"Don't worry, Lord Sun. I will contact the Ministry of War and have them send a team to escort you. I know the people of the grasslands are tough, so before you leave for the northern border, the Ministry of War will give you a document allowing you to control some of the local garrisons."
Song Gongwen's face was full of smiles at this moment, and he said seriously.
It would not be difficult to get the Ministry of War to issue a document in his name.
After all, he held the title of Second Assistant to the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and also held the title of Minister of Revenue.
The Ministry of War might ask about it, but it would never refuse.
Now the other party is about to go to the northern border to preside over the mutual trade. Other places are fine, but the situation on the border is chaotic, and the war is not over yet. In addition, the other party still has nearly 300,000 taels of goods in his hands, so of course we have to pay close attention.
After hearing this, Sun Kejian immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord."
I was not prepared before.
The goods were plundered by the grassland tribes.
Although the Sun family is very powerful in Yan, it is not difficult to find some guards.
But the problem is that the Sun family is always just a family.
The grassland tribes would plunder goods without any scruples.
But if it is in the name of the imperial court, it is completely different.
If the grassland tribes wanted to seize it, they would be completely against the Wei Dynasty.
If it were some large tribes, they might not be so wary, but if it was just a small tribe, they would definitely think twice.
In particular, those who guarded the goods were real soldiers who had been trained and were completely different from ordinary guards.
So after hearing what Song Gongwen said, he knew that this time the matter was definitely settled.
Then, the two continued to talk about the details of this border trade.
After all, this is a source of future financial revenue for the imperial court.
It is extremely important to the Ministry of Revenue.
The conversation continued until dusk, when Sun Kejian left.
As for Song Gongwen, it was naturally not so early, as there were still some things waiting for him to deal with in the Ministry of Revenue.
Of course, those were just small matters. What he was most concerned about now was tomorrow's palace examination.
The first imperial examination since His Majesty ascended the throne is of great significance.
Although it has nothing to do with the Ministry of Households.
But he is the second-in-command of the cabinet, so naturally he has to pay attention.
What Song Gongwen was most curious about was who would be able to reach the top three this time?
Let’s wait and see!
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The next morning.
Wei Yunyi got up early.
Under the gaze of palace maids and eunuchs, he wore a dragon robe and rode on a dragon chariot, heading towards Chengtian Palace.
There is no need for morning court today, but the palace examination is indeed the most important part of this imperial examination!
And the place where the palace examination is held.
It is the largest Chengtian Hall in the imperial palace.
At this moment, outside Chengtian Hall, hundreds of officials stood on both sides, each of them standing tall and straight.
Teams of imperial guards, with their eyes fixed on the side, guarded the four directions, as if they would draw their swords at the slightest sign of trouble.
Outside the steps of the main hall is a huge square. The surrounding steps and stone railings are all white, and each one is decorated with dragons and phoenixes, forming a whole with the tall and majestic Chengtian Hall, showing the royal majesty.
In the square, there were young people wearing blue and white shirts. They all lowered their heads and looked around, with different expressions, some of them were shocked, some were confused, and some were longing.
These people were the candidates for the first imperial examination during the Tianqi period, a total of 342 people.
Among all the candidates, more than 80% of them were entering the palace for the first time.
After all, some of the candidates are children of officials.
My father held a high official position and had the honor of entering the palace.
Candidate Ouyang Ji is one of them.
This was not only his first time entering the palace, but also his first time entering Beijing.
At this moment, Ouyang Ji couldn't help feeling a little nervous, even though he won the first place in the joint examination and was also a favorable candidate for the first place in the palace examination.
But after feeling the majesty of the imperial city, he couldn't help but show his fear. But when he saw his friends around him, he was calm and composed.
He was immediately a little confused, touched the other party, and said, "Brother Xuan Ce, aren't you afraid?"
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