After nearly a month of preparation, the summer harvest in Taiyuan Mansion has finally begun.

The sun in the sky is so hot that it can burn people, and it is not much worse than dog days. However, in such weather, it is a good time for both harvesting and drying.

The 10,000 hectares of wheat fields in Taiyuan Province were almost completely harvested in ten days. When the golden wheat is spread out and exposed to the sun, the work of summer tax also begins.

The officials and officials in the yamen of Taiyuan Mansion who were related to the day were all too busy to touch the ground. Not only the registration books handed in by various states and counties, but also Han Gang's orders, all made them have no time to stop.

"Why haven't the treasury books been completed yet? How long are you going to drag it out?! ”

Han Gang's urging voice in the front yard could be transmitted to the backyard, and when he returned to the back, Wang Yi came over and asked him a little puzzled: "Why are the officials in such a hurry?" Sorting out the books and books is not something that can be done in a day or two, but it will take several months at best. ”

Han Gang shook his head: "It's not for the husband's urgency. We're going back to the capital soon, and of course we have to settle things here. I can't afford to leave a mess to my successor, and I can't say anything clearly. ”

Wang Yi blinked suspiciously: "How did the official know that Lu Dao was going back to Beijing?" Is there any news. ”

Han Gang clenched his fist with his right hand and chuckled, "There is no news, but if the order does not come, then the husband will have a few more recitals." The charcoal of Shenmu Village can not only be used to burn bricks. It can be fully coordinated with the iron ore of the Bulgarian army. If the Baode army opened the iron yard, the scale and output would not be much smaller than that of Beijing and Xuzhou. ”

Wang Yi's eyes widened in surprise: "Official, is the last recital just to make the Son of Heaven recall you back to the capital?"

"I don't know if it's useful. That's why we have to continue to play and open up the Iron Field of the Bulgarian Army. ”

After hearing so much, Wang Yi finally understood that Han Gang had grasped the mind of the Son of Heaven and dared to act like this.

However, Han Gang's proposal to set up an iron field in the Baode Army was not just to make the Son of Heaven worry about his family winning meritorious service again. Hedong needed a stable source of steel, and many wealthy families in Taiyuan Province needed steel. The Baode Army is the best iron ore that can be taken out of Hedong Road at the moment, and as long as the imperial court can agree to set up the Baode Iron Yard, the scale will definitely expand in a short time.

The Baode Army [now Baode County, Shanxi] has iron mines, which in the past provided iron materials for the manufacture of arrowheads for the bow and crossbow courtyards in the border villages of Hedong, and it was also the source of iron tools for the people of the border states. Although the amount of iron produced is small, the actual reserves should not be small. Moreover, compared with the total steel output of the whole country today, which does not exceed 100,000 tons, as well as the actual demand in Hedong, no matter how small the reserves of iron ore are, it is enough.

Fuzhou lacked iron, but the imperial court's supply to Fuzhou was only finished products made into weapons, and the Privy Council sent people to inspect the number every year, which was far stricter than in other places. If the Fold family wants iron, they can only buy iron pots and shovels. So the Zhejia family hopes that there can be one. The Baode Army and Fuzhou are separated by a Yellow River, if the Baode Army opens an iron field, then with the influence of the Zhejia family in the northeast of the river, it is not a big problem to secretly stream water for a long time, and get tens of thousands of catties of iron a year.

Of course, Han Gang's side only needs to propose the construction of an iron yard, whether it can succeed or not, Han Gang can't pack a ticket, and he doesn't plan to mention it again if it fails. As for how the Zhe family got steel from the Baode Army after the imperial court agreed to Han Gang's suggestion, it was their own business.

Han Gang would rather care about the structure of the track than the folding family.

When will the rails be built? There is no I-rail, just an iron bar, which is better than the hardwood used now, and the Hebei track has dragged on until now, in Han Gang's view, not only because of the war against Western Xia.

Han Gang looked up at the sky that was whitened by the sun, "Most of the orders are in these two months, if you go back to Beijing, you will have to bear this sun." Yun Niang and Nan Niang have bodies again, and there are a few small ones in the house. It's not good to be tired from the car and horses on this road. ”

Zhou Nan and Han Yunniang are both pregnant, Han Gang already has seven sons, and he is very young now, and it doesn't seem so difficult to catch up with Guo Ziyi, who has nine sons and eight sons-in-law. If Zhou Nan and Han Yunniang were the sons who were the most born, when they were older, they would definitely not die young, so they would inherit the ancestors in the past and return the wishes of their parents.

"Let's talk about it then." Wang Yi said, "If there is really an edict to return to Beijing, there will definitely be a way to solve it." ”

The weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, and the harvest and taxation work is gradually coming to an end, and it is indeed a good harvest that exceeds that of previous years. The situation of paddy hoarding is not once or twice in the reports of counties. So that the regular liquidation of the deficit due to the war has also been successfully replenished.

During the month of the summer harvest and the summer tax, there was no major fluctuation in grain prices in Taiyuan Province. Regular liquidation has played a key role in stabilizing grain prices.

When the three-year summer tax collection of Yuanfeng in Taiyuan Mansion finally had a satisfactory result, the Son of Heaven also had ideas about Han Gang's two letters, and the signs of transferring him out of Taiyuan and back to the capital gradually increased.

Just as Han Gang had hoped, his new position had finally been decided at the end of the summer harvest. He no longer served as the prefect of Taiyuan and the envoy of Hedong Road, but returned to Beijing, changed the sentence to Taichang Temple, and promoted the Taiyi Bureau and the Department of Health and Welfare.

