Han Gang and Xue Xiang openly drank at the Zhouqiao Night Market, and it only took one day to coax the news to Beijing.

After all, the state bridge connects the royal street and the Suzaku Gate, where people come and go, and there are thousands of pedestrians, cars and horses every day, which is the most lively place in the capital. That night, I saw the two of them sitting and drinking opposite each other, and I am afraid that there were nearly a thousand people.

Zhouqiao Night Market is famous all over the capital, and it can even be said that it is famous all over the world. In the past, it was not without important ministers at the level of the ruling party to try it out. But people all sent their families to buy it, or they changed their clothes and didn't dare to reveal their identities. Wearing official uniforms and eating and drinking openly in the market, and when it was only a few days before the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, of course, the imperial history platform that roped up hundreds of officials could not turn a blind eye, and it was inevitable that the upper line would be launched.

However, after Zhao Ji saw the bullet seal, he was still speculating more about where the friendship between Xue Xiang and Han Gang came from. In Zhao Ji's memory, the two had no experience working together in the past, nor did they have common hobbies or in-laws, which was not as good as the relationship between Han Gang and Zhang Dian and Su Song.

But Zhao Ji always felt unhappy in his heart, after being an emperor for so many years, he became more and more hated to bump into things that he couldn't grasp or didn't know anything about, and always wanted to find out.

This matter, since I received the news from the Imperial City Division two days ago, I will start fasting tomorrow, but after a few days, Zhao Ji has not figured it out, and the Imperial City Division has not given a satisfactory answer.

When the bullet seal of the Yushitai came up today, it made Zhao Ji feel more distressed-

The imperial court did not prohibit the exchange of courtiers, but only restricted the exchanges between officials above the rank of governor. And many times, this kind of constraint is just talk, just talk.

The vast majority of important ministers are more or less inextricably linked, either by in-law or by blood, without exception. Even if he is from a cold background, as long as he has outstanding performance, he will soon be favored by high-ranking officials. The most typical example is Han Gang. Feng Jing, who was born in a business, can also be counted as one. became the son-in-law of the prime minister's family early. There are even more examples of important ministers marrying each other.

Back then, Yan Shu was in the same column as Fu Bi Weng's son-in-law, could he not let them go to relatives? Wen Yanbo and Wu Chong, Wu Chong and Wang Anshi are all in-laws, can you not let them exchange letters? Speaking of which, Han Gang and Wen Yanbo, Wu Chong and even him Zhao Ji can all climb up and kiss each other, can they kick Han Gang out of the gang?

Looking at the impassioned words on the recital for a drink at the night market, Zhao Ji felt a terrible headache, his head was cloudy, and his hair was hot and swollen.

He threw the piece on the table with a little unhappiness, but Zhao Ji couldn't throw the whole thing on the table and didn't think about it anymore.

Although this matter is not big, it must be punished, but what kind of punishment should be given to the two of them? But Zhao Ji had to think about it first.

The southern suburbs are about to sacrifice to the sky, and now they will be punished for the mistakes of Han Gang and Xue Xiang, and in two days they will issue an amnesty to the world, will these two be pardoned or not?

Amnesty - the order of the court is changed overnight, and the court is disgraced. If you don't forgive, then it is not reasonable, and you are not guilty of a serious crime of death, and the stolen sins can be forgiven, but the small crime of 'wandering in the market and having no subject' is not pardoned, how can it be justified, should it be emphasized in the pardon edict that the sins committed a few days before the sacrifice to heaven cannot be forgiven?

The only humane and reasonable way is to find an excuse to delay it for a few days, and wait until the suburban ceremony is over, and then punish the matter.

But this is only a punishment on the surface, secretly, Zhao Ji is already thinking about whether to give a certain punishment in terms of personnel.

Han Gang can't move lightly, and between face and son, there is no need to think about which one to choose. And Xue Xiang is different, is it to see the situation to clear Xue Xiangqing, Zhao Xiang thought.

- If the right person can be found to replace him.

In the Privy Council, Xue Xiang is still responsible for the financial planning he is best at, that is, military expenditures and revenues. More than half of the imperial court's annual expenditure is spent on a million troops, and after Xue Xianglu took office, although the military expenditure has not been reduced, the efficiency of its use has been significantly improved, and many funds that have disappeared in the account books for some reason can at least let Zhao Xuan know where he has spent it—although not all—these things can not be done by relying on the supervision of the imperial history.

Among the hundreds of officials in the court, there are talents who can compare with Xue Xiang in terms of financial planning, not nothing, Zhao Ji can count seventeen or eighteen casually, and there are a bunch of qualified talents in the three divisions.

But the character of a person must dare to act, and he cannot be in collusion with the greedy courtiers, nor can he get by and dare not take action to get rid of the old evils, so that even one-tenth of it will not be available at once. The ability to master financial scheming means that there are far more means of money than ordinary courtiers, and few people can resist this temptation. Otherwise, the courtiers who are concerned about money and food will not be despised by the 'gentlemen' and called them villains.

In addition, there is another more critical point, the status must also be enough, and you can enter the cardinal government to suppress the small group. If you don't have enough identity, even if your character ability meets the requirements, it's still useless. Outside of Xue Xiang, Zhao Ji couldn't find the third one for a while-the second one was Han Gang, this candidate Zhao Ji would not choose anyway.

'Let's stay for now. ’

Zhao Ji sighed to himself in his heart, and threw the piece on the official document that had been erected on the side.

picked up the next report, but Zhao Ji stopped moving. It took him a long time before he came to his senses, glanced at the previous piece of music, thought about it, and picked it up again...... Then it was stuffed directly to the bottom.

