"Feng Jing is here too?"

Wen Yanbo half-squinted his eyes and leaned back on the recliner. He spent the whole afternoon in a chaise longue, with domestic servants running back and forth, informing him of the latest news. But Wen Yanbo only raised his eyelids slightly when he heard that another former prime minister had also arrived in Beijing.

"It's Feng Xianggong, as soon as he got off the car with his front foot, he entered the palace with his back foot."

"Have you gone to see the Emperor?" Wen Yanbo asked.

The voice of the family member who reported the news trembled, "The villain doesn't know. ”

Wen Yanbo closed his eyes and stopped talking. Wen Sishun, the second son who was standing next to him, immediately scolded: "Then don't go and investigate!" ”

"No need to go." One person walked in, "Feng Dangshi just went to Cishou Palace to inquire about the Queen Mother and came out." ”

Wen Yanbo opened his eyes and stood up with his son's support, "Deru is here." ”

The word Deru is Fan Zhongyan's youngest son, Fan Chun. He left his post due to illness and has been living in Beijing for half a year. After Wen Yanbo settled down, he invited him.

However, Wen Yanbo came to Fan Chun, not to inquire about the news of Jingshi - Wen Yanbo's sources will only be wider than Fan Chun, he just wants to ask about the whereabouts of Fan Zhongyan's other son, "Hasn't Yaofu arrived yet?" ”

Of Fan Zhongyan's three sons, only Fan Chunren has the highest prestige. If he is in Beijing, he is also on the list of politicians. However, a die-hard old party like Fan Chunren has always been rejected by Zhang Dian from Beijing, and Han Gang will not pay attention to Fan Chunren, who will never help.

Now that there is a lack of successors to the old party, Fu Bi, Lu Gongshu, Sima Guang and other members have passed away one after another, and in addition to Wen Yanbo, only Fan Chunren and Lu Dafang are still some people to look forward to.

Wen Yanbo entered Beijing this time, and he wanted to do something, and Fan Chunren's help was indispensable to him.

"If my brother leaves for Beijing after receiving the report from the palace, he should also arrive in these two days." Fan Chun had a cold face and added, "If my brother enters Beijing, he will go to see the Son of Heaven." ”

After Wen Yanbo entered Beijing, he first entered the palace to visit the Queen Mother, and then returned to his mansion, just like Feng Jing.

Although the emperor has not been deposed, it is no different from being deposed. Wen Yanbo had a desire, and he did not want to be the enemy of the entire court in this matter. In other words, he is ten years younger, maybe he will show his bones, and now that he is nearly ninety years old, he will not fight anymore, what he wants to fight for is just the benefits of his children and grandchildren.

But Wen Yanbo was not moved by Fan's pure confrontation. Fan Zhongyan also has this stinky temper. Otherwise, with his prestige and talent, why can't he become prime minister?

"Rather die than live silently. is worthy of being the son of Wen Zhenggong. Wen Yanbo said, "One day without abdication, one day is the Son of Heaven, my generation is indeed to respect the courtesy." However, if we visit Funing Palace, I am afraid that it will not be good for the Son of Heaven. Regardless of Zhang or Han, how can they tolerate the emperor who is expected by everyone? ”

The old fox's prevarication, how could Fan Chun not know. However, Fan Chun made a fuss, but he just wanted to make a stand, not to turn his face with Wen Yanbo. At present, there is a rare opportunity, and it is time to understand and help each other, not to part ways.

"It's pure Meng Lang." Fan Chun owes himself, "Lu Gong's old man is seeking the country, which is beyond the reach of purity." ”

Wen Yanbo knew that the three sons of the Fan family were by no means like-minded, and it was good to have an agreement on offensive and defensive mutual assistance.

"Do you know why Han Gang proposed to create the Great Council?" Wen Yanbo asked.

"It's a self-cleaning act."

The Great Council was unprecedented, so Han Gang's thoughts were the focus of the world's speculation.

Nowadays, most people think that this is because Han Gang cherishes feathers and cares about history.

In order to prove that he had no intention of being a powerful minister, Han Gang gathered important ministers in the court to discuss major policies. At that time, there were also the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven, and now that the Queen Mother has retired and the Son of Heaven is banned, Han Gang will not be incomprehensible when he proposes the Great Council for the sake of fame.

"Maybe Han Gang saw that there would be today, so there would be a state and county council." Fan Chun said.

"Maybe there is some truth, but to be exact, it's because he's afraid!" Wen Yanbo made a categorical conclusion, "If the ancient ministers could not usurp the throne like the Sui Wenmou Dynasty, there would always be only one way to die without a place to be buried. Even Yi Yin couldn't escape Taijia's punishment. ”

In the historical records, it is said that Yi Yin put Taijia in Tong Palace because Taijia was in a coma, and three years later, Taijia changed his mind and was welcomed back by Yi Yin. However, in the Bamboo Book Chronicle, it is written that Yi Yin usurped the throne and exiled Taijia, and Taijia escaped from Tonggong and killed Yi Yin. Kong Yingda's "Shangshu Justice" refutes this, so the record of the bamboo book is not recognized by the world.

