When it was getting late, Wang Anshi left the Chongzheng Palace.

In the Chongzheng Palace, the Son of Heaven asked Wang Hou a lot of questions, and Wang Anshi listened to them all.

Zhao Ji is most concerned about the situation of the decisive battle of Hehuang next year. At the beginning, he asked Han Gang if he had any private brewing water, and he was afraid that everyone in the Xihe Economic Strategy Division would be selfish and unwilling to devote himself to state affairs. Then in Wang Hou's mouth, hearing Wang Shao and Han Gang's planning, Zhao Ji's mood also became rare and happy.

When Wang Hou took the opportunity to ask him to be converted into a military officer, claiming that he wanted to seal the wolf Juxu for the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Wei agreed in one mouth, and happily promised Wang Hou that when he was transferred to a military attaché, he could be promoted by one level.

The Son of Heaven's mind was on the decisive battle of Hehuang. Wang Anshi did not object to this plan for the decisive battle in the spring next year. The command level of the Xihe Economic Strategy Division and the combat effectiveness of the Western Army have already been verified through one victory after another in the past few years.

Wang Anshi just felt that time seemed to be a little tight, and it might be safer if he could stop for another year after capturing Xizhou to resettle the immigrants and open up the surrounding fertile land, and then go to war with enough money and food supplies.

However, Wang Anshi also understands that he needs this credit, and Zhao Ji also wants to see this credit. The Son of Heaven changed the law for the sake of the inner saint and the outer king. Internally, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and externally, let the four Yi guests obey and obey.

If the three departments of regulations are regarded as a sign of the official implementation of the new law, it has been three years now. However, there is still a lot of resistance to the implementation of various new laws and regulations at the local level, and although the rewards brought by the various laws and regulations are many, there are not many complaints. Wang Anshi desperately needed a military victory—a decisive victory—to prove to the Son of Heaven that the new law would work.

The previous Hengshan strategy ended in failure, and Hehuang could not tolerate any more failure, and it must be effective as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the situation in Hehuang is very good, at least better than Han Jiang's original Shaanxi Xuanfu Division.

Wang Shao himself is a rare handsome talent, under his command, Hehuang good news is frequent, within two or three years, Xizhou, Gongzhou will be included in the Great Song Dynasty, the official army is only one step away from Hezhou. And in the Department of Economic Strategy, Gao Zunyu and Wang Zhongzheng can work together with them, and there is no need to worry about this item at all.

In addition, all the subordinate officials and generals are rare capable talents. Especially Han Gang, whether it is from military affairs or political affairs, he is an extremely outstanding young man, and with him in charge of the rear affairs, the soldiers who are fighting on the front line can have no worries.

"Han Gang?! …… Is that the same Han Gang who came to the house the year before and last year? ”

The voice of the Wu family of the Hun family came into his ears, and Wang Anshi woke up suddenly. I don't know when, he was already at home, and his old wife Wu was sitting opposite. As soon as he thought about things, he forgot about the things around him, and he still hasn't been able to get rid of this problem.

"What's the matter?" Wang Anshi asked suspiciously.

"What else could it be? The matter of the second sister! The Wu family only thought that Wang Anshi was confused, but the name that her husband said in front of her made her groan, "Han Gang is indeed good, although the family background is a little worse, but if the second sister marries, it will be a good thing." It's just a little romantic, which is not good. ”

In the past two years, Han Gang has entered Beijing twice, and the Wu family has seen the young man who came to visit. was able to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion twice, of course, because he was valued by his husband. With the vision of his husband, his character will not be bad. And Han Gang left a deep impression on the Wu family, and he was also very good, his appearance, bearing, future, and talent were all excellent, and his relationship with his second brother was also very good.

And the Han family is a small family, so there is not much involvement. If the second daughter really marries, she will not be as angry as the eldest daughter of the Wu family. It was Han Gang who had a lot of trouble with the younger brother of the Son of Heaven for the sake of a famous prostitute last time, and finally asked the official family to clean up the mess, which made people feel a little hesitant after all.

"I've heard a lot about keeping courtesans. Han Gang is only one, and it's nothing. In the past two days, you have to find someone to be a matchmaker, you see who is suitable? ”

Wu said hotly, Wang Anshi was a little annoyed: "What nonsense? When did I say that I was going to marry my second sister to Han Gang? The second sister's matter can't be rushed! Besides, I don't know if Han Gang's side has decided on a family matter, so be careful that it falls short. ”

"In a hurry? How many years will it take? Wu suddenly became full of resentment and shouted at Wang Anshi. For the sake of her second daughter, she was anxious every day, but she saw that her husband was busy and didn't want to bother. But today I finally couldn't help it, "Thinking about governing the country and leveling the world every day, this self-cultivation Qi family, what have you done?!" The second sister will be eighteen years old in the next year, you sit as firmly as Mount Tai as a father, and I don't think about it anymore, the second sister will become an old aunt who can't get married! ”

"It doesn't have to be Han Gang." When Wang Anshi saw that the Wu family heard the name of a young man, he stared at the person, as if his daughter couldn't get married. His Wang family's door and tutor are not bad, as for being so eager?

"Even if it's not Han Gang, other people can do it...... You've got to find a good guy, right? Wu was still in a hurry.

