Perhaps they heard the noise outside the private room. When Zhao Yang returned to the house, Qian Gongfu, Lu Dafang and the Shen brothers looked slightly different.
Shen Yan couldn't help but ask: "Brother Zhao, what are you..."
Zhao Yang turned to look at Fan Chunren. Seeing that the latter shook his head to indicate that he had no explanation, he smiled and explained the matter: "Brother Wentong, don't worry, I just heard you say that there are skilled craftsmen in Lin'an who have improved the engraving and engraving and created their own clay movable type." He wanted to recommend him to the imperial court as an official craftsman. ...Of course, whether this matter can be accomplished depends on the intention of the Lin'an craftsman."
"Ah." Shen Yu suddenly realized, the worry in his eyes disappeared, replaced by appreciation.
Qian Gongfu and Lu Dafang also nodded in approval, appreciating Zhao Yangguo's approach of promoting talents.
After chatting for a few more words, Zhao Yang stood up and said goodbye: "It's late, and I have some things to do. I'll say goodbye for now. I'll have a drink and chat with you someday when I have the opportunity."
Fan Chunren knew that Zhao Yang was going back to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, so he stood up and said, "I'll go with you."
Zhao Yang tried to dissuade him: "Brother Chunren and several wise brothers haven't seen each other for many days, how can we just leave a few of them behind? It's not a big deal anyway, I can just go by myself."
With that said, he said goodbye to Shen Yu and others again.
Shen Yu and others stood up to see each other off. After Zhao Yang left, Lu Dafang asked curiously: "What are you doing in a hurry, little brother Zhao?"
Fan Chunren guessed how many people Zhao Yang intended to recruit, and after weighing the two, he thought it would be better to reveal a little more: "Not only does he have errands in the military, but in fact he also serves as an official of Yuanwailang in the Ministry of Industry and Technology, and as director of the Technical Department. Let him do his job..."
"Yuan Wai Lang?" Qian Gongfu and Shen Yu were all shocked.
Although they have not heard of any technical department in the Ministry of Industry, they still know the official position of Yuan Wai Lang. Compared with the less popular battalion commander and dispatch, it is an official rank below the seventh grade. Even if they obtained Jinshi status in high school, It also takes at least ten years of grinding and exploration to achieve.
Lu Dafang looked surprised and said naively: "Can Yinbu be awarded the seventh-grade official rank? It seems that Brother Zhao's distant cousin, who is quite powerful in the palace, really has a high status..."
"Really..." Fan Chunren was vague.
Qian Gongfu shook his head and said in an incomprehensible tone: "Seventh grade... Oh, so Duke Fan wants to clearly depose the emperor and suppress luck. Even if we are high school Jinshi, I'm afraid it will take twenty years to reach..."
Lu Dafang was stunned for a moment. Even though he was a fool, he felt a little unhappy when he heard that he had to pay for his help.
Shen Tuo smiled and said: "This is a personal opportunity for Brother Zhao, why should I be jealous? Brother Zhao is in a high position at a young age, but he is not arrogant or arrogant, and he is polite and virtuous. He is quite ancient. At the same time, he is known to be a recommended talent for the country. This is He is a pillar of talent! Even if he wins the official position because of Yinbu, I would not dare to look down upon him."
"That's right." Lu Dafang muttered softly.
Qian Gongfu kept silent and drank a drink by himself.
Fan Chunren also saw that Qian Gongfu had some grudges about this, so he could only change the topic.
At the same time, Zhao Yang was taking a carriage back to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry.
Unexpectedly, when he returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry and came to Yang Yi's case room, he was surprised to see Zhang Yaozuo sitting in the room.
"Brother, are you back?" Zhang Yaozuo was very enthusiastic when he saw Zhao Yang coming back. He stood up and took the lead in saluting and greeting him warmly.
Last time, Zhang Yaozuo invited Zhao Yang and Fan Chunren to his residence for a banquet. They entertained them warmly. During the banquet, they called each other brother and brother, which meant they had some friendship. Now when he saw Zhang Yaozuo, Zhao Yang asked with a strange expression: " Brother, did you ask someone to block me in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry again?"
Zhang Yaozuo laughed loudly and said helplessly: "Who made me see the dragon but not its tail? Yesterday afternoon I went into the palace to see my brother, but I never did. This morning I went into the palace specially and waited in the Chui Gong Hall. I still can’t see my brother, so I can only use the old method..."
Yesterday afternoon?
Zhao Yang's heart moved slightly: "Brother, do you want to see me if you have something to do?"
"I have something to ask my brother for help..." Zhang Yaozuo nodded, rubbed his hands and looked around, then hesitated and said, "How about you come to my house and have a drink?"
"What do you want to say first?"
"This..." Zhang Yaozuo looked hesitantly and looked at Yang Yi intentionally or unintentionally.
