After listening to Zhang Yang's story, Li Shimin also became interested and wanted to know how this whole thing would turn out under the control of his son-in-law.
He prefers to sit on the mountain and watch the development of the matter before making a choice.
"Your Majesty, Duke Zhao is here."
"Come in."
Li Shimin drank tea and watched Changsun Wuji enter the palace, "Your Majesty, the Zhongshu Province has selected a few articles that look very good, and specially brought them to Your Majesty for review."
I took the exam paper and looked at it carefully. I was very tired from chatting with Zhang Yang.
Now looking at these test papers, Li Shimin naturally feels a lot more relaxed.
The imperial examination went smoothly, and the area around the Imperial College was full of people when the results were announced.
Zhang Yang listened to his aunt's story. This time, Zhang Daan was successfully admitted to the list. The court will soon make arrangements to place these newly promoted officials in various places in the court, or arrange them to serve as county officials in various places.
It doesn't matter whether he is a prime minister, or he goes to work as a civil servant in another state capital.
The addition of officials this time can alleviate the problem of insufficient manpower in the DPRK.
Dickson also joined the official service.
At this moment, nearly 80% of the students are enrolled in the imperial examination.
It was a bit surprising that Xue Li failed. He did not stand out in the martial arts test.
Zhang Yang whispered: "Auntie, please make arrangements. I want to meet this Xue Li."
"Let's make arrangements now."
The day after the results of the imperial examination were announced, today I wanted to go to Lishan to build a new home, but my aunt arranged to see him outside the city later.
The family arrived outside the city. Zhang Yang first helped Li Yue and Xiao Wu get into the carriage.
Standing next to the carriage with his hands folded, he watched pedestrians walking out of the city gate one after another.
Soon, I found a man of similar age standing in front of the city gate, his eyes seemed to be looking for something.
Zhang Yang waved to the other party.
After understanding what he meant, Xue Rengui walked forward quickly. Seeing that the person in front of him was wearing simple clothes, he lowered his guard a little and said loudly: "Dare you ask me in person?"
Zhang Yang asked back, "May I ask, are you from Hedong?"
Xue Rengui nodded, "How do you know?"
Zhang Yang still had a smile on his face, "Xue Li, also named Rengui, was born in the Xue family in Hedong. His ancestor was Xue Yan, the imperial uncle of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Your father, Xue Gui, was a military attache in the former Sui Dynasty."
It sounds like the other person understands his family background so clearly.
Xue Rengui became more and more curious, "Who are you?"
Zhang Yang said: "Don't care who I am, the Xue family in Hedong was also at its peak back then, but now the family is in decline because of Xue Gui's early death?"
"So what!"
Zhang Yang looked at the figure of the man in front of him again and said with a smile: "Nothing, I just heard about your family's affairs a few years ago, so I came to inquire about Brother Xue's plans for failing the imperial examination this time."
Xue Rengui looked at the other person again and said with caution, "What does it have to do with you?"
Zhang Yang looked towards the direction of Hedong, "It really has nothing to do with me, I just felt emotional after looking at the old people."
"Old man? You are as old as me. When did you meet my father?"
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I've seen it before."
Xue Rengui lifted the baggage on his shoulders and said, "I'm taking my leave."
"I wonder what Brother Xue's plans will be after he failed the exam?" Zhang Yang shouted towards his back with his hands in his hands.
Xue Rengui didn't reply and walked further and further away.
It wasn't until his back was invisible among the group of pedestrians that Zhang Yang withdrew his gaze, got on the carriage and prepared to go to Lishan Mountain.
"This person is very vigilant," Aunt Yang said.
"I can tell, but anyone would be wary of an appointment with a stranger."
"The county prince has taken a fancy to Xue Li?"
Zhang Yang let the horse walk slowly, "Even if he comes from a family of military generals, he should be a general."
"After checking his details, we found that his father died early and his family fell into decline. Now Xue Rengui makes a living by farming, and his status in the Xue family is not good."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I know."
Li Yue whispered: "Husband, the teacher said that I hope that my husband will not hold military power in his life."
"I know, that's why I didn't keep him."
"Yes." Li Yue responded in a low voice and handed a piece of cake to Xiao Wu, and also gave a piece of cake to her husband and aunt.
The family headed towards Lishan Mountain while eating cakes.
My family used to be a famous military general, but now my family is in decline and I can only make a living by farming.
People like Xue Rengui should want to restore their family status, and participating in this imperial examination also has this intention.
Not willing to show weakness, nor willing to be mediocre and inactive.
The carriage stopped in front of Lishan Mountain. According to Zhang Gongjin, I will never hold military power in my life.
This is the teaching of the old teacher.
No matter what mistakes you have made, as long as you do not hold military power, the emperor will not be so murderous towards you.
