Cai Jing woke up early.

It was early in the summer, but when he left the house, the eastern sky was still dark and dreary.

As an imperial historian, you have to get up early on the day of duty. Arrive at the Xuande Gate before the palace gate opens. It's okay in the summer, but it's hard in the winter.

However, he has been doing the imperial history for a short time, and he will definitely be transferred in a few days. If you move around, you can go to repair the living note, and you will be able to get a seat in the two mansions a little bit. At that time, although it was not more expensive than now, its status has risen, and its work will be much easier than it is now.

However, what Cai Jing wants is the first deputy of the Imperial History - the Governor of the Imperial History. That was the promotion path of the current prime minister Cai Qu, and it only took ten years to be promoted from the imperial history all the way to the prime minister.

The companion in front of him carried a lantern and lit the road in front of the horse.

Cai Jing likes luxury, and he has no intention of pretending to be a Qingsuke outside. The lantern he uses is not an old bamboo paper lamp, but a glass lamp that is popular in Beijing today.

Most imperial historians have to pay attention to their words and deeds, but as long as there are people behind them, there is nothing to worry about.

Not long after coming to Xuande Gate, the civil and military officials who were going to go to the court arrived one after another, and the news that the Son of Heaven was going to hold a feast also reached everyone's ears - Cai Jing had already known the Tao.

Among the topics discussed in the court in the past few days, there are the invasion of Goryeo by the Liao State, the departure and stay of Lu Huiqing, the Xuanfu of Shaanxi, and the grievances of Wang Anshi and Han Gang, the son-in-law of Weng, but today, the attention of everyone in the court has been completely diverted from the banquet after the court meeting.

Whether it is arrogant or inappropriate, these attacks on Han Gang are now ignored by no one in the court. After Han Gang and Wang Anshi chose to resign-for-tat, all the bullets against Han Gang and other people were left for the queen.

It's just that in the lectures of Zishantang, Han Gang failed to teach Jingyi like Wang Anshi and Cheng Hao, and was only assigned to arithmetic and nature.

Naturally, arithmetic is one of the six arts, but it is only one of the six arts.

Art, planting, the original meaning is planting. Although it is very far-fetched, combined with Han Gang's background, in the eyes of many scholars, this appointment even has a great element of humiliation.

As far as Cai Jing knows, there are many people who want to see Han Gang's jokes. See if he will teach the prince to plan the plate [Note 1], but Han Gang let the Son of Heaven choose the sutra feast on the same day.

"Yuan Chang, have you heard that Han Yukun is not the only one who has a feast today." Qiang Yuanming paced over, and found out where to find the latest news, "Wang Pingzhang and Cheng Bochun have been summoned." This time, some of them are good-looking. ”

Qiang Yuanming gloated, and he didn't know what he was happy about. Cai Jing asked rhetorically: "Can you still argue in front of the king?" ”

"Why not? I'm afraid the Son of Heaven will be happy to see this. ”

"The Son of Heaven has always suppressed King Han Yang, opened Zishan Hall, and invited Wang Pingzhang and Cheng Bochun together. What is this for? It's not that Wang Pingzhang can't suppress his good son-in-law! Now as for all or nothing? ”

"Does the chief still remember the edict banning the clairvoyant mirror?"

"Times have changed." Cai Jing said, shaking his head again, not wanting to argue with Qiang Yuanming again, "Wait a minute, the left and right have nothing to do with you and me." ”

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"Yukun."

"Han Gang has seen his father-in-law."

"Han Gang has met Mr. Bochun."

The court meeting had already ended, and it was almost over after the Chongzheng Hall sat again, and it was relatively late when Han Gang arrived.

This morning, Han Gang slept until Mao Zhengfang woke up. After eating and drinking and resting for a while, he came to the imperial city leisurely. Then it was not unexpectedly in the East Pavilion in front of the Jiying Palace, I saw Wang Anshi and Cheng Hao.

Wang Anshi and Cheng Hao are old acquaintances, when Xining began to change the law in the early years, Cheng Hao also participated in the change, but soon withdrew due to disagreement with the concept, and also opposed the change of the law one after another in the imperial history. However, unlike other people who have turned their faces with Wang Anshi since then and regarded them as the same enemy, there is still a trace of affection between Cheng Hao and Wang Anshi, which is also because Cheng Hao's opposition to the new law is always on the basis of facts, and never attacks character.

"Why is Yukun so late?"

"The son-in-law was used to being lazy in Hedong, and after he came back, he couldn't get used to it for a while. Thinking that I didn't have to go to court, I just slept a little longer. Han Gang replied to Wang Anshi's words with a smile, and said to Cheng Hao: "Mr. Bochun, when Han Gang returned to Beijing the day before yesterday, he wanted to visit him as soon as possible, but as soon as a few things were made, he was delayed. ”

"It's good to come back safely. Yukun, you have worked hard in Hedong, and you should rest for a few more days. ”

The three of them talked and laughed happily, and at first glance the relationship seemed to be very harmonious.

They also received an oral message to participate in the sutra feast, and the three schools faced each other head-on for the first time. Chat is chatting, but no matter which school of thought wants to suppress the two opposing families, even if the three of them don't want to make too ugly noise, the tense atmosphere is still gradually condensing.

It is also thanks to Han Gang that he has always been open, Wang Anshi has reined in his sharpness when he is old, Cheng Hao is even more good-tempered, and the topic has always avoided academics, Han Gang said for a while what he saw and heard in Hedong, and the memories of the decisive battle with the Liao people, and the time passed quickly.

