The Han family's New Year's red envelopes are generous.

Four taels of Wanfu Ruyi silver bills, four of the housekeepers of the outer courtyard and the housekeepers of the inner courtyard, and the big maids and Yuan Sui who serve closely are on par with them; The servants and maidservants below also vary according to their ranks, ranging from three, two, and one.

According to the recent silver price, one or two full-colored silver can be exchanged for 1,7800 small flat coins in the gold and silver exchange, which is roughly equivalent to two and a half yuan, and a small silver coin of four taels is ten guan, and four is forty guan.

In the capital, the Han family gave a lot, and they were sincerely frightened.

The Han family's governance is close to military law, and it has always been a heavy punishment and reward.

If you make a mistake and forgive it, you will be reprimanded and deducted from your salary; It is unforgivable, although Han Gang does not like such corporal punishment with a cane, and basically does not use it on his subordinates, but the punishment of expulsion from the house is more terrible than a few hundred strokes of the cane for the servants and servants of the Han family who are in the shadow of Han Gang on Xihe Road.

There is a lot of pressure to work in the Han family, and the best way to relieve the pressure is money, so that people think that the rewards they get in exchange for the pressure are worth enough. If there is pressure and there is no return, the devil will be faithful.

However, the children at home are not treated so well. It is a piece and a half of silver coins, the front is Fushou Kangning, the back is forever pretending, it is a reward in the palace, created by a famous craftsman, exquisite but exquisite, but not worth much.

Han Gang's five sons and one daughter, all like this, are packed in a red paper bag. The three older children also have a set of study and four treasures, which costs a lot of money.

After taking the New Year's money, the children couldn't hold it anymore, and they were so sleepy that they yawned. The three little ones had already gone in and slept with Zhou Nan. The three eldest ones endured their sleepiness and refused to go to sleep with their eyelids stunned.

Han Gang saw that the children were sleepy, so he said, "Jin Niang, take your younger brother to sleep." ”

Jin Niang shook her head resolutely and rubbed her eyes: "The child must keep the New Year." ”

"Kids too!" Han Zhong and Han Cheng also shouted together.

"Good." Han Gang patted his daughter's little head, "Get up to sleep, Daddy will take you to set off firecrackers." ”

"Daddy liars!" Jin Niang raised her head, and her black and white eyes widened: "Zhengdan is going to the court." ”

"That's right!" Han Zhong and Han Cheng echoed one after the other, "They are all going to go to court." ”

Jin Niang looked at Han Gang very seriously, and said word by word: "Mother said, you are not allowed to eat if you lie." ”

Han Yunniang picked up the eldest daughter of the Han family from behind and said with a smile: "Your father is not lying. The emperor sees that he is hard, so he doesn't have to go to court this year, and he can take you to set off firecrackers. ”

"Daddy, but really?!"

Jin Niang twisted in Han Yunniang's hand, and wanted to turn around and ask Han Gang. Han Yunniang's strength was small, and she almost got rid of her as soon as she moved, and the nurse next to her hurriedly took it over.

"Daddy doesn't lie, otherwise your mother won't give you food."

Han Gang couldn't help laughing, but was glared at fiercely by Wang Yi.

The three children were all carried in, and Han Yunniang chased behind: "Don't forget to brush your teeth." ”

When the child was there, Han Gang wanted to maintain his image, but now he was a little more relaxed, stretched out his hands and feet to lean on the back of the chair, and squinted comfortably: "It's rare to be able to avoid the Zhengdan Dynasty meeting for a year." It's not good at this point in Beijing.,The morning time is not your own.,I can't even sleep.。 ”

There is no need to go to the court on the first day of the first month, because the Empress Dowager Cao has been seriously ill recently, and the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji issued an edict to exempt this year's Zhengdan court meeting. To tell the truth, the reward after participating in the Great Dynasty Meeting, most of the courtiers looked down on it. On New Year's Day, you can be a little more relaxed, and the courtiers in Beijing are also happy.

