[First update, red ticket, collection. 】

Han Gang turned over and dismounted in front of the gate of the Chengnan Station, and a doorman greeted him first.

Different from the Duting Station that received the envoys of the Liao State and the Duting Xiyi Station where the envoys of the Western Xia Dynasty lived, the Chengnan Station where Han Gang stayed was a post house for the officials who entered Beijing. For the house of 100 trees, there are more than 20 courtyards, which are ten times stronger than the post houses in Chang'an and Luoyang. However, the arrogance of the doorman is also ten times stronger than that of his counterparts in Chang'an and Luoyang Post Stations, and there is a conceit in his eyes that only the people of Beijing have, although he is meticulous in his salute, but he does not have the humble look that Han Gang has seen much.

This is also a reasonable matter, Han Gang was not surprised, and asked Li Xiaoliu to talk to the doorman with a stagecoach, and he walked into the post house hall. Entering the hall, Han Gang flashed the post ticket to the post officer, and the post man was quickly found - it was still the same as the situation in Chang'an and Luoyang, the officials in charge of the Gou Post House would not come forward to greet the guests, and the officials below were running errands.

"The officials are here to wait for Que?" Yi Cheng's demeanor has the style of an official, he is neither humble nor arrogant in front of Han Gang, or it may be that he looks like Han Gang is not a high-ranking official, so he is less respectful. He sighed, "It's too late." ”

Whether it is to the Inquisitor's Academy, Liunequan, or the Sanban Courtyard in charge of the military ministers, the submission of the name is over in the first half of the first month of each quarter. If there is an unemployed official who wants to get a dispatch for himself, like Han Gang, who delayed the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before arriving in the capital, he can only wait until April, when the summer begins.

But Hangang is different.

"No, Han's position has already been decided." Han Gang shook his head. At this time, there are many officials and few officials, and a dispatch or a post is a few officials in contention, and officials who have an official body and are not sent need to wait for a que, but his office has long been there.

Yi Cheng was slightly taken aback, and then lowered his head and looked at Han Gang's post ticket carefully, "Nineteen?!" He looked up again, startled. After a careful look, I found that these little officials in front of him were indeed tender-faced, but their eyes were very deep, and their eyebrows were too sharp, which made people unconsciously ignore his age.

can be a postman in the capital inn, his eyesight will not be bad, and the recent changes in the imperial court, the new rules and regulations, even the coachman who is standing by the bridge and waiting for someone to hire can say one, two, three, and he will not be unaware. It is not difficult to become an official at the age of nineteen, but it is as difficult as climbing to the sky to be sent at the age of nineteen - it really has to ascend to the sky! If you don't put your name in front of the Son of Heaven, how can you be sent!?

As soon as his attitude changed to respectful, Yi Cheng arranged Han Gang and his party in a clean upper room in a corner of the post house, and then personally sent people to listen to the call, and then retreated.

Finally arrived at the destination, Han Gang was lying on the bed, and all the fatigue accumulated in the past twenty days came up. I just closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already the shadow of the sun moving west, and after noon, his stomach was rumbling.

Since coming to this era, Han Gang has always maintained the habit of eating three meals a day. This special place surprised Wang Shaodu, because in the entire Great Song Dynasty, there are very few places with such habits, and it does not include Qinzhou. Many military states, and even some wealthy families, have two meals a day. However, in Tokyo, unlike other areas of the Great Song Dynasty, even small people are used to having three meals a day. And the hotels and restaurants that are open for business don't care about the meal, they can eat as they go, and the inns are also average.

After having a casual meal in the post house, Han Gang thought about the rest of the day. There are many things to see and do in Tokyo, but he still thinks he has done the right thing first. At this time, the sky was still bright, but he went to Liunequan by himself, and Liu Zhongwu went to the third class courtyard, it was already too late, so he could only ask for early tomorrow. Now Han Gang has two choices in front of him, one is to see Wang Anshi, and the other is to go to Zhang Zai.

Han Gang just listened to it on the side of the street, and although the news was vague, he still half-guessed and half-guessed most of the truth. Wang Anshi asked the county, and resigned from the post of governor in the name of illness, and asked to be transferred to the local post. Wang Anshi's action is a standard attitude of admitting defeat in the political [harmony first] struggle of the Great Song Dynasty.

But did Wang Anshi admit defeat? Han Gang's judgment was negative. Wang Anshi officially began to change the law when he was appointed as the governor of the government in February last year, set up the three departments and regulations department, promulgated the law on equal losses in July, established the green seedling law in September, and promulgated the farmland water conservancy interest treaty in November. It's only been a year now.

In such a short period of time, the reform failed at the beginning, how could it be possible to leave such a great reputation in history? Even the revolutionary mentors have heard of his name and deeds? At worst, it will take four or five years to offend everyone! - It's a pity that Han Gang doesn't know much about history, otherwise the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and make waves will come. He sometimes regrets that he would not sleep in history class when he knew it was today.

If Fang Cai's inference is correct, then it is not difficult to guess Wang Anshi's intentions. Such tactics of retreating as advance in officialdom are not surprising, there are many in the workplace, and there are many in the love field. Anyway, the essence is a sentence, with me without him, forcing people to make decisions. The scene of choosing one of the two, Han Gang has experienced it many times in the past year and is full of experience, but Zhao Ji should not have it.

——Judging from the current situation, that is, Zhao Ji now has to make a choice, whether to change the law or not change the law.

Although Han Gang didn't know what forced Wang Anshi to behave like this, he was completely sure that the law change had reached a critical turning point. Because this is a big move that will only be released as a last resort, if there is another choice, smart people will not easily use this trick to win or lose. This move is a slap and two glare, leaving no way back for himself at all, and there is no room for turning around once the trick is out.

