[The third update, continue to collect red tickets, collection]

The situation in the court is still at a stalemate.

Because of an edict drafted by Sima Guang, Wang Anshi was so angry that he defended himself in the last chapter, forcing Zhao Ji to personally admits his mistake in the edict - 'The second language in the edict, if you miss reading it in detail, you will be ashamed to read it today' - but Zhao Ji's edict is useless, Wang Anshi still said that he was sick and did not go to court, and all the chapters were begging to go out. And Zhao Ji also took the trouble to give an edict to comfort him. Soon three days passed, and there were many exchanges of dictionaries and edicts between Wang Anshi and Zhao Ji, and they did know Li Shunju's legs in the imperial medicine institute that passed on the edict.

I don't know if it was to provoke Wang Anshi to go out of the mountain, or because of Wang Anshi's stubbornness, the Son of Heaven had a rebellious mentality. Zhao Ji also recently issued an edict to promote Sima Guang to the rank of deputy privy envoy, and a cool umbrella [Note 1] was rushed by many people, but Sima Guang refused this opportunity to be promoted to power.

In this case, the door sticker that Han Gang handed to Wang Anshi naturally would not have an echo. And he made his home appearance to Liunequan, and was told that he would have to wait a few days—Han Gang was not surprised by this, and it was strange for the bureaucracy to act quickly.

Being in the midst of a splendid giant city in the world of rich armor, Han Gang didn't think about taking the time to visit Tokyo. It's just that after arriving in Tokyo City, he hasn't done anything yet, whether it is Wang Anshi or Liu Neiquan, so he doesn't have that idle mind. What's more, the weather is cold and freezing, everything is decaying, and it is not a good time to go shopping.

Now Han Gang just looks inside the back door of Daxiangguo Temple every day when he passes by, and by the way, he looks at the famous thousand-step imperial corridor on both sides of the royal street, or looks at the Sangjia Wazi, which is equivalent to the playground of later generations, with all kinds of acrobatics and opera. And what aroused his interest the most was the center of gravity of the world, the center of Tokyo-the Great Song Imperial Palace. And Han Gang has to report every day, and Ronequan, who has to report every day, is in the palace.

In the past few days, Han Gang has been going to Liunequan in the morning, going to Wang Anshi's mansion in the afternoon, reporting in two places, listening to the news by the way, and sometimes thinking about Qinzhou.

When he came out, Wang Shao was already preparing to write to the court, using 10,000 hectares of unreclaimed wasteland to build an army in Guwei and endorse his plans on both sides of the Wei River in Tuntian.

That piece of music will only be two days later than my own trip at most. The speed of delivering the special fold is at least 400 miles a day and a night, but it is more than three times faster than Han Gang's arrival in Tokyo. If there is no delay in the middle, according to the time, the court's reply should have returned to Qinzhou long before he arrived in Tokyo. Maybe Wang Shao's second piece of music has also been sent to the Yintai Division at this time.

There shouldn't be a problem, after all, Li Shizhong himself said so. Han Gang was relieved to stop thinking about it, and what he needed to care about was his own affairs.

Except for Liunequan and Wang Anshi's mansion, as well as considering the affairs of Qinzhou, Han Gang spent the rest of the day visiting Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao's mansions. Of course, it's not just talking, it's learning. Because of the political tendencies of Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao, Han Gang was very careful not to inquire about the current political situation in the court, but only asked in detail about the difficult questions in the scriptures.

And Cheng Hao and Zhang Jian, especially Cheng Hao, liked Han Gang's studious work very much, and took the trouble to explain to him to explain his doubts - the work of supervising the imperial history was not busy, especially now that the new law was almost at a standstill. Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao both had a lot more time. Teacher, preacher, teacher and puzzle solver, Cheng Hao has done a great job in this regard. His enthusiastic teaching made Han Gang feel a little guilty in his heart.

