Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 440 First day in office
It was just dark, and Song Ling came to the inn to meet Fan Ning again. It was just a courtesy meeting at noon. Fan Ning didn't ask any substantive questions or express his opinion. Ling opened a gap here.

"See the Fujun for the humble position!" Song Ling bowed deeply again.

Fan Ning waved his hand, "Secretary Song, please sit down!"

Song Ling sat down, and Fan Ning asked the maid to serve tea again. He didn't exchange pleasantries, and asked straight to the point: "How did Zhao Zhinian be seized by Yang Du?"

Song Ling was refreshed, and Fan Fujun finally talked about the real issues with himself.

He leaned slightly and said, "My lord, Zhao Zhinian's seizure of power is mainly related to Zhang Yaozuo's disapproval. According to him, Zhang Yaozuo promised to hand over the control of Yingtian Mansion to Jia Changchao, so after Yang Du took office, he kicked out his confidants one by one. Let's go, he has nothing to do, the most important secretary, judge, and left and right military patrols have become Yang Du's people. From then on, all official government documents are executed after Yang Du's signature, and they are sent to Zhao Zhinian. Once he went back to the capital to file a complaint, he was scolded by Zhang Yaozuo, and then he came back in despair, and since then he has been greedy for good wine and ignored government affairs."

"Then why was his official residence taken away by Yang Du?" Fan Ning continued to ask.

Song Ling shook his head, "Zhao Zhinian's character is relatively weak, he is a typical scholar-type official, while Yang Du used despicable methods, arranging street thugs to throw human and animal feces into the mansion every night. It is said that a ball of feces hit Zhao Zhinian's father's face. His father fainted on the spot, Zhao Zhinian was miserable, and moved out three days later, then Yang Du occupied the mansion by force, Zhao Zhinian had nowhere to file a complaint, so he had to endure it."

"This Yang Du is a ruthless character!"

Song Ling snorted coldly: "He is not only ruthless, but also greedy. After he took office, he deprived all businesses of wine, tea, salt, rice, alum, etc. from operating qualifications, and put them in the hands of himself, Jia Changchao's relatives, and his confidantes. For doing this, I don't know how many people hate him to the bone, including many people in the government office, whose financial resources have been cut off by him."

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and asked again: "Who is the patrolling officer of the Left and Right Army?"

There are nearly 10 troops in Yingtian Mansion, which are divided into three categories. One is the forbidden army, which has the largest number of about 7 people and is directly controlled by the emperor.

The second is the local Xiang army, with about [-] people, controlled by the commander of Jingdong Road, and obeying orders from the Privy Council.

The third army is the township soldiers, which are recruited by the government itself, part of the military expenses is subsidized by the imperial court, and part of the military expenses are raised by the government government. The number of township soldiers is 2000, and the left and right military patrols each command 1000 people and report to Zhiying Tianfu. , They are in charge of city gates, local security, and bandit suppression. At present, the left and right army patrols are all from Yang Du, and the military power is naturally taken away by Yang Du.

If Fan Ning wants to control Ying Tianfu, the control and command of these 2000 people is the most important.

Song Ling hurriedly said: "One of the left and right patrols is called Gu Changwu, and the other is called Li Dechang. Gu Changwu is a local snake and has been serving in Yingtian Mansion. He once served Zhao Zhinian, and later switched to Yang Du. Li Dechang heard that he was Zhang Yaozuo's family general, so he also It can be said that one person has achieved the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascended to heaven, and now he is mixed with a seventh-rank military officer."

Fan Ning said again: "Continue to talk about these two people!"

"Gu Changwu is the son of Gu Jing, a wealthy family in Songcheng County. Gu Jing's father once served as the commander of the infantry in the capital. I don’t want my grandchildren to be businessmen, so I left the relationship in the capital, donated a military post to my grandson, and spent money to operate it. Gu Changwu served as the patrol of the Left Army three years ago.”

Fan Ning was thoughtful, and continued to ask: "Who is Li Changde exactly?"

When Song Ling heard this name, he couldn't hide the disdain on his face and said, "The four words 'vulgar' are enough to describe this person. He's a good drinker, lustful, simple-minded, he can't even read a word, and he has a very bad temper. Violent, once beat Zhao Zhinian, he opened a big brothel in the city, he spends all day in the brothel, living a life of drunken dreams."

Fan Ning pondered for a long time and asked, "I want to find out the details of Gu Changwu's grandfather. Is there any way?"

