Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 395 Investigating and filing a case
The carriage continued to trample forward on the spacious royal street, but the two people in the carriage were silent.

Although more or less out of personal emotions, Bao Zheng lashed Zhang Sheng mercilessly and portrayed him as a despicable and shameless villain, but Fan Ning discovered Zhang Sheng's unusual methods from Bao Zheng's description.

For example, he said that Bao Zheng came to make trouble when he took office, but he kept silent about himself when he took office. He is angry, but he is different. If he comes to ruin his position, the emperor will not spare him.

He took cold measures against himself, indicating that he knew very well what to do and what not to do?
The second is that he dealt with Zhao Zongshi. He seemed to be bold and reckless. He submitted a letter and sued it without re-examination. This is exactly where Zhang Sheng is shrewd. business.

In addition, what attracted Fan Ning's attention was that this Zhang Sheng chose the timing very well, and he just complained when the emperor was in a bad mood. Is this a coincidence?
Absolutely not, this is the information provided to them by Zhang Yaozuo's relationship in the palace.

There are various indications that this Zhang Sheng is by no means a fuel-efficient lamp, and it is not simply because he is a relative of Zhang Yaozuo that he can become a doctor on the right.

But for the time being, I won't have any interaction with him.

Just as he was thinking, the carriage stopped and Xuandemen arrived.

Today is the mid-term court meeting, which is held in the Ziwei Hall. At this time, the sky is already bright, and the twilight is beginning to thin out. The morning light squeezes in from the twilight, and the outlines of the square and the palace become clear.

The meeting time is Mao Shi quarter, that is, 06:30 in the morning, and it has just reached Mao Shi, and there is still nearly half an hour left.

The officials in the square gathered together in twos and threes to chat. Just now Bao Zheng was stopped by an official, and Fan Ning came to the square alone.

He also knew a lot of officials, but now, he didn't see a familiar face.

Every official was eyeing him, knowingly or not, but no one invited him into their small group of conversations.

Soon, Fan Ning was sensitive to this problem. He was like a rose with thorns. His dazzling management of Kunzhou and the power in charge of the court made him dare not underestimate him.

But the thorn in his body makes people unwilling to approach him. This thorn is that he broke the rules of civil servant promotion. He is too young and has too little qualifications. Not many people are willing to have close friendships with people who break the rules.

When Fan Ning was at a loss as to which direction to go, someone behind him suddenly called him, "Brother Fan Xian!"

The voice was very familiar, and Fan Ning turned around, only to see an official with a solid figure and a simple face walking towards him at a fast pace.

"Brother Wang!"

Fan Ning immediately recognized the person who came, it was Wang Anshi who hadn't seen him for many years.

Fan Ning hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a smile: "Brother Wang, I don't even know when you were transferred back to the court!"

"A few days earlier than you, my brother today is your first day in office!"

"I took office yesterday, by the way, I don't know about my brother's new position yet."

"I'm in the third division, and I'm a magistrate, and my official position is still in the household department, and I'm a doctor."

Fan Ning suddenly remembered that Wang Anshi had to hand in the "Book of Ten Thousand Words" when he entered Beijing. It was the first step in fully explaining his reform ideas.
"The officials have summoned your elder brother?" Fan Ning tentatively asked.

Wang Anshi's eyes darkened, and he shook his head, "I wrote a ten-thousand-word letter to the government ten days ago, hoping to explain my New Deal ideas in person, but there is no news so far. To be honest, I am very depressed!"

Fan Ning didn't know how to persuade him, so he was silent for a while and said with a smile, "Why don't we have lunch together!"

"Okay! At noon, I'm usually at the Qingfeng Restaurant diagonally opposite the upper east gate, just come and find me."

At this time, the bell on the main hall rang, and the hour of Mao arrived, the door of the hall opened, and the officials began to walk into the main hall in twos and threes.

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The court meeting was more boring than expected. The key point was that the topics discussed had nothing to do with him. One of the topics had something to do with Kunzhou, which was resettlement of refugees. However, Kunzhou already had [-] households. If you enter again, you can go to Ryukyu Mansion.

However, the Ryukyu Mansion in the past was a burden on the court, not a burden, so when it was a matter of interest, the plan to go to the Ryukyu Mansion was rejected.

