Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 163 Accidental Discovery
Fan Ning also probably knew about Fan Zhongyan's situation. Last year, the imperial court planned to transfer him to be the governor of Hangzhou, but the people of Dengzhou tried their best to persuade Fan Zhongyan to stay in his post again.

But Fan Ning only knew so much, and he didn't know more information. However, since Ouyang Xiu mentioned this matter, Fan Ning knew that there must be a deeper intention. He had no excuse, and continued to listen to Ouyang Xiu patiently.

"Fan Gong asked to stay in Dengzhou, and was opposed by many important ministers, but today the emperor stood up to everyone's opinions and issued a decree to allow Fan Gong to stay in Dengzhou again.

Someone told me that the original intention of the emperor was to transfer Fan Gong back to the court, but there were too many opponents, so he retired and stayed as Fan Gong.

According to the usual practice, those who stay in office will not serve for a full term, and will be transferred after a maximum of one or two years of extension, so the next step of Mr. Fan is very important. "

Fan Ning thought for a while and asked, "Uncle, you mean that the emperor is going to rehabilitate the ministers of the Qingli New Deal?"

Ouyang Xiu sighed, "The Qingli New Deal was originally promoted by the emperor with all his strength, but it was too fiercely opposed by the dignitaries. In order to protect Fan Gong and others, the emperor transferred them out of the capital.

It has been five years now, and the emperor may want to gradually use the reformers again. From Fu Bi, he can be seen that he was promoted to the Minister of Rites and awarded a bachelor. I think this is a sign that the emperor wants to use Fan Gong. "

Fan Ning didn't quite understand why Ouyang Xiu said these words to himself. Could it be that he could influence the emperor to promote Fan Zhongyan?
Ouyang Xiu said slowly again: "I tell you this because Fan Gong is likely to become the center of public opinion in the court in the past few months, and many people will follow him, which will definitely affect your participation in the imperial examination. Be mentally prepared."

Only then did Fan Ning understand what Ouyang Xiu was talking about. In fact, he had already realized that the label 'Fan Zhongyan's grandson' was much heavier than he had imagined.

After a moment of silence, Fan Ning asked again: "Since the emperor wants to recall grandfather to the capital, why didn't he just appoint him directly? Are there many people who hinder him?"

"You are right, the dignitaries headed by Zhang Yaozuo are trying their best to prevent your grandfather from returning to Beijing, even if the emperor wants to recall him, he needs a reason.

Like Fu Bi, the reason why he was recalled to the capital was because of his meritorious service in arranging refugees, and promoting him so that others have nothing to say. To call your grandfather to Beijing, you also need a convincing reason. "

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After dinner at Ouyang Xiu's mansion, Fan Ning left and went back to the inn.

Ouyang Xiu also did not keep Fan Ning to live in his house, now is a troubled time, Ouyang Xiu is very cautious, he does not want to be used by some people to deal with Fan Zhongyan because of his words and deeds, which will affect the emperor's idea of ​​transferring Fan Zhongyan back to the capital.

In the bullock cart, Fanning put his hands behind his head and looked at the night sky through the window.

If I remember correctly, Fan Zhongyan only had two years to live. Two years later, Fan Zhongyan died of illness while being transferred from Hangzhou to Yingzhou.

Historically, Fan Zhongyan should have been transferred to Hangzhou the year before last, but something went wrong. Fan Zhongyan did not go to Hangzhou, but stayed in Dengzhou.

Now that history has changed, can history take another turn and allow Fan Zhongyan to survive this catastrophe.

Historically, Fan Zhongyan's transfer back to the capital should have failed. This incident caused a great blow to his body and mind, making him depressed all the time, and eventually died of illness.

Can Fan Zhongyan be successfully transferred back to the capital because of his appearance?

'The Son of Heaven wants to call your grandfather to Beijing, he also needs a convincing reason. '

Fan Ning thought of what Ouyang Xiu said, and slowly fell into deep thought.

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Xianningfang is located in the northwest of the inner city, and it is also a high-end residential area, where many residences of royal relatives or high-ranking officials are located.

In the workshop there is a mansion covering an area of ​​about [-] mu, which is one of the residences of the Zhu family in the capital.

The three Zhu brothers all have their own mansions in the capital, and Zhu Yuanfu's mansion is currently inhabited by his second son Zhu Xiaoyun.

Zhu Yuanfu's eldest son lives in the old house in Wujiang. The second son Zhu Xiaoyun has been an official in the capital since he passed the Jinshi examination ten years ago.

Zhu Xiaoyun has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son Zhu Zhe is 19 years old, but his intelligence will always remain at three years old. The second son Zhu Yi is 17 years old and is currently studying in Taixue. The youngest daughter Zhu Pei is only [-] years old and has been living with his grandfather. This year, he was taken to the capital by his father.

Of course, Zhu Pei also had to study and study in the capital, learning piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, etiquette, tea art, etc. In addition, the main reason why Zhu Pei came to Beijing was that his parents missed their daughter.

