Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 389 The Son of Heaven Summons
Right Minister Wen Yanbo hurried up the steps of Ziwei Palace and arrived in front of the imperial study in the apse. He waited at the door for a while, an eunuch went in to report, and came out after a while: "The official invites Mr. Wen to come in!"

Wen Yanbo walked into the imperial study room, only to see Han Qi already sitting at the side, Wen Yanbo hurriedly saluted: "My minister sees Your Majesty!"

"Wen Xianggong is exempt from the ceremony, and I will give you a seat!"

An eunuch moved a chair, Wen Yanbo also sat down, Zhao Zhen smiled slightly and said: "I was talking about Fan Ning with Han Xianggong, and I also accidentally found out that Fan Ning has returned to Beijing, and he has already done it." Is there a resignation procedure?"

"According to what Weichen knows, it seems that it has been done the day before yesterday."

"Then how is his new job arrangement going?"

Wen Yanbo glanced at Han Qi, bowed slightly, and said, "The opinion of the Ministry of Officials is to arrange for him to enter the Privy Council. Mr. Han should also know."

Han Qi smiled, "The Privy Council welcomes Fan Ning!"

"What about Zhizhengtang's opinion?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

Generally, officials below the seventh rank are directly appointed by the Ministry of Officials. Those above the seventh rank and below the third rank are proposed by the Ministry of Officials and decided by the Zhizheng Hall. Officials above the third rank are appointed by the emperor, but the emperor has the right to interfere with those above the fifth rank. The appointment of important officials, the degree of importance, the right to interpret lies with the emperor Zhao Zhen, who thinks it is important.

Wen Yanbo immediately realized that Zhao Zhen might interfere with Fan Ning's appointment.

He pondered for a while and said: "The opinions of the Zhizhengtang are slightly different. For example, Han Xianggong supports the plan of the Ministry of Officials, Fu Xianggong advocates that Fan Ning continue to serve in the overseas Jiedu Mansion, and the minister thinks that Fan Ning still needs to be tempered. So that he can go somewhere to be a transshipment envoy, as for where to go, I haven't thought about it yet."

After a pause, Wen Yanbo asked again: "Does Your Majesty have any suggestions?"

Zhao Zhen took a copy of "Chao Bao" from the table and handed it to Wen Yanbo, "Mr. Wen has a look at today's "Chao Bao".

The emperor likes to read "Chaobao", which is an open secret in the court, but several prime ministers know that the emperor not only likes to read "Chaobao", but also likes to read "Xiaobao", from which he can learn about people's livelihood.

Wen Yanbo took over the "Chao Bao", and saw the headline on the front page: "Millions of Gold in Kunzhou".

This is the style of "Chao Pao", and the title is relatively neutral. If it was published by "Taboli", the title would definitely be: 'The Secret of Millions of Gold'.

Wen Yanbo read it carefully, and it turned out to be Kunzhou's supervision system for officials. This supervision system was actually written in detail in Fan Ning's work report, but both Wen Yanbo and Zhong Xiangguo believed that Kunzhou was special. It cannot be compared with other state capitals in the Song Dynasty.

The point is that the officials went to Kunzhou to be gilded, and the purpose was to become a regular official in Beijing, not to make money. The purpose of the officials is obvious, and of course they are relatively clean.

Moreover, Kunzhou is basically young officials with relatively simple thinking, ideals, and passion, and they are far from being corroded by official rules.

Besides, Fan Ning himself may not be incorruptible. Everyone knows about his two cousins ​​panning for gold in Kunzhou, and the emperor will not pursue it.

Wen Yanbo didn't understand why the emperor asked him to read this article. He said for a while, "The situation in Kunzhou is special, and their experience may not be suitable for other states in the Song Dynasty."

"I also know that the situation in Kunzhou is special, but I think Fan Ning said it very well, 'When officials make mistakes, they should be stopped in time. This is not to punish the officials, but to protect the officials so that they don't get deeper and deeper. In the end, they went to jail, this is the love of officials!’ Isn’t that right?”

Wen Yanbo smiled wryly. This theory is indeed relatively novel, but it is not realistic. Officials do everything they can to make money, and when they are discovered, they are all repeat offenders. There is no such thing as a first-time offender.

At this time, Han Qi coughed lightly and laughed, "Does the official think that Fan Ning has the talent for supervision?"

Han Qi's words immediately awakened Wen Yanbo. It turned out that the officials wanted Fan Ning to be a supervisor. It is estimated that this "Chaobao" article touched the officials' hearts. He looked up at Zhao Zhen, hoping to get Zhao Zhen's approval. answer.

Zhao Zhen smiled lightly, "Fan Ning is a fourth-rank official. According to the rules, it should be appointed by the Zhizheng Hall. I just made a suggestion. Go and study it!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Wen Yanbo and Han Qi got up and saluted, and then they left.

Fan Ning moved back to his own mansion in Feihongqiao today. They took the Fan Ning couple and their luggage to the mansion by three large ships by water.

