Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 128
At dawn, Wang Anshi returned to the county office exhausted. His mind was a mess, and he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. Although some things were imminent, he didn't bother to think about them.

He just wanted to sleep for an hour before talking.

As soon as he walked into the inner hall of the county yamen, a yamen servant came forward and reported: "The county lord, Fan Xiaoguan has something urgent to call you, and he has been waiting for a long time."

Wang Anshi covered his mouth and yawned, his tiredness couldn't be concealed, the yamen servant immediately understood, and hurriedly said: "How about, please go back first, Xiaoguan Fan, and the county magistrate will meet him again in another day."

Just as Wang Anshi was about to agree, he suddenly remembered that Fan Ning had helped him catch Qiu Yong. Perhaps he really had something serious to do.

Wang Anshi changed his tune and said, "No need, I'll go see him."

In the hall of the county yamen, Fan Ning was drinking tea in a leisurely manner. He didn't sleep very well last night, and almost stayed up all night.

He has been thinking about the case of startling the cow. From the first time he saw Qiu Yong, he knew that this person was a man of courage and no plan. He desperately begged Wang Anshi to spare his life, but he didn't think about it. The startling cow killed seven people. Innocent people, is there any point in begging at this time?

Since he is brave but not resourceful, there must be a mastermind behind him, so who is this mastermind?

He thought about it all night, until Xu Qing told him a piece of news just now, he did not put together the few things he had considered in his mind.

At this moment, Wang Anshi walked in wearily, "Brother, please tell me something quickly, Brother Yu really can't hold on anymore."

Fan Ning looked at the sleepy Wang Anshi, and felt a little guilty, but some things were the authorities' obsession, and if he didn't point them out, Wang Anshi might not be able to see through them.

"Actually, I just want to ask my brother a question, who is the owner behind the Jinfu Money Shop?"

"this……."

Wang Anshi was at a loss for words for a while, but suddenly his heart moved, and he gave Fan Ning a wary look.

"What do you ask for this?"

"Don't worry about it, brother, answer my question first."

Wang Anshi pondered for a while and said: "The proprietor of Jinfu Money Shop is surnamed Zhang, and he is very low-key. There are rumors that he is the brother of Zhang Xiancheng, but it is just a rumor. I haven't checked the details, and I don't know much about it."

Fan Ning nodded, "As I thought, this proprietor surnamed Zhang is probably Zhang Xiancheng's brother."

"What exactly happened?"

Wang Anshi asked anxiously again, and his intuition told him that the thing he was most worried about was about to happen.

Fan Ning pondered for a while and said, "My guard just told me a piece of news. I'm afraid the county lord will soon know that a person hanged himself in Xiaoyuezhou Inn outside Dongcheng. Someone recognized this person as the boss of Jinfuqian Shop. Shopkeeper Long Jun."

"what!"

Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment. He interrogated Qiu Yong all night, and Qiu Yong finally admitted that the person who planned to startle the bull was Long Jun, the big shopkeeper of Jinfu Money Shop.

Unexpectedly, Long Jun died at this juncture. How will he explain to Governor Li later?

At this moment, Wang Anshi didn't feel sleepy at all, he was extremely anxious, and he circled the room with his hands behind his back.

Fan Ning saw Wang Anshi's helplessness. In fact, Wang Anshi was just a fan of the authorities, and he hadn't thought of the key to deal with this matter.
"Brother should have thought about how to report the alarming cow case to Governor Li, right?" Fan Ning asked lightly.

This sentence is very unlevel, it is almost dawn, how could I not think about it.

Wang Anshi's heart moved, he suddenly understood what Fan Ning meant, he quickly smiled and said, "I'm in a mess right now, can you give me some advice?"

Fan Ning smiled, "Brother is only because he is in this mountain. In fact, the real mastermind behind this matter, brother should know in his heart. I'm right!"

Wang Anshi nodded, why didn't he think of it?Qiu Yong admitted that this incident was planned by Long Jun, the treasurer of Jinfuqian Shop, so he thought of Zhang Qilin, the magistrate of the county.

Of course Zhang Qilin will not be directly involved in the case, he will implement the plan through his brother, and even his brother will not show up, but let the big shopkeeper Long Jun act as the mastermind.

Killing Long Jun is tantamount to killing his mouth.

"I do know!"

Fan Ning smiled again and said, "Actually, why should my brother care about Long Jun's death? I also came to see my brother not specifically to tell him about Long Jun, but to mention it in passing."

"Then what are you trying to say?"

Fan Ning pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I just want to remind my brother that the purpose of someone creating a shocking case is to make things worse. If you just want to solve the case, you can do whatever you want, but if you want to not affect the young crops Fa, it should be to make big things small, small things small, as for the person who stabbed the knife in the back, I will find other excuses to deal with it in the future."

