Of course, there will be nothing new in the whole process of the Zhengdan court, and Wu Chong, as the only prime minister, will lead the whole set of ceremonies.

First the courtiers danced in the court, and then the foreign envoys went to the palace - only there were two fewer than in previous years, and one more. Since last year, there has been no Jiaozhi, and this year, on the grounds of disturbing the border, it has rejected the envoys sent by the Western Xia, and the extra is Goryeo, and it is also from last year that the envoys have been sent to pay tribute.

Immediately followed by the issuance of an amnesty, after the suburban amnesty on the winter solstice, because of the change of Yuan Yuanfeng, the Son of Heaven issued another amnesty.

At the end of the day, it was the Son of Heaven who gave a banquet, and basically there was no food, and the ministers served wine to celebrate the birthday of the Son of Heaven, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. In total, about four hours, this year's routine is over, and those who have no errands in the group can go home, but the emperor and Ichigan Zaisuke still have to be busy.

At the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, Han Gang did his role step by step, inconspicuous, uneye-catching, and did not make mistakes. That is, the position he stands in, attracting many envious eyes.

In addition, there are Khitan envoys, who see a little more from his side. Han Gang also heard that today's Da Liao Tianzi likes to go to the sky on a spaceship, but he doesn't know if this is the reason for this.

Back home, Wang Yi, the monarch of Beihai County, had already put on makeup and went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother.

Wang Anshi's daughter is not treated well in the palace, whether it is Empress Cao or Empress Dowager Gao, they don't like Wang Anshi, let alone a clan, and they hate Wang Anshi to the bone. The Wu family was not less angry at the beginning, and Wang Yi could not be left to say a few words like ordinary important ministers' wives, let alone have a chance to make friends with the concubines in the palace.

Han Gang originally thought so, but he didn't expect Wang Yi to come back until almost evening.

"I was left behind by the queen and Zhu Jieyu." Wang Yi said to Han Gang, "The family is safe and sound, and the queen wants to ask how they take care of it." There are also ordinary things to eat and drink at home, and I also asked the officials about the recipe for the decoction that they like to drink. ”

"What's your return?" Han Gang asked.

"I told the situation at home, and there was nothing to hide. The soup and medicine drinks at home are also common, they are all common on the market, and the queen and Jieyu just listen to it and ask a few words. ”

Han Gang shook his head and smiled, and he didn't let go of the straw for his son.

Wang Yi went in to change clothes. He smiled at Yan Suxin, who was already asking his subordinates to set up dinner: "Fangzi is Fangzi." The same recipe makes different decoctions and drinks. The same recipe makes dishes with different tastes. It's a credit to you. ”

Yan Suxin glanced back at Han Gang, "Where can the slave family compare to the imperial chef in the palace." ”

Han Gang Ha said with a smile: "The imperial kitchen is not so charming. ”

Yan Suxin stomped his feet, ignored Han Gang and went out.

The joke is like this, but what the queen and Zhu Jieyu want to ask, Han Gang also knows. Zhao Ji's foundation is not good, and there is little time to exercise, in order to have more sons, he still works day and night, and the situation on both sides cannot be compared at all.

Han Gang spends his days at a leisurely home, accompanying his wife and concubines and children, and enjoying rare family affection. But after seeing the Zhengdan Dynasty Meeting, Han Gang still honestly waited in line to be summoned, and the discussion outside gradually increased.

Many people speculated whether Han Gang had lost his holy grace, and there were many people who gloated. Han Gang's connections at the top are not deep, unlike many children of the family, as long as they stand in the palace, they will climb up to relatives on the left and right, and some can even climb to the one sitting on the royal couch. He is not far away from the relationship between him and the Empress Dowager Gao, and now that Wang Anshi is not taking care of him, some people want to see how his irrigation garden falls.

But Han Gang didn't care about anything, all of this had nothing to do with him who was idle at home. Looking at the current situation, the Son of Heaven is not in a hurry to let him go to Jingxi to take office. However, it is true that there is no hurry, if you want to recruit people to dig canals, you can generally only choose the winter agricultural slack time, otherwise it will be a disaster year, otherwise you will miss the agricultural time, and it will not please either side. Even if Han Gang takes office now, it will be too late.

As time passed, Han Gang still accompanied his wife and children at home, and occasionally went out to visit Wang Shao, Zhang Dian and his relatives and friends.

Su Song, as an envoy to congratulate his birthday, went to Liao last year, and only rushed back before the end of the year. There is news that the Son of Heaven intends to appoint him as the prefect of Kaifeng. Han Gang also went to his house to pay a visit, and when he talked about Su Mu, he sighed and sighed.

In any case, Han Gang and Su Ziyuan have become in-laws, and Su Song has also become relatives of the same generation, and the two have the same interests and hobbies, and they have many common languages for astronomy, mechanics, and arithmetic hobbies.

Su Song also asked Han Gang how he planned to reorganize the Xianghan Cao Canal, after all, the multi-level sluice gate that Han Gang had mentioned was also spread in Beijing. Han Gang asked rhetorically: "I don't know if Brother Zirong still remembers the 'Cover River Whirlpool, like a pot' in "Yu Gong"? ”

"Hukou of the Yellow River?" Su Song frowned and thought about it, he had also traveled south and north for many years, and his knowledge was far better than that of ordinary officials, and his mind was even sharper, and he immediately suddenly said: "Boat on dry land!" It's the track! ”

"Exactly!"

