Chapter 31: Stopping the Clouds and Listening to the Song (8)
[I fell asleep while writing.] 】
It's still a holiday time for the New Year's Festival. After the rediscussion of the Chongzheng Palace, the deacons returned to the government to deal with a small number of official duties, and the holy edict of drafting the new Kaifeng prefect's book was also sent to the academy, where there were also Hanlin scholars on duty.
As for Wang Anshi and Han Gang, they had nothing else to do and left the palace directly to go home.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the married daughter returned to the door, and Han Gang also followed Wang Anshi together. It's just that the atmosphere between Weng and his son-in-law is as cold as today's weather. The entourage on both sides was silent, and none of them dared to speak loudly. Yuan Sui, who was holding a flag in front of him and opening the way for Wang Anshi, also put away his past prestige and spoke softly, lest he provoke the attention of Wang Anshi and Han Gang.
Speaking of which, the two families are relatives, and they move around a lot on weekdays, and they are the servants below, and they are quite familiar with each other, and even have a good relationship. Now I don't know what happened, Wang Anshi and Han Gang, the son-in-law, didn't even say a word. It's the New Year.
Han Gang followed behind Wang Anshi, his father-in-law didn't want to pay attention to people, and he couldn't get on the pole to get up. Anyway, it's almost time to arrive at the palace, and it's not too late to talk about it when I have something to say.
Fang Cai's incident in the Chongzheng Palace made Wang Anshi's heart linger, but Han Gang didn't care, his father-in-law was a minority.
From Han Jiang to Han Gang, everyone wants Zhao Ji to stand aside, which powerful emperor is not afraid. Especially Zhao Ji has been able to toss too much in the past two months, although he has a foundation for dethronement, it is not for no reason, but in the eyes of the Zai Fu, it is really chilling. Who can be sure that after Zhao Ji lies on the hospital bed for a while, will he change the prime ministers every day like changing clothes? They are not pawns in the hands of the emperor, they are scholars who rule the world together!
Of course, the most important thing is that Han Gang personally determined that Zhao Ji could not fully recover, which made Zai Fu feel relieved. Cai did pick his head, cooperated up and down, and left Zhao Ji aside. As for Wang Anshi's thoughts, they didn't care. To tell the truth, they wished that Wang Anshi would sue Zhao Ji. The deeper the rift between the emperor and the empress, the more secure their position became.
Soon arrived at Wang Anshi's Pingzhang Mansion, and Wang Anshi and Han Gang entered the mansion with their front and back feet.
Wang Anshi didn't greet his son-in-law, and walked back with a calm face, ignoring the son and daughter who came out.
"Official." Wang Yi came out to greet him, and saw that Wang Anshi's face was wrong, and he hurriedly pulled Han Gang: "What happened in the palace today?" Did you fight with your father? ”
"No, it's just different from my father-in-law's idea." Han Gang didn't hide it, but said it a little lightly, "My father-in-law doesn't think differently from my husband, and I have all the zaifu." ”
"What the hell is going on?"
Han Gang shook his head, "It's not convenient to say the specifics. ”
Wang Yi asked Han Gang here, and Wang Anshi had the Wu family on his side. Wu's temperament is much hotter than Wang Yi's, and he angrily chased Wang Anshi into the inner room, "Why do you show the second sister's face?!" Today is the day when the second sister returns to the door, Brother Cheng and Brother Zhong are here, Wang Badger, are you going to drive Brother Cheng back with this coffin face? ! ”
Wang Anshi had long been accustomed to Wu's nagging, turned a deaf ear, changed his clothes by himself, and went directly to the study.
Wu had no way to take her husband, but Wang Yi pulled Han Gangqiang over.
After a pause outside the study door, Han Gang pushed the door directly and walked in.
Wang Anshi put down the book in his hand and looked up at Han Gang, with alienation and coldness in his eyes, "Yukun, you said it yourself, if you are in the palace today, is it considered a bully?" ”
Han Gang directly pulled a square stool and sat down, glancing at the book on the table, but it was the Tao Te Ching. "Dare to ask my father-in-law, did the two governments listen to the orders of the official family today? Can there be a violation of yang and yin? The father-in-law is a major military matter in Pingzhang, and since he has opinions on the government, why don't he say it clearly? ”
"Yukun, do you still want to pretend to be confused?" Wang Anshi asked coldly.
Han Gang said with a smile: "How dare the two mansions deceive the king, in the past two months, can there be a matter that should be sent but not sent to the Chongzheng Palace?" Since the queen has the right to listen to the government, she naturally only needs to report to the queen. ”
I can't find anything wrong with what Han Gang said. It is the queen who listens to the government, and it is enough to report everything to the queen, as for whether it should be reported to the emperor, that is the queen's business. For the sake of the health of the Son of Heaven, it is common sense to hide a little bit of bad news.
In the previous two months, trivial government affairs were directly handled by the queen, and only major military affairs would be reported to the Son of Heaven. Now that it is further confirmed that the important affairs of the military state will be concealed according to the situation, and acquiescence and confirmation are two completely different concepts, of course Wang Anshi can distinguish clearly, but this kind of thing is not clear now.
"When will everything be reported to the Son of Heaven as it is?"
"Of course, the official family is cured. After the Son of Heaven recovers from his illness, when the queen withdraws the curtain and returns to the government, will the two governments dare not to present the political affairs to the Son of Heaven? ”
"Until the Son of Heaven recovers from his illness, will he still deceive the king?"
