Chapter 8: The Smoke of the Beacon in the Tone of the Peace (1)
[The first update, ask for red tickets, collect]
After drinking tea, Wang Sunchen pulled Han Gang to drink stuffy wine again. Sitting in the side hall of the Han family, Wang Sunchen poured down the wine cup after cup. Yan Suxin came over with wine and food, but he didn't see him move a chopstick, so he saw him drinking, and a jar of white cloud dew up and down three catties almost drank it up for him.
Drinking until the sound of the second watch came from the alley outside the courtyard, and the wine jar was empty and crooked, Wang Sunchen fell asleep, but he couldn't stop scolding Li Fugui in his mouth.
Facing the drunk Wang Sunchen, Han Gang shook his head and sighed, he is not easy to send home like this, if he is drunk and crazy on the road, he will get up, and it will not be good for outsiders to hear it. Placing him in the guest room to sleep, Han Gang asked Li Xiaoliu to go to Wang's house to deliver a message, saving Wang Sunchen's old lady from worrying.
Back in the study, Han Yunniang was young and sleepy, and she couldn't stay up all night, so she fell asleep when she sat outside at this time. Han Gang pushed her, trying to wake up the little girl. She didn't know what to say in her sleep, and opened Han Gang's hand.
Han Gang smiled and picked her up lightly. The little girl's body has always been a little thinner, and it didn't take much effort for Han Gang to pick her up, as if she had no weight. However, she belongs to the type with a relatively small skeleton, and she looks thin on the outside, but she is actually quite material. Han Gang hugged her, and she felt very good through her clothes.
quietly sent Han Yunniang to the bed and helped her cover the quilt. Out of the room, Yan Suxin greeted him. There was a little envy in her eyes, "The official is really attentive to Yun Niang." ”
Han Gang smiled slightly and said frankly: "Because she is also attentive to me." ”
Raising his sleeves, Han Gang sniffed, and a smell of wine came to his nose. Although Wang Sunchen drank most of the wine today, Han Gang didn't drink much, but he still smelled of wine, and it smelled a little fragrant.
Seeing Han Gang's action, Yan Suxin willingly went to help him boil hot water. Although the weather was already a little hot, Han Gang would rather be hot than get sick in this era. And the feeling of feeling comfortable after soaking in a hot bath is not comparable to using cold water.
Lying in the tub, the warm water washes away the fatigue of the whole body. Han Gang half-squinted, as if he was asleep. After a busy day, it's time to finally relax. Yan Suxin was standing outside the bathtub, she rolled up her two sleeves and tied them up with a strap. exposed two jade lotus-like wrists, and helped Han Gang wipe his back hard.
Han Gang enjoyed it very comfortably. It's just that although his body is relaxed, the nerves in his brain are still spinning rapidly. Every day when he takes a bath, he likes to recall in his mind what happened and experienced that day. Think about whether he missed a step in it, and then think about the possible next developments, and how the situation will evolve. Han Gang's ability to cross the bumpy road is not because of how intelligent he is, but because he can think one more step and think a little more about everything. If he had only been a little clever, he would not have been able to get this far.
The urgent report received today about Li Fugui in Gyeongju is not a good thing for Wang Shao and his career. Han Gang couldn't help but sigh, Li Fugui was really harmful.
As far as Han Gang knew, in the court, the privy envoy Wen Yanbo had always opposed any foreign war and expansion. One of the biggest reasons is that Zhao Ji's support for the development of Hengshan and the expansion of the border river will arouse the greed of the frontier guards for military achievements. If every minister who has served as an official in the border area wants to make a career, then the border of the Great Song Dynasty will never have peace.
In the past, both Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi were unimpressed by Wen Yanbo's worries, and the actions of the generals had to be approved by the imperial court, otherwise they would not be able to mobilize the army, and they could only make small fights, and it was impossible to make things bigger.
But Li Fugui's behavior this time confirmed Wen Yanbo's words. Although in the name of interfering with the western thieves to build the city, the army sent was also the limit of what he could use as a pacification envoy all the way without a court order - that is, 3,000 people. But failure is failure, and Li Fugui's action of beheading all the way to the jurisdiction and inspecting the capital, and detaining him to death in the name of disobeying the order also proved that this was a tragic failure - otherwise, a little loss would not have killed several important generals along the way.
Therefore, this defeat happened to be the latest weapon for Wen Yanbo to attack the imperial court's two border expansion strategies of Hengshan and Hehuang.
Wang Anshi will not let Wen Yanbo attack Hengshan and Hehuang, and neither will the Son of Heaven. Of course, they must protect Li Fugui and protect him from the attacks of the anti-reform faction, and they must also ignore his crime of shirking responsibility and killing his generals in vain. Therefore, politics is a sewage pit, no matter how perfect private morality is, once it is related to politics, it will be a dirty mess, even Wang Anshi is no exception.
And it remains to be said whether Li Fugui will appreciate it, because Li Fugui himself does not seem to support the reform of the law, and when Han Gang went to Beijing, he happened to hear that the implementation of the Qingmiao loan in Gyeongju and other border military states - that is, the low-interest loan for the benefit of the people - has been delayed. This is exactly the plan of Li Fugui and Chen Yi, the former deputy envoy of Shaanxi Province.
"What a mess." Han Gang suddenly sighed, raised his hand and slammed the water hard. Yan Suxin was startled, and was splashed all over his body by the splash.
The weather was hot, and on the edge of the hotter bath barrel, Yan Suxin was dressed very thinly, and now she was splashed by water, and her soaked clothes stuck to her body, revealing her graceful figure.
Han Gang's eyes suddenly deepened, and he couldn't take his eyes off the beautiful scenery of the ups and downs in front of him for a while. Yan Suxin's face turned crimson, biting her lip tightly, and her hands wrapped around her body, covering the key parts.
