Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 190

After listening to Pang Ji's report with a gloomy face, the emperor Zhao Zhen waved his hands impatiently, "I just want to know how deeply the father-in-law is involved in this matter?"

Pang Ji secretly sighed in his heart, this case is still too small, it is still unrealistic to take advantage of this incident to bring down Zhang Yaozuo, he can only take the next best thing and get rid of Zhang Yaozuo's minions.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Guozhang was used by Liu Jin in this case. Because Liu Jin had an old rift with Fan Zhongyan, he wanted to take revenge on Fan Zhongyan's grandson, including instigating people to frame Fan Ning and threatening people to give false testimony. Your Majesty trusts Zhang Guozhang, and encourages Zhang Guozhang to submit a report to His Majesty."

When Zhao Zhen heard that Pang Ji dismissed Zhang Yaozuo, his complexion improved a little, and he said dissatisfiedly, "He is so stupid that he will be used by Jingzhao Shaoyin?"

Pang Ji sighed softly, "Zhang Guozhang is not very smart sometimes, and his ears are soft, and he is tempted by a few nice words. Otherwise, the imperial examination has nothing to do with him. Why does he want to stand out? Did His Majesty ask for credit? It turned out to be taken advantage of."

Zhao Zhen snorted heavily, and said in a stern tone: "I will pass on my will, remove Jingzhao Shao Yin Liu Jin from his official position, and hand it over to Dali Temple for strict trial!"

He thought for a while and then asked Pang Ji, "Who does the Grand Master think is appropriate for Jingzhao Shaoyin?"

Pang Ji bowed and said, "The veteran suggested that Bao Zheng should take up the post temporarily."

Political struggles are like this, if one arm of Zhang Yaozuo is cut off, Pang Ji will naturally be given a sweet date, and it is logical for Bao Zheng to also serve as Jingzhao Shaoyin.

Bao Zheng is currently serving as a fourth-rank official in Tianzhang Pavilion Waiting System and Zhijian Court, while Kaifeng Mansion Shaoyin is only a fifth-rank official, so Bao Zheng is only a concurrent generation, not a real post. After finding a suitable candidate, Bao Zheng will No longer concurrently.

Letting Bao Zheng serve as the young governor of the Kaifeng Mansion, of course, has a deep meaning. Bao Zheng is currently only an admonisher. If an admonisher wants to play a role, it must be supported by facts and cases. Otherwise, many admonitions are just empty words. In order to have more factual evidence.

Zhao Zhen immediately approved Pang Ji's recommendation, "Bao Zheng can also serve as the young governor of Kaifeng Mansion!"

At this time, Pang Ji said again: "During this trial, the veteran also discovered a case of cheating in the imperial examination."

Seeing that Pang Ji changed the subject and stopped mentioning Zhang Yaozuo, Zhao Zhen was relieved and asked, "What case of cheating in the imperial examination?"

"It was the scholar Xu Ji who framed Fan Ning, and the veteran found him very unclean."

Zhao Zhen returned to his seat and sat down, took a sip of hot tea and said, "Tell me specifically!"

"He is Fan Ning's classmate, and he also participated in the Wu County Boys' Selection Competition three years ago, but he failed in the result. The veteran can infer that his age should not exceed 15 years old."

"And then?" Zhao Zhen asked again with great interest.

"Then he transferred his household registration to Xuanzhou, wanting to take advantage of Xuanzhou's loopholes to continue taking part in the Tongzi Examination, but at the beginning of the year he failed in the selection examination for the Tongzi Examination in Xuancheng County, and missed the Xuanzhou Tongzi Examination again, but within a few months, he I signed up for the adult imperial examination in Chizhou, and passed the Chizhou Examination in September, and entered Beijing as a reference for Chizhou’s candidates.”

Zhao Zhen nodded, "This person involves changing his age and falsely reporting his household registration."

"The matter is not that simple. As far as I know, Chizhou governor Xu Zengguang is his second uncle."

Zhao Zhen was stunned, "So he is the son of an official?"

"His father is Xu Gain, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry. He was caught by the Kaifeng government office for whoring. In order to exonerate his son, Xu Gain agreed to Liu Jin's request and let his son frame Fan Ning for whoring. This is what happened today. "

The angry look on Zhao Zhen's face appeared again, and he asked coldly: "Is this really true?"

"Liu Jin has explained it, and it is true!"

Zhao Zhen snorted heavily, and he said to the scholar next to him: "I will pass on my order to demote Xu Gain, a doctor of the Ministry of Industry, to Duchang County Captain, and order Yushitai to send a supervisory censor to Chizhou to thoroughly investigate Xu Jijie's cheating in the exam. Things."

