The wax moon is getting closer and closer, and the weather is getting colder and colder day by day.

After a few cold snaps, the ice on the Yellow River has frozen like steel. The thick ones are two or three feet, and it takes more than half a day to dig a hole.

There was an ice cave in front of Han Gang, which was not too big, only a foot square. But from the ice to the water, there are three feet. Every now and then, you can see a fish leaping up, churning on the surface of the water, and immediately burrowing back into the water.

I held a bamboo fishing rod in my hand, and a fishing line hung down into the ice cave.

Han Gang is fishing for fish on the ice of the Yellow River.

Similar to Hangang, there are quite a few people fishing on the ice of the Yellow River. I cut a hole and put the hook on the bait, and it didn't take long to catch a fish. In fact, you can even fish without a hook, just by holding a spear and barking under the ice cave, you can tie up a big fish that comes up to breathe.

However, Han Gang is here for leisure, so he won't be so impatient and use a harpoon to spoil the mood. He sat cross-legged on a flatbed sled car, holding a fishing rod and wearing a felt hat, except that he did not have a white beard, he was the frame of a Jiang Taigong.

But next to him sat Zhou Nan. The young and delicate Oiran wore a crimson hooded cloak, the hat was shining on her head, and the edge was sewn with a circle of white rabbit fur fluffy and fluffy, which set off the beautiful little face even more delicately. The delicate and delicate body was wrapped in fur, and it was soft behind Han Gang. From time to time, he was handed over a cup of hot soup and let him drink it to warm his body.

Han Gang also had a temporary idea today, and when he saw that the sky was clear, he took his wife and concubine and family out to the Yellow River to fish, looking so leisurely that he couldn't be more leisurely. However, after a long time, the fishermen in the distance kept shouting, but there was very little movement on Hangang's side.

"Official, did you catch it?" Wang Yi walked over from the river and asked Han Gang.

Han Gang raised his fishing rod and said helplessly: "There are only two or three." ”

It is inconvenient for the female dependents of the eunuchs to go out at will, let alone be seen by outsiders casually. Even if you go out in the spring, when you sit down in the suburbs, you have to stop a heavy step barrier. But Han Gang didn't care about this, brought dozens of Yazhong sergeants, and circled a secluded place by the Yellow River.

The only ones who came out today were Han Gang and his wives and concubines. Among his three staff members who had already obtained official status, Wei Pingzhen and Fang Xing, all went to the capital to participate in the election. And You Alcohol is preparing to be admitted to the Jinshi, and he has no intention of talking about it, and he is still supervising the students' homework in the county school.

As for Wang Bei, because Wang Yi's uncle Wang Anguo has been unwell recently, he went to Tokyo to visit-Wang Anguo is serving as the head of the secret pavilion in Beijing, unlike Han Gang's Jixian school manager who is an empty title, to show that the Son of Heaven values it, Wang Anguo is really doing things in the Chongwen Pavilion, sorting out the books and documents in the museum - because Wang is not there, only Han Gang is there, and it is inconvenient for Wang Bian's wife Pang Zi to come out.

Seeing his wife approaching, Han Gang patted him and motioned for Wang Yi to be by his side. There are so few times he can spend with his family, and today is a compensation.

Wang Yi first looked around and confirmed that there were no idle people, and even Han Gang's entourage hid far away, before he sat down beside Han Gang. Zhou Nan hurriedly knelt up and served warm hot soup to the housewife.

Wang Yi held the cup to warm her hands, leaned against her husband, and her heart was also warm. Smiling slightly, "It's good to catch a fish." When the slave family went fishing with his second brother when he was a child, he only caught shrimp and never saw fish. ”

"I didn't think you were fun-loving when you were a kid." Han Gang smiled: "But on the Yellow River, it is only applauded that you can catch the Yellow River carp, and other fish can't be counted!" Look at me catching ten or eight carp today, selling them to the capital, and I also have a lot of money. ”

The Yellow River carp in winter is very popular in the capital, not only because of its fatty quality, but also because it has a lot less fishy smell than in other seasons. It is a good material for making fish tart. However, in winter, carp are less active, and it seems to be hibernating, so it is very difficult to catch them, so they are sold at a high price in the capital. If you want to eat fish soup and fish soup in winter, it will cost four or five hundred dollars, to say the least.

Wang Yi snuggled up to Han Gang's side, watching the fishing line in the ice cave motionless, and after a while, she suddenly said, "Official, doesn't it matter?" ”

Han Gang quietly put the fishing rod and said nonchalantly: "There are still ten days before the winter solstice, and I will go to the capital in two days, and it will be no problem if I can catch up with Zhai Mu." ”

Han Gang had just resigned from the edict appointed by the Son of Heaven, and he did not take over the errand of correcting the Chinese book, and it happened that the work of the Suburban Heaven Ceremony was also done, so he could take a break.

After all, it was Sun Yong, not him Han Gang, so there was no need to look at and watch all day long. The displaced people in Beijing are now less than one day a day, either returning to Hebei, or registering and going to Tuntian on Xihe Road and Jinghu Road.

In addition, the government boundary mentioned the official affairs in the yamen, and it didn't matter if he was delayed for two or three days, not to mention that he was about to go to the capital and participate in the ceremony, and the official affairs of the yamen could be handed over to the subordinates below to deal with.

