That night, Wang Shao and Wang Hou each came back from the palace. I asked about Han Gang's appointment today.

When Wang Hou heard that Han Gang asked him to come to the door to reply to Wang Anshi's proposal, he immediately took the case and asked sharply: "Yukun, did the Wang family force you?!" ”

Han Gang sat in his seat, calm, and asked rhetorically: "If the two officials of the Wang Xianggong's family really come to force me, do you think I will be forced to agree?" Or do you refuse to do it in one bite? ”

Wang Hou sat down in a daze, how could he not know Han Gang's temper, but after a while, he changed his tune, when did Han Gang become so easy to speak?

Wang Shao was also a little puzzled, so he asked, "Yukun, what's going on?" ”

"It was just a conversation. Today's Qingfeng Lou covenant, if the Wang family oppresses people with power, Han Gang will definitely not pay attention to them anymore. But there is no way to talk about it, and Han Gang is not an unkind person. delayed the second little lady of the Wang family for nearly a year, and she was also unhappy. ”

Han Gang didn't mean to hide it, but he couldn't say that the second daughter of the Wang family came to the door and changed his mind. If it comes to fruition, the second little lady of the Wang family is his wife, how can Han Gang watch her reputation go bad? Even if Wang Shao and Wang Hou are not sparse people, it is better to keep their own affairs in their own hearts.

Wang Shao unexpectedly misunderstood, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled, laughing very happily: "I didn't expect Wang Yuanze to have a day when he bowed his head." He smiled and said to Han Gang and Wang Hou: "At the scripture feast, Wang Yuanze gave it with his tongue and tongue, and he refused to forgive people at all, and he was a few points better than Wang Xianggong." Wu Chong forced him to step down several times. ”

At a glance, Han Gang stopped talking, and Wang Shao smiled slightly: "Yukun rest assured, this matter will not be said to the outside world, let alone asked Wang Yuanze...... In the Wang family's big ya, there is not much broad-mindedness. ”

"Your Excellency will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow?" Wang Hou asked.

"Even if it is Yukun's entrustment, it should be done as soon as possible." Wang Shao nodded, "I can't imagine that I, the woman's matchmaker, have done it, and the man's matchmaker will do it again." Looking at the current situation, Yukun, your parents, do you want me to act as your agent......"

Many of the jinshi in each subject were pulled to be sons-in-law under the yellow list. There was no matchmaker's words, let alone the order of the parents, and after looking at the dowry directly, he entered the cave room. Which family recruits a son-in-law dares to delay time and let the son-in-law who grabbed the hand go back to his hometown to show his parents?

It's just that it's close, those Fujian and Liangguang Jinshi, separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, don't know how long it will be delayed. Basically, they are looking for a high-ranking official with status to act as an agent.

Han Gang's situation is similar, it is impossible to let his parents come to the capital. It is even more impossible for Wang Anshi to let his son send his daughter to Longxi to get married. It will only be a wedding in Beijing first, and then the husband and wife will return to their hometown together to see their parents again. In such a situation, Wang Shao has to be bothered.

The matter was agreed at home, and Wang Shao went to Wang Anshi's house the next day. It was the first time for Wang Shao to visit the Prime Minister's Mansion as a privy deputy envoy. Seeing a team of deputies from Xifu coming over, the officials in front of Wang Anshi's house who asked to see him avoided them one after another.

In the past, when Wang Shao came to visit Wang Anshi's mansion, he was led in at the side door next to the main entrance, but today his identity is different. Not long after the name was reported, the main door of Wang Anshi's house, nailed with rows of copper nails, creaked open, and Wang Yan and Wang next to the two brothers came out together.

The Wang Yan brothers were all smiling, knowing why Wang Shao came today, they had been waiting for him for a long time. bowed and welcomed Wang Shao into the house from the main entrance.

In the main hall, Wang Anshi descended to greet him. In the daughter's marriage, Wang Shao was in the middle. Wang Anshi also owes him a big favor, some of the previous discord and unhappiness, in front of this favor, are like confetti, blown away by the wind.

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Although it was not publicized to the public, the news spread quickly. After all, Wang Shao's visit to Wang Anshi can't be hidden. The private communication between the privy deputy envoy and the prime minister will inevitably trigger the nerves of the Imperial City Division.

On the second day when Wang Anshi and Wang Shao finalized the marriage of Hangang and Wang Yi, after the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Shao left Wang Shao.

Of course, Zhao Ji couldn't ask about yesterday's events directly, but asked about official business first: "Wang Qing, it's time to settle the position of the Xihe Road Envoy, I don't know what you think?" ”

"This matter is all up to His Majesty to decide, or to discuss with the Chinese book. The minister is the deputy of the privy council, how can this matter be interjected? ”

Not surprisingly, Wang Shao refused to reply directly. It is the power of the Zhongshu, not the Privy Council, to decide on the frontier subjects. But Zhao Ji knew that when it came to his concern for Xihe Road, Wang Shao was above anyone in the court.

"I don't know what happened to Shen Qi?"

Zhao Ji asked about Wang Shao's evaluation of people this time, so that he didn't need to avoid taboos when he replied, "Shen Qi is Qin Shuai, he is rigorous in managing the army, and he has meritorious deeds. The ministers have the ambition of Ban Chao and Ma Yuan, not the people who follow the rules. ”

Although Wang Shao was praising Shen Qi, how could Zhao Qi not understand, secretly saying that Shen Qi was so happy, and after serving as the envoy of Xihe, it would inevitably cause a storm.

"What about Cai Yanqing?"

"Since Cai Yanqing took charge of the Qinfeng Transit Division, Xizhou and Hezhou have won many battles. The minister can worry about the future, and the merit of Yanqing is also. ”

'Are you worry-free?' Zhao Ji already understood Wang Shao's tendency, and what he said was exactly what he wanted.

