Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 126 Unexpected News
Yinxian County School is not far from the county government, covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres, and has about [-] students. Compared with Wuxian County School, it is obviously smaller in scale, but the teaching quality of Yinxian County School is very high. Every Mingzhou Examination, Almost half of those who passed the exam came from Yin County School.

Fan Ning's partners have already arranged dormitories. Nine of them have arranged three dormitories. The county school treats them very preferentially. Not only are they free of charge for board and lodging, but even the professors they follow are also the most famous old professors in the county school.

Fan Ning followed a teaching assistant to the dormitory. The teaching assistant pointed to a room and said with a smile, "Young officials live here. If you need anything, just come to me!"

"Thank you, Mr. Luo!"

Fan Ning saluted, then opened the door and entered the dormitory. The room was quite large, even larger than the dormitory of their county school. Three beds were placed against the wall, and there were three desks and three bookshelves inside.

At this time, the room was very lively. The eight companions were sitting on three beds and were arguing passionately about something. Seeing Fanning come in, everyone stopped talking.

"What are you talking about?"

Fan Ning asked with a smile, "Why didn't you say anything when you saw me coming? Are you speaking ill of me?"

"Look at this man, how dark his mind is, always thinking that we are talking bad about him." Su Liang pointed at Fan Ning and laughed.

Fan Ning walked in and found an empty seat to sit down, and asked with a smile, "You're not talking bad about me, but are you talking about something interesting?"

Li Dashou scratched his head and said, "Brother, we are talking about today's shocking cow case. We all think that this is not an accident, but someone deliberately planned to borrow money from the young crops of the county government."

Fan Ning nodded. Although his partners were young, the students of the Song Dynasty had sharpened their understanding of the world far more than those of later generations.

This is not to say that the students of the later generations are inferior to those of the Song Dynasty. This is mainly due to the different standpoints in cultivating students. The later generations mainly focus on the horizontal development of students and require students to have a broad range of knowledge.

However, the students of the Song Dynasty did not face the explosion of knowledge like the later generations. They mainly developed vertically and focused on the humanities.

Of course, this is also related to the short lifespan of the ancients. Most people only live to be 60 or 20 years old.

Therefore, although Fanning's partners are only fifteen or sixteen years old, they have all experienced ten years of hardship, and they are no different from adults when looking at problems.

"What do you think of the Green Crop Law implemented by County Magistrate Wang?"

Fan Ning's eyes fell on Dong Kun. Dong Kun was the nephew of Dong Zhifu in Pingjiang Prefecture. His father was also an official in the court. He was a typical eunuch's son. Due to the influence of his family, he would see things from a higher perspective.

"Dong Kun, let's talk about it first!" Fan Ning simply called Dong Kun's name directly.

Dong Kun smiled and said: "My uncle talked about the Green Crop Law in Yin County, and he admired the boldness of the county magistrate Wang. My uncle said that the Green Crop Law has been implemented for two years, so he probably offended everyone."

"Akun, why do you say that?" Su Liang asked puzzled.

Dong Kun shook his head, "My uncle said so, but I don't know the specific reason."

Everyone looked at Fan Ning, and Fan Ning smiled slightly: "The rich and powerful families are willing to lend money to ordinary farmers, but their interest is very high, six to eight cents, and the farmers must use the land as collateral. Forgive me, the land will belong to the wealthy family..."

Having said that, Fan Ning paused deliberately. He paid great attention to cultivating his juniors, so that they could deeply understand the essence of the young seedling method. In the future, when they go to the officialdom, maybe they will become the backbone of Wang Anshi's reform.

At this time, Lin Hong said in a deep voice: "Brother, what do you mean, this kind of borrowing is actually a means for the rich to annex the land?"

Fan Ning nodded, "You mentioned the key point. The county magistrate Wang lent money to farmers in the name of the government in order to prevent wealthy families from annexing their land."

Su Liang also sighed softly, "I understand, how can County Magistrate Wang not offend people by doing this? No wonder there will be a shocking case!"

"You may not know that on the third day of the first lunar month, someone poisoned the tea of ​​County Magistrate Wang. The amount of poison may be a little larger. County Magistrate Wang took a sip and found that the taste was wrong, so he spit it out. Otherwise, the consequences Unbelievable."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, they were a little stunned, and actually poisoned the county magistrate's tea directly, which was simply unimaginable, how much hatred would it take to do it.

Fan Ning said indifferently: "I heard that the county magistrate Wang cleared up a batch of land mortgage contracts of money shops shortly after he took office, changed the eight-cent interest to two-cent interest, and then the government lent money to the farmers to clear the old accounts, so Mingzhou The Qianpu especially hates County Magistrate Wang deeply."

"Could it be that these money shops are responsible for the shocking cow case?" Lu Youwei whispered.

"It's very possible, but there's no evidence. We can talk about these conjectures ourselves. Don't talk nonsense when you go out. It will be hated by others. Let's just study with peace of mind."

Fan Ning implicitly reminded everyone that they are here to study and not to participate in the internal struggle in Yin County.

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After lunch, everyone visited the county school under the guidance of a teaching assistant, and at the same time became familiar with the environment where they will study in the next month.

