Just as he was thinking about it, he unknowingly walked to the Chengtian Gate. Zhang Yang saw Xu Xiaode giving a smile first, and then looking at Lu Chengqing on the other side, giving him a smile again.

When Chengtian Gate opened, Zhang Yang followed the crowd and walked in.

There were constant sounds of footsteps all around, all the way to Chengtian Gate, Zhang Yang stood still in his position.

Xu Jingzong whispered: "Zhang Shangshu, there is news from the Western Turks, saying that Siyehuhui sent people to Chang'an City, and Nishu will come in person this year."

Zhang Yang nodded and said, "Are you on your way?"

Zhang Dashu came over and whispered back: "I will enter the customs at the end of November at the earliest. There is also news from Tubo that Tang Xuanzang has been staying in Tubo for some time, and Songtsen Gampo has started to build the Potala Palace."

Zhang Elephant also said: "There is news from Liaodong, and the manpower for Da'an has also arrived."

Several guards from the Ministry of Rites gathered around Zhang Yangzheng and discussed the matter in low voices.

When the eunuch shouted loudly that His Majesty was coming, everyone stood back to their positions.

I pretended to cope with the morning court, but talked about next year's imperial examination.

Xu Xiaode walked out of the Tai Chi Hall in a hurry. It seemed that he had a lot of things to be busy with.

Zhang Yang glanced at Lu Chengqing, who was walking among the crowd and left the Tai Chi Hall quickly, looking like he was in a hurry.

Xu Jingzong and Zhang Elephant walked together, "Why is Zhang Shangshu walking so fast today?"

Zhang Elephant sighed, "Maybe I have other things to be busy with."

Xu Jingzong tightened his clothes again, "The weather looks like it's going to get colder."

Zhang Dashu nodded and said, "Yes."

On this Zhuque Street, the door of Lao Cheng's house is the best to find. Anyway, his door is the widest.

Zhang Yang stood in front of the door with his hands folded for a while, and the weather became colder.

After a while, Cheng Chumo walked out of the house, "My family came to report that there was a guy standing at the door of my house. I thought he was it."

Zhang Yang stopped and asked, "What have you been doing lately?"

Cheng Chumo sat down in front of his house, "My old man wants to find a marriage for me, and I have searched many houses, but none of them like me."

"There are things you need to do."

"Is it about Xu Xiaode? Someone has been sent to protect him secretly."

"And Lu Chengqing, this guy probably has lives in his hands."

"I heard that there was a death near Mang Mountain a few days ago. The government said it was bandits."

"Do you believe it?"

Cheng Chumo frowned and said, "Our people went to check if there were any bandits there, so the matter was dropped."

"Go check it out, and rob all the money from Ba Shang's farm."

"This matter is easy to handle."

"Can you check Lu Chengqing?"

Cheng Chumo's ability to do things is still very good now. In the past few years of operation, the Braised Pork Gang has become more and more powerful. In addition to seeking information, it also has contacts with the Foreign Affairs Commission.

Zhang Yang was still sitting where he was, holding his chin in his hand.

The two of them looked at the pedestrians coming and going.

"When your old man arranges your marriage, who do you choose?"

Cheng Chu thought to himself: "Most of them are civil servants. Almost all of them have traveled all over the country. These people don't like me."

Cheng Chumo was pretty cool before, but now he is relatively calm.

He stood up and said: "It is our duty to eradicate violence and ensure peace and order. Don't worry, this matter will definitely come to light!"

Zhang Yang nodded numbly, wondering why this guy suddenly became passionate again.

"Let's make arrangements now."

"Proceed with caution."

Chu Mo left in a hurry, Zhang Yang sat at the door of Lao Cheng's house for a while, and Niu Jinda happened to come over.

"What are you doing here, kid?"

Zhang Yang stood up slowly, "I'm here to see Chumo, what is General Niu doing?"

"Come to see Cheng Zhijie. I heard that he has some soy sauce beef that is perfect for drinking. Do you want to come and have some drinks?"

"No need, I've been angry recently."

After looking at him for a while, Niu Jinda stepped through the door and saw Cheng Yaojin waving his horse.

When Zhang Yang returned home, Xu Hui adapted quickly and got along well with Xiao Wu.

The two of them can also play shuttlecock, which I didn't care about before, but now I think Xiao Wu really needs playmates of the same age.

"Husband, try on the newly made clothes."

