The officials went all the way out of the imperial city, saluted each other tacitly, and then dispersed.

Even if the emperor can move his fingers, it is impossible to sit on the Daqing Palace, and naturally there will be no Zhengdan court. Since you don't have to get up early, of course, you go back to make up for sleep. As for what the Son of Heaven left Wang Anshi to say, we will see in two days.

At this time, it was the second half of the night, the first day of the first month of the fourth year of Xining, and there was only starlight in the sky. There are many fewer people setting off firecrackers and fireworks on the royal streets, but there are more sneaky figures in the streets and alleys.

For the special product of the capital, Han Gang has long been surprised, riding a horse and passing by, without glancing.

"Yukun, you're not afraid of the cold." Zhang Dian and Han Gang happened to be on the same road, looking enviously at Han Gang's sitting posture in the wind and not afraid of the cold, but he could only breathe straight into his hands, and the leather gloves he wore today were not warm at all.

"Anyway, my little brother is also from the north." Han Gang looked back and smiled, his straight back also relaxed a little: "Qinzhou is on the mountain pass, Gongzhou is also in the valley, in winter, the cold wind blows that is called cold, and the capital is already much better." But Brother Zihou, although you are from Fujian, you have been in the capital for a long time, so you should have gotten used to it, right? ”

Zhang Dun wrapped his cloak tightly and shook his head: "This winter is much colder than in previous years, and the previous two years were not so bad. ”

"That's right." Han Gang looked up at the sky, the sky was clear tonight, and on the clear night, the Milky Way was clearly discernible, and many ordinary and blurry stars could be found that were almost invisible.

After a blizzard before the winter solstice, there were only two snowfalls in the past two months. But there are a lot of cloudy days, and once it clears, it is the cold snap in the north that goes south. When the north wind blows, the temperature is not very low, but it can make people cold enough. In fact, if there is a thermometer to measure the cold tonight, it is estimated that it will be around -10 degrees Celsius.

The weather of about minus 10 degrees is not a few days a year in the winter in Henan, but it is not uncommon, but now the wind is coming, of course, it is cold. Han Gang is not really not afraid of the cold at all, but he is relatively cold-resistant. But the winter coat he wore under his official uniform was specially made, with a double layer of sheepskin sewn on the side to keep it warm, and a goose down jacket. There are leather knee pads at the knees, and they are also bearskin; The gloves are likewise refined. Although Zhang Dian has such a secure protection as Han Gang, in terms of cold resistance, Fujian Zi is not as good as the Kansai people after all.

Thinking of the thermometer, Han Gang wanted to sigh a little. The glass workshop in Gongzhou was able to begin to provide small-sized flat glass for greenhouses, and glass lampshades began to be mass-produced, but there was not even a shadow of the thermometer. Not to mention the thermometer, even the beakers and test tubes that can be grilled by fire have not been made. Now the glass workshop is working hard to tackle larger-sized flat glass and glass mirrors, and the experimental equipment that Han Gang wants has not yet waited until the Year of the Monkey. Compared with the results of the Ordnance Prison, it is really much worse.

Zhang Dian didn't know what Han Gang was thinking, so he raised his horsewhip and pointed at the dark Zhou Bridge in front of him, "It's a pity that it's the New Year's Festival, and the night market can't be put out, otherwise I'll drink a glass of hot wine there and go back." ”

"Brother Zihou, if you say this, the wine worm in the little brother's stomach will be teased." Han Gang laughed, "And that dish of roasted pork skin is a rare delicacy, and you can't make that kind of taste at home." ”

"That shop that makes pork skin, Yukun, you and Xue Zizheng came to his house to sign a sign, and I heard that it was too late to make money in the past two months. I've already bought a big house in Nancheng. ”

"Should Qian Alcohol thank me?"

"Huh?" Zhang Dun didn't understand.

"Isn't Kaifeng Mansion able to collect more taxes again? Even the deed tax for buying a house is also a lump sum. ”

Zhang Dian sneered: "...... Yukun, if you can go from the Zhouqiao Night Market to the ghost market to eat a round, will the old man Qian Alcohol thank you That is two words, but the small shop in Beijing will definitely be willing to set up an immortal tablet for Yukun. ”

Han Gang Zhengse said: "Jingzhong Zhengdian is profitable, but foot shops and restaurants are much more bitter. But the people who can make a living in the foot shop and the restaurant are far more people than they are in the main store. If the business of foot shops and restaurants is good, the Jingcheng well will be more stable. ”

"Yukun, you are the heart of the prime minister, how about worrying about the north again?" Zhang Dian glanced at Han Gang, shook his head, and shrunk his shoulders again, "Now that Gyeonggi is so cold, it should be much colder in Hebei, and even more so in Liao." It's just that compared with wind and cold resistance, southerners are indeed inferior to northerners, but northerners are still inferior to Beidi after all. ”

Han Gang said with a smile: "Fortunately, the battlefield is victorious, and it is not that who is more afraid of the cold." Even the Liao people are more cold-tolerant, and they can't withstand swords and arrows. ”

"The Hebei military has Guo Kui's moderation, and Li Xinzhen guards the border passes, so you can sit back and relax. It's just ......"

I dried Zhao Ji in the dormitory once before, Zhang Dian had no bottom in his heart, and the other Zai Fu were actually also bottomless, the Son of Heaven was the Son of Heaven after all, but with Han Gang's guarantee, he could feel at ease for a while.

In Zhang Dun's view, Han Gang's status in the court is very special now. Before the crown prince came of age, his position was almost impossible to shake, and he was more secure than any other courtier. At the same time in medicine, his vision can be trusted. Without his word of God's blessing, it would be difficult for Zaisuke to really make up their minds. And as Wang Anshi's son-in-law, he has a certain influence on today's important military affairs in Pingzhang.

