Wang Yan stood at the bow of the boat, his thin face pale and gray. After nearly a month of tiring boats, his already unhealthy body became thinner and thinner.

After only leaving for more than half a year, he finally returned to the center of the world, and this excitement made Wang Yan regain his spirits, and greedily looked at the grass and trees, people and houses along the way.

The scenery on both sides of the Bianhe River never gets tired of seeing, and the rainbow bridges across the water surface of the Bianhe River one after another make him feel even more excited. The city walls that have appeared on the horizon, the iron towers that have disappeared into the sky, the green willows on the shore dance lightly in the wind, and countless pedestrians, cars and horses walk on the roadside and on the bridge. There are still ten miles away from the city of Tokyo, and the surrounding houses are already row upon row, rich and prosperous, and there is no place in the states and counties that Wang Yan has experienced that can be compared - this city is where he stands!

The huge official ship stopped at the pier, and an attendant stood on the pier. The Son of Heaven sent a close man out of the city to greet Wang Anshi, the prime minister, and invited Wang Anshi to enter the palace immediately after entering Beijing.

Wang Anshi's prestige in the government and the opposition is now extremely high.

There was no arrangement from the imperial court, and there were hundreds of officials who took the initiative to leave the city. There are not only low-grade petty officials who want to mix with a familiar face in front of Wang Anshi. Even the people dressed in Zhu Zi also came, not just a few officials who had a close relationship with Wang Anshi. As soon as they saw Wang Anshi arrive, these officials rushed forward, but they didn't dare to make a commotion when they saw the inner servants bringing the guards to the class.

Greeting Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dian, Zeng Xiaokuan, as well as Wang Anshang, Wang Pan, and Han Gang—the younger brother, son, and son-in-law—Wang Anshi stepped onto the imperial horse led by the chamberlain, and under the guidance of the flag officer and a propaganda, he headed for the city of Tokyo.

Han Gang and Wang Yan walked side by side. Seeing his eldest brother again today, Han Gang was startled by the appearance of being so thin that he was out of shape. However, Wang Yan's spirit was very good, looking left and right on horseback, gossiping with Han Gang and talking about his parting feelings.

Passing by a wharf, Wang Yan suddenly pointed to the two parallel lines that extended from the trestle to the warehouse: "That's the track?" ”

Han Gang glanced at Wang Yan in surprise. It was only two months from the proposal to the realization of the track and the railcar, and Han Gang had not mentioned this matter in the letter sent to Jiangning, so how could Wang Yan know about it?

Through the expression on Han Gang's face, Wang Yan understood Han Gang's question: "I saw it when I was berthing in Nanjing the day before yesterday, and I didn't see it when I went south last year, so I found someone to ask, but I didn't expect it to be Yukun again." He smiled again, "Don't you know how many boats go north and south on the Ludao Bianhe River every day?" Hot air balloons are now hung in front of hotels in Jinling. There are also many people who do good things, looking around to build spaceships and go up to the sky to see the scenery. ”

Han Gang smiled and said, "This is not my ability, it is the credit of seventy-two main stores." ”

The 72 main stores in Tokyo not only have a great influence in the city, but also serve as imitations for restaurants around the world. Seventy-two main stores are tied up in front of the colorful building, and the world restaurants are indispensable to use silk and bamboo poles to make fun of it. Now that 72 stores have begun to launch hot air balloons at the door, and even use hanging banners to advertise their own homes, the restaurants in the cities along the Bianhe River will certainly not be resigned to future generations-

"That's right." Wang Yan nodded.

Newly arrived in the capital, Wang Anshi was summoned into the palace and entered the inner saint. Although Wang Yan is the son of Wang Anshi, he is a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty in the court, with different identities and different statuses, so naturally they cannot enter the palace together. confessed to a group of acquaintances, and waited in front of Xuande Gate with Han Gang, who had asked for leave. As for the king, he led the Wu family and his family to settle down.

As soon as he sat down, he saw an attendant, with a long package on his back, leading five or six squads straight towards the Chenqiao Gate in the north of the city. Wang Yan knew that chamberlain: "It's Liu Youfang......"

"It's probably Sangshu. The day before yesterday, Han Zhigui resigned again, and the edict was not allowed. Yesterday, I heard that the Huainan Jiedu envoy will be relocated to the Yongxing Jiedu envoy and continue to judge Xiangzhou. Upgraded by one level, it can be regarded as Chongxi. ”

Han Gang said it very lightly. He had never seen Han Qi, and since he became an official, Han Qi, the elder of the three dynasties and the elder of the three dynasties, had already gone out and returned to Xiangzhou to serve as an official, and he never returned to the political hall. Although Han Qi's influence in the government and the opposition was extremely great, adding countless obstacles to Wang Anshi's reform of the law, for Han Gang, the former prime minister whom he had not heard much about after a thousand years, was just a symbolic figure who did not care about himself.

"Han Zhigui is dying?" Wang Yan's voice had an indescribable flavor.

"It shouldn't be long." Han Gang said.

Wang Yan's eyes chased Liu Youfang all the way north. At the time of Renzong and Yingzong, Han Qi's power was in power, and the decree was issued by him, and forcing the queen mother to withdraw the curtain and return to power was just a sentence.

The eunuchs came to the generals, and the wealth returned to their hometowns.

These two sentences engraved in the day brocade hall are the realm that many officials dream of and the goal of their life. It's just that a new generation replaces the old, and now Han Qi is no longer good, and it is his Wang Yan's father Wang Anshi who takes Han Qi's place.

"What's going on in the court lately?" Wang Yan asked casually.

"And? ......" Han Gang thought for a while, "There is also the fact that a few days ago, Wang Yuyu, Lu Weizhong and the younger brother recommended Mr. Zihou, the master of the family, to enter Beijing as an official, but they have not yet received approval. ”

"What!"

