Before moving, the group had arrived in the county.

After arranging a place to stay, Zeng Lu and the others said goodbye to Han Gang first. They had been running around in the wind and sand all day, anxious to take a shower and change their clothes.

Han Gang also has something to do, and the two carpenters brought by Wang Bian have been introduced by Wang Bian, especially Yu Hao's great-grandson Yu Zheng, who was even more valued by him.

Yu Hao has a mysterious color in the folk, he once said that the wooden tower of Kaibao Temple will be blown right after a hundred years of northwest wind, and some people must think, then another hundred years, the wooden tower will not be inclined to the southeast? But the fact is that just over a hundred years, the wooden pagoda of Kaibao Temple was burned down immediately, and there was no situation where it was blown southeast by the wind. Becoming such a result is easily reminiscent of Yu Hao's words back then - no wonder he didn't say anything a hundred years later.

However, in this era, no matter how famous a craftsman is, he is not as good as a mediocre and fat official. Yu Zheng was cautious in front of Han Gang, and Han Gang asked him to sit down and talk, but he also shook his head and said he didn't dare.

After asking a few words about the windmill, Han Gang instructed his subordinates to settle them down for hospitality. After a while, Fang Xing came to report that the reception banquet had been arranged. Han Gang ordered someone to invite Zeng Bu, Lu Huiqing and others to the table.

Han Gang has to receive more than Zeng Bu, Lu Huiqing and Wang Bi today. There were also two accompanying officials. One of them, Han Gang, has no impression, but the name of the other person, Wei Jizong, Han Gang is like thunder.

Han Gang didn't know Wei Jizong, but he had heard his name. After the smooth implementation of the convenient loan, the law of exemption from military service, and the law of protecting armor, and the great success of Hehuang Kaibian, which made the position of the new party stable and the court finally calmed down, the war between the two parties was rekindled, and the culprit who caused this uproar, how could Han Gang not have heard of him?

Wei Jizong was promoted from cloth clothes to officials, relying on his identity as the initiator of the city's Yi Law. The Hakka City Law has caused so much controversy that even the political foundation of the New Party has begun to be shaken. The income of tens or millions of yuan a year from the Tokyo City Yiwu seems to be a lot, but for the New Party, in fact, the gains still outweigh the losses. If it weren't for the sake of the overall safety of the new law, even with Wang Anshi's unjust temperament, it would definitely be abolished.

Wei Jizong was idle in the Tokyo City Yiwu, and the reason for this does not need to be thought about at all. But now Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing are on the road with Wei Jizong...... Let's go to Hebei Volume City to do business, I don't know what the considerations are.

When the five guests were invited, Han Gang invited them to the table, and his three staff members also joined the table. Zeng Bu, who had the highest official position, naturally sat down, and when everyone was seated, Han Gang raised his glass and said: "This banquet is too simple, and I invite you to Haihan or two." ”

Han Gang's words were not polite, but really simple. In the banquet of the split table system, there are only two kinds of appetizers at the beginning, and there are no pure decorations such as fruits. The opening determines the follow-up, and the wine in the back cannot be extravagant. As usual, all the expenses for entertaining passing officials went from the minister's money account, and there would not be too much public money in a county for Han Gang to entertain guests. If you spend too much, you have to wait for the imperial history to scold.

Zeng Bu raised his glass and responded: "Where is Yukun, we are going to Hebei to inspect the disaster, if Yukun is really spread, Zeng Bu will not dare to enter the table." ”

Lu Huiqing also said: "The Son of Heaven is now living in a partial hall, reducing the regular meal, we can't share the worries for the king, how can we still disobey the will of the saint." ”

Zeng Lu and the others didn't expect Han Gang to ruin their reputation and extravagantly set up a banquet. There are many people in Kaifeng Mansion, and there are many officials and mouths, and there are too many eyes staring at Han Gang's side, if there is even a little bit of it, Han Gang will be taken out and chased and beaten, not to mention the banquet in the current situation. Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing both felt jealous, even if Han Gang dared to put on a luxurious banquet, the two would not dare to sit at the table.

After three rounds of wine and gossip, the topic gradually turned to business.

"I don't know how to deal with the grain merchant's case?" Han Gang asked, he has a share of credit for this case, although it is not his business now, but it is also the focus of his concern.

Putting down the wine glass, Zeng preached: "It is certain that the text has been destroyed since the birth." ”

The so-called writing since birth, to put it bluntly, is the personal file of the official. Even if it is assigned to Lingnan, as long as the writing is still there since he was born, even if all his positions have been removed, he is still an official. And the destruction of the written language since their birth is to completely knock the grain merchants back from official registration to civilian registration.

Lu Huiqing laughed disapprenously: "It's just for outsiders to see, and it will be made up in two years." ”

The grain merchants married the clan, and there was still the possibility of turning over, and when they met a southern suburb sacrifice to the heavens, a general amnesty edict, and the past sins would basically be forgiven. When the time comes, it will run out again and be an eyesore.

