Han Gang woke up and yawned. When I opened my eyes, it was still dark.

Yan Suxin slept beside him, his slender body clinging to him, his breath brushing the hair around his ears, gently thin, almost inaudible.

A few muffled coughs came from outside, and two maidservants and a slightly older mother-in-law were out on night watch. Estimating the time, it should be less than three watches, but it's fast, and it's impossible to get some sleep.

Han Gang deliberately went to bed early last night, just for today's Shuo Ri Dynasty meeting. The court meeting at the time of synod was only one level lower than the great court meeting of the Yuan day. It was much more rigorous and larger than the Chang Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven could not directly leave an empty seat for the unscrupulous courtiers to worship as he did in the Chang Dynasty. Officials who have a position in office can ignore the regular court, so as not to delay their work, but when it comes to the court meeting on the New Year's Day, as long as they are not sick, no one can escape, and they must get up early.

Han Gang had official assignments on his hands, and there were as many as three. You don't have to participate in the usual pilgrimage, but there is no way to escape from the Shuowang pilgrimage.

Looking up at the dark curtain above, Han Gang lay quietly, waiting for the point when the time came, and the people outside would come in and tell him to get up.

Time flies quickly, since that day in the Chongzheng Hall in the Holy Court, but in the blink of an eye, it is already the first day of the first month of November, the first day of the month of Jianzi. In a few days, it will be the day of worship in the southern suburbs.

Zishantang was reopened, and the prince went out of the cabinet to enroll, which was placed after the winter solstice ceremony, that is, ten days later.

Han Gang was a little worried about this. Zhao Maid, who has been raised in the deep palace since birth, appeared in front of the world for the first time, and appeared as the future heir of the Great Song Dynasty.

Although it is said that Zhao Maid will never appear at the ceremony of worshipping the heavens in the southern suburbs of Yuanqiu—neither his age nor his body can support such a long and tiring ceremony, that is, after fasting for a few days, the cold winter wind blows on the high platform for half a day—but the palace banquet after the suburbs will definitely appear. The sixth son of the emperor, who is not yet five years old, can have a passable performance at the palace banquet without making mistakes, I really can't say.

Everything will have to wait until the winter solstice to find out. On the days when the cathode is yang, I hope that there will be a force to break through the haze in the middle of the court. Han Gang Zhilu said that a long time ago, the midwinter month where the winter solstice was located was also the beginning of the year and the first month of Vientiane's renewal.

In the Zhou period, the midwinter month and the month of Jianzi where the winter solstice is located are the first month of the year. And this day of the New Year is the beginning of the year [the twelve months of the lunar calendar correspond to the twelve earthly branches. The midwinter moon is the sub-month, the Beidou handle points to the north, and the winter solstice is in this month, which is the November of the summer calendar that is now in use. If the world still uses the weekly calendar, then Han Gang should have given his children New Year's money last night, and now the whole family should be keeping vigil.

It's just that for thousands of years, although the calendar that is common in the world has never deviated from its origin, it has always rotated in the ancient six calendars such as the Yellow Emperor, Zhuan, Xia, Shang, Zhou, and Lu, but since the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed the calendar to the summer calendar, so that there are fifteen moons in this year, the summer calendar system has always been the mainstream of the calendar.

With the month of Meng Donghai [October of the summer calendar] as the first year of the calendar, the midwinter month [November] is the first month of the Zhou calendar, the Lu calendar, the Yellow Emperor calendar, and the winter ugly month [December] is the first month of the Yin calendar, which can only be seen occasionally - Wang Mang traveled to the Yin calendar for fifteen years, Emperor Wei Ming used the Yin calendar for three years, then the Emperor changed the Zhou calendar for eleven years, and Tang Suzong changed the summer to the Zhou calendar for only half a year - basically it has long been thrown into the old paper pile, and the calendar that is now in use is derived from the summer calendar, which is the first month of Meng Chun's Jianyin.

The calendar is a topic that Su Song and Han Gang have talked about a lot in recent days.

Due to the stricter prohibition of private study of astronomy from the beginning of Taizong than in the previous dynasties, the level of astronomy in the Great Song Dynasty has dropped significantly, and the current calendar has never been accurate in terms of solar terms and solar and lunar eclipses. "Qin Tian Calendar", "Ying Tian Calendar", "Qianyuan Calendar", "Yi Tian Calendar", "Chongtian Calendar", "Tomorrow Calendar", "Fengyuan Calendar", but in more than 100 years, in order to make up for the continuous errors, the calendar has been changed as many as six or seven times.

