Zhao Gang was very satisfied with Han Gang, but Han Gang had a deep hidden disgust for the emperor who sat on it and questioned him. It was not for Zhao Ji, but the position of the Son of Heaven made Han Gang feel jealous and disgusted from the bottom of his bones.

Han Gang doesn't have the heart to rebel now-with the current situation, it's still serious to work for people - but the person sitting on the royal couch will decide his fate when he is happy or angry. Han Gang, who likes to control the situation, has a heartfelt hatred for his fate to be manipulated by others, but he can't express it.

This kind of feeling, in front of Wang Anshi and Wang Shao, Han Gang has never felt it. But in terms of talent and intelligence, Zhao Ji, who is far inferior to Wang Anshi and Wang Shao, is far superior to his prime minister and ruling in this regard.

This is a matter of status.

It's no wonder that some people say that a companion is like a tiger. It's no wonder that after seeing the Son of Heaven, some people are not trembling and sweating like pulp; is trembling, sweating dare not come out. In this state where people can't grasp their own safety, although Han Gang is not as unbearable as Zhong Hui and Zhong Yu when they see Emperor Wei Wendi, it is indeed very uncomfortable.

With the depth of Hangang's city, it is not immune to a little influence on the state of mind. And this kind of influence, in Zhao Ji's eyes, is Han Gang's restrainedness.

But this restraint is actually just right, and it also makes Zhao Ji feel the sincerity and fear that he should have as a courtier from Han Gang. If Han Gang can still maintain a general attitude in front of Wang Anshi and Wang Shao in the Chongzheng Palace, it will inevitably be too disrespectful to the Son of Heaven.

Misunderstanding Han Gang's attitude, Zhao Ji was even more satisfied, "Han Qing has had many honors since he became an official. Not to mention Hehuang, even Luo Wu and Xianyang also relied on Han Qing's disregard for his own safety. ”

Han Gang bowed: "The minister has received the special grace of His Majesty, and he dares not to bow to the fullest." ”

Zhao Ji nodded and smiled. Although Han Gang was recommended by Wang Shao, Zhang Shouyue and others, he was specially authorized by Zhao Ji to send him. Without Zhao Ji's approval and taking the normal route, it would be impossible for Han Gang to become an official at the age of eighteen and be sent. Zhao Ji was also complacent about his vision, not to mention Han Gang, it was Wang Shao himself, who directly promoted him from the selection of people to court officials, and let him go to Kansai to make meritorious contributions, is it not his Zhao Ji's dictatorship? !

Han Gang said this, of course, he was scratching Zhao Ji's itch. However, Zhao Ji asked Han Gang to enter the palace, and he would not be a family affair and say something about hello and me, let alone listen to Han Gang's flattery. He also has obedient sycophants around him. It is much better than Han Gang, and there is no need for Han Gang, who is not very qualified in this regard, to occupy a position.

"I heard that before Han Qing went to Beijing to catch the exam, he once made another invention in Xihe, and helped Gao Zunyu once with forceps?"

Compared with the court, Zhao Ji's current concern is not inferior to the implementation of the new law. He already had two sons, none of whom survived. Without a son, the family fortune will fall into the hands of someone else. For ordinary people, the so-called family business is nothing more than a hundred thousands. But Zhao Ji's family business is a big empire with a population of hundreds of millions and a territory of thousands of miles.

It is a matter of the family and the country, and Han Gang can also understand what Zhao Ji asked about this matter as the first question. He nodded: "Don't dare to hide Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing." The forceps are a thing, which was created by the ministers after the relatives of Gao Zunyu suffered from childbirth difficulties and asked for the minister's head. ”

"I didn't expect Han Qing to have such talent." Zhao Ji smiled slightly, but his body leaned forward, and his expression became more focused, "Could it be that Han Qing has really seen the Medicine King?" ”

"The medicine king Sun Zhenren, the minister has never had a chance to see him, and it is just a rumor in the world." Regarding the folk rumors, Han Gang of course denied it to the end, and said very modestly, "Can really make production pliers in one hour, one relies on the silversmith from Shudi, and the other relies on the old woman who has delivered 10,000 people for 30 years, and the minister is just raising it." ”

"Isn't it enough to make withdrawals? The silversmith has made many objects, and Wen Po has been delivering babies for thirty years, but they didn't expect it before. Only Han Qing's withdrawal finally had a thing of forceps. Zhao Ji praised Han Gang's invention of production forceps, not without reason, "Song Cairen in the palace has been pregnant for nine months, and in about half a month, she will give birth." When the time comes, you will have to rely on Han Qing's forceps to make a contribution. ”

Hearing that there were concubines waiting to give birth in the palace, Han Gang secretly said that this was the case. congratulated Zhao Ji in advance, and then he said with a straight face: "Forceps are to prevent one corpse from two lives, and the mother and son have to die." Once used, it will be used to cut the skull with manpower, and I am afraid that there will be a danger of stupidity in the future. Please also ask Your Majesty to investigate this matter. ”

Han Gang must be vaccinated, otherwise he will definitely be unlucky if something happens. It's like a doctor going to a patient's home, often talking about the illness, and then something happens before he can get out. It's a precautionary measure.

