'What to do?' ’

When she heard Han Gang's question, Empress Dowager Xiang was empty-headed for a while.

No one had ever asked her so directly about it.

As the official family grows up, everyone is more careful when speaking, for fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings.

It's just that Empress Dowager Xiang won't deceive herself, she knows that everyone wants to know what he thinks. Including her son, including the Zhu family who had just been carried down, including the palace maids and chamberlains around her, and the Zaifu standing in front of her, even the prime minister, was no exception.

The time to return to power is to wait until after the official family gets married, or according to the hopes of many people, to control the position of power until death.

Both options have been considered by the Empress Dowager Xiang in the past, but she has never had a clear answer.

Sometimes she thought about simply waiting until the Son of Heaven got married to withdraw the curtain and return the world entrusted by her deceased husband to her son, so that her life would be easier and she could leave a good reputation of not loving power.

But sometimes, she thinks that the child is really not a good person, obviously smart, but always doing stupid things, she really wants to withdraw the curtain and return to the government, in case she spoils the good situation of the monarch and the minister, but she will live up to the emperor who entrusted the state affairs.

Now, the official family's mother has just made a fuss about Zaifu, and even Han Gang, who has always been calm and calm, is furious. has such a biological mother, and he lacks self-control, if he is just let pro-government, will the hard work of nearly ten years be burned?

Both thoughts kept circling in her mind, making it difficult for her to make a decision.

Maintaining the mind of getting by, Empress Dowager Xiang suddenly discovered today that even Han Gang was now worried about what kind of situation would become after he removed the curtain.

This is a famous minister who is not inferior to any virtuous minister in the history of the Qing Dynasty, and he can rely on him as a dry city no matter what storms he encounters—whether it was on the night when the first emperor was seriously ill and dying, or on the day when the traitor usurped the rebellion, Han Gang swept away an enemy with his calmness and bravery—and now he was worried that the Son of Heaven would ruin state affairs after he came into power.

How disappointed do you have to be to do this?

Could it be that the child is really incorrigible?

Empress Dowager Xiang didn't know how to answer, she could only be silent, silently waiting for the courtiers to give her a feasible mention.

Unable to wait for Xiang Xiang's answer, Han Gang finally spoke again, but instead of mentioning yì, "In the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the imperial court's tax revenue was less than 80 million stones, and the price of grain increased sharply due to the entry of the northern captives. In the eighth year of Yuanyou, the imperial court two taxes were taxed, and only two pieces of money and silk exceeded 90 million, and the grain was surplus. With an additional population of 8 million a year, the price of rice has remained stable, which is the result of His Majesty's efforts. Militarily, after the fall of Dali, except for the Khitan in the north and the black sweat in the west, there was no country around the Great Song Dynasty, which was also the work of His Majesty. ”

"It's the credit of the ministers." Xiang shook her head at the Queen Mother, this is not her credit, but the credit of Han Gang and other Zaifu, how can she be greedy for others' credit.

Han Gang bowed: "It is His Majesty who can trust the ministers, the monarchs and ministers get along, and they work together to achieve the current situation." ”

Recalling the past ten years, every day and night when the diligent people listened to the government and ate and ate, he nodded to the Queen Mother, "That's true." ”

"But the people in the palace walls don't know how hard the current situation is, and they don't know the hardships of His Majesty's hard work, they only know that they deserve to be worshiped by the world with their own dignity. more, do not read its virtue; Few, there are many complaints. If he is a little dissatisfied, he will say that the whole world is owned by the Son of Heaven, and it is not too much to take hundreds of millions. The concubine thinks so, how can the Son of Heaven be an exception? If His Majesty withdraws the curtain and allows the Son of Heaven to govern himself, what will happen to the state affairs? ”

The Empress Dowager Xiang was silent for a long time and asked, "What do you think the Prime Minister should do?" ”

Han Gang shook his head strongly, he had to make a decision to the Queen Mother himself today, "It's not what the minister thinks, but what His Majesty wants." ”

Empress Dowager Xiang felt a grievance in her heart, Han Gang was too aggressive. Turning her head, she didn't want to answer.

After another silence, Han Gang said loudly, "Your Majesty, my generation is a master, for the world, not for the king; For all the people, not for one surname. ”

Kumamoto's heart froze, could it be that Han Gang planned to persuade him? Looking at the past in a blink of an eye, Zhang Qi, Zeng Xiaokuan and others were all shocked. But after thinking about it, he immediately denied this speculation, Han Gang would only persuade the Queen Mother to be the Emperor Zetian when his mind was bad, which was not good for Qi at all.

"If the country is unsavevable, the Son of Heaven cannot admonish, and the minister retreats home, it is not difficult to be alone. But His Majesty is in the palace, and he may be alone? ”

Kumamoto breathed a sigh of relief, Han Gang was not persuasive, but he took Mencius's 'good for the world, and the poor for his own good', and continued to threaten the queen mother.

Xiang was angry with the Queen Mother, "Does the prime minister really want me to keep this power and listen to the government?" ”

Han Gang bowed down to the palace: "The concubine is like this, the Son of Heaven is like this, the ministers dare not mess with the world and harm the people with their foolish loyalty." The minister implored His Majesty to work for a few more years for the Great Song Dynasty and the world. When the Son of Heaven is a little older, he understands the rights and wrongs of people, and it is not too late to return to power. ”

This is the first time that the Zaifu have openly claimed that they want the Queen Mother to continue to hang the curtain, and it is from Han Gang, who cherishes feathers the most.

