 Subsequently, when Deng was moved to Huainan Circuit (淮南, headquartered in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu), he again asked for Han to serve on his staff, but before Han could report to Huainan, he was recalled to Chang'an, then again under Tang control, to serve as "Dianzhong Shiyushi" (), a low-level imperial censor.However, Han Hong () had offended the chancellor Wang Yu by failing to praise Wang with grand words when drafting the edict promoting Wang, and therefore, after Wang became chancellor in 758, he retaliated by putting the Han brothers in positions with no power.After Wang was removed from his chancellor position in 759, the popular opinion was that they had been unfairly treated, and Han Huang thereafter successively served as "Sibu Yuanwailang" (), a low-level official at the ministry of rites (禮部, "Lǐbu"); "Kaogong Yuanwailang" (), and then "Lìbu Yuanwailang" (), both low-level officials at the ministry of civil service affairs (吏部, Lìbu, note different tone than the ministry of rites).