Chapter 568 - 493 Martial Arts Temple, Martial Arts Pavilion
Time passed day by day, and it was now May.
The Imperial Commerce Bureau was also established, appointing one doctor at the Secondary Fifth Rank as the chief official, two registrars at the Secondary Sixth Rank as deputies, with several clerks at the Standard Seventh Rank and several attendants at the Secondary Ninth Rank beneath them.
Originally a registrar at the Ministry of Revenue, Li Changxiao was promoted to be the doctor of the Imperial Commerce Bureau; Zhou Shang, Wang Zhenze, Lin Qi, Zhang Qingsong, Qi Ting, and Zhen Yang, six major agents, entered the Imperial Commerce Bureau as clerks.
The matter of these six major agents serving as clerks caused several days of debate within the Ministry of Personnel.
The main reason revolved around Zhen Yang. There were some women warriors within the Da Rong Army, but there had never been a woman serving as an official in the civil servant system.
Zhen Yang’s appointment as a clerk was unprecedented.
However, this had nothing to do with Yang Zhenshan. Yang Zhenshan did not speak on behalf of Zhen Yang; after all, he was not in charge of the Imperial Commerce Bureau. Despite proposing the establishment of the Imperial Commerce Bureau, it actually had nothing to do with him.
The Imperial Commerce Bureau was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue, and supervised by the Inner Officials within the Imperial City. He could not intervene in matters concerning either the Ministry of Revenue or the supervision by the Inner Officials.
So now he was unable to meddle in the affairs of the Imperial Commerce Bureau and naturally could not help Zhen Yang.
However, Emperor Yanping greatly valued Yang Zhenshan’s suggestion, since Yang Zhenshan initially recommended the six major agents as clerks of the Imperial Commerce Bureau, so Emperor Yanping ultimately decided the matter according to Yang Zhenshan’s initial suggestion.
Zhen Yang unprecedentedly became the first female official in the external civil servant system of Da Rong.
When the six major agents entered the Imperial City to receive their official titles, Zhen Yang came to Marquis Jing’an Mansion and knocked her head on the floor three times before Yang Zhenshan.