This made Fan Ning sigh in his heart. After six or seven years of operation, such a fertile land as Ryukyu Mansion could not be self-sufficient in food. It can be seen that the court did not choose the right person, and I don't know if Di Qing will change it.

Thinking of Di Qing, Fan Ning thought of another thing. It seems that the fate of many people is different from that in history. For example, Fan Zhongyan lived for five years longer. For example, Di Qing should have passed away last year and is still fine now.

If it is said that these two people were influenced by her, then there is another person that Fan Ning can't figure out, and that is Zhang Guifei. Zhang Guifei should have passed away a few years ago and was posthumously named Queen Wencheng, but now she is still Living well in the palace, still loved by the emperor Zhao Zhen.

Could it be that she was also influenced by herself?

There are some things that Fan Ning doesn't know. Although Zhang Guifei was not directly influenced by him, he indirectly affected her.

In order to praise Zhao Zongshi, he used the power of the Zhu family and the Cao family, but this stimulated Zhang Yaozuo, and the Zhang family also decided to intervene in the struggle for the heir apparent, which gave Concubine Zhang Guifei an additional adopted son, and her fate changed accordingly.

In fact, not only Concubine Zhang, but the appearance of Fan Ning has affected everyone in Song Dynasty more or less. If you don't admit it, you must have used silver coins!
Fan Ning just stood quietly in the court hall and thought about his own affairs. At least he didn't wake up until the court was over, and the morning court was over.

After the court was over, the officials all went to their own official rooms, several ministers had to gather together for a small meeting, and Fan Ning hurried to his official room.

There was a cup of steaming tea on his table. Frankly speaking, the tea made by this little tea boy was average. The taste and heat were not well controlled, but it was barely drinkable. It was no different from the tea in the mid-range teahouses on the street.

But Fan Ning can understand that this is the same reason that the dishes made in the big pot in the cafeteria are not as good as the small stove. The tea boy has to fry tea for more than [-] officials. Supported by high cost, there is no good thing in this world with large quantity and high quality.

On the one hand, Fan Ning wanted to find a special tea boy because he thought the tea was not good. On the other hand, he didn’t want this tea boy to enter his official room in a grand manner. What will the tea boy do.

Fan Ning looked at his Ru porcelain teacup, fortunately, this tea boy is not bad in nature, maybe he won't be bribed, but the tea he made is really unpalatable.

Fan Ning forgot one thing, not everyone has seen official kilns, sometimes things are not lost because there are no thieves, but because the thieves don't know the goods.

He sat down and took a sip of tea. Li Weizhen, his assistant, came in with a few thick bags of files. Fan Ning was only familiar with the situation yesterday, but from today onwards, he will start the court affairs.

Li Weizhen put several bags of files on the table, "These are five cases that have already been filed. It has been delayed for a long time, and all the circumstances have been investigated. Once the Zhiyuan confirms the imprint, the remonstrance court will exercise the power of impeachment." .”

Fan Ning looked at the five bags, and asked again: "Is the matter of Ouyang Xiu filed?"

Li Weizhen was stunned, and asked, "Does Zhiyuan mean the impeachment of Ouyang Xiu?"

"It should be investigated first and then impeached!"

Li Weizhen shook his head and said: "This kind of thing only involves morality. Ouyang Xiu didn't break the law, so there is no way to investigate. Even if he is impeached, he can only be impeached from the moral aspect."

"Isn't adultery also against the law?"

"As I said just now, there is no evidence for this kind of thing, and there is no way to investigate it."

It was only then that Fan Ning realized that Jia Changchao's tricks were sophisticated, using moral corruption to get Ouyang Xiu, and in the end there was only moral impeachment without moral investigation.

Just like later generations use piao prostitution to get people, it's not a big deal, but people stink.

Fan Ning pondered for a while and said: "Then we will turn around and file a case to investigate whether Xue Zongru was framed!"

Li Weizhen thought for a while and said: "There is really such a letter, accusing Xue Zongru of framing Ouyang Xiu and asking the court to investigate the matter."

"and then?"

"Then the Drum Court ignored it. Later, the petitioner wrote the letter again and sent it to the Procuratorate. It probably happened the day before yesterday. I saw this indictment."

"Who voted for the book?" Fanning asked.

"I remember it's called Ouyang Qian, the daughter of Ouyang Xiu."

(End of this chapter)