In Bianjing City at the beginning of October, the nights became colder and colder. The cold wind was howling, so that the people who had not had time to change into winter clothes were frozen as if they were falling into ice caves. However, in the small poolside hall in the back garden of Prime Minister Feng's mansion, the flames in the brazier are blazing, making the hall warm like spring.

"It's still calcined coke, and it's more than a step stronger than coal. Han Yukun was sentenced to be the superintendent of armaments, and he had many inventions, which can be described as a fish in water. Speaking of Han Gang, Feng Jingyan smiled freely, as if he had no mustard in his heart, "At the beginning, he refused to take over the official work of the fifth room inspection of the middle school, and the world thought that he was afraid of difficulties, who would have thought that he would have a splendid belly." ”

Cai Cheng, who was sitting opposite Feng Jing, said with a smile, "It's just for the leakage of the thunderbolt cannon, and the Son of Heaven is a little unhappy in his heart." I don't know if one day the Liao people will have a spaceship in their hands, and the soldiers in the leather room are wearing plate armor. ”

"Han Gang insisted on not admitting his guilt, and the Son of Heaven must be angry in his heart. But now it's just a minor crime, if you think it's okay to admit it, and in the future, the plate armor and the divine arm bow will leak out, it will be a serious crime. Feng Jing poured Wen Haolu's wine into the cup: "So Han Gang is also smart this time, he would rather anger the monarch than leave trouble in the future." ”

"That's right." Cai Qu nodded in agreement, "If you don't determine the guilt or innocence now, you will have to suffer in the future." ”

Although the thunderbolt cannon that appeared in the army of Western Xia was already used in the battle when Han Gang was still in Hehuang and did not start to promote Gewu Zhizhi, it should have been leaked out at that time. However, Han Gang could not argue that his dissemination of Gewu had nothing to do with the leakage of weapons. In case a spaceship appears in the military formation of the Northwest Second Captives a day later, and the soldiers are equipped with plate armor, how can they be justified at that time? This is a clear trap, and Han Gang is certainly not stupid enough to jump.

And for the sake of the future, Han Gang must also force the Son of Heaven to give an explanation, because the spread of the Gewu theory has made the enemy country learn the manufacturing methods of thunderbolt cannons, spaceships, and even sleds and plate armor, whether they are guilty or innocent.

Feng Jing picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Whether it's right or wrong, the Son of Heaven now inevitably relies on Han Gang to be in charge of the weapons superintendent." He has no fear, and naturally dares to defy the Son of Heaven. ”

No matter what way you look at it, Han Gang is definitely guilty. However, the conclusion reached in the court is not to see who is right and who is wrong, but to see the need. The Son of Heaven felt that whoever was more important to the court would be able to stay. In the past, it was not that the prime minister committed a serious crime, and the imperial history of impeaching him had the most sufficient evidence, but the Son of Heaven was on the side of the prime minister and let the imperial history go out.

"It's just that after careful calculation, there are still some gains that outweigh the losses...... Cai Cheng has always valued the views of the Son of Heaven, and Han Gang's behavior is really stupid, "Although Han Gang forced the Son of Heaven to confess his innocence, he still lost his favor after all." ”

"Whether you gain or lose, each is determined by heart." Feng Jing said with a smile: "It seems that we have more than worth the loss at the risk of losing the Holy Family, but in Han Gang's eyes, maybe it is still cost-effective, and he has good intentions to promote Qi regardless of his reputation." ”

As Zaifu, Feng Jing was inconvenient to go out for a banquet, so he only invited people to drink at home. After Wang Anshi's reinstatement, Cai did not deliberately distance himself from Feng Jing, as the main official of Yushitai, it was good to not be an enemy of the New Party, and he was too close to Wang Anshi, but he got into trouble. It's with Feng Jing, that is, the exchange between relatives, not a bend of the way.

However, Feng Jing has been the prime minister for a year, and Cai Cheng can't drag it out in the capital anymore, so he has twice coped with the scene-style letter to the county, and if he comes again, most of them will be approved. He is not Wu Chong, he can win the trust of the Son of Heaven, and he is in charge of the second mansion with his in-law Wang Anshi. Feng Jing's phase was unshakable for a while, and Cai did know that he would inevitably go abroad to serve as an official within this year, and if he wanted to find a good send, he would have to rely on Feng Jing to help.

After three rounds of drinking, the topic of the two has shifted from Han Gang to Yushi Taichung.

"Deng Juan recommended Cai Chengxi as the imperial history the day before yesterday, today should be the day he enters Taiwan, right?" After Cai Qu nodded in confirmation, Feng Jing asked, "How about you look at him correctly?" ”

Cai Qu shook his head: "I didn't see his appearance clearly, I only saw the word Linchuan." ”

Feng Jing laughed and shook his head.

Like Lu Huiqing, Su Shi, Zhang Zai and others, Cai Chengxi is also a Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou. But this is not surprising. What really attracts attention is his hometown - Linchuan, Jiangxi.

Linchuan is the hometown of literature, and it is also famous for its Jinshi in Jiangnan West Road. Cai Chengxi's father, Cai Yuandao, even passed the Maocai class in the system department - the third-class official in the system department, equivalent to the champion of the Jinshi department, the difficulty can be imagined - just because he violated the law and was robbed of fame, but he re-emerged after more than ten years, and he was easily admitted to the Jinshi with his son. But now, once we talk about who is the most famous person among the people of Linchuan, there is no second answer, of course, it is the current prime minister, the core of the new party, and the presiding over the reform of the law.

"The imperial court set up the imperial history to supervise the hundred officials. Therefore, the prime minister has no right to recommend the imperial history, and can only have the imperial history platform itself and the Hanlin scholar to recommend it, but Cai Chengxi's appointment is indispensable to the instruction of Wang Jiefu. Cai did keep a straight face, and he did not shy away from Feng Jing being the current prime minister.

