Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 531
Half an hour later, Fan Ning left the Qilin Palace in the Inner Palace and returned to the Imperial City. After burning a stick of incense, Gao Taotao, who was extremely comfortable physically and mentally, came out of the map room slowly, and surrounded by six personal maids, returned to her for review. Memorial Laifeng Pavilion.

Laifeng Pavilion was also in the Kylin Hall. Gao Taotao rested in the room for a while, drank a cup of tea, and asked Cai'e, the maid of honor, "How is the situation at Ningbi's house?"

Ningbi is also one of her six personal maids. She brought these six people from the palace and followed her for many years. The only thing she is not sure about is Ningbi. This child always has accidents at home. His mother passed away the year before last. Recently I heard that her father was seriously ill again.

"It seems to have gone, the family is raising money for his father's burial!"

"You call her here!"

Not long after, a court lady came in and knelt down in front of Gao Taotao, "Your maidservant sees the Queen Mother!"

Gao Taotao asked: "Ningbi, you have been with me for almost eight years!"

"The servant girl has been with the queen mother since she was eight years old, and it will be eight years next month."

"Then how do I treat you normally?"

The maid whispered: "It's better than parents than parents!"

Gao Taotao nodded in satisfaction, and asked again: "I heard that your father passed away unfortunately, why didn't you tell me?"

"The Empress Dowager is working hard on state affairs, and the slaves dare not bother the Empress Dowager with family affairs."

"That's what's wrong with you. I raised all six of you. I regard you as my own daughters. Why didn't you tell me if you had difficulties?"

The maid bit her lip and said: "There are still a few acres of Susukida at home, and it will be enough to bury my father if my brother sells it."

Gao Taotao sighed, "The land was left by your father, how can your brother sell it, you tell me earlier, and there will be no such troubles."

She immediately said to Cai'e: "Take 200 taels of silver from my bill and send it to brother Ningbi, so that he can properly bury his father."

The palace maid Ningbi's tears flowed down, she kowtowed and said: "The empress dowager is so kind, I can't repay the slaves even if they are smashed to pieces."

"Silly boy, people's hearts are full of flesh. You have been with me for so many years. If you have difficulties, how can I stand by and do nothing? Go!"

Ningbi kowtowed several times and left.

Gao Taotao breathed a sigh of relief, these six court ladies had to squeeze their mouths tightly.

At this time, an eunuch said at the door: "The officials come to pay their respects to the Queen Mother!"

"Let him in!"

Gao Taotao was a little vigilant in his heart, his son usually came to pay his respects in the evening, why is he here now?
After a while, Zhao Xu walked in quickly, knelt down and kowtowed: "The emperor pays his respects to the queen mother, and wishes her good health and a happy mood."

Gao Taotao smiled slightly: "The emperor is free!"

"Thank you mother!"

Zhao Xu stood up and stood next to him with his head down, and said: "Today, I heard that Envoy Fan Jinglue came to the palace to report on his duties. I was looking forward to it, so I asked Daru for leave and came back early."

It turns out that it is impossible to think about it, how could my son know.

Gao Tao said with a smile: "You are concerned about the situation of overseas development!"

"Exactly!"

"Actually, the Ai family is also very concerned. Your grandfather left a decree. Overseas development is related to the revival of the Song Dynasty. Just now, the Ai family and your emperor's grandmother listened to Fan Shijun's report on the restart of the Ryukyu Mansion. The Ryukyu Mansion is on the right track and has completely strangled an indigenous tribe that is extremely hostile to the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and said: "If it is a subject of the Great Song Dynasty, I will take pity on it. If it is an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, I will kill them all. This is the legacy left by the emperor's grandfather to his sons and ministers, and the country of the Great Song Dynasty is the sky."

Gao Taotao said happily: "The Ai family is afraid that you will be misled by those rotten scholars. Now it seems that you are indeed a qualified emperor, and the Ai family also supports Fan Shijun's approach."

After a pause, Gao Taotao said again: "The Ai family will convene the Zhizhengtang and Fan Shijun in the Ziwei side hall later to discuss the matter of emigrating to the Ryukyu Prefecture. You should join us!"

Zhao Xu was surprised and delighted at once, and said hastily: "I also want to chat with Envoy Fan about overseas development alone."

"Tomorrow!"

Gao Taotao smiled slightly: "These days the spring is very beautiful, I really want to go to Jinmingchi to relax for a few days, the emperor will go with me, you can directly summon him in Jinmingchi, and have a good chat with him about Japan's trade issues, I'm also very interested."

"My son obeys the order!"

Gao Taotao immediately issued an order to summon all the ministers of the Zhizheng Hall and Fan Ning, the overseas economic strategy envoy, to discuss the matter in the Ziwei Piandian!

She also sent someone to inform the Queen Mother Cao to invite her to attend, but the Queen Mother Cao had no interest in overseas development, and declined Gao Taotao's invitation on the pretext of feeling unwell.

It was already dusk when Fan Ning came out of the imperial city, he took the carriage directly to the residence of his father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun, Fan Ning secretly shook his head in the carriage.
Of course he knew that Gao Taotao might not really care about overseas development, she just wanted to create another opportunity for the two of them to get together, which really made Fanning a little dizzy.

However, every disadvantage has its own advantages. Under the strong intervention of Gao Taotao and Zhao Xu, Zhizhengtang immediately decided not to wait for the famine to happen, and directly recruited [-] tenant farmers from Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road to Ryukyu Prefecture. Of course, it was not all at once. If it can be done, it will take time for Fan Ning to prepare for the establishment of Liuzhong County and Liunan County. The two parties agreed to move to Liuqiu Prefecture one after another within one year.

In addition, under Zhao Xu's suggestion, the Zhizheng Hall passed a resolution to establish Liuli County in the Xiaoliuqiu Islands.

These gains were a bit beyond Fan Ning's expectations, but thinking of Gao Taotao's request to go to Beijing to report to the court on a regular basis, Fan Ning really admired Gao Taotao's methods, and she did it impeccably. This woman is really amazing.

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of Zhu Xiaoyun's mansion, and Zhu Pei, who had been waiting for a long time, came out quickly, she complained and asked, "How come now?"

"No way, I was called by Zhizhengtang and Empress Dowager Gao to participate in the Xiangguo's discussion, and the emperor also went. It is related to the development of Ryukyu Prefecture, which is more important."

The two walked into the mansion and saw Zhu Xiaoyun. Zhu Xiaoyun looked pretty good, talking and laughing, without the slightest bit of frustration of being demoted.

Zhu Xiaoyun invited Fan Ning into the study, and a maid served them tea. Zhu Xiaoyun said slowly: "This major adjustment is also within my expectations. Wen Yanbo copied the knife, and he was really ruthless and accurate. All the officials recommended by Zhang Yaozuo will not be spared, Zhang Yaozuo and I actually have no intersection, but I offended Wen Yanbo when I was a judge in the trial court, this time I was also killed by the way."

Zhu Xiaoyun never admitted that he was demoted because he didn't know his side in Zhang Yaozuo's case, but traced the reason back to more than ten years ago.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "My father-in-law has never been promoted to the third rank. I think a very important reason is that he has never served as the chief official of a big mansion. This time, my father-in-law is appointed as the prefect of Chengdu. I personally think it is a good thing."

Zhu Xiaoyun felt extremely relieved, because his son-in-law saw it clearly, he was only in his fifties, and his official career was at least ten years away, so he didn't believe that he would not be promoted to the third rank. It can be said that the first emperor had a little prejudice against him before, so what about in the future?Especially if he is the chief official of the Chengdu Mansion, such qualifications are enough even for the prime minister.

"The virtuous son-in-law is still right. I was still a little short of success as the local chief, which made me weak when I was promoted to the third rank. It is really not a bad thing to be the prefect of Chengdu this time."

The two chatted for a while, Zhu Pei came to invite them to dinner, and Weng son-in-law walked towards the dining hall while talking.

At night, Zhu Xiaoyun and his wife sent their daughter and son-in-law to the carriage, Zhu Pei smiled and said: "Then wish Daddy a smooth journey, I will not come to see Daddy off!"

Zhu Xiaoyun smiled and said: "You don't need to send it, just take good care of your mother and brother, Aning, write more letters when you have time."

"I will definitely write to my father-in-law!"

The two waved their hands at the window, the carriage started slowly, and left the mansion, Wang said to her husband with a smile: "Now you finally admit that this son-in-law is better than you!"

Zhu Xiaoyun smiled wryly and said: "He is not an ordinary strong man, but a monstrous one. He is only 26 years old, and he is actually a doctor of the third rank Jin Zi Guang Lu. No one in this dynasty can compare to him."

Wang said puzzledly: "But I also heard that many young people have ascended to high positions."

Zhu Xiaoyun sneered, "That's the royal family, or relying on the ancestral shadow to seal a high-ranking false official, it's completely different from Ah Ning."

"It's true!"

Wang said with a smile: "Don't you think it's the old man who is really powerful? He has spotted Ah Ning since he was a child, and ordinary people don't have such eyesight."

Zhu Xiaoyun shook his head, "It is estimated that the old man did not expect that Aning would have today, hey! I have to work hard, and if I don't work hard, my last chance will be lost."

The husband and wife turned around and went back to the mansion.

The carriage drove slowly on the street, Zhu Pei looked at the hurried passers-by outside the window and did not speak, the restaurants and teahouses in the distance were extremely lively, in front of a brothel, several women with heavy make-up were soliciting customers, many men followed them in half-pushed, Zhu Pei reluctantly Can't help but let out a low sigh.

"Ape, do you have something on your mind?" Fanning asked with a glance at her.

Zhu Pei simply leaned on her husband's shoulder and whispered: "My mother talked to me for a long time today. She said that your heirs are too weak, and she hoped that I would take concubines for you. Sometimes I also feel that I am too selfish. You are so young, but you only have a concubine." Three women, to be precise, there are only two, not counting Aya, one son and one daughter, if you go to Quanzhou, I should let Aya take care of you."

Fan Ning felt a little ashamed, he really couldn't talk about the matter between him and Gao Taotao, he pondered for a moment and said: "Although I never go to brothels, I can't be called a saint, I have a sexual appetite, and occasionally I have impulses, But when it comes to marrying wives and taking concubines, I don't have too many thoughts, at least not now."

"But you only have one son now."

Fan Ning put his arms around her shoulders and said with a smile: "You and Sister Qian will have children, and Aya will also have children. Now let's not mention the matter of marrying a concubine. I don