Since Cai Qu said this, Han Gang was not in a hurry. Let's take a hand first and get people out of the way.

Cai Cai did also say that Yushitai has not made any major moves for a long time. It seems that there is no sharpness, but with past experience, the more this is the case, the more likely it is to accumulate strength and make a blockbuster. Whether such an inference is right or wrong, as long as there is such a possibility, it cannot be let go.

With the current situation in the court, even if the imperial historians attack in groups, the possibility of success is also very small, but if any of the two mansions collides, they will inevitably be disgraced. After that, I had to smile and say that it didn't matter, and I couldn't severely punish those imperial histories, at most I just went out.

Whether it's Cai Qu or Han Gang, they don't want to see someone stepping on their heads and inviting fame and fortune.

Cai does plan to replace a group of new people, and Han Gang will not object.

Han Gang now has no conflict of interest with either of the two governments, and since he withdrew from the Privy Council, everyone knows that his mind is not in power.

Even if you don't believe that Han Gang is really so open-minded, you can see that he really has no intention of competing for power in the two mansions now.

There is no conflict of interest, but he has great influence on Chaozheng, and it is certainly not a surprise that Cai does want to find support on his side.

Han Gang invited Cai Qu to visit the Ordnance Prison with this consideration.

Han Jiang doesn't care about anything, the second prime minister Cai is indeed the most talkative person in the Eastern Mansion, and Zhang Dian of the Western Mansion is an iron-clad ally, and then he has reached a tacit understanding with Cai Que, and many things will be less hindered.

It's a pity that he lured fame and fortune with battleships and artillery, but Cai did not take the bait. It's not the time for Wang Jue to push forward the attack on Western Xia, and Cai Cheng, who was under the Zhongshu Gate, has already made enough credit for the previous series of battles with the Liao State. There is no need for any further complications. However, judging from Cai Qu's attitude, he did not mean to let go, but he had to drag it back for the time being.

Han Gang is not in a hurry, there is still a period of time for artillery to be built, metallurgy, casting, gunpowder manufacturing, and design, all aspects need time to develop, Cai is indeed in a hurry for quick success, but troublesome, and the current attitude is just right.

Regarding artillery, Han Gang had already asked Fang Xing to recruit famous bell casters from all over the country, and their skills could be used to cast artillery. As long as there are trachoma, fissures, the sound of the bronze bell and iron bell will immediately be hoarse and unpleasant, and it will not be able to achieve the desired effect. However, in the capital, the bells of the major temples, whether copper and iron, are extremely outstanding in timbre, which shows their own technical level. As long as you get started, you should have good news coming back soon.

Gunpowder is a nuisance. Han Gang also did not expect nitroglycerin, or other gunpowder that would require complex processes in later generations to become mass-produced. The potential of black powder can only be exploited as much as possible. The reasonable ratio of sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal is not a problem, and it is enough to test it a few times. However, the purification of raw materials is a threshold that must be crossed before this, and it must be purified by large-scale industrialization. The raw materials themselves are not pure, and no matter how precise and effective the formula is, it is useless. The quality goes up and down, which will directly damage the combat effectiveness of the artillery.

In addition, the safety of the manufacture and storage of gunpowder itself must also be considered. Han Gang didn't want to explode one day and blow up the entire ordnance prison into the sky. The workshops for gunpowder and artillery must be arranged in two places.

Today's experiment does not address these aspects at all. It may seem inconspicuous, but it is an extremely crucial element. If this problem can be solved, even if the Liao State can imitate artillery in the future, there will already be a decisive difference in gunpowder alone. When you meet a tiger in the mountains, you don't need to run faster than the tiger, you just need to run faster than your companions. To defeat the Liao State, the advantage in the details of the technique is the key to victory.

However, today's visit also gave Han Gang a surprise. Gunpowder is custom-packed. The gunpowder in the shell casing can be said to be customized, and today it may be just the whim of Fang Xing or one of his craftsmen, but it represents a great significance, which is the standardization of artillery firing procedures, rather than relying on the experience of artillery to decide how much gunpowder to put in. Standardization is something that Han Gang has always emphasized in the hospital and the ordnance superintendent, as well as in all the positions he has served.

After bidding farewell to Cai Qu outside the ordnance prison, Han Gang went around the Xuanhui Courtyard and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he took a step early to let the Ya go home.

Passing through the Yushitai, it was almost dusk, and it was obviously a very ordinary courtyard, but it gave people a gloomy feeling.

At this time, it was not yet time to release the government, only the side door of the Imperial Observatory was open, and four soldiers stood in front of the door. Most of the people who came and went were officials, and they could pass directly in front of the door, but they all avoided the other side of the street and avoided the land in front of the door.

I don't know if the imperial historians in the Dao Tai have felt the malice of the Zaifu towards them. Cai Qu can find himself today, and he will definitely reach a tacit understanding with other Zaifu. Maybe the vacancies have already been divided among the predetermined ones.

Han Gang regrets that he can only choose to consolidate his roots in the northwest now. It has only been a matter of the past few years, and many talents are still preparing for the imperial examination, and it will be at least ten years before they come out. can only accumulate favors first, and let those people in the two mansions slowly return it in the future.

It's just that this time it's a quiet start, or is it a one-brainer? It's curious.