Yang Yi wisely excused himself and left.
After he left, Zhang Yaozuo smiled and said to Zhao Yang: "Yesterday morning, I showed my power in the palace, refuting everyone and avenging my great revenge. Brother, I am also happy for my brother, so naturally I have to drink wine to celebrate. Ichiban…”
Zhao Yang interrupted with a half-smile: "There's no need to celebrate, I have other things to do..."
"Not only to celebrate, but I also have something to help me with..."
"Brother, tell me what you have to say."
"Isn't this... that Qian Mingyi, who was demoted? Now I know that the post of Kaifeng Mansion is vacant. Brother, I... hehe..."
Zhao Yang looked at Zhang Yaozuo with a half-smile, not surprised by this because he had already guessed it.
He shook his head and said: "Brother, you want to know about Kaifeng Mansion? How can I help with this matter?"
"I can help, I can help." Zhang Yaozuo said quickly: "With the official's favor and trust in me, I only need to say a few nice words on my behalf, and this matter can be accomplished..."
"Ha." Zhao Yang shook his head again, "I think too highly of me. If you ask me for help, you might as well go talk to Concubine Zhang..."
To be honest, he didn't want to get involved in this matter. After all, he also looked down on Zhang Yaozuo.
As a relative, his evaluation of Cao Yi was much higher than that of Zhang Yaozuo.
If Cao Yi came to him for help this time, he would definitely agree without saying a word - it was just a mention anyway, and whether it would succeed or not would depend on the official's attitude.
But as for Zhang Yaozuo... To be honest, Zhao Yang was a little worried about this guy's moral character.
"For such a big matter, I naturally want to inform my eldest niece...I mean the imperial concubine. In fact, it was the imperial concubine who called me to ask for my help."
This is troublesome...
Zhao Yang frowned slightly.
It was not that he was afraid of offending Concubine Zhang. On the contrary, Concubine Zhang sent people to deliver cakes and dates to him from time to time during these days. Even Empress Cao did not receive such treatment. It was really hard for him to refute Concubine Zhang.
Seeing Zhao Yang's hesitation, Zhang Yaozuo begged: "Brother, my future depends on you. You must help me. ... In this way, as long as I can help me get into the position of Kaifeng government official, In the future, when in court, I will only follow my lead. I will point to the east, but I will never go west..."
Zhao Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry. After thinking for a moment, he said: "What do you think? If the officials ask, I will mention it for you. If the officials have not mentioned it, I will also find an opportunity to mention it for you. But is this matter? I can’t guarantee it will work, so what?”
"Okay." Zhang Yaozuo nodded excitedly: "As long as I can speak up for me, this will definitely happen."
"But there is a prerequisite for this..." Zhao Yang said seriously.
Zhang Yaozuo looked solemn when he heard this: "Brother, please speak."
I saw Zhao Yang looking at Zhang Yaozuo and saying seriously: "Since you want me to intercede for you, then I will bear the responsibility for this matter. If you...do something in the future...you know, I am responsible for the right words... "
Zhang Yaozuo was excited and said righteously: "Don't worry, brother, after being taught a lesson that day, I have changed my ways. If I work for the Kaifeng government in the future, I will definitely serve the country well and uphold justice..."
just you?
Zhao Yang believed it for now: "I hope so."
"Definitely...Brother, come and sit in my house?"
"Forget it for today, I have something else to do..."
"Then next time, next time I will definitely not refuse."
"Fine……"
After finally sending Zhang Yaozuo away, Yang Yi happened to come back. Although he was curious, he didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just asked for instructions: "Secretary, are you still going to the site selection office outside the city today?"
Zhao Yang came here just for this reason, so of course he had to go.
So Yang Yi personally led the way, leading Zhao Yang and his entourage in a carriage along the Imperial Street out of the Zhuque Gate and to the Fan Pagoda area in the southeast corner of the outer city.
Compared with the lively inner city, most of the outer city consists of farmland and mud-tiled houses. They are located in a chaotic area on the east and west. There are few walled houses, but there are many people living here.
Especially near the banks of Cai River and Bian River, villages and towns are particularly dense, which also adds a lot of trouble to the technology department in purchasing land. After all, they need to go door-to-door to talk and pay to convince them to move. Fortunately, Zhao Yang does not need to personally come forward for this matter. Officials from the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry will handle the matter.
For this reason, he told Yang Yidao: "When purchasing the land where people live, their houses and utensils can also be converted into money. Don't be afraid of spending more money. It is acceptable within twice the market price. In short, you must make them willing and not forced." , so as not to cause trouble."
Zhao Yang knew that Chaozhongtai was staring at him.
Despite the fact that yesterday morning he defeated many people with one enemy and rejected all the advice, there must be some among these people who are resentful and have to be on guard.
