Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 385 Lu Huiqing of Quanzhou

"Come on! Let's sit down."

As always, Zeng Bu warmly greeted Fan Ning to sit down, and beckoned the bartender to serve another jug ​​of wine and add some dishes.

Fan Ning smiled and said, "I am no longer Fan Zhizhou this morning."

Zeng Bu's eyes widened, "Brother, you resigned today?"

Fan Ning nodded, "I resigned from the Ministry of Officials this morning, and I don't know the new position yet. Forget it, let's not talk about it. Last year's imperial examination was very lively!" Fan Ning laughed and changed the subject.

The imperial examination in the second year of Jiayou can be regarded as the most glorious one in the history of the imperial examination. Numerous celebrities of the Song Dynasty stood out in this imperial examination, Su Shi, Su Zhe, Zeng Gong, Zeng Bu, Wang Buzhi, Zhang Chun, Zhang Heng, Lu Huiqing, Deng Wan, Wang Shao, Lin Xi, Zhang Zai, Cheng Hao, Wang Hui, Wang Xiang and so on.

No matter whether it is a giant in the literary world, a champion of reform or a master of theory, they all won the Jinshi in this year's imperial examination, and the reputation of the chief examiner Ouyang Xiu also reached its peak last year.

Lu Huiqing smiled wryly and said: "So what if you pass the Jinshi exam, you have no connections, and you have to sit on the bench."

Zeng Bu also sighed, "I was recommended by my mentor to join the army as the Sihu of Xuanzhou. Although I was only from the ninth grade, I still have some real power. I am in charge of the household registration of a state. Brother Lu has a harder life than me. It is totally a waste of time to serve as a Tuiguan in Zhenzhou. An empty job, doing nothing all day long, wasting youth."

Fan Ning nodded. He himself had a deep understanding. If you have no connections to get a Jinshi in the exam, you are basically sitting on the bench. It has been almost eight years since there were hundreds of Jinshi in his class, and there are still people sitting there. Standing on the bench, it is nowhere in sight to become a full-time player.

Because the Zeng brothers were recommended by Ouyang Xiu, one joined the army as a secretary in Xuanzhou, and the other joined the army as a judiciary in Taiping Prefecture. Bad job.

In the Tang Dynasty, Tuiguan was in charge of criminal prisons, but in the Song Dynasty, the criminal and prison chiefs were in charge of criminal and prison divisions. Even if it involved local cases, it was still managed by the state judiciary and county magistrate.

The Tuiguan is either a Jiedushi Tuiguan, or a regimental training envoy. Jiedushi and Tuanlianshi are false positions, and their subordinates are even more false. They can only wait for the opportunity to become a Beijing official, or have a relationship real power officer.

At this time, the bartender brought the food and drinks, Zeng Bu rushed to fill Fan Ning's glass of wine, and said with a cheeky smile: "You have a high position and authority, you have to help us juniors, I can call you elder brother!"

Fan Ning quickly glanced at Lu Huiqing, seeing that his expression was calm, without any emotional fluctuations in his eyes, Fan Ning couldn't help secretly admiring his city.

He picked up the wine glass and said with a faint smile: "I haven't settled yet, how can I help you, or recommend you to go to Jingzhou?"

Zeng Bu smiled wryly, "The imperial court stopped sending officials overseas two years ago. It is said that the people are already overcrowded. We didn't catch up with the time, so bad luck!"

Fan Ning drank the wine in his glass, shook his head with a smile, and said, "It is true that there are too many officials in Kunzhou. In fact, only sixteen officials are needed. In the end, more than [-] people came here, all of whom were blocked by various connections. They came here for the purpose of being able to transfer to the capital in four years, and even the civil servants in the county government office were Jinshi, which can be regarded as a great spectacle in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty."

Zeng Bu also knew that he was a bit abrupt, so he stopped mentioning the matter of helping, and chatted about some anecdotes about the capital in the past two years.

At this moment, Fan Ning pondered and asked: "Today I heard that Senior Ouyang committed a crime in the Ministry of Officials. What's going on?"

Zeng Bu's face changed immediately, he stared at the table viciously and said, "Young brother, don't mention this matter to me, I told others, I will be anxious to anyone who mentions this matter!"

Fan Ning was stunned, and said for a while, "I just returned to Beijing yesterday afternoon, so I don't know anything."

"I don't mean to blame Brother Xian."

Zeng Bu drank the wine in his glass and cursed angrily with a livid face: "A group of despicable and shameless villains slandered my mentor. I only regret that I can't lift the three-foot sword and kill all these thieves!"

He drank three glasses of wine in a row, and Lu Huiqing beside him hurriedly advised him, "My dear brother, you have drunk too much, stop drinking."

"I'm fine, let me have a few more drinks." Feeling depressed, Zeng Bu drank a few more glasses of wine, and soon poured them down on the wine table.

Fan Ning felt uncomfortable, so he called the bartender and asked, "I'll pay for this table of wine!"

Lu Huiqing quickly waved her hand, "This is our treat, so you don't need to spend any money!"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "You're welcome, I'll do it!"

The bartender said: "The food and drink are 270 Wen!"

Fan Ning took out three silver coins and handed them to him, "I'll give you the rest!"

"Thank you, Lord, for the reward!"

Fan Ning got up and smiled at Lu Huiqing: "I still have something to do, let's go first."

Fan Ning cupped his fists, turned around and left. Lu Huiqing watched Fan Ning go away, and couldn't help but sighed.

Fan Ning has been an official for almost eight years. From the inspector of Taixue to the governor of Kunzhou and the deputy envoy of overseas economic strategy, he is in charge of the military and political power of Kunzhou. Even the Japanese court is just as coercive. Developed an indescribable superior mentality.

