Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 423
Since there was still half a month before the other party's deadline, Fan Ning put the matter aside for the time being. He left his entourage and luggage to his second uncle to look after, while he hired an ox cart to go to Han Qi's mansion.

Han Qi's mansion is not far from the Daxiangguo Temple, on the east side, the ox cart stopped in front of the mansion after a while, and today is exactly Xunxiu, Fan Ning reckoned that Han Qi should be at home.

Fan Ning walked up the steps, and the porter who had been watching him immediately shouted, "It's really you, Fan Zhiyuan is back!"

Fan Ning asked with a smile, "Is Mr. Han at the residence?"

"In! In! In!"

The concierge quickly agreed, "My lord has an order. If Fan Zhiyuan is here, he must be notified immediately. Fan Zhiyuan, please follow me!"

The concierge invited Fan Ning into the gate, and happened to meet the butler. The butler quickly sent someone to inform the master, and at the same time led Fan Ning to the guest room.

"Fan Zhiyuan, please sit down for a while, my master will be here soon!"

Fan Ning walked into the hall and sat down, a maid served him tea, Fan Ning just picked up the teacup when he heard Han Qi's bell-like voice, "Great, you came faster than I thought! "

There was quite a joy in his voice, obviously very happy for his arrival.

"Han Xianggong called, how dare I neglect!" Fan Ning said with a slight smile.

Han Qi laughed and pointed at Fan Ning, "I thought you would mature a little bit, but I didn't expect you to be the same as before, but I like it this way!"

The two sat down as guests and hosts, and Han Qi said: "I went to Taichang Temple to ask about it yesterday. Your Dingyou period is 27 months, which should be over early. Taichang Temple sent the recall letter to the official department three months ago. , but I don’t know why he was detained by the officials?”

"It should be my father-in-law's intention. He wanted me to stay at home for three years. It happened that my wife was pregnant at the beginning of the year and wanted me to spend more time with him."

"So that's the case, but your father-in-law's doing so is against the rules. If anyone deliberately impeaches him, he will really be in trouble, but your father-in-law is doing well on both sides, and no one should do such a thing."

Fan Ning asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation now?"

Han Qi sighed, "The situation is very dangerous. I heard that the officials are really considering Zhang Yaozuo's joint proposal. They really plan to use the establishment of a prince to cure Concubine Zhang. But at this juncture, Concubine Zhang passed away. , this matter was naturally put on hold.”

Fan Ning frowned, and asked puzzledly, "Why do you feel a little rash for such an important matter as setting up a crown prince?"

Han Qi smiled wryly, "Didn't Empress Guo say that she would be abolished? I heard that the officials would also make Concubine Zhang Guifei queen, and there would be two empresses in the Song Dynasty at the same time. This has never happened for thousands of years. Things, such absurd things will happen, let alone establish a prince."

Listening to the tone, Han Qi has deep grievances about this matter, but Fan Ning knows that Han Qi will definitely not be able to stop it, otherwise there will be no Empress Wen Cheng in history. It can only be said that Zhao Zhen has too much affection for Concubine Zhang Gui .

"What about the establishment of the crown prince now?"

Han Qi shook his head, "It's the time for Concubine Zhang Guifei's funeral. No one dares to mention this matter for the time being. After the funeral ceremony is over, Zhang Yaozuo and the others will bring it up again."

"How much time is left before the end of the ceremony?"

"You do the math, 49 [-] days, now nine days have passed, there are still [-] days left, time is running out, now Julu County King is very passive, and the officials are very dissatisfied with him."

"Why?" Fanning was puzzled.

Han Qi sighed and said, "One of the imperial doctors said that Concubine Zhang Guifei's serious illness was related to the rudeness of Julu County King back then. This sentence irritated the officials."

"It's just nonsense. It was almost 20 years ago, and Julu County King never met Concubine Zhang. He just frightened her a little, and it will affect her for another 20 years. Is there really no excuse for the crime?"

"We all know it's nonsense, but the officials are in extreme grief and are sometimes influenced by their emotions. This kind of slander really hurts Julu County King a lot."

Fan Ning walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Once Concubine Zhang is posthumously named queen, the King of Julu County will definitely not be able to compete with the King of Langya County, we can't bet on the King of Julu County anymore. "

Han Qi was taken aback, "What do you mean by that?"

"The humble position means that it is difficult to change the image of King Julu in the hearts of the officials. We might as well change someone else. I suggest pushing the son of King Julu, Zhao Zhongzhen, to compete with King Langya on the stage."

Han Qi suddenly came to his senses, gave a thumbs up and praised: "This move is brilliant!"

