Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 496
Not long after, Li Dashou, a tall and burly man, came in and bowed to salute, "Your official, Li Dashou, has a meeting with Zhan Shi!"

Li Dashou is doing well. He is appointed as the seventh-rank Taichang Temple Prime Minister. Although he has a rough appearance, he is down-to-earth and willing to do things. He takes the initiative to do things that others don't want to do. He has a good reputation in Taichang Temple. Siqing's father-in-law, Fan Ning, Zhu Xiaoyun, also took good care of him and was about to promote him. At this moment, Fan Ning transferred him to the East Palace as the seventh-rank son of Zuo Chunfang, and Su Liang was the son of You Chunfang.

Fan Ning asked him to sit down with a smile, and asked with concern: "I heard that something happened to your father when he bought the house. Has the criminal been caught now?"

Li Dashou's father was eager to buy a house in the capital to reunite with his son at the beginning of the year, so he sold the transport company that had been in business for many years, and planned to buy a big house outside the capital. Because he was too credulous, he handed over [-] yuan to the Yaren to transfer the ownership. , As a result, Yaren got the money and ran away through the back door, making Li Dashou's father very angry and fell ill.

Li Dashou sighed, "The man was caught and the money was recovered, but my father's body collapsed. Why bother?"

Fan Ning nodded, "The body can only be recuperated slowly. The key is that if the person is caught and the money is recovered, he will feel better and his body will slowly recover in the future."

"It can only be this way."

The two chatted for a while, and Li Dashou glanced at the tea boy who brought in the tea, and said to Fan Ning, "It's not good for the tea boy to inform the guests. , Brother should find an aide, or transfer an official to be the secretary of Zhan Shifu."

Fan Ning knew that Li Dashou was careful, so he discovered this problem. It was really inappropriate for the tea boy to report, and he did not respect the visiting officials. Fan Ning also had too many things to do, so he didn't think about this problem.

He nodded, "I need to find an aide."

Li Dashou laughed and said, "Actually, it would be better to transfer an official to be the secretary of Zhan Shifu."

Fan Ning smiled and said, "Do you have someone to recommend?"

Li Dashou was a little embarrassed, "I have a good friend, Jiayou Jinshi for four years, and now he is working in the right wing of Kaifeng Mansion. He is very talented, but his family is poor and he has never been successful."

"What's your friend's name?"

"It's Cai Que!"

This name is so familiar, Fan Ning thought for a while, and immediately remembered that Zhezong's name and face were a staunch supporter of Wang Anshi's reform.

Officials in the right chamber of Kaifeng Mansion. Although this position is from the eighth grade, it has great power, and it is a Beijing official. If the family is poor, it can be converted to a full-time official. Who is his backer?

Fan Ning is already a high-ranking official of the third rank, and he will carefully consider when employing people, unlike Li Dashou who is still in the low-level thinking, only recommended if he has talent and good character, and Fan Ning must consider the background of this official, if a Zhang Yaozuo is promoted If someone from a faction acts as his confidential secretary, wouldn't that be leading the wolf into the house.

"Tell me about his hometown and his resume after passing the Jinshi exam!"

"He is from Quanzhou. He was a Jinshi in Jiayou for four years, and later joined the army as the manager of Binzhou. When Han Jiang was appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi Road the year before last, he found that he was very talented, so he recommended him to Han Wei, the prefect of Kaifeng, as a supervisor. Do business in the right wing."

Fan Ning nodded, it turned out that he was recommended by Han Jiang, so he should be Han Jiang's person.

After thinking for a moment, Fan Ning asked again: "What is the relationship between him and Cai Zhun, the Minister of Rites?"

"It should be of the same family, but he did not receive preferential treatment from Cai Zhun. He was admitted to Jinshi entirely on his own talent and learning."

Cai Zhun was the father of Cai Jing, a famous treacherous minister. In the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, the Cai family shined brightly. Cai Xiang, Cai Zhun, Cai Que, Cai Jing, and Cai Bian were all Jinshi, and Cai Zhun was Cai Jing's father.

Fan Ning also knew that the main reason why Cai Jing came to power was that his younger brother Cai Bian was Wang Anshi's son-in-law, so that all the Cai brothers were highly regarded by Wang Anshi, but it had nothing to do with Cai Que.

The key is that he belongs to Han Jiang. The Han family is the largest gentry family in the north, while the Cai family is the largest gentry family in the south. The emperor Zhao Zhen asked Han Zhi to be Zhao Zhongzhen's teacher in the hope that Zhao Zhongzhen would be the number one in the north. The support of the gentry.

Han Jiang obviously wanted to strengthen the relationship between the two great noble families in the North and the South, so he looked at Cai Que differently. It was a bit abrupt for him to use Cai Que as his confidential secretary.

However, Cai Que is a great talent and can be used. Fan Ning plans to transfer the official of the East Palace who has been on leave for a long time to do business, and pull Cai Que over. Han Jiang, who has just been a guest of the prince, should accept his favor.

Thinking of this, Fan Ning said with a smile to Li Dashou: "Cai is indeed Han Jiang's person, and it is not suitable to be the secretary. I can transfer him to be Zuo Chunfang Cheng, and you will be a colleague. As for me, I still need to find a staff member." Bar!"

