The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 409
Wang Gang came out of the palace, ran back to the Sheng Mansion, and saw a large family waiting for him.

Sheng Hong, Lin Sushuang, Sheng Changbai's family of three, and old lady Sheng.

Of course, there is also the person that Wang Gang missed for a year.

Hai Chaoyun stood at the very side, holding a child in his arms.

Wang Gang walked towards Hai Chaoyun slowly, and when he saw the baby in his infancy, his mood calmed down.

"Officer, I'm sorry, I couldn't give you a son." Hai Chaoyun said guiltily.

Wang Gang put his wife and children in his arms and said, "I am the one who should say I'm sorry. I can't be with you during the delivery."

In this era, giving birth to a woman is like going through hell. Wang Gang felt very guilty that he couldn't stay with his wife.

Husband and wife hugged each other and felt each other like never before, but the child in the middle couldn't stand it and started crying.

As soon as the child cried, Wang Gang and Hai Chaoyun were forced to separate to comfort the child first.

"My daughter really looks like me." Wang Gang teased the child, smiling happily.

"Has the child been named?" Wang Gang asked.

Hai Chaoyun said: "Father took a nickname, called Sister Shu, and said that he will wait for you to come back and get his real name."

Wang Gang looked at Sheng Hong and said, "Father, you are the grandpa of the child, so you can choose the child's name too!"

Sheng Hong was very pleased to see that Wang Gang had become famous, and he was still able to respect him as a father after being named Duke.

"How about calling the child Ziqiao? Sheng Ziqiao. Zizi grows vigorously and strives for self-improvement. Buckwheat is also wheat.

I asked someone to calculate the child's horoscope, and said that she lacked wood in her life, and Ziqiao was the vigorously growing buckwheat. "

Wang Gang looked at his daughter and said with a smile, "Little Ziqiao, do you like this name?"

The child laughed through his tears, cheerfully, and seemed to like the name very much.

After Wang Gang returned home, the Sheng family held a family banquet, and almost all the Sheng family members were there, except the queen Sheng Minglan in the palace.

The eldest Sheng Hualan, the fourth eldest Sheng Molan, and the fifth eldest Sheng Rulan all brought their husbands home and wanted to establish a good relationship with Wang Gang.

Hua Lan's husband is the second son of the Earl's Mansion, and now he is a minor official in the Forbidden Army. Everyone knows the relationship between Wang Gang and the commander of the Forbidden Army, Gu Tingye.

Although Mo Lan's husband, Liang Han, is also the son of the Earl's Mansion, he is lustful, has no real talents and learning, and has been dawdling around.

On the contrary, Rulan's husband, Wen Yanjing, has the worst family background, but he is the best among the three sons-in-law.

Wen Yanjing is a Jinshi on the second list. Although he was born in poverty, he is very capable and hard-working. With the help of the Sheng family, he is now a deacon of the Ministry of Officials. Although his official position is small, he has a bright future.

During the family banquet, Wang Gang was faintly the protagonist, and even the head of the Sheng family, Sheng Hong, gave way to his son.

As Wang Gang's official position and title became higher, his status in the Sheng family was no longer the same, and he resolutely became the actual head of the Sheng family.

After the family banquet, the Qingguo Duke's Mansion gifted by the official Zhao Xu was also completed, next to Gu Tingye's Ningyuanhou Mansion.

After Wang Gang moved into the Duke's Mansion, he began to explain things in simple terms and act in a low-key manner.

As a Minister of the Ministry of War, he actually has no military power, except for the [-] Sheng Family Army who was born and died with him, who was incorporated into the militia by him, and he could not even deploy the Song Army.

As for the negotiations with Xixia, Wang Gang is also the mascot, and the chief negotiator is Prime Minister Han.

This time Xixia was willing to bow its head and become a minister, and Song Dynasty was not polite, and directly raised conditions to Emperor Xia, paying tribute every year and making contributions every year.

In the past, the Great Song Dynasty paid the old coins to Xixia, but now, in turn, Xixia must pay 30 silver and [-] high-quality war horses to the Great Song Dynasty every year.

The [-] war horses were requested by Wang Gang, and both the officials and Prime Minister Han agreed.

Although the war in the northwest is over, the Daliao has not yet been resolved.

Because the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun were in the hands of Daliao, the Song Dynasty lost the best land for raising horses, so the cavalry was always inferior to Daliao.

Xixia's Liangzhou battle vest is the best in the world. If it hadn't been for the flying explosive arrows this time, the outcome of the Song Xia battle is still unknown.

Wang Gang took a fancy to the Liangzhou warhorse for the purpose of dealing with Daliao in the future.

The Xixia Kingdom is now terrified of being attacked by the Great Song Dynasty, losing 30 to [-] troops, and it is impossible to do anything in the short term.

But Daliao didn't suffer any losses this time. Although they withdrew their troops in the end, Dal Song also paid a price of 30-year-old coins. Naturally, this loss must be recovered from Xixia.

The two countries have been negotiating for three months. In Wang Gang's view, it is nothing more than bargaining.

In the end, Xixia paid 20 taels of silver and [-] Liangzhou horses to Song Dynasty every year.

After the peace talks, Wang Gang returned to the Ministry of War to continue his life as a salted fish. Apart from listening to the government, his only job is to develop firearms.

