Han Qi finally died.

lingered on the sickbed for several months, Zhao Ji kept sending envoys to the hospital and medicine, and rejoiced with seals, but in the end he still failed to save the life of this veteran minister who was the third emperor and the second lord.

This news made many people in the court breathe a sigh of relief, starting with Ouyang Xiu, and the famous ministers who began to cause changes in the world from the middle of the Renzong Dynasty finally withdrew from this era one by one.

First Ouyang Xiu, then Lu Gongbi, and now Han Qi, and then, Fu Bi, Zeng Gongliang, Wen Yanbo, Zhang Fangping, these people are all dying and old, and it will not be strange when they leave.

It's time for the old and the new.

Even prime ministers like Wang Anshi, Han Jiang, and Feng Jing are all juniors in front of Han Qi.

Ouyang Xiu, who has passed away, is a generation of Wenzong. Contemporary literary scholars all come from his disciples. And Han Qi is even more famous in the world. The state has a rule that officials are not allowed to serve as officials in the township, and only the old and important ministers can return to their hometowns in fine clothes as the favor of the imperial court. Since the Song Dynasty, Han Qi is the only important minister who can guard the township and county three times.

Zhao Ji is a little sad, without Han Qi's support, there would be no his father Zhao Shu ascending the throne as emperor, and of course, there would be no current position.

Zhao Shu is just the thirteenth son of the prince of Puyang County, and when he didn't get the position of crown prince, he was just a regimental training envoy, and he didn't even dare to think about the title of county duke, and a county marquis could send him away. And as one of the many grandchildren of the county prince's family, Zhao Ji didn't dare to ask for anything, he grew up outside the palace when he was a child, and never enjoyed the education and attention that the crown prince deserved. And after the age of fourteen, being able to become the center of gravity of a country is all due to Han Qi.

After receiving Han Qi's testament, the important ministers of the two governments also agreed on Han Qi's nickname - Zhongxian, and his posthumous gift - Shang Shuling.

"From tomorrow, I will drop out of the dynasty for three days to mourn for Shang Shuling and Han Taishi."

On the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Ji ordered to go down and ordered the Hanlin Bachelor to draft an edict, which was an honor that the old and important ministers could enjoy.

"Lan Yuanzhen, I want to mourn for the Taishi in the back garden, you should go and prepare quickly."

After receiving the order, Lan Yuanzhen went to the backyard to prepare the utensils for the memorial service. And Zhao Ji picked up the pen and personally wrote the inscription for Han Qi.

The brush dipped in thick ink only paused for a moment on the unfolded paper, and then the eight words were completed in one go-the two dynasties Gu fate and the father.

Eight characters with seal characters, Zhao Ji's calligraphy is good, and when he writes it, it is also self-contained. Li Shunju was grinding ink on the paper for Zhao Ji next to him, and when he saw the tablet written by the Son of Heaven, he nodded secretly.

Only Han Qi is qualified to accept these eight words. He was the prime minister when Injong became Youngjong, and he was also the prime minister when Youngjong ascended to the throne. Taking care of his fate and making a decision, Han Qi is ranked first in both achievements.

The inscription was inscribed, and Zhao Ji wrote the inscription himself, and the bachelors of Hanlin and the Chinese scholars drafted it on their behalf. Instead, write it yourself.

Zhao Ji has no talent, far less than the Hanlin Bachelor who rushed out of the millions of scholars. When Zhang Dian had already written the edict in the words of four or six Li, Zhao Xuan spent another half a day to write the inscription of several hundred words.

Putting down the brush in his hand, Zhao Ji looked at it carefully again, and when the ink on the paper dried slightly, he picked it up and said to Li Shunju: "Spread the decree of the Emperor, give the Taishi 2,500 taels of silver and 2,500 pieces of silk, Li Shunju, you will send this inscription to Xiangzhou together with the silver silk given to me on my behalf." ”

Li Shunju hurriedly walked down, knelt down and received the holy decree.

"Zhang Maoze." Zhao Ji also pointed to another high-ranking official in the inner chamberlain-Zhang Maoze, who entered the house, "You are in charge of the funeral of the Taishi, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Zhang Mao knocked on the leader's order: "The minister obeys the order." ”

"Tong Guan." Zhao Ji then lit up the little yellow door that was on duty in the palace today, "Go and check who Anyang Zhixian is?" ”

Tong Guan hurriedly went to look up the list, and came back in a blink of an eye to report: "It's Lu Jingyang, a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiayou." ”

Zhao Ji didn't have any impression of this name, frowned and thought about it: "Go and check who Xiangzhou is again?" ”

"It's Chen Anmin, who took office last year."

Zhao Ji remembered the name: "It's Wen Yanbo's brother-in-law." He was a little surprised to look at Tong Guan again, why could he answer without checking this time?

Tong Guan is accustomed to observing words and feelings, and hurriedly said: "The slave and maid have just checked it together." ”

"Well, I'm pretty good at getting things done." Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction, he didn't expect that the appearance was completely inferior to the feminine little yellow door of the ordinary chamberlain, and his mind was so delicate, "I'll go to the Imperial Medicine Institute in two days to listen to the call." ”

Tong Guan immediately knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, his face showing humility and gratitude, and his heart was already ecstatic.

