After dusk, Zhang Dian drove lightly and quietly came to Wang Anshi's mansion.

In fact, the ruling government's private visit to the Pingzhang Mansion is still quite taboo. Even Han Gang, who is still outside the gate of the two mansions, is not so convenient to visit Wang Anshi or Zhang Dian often.

But today's event was very important to Zhang Dan, and if he wanted to enlist Wang Anshi's support, he had to visit him in person. Instead of relying on Han Gang or others, or even a few letters can solve the problem.

"Zihou, you are visiting today, but for Lu Jifu's piece of music?" Wang Anshi drank perilla drink and got straight to the point. In his position, he has no desires in political affairs, and he doesn't need to bend with his juniors.

"Exactly." Zhang Dian didn't think it was strange, Wang Anshi was in a hurry, "Right now, the Xingling Liao people are about to move, and Jifu is worried about state affairs, and he wants to know that the soldiers and good ministers are the followers, so he can enter Beijing with peace of mind." However, he was only a good minister who knew the soldiers, and Zhang Dian felt that it was far from enough. Yinxia Chongge, Huanqing Zhao Yu, and Jingyuan Kumamoto do not belong to each other, and their strength is three points. If there are only more than 10,000 Liao divisions and tens of thousands of party items, they are not afraid of each side. But in case the Liao people rush to raise a large army, there may be a danger of being broken by each one. ”

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I don't know what Zihou thinks?" ”

"In my humble opinion, we can set up the Shaanxi Xuanfu Division as the old practice of Xining, and use the Xuanfu to oversee the overall situation of the northwest."

"Is it to use Jifu as a proclamation envoy? ......" Lu Huiqing's thoughts, Wang Anshi knew the Tao when he saw the chapter, and Zhang Dian's suggestion was not unexpected. "What do Xue Zizheng and Yukun think?" He asked, the straightforward question as swift as his personality.

Wang Anshi didn't believe that Zhang Dian had not discussed it with Han Gang and Xue Xiang beforehand. It is not a trivial matter to let Lu Huiqing stay in Shaanxi as she wishes. Without the consent of the two of them—especially Han Gang, who was extremely influential—even if he got his own consent, there was still a possibility that something bad would happen. What's more, in the matter of Lu Huiqing, the three of them should have the same interests.

"Yukun said, if Lu Jifu can sit in Shaanxi, it will be much easier for him to talk to Xiao Xi here."

The establishment of the Xuanfu Division has great symbolic significance. Wang Anshi, Zhang Dan, and Han Gang understand this, and the Liao people on the other side also understand it. Once the Shaanxi Xuanfu Division was established, it would become a bargaining chip in Han Gang's hands with the Liao people, and it was a proof that the Great Song Ning was not a broken jade. Suppressing Xiao Xi will of course be much easier.

Wang Anshi's expression moved: "Has Xiao Xi already asked for something?" ”

"Why should he speak? Just look at the changes of the Liao people in the direction of Xingling, and you can know the thoughts of Yelu Yixin. What's more, the Zhengdan envoy he sent is also surnamed Xiao Mingxi. Zhang's voice became a little higher-pitched, "The Liao people are insatiable, and Yelu Yixin wants to use China's financial resources to stabilize his power." As soon as the news from both sides confirms the movements of the Liao people on the border, Xiao Xi will immediately ask for the New Year's coins and land! ”

Wang Anshi shook his head, the reason was still a little far-fetched, "The Liao people of Xingling have only migrated here for more than a year, and they don't have this strength yet. ”

"Xianggong, there is a kind of man on Yinxia Road!" Zhang Dian hurriedly said again, he asked himself to find a good excuse, "Without a Xuanfu envoy, how can you hold the halter of this inferior horse?" ”

Wang Anshi also understands the temper and character of Chong Ge. It's the top few generals in the world. What Zhang Dian said is really a good reason. Resist the greed of the Liao people, this is what the imperial court wants to do now. But fighting too much and expanding the war is not what the imperial court wants to see. In this way, the militant seed is a poison wrapped in a sugar cube, which is sweet in the mouth, but when the sugar cube on the outside is gone, the poison comes out. It's just a change of players, but it's even more of a bad choice.

