The Ministry of Household Affairs is located within the imperial city.

That is, between Zhuque Gate and Chengtian Gate.

In fact, there are six temples in three provinces and nine temples here.

It not only facilitates the morning office work, but also facilitates the emperor's monitoring.

After passing the Suzaku Gate, the imperial court had eunuchs waiting for Fang Yuan.

Not long after, Fang Yuan was brought to a palace.

There are two big characters directly above the palace gate: Hubu.

The overall appearance of the household is not luxurious, but it is grand.

"Shilang Fang, this is the Ministry of Household Affairs. I will go back and resume my duties first."

After the eunuch finished explaining, he said goodbye to Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan looked at the open door of the household department and strode in.

I originally thought that the welcome ceremony would be held inside the household department, but I didn’t expect that when I came in, I found that there was no one there.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan's heart sank, but his expression remained the same as he walked around the household as if nothing had happened.

The household department is very large, with many offices, including single rooms and multi-person rooms.

Functional departments are marked on the upper right corner of the entrance to the multi-person room.

Single rooms are marked with the person's name and position.

Among them, only the minister and the minister have single rooms.

The Ministry of Hubu currently has one minister and two ministers, and Fang Yuan is the right minister, belonging to the third giant of the household.

But even so, no one greeted Fang Yuan today, they were all working with their heads down in their respective offices.

When Fang Yuan passed by some functional departments, Fang Yuan obviously noticed that they quickly lowered their heads and pretended not to see Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan sneered in his heart, but his expression remained the same, and finally found an office with six characters on the upper right corner: Fang Yuan, Minister of Household Affairs.

Although no one greeted Fang Yuan today, the office was well organized, with a large scale and space, and a great layout and layout.

Sitting in the office, Fang Yuan began to think about today's situation: Why didn't anyone greet him, the newly appointed Minister of Household Affairs?

In the Ministry of Hubu, as the current ministers, only Tang Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, and Cui Zhentang, the minister of the Ministry of Hubu, dare not to give face.

I don’t know Tang Jian and have never interacted with him, so it shouldn’t be Tang Jian who is targeting him.

Then only Cui Zhentang, the minister of household affairs, is left.

He comes from the Bolingcui family, one of the five surnames and the Seven Hopes. He has the ability and strength to order everyone in the household department not to welcome him today.

So Tang Jian doesn’t care?

Or does Tang Jian also acquiesce in this behavior?

Thinking of this, Fang Yuan got up and went out, looking for Tang Jian in the office next to him.

But Tang Jian is not here.

Just then, Fang Yuan saw a middle-aged man taking out garbage in the yard.

Judging from the official uniform he is wearing, it can only be worn by officials of the fifth rank.

The dignified minister of the fifth rank is so tired that he is sweating profusely, and he actually has to clean the house?

The other party also saw Fang Yuan, and quickly pretended not to see Fang Yuan, turned around and left.

"You, stop!"

Fang Yuan called him to stop.

The middle-aged man suddenly looked sad, and when he turned to face Fang Yuan, he showed a flattering smile.

"Come to my office."

Fang Yuan left a word, turned around and walked into his office.

When the middle-aged man saw Fang Yuan not looking at him anymore, he suddenly showed a sad expression on his face.

Finally, he sighed, put down what he was doing, and walked towards Fang Yuan's office.

"Fang Qingping, a doctor in the Jinbu Department, pays homage to Fang Shilang!"

Fang Qingping saluted Fang Yuan respectfully with a flattering smile.

"No courtesy, sit down."

"I never thought you also have the surname Fang. We might have the same origin five hundred years ago."

Fang Yuan laughed and said, his friend greeted him.

As a superior, Fang Yuan is trying to build a closer relationship with his subordinates.

"It is a great honor for me to be of the same clan as the Vice Minister!"

Fang Qingping said with a flattering smile.

He sat upright, with his hands on his knees, and only half of his buttocks sat on the stool.

"Don't be formal, just treat yourself as a member of the tribe."

Fang Yuan chuckled.

I wanted to make tea, but found that although the layout here was grand, it was different from what I thought, so let it go.

"Okay, sir."

"Your Majesty asked me to come, what's the matter?"

Fang Qingping's smile became stiff and the corners of his mouth twitched.

He felt so miserable that he didn't want to have the same surname as Fang Yuan.

Just because he has the same surname as Fang Yuan, he has been targeted since yesterday, and the dignified doctor from the Jin Department underwent sanitation for two days.

Yesterday, Fang Qingping didn't understand why he suddenly offended his superiors. It wasn't until he received the notice during the day and everyone worked hard that he understood.

The new minister arrived, but the superiors asked everyone to work seriously. Isn't this a disguised way of telling everyone that they don't need to welcome Fang Yuan who is coming today?

"Where is Tang Shangshu?"

Fang Yuan asked with a chuckle.

"I don't know."

"Master Shangshu was not in the Ministry of Household Affairs yesterday."

Fang Qingping shook his head and said.

"Where is Minister Cui?"

Fang Yuan nodded.

I understand a lot from here.

It was Cui Zhentang who was targeting him today, but Tang Jian didn't know it.

"He was there in the morning. I didn't see him when I just passed by."

Fang Qingping said with a smile.

He was actually at the door of Cui Zhentang just now.

I just didn’t see Cui Zhentang there, he just entered Fang Yuan’s place.

The design of the Ministry of Household Affairs is that the office of the Minister is in the middle, and the offices of the left and right ministers are on the left and right.

They are all connected together.

"Did he not let you welcome me?"

Fang Yuan said calmly.

"No, no."

Fang Qingping was stunned and shook his head repeatedly.

This is an open and covert fight between superiors, and he doesn't dare to get involved easily.

Moreover, Cui Zhentang is from the Boling Cui family, and many officials in the court are from the Boling Cui family.

If you offend Cui Zhentang, it will be difficult to move forward in the officialdom, and it will be even more difficult to be promoted in the future.

"No?"

Fang Yuan frowned, his eyes slightly cold.

"Really not."

"Shilang Cui just asked us to work hard."

Fang Qingping trembled in his heart and did not dare to look directly at Fang Yuan.
To be continued...