Li Dashou understood Fan Ning's considerations, so he didn't insist anymore, and said with a smile: "If it's just a staff member, my boss Chen Xiliang's son is very talented and knowledgeable, so he is very suitable."

"Chen Xiliang's son, what's his name?"

"It's called Chen Jichang!"

Fan Ning was speechless, he turned out to be the husband of Hedong Lion.

However, Liu Yue'e was only a character in later dramas. Chen Jichang's wife may not be that powerful, but Chen Jichang is known as the four great talents of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it is very possible that he is outstandingly talented.

Fan Ning nodded, "That's it! Let him come over tomorrow afternoon, and I'll meet him."

Li Dashou had just left when the tea boy reported, "Han Jiang, please see me!"

Fan Ning really has a big head, a little kid, dare to call the important minister's name directly, you know, this tea boy is ignorant, doesn't know, and thinks he is so arrogant, even Han Jiang is not in his eyes, so he can directly Call it by name.

There was no point in scolding the tea boy, so Fan Ning had no choice but to welcome him out, "I don't know that Mr. Han is coming, Fan Ning is far away from welcoming him."

Han Jiang's self-cultivation is very good. He didn't show any dissatisfaction when he heard the tea boy calling his name directly, but just smiled and said: "Zhan is very busy, Han Jiang took the liberty to come here, and I'm sorry to bother you."

"Where! Where! I should be visiting seniors, Mr. Han, please come in!"

Fan Ning very politely invited Han Jiang into the official room. Han Jiang was about 50 years old. He was a Jinshi in the same discipline as Wang Anshi. Before entering the East Palace, he served as the magistrate of Kaifeng, with deep connections and qualifications. Zhao Zhongzhen appointed him as a guest of the prince, which undoubtedly further tied the Han family, the number one noble family in the north, to himself.

This is also the balancing technique that Zhao Zhongzhen implements. He trusts Fan Ning, but he cannot completely rely on Fan Ning. Introducing Han Jiang can be regarded as walking on two legs, and at the same time it can be regarded as a restraint on Fan Ning.

Han Jiang entered the room and sat down, looked around the room and said with a smile: "Fan Zhan is busy with the government affairs of the Eastern Palace, and he also has to preside over the Shenwu Army. He is exhausting, why don't you find an aide to help?"

Fan Ning didn't want him to introduce his staff, he smiled lightly and said: "There are staff, I will make a handover at Yingtian Mansion, and I will come to the capital soon. In addition, I plan to transfer Han Gong's favorite general Cai Que entered Zhan Shifu."

Han Jiang was slightly taken aback, "How did Fan Zhan know him?"

"Li Dashou recommended it to me. They have a good personal relationship."

Han Jiang nodded slowly and said: "Cai is indeed a talent. His father, Cai Huangshang, is a typical useless scholar. He was impeached and lost his post as county magistrate. The family will not be able to eat in Chenzhou. They depended on their wives to wash and wash their clothes, and there was no family member to help them. It was not easy until Cai Que was admitted to Jinshi and married the daughter of a wealthy family in Chenzhou.

Han Jiang is actually telling Fan Ning implicitly that Cai Que has no friendship with the Cai family in Quanzhou, and it is meaningless to try to win over the Cai family in Quanzhou by reusing Cai Que.

Of course Fan Ning understood Han Jiang's implication, and he also had a real headache. The children of these aristocratic families have different perspectives in thinking about problems, and they actually thought that they would borrow the Cai family's strength, but this also reminded Fan Ning that for the sake of balance, Cai The family should also enter the East Palace, and the southern faction should also have a say.

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "Cai is indeed Han Gong's favorite general, so I need to ask Han Gong for his opinion! If Han Gong is reluctant to let him go, then I can only hope and sigh."

"Where! It's his luck that Zhan Shi fell in love with him, but the ten places are already full, how can I transfer him?"

"It turned out that Li Ying and Zhang Yuan, the prime ministers of Zuochunfang and Fangfang, were relatively lazy. I plan to let the officials transfer them away and let Cai Que occupy a spot."

"Is it the one doing business during court time?"

"Fame is out there!"

Fan Ning sighed and said: "Since this person is obsessed with doing business, I plan to let him resign by himself. The East Palace can't afford to lose face. The other Zhang Yuan also asked for various leave. The last time he said that his wife had a baby, please ask for ten days Fake, I found out later that he has used this as an excuse to ask for leave more than a dozen times. This person heard that King Liang was stationed in the East Palace, and immediately ran over, desperately looking for every opportunity to get close to King Liang. This kind of person can only be kicked. Walk."

Han Jiang's eyes lit up, "Since there are two places, can Fan Zhanshi let me have one?"

"I don't know who Han Gong plans to recommend?"

"I found a talented young man who is currently the county magistrate of Shangluo County. In the second year of Jiayou's Jinshi, he was disdainful because his nephew won the first prize in the exam. He went home and took the exam again. Jiayou passed the No. 5 exam in the fourth year. [-]. He hasn't become a full-time Beijing official yet, can we give him this opportunity?"

Fan Ning rolled his eyes and realized immediately, "Could it be Zhang Dun that Mr. Han is talking about?"

Han Jiang laughed, "Zhang Dun is also famous!"

(End of this chapter)