In the inner hall of Zhu's house, Zhu Pei drank tea and listened to the report of the guard Xu Qing, and the personal guard Jian Meizi stood not far behind her.

At the beginning of the year, Xu Qing followed Fan Ning to Yin County and then returned to Wujiang. Zhu Pei went to Beijing, and Zhu Yuanfu officially asked Xu Qing to follow Zhu Pei and become Zhu Pei's follower.

"Master, my subordinates have found Fan Ning's residence. They just arrived in the capital at noon today. They are currently staying at the Zhangqiaoer Inn on Guanyinyuan Bridge. There are three people in total, all of whom are his former friends."

Of course Zhu Pei knew that Fan Ning had passed No. 1 in the boy's solution test, and also knew that Fan Ning had left Pingjiang Mansion to go north. These days, she had been asking people about the passenger ship coming from Pingjiang Mansion, and it was probably time to arrive.

Zhu Pei considered the issue very carefully. She learned that Fan Ning was going north on a five-hundred-stone passenger ship of Li's Shipping Company, so she sent someone to inquire about Li's Shipping Company's docking habits, and learned that Li's Shipping Company's ships usually stopped at Liu Shuan'er's house outside the city. On the wharf, the boatmen have private goods to sell.

According to this clue, Xu Qing easily found out the whereabouts of the three of Fan Ning.

Jupe just wanted to know where Fanning was staying.

She nodded, "I see, I have worked hard for you these few days."

Xu Qing hesitated and said: "This subordinate also found a strange thing."

"What's the oddity?"

"The inn where Fan Xiaoguan lives is actually under surveillance."

This news made Zhu Pei startled, "Surveillance on Fanning?"

"I don't know about this. The subordinates just discovered by accident that there are two people monitoring Zhang Qiao'er's inn. Whether they are monitoring Fan Xiaoguan or not is not certain for the time being."

"Go find out, what are they monitoring? Is it related to Fanning?"

"Follow the order!"

Xu Qing left in a hurry.

Zhu Pei really couldn't figure out why someone was watching the inn where Fan Ning lived. Did this little guy offend someone?

Early the next morning, Fan Ning and Su Liang hired an ox cart to come to Daxiangguo Temple. There is a small street next to Daxiangguo Temple, which is the place with the most concentrated bookstores in the capital. This street is also called Shuyuan Street. There are thirty or forty bookstores on the two-mile street, and almost all booksellers have stores here.

Bookstores followed one another, and various store signs were posted all over the street, but what Fan Ning did not expect was that there were more than a dozen strange stone museums on the north side of Shuyuan Street.

Fan Ning asked a bookstore clerk to find out that Daxiangguo Temple is also the largest concentration of rare stones in the capital. Among them, there are many stalls selling strange stones in the temple, and the big shops that officially opened are concentrated in Shuyuan Street.

But today Fan Ning and Su Liang are here to buy some review materials, and they don't have time to visit the Kistler Museum yet.

They walked into a bookstore called 'Bowenzhai'. This bookstore can also be ranked among the top five in the capital. The second floor is like a sea of ​​books.

Today, the two wanted to buy some review materials for the imperial examination. After all, the options in the capital city were much greater than those in Wu County.

But soon, Fan Ning and Su Liang discovered that a large number of options may not be a good thing. When they found that all kinds of the latest imperial examination review materials covered a wall, they were faced with a difficult choice. There are so many that they don't know how to choose.

"Fanning, this book is good!"

Su Liang handed Fan Ning a thick book, and Fan Ning took it. The title of the book was "Explaining the Five Classics by Famous Confucians".

Fan Ning shook his head and put the book back, "This book is suitable for students who have just entered the county school, but it is of no significance to scholars who are taking the provincial examination."

Su Liang was right when he thought about it. The problems mentioned in the book should not be a problem for the students who took the provincial examination.

"Then what kind of books are you going to find?"

"I'm looking for books on the law."

"The law?"

Su Liang was surprised and said, "Do you think the provincial exam will test the law?"

Law used to be a necessary subject for students in the provincial examination, but it was abolished more than ten years ago, so now scholars no longer review law, but this course is offered incidentally in county schools.

Fan Ning smiled, "I specifically read the explanations of the imperial examinations back then. It just said that the law is no longer a separate examination subject, but I didn't say no to the test. If the content of the law appears in the countermeasures of the provincial examination, I Not surprising at all."

Su Liang also became a little worried, "But if we ask us to recite the law now, it will be too late!"

Fan Ning said to him: "The author of the question will also consider this issue, so if the law is involved, it must not be a very uncommon content, but should be biased towards the most common cases."

"What about common cases?" Su Liang still asked in a panic.

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "I once asked Gao Fei and Wang Anshi which kind of cases the county magistrate encountered the most, and they both gave the same answer. Property disputes accounted for more than [-]% of all cases. , so I plan to take a closer look at the various provisions on property ownership in the laws of the Song Dynasty.”

At this time, Fan Ning suddenly found a book in a pile of law books, "The Encyclopedia of Cases of Civil Property Disputes".

Fanning laughed. "This is the book I'm looking for."

(End of this chapter)