"Father-in-law. The emperor is the king, isn't the queen the king? Jun is also Jun [Note 1]! The emperor and queen are one, the queen listens to the government on behalf of the sky, and as a courtier, she entrusts state affairs to the queen, what is wrong? ”
"Looking at people and judging things is not in the external appearance, when you ask your own heart." Wang Anshi's eyes became even colder when he looked at Han Gang: "Yukun, if it weren't for the cover-up, why would you need to explain so much." Do you still have to discern when, do you want the old man to say a word about Sima Zhao's heart? ”
"The heart is hidden in the body, and it is not visible in the first place. When observing people and discussing things, we should observe their words and deeds. True or wrong, can't the father-in-law be a little patient? Even if everything goes the way my father-in-law wants, what's the difference with now? Could it be that if there is a military emergency, it must also be reported to the Son of Heaven in 1510, regardless of whether the Son of Heaven will get worse in the future? In that case, what is the purpose of inviting the queen to listen to the government?! ”
Han Gang's repeated rhetorical questions were the same, and he was also a little angry when he said it.
"Grandpa, Daddy. Are you guys arguing? My mother said, it's not good to quarrel! Jin Niang leaned on the door frame, tilted her head and probed in, looking curiously.
"How can there be a quarrel? It was your grandfather who taught your father a lesson. Han Gang laughed and stood up.
"Daddy made a mistake?" Jin Niang's black and white eyes opened wide, and she pulled her skirt and stepped into the door.
"Your grandfather thinks Daddy is wrong." Han Gang picked up his daughter and asked in a harmonious voice, "Did Niangniang ask Jin Niang to come over?" ”
Jin Niang nodded vigorously: "Grandma and Niangniang said it was time to eat." ”
Han Gang stood up with his daughter in his arms, "Father-in-law, let's go over first." ”
"Daddy, Jin Niang can go by herself." The eldest daughter of the Han family struggled to get off the ground and took Wang Anshi's hand, "Grandpa! Grandfather! It's time to eat, the mother said, today is all delicious dishes! ”
Wang Anshi has two grandsons and nine grandchildren, while his granddaughter has only two. The eldest one was born to the eldest daughter and Wu Anzhi, far away from Beijing. The young golden lady is in front of you. Although she is not Wang Yi's own child, Jin Niang's lively and lovely personality is also very popular with Wang Anshi and his wife. Seeing the delicate appearance of his granddaughter, the anger in his heart was like hot soup and snow, and soon disappeared.
"Okay, grandpa, get up." Wang Anshi's expression also softened, he stood up with his legs propped up, and pulled up his granddaughter and walked in front.
But the bad is the bad is the bad one. Han Gang didn't expect Wang Anshi's position on this matter to ease at all.
Wang Anshi and Zhao Ji have the love of master and apprentice, and they have the grace of knowing each other, and among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, they will not hesitate to stand on the side of Zhao Ji, who is already seriously ill, and Wang Anshi must be one of the few people.
Han Gang would never have the same idea as Wang Anshi. Nominally, Han Gang's official was promoted by Zhao Xuan, but Zhao Xuan's employment was made by Hehuang, and Han Gang also gave ten times or a hundred times the reward, and he did not owe Zhao Huang a cent. And Han Gang didn't feel that his actions were a betrayal of Zhao Ji.
A paralyzed patient lying on a hospital bed can maintain mental stability if only for a month or two. But if time goes a little longer, the whole person's personality will become more distorted, and it can even be said to be unreasonable. In fact, there are already some signs. Ordinary patients can say that how can a patient like Zhao Ji still have the authority of the past? That's an extremely dangerous thing.
Taking a deep breath, Han Gang followed. There are still tosses in the court, but the top priority now is still in the north and in the northwest.
In terms of time, it is almost time for the seed to save Pule City.
As for whether the seed can save Pu Lecheng, Han Gang will never doubt it. Since Pule City was not breached at the beginning, it is impossible for the Liao people to achieve much more, when Chong Ge came west with the Yinxia army, and the Liao army was trapped under the command of the city. Even if he didn't come, Han Gang felt that the Liao army on the other side of Pule City should retreat. The Liao people were not good at attacking cities, and if they were under the city for a long time, their morale would only roll down.
If he didn't save Pu Lecheng, he would be caught up by Lu Huiqing, in that case, it would be very rare for him to use three or five hundred people, and he might even be directly imprisoned by Lu Huiqing.
However, Han Gang is now more concerned about the remnants of the party in Qingtongxia, if Zhao Long can completely solve them, he can make many people have less to worry about.
It's a pity that the capital is too far away.
Anyway, Han Gang thought that in another four or five days, he would almost be able to know the Dao.
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Behind him was no longer just two or three thousand cavalry, but a full twenty thousand soldiers and horses.
Ye Xiaoma and Ren Duo Lingding were separated from each other, and the Song army and the Dang Xiang army that had invaded the land of Xingling had converged together and gathered under the handsome banner of the plant.
The walls of the old capital of Western Xia are not far to the north. But two miles away, there was a Liao army of more than 30,000 people, ranging from fourteen or fifteen years old to fifty or sixty years old. Looking through the clairvoyant mirror, there is no edge in sight.
With more than 50,000 troops on both sides, this is a real decisive battle.
"Thirty thousand against twenty thousand, no wonder they dare to come out." He put away the clairvoyant mirror and looked left and right: "Are you ready?" ”
Ye Balla and Ren Duo Ling Ding bowed down on their horses: "Just wait for the orders of the handsome." ”
"You don't want to run away, do you?" There is no taboo in asking questions.
Ren Duo Lingding's tone was sincere: "We are also the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, how dare we do this?" I am willing to serve the dogs and horses. ”
He sneered in his heart, but raised his horsewhip in his hand, and pointed to the general flag on the opposite side: "Then prove it to Ben Shuai!" ”
Note 1: The queen is also known as Xiaojun.