[There is also at night.] 】

The cold fog that permeated the city in the early hours of the morning was dispelled by the sun rising in mid-air, but when the sun shone on his body, he still didn't feel much warmth.

It was already the beginning of the lunar month, and the weather was freezing, three points colder than half a month ago. On a sunny day, the ice in the river is three points thicker. Many of the wells in the city were frozen, and no water could be frozen. There are only a few deep wells dug out by the Shuzhong sinking method, which are still warm by the deep underground air and provided by clean water.

At a street wash water stall, a vendor was shouting, and the heat around him was steaming and the mist was filled. Business is good. Five or six women and boys were lining up in front of the stall with buckets. In the winter, the business of washing water is always the best. Many people in the market are too lazy to raise their stoves to melt the ice, so they simply buy water to wash their faces, and then go out for breakfast.

This morning, the well in the official residence of the new servant Shi Shi was also frozen, and when he came out, he was in a hurry, and he had to buy washing water from outside to wash his face.

When in Fujian, even in other places other than Kaifeng, no one would have thought that the face wash could be taken out and sold, and only in the capital, where the people are lazy, can see such a business.

"Yuan Chief!"

The call from behind made Cai Jing withdraw his gaze from the street vendors, and when he looked back, an official in a green robe was riding a horse and waving to him, causing the surrounding citizens to look at him.

Cai Jing raised his face coldly, and when the man reined in the horse, he shouted at him: "Qiang Yuanming, make a noise in the market, disturb the people, today you are guilty of my hands, wait to be impeached." Your punishment is indispensable! ”

Qiang Yuanming was frightened, and he gave up his hand again and again, "The little one who is guilty is willing to be punished." I just dare to ask, have you found a day's Yulu? ”

"How can it be so cheap?!" Cai Jing scolded with a straight face: "What a seat in Qingfeng Building!" ”

"It's okay to have a treat, and the younger brother should also be a treat. Don't say Qingfeng Building, the champion building is also successful! However, Yuan Du can't come, but the younger brother has to thank him. Qiang Yuanming grinned and said, "Of course, I also want to talk to you, the head of the stage, the little brother is meager, but you have to pay a few more big fines." ”

"It's a tasteless job." Cai Jing stopped joking, and smiled bitterly: "You didn't see it yesterday, Li Bangzhi gave people a horse as soon as he came, and I don't know what to say in the future?" ”

"Don't look at it, Yuan Chang, you can talk to Wang Xianggong and Senior Minister Han San, why are you afraid of him Li Qingchen? The niece and son-in-law of King Han Wei, if it weren't for the hand-picked by the Son of Heaven, where would he be able to sit in the position of the head of the stage? ”

Cai Jing smiled and shook his head. It's just that he is still sighing about his qualifications in his selfish heart, otherwise this time he would be a servant of the imperial history. If you can be the deputy of the Imperial History, you will go to the Imperial Court in two years, and then you will be promoted to the Imperial History in a few years, and there is a precedent.

It's a pity that he is now just another name for the Imperial History of Taiduan, who is in charge of the Taiwan Academy. Although it is the highest level of the Wutai Three Courtyards, the Imperial Palace, and the Imperial Court, after all, it is still not as good as the deputy of the Imperial History, and there is a huge gap that takes three or five years to cross. With the luck of jumping two levels in a row this time, it is difficult to have a second time.

The candidates for supervising the imperial history are usually recommended by the Hanlin scholars, the imperial historian Zhongcheng and the governor of the imperial history, and then let the Son of Heaven choose from them, and the two governments cannot interfere. However, it is still very easy for the deacons to install people in the Yushi Terrace, and the Hanlin Bachelor and the Wutai chief and deputy are all impossible people who do not enter the oil and salt.

The officials of the two prefectures can reprimand the two governments, and whoever controls the governors of the two prefectures will be invincible. Now that most of the Taiwan edicts are empty, before Han Jiang, Lu Huiqing, and Zeng Bu enter Beijing, these vacancies will be divided up by the remaining Zaizhi as soon as possible.

Except for Li Qingchen, who was hand-picked by the Son of Heaven - his performance before and after the suburban ceremony was quite good - the rest of the candidates all had the figures of the two governors behind them.