"If the Imperial Historical Observatory also looks at Wang Jiefu's horse, Dongfu will really become Wang Jiefu's hall." Feng Jing was very satisfied with Cai Qu's statement, "It's a pity that it is difficult for you to stay in the Imperial History Terrace for a long time." ”

Cai does not have an interface, it depends on Feng Jing's plan.

In fact, for Feng Jing's careful thinking, Cai did disdain it in private. The Son of Heaven likes the glory of opening up the territory, and if he can retake Luowu City, once again proving the benefits of the new law, how can he let the old party come to power.

Since the New Party came to power, the changes in the world – especially the changes in the military – must have been seen by the Son of Heaven. When Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Wen Yanbo were in power, how did they treat the victory of Western Xia? What is the victory of the official army against the Western Thieves now? After ascending the throne, how could the emperor, who wore gold armor to show the empress dowager, abandon the new law? As long as he does not waver to his throne, the Son of Heaven will definitely stick to one law after another.

Cai will indeed not choose sides according to the division between the new party and the old party, he will only stand on the side of the Son of Heaven. If the Son of Heaven likes the old party, he will stick to the old party, and if the Son of Heaven insists on changing the law, then he is the staunchest supporter of the new law. As long as the Son of Heaven is satisfied, Feng Jing can be the prime minister, and he Cai can also be the prime minister, but he just has to wait for less time.

After looking at Cai Cheng for a while, Feng Jingzhong spoke again: "The seed man led the army to attack Luo Wu in the north, and the northerners need to send an envoy to say, but the candidate for the messenger of this country has not yet been selected." I intend to recommend righteousness as a righteous envoy. But the upright is a Fujian person, I don't know if I can endure the wind and cold? ”

Western Xia was a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty and was also a courtier of the Liao State. Now that Yan Yanlu is attacking Hengshan, it stands to reason that he has to explain it to the Khitans, so he has to send a national messenger for this.

Cai is indeed not afraid of the cold, he is only afraid of sitting on the cold bench, although it is hard to envoy Liao, as long as he does not disgrace his mission, the rewards are also very rich. Now he is the palace servant, and he shouldn't be able to get a high-ranking official when he goes out, but when he comes back, he will definitely have a better future. He arched his hand to Feng Jing: "Xiang knows that the scenery in the north is different from the southern land, and I am willing to take a look at it and relieve your worries." ”

Feng Jing nodded and smiled: "If there is integrity, I will rest assured, tomorrow I will go to the palace to face the king, I recommend you as the messenger of the country." ”

After a drink, Feng Jing personally sent Cai Qu out.

Two servants led the way with lanterns in hand, and Feng Jing and Cai Qu walked through the corridor and walked in the sparsely slanted courtyard. Looking up at the night sky in early winter, Cai Qu's two feet suddenly froze.

"What's wrong?" Feng Jing turned around and asked.

Cai Qu squinted his eyes, raised his hand and pointed at the southern sky: "Comet!" ”

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It snowed during the day, but it wasn't big, only two inches. And the weather cleared up in a blink of an eye, and at night, the stars twinkled in the sky.

This made Chong Jianzhong a little disappointed.

Chong Jianzhong originally served in the Third Class Academy, but before the war, he was invited by his uncle to be transferred to the Yanyan Road Middle School, but in the capacity of a civil official. But as long as they follow the army, civilian and military attachés can get a piece of military merit. The breeder has been the door for generations, and the first generation of the breeder is not from a Jinshi background, and has no foundation in the civil service system. In order to allow Chong Jianzhong, who does not have the title of Jinshi, to be able to transfer to the official smoothly, it is also a lot of thought.

The official army has now advanced to the foot of Luowu City, and the mighty army of 20,000 has filled up the Wuding River Valley, but it has not been able to besiege Luowu City.

The Xixia people set up a stockade in the road, and Luowu City formed a corner, and there was only a hundred steps between the city and the wall. If you want to besiege the city, you must also surround the stockade, and if you want to attack the stockade, you need to bet on the gate of Luowu City at the same time. And more importantly, the iron harriers stationed in the north of the mountain can come at any time as soon as the war starts, which makes the seed can not boldly attack Luowu City, and can only wait for the thunderbolt artillery in the rear to be transported first.

In addition, he is also looking forward to snowing, an inch of snow in the valley, and the mountain road can be half a foot thick, so that the western thief reinforcements can not arrive quickly, so he can free his hands and use catapults to smash a road on a city and a village with peace of mind.

It's just a pity that the snow is too small.

Walking on a thin layer of snow, there was a creaking sound under my feet. Chong Jianzhong walked towards the hillside, where there stood a tall and thin figure, it was You Shixiong.

You Shixiong is the witty text of the Pacification Division of the Yan Yan Road, and is now in the curtain. At that time, he led the army to ambush the rebellious Guangrui Army outside the city of Pizhou, and kept Pizhou.

"Uncle Jing is watching the sky at night," Chong Jianzhong walked over and asked jokingly, "I wonder how it will be tomorrow?" ”

"It's unpredictable, but the good luck may be known......," You Shixiong paused, "I'm looking at a comet!" ”

Comet! The cultivation center was startled, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of You Shixiong's line of sight, and immediately found a starlight with a long tail in the Zodiac Star Region of the Seven Houses in the south.

Sure enough, it's a comet!

"Wisdom Lord Disaster Disaster. Out of the sky, the confusion is committed, Changsha is not visible, and there is no light under the double jurisdiction. "I don't know astronomy, I don't know geography, I can't be a general, the voice in the construction of the plant sank, "This is a sign of mourning, is it that there is a change in the south?" ”