Early the next morning, Fan Ning, accompanied by four guards, arrived at the government office of Yingtianfu. Yingtianfu governed seven counties including Songcheng, Ningling, Zhecheng, Gushu, Yucheng, Xiayi, and Chuqiu. The county is Zhengchi County, which is at the same level as Bianliang County, and the other six counties are Zhengji County.

The government office covers an area of ​​more than [-] acres, and there are more than two hundred officials, large and small. , The second official is the general judge, and there are again the official posts such as Silu Joining the Army, Left and Right Army Patrol, Judge, Tuiguan, Liucao Secretary, Chief Shouque, Judge, Literature, Teaching Assistant, etc. There are also a large number of officials and officials below.

Since Fan Ning had notified Zhang Qi in advance when he took office today, when Fan Ning arrived, Yang Du personally led more than two hundred officials to wait in front of the gate of the government office. I also told Fan Ning, don't look at the three people who came to see you on their own initiative yesterday, but that was only a very small number, and most of the others followed my arrangement.

Everyone stood for a long time, waiting for Fan Ning not to come, and waiting for Fan Ning not to come, Li Dechang, the patrol officer of the right army, suddenly became irritable, "Is that guy trying to entertain us?"

Yang Du turned his head and glared at Li Dechang sharply. Li Dechang didn't dare to say anything. At this moment, Zhang Qi, the chief executive, rushed over, "Your Majesty is here!"

Yang Du's eyes narrowed immediately, "This Fan Ning is so arrogant!"

I saw four big men with knives on horseback escorting a carriage. The carriage stopped in front of the government office. He wears a double-winged official hat, a fourth-grade vermilion official uniform, a large belt around his waist, and white silk socks and black leather shoes.

Yang Du stared straight at the gold medal on Fan Ning's waist, and he felt a little nervous. This was unexpected. Fan Ning actually had the gold medal of Yushi Zhongcheng. Although he did not hold the official position of Yushi Zhongcheng, he had the power of Yushi Zhongcheng. , can impeach senior officials above rank five.

The officials also started talking in low voices. Fan Ning's censor gold medal stung their eyes. Many people realized that although Yang Du was strong, he might not be able to withstand the power of supervision. Many officials secretly regretted that they A good opportunity to stand in line was wasted yesterday.

"Silence!"

Yang Du turned around and scolded, he walked forward quickly, and bowed to Fan Ning, "The next official, Ying Tianfu, ordered Yang Du to visit Fan Zhifu, and welcome Fan Zhifu to come to Yingtian Mansion to take up his post!"

Fan Ning smiled slightly and said, "I've heard for a long time that Yang Tongpan is a great talent who manages the Yingtian Mansion in an orderly manner. Seeing him today, Yang Tongpan is indeed in the prime of life and has a bright future!"

Although Fan Ning is 15 years younger than Yang Du, he uses an old-fashioned tone, as if the elders are praising the younger generation, but there is no way. He is from the fourth-rank official rank, and Yang Du is only from the fifth-rank official rank. One level crushes people to death, not to mention that the two are two levels behind.

Yang Du was furious and blushed, but now it was a public place, under the eyes of everyone, he didn't want to be caught by Fan Ning as an excuse for committing the following crimes, so he had to forcefully hold back the anger in his heart, and said lightly: "Prefect Fan gave me the award, I will give it to Fan Ning." The prefect introduced several colleagues."

He waved everyone up and introduced them one by one, "This is Zhou Heng, who joined the army, this is the judge Liu Chi, and these two are Li Dechang and Gu Changwu, the left and right military training envoys."

Speaking of the left and right military patrols, Fan Ning looked at the two of them specially, and saw that Li Dechang had a thick body, a fleshy face, a fierce appearance, and a pair of triangle wolf eyes with an arrogant sneer. Big madness.

Gu Changwu, on the other hand, was tall and thin, looking very capable, with a slightly elongated face, a high nose bridge, a pair of slender eyes that looked very calm, and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

As the saying goes, looks come from the heart, and the two people's hearts can be seen from their appearance. Needless to say, Li Dechang has a typical eagle-dog face, while Gu Changwu's appearance is not ordinary, with a kind of local tyrannical temperament, but it can be seen He was very cautious and didn't want to stand in line easily. Fan Ning especially noticed a detail. When he stepped forward to greet him, he stood at an equal distance between Yang Du and himself.

This is a very scheming official, Fan Ning thought to himself, he would not stand in line, he could only make a fuss about his grandfather.

Fan Ning greeted everyone, then walked into Yingtian Mansion surrounded by officials.

(End of this chapter)