Fan Ning's words immediately made Wang Anshi break out in a cold sweat. He was really planning to arrest Long Jun based on Qiu Yong's confession, but now he realized that he had forgotten his original intention.

I want to actively catch Qiu Yong, isn't it because I'm afraid of making things worse?
If Qiu Yong is arrested, it will inevitably involve the Jinfu Money Shop, and the proprietor will be tracked down layer by layer. Sooner or later, Governor Li will find out that this matter is related to the county magistrate, and finally there will be a murder case planned by the county magistrate, causing an uproar all over the world. Then can I still do my own young crop method?

Wang Anshi secretly sighed, he is really a fan of the authorities!
He bowed his head in thought for a moment and said, "You mean to say that this case has nothing to do with the Jinfu money shop if it is directly nailed to the Qiu family's money shop?"

Fan Ning took a sip of tea, and said slowly, "The three brothers of the Qiu family are known as the Three Tigers of Yin County. They have done countless unreasonable things. I don't think I have wronged them by asking their money shop to bear all the losses and compensate them."

After a pause, Fan Ning smiled and said: "Actually, Governor Li should be a smart person. He can guess the truth behind the scenes. If he is wrong, he will be wrong. Closing this case means that he does not want to expand the situation. If he is not satisfied, ask When the case is retried, the elder brother simply takes the opportunity to take down Zhang Qilin and clear the way for the implementation of the Youth Law."

Fan Ning's words really shocked Wang Anshi's heart. Fan Ning's sophistication and clear thinking in dealing with problems made him admire, especially in insight into people's hearts, even surpassing himself.

Although what he said was still vague, but he hit the point, Governor Li didn't want the situation to escalate.

Wang Anshi looked at the young man in front of him, and he even had an illusion that this was just a young man's body, but an adult's heart.

Wang Anshi nodded slowly, "Then I'll just use Qiu Yong's confession from the first interrogation. There is no mastermind, it's just that he committed the crime on impulse."

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The development of the situation was just as Fan Ning inferred. In the morning, Wang Anshi reported the investigation conclusion of the alarming cow case to Li Cheng, the governor of Mingzhou who had just rushed back to Yin County.

Li Cheng accepted Wang Anshi's conclusion that this was an accidental case, and the perpetrator's intention was not to kill, but to use cattle to disrupt the scene of spring plowing and releasing money, but the situation got out of control and caused serious consequences.

Due to the solid evidence and serious consequences, Li Cheng immediately sentenced Qiu Yong to beheaded and reported to the criminal department and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs for approval. At the same time, he confiscated all the assets of Desheng Money Shop as compensation for the deceased and a fine.

The shocking cow case did not turn into a shocking case in the end, but was characterized as an accident, which greatly reduced its impact.

The county government began to continue to issue loans for young crops. Wang Anshi made some fine-tuning of the green crops law based on the loan situation last year.

One is the reduced interest on borrowing money. The original two-cent annual interest is reduced to one-cent annual interest, which greatly reduces the burden on farmers. Five hundred dollars, and the interest rate will be reduced to seven percent.

The second is to expand the scope of borrowing money. Not only owner farmers can borrow money, but landless tenant farmers can also borrow money from the government. This brings all farmers into the scope of implementation of the Young Crops Law.

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The Scary Cow Case ended silently, but both Wang Anshi and Fan Ning understood that the game was only temporarily suspended. If the cancer was not completely dug out, there would be another Scary Cow or Horse Scary case.

"what!"

Wang Anshi's eyes widened, and he stared at Fan Ning in disbelief.

"You want me to go find Qiu Li?"

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "Qiu Li worked hard to manage the Desheng Money Shop for 40 years until this year, but it was confiscated by the government, and his youngest son will also be executed. Can he not hate it? Can he not hurry?
But let's figure it out, who does he hate?No hurries?Once these two points are clarified, we will have a target. "

Wang Anshi has gotten used to Fan Ning and the old man who doesn't match his age, and he himself can't explain why he is so wise. It should have nothing to do with a prodigy, but more like a wizard, such as Gan Luo, isn't it because he was a prime minister when Fan Ning was so old? ?

Now, Wang Anshi has regarded Fan Ning as his counselor, and he has to discuss important matters related to the Young Crop Law with him.

For example, reducing interest rates, rewarding trustworthiness, including tenants in the scope of borrowing money, etc., are all suggestions made by Fan Ning.

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment and said: "You mean that he hates Zhang Xiancheng deeply and is eager to redeem the money shop?"

(End of this chapter)