When he came out of the palace, it was already unitary time. And when Han Gang returned to Wang Shao's mansion, the drums of the second watch were beaten in the streets and alleys. followed Wang Shao and Wang Hou to say a few words about meeting the Son of Heaven today, and Han Gang went to sleep.

Although he has always been full of energy, in the court, when talking to the Son of Heaven, he has to carefully consider his words to avoid saying something that should not be said by mistake; But on the other hand, it is also necessary to ensure a stable speed of speech and answer the inquiries of the Son of Heaven in a timely manner. It hurts to fulfill these two requirements. Spirit. When Han Gang slept in bed, he hoped that he would get used to this kind of conversation as soon as possible in the future.

And the next day, Wang Yan sent someone to send a sticker to invite Han Gang to the banquet. In the afternoon, Han Gang was invited to Qingfeng Tower, and Wang Yan, who had finished the storytelling work of the Chongzheng Palace, was waiting upstairs at this time.

"What's going on? How can it be so pure? ”

When Han Gang came up, he felt that something was wrong, and after sitting down, he found that the Budi scholars who originally liked to gather on the Qingfeng Tower had disappeared today.

Wang Yan smiled: "It's not Yukun, it's not your credit yesterday. ”

"Do you know what to do?" Han Gang asked, "Listen to what Ye Zhiyuan said?" ”

"It's been spread all over the outside for a long time. said that yesterday on the Qingfeng Tower, you were so refuted that you almost resigned from the Jinshi background, and finally relied on the envoy of the Son of Heaven to break the siege. ”

The words of reversing black and white reached his ears, and Han Gang blinked his eyes and laughed: "Really? Here's what they say...... "But they don't look angry."

"Yukun, you don't seem to be angry at all." Wang Yan learned the truth from Ye Tao, so he was very surprised by Han Gang's reaction.

"Why be angry!" Han Gang shook his head, it was a waste of time to be angry with those people, "No wonder they didn't see anyone upstairs in Qingfeng today. ”

Wang Yan sneered: "How dare they confront you in front of Yukun!" ”

"Of course I don't dare!"

Han Gang shook his head with a sneer. Now in this group of Confucian scholars, how many people still have the courage of Mencius to go to the top of thousands of people?! Not to mention tens of millions of people, even in the face of him Han Gang, there will be few people who are willing to jump out first. It's all too clever to chew on the root of the tongue behind their backs. When the time comes, they will let others get on it, and they will wait behind to pick up the bargain.

Wang Yan and Han Gang are both a little cynical, but they also see through people's hearts. In the era of war, it is common to be brave and ruthless, and it is not uncommon for many people to go forward and succeed each other for a goal. But now the peaceful years have lasted for a hundred years, and the people's hearts have long been weak, and there are only some war-torn border areas such as Shaanxi, and the people are still brave.

"If they don't talk about it, they won't be able to do anything anyway." Han Gang asked Wang Yan, "Why don't you see Zhong Yuan?" Didn't see him both times. ”

Hearing Han Gang mention his younger brother, Wang Yan's face was suddenly shrouded in a dark cloud. Although he quickly returned to normal, he did not hide from Han Gang's eyes.

Glancing at Han Gang, Wang Yan sighed, "...... This matter is not hidden from Yukun, you ...... "The disharmony in the family, after a long time, it still can't be hidden from Han Gang's brother-in-law, it is better to spread it out," During this time, the second brother and his wife became more and more discordant, noisy day and night, and the family was restless. I don't have the heart to come out now. ”

"It's noisy every day...... Why? There is a reason for this. "Han Gang is not a gossip, Wang is a relative, but also a friend, so it is right to ask the last sentence.

“…… This is what happened after my nephew was born, and the second brother felt that his nephew didn't look like him, so he became suspicious, so he made a fuss. ”

Han Gang looked at Wang Yan's face and knew that the situation in it must be a little more complicated than what he said. The relationship between Wang Yan and Wang Pan's two brothers has become so tense, it won't be because Wang Pan feels that his son is not like himself, so he will make such a scene. The two brothers of the Wang family have inherited their parents' appearances, and Wang Bi is only a one-year-old son, even if he is similar to Wang Yan, he should not be suspicious.

When he asked before, Han Gang didn't expect that it would be such a thing, so that his original intention of persuading him faded together. The son-in-law is an outsider, and the housework of the Yue family can be listened to or not, especially in such boudoir matters that are related to fame, it is even more difficult to intervene.

Wang Yan didn't want to mention the topic, so after taking two sips of wine, he asked Han Gang: "Yukun has been in the audience for half a day today, I don't know what the court said to him?" ”

The private conversation between the Son of Heaven and his courtiers could not be disseminated to the outside world. If it is confirmed, it will be a crime to be investigated, which is the so-called 'the minister is not secret, and he loses his body'. But with his own family, there is nothing to hide. What's more, the dialogue between Han Gang and the Son of Heaven can't be hidden at all in the big colander in the palace.

Han Gang simply relayed the conversation with the Son of Heaven to Wang Yan about the new law. Han Gang's words, Wang Yan nodded while listening, his brother-in-law was speaking for the new law without a trace. Although it is not a direct compliment, it will be more effective to speak in a crooked way.

If Han Gang said good things about the new law one-sidedly, it would be tantamount to destroying his future. Without any experience in serving as an official, he said that all the states and counties in the world are happy with the new law, and the Son of Heaven will only have ghosts if he can believe it. Han Gang can only use such superficial impartiality and facts as evidence to make the emperor believe it.

