It was night, and the mansion of Zhang Tang, the official of Xing Cao, was brightly lit and a banquet was held for guests.

Zhang Tang is no better now than he was in the past.

In the first month of this year, he moved his family from Hongguyuan to Shangguanli, the most prosperous area in Chang'an City.

Shangguanli is close to Qili and only half an hour's drive from Weiyang Palace. Every inch of land is worth every penny!

If someone wants to build a house here, they won't be able to buy even a tile without spending 1.8 million!

The people who live here are either rich or noble!

For example, the residences of Yuan An and Chao Cuo are also located here.

The residence of Zhang Tang’s immediate boss, Tingwei Zhao Yu, is right next door to the Zhang family!

And Zhang Tang has been an official for only a year, and his family is not a wealthy family. He was actually able to buy a house in Shangguanli!

This caused the public opinion in Chang'an to almost go into an uproar!

Zhang Tang explained to the outside world that this was part of the dowry given by his wife, Tian Shaojun.

Although this is indeed the case, although Tian Shaojun is not a direct descendant of the Tian family, as soon as she married, the Tian family regarded her as a direct descendant. Not only the patriarch, Tian Xin, recognized her as a adopted daughter, and registered her as a senior citizen, according to the Han Dynasty

According to the law, children registered in the household have the right to inherit inheritance.

This is almost the same as my biological daughter!

Since even the household register has been moved, the dowry will of course be the same as that of the biological daughter.

In addition to this luxurious mansion, the dowry also included five million yuan, one thousand pieces of gold, dozens of sets of jewelry, five hundred pieces of silk and satin, and one hundred slaves.

However, few people believed Zhang Tang's explanation.

Especially the nobles...

It’s just that there’s no such thing as that idiot who went to the Yushi doctor’s office to report it.

Zhang Tang looked at the guests in the courtyard and felt a sense of pride in his heart.

Zhang Tang is not a fool, he knows very well that interpersonal relationships are very important!

Most of the guests in the courtyard were colleagues from the old palace, candidates for important ministers of the Han family in the future.

In other words, even if he only gets to know half of them, it will be of great help to him in his future career.

Three gangs of heroes!

Even though Xiao He and Cao Shen were talented, but without the hard-working and down-to-earth subordinates under them, they would never have achieved anything even if they had three heads and six arms!

As for Zhang Tang, he was also carefully recruiting his team at this time.

"Brother, did the Duke of Fengche and Prince Consort Yi Gong send someone to invite them?" Zhang Tang looked at the guests in the courtyard. Then he asked his brother-in-law Tian Jia beside him.

Hearing this, Tian Jia replied: "Mr. Lang, my father-in-law has just returned to Chang'an. His mother and his virtuous wife gave him a banquet to wash away the dust. So he turned around and said: I am deeply loved by my father, so I dare not refuse. It's just that my mother loves my wife. We haven't seen each other for a long time."

, I will come to my door one day to apologize!"

Hearing this, Zhang Tang nodded, the family happiness was really not something to be disturbed.

But, what about Yi Zong?

Ju Meng and Yizong are the two people Zhang Tang wants to win over right now!

These two people, one is the captain of the chariot and the other is the captain of the consort, you can tell from the literal meaning. After officially taking office, they will definitely follow the emperor every step of the way.

As long as you win over one of these people, he will never be too happy in the future!

Tian Jia added: "As for the Prince Consort Yi Gong, the people I sent reported that Yi Gong was not at home or at his official residence. According to the servants of Yi Mansion, Yi Gong was invited by Zuo Xiangguo...

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"Oh..." Zhang Tang nodded when he heard this.

But I secretly paid attention to this special information.

Yi Zong is afraid that he has climbed up Zhou Yafu's big tree, so he needs to win over him more!

Since neither Yi Zong nor Ju Meng could come, Zhang Tang looked at the guests and saw that they were almost all here.

Only two dead men, Zhou Yuan and Sima Xiangru, did not come.