He didn't know what Sun Yong would think, but Han Gang wanted to thank the Son of Heaven for this edict. It was because he rejected the position of Zhongshu Wufang Inspection and Correction that Han Gang could put aside the official duties of the prefecture boundary on his body together, so as to show the Son of Heaven that he was not greedy for the position in hand at hand, so he refused to take over the work of Zhongshu Inspection.

This kind of false dismissal is a custom and a common practice, just as the Son of Heaven has to resign three times before he ascends the throne, and the courtiers have to refuse many times when they accept important positions. Being in the sea of Huan is not exempt from vulgarity.

And Han Gang was also happy to relax.

"After a year of hard work for my husband and a few days of rest, the Son of Heaven is not to blame." Han Gang said with a smile. He circled his wife's slender waist, and his hand reached up.

"Official!" Wang Yi's face turned red, and he quickly stood up and flashed to the side. This kind of intimate behavior between husband and wife can be done at home, but how can it be done outside? Disgusted: "They all want to accompany the Son of Heaven to worship heaven and earth, how can there be such a person who doesn't know the decency?!" ”

Han Gang Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled: "Dunlun is divided, and the husband and wife are righteous." Look up to the sky, bow down to the ground. ”

Wang Yi was ashamed and annoyed, pursed his mouth and stomped his feet. His eyes were red, and he was already crying, and he pointed at Han Gang childishly: "You will bully people." ”

"The officials will go to the capital in two days to serve the Son of Heaven and worship heaven and earth." Zhou Nan looked at the commotion, and hurriedly spoke, "Nunu has only heard in the past, when Emperor Renzong presided over the Mingtang ceremony, Han Xianggong and Fu Xianggong all wore a virtuous crown, covered with a sable pen, wearing court clothes, and followed the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven worships in the hall, and the eight dances in His Highness. And it is even more rare to go out of the suburbs of the city, and it is good to see such a battle once. ”

Zhou Nan spoke only to ease the atmosphere, but after saying it, he became a leisurely and fascinated look.

The task of the Teaching Workshop Division is not only to laugh in brothels and restaurants to earn money, or to participate in palace banquets, but also to participate in the work of court ceremonies. For example, the Dance of the Eight Heavens is performed by sixty-four members of the music group – but all of them are men.

And women also have tasks. The virgins in the workshop are required to perform in many ceremonies. When Zhou Nan was a child, he was a member of the dance class of the Teaching Workshop Division, and participated in the ceremony of the queen's silkworm with a group of little sisters.

Wang Yi turned to Zhou Nan's side and sat down: "We are just watching the excitement, in fact, we are the Son of Heaven, and we will not be able to get out of the Kaifeng Realm for the rest of our lives." If you go to Jinmingchi once a year and Qingcheng Palace once every three years, you can count the chances that the official family can get out of Tokyo City. ”

Wang Yi grew up in a family of scholars, and his view of the emperor would not be like ordinary people, and when he heard the word emperor, he was in awe. It is clear that the so-called emperor is just an ordinary person who is bound by countless rules.

"That's right. Those who are officials can go from all over the world to the north. The snow of Hebei, the dust of the plug, the wind and moon in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mountains and rivers of Shu. Everyone who is a courtier has the opportunity to see it once, but it is impossible for the Son of Heaven. Han Gang sighed in his heart, the frozen scenery of the Yellow River for thousands of miles can be seen by tens of millions of people, but Zhao Ji can't see it. He sighed, "Therefore, the Son of Heaven is often deceived by traitorous ministers, because of his lack of knowledge." ”

Unless Feng Chan and pro-conquest, the Qingcheng Palace in the south of Kaifeng City is the farthest distance that Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, can leave the capital. The emperor of the Han family could go to Shanglin Yuan to hunt, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty could go to Huaqing Pool to bathe, but the emperor of the Song Dynasty, since Taizong, had no habit of hunting. And when today's son enshrines Mount Tai and personally conquers the enemy country, the possibility can also be said to be zero.

Even though he has thousands of miles and has ten thousand states, the space that the Son of Heaven can move in is only as big as Tokyo City. Most of them, they can only curl up in the deep palace. Looking up at the sky around him, less than ten miles away.

He has never seen the lonely smoke of the desert, he has never seen the sunrise on the sea, and it is impossible to understand the life and work of the people of the world, and he will not even know how vast the land he inherited.

Such people control the country and the fate of hundreds of millions of people, so that the best who have struggled out of hundreds of millions of people have to kneel under them.

Han Gang was actually unwilling, especially since he had a soul in his body that came from a thousand years later. Some time ago, there was another land cut, which made Han Gang have a better view of the current emperor.

To tell the truth, Han Gang felt that it was better for the Son of Heaven to be closer to the concubines in the harem, and it would be enough to preside over the sacrifices and ceremonies at ordinary times. Military and political affairs should be handled by more suitable people, and it is best for the Son of Heaven not to mix them indiscriminately. How good it is to be an ornament honestly! Three or four thousand miles to the east, there is a good example of this.

Han Gang said it unscrupulously, and Wang Yi and Zhou Nan didn't even dare to talk. After a long time, Wang Yi reluctantly opened his mouth to persuade: "Official, this can only be said at home."

Han Gang laughed: "This is natural, and you won't say it outside." ”