Wang Anshi frowned: "Now those who come to the door are all people who tend to be inflammatory, how many serious people are there?!" ”

"Then go find it!" Wu shouted.

"Dad, mother!" A man pushed the door in at the right time, interrupting the argument in the study.

"Big brother!"

Seeing that it was his son Wang Yan coming in, Wu stopped talking and quarreled in front of his children, both Wang Anshi and her were a little embarrassed.

Wang Anshi coughed twice and asked, "Big brother, what's the matter?" ”

"The kitchen has already prepared the dinner for the evening, and I am waiting for my father and mother to come......" Wang Yan looked back at the door, "It was the second sister who came." But seeing that she didn't come back for a long time, her son came to take a look. He smiled, "No wonder she's embarrassed to come in." ”

"Second sister outside?" When Wu heard this, he glared at Wang Anshi fiercely, and was busy chasing his daughter.

Wang Yan bowed down to see the Wu family leave, and then approached and persuaded Wang Anshi: "Daddy, the second sister's affairs really have to be stepped up, and they can't be delayed any longer." ”

"Do you think Han Gang is good too?"

"Han Gang's son has never seen it. But from the rumors, the character is not bad. Although he is slightly inferior in literature, his talent is already famous in the court. Now it is just the year of the weak crown, and he has accumulated merit as a court official. Looking at his past actions, he should be a person who is interested in national affairs. ”

is also a young and handsome man who is famous all over the world, and Wang Yan, who is arrogant, does not think that he is slightly worse than Han Gang. This official is also the crown prince Zhongyun, but he has an additional title of Jinshi, and he is still a storyteller in the Chongzheng Palace, and he has the qualification to meet the Son of Heaven every day. Evaluating Han Gang is very objective, without the slightest jealousy.

"This is the Father's ...... and the Father's Knowledge."

Wang Yan sat down beside Wang Anshi: "When Han Gang went to Beijing for the first time, the three strategies he gave to his father were all good strategies to turn things around, which shows Han Gang's sincerity to the new law. He refused to stay in Beijing several times, which shows that he is not a person who tends to be inflammatory. ”

"It's just too much." Wang Anshi shook his head, "The name of the Qingmiao Law has been changed, and the officials have been reinstated, these two are fine, but the third one is ......."

"Compared with Shun's technique of conquest and punishment of the four murderers, Han Gang's policy is already very gentle. There are many provisions in the new law, which one is not effective, and why should adults now care about those foolish people. Find a child and say, you have to punish the 'four murderers' of today, and go far away from the four wildernesses! ”

Wang Anshi looked at his eldest son who was talking eloquently and sighed secretly. Young people are so fearless, with fewer worries and scruples. is like Han Gang, who wants to provoke party disputes with a few casual words. And his eldest son is also young and vigorous and does not take the consequences of party strife into account. Only by staying in the officialdom for a few more years did I realize that Lu Dao could not be strong in everything.

Those in the old party who were suppressed by him all called him a bad man. said that he Wang Anshi was bent on going his own way and did not listen to people's persuasion. But if he really acted like this, many new laws over the years would have been implemented long ago. Why do you need to try it out one by one in one or several roads, check the results, and make corresponding modifications before it will be implemented nationwide? -- Wang Anshi just ignored the nonsense of the old party.

"Big brother, do you really think Han Gang is good?"

"Is it Han Gang, it's inconvenient for the child to say more. But you have to find someone who is of the same mind as your father. Wang Yan paused for a moment, and sighed in a heavy tone: "You can't let the second sister also 'look at yellow flowers with tears', right?" ”

Wang Anshi was silent.

'Look at the yellow flower with tears' is a poem written by his eldest daughter. Marrying the eldest daughter of the Wu family is a hateful matter in the hearts of Wang Anshi's family. She has been smart and clever since she was a child, and she works in poetry, and she is very loved. Wang Anshi picked left and right, and deliberately picked the son of his friend Wu Chong. However, because of the change of the law, the two families were separated, which made the eldest daughter very uncomfortable in the Wu family.

In the autumn, I also sent a letter, on which I wrote a poem of seven uniques: 'The west wind does not enter the small window screen, and the autumn should pity me and remember my home.' Thousands of haters of the country, still looking at yellow flowers with tears. ’

"Let the father think again...... You have to ask Han Gang first if he has decided on a family affair. Wang Anshi sighed, state affairs, family affairs, everything is annoying.

He asked Wang Yan: "You are doing a story in the Chongzheng Palace, and you will go to the palace to preach tomorrow, but are you ready?" ”

The seat of the storyteller in the Chongzheng Hall is not easy to sit, not only to explain the essence of scripture and history like the Son of Heaven, but also to be the advisor of the Son of Heaven. You must be well-informed and proficient in scripture and history, and if you learn less, you will be asked by the Son of Heaven. And how many ears listened to the words spoken, Jia Changchao and Yang Anguo, who were appointed as storytellers in the Chongzheng Palace, the old literary names of the two of them plummeted because they said a few wrong words and were cited as jokes.

Although it is not the first time for Wang Yan to preach in the temple, Wang Anshi, as a father, always has to bear a distraction.

Wang Yan smiled confidently: "With a child's talent, why should my father worry." After so many times, how can you ever be ugly? ”