"It will save you a job." Yang Yi agreed quickly, then hesitated: "But if someone is greedy..."
Zhang Yaozuo's appearance suddenly flashed through Zhao Yang's mind, and he chuckled: "Leave it to Kaifeng Mansion to handle it."
That's right, in his opinion, Zhang Yaozuo is most likely to be the new one to know the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion.
It's not that he thinks highly of himself and is absolutely sure that he can convince the officials, he just knows the inside story - just seeing that the officials have been staying in Concubine Zhang's Ninghua Hall every night recently, he concluded that the officials cannot refuse Concubine Zhang's plea.
This was also the reason why he agreed to intercede for Zhang Yaozuo - it was just a favor.
"I understand, I understand." Yang Yi was stunned for a moment, then thoughtfully.
Later, under the leadership of Yang Yi, Zhao Yang walked around the Fanta area several times to actually inspect the local environment, and then took Wang Zhongzheng and others back to the inner city by carriage.
This trip took him more than two hours, so that when he returned to Chui Gong Hall, it was already approaching dusk.
At this time, in the palace, Zhao Zhen was still busy reviewing papers from various places. As soon as he heard that Zhao Yang was coming, he called him in and said angrily: "You are the first to ask me to do something."
"Am I not recommending talents for the country?" Zhao Yang said with an innocent face.
"Hmph." Zhao Zhen snorted softly, "I have issued an order to the Lin'an transfer envoy. The result will be known within two months."
"The official is a wise man." Zhao Yang gave a small compliment and turned to look at the seat of Xiuzhizhu. He unexpectedly discovered that the person on duty today was not Zeng Gongliang, but it was also not Wu Shi, Yang Wei, or others who had deep grudges with him. But he knew Wang Zhi of Jianyuan.
It has to be said that this man is truly a talent. His impeachment speeches are impeccable and he is good at adapting to the changing circumstances. He was the only remonstrator who was able to escape unscathed yesterday morning, which left a very deep impression on Zhao Yang.
When Zhao Yang turned around, Wang Zhi, although he did not salute out loud due to his own responsibilities, nodded in greeting.
Zhao Yang also nodded in response.
Although Wang Zhi also impeached him, he also returned with revenge, and the two of them were reconciled. Considering that he had offended at least half of the approximately 20 people in the DPRK who were admonishing him, and since the other party wanted to show good will, there was no need for him to be cold-blooded. Treat each other with face.
At this moment, Zhao Zhen suddenly said abruptly: "Zhao Yang, someone recommended to me today that Zhang Yaozuo be appointed as the official of Kaifeng Prefecture. What do you think?"
Not only everyone in the hall was stunned, but Zhao Yang was also stunned, and then turned to look at Zhao Zhen, with a smile gradually covering his entire face.
today? I think someone recommended it last night? Pillow recommendation.
"Who?" Zhao Yang asked suspiciously.
As expected, the official was at a loss for words, and after a while he angrily scolded: "Am I asking you or are you asking me?"
Zhao Yang accepted the offer and raised his eyebrows: "I think... maybe it's okay, maybe it's not."
Zhao Zhen became angry and said in an incomprehensible tone: "Are you teasing me?"
"How could it be?" Zhao Yanggong cupped his hands and said, "I don't actually have a close relationship with Zhang Yaozuo. I don't know what his character is and what his talents are. How can I make unreasonable claims about whether he is qualified? Whether he should be allowed to serve in the Kaifeng Prefecture, in the end It still depends on the official’s attitude.”
Zhao Zhen's face softened a little, and he looked at Zhao Yang and said inexplicably: "I thought you would say a few good words for him. As far as I know, didn't he even entertain you at a banquet?"
"How can a banquet buy my loyalty to the official family?" Zhao Yang pretended to be impassioned.
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth with hatred, glared at Zhao Yang and hinted: "I'm talking to you about business, don't mess around. Do you think he is qualified for the position of knowing the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion?"
Zhao Yang thought for a while and said: "As far as I know, the Kaifeng Mansion has a complete system. Whether someone takes up the post of knowing the affairs of the Kaifeng Mansion will not affect the normal operation of the Kaifeng Mansion. Since Qian Mingyi and his like can take up the post, Zhang Yaozuo can naturally do it. .”
Seeing that Zhao Yang was finally on the right track, Zhao Zhen's eyes softened a little, and he pretended to hesitate and said, "But someone else impeached Zhang Yaozuo for being arrogant and domineering..."
Zhao Yang curled his lips secretly and said cooperatively: "That's it...as far as I can see, he has changed his past and will probably not act domineeringly again."
"Well." Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "In that case, I will give him a chance. Zhao Yang, as an admonisher, you should also keep an eye on him for me."
What does this have to do with me?
Zhao Yang curled his lips secretly: "Yes..."
At this time, Zhao Yang waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can go back first if you have nothing to do."
