Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 489 A Critical Step

Except for Fan Ning, all other officials who participated in the reform were rewarded. For example, Lu Chunqiu was promoted to Jingdong Road Transit Envoy, Wang Jian, who was originally Jingdong Road Transit Envoy, was promoted to be a comfort envoy, and Wang Anshi was promoted to Zhiying Tianfu Affairs, taking over Fan Ning's Position.

Hou Wen, former magistrate of Songcheng County, was promoted to general judge, Si Lu joined the army, Lu Huiqing was promoted to seventh rank Xuandelang, and then appointed as magistrate of Songcheng County, Liu Chu was promoted to fifth rank Chaosan doctor, and served as Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

In terms of military positions, Li Han was promoted to General Dingyuan of the fifth rank, and was appointed General Zuo of the Shenwu Army.

As the Xiang army was restructured into the imperial army, all generals were promoted to a higher level, and the monthly salary of the soldiers was increased by one to two yuan, plus the reward for performing martial arts. For a while, there was thunderous cheers in the barracks, and the whole barracks was full of joy.

In the Zhizheng Hall, Han Qi smiled at Fan Ning: "Although you are young, your qualifications are not short. Pinlongtuge attendant system, this time the promotion to two ranks actually means supplementary promotion, if I remember correctly, you have been from the fourth rank five years ago!"

Fan Ning nodded, "Hizhi came back from Kunzhou, that is, from the fourth rank. Later, his father, Ding You, stayed at home for a few years."

Han Qi said again: "Being an official requires political achievements. The better your political achievements, the faster you will be promoted. The reason why you can be promoted to the fourth rank at a young age is because you created an overseas business strategy office and established Kunzhou, so Kunzhou became the largest horse farm and gold and silver producing area in the Song Dynasty. It can be said that the credit is due to Sheji, and this time you have been promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank because of the successful military reform. This is an extremely shining achievement. No one will say What are you!"

Fan Ning nodded silently, "Thank you for your guidance!"

Han Qi waved his hand again, "Even if the achievements in the past are in the past, you are now Prince Zhan Shi, in charge of the East Palace, where do you plan to start?"

Fan Ning thought for a while and said, "The humble job is going to start with improving the rules and regulations."

"That's a good idea. The East Palace has been abandoned for decades, and the official positions are useless. As far as I know, the officials in the East Palace are very lazy. They even have to go to the court to open a shop. What you have to do is to rectify the discipline. People say behind your back that you are not strict with your subordinates."

"Remember the humble job."

"There is also the army. Although you have a military position, you don't have a military rank. This is a typical civilian officer in charge of the army. Most of the civilian officers in charge of the army have a name. Regardless of the specific military affairs, I still ask you to take care of the military affairs. , such as the reform of the separation of personnel and salary, the reform of training and assessment, etc., you must continue to stick to it. You must always pay attention to it and ask yourself. You must not let this army degenerate after a few years. Do you understand what I mean? ?”

Fan Ning knew what Han Qi meant. He actually wanted to hold this army firmly in his hands, making this army the first army of the Eastern Palace in the Song Dynasty, and an army that Zhao Zhongzhen could command.

"What else do you want to say?"

Fan Ning sighed and said, "What I'm most worried about now is Ying Tianfu's reform experiment. I don't agree with Wang Anshi's many practices, such as the Green Crop Law. I resisted it before. I'm afraid that after he takes office, he will vigorously promote the Green Crop Law Harm the interests of the rich peasants.”

"You don't have to worry about this matter. No matter how you change it, it is a locality in Yingtianfu. It is impossible to implement it to the whole world. If it is found that it has seriously violated the interests of the people, the imperial court will definitely interfere and order him to change it back."

"Then please ask Mr. Ying to pay more attention to Ying Tianfu!"

"I will. In addition, if you are free, you still have to pay attention to Julu County King."

Fan Ning heard something in Han Qi's words, he didn't say to visit, but to pay attention, what made Fan Ning realize immediately?
"What happened to King Julu?"

Han Qi pondered for a while and said, "He's been in a very abnormal mood recently, and the emperor sent someone to give him a serious warning the day before yesterday that he might be deprived of his throne."

Fan Ning frowned, "How could such a thing happen?"

"I got some news. It seems that His Royal Highness asked the imperial physician Zhang Hongji some things that should not be asked."

Fan Ning immediately responded, "Did he ask the emperor about his physical condition?"

"seems like it."

"But he is the adopted son of the official family. As an adopted son, isn't it normal to care about his father's physical condition?"

Han Qi smiled wryly, "Many things have a limit. It's okay to care, but if it exceeds that limit, it will be troublesome, and people have to suspect that Zhao Zongshi has selfish intentions."