After Zhao Ji heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed, knowing that the forceps could not be used. As a royal family, unlike the wealthy officials outside, they can afford the danger of their heirs' stupidity. If Song Cai gave birth to a son this time, but this son became stupid because of the use of forceps, the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty would be in danger in the future. No one can guarantee that there will be people with bad intentions who will bring out a Song 'Emperor Hui'.

Zhao Ji's heart was a little colder, but he still praised Han Gang's talent: "Sand table military chess, thunderbolt cannons, spirits, and forceps, Han Qing's talent is not only in military and political affairs, but also in general." Although Han Qing said that you have not met Sun Simiao, this talent of invention can only be justified by heaven. ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know anything." Han Gang defended himself, "Whether it is a military chess sand table, or a thunderbolt, or a spirit, or a tongs. It is the result of applying the truth of learning from things to the real thing. It is the legend of a Confucian saint, and there is no power of ghosts and gods! ”

Although Han Gang single-handedly founded the sanatorium system, and the rumors of the disciples of the Medicine King made him even more famous in the army and among the people. But Han Gang never had the idea of being in charge of the Taiyi Bureau. Hygiene management and medical ethics are far from perfect, Han Gang understands this very well, and he can't leave a wrong impression on Zhao Ji. And the ability to invent and create oneself must not be related to gods and ghosts, and must be grafted onto the Confucian Avenue.

"Knowledge?" Zhao Ji frowned, in his memory, the explanations given by Zheng and Kong would not make forceps. "But what is Jang Jae's ingenious opinion?"

Zhao Ji's guess was not bad, Han Gang explained to him in detail the new solution of Gewu Zhizhi today, and said later: "Not only is it a family teacher, but Cheng Bochun and Cheng Zhengshu, who are now lecturing in Songyang Academy, are also pioneering in Gewu Zhizhi. ”

"This new solution is indeed ingenious......," Zhao Ji nodded slowly, comparing the two different interpretations of Han Confucianism, Tang Confucianism and today's Confucianism in his heart.

He is already preparing to set up the Jingyi Bureau and prepare for 'one morality', that is, to make Wang Anshi's scholarship stand out from today's hundred Confucian schools and become an official school approved by the imperial court. However, it is not necessarily a good thing to learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to 'depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone', just like Gewu Zhizhi's statement, he has never heard of it from Wang Anshi and Wang Yan, but the effect is obvious.

This is an ingenious evaluation, and Han Gang can't bear it. The new is not as good as the ancient, just like Wang Anshi's implementation of the new law, he has to find excuses for himself from three generations.

"Fu Xi saw the river map and played gossip, Xia Yu received Luo Shu and divided Kyushu, Cangjie saw the traces of birds and beasts' hooves and claws, so he constructed a book deed. As for the folk, there is also a legend that the public loses the silk grass and makes a saw. All these things are the application of the knowledge of things. Many of the inventions of the ministers are just the learning of the ancestors. ”

It is the talent of the literati to pull things that are not marginal to one time. Han Gang has more or less a little bit of it, at least he really wants to say that. If the Son of Heaven can be persuaded with this, it will be much easier to promote this new solution of Gewu Zhizhi. And invention and creation can be attached to the study of sages, and when someone comes to attack Han Gang's miscellaneous studies, he will also have a weapon to fight back.

Time passed quickly, from the afternoon into the palace, the two of them asked and answered, Han Gang had been in the Chongzheng Palace for more than an hour, which was a very rare situation when Zhao Ji met with his courtiers in the past. Except for a few important ministers, there are not many ministers who can stay in front of His Majesty for even a quarter of an hour.

As the conversation deepened, Zhao Ji became more and more interested in Han Gang.

Han Gang, who is now in the palace, has something to say, sees things clearly, and analyzes the military and political affairs in Kansai to the fullest. Even if the past merits are put aside, such a courtier is worth reusing.

"Han Qing's official is still Dr. Guozijian now." After getting Han Gang's admission, Zhao Ji said to himself, "If you have a Jinshi and become a doctor Taichang, it will be difficult to do it." He raised his eyes again and asked, "Does Han Qing have a pavilion?" ”

Han Gang shook his head: "Not yet." ”

"This is my mistake, with Han Qing's official rank, even the Secret Pavilion can be used." Zhao Ji was apologetic in his heart, "It's the first appointment, and you can't be promoted too high." In this way, first take the position of school manager with Han Qing Jixian, and after a year and a half, it is not too late to transfer to the Secret Pavilion. ”

As a court official, especially a court official valued by the Son of Heaven, it is impossible not to have a museum position or a post post. Although nominally these are for the literary elite, in fact, when you reach a certain position, as long as you are not a guilty minister, it is logical to get a librarian position - there is no librarian post, and you are embarrassed to say that you are a civil servant who can go to the court outside.

With Jinshi in hand, it is reasonable for Han Gang to be awarded a post. It's just a museum job, so he doesn't have to look forward to it, and the work in Chongwen Academy is not something he can handle. Not to mention that before entering the pavilion, you have to take an exam. is not as good as the scriptures of the imperial examination, but the entrance examination is all about poetry and songs.