[Second Update.] There is one more more. 】

The culprit who disturbed Su Song's tranquility was not guilty at this time, and Han Gang was enjoying the birthday celebration of his children.

The children of the Han family are enough to envy the world, and together with the nurses and maids who take care of them, they stand in the room.

The older Han Cheng, Jin Niang and Han Zhong held the wine lords full of rice wine one by one, and said birthday greetings to Han Gang.

and the younger ones, follow their brothers and sisters to say two words of blessing such as the East China Sea and Shoubi Nanshan.

The smaller one will only hum, Daddy Fushou.

The eldest daughter of the Han family is about to turn ten years old, and looking at the children who are all starting to grow taller, Han Gang can't help but feel melancholy.

After resting after drinking, he invited Feng Congyi to speak in the study, and sighed: "This day flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, Brother Cheng and Jin Niang are so old." ”

"yes. It's a blink of an eye. Feng Congyi sipped hangover tea, and also recalled the days when he was kicked out of the house by his brother.

At that time, he was adrift on the rivers and lakes, and he didn't know that one day he would die in the reverse journey, and all he thought at that time was to be able to get a stable place, and at most he was just to regain what belonged to him. Where could you have imagined that you would have the status you have today? Several half-brothers can only guard hundreds of acres of fields to eat, and they are prone to everything. It's just a blink of an eye.

Han Gang drank a little more, his head was a little drowsy, and he held the tea cup that was as warm as jade, "When they were born, their brother was still in Xihe." At that time, Wang Zichun was still there. ”

"Brother is mistaken, Wang Xiangmin had already returned to Beijing at that time."

Han Gang frowned and thought for a moment, "Oh, that's true. He smiled, "As I get older, my memory is starting to deteriorate." ”

"Brother didn't think much about it." Feng Congyi said with a smile.

"Perhaps."

Han Gang's mood is very relaxed now, he usually talks in a circle in his head, but after drinking today, his relaxed mood is overflowing, and he doesn't think so much.

In any case, the heavy mountain that pressed on the top of the head no longer exists.

If the emperor had been asked to step down, in that case, someone would have managed to help him reinstate. can openly complain for the seriously ill emperor, and it will not be good at all. Who can reward him in the end? From the emperor to the emperor, the Son of Heaven lost his protective aura. The emperor's words are holy decrees, and the emperor's words can be ignored by the courtiers.

Maybe this kind of thought is ruthless, but Han Gang doesn't feel that he will owe Zhao Ji anything, he gives out of the way, far more than he gets. And all the suppression he received because of suspicion has already exhausted all the feelings in the past.

So when he talks and laughs with Feng Congyi now, he doesn't have a little burden.

The two brothers talked and laughed, reminiscing about the old times, and time flew by.

Wang Yi came in once, and when he saw that the two brothers were talking lively, he let people put refreshments and went down again, and said: "On weekdays, officials are at home, but they don't like to talk much." When the fourth uncle comes, it will be more lively. ”

Drinking the tea that consumed food, Feng Congyi asked Han Gang: "By the way, I heard that brother, you recommended Master Su Zirong to enter the West Mansion?" ”

Han Gang shook his head, there were some things that he was inconvenient to say to the outside world, leaking from his mouth and leaking from the palace were two different concepts. But: "Su Zirong's prestige and experience have arrived, and Xifu is now short of manpower." ”

Feng Congyi smiled slightly. Although Han Gang did not admit it, his words were no different from direct admission.

"Without my brother's resignation, Master Su won't be able to enter." Feng Congyi knew Han Gang's temperament, so he didn't say much about this matter, "But the junior brother also heard that the elder brother also recommended Shen Zhige to replace Lu Sansi?" ”

"How?" Knowing what Feng Congyi wanted to say, Han Gang's tone was unhappy, and he asked, "Don't want to?" ”

"Brother, the arrangement of the imperial court is not something that the younger brother is willing to do, which one is sent to guard the third division, and who can only endure it? But brother, you're different, which upright gentleman can't choose, why recommend him? In Feng Congyi's opinion, even if Lu Jiawen is not suitable, Shen Kuo is a worse choice, "Shen Kuo occupies the third division, he can hear the things in the market if he wants to know the way, there will always be some negligence in the Chamber of Commerce, if he finds something wrong, just write it down, and you will be in the way with your brother in the future!" ”

Feng Congyi's words were sincere, but when Han Gang heard this, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

The reputation is bad, and it really doesn't work. At an important juncture, you can really only look at character.

Su Song has a mellow personality, has no political enemies in the court, and has never harmed anyone, and is a calm and steady official. At the beginning of the reform, not giving the edict to appoint Li Ding was already a very drastic act.

Even if he is the ruler of the two mansions, he doesn't feel that after he comes up, he will make trouble for others. This is a good old man, and his mind is more focused on qi. Who in Beijing doesn't know that the "Nature" journal edited by Su Song is becoming more and more famous, and he has to review and revise manuscripts every day, so how can he still have the heart to intrigue with others?

Compared to Su Song, Shen Kuo is too far behind. Shen Kuo was timid and weak, and was bullied by the Hun family at home. is also the temperament of the first rat at both ends, and he is not treated well in officialdom. Starting from Wang Anshi, all the way to Zeng Bu and Zhang Dun, one or two of them have no good impression of him. 'Renren', that is, traitors, servants, this is Wang Anshi's evaluation of him.

