[I can't catch up in the next night, so I will make up for it at noon tomorrow.] 】

Newly married Yan'er, Han Gang is gentle and considerate as a husband, Wang Yi also let go of his thoughts, and the smile on his face gradually increased.

Three days later, Wang Anshi sent crown flowers, colored satin and other things, in order to 'send three dynasty gifts', and Han Gang and Wang Yi, the newlyweds, also went back to the door to meet Wang Anshi and Wu according to the rules.

At this time, there was a ritual called 'Huilang', and the new son-in-law visited the door for the first time, and the Yue's family had to set up a banquet to entertain the son-in-law. After bowing to Wang Anshi and his wife together, Wang Yi was dragged by the Wu family to the inner room, and the three aunts and six mothers-in-law of the Wang family were waiting for the three sessions to be tried. Han Gang, on the other hand, was left behind to deal with the relatives of the Wang family.

This time Wang Anshi married his daughter, Wang Anguo and Wang Anli happened to be in Beijing to guard the que, and only the least Wang Anshang was still in Taiyuan. There are also more than a dozen sons and nephews of the three brothers, with Wang Yan being the longest. However, these children of the Wang family were taught to be extremely polite, and Han Gang, the new son-in-law, entered the banquet and honestly came up to toast a glass of wine, but they did not make a noise like ordinary people to pour wine.

In a few days, Wang Anguo's daughter is going to marry Ye Tao, and the Wang family is still busy, and the banquet did not drag on for too long. After drinking, Wang Anshi summoned Han Gang to the study, sipped the sobering soup in one gulp, and gossiped some gossip.

When he saw his second daughter just now, the smile on Wang Yi's face couldn't be hidden. Zhilu said that Han Gang treated her very well, and Wang Anshi also disappeared some of the mustards that his second son-in-law hid in his heart.

After drinking two sips of cold soup, Wang Anshi asked Han Gang: "Yukun, when are you going to go back to Longxi?" ”

Han Gang owed: "Father-in-law Lao asked." The matter was set for ten days later. No matter how late it is, it will be a little inconvenient to get hot on the road. ”

Ordinary Jinshi, after the Qionglin banquet, basically have to return to their hometowns. Those who have families or want to return to their hometowns to complete their marriages leave early, while those who become sons-in-law in the capital leave later, but they rarely wait until after the full moon of the wedding to return. After living in his hometown for two months, most of the new scholars returned to Beijing after October.

Han Gang thought it through, Wang Anshi nodded, and said, "Say hello to my in-laws for me...... Your mother-in-law still has gifts to give to your mother-in-law, so bring them with you when the time comes. ”

Han Gang got up and thanked Wang Anshi: "The son-in-law thanked his father-in-law and mother-in-law on behalf of the Yan family. ”

"What is this for? Relatives should have been in contact with each other, and failing to send the second sister to Longxi to get married was originally a faux pas on my side. ”

Ordering Han Gangan to sit down, Wang Anshi muttered: "The day before yesterday, I saw the report of Cai Yanqing in Gongzhou in Zhongshu, and the Tuntian managed by the in-laws on Xihe Road, the performance of the two-year-old is up and down, and it is extremely rare to be so diligent. ”

Confucianism emphasizes moderation and basically does not have a very good or bad evaluation. In the Tang and Song dynasties, in the upper, middle and lower ninth class performance appraisals, the upper and upper performance appraisals were never with others, and the upper and middle schools were also very rare - it was necessary to establish special honors - basically the top and bottom were already the top. For example, Zhang Jiuling and other virtuous ministers, Tang Xuanzong's performance appraisal for him is middle and upper. Han Qianliu has been around for two years, and it is a great evaluation, and it is appropriate to reduce the survey for a year or two, and directly move to an official.

Han Gang owes his thanks, Wang Anshi does not avoid the sarcasm that outsiders may have, and he must be grateful for Han Qianliu's official addition, "Jia Yan has always been diligent in his work, and his son-in-law has learned a lot from Jia Yan." ”

"Virtue is in talent. Talents are easy to obtain, but taxis are hard to find. Although the in-laws are not talented and learned, they are extremely virtuous, and they are rare in officialdom now. If you can be effective and unswerving, you will be able to be the pillar of the country in the future. ”

Although Han Gang's father is illiterate, he can do things and do it well. Wang Anshi also admired Han Qianliu very much, he decided to recruit Han Gang as his son-in-law, in fact, he also had a credit to Han Qianliu, "In the autumn and winter of last year, it is said that there are more than 1,200 hectares of reclaimed official fields, even if it is just a thin field of one acre and one stone, this year is more than 100,000 stone harvest, in May, there should be good news." ”

When it comes to the development of Xihe, Wang Anshi is full of joy. The fields in Gongzhou and Xizhou are connected with cotton fields, and now it is certain that they are more than 5,000 hectares, although they will not be fertile fields, but there are much stronger than none.