Wang Yan was 100% satisfied with Han Gang's statement on the new law, and was glad that his father did not pick the wrong person. Such talents will stand on the side of the new law, and they will certainly be of great use in the future. Only his euphoria lasted only a moment. When he heard that Han Gang recommended Zhang Zai to the Son of Heaven to enter the Jingyi Bureau, he immediately changed color: "Yukun, why did you do this?!" ”

Wang Yan was angry, and Han Gang was cold: "The junior brother only recommended the family teacher." Since the imperial court has set up a bureau of classics and righteousness, it is necessary to re-annotate the classics, and with the talent and prestige of the family teacher, is it not enough to be qualified to be sideways? ”

"Yukun, you don't know why the Lu Dao Jingyi Bureau was established, right?!" Wang Yan's eyes became gloomy, he and Lu Huiqing had already decided to enter the Jingyi Bureau, how could they hope that someone would come to fight with him.

"The little brother naturally knows the way." Han Gang's eyes were as calm as water, and he looked at Wang Yan without giving in, "But it can't be done behind closed doors." Shiqu Pavilion discusses the scriptures, the White Tiger views the ceremony, and the Confucius Wine compiles the Five Classics, which are all discussions about gathering the world's talents, and only then did they get the most fruitful results. Everything that the younger brother learned came from the Hengqu Gate, and of course he could not be seen abandoned from the court. ”

Some things can be compromised and compromised, but some things cannot be compromised or compromised. Asking Zhang Zai to join the Jingyi Bureau, it was Han Gang who took the opportunity to propose to the Son of Heaven, although he knew that the success rate would not be too high, but after all, it was still possible, and if he didn't work hard, he would have no chance.

Don't think that Confucianism is gentle, courteous and frugal, if it is really like this, each has a set of inheritance, and the hundreds of schools of thought will not be dominated by Confucianism. Not to mention that the battle between the hundred schools of thought is a sword and a sword, even within the Confucian sect, it has never been a harmonious group.

As Han Gang mentioned Kong Yingda, he became famous at a young age, and at the Luoyang Confucian meeting, he argued with Confucianism and won the championship in one fell swoop. However, Su Ru, who was suppressed by him, was disgraced and even sent assassins to kill him. If it weren't for Yang Xuangan to protect it, there would be no "Five Classics of Justice" that will be handed down to future generations.

Not to mention Ma Rong and Zheng Xuan, the two masters and apprentices, who are both Confucians of the Han family, the relationship between them can be described as complicated. In the rumors, there are even rumors that Ma Rong was afraid that Zheng Xuan's reputation would overwhelm him in the future, and he wanted to send Zhuang Ke to hunt him down.

Competing for fame and fortune, not giving in to each other, Confucianism is inevitable. And one school has a natural rejection of another.

Wang Anshi, as the prime minister who implemented the new policy, needed a stable source of reserve talents, rather than letting the Guozijian do some contradictory opponents. Therefore, with the Jingyi Bureau, the Confucian classics were reinterpreted as the teaching materials of the Guozijian and became the standard answers for the imperial examination.

Han Gang can understand this, but that doesn't mean he can agree. does not have the courage to accept all rivers, and uses administrative means to exclude dissidents, Han Gang, who is excluded, is of course not pleasing to the eye.

He didn't want to break with the Wang family, sooner or later, the things that would come out would be revealed as soon as possible, so that they would not cause too much harm in the future. At the same time, it is also necessary to let Wang Anshi's father and son know that he is still Han Yukun who would rather bend than bend in the past.

At the beginning, under the heavy pressure of the two prime ministers, Wang Anshi and Han Jiang, they still insisted that Hengshan was difficult to take, and even gave up the brilliant work that had been obtained. Now he will not give up qi science because of the son-in-law who founded the Wang family, let alone the idea of putting the scientific theories of later generations into the basket of Confucianism.

Unhappy parting on the breeze floor. The next day is the day of thanksgiving. According to the story, the champion Yu Zhong led four hundred and eight Jinshi to the gate of the palace pavilion to thank the Son of Heaven for his gifts.

In the Tang Dynasty, after the Jinshi was selected, he had to go to Zhongshu to meet the prime minister, and thank the chief examiner to establish the relationship between the master and the protégé. In the Song Dynasty, Taizu Zhao Kuangyin did not like his courtiers to take the selection of the imperial court as their own credit. After the establishment of the palace examination, the jinshi became the protégés of the Son of Heaven. If you want to thank you, of course, you have to thank the Son of Heaven. And according to the practice of the old year, there were also 100 taels of thanksgiving silver, which were all made up by the Jinshi at their own expense, but Jinke was exempted by Zhao Ji's edict.

Since the hall test roll call, this is the first time that all the scholars have gathered. Han Gang, as the only court official among the four hundred, was summoned by the Son of Heaven alone the day before yesterday, of course, everyone looked at him, but after all, no one dared to jump out and get along with Han Gang.

After the court, the jinshi dispersed. A few days passed in a flash, in the past few days, the Wang brothers did not come to Han Gang again, and Han Gang did not go to the Wang family to visit, whether Wang Anshi would agree to let Zhang Zai enter Beijing, and what is the intention of the Son of Heaven, this is what Han Gang wants to know, but this matter is not in a hurry. What really came to me was to let the new science and technology scholars cross the streets and rush to the Qionglin banquet outside the west city of Tokyo, which is only once in three years.