Chapter 1142: Still Too Young

Shi Qing has already found two problematic merchants. These two are just offline merchants. Not much information was obtained after checking, but it is certain that they are connected to the Zhang family. This also confirms the emperor's guess that the Zhang family is hiding among the merchants.

He kept looking through the registered merchants, but unfortunately most of them were from the capital. There were still many merchants from various states who were not registered, especially some traveling merchants.

The emperor met him at last. He was feeling very nervous. His father didn't meet his old friends, and he really didn't think of Lao Gu, mainly because it had been many years.

As for how the emperor found out, he was more concerned about this. Could it be that the emperor also placed people beside his father and kept an eye on the Shi family!

Obviously, the emperor did not reveal Yu Yun. He would not reveal it before confirmation. Even the people of the Cha Shi family were the prince's men.

The Ministry of Rites, Wang Ju was very busy. With the development of maritime trade, exchanges between neighboring countries became more frequent, and more envoys came to Beijing. The embassy, ​​which was not valued before, was no longer enough.

Wang Ju called Chang Yi over and said, "You have been keeping a low profile since you came back. You have been idle for a long time. I will assign you a task today. The Ministry of Rites needs to build a new embassy. The site has been obtained. You will go to supervise the construction."

Chang Yi blinked his eyes, "This is a good job, you just gave it to me?"

Wang Ju cleared her throat and said, "I'm fighting for you. You have to supervise the work carefully. There's a lot of room for misconduct in the account books. We're keeping an eye on it!"

Chang Yi was speechless, "Master Wang, my father will be unhappy if you say that. Not only do you not trust my character, you also do not trust our family!"

Wang Ju, ".I just want to say one thing, you are the one who talks too much, I don't mean that, I just want to remind you that your account book is prone to cat peeping, don't fall into the trap."

Chang Yi smiled when he heard this, "Thank you, Uncle Wang."

Wang Ju patted Chang Yi's shoulder and whispered, "I won't stay in the Ministry of Rites for long. As long as I'm here, I'll give you more opportunities. Now that you have the opportunity, you should take good care of it so that I can shut everyone up. If you don't seize this opportunity, it will be difficult to get you more opportunities in the future."

Chang Yi said seriously, this matter concerns his own future, "I will remember this."

"Well, your father has friends in the Ministry of Industry, and he's used to money, so your work will be smoother."

Chang Yi, "."

Bai was touched. It turned out that someone was watching him here. He wondered how it was so easy to get the job.

Chang Yi's smile froze. "The Ministry of Rites is not going to give you any money, is it?"

Wang Ju, "Seeing through but not speaking out."

Chang Yi laughed, "The new embassy must be quite large."

Wang Ju, ".Yeah."

Chang Yi knew that if the scale was right, his father would not refuse to give money. Apparently the Ministry of Rites had been in the spotlight too much and was becoming a little arrogant.

Wang Ju cleared her throat and cursed in her heart. Zhou Shuren's sons were not easy to fool. "They all wanted the Ministry of Rites to achieve more political achievements. They were all for the good of the Ministry of Rites."

Chang Yi curled his lips, thus showing his importance. Oh, his father has friends in the Ministry of Industry, and he would go to his father for money!

Wang Ju coughed and said, "This is also an opportunity."

Changyi was silent. It was indeed an opportunity. If he did the job well, his level would be stable this year and he could also leave a mark in his political achievements.

Zhou Shuren didn't know he was being plotted against as he was looking through the documents from various departments of the Ministry of Revenue as well as those from various states sent to the Ministry of Revenue.

Zhang Jinghong came in and said, "This is what Doctor Lei asked me to bring over."

Zhou Shuren didn't raise his head to signal to put it down. After waiting for a while and not hearing any footsteps, he raised his head and asked, "Anything else?"

Zhang Jinghong said, "I would like to take a leave to rest."

Zhou Shuren, "This is not my responsibility, just report it."

Zhang Jinghong hooked his fingers and said, "I have invited too many guests, so I would like to ask you for help."

He really is not afraid of having too many lice, since he owes so many favors anyway.

Zhou Shuren didn't make things difficult for him. As long as the Ministry of Revenue gave the reason, they wouldn't refuse to grant the leave. "How long will it take?"

"One month."

Zhou Shuren, "This is a bit much. You should know that the Ministry of Revenue is very busy."

He hasn't even had a month off!

Zhang Jinghong, "Xiaoer has been feeling unwell recently."

Zhou Shuren thought about it. Zhang Jinghong hadn't had much rest last year. He was also known as a workaholic in the Ministry of Revenue. "Well, I'll let Jianyan go over and tell him later."

Zhang Jinghong bowed and said, "Thank you, sir."

Zhang Jinghong was really happy. He was scolded by Yao Xin yesterday, and his son's voice was hoarse from crying. After thinking about it, he decided that it would be good to take a break, so he asked for leave. Part of the reason was for his son, and part of the reason was that he was really tired.

In the evening, Zhou Shuren learned about his son's good job. "Haha, I was wondering why the Minister of Rites looked at me so happily today."

Chang Yi touched his nose and said, "Dad, the Minister of Rites has been asking you for money for a long time!"

Zhou Shuren, "Yes, it's going to be passed a long time ago. I've also seen the drawings given by the Ministry of Industry. It's where the embassy is going to be built. It should be built inside the palace!"

Chang Yi was worried, "What should I do?"

The level was too high at that time, he really couldn't do it. It turned out that he was still too young.

Zhou Shuren snorted, "What can we do? Change the blueprint. Let me and Lord Fang mention it and ask the Ministry of Works to change the blueprint according to the money the Ministry of Revenue gave to the Ministry of Rites."

Chang Yi was speechless. The problem in his mind was solved by just one sentence from his father?

Zhou Shuren said, "Don't be so stupid as to use whatever you are given. I'm telling you, the Ministry of Industry must have more than one blueprint in hand."

This is all based on experience. Any drawing submitted by the Ministry of Industry is not considered finished unless it is revised three or four times.

Chang Yi, ".I've learned a lesson."

Zhou Shuren continued to teach his son, "They just think you are young, and you will have experience after a few experiences."

Chang Yi, "."

The water here is really deep! He finally understood it thoroughly. No one else can complete this task perfectly except him!

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the day for the announcement of the golden list. This time Zhulan went with them, and everyone in the family who could go went. Last time when Changlian's results were announced, there were only a few people, but this time Changzhi and the Zhou family had several horse-drawn carriages.

When we arrived, the results had not been announced yet. There were already many people guarding the city walls. Zhulan wanted to get off the carriage but stopped herself. "I'll wait in the carriage. You guys can get off. Come back and tell me when you know the results."

Su Xuan got off the carriage. There were indeed many people here today. "Mom, I'll come back and tell you if I have any news."

"good."

Zhulan looked at Yushuang and Yulu, "Why don't you two go down?"

I didn’t see them last time, but this time the two girls followed me no matter what I said, and even when we got to the place, they refused to get off the car.

Yu Shuang held the handkerchief and said with a smile, "Grandma, I am not young anymore. I won't go down."

Yu Lu also shook her head, "It's fine in the carriage."

Zhulan opened the carriage curtain and said, "Then watch from inside the carriage."

The Zhou family arrived early, and the carriage station was in a good location. Although it was some distance away from the city wall, it was still visible.

The sound of gongs rang out, and Zhulan became energetic. This is for the list.

(End of this chapter)