However, Zhou Yuan's words were no longer as important as before after the death of the late emperor.

As for Sima Xiangru?

A guy who doesn't have much sense of existence, there is not much difference with him or without him.

So, Zhang Tang ordered: "Brother, since the guests are almost here, get ready for the banquet!"

"No!" Tian Jia nodded and said in a completely human manner: "I'll go give instructions to the kitchen right now!"

Just as he was about to walk away, he saw a sudden noise coming from the door.

A servant immediately came to Tong Bing and said: "Gong Yan Yiyan and Duke Ji Anji are here!"

Now that the new king has ascended the throne, the original uterus system naturally has no meaning of existence.

Basically, all the original officials affiliated with the prince are reserved and awaiting reinforcements, and their arrangements are yet to be determined.

Therefore, since Yan Yi and Ji An do not have part-time jobs, they do not have official titles, but their treatment is still the same as before.

Zhang Tang looked a little strange when he heard this.

Yan Yi and Ji An are his biggest competitors!

These two guys actually joined forces?

What do you want to do?

Ruining the place?

"I'm not a vegetarian either!" Zhang Tang thought to himself, but with a smile on his face, he stepped forward to meet him.

"Ah, ah, distinguished guest, distinguished guest! No wonder I heard the magpies chirping early this morning..." Zhang Tang came to the door with a smile, held his hands towards Ji An and Yan Yi who had already got off the carriage, and said: "Quickly come in, please

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Yan Yi and Ji An looked at each other and both smiled. Ji An said, "I heard that Zhang Lingli was hosting a banquet for guests, so I and Brother Yan shamelessly came to ask for a cup of dirty wine!"

What he was saying was blaming Zhang Tang, saying that the guests at the banquet did not post messages for the two of them. This was not an honest thing to do!

When Zhang Tang heard this, his expression remained unchanged and he smiled and said: "How dare you look at these two distinguished guests in a humble house?"

But I was thinking, are you really here to cause trouble?

In fact, Zhang Tang felt that even if he didn't say anything about this matter, Yan Yi and Ji An's IQs should know what it meant.

It's just that everyone uses their own methods to see who is more loved by their colleagues.

As for the so-called internal history position, it is just a booby-trap.

Zhang Tang himself is not stupid!

He is only in his twenties, and he is already trembling with fear as a prisoner. There are not just one or two people below him who disapprove of him or disdain him. If he really wants to become an internal historian, he is afraid that it will be the first time he takes office.

On that day, I will be beaten to the point of being unable to step down!

Therefore, he was just forming gangs under the guise of learning from Chao Cuo.

The ministers in the palace are all elites carefully selected by the imperial court.

If you can attract one more of these talents to your side, they may become the key to determining your career future in the future!

Zhang Tang also believed that Ji An and Yan Yi had such a plan.

Everyone's eyes are not on the present, but on the situation of the government ten years from now.

And ten years later, above the court, these people in the courtyard now are probably at least one thousand-stone official, two-thousand-stone frontier official, there must be many, and there may even be a few Jiuqing!

This is a real treasure trove!

Zhang Tang did not expect to eat it all in his mouth. He would be satisfied if he could bite off the biggest and fattest piece of meat.

Today's banquet is just a test.

But who would have thought that Yan Yi and Ji An actually didn't even want to lose face and just ran over to beat the autumn wind!

This made Zhang Tang feel extremely awkward, but he couldn't even get angry!

Yan Yi and Ji An were extremely happy when they saw Zhang Tang's deflated appearance!

Although the three of them have a good relationship in private.

But who wants to be left behind?

A clear fact was placed in front of them. The late emperor had hundreds of ministers in his residence, but only Chao Cuo rose to the position of imperial censor.

Of the rest, the one who did the best was just that doctor Zhou Ren!

In this world, who wants to be the green leaf that sets off the flowers?

What's more, this matter is also related to the dispute over orthodoxy.

Confucianism, Legalism, Huang Lao, the future destiny of the three sects!
To be continued...