As soon as Shen Kuo went to Khitan, he couldn't come back for three or four months, and Hedong continued to negotiate.

Zhao Ji consulted the opinions of the elders and important ministers, but except for Zeng Gongliang, who supported the new law, he had one thing to say, saying how to resist the Khitan invasion after the war; Han Qi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, Zhang Fangping and others all regarded the Son of Heaven's consultation as an opportunity to attack the new law.

None of the old foxes explicitly said that they wanted to abandon the land, but they all said that the Khitan soldiers were strong and strong, and now that the famine in Hebei has not ended, "if the soldiers are not solved, the material resources are abandoned, that is, the golden soup is not defended".

But Wang Anshi still tried his best to be brave for Zhao Ji. He said, 'How can the Khitan country, which is divided, think that I am harmful?' It's just that its party didn't want to move, so it should be Baoheer. ’

Han Gang heard from Wang Yan's letter that his father-in-law still refused to give up, so he could only shake his head and sigh.

The Son of Heaven's fear of the Khitan is already almost paranoid, if Wang Anshi could convince him, he would have persuaded him a long time ago, why wait until today? And those who can give the Son of Heaven courage, but they are all pretending to be confused, and they have a greater ability to dismantle the stage.

Thinking about this matter, Han Gang only focused on his work.

Although it is only more than 100 miles away from the capital, Han Gang has only been in Baima for a year, and the number of times he has entered Beijing is only a handful. When he was a magistrate, it was according to the rules, and the state and county officials were not allowed to go out of the place under their jurisdiction. But after the government boundary was raised, there was still no time to enter the capital more. For the task of resettlement of displaced people, he ran around the counties of Kaifeng Prefecture. Han Gang has traveled to more than 20 counties, and he has also been to as many as eighty percent of the townships and towns. At most, at the end of the month, I will go to Beijing to report on my work.

Being able to smoothly resettle hundreds of thousands of displaced people and prevent them from disturbing local order is by no means an easy solution that can be easily solved by sitting in the yamen and giving orders. Maybe someone has that ability, but Han Gang's method is to walk more and see more.

In the capital, how many eyes are staring in the shadows, a little mess can be magnified ten times or twenty times. He didn't have the prestige that Fu Bi had when he was in Qingzhou, and his unwavering authority was only in the exiles. It is remarkable that half of the orders conveyed to the counties can be followed, and many times, he can only do it himself, staring and watching.

However, as the displaced people gradually returned north, Han Gang now needs to focus less and less energy on the displaced people. In late September, he moved to the counties of Beijing and ordered them to re-census the number of displaced people in Beijing. A few days later, Wang Bi collected the reports from each county and sent them to him.

At the most, there were 560,000 Hebei displaced people, but now there are only 65,416 left, and basically they have no land or tenant land in their hometowns, so they do not need to rush back to their hometowns to sow seeds.

Among them, Baima County is the most, with more than 32,000 people; The next counties are Weicheng and Yincheng, and the displaced people in the three counties of Jiuhuazhou account for more than eighty percent of the total. In the remaining counties, there are only six counties with more than 1,000 displaced people, and the rest are 3,500, which is not enough to help.

At the end of September, Han Gang entered Tokyo City again with this good news.

When Han Gang said that the displaced people gradually retreated, and there were only more than 60,000 displaced people left in Beijing, Zhao Ji was also very happy, and praised Han Gang's loyalty to the country. It's just a good performance, all of which revolve around the issue of displaced people, and Zhao Ji didn't ask Han Gang about the Khitans in half a sentence

Han Gang also understood that it was when he played the right two times that he left the impression of a hardliner on the Son of Heaven, so he was not asked. However, Han Gang didn't have the heart to think about it, even if he was bitter about it, he might not be able to end up in the heart of the Son of Heaven, so he simply didn't mention it.

Out of the Chongzheng Palace, Han Gang went, but when he passed in front of the Zhongshu Gate, a familiar voice shouted behind him: "Yukun! ”

Han Gang turned around, and it turned out to be a long-lost Zhangdu.

"It turned out to be Brother Zihou, long time no see!"

Zhang Dian strode over, and Han Gang hurriedly saluted, with a smile on his face, much more sincere than when he saw Shen Kuo the day before.

Zhang Dian spent several years in Jinghu, and changed all the lands of southern Hunan and western Hunan in later generations to return to the river, set up counties and counties, and lured the mountain barbarians to settle down while recruiting Han people to settle in the fields. The total number of household registrations increased by nearly 100,000, which greatly strengthened the imperial court's control over Jinghu South Road.

And Han Gang's cousin Li Xin also shined under Zhang Dan, and the spear-throwing technique passed down by the Li family is famous, and now he is the commander of the soldiers and horses guarding Jinghu South Road. Because of Li Xin's relationship, the political alliance between Han Gang and Zhang Dian became closer and closer, and the correspondence has always been very close.

Zhang Dian instructed his companion to go to Zhongshu to take leave, so he went out of the imperial city with Han Gang, and went to Zhoujiayuan on the side of the Zhou Bridge to find a secluded wing room and sit down to talk.