But you have military power in your hands, and this military power is not small. After you make a mistake, if you think about me from the perspective of the emperor, the mistake will be magnified many times.
Sometimes I can't understand Zhang Gongjin, compared to facing Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji.
Zhang Yang felt even more terrified when facing the teacher.
This is more stressful than facing anyone else. How can a person who has been calculating people's hearts for half his life know what he will think about.
Let the teacher live a few more years first, and then ask him why.
Looking up at the top of Lishan Mountain, the couple walked up the stone steps step by step.
There were wisps of white smoke on the top of the mountain. When I got closer, I realized that Li Tai was roasting several rabbits. The rabbits were shiny and very appetizing.
"Brother-in-law, Sister Huang! I knew you were coming and prepared rabbits in advance."
Li Yue reacted immediately when she smelled the aroma of barbecue. She frowned and endured the feeling of vomiting while holding on to the tree beside her.
Zhang Yang patted her back gently, "He did it unintentionally."
Li Yue usually likes to eat rabbit meat, but now she is pregnant and Li Tai doesn't know about it.
Xiao Wu stepped forward and explained to Li Tai.
Li Tai reacted and quickly asked his guards to take away the roast rabbit meat and put down the fire.
"Take them all! Take them down the mountain and wash your mouth after eating, but leave a little oil star behind so I can chop you into pieces."
After hearing this, a group of guards left in a panic carrying a few roasted rabbits.
Li Tai's face was full of guilt, and Zhang Yang said: "His Royal Highness, King Wei, will help me repair my house today. Let's forget about it."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Li Yue sat down again, and Xiao Wu handed over cold water and hawthorn.
Because of the sudden morning sickness, my face turned pale.
Seeing the distressed look on Xiao Wu's face, Li Yue smiled and explained: "This is something every woman has to go through, it's nothing."
Xiao Wu grabbed the teacher's hand and said, "It must be very hard to carry a baby."
"It's not hard work. Just think about the good days in the future. All this hard work is nothing."
I try to avoid greasy food at home, and eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.
This situation has only happened in the past two days. The transition to eating and drinking at home has gone smoothly. Who would have thought that Li Tai would be waiting on the mountain roasting rabbit.
"Your Highness, King Wei, help me get the bricks and stones over there."
"okay."
Li Taige was working hard today. He put the bricks aside and whispered: "Brother-in-law, am I going to be an uncle soon?"
Zhang Yang nodded, "Well, I am also an uncle. Your Highness, King Wei, can you lose weight as soon as possible?"
"That's natural."
Li Tai worked even harder with a smile on his face.
A guest room gradually took shape, and the two aunts helped make the mud. Li Yue did not dare to do these tasks anymore. I am afraid that in the next six months, Li Yue will live under the strict care of the aunts.
Xiao Wu is the most protective of her teacher. Even the little bear is left out by her and stays with Li Yue all the time.
He was busy until the evening, and it wasn't until Li Yue gave him a few words that Li Tai no longer felt guilty.
He scolded his guards again, "Whose idea was it to roast rabbit just now?"
A group of guards all looked at Li Tai.
"Look at what I do. Is it my idea? Each of you will be fined a month. If you do, I will break your legs next time!"
As the family walked down the mountain, they could still hear Li Tai yelling and cursing on the mountain.
Went to the hospital again.
Three or two villagers pushed a cart of chrysanthemum tea bags to Chang'an City to sell them.
Walking to Sun Simiao's room, he had just finished seeing today's patients.
Sun Simiao looked at Li Yue's complexion and asked, "Your Highness, is she suffering from morning sickness?"
Li Yue nodded, "Only in the past two days."
Sun Simiao checked his pulse and asked: "How is the degree?"
Xiao Wu stood aside and said, "You can't smell meat."
Sun Simiao nodded and said: "Now it seems that the pulse is very stable and there is no need to take medicine. I just walk around a lot to relax and go to bed early and get up early. There is no serious problem."
Xiao Wu added: "But the teacher's face turns pale whenever he feels like vomiting."
Seeing Xiao Wu's concerned and anxious look, Li Yue caressed her bun dotingly.
Sun Simiao explained: "This is a disease with insufficient blood and Qi, which will have symptoms. You should pay more attention to your meals, and you must eat the appropriate meat. Come back for pulse diagnosis after half a month."
On the way home, Xiao Wu whispered, "Teacher, do you want to capture Dr. Sun and diagnose the teacher's pulse every day?"
Li Yue smiled and said: "If this is done, it will delay a lot of patients' medical treatment. The teacher is fine and everything will be fine when the baby is born."
When Zhang Yang arrived at home, he made a bowl of sweet and sour pork ribs. Li Yue tried it and took a bite, "Well, I don't feel like vomiting."