"Kill a few, stream a few, release a few, that's it......" Zeng Bu said coldly, "It is still necessary to establish a law to prevent traitors from making chaos in the future." ”

"It is the nature of businessmen to buy low and sell at a high price, and it is also common sense, how can legislation reverse it?" Han Gang said, "The salt and wine that are related to the people are all official camps, and if the law is enacted, it is enough to put it on the grain." As for the changes in the price of other things, it will not affect people's livelihood. ”

Han Gang did not agree with the imperial court's control of commerce, and he did not even agree with the Shiyi Law. It is normal to use economic means to make hoarders lose all their money. This time, the use of the criminal law to directly deal with grain merchants is forced to be helpless, if it becomes customized, sooner or later it will be used more and more biased, Han Gang only hopes to be able to keep it only on necessities such as grain.

"The City Law originally had the meaning of Changping, which was originally designed to stabilize prices in Beijing. It's just that this time the principal is insufficient, so that the profiteers are in chaos. In the present situation, the legislative degree and the increase in the principal of the municipal affairs should be carried out at the same time. Lu Huiqing turned his head and asked Zeng Bu, "Zixuan, what do you see?" ”

Zeng Bu smiled: "When it comes to the matter of the city's affairs, you still have to ask Wangzhi [Lu Jia asked]." ”

"Where, the bachelor is the third envoy!" Han Gang shook his head in disagreement.

"How can the three divisions manage the city's affairs?" Zeng Bu replied coldly.

"Let's ask about the drinks first. The city has raised the price of alcohol and medicine by 50%. When a few people come back, Hakuba can't even afford to drink here. The doubts in Han Gang's heart were answered, and seeing that the atmosphere was a little wrong, he raised his wine glass and saluted with a smile.

After toasting each other, there was still a ball of harmony on the surface. Wei Pingzhen and Fang Xing tried their best to make the atmosphere at the banquet not cold.

But Zeng Bu's words and performances before showed that he and Lu Huiqing had a deep disagreement. The two are not comrades of the same heart and one mind, but enemies of different hearts. In Fang Cai's words, there were no complaints. It sounded as if Lu Huiqing had usurped Zeng Bu's power. couldn't even hold back this breath between the words, it looked like Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing were probably about to tear their faces.

Is it to compete for the vacancy left by Wang Anshi? ’

Han Gang is not blind, Wang Anshi's current crisis has always been in his eyes. He didn't feel like his father-in-law could hold it up. Of course, there have been such catastrophes in the past 100 years, and there are also cases where the prime minister has not been removed from the throne because of this. But when the prime minister was already controversial because of his governance, but when he happened to encounter a disaster that swept half of the country, if he wanted to sit firmly in the phase, Han Gang could only find Han Qi in the Zhiping period!

Han Qi Han Zhigui, the one who lived in Xiangzhou Dayjin Hall, was the hero who protected Yingzong to sit on the throne during the Zhiping period, although he was criticized in the Pu Discussion, and encountered a flood that flooded the capital and washed away thousands of soldiers in the palace, but by virtue of the decision to support the establishment, no one could shake his position.

But Han Qi's conditions, Wang Anshi does not have. His influence on Zhao Ji has been gradually declining in the past two years, and it is no better than Han Qi at the beginning, Yingzong, who has just ascended the throne not long ago, and he still relies on this prime minister to keep his position in the hands of Empress Dowager Cao.

With the current situation, no matter how hard Wang Anshi tries, it is almost impossible to survive the crisis caused by this disaster. Even if he dealt with the grain merchants who caused panic in Beijing, this food crisis was only the prelude.

Since the implementation of the new law, almost all of the policies that Wang Anshi planned to implement at the beginning have been introduced. At this time, whether Zhao Ji still needs him or not, in fact, many discerning people can see that most of the dispute between Zeng and Lu is also due to this. And as long as the disaster continues, the emperor may also have the idea of throwing it out to appease the people.

I don't know what Wang Anshi himself thinks?

Han Gang felt that he should also be self-conscious, and if he couldn't go now, he would lose the opportunity to make a comeback. It's just that Han Gang can't ask this, and it's not appropriate to say it to anyone. However, after the banquet, Wang Gang gave Han Gang a private letter, and when he saw the handwriting on the cover, it was Wang Anshi's.

Wang Anshi rarely wrote directly to Han Gang, and it was Wang Yan who had more contact with Han Gang. In front of the king, Han Gang unfolded the letterhead.

After reading it at a glance, Han Gang also had to admit that it was indeed not fortunate that Wang Anshi was able to go to the position of prime minister. In general, it is easy to see others, but it is difficult to see yourself. Wang Anshi can face up to his own situation, which is much more difficult than Han Gang watching from the sidelines and drawing conclusions.

In this letter, Wang Anshi has faintly revealed that he will not be able to sit in the position of prime minister for a long time. But the key is what situation to use to go to office, whether to leave office due to sin, or to invite out of office with full merits, the two situations are related to whether the new law will kill people, and it is also related to whether he can be the prime minister again, so Wang Anshi does not pay attention to it.

The key to everything is how to survive this catastrophe, and the problem still falls on the displaced people in Hebei!