Han Gang stood up wet, his sturdy figure was not covered, and he stretched out his hand to pull the girl closer. was grabbed by the wrist, Yan Suxin screamed. The crimson on her face reached her ears, and she pushed hard. It's just that her strength is comparable to Han Gang, and the more she struggles, the more powerless she becomes. Soon Jiao's breath stopped, and her eyes became misty. Han Gang's hand rested on her shoulder.
"Sixth sister!" A crisp call came from outside the door, alarming the two who were about to indulge.
Yan Suxin was taken aback, and immediately pushed Han Gang away, and when he looked back, it was a move that should have fallen asleep. She hurriedly ran over, squatted down and asked, "Zhao'er, why did you wake up?" ”
"Sixth sister, why are you here, don't you want to recruit children?" The little girl cried softly, and she really cried with her mouth flattened.
"Zhao'er, don't cry, my sister is here." Yan Suxin was busy comforting, left Han Gang behind, and left with the little girl in his arms.
Han Gang came out of the bathtub a little depressed, picked up a dry cloth and wiped himself. He is not very majestic at home on weekdays, and Yan Suxin said that he would leave it behind, which made the fire in his heart not go down.
Never mind! Han Gang shook his head, anyway, there will be a chance in the future.
However, in the next few days, Han Gang was too busy to spare half time to enjoy his 'opportunity'. first accompanied Wang Shao and Gao Zunyu to Guwei Village. is what Wang Shao said the day before yesterday, Gangu City was in an emergency, Liu Changzuo took his 2,000 men and horses to Gangu to help defend it, and Wang Shao had to go to guard Guwei. Taking advantage of this opportunity, I just let Gao Zunyu take a look at the place where they are going to start their work next.
When Han Gang followed Wang Shao and them back from Guwei, Shen Qi, the Shaanxi capital who was ordered to review the number of wastelands suitable for reclamation in Qinzhou, also arrived in Qinzhou at this time.
"After all, it's not a Xuanfu envoy, as soon as Han Jiang comes, he has become an errand runner." Wang Shao said bitterly beside Han Gang, he was going to go out of the city to welcome people when he came back from Guwei, and Wang Shao was also a little tempered.
Han Gang smiled: "Who can compare the authority of the Xuanfu envoy?" If it weren't for the current government, it would be impossible to be in power, so how could it be compared with the transfer envoy? ”
Xuanfu has a word 'Xuan' in his name, which reflects his responsibility for the task of passing on the edict on behalf of the heavens, soothing the border, announcing Weiling, commanding the army, and keeping the inside and outside of the country all responsible. The Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy was not only in charge of military affairs, but was in fact the highest commander in charge of Shaanxi's military and political affairs. Compared with the jurisdiction of pacification envoys and transit envoys, it is indeed much broader.
Of course, it is because the power of the Xuanfu envoy is so heavy, so it is only a temporary dispatch, and the envoy will be returned after the fact, and it must be an archon like Han Jiang to be qualified.
After Shaanxi had a Xuanfu envoy, although the name of the Shaanxi transit envoy remained unchanged, its substantive status plummeted. Shen Qi has now almost become a transport envoy with the army in Shaanxi, following the Xuanfu envoy and doing logistics work.
However, Shen went to Qinzhou, but he was still a big man, and Li Shizhong had to go out of the city to greet him.
"I don't know what kind of character this Shen Qi is?" Han Gang asked.
Wang Shao shook his head: "I don't know, I haven't dealt with it." I've only heard that the cure is not bad. ”
Shen Qi's talent is not bad, and being able to make it to the capital of Shaanxi proves his ability. In general, the quality of the officials who can preside over the Transit Division is not bad. The Transshipment Division, also known as the Cao Division, presides over all kinds of money, grain, financial planning and transportation in the world, which is related to the lifeblood of the country.
For example, Xue Xiang, the six-way shipping envoy who is now presiding over the law of equal loss, is a shadow supplement official, not a Jinshi background, and has been scolded by the anti-law faction in the past two years, and Sima Guang and Lu Gongshu have impeached him by name. But Xue Xiang still sat firmly in the important position of managing the transportation of the Bianhe River, and no one could move him. The reason for this is that Xue Xiang is now the leading financial minister in the DPRK, and his ability in financial planning and logistics is unparalleled and difficult to replace.
Just like Xue Xiang, Shen Qi can be the transfer envoy of Shaanxi, and his talent is worthy of recognition, but this does not mean that his character, ability and morality are two different things.
Let's wait and see, Han Gang thought, hoping to be a little more interesting than Huanqing's matter.
I just received news today that Huanzhou and Yuanzhou sent troops at the same time to attack the Huanzhou Fan Department and win a complete victory, beheading nearly 1,000 people. Han Gang could imagine that Li Fugui's face should be green.
Huanzhou Zhizhou is a kind of diagnosis, and Yuanzhou Zhizhou is a kind of medicine, the big man of the family and Erlang work together, and work together to fight a Tibetan department, although Han Gang has not heard of the name of the Zhiping department, but he is still very sympathetic to this unlucky tribe, and he actually committed the muzzle of the gun of the general. In order to clean up the stigma that Li Fugui planted on the seeds, the planters have been fighting hard for a long time. And I don't know what happened to the Orihei department.,It became a pig and sheep sent to the door.,Give the breeder a good raw meal.。
Although the two states of Huanyuan are close to each other, they are not the same road after all, one is Huanqing Road and the other is Jingyuan Road. But the victor is not to blame, even in the Northern Song Dynasty, where military generals were most taboo to take the initiative. After this war, at least no one will talk about it anymore.