That night, Zhang Yaozuo was called into the palace by his daughter Zhang Guifei. Zhang Guifei scolded him severely, saying that his butt was not clean, so he behaved honestly with his tail between his legs, so as not to be caught by the admonisher, and at the same time, he was not allowed to interfere. The matter of Fan Zhongyan.

Zhang Yaozuo originally wanted to use the whoring case to make a fuss, and let out a bad breath from three years ago, but he didn't expect to lose a handful of rice by stealing chickens. Instead, his most powerful leader Liu Jin was overthrown by Pang Ji, and he was scolded by his daughter , really made him extremely depressed.

Of course, Zhang Yaozuo was not stupid, he knew in his heart that it was actually the official who used the mouth of the noble concubine to reprimand him.

Tell yourself not to interfere with Fan Zhongyan's affairs, which shows that the officials have made up their minds to transfer Fan Zhongyan to Beijing.

On the third day of the first lunar month, Fan Ning took Su Liang, Li Dashou, and Cheng brothers and sisters to Liujia Village outside the west city in three ox carts. Liujia Village is only seven or eight miles away from the city. It is a small village with a population of only thirty or forty households. , most of them live on growing vegetables.

The charcoal seller Wei Qing's house is located at the north end of the village. There are three thatched huts surrounded by a small fenced yard. This is his home.

Wei Qing burned charcoal for generations, but their family also paid a heavy price. Both Wei Qing's father and son were accidentally poisoned while burning charcoal. The family left a five- or six-year-old grandson. , It is already difficult for him to burn charcoal. When the weather warms up, he will go to the woods to cut wood branches and sell them in the city.

In the yard, his wife was sitting by the well doing laundry, while Wei Qing was playing with his grandson.

At this time, he saw three cars parked at his door through the fence. Wei Qing was really surprised, and hurried out.

But seeing Fan Xiaoguan and a few companions unloading large and small bags from the bullock cart, Wei Qing was startled, "This is you."

Fan Ning stepped forward to salute and said with a smile, "Master Wei, we are here to celebrate the New Year."

Wei Qing saw that there were more than a dozen bags of rice noodles piled on the ground, as well as five or six bolts of cloth, as well as air-dried bacon, pastries, fruits, etc., which cost at least two to thirty taels of silver to buy.

He really panicked, "Little official, this is impossible, how can I accept so many things from the small official."

"With a little thought, the old man will not refuse!"

Everyone started working together and carried the things into the yard. Wei Qing's wife was also at a loss, holding her grandson in a daze.

Cheng Yuanyuan stepped forward, handed two bunches of candied haws to the child, and said with a smile, "Little brother, this is from sister."

The child immediately smiled and took the candied haws, and ran back to the room in a hurry.

"Old man, who are they?" the wife asked her husband in a panic.

Wei Qing sighed, "It's the little officials who saved my life last time. They are good people! Go and make tea!"

The old lady hurried into the house to make tea.

Fan Ning smiled at Wei Qing: "If the old man hadn't come out to testify righteously, I would have been wronged and charged. Today, the younger generation is here to thank the old man."

"Hey!"

Wei Qing sighed, "I'm just doing things with my conscience, and I'm also repaying the little official for saving his life, but the little official brought so many gifts, how can the little old man repay it?"

"How can a little material thing be compared with friendship, old people must not underestimate themselves."

Wei Qing nodded, "It will make me hypocritical to speak falsely, especially please sit down!"

Wei Qing's room was too small to sit down, so he had to take five or six small stools and put them in the yard, asking everyone to sit down, and said apologetically, "There is nothing to eat at home, so I have to wait for my wife to make some tea for everyone."

Fan Ning said with a smile: "We have already had lunch, we will leave after sitting for a while, don't bother me too much, old man."

"That can't be done, at least have dinner before leaving."

Li Dashou hurriedly said: "The imperial examination is coming soon, and I have to go back to review my homework. I really don't have time to sit down. Please forgive me!"

Su Liang also said that he would go back to review his homework.

Wei Qing could only sigh, "I really can't repay everyone's kindness."

At this time, Fan Ning took a stove from the bullock cart. This kind of stove is made of fire clay. It is hollow inside and has an iron bridge underneath. It is generally used to burn small wood branches or coals. , used to boil water, cook rice, decoct tea, decoct medicine and so on.

Because it is very convenient to use, almost every household has one, even when traveling, it is also called a marching stove.

"Old man, do you have this kind of stove at home?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"Yes! Yes!"

Wei Qing hurriedly brought an identical stove from the kitchen, and said to Fan Ning, "It's very convenient to burn thin wood branches and boil some hot water."

"Old man, let me find you a way to support your family."

(End of this chapter)