After the official Zhao Xu realized the power of firearms, he increased the firearms research funding of the Ministry of War, and Wang Gang was in charge of it all, but he was not allowed to touch the military power.

Wang Gang was also happy and pure, and never participated in major affairs of the court, because he knew that there would be big troubles in the court.

According to the historical process, after the official Zhao Xu came to the throne, he felt the seriousness of land annexation in the Song Dynasty, so he called Wang Anshi to Beijing to carry out the reform, which was called "Xining Reform" in history.

During the reform process, Zhao Xu used the power of the monarchy to ensure the implementation of a series of new laws, but at the same time offended many conservatives.

In the end, the reform faction and the conservative faction fought hard. The reform faction headed by Wang Anshi finally lost to the conservative faction headed by Sima Guang, which made the reform effort fail.

The representative of the old school is Sima Guang who likes to smash tanks.

It can be said that the next few years will be the most chaotic years for the court, and Wang Gang has no intention of meddling at all.

It's not that he doesn't want to change the Song Dynasty, but he thinks that if Zhao Xu is in power for one day, the reform is unlikely to succeed.

The reason why Sima Guang's conservative faction won the final victory is, in the final analysis, the relationship between Zhao Xu's final wavering.

Reforms have always been accompanied by controversies, and the countries that have truly succeeded in reforms in history all have a king with a firm will.

If Shang Yang can't meet Qin Xiaogong, it's useless.

It's a pity that Song Shenzong Zhao Xu is far from being able to compare with Qin Xiaogong.

Wang Gang also reminded the Sheng family not to participate in the struggle between the reformists and the conservatives, especially Empress Sheng Minglan, whose eldest son has already been crowned prince, so they only need to be stable in the future.

In the past more than ten years, the Song Dynasty was full of uproar because of reforms. On the contrary, Xixia has recovered after ten years of recuperation.

The British public had already retired and returned home, and Zhao Xu, the Northwest Military Affairs Officer, was also handed over to a trustworthy person called Jiao Mang.

This Jiao Mang hadn't fought a few tough battles, but he was promoted because of his mixed qualifications, and he was reused because of his loyalty to Zhao Xu.

Wang Gang heard that as soon as Jiao Mang arrived in the Northwest, he began to clean up the British Duke's direct line, and almost caused a big disturbance. Later, it was Zhao Xu who asked the British Duke to come forward to appease the old subordinates, so that the mutiny would not happen.

The British Duke's direct line couldn't get along in the Northwest, so Wang Gang transferred him to Gu Tingye's Forbidden Army with the power of Minister of the Ministry of War.

As a result, the Central Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty became more and more capable of fighting, but the frontier army became a show.

The consequence is that more than ten years later, Xixia's [-] soldiers made a comeback, unilaterally tore up the contract, and declared war on Song Dynasty.

As the name suggests, Jiaomang thought that with the explosive arrows in his hands, he could easily deal with Xixia and achieve Wang Gang's achievements back then.

It's a pity that Xixia has studied the Great Song Dynasty for ten years, and has long been clear about the defects of firearms. He launched an attack on a rainy night, and he was so desperate that he doubted his life.

When the news of the defeat in the Northwest War reached Bianjing, Zhao Xu immediately vomited a mouthful of blood, and the civil and military officials of the whole court were shocked.

When Wang Gang received the news, he immediately entered the palace and met Sheng Minglan first.

"Third brother, the official is vomiting blood, and the imperial physician is still treating him." Sheng Minglan was a little flustered, unable to grasp the point of her words.

"Don't worry, the Imperial Physician is highly skilled and nothing will happen. You will immediately issue an imperial decree in the name of the Empress, and stabilize the court first." Wang Gang said calmly.

"I'll make arrangements right away, do you want the prince to appease the courtiers?" Sheng Minglan asked.

"Don't do it." Wang Gang flatly refused: "Now the prince has nothing to do, just stay in front of the official's sickbed, and don't have any contact with any courtiers."

Sheng Minglan instantly understood what Wang Gang meant.

The emperor was seriously ill, and the prince had too much contact with the ministers, which would arouse the emperor's suspicion.

The only thing the prince has to do at this time is to be a filial son and secure his seat first.

After all, the emperor didn't have only one son, and they all stared at that seat, waiting for the prince to make a mistake.

Sheng Minglan has been a queen for more than ten years, and she is also clear about the affairs of the deep palace. She immediately followed Wang Gang's instructions and asked her son to stay in front of Zhao Xu's hospital bed, even if she pretended to be worried.

When Zhao Xu woke up and saw the prince for the first time, he was indeed comforted by Lao Huai, and then immediately recruited Wang Gang and Sima Guang into the palace.

When Wang Gang saw Zhao Xu, he found that his face was black, but his face was extremely rosy, which was simply a sign of returning to life.

"Changfeng, come here quickly." Zhao Xu waved to Wang Gang, then took Prince Zhao Yu's hand and put it in Wang Gang's.

"Prince, I'm afraid I can't support the country of the Great Song Dynasty. In the future, you should listen to your uncle's advice more." Zhao Xu said weakly.

Zhao Xu is completely asking Gu.

(End of this chapter)