Fan Ning was silent for a moment and said, "He still doesn't give up?"

"Why would he give up? This kind of thing is a taboo, and everyone's heart is like a mirror. If you don't touch it, everyone can live in peace, but Zhao Zongshi just broke this balance. Can you imagine the emperor's anger?"

Fan Ning pondered for a while and then said: "Generally speaking, imperial physicians will not easily stand in line to express their opinions. The normal way is that Zhang Hongji should not tell Zhao Zongshi, or that he did not know, but he not only told Zhao Zongshi, but also went to complain to the emperor. Could this be a trap?"

"You are right. Zhang Hongji did say what he shouldn't say, and he did what he shouldn't do. It's a bit abnormal. It really looks like a trap."

Han Qi sighed, "It seems that Zhao Zongshi really did something stupid."

"Then how much impact does this incident have on Zhao Zhongzhen?"

"The impact is not small. Originally, during this martial arts performance, the matter of the emperor's grandson should have been announced, but in the end only the announcement of the king of Liang must have been affected by this incident. Obviously, the officials also had concerns. I'm sure that the emperor Taisun will not announce easily."

Fan Ning suddenly became a little dizzy. If Zhao Zhongzhen didn't enter the East Palace, what's the point of being the Prince Zhan Shi?
Han Qi understood his worry, and said with a smile, "It's just that he doesn't have the status of the emperor's grandson, but if he has the status of the emperor's grandson, the emperor will also start to train him. This point will not be ambiguous."

In the afternoon, Fan Ning returned to Zhu Yuanfeng's residence, and Zhu Yuanfeng, who got the news, went out to greet Fan Ning's return in person. His grandson-in-law was too evil. He was only 25 years old, and he had already been granted the title of county magistrate and promoted to a third-rank official rank.

Although Zhu Yuanfeng himself is not in the officialdom, he knows the officialdom very well.

There are three major hurdles in the promotion of officials. The first hurdle is to be promoted from an alternate to a Beijing official, that is, to become a full-time official. Even if you are a Jinshi, you will be faster if you have a background. If you don’t have a background, you have to wait. Waiting for ten or eight years is normal. .

The second hurdle is from the sixth rank to the fifth rank. This is from a Lang official to a doctor, from a mid-level official to a senior official. If there is no fame and fame, and it is not a special class such as a family of meritorious relatives, then the sixth rank is basically at the top.

But even if you have the honor of Jinshi, but without political achievements, fame or a strong background, it is difficult to get promoted.

The third hurdle is to upgrade from the fourth rank to the third rank, which is a bit like upgrading from the department level to the provincial level in later generations.

The third-rank officials are promoted by the emperor himself. At this time, the backstage background is useless, and the general achievements are also useless. There must be something that the emperor admires.

Even Fan Ning himself wasted many years from the fourth rank. His political achievements in Kunzhou helped him reach the fifth rank, but his political achievements in Kunzhou were not enough to enter the third rank. The investment finally enabled him to break through the fourth rank and rise to the third rank.

This is not an exceptional promotion. Seniority and connections are not important at this time. The important thing is that the emperor can take a fancy to you. You must know that if you enter the third rank, you will have the opportunity to worship in the future. This step is even more difficult than the previous two hurdles.

For example, Fan Ning's father-in-law, Zhu Xiaoyun, is only now at the fourth rank. It has been many years, and the step from the fourth rank to the third rank is just not enough.

"I'm coming!"

The butler shouted: "My uncle is here!"

"Fire the cannon!"

A few boys set off firecrackers, and the gate's bang bang! ' With a loud noise, a large group of children surrounded them, jumping and jumping, it was very lively.

Fan Ning was surprised, what's going on?Why is it that the Zhu Mansion is hosting a happy event?

When he saw the banner at the gate, "Congratulations to grandson-in-law Fan Ning for being promoted to a third-rank senior official", he couldn't laugh or cry, so he got off his horse, threw the reins to Zhu Long, and stepped forward bravely.

"Ah Ning, congratulations!"

Zhu Yuanfeng came forward, his face was full of smiles, Fan Ning saw a large group of neighbors standing around, all envious in their eyes, he was really embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Third grandfather, this is too exaggerated!"

"It's not an exaggeration. I've been promoted to the third rank. I want to celebrate it. Ape didn't come!"

"They are still in Yingtian Mansion, and they have to ask the third grandfather to help them move."

"It's a small problem. I'll arrange a dozen ships to pick them up and let the third one go to deal with the aftermath. You don't have to worry about it at all."

Although Zhu Yuanfeng lacked power in the officialdom, he was very energetic in social life. Small things like moving and transportation were really easy for him.

Fan Ning let go of his heart, and clasped his fists to the neighbors around him, and then quickly entered the house.

(End of this chapter)