Zhu Yuanfeng sent sixteen servants and housekeepers to work in Fan Ning's mansion. The housekeeper was the old housekeeper Wu. She was in charge of the internal affairs, and Zhu Yuanfeng's third housekeeper, surnamed Zhang, was in charge of dealing with the outside world. This is also the rule of ordinary wealthy families. , there is a housekeeper inside and outside.

These sixteen male and female household servants include coachman, groom, servant boy, porter, gardener, cook, maidservant, etc. There are also four small housemaids, who were brought back from Kunzhou by Zhu Pei. They were all young Japanese ladies who had served them for two years and wanted to come to the capital with their mistress, but Zhu Pei agreed to them for a moment of soft-heartedness.

Then there is Aya, the housemaid, who is the personal maid who serves Fan Ning and his wife at night. She is quite special, and there is another special person, Jian Meizi, who is a transcendent existence in the mansion, almost half the master.

"Ma'am, there are not many houses in the back house. Can the four maids in the inner house live in the Cuiyun Building? Miss Jian can live in the west courtyard."

As a housekeeper, Mrs. Wu has to arrange the residences of all the servants. The inner house has only two courtyards, the east and the west. The east courtyard is the master’s bedroom and the inner study. The housekeeper felt that it was inappropriate, both the east courtyard and the west courtyard were where the master lived. Aya was in a special situation and could live in the east courtyard, but it was a bit out of order for the four maids to live in the west courtyard.

Zhu Pei was right when he thought about it, so he nodded, "Okay! The four of them lived in the left wing room on the first floor, two of them shared a room, and Aunt Wu also lived in the left wing room. Butler Zhang wanted to go home at night, but the mansion had to give He reserved a room, and there will be no guest rooms in our house in the future, if guests come, we can live in Furong Lane, which is exclusively for guests."

The housekeeper Wu Shi nodded, "I see!"

At this time, Jian Meizi said from the side: "I also live in Cuiyun Tower, I like to live in high places, can you give me the suite on the third floor?"

The third floor of Cuiyun Building is the library, but there is a two-room suite on the right, the window is facing the east courtyard of the back house, and the straight-line distance from the bedroom of Fan Ning and his wife is only three feet away. Of course, most people have to run downstairs, It takes a long circle to get to the east courtyard, but it is different for Jianmeizi. If there is any emergency, she can jump from the window to the corner eaves, and then jump into the east courtyard with a light jump.

Because the situation of the back house can be clearly seen from the third floor of Cuiyun Building, Fan Ning usually does not allow people to live on the third and fourth floors, only the maid who cleans the room during the day can go up, but Jianmeizi is special, Zhu Pei He smiled and said, "If Sister Jian wants to stay, I have no objection, and the officials should have no problem."

"Then I'll move up."

Jian Meizi carried her luggage and went directly to Cuiyun Tower.

Wu said to Zhu Pei again: "There is also cooking in the kitchen. Madame, see if you want to arrange two kitchens and separate the big kitchen from the small kitchen?"

Zhu Pei thought for a while and said, "It's okay to arrange two kitchens, but the cook doesn't need to be divided."

"Okay! Then I will arrange it."

At this time, Zhu Pei saw her husband, and saw that he was instructing several servants to place Cuiyun Peak. When they were not in the capital, Cuiyun Peak moved to the third grandfather's house, and it was only yesterday. Conductor Ding resets.

"lady!"

The porter hurried over and said, "Three people from the palace are coming outside!"

Zhu Pei hurriedly shouted to Fan Ning: "Husband, someone is coming from the palace!"

Fan Ning was startled, and turned around quickly to go out. Zhu Pei then ordered the housekeeper to pack 100 taels of silver to make tea money for the eunuchs in the palace.

There were three eunuchs leading horses standing outside the gate. Seeing Fan Ning coming out, the leading eunuch stepped forward and saluted with a smile: "The Miscellaneous family is the servant Wang Qun. The official family has invited Fan Zhizhou to the palace for an audience. We are here to inform you!"

"You three father-in-laws have worked hard, are you entering the palace now?"

"Yes! The officials are waiting in the imperial study, Fan Zhizhou, please follow us."

Fan Ning hurriedly ordered the carriage to be prepared, and the butler came out and stuffed three skin bags to the three eunuchs, "A little heart, give the three father-in-laws some tea!"

The three of them took the heavy money and immediately smiled, "Thank you! Thank you!"

At this time, a gorgeous carriage came slowly, pulled by two tall horse-drawn horses. Generally, it doesn’t matter whether the carriage is gorgeous or not. The key is the number of horses. The emperor takes six, the prince takes five, and the kings Multiply by four, from three grades and above high-ranking officials multiplied by three, hundreds of officials multiplied by two, commoners multiplied by one, and the hierarchy is strict.

In fact, the carriage in Fan Ning’s house can also use three horses. His title is Taikanghou from the third rank, but he should try to keep a low profile. He usually rides a horse, and the carriage is used by his wife Zhu Pei. Today is because he is entering the palace. The situation It's special, so take a horse-drawn carriage.

Fan Ning got into the carriage, and three eunuchs on horseback followed the carriage towards the palace.

(End of this chapter)