Zheng Duo was called down from the concubine's bed, his clothes were not changed, he was covered in sweat, and he didn't hear what Han Gang said. But he knew how to answer. Zheng Duo didn't even have the qualifications to sit down in front of Han Gang, he stood with his hands tied, accompanied by a smiling face, "What Zhengyan said is that Zhengyan is right." After I go back, the lower officials will teach this group of people who don't have long eyes a lesson."

There are too many stories of civil officials making excuses to stand up for power, and during the period when new officials took office with three fires, smart people all knew that they had to be honest. Now that he was hurt by the people below, he bumped into Han Gang, a ruthless character who can kill and save people in the army, and he tore their hearts alive.

Han Gang was easy to speak, "Just settle the account today, and the broken things must be compensated according to the number, and apologize for the apology, I don't need to be reminded by the official." When that's done, today's thing is over. But in the future...... I have to bother Zheng Dujian to rectify it more! ”

Zheng Duo was stunned when he heard this, so he let it go. But he immediately came to his senses and disciplined a few pawns who committed crimes, "Don't thank Zhengyan for being lenient and benevolent!" ”

In a burst of thanks, looking at Zheng Duo who was relieved, Han Gang shook his head.

It's just eating white food, what can this crime do? Even if you want to stand up, you won't use such trivial things. Just now he said a call, and I didn't see anyone taking advantage of the situation to come up and shout grievances, it seems that these forbidden soldiers are just like this on weekdays, and there is no great evil. In this way, the crime is inevitably suspected of being hit by a cannon against mosquitoes.

His prestige in the army itself is high enough, even if it is the Jingying Forbidden Army instead of the Western Army, it is difficult to find a general who is willing to offend the legendary disciple of the Medicine King. Han Gang, who single-handedly perfected the military medical care system, can always get enough respect in the army, and there is no need to deliberately find faults. And after a while, maybe there will be a place where they can be used.

In addition, he should be relaxed on the surface, because being too sharp is not conducive to his future progress. Old Cheng is serious, and at the same time can be lenient and severe, which is the appearance of a heavy minister.

After dealing with the white food case of the forbidden army, the sergeants hurriedly left. And Zheng Duo stayed, accompanied Han Gang with Wang Yangming, and went to the cleanest and refreshing restaurant in the town in front of him to have tea and rice.

It's just that as soon as I arrived downstairs at the restaurant, I heard a burst of scolding, but instead of eating white food, I was scolding Wang Anshi, "It's just that the ministers are in charge, and God only had such a warning." Abolish the new law and chase away the adulterous phase, this drought will definitely be resolved! ”

Wang Yangming's face was embarrassed, the son-in-law of the 'adulterous appearance' was here. Hurriedly said: "The lower official will send someone to take them down and punish them." ”

Han Gang shook his head, how could he sin people with his words. And with the current disaster, these rumors are inevitable.

The theory of heaven and man induction has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, although the wise do not take it, but everyone believes in it. In the event of a catastrophe, the people always have to have an object of complaint, and Wang Anshi is naturally the first to bear the brunt.

The Son of Heaven and the prime minister are responsible for the current disaster, and the emperor cannot step down, and it is of course the prime minister who leaves. Such remarks cannot be suppressed at all, and they cannot be explained clearly. Even after a thousand years of popularization of education, there are still 'talents' who blame natural disasters on God's curse, and Han Gang can only smile bitterly when he hears the public opinion in front of him.

However, as long as it snows this winter, Wang Anshi, who has a deep foundation, can still get through this hurdle. But if it doesn't, or if it doesn't, or if it doesn't, the people's complaints will be unstoppable, and the displaced people in Hebei will probably flock south after eating up the relief grain that is often closed.

At that time, it was he, the Hakuba Prefecture, who bore the brunt of the situation, trying to keep the displaced people out of Tokyo as much as possible.