After waiting for Xiao Er in the store to serve tea and wine, Zhang Dian poured wine for Han Gang and reproached: "Brother Fool returned to Jingshi last month and wanted to visit, but you are busy in Baima County again. At the end of last month, I heard that you returned to Beijing for the Hajj, and the foolish brother booked a banquet in Fan Lou, but he waited left and right, and he didn't see Yukun coming to your door. It's a little too raw. ”

"Brother Zihou, don't blame." Han Gang apologized again and again: "The younger brother saw that Brother Zihou was trying the case of the city at that time, and Yu Shi stared at it every day, and he didn't dare to come to the door to disturb him. ”

"Let people spread a word outside, can the foolish brother still come out? Could it be that the Son of Heaven would think that Yukun, you can't come to help Zeng Zi Xuanguan?! ”

"You can't keep the truth behind." Han Gang defended and said with a smile: "It's the fault of the younger brother, and the right to punish himself with three cups, and I hope that Brother Zihou will forgive me." ”

When the drought spread throughout the Central Plains and the court of the Son of Heaven was exhausted for this, the city affairs case did not stop. It's just that the focus of the case gradually shifted to whether Zeng Bu deceived the king. In August, as soon as Zhang Dian returned from Jinghu, he was appointed by the Son of Heaven as the chief judge of the illegal affairs of the City Yi Division, and asked him to investigate who Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing said was true.

Zhang Dian has a good relationship with Lu Huiqing, and Lu Huiqing was the one who recommended him to Wang Anshi back then.

Zhang Dian committed a lot of things when he was young, and his moral reputation was not good. When someone recommended Zhang Dian, Wang Anshi didn't want to see him, but it was Lu Huiqing who helped him say a word and let Wang Anshi meet Zhang Dian. After meeting, Zhang Dan's talent easily impressed Wang Anshi, and he became a core member of the New Party. And Zhang Dan's friendship with Zeng Bu is not very good, just amiable on the surface.

Therefore, under the presiding trial of Zhang Dian, Zeng Bu was demoted to Raozhou, Jiangxi. In order to calm Shilin's dissent, Lu Jiawen, who had become the source of the trouble, was also invited out of the capital and went to Changzhou to serve as the governor.

Zhang Dian was also joking, Han Gang wanted to punish himself, so he drank three glasses with him. Putting down the cup, he said solemnly: "Thank you Yukun, this year I sent a group of displaced people to Jinghu Tuntian, helping the foolish brother a lot." ”

Han Gang shook his head: "At that time, there were only more than 2,000 people who were willing to go to Jinghu, and it was a drop in the bucket for Brother Zihou, not worth mentioning......" When he said this, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his heart, and asked in turn: "Brother Zihou, you shouldn't be eyeing the remaining tens of thousands of homeless people, right?" ”

Zhang Dun Ha Da smiled: "So I don't dare to ask for ears." ”

Han Gang sighed: "Xihe Road is also short of people!" ”

Regarding what to do with the remaining tens of thousands of displaced people, Han Gang has his own ideas. They are all displaced people who are not bound by land, and it is best to enrich the frontier. I wanted to wait a little longer, and by November, I could be sure that the remaining displaced people had no intention of returning to their hometowns, and then we would recruit them to go a little more smoothly.

Zhang Dian narrowed his eyes: "I heard that the Taohe River was flooded by heavy rain in autumn, I don't know if there is a big problem." ”

Han Gang said: "Brother Zihou, you have been in Zhongshu for a month, how can you not know?" It's just that the Tao River is water, not the Wei River, separated by a watershed, and most of the people affected by the disaster are the Tibetan people, and there is a bumper harvest in Gongzhou. ”

Tao River in August sent a flood, the scale is not small, letters from home, as well as news from the imperial court, all said that it has reached the point of disaster relief from the imperial court. Gongzhou, which is centered on the old ancient Weizhai and the current Longxi City, is located on the shore of Weishui. The flood of the Tao River, which is separated by a heavy mountain, has nothing to do with Gongzhou, and the cotton and grain are harvested.

In addition, the Han people in Taozhou actually did not suffer much, when the old wheat has been harvested, the new wheat has not been planted, and the cotton fields have also been harvested, but some vegetable fields planted with cabbage and leeks have been destroyed, and people have hid in the nearby fort in advance. But the Tibetans suffered heavy losses. The Song people in the reclamation area of Taozhou, now it is mainly distributed around Didao City, as for the rest of the river valley area, it is occupied by the Tubo tribes, raising cattle, horses and livestock, when the flood comes, people can run, how many livestock have no time to run, and they have been washed away countless times.

"Now there are more than 20,000 Han households on Xihe Road, and the foundation has been stabilized, while Zhuzhou County on Jinghu South Road is a new place, and there are far more mountains than Han people......

"Isn't it better to strike while the iron is hot, a flood has made Xizhou empty." Han Gang retorted with a smile and refused to agree.

"Yukun, you can't swallow it alone, right?" Zhang Dian was a little anxious.

Han Gang and Zhang Dian were both pragmatic officials, and they always had their origins in mind. Of the more than 60,000 Hebei displaced people, at least one-third can be pulled out, not to mention 4,000 households. Regardless of where you move to, you will be able to settle down a new state and county immediately. With the personalities of the two, of course, it is impossible to let go.

Han Gang smiled and took a step back, "Actually, whether the displaced people are willing to move or not is another matter, it must be voluntarily left unwilling, and they can't be forced to come, otherwise Yushi won't be watching." When the time comes, leave the choice to themselves. ”

With Han Gang's sentence, Zhang Dian put his mind at ease, and he also knew that with his relationship with Han Gang, Han Gang would not turn back. When the time comes, whether the displaced people go to Jinghu or Xihe depends on their ability.

After the matter was settled, Zhang Dian and Han Gang drank bitterly, but halfway through the drink, one of Zhang Den's companions hurriedly came and whispered a few words in Zhang Tun's ear, and saw that his face suddenly changed.

Han Gang put down his wine glass and asked in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Dan had a calm face, and squeezed out the words from between his teeth word by word: "'The enemy is angry, and Aunt Qing is with her as she wants. ’”

"What is this talking about?"

Zhang Dan's angry eyes stared at Han Gang who was talking nonsense, "What do you say? ”