[I still owe a watch, continue to work hard.] 】

"You go down first."

Shi De waved his hand and let his subordinates go out first.

Han Gang and Wang Hou went out for the purpose of selecting a location for the big library, which is easy to determine.

Although Han Gang, who is better than Zaisuke, went to check the terrain in person, this sounds like a joke. But he also pulled Wang Hou, and it seemed that he was more of a friend who hadn't seen him for many years, so he just swam with him. It has nothing to do with the two kings and the three kings, just passing by.

However, as a great mink who has served the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother in the palace for several generations, Shi Deyi knows very well what kind of way he must go as a slave of the Son of Heaven in order to be competent.

What the master has not taken into account, they must take into account, and what the master has already considered, they have to think more thoroughly. Even if the odds are slim, they must be taken into account.

Han Gang may just be idle and travel to Beijing with his friends, but it is also possible that he brought Wang Hou to recognize the door.

Wang Hou has been a border minister for many years, with all the credit and hard work, and a father who has left countless connections, if you ask about symmetry, it is not a problem to stay in Beijing at all.

It is also possible that Han Gang saw this, and by the way, recommended Wang Hou to the Queen Mother. Now that he has no errands, he will not be taboo if he wants to recommend anyone.

If Han Gang really recommends Wang Hou, will it have something to do with the two kings?

It was indeed disgusting for the two kings to jump up and down, but flies did not bite the eggs that were not sewn, and if it weren't for a ready-made rotten egg, he would still have to continue to go crazy in the yard.

Picking up a piece of paper full of words, Shi Deyi's eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth sneered.

After a long time, it was put down.

He opened the stove, and threw the rest of the paper on the table except for that one.

The flames burst up, and the sparks flew into the air, and Shi De looked at the red flames with determination, but he was thinking in his heart: How much charcoal poison is there in the house?

Some things, either catch up or kick them away, hesitate, and they can't end up in the end.

When the fire in the room faded, Shi Deyi put away the paper, then got up and left, and went out of the door, and went to the mourning hall of Emperor Daxing. The Queen Mother lives there these days.

As the night wore on, Shi Deyi walked briskly through the corridors. A glass lantern with a white tassel hangs high, reflecting the light in the corridor. From afar, I saw Song Yongchen guarding outside the palace gate.

"Is the Queen Mother still resting?" Shi Deyi stepped forward and asked.

"Not yet." Song Yongchen's expression was wooden, and he asked Song Yongchen: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Shi Deyi sighed secretly, Song Yongchen has been looking like this in the past few days, which is far from the previous high-spiritedness. It seems that the glory and wealth of his life are about to turn into flowing water.

Shi Deyi thought in his heart and bowed: "Shi Deyi has something to do with the Queen Mother." ”

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The Shangyuan Festival is just around the corner.

However, today, there will be no Shangyuan Lantern Festival on the roads of the Great Song Dynasty and tens of millions of towns.

A few boys in Han Gang's family originally looked forward to going out to watch the lantern festival all year round, but when they heard that today's Shangyuan Festival would not put off the lights, they were all listless.

Their bad mood still started from the New Year's Day when they couldn't set off firecrackers and fireworks, and it has continued until now.

It doesn't matter if children are in a bad mood, but many businesses in the capital are more affected.

Shangyuan Festival is not the most important festival of the year, but it is certainly the most lively festival. Many businesses in the capital are waiting for the five-day lantern festival of the Shangyuan Festival, and they will do a good job.

Not only was the lively league suspended, the Zhengdan depression was cold, and even the most lively Shangyuan Festival was gone, and the income that may account for one-third of the previous year's profit was in vain, and there were countless people crying and shouting. There are very many people who complain that the first emperor died and did not pick a time.

The main impact of the Shangyuan Festival is still on small businesses and street vendors, and medium-level merchants will not fall into trouble because they lose one or two festival incomes. But there are many restaurants in the capital that are intoxicated with singing and dancing music, and there is no income for more than three months. It made the whole Kaifeng Mansion complain.

Whether it is the league's commission, the income of the teaching workshop behind the restaurant, and the distribution of accounts of entertainment venues such as Wazi everywhere, these are the financial guarantees of the government: there is a hotel in the Xiangjun, and the people who run the hall, collect the accounts, and cook are all soldiers, and the industry is also a means for the local yamen to increase their income—this is a practice that has been passed down from the feudal towns of the five generations.

Despite this, if there was no previous fire, the finances of Kaifeng Mansion would still be able to support it, not just three months, Emperor Cao was immortal before, and it was not unexperienced, but the fire in the coal field burned all the bottoms of Kaifeng Mansion.

Shen Kuo found Han Gang's side and begged a lot: "Yukun, I can only rely on you." ”

Shen Kuo grimaced. He went to Cai Qu before, and Cai Qu directly spread his hands to show him, rewarding the money and silk of the three armies, all of which had to be scraped together, where was the spare money for Kaifeng Mansion? It is true that the various industries of Kaifeng Prefecture have lost their commissions, but the income of the city's Yiwu has also dropped by nearly 30%. The imperial court is also waiting for the money.

Shen Kuo turned left and right, and couldn't think of a move, so he could only come to Han Gang to find a way when he turned his head.