Yinxian County School, like Wuxian County School, was established by Qian Yuanguan, the second king of Wuyue Kingdom. It is also a century-old school with a rich history, but it is also a bit dilapidated.

Many houses are dark when you walk in, and there is no light shining in. Even though it is daytime, it also gives people a gloomy and depressing feeling.

"The main reason is that the county's financial resources are too tight, so they can't take care of our school!" The teaching assistant laughed at himself.

Although it was just a casual joke, Fan Ning sensitively caught a trace of dissatisfaction hidden in the other party's tone.

Of course the county has money, how can it lend money to farmers without money?The assistant said that the county's financial resources were tight, obviously because he was dissatisfied with Wang Anshi who only cared about farmers and ignored the county school!

Fan Ning couldn't help but feel a little worried about Wang Anshi. At any time, student aid and school running are a key point of the imperial court's inspection of the county. If he doesn't pay attention to the county school, he will lose points in promotion.

Fan Ning felt that it was necessary for him to remind Wang Anshi at an appropriate time.

A group of people followed the teaching assistant out of the tube building and went to the library. At this moment, Duan Yu touched Fan Ning lightly and asked in a low voice, "Did that person come looking for you?"

As soon as Fan Ning turned his head, he saw a middle-aged man waving from dozens of steps away. Fan Ning recognized him at a glance. He was Luo Huan, the prefect of the county government, and an aide brought by Wang Anshi when he took office. Housing and other miscellaneous tasks are actually helping Wang Anshi control financial power, which is very powerful.

Wang Anshi's situation in Yin County is very similar to that of Gao Fei. The county lieutenant and county magistrate are both from Mingzhou. With the support of Li Zhizhou, Wang Anshi won the two important positions of household registration, housing, and capital, which made him stand firm. He has the courage to fully implement the young crop method.

Fan Ning hurried up to greet him, "Is Mr. Luo looking for me?"

Luo Huan chuckled, "The county lord asked me to come here. He has something urgent to do. He originally planned to meet you at night, so he had to postpone it for two days. The county lord is very sorry!"

"It doesn't matter, we are also adapting to the county school."

As Fan Ning said, his brain was also running rapidly. Wang Anshi would be in a hurry. He asked with a smile, "Could it be that there are clues to the shocking cow case?"

Luo Huan gave a thumbs up and praised: "The little official is really smart, and it is indeed related to the shocking cow case!"

Luo Huan was very aware of the importance the county lord attached to this young man. It was said that the young crop law, which the county lord had considered for a long time, decided to implement under the encouragement of this young man.

This made Luo Huan involuntarily give this young man a high look, especially when the county magistrate asked him to notify him instead of other civil servants. Is there a sense of consultation in this?
Although the county lord didn't say it clearly, as the confidant of the county lord, Luo Huan should have this understanding.

Thinking of this, Luo Huan looked at both sides, then lowered his voice and said: "The county lord is in a hurry. I just got the news at noon. Governor Li came back early. I'm afraid I will arrive in Yin County tomorrow. The county lord must put Jing Niu back before Governor Li comes back." Otherwise, the situation will expand rapidly, which will directly affect the implementation of the Green Crop Law."

Fan Ning didn't show any emotion on his face, but he was secretly taken aback. Governor Li will be back tomorrow?
In the morning, Wang Anshi also told himself that he would not be back until three days later, which suddenly made him two days earlier.

Of course, Fan Ning knew what Governor Li's return meant. The imperial court had expressly stipulated that all criminal cases above exile should be heard by the state government.

Before, Wang Anshi might be able to use Governor Li's absence as an excuse not to hand over the case, but once Governor Li returns, the case will definitely be handed over to the state government.

The spring plowing loan actually killed seven innocent lives. No matter how much Governor Li supports Wang Anshi, he can only suspend the government's spring plowing loan. This is an inevitable procedure to deal with the problem.

Unless the case can be resolved before Governor Li comes back, the culprit is found, and the impact is minimized, Governor Li may not stop spring plowing and lending.

Fan Ning understands that Wang Anshi is very anxious. Once the spring plowing and lending are stopped, it will be a huge blow to farmers, and the Young Crops Law may be suspended unexpectedly.

"I don't know who is the murderer of the startling cow case?" Fanning asked again.

Luo Huan snorted coldly, "We tracked down the source of the green cow, and found that the shocking cow case was related to Desheng Qianpu. To be precise, it was related to Qiu Yong, the third owner of Desheng Qianpu. Someone saw Qiu Yong and His two hard-core servants drove the two cows into the city, one of them was caught, but Qiu Yong and the other servant ran away, and the county magistrate is tracking them down."

Fan Ning didn't ask any more questions, and saluted with fists together: "Thank you, Mr. Luo, for coming to inform me!"

Luo Huan looked at Fan Ning for a moment, and asked, "Does the little official have any suggestions?"

Fan Ning smiled, "My suggestion is only one sentence, lending money is lending money, arresting people is arresting people, these are two different things, don't let one thing affect the other."

"Thank you for your reminder, I will go back and tell the county lord the truth, and I will take my leave first."

Luo Huan saluted, turned around and left in a hurry.

Fan Ning watched his back go away, but he was thinking about another thing, who shot the bull that rushed towards Wang Anshi?
(End of this chapter)