Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 383 Official Resignation
"Hehe! This kid really looks like Mingli." Fan Tiege hugged his grandson, laughing so hard that he couldn't close his mouth. If he didn't want to see his grandson before, he had already forgotten it.

Yu was chatting with her daughter-in-law. She had already hugged her grandson, and now she turned her attention to her daughter-in-law. Although she was only a concubine, she was also her daughter-in-law.

"A Li, what's your last name? Where is your mother's family?"

With a gentle face, Reiko bowed slightly and said softly: "If you go back to your mother-in-law, my natal family is in Izu, not far from the sea. The family is very poor. I don't have a surname, but only one name is Shengzi. Mingli said that this name is not good, so he called it My son."

Mrs. Yu is very satisfied with this daughter-in-law. Not only is she beautiful, she has a very gentle personality. She talks to herself with a low eyebrow and is pleasing to the eye. Mrs. Yu is very capable. When she was young, she set up a stall with her husband to sell goods, but the other side of being capable is being strong. Well, for many years, she has managed her husband and two sons submissively, and now she has an obedient daughter-in-law, of course she likes it.

Yu Shi thought for a while and said, "Since you married into the Fan family, you will be called Fan Li Shi from now on, come home with us later."

"Daughter-in-law listens to mother-in-law's arrangement!"

Mrs. Yu nodded in satisfaction, then walked up to touch her grandson's face and said with a smile, "Old man, I just asked, my grandson hasn't been named yet, so I'm waiting for you?"

Fan Tiege hesitated and said, "Why don't you let Daddy get up?"

Yu curled her lips a little unhappy, "Why did you ask your father to name it? The name he chose may not be good. If you don't want to, I will ask Aning to name it."

Fan Tiege is not willing to release this power, he quickly said: "Then call Xiangyang, it is too cold in Kunzhou, I think calling Xiangyang will be warmer."

Yu's brows frowned, "Xiang Yang's name is not grand enough, besides, isn't my elder brother's grandson called Yu Yang?"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Then take a homonym and call it Xiangyang, Fan Xiangyang, how about this name?"

Fan Tiege immediately gave a thumbs up, "As expected of the No. 1 child department, the name is grand, it's called Fan Xiangyang."

The two elders, Fan Tiege, refused to stay for dinner, so they took their daughter-in-law and grandson home. Fan Ning wiped the sweat from his brow, and smiled to Zhu Pei beside him, "It's finally settled."

Zhu Pei pursed her lips and smiled, "Not yet! The second aunt asked me just now, when will Mingren settle down? I dare not say, you plan to ask Mingren to do overseas trade, she must be impatient."

"Doing overseas trade is not about letting him run the ship, he just sits in Quanzhou."

Zhu Pei rolled his eyes at him, "Do you think it's possible to keep him out of the sea?"

Fan Ning scratched his head. With Ming Ren's character as a big horse monkey, it is really impossible for him not to go to sea.

"Let's take a step and see! Maybe one day Akihito will come back with a dark-skinned son."

"The second uncle must be in a hurry with you!"

The husband and wife talked and laughed, and walked towards the inner house.

Early the next morning, Fan Ning came to the Ministry of Officials. Today he was going to go through formal resignation procedures. The person who received him was Zeng Gongliang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials. Zeng Gongliang was nearly sixty years old, with white beard and hair. Zhao Zhen's evaluation of him was "Fanghou, dignified, deep and thoughtful". It was because of his high regard that Zhao Zhen entrusted him with the most important official minister in the Song Dynasty.

"Fan Zhizhou, please sit down!"

Zeng Gongliang asked him to sit down very politely, and ordered the tea boy to serve tea. Fan Ning put some official seals on the table. After the form is printed, you go to a special person to hand in the seal, and only when you are dismissed from office will you be deprived of the official seal directly, the nature is different, Fan Zhizhou, please put away the official seal first."

Fan Ning nodded and put away the official seals. At this time, a tea boy served two cups of tea, and Fan Ning drank the tea patiently and waited for the arrangement.

Zeng Gongliang took a thick file bag, sat down and said with a smile: "You are so young, but the file bag is almost as thick as mine."

"I have a lot of jobs."

"That's true. You are still in the military, and ordinary civil servants don't have this opportunity."

Zeng Gongliang opened the file bag and took out a bunch of edicts and letters. He found the latest edict and the resolution of Zhizheng Party. He looked at it and said to Fan Ning, "It's very thorough. Except for retaining the title of supervisory censor, everything else is exempted." , are you mentally prepared?"

Fanning nodded, "What about the title?"

"You will be deprived of the title only if you commit a crime. Are you kidding me?"

Fan Ning smiled, he was a little nervous, and even forgot the minimum rules.

"Just kidding, it's good to liven up the atmosphere."

Zeng Gongliang laughed at himself, and said, "I need your work report!"

Fan Ning took out a work report and put it on the table. Before that, he had given another work report to Zhao Zongshi. Zhao Zongshi reported it to the Privy Council, and then the Privy Council submitted it to the Emperor.

And this one was submitted by the Ministry of Officials to the Zhizhengtang as a report on the work of the Kunzhou magistrate. It is generally not submitted to the emperor, unless it is requested to be interrogated by the Zhizhengtang. Fan Ning had already enjoyed this treatment two years ago. So this time it's free.

