Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 428 Attracting Foreign Aid
When Fan Ning returned to Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion after lunch, he unexpectedly found his second uncle Fan Tiege sitting on the steps of the gate, while Zhu Yuanfeng stood aside helplessly.

"He is back!"

Fan Tiege jumped up like a spring, and rushed to Fan Ning like a gust of wind, and shouted straight up, "I've been waiting for you for almost an hour, and I didn't even eat lunch!"

Fan Ning stared at the second uncle a little stunned, and suddenly remembered what Ming Ren said to him, "The most important thing in my father's life is to eat!" '

What made the second uncle forget about eating?
"Second uncle, don't worry, tell me what happened first?"

"Look at this!"

Fan Tiege took out a very long wooden box from his bag and opened it in front of Fan Ning's eyes. Fan Ning's eyes suddenly became serious.

Inside the box was an arrow, a two-foot-three-inch Spike Arrow, with a sharp green light shining from the tip of the arrow. There was a piece of paper next to the Spike Arrow. The paper was pierced by the arrow, and it was bloody. wrote a sentence:

'Abandon the house within three days! '

What this sentence means is that if you leave within three days and leave the house, it is simply an extremely arrogant threat.

"When did you find this arrow letter?" Fanning asked calmly.

"Just this morning, a whoosh shot from outside, almost shot a guy and nailed it to a table leg."

Fan Tiege was angry, hated and anxious: "It was shot from the wall of Daxiangguo Temple opposite."

"Did you report to the police?" Fanning asked again.

"Is it useless to report to the official last time, will it be meaningful this time?"

Fan Ning shook his head, "I didn't mean to report to the county government, but to report to Kaifeng Mansion!"

The governor of Kaifeng Mansion is Bao Zheng, how could he ignore this matter?
Fan Tiege slapped himself on the forehead, "I'm going now!"

Fan Ning grabbed him and smiled, "Second Uncle, don't worry, eat first, and let's go together after dinner!"

Bao Zheng sat in the back hall with a light black beard and listened to Fan Tiege's narration. Bao Zheng's current official position is Zhikaifeng Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion Governor is the highest position, usually held concurrently by the royal family and has no real power. Knowing Kaifeng Mansion sounds like a dispatcher , but is actually the highest official of Kaifeng Mansion.

Many of Bao Zheng's stories in later generations happened in this official position. As the magistrate of Kaifeng, his opponent was not Grand Master Pang, but Zhang Yaozuo.

It is difficult to be a chief official in the capital, and it is easy to offend people, and those who offend are the powerful, so generally they do not last long, and it has been like this since the Han and Tang Dynasties.

But Bao Zheng sits firmly, and he does it with gusto. The key is that the emperor trusts him and believes that he has no selfishness. With his stern and selfless face, he can suppress all kinds of arrogance in the capital, and save the emperor a lot of troubles.

After Bao Zheng listened to Fan Tiege's narration, he thought quietly for a moment, and then asked Fan Ning, "What do you want?"

Fanning laughed, "Can I take that?"

Bao Zheng also smiled, and said to Fan Tiege: "Old Fan, I know you are busy, you should go back first! I have taken this case, and someone will come to talk to you later, don't worry, just do business with peace of mind. "

Fan Tiege thanked him and left, Bao Zheng smiled and said, "Come and have a cup of tea with me!"

Fan Ning knew very well in his heart that some things could not be said in the yamen.

Next to the Kaifeng government office is the Qingfeng Teahouse, but there are many people here. Bao Zheng took Fan Ning's carriage and went to the Xiaohongluo Teahouse in the north. This is also a high-quality boutique teahouse. Two floors, twelve tea seats, three elegant rooms, the sound insulation is very good, of course the price is not cheap, drinking tea here at least starts from ten guan.

The two entered an elegant room on the second floor, and a tea princess ordered tea for them to perform. After drinking a round, a pot of fried tea was brought in.

Cha Ji withdrew knowingly, it was the rule of the teahouse that Cha Ji could not be present when men were talking.

"Now tell me! What do you want to do with this case?"

Fanning was silent for a moment and said, "Let them burn!"

Bao Zheng was startled, but immediately understood, "Take Song Xiang down?"

Fan Ning nodded, "If possible, Zhang Qu will take it together!"

Bao Zheng was silent. Bao Zheng was upright and selfless, but it did not mean that he had no political stance. On the contrary, his political stance was very strong, which was to maintain orthodoxy. In Bao Zheng's eyes, Empress Cao was orthodox, so in this In the second emperor's heir dispute, Bao Zheng clearly supported Zhao Zongshi.

