Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 390 Formal Appointment
Fan Ning waited at the door of the imperial study for a while, when an eunuch came out with a smile and said, "Fan Zhizhou, please!"

Fan Ning was taken aback, why did this eunuch still call himself Fan Zhizhou?I have resigned from office!He knew that these eunuchs were very cautious and would not call their official positions indiscriminately. Does the emperor still want him to be the magistrate again?
Fan Ning went to the door with random thoughts, looking at the devout face of another eunuch in the imperial study, his piety was opposite to the owner of this room, Fan Ning suddenly realized, why did the eunuch still call himself Zhizhou?These eunuchs don't care about the appointment or dismissal of the court. They only recognize the emperor. If the emperor has not appointed him a new post, he is still the magistrate of Kunzhou.

After thinking this through, Fan Ning felt relieved. To be honest, he really didn’t want to be an official again, at least not for the past few years. He knew exactly what was going to happen in the next few years. He couldn’t help but want to leave the court. center.

Walking into the imperial study room, I saw the emperor Zhao Zhen standing in front of the window and meditating. Fan Ning did not disturb, but stood quietly aside. After a while, Zhao Zhen also saw Fan Ning, smiled and said: "I am a little distracted. .”

"Wei Chen sees His Majesty!"

"Free gift!"

Zhao Zhen sat down and said with a smile: "I have read Aiqing's work report, and I am very interested in Aiqing's suggestion of using islands to support islands. Can you tell me more about it?"

In fact, 'raising islands with islands' is not a suggestion, but a sentence in the job report. It happened that this sentence moved Zhao Zhen. He didn't pay much attention to other things, but this sentence aroused his interest.

Fan Ning sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then said unhurriedly: "Using islands to raise islands is actually the lowest level. Simply put, it does not increase the burden on the court. When Kunzhou was first established, the court invested a lot of resources. I remember it very clearly. , there was a lot of opposition at that time.”

Zhao Zhen also remembered the objection Fan Ning said. During the three-year preparation period, the imperial court spent a lot of money on shipbuilding, food supply, and preparation of materials. Later, the news of the creation of Kunzhou was spread, which attracted a lot of opposition. Voice, 'waste of money', this is the reason that opponents say most, it is glamorous, and it is impossible to refute.

However, with the passage of time, this kind of objection gradually disappeared after a boatload of supplies and gold and silver were transported back to the capital.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "It is the lowest state to raise islands with islands, so I want to know what state Kunzhou is now?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Kunzhou is currently at a middle-level state. It uses islands to help the country. Kunzhou produces gold and silver, and will also produce war horses in the future. However, Kunzhou is too small to support the huge empire of Song Dynasty, so I can only It is said that it helps the country with islands."

Zhao Zhen narrowed his eyes slowly, and his tone became a little cold, "What does Aiqing mean to say, find a huge island, and it can use the island to support the country and our entire Song Dynasty?"

Fan Ning suddenly felt the coldness in Zhao Zhen's tone, and he was shocked, no!I must have said something wrong somewhere.

Fan Ning was anxious, and the thoughts in his brain rushed like lightning.

The emperor should not care about raising the country with an island. If he cared, he would not be so excited when Kunzhou brought so much real gold and silver and fifty ponies. Kunzhou sent 100 taels of gold and 1000 million The two golds have the same essence. There is actually no difference between using islands to help the country and using islands to support the country. Fan Ning can feel that Zhao Zhen is still very profit-seeking in his bones.

Since the country is not supported by islands, where will the problem lie?

Fan Ning quickly went through what Zhao Zhen said just now in his mind again, "Find a huge island, and it can use the island to support the country and our entire Song Dynasty?" '

'huge! '

These two words flashed through Fan Ning's mind like lightning, and this must be the reason. Otherwise, why didn't the emperor mention the big island, but emphasized "huge", which shows that he is extremely sensitive to the scale of the island.

Having figured this out, Fan Ning swallowed back what he was about to say about Australia and America, and after a moment of pondering, he changed his words.

"His Majesty, what I mean is that if there are ten or twenty Kunzhous, then the country will be supported by islands."

There is no way, it seems that Zhao Zhen doesn't like overseas territories that are too large, so he has to split them up.

Sure enough, when he named ten or twenty Kunzhous, Zhao Zhen's cold face immediately softened, and the sunshine returned. Fan Ning heaved a sigh of relief. .

He was cursing inwardly, this Emperor Renzong wanted to open up territories, but he did not tolerate the emergence of huge overseas territories. What kind of weird emperor psychology is this?

In fact, Fan Ning probably guessed that Zhao Zhen did not want a second Song Dynasty to appear, whether it was population or land, it would more or less affect the status of the Central Empire.

Fan Ning also sensitively captured a weakness in Zhao Zhen's character. Zhao Zhen seemed not confident enough.