Zhao Yang also laughed angrily and couldn't help but complain: "Guan, you really look forward when you use people, and when you don't need people, you look behind..."
Zhao Zhen was a little embarrassed: "What? Is there anything else?"
"Yes..." Zhao Yang said in a long voice: "Fan Chunren, the son of Mr. Fan, has been met by the officials. Today I went to look for him and happened to bump into several other candidates who were friends with him and went to Beijing to take the exam. Because I If I don’t have a cousin, it will be inconvenient during the gathering, so I wonder if I should get a cousin..."
"Oh?" Zhao Zhen became interested immediately, nodded and said: "That's right... come here, Wang Zhijian will come and give you some advice."
"As ordered." Wang Zhi stood up quickly and walked to the royal table, feeling flattered.
After Wang Shougui had packed up the papers on the royal table and laid out a piece of paper, Zhao Zhen took up his pen and wrote the traditional Chinese character "旸" on the paper.
However, after the last stroke was written, he suddenly froze, stared at the word Yang for a moment, and then turned to look at Zhao Yang with a complicated expression, his eyes gradually drifting, and there was no reaction after a long time.
"Official?" Zhao Yang raised his hand and waved it in front of his eyes.
"What are you doing? No big or small." Zhao Zhen, who finally came to his senses, knocked off Zhao Yang's hand angrily, and wrote the words "Xu" and "Sheng" on the paper one after another, and Wang Zhi quoted from the scriptures. Said: "The word "Xu" is good, 'the rising sun begins to rise in the east'; the word 'Sheng' is also good, 'when the scenery stops, it rises in all directions'."
Zhao Zhen was very satisfied with the idea that Wang Zhi could guess, and wrote another "Hao", but then frowned and crossed it out, and wrote another "Chang".
"The east is bright and the dynasty is prosperous." Wang Zhi said beside him.
Until Zhao Zhen wrote the word "Zhao" again, Wang Zhi suddenly froze, cautiously, and hesitated to speak: "Is it too important to Zhao Yutian... the official family?"
"Really?" Zhao Zhen frowned and thought for a moment, then glanced at Zhao Yang. After careful consideration, he finally crossed out the word "Zhao" and wrote the word "Xu".
Wang Zhi said hurriedly: "The sun is shining, the sun is shining, the mist is shining. Feel the warmth, but don't feel the cold. ... The word "煦" is not bad either."
Then Zhao Zhen wrote down the words "Gao", "Xi", "Ming", "Hui" and other words one after another. Zhao Yang asked in confusion: "Why are they all single characters? Aren't today's expressions all two characters?"
Zhao Zhen raised his head and looked at Zhao Yang. After being silent for a while, he said in an inexplicable tone: "Just take the single word first, and then match it with another word."
After that, he took a long breath and threw away the brush in his hand: "I'm tired, you can choose for yourself."
Although Zhao Yang felt a little strange, he didn't think much about it. He looked at the words on the paper and commented: "The word "Xu" is not bad, but I don't know how to match it."
"How about Dongxu?" Wang Zhi asked from the side.
"Zhao Yang, the word Dongxu?" Zhao Yang read it softly, shook his head and seemed dissatisfied, "Where is the word Chang?"
"Chaochang?" Wang Zhi suggested.
"It's weird." Zhao Yang shook his head again, "Where is the word Jing?"
"How is the scenery? The scenery stops and rises in all directions. The scenery is the great road, and there is also a metaphor for the clear movement, which is upright and bright."
"Jing Xing? Zhao Yang, courtesy name Jing Xing?" Zhao Yang muttered it several times in a low voice, nodded and said, "It sounds good... Many thanks to Wang Zhijian. Wang Zhijian is indeed a learned man."
"Where is it?" Wang Zhi looked humble and felt quite happy in his heart.
He also didn't expect that his colleague Yang Wei would reap such rewards when he was on duty today: just because he assisted Zhao Yang in picking up characters today, would this young man, who was deeply favored by officials, not be able to take care of him in the future?
"Jing Xing, it's not bad." Zhao Zhen said lightly, not knowing why he was no longer as enthusiastic as before.
After a while, Zhao Yang left with satisfaction, and Wang Zhi also returned to his small seat. Wang Shougui was about to step forward to put away the piece of paper, but Zhao Zhen raised his hand to stop him.
"Isn't the word "Xu" good? The official murmured in a low voice. After staring for a long time, he picked up the brush he had abandoned on the table and added the word "Zong" in front of the word "Xu".
Zongxu...
Wang Shougui, who caught a glimpse of these two words, quickly lowered his head and took two steps back calmly.
After a long time, Zhao Zhen sighed, scribbled out the word "Zong", threw the pen aside, and then crumpled the paper into a ball.
"The king knows it, clean it up for me."
"Yes, official."