…… Well, Han Gang actually never thought that his most important job at the moment would be to maintain stability. In terms of his personality, it is more interesting to mess up the court, and there is more room for his own performance.

But the situation is different now.

The capital is stable, and the political situation of the court can be stable. Stable court, so as to ensure the smooth relief work.

Who can guarantee that the first job of the new people will be to save the people, not to liquidate the previous political enemies? Grievances are returned, and with enough excuses, the right thing to do can be delayed for a while, and cutting down the enemy is the first thing to do.

Han Gang never held the bureaucrats in high regard for morality, including himself.

Having said that, as long as you know a little bit about politics, you won't have too naïve ideas. It is taboo to change generals in battle, and everyone knows this truth. Unless the pressure on the Son of Heaven is too great, his father-in-law's phase should be able to drag on until after the catastrophe, deal with everything, and then let Wang Anshi take the initiative to resign himself to protect his face.

It's just that...... Han Gang looked back at the blue sky and white sun outside the building, and this point depends on whether God can help.

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At the door of the hall, seeing Dushui Chenghou Shuxian leave, Wang Anshi returned to his seat, pressed his forehead with both hands, and felt a faint pain in his brain.

The day before yesterday, he had discussed with his son that he would break the ice on the Bianhe River so that grain could be transported into Beijing in winter. Hou Shuxian, the leading water conservancy expert in the DPRK and China, gave his opinion. The estuary at the interface with the Yellow River can be opened, and once there is flowing water in the Bianhe River, the ice will become thinner. Then dozens of small foot boats were used, and huge pillars were installed in the bow of the boats to smash the ice and open a waterway. But it is also necessary to be prepared for the damage of the ship, and it is certain that the drift ice will damage the ship.

Wang Anshi was unable to make a decision for a while, and used a giant bulge to break ice on the river, this invention had never been used in the past, and it is difficult to know whether it was effective. If something goes wrong, it's okay to be laughed at, and the key to his headache is to miss a big thing.

"Even in the spring and summer Gangyun, the Gangship has not been damaged less, and the loss is a little bigger, and it can bear it." Wang Yan fully supported Uncle Hou's plan, and when he returned after sending Uncle Hou out, he said to Wang Anshi: "As long as there is grain to enter Beijing in winter, the profiteers who hoard Juqi will have nothing to return to." Not too much, more than ten or two hundred thousand stones are enough. From March to October, 6 million stones were transported by the Gang Transport alone, and with the private transportation, it was even more than that. Could it be that it is not possible to do it with only 200,000 stones at the moment? ”

Nowadays, the price of grain in Beijing is soaring, in fact, many of them are due to panic, but the grain stored in several large granaries inside and outside the capital exceeds one million stones, and the grain in the hands of many grain merchants and the amount hoarded by wealthy households add up to enough food for half a year in Tokyo. As long as the people's hearts can be calmed down, food prices can fall in response.

The key is in the hearts and minds of the people.

I think at the beginning, Shaanxi rumored scrap iron money. Iron coins on the market were suddenly unacceptable, and the value of copper coins skyrocketed. Wen Yanbo, who was the pacification envoy of Shaanxi at the time, took out a hundred pieces of silk from his home and let people sell them, stating that he would only accept iron money, not copper money. Seeing Wen Yanbo's move to support iron money, the people's hearts immediately settled down, and iron money also resumed circulation in Shaanxi.

Wang Anshi and Wang Yan understood that as long as the Bianhe River was unblocked and grain from the south of the Yangtze River could be transported, the price of grain in the capital would be able to settle down immediately.

And there is no need to transport grain from Jiangnan. The grain that will be transported north after the beginning of spring next year is now mainly hoarded in Sizhou. About half a million stone up and down. In Suzhou, which is a little closer, there are also 200,000 stone of grain in the hands of the Sixth Route Shipping Division. Moreover, although there will be ice between Sizhou and Suzhou in winter, the ice layer is often not thick, and with the replenishment of water from the Huai River, the water level is stable and will not hurt the boat.