"Yukun, don't you say that you can increase the water potential with a multi-level sluice?" Su Song was puzzled.

"It also needs to have water." Han Gang spread his hands, "The section of the channel at Fangcheng Pass only has the stream coming down from Fangcheng Mountain, and it is still unstable, so it is useless at all. Only by digging a deep channel to six or seven zhang to bring in the living water, the multi-level sluice gate has a place to be displayed. ”

"Five or six zhang, ......" Su Song shook his head when he heard this

"It would take years to dig to such a depth. But if you think about it another way, the part of the boat that can't be navigated is actually not so difficult as long as you use the track to turn around. ”

"But capacity?"

"Through the capacity of the Xianghan Cao Canal, it is enough to have one million guan. And how much pig iron and ore are transferred from the track in Liguo Jian every year? Han Gang smiled, he had already made up his mind, "Build the track first, if it goes well, there will be one million stone grains in Beijing that year." As for the channel, the rail grain transportation belongs to the rail grain transportation, and the channel excavation belongs to the channel excavation, and the two are not contradictory. ”

Using the tracks, it costs no more than the canal. The track cannot last, but the canal must be dredged every year, and the dredging of the Bianhe River often costs tens of thousands of people, and the cost is actually not much saved. Han Gang also wanted to satisfy the Son of Heaven who was eager for quick success, and first showed him the results. Even if the canal fails, there are still tracks that can be used to offset the number.

In addition to communicating with relatives and friends, at other times, Han Gang will also meet visitors who come to visit him, and the name cards handed to Han Gang's concierge every day are often dozens or hundreds, and Han Gang can only pick them up from them to meet.

Although some people gloated that he had lost his holy favor, Han Gang was not an official who climbed up by relying on the favor of the Son of Heaven. Even if the Holy Favor declined, he was still a scholar of the Dragon Pavilion, who was in his twenties. What's more, he is also the transfer envoy of the capital of Beijing, and this position is obviously given to him by the Son of Heaven in order to allow him to display his talents.

The status is here, there will always be people who will worship it, not to mention that Zhang Zai has a lot of protégés in the capital, and who is willing to let go of Han Gang's rare opportunity? You must know that Lu Dao, those who have been his staff members have now been promoted, and there is no exception!

During this time, the court was very calm. In the post-Wang Anshi era, the first round of confrontations in the court came to an end a year ago, and the second round was still in preparation. As long as Shangyuan has not passed, it is still in the New Year's Festival, and no one has come out to let the Son of Heaven have a happy New Year.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the Shangyuan Festival, and it is the night of the lights that the world is happy with.

Han Gang's family was invited to watch the lanterns with the Wang family, and the two families were good friends, and they had no scruples.

The deacons have curtains that they use to watch the lanterns on the heavenly street, and from the curtains they can look up to the emperor on the Xuande Gate.

This year, the Son of Heaven did not invite the Zai Zhi to the Xuande Gate Tower, probably because he didn't want the good Shangyuan Night to become a time for the two factions to attack.

It's rare to be empty, but Wang Shao doesn't like crowded lantern festivals, and Han Gang is the same. He took the whole family to borrow Wang Shao's tent, saw the lamp mountains built by various yamen, nobles, and commercial houses, and said hello to Wang Qi, Lu Gongzhu, Lu Huiqing, and Zhang Dian, and went to Wang's house with Wang Shao.

The two servants took their little masters out to watch the lanterns without mentioning it, but Han Gang opened the chessboard at Wang Shao's invitation, and Wang Hou watched from the side. Playing chess on the Shangyuan Festival is a rare Yaxing.

Han Gang's level of Go is not high, Wang Shao can only be regarded as reluctant, one win and one loss in two games, and when it comes to the two watches, the two families who went out to watch the lanterns have all come back one after another, but they don't see the thirteen Lang of the Wang family.

Wang Shao's wife, Liu, was anxious and sent someone out to look for him, and after a while, a family member whose face was as white as paper was led into the room. When he entered the door, he knelt down, and when he walked in front of Wang Shao, he kowtowed.

"Wang Quan, didn't you go with the Thirteen Outs?" Wang Shao asked with his chess pieces in his hand, his eyes still staring at the chessboard.

"The villain deserves 10,000 deaths, and the villain's sins deserve 10,000 deaths." Wang Quan raised his hand to give himself two mouths, "The villain lost the thirteenth brother!" ”

At this moment, few people in the ovary could sit still, Wang Hou jumped up, kicked Wang Quan away, and roared angrily: "What are you going to do!" ”

Wang Kuo turned his head and said to Wang Shao, "You have to go to Kaifeng Mansion to report quickly!" ”

"You have to ask Kaifeng Mansion to make a secret visit, the movement is too big, or there may be accidents." Han Gang also said in a deep voice, the government is in a hurry, and it is not impossible to kill people and kill people.

Wang Shao knocked on the chess pieces and put one on the chessboard, but he took another step closer to Han Gang. Looking up at Han Gang, "Yukun, it's your turn." ”

"Daddy!" Wang Hou shouted anxiously, how could he be so leisurely.

"It doesn't matter. His son should visit, and if I am thirteen, I will be able to return to myself. …… Yukun! Wang Shao raised his head and urged unhappily: "You still can't get down?" ”

Han Gang looked at the chessboard, then at Wang Shao, and after going back and forth twice, he finally shook his head and sat down, "Since the privy councillor said so, how dare Han Gang not accompany him." ”