"The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. Heaps out of the shore, and the flow will be turbulent. Sex is higher than man, and many must not. It's just a party item, what's the point of killing it. Do you not hear that those who speak of the most virtuous are not in harmony with the vulgar? Those who have achieved great success do not seek the public. How can what Han Gang did be wrong? ”

Cai Jing raised his wine glass and asked Qiang Yuanming, who was sitting across the stove, with a smile.

The Empress Dowager has just ascended to the immortal and has not yet been removed. Taverns, tea houses and other places, Cai Jing and Qiang Yuanming, two officials, can't go. In the back hall of Cai Jing's house, the two of them gathered around a small stove and drank hot wine. Once current affairs are discussed, Han Gang is inseparable.

"You can't say wrong, but you can't say right either. This thing shouldn't have been done so excessively, killing 10,000 is enough. Qiang Yuanming said with a smile, "Although Han Gang has a high reputation, his foundation is still too shallow after all. Born in poverty, it is not a family of valve reading. Once the Son of Heaven does not protect him, he will all fall into the ground, and there will be no one to help. ”

The achievements reported by the Hedong Army triggered an overwhelming attack in the Yushi Tower. And the Son of Heaven doesn't seem to have the intention of protecting him. Cai did give the Son of Heaven an idea in the palace, seemingly to protect Han Gang, but in fact, he separated Han Gang from the Hedong Army, and clearly confirmed that the imperial historians were not guilty of Han Gang's impeachment.

The Son of Heaven's edict had already left Tokyo and went north to Taiyuan overnight under the attention of thousands of bureaucrats. Today, in line with the funeral of the Empress Dowager, other imperial histories that were still watching before the Imperial History Observatory have begun to chase and fight, and many officials who want to be born in Bo are also swarming up.

If Han Gang had been punished before, the Hedong Army would have been in chaos. Just as Lu Huiqing hinted at in the side hall of Qingshou Palace, 20,000 beheadings tied Han Gang and the Hedong Army together. But in today's situation, it is difficult for Han Gang himself to use the Hedong Army to help.

"But the little brother just came from outside and heard a lot of discussions." Qiang Yuanming continued, "The streets and alleys, and even the Guozijian, are mostly scolding for what Yushitai has done this time, and no one has said anything good about them. ”

Cai Jing said with a smile: "The pox method has been implemented for many years, and its effect is visible to everyone. There are only 20,000 party members killed in Shengzhou, and there are 400 military states in the world, but the young children who have been rescued are no less than one million. With Han Gang's favor, he naturally stood on Han Gang's side. ”

Isn't the Son of Heaven afraid of this favor?

Cai Jing and Qiang Yuanming looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't say anything, but they each understood it.

"Speaking of the pox method, not only the people of the Great Song Dynasty are benefited, but even the Liao Kingdom is also grateful." Cai Jing changed the topic and talked about what he saw and heard when he went to Liao: "The first four sons of Yelunuge, the king of the Southern Courtyard of Liao, all died of acne. His fifth son was still in his infancy, and Jerunogo feared that he would get acne and would not be able to sleep day and night. When I went to his house to plant pox, I was very grateful and gave me countless treasures, saying that I could finally keep this family business. ”

"Yuan Chang, you went to Liao Kingdom, I'm afraid you have taken all the benefits of the nobles in Yanjing City, right?" Qiang Yuanming said with a smile, holding the huge two-liter silver wine jug in both hands and raising it.

The Haidongqing on the wine jug is a common pattern on the silverware of the Liao Kingdom, and the difference between it and the patterns of the Song people's wealth and branches, Fu Lushou and other patterns, can be seen at a glance. The silver wine jug that can hold two liters of wine is common in the Liao Kingdom, but there are few such rough styles here in the Great Song Dynasty.

Cai Jingha laughed, "It's all about picking up Han Yukun's cheapness." ”

He went to Liao, and the gift was nothing, but more importantly, he had an extra qualification. Not to mention that he was promoted when he came back this time, and he got the post of a direct historian, even the imperial history platform was already beckoning to him. As long as the fame is a little greater, the impression in the heart of the Son of Heaven is a little deeper, and it will be logical to take a shortcut to the south.

When he was in Xijin Mansion, because he led a team of medical officers to teach the pox method, he was still quite respected among the Liao nobles, but he didn't get the opportunity to get the pox of the little emperor of the Liao State, but Yelu Yixin had seen it a few times. So after coming back, Cai Jing was also summoned by the Son of Heaven to inquire in detail about his words and deeds when he met Yelu Yixin.

Cai Jing doesn't think Yelu Yixin will covet China in the near future. If he laughs and talks about the long-awaited alliance between the two countries and the good old days, then he should be on guard. But in the two months in Xijin Mansion, Da Liao Shang's father has always treated him coldly, and he has always treated him coldly, so what is there to worry about? Especially after the Liao people and Xingqing Mansion took a big advantage, there is no need to worry about refusing to increase the New Year's currency will anger the Liao people.

Cai Jing served in the Department of Health and Welfare, which was established because of Han Gang, and got the opportunity to go to Liao. Not forgetting his roots now is good for his reputation. Anyway, others are soft-spoken, and no amount of good words can help Han Gang. As long as you are careful not to violate the above taboos, it doesn't hurt to say more - although Han Gang is fast, it may take ten years to go. When the time comes, it may not be impossible to compete with it.

