Chapter 30: The Rising Tide of Madness (Part II)
[Well, this year's business is over. Desperately make up for it today. This is the first update]
There was chaos in the court.
I thought that after getting Feng Jing down, it would be Lu Huiqing who would be promoted to prime minister, and at worst, it should be Wang Jue, an old member of politics, who participated in politics - although Wang Jue is not personally attached to the New Party, he will not go against the will of the Son of Heaven, as long as the Son of Heaven wants to implement the new law, he will not oppose it, Wang Jue as the prime minister is also a reluctantly acceptable choice for the New Party - this is also to maintain the stability of the new law.
Lu Huiqing and Zhang Dian both thought that the Son of Heaven would think like this, but who knew that Lu Dao turned out to be Wu Chong, and it was Lu Gong who took Wu Chong's place.
Lu Huiqing does not give up, after all, the current Yushitai is still biased towards the new party, if there is a chance, get ironclad evidence that Wu Chong or Lu Gongzhu will be nailed, and it is not impossible to turn the tables. But no one can say how long Deng Runfu, the head of the one, can control the Yushitai?
After all, the prime minister and the privy envoy have become members of the old party, and if they plan to mix sand into the imperial history platform, which is almost inevitable, whether it is Wang Anshi, Lu Yijian, Han Qi, there is no prime minister in power who does not do this, then things will become very troublesome.
In addition to showing respect to their immediate superiors in etiquette, many of the imperial historians simply ignored the orders of the Imperial Historian - this is what the Son of Heaven is looking forward to seeing, no one would want the Imperial Historical Observatory, which has the power of impeachment and interrogation, to become a power organ that speaks in the same tone - Deng Runfu's binding power on his subordinates is actually very small, and it is equal to nothing.
Zhang Dian also wondered, why did the emperor appoint the old party? It's not that I can't think of a reason, but there are too many possibilities, and I don't know which one is right. So Zhang Dian simply didn't want to. Anyway, he just wants to stop for a while now and see what kind of medicine is sold in the gourd of the Son of Heaven.
The revenue brought to the treasury by the new laws of green seedlings, exemption from military service, and market trade is already a large proportion compared with the annual summer and autumn taxes. If you want to repeal the new law, think about how big a hole it will create for the imperial court's finances.
If Wu Chong dares to do something in this matter, Zhang Dian will be happy to see him reap the consequences, and the excess money will not be changed, and the successive disasters in the past few years have made the treasury like a drain. I didn't have much savings at all. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and no matter how capable the prime minister is, he can't cope with tens of millions of holes, and Wu Chong, in Zhang Dian's opinion, can only be regarded as a middle-class talent.
Zhang Dian is not as unwilling as Lu Huiqing, his qualifications are shallow but his status is stable, the privy deputy can be at least two or three years, and he also needs to sit for two or three years, and he does not expect to be able to jump up, and Lu Huiqing just wants to dominate the world, and is not willing to do things under Wu Chong.
Zhang Dian snorted coldly from his nose, and he didn't know who it was aimed at. But he quickly lowered his head and looked at the thick pages in his hand.
This is the homework of his sons, although he has invited Xixi, and the guests in the family are also talented, but Zhang Dian is used to checking every ten days and half a month.
Zhang's family is a big family in Fujian, and it is a scholarly family, the prime minister has been out, the champion has also been out, and the competition between the rooms is very strong, otherwise Zhang Dian would not have given up the position of Jinshi who was admitted to Jiayou in the second year because he was unwilling to succumb to his nephew Zhang Heng.
At present, he is already a high-ranking ruling official, and his nephew, who is ten years older than his own, is now far inferior to himself. It's just that he has won half a step now, but if his son can't be admitted to the Jinshi, he will still be embarrassed, even if he can be the prime minister, he will still be secretly laughed at in the clan. Where is the arrogant Zhang Dian willing to accept such a shame.
For his sons' homework, Zhang Duan has always had twelve points of patience, but also has the same degree of harshness. Nodding his head, shaking his head, then shaking his head, nodding his head, and the pen in his hand kept correcting it on the original volume.
It's just that with a satisfied look in this pickiness, after seeing a new volume, it immediately turns into the frozen Yellow River in the nine cold days, and under the thick ice, there is a rolling torrent that is about to burst out.
"Get me the chapter!" Zhang Dian drank loudly outside the study, and immediately someone agreed, and the footsteps ran away in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Zhi, the second son of Zhang Dun, was quickly found, and when he came to the door, his face had become like a piece of Chengxintang paper, and his steps were about to be lifted and stopped, but he didn't dare to take a step in.
"Don't let me in yet!" Zhang Duan broke off in the room. Zhang Zhi didn't dare to disobey, so he had to shrink his head and bow his waist, and move into the room with small steps.
Zhang Zhi was like this, and Zhang Dian was even angrier. As soon as his son entered the room, Zhang Dian took the paper and shook in front of him, "This is your homework?!" None of the questions in Yi and Shu were answered correctly, what are you playing these days? ”
"Child...... The child ......" and his tongue was knotted.
