Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 442

Hou Wen panicked, and hurried out to greet him. Fortunately, he was not drunk yet and his steps were steady. He walked to the screen wall, recognized Fan Ning at a glance, and quickly bowed to salute, "Your Majesty Hou Wen, see Fan Ning Prefect!"

Fan Ning smelled the alcohol on his body and didn't take it seriously. He stepped forward and patted his arm with a smile and said, "We seem to be Scholars of the same discipline. I still remember Houzhi County!"

Hou Wen also said with a smile: "I also remember Prefect Fan. At the time, Prefect Fan was the first in the boy's department and the fourth in the Jinshi department. I was the 350th in the second list. It has been almost ten years."

"Didn't bother Houzhi County today!"

"Of course not, hurry and sit in the living room."

Fan Ning introduced him to Gongsun Xuance, who came with him, and then followed Hou Wen into the guest hall.

The two sat down as guest and host, and the maid served them tea. Fan Ning raised the teacup and asked with a smile, "What has Brother Hou experienced in the past ten years?"

"At first, I served as the Taiping Army Jiedu Envoy Cao Canjun, and spent four years in the capital. Later, I became a capital official and stayed in Taixue and Guozijian for another four years. .”

"It's not easy! I heard that Hou Zhixian is the son-in-law of the Wang family?"

Hou Wen nodded embarrassingly, "I have a lot of care from my father-in-law, otherwise I don't know where to waste it now?"

"The official career at the bottom is difficult, and I also deeply feel that there are only a few scholars in the world who can be admitted to the Jinshi. All of them have been in the ten-year poverty window, and they have endured all kinds of hardships before they can cultivate. One step, only one out of ten Jinshi can become a regular, and it is even more difficult to go up. For example, Houzhi County can become a Chixian County, which happens to be a key hurdle. It's limited."

Hou Wen fully understands Fan Ning's hint. He managed to survive until today, but Yang Du forcefully suppressed him, making his future bleak and making him a little discouraged. But after all, he is only in his thirties, and he is in the prime of life. At that time, how could he accept the mercy of fate?

"so what should I do?"

Fan Ning took a sip of the tea, and said calmly, "I'll send a few words to the magistrate Hou. Your attitude determines your position, and your position determines your destiny!"

Fan Ning left and told Hou Wen to contact Gongsun Xuance at any time.

Hou Wen returned to his study room, no longer had the thought of drinking, and paced the room with his hands behind his back.

His wife Wang walked in and asked in a low voice: "This prefect Fan is here to deal with Yang Du, right?"

Hou Wen nodded, "Fan Ning is the Julu King's confidant and Han Xianggong's sharpest knife. It is obvious that he came to Yingtian Mansion to break the monopoly of Zhang Yaozuo and Jia Changchao in Yingtian Mansion. His first opponent It's Yang Du."

"Isn't that great? Take down Yang Du, and your fate will be changed."

Hou Wen sighed, "It's not so easy. Yang Du controls the military and political power of Yingtian Mansion, and he has the support of Jia Changchao and Zhang Yaozuo. If Fan Ning can't bring him down, he will definitely be swallowed by him."

"So what? If Fan Ning fails, will your life be easier?"

The Wang family really hated her husband's weakness, and said: "Husband, you have to understand that our Wang family and the Cao family have been married for generations, and the fate is closely related. The Cao family supports the Julu King. Everyone in the world knows that you If you refuse to help, the Wang family will not force you, but if you want to side with Zhang Yaozuo, then you will be cut off from the Wang family."

His wife's words were like enlightenment, and Hou Wen's heart suddenly brightened, and he nodded slowly, "Madam, please rest assured, if I want to fall to Zhang Yaozuo, I will not be punished by Yang Du. I know what to do." done."

"And you know what Fanning needs?"

Hou Wen nodded slowly, "I know!"

For several days, Fan Ning spent knowing about Ying Tianfu's situation, and Yang Du ignored Fan Ning, staying away from the government office most of the time.

This morning, Jia Qun, the eldest grandson of Jia Changchao, rushed to Yingtian Mansion from the capital, and went directly to Yang Du's mansion.

"Why are you here?" Yang Du greeted the gate and asked with a smile.

Jia Qun glanced at Yang Du's official residence, and said coldly: "You really occupied the official residence of the Empress Yamen. Because of this, my grandfather was questioned by the emperor, so you can feel at ease."

