Zhang Bangqi was transferred to the position of Minister of Personnel of the Capital, and Zou Shouyi was promoted to the position of the Zhanshifu. Yangming's lineage seemed to have the strength to compete with Xia Yan's party at once.

However, with Yan Song as Minister of Rites, Xia Yan's party's power in the capital did not seem to have weakened, but instead increased a little.

The court was full of troubles, and it is still unknown who could win. At this time, Yang Cong should have seized the opportunity to strengthen his strength to deal with the upcoming fierce battle. However, at this moment, he had no mind at all, because Zhang Yue had also returned to Beijing and his good things were approaching.

Yang Cong should have visited Zhang Yue, the prospective father-in-law, when he returned to Beijing, he should have visited him as soon as possible, but after a little inquiry, he found that this was not a good time to visit Zhang Yue.

Because Zhang Yue has been working outside for many years and has no mansion in the capital, he is still renting a temple now. There are no temples near Chang'an Street in the east and west of the inner city, so he can only rent an Anguo Temple outside Zhengyang Gate.

This Anguo Temple is more than ten miles away from the imperial city. Zhang Yue spends a lot of time every day in the morning and afternoon. After a while, there is not much rest time. If he gets bothered, he may not even have enough time to sleep.

For this reason, Yang Cong's parents were even embarrassed to discuss the marriage of their children, so as not to affect their rest.

This will definitely not work. You have to wait until you think of a solution. Otherwise, your prospective father-in-law is busy rushing all day long, so how can he handle the marriage?

Yang Cong asked Li Shieryi for inquiries, and soon found out that there was a house near the Imperial City to the east of Xiaoyongfang, near the Imperial City.

This house is the residence of a six-departed minister. The old man is in a hurry to return home to take care of his old age, so he is eager to take out the residence. The yard is just the right size and has all the furniture inside. As long as you buy it, you can move in.

After discussing with his parents, Yang Cong simply bought the house and asked his parents to come forward and ask his father-in-law Zhang Yue to move over.

In this way, Zhang Yue's morning and afternoon trips are much more convenient, and he can save at least one hour a day and he will have more free time.

Zhang Yue also knew that it was not appropriate to continue like this. He spent so much time on the road every day. Not to mention the marriage between Yang Cong and his daughter Zhang Zhen, even for his own business, he might be delayed.

He is now the left deputy censor of the Censorate, and he is basically sure that he will take over the Censorate. There is basically no possibility of being released from the future. He may have to stay in the capital for several years or even more than ten years. It is definitely not possible to have no mansion. The mansion near the imperial city costs at least a few hundred taels of silver. With his salary at this moment, he is worried about this.

Just so happened that Yang Cong's parents came to the door with a mansion gift. He didn't know what he thought, but he moved over without hesitation.

On the afternoon of the second day after Zhang Yue moved into his new mansion, Yang Cong visited him.

The servants in this mansion were originally used to be used when he was pulled over from his new mansion. He saved a lot of embarrassment. After a while of communication, the servants ran over and told him that Zhang Yue was already waiting for him in the lobby of the inner house.

This guy, for the first time, Yang Cong felt a little nervous. He came to the outside of the lobby of the inner house, carefully tidied up his robe, then walked in carefully, bowed to the old man sitting upright and said, "Son-in-law, pay homage to my father-in-law."

This was the first time Zhang Yue saw this son-in-law, although he had seen Yang Cong from afar when he was in the morning court, they were not from the same yamen. They were far apart and could not be seen in detail. At this moment, he looked at Yang Cong carefully and felt that Yang Cong was still like such a top scholar. He nodded slightly and said, "Qingfeng, don't be restrained, sit down."

Yang Cong hurriedly thanked him and sat down in the guest seat respectfully.

Then Zhang Yue shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Qingfeng, this time I really cost you a lot."

After hearing this, Yang Cong hurriedly said respectfully: "My father-in-law, it's nothing. The son-in-law originally wanted to buy this mansion, but when he won the top scorer, the emperor rewarded a mansion, so he gave up this matter. This time, the father-in-law came, and the old minister was in a hurry to return to his hometown to retire, so the son-in-law bought it by the way. When others asked about it, the son-in-law also said the same thing. The son-in-law had already booked it here, but the emperor gave it to the mansion, so the place was empty. It just so happened that the father-in-law was invited to live in, so as to save the vacancies."

When Zhang Yue heard this, he nodded with satisfaction. In fact, it was not the key to not being able to live in this mansion. The key was that he wanted to test Yang Cong through this matter, so that Yang Cong would be content with this, or to promote the issue of giving gifts to the mansion everywhere. He really didn't want to get this marriage done.

He has always been careful in his work and always keeps a clear mind. This time he was promoted to the left deputy censor of the Censorate of the Censorate this time, he did not let him be proud.

He didn't think he would be able to take over the position of Tuqiao and join the Censorate. It is not easy to control a yamen these days, especially for an important yamen such as the Censorate, I wonder how many people are jealous of it.

If he doesn't pay attention, he will likely be happy. If Yang Cong becomes his son-in-law, his words and deeds will have a great impact on him.

If Yang Cong was a young man, had no serious words, and did things casually, he would really not dare to ask for this son-in-law.

Fortunately, Yang Cong was quite calm and had a decent attitude towards his words and actions. In addition, he had the support of the Yangming lineage behind him, so he was a candidate for Shang Jia, who was a good son-in-law.

Yang Cong didn't know that Zhang Yue was testing him, so he asked again: "My father-in-law, you are still satisfied with this mansion."

Zhang Yue smiled faintly and said, "The mansion is just a place to sleep and eat. It's almost enough. This mansion is pretty good, neither big nor small, not ostentatious, and it doesn't look very cold. It's just that there are too many servants in the mansion, so I can't afford to hire so many servants. Let's do this, after Zhen'er gets married, you'll leave two old men and mothers to take care of them. You can do the rest."

Yang Cong nodded quickly and said, "Okay, okay, the son-in-law will deal with it when the time comes."

At this point, he finally felt relieved. It seemed that this father-in-law was not the kind of person who was difficult to get along with, and he had no objection to his marriage with Zhang Zhen. He was afraid that his father-in-law would be angry about Lu Ling'er's affairs, so that would be troublesome.

Next, the two families began to formally discuss the marriage. His parents handled these things. Yang Cong just needed to wait for the marriage.

Not long after, news came from the south that the old man Yang Rong and Zhang Zhen had already entered the territory of Shuntian Prefecture and were about to arrive in the capital soon.

When Yang Cong heard the news, he was so excited that he even took a day off and went straight to meet him.

At this time, on the official road from Baoding Prefecture to the capital, a huge team was slowly heading towards the capital.
Chapter completed!