Out of sight, out of mind.

For this kind of behavior of covering his ears and stealing the bell and deceiving himself, Song Yongchen looked at his nose and nose and heart, and stood solemnly on Zhao Ji's fierce side, he didn't see anything, he didn't hear anything, and he wouldn't speculate. This is a well-known method of self-preservation in the palace, and the affairs of the court cannot even be occupied.

Song Yongchen can maintain such a standard, but others can't do it, and the news that the Son of Heaven will leave the bullet seal in the middle was not delayed at all, and it spread to the two mansions and hundreds of divisions in the imperial city within half a day. Among them, there will naturally be no shortage of Taichang Temple in Hangang.

"More is better than less, before the suburbs, even if the imperial court has any ideas, it will not interfere with the smooth progress of the southern suburbs at this time." Han Gang said this leisurely while drinking hot tea with Su Song.

Su Song smiled back, disagreeing, and did not deny it. There must be many people who think the same as him, but Su Song is still very steady and does not make any statement. Maybe this time Han Gang really turned to the key point, maybe this matter will just pass. But it is not impossible to settle accounts after the autumn, everything depends on the mind of the Son of Heaven.

On a clear winter night, the Zhouqiao Night Market is as crowded as ever. The business of the Wang family's omnivorous shop is several times more popular than usual, and even important ministers like Xue Shumi and Xiao Han ignored the impeachment of the imperial history and came to the door to feast, and the people of Tokyo City who heard the news did not mind spending a little money to taste this kind of spinning pork skin meat that made the two important ministers forget the laws of the imperial court.

After Han Gang released the ya, he crossed the state bridge again. The Wang family's grocery shop is still on the side of the road, but Han Gang has no idea of getting off the horse and entering the store again. just glanced at it from a distance, only to see the shopkeeper and the two juniors in the shop were busy, and there was still a group of people waiting outside to vacate the table. It's so hilarious that it's unimaginable. Han Gang originally wanted to find a Yuan to go and line up, and then bring a few copies to the family - eat at home, no one can take care of it - but seeing this appearance, he can only put away his thoughts and put them aside first.

Although he planned to leave the whole thing behind, when he returned home, when he was changing clothes, he heard Wang Yi ask about today's Yushitai badge. Han Gang had to feel stunned by the intelligence network of the relatives of the official eunuchs in the capital, and in just a few hours, the information that even many courtiers did not know about the inside story reached Wang Yi's ears.

Regarding his wife's question, Han Gang Fu smiled: "Before the suburbs, no matter what happens, the official family will take care of it." Let's think more about how the winter solstice will be celebrated. After returning to the palace, it is the appearance of noon, and when the time comes, there will be nothing to do after a palace banquet, and the time will not be delayed in the evening. If you don't start preparing now, you won't even be able to compare with the food shops in the Zhouqiao Night Market. ”

"The officials think that the slave family has presided over the winter solstice for a few years, do you still need the officials to remind them?" Wang Yi snorted lightly, took a silk robe and served Han Gang to put it on, a trace of worry appeared on his face, "When will Daddy arrive in Beijing?" It's time to count these days. ”

After Han Gang served as a waiter in Zishantang, Wang Yi was not worried about what kind of punishment Han Gang would receive in the court, and was only thinking about his old father who went north from Jiangning. Even if it is not in the middle of summer when the sun is scorching, the road to Beijing is thousands of miles, and there is still a lot of possibility of contracting diseases on the road, after all, it is not the prime of the year. Many times, a little cold air coming in through the window can make an old man who is about the same age as Wang Anshi invade his body.

Han Gang thought for a while: "Maybe we have to wait until after the winter solstice." ”

"After the southern suburbs?" Wang Yi thought about it for a while, and faintly grasped a clue, "Probably I don't want to participate in the southern suburbs ceremony, right?" ”

Han Gang nodded. The people of Beijing attach great importance to the winter solstice, even similar to the New Year's Day. Change new clothes, drink hot wine, worship ancestors, everything is no less than the New Year's Festival. Wang Anshi is not exempt from vulgarity, but with his official rank, when he enters the capital at this time, he will definitely stand at the ceremony in the southern suburbs. Although he really wanted to see his father earlier, Wang Yi still knew which was more important.

He laughed again: "And it's not easy to schedule shifts." You can't let your father-in-law and Wang Yuyu stand side by side. If you stand in front of Wang Jue, can you still let your father-in-law replace Wang Yuyu, the prime minister of the dynasty? ”

Wang Anshi also has two false titles on his body: Pingzhangshi and Shizhong under the Tongzhong Shumen. Although it is a fictitious title, it can also be regarded as the prime minister, but it is not a real position, and it only works when the Yulu and the court will arrange shifts. And the prime minister, on top of the festival, there are still a lot of places to participate in the presiding over - not only Wang Anshi, but Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi all have almost the same virtual titles as him to wear on their bodies - but when ceremonies such as the southern suburbs are held, they can come in handy.

If it is an ordinary old minister, it is fine, but with Wang Anshi's past achievements, it is definitely different from ordinary Zaifu, whether he is standing above or below Wang Jue, I am afraid that Zhao Ji's head hurts and becomes two halves.

Fortunately, with the change in Wang Anshi's personality in the letters over the years, most of them will not fight for this tone.

"Anyway, it's just a ceremony to worship the heavens, isn't it?" Han Gang said with a smile.

But the next day, at noon, a family member ran into Taichang Temple out of breath. Before him, Han Gang already knew what was going on, and he didn't have the relaxed smile on his face like last night.

His father-in-law arrived in Beijing an hour ago.