What's more, what Fan Ning did was definitely not for his own benefit, but for the future of Da Song, so that Da Song would not fall into the hands of traitors, Bao Zheng had no reason not to help him.

"Why do you think they will set it on fire? Also, can you guarantee that those boys will be there?"

Fan Ning said indifferently: "Zhang Yaozuo has already burned Zhu Yuanfeng's Zhulou. It is precisely because of this that they decided to do it in advance. They will definitely follow suit. As for whether they will be on the scene, I am not sure, but the person who caught the arsonist , to dig them out."

"Then where is your second uncle?"

"I will convince him to go back and build a more grand store."

Bao Zheng sighed and said, "This time, I made an exception for you!"

Fan Ning took a sip of tea and smiled slightly: "This is just the first thing!"

"What else?"

"There is also Zhang Yaozuo, he wants to create auspicious signs!"

"What?" Bao Zheng's eyes widened suddenly.

Coming out of the teahouse, Fan Ning sent Bao Zheng back to the officials in a carriage, and he walked back to Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion by himself. During this period of time, his thoughts were a bit confused, and he needed to be alone to calm down.

On the surface, the competition between Zhao Zongshi and Zhao Wenyun was for the throne, but if we look at the origins, this battle for the heir is actually an extension of the court line struggle since the Qingli Reformation.

Zhao Zongshi's supporters are basically Fan Zhongyan's faction, including Han Qi, Fu Bi, Pang Ji, Bao Zheng, etc., while Zhao Wenyun's supporters, Zhang Yaozuo, Jia Changchao, Song Xiang, Zhang Sheng, etc., are almost all Qingli reformers. opposition.

As for the key figure, Emperor Zhao Zhen, he is emotionally inclined to Zhao Wenyun, and imperceptibly, the balance of struggle is biased towards Zhao Wenyun.

Because of the emperor's love for Concubine Zhang Gui, a large number of court officials were optimistic about Zhao Wenyun, and many people took the initiative to stand in line, which made Zhang Yaozuo's faction temporarily gain the upper hand.

However, the military that has not expressed its position on the Qingli Revolution, represented by Cao and Gao, stand on the side of Zhao Zhongshi with a clear banner, which makes Zhao Wenyun's supporters not so weak. Actually evenly matched.

However, because Concubine Zhang Guifei died of illness at a critical moment, Zhang Yaozuo's faction had strong worries. They were eager to establish Zhao Wenyun as the heir to the throne before Concubine Zhang Guifei's lingering shadow was over.

If you are in a hurry, you will rush, and if you are in a hurry, there will be loopholes.

In fact, the Zhang Yaozuo faction was not ready, or the integration was not completed. The Zhang Yaozuo faction now has two centers, one headed by Zhang Yaozuo, the other headed by Jia Changchao, and Song Xiang followed Zhang Yaozuo.

Although Jia Changchao supported Zhao Wenyun, he was by no means willing to be a queen. He demanded to be on an equal footing with Zhang Yaozuo. Not only that, but he asked for a very high price. .

Just because a compromise could not be reached, Zhang Yaozuo and Jia Changchao were doing their own things, and their power was naturally dispersed. For example, Zhang Yaozuo planned the Yubu Jinshu last spring, but in the end it was anticlimactic. I never participated in it, just watching the jokes on the sidelines!
And this time when Ruizhao was going to be implemented, Zhang Yaozuo didn't tell Jia Changchao, he held his breath, and wanted to make Jia Changchao regret it.

If the factions that support Zhao Wenyun have not been integrated, then the factions that support Zhao Zhongshi have not even been integrated. Basically, they go their own way. Although Fu Bi and Han Qi both support Zhao Zongshi, they are left and right. Apart from cooperation, there is basically nothing to do with it.

Bao Zheng was also a loner, and never visited Han Qi or Fu Bi at night to discuss countermeasures.

But it cannot be said that there are no such things at all. For example, Fan Ning himself formed a small alliance with Han Qi, and he formed a hidden alliance with Cao and Gao through his relationship with Zhu Yuanfeng.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether an alliance is an alliance or not. The important thing is not to have selfishness. Having selfishness is equivalent to a crack in the glass, and sooner or later it will fall apart.

Fan Ning looked up at the sky, it was raining lightly, and the thin rain dripped on his face, bringing a slight chill, but at this time Fan Ning's mind was exceptionally clear, Fan Ning exhaled to the sky .

Gradually, confidence filled his chest.

(End of this chapter)