As the wax moon approaches, there is more and more festive atmosphere in the capital.

Not only that, but the pedestrians in the streets and alleys of the market are busy for the upcoming New Year. Even the atmosphere in the court hall has become as hot as the Yuan Ri, which is constantly sounding with firecrackers.

During this time, the Privy Council and the Imperial Historical Observatory had a dispute over the case of the Bozhou military treasury stolen crime, but the last one dragged the political hall into the water.

At the beginning, the case of Yushitai against the Bozhou Military Treasury, the Privy Council improperly convicted, and the case should be handed over to the Bozhou Benzhou Yamen for retrial, but Liu Fengshi, the detailed prosecutor of the Privy Council who handled the case, was partial to his relatives who had Gua Lian in this case, but asked the Picket Criminal Prison Department to decide the case, insisting on confirming the crime of the Bozhou official's previous misuse of the criminal law, this crime must be confirmed, and of course there is no power to change the trial.

For this matter, the cardinal and Wutai exchanged official documents for a while. In order to show his ability, he began to attack Ren Yuan, an old official in the Privy Council, and impeached the Privy Council for colluding and forming a party to protect him.

Wang Shao didn't want to get involved in these bad things, Liu Fengshi and Ren Yuan, and other officials bent the law for personal gain, and he also saw it in his eyes, and it was better for him to get out. And Wang Shao was admitted to the cardinal government because of his side merit, and his foundation in Beijing was unstable, so the most stable strategy was to not get ahead in everything, do a good job in the mess at hand, maintain his own right to speak in Western affairs, and slowly build up his own power. After a few years as a privy envoy, and a few years as a border commander, when he is about fifty, he can return to the court and ascend to the position of privy envoy.

It's just that the Imperial Historical Observatory is not just holding on to Ren Yuan's affairs, but somehow there are rumors that someone in the Imperial Historical Observatory has written to the Son of Heaven and asked to hand over the affairs of the Privy Mansion to the Zhongshu.

Although I don't know whether it's true or not, it's about the authority of the Secret Academy, and even rumors must be reacted to. The so-called is tolerable, which is intolerable. The Privy Council is the same enemy this time, and even if Wang Shao is unwilling, he has to stand on the side of Wu Chong and Cai Ting.

Originally, when Wang Shao was in Hehuang, he was troubled by Wen Yanbo, who was in charge of the Privy Council, three or four times, and he couldn't wait for Wang Anshi to serve as the privy envoy. But now that he is the deputy privy councillor, it is difficult to tolerate the rights of the eastern government to infringe on the western government.

Because of this rumor, the three chief and deputy envoys in the Xifu have not been on duty in the courtyard together since two days ago, and sent the big seal to Zhongshu.

Isn't it a matter of power? I'll leave it to you.

The Great Seal of the Privy Mansion, of course, the Political Affairs Hall did not dare to accept it.

Wang Anshi was generalized, and to be honest, he was also stabbed in a daze. The battle between the Privy Council and the Imperial Observatory inexplicably turned into a confrontation between the authorities of the East and the West. In order to prove his innocence in front of the Son of Heaven and had no intention of taking over power, Wang Anshi had to abandon Zhang Shangying, the imperial historian who had just been recommended by Zhang Dan.

After this incident, the relationship between Wang Shao and Wang Anshi cannot be said to be broken: Wang Shao wrote a letter overnight yesterday, and sent his eldest son to the Prime Minister's Mansion early this morning to apologize to Wang Anshi and tell him about his suffering. But in essence, there are already signs of estrangement between Wang Shao and Wang Anshi - in fact, even if there is no such thing, Wang Shao and Wang Anshi are the ruling and the prime minister, and it is inconvenient to interact too closely; In addition, Wang Shao only sought to open up the border and make contributions, and never agreed with the idea of the new law, and parting ways can be said to be inevitable.

Although he had been mentally prepared for the gradual estrangement from Wang Anshi, Wang Shao was still a little unhappy in the past two days. After all, this time he was used as a gunman. will make trouble with Dongfu, and it is not for his own interests, of course his mood cannot be good.

And this time, it is obvious that someone is deliberately diverting attention. pulled the political hall into the water, and turned the initial struggle for the ownership of the criminal case into a politics between the two governments. Struggle. In order to maintain the authority of the Privy Council, the Imperial Observatory could only suffer a dumb loss.

The unpredictable political situation in the court also made Wang Shao, who had just turned sideways to the court, breathtaking. A rumor not only made Wu Chong get out, but also gave the political hall and the Yushitai a stick backhanded. If there was no such thing, Wu Chong would have stepped down because of the behavior of covering up the Xu official Ren Yuan, and his close confidant Liu Fengshi, the detailed prosecutor of the Privy Council, would not have thought of having good fruits to eat.

However, in this incident, we can also see the tendency of the Son of Heaven and his relationship with Wang Anshi. If it is placed in the second or third year of Xining, although Wang Anshi is not even the prime minister, if the Privy Council dares to bully the head of the political hall like this, Wang Anshi can immediately pick a son to show the Son of Heaven. But now, Wang Anshi is inconvenient and does not dare to do so.