Zeng Gongliang put the work report aside, took out a gold quotation from the inner treasury and a piece of jade from the file bag, and handed them to Fan Ning together, "This is a reward from the emperor two years ago. Receive it, this time you can go to the inner treasury to get it, or you can ask someone else to do it for you, the inner treasury only recognizes gold and jade."

Fan Ning knew that he had to be rewarded with 1 taels of gold, but he never had a chance to claim it. He put away the gold and jade, and Zeng Gongliang said again: "There is nothing else, just fill out some forms, sign, and hand in the official seal. it's over."

Fan Ning was taken aback, "What about my new job?"

Zeng Gongliang said apologetically: "The letter of appointment has not yet been issued. I think I will trouble you to come back in a few days. Take a good rest for a few days!"

Fanning nodded, "Thank you!"

Zeng Gongliang gave Fan Ning a thick stack of resignation letters, and stood up to resign. Each of these resignation letters needs to be filled out and signed. This is a pile of information that every official fills out when he takes office or resigns, including family information, Residential conditions, property conditions, etc.

If it is found that the property does not match the income of the post, you have to explain it separately, but this is just a formality for the officials, and you can find any reason to solve it, such as the wife's dowry, which is the most used and most glamorous reason, Yu Shi Tai couldn't find out.

What's more, no one will seriously fill in every item, usually they fill in visible shops, real estate, etc.

While Fan Ning was lowering his head to fill out the form, there was a burst of discussion behind him, "What a pity! A dignified leader in the literary world would do such a thing. He is finished."

Fan Ning was startled, who are you talking about?
He stood up and saw two officials holding teacups standing behind the pillar. Fan Ning was about to ask, when the two officials realized that there was someone behind them. They were startled and hurried away.

Fan Ning was full of suspicion. Could this be referring to Ouyang Xiu?Now known as the leader of the Song Dynasty literary world, it seems that there is no one else except Ouyang Xiu. What did he do?
In the lobby of the Ministry of Officials, everyone was busy in a hurry, and no one would answer this question for him.

Coming out of Da Nei, Fan Ning hailed an ox cart, and not long after, he arrived at the main store of Zhuji Qianpu, which is located next to Zhuquemen. The twelve Zhuji Moneyshops in the capital had followed Zhu Pei into Fan's house as a dowry, but The names have not changed. On the one hand, their owners are still Zhu Pei in name, and on the other hand, Fan Ning does not want to change the name of the store to cause the Zhu family's disgust. Because of these twelve money shops, the Zhu family is full of quarrels.

Although the name of the store has not changed, the proprietor has been changed to Zhu Pei, and it has been filed with the government, and has nothing to do with the Zhu family.

The Chief Steward is still the former Chief Steward Liu, and Fan Ning has not changed. This Chief Steward Liu has been the Chief Steward in the capital for 20 years. He is loyal to Zhu Yuanfu and fulfills his duties. He will also be loyal to Zhu Pei.

Fan Ning walked into the money shop, and was explaining things at the counter. Steward Liu glanced at the proprietor, and hurriedly came out to greet him, smiling: "Welcome the officials to come to inspect!"

Fan Ning waved his hand, "I'm not here to inspect, let's talk inside!"

"Officials please!"

Fan Ning followed Chief Steward Liu into the back hall, and Chief Steward Liu took out a palm-sized golden key and handed it to Fan Ning, "This is the key to the special treasury. The fifty boxes of gold dust sent by the officials yesterday have been put into the treasury. , please follow me to review the officials, this is the iron law in the store, the key must be handed over after the customer has personally reviewed it, even though the officials are the proprietors, they should be no exception."

Fan Ning was also quite curious, so he nodded and smiled and said, "Then go and have a look!"

Steward Liu called the other two stewards, and each took a bunch of keys to a patio in the backyard. This is the entrance to the special vault, locked with three big locks, and each of them holds a key, which must be unlocked at the same time.

The three of them opened the big lock, lifted a heavy iron plate, and saw a row of steps extending downwards. Manager Liu introduced: "The basement below is made of bluestone, and then poured with iron juice, and the ax and hammer smashed the city. It's useless, officials please!"

Fan Ning followed the chief steward down the stairs, and below was the special treasury. The light was dim. Chief Liu lit two oil lamps, and saw a five-foot-wide and five-foot-long corridor ahead, with five rooms on each side. , locked by a thick iron gate.

"Why are there only ten rooms?" Fanning asked a little puzzled.

Manager Liu said with a smile: "This is a place where wealthy families store gold. At least 5 taels of gold are eligible to be stored here. There is also a silver warehouse and a jewelry warehouse. The storage conditions are also very high. Of course The cost is also high, and the storage fee for one year is [-] guan.”

"Then why don't you put it in your own house?"

"This involves a family property distribution issue, and it also involves a security issue, so many wealthy families are unwilling to keep gold, silver and jewelry at home, but store them in big money shops. The top ten money shops in Beijing have such Special warehouses, Zhu Ji Money Shop is of course no exception."

Fan Ning nodded with a smile, "I see, it's the first time I've seen it with my own eyes today."

Shopkeeper Liu smiled slightly. When he came to the No. [-] vault, he raised a key in his hand and said, "The iron door can only be opened by inserting the key in the hand of me and the officer into the hole and turning it at the same time. Bar!"

Fan Ning and Manager Liu inserted the key into the hole at the same time and pressed hard together, only to hear 'click!Click!Click! With three beeps in a row, Steward Liu pulled the handle of the door forcefully, only to see the heavy iron door "creak!" opened.

(End of this chapter)