During the Shangyuan Festival, thousands of households hung lanterns.

Lanterns hang in the streets and alleys, as if pulling the stars in the sky to the ground.

On the royal street before Ouchi, there are mountains of lights of different shapes lined up. It is displayed in front of the Xuande Gate.

And the color shed curtain that belongs to the supervisors of various prefectures and courts, the royal relatives and nobles, is also set up on the royal street. Tents and canopies are also covered with lanterns.

As the saying goes, 'the sky is blue and the galaxy wants to come down. The moon shines like water shining on the tower', the royal street and the east and west streets, but they are like two Milky Ways intertwined.

If you look down from above, the whole city of Tokyo is a sea of lights.

On the upper floor of Xuande Gate, Zhao Ji wore a red coat and a small hat, and after receiving congratulations from the ministers, he sat in one place with the harem concubines, drinking and watching the lanterns. And the Zai Zhi and the Hanlin Scholars are also on the city tower, sharing the blessings of the Son of Heaven.

After receiving the Son of Heaven's Gan Lin Mu Ze, as a courtier, he should compose poems for this purpose, to thank God for his grace, and remember today's events.

After drinking the imperial wine given by the Son of Heaven, the important ministers divided the rhyme and wrote poems on the spot. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad, as long as it should be a scene. Of course, not everyone can write a poem right away, and it's not impossible to go home and meditate on it and present it again, but people will laugh at it.

Wang Jue was quick to think and quickly made the imperial poem. His rich and festive poems are exactly what he is good at, and although he is so laughed at that his brother even jokingly calls his poems 'Zhibaodan', after all, they are very popular in the palace at the right time.

Lu Huiqing was unlucky, and she used a treacherous rhyme. However, his talent is considered first-class among the important ministers, but he has thought about it less and has come out perfunctory. It's just that he has something in his heart, and after writing it, he only made sure that he had committed any mistakes, so he didn't revise it more.

There must have been a falling out between him and Han Gang.

Lu Huiqing heard Zeng Xiaokuan say that Han Gang was smiling when he saw the lightship, but Lu Huiqing could guess how angry he was in his heart.

It's all a good thing that Bai Chang did! Although he didn't seem to react until he stood in front of Zeng Xiaokuan, after being reminded, he called out to hit the sky. However, it is not clear whether it is true or false. Zeng Xiaokuan turned around and said, "Bai Zhang can't be used." ”

Whether Bai Zhang, who presided over the creation of Dengshan, was really confused or fake, and whether he was deceived below or not, Lu Huiqing couldn't tell. It's just one thing for sure, Han Gang must hate himself very much - Bai Zhang is his Lu Huiqing's person no matter how he counts - if they exchange places with each other, Lu Huiqing will definitely judge the same.

Who exactly! Lu Huiqing squinted her eyes and swept at the colleagues present, who did the black hand? Hurt both him and Han Gang!

Just as Lu Huiqing was observing more than a dozen Zaifu and bachelors, they all completed today's routine poems. Several eunuchs pasted the psalms one by one on the wall and illuminated them with lanterns. Zhao Ji walked over, read one by one, and casually circled the first place - Wang Qi was the first again.

After appreciating this year's Shangyuan poems and drinking a round of wine, Zhao Ji, accompanied by the concubines, looked at the lights of the city again.

"Official, that's an iron ship, right?"

The stunning beauty attached to the ears of the Son of Heaven, pointing to a lamp mountain under the city from afar is the newly favored Zhu Cairen. Except for the beginning when he received the people's salutes at the Xuande Gate, he accompanied the queen near Zhao Ji's side. The rest of the time, it was Zhu Cairen who was closer to the Son of Heaven.

Following the slender jade fingers like spring onions, Zhao Ji looked at the lightship diagonally below and a little away, and was a little surprised, it was indeed the location of the Ordnance Supervision Dengshan Mountain. He didn't expect Han Gang to be so confident, and during the Shangyuan Festival, he took the iron boat and posed it as a lamp mountain.

Looking at this shining iron ship, Zhao Ji, who knew Han Gang very well, would probably soon be able to see the real iron ship sailing on the Bianshui River. It's just that Zhao Ji felt that there was something that made him wonder, "Didn't Dengshan start to build after the winter solstice?" Why is the lamp hill of the ordnance supervisor an iron ship? ”

Several high-grade chamberlains behind the Son of Heaven looked at each other, and Shi Deyi, who lifted the Imperial City Division, stepped forward, "The lamp mountain of the ordnance supervisor was originally not a ship-shaped, but it collapsed during the New Year's Festival, and it is difficult to repair. After that, the ordnance supervisor had to spend six days to drive out the new lamp mountain. ”

"No wonder!" Zhao Ji laughed. It seems that it is not Han Gang who deliberately abandoned the original lamp mountain in order to show himself, and rebuilt this lightship, "That's good." That's fine. ”

Feng Jing smiled and raised his voice slightly: "Your Majesty, since Han Gang can show the iron boat, he must be sure, and he must be able to see the real thing soon." ”

Zhao Ji nodded with high interest: "I think so too." ”

Lu Huiqing finally knew who was the black hand of Lu Dao, and he almost gritted his teeth, Feng Jing hurt both him and Han Gang.

Seeing the lamp mountain of the ordnance superintendent, Wang Qi frowned, and Han Jiang frowned, there would be this kind of expression, all because they didn't know the inside story of the ordnance superintendent, thinking that Han Gang had a grasp of building an iron ship.