Giving her another piece, Li Yue said, "You can try it too."
Xiao Wu took a bite of sweet and sour pork ribs, his eyes seemed to be filled with stars, "It's delicious!"
Meat still had to be supplemented, and the dishes had to be carefully arranged, Zhang Yang was thinking about it.
After dinner, only one house's lights were still on in this quiet street.
Xiao Wu sat by the oil lamp and quietly worked on the questions.
Li Yue looked at the derivative problem and said, "Husband, I seem to be able to solve this problem."
Zhang Yang ground the ink and laid out the paper for her.
Li Yue picked up the pen and started to draft, and complex formulas appeared on the paper.
And the writing speed was very fast. After writing a long column, she put down the pen again, "At least it's correct up to this point, and the subsequent calculations need to be calculated carefully."
Xiao Wu looked at these incomprehensible formulas and looked up at Zhang Yang, "Master, when can I learn this kind of question?"
"You?" Zhang Yang smiled at first, "Actually, there are many fields in mathematics. Your teacher is good at calculations. Priest Li Chunfeng is very accomplished in numerical sequences. Everyone is good at different fields."
"Then what is master good at?"
Xiao Wu was stunned by this question, and Zhang Yang simply snorted and didn't answer.
Xiao Wu's little face, which was still full of baby fat, was full of dissatisfaction, and then he went back to his room and continued to do the questions.
Li Yue whispered: "Actually, Xiao Wu is also very talented in calculations, but sometimes she will jump out of the draft. My husband taught me that this is not a good habit."
"This is really not a good habit. It will be easy to make mistakes when facing complex formulas in the future."
Li Yue nodded and whispered: "It's best to correct her slowly."
This time the imperial examination was carried out and ended smoothly. Kong Yingda was also one of the people who presided over this imperial examination. He looked at the examination papers one after another. There were many people with outstanding literary talents and those who were proficient in strategy.
On the other hand, few people answered the two math questions given by Zhang Yang. Even those who did answered mostly made mistakes, and some people did not understand the questions well.
The boy from the Imperial Academy walked out of the room and said, "Old Master Kong, it's getting late and it's time to rest."
Kong Yingda nodded, waved his hand to signal the other party to leave, and said: "I will rest now."
The book boy continued to stand outside the door, planning to persuade Mr. Kong Yingda if he didn't sleep again.
There were many newly promoted officials this time. Zhang Yang wrote down a name, took out the regulations for the reorganization of the Foreign Affairs Academy, and handed them to Aunt Wang, "Auntie, please give them to Xu Jingzong of the Foreign Affairs Academy."
This imperial examination also brought a lot of population to Chang'an City, and more people moved to Chang'an City.
This has also led to the high price of houses in Chang'an City.
In order to expand the Ministry of Rites and need to buy a few more rooms, Li Xiaogong was spitting on stars, loudly discussing the price with the other party, and even using his power to bully the other party, making it difficult for people to live in Chang'an City.
Looking at this scene, Zhang Xiangxiang said helplessly: "Prince Hejian is really enthusiastic."
Xu Jingzong smiled and said: "When Zhang Shilang first entered the Ministry of Rites, he was brought out by the prince of Hejian County. He treated Zhang Shangshu like his own nephew, so he naturally took good care of us."
As he spoke, Xu Jingzong looked at the new regulations of the Ministry of Rites in his hand and said, "Brother Elephant, please arrange these matters."
After taking a look at it first, Zhang Elephant asked doubtfully: "You still want to teach them?"
"Didn't Zhang Shangshu make it clear? We should improve the quality of our staff. Even if it doesn't work, we should always be literate."
"That's right." Zhang Xiangxiang nodded emphatically. Most of the people in the Foreign Affairs Commission were recruited from outside, and most of them were businessmen who traveled from both sides of the border.
These people can interact and talk with Turks, but if they are literate, they may not be able to read a single big character.
Seeing that Xu Jingzong was about to leave and the burden fell on him, Zhang Xiangxiang said again: "Brother Xu, what are you going to do?"
Xu Jingzong shook the note in his hand and walked forward, "Go to the Ministry of Personnel to ask for someone."
After the imperial examination is over, it is the busiest time for the civil service department. At this moment, there are many people standing in front of the civil service department.
Xu Jingzong squeezed into the crowd and walked straight to Yang Shidao.
Yang Shidao raised his head and looked at the person coming. He didn't look good when facing Xu Jingzong, "I've told you several times that the officials have their own arrangements. You are short of manpower. Don't all the ministries in the court and the central government lack manpower?"
Xu Jingzong simply sat down and said, "This time I am here to ask you for someone on behalf of Zhang Shangshu."