After thinking about it, Wang Anshi said, "What about Xue Xiang?" What does he think? ”

"Xue Zizheng also thinks it's better like this." Zhang Dian replied: "And he also suggested that it is best to build a track in the eastern part of the country, and cooperate with the Xuanfu Division in the western part of the country to oppress the Liao people." ”

"Track?" Wang Anshi blinked, today's 'surprises' are really one after another," ...... Rails or wooden rails?

"It's all railroad tracks now." Zhang Dian smiled relaxedly, "The docks in the capital are all railcars. ”

"Didn't you say that there is a problem when the railroad tracks are long?" Wang Anshi has a vague impression of the railroad tracks.

"That was before, because I didn't know how to get hot. Expansion and contraction are the reason for this. Zhang Dian explained, "Everything expands when it is hot and shrinks when it is cold, and it is especially obvious for copper and iron hardware. At the beginning of the pier in the capital, the sections of railroad tracks were close together, like wooden tracks. But when the seasons change, the rails are either squeezed together at both ends, or the gaps widen. From then on, there will be a gap between each section of railroad track. The specific interval has been verified. He smiled bitterly again, "This truth seems to have been known by Yukun in advance, but he just didn't say it, until something happened, and he induced people to explore the reason." ”

Wang Anshi nodded with deep feelings, with his understanding of Han Gang, most of his sons-in-law would do this kind of thing.

After a few sighs, he said: "The laying of tracks in Hebei and the establishment of the Xuanfu Division in Shaanxi can indeed let the Liao people know China's uncompromising determination." ”

"Xianggong misunderstood." Zhang Dian hurriedly corrected, "It's not Hebei. ”

"Not Hebei?!"

"The Xuanfu Division was set up in Guanxi, and Hebei began to build the track again, which inevitably seemed aggressive, in case the Liao people thought that the imperial court was preparing for war, but there would be no room for turnaround." Zhang Dian basically paraphrased what Han Gang said before, "And laying tracks along the Bianhe River in Jingdong and cooperating with the Xuanfu Division in Kansai is still a warning to the Liao people, but it will not be too sharp." Moreover, the addition of a railway track from Suzhou to Tokyo is also a good thing to supplement the lack of capacity of the Bianhe River. At the same time, the track of Hebei is too long, almost thousands of miles, and Suzhou to Tokyo is only 600 miles, and the rivers that need to be crossed on the way are few and narrow, and it is much simpler. With the experience of more than 500 miles of tracks, the next step is the Hebei track of nearly 1,000 miles and the track from Jingzhaofu to Beijing. ”

After Zhang Duan finished speaking in one breath, Wang Anshi just nodded, but he didn't say anything.

He sighed secretly in his heart, Zhang Dian, Xue Xiang and Han Gang actually had their own plans, but they were just using Lu Huiqing's selfishness to plan for themselves. After taking a sip of tea and moistening his throat, Wang Anshi asked in a deep voice: "Zihou, do you know what Cai Dao Cai said when he entered the palace after noon?" ”

"I know a little bit, but I don't know in detail." Zhang Dian nodded, this is the news he heard before leaving the palace, there is only one sentence, if you want to know more detailed information, you will have to wait until tomorrow. But this sentence is enough, "Cai Zhizheng hopes that Cai Yanqing of Chengdu Fulu will change the sentence to Jingzhao, this candidate is not bad." Whether it's experience or ability, it's all the best choice, and if it's just to stabilize Jingzhao Mansion, it's enough. However, Cai Yanqing is handsome and Chang'an, and he is by no means as good as Lu Jifu as the Xuanfu envoy. The privy envoy and Xuanfu envoy can control the soldiers and horses of Huanqing, Jingyuan and Yinxia, while a mere Yongxing army is far from qualified. Moreover, the establishment of the Shaanxi Xuanfu Division can also warn the Liao people that China has taken precautions. Just as the strings offer cattle wine to the Qin division, they can even surrender without a fight. ”

Zhang Dian said a lot, but Wang Anshi still didn't believe it.

He has been an official in and out of Beijing for decades, and how can he not be familiar with the government affairs, criminal names, military affairs, and personnel affairs of the court and the local government? Although he has no energy to deal with the younger generations now, and his mood is far less than in the past, this does not mean that his eyesight has deteriorated.