Empress Dowager's eyes were red, "Xianggong ......"

And under the leadership of Han Gang, the Zai Fu bowed down one by one, "Ministers, please continue to hang the curtain." ”

Prime Minister Zhangdun was the last to say, "The Son of Heaven is young, his virtue is still weak, and it is difficult to take on the great responsibility, so the minister asks His Majesty to make it difficult for him, continue to listen to the government, and wait for the Son of Heaven to cultivate his virtue." ”

Zaifu successively expressed their attitudes, and the Queen Mother finally moved, but she was still a little hesitant, after all, this was to seize the authority of her son, and it would inevitably damage the reputation she had cultivated with great difficulty, "Let me think about it for a few days, the official family will get married for a while." ”

Han Gang glanced at Zhang Dian first, and said, "Your Majesty, Lu Huiqing is going to Beijing today, and tomorrow he will go to the palace, and he will use His Majesty to remove the curtain and return to the Son of Heaven as a reason, in order to stay in Beijing." Even if the ministers can wait, Lu Huiqing will not allow His Majesty to wait until the day after tomorrow. ”

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"It's getting more and more lively."

After getting out of the car, Lu Huiqing's words were indifferent, covering up the surprise in his heart.

There are still two miles away from the outer city gate, but it is already crowded. Even when you look outside the station, there are rows of trees.

In the past, although there were prosperous wings outside the city, they were only limited to the places where water transportation passed through on the east and west sides of the city. Outside the Nanxun Gate, except for every few years when the Son of Heaven leads hundreds of officials to the suburbs of the capital, under normal circumstances, pigs go more than people.

But after the completion of Tokyo Station, it was only a few years of work, and all the impressions accumulated by Lu Huiqing in the past few decades were wasted.

And the Lu family, who got off the car together, couldn't hide their disbelief. Several servants and maids who were born in the capital were even more dumbfounded.

The changes in Jingshi have far exceeded their imagination.

Lu Huiqing looked from the platform used by civilians to the waiting shed behind him, as well as the row of shops behind the side of the platform, and snorted lightly, "A good way to turn stones into gold." ”

The scope of the capital has expanded to the outer city several miles away, and the prosperous Xiangfang is not limited to the outer city, as well as the banks of the Bianshui.

Today, the most prosperous place in the outer castle is near Tokyo Station. Even if she is far away in Beijing, Lu Huiqing knows what kind of price the land price near Tokyo Station has risen.

Originally, there was only a poor couple with a broken brick house, but because they had a land deed in their hands, they turned into a solid family with an annual income of 100 years.

Originally, the old widower who had only three points of land in his family and could only rely on half a year of planting vegetables and half a year of work to make a living, only three years after the station was built, he had a wife, a concubine, a son and a daughter, just because he turned the land into a warehouse and rented it out to ensure income during drought and flood.

These are just the local residents who are lucky enough to get the benefits. There are also many well-informed dignitaries who dare to make bets, and even when the railway station is just determined, they secretly buy land, and last one of them to make a fortune.

The prosperity brought by the station is only a small part, and the bigger part is the outer city.

When he was still in Chang'an, Lu Huiqing once heard from his subordinates that he had built a few fortresses, and he had specially used willows, fences and low breastworks to enclose a contour city. The forts, heavily guarded and heavily artillery, were enough to wipe out any incoming enemy outside the outer city, and the side walls, which were crossed by railroads, had no effect at all.

Lu Huiqing has an industry in Beijing. So he knew very well that the outer city that only took half a month to build directly doubled the land price in the city out of thin air, and the price of the industry in a good location caught up with the outer city, and Lu Huiqing also benefited a lot.

A row of small shops, right inside the station. Half of the restaurants and liquor shops are located, and the other half are small shops that buy Jingshi's specialties. There are even two that sell chicken and dog trinkets, which are not worth a few dollars, but they seem to be very suitable for taking back and giving away. These things are inconspicuous, but they can't stop the people in the station.

Lu Huiqing is not the kind of civil official who does not eat fireworks, he is more proficient in industry and commerce than ordinary people, and he was surprised when he calculated roughly, such a small shop, let alone five or six hundred yuan in income in a month.

Most of the shops also have newspapers on the outside. It's all tabloids, and if you know 500 words, you can read through them. It's the perfect place to get in the car and pass the time.

"It's a big difference."

Lu Huiqing sighed for the third time, but it was aimed at the increasing number of newspapers and books in the market. In the past, only Tsodai would carry a book with him, but nowadays, many travelers carry a newspaper and can wrap something.

Everyone in the world, Han Gang is the only one who still thinks about teaching without class. After years in power, the literate population grew, the cost of paper and printing dropped significantly, and peddlers and pawns were able to read books and newspapers.

Although he was still not convinced by Han Gang, frustration still inevitably grew in his heart.

In the past ten years, the surrounding changes have been changed bit by bit, and half of Thailand originated from Hangang.

However, this does not mean that he, Lu Huiqing, wants to admit defeat and surrender, Han Gang's idea of wanting to be a saint is his biggest weakness.

If you have no desire, you are rigid, and if you have what you want, how can you not be restrained?