"This is Cai Xianggong's business, right?" Han Gang didn't know whether to laugh or be angry, and instead he was the Kaifeng prefect with a harder temper, how could he squeeze out more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan from Cai Qu with that fire. It's a pity that Shen Kuo's temper is too soft, and he doesn't dare to negotiate with Cai Qu, "Brother Cun, it is the Zhongshu Sect who is in charge of the expenditure of the imperial court's money and grain, and it is the Third Division, not the Imperial Song Library." I'm going to sing Lotus Falling now, okay? ”

"Shen Kuo also knows about this, not to ask Yukun for money, just to ask for an idea."

"The idea? I can't make any money. Now you can only get through it, right? Han Gang smiled angrily, "Snakes and bears in the field, when there is no food in winter, they will find a hole to drill into and sleep for a few months, which is called hibernation." If you consume less, you will be able to stay up for a while. ”

"Whatever you can save is saved. There are just too many places that can't be saved. Not to mention anything else, the thousands of families left behind after the fire in the charcoal field will have to be resettled and compensated, so that they can relocate their homes. Otherwise, a few will freeze to death in winter, and there will be benevolence that hurts the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven. And there are other expenses......"

"What else ......," Han Gang asked.

"The group of palace people who came out of the palace. They all had to go to the temple that was built. ”

On the night of Zhao Ji's death, the people who were on duty in the Funing Hall had basically been cleared out of the palace. It just so happened that Zhao Ji died, and there was no one to serve, so it would not be a problem for them to arrange anywhere. The palace maids who are willing to go home are sent home, whether they are married or monks, they have nothing to do with the imperial court. But those attendants, as well as a few homeless palace maids, can only be arranged to the temple that was built first, and when the mountain tomb is repaired, most of them will be arranged to guard the mountain tomb.

Even if they are a little pitiful, they are not to blame for Zhao Ji's death, but no one dares to guarantee that they will choose to go to extremes in the future because they are desperate, and it is impossible for the palace to continue to reuse them. Out of principle, Han Gang tried his best to save their lives, but letting them stay in the palace was not considered a principle.

"According to the usual practice, their food and clothing must be given by Kaifeng Prefecture, and the distribution money will also be transferred to Kaifeng Prefecture."

Han Gang frowned when he heard this, "The people in the palace, the palace sent out, of course, the palace paid for it, what did Kaifeng Mansion mix?" ”

Shen Kuo smiled bitterly: "There are conventions and stories, but they can't be treated as non-existent." ”

After all, Shen Kuo is still soft and afraid of the prime minister. Otherwise, such an unreasonable convention is just normal times, and now there is no money to settle it, so it should be kicked back directly.

Shen Kuo was not without a decisive time, during the mourning period of the Son of Heaven, as usual, he was not allowed to execute a prisoner, that is, he could not execute a prisoner, and when Shen Kuo dealt with a thief who broke the law by taking advantage of the fire, he was executed on the same day, and he didn't care about the taboo.

If it was just a legal clause that bound people, Shen Kuo really had that courage, but if he was a person with a higher status than him, Shen Kuo's courage would not be great.

Of course, this is also Shen Kuo's responsible performance, otherwise what does it matter to him if Kaifeng Mansion has no money? can't pay for it, can't give repair money, and don't even have a resettlement fee, Shen Kuo's smartest way is to directly tell the people below that there is no money, and let them go to Cai Qu's door to ask for money. The stupidest thing is to know that there is no way to solve it, but take care of everything.

Shen Kuo chose the stupidest way, but Han Gang couldn't stay out of it.

"That's it." Han Gang sighed, "It's not your responsibility to save the middle brother. But do you want me to ask Cai Zhizheng for personal favors? ”

"It would be great if that could be the case. Thank you Yukun for your help. ”

Shen Kuo said, got up and saluted Han Gang.

Han Gang turned sideways to dodge, "Excuse me, Brother Cun, I'm not helping you for nothing." ”

"Yukun, what else do you want Shen Kuo to do?"

"Please help me find a better location for the big library. The ground should be high, the ground should be spacious, and it should be convenient to come and go, and it should not be too close to the closed library. ”

"It's easy." Shen Kuo agreed, "Tomorrow, I will list all the properties under the name of Kaifeng Mansion, and you can pick Yukun yourself." If you are troublesome in Yukun, Kaifeng Mansion will help you through the screening first, and notify you if you find a suitable location. If you can't find a suitable one in the industry below Kaifeng Mansion, other homes and stores will help you find Yukun. ”

Han Gang has a lot of requirements, but Shen Kuo also knows how to repay the favor. Since Han Gang was willing to help and talk to Cai Quguan, of course he had to work hard to solve Han Gang's problem.

"Worked hard." Han Gang raised his hand to thank him, in short, with Shen Kuo's full help, it would be much easier to find a suitable venue.

Shen Kuo gossiped for a while, said goodbye and left. As the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, he has to deal with more than 100 official documents every day, and there is not much time to delay outside.

Han Gang doesn't care so much, he is very idle now, and he should help Shen Kuo.

I don't know how many benefits Cai has dug up from the Mint Bureau recently, since Han Gang wants to help Shen Kuo solve the financial loopholes, of course, he has to investigate first, how to dig out the money from the political affairs hall. It's a bit of a thought.