From the perspective of looking at the excitement, Han Gang hopes that it is the latter, but for the sake of the stability of the court, the two governments will only choose the former, either promoted or transferred, and the old qualified imperial historians will be taken out of Wutai one by one, and then sent out.

For example, Cai Jing may be able to get a big state governor.

Crossing the Yushi Terrace, Han Gang remembered the conversation between Fang Cai and Cai Qu again.

It seems that Cai does have some opinions about Cai Jing, if there is no knot, it is impossible to take the bait so simply.

However, Cai Jing is indeed very eye-catching, from talent and ability to make him stand out anywhere. Even the appearance is just as outstanding - appearance is very important in the officialdom, the officials are selected, the body is judged, and the body is the first. Officials who fail in appearance are much more difficult in officialdom than others. Not to mention Cai Jing, it is Cai Qu, he joined the army as a manager in Shaanxi back then, and was reported for accepting bribes. Xue Xiang, who was the transfer envoy at the time, originally wanted to punish him, but during the trial, he saw that Cai was indeed 'elegant and beautiful', and his speech and demeanor were excellent, so he recommended him instead.

In addition, on his resume, Cai Jing is placed among the more than 2,000 court officials, and he should also be ranked very high. I have done things under the Zhongshu Gate, I have been to the Liao State, and I have accumulated popularity in the Department of Health and Welfare, and I am still the head of the Imperial History Terrace Palace.

The Imperial Historical Observatory is not only a yamen to check and balance power, but also a low-level official from a jinshi background, a shortcut to the upper ranks.

According to the convention, after serving as a magistrate or a position equivalent to the magistrate, as long as he receives a recommendation and is recognized by the Son of Heaven, he can be promoted to the Imperial Historical Observatory. And as long as he has served as a royal historian, it is equivalent to putting a golden seal on his resume. Not every court official can have a literary post in the Chongwen Academy, and the imperial history, even if it is the lowest supervision of the imperial history, is bound to get a post.

Since then, the speed of promotion will be nearly twice as fast as that of ordinary Jinshi, and it usually takes three or five years to grind before you can get a move, and when it comes to officials who have done imperial history, it is possible to move once a year. Moreover, when doing the imperial history, the name can often reach the ears of the Son of Heaven, as long as the emperor remembers it, the day of his emergence will come.

Cai really wants the Yushitai to be constantly rotated, which can ensure that he can take care of more doormen, and at the same time, he can also avoid these lackeys who have been promoted, and they will gradually become dissenting after a long time in the Yushitai.

Except for stunned young people like Zhang Shangying, all the imperial historians have first been low-key and familiar with the work, developed stable and reliable news channels, and then made solid contacts, and then they will start with important ministers. It is not about talking nonsense with your eyes open, and it is not about hitting a wall to gain fame. How many times can I get the opportunity to enter the Imperial Observatory in my life? There are very few important ministers who think that a person is good like Zhang Dun, and they recommend it again and again.

Of course, there are not no imperial histories that are fast and can be stable and ruthless, and the best example is Cai Qu. Soon after being recommended by Wang Anshi, he stabbed Wang Anshi in the Xuandemen case, in comparison, Li Ding, Deng Xuan, and Deng Xunwu, who were not very famous as the chief officials of the Yushitai, were more loyal to Wang Anshi.

After returning home and changing his clothes, Han Gang checked the prayer posts of the porter's subordinates in the outer study.

There are fewer officials who have handed in the post today than they did when they were in the Privy Council, but the number is still high.

After flipping through it for a while, Han Gang picked out one of them, found a personal attendant, and instructed him to take the post and find someone.

Some officials handed over the posts to Zaifu's family, some officials handed over the posts and left, while others sat in the concierge and waited for an interview. The one Han Gang wanted to see sat honestly in the porter, listened to Han Gang's call, and was led to the small hall of the guest after a while.

Han Gang stood in front of the door to greet the guests, "Muwen, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

The guest bowed down in the courtyard from afar: "The last general Yang Cong will visit Xuanhui first." Long greetings, please forgive Xuanhui. ”

Yang Congxian was an acquaintance of Han Gang, and during the Battle of the Southern Expedition, he served as the warlord of the Annan camp. He didn't make any contributions on the battlefield, but in the past few years after the war, he has been in charge of the Guangdong Navy Division as a ruler, and has done a good job in protecting trade routes and fighting pirates. In particular, the merchant ships of the Zhang family and the Han family can always be escorted all the way. These things, Zhang Dian and Han Gang all kept in mind.

"But from the Privy Council?" After the next person brought tea, Han Gang asked.

"Yes, the last general has already met with Zhang's secret. was told a few words. Meng Xuanhui and the Privy Counsellor did not give up, and recommended the last general to serve as Dengzhou. The last general is sincerely afraid, afraid that he will be shallow and miss the important affairs of Xuanhui and the Privy Council. ”

The general of the naval army who escorted Jin Yi to Goryeo was none other than Yang Congxian. At the same time, he is also the new general of the water army on Jingdong East Road.

"But you're all set?"

"There's nothing to prepare. Since Xuanhui and Zhang Shumi's name were named, the last general only knew that Lu Dao would do it with his heart. The only thing to worry about is not being able to get things done. ”

Yang Cong was an official in Guangdong, if he was still in Guangdong, even if Zhang Dian was optimistic about him, it would be useless, but this time it was the time for him to go to Beijing, and he was in the capital, and he received his order in the Privy Council, and he could go on the road directly.