"The Empress Dowager will be fine, right?" Yan Suxin asked while helping Han Gang peel pine nuts.

"I don't know what to do." Wang Yi shook his head, "The day before yesterday, I went to the palace with my class to inquire, and I just said hello at the gate of the palace." I can't tell what the condition is. ”

"My sister is also going to enter the palace today, right?"

"Hmm." Wang Yi nodded, she still had to enter the palace this afternoon to greet the two palaces and the queen. It's for the foreign woman, Beihai Junjun, this is her obligation, "But when I enter the palace today, it is estimated that it will be the same." After entering the palace so many times, he didn't say a few words to the two palaces seriously. ”

"There have been so many times in the last dynasty, how many people can say a few words to the Son of Heaven seriously?" Han Gang said with a smile, and was glanced at by Wang Yi again.

Officials have circles of officials, and wives have circles of ladies. Because of Wang Anshi, Wang Yi couldn't enter the two circles around the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother. Due to Han Gang's factors, he has no friendship with the New Party, and Wang Yi's market has only recently gotten better, and he can speak to the concubine.

After Han Yunniang settled the child, she came out of the inner room and asked curiously, "Third brother, what kind of person is the Empress Dowager?" ”

"Your sister is a wife, and she hasn't dealt with her much. I'm still a foreign minister, and I don't have a chance. ”

Han Gang had little contact with the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. The queen mother of the two palaces basically didn't even see her mother's brother. At the beginning, the Son of Heaven wanted Cao Tong - that is, Uncle Cao Guo - to visit the Cao family and let the two sisters and brothers have a good talk, but Uncle Cao Guo was sent out in a blink of an eye. Empress Dowager Gao's situation is similar, she knows how to restrain her mother's family and prevent them from entering the palace more.

Since the two palaces act in accordance with the rules and etiquette, the Son of Heaven cannot treat Cao and Gao badly, at least, they are all raised by high-ranking officials. Gao Zunyu wanted to lead the army to make meritorious contributions, and the Son of Heaven did not have a second word.

"I see." Han Yunniang nodded.

Wang Yi also said: "The virtue of the two palaces can restrain the relatives of the country, which is the blessing of the country. ”

Han Gang smiled.

In fact, this is also the result of the constant pressure on the palace by the bureaucrats. Except when the curtain is hanging to listen to the government, if the two palaces dare to see the courtiers in vain, the officials will immediately catch up and bite indiscriminately. They didn't dare to bite the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, didn't the officials who visited the two palaces dare not bite?

The most taboo thing for scholars and doctors is to be usurped for power, whether it is a martial artist or a woman in the deep palace, or a eunuch, whoever dares to grab a cake from them will fall into a group attack. Emperor Renzong's Zhang Guifei, that is, the later Empress Wencheng, her uncle Zhang Yaozuo every time he wanted to be promoted, he would be beaten by the ministers.

Even if a eunuch can go out to lead the troops, let them discuss the affairs of the court, and there will never be a good result.

All this is exactly the intention of the son of heaven in the Song Dynasty. In any case, it is impossible for the ministers to coexist in harmony, as long as there is no pressure outside, they will be in chaos, and it is easy to pull one faction and fight another, or it is very easy to stir up different opinions. And the warriors, women and eunuchs, the results of their governance, thousands of years of green history are vivid, and the threat to the emperor is the greatest.

The emperors of the Song dynasty have always done a good job in controlling power.

But that's it, serious things have never had such skills.

Han Gang laughed at himself, thinking about these things is tantamount to making himself unhappy. Holding the pine nuts that had been peeled with a good heart, he drank hot wine and asked Wang Yi: "Have you written all the greetings to be sent for the New Year?" ”

It is a custom in the capital to send a greeting post on the New Year's Day, just like the New Year's card in later generations, just when the favor arrives, no one can go all over the family.

"Just wait for the official to sign." Wang Yi suddenly covered his mouth and said with a sullen smile, "If there is no official autograph, people will come to the door." ”

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Sending a greeting post on the New Year's Day, even Lu Huiqing is not exempt from vulgarity.