Lu Huiqing looked back at the three envoys and deputy envoys of the Privy Council. Wu Chong's expression was similar to Han Jiang and Wang Qi. And Cai Ting, who stayed out of the matter, and Wang Shao, who had a close relationship with Han Gang, both of them were full of deep doubts in joy without exception. In their expressions, it could be seen that they did not understand the truth of this time.

Since the other Zaifu thought that the iron ship was about to be completed, Feng Jing, who was the only one with a smile, was naturally the only possibility.

Just when Lu Huiqing deduced who the real murderer was, Feng Jing, who walked behind the Son of Heaven, said: "The other Dengshan is just good-looking, and there is no other use. But the lightship of the ordnance supervisor represents the instrument of the militarism, and tonight the lamp is evaluated, and the lightship of the ordnance supervisor should be the leader. ”

There are dozens of lantern mountains placed during the Shangyuan Festival, and so many colorful lanterns must be divided into high and low, and it is inevitable to arrange a seat. Zhao Ji groaned slightly, and smiled even more heartily...... That's true. The name of Dengshan this year does not have to wait until the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, it can be set today. ”

Lu Huiqing sighed secretly, Feng Jing was nailing Han Gang's coffin!

That's how the rules in officialdom are.

No matter what you want to do, as long as you don't report it, it doesn't matter if you don't succeed in the end. But once it was officially reported to the Shangzhi and the text was left on the file, it would be difficult to change. If you don't succeed, you will inevitably be punished.

Previously, the story of the iron ship had been widely spread in the city of Tokyo, perhaps even in the Daimyo of Beijing, Luoyang in Xijing, and Yingtian in Nanjing. As long as Han Gang didn't speak—not in public, not in formal, it didn't count. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to do it, no one can urge him, and he can't force it.

But now the Ordnance Supervisor has moved the iron ship out, which is equivalent to an official announcement to the millions of soldiers and civilians in Tokyo City: The Han Sheren, who is sentenced to the Ordnance Supervisor, is going to build an iron ship.

As long as anyone who came to watch the lanterns, whether it was the Son of Heaven, the ministers, or the common people, they heard this proclamation.

A reddish-brown boat-shaped lamp mountain will roast Han Gang on the shelf!

"Your Majesty." Han Jiang suddenly spoke up and stopped Zhao Ji, who was instigated by Feng Jing, "Han Gang didn't ask for orders, so he used the iron ship ornament as a lamp mountain. This trip is inevitably frivolous, and it is too good to be happy! ”

"Otherwise, a mountain of lanterns with bamboo and wood as bones, why do you need to ask for your life?" Feng Jing retorted disdainfully, "In the Dengshan below, there are reclining Buddhas, arhats, unicorns, and colorful phoenixes. ”

Han Jiang frowned, and wanted to argue strongly, but Zhao Jian was already very unhappy.

It's obviously a festival, and he still says these ruinous words. Isn't it just that Han Gang has the recommendation of correcting the Chinese book, and he still remembers it in his heart, and the prime minister's bearing is not at all - the expression of the Son of Heaven says everything.

Feng Jing curled the corners of his lips slightly, as if he admired the Son of Heaven's attitude towards Han Jiang.

Seeing Feng Jing's smug eyes on the side, Lu Huiqing gritted her teeth with hatred. He was not afraid to turn his face with Han Gang, but he was framed, so he couldn't bear it. Because a lamp mountain has a bad relationship with Han Gang, it is even more unjustified. Han Gang's methods and mental skills, Lu Huiqing has to be secretly wary, not to mention Wang Anshi behind him - no matter how untamed Han Gang is, he is also a good son-in-law who has always helped Wang Anshi.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, it is better to ask Zhao Hangang to come up and ask to see if he is just building a lamp mountain, or if he is planning to make a show for the iron boat!"

Wang Qi seemed to be beating the Taiping drum, but the meaning of his words was echoing Han Jiang, and the three words 'Zhang Shengshi' were not a good evaluation.

Zhao Ji thought about it, and was about to nod. Han Gang is not qualified to accompany him, but if the Son of Heaven specifically wills, it will be fine.

Wang Shao had already seen that something was wrong, his ears were not deaf, his eyes were not blind, and neither Han Jiang, Feng Jing nor Wang Qi had a good heart. At the same time, I smell a hint of bad smell.

Now that the lightship has been lit up, the whole city of Tokyo is looking forward to seeing the real iron ship, and it is difficult for Han Gang to get rid of it no matter what he says, and if it is difficult to succeed in the future, not only will his reputation be greatly damaged, but he will also be punished for falsely reporting and bullying the king.

He stood up: "Your Majesty, it's just a lightship, so it's a mistake to bring a small minister to inquire." It is not too late to discuss this matter when Han Gang asks for it. ”

Zhao Ji's face was gloomy. He knew the relationship between Han Gang and Wang Shao, and it was impossible for Wang Shao to get along with Han Gang. In this case, there must be something wrong with his words as prime minister and in politics.

Zhao Ji didn't want to think much about the reason, but he just felt that his Zaifu were still intriguing when they went to the Yuan Festival, and they didn't let him be quiet, and they inevitably went too far. It's not a good thing that this dissenting argument stirs up the chickens and dogs in the court.

His gaze shifted to another governor who had been silent: "Lu Qing, what do you think?" ”

Lu Huiqing hesitated slightly, "...... The minister thought that it would be okay for His Majesty to invite Han Gang to meet him now. The minister also wants to know as soon as possible whether the iron ship can succeed! ”