Ouyang Bijin came out of his brother-in-law's house, his head was still dizzy, this was really confused, and he didn't fake it at all.

He came to see Yan Song because he wanted to talk to his brother-in-law for the last time, so that he could change his mind, and not lose his character in order to covet high-ranking officials.

Like Jia Yong, once he becomes Wang Yue's lackey, he will only be despised by Shilin and spurned by the world. In life, you always have to care about your name.

It's just that he didn't have time to talk about this stomach before he was interrupted by Yan Song.

Yan Song threw out conditions that he couldn't refuse.

Ministry of Works!

Ouyang Bijin is a 12-year junior in Zhengde and has entered the official career. In fact, from the perspective of ideological propositions, Ouyang Bijin is conservative, and he has always kept a distance from the imperial party.

Even if his brother-in-law was Yan Song, he didn't show anything in the Great Rites Meeting.

The result is that his official fortune is mediocre, and for more than ten years, he was only promoted to the right attendant of the Ministry of Works. Neither status nor qualifications are worth mentioning.

It stands to reason that such a person, if he is given another ten years, it will be considered a good fortune to be able to become a scholar.

It is even possible to be driven out of the capital by those in power and let one side out.

Fortunately, Ouyang Bijin didn't think about these things, he just hoped to do things in peace. In fact, he had already served as the prefect of Kaifeng a few years ago.

At that time, Kaifeng was hit by floods, and there were more than 100,000 victims.

After Ouyang Bijin took office, he immediately organized the victims to save themselves and distributed rations...... What is amazing is that this flood did not cause much damage, and the hundreds of thousands of victims were neither displaced nor starved to death.

Due to the disaster, Kaifeng's livestock were swept away, either drowned or eaten by the hungry.

Ouyang Bijin invented a manpower plough stick, which can greatly save energy through the role of pulleys, assist the people of Kaifeng, and get out of the famine as soon as possible.

Because of his contribution to disaster relief, Ouyang Bijin was transferred back to the capital and was responsible for the construction of the outer city of Shuntian.

As mentioned earlier, the outer city was owned by Wang Yue Zhangluo, but he originally built the southern city, and for many years, it has been being renovated intermittently.

When Ouyang Bijin arrives here, he will finally repair Shuntian.

Completed the construction of a huge hollow-shaped capital.

Due to the restoration of the Daning Division, the pressure on the northern border has plummeted, and there will never be a dilemma of the Son of Heaven guarding the country.

Therefore, when Ouyang Bijin repaired the city, he not only took into account the needs of national defense, but also had economic needs, and built an open city wall, which was well received from top to bottom.

Because of this, Ouyang Bijin was promoted to the Ministry of Engineering.

But that's the end of it, he never believes that he can be promoted to the Ministry of Engineering.

But his brother-in-law Yan Song took the initiative to mention it, and he also made a ghost and agreed directly.

He really wanted to do something.

But the question is, once he agrees, will he become Wang Yue's lackey?

Do you want your reputation?

Ouyang Bijin struggled and struggled, and for three days, he didn't sleep well.

On the fourth day, he was going to find Yan Song, if it didn't work, he would simply refuse!

But before he could pass, someone came to deliver a letter asking him to come over and participate in the cabinet meeting.

Ouyang Bijin was stunned, and what surprised him was that there were several acquaintances waiting here, such as Wu Peng, Xu Jie, Zhang Jing, Tang Long, and Wang Tingxiang...... Seeing them, Ouyang Bijin looked confused, and these people also showed a knowing smile.

Especially Wang Tingxiang, he patted his thigh and said, "What did I say?" This guy, when he's fine, he doesn't even like to go out of the house, and he doesn't know what's going on outside. Look, he's still confused! ”

Wu Peng stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Ouyang, from now on, we will be colleagues, if there is anything, we have to work together!" ”

Ouyang Bijin nodded solemnly, but he was still confused, colleague? Originally, these people were not high-ranking officials at the level of Shangshu, what happened to them? What position do you want to hold?

This time, Xu Jie took the initiative to speak, and he introduced the situation to Ouyang Bijin...... First of all, Zhang Jing, needless to say, he served as a staff officer for Wang Yue, and later as a military counselor in the north.

After Wang Yue returned to Beijing, Zhang Jing was actually in charge of military affairs in the north.