Zhang Dan's face was cold, "Don't think I don't know what you're playing. I asked for money from your mother to buy a crystal mirror, how many times did I ask for it, and how many dollars did I buy?! Do you have bad eyes? ”
Zhang Zhi confessed: "The child is making a microscope. ”
"Microscope?" As the name suggests, Zhang Duan quickly figured out the actual use, "What's the difference with Han Yukun's magnifying glass?" ”
"It's a hundred times stronger than a magnifying glass! The concave lens and the convex lens are overlapped and wrapped in two paper tubes or cylinders made of copper to make a microscope. It is as small as an antworm, and the whiskers, legs, eyes, and mouths on its body can be seen clearly. That is, both lenses have to be specially selected, and they can come in handy if they are not used at random. ”
Zhang Dian's face looked better, and his tone was not so stern, "Whose invention is this microscope?" Where do you know? He didn't think it was Han Gang's invention, otherwise Han Gang would definitely tell him in the two years he worked together in Guangxi.
Zhang Zhi shook his head: "I don't know who it came from, anyway, many people in the capital are making their own now." The child learned it from the prison of the country. He peeked at Zhang Dun, lowered his head and said, "The child also wants to learn from things, so he will build this microscope." ”
Hearing that Zhang Zhi was just going with the flow, Zhang Dian's face had softened a little, and he immediately became cold again.
"Han Yukunzhi is a godsend, and he can see simple things, no one can summarize them before him. The more superficial this kind of knowledge, the more it can be seen. It's like a poem by the husband of the court, which looks easy, but no one can learn it. If you want to sink into it and study it, wait until you have mastered all six classics! ”
After being reprimanded by the storm, Zhang Zhifang withdrew from his father's study with a white face.
"Daddy has been in a bad mood lately, brother, you just happened to bump into it." Zhang Yuan came out of nowhere, looked at the door of the study that had not yet been closed, and said with a grin.
"Don't even try to escape!" Zhang Zhi was ruthless, "You can't miss out on the third brother." Don't think that you secretly went to the Keju field in the east of the city two days ago, I don't know what to do! This year's finals are pretty, right?! ”
"I can get through it anyway." Zhang Yuan didn't care, his results were a little better than Zhang Zhi's.
But then there was another roar in the study, and seeing the third son's recent homework, Zhang's anger came up again.
Zhang Yuan couldn't laugh, but Zhang Zhi's face had a relieved smile, "Brother, 'Zi Qimian'......"
At this time, a family member hurriedly came from outside, entered the study, and heard Zhang Dan's surprised voice from inside, "Yukun has finally arrived in Beijing?!" ”
"It's dangerous." Zhang Yuan was pardoned, and left the unwilling Zhang Zhi to run away first.
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The Prime Minister's Mansion, which originally belonged to Wang Anshi, has been recovered by Kaifeng Mansion. Wang followed Wang Anshi back to Jiangning and worked in the local grain institute. And the Han Gang family, who lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion, couldn't go to Jiangning with them, so they moved out.
Although a few more children were added, and the mothers-in-law, maids, and nurses who served them were hired a lot, Wang Yi, the housewife, moved out of the prime minister's mansion with the family, and still lived in the original courtyard.
The population of the family is large, and the old mansion is too narrow, and it does not meet the identity of the master of Longtu Pavilion. However, Han Gang's position has long been made public. Since the head of the family will soon be in Jingxi, the whole family can follow him, and he doesn't care about the small size of the mansion. Squeeze it temporarily, but you can still endure it, and it seems that the home is more lively.
However, on this day, Han Longtu's Mansion was so lively that it was almost noisy, but the surrounding neighbors just sent someone to inquire, and they understood why it was so noisy.
The owner of this home has finally returned.
As early as yesterday, when it was almost night, the family sent back by Han Gang in advance finally brought the news home. In order to welcome Han Gang's return, the Han Mansion was in a hurry from top to bottom.
Wang Yi is worthy of being a big woman, she has been in charge of the house for several years, commanding them one by one, and arranging them from the inside to the outside. When it all stopped, it was almost noon.
Wang Yi rested, busy all morning, but also tired. Yan Suxin went to the small stove in the backyard and prepared to cook a few good side dishes for her husband herself. And Zhou Nan looked at a few children.
Yun Niang has become a mother, but her heart is still like a girl, and she is anxious to guard outside the door: "The third brother should also arrive, right?" ”
Wang Yi pulled her, "The front has already sent people to guard the city gate, and if the officials arrive, they will rush back to report first." ”
"But ......" Yun Niang was still anxious.
"Yun girl, don't let people see jokes. Sit back and wait with peace of mind, the officials will not delay......"
Before the words fell, the outer courtyard shouted one after another: "Go back to ...... It's back. Longtu, it's back! ”