As soon as the leaves fall, they know that the world is autumn, and the officials in the capital don't even need to see the leaves fall to know that autumn has come.

Cai did lead the impeachment, and Wu Chong sent Shen Kuo's inconvenient text on the service law to the desk of the Son of Heaven, which angered the Son of Heaven. Almost in one day, the originally hot mansion of the three envoys suddenly became crowded. And several popular candidates who are likely to take over from the Hanlin Bachelor and the Third Envoy are full of guests in the blink of an eye. Everyone was waiting for the Son of Heaven to send down the edict that denounced Shen Kuo.

When Han Gang personally came to visit, he didn't see a carriage and ox cart parked in front of the Shen family's mansion. There were only a few horses, and the lonely row of horse tie stones were all empty, and only two were occupied. In the past, I'm afraid that if you come late, you won't even want to squeeze in.

"It's eerie, these three mansions are really unlucky." After a family member of a cronie brought out by Han Gang shivered, he muttered.

Han Gang smiled when he heard this, judging from the fate of the three envoys over the years, it was indeed not very lucky.

The mansion of the three envoys was newly built a few years ago when Xue Xiang was in office, the river is in front of the door, and the big shrine is behind the house.

However, this rumor is somewhat credible, Xue Xiang himself did not live in this mansion, but Zeng Bu, Yuan Jiang, and Deng Juan all lived in after him, and they all ended up in the position of the third envoy without exception.

Han Gang got off the horse, and immediately had a companion take his name card to the front of the house and find the Shen family's Si Yan to hand it over.

The Si Yan people of Shen Kuo's family were listlessly guarding the gate. As long as there is a basket in front of him, it can be used to catch sparrows, and he knows what a gap is. Just a few days ago, he was able to earn a consistent half-consistent extra income a day, and now it would be nice to have a ten-thousand-dollar income.

Finally, I saw a group of people coming, but in this group of people, there was neither a flag nor a person wearing official robes, and it seemed to be a tall young man in the lead, who was dressed in a Confucian green cloth shirt, just like an ordinary scholar—except that there were more people around him.

It's just that when he lazily took Han Gang's name card from his companion's hand, and before he could read the name on the name card, he heard the title of Jingxi Metropolitan Transfer Envoy and Longtu Pavilion Bachelor from the other party's mouth, and he jumped in shock. Staring at Han Gang with wide eyes and looking at Han Gang again, it is not a show talent with a little more entourage, but a high-ranking official style of Weifu's private interview.

Si Yan hurriedly ran in, and after a while, the middle door opened, and Shen Kuo came out directly.

"Brother Cun!" Han Gang was also taken aback when he saw Shen Kuo.

Originally, Shen Kuo had three long beards more than half a foot long, and he had the ease of a scholar. But now Shen Cunzhong, who appeared in front of Han Gang, had a pinch of flowing long beard, and the bald place was black like a black mole the size of a finger, judging from the color, it was an ointment to heal the wound.

But as soon as he saw the embarrassed expression on Shen Kuo's face, Han Gang put away his surprise, and didn't see anything at all, "Brother Cun, don't come unharmed." ”

Shen Kuo smiled bitterly, "In this situation, how can it be said that it is okay?" He affectionately took Han Gang's hand, "Yukun came to the door today, the foolish brother really didn't expect it, and asked the family to speak." ”

Han Gang did not hesitate and walked in with Shen Kuo.

In the living room, the guests and hosts were divided, and after a few words of greeting. Shen Kuo cautiously asked Han Gang what he meant, "Brother Fool's current situation, Yukun should also know the truth." I wonder what the purpose of coming here today is? If it is a reminiscence, the foolish brother has inherited Yukun's love. ”

"Renewing is also a thing. The service law has been implemented for many years, and there may be unsatisfactory places, if it can be corrected, it is also a good thing, but it is inevitable that the middle brother will act a little Meng Lang. Seeing that Shen Kuo's face was a little embarrassed, Han Gang glanced at the screen blocking the top of the hall, and said with a smile: "Han Gang didn't come to the door to ask for the guilt, presumably the middle brother also knows what errand Han Gang is carrying now." ”

Shen Kuo nodded, "Yukun presiding over the Xianghan Caoqu must be confident. With Yukun's talent, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court should wait for good news. ”

"The little brother is ashamed." Han Gang humbled himself, "Brother Cun's great talent is more important than the world, astronomy and geography, river engineering and water conservancy, and he knows everything......"

Shen Kuo shook his head when he heard this, "With Yukun here, where can the foolish brother afford these words, he is ashamed of himself, he is ashamed." ”

Han Gang looked at Shen Kuo's dejected appearance and stopped praising him. The smile of the entertainment style was retracted, and Zhengse said: "Han Gang wants to say something offensive, and he also hopes to save his middle brother Haihan." ”

After Shen Kuo nodded and said, 'But it doesn't hurt to say it', Han Gang continued: "According to the current situation, Brother Cun can only be released, and it is difficult to stay in the capital anymore. ”

Behind the screen in the living room, a very slight cold snort suddenly sounded, Shen Kuo was embarrassed, and Han Gang didn't hear it: "But if you go out, you also have two choices." One is to treat the crime, the other is to make meritorious contributions, dare to ask which one is willing to choose for Brother Cun? ”

Shen Kuo is also an extremely smart person, and when Han Gang mentioned this, he also figured it out: "Does Yukun want the foolish brother to go to Jingxi?" ”

"Xianghan Caoqu, Han Gang is difficult to support alone. But if there is the help of the middle brothers, there should be no hindrance in this matter. Han Gang smiled, "Once the Xianghan Cao Canal is completed, it will be the second Bianhe." Even if there is a great fault in the past, it is enough to get through. ”

Shen Kuo groaned, Han Gang's proposal was indeed very attractive to him, and he could afford to atone for his sins. This time, there was no sound behind the screen.