"In the past few years, Lord Zhang has continued to march north, swallowing and encroaching, expanding thousands of miles of land, and taking most of the Lingbei Province into his pocket. When it comes to expanding the land, it is still above my teacher! ”

Zhang Jing hurriedly waved his hand, "Lord Xu, don't put gold on my face." All I do is picking peaches and taking sheep by the hand, where can I compare with the first assistant. ”

Zhang Jing's mouth was modest, but his expression was full of pride.

In the past few years, although there have been no major battles in the north, they are expanding every moment. Zhang Jing armed a large number of Jurchens, and then used them as the main force to march north. The route chosen by Zhang Jing was very clever, and he advanced along the coastline. In this way, I took a shortcut, went directly to the Aleutian Islands in later generations, and successfully reached North America!

This caused a sensation in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The Pacific route has long been no stranger. But the long voyage still discourages many people. And people don't quite understand what the value of going directly across the ocean is.

But when the northern route was opened, the situation changed abruptly.

It turns out that there is another route to the Americas, and this route is only a short section, you need to take a boat, and the rest of the area is land.

And as long as you walk through this section, you can enter a new world.

In that world, the water and grass are abundant, the products are abundant, and the most important thing is that the people there are still in a fairly primitive state, they do not have a unified country, and they do not have a strong fighting force.

What a godsend!

Under the instigation of Zhang Jing, the first to embark on this road were those Jurchens...... Go, go to new worlds, be brave and explore, there is everything you want!

The biggest advantage of the Northern Passage is that the pressure on the northern border is suddenly reduced. A large number of Jurchens went north, not only would they not attack the Ming Dynasty, but they could even send countless animal skins, medicinal herbs, jewelry, and even gold to the Ming Dynasty!

And after entering North America, they found a batch of very tall pine trees.

Due to the fact that these pines are located in the alpine zone, the growth rate is very slow every year, in other words, they can grow into towering trees for a very long time, I am afraid of decades, hundreds of years, or even longer.

These pines are tall and straight, and the wood is dense, making them the best materials for shipbuilding.

A giant pine, transported to Tianjin, is worth more than 10,000 yuan, even more expensive than golden silk nanmu.

The Jurchens' northward movement brought immeasurable benefits to the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely because of such a huge success that Zhang Jing was selected into the cabinet this time and became the secretary of the Ministry of War.

After Zhang Jing, it was Tang Long.

This is also the oldest of the several. He is already half a hundred years old, but his spirit is excellent, and this time the position he will hold is the secretary of the criminal department!

Tang Long was able to be selected, mainly because of one thing.

In the past few years, he has assisted Sun Jiao in revising various laws and regulations...... The Penal Code and the Commercial Code were introduced, and he also assisted in the revision of the Geographical Chronicle and the List of Officials...... He has completed no less than a dozen books.

To put it bluntly, this person's legal cultivation is already a world-class figure.

Look at another royal court, he has always been known for his incorruptibility...... Just said one thing, Zhang Xuan once advised him to put his body first, don't be too reluctant to eat and drink, especially to eat more meat.

can make Zhang Xuan feel ashamed, it can be seen how far this has come.

Wang Tingxiang's position this time is the Imperial History of Zuodu, responsible for the governance of officials.

Ouyang Bijin shook his head, those officials were still pondering, without Zhang Ge Lao, they would be able to stabilize for a few days!

Unexpectedly, there was another royal history, and he fell directly to the eighteenth layer of hell!

After Ouyang Bijin sighed, he thought about it carefully and finally had some experience...... Tang Long was in charge of the Criminal Department, Zhang Jing was in charge of the Military Department, Xu Jie was in charge of the Household Department, and Wu Peng was in charge of the Ministry of Officials.

plus his own Ministry of Works, as well as Wang Tingxiang's Zuodu Imperial History.

The entire Qiqing selection can be called the best use of talents, just right!

If it really works, there is no doubt that it will completely change the style of the Ming Dynasty.

For the first time, Ouyang Bijin had a little awe of Wang Yue's mind, even if it was Zhang Xuan, he didn't have the courage to use people!

At this moment, Wang Yue and Yan Song, one after the other, walked in.

"Greetings from the big guys? In a while, we will go together to meet the Son of Heaven and accept the appointment...... From then on, the government will fall on us. Wang Yue said with a smile.