Taking the clothes handed over by Li Yue, the fabric of the clothes was made of wool. Zhang Yang took off his clothes and tried them on.

My wife's needlework still needs to be improved, and there are a lot of threads on her clothes.

Li Yue looked at it carefully and said, "It's a bit lenient."

Zhang Yang took off the clothes again and said, "Winter has come early this year, and these woolen clothes can start to be sold."

Li Yue packed up her clothes and nodded, "There is still a lot of wool and cotton stored in Lishan's warehouse. When the weather is hot, no one buys cotton clothes, so there is a backlog of cotton cloth. I went to the village and checked the accounts and found out that there were nearly 30,000

All the cotton cloth is stored so that it can be sold in the middle of winter.”

Soap sells better in the hot summer, and cotton business is better in the middle of winter.

In the afternoon of that day, notices were posted at every gate of Chang'an City, announcing that the imperial examination would be held again in May of the ninth year of Zhenguan.

The news quickly spread throughout Chang'an City.

Officials left Chang'an City on fast horses to deliver news to various places.

Since the last imperial examination, Di Zhisun has joined the Ministry of Rites as a court minister, mainly helping Zhang Xiangxiang organize various files and arrange manpower.

He walked into the Foreign Affairs Academy with the dossier.

Compared with the ministries of the DPRK and China, the Foreign Affairs Council is relatively loose and does not restrict too much what officials can and cannot do.

Entering from the Diplomatic Academy, walking through the main hall and entering the backyard, there are also many civil servants coming and going doing business.

Di Zhisun asked the cook to prepare a meal. Now there are three cooks in the Foreign Affairs Academy. People who work in the Foreign Affairs Academy can come here to eat.

The food is enough to keep you full, and there are meat and vegetables.

Everyone also discussed the current various situations in the six ministries and nine temples in the three provinces of the DPRK and China.

In addition to the salary given by the court, the Foreign Affairs Academy also gave some extra money to the civil servants because the minister in charge of the Ministry of Rites was Zhang Yang.

Di Zhisun heard more than once that people from Chang'an City commented on Zhang Yang.

Everyone said that he was a man with an eccentric temperament. He had no friends in the court and would be a lonely minister in the court.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! On the contrary, such a person was favored by His Majesty. He was granted the title of County Marquis and even entered the Zhongshu Province.

This man had a rich family fortune and spent a lot of money. Most of the money used for the operation of the Diplomatic Academy came from Zhang Yang.

Among the officials who were admitted to the imperial examination this time, there were many poor children. Even if these poor children became officials, they still needed a lot of money to live in Chang'an City.

But as long as you enter the Diplomatic Academy, everything you need for food, clothing, housing and transportation can be solved.

This is a blessed place for poor children.

The Foreign Affairs Academy is a subordinate office of the Ministry of Rites. In addition to directly reporting various matters to the Zhongshu Ministry of Education, it is independent of the six ministries.

I heard that Zhang Yang is a person who neglects political affairs.

I entered the Foreign Affairs Academy for business and I haven't seen Zhang Yang in the past four months.

It's funny to say that when I was working in the Ministry of Rites, I never saw the Minister of Rites.

While eating his meal, Dixon checked the file in his hand again to make sure it was correct, put down the bowl in his hand and walked to the other side of the yard.

The entire small courtyard has two entrances and exits, leading to the other two pavilions respectively.

Di Zhisun walked into the pavilion on the right, where there were relatively more civil servants.

Walking along the pavilion here, Di Zhisun came to a room where Zhang Xiangxiang was sitting.

Di Zhisun put these files on the table beside him and said, "Shilang Zhang, these are the files brought by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and they all have the names of the scholars who took the imperial examination."

"Leave it alone."

"Here." Seeing that the minister was busy writing without raising his head, Di Zhisun added: "Actually, after the imperial examination, I have met many poor scholars. Can you recommend them to Minister Zhang?"

Zhang Xiangxiang was writing and did not answer.

Di Zhisun added: "Even if these poor children become officials, their life in Chang'an City is not good. Although they can live in a stable, the three ministers often say that our Ministry of Rites is very short of people, so it is better to

These people are coming over, firstly, they can increase our manpower, and secondly, the lower officials know that besides the six independent departments of the Foreign Affairs Academy, they also hope to be able to recruit people independently from the public, so as to give those scholars a good impression in the future imperial examinations."
To be continued...