Han Gang calculated the time, and it would soon be over for the Chongzheng Hall to sit again, and he was waiting for the Son of Heaven to ascend to the throne.

However, at this time, several people poured in from the outside, squeezing into the small East Pavilion.

Looking at them, Han Gang restrained his smile, and like Wang Anshi and Cheng Hao, they all became serious.

Cai Bian?

Lu Dalin?!

With just a glance, Han Gang found several acquaintances, none of whom were good friends, all of whom were serving in the Chongwen Academy.

Now that they have come, will they also participate in the prayer feast?

Woo, Han Gang suddenly remembered one thing, if there is a request for the scripture feast - to be more precise, as long as the emperor has a request - those revisionists and editors in the Chongwen Academy can be called for consultation, otherwise, how can they talk about Qinggui? With literature, you can get close to Tianyan. The position of the third museum was originally created for consultation.

This bias frame is not level.

Wang Anshi's side was crowded, and Cheng Hao also had disciples serving on his side, while Han Gang had nothing.

It would be nice if there were more than one Su Song. Han Gang thought. Su Song has a high status and prestige in the court, and few of the younger generations can compete with him.

It's really not good, Shen Kuo is actually not bad, I don't know if he can speak well in front of Wang Anshi and the Son of Heaven - everything else is okay, that is, Shen Kuo has always been reluctant to express his views on various schools of thought positively.

Han Gang's side was empty. The attitude of the Son of Heaven seems to be obvious,

Lu Dalin still had a gloomy face, he had only recently been recruited to the Third Pavilion as an official, and he had never had the energy to participate in the feast. The brothers of the Lu family are from a family of eunuchs, and Lu Dalin is a famous scholar, so it is reasonable for him to be awarded the position of the museum. The Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory. Even though Han Gang is famous in the world, Lu Dalin still has a cold eyebrow.

Han Gang smiled again, and his smile was peaceful, and from his face, there was nothing unusual.

It's easy to be angry, but not to be angry is the skill.

Han Gang never expected Zhao Ji to look at himself from a fair standpoint, but now although he did not directly issue an edict to ban qi, he pulled his opponents over together,

Han Gang knew very well that no matter whether Zhao Ji was worried about the huge gap between his status and age, or whether he could feel the qi science he advocated, he was actually the mortal enemy of heaven and man induction, anyway, in the mind of the Son of Heaven, his existence must be very eye-catching.

If it could be depreciated, it would have been depreciated a long time ago. It's a pity that Zhao Ji can't do it now. Since this is the case, it is also a good thing to find an opportunity to pull a side leg on the battle for Taoism that he cares about the most.

No...... Han Gang's voice suddenly paused, and it didn't seem to be so simple.

That emperor is always a little more decisive than others in maintaining his power. Cheng Hao and Wang Anshi's students were all present, but he just wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the arrogance of Qi Xue.

"Cai Bian meets Han Shumi." Cai Bian first greeted Han Gang with a smile, "After the Hedong War, the Liao thieves were terrified, and Han Shumi has been shocking the sea since then. It is no wonder that the Son of Heaven is looking forward to returning to Beijing this time. ”

"Actually, there is nothing else to fight in battle, just walk slowly and step by step. It was when he was in Taigu County that the Liao army was surrounded in the city, surrounded by thousands of troops and horses, so that people could sleep less than half a moment. However, he was still safe and sound, not because the Liao army commander was miscommanding, but because the pawns below were really unsuccessful. ”

Han Gang's words were not listened to, Cai Bian's face changed, and he could only endure it.

Wang Anshi sighed imperceptibly, his son-in-law always greeted his face first when he beat people. Saying 'you guys are a fart' to your face, but Cai Bian who said the wrong thing is qualified to be angry?

I hadn't paid attention to it before, but now it seems that this student's heart is still a little frivolous. I can't bear to study hard, I only know how to find an opportunity to provoke.

The atmosphere was a little tense, and the Son of Heaven had quietly come to the apse of Jiying Palace. The chamberlain came to inform him that the feast was about to begin.

Wang Anshi set off first, Han Gang and Cheng Hao followed, and a group of pavilion officials came out.

There are enemies on the left and right, and he is in the enemy territory, but Han Gang remembers the back of a book,

Lu Zi respects the crowd, and Zhuge Liang fights the Confucianism.

Note 1: There are many theories about the time when the abacus was invented, the earliest to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the latest to the two Song Dynasty. From the picture of the Qingming River, it can be seen that there are suspected abacus objects on the counter of the pharmacy, and abacus beads also appear in the unearthed cultural relics of the Northern Song Dynasty. But it is difficult to say how widely the abacus was circulated at that time. In "Mengxi Writings", it is said: "(Wei Pu) Mahayana is not inferior, and the position is like flying, and the human eye cannot chase it. ''The algorithm uses red chips and black chips to distinguish between positive and negative numbers'. Huang Bosi of the Southern Song Dynasty, in the Song Dynasty furniture atlas "Yanji Tu", also listed the special table for placing the calculation chips - the cloth calculation table. Jia Xian, a mathematician in the Northern Song Dynasty who discovered the Jia Xian Triangle, also used arithmetic chips when he opened the square, and left a diagram. The proportion of arithmetic chips in the notes of the Song Dynasty is overwhelmingly large, which shows that the abacus was still used in large quantities at that time, and it was not replaced by the abacus. This did not begin to change until the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty.

ps: Recently, the monthly pass system has changed, everyone is asking for tickets, and I am not exempt from vulgarity, so I ask for a monthly pass by the way. This month, I promise to keep changing as much as possible, and I hope you can have a show