This is Han Gang's new errand.

"Third brother, what does Taichang Temple do?" arranged for the envoy who came to announce the summons to stay at the Yin Hotel, and Han Gang, who had just returned to the backyard, was asked by Han Yunniang with his sleeve pulled.

"Ask your sister Nanniang. She knows a lot better than I do. Han Gang sent Han Yunniang over with a smile.

Zhou Nan has been away from the workshop for many years, and the scars of his early years have almost been forgotten, hearing Han Gang's words, the old sect secretary Oiran smiled indifferently, shook his head and said: "In Taichang Temple, the slave family only knows one workshop. Other familiar yamen, such as the Taile Bureau and the Propaganda Bureau, were all under the control of the Taichang Rite Academy. As for the more, it is not the slave family who can know the Tao. ”

"Just like your sister Nanniang said, the judgment Taichang Temple is just an idle errand with nothing to do, and all the serious things are taken to the Taichang Rite Temple, not under the control of Taichang Temple." Han Gang yawned, and took a bowl of chilled lily mung bean soup from Yan Suxin's hand, "After sentencing Taichang Temple, I will be able to live a quiet life again when I go back to the capital this time." I dug a spoonful of mung bean paste with a spoon, and so far in my mouth, I said a little vaguely: "I really didn't expect it." ”

"Didn't the officials know in advance that Lu Dao was going back to the capital? I can't think of it. Wang Yi asked with a smile.

"I didn't know it was going to be this errand. It's impossible to guess that there will be another temple scholar's name. ”

Taichang Temple is the head of the nine temples, which is in charge of court ceremonies and sacrifices, and the Taiyi Bureau is also its subordinate. Its chief official Taichangqing, whose status is close to the six Shangshu, is higher than the remaining seven temples outside the Zongzheng Temple, and there is a saying that 'Shangshu is in line'. But according to today's official system, the ministry of the six ministries and nine temples has long been carved up, and Taichang Temple is no exception. The ceremonial system and ceremonies of the imperial court were under the jurisdiction of the Taichang Rite Academy. Nominally, the Rite House is still under the jurisdiction of Taichang Temple, but in fact, it is dedicated to the upper and is not subject to the restrictions of Taichang Temple. In the ninth year of Xining, the Taiyi Bureau was also independent from the Taichang Temple.

At present, what is left of Taichang Temple is basically an empty shell, only in charge of the ceremonial places in the capital such as Sheji Ertan and Wucheng Five Temples, as well as a group of Yin Supplement Officials in Zhailang and Bang Lang - they have a hand in the sacrifice and a spirit staff in the funeral, which is their job. In addition, there is also a teaching workshop, and the servants and prostitutes in the capital are under the jurisdiction of Taichang Temple.

However, etiquette is one of the cores of Confucianism, so the position of Taichang Temple is pure and respectful, and high-ranking officials can be placed. To put it mildly, it is a place to retire, and it is the same type as the same group of herdsmen before Han Gang.

But in addition to the change of dispatch, Han Gang also got a new job name-

Duanming Hall Bachelor.

And the original title of the Longtu Pavilion Bachelor has not been cut, that is to say, Han Gang is now a Duanming Hall Scholar and a Longtu Pavilion Scholar.

In terms of rank, the temple bachelor is above the cabinet bachelor. From today on, if someone wants to call Han Gang by his job name, it should be Duanming instead of Longtu.

Generally speaking, the Duanming Hall Bachelor is an additional position for the more senior Hanlin Bachelor, or a gift from the Hanlin Scholar after leaving office for non-sin. Sima Guang is now a bachelor of Duanming Palace, he opposed the change of law during his tenure as a bachelor of Hanlin, and finally went out to serve, and then changed his title to a bachelor of Duanming Palace. Han Gang cited Wang Shao's old example. At that time, Wang Shao was ordered to expand the border of Hehuang, and after conquering Hezhou, his job name became Duanming Hall Bachelor and Longtu Pavilion Bachelor.

The awarding of the bachelor of Duanming Hall can be regarded as compensation for Han Gang, otherwise from the appointment of the Taiyuan prefect and the envoy of Hedong Economic Strategy, he was transferred to the Taichang Temple, which has too much derogatory taste, and it is not the law of treating meritorious heroes.

However, Zhao Ji also passed this appointment by the way, making it even clearer that he did not intend to let Han Gang have a dispatch comparable to his status. Otherwise, the Duanming Hall Bachelor should be changed to the Hanlin Bachelor.

With Han Gang's current reputation in Rulin, he also deserves the title of Hanlin Bachelor. As long as you don't know the name of the edict, you don't have to worry about being embarrassed in drafting the edict. But Zhao Ji would rather use a higher-level position to place Han Gang than let him have the opportunity to intervene in court politics. In this way, of course, there is no chance to enter the two mansions.

But from another point of view, the Son of Heaven is using a higher official position, title, and rank to appease Han Gang.

Han Gang understood very well that if he was an ordinary courtier, if the Son of Heaven didn't like it, or if he wanted to hone it, he would be sent directly to a remote state and county. That is, the self who teaches cowpox to the world can make the Son of Heaven have to cast a rat bogey.

This is not only because there is too much credit, but also because of the combination of the Imperial Medical Bureau and the Department of Health and Welfare.

'Just what I want. Han Gang thought.