This was the method Fan Ning had thought of long ago. With Song Shenzong's extreme intelligence and heroic determination, how could it not be possible to impress Zhao Zhen?

Han Qi was also very anxious during this period. The official family was hit hard by the death of Concubine Zhang. Although Han Qi could understand the pain of losing his wife in middle age, the official family was in a state of confusion and became emotional. The queen wants to canonize Langya County as the crown prince. This is simply nonsense. How can Han Qi, Fu Bi and other ministers not be anxious.

Although Han Qi is the right minister and has absolute influence in the government affairs of the court, but he also has the right to make suggestions on such important matters as the establishment of a crown prince and the canonization of a queen, but the real decision is still made by the officials, and Zhang Yaozuo is against the officials. The influence of the family is far greater than that of oneself.

Only then did Han Qi realize that there were too few people around him, especially those who could influence officials, so he naturally thought of Fan Ning.

It's just that Han Qi didn't expect that Fan Ning would come up with an extremely clever plan for him, asking Zhao Zhongzhen to fight Zhao Wenyun. Consider the long-term stability of the Song Dynasty!

Han Qi couldn't help but look at Fan Ning with admiration. After two years of separation, Fan Ning is really different from before. He feels like he has found a right-hand man.

At this time, Fan Ning asked again: "How is the Prince of Langya?"

Fan Ning knew Zhao Zhongzhen very well, but he didn't know Zhao Wenyun deeply.

Han Qi said lightly: "The king of Langya County is also very smart, but he is only smart. You should understand what I mean."

Of course, Fan Ning understood that Han Qi was referring to the intelligence of ordinary children, so he asked again: "What about the character?"

Han Qi thought for a while and said: "The personality is rather gloomy, and he doesn't like to talk much. This personality is still inherited from his father, but the official family likes this child very much, maybe because of his love for Wu and Wu."

Zhao Zongshi is obviously not as favored as Zhao Wenyun. This is a well-known fact in the civil and military dynasties, but Zhao Zongshi is the adopted son of Empress Cao, and his status is orthodox. This is his greatest advantage. The last bit of advantage has also been lost, and the situation is very worrying.

Han Qi worried and asked again: "Does my nephew have any better ideas?"

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said: "I think we should take two steps. The first step is to at least prevent the officials from setting up an heir in a hurry. The second step is to send Zhao Zhongzhen to study in the palace and let him fight Zhao Wenyun. As time goes by, the official The family will gradually become rational, and then he will carefully consider the successor of Da Song Jiangshan."

Han Qi nodded, "You are quite right. I am also planning to mobilize all officials to sign a letter to prevent the officials from hastily establishing an heir."

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Not only must we stop it head-on, but we must also have a strategy to attack Zhang Yaozuo's arrogance by taking the best measures."

"My nephew has a solution?"

Fan Ning whispered a few words to Han Qi, and Han Qi's eyes lit up, "Is this really the case?"

Fan Ning said coldly: "Of course it's true, I'm afraid they won't come now."

Of course, Han Qi is also an important and scheming minister. He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's do this! You don't rush to reinstate your post, but hide in the dark and plan. To deal with Zhang Yaozuo, you can't just rely on positive means, but you have to use some extreme means."

"Han Xianggong"

As soon as Fan Ning opened his mouth, Han Qi waved his hand, "I'm not in the court now, it's my private time, so just call me uncle, and I'll let your cousin take advantage of it."

Han Qi is Fan Zhongyan's close friend. According to his seniority, he should indeed be Fan Ning's grandfather, but he is willing to lower his status. On the one hand, he respects Fan Zhongyan. After all, the dead are the greatest. On the other hand, Han Qi also wants to improve Fan Ning's status Otherwise, Fan Ning would be a grandchild in front of everyone, and he couldn't straighten his back!
Now that even Han Qi is called Fan Ning's nephew, who can climb up to Han Qi's head?Of course, the Zhu family is an exception, that is the real seniority.

Fan Ning was grateful, nodded and said: "I want to suggest that Han Shibo mobilize the power of some veterans, such as Pang Ji, Cao family, Gao family, etc. If they also oppose the hasty establishment of an heir, then the confidence will be greater."

Han Qi chuckled, "I've already been to Lao Pang's place. As for the Cao family, I'm not worried at all. They're actually more anxious than us. They're already discussing countermeasures, but I can't join hands with them. It's a taboo. You Should understand that."

Fan Ning nodded, he fully understood that the military and government must be separated, this is the principle.

He said again in a deep voice, "There is also the Qian family!"

Han Qi's eyes turned deep, he pondered for a long time and said: "You reminded me in time!"

(End of this chapter)