However, Yi Yin's final ending will doubt the scholars of the Bamboo Book Chronicle, and there will be no possibility of soaring. Among the courtiers, there may be such righteous men and gentlemen who are loyal and repay with their lives, but the Son of Heaven will never tolerate a powerful minister who can control the state and even the throne.

Wen Yanbo continued: "He is worried that after the Queen Mother goes, he will not be able to stop the Son of Heaven from ruling alone, and even if he can continue to manage the affairs of the country, the important ministers of the Quartet of the world will not tolerate him. ”

"So it's just 'to Jun Yao Shun'?"

"He is actually safer than the punishment of the public." Wen Yanbo said.

Fan Chun retorted, "Isn't there a Wang Sunchen?" ”

Wang Sunsin is Han Gang's person, and his visit to Beijing this time was Han Gang's arrangement, but where Han Gang will put him, no one can understand Han Gang's mind until now. But one thing is certain, Wang Sunchen is indeed obedient to Han Gang, otherwise Han Gang will never call him back.

"Wang Sunsin...... Does he still dare to slaughter goodness in Beijing? ”

"Han Gang will never do without him."

"Don't worry," Wen Yanbo said, "Han Gang is now throwing a rat trap, and there are some means, he can't do it for a while." It's better to think more about the Great Council now, but you can't let the southerners pick up the cheapness. ”

Everyone knows the emperor's situation, and he can't say anything about it, but he really won't be a Ming Jun.

This is not just the conclusion reached by the news spread by the Empress Dowager and Zai Fu, the appearance of the emperor, Fan Chun has seen it many times, and he is mean, he is a monkey and crown, and he has a little bit of morality, and he is indispensable to look like a human king.

"'To Jun Yao Shunshang' is just a Confucian minister to take it out and say it, but Han Gang really plans to let the Son of Heaven 'hang down his clothes and rule the world'."

In "Yi Zhi Ci", "the Yellow Emperor Yao Shun hangs his clothes and rules the world", that is to say that the Yellow Emperor, Yao, and Shun will use people, use their talents, and make people do their best, so they can rule by hanging the arch, not that the courtiers have set the Son of Heaven in the air.

But now who can say that this is a nondescript metaphor? Han Gang's various deeds look like a Confucian scholar who has read the classics, but he is about to succeed. If scholars and doctors can rule the world together, it doesn't matter if the emperor has or not.

The important thing is to rule the world together, who is the master?

Wen Yanbo felt that there was something to say about this.

……………………

When Huang Sheng came in, Han Gang was tending to the few swords he had just acquired.

Hearing the movement of Huang Shang coming in, Han Gang only raised his head slightly, and then lowered his head again.

Huang Sheng didn't care, said goodbye, picked a chair, and sat down by himself.

Han Gang treats guests, the more strangers, the more polite and familiar they are, so they will be informal. His style is the opposite of that of another prime minister.

The more estranged he is, the more he is lazy and arrogant. It is an anecdote to wear a uniform and see a subordinate in the official residence, and it is inevitable that there will be a pimple in the heart of the person concerned. Back then, Zhang Dian went down to Jingnan, and he was also arrogant, and only one Zhang Shangying made him look at him differently - but Zhang Shangying repeatedly clashed with Han Gang in the past, and he refused to obey the control, and then he was given up by Zhang Den, and now he is only a transfer judge.

Han Gang wiped it very carefully.

Holding a short knife in his left hand and a piece of cotton cloth in his right hand, he squinted his eyes and wiped the excess grease on the surface of the knife little by little.

There are undulating lines like flowing water on the surface of the short knife, and the black and white color is like mountains and rivers, and the texture is many but not chaotic. After some care, the blade is faintly cold, and it seems to be able to blow and break hair. The blade is dim, only the stars in the white place are shining, but it makes people feel like a god is obscure.

Huang Shang knew that Han Gang liked weapons, and he treasured all kinds of sharp weapons at home. In addition to forbidden weapons such as heavy crossbows and armor, swords, guns, swords, halberds, long soldiers and short soldiers, long guns and short cannons, there is no shortage in Han Gang's family. And each piece is a fine product, not an antiquity, or now a famous craftsman made by himself, each piece taken out, can be reported more than 100 times.

However, the knife that Han Gang is holding in his hand now is not only special in texture, but also in appearance, which is completely different from Fang Jin's weapons in Middle Earth.

"It's Damascus; Leather knives? "Huang Shang also has some knowledge of swords.

