As for the two officials, they are the regular officials on duty in the hall.
Usually, one is on duty while the other takes a break, but today, with a new superior coming in to take office, everyone has to come in regardless.
Seeing that Zhang Jian, the new compiler, is easy to get along with, the two secretly heave a sigh of relief.
Afterward, Zhang Jian asks Chen Xiuming to handle official business while he familiarizes himself with the government office.
This government office is just a place for working.
It's much like the office he imagined, not particularly spacious. He's seen the office of Assistant Scholar Huang Liangzhong before, and there's a big difference.
Not only are there two compilers here, but also seven or eight Hanlin Academy editors, all squeezed together without even cubicles, just bookshelves in between — you can see me, and I can see you.
A group of big men, all married and greasy with age, staring at each other all day, how can that be pleasant?