It's just that further up in Suzhou, the situation is different. Especially after passing through Nanjing Yingtianfu [now Shangqiu], the estuary leading to the Yellow River was closed for the next 300 miles, and the water in the canal was insufficient, and because the water flow was still, it was much easier to freeze than natural rivers. Not only must the mouth of the river be opened to release water into the Bianhe River, but also the ice layer in the river must be chiseled to a certain foot thick, so as to ensure navigation.

This is the problem that Wang Anshi has to face. Suzhou to Tokyo a total of 600 miles, of which the second half of the 300 miles of river ice has to be dealt with by the invention of Uncle Hou, I don't know if the road can be done.

But what needs to be done is still to be done. Wang Anshi said that as long as a few heavy snowfalls and the drought eases, nothing will happen again. If the drought continues, the stability of the capital must be maintained, and the waterway of the Bianhe River must be opened!

Wang Anshi is a person who sits on his words and deeds, and he is so urgent that he wrote a chapter that night, and handed it to Zhao Ji's desk the next day. In the Chongzheng Palace, after some debate, Wang Anshi got Zhao Ji's approval, opened Biankou in winter, and at the same time broke the ice and opened to navigation.

After the discussion, because the debate delayed time, Wang Anshi did not leave the right play, and came out with the other auxiliary ministers. Towards the government, Wang Shao, who came out at the same time, approached and said: "Xianggong proposed that it was excellent, but why not use a sleigh car, but take the trouble to break the ice?" ”

"Sled?" Wang Anshi stopped and retold this unfamiliar name, but he didn't have any impression in his memory.

"How could Xianggong not know?" Wang Shao asked as if it was strange, "The year before last, I clashed with the Tibetan people, and I joined Gao Gong in the winter to garrison the newly captured Didao City. Although Didao and Weiyuan are only separated by a mountain, due to the heavy snow blocking the mountain, news and supplies have been cut off. However, at that time, the Tao River froze, and the food and wine were transported from the river by sleigh cart, which boosted morale! ”

When Wang Anshi heard this, he hurriedly asked: "I don't know what shape the sleigh car is, and whether it is a specialty of Xihe?!" ”

"So why don't you know. This is the invention of the son-in-law of the Xianggong family, why do you ask me as an outsider? Wang Shao replied slowly, and then unexpectedly saw Wang Anshi's unthinking hand and thanked him, and left in a hurry.

Looking at the tall back in the distance, Wang Shao shook his head, if it weren't for Han Gang's face and a little affection in the past, he wouldn't be too lazy to say this. The Privy Council where he is crushed by the political affairs hall, and he is very aggrieved!

Wang Anshi is a typical anxious child, and when he returned to the political hall, he asked people to find Wang Yan and asked, "You haven't written to Yukun recently?" ”

"What's wrong?" Seeing his father's appearance, Wang Yan knew what had happened.

As soon as Wang Anshi hurriedly said the news he heard from Wang Shao, Wang Yan lost his voice and fell to his feet. "There is such a thing!"

I regret it, since there are examples of previous successes, why bother to take the risk of opening the river to pound ice creams, "Why didn't I think to ask Yukun!" Son, write a letter to someone to send to White Horse County! ”

"Such a big event, Hanmo definitely can't understand it, let Yukun go to Beijing, or you go to Baima County." Wang Anshi hurriedly stopped his son. The opening of the river has already been heard of by the Son of Heaven, and it will be started in two or three days. This little time is only enough time for the letter to go back and forth, how can I make things clear.

"But...... "Wang Yan is now in front of the king in the palace every day, and it is not convenient to ask for leave." Suddenly running out of Beijing as a character will also arouse people's suspicions.

At this time, a small official reported outside, "Xianggong, there is a newspaper in the house, saying that the second little lady of Xianggong's family is back!" ”

Wang Yan's eyes lit up, and he slapped the table: "Second sister is back!" ”