"Just what?"

"It's just that the foolish brother is most worried about the internal discord."

Han Gang knew that what Zhang Dian said was not about the north, but there were some things that could not be said clearly. He said softly: "If you want to work together, you must first have the same desires inside and outside." Now that the two governments are united in their desire to fight Liao, why should Brother Zihou worry. His voice paused, "The other younger brothers are not worried, but they are afraid that they will have different intentions when they participate in politics." ”

Han Gang's sentence was straightforward, but his voice was smaller, so small that only Zhang Dian could hear it.

Zhang Dian originally wanted to say that it was not Zeng Bu, but when Han Gang mentioned it, his brows furrowed, "Zeng Zixuan has just arrived, not to mention that Ping Zhang still has an old hatred for him. ”

"However, there are many people in the Kyobaiji who were promoted by him in the past. To sit firmly in the position of Dongfu, it is really not difficult for Zeng to participate in politics. ”

In the three years when Lu Huiqing Ding Wei returned to his hometown, Zeng Bu presided over the reform of the law as Wang Anshi's deputy, and it was three years for the new law to be stable from the beginning. Zeng Bu used to hold more than a dozen positions at most, and everything that changed the law was always in his hands. Many of the backbone of the new party were promoted and appointed by him. That's why his betrayal at the beginning made Wang Anshi go to the bone - the blow to the New Party was too great.

Zhang Duan smiled bitterly, he didn't dare to vouch for Zeng Bu, "Zeng Zixuan should take care of the overall situation." ”

"Who knows?" Han Gang sneered. Different people see the bigger picture differently. Otherwise, Lu Huiqing would not have rushed to chase after him.

"At least in the situation in the northwest, there is no place for him, and he should not have any objections." Zhang Dian said.

Is it because of Lu Huiqing? Han Gang muttered to himself silently. On the Hebei side, his cousins are all on the front line of Liao, and even Han Jiang, the only Hebei person, can't say anything. Now that Han Gang is promoting the two governments to protect the seeds, he has actually abandoned Lu Huiqing, and Zeng Bu will watch a joke for a while. Otherwise, several Zaizhi joined forces to rescue Lu Huiqing, and Zeng Bu didn't want to end up.

"But then it is necessary for Jiayue not to speak for Lu Jifu." Han Gang said.

During Wang Anshi's second visit to the prime minister, although Lu Huiqing was a little estranged, he was not many times stronger than Zeng Bu, who stabbed him in the back. Moreover, Lu Huiqing wholeheartedly implemented the new law and maintained the new school in his office, and in Wang Anshi's mind, his son-in-law was far inferior to the political heir who could defend the new law and the new school.

"Before in the palace, Pingzhang didn't help Lu Jifu speak." As he was talking, he suddenly sighed, sat up straight on horseback, and looked up at the northeast: "Is there water over there?" ”

Han Gang looked over, there was a red light in the distance, with the wind, and the sound of gongs and drums faintly came, it was really on fire, "It's really water." Don't think about it tonight. ”

"In which year, the prefect of Kaifeng can live in peace? It's hardest than winter!"

Han Gang and Zhang Dian spoke easily. The colder the winter, the greater the chance of a fire. In the past few months after the winter, there is a fire every three or five days, and it is not strange. And the fire in the capital

"Will the prison be in that direction?" Zhang's face changed again.

Han Gang shook his head, "Where is it so easy to burn to the point that you will be a prisoner......"

But even so, the mood of the two was no longer so relaxed, and they each ordered their own family members and sent them to the place where the fire broke out to find out the news. When the rider galloped away, the two exchanged glances and sighed at the same time, "Fortunately, it's not the ordnance supervisor." ”

After a pause, Zhang Dian said again: "Zeng Zixuan's participation in the government is over there, right?" ”

……………………

As soon as Zeng Bu entered the house, his wife Wei Yu greeted him, "Why did you come back so soon?" ”

"If the Son of Heaven has any words, of course he will come back."

Wei Play followed behind her husband, "Didn't you say that the official family was cured?" ”

"It's just finger-moving." Entering the house, Zeng Bu stretched his almost frozen hands and feet by the brazier, "It's not like I can sit and talk, what else can I do?" ”

"Just for this matter, recruit both mansions into the palace?"

"There are not only two mansions, but also a Han Gang." At the mention of Han Gang's name, Zeng Bu's eyes turned cold, "Han Gang is not simple now. He wanted to protect the seeds, and Zhang Dian and Xue Xiang were on his side. Cai did breathe out of one nostril. Even Han Jiang stabilized him. "Zeng Bu never hid from his wife in big and small things, and everything he heard and witnessed in the palace poured out," Zhang Qi is the same with him or not, and he can only echo his husband. ”

Wei Wan could hear the meaning of Zeng Bu's words, and exclaimed, "Could it be that the official family ......is sick?"

Zeng Bu said in a deep voice: "Han Gang said that it was blessed by God. ”

Wei Wan's face changed: "That is, it can't be recovered by the medicine stone?!" ”

Zeng Bu shook his head, Han Gang's words could be understood in this way, but if he didn't admit it, he couldn't find fault: "Don't talk nonsense." reminded his wife, and he smiled again, "Anyway, Lu Huiqing is in trouble this time." ”

The couple was talking, suddenly there was a noise in the outer courtyard, Zeng Bu, who was strict in governing the family, looked out unhappily, and a family member stumbled in, and shouted urgently: "Participate in politics, the house on the opposite street is on fire!" ”