Han Gang raised the knife and handed it to Huang Shang: "Recognize?" ”

Huang Shang got up and took it, rubbing the blade with his thumb and fingers: "The Japanese knife was destroyed by the Liao, and now the sharp weapon is handed down, and there is only this Damashi L leather knife left." ”

Handed it back to Han Gang, he asked again, "Is it a Hu merchant from Arabia?" ”

Han Gang picked up the knife again and put it up to look at it carefully: "No, it was Wang Sunchen who brought it back." In fact, the workmanship is not as good as that of the Ordnance Supervisor, but the materials are good and the steel is good. ”

Huang Shang said: "The country's 100 steel-making is not much inferior to Uzi steel, but it is not as conspicuous as Uzi steel." ”

The light and dark patterns on the knife body are indeed breathtaking.

Han Gang received the sheath and put it aside, "China's iron ore is poor, and it contains too little iron." ”

"I heard that Uzi steel ingots can occasionally be seen in the city of Guangzhou, and if you can have more contacts with Tianzhu in the future, maybe you can see more good steel." Huang Shang looked at the scimitar that Han Gang put on the table again, "I heard people say that the Damascus L leather knife seems to be not easy to rust and does not need to be oiled like a Japanese knife. ”

"It's stronger than a sword. The Japanese knife will have rust spots if it is not oiled for three days, and the Damascus leather knife will be much longer. But oiling is a habit, and it doesn't hurt. ”

The fact that Damascus, Arabic, and Uzi, which are full of yellow clothes, can be spread to the world is entirely the result of the standardization of translation advocated by Han Gang.

All foreign words, mainly place names, personal names, and some other proper nouns, are translated according to Han Gang's custom.

The large number of translations of books in foreign languages comes from the initiative of Han Gang, which is also within Han Gang's purview, and he is also serving as the translator of the scriptures.

Zhenzong Tianxi set up the Translation Academy, hired Buddhist monks to translate Buddhist scriptures, and then edited by Wenchen, and then the Translation Institute continued. Moreover, following the story of the Tang Dynasty, for example, the prime minister concurrently served as the translator and envoy of the scriptures.

However, for the prime minister, this is just an empty title, half of the officials in the courtyard have offended people, and they have been transferred here to become moldy, and the rest of the people who really do things are all low-level officials in the courtyard, and they can't climb up in their lives - in this era, being proficient in a foreign language is not much of an outstanding ability, far less than doing a good job of poetry, and the Translation Institute itself is just an idle yamen mainly translating Buddhist scriptures.

But after Han Gang took office, the Buddhist scriptures were thrown aside. The most translated books are from Da Shi. In particular, books on natural sciences such as medicine, astronomy, and arithmetic are the focus of the translation of the scholastic school.

The religious scriptures, which were originally the focus of the school's work, were turned away. The Buddhist scriptures are okay to say, but they are not translated, and the Jingjiao and Dashijiao from the Western Regions have become the focus of the ban because of the Mingjiao Rebellion in Zhejiang and Zhejiang.

As long as it is an official of Han Gang's department, there is no one who does not go to collect these books, and most of them have read them carefully, Huang Shang is from Han Gang's door, and he has studied them carefully, so he has a very happy conversation with Han Gang.

Huang Shang said: "It's really harmless, but if this thing is a fake, you can't find it." ”

The fame of the Damascus L leather knife today is similar to that of the Japanese knife in the past. It is true that there are unscrupulous people who have managed to forge the characteristic lines of Uzi steel, and the goods brought by the Arab Hu merchants are not all genuine. It is rumored that the most accurate and effective way to distinguish the real from the fake is to see if it rusts after being wet.

Han Gang said with a smile: "This is the treasure in the palace tent of the Black Khanate Aslan Khan, and the booty captured by the Beiting Army when it crossed the Ili River. Wang Sunchen and I can look away, but the king of Persia will not look away. ”

"Ili River ......" Huang Sheng frowned slightly, "Wang Jingsheng washed the thirteen cities in blood, killing people is not counted, and everyone in the country is afraid of him like a tiger and wolf." He came to Beijing this time, and I am afraid that there are many people in Beijing who can't sleep. ”

The discussion about the sword was just smooth, and when Han Gang put the sword aside, Huang Sheng didn't want to bother talking too much, so he transitioned the topic to Wang Sunsin.

"Are they worried about Wang Sunsin, or are they worried about me?"

"It is precisely because Wang Jingsheng only listens to Xianggong's words, and Xianggong's mind is unpredictable, so he is worried."

Now among the Jingshi, no one knows how Han Gang plans to arrange Wang Sunsin.

The famous ministers and fathers are now gathered in Beijing, and if they are wiped out, there will be few people in the local area who can carry the banner on the side of the Qing monarch for a while.

Compared with the many generals who commanded the Jingying Forbidden Army, Wang Sunchen, a butcher who has been in the Western Regions all the year round, will not have so many scruples when he obeys orders and does it.

"Mian Zhong, are you worried?" Han Gang raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Nope." Huang Sheng shook his head without hesitation, "Unless it is a last resort, the prime minister will not use Wang Jingsheng." Now that Xiang Gong is sitting firmly in Diaoyutai and watching all parties fight, there is no need to be vigilant. ”

"That's not for sure." Han Gang smiled, and in Huang Shang's surprise, he repeated again, "That's not accurate." ”