Especially in Wang Anshi's first resignation, Wang Anshi walked on the front foot, and he privately told Wu Chong that the exemption law harms the people, but among the officials sent by the imperial court to inspect the implementation of the exemption law in various places, there is Shen Kuo, and Shen Kuo also talked about the benefits of the exemption law after he came back at that time.

As for Su Shi's resignation from prison later because of his poems, it is rumored that Shen Kuo went to Jiangnan to inspect the exemption from military service and water conservancy affairs, and met Su Shi in Hangzhou and received a poem. After coming back, he gave the poetry collection to Li Ding, saying that there were rebellious words in it.

This is actually a rumor for no reason, Su Shi's "Meishan Collection" is sold everywhere, Wang Anshi has rhymes and poems, one is out, the world sings, Li Ding doesn't need to take the poetry collection from Shen Kuo's hand. But there were many people who believed the rumors—including even Zhang Dian—and Shen Kuo couldn't justify himself.

Zhang Dian has advised Han Gang to do his best and not use his people.

In other words, if it was Han Gang, if someone slandered him as framing Su Shi, who would believe it? Even Su Shi himself, I'm afraid he will also smile and ask, can Han San really read poetry?

That's the matter of word of mouth.

However, Han Gang still has some confidence in Shen Kuo. It's not for other reasons, but Shen Kuo owes him a lot of favors.

A few years ago, Han Gang presided over the Xianghan Cao Yun in western Beijing, and built the Fangcheng track, Han Gang pulled Shen Kuo, who was about to be demoted, over to do things, which should be more thanks to Shen Kuo's strength, which can only be said to help each other, not kindness. But Shen Kuo's eldest son, Shen Boyi, was once a staff member in Han Gang's curtain. Afterwards, he was recommended by Han Gang, and entered the inner house of the Guozijian to study, and was promoted to the upper house two years ago, and in the next year, he was in the upper class for four assessments, and was directly awarded the Jinshi background.

The Shen family is not harmonious, and there is interference from the Zhang family, and it is difficult for Shen Boyi to study with peace of mind. Without Han Gang's help, he couldn't pass the Jinshi exam. Shen Kuo's family expenses were all very close to Zhang's family, Shen Kuo wanted to support his son twice, but they were all caught by Zhang's family, and later Shen Boyi's expenses in Guozijian were all given by Han Gang. After that, the second son Shen Qingzhi was kicked out of the house by the Zhang family, and it was also Han Gang who helped and arranged to go to Hengqu Academy in Kansai to study.

In such a situation, Shen Kuo still dared to stab Han Gang's knife in the back, and it was rumored that he would go, who would dare to use him? What's more, with Han Gang's current status, as long as Shen Kuo is not confused, he will not do such stupid things that anger and resentment. Han Gang felt that he could doubt Shen Kuo's character, but at least there was no need to doubt his IQ.

I thought so, but in fact, Han Gang still took precautions, at least in the matter of the Firearms Bureau, he never thought of borrowing Shen Kuo's ability.

Firearms Bureau...... It must be firmly in your own hands. After all, the Firearms Bureau is related to Han Gang's future planning, and it is the top priority.

But whether it can be done well or not depends on the specific supervisor.

Han Gang now intends to let Fang Xing preside.

is not the superintendent of armaments, that position, starting from Lu Huiqing, Zeng Xiaokuan and Han Gang, has always been one of the most popular positions in the Beijing Baisi, and at least it takes important ministers above the service system to be able to control it. It's just a small sub-bureau under the ordnance surveillance. It's like a knife bureau and a plate armor bureau, it's a specific department. Fang Xing is a court official, but he has no background, and he can't survive by relying on qualifications, so he can only rely on merit.

And the chief officer of the sub-bureau under the ordnance supervision is not a high position, and Fang Xing's appointment is a high position and a low match, which can be regarded as a derogatory. In this way, it can be justified in all aspects, and it cannot be said that Han Gang used power for personal gain.

Fang Xing was impeached before, and now it is impossible to do anything. He followed him from Hakuba to Jingxi, and he was a man who could do things. But the fact that he was impeached made Han Gang hesitate a little in his heart. A few small problems can be tolerated, that is the general rule in officialdom, but because greed spoils the right thing, Han Gang can't tolerate him. This requires someone to be on hand to do a good job of monitoring. It is not necessary to know much about weapons and firearms, as long as you have a heart that wants to gain fame and fame, and the desire to climb up the ladder is far greater than that of wealth, that is enough. As for the specific candidates, Han Gang also has some ideas.

There are other circumstances to consider, and the safety of gunpowder weapons cannot be high. If they are all placed in the capital, if there is an accident, they can shake the capital. It would be much better to set up the more dangerous parts outside the capital.

After talking and laughing for a while, Feng Congyi said goodbye and left.

Han Gang sent the maid away, blew out the candles, and sat quietly in the dark, thinking about the future arrangements.

There was a creak in the study, and Yan Suxin's tall figure walked in and asked softly: "Official?" Is it inside? ”

"What's wrong?" Han Gang suddenly spoke.

Yan Suxin stroked his chest and was startled, "Why don't you light the lamp?" ”

"It's fine to be dark." Han Gang smiled and pulled her to sit down. Holding the soft and fragrant delicate body, through the open window, looking at a corner of the sky, "Look at the sky, you can see more clearly." ”