Cai Bian is a student of Wang Anshi, and he has preached Xinxue in the Guozijian for many years, if it were not for Cai Jing, he would not have any resistance to enter the Yushitai. But now he must avoid suspicion of relatives, so Cai Bian recommended Qiang Yuanming, who has a very good relationship with Wang Anshi - in fact, Cai Qu and Cai Jing are also related, Cai Jing's great-grandfather and Cai Qu's great-grandfather are brothers, and they happen to be the farthest relatives in the five suits. When Cai Jing was the imperial historian before, he confessed in front of the Son of Heaven, but Zhao Ji didn't take it seriously and didn't ask. So this time, when Cai was promoted to prime minister and Cai Jingjin served the imperial history, it was convenient and passed the customs directly.

Zhao Tingzhi, who was waiting for the two of them at the entrance of the street in front, was also recommended to enter Wutai. However, the way to go in private was not Wang Anshi, but Cai Qu.

However, when Cai Jing and Qiang Yuanming passed, Zhao Tingzhi was looking elsewhere and did not look at the two of them.

Cai Jing rode over: "Zhengfu, what are you looking at?" ”

Zhao Tingzhi looked back and saw that it was Cai Jing and Qiang Yuanming, so he first said hello, and then rushed to the south gate to Nunuzui. Cai Jing and Qiang Yuanming turned their heads to look over, only to see a vote of people heading towards the south gate, there were hundreds of people in the mighty procession, and most of them were Zhu Yi's Yuan Sui.

"Cai Xianggong? Or Wang Xianggong? Qiang Yuanming immediately asked.

Only the Prime Minister and the Privy Envoy had a contingent of Yuan entourage of this size. Lu Gongshu and Wang Qi have both resigned, although they have not yet approved, they will not put up their flags and take Yuan Sui with them after they go out. In today's capital, the newly appointed Cai Qu and Wang Anshi can have such a number of entourages.

"It should be the prince of the king." Cai Jingdao, "Cai Zizheng is on duty in Wende Hall today, and it is impossible to take leave when he first takes office." ”

"It's Wang Xianggong, and Senior Minister Han San." Zhao Tingzhi looked at the team in the distance, his eyes were full of admiration, "I don't know what it's for?" ”

"Yuan Chang, do you know the way?" Qiang Yuanming asked Cai Jing.

"I'm here to give it away." Cai Jing did know that he said, "Wang Anli of the Zhishe People's House avoided suspicion, and a few days ago, he went to Jiangning Mansion to serve as the prefect. ”

"Wang Xianggong has gone too far." Zhao Tingzhi shook his head when he heard this, "Pingzhang is a serious matter and ignores general affairs. ”

"Jingshi is suspicious!" Cai Jing sighed softly, and said: "And Wang Anli is a careless character like Su Zizhan, staying in the capital is in vain to cause people to talk, and going out early will not be impeached." ”

"Imprudent?" Qiang Yuan said, "The younger brother only heard that he has a political voice. It has been said before that he may represent Qian Dafu as the prefect of Kaifeng. ”

"It's not a rumor, it's true." Cai Jingdao, "A few days ago, Hanlin scholar Pu Zongmeng discussed the crime of destroying the suburbs of Qianzao Qingcheng Palace - this is hating Qianzao immortal - and then the queen intended to let Wang Anli take over, but Wang Xianggong refused, and then asked him to go out on the grounds that he was suspicious. ”

"Just because he's careless?"

"It's not that simple. The other day...... That is, before the winter solstice, there was talk in Taichung that he would be impeached, but it was delayed. Don't let him go out now, in a few days, the younger brother may have to go to the book. Cai Jing smiled at the two friends of the same year, "The minister is a prostitute, Wang Anli is the most unscrupulous in what he does. He is indispensable to the skeleton. This is not a big deal, what can really be taken out to talk about things, one is that when he knew Runzhou, he had privately asked the official Diao to ask the maid of the family, and after Diao Yue's death, in the name of the main funeral, he tempted the two of his maidservants, and the other was Wang Pingfu [Wang Anguo] just after the end of the mourning period, he invited prostitutes to drink and feast. Just for these two things, Wang Xianggong's side can't spare him. ”

Qiang Yuanming was surprised: "Yuan Chang even knows these things? ”

"If you don't hear about it, it's a big problem."

“…… Thank you for the reminder. Zhao Tingzhi arched his hand to Cai Jing.