Yang Du's back was covered in cold sweat, and he quickly asked: "Did Taichang Temple not hold this matter?"

Jia Qun snorted and walked straight into the mansion, Yang Du quickly followed behind.

"You are too naive. An official like a wolf like Fan Ning will appeal to Taichang Temple? He directly impeached you through the admonishment court for overstepping your rank and breaking the court rules. This matter directly hit the emperor's desk. Do you think he is Zhao Zhinian?"

Yang Du scolded Fan Ning for being vicious in his heart. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked, "What does Mr. Jia mean?"

"My grandfather explained to the officials that because there has been no new magistrate of Yingtian in the past few months, the official house you live in has been in disrepair for a long time and needs to be repaired, so you temporarily moved to the official house behind the Yamen. Interesting."

Speaking of this, Jia Qun stared at Yang Du sharply, "My grandfather asked you to move out of the Yahou official residence immediately, and then immediately make up a temporary residence application report to Taichang Temple. The date will fall three months ago. I'll take it back to the capital."

Yang Du was really angry in his heart, asking him to move out of the Yahou official house, wouldn't this be a public slap in the face?Fanning lives in the inn, just waiting for himself to move out!I admit that I am afraid to move away, and let the officials below see me, which will seriously shake my authority.

Although Yang Du was irritable in his heart, he didn't dare to disobey. Jia Changchao was really annoyed. I'm afraid he would use himself as a stepping stone.

"Then what should I do next?" Yang Du asked again.

Jia Changchao is very sophisticated in his work, he will never communicate with letters on more dangerous matters, like what he said to Yang Du today, he asked his grandson to go to Yingtian Mansion himself, instead of laying the blame on Yang Du hand.

Jia Qun continued: "Grandfather said that you can't use Zhao Zhinian's method to deal with Fan Ning, you can't completely evade him, you can hand over some unimportant government affairs to him, but you can't give him real power when it comes to finance and taxation, distribution of benefits, evaluation and transfer of officials, etc. You can't give him the power of the army, this speed is up to you."

Yang Du nodded, he knew what to do.

Not long after, the news that Yang Du began to move out of the official residence of the Queen of the Yamen spread throughout the officialdom of Yingtianfu, which caused an uproar among the officials of Yingtianfu. Undoubtedly, Yang Du's prestige in Yingtianfu's officialdom was greatly shaken.

Si Lu joined the army and Zhou Heng came out of Yang Du's official room, holding a stack of documents in his hand. He seemed very preoccupied. He didn't expect Yang Du to lose the first round so quickly. Thinking of Yang Du's gnashing of teeth, Zhou Heng Fear bursts in my heart, if Yang Du loses, will he still have a way to survive?

But he was already bound with Yang Du, and he was completely on board the thief ship. It was impossible to get off the ship, so he could only take one step at a time.

Zhou Heng bit the bullet and came to Fan Ning's official room. He walked into the outer room and came to the inner door. Seeing that Fan Ning was scribbling, and there was an officer standing beside him, Zhou Heng said cautiously: "Prefect Fan, the next official will You send the documents."

Fan Ning looked up at him, and asked lightly, "Who are you?"

Zhou Heng was taken aback, and quickly said: "The next judge is Zhou Heng, who joined the army under Si Lu."

"is it?"

Fan Ning said coldly, "Then why haven't I seen you?"

Zhou Heng couldn't hold back his face immediately, and said in embarrassment: "When the magistrate took office on the first day, he met the subordinate officials."

"I have no memory, maybe you are very busy! What's your business?"

Zhou Heng knew that he had completely lost points in front of Fan Ning. If something happened to Yang Du, Fan Ning would definitely be the first to clean up himself.

He was afraid, so he had to bite the bullet and hand over some documents, "These documents need the prefect's approval."

"Oh? It's the first time I've heard that the prefect of Yingtian needs an approval document. Show it to me."

Zhou Heng quickly put a stack of documents on the table, Fan Ning flipped through them, snorted and said, "You took it wrong! This should be a document for the general judge. What are you doing for me?"

He picked up the paperwork and threw it at Zhou Heng's face. The pieces of paper flew around, and Fan Ning sternly shouted, "Get out!"

Zhou Heng was so frightened that he was trembling all over. He hurriedly picked up the paperwork on the ground, and ran away without uttering a word.

(End of this chapter)