"What does Wang Qing think about Meishan?"

Zhao Ji continued to ask, and Wang Shao expressed his opinion to the Son of Heaven. After asking the right questions on business, Zhao Ji took a breath and asked people to bring tea soup and sip it one by one.

The Son of Heaven pretended to ask Wang Shao casually: "I heard that the Qing family went to visit the prime minister's house yesterday, didn't you have any official business to discuss?" ”

Wang Shao was left right today, but Wang Anshi was not stayed, that is, the Son of Heaven must ask about yesterday's visit to the Prime Minister's Mansion. I talked nonsense in the front, and finally asked the main question after the end.

Wang Shao hid anger in his heart, thinking about when to find an excuse to scold the secret agent staff of the Imperial City Division who was peeping at the door of his house, so as to save them from being too unscrupulous.

However, if you are ruthless, the question of the Son of Heaven must be answered as soon as possible: "Yesterday's visit to Wang Anshi was not for official business, but for a happy event. ”

"Happy event?" Zhao Ji has a good memory, and he can still remember that Wang Anshi's family has a daughter Yun Ying who is not married, "which son of the Qing family is it......"

Zhao Ji stopped halfway through speaking, and shook his head. Although it is not that there is no such thing as Lao Tzu coming to the door to ask for his son's marriage, the proposal between normal scholars and doctors is either to ask a matchmaker with the right identity, or to write a letter and ask someone to send it over.

What's more, with Wang Shao's identity, it is impossible to be in-law with Wang Anshi. The privy envoys are already the prime minister's in-laws, and another privy deputy envoy is added to marry the prime minister. What did he think of his court?

Zhao Ji quickly figured it out: "By the way, Han Gang lives in the Qing family's house. ”

The day before yesterday, I heard from the Imperial City Division that Han Gang had gone to Beijing, and Zhao Ji also asked Wang Shao, wanting to summon him into the palace to ask the right one. It was only after Wang Shao knew Han Gang's intentions that he gave up.

The inquiring gaze turned to Wang Shao. Zhao Ji's privy deputy nodded: "The minister is going for Han Gang, and he has already made a family relationship with Wang Anshi's second little lady yesterday." ”

"Han Gang is a rare young talent, few people in the same generation can match him, why didn't the Qing family take the lead?"

Zhao Ji has a clear understanding of the current Jinshi's market, and Han Gang is far better than a Jinshi. I had a question in my heart, why didn't Wang Shao recruit Han Gang as his son-in-law?

"The minister's daughter is young and married, but she also once married her niece to Han Gang. It's just that the niece of Chenna, Fu Bo, died of illness due to an epidemic the year before last. The courtiers did not have a more suitable candidate, so they never married Han Gang again. And Han Gang went to Beijing twice before, and he visited the Prime Minister's Mansion and won his attention. The previous time the minister went to Beijing, An Shi entrusted the minister to propose marriage for his daughter. Now that Han Gang is in Beijing, he just gave a reply. ”

Wang Shao said it simply, and there is no need to go into too much detail about the correct performance in front of the Son of Heaven.

Zhao Ji nodded after hearing this, and said that this is the case. What he worries about is the danger of collusion between important ministers and the danger of elevating him, the son of heaven. Like Wang Shao, just helping to pass on the word, there is nothing to worry about.

"Han Gang has made many meritorious deeds, but he has always been humble and self-controlled, and he has the style of the ancients, which is rare in the world. And Prime Minister Wang Cheng worked hard for the country. When Han Gang and his daughter got married, I should also take a generous gift. ”

Zhao Ji will not let go of the opportunity to show grace, and Wang Shao praised the kindness of the Son of Heaven.

Waiting for Wang Shao to retire and leave, the Zaifu in the Chongzheng Hall walked away. Zhao Ji got up and walked to the back of the hall, signaling that Lu Huiqing, who was cultivating the living note, did not need to follow him again.

Zhao Ji groaned and walked in the corridor leading to the harem. Even in the court, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty had to ride on their shoulders many times. But the Son of Heaven in the Song Dynasty, as long as he was in the palace, no matter where he went, he used his own feet to walk.

After walking for a long time, Zhao Ji suddenly sighed: "I didn't expect Han Gang to even do the prime minister's son-in-law." Wang Xianggong is also anxious, why don't you wait until after the list is released? ”

On duty today, followed by Zhao Ji's Guan Gou Imperial City Si Shi Deyi, bowed back to the Son of Heaven's inquiry: "The second little lady of the Wang family is also nineteen, and the first month of the month is twenty." Her marriage has dragged on to this age, and Wang Xianggong must be more anxious than anyone else. Now that you can find Han Gang's son-in-law, how can you wait until after the list is released next year? ”

"So that's the case...... Zhao Ji's question was explained, but a new question then appeared, "Is there any serious illness in Wang Anshi's daughter, or something else, why hasn't she married in her twenties?" ”

Zhao Ji didn't care about Wang Anshi's daughter. If Wang Anshi's second daughter has a serious illness, and Han Gang is still willing to marry him, then his character is questionable. This is not the virtue of never abandoning a wife, but the inferiority of the inflammatory.

"I haven't heard of that." Shi Deyi shook his head, although there are indeed some rumors circulating in the outside world about the second daughter of the Wang family not marrying for a long time, but no matter which one of them is reliable. Of course, this kind of unfounded rumor cannot be told to the Son of Heaven, so if he offends the prime minister, he will be in danger.

After thinking about it, he added, "During the New Year's holidays, you can also see Mrs. Wu of the Prime Minister's family taking her daughter to the Great Xiangguo Temple to offer incense, and I don't see any symptoms." ”

"That's fine." Zhao Ji nodded, and said again, "That's good!" ”