Han Gang's study of Confucian scriptures can be regarded as utilitarian from the heart. His outlook on life and the values of the world have long been formed, deep-rooted, and extremely difficult to shake. His study of the Confucian classics was just to integrate the academic theories of later generations. Even Han Gang himself didn't realize that because of the gap of thousands of years, even when he was studying, he couldn't help but look at the Confucian scholars at this time with a condescending attitude.

But through his dealings with Cheng Hao, Han Gang found that his status as an academic grandmaster was not touted by later generations. Cheng Hao understands some new ideas quickly, and he is not rigid and stubborn. Some of Han Gang's novel ideas, especially from the perspective of arithmetic, explain the truth of learning from things, Cheng Hao also found such ideas very interesting, and elaborated on them.

Of course, Han Gang and Cheng Hao still have different opinions on the question of whether Qi is in reason or Qi is in front of Qi - this is the difference between sects. In any case, it is difficult for Han Gang to convert from materialist to idealistic. For this, Cheng Hao couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, Han Gang's views on the origin of heaven and earth were even more extreme than Zhang Zai's.

Another day passed, and Han Gang came back from dinner at Cheng Hao's house. After listening to the Spring and Autumn Valley Liang for a day today, he was stuffed with the words 'for the Venerable, the enemy will not be defeated, for the relatives, the enemy will not be defeated', and he is still dizzy. As soon as he entered the door, Yi Cheng greeted him and handed over a letter, "Han Guanren, in the evening, Liunequan sent someone to deliver this letter, and said to inform the official that you will be selected the day after tomorrow, so that you must remember and don't forget." ”

"Try?" Han Gang thanked Yicheng, opened the envelope suspiciously, and when he opened it, it was indeed an official document stamped with the seal of Liu Neiquan, informing him to take the selection exam in two days.

'Hell, isn't the dispatch decided, why do you still have to take the test?' Han Gang wondered, there was an official who was not sent to participate in the election, but his position was already in the Qin Feng Jing Division, or was the Son of Heaven personally issued a special decree, why did he come again? And he was in the Yamen of Liunequan in the morning, why didn't anyone mention it to him? Now he also sent someone to deliver a letter to the post house, which is the pomp and circumstance that only Jinshi has.

Han Gang always felt that something was wrong. It's just that since Liu Neiquan has such an order, he has not yet won the official position to choose people from Jiupin, but there is no room for refusal and defense. Wang Anshi doesn't see outsiders now, let alone find him out, and now even if he doesn't want to, he has to go to Liunequan.

Lu Ming gave up the imperial examination, and now he doesn't know what he is thinking, he runs out early every day these days, and only comes back after nightfall. And Liu Zhongwu went to the third class courtyard and has not come back. Han Gang sat in the outer hall of the post house, ordered another meal, and was a guest at Cheng Hao's house, he was embarrassed to eat more, so he could only go back to the post house to make up for another meal - this has been the case for the past few days, but it is Li Xiaoliu, who has been running with Han Gang outside, and he eats in the kitchen of Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao's house, but he can eat with a round belly.

However, there are also advantages in the post house, and Han Gang does not go back to the room immediately after eating the extra meal. He sat in a corner of the outer hall, bowing his head and drinking the fragrant drink that nourished his stomach after the meal, while pricking up his ears and listening to the conversation around him.

There are all officials in the south of the city, and the topic of small talk is of course inseparable from the recent major events that have caused turmoil in the court.

"How many lines has Wang Jiefu's rhetoric been on? Is he determined to leave? ”

"What a ghost! I don't want to think about whether the official family will release people! ”

"That's not necessarily, I haven't heard of more than a dozen resignations, and the official family is not allowed to do so?"

"What's the most important thing in the world? It's money! The official family has no money, but Wang Jiefu can make money, which is called hitting it off. Han Xianggong, Sima Junshi, that is to ask the official family to cut down on food and clothing, and shoot it?! Together?! ”

The discussions that Han Gang heard in the outer hall in the past few days did not think that Wang Anshi would really resign, let alone that Zhao Ji could agree. Unlike the above high-ranking officials who were blindfolded by Zhu Zi because of the struggle for power and profit, such well-informed low-grade officials in the Chengnan Post could see more clearly because they stood outside the circle.