And Zeng Bu is like a big boy. Although he passed the Jinshi examination, he still doesn't know much about the world. Respectfully call him Zhizhou.

This Zeng Bu was talking about his younger brother in the restaurant, and finally fell out with him on the spot, which made Fan Ning feel at ease.

Fan Ning walked out of the restaurant. Although he was not full yet, he didn't want to stay outside any longer. He stood on the street and looked around, and saw an ox cart slowly approaching. Fan Ning beckoned. Stop in front of you.

Seeing that there was no one in the bullock cart, Fan Ning said to the driver, "Go to Huihefang, I'll take care of this cart, don't drive anyone else."

"Officer, it will cost fifty Wen for the whole package."

"no problem."

Fanning got into the bullock cart, waved his hand, "Let's go!"

"Okay!"

The coachman waved his long whip, and the ox cart started slowly. After walking a dozen steps, someone shouted: "Fan Zhizhou, please stay!"

Fan Ning opened the curtain behind the car, and seeing Lu Huiqing chasing after him, Fan Ning quickly shouted: "Stop!"

The bullock cart stopped, Lu Huiqing ran up panting, Fan Ning waved, "Come up and talk!"

Lu Huiqing got into the bullock cart and sat down opposite Fan Ning, out of breath from exhaustion.

"Where's Zeng Bu?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

"His servant helped him back."

Lu Huiqing clasped her fists and said, "On behalf of Brother Zeng Xian, I apologize to the envoy. He has been in a bad mood for the past two days, and he doesn't know what to say. Please forgive me!"

Fan Ning smiled lightly, "He has always been like this, I don't care, but what happened to Senior Ouyang, do you know?"

Lu Huiqing smiled wryly and said: "It's really hard to tell. He was involved in a very unbearable romantic incident. This incident has spread throughout the capital."

Fan Ning frowned, and said, "Since it's unbearable, don't talk about it."

"Thank you for your understanding."

After a short pause, Lu Huiqing plucked up her courage and asked, "Just now, the envoy said that you can recommend Jingzhou, is it a joke?"

Fan Ning suddenly laughed dumbfounded. It turned out that Lu Huiqing was thinking about it. He apologized: "Jingzhou has nothing now, only a battalion of soldiers stationed there. Even if I recommend it, the imperial court will not accept it. Maybe a government will be established in the future , but certainly not in recent years.”

A disappointed expression appeared on Lu Huiqing's face, "That's it!"

Fan Ning glanced at him and said, "However, I can write you a letter of recommendation. Go to Mr. Han and see if he can give you a chance."

Lu Huiqing was overjoyed, and quickly got up to salute, but forgot that this was on the bullock cart, "Bang! There was a loud noise, and his head hit the carport heavily. Fan Ning laughed loudly, waved his hands and said, "You're welcome, I'm just giving you a chance, but whether you can impress Mr. Han is up to you."

Fan Ning went back home and wrote a letter of recommendation, and handed it to Lu Huiqing. Lu Huiqing thanked him again and again, and he handed Fan Ning a newspaper, "This is today's "Title Newspaper". Everything you care about is covered in the newspaper." .”

Fan Ning took the newspaper and said with a smile, "Thank you for your trouble!"

"Farewell to the humble post!"

Lu Huiqing bowed and saluted again, then turned and left.

Fan Ning walked back to the gate of the house, and carefully checked the "Tabolo" in his hand.

People in the Song Dynasty could not help but say that with the development of the printing industry, newspapers were born. There are two most influential newspapers in Tokyo. One is "Chao Bao", which is more serious.

The other "Taboli" is an entertainment and fashion newspaper, which specializes in digging out all kinds of eye-catching news. These two newspapers are daily newspapers, published and distributed by the private sector, especially "Tabozao", which has a large circulation throughout the entire Kaifeng Prefecture and is issued every day. There are as many as 10,000+ copies.

The newspaper in Fanning's hands is today's "Tabloid", which usually comes out around noon, because it has to be engraved and printed in the middle of the night, so what is published is the news that happened yesterday.

The size of the newspaper is about the same as a newspaper in later generations, with four sides printed on the front and back, and one side is full of various advertisements, such as 'Grandma Cao's grand launch of delicious crab cakes', 'Special price of Chang's old rouge', 'Huang Jianzui teahouse opening reward' etc.

Fan Ning was surprised to find that the front page of the "Tabloid" was actually a news about himself, "Four years of painstaking efforts to build an overseas Kunzhou, Zhizhou Fan Ning returned home with glory and brought sky-high wealth." '

Of course, the eye-catching gimmick is the last "sky-high price wealth". The above content is actually very real, 30 catties of silver, 50 taels of gold, 40 catties of sulfur, 17 pieces of amber wood, and a million stones of wheat.

Fan Ning really admired it. This is the list he gave to Du Zhi member Wailang Fan Xiang yesterday. The "Tabolo" grasped the accurate information at the first time, and I am afraid that the relatives don't know it yet.

But now Fan Ning didn't have the heart to read his own news carefully. He quickly flipped to the second page, and there was a line of black words at the bottom of the second page: "Willow light thunder and rain on the pond, and then discuss the leaders of the forum to pick up ashes."

Fan Ning's eyes narrowed all of a sudden, Ouyang Xiu was accused of 'picking ashes! '

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[Ouyang Xiu's crime of having an affair with his daughter-in-law should have happened ten years later. Lao Gao moved this matter ten years earlier because of the needs of the plot. Of course, this matter is a means of political struggle, mainly because Ouyang Xiu has a criminal record, so this It was a big deal at the time. 】

(End of this chapter)