Shen Kuo thought for a long time, and Han Gang quietly waited for his reply. It's just that after the last moment, Shen Kuo glanced at the screen, but said: "Yukun is rare to visit, and there are some coarse tea and light wine in the foolish brother's house, please wait a while, wait for the foolish brother to give instructions." ”

Han Gang smiled, knowing that Shen Kuo didn't dare to specialize in this matter, he needed to go in and ask. However, presumably his Hedong Lion, no matter how tyrannical his personality is, will not be stupid enough to ruin Shen Kuo's chance of making a comeback. nodded, "It's okay, I haven't drunk with Brother Cun for a long time, and today I should be drunk together." ”

Shen Kuo's side was finalized, and after Han Gang drank a meal at Shen's house, he got an affirmative answer. The remaining question is to convince the Son of Heaven.

Of course, this matter is not difficult, and the Son of Heaven should also want to see the Xianghan Cao Road open as soon as possible. If you open up a new road to communicate between the north and the south one day earlier, the safety of Kaifeng will be more.

Shen Kuo is still very good in terms of talent, and he is also well-known in the DPRK. In the first two years, Shen Kuo took the lead in measuring the difference between the terrain of Bianjing and Sizhou, and the result of the most measured was 19 zhang 4 feet 8 inches and 6 minutes. In addition, when he was in office, he created many water conservancy projects, and thousands of hectares of fertile land were opened up by him. If he assists Han Gang, of course, it is a strong alliance and grasps more points.

The day after Han Gang returned, he handed over the seal that had been written, hoping that the imperial court could arrange for an official who was good at water conservancy and civil engineering to go to Ruzhou or Tangzhou - Fangcheng Mountain is the boundary mountain between the two prefectures and counties - although Han Gang did not name Shen Kuo in the chapter, but it is self-evident who the most skilled official in the court is besides Han Gang.

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Ji changed the Xuanzhou on the edict to Tangzhou, and agreed to let Shen Kuo go to Jingxi to make meritorious contributions. But the fact that Han Gang asked Shen Kuo to help was still much more unexpected than the world. Especially Shen Kuo's capricious appearance on the wall, now the new party and the old party are not welcomed, people hate ghosts and haters, and the DPRK and China are in an uproar.

Han Gang wrote a letter requesting that Shen Kuo be released to Tangzhou, which actually helped him a lot. As long as Xianghan Caoqu succeeds, with this credit, he can redeem the old mistakes, and maybe there is a head.

Privately, Wang Shao also asked the reason, but Han Gang answered as honestly as possible.

He has his own plans for the future, and he doesn't plan to spend too much time in Jingxi.

Although the Xianghan Cao Canal has not been opened in history, the old roads are all there, as long as a little dredging can be done. Only the section that passes through the Fangcheng Pass should be dug deeply, at least six or seven zhang deep. In terms of earthwork, it was basically an astronomical amount in this era. Not to mention that if there are rocks underneath, it will be even more powerless.

Han Gang intends to skip this hurdle by using the track. But since he said that he would re-dig the Xianghan Cao Canal, then the section of the channel at the Fangcheng Pass cannot be ignored, otherwise there will be people who pick bones in their eggs.

So Han Gang needs someone to take over. As long as he himself can guarantee the capacity of one million stones through the orbit, then the mission he undertakes will be considered a success. Next, continue to dig the task of digging the canal at Fangcheng Pass, and Han Gang can hand it over to Ruzhou and Tangzhou to take over, and there is no need for him, the transfer envoy of the capital of western Beijing, to continue to think about it.

However, Wang Shao did not spread Han Gang's words, so the next day he attracted another person to question.

"Yukun, do you know what Lu Dao Cai Zhizheng said to someone in Yushi Taizhong yesterday," the next day, Zhang Dian came over for this matter, and he was really a little unhappy that Han Gang had not ventilated in advance.

"Cai Qu?" Han Gang Zhilu said: This time, it was Cai Qu who led the impeachment of Shen Kuo. Compared with Cai Qu's ability to choose a position, Shen Kuo is indeed too far behind. Cai did strike a blow at Wang Anshi back then, but his career did not suffer many setbacks, and now he can be promoted to the middle of history, but Shen Kuo left in embarrassment.

"What did he say?" Han Gang asked.

"'It is said that Shu Gong is good at releasing life, and he buys live fish in the market every day, but I didn't expect Han Yukun to learn to release it.' Zhang Dian learned Cai Qu's tone, "Don't fall into the water, you can't even make a splash." ”

When Han Gang heard this, his expression moved, "Jiayue is sure that he wants to be the Duke of Shu Kingdom?" ”

Han Gang looked at him left and right, Zhang Dian shook his head helplessly, and had to let this matter go, Shen Kuo is also talented no matter how he says, Han Gang has his help, and Xiang Han Caoyun's grasp is one more point, "Don't you know Yu Kun, Prime Minister Jiefu resigned from Jiangning Mansion, and the resignation of the palace envoy has already reached the third copy - the first letter was just two days after arriving in Jiangning." It has been agreed yesterday, and the Son of Heaven has also agreed, and Jiang Ning, the minister of Jiefu, will resign from his post and reorganize the Xiguan envoy, and in two days, when the Taichang Rite Yuan will finish making the book, an edict will be issued. ”