Han Dynasty, even the three gongs and nine ministers are not satisfied.

The so-called three provinces and six ministries are basically impossible to implement in a short period of time.

Simply put, he must continue to work.

"Youchang, don't be distracted when you are working." At this time, Jiang Wan stepped forward, patted Ma Su on the shoulder and said helplessly.

"Look at what you reviewed. The Prime Minister's Mansion cannot make any mistakes."

"Ahem... Jiang Changshi, you also know that now I have to go to the Zhao Mansion part-time to teach the young people of the Zhao family, so I am really busy." Ma Su scratched his head and immediately made an excuse very smoothly.

At this moment, Ma Su is very much like when he was a child and found that he didn't write his homework when he was about to hand it in. His brain could make up a whole set of silky reasons in a few seconds.

Jiang Wan knew this very well, but he could understand it. Ma Su only joined the army before, but after becoming a general, he fought passionately every day. It was really difficult for him to have him take charge of the affairs of the Prime Minister's Palace.

Looking back on those days, Jiang Wan was also a civil servant who loved fishing when he was young. At that time, he once made a mistake by drinking while in office. When Liu Bei saw him, he was so angry that he almost had to bleed him.

If Zhuge Liang hadn't spoken to protect Jiang Wan, Jiang Wan probably wouldn't be alive now. The so-called four phases of Shu and Han are very likely to become the three phases of Shu and Han.

"Forget it, tomorrow is your day off, so you don't have to stay and work overtime. Just have a good rest." Jiang Wan thought for a while, and finally decided to give Ma Su a holiday without telling the Prime Minister. After all, Ma Su is just here to polish his qualifications, so he won't miss this one.

As for work, at most he can do it for half an hour, and the impact is not very big.

"Gong Yan is really righteous!" Upon hearing Jiang Wan's words, Ma Su suddenly woke up. For a time, he saluted Jiang Wan repeatedly to thank Jiang Zhang for his kindness in reinventing the world.

"Okay, okay, go and do your work." Jiang Wan shook his head gently, not really caring.

"But I suggest you go home and take a look. Your wife and children haven't seen you for a long time."

But if Jiang Wan knew what his move would cause, he probably wouldn't have given Ma Su a holiday at all.

Xiumu was a holiday for civil servants in the Han Dynasty, usually once every ten days. During this period, officials in the Han Dynasty could go home to rest and bathe to ensure their cleanliness.

Of course, this kind of good thing usually doesn't happen to people from the Prime Minister's Palace. Xiang Zhuge Liang, a model worker like Jiang Wan basically took the job as his own.

Ma Su was lucky. With Jiang Wan's approval, Ma Su finally got a vacation. In terms of rest time, Ma Su is finally close to the donkey of the production team.

The next day, Ma Su finally breathed the fresh air outside Chengdu. At that moment, Ma Su felt that his whole life was worth it.

However, there is rest time, and Ma Su seems not to be able to rest in the true sense. Because he had just left the Prime Minister's Mansion when he was stopped.

"General Ma! Do you have time today?"

The person who stopped Ma Su was an old acquaintance, but unexpectedly, it was the attendant Guan Xing.

"Anguo? Aren't you a servant? Why did you leave the palace?" Ma Di was a little surprised, but he also had an ominous premonition.

Obviously, I'm afraid I won't have time to go out and wander around during today's holiday.

"I asked for leave from Your Majesty to leave the palace and made a special trip to see General Youchang." Guan Xing replied honestly,

"The general avenged my Guan family and is a great benefactor of my Guan family. So I came to General Youchang specially to invite the general to a banquet."