A few years ago, Shen Kuo had taken over Si Tianjian, but he was unable to display his talent at all in this yamen, which had almost become the seat of several families for generations. In addition, it was a part-time job at that time, and it took a lot of effort to have a "Fengyuan Calendar" later, but this "Fengyuan Calendar" is still not accurate. Lunar eclipses, solar eclipses, and five-star horoscopes are always a little wrong.

It may be that the Son of Heaven is a little tired of this situation, and a few days ago, Su Song, who has expertise in this area, was also the errand of Si Tianjian, who is in charge of the astronomical calendar.

Su Song, who became more busy, also pulled Han Gang to discuss the calendar when he arrived at the editing bureau of the Compendium of Materia Medica. It makes Han Gang's mind full of Jianzi and Jianyin now, and the moon is five latitudes, too daylight or something, and it has become a mess. Not to mention proper nouns such as Yuan Law, Year-end Profit, Monthly Rate, Meeting Day, String Strategy, Hope Strategy, Profit and Loss Rate, etc., if you don't go back to the book, you won't understand it at all.

Don't communicate with experts in areas that you are not good at, this is Han Gang's long-term insistence, and it is also the smartest approach. However, Han Gang's personality does not like to escape, but likes to attack instead of defending, so he in turn pulled Su Song to talk about the difference between stars, planets and moons, as well as the causes of solar and lunar eclipses, and even gravity.

In the past, Han Gang had not discussed astronomical phenomena with Su Song, and he had also revealed a little bit of his own opinions, at least the theory that the earth was spherical had already been discussed with Su Song. It's just a systematic description, and this is the first time.

The laws of the sun, moon and the five planets are the cornerstones of the astronomical calendar. The calendar that can only be compiled by the observation of the movement of the sun and the moon is of course the most important thing to find out the rules correctly. Relatively speaking, those nouns are trivial.

Han Gang didn't know how much Su Song believed it, but after listening to his words, Su Song's expression was very serious, and he didn't seem to regard his views as nonsense. After all, the words depend on what the person says, and the weight of what Han Gang says is naturally different.

However, astronomical and astronomical matters are not the focus of Han Gang's current attention.

Wang Anshi was about to arrive in Beijing, and with his intelligence, it was impossible not to see the significance of the action of excavating Yin Ruins to Qixue. No matter who presides over it, it is the embodiment of learning from things.

Although in the process of excavation, he occupied the right to interpret the oracle bone inscription, and could slightly make up for the loss of points caused by "Zishuo", but the situation of being pushed into passivity by Han Gang has not changed.

How stubborn Wang Anshi's personality is, Han Gang has a personal experience. The nickname of the reluctant prime minister is not called in vain, he is willing to accept the appointment of the imperial court, naturally in order to show off the new learning. Speaking of which, it is equivalent to being persecuted by Han Gang, and I believe that this grievance will not be lacking. When we meet, I guess I will have a headache.

But Wang Anshi can go to Beijing, Wang Yi is the happiest, and Wang Bi should also follow him. has been in charge of the Jiangning Grain Institute for several years, and it is estimated that Wang Bi is also aggrieved enough, and he can unload this errand, and his excitement will not be slightly worse than that of his sister.

I hope that my brother-in-law and the Hun family can help to get along, Han Gang doesn't want to quarrel with Wang Anshi. In the debate based on scripture and history, the opponent is still Wang Anshi, but Han Gang has no confidence at all.

Anyway, it's definitely going to have a headache, Han Gang thought, and before he knew it, he fell asleep in a daze.

"Official! My dear! It's almost there. ”

It seemed that from a very far away, there was an urgent call, Han Gang could feel that his body was also being pushed hard, pulling his thoughts out of the chaos, Han Gang woke up in shock, only to find that he had fallen asleep when he was thinking about things.

Blinking his eyes and yawning, Han Gang finally sobered up a little. He sat up, and Yan Suxin, who was more careful than the maids and mothers-in-law who were on duty at night outside, smiled and said: "It's not good to be an official, when I was a child, I didn't get up until dawn." ”

Yan Suxin tilted her head in confusion, "I remember that my father and mother often said that when officials were studying, they all got up when they heard the rooster crow." ”

Han Gang yawned again: "...... That's the partiality of the father and the mother, and the things that the husband did when he was a child were all good in the eyes of his father and mother. ”

"That's why the officials asked Brother Cheng and Brother Zhong not to get up too early?"