Wang Anshi didn't believe that Han Gang would be worried that he wouldn't be able to compete for a Khitan, and he didn't believe that Han Gang would lose in the confrontation with Xiao Xi, he knew his son-in-law too well, and the reason that Zhang Dian helped him say before was just an excuse. His son-in-law should simply hope that Lu Huiqing, who participated in the compilation of the "Three Classics and New Righteousness", will stay outside for a longer time, and after he and Cheng Hao enter Zishantang, there will be one more Lu Huiqing in the capital who can pull down his face and do bad things, and the pressure on Qi Xue will be too great.

In the same way, everyone else has their own agendas. The reasons that come up, no matter how high-sounding they may seem, or how they sound, are actually just excuses.

Wang Anshi saw it very clearly. The gray eyebrows drooped slightly, and the gaze cast in the dim old eyes was sharper than that of the young man.

Cai did prevent Lu Huiqing from staying in Shaanxi because he did not want to be one more of the same people in the Eastern Mansion - if Lu Huiqing made great contributions in Guanxi, it was not impossible to be promoted to the third prime minister. Han Zihua is already old, but Lu Huiqing is heroic and in his prime. Once he became the prime minister after making meritorious contributions, with the connections he left in the court in the past, Cai, who had too little experience, would indeed be completely overwhelmed by him.

Lu Huiqing wanted to make more meritorious contributions, so that after returning to Beijing, he could suppress Zhang Dan, Xue Xiang, and even Han Gang, who was wandering outside but still had too much influence. If the opportunity comes, the credit is a little greater, and you can even go straight to the prime minister's class. This is better than coming back now, being squeezed by Zhang Dan, Xue Xiang, and Han Gang so much that they have nowhere to stand. Moreover, the personnel of the Imperial History Observatory has changed drastically, and Lu Huiqing has all the imperial historians who can be contacted in the past, and once he argues with other officials who have been in Beijing early, the situation will be extremely passive, which is why he did not choose to enter Beijing immediately.

Xue Xiang's calculations are mostly based on selfish interests. In the Six-Way Shipping Division, Xue Xiang's power is intertwined, and even though he has been out of office for a long time, he can still be controlled remotely with the help of his old connections. He also has a lot of contacts with other shipping divisions and transshipment divisions. However, after the advent of orbit, there is an equally convenient option in addition to waterway transshipment. With Xue Xiang's vision and insight, most of them saw the inevitable trend of track prosperity, and in order to gain influence on the rail transportation yamen from the beginning, he took the initiative to seek opportunities to manipulate the track construction project. Lu Huiqing's recital gave him such an opportunity, so he exchanged his support with Zhang Dian and Han Gang.

As for Zhangdun...... Wang Anshi secretly sneered.

The governor of the Western Mansion has been away for a long time, and there must be a famous minister in the Privy Council who knows the soldiers to be in charge of internal affairs. But there is a lack of Xue Xiang, who was born as a jinshi; Especially the military general Guo Kui, who is guarding in Hebei, is unlikely to be selected, and Zhang Dian is the only candidate at the moment. However, there are currently two prime ministers in Dongfu, and once the privy envoy Lu Huiqing stays in Shaanxi to serve as the Xuanfu envoy, if only two privy envoys are in charge of the privy council, it will only lead to a situation of inconsistency and internal and external imbalance. As far as the Son of Heaven and the Empress are concerned, a chief official of equal or at least similar status must be promoted.

Sentenced to the Privy Council, the Privy Council, the Privy Council, the first three are the principal, the last four are the second, the name of the Xifu is ranked down according to the status of the next level, Zhang Dian, who was the deputy privy envoy at the time, he was eyeing the Privy Council affairs who were almost equal to the privy envoys, and was in charge of the internal affairs of the Xifu when Lu Huiqing was not in charge of the internal affairs of the Privy Council.

It has only been half a day since Lu Huiqing's recital came. In just half a day, these juniors - well, Xue Xiang, who is similar to his own age, can not be counted - has already made their own calculations, and even united. Wang Anshi couldn't help but feel a wave behind the Yangtze River pushing the front waves.

But looking at Zhang Dun, who looked sincere and humble in front of him, Wang Anshi couldn't help but have a poem by Lao Du in his mind:

Jun looks at the wild goose, each with its own rice and sorghum.