Han Gang said: "Originally, it was expected that as long as the year name was not changed, after eight years of Xining, the supply of grain and grass for the soldiers and civilians on Xihe Road would be self-sufficient. After two years, relying on the money supervisors of Rongchang and Minzhou, plus the taxes that began to be collected, the daily garrison of Xihe Road, and the consumption of officials, more than half of the supply of the road could be guaranteed. However, as it stands, as long as there is no catastrophe, both can be advanced by at least a year. ”

"That's fine." Wang Anshi listened very satisfied, the edge of the four roads, and only Qin Feng Yi Yi can ensure self-sufficiency, the other three roads, compared to the future of Xihe Road depicted by Han Gang, but far inferior, "The land of the three counties of Jincheng, the Han family is the homeland of China, if you can consolidate the foundation and cultivate the Yuan, no longer drag down the financial plans of the imperial court, and there is no need to worry about recurrence in the future." ”

"But the key to Xihe Road is still in the hukou. What is developed now is Gongzhou, Xizhou Didao City, and Minzhou Iron Castle. As for the north of Didao City, a river valley in Lintaobao, and a valley in Hezhou, they are all due to insufficient hukou, but they cannot be developed for a while. If the Han people cannot continue to flow in, the development of Xihe Road may be weak. ”

Wang Anshi sighed: "A lot of Shaanxi soldiers have been eliminated, but there are still not many who are willing to go to Gongzhou. ”

The recruitment of immigrants in Xihe Road is based on the principle of voluntary. We will use the free distribution of land and the tax-free system to attract the people who cannot live in the hinterland. Therefore, it is impossible to force the eliminated van army to emigrate.

Moreover, due to the constant war all year round, there are almost no useless troops on the four sides of the border, and the number of retreated van troops is very small, and there is no one in Xihe. The real bulk of the retreat of the Xiang army is in the Yongxing Military Road, that is, the hinterland of Guanzhong with Chang'an as the core. The total number of unwarlike soldiers stationed on the Guanzhong Plain was as high as 30,000 or 40,000, and half of them were eliminated in one go last year. It's just that compared with remote and remote Xinjiang lands such as Xihe Road, the soldiers of the Xiangjun who have lost their jobs are more willing to stay in Guanzhong to find something to eat.

"Yukun, what you said, the court has considered it." Wang Anshi said, "Since Xining, there have been more than 3,000 per year. Among them, there are not many who have actually committed serious crimes of criminal homicide, and most of them are trafficking in illicit salt. The political affairs hall is now considering pardoning the capital crimes of such people, and those who can be killed or not will be assigned to Xihe. ”

"Death row prisoner......" Han Gang hesitated.

There are more than 20 million main customers in Dasong, and the total population is definitely more than 100 million. In such an empire, more than 3,000 people were executed every year. This number is not small, and the average prisoner is close to a hundred times. Some of the death row inmates are murderers and robbers, while the other part is economic crimes, and most of them are smuggling activities that are strictly prohibited such as trafficking in illicit salt. And for the trafficking of illicit salt, the immediate family members have to sit together.

And the number of 3,000 people does not include the army, Xihe Road alone, last year killed more than 200 non-commissioned soldiers who violated military law - although Xihe Road was in wartime last year and had special circumstances, but when it comes to the country's million-strong army, I am afraid it is close to 1,000 people.

And it's not ingenious. At least half a year ago, Zhao Ji had already issued an edict to all prefectures and counties to exile prisoners to Xihe as much as possible, instead of the old Cangzhou, Jingnan, Liangguang and other places. At the same time, the criminals, death row prisoners are only one step closer than the exiled prisoners. But this is not without other problems:

Han Gang sighed: "I'm afraid that the atmosphere of Xihe Road will be ruined." ”

Trafficking in smuggled salt is not an ordinary smuggler, and Huang Chao is from the background of selling smuggled salt. Salt dealers are so brave and ruthless that almost all of them have a few lives in their hands. It's a good thing to be brave and ruthless, but the bigger problem is that such people are unruly and it's hard to bind them to military law. Unorganized and undisciplined, how can it be used in battle, if it is included in the army, it will stir up Xihe Road into a miasma when the time comes, and Han Gang does not want to see it. Don't say that death row prisoners are felons who are exiled to prison cities on Shamen Island, Tongzhou Island and other islands, Han Gang doesn't want them, and the obedient and educated soldiers are much better than these criminals.

Wang Anshi said: "These prisoners are all brave, if they can be taught properly, they may not be of great use!" It's like a Guangrui army. ”

How can such a prisoner be compared to the Guangrui Army! Han Gang sighed: "I'm afraid that they have the courage to fight privately and are afraid of public wars." ”

In this era, scholars and doctors always confused the bravery of a soldier against a thousand armies and the bravery of a street hooligan. Public warfare and private warfare are two different things. It is common for people who are timid in public war to have the courage to fight privately. If Wang Anshi had asked a military general who was well versed in military affairs, or a civilian official who had experienced war, before making a decision, he would not have made such a mistake.

"Let's talk about that."

What Wang Anshi relayed was actually the idea of the Son of Heaven. Reducing the number of death sentences is a matter of virtue, both in later generations and today. Otherwise, during the time of Tang Taizong, there were only dozens of stories of death row prisoners a year, and they would not have been publicized as a rare benchmark for morality and politics. Now that Zhao Ji wants to reduce, Wang Anshi doesn't think that in this matter, he will disobey the Son of Heaven, and it is of course a good thing to be able to kill fewer people. As for escaping death, I don't think they dare to mess around.

When Han Gang saw Wang Anshi's appearance, he understood that this matter should be decided, so he waited two or three months later, and announced it to the world before the list of the Criminal Prison Division handed over to the Winter Solstice Dapi, so as to serve as the virtue of the Son of Heaven.

Even so, Han Gang smiled and no longer admonished: "Okay, even if the death row prisoners want to make trouble, there are still three-foot steel knives for them on Xihe Road." It's a big deal to make an example of a hundred, I believe you can do it! ”

After talking for a while, Wang Yi was sent out by the Wu family, and the cave room was not left empty, even if it was the day of returning to the door, he could not stay at Yue's house for the night. I don't know what good things Wang Yi said about Han Gang in the inner room, Wu looked at Han Gang's son-in-law, and was very satisfied.

After dinner, Han Gang and Wang Yi said goodbye to Wang Anshi and his wife, returned home, and waited for the newlyweds to have another night full of tenderness and sweetness.