If you want to be promoted in the court, in addition to following the right person, you have to rely on luck, as long as you catch an opportunity to satisfy the Son of Heaven, you can soar in one fell swoop. In the past, because Tong Guan followed Li Xian and served as an edict envoy many times, he left his name in front of the Son of Heaven, so he entered the Chongzheng Palace to serve. But his luck came to an end, and he hadn't seen it for more than a year, but today finally came to work and gave him a chance.

Zhao Ji didn't care about the thoughts of a little yellow door, and raised his voice to another Hanlin bachelor and said: "Order Xiangzhou Observation Judge Chen Anmin, Anyang Zhixian Lu Jingyang and Entering the Metropolitan Governor Zhang Mao to take care of the funeral of Master Gou, Xu Ji Tomb to make wine for use," paused, "and then order Li Qingchen of the Tongzhi Taichang Rite Academy, and go to Xiangzhou to pay tribute to his funeral." ”

Looking back at Han Qi's testament, Zhao Ji raised the Zhu pen again to reply. Before his death, important ministers were eligible to submit a testament and recommend the children of the clan to serve as officials. Depending on the level of official position, the number of recommended people will also be different. No matter who Han Qi recommended in the testament, Zhao Ji did not hesitate to write the word 'may'.

In Cishou Palace, the Cao family also heard the bad news - but for her, Han Qi's death was not bad news.

After Yingzong ascended the throne, he had asked the Cao family to listen to the government for a period of time due to serious illness, but after Zhao Shu recovered from his illness, Han Qi forced her to withdraw the curtain and return to politics with very rude means. And more importantly, there is also the dispute over Pu Yi, whether to posthumously present the throne to Zhao Shu's biological father, King Puyang County, the Cao family and Zhao Shu have serious confrontations, and the court also quarreled, and in this dispute, Han Qi is on Zhao Shu's side.

Because of these things, Cao's sense of Han Qi has never been very good, but he is a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty after all.

"Lu Gongbi is dead, and Han Qi is also dead. Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi are also waiting for old age, and without the veteran ministers in charge, I really don't know what will happen to this court in the future. Empress Dowager Gao was in the Cishou Palace, sighing at her aunt.

"Officials have their own measure."

Cao also knew that time was running out, and she didn't have the energy to reverse her idea of being the emperor's grandson. Besides, although the current Son of Heaven is thinking about expanding the territory, he has also become more measured with age, and he will no longer listen to and believe partially, and he also knows how to balance the court, as the emperor, it is enough to be able to do this thing. Although Wang Anshi now seems to be in power to the government and the opposition, he will no longer have the same influence on the court as in the early years of Xining.

Han Qi died.

An era is over? Han Gang felt that he couldn't say that yet.

Although Han Qi played a pivotal role in this era, looking back at the changes in the court in the past few decades, Han Qi cannot be excluded. It's just that Han Gang didn't find the name Han Qi in his shallow historical knowledge after all. In terms of influence on future generations, Han Qi should be far from Ouyang Xiu.

He didn't have a view on Han Qi's death, and the legends he heard from other people's mouths were always separated by a layer. Although Han Qi served as the governor of Qinzhou decades ago, it was too far away from his memory, so it was impossible for Han Gang to be like Wang Yan, who was beaming with joy for a few days in a row, although he tried his best to pretend to be sad and regretful, he didn't pretend to be like it, he just lived his ordinary life.

Dropping out of the court for three days, even if the court meeting does not need to be held, does not mean that the Son of Heaven and his courtiers do not have to do things.

Wang Anshi has his business to do, Wang Yan has his business to do, and Han Gang of course has to worry about his work as an ordnance supervisor.

During this period of time, the prototype of the Western-style windmill ran intermittently for a month, and finally determined an effective structure. The next step was to build a larger, practical windmill that could be used to pump water, grind surfaces, and, of course, drive a forging hammer if it was successful.

There is still a way to go for the windmill to succeed. But by operating together inside and outside the ordnance prison, the tracks and railcars have been almost verified. Han Gang played the Son of Heaven again and promoted the use of tracks in the mine. A large amount of manpower saved can be invested in mine mining and pig iron smelting, and the efficiency is more than doubled.

The remaining and imminent problem is coke. Han Gang's method of coking can only be used to burn charcoal. During this period, several kilns exploded several times, and finally the cause of the explosion was confirmed, and the kiln mouth was improved, using bamboo tubes to release gas, and the ground structure was modified to collect coal tar. However, in order to obtain satisfactory results, it is necessary to conduct a period of validation experiments.

In addition, Han Gang did not forget that in the report to the Son of Heaven, the man who praised himself endured.

His identity has been determined, he is an internal servant, not a military minister, and his name is Ma Xuan. It is impossible for the eunuchs who are in the palace to not even speak, at least fifty or sixty percent of them are suspicious - the proportion of suspicions is high enough for Han Gang - I am afraid that Wang Anshi and Wang Yan are also a little confused in their hearts, so they did not say whether they were chamberlains or military ministers.

Who Ma Mu was assigned, Han Gang hasn't found out for a while, but Genzi will not leave the two mansions. After the high-level chamberlain passes the level of the inner attendant, he will be transferred to a martial position. When the time comes, their promotion will inevitably be influenced by the rulers. This is also because the eunuchs of the Song Dynasty couldn't make trouble, and some Wenchen guarded them like thieves, and the future was held in their hands.

After reciting it silently twice, Han Gang wrote down the name. From now on, as long as you pay attention to this person's movements, it will not be difficult to find out who is behind the scenes.

Han Gang can be very forgetful sometimes, but sometimes, his memory can become very good......