Wang Yan's face changed greatly, and his eyes glared. Han Gang looked at Wang Yan without letting go, and the original warm atmosphere was gone.

Wang Anshi's mansion when he was prime minister last year was taken back after he left office, but it was not immediately arranged to leave the house, and now he can continue to move in.

After the news of Wang Anshi's restoration was confirmed, Kaifeng Mansion sent someone to take care of the mansion, and the plants and trees of the house were tidied up, and the water gate in the back garden was also opened, and the pool water inside was also replaced. The inside and outside were cleaned cleanly, and after moving in, it saved a lot of trouble for the servants and maids of the Wang family.

Wang Anshi had been tired of traveling and sailing for a month, and after entering the city, he was directly summoned to face the saint, and when he came back, he could not hide the tiredness on his face. At night, the family sat around the table, and Wang Yan deliberately avoided the topic of Zhang Zai, but after Han Gang left, Wang Anshi's father and son sat together to talk about their separation, and they inevitably talked about recommending Zhang Zai to Beijing.

Wang Benzhi told his father and brother about it.

"Sentence the country?!" Wang Anshi was shocked and angry after hearing this: "How can Yukun reach out and ask for this position?" ”

Only then did Han Gang not talk about this matter in detail, and Wang Yan only knew at this time that Han Gang had recommended Zhang Zai to sentence Guozijian, and his eyebrows and eyes were full of anger: "Guozijian must not be handed over to Zhang Zai!" ”

"The adult is reinstated, there is no lack of Yukun's contribution, and now even a letter of recommendation has to be a hindrance, won't it be said to be ungrateful?!" Wang Bi knew very well that Han Gang had helped him avoid being imprisoned, and he also knew that if Han Gang hadn't used his strategy, his father would not have entered Beijing so quickly, not to mention that he had helped the New Party so much, "Zhang Hengqu's learning is indeed different from that of adults, but Yukun is his disciple after all, even if he doesn't like his learning, he has to make Yukun get by with a face." ”

"Second brother, don't talk too much if you don't understand." Wang Yan's voice was fierce, "That's the sentence of the country!" ”

Even if Han Gang recommended his Lao Tzu and Wang Anshi's in-laws to join the country's eunuchs, it was not a big deal in the eyes of Wang Anshi and Wang Yan, and farming was also a science. Only Zhang Zai can't, this is digging the foundation of the new party and robbing Wang Xue's future.

The whole group is a complete organism. There is the Sinong Temple, which is responsible for legislation, the Zhongshu Inspection and Correction Bureau, which is responsible for the implementation, the Jingyi Bureau, which compiles the program and theoretical basis for the reform of the law, and the Guozijian who trains the successors of the law change, so as to ensure that the new law will not be ruined. It is impossible for Wang Anshi to hand over any of these items to others.

Even if he is as close as Han Gang, as long as he is not a disciple of Wang Xue, as long as he still wants to respect Guan Xue, it is impossible for Wang Anshi and Wang Yan to let him get his wish and hand over the Guozijian to him for disposal. It is a lifelong career, even if he wants to turn against Han Gang, his son-in-law, Wang Anshi will not give in.

Never!

"To sentence the son of the country, let alone to the level of the servant. Where anthologies gather, how can micro-senses be able to suppress them? Wang Anshi had a cold face, looking for a reason. At least in terms of rank, Zhang Zai is indeed reluctant to take this position, "Zhang Zai was just a Chongwen Academy book before!" ”

Wang Bi didn't dare to say any more, but his face was full of unconvinced, didn't he want to force Han Gang to deviate from morality?

Wang Anshi knew that he was doing this very excessively, but he couldn't give in, and sighed to his second son, who was making trouble, "Yukun will give him an explanation for his father, and other things can be agreed, but Guozijian can't let Zhang Zai take care of it." ”

After a burst of fire in Wang Yan's heart, he calmed down a little at this time. Thinking back to the conversation with Han Gang during the day, and hearing his father's words again, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he said urgently: "My lord, when Yukun said to his son, he just said that he, Wang Jue, and Lu Dafang recommended Zhang Hengqu to serve in Beijing, not the sentence of the country's son!" ”

Wang Anshi was stunned when he heard this, and turned his inquiring gaze to his eldest son, and saw Wang Yan nodding. After receiving the confirmation, Wang Anshi's tense face also relaxed a little: "...... It can also be regarded as knowing the way of proportion. ”

"Hmm." Wang Yan nodded in agreement.

Both father and son now understood.

Han Gang did not mention the national eunuch in front of Wang Yan, and only said that he would enter Beijing to serve as an official, which was actually a bottom line. Guozijian just opened his mouth to quote the price, and Wang Anshi could repay the money on the ground. But if he refuses to agree to enter Kyoto, then Han Gang will really turn his face.

If Han Gang directly wanted to recommend Zhang Zai to enter the court as an official, Wang Anshi and Wang Yan would definitely be very unhappy in their hearts. And now Han Gang first recommended Zhang Zai to sentence the national eunuch, and when he came to them, he took a step back, and Wang Anshi and Wang Yan felt a lot better in their hearts, at least they felt that Han Gang was not coercing him to repay him.

Wang Anshi thought for a moment, finally gave up his general sigh, and said: "Zhang Zai's reputation is high, and it is inconvenient to stop it, so let him come to Beijing and see where he can be placed in a position." ”

"What kind of job, is it a clear or complicated drama?" Wang Yan asked.

"If it is a dispatch of complicated affairs, Zhang Zai may not necessarily take over, and Yukun will also add twists and turns." Wang Anshi said, "Just find a quiet errand in the third hall and let Zhang Zai do it." Presumably, Yukun can't ask for more. ”