"Children, when you are growing up, it's normal to sleep more. When I'm older, I can't sleep even if I want to. Han Gang said with a smile.

Han Gang has two memories, and the past of his childhood has been blurred together. If you don't think about it before you speak, you can't tell who it is. However, as long as there is no major obstacle, Han Gang will not deliberately distinguish it, and there is no way to distinguish it.

It was already the third watch, Han Gang didn't have time to delay much, got up to wash, had breakfast in a hurry, and rushed to the Xuande Gate at the southern end of the imperial city under the escort of a group of Yuan Sui.

The wide royal street is 200 paces wide and the size of a square. In the thousand-step corridors on both sides of the royal road, almost all of them are breakfast stalls. Even among the officials, there are still a few people like the Han family who can keep the fire out in the kitchen, and most of the court officials get up early to go to court, and many of them solve the breakfast problem in the thousand-step corridors on both sides of the royal street.

Of course, the service objects of these stalls are more of the entourage of officials. If it is said that only some of the officials of the early dynasty can eat breakfast at home, then almost all the entourage, even the Han family, is just two hot steamed buns before going out. When the officials converge into the Xuande Gate, it is when the guests are full.

got off the horse in the square in front of the Xuande Gate, and the accompanying Yuan Followers took the horses away and retreated outside the square. Han Gang passed through the door and walked towards the Wende Gate on the inside. Along the way, there were court officials dressed in purple and green in front of and behind them, and many of them took the initiative to greet Han Gang.

The civil officials have a circle of civil officials, the military generals have a circle of military generals, and those clans and relatives who carry official positions such as Jiedu envoys, observer envoys, and General Jin Wuwei are another small circle. There is a sense of distinction between each other. However, there is no such distinction in the origin of the officials who show favor to Han Gang.

Fortunately, the crowd did not let the formation be slightly chaotic because of the salute to Han Gang. They are all experienced officials, and they have long known how to deal with it. The acquaintances saluted and said hello, and when they got together, they also lowered their voices, and none of them talked and laughed loudly.

If someone loses his honor in the palace, he will report it after the court meeting, and then there will be a penalty of fine, and the punishment of this punishment is still a trivial matter, but the important thing is that the time for grinding will increase, and there will be a few more years of leisure.

Han Gang could feel the gaze of the imperial historians, just like a knife slashing around his body, but he didn't care. In front of me, I saw two royal brothers, standing side by side and talking. But after a while, Wang Qi also arrived, Zhao Hao and Zhao Hao made Wang Qi make his debut, and the Son of Heaven was the most respected as the prime minister. The ministers avoided the way, and the prince was no exception.

In addition, Han Gang also saw Li Qingchen. He is the newly appointed Sentaichang Rite Yuan.

It is said that Li Qingchen's transfer back from Hebei this time was not originally this appointment, but he was going to make him the third envoy. And Taichang Rite Temple had not heard of it beforehand, but suddenly, the government affairs hall changed its appointment and obtained the permission of the Son of Heaven. To be precise, it should be the other way around, the appointment of the Taichang Rite Yuan was the dictatorship of the Son of Heaven, and the government hall was just a countersignature on the edict. Li Qingchen had originally been a fellow acquaintance of the Taichang Rite Academy, and this time it happened that the personnel of the Taichang Rite Academy had changed greatly, so he let him take over.

But the problem is not only that the former Zhitai Chang Rite Courtyard was sent out, but also that the three officials in the courtyard were also invited out of the capital. There was no news in advance, so I let the Taichang Rite Temple. This is also rare in the court.

However, a well-informed courtier still knows where the Taichang Rite Academy has violated the taboo of the Son of Heaven. 'Di Rong is Ying, Jing Shu is punishment', Taichang Liyuan has a little trick, maybe Wang Anshi doesn't care, maybe there are many people who don't have associations at all, but since it has been spread all over the capital, Wang Anshi must be given an explanation.

Wang Anshi has confirmed that he has entered Beijing, and he should arrive in a few days at most. The Son of Heaven ordered Wang Anshi to excavate the Yin Ruins, and in the eyes of many people, maybe he still had a chance to return to the phase - after all, Wang Anshi had just passed the sixtieth birthday, and he still had enough time to take charge of the political affairs hall.