Not to mention being in power, even the prime minister has to send posts to relatives and friends.

The Lu family brothers are now in the capital, Lu Huiqing and Lu Shengqing, have eaten Chinese New Year's Eve, keep the year in the middle of the night, the young people go to find fun, and the female relatives take the children to destroy the room to sleep.

Lu Huiqing and Lu Shengqing both worked hard and went to the study again.

Lu Shengqing looked at his brother's inspection and worship posts one by one, and said casually: "There is no Zhengdan court meeting this year, but the envoys from Xixia who came to congratulate Zhengdan were driven back after only one day of rest in Duting Xiyi...... The Son of Heaven is murderous, and no matter how confused the Liang brothers and sisters are, they won't feel it...... It's really going to war. ”

Lu Huiqing didn't raise his head: "Xue Xiang will be responsible for transporting grain to Guanzhong, and he will go to Luoyang to sit in the town after the fifth day of the new year." Around April or May, it was time for war. ”

"The leader hasn't been decided yet, has he?" Lu Shengqing asked.

"The choice of the coach of the Six Roads will only be determined by the Son of Heaven. Which of the two houses is qualified to say? Lu Huiqing put down the prayer post in his hand, "Wang Qi is the Son of Heaven and says whatever he does; Yuan Jiang is not much worse. Because of Chen Shiru's case, Lu Gongzhu was caught by the Son of Heaven and didn't dare to say anything. Xue Xiang can only be responsible for transporting grain to Guanzhong, and Guo Kui has to go to Hebei again. As a brother, now all the energy is on the hands. This is the status quo of the two provinces. ”

Lu Huiqing shook her head as she spoke. The courtiers in the two mansions who can be candidates for the commanders of all walks of life, and the courtiers who compete with the Son of Heaven do not exist at the moment.

The Son of Heaven was arbitrary, and speaking of which, Lu Huiqing was a little worried about the future of this battle. Han Gang's judgment now seems to be really reasonable. And Guo Kui's whereabouts deepened Lu Huiqing's worries.

"'If there is a way in the world, then the conquest of Lile comes from the Son of Heaven.'" Isn't this the time for the world to have a way? Big brother, what are you worried about? Lu Shengqing made a joke, and then became serious again, "It is imperative to continue to implement the practical method." Since the imperial court wants to use soldiers, there must be a shortage of money and food,"

Now the imperial court really needs money, but on the other hand, the Son of Heaven also needs a stable court and domestic environment in order to put all his energy on the upcoming war in the northwest. If there is a conflict between the two, you need to weigh the pros and cons and make trade-offs.

What Lu Huiqing has to do is not to let the Son of Heaven give up himself, but also to come up with a return that satisfies the Son of Heaven. This is equivalent to walking on a rope, not left, not right, the slightest mistake in the pool, is a catastrophe.

However, there is no need to say this to his brother in this regard, so that he can worry a lot, and it is true to do things with peace of mind in the office of the government realm.

Lu Huiqing nodded, and said lightly: "That's right." ”

Lu Shengqing really smiled and was relieved, and stopped talking about it. seemed to remember something: "By the way, does Li Ding have any plans?" When I saw him two days ago, I always felt a little sneaky, so I said hello and left. As he spoke, he frowned, "I just served as the middle of the imperial history, who are you going to take the knife?" ”

When the new Yushi Zhongcheng came to power, he always had to see blood on the knife, and he must handle a big case, otherwise this Yushi Zhongcheng will do an ugly job. Therefore, Li Ding's recent changes, in the eyes of Lu Shengqing, can't help but worry him.

"What about it...... I know what the situation is, you don't have to worry about it. Lu Huiqing laughed sarcastically and said in a low voice: "But there is revenge and revenge, and there is revenge and revenge." ”

Seeing that Lu Shengqing was still puzzled, Lu Huiqing's smile was even more meaningful, "Li Ding is a smart person, he will not be stupid enough to destroy the good situation in the court......"