Fang Congzhe and Xu Shenxing's affairs went smoothly, and the matter of jointly sending troops was different from the matter of mutual markets, and there was no argument of interests, so Dayong and Xiyan did not take too long on this, and their opinions were quickly agreed.

This time, we were only discussing the way and time to send troops, and no one had any more or less benefits to speak of. At the end of the day, it's all about their respective borders. The final opinion of the officials of Dayong and Xiyan was that the two countries had agreed to jointly send troops after the beginning of spring next year when the ice and snow melted, and after the beginning of spring, the Turks would be able to easily achieve the results of sending troops after a winter of hardship and lack of horses and weak men.

The two countries agreed on the details of the joint dispatch of troops, and also visited the places of interest in Yandu, and in mid-November, the mission of the Dayong mission had been basically completed, and the matter of returning to Jingzhao began.

Sima Zhen naturally also held a farewell state banquet for the envoy of Dayong, and on the state banquet, Shi Lun also comforted Shen Zeru a few words, saying that he didn't expect such a thing to happen, and let him mourn.

It turned out that not long after arriving in Xiyan, the servants and servants brought by Shen Zeru began to be unaccustomed to the soil and water, and finally passed away a few days ago, and they couldn't return to the country, which is really sad.

Shen Zeru's face was a little sad, saying that it was really a sad thing for the guest to die in a foreign land, but such a thing was as unpredictable as a chess game, so the two discussed the chess game logically, Shi Lun also said that it was a pity, as soon as Shen Zeru returned to Dayong, he would have no opponent, Shen Zeru said modestly where and where, and promised that if the mission sent Xiyan next year, he would definitely follow, and Shi Lun drank a few glasses.

It is said that the owner is an old man from the slope ridge, more than fifty years old, he speaks, but he is fluent in Yandu dialect, he also has a grandson, fifteen or sixteen years old, usually he rarely speaks, taking care of the affairs of the wine shop before and after, but it is profitable, the wine shop also hired three guys, the business is not good, but it is also passable, and the owner also has savings, otherwise it is impossible to open a wine shop on this Fengchao Street. Because the restaurant's signature liquor, "Ridge Mountain Brew", is crisp and mellow, and it is not expensive, many people here spend time here every day, and the proprietor also sits at the counter happily, regardless of these people using it as a place for gossip.

"The Dayong Mission left Yandu today, alas, speaking of which, in the last chess competition, I also lost the same money, and the loss was big, who would have thought that the Dayong Mission had such a powerful chess player." A drinker was talking, and his tone was painful.

"When the mission left, there was a cart of gifts behind it, which is said to have been given by the imperial court." Another drinker said.

"Alas, the people of Namanshan haven't survived the famine yet, and when this mission came, they didn't do anything, and they took so many things, it can't be compared." There are also wine customers who say this, and their tone is very sighing.

"Don't talk about state affairs, let's drink. Shop, let's have another pot of longshan brewed ......" a drinker called out for wine and changed the subject.

"Okay. Just come. The fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy neatly brought a pot of Longshan Brew to their table, and asked curiously: "Guest officers, what is the matter with the Manshan famine?" My grandfather and I have not been here for a long time, so we don't know anything......" looked curious and asked.

"Manshan famine, it's ......" The drinker took a sip of wine and smacked his tongue in enjoyment before he began to babble......

Throughout October, the Shen family was very calm, and in the middle of the month, Shen Ning had a simple birthday, and invited Shen Mi, Shen Wan, Shen Yao and other sisters to come to Qingzhuju to congratulate them, and also received their gifts.

Of course, Shen An's and Shen Yuhong and others also have a lot of expressions. At the end of the month, the Shen family held a full moon banquet for Shen Qingze, which was already Shen Zejing's second grandson, and it was a tense period for the exam, and only a few in-laws who were closest to the Shen family were invited, such as the Dali Temple's main bookkeeper Cheng Fangyuan's family and the etiquette department member Zhang Shu's family, etc., and even Ye Zhengchun also gave face to drink.

In mid-November, Shen Zejing's examination work has reached the final stage, the officials' grading comments have been marked and written, and the officials of the examination department are busy with the final check, and even the officials of the imperial history platform have walked around the examination department a lot more times in the past few days, and they also have to check the examination status of some officials, and no problems have been found.

Xiao Houren, the left servant of Shangshu, and Xu Youyuan, the secretary of the ministry, are very satisfied with Shen Zejing's work, so far, nothing has gone wrong, and then the examination department is busy sealing the file and submitting it to the door for the record, and the rest is to wait for the imperial approval of Emperor Changtai to pass. In general, these are all hand tails, so Shen Zejing is also a lot easier, after the dossier was sent to the province, he also hosted a banquet for the officials of the Examination Department in Wangjing Tower, the most famous restaurant in Jingzhao, in order to reward them for their hard work this year, even Cen Xiaobai and Shen Jinghua participated in this banquet, and the work is finally coming to an end, it is really not easy.

Dayong established the country for more than 210 years, the examination work was first put forward by Taizu Shangguan Fu, after several generations of emperors to improve and update, has formed a system of examination and supervision of each other, in addition to the supervision of the imperial history, the most important of which is the "mutual application" system, the so-called mutual application, that is, the mutual supervision between officials, Dayong stipulated, if the official finds that other officials have a perverted matter, you can tell the supervision of the imperial history in a secret letter, the imperial history platform in all provinces, states and counties have set up a confidential messenger and confidential mailbox, It is used to convey secret letters from officials.

This was originally an excellent system, but over the past 210 years or so, the system of "mutual application" has changed from being fruitful at the beginning to a virtual reality today, and the mutual supervision of officials and officials has become the protection of officials and officials, and the secret envoys and secret boxes set up by the Imperial Historical Observatory have no use at all, and even many remote counties have even removed the secret boxes.

Therefore, it is very difficult for the Department of Examination and Merit to inspect and supervise officials outside Beijing, and it is easy for loopholes to appear, and it can only be determined according to the administrative records of the merit examination order and the general public sentiment of the visit, and Gu Zicheng's problem appears here. Baidu search or,,Update the specific situation of the official ranking, which is confidential, and it must wait until the imperial approval of Emperor Changtai before it can be announced to the public, so even if Shen Ning is serving in Shen Zejing's study, she doesn't know the specific situation of the rating, Shen Zejing has not revealed a word to her, but Shen Ning knows that in the thirty-sixth year of Changtai's examination in his previous life, Gu Zicheng, a member of the examination division, had an accident.