"It's also the little brother who is talkative, and he has been in Wutai for a long time, so naturally there will be people who have a heart to report it privately. Don't worry too much. Cai Jing smiled and looked south again, "But Senior Minister Han San also came out to see Wang Anli off, and I don't hear much about the two sides." He is not the prince of the king, and he goes to court on the fifth day, and he ignores all the affairs. ”

"I'm afraid it's to avoid white hemp, right?" Zhao Tingzhi said with a smile.

Zhang Hengqu's nickname was handed over to the Taichang Rite Yuan for discussion, the journal "Nature" approved, and the ban on clairvoyance was also changed, which can be said to be relaxed. But this senior minister of Han still looks down on a mere privy deputy envoy! There was a strong sour taste in Qiang Yuanming's words.

The sour taste is of course, and Han Gang's behavior made Cai Jing's heart blocked.

Han Gang's resignation from the deputy privy envoy Zhang Shu has already reached the fourth book. No one knows if the Son of Heaven will issue the fifth edict. The number of these chapters is even greater than when Sima Guang resigned as the deputy privy envoy. Moreover, Han Gang had already resigned once to participate in political affairs. The reputation in Shilin couldn't be better, and it is about to catch up with the evaluation among the people. Nowadays, the world only hopes that he will enter the two mansions, but there will not be many dissenting opinions.

However, Cai Jing's face couldn't see it, and while urging the horses and Zhao Tingzhi and Qiang Yuanming to go to the west gate, he smiled and said: "Han San is very smart, there is a crisis in the two mansions, where will he get involved." Just look at the power of the night of the suburbs, the cool umbrella is at his fingertips, why care about sooner or later? ”

There is no need for Cai Jing to explain this, and now half of the capital is discussing the personnel arrangements of the Son of Heaven for the two governments. In addition to the surprise of the new party in the two governments at the beginning, he quickly learned the intentions of the Son of Heaven.

The grievances between Han Jiang and Lu Huiqing, the grievances between Lu Huiqing and Zeng Bu, the grievances between Wang Anshi and Zeng Bu, the grievances of Cai Qu, the new party who saw the wind and the rudder, and the grievances and grievances of others in the two mansions all spread throughout the capital.

"The chief is right." Zhao Tingzhi smiled, "The current two mansions are the Son of Heaven's Sacred Heart, although they are both old colleagues, but it is impossible for the East and West to get along, and Wang Pingzhang never wants to see Zeng Zixuan enter the government." Only for him, Wang Xianggong invited the right person into the palace for two days in a row, and finally was appeased. After Han Zihua, Lu Jifu and Zeng Zixuan entered Beijing, they still had a good show, which was three points more dangerous than the whirlpool at the Longmen of the Yellow River, how could Han Yukun jump into the whirlpool. ”

"Let's put it the other way, when Han San entered the West Mansion, it should be Lu Jifu and Zeng Zixuan who are afraid. Didn't you see what happened to the two kings, Sima Twelve and Lu Shumi? Most of the three kings have now reached the ground, and he didn't dare to stay in the capital for a moment! Qiang Yuan Mingha smiled, and suddenly restrained his smile, "Yuan Chang, to be honest, you only got it because you provoked him, but it was very dangerous." ”

Cai Jing knew that Han Gang would definitely not hold a grudge, but if he could not provoke Han Gang, he would never provoke him. No matter how jealous you are, you know the difference between strength and weakness, "Han is magnanimous, how can he care about these little things." He raised his whip, "Don't say it, it's not too early." Don't Li Zhongcheng arrive, we haven't arrived yet. ”

"That's right."

The three of them saw off Li Ding, who was dismissed from his post and went out. Li Ding was involved and went out, with Wang Anshi on it, he will come back soon, and it is not taboo to see him off. Most of the Imperial Observatory will arrive, and of course there is no time to delay.

The three of them whipped their horses and hastened toward the west gate.

In the middle of the rush, Cai Jing inadvertently turned back, since Han Gang presented to the Son of Heaven in three chapters, it is said that Wang Anshi and he have not met again, if it is said that grievances are entangled, Wang Anshi and Han Gang, the son-in-law of Weng, the contradiction between them is more difficult to reconcile.

Today, I walked in the name of seeing off Wang Anli, and I don't know what I will say.