Being in Beijing, Wang Shao also knew that it was indeed not easy for Wang Anshi to be enlightened. In this tripartite dispute between the two governments and one station, Wang Anshi suffered a dark loss, which made Wu Chong more stable in the position of privy envoy. In terms of the city's change of law, there are more and more signs of the activities of the Imperial City Division, which has shown that the Son of Heaven no longer completely trusts the report sent by Wang Anshi. Just yesterday, I heard that the Son of Heaven also questioned Wang Anshi, why has the price of fruits in Beijing risen recently, and the merchants outside are complaining, the market is easy to resell fruits, is this too complicated?

Although Wang Anshi had already pushed back at length at that time, after Wang Shao heard about this, he also wanted to say a few words to the Son of Heaven.

Cumbersome? This is what the city is doing, how can it be called complicated?

The Son of Heaven even interferes in the internal affairs of the Division, which is called complicated!

What is the 'Führer'? This sentence in "Shangshu" is not to let the Son of Heaven not have to worry about these trivial affairs, just preside over the strategy of the general direction. And the Son of Heaven pays attention to the details and ignores the general outline, and he will be 'lazy!' Woe to all things! A courtier will be lazy, and all things will be ruined.

Today's Son of Heaven, there is no need to say that he is diligent, and his intelligence is also real, that is, he wants to grasp this kind of character in his hands for everything, which is in the same vein as Emperor Taizong, so that the courtiers are at a loss.

Wang Houxin had recently moved to the Third Class Academy, and when he returned from the yamen today, he went to the study first. After saying hello, he said to Wang Shao: "The food outside seems to be a little more expensive, and a pound of Lin Jia fruit is eighteen wen, I don't know if Lu Dao is making trouble again." ”

"It's normal for prices to be a little more expensive a year ago, but it's impossible to go up again." Although Wang Shao is not involved in family finance, he can govern as a country, and he still knows the outside situation very well, "There are all kinds of southern goods transported from Bianqu, and before next spring, the prices in the capital will not rise again." ”

At the end of October, the Yellow River went up to the east, and the Bianqu was sealed. But before that, relying on the equalization method to gain control of the freight transportation in the north and south of the Bianhe River, most of the goods transported through the Bianhe River were in the hands of the City Yi Division. Relying on these commercial goods, it is enough to suppress the prices in the capital.

"But it won't work in the next spring, the inventory in the warehouse will be empty, and the new goods in the south can't be shipped for a while, and the wealthy merchants in the capital who control the rest of the sources of goods will inevitably do it together." Wang Shao sneered slightly.

As long as we have a little understanding of the price fluctuations in Beijing over the years, it is easy to draw this conclusion. Wang Shao believed that Wang Anshi and Lu Jia would not be unprepared when they asked them, but they didn't know what they were going to do.

"Actually, the law is not bad." Wang Hou sat down and talked to his father, "In the past, the merchants from all over the country entered Beijing, all of which were controlled by the heads of various guilds, but those who refused to sell the goods to them at a low price could not even rent a warehouse in Beijing. Now it can be sold to the city of Yiwu, and then the city of Yi will forward the following business names, and the real loss is only the head of each bank. ”

"Everything should be long-term...... Wang Shao said meaningfully, "when the city is newly created, there must be a cheer up, everyone is diligent, dare not have the slightest slack, everything must be done to the best." But after a year or two, if you look at it, all kinds of strange things can come out. Unless it can be continuously revised and rectified, the energy and maintenance coefficient can be formed for ten years, so that it can be regarded as a great success. ”

Wang Shao This is an empirical matter, he has seen a lot of things about 'Xianke has an end', he looked at his son, and suddenly smiled: "Second brother, you studied in the old years, how many times did you say that you would work hard from now on, but which time didn't you work hard for a few days at the beginning, and then let the sheep go?" ”

Wang Hou's face changed, and when he was talking about things, he pulled his head down, and smiled very embarrassedly, "Children are not reading materials, and they can't see it when they sit down." If you have half the patience of an adult when you study, you will go to the Jinshi examination. ”

"Then you should do a good job in martial arts, as long as you remember to be consistent in everything." Wang Shao told his son two sentences, and then turned the topic to the City Change Law, "The storm set off by the City Change Law this time is too big, and it may not be able to wait until a year or two later." Don't forget, who are the people standing behind those colonists......"

Wang Hou bowed his head silently, of course he knew who were standing behind the wealthy businessmen in the capital? Just look at the gossip from the palace every three or five days, saying that the two palaces are crying and complaining, and they want to change the market, but the Son of Heaven insists on not allowing it. It's already obvious who exactly is behind the scenes. But who can solve it?

Inseparable relatives, flesh and blood relatives are always talking in their ears, there is always a time when they can't be stopped. The Son of Heaven continued to send spies from the Imperial City Division, and the small things that Lan Yuanzhen, the new Guan Gou Imperial City Division, kept reporting made Wang Anshi feel a headache.

After the most difficult result of the market change law, Wang Shao is difficult to be optimistic about Lu in short.

The father and son were talking to each other, and a sound of footsteps hurried to the door of the study. Wang Shao frowned, he had been leading the army for a long time, and he was most unaccustomed to unstable behavior.

There was a knock on the door twice, and Wang Hou went up and opened the door. A face outside the door was overjoyed. The servant of the Wang family hurriedly said to the two masters in the study: "Xianggong, Erlang, Han Guanren has arrived, and he is now outside the door." ”

"What?! Yukun has arrived!? Wang Hou exclaimed in surprise.

"I thought it could be earlier, but I didn't expect it to be delayed until it was almost Layue." Wang Shao urged Wang Hou repeatedly, "Second brother, why don't you go and invite Yukun in!" ”