The two of them pushed the cups and changed the lamps, gossiping, and suddenly a commotion came from outside.

Cai Jing put down the wine cup and looked out suspiciously: "What happened again?" ”

Cai Jing is so lively, the rented yard is close to the market, and after nightfall on weekdays, the sound of the market is endless. But now it is the period of national mourning, and the market is much quieter, Cai Jing and Qiang Yuanming drank wine for a long time, and they didn't hear any noise.

Qiang Yuanming also stopped his cup, and said worriedly: "Don't run out of water, Huidefang only burned half of it yesterday." ”

When Cai Jing heard this, he suddenly became anxious in his heart, and hurriedly recruited Yuan Sui from outside to come in and asked him to go out to find out the details.

Yuan returned shortly after going down and reported to Cai Jingyu: "Zhishi, it is a good news from Hedong, and it has just flown past the front street, saying that the official army defeated the Liao people in Shengzhou. ”

"Liaoren?!" Qiang Yuanming jumped up from his seat in shock, "Why did you move with the Liao?" ”

Cai Jing couldn't sit still, "Hurry up and go to the Yintai Division to find out the details!" ”

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"Go down first!" As soon as Zhang Dan entered the courtyard that belonged to him, he drove all the servants in the courtyard out of the courtyard. Sitting down in the public room, where there was no second person but him, Zhang Duan sighed for a long time.

Zhang Dan's temper has been good in the past two days, so that the subordinates in the yazhong dare not approach. is not only blamed for Han Gang's innocence, but also has a sense of crisis of rabbit death and fox sadness.

Cai Qu's idea seems to be to help Han Gang, but in fact, it is Han Gang's crime. The Son of Heaven secretly condemned him, can he still publicly refute the words of the Son of Heaven? can only pinch his nose and admit it, or simply resign.

And the bigger problem is the attitude of the Son of Heaven. Han Gang has been in the officialdom for ten years, no matter who he is, as long as he has been in the officialdom for a long time, he must be at fault, that is, he himself is not wrong, relatives and friends can always find faults. Now that the Son of Heaven has made it clear that he does not protect Han Gang, then he can pick out thorns from Han Gang and his relatives and friends.

Spreading out the letterhead, in the afterglow reflected in the west window, Zhang Dian took up the pen and wrote a letter to Han Gang.

The Son of Heaven wants to suppress Han Gang, I believe that Han Gang himself also knows this, in this case, how can the Son of Heaven be given this opportunity?

Han Gang is just too confused!

Zhang Dian has always put pen to paper, and while writing, he was distracted by Han Gang.

No matter what Han Gang has in mind, there is no need to use his future to eliminate possible disasters for the country. Some things can be done, some things can't be done, and I don't see if the official family leaders appreciate it!

The dangerous body is for loyalty, but Han Gang's dangerous body not only gives people the handle to attack, but also ruins his reputation, and is not recognized by the Son of Heaven.

Forgetting one's self and forgetting one's country and one's family is not the way to do it.

Zhang Duan just wanted to sigh. When I was in Guangxi and worked with Han Gang, I had never seen him make such a mistake, why did he become so confused now that he has changed to Hedong, it really makes people wonder......

The pen that wrote to Han Gang suddenly stopped, and Zhang Dian raised his head suspiciously, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was not like Han Gang's handwriting. The style is not like Han Gang's personality.

Isn't it self-defilement? Zhang Dian suddenly thought. But then he denied himself again, Han Gang's straight temper would not be like this. And he has the heart to shine on Confucianism, and he will not let himself occupy an indelible stain on his body.

Han Gang's character is upright, but it has never been a character who has died without compassion. With his intelligence, no matter how confused he is, he will not push himself into the fire pit. As a well-known Confucian in the world, he advocates benevolence in everything, respect for etiquette and law, and adhere to the middle way. With the way of righteousness, he is useful, but the current situation is that he has gone to extremes.

Could it be that there is something on the Hedong front that has not been reported?

Zhang Dian was puzzled, wondering if he should send someone to Hedong for a trip. Let's see for yourself if Han Gang did it on purpose.

"Privy, privy." The urgent call from his ears brought Zhang Duan back to his senses.

"What's the matter?" Zhang Tun was angry at being disturbed.

"Privy, Hedong Road passed through Lubu Feijie into the Beijing Division, saying that it was a big victory over the Liao!"

Liaoren ...... Still a big win?

Zhang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst out laughing again. The laughter grew louder and louder, leaving the officials below confused.

seized the Liao people's unwilling to suffer losses, and even built a border walled city by the way, without disturbing the people on the border. Such governance, calculation, and use of troops are the first-class level in the court.

The Liao people violated the border, the Montenegrin party took advantage of the situation to make chaos, and the Hedong army fought hard and beheaded thousands, so that the Liao army returned with a heavy defeat. Doesn't this incident prove that Han Gang's previous massacre of the Montenegrin party was prescient? In this way, how can the imperial court still punish him and even the Hedong army in the name of killing good?

Even though there is still an alliance with the Liao State, it is not appropriate for Han Gang to publicize the good news all the way, but from the perspective of him and the Hedong Army, the more widely it is publicized, the safer it is.

In front of Han Gang's newly delivered good news, the resolution just made has become a joke. Yu Shitai's impeachment of Han Gang, Han Gang can be dismissed sentence by sentence.