The court can't do without Wang Anshi, even Han Qi can't shake it!

"But the official family asked Sima Junshi to draft an edict to comfort Wang Jiefu, but it was a mistake!"

"That's right! That's right! Wang Jiefu originally took retreat as advance, but he was slapped on the head by Sima Junshi, and the writing was so wonderful! ”

"'The scholars are boiling, and the people are in turmoil, but they want to return the task and retreat. Qing's private conspiracy is solid and has no regrets, what I hope for, who will I entrust? Look at what is said! ”

"So Sima XII is a Hanlin Scholar. You and I have to eat and wait for death. ”

Ha Lu Ha burst into laughter.

Han Gang also felt that Zhao Ji asked Sima Guang to retain his political enemies, which was really a bit clueless. It's just that Sima Guang is a scholar of Hanlin with the knowledge of the system, and the appointment and dismissal of important ministers in the court are all drafted through the bachelor of Hanlin. Zhao Ji probably saw Sima Guang right in front of him, and Wang and Ma were friends in the past, so they asked him to write. But with the current relationship between Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, Zhao Ji ordered him to draft an edict of condolence, and he didn't have to think much about what he would do.

Although Sima Twelve's literary talent is not as good as Wang Anshi, he is after all a character who writes about capital and governance. There is no need to mention the ability to praise and disparage, and doing something in words is enough to make Wang Anshi's fake resignation become a real resignation.

In Han Gang's opinion, this Sima Guang is indeed yin enough. What this person did was ostensibly retaining it with a strange tone, but in fact it was provoking Zhao Ji's anger.

…… Of course, it is also possible that Han Gang spends the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Sima Guang really wants to use this kind of rhetoric to retain Wang Anshi!

However, Wang Anshi's response showed that he had the same opinion as Han Gang. And Zhao Ji's apology and admission of mistake also confirmed the Son of Heaven's understanding of the edict drafted by Sima Guang.

Everyone in the hall was still discussing, and Han Gang finished drinking the incense and was already planning to go back to the room. At this time, Liu Zhongwu walked in. Like Han Gang going to Liunequan every day, he also runs to the third class courtyard every day, and comes back every day, if it is not the evening when the sun is shining outside the city, it is the late night when the lights are shining and the stars are shining.

It's just that when Liu Zhongwu came back two days ago, his steps were heavy, and his face was generally heavy, so naturally there was no good news. But today, it was a brisk walk, and a smile climbed up to his face.

Han Gang asked, "Brother Ziwen, has the time you set for the test launch of the palace?" ”

Liu Zhongwu said with a smile: "The blessing of the officials is set the day after tomorrow." There were more than a dozen people together, and I also looked at them, except for a man from Hedong, none of them became a climate. ”

"It's also an acquired test in the next place. At that time, it was time to go to the examination room with Brother Ziwen. Han Gang's smile didn't show the slightest worry in Fang Cai, but he half-jokingly congratulated Liu Zhongwu and said: "I wish Brother Ziwen a victory and a triumphant return." ”

"Thanks to Ji Yan, I also hope that the officials can return with hairpins." Liu Zhongwu didn't know that Han Gang didn't need to be selected, and when he heard that Han Gang had received the same news as him, he was also happy for him, and he also made a joking blessing and regarded Han Gang as a tribute student who was going to be admitted to the Jinshi.

Han Gang arched his hand with a smile: "Thank you, thank you." ”

The next day, Liu Zhongwu stayed in the post house to recuperate his spirit, while Han Gang first went to Liunequan to confirm the news, and then went to Wang Anshi's mansion. It's just that in order to be able to nourish his spirits that night, he went to bed early.

As soon as he woke up, the day had come to decide the fate of Han Gang's life.

Note 1: According to the custom of the Song Dynasty, only the chief executive among the officials could be given a cool umbrella.