Zhao Zhen regained the original smile on his face, nodded and said with a smile: "If there are ten Kunzhous, then it is really a state to support the country with islands, but it is a pity that Liuqiu Mansion has not yet entered the realm of raising islands with islands. I need a large amount of subsidies from the imperial court every year, and I am sometimes very anxious!"

Fan Ning was silent for a while and said, "Liuqiu Island is not the same as Kunzhou. Kunzhou can recruit a large number of laborers from Japan, so the progress of building cities and roads is very fast, but Liuqiu Mansion does not have this manpower advantage, and the progress is a bit slower. , Weichen thinks it's normal."

Zhao Zhen sighed softly, "You're right. Some things really can't be rushed. I can only take a long-term view. I hope that in ten years, Liuqiu Mansion can support the island with the island. I feel satisfied." gone."

Fan Ning didn't know what to say, and he didn't want to say too much. He knew the truth that too much talk would lead to mistakes. If he talked too much, maybe the eunuch would call him Prefect Fan later.

There was a long silence, and the atmosphere in the imperial study room was a bit awkward. Only then did Zhao Zhen wake up from the sigh at Liu Qiufu, and he smiled and said: "I lost my composure, now you are not the magistrate of Kunzhou, so there is no need to talk about Kunzhou. .”

Fan Ning felt relieved and finally stopped talking about overseas affairs, but he still pretended to be face-saving. He bowed slightly and said, "If Your Majesty needs to chat with my minister about overseas affairs, I can help you at any time!"

Zhao Zhen is still very satisfied with Fan Ning's attitude. He is not overseas, but his heart should be overseas!
He also stopped talking about overseas affairs, and pondered for a while and said: "I have been thinking about how to place your new position for the past two days. You are a fourth-rank official. Although Zhizhengtang proposed the plan, you are special. You have always been an official." I have arranged for your position, and this time is no exception, I have already communicated with several of my husbands on this point."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love!"

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly: "I've thought about it for a long time, and I want you to go to the Court of Remonstrance, how about it?"

Coming out of the Ziwei Palace, Fan Ning walked silently along a corridor. He felt a little bit bitter about being in the vice car. The position he wanted was Yushi Zhongcheng, but Zhao Zhen asked him to be in charge of the court. Both seemed to be supervisory agencies. , but one is for the bottom and the other is for the top.

Yushi Zhongcheng is the supervisor of all officials, and Jianyuan is the supervisor of the emperor. The two are two ends of a straight line, and it is difficult to have an intersection.

"Xiao Fan!"

Fan Ning suddenly heard someone calling him behind him. There were only two people who called him Xiao Fan in the court, one was Fu Bi and the other was Han Qi. They had a very good relationship with Fan Zhongyan. It was logical for Xiao Fan himself.

Fan Ning turned around, and it was indeed Han Qi.

For Han Qi, Fan Ning has always been grateful. If Han Qi hadn't argued for the matter of going out of Yu Kingdom without authorization, and used what he saw and heard in Kunzhou to convince the Emperor and Zhizhengtang, then Zhang Yaozuo and his like would probably still Beating myself with this.

Fanning has always kept this kindness in his heart.

Fan Ning hurriedly bowed and saluted, "See you, my husband!"

Han Qi smiled slightly, "I was just about to go out for a cup of tea, how about it, come with me!"

"How dare the junior not follow!"

"Hehe! It's just a cup of tea, there's no need to talk like you're on the battlefield."

Fan Ning got into Han Qi's carriage, and the carriage drove towards Xuande Gate. Fan Ning's carriage was still waiting outside Xuande Gate. Fan Ning told the driver to go back first, so he and Han Qi came to Yanglou Teahouse not far from Xuande.

The two went up to the second floor and asked for an elegant room. A tea princess ordered a cup of tea for each of them. The tea princess then retreated to the outer room to make tea. This is a rule, when guests are talking, no one can be around.

Han Qi tasted the tea without haste, but Fan Ning said a little bit impatiently: "The officials are going to let me take charge of the court!"

Han Qi smiled and nodded, "I know that the officials are very interested in the article about officials from Kunzhou that was published yesterday in the "Chao Bao". It is estimated that the officials made up their minds to send you to the court at that time."

"Is there any way to change this result?"

Han Qi frowned thickly, "You are not satisfied!"

Fan Ning bit his lip and said, "Actually, I want to go to Yushitai!"

Han Qi's eyes widened suddenly, he stared at Fan Ning for a long time and said, "Could it be that you wrote the article in Chaobao..."

Fan Ning didn't want to hide anything from Han Qi, so he nodded and said, "I went to Chao Bao on purpose."

Han Qi pointed at him and said with a dumb smile, "I can't see that you kid is so scheming!"

"But I miscalculated. I wanted to supervise the minister, but instead I became the supervisor of the emperor."

Han Qi stroked his beard and said, "Who told you that the remonstrance court can't supervise ministers?"

(End of this chapter)