Presumably, Wang Anshi is now waiting for the result in the mansion, and if he asks to see him in this case, he will probably not see it. The little thing in Hehuang is far less than the survival of the cause of law change. Han Gang thought about it, but decided to go to Zhang Zai to inquire about the news first, and heard that Zhang Zai's younger brother Zhang Jian is the imperial history, although the official position is low, but he can directly discuss the government and politics, and he should be able to get first-hand information from him.

Out of the room, Han Gang went to say hello to Liu Zhongwu and Lu Ming. Liu Zhongwu squatted in the stable again, maybe he wouldn't come out tonight. And Lu Ming is still thinking about what to do in the future. He spent a lifetime of effort for the imperial examination and let it go by himself, but his relatives, friends, and family still had him to deal with them one by one. If you don't take the exam, you have to think of a way out for yourself to support your family in the future.

Han Gang persuaded him: "Brother Lu, since you have arrived in Jingshi, why don't you take the exam again in this department, and get lucky." If you don't succeed, wait until the next subject, and then take the special performance name Jinshi out. When the time comes, he will serve as a scholar such as a literary and teaching assistant in the military state in the northwest, and he will get some money to support his family. Otherwise, isn't it a pity that you are exempt from the status of tribute? ”

Lu Ming shook his head: "I've been betting for thirty years, and it's all this idea. I always think that if I don't get in this subject, I will try the special name in the next subject. But when it came to the next subject, I couldn't help but take the Jinshi exam...... When it is broken, it is broken, and you can't gamble anymore. ”

Han Gang patted him on the shoulder and sighed with him. Since Lu Ming decided so, it was inconvenient for him to talk too much, so he took Li Xiaoliu out of the house. Li Xiaoliu was still holding a gift in his hand, and the students visited the teacher, so it was reasonable to show some gratitude.

Zhang Zai and his younger brother Zhang Jian rented a house in the east of the city to live together, and Han Gang got the specific address from the old couple who stayed in the old house in Hengqu Town. He asked the road in the inn, but he didn't know what it was, and the post man he asked looked at him very strangely. When he rode a rented horse and arrived at the ground, he realized why the post man's eyes were so strange. Han Gang didn't expect that the house rented by the Zhang brothers in Jingshi would be leaning on Little Sweet Water Lane.

From the south of the city to the small sweet water lane, the middle just passes through the north gate of the Great Xiangguo Temple. Han Gang passed by, and couldn't go in to see what 'chess cloth gold, the picture is like Biluo, the clouds outline eight scenes, and the rain scatters four flowers', only to see this world's first royal temple, even at the back door, there is a black pressure on a sea of people. However, I heard the horse renter who accompanied him say that today is not the right day for the five times a month in Daxiangguo Temple, and there are only some pilgrims who worship the Buddha on incense, and the number is much smaller.

Han Gang was still looking back at the Great Xiangguo Temple, and he had already arrived at the ground. They dismounted at the side of Little Sweet Water Lane, Han Gang took out the money and got the money, and the horse renter took the three horses back to the gate of the Chengnan Station. His status was equivalent to that of a taxi driver in later generations, with a few horses waiting to be rented. Horse renters like him can be seen all over Tokyo at street corners and bridges.

At the mouth of Little Sweet Water Alley, Han Gang snorted, and the air was filled with a sweet smell of fat powder and head oil, which was very tireless. At this time, it was just after the afternoon, and Little Sweet Water Lane looked very quiet, and when you looked into the alley, there were not many pedestrians. But Han Gang knew that when the lights were on, the situation would be different.

Sweetwater Alley in the southeast of Tokyo City is actually the collective name of four alleys - Sweet Water Alley No. 1, Sweet Water Alley No. 2, Sweet Water Alley No. 3 and Little Sweet Water Alley. The other three sweet water lanes are quite good, it is a commercial street in the southeast of Kaifeng, with many restaurants and shops. The Little Sweet Water Lane is a street of brothels, with some restaurants in the middle, which is equivalent to the place behind the Huimin Bridge in Qinzhou. Most of the post guards mistakenly thought that Han Gang wanted to taste the taste of the beauties of Beijing as soon as he arrived in Beijing, and he was embarrassed to say it clearly, so he deliberately found a nearby place to ask.

Wang Hou mentioned the style of the bitch in Little Sweet Water Lane in front of Han Gang and others in the past, and by the way, he degraded Huimin Bridge to shit, which provoked Wang Sunchen like a dozen rats scratching his heart and liver, only talking about going to the capital to visit, and Zhao Long also listened leisurely. However, Han Gang knew how the Wang family's tutor was, Wang Hou really dared to go to the Qinglou, and both legs would be broken by Wang Shao. What he said was naturally hearsay.

A fragrant wind wafted by, and a brightly dressed prostitute passed by Han Gang's side, and hurriedly walked into the alley, not forgetting to turn around and throw a wink by the way. Han Gang had no good impression of the woman with heavy makeup, and turned his head after a glance, but Li Xiaoliu had already gradually understood the personnel, and he had not gone through a battle, so his eyes suddenly straightened.

Han Gang once heard that there was a great man who deliberately studied on Tongqu Avenue in order to exercise his concentration, and now Zhang Zai and Zhang Jian settled next door to Sweet Water Lane, less than a hundred steps away is a brothel, I don't know if he is exercising his perseverance.

Laughing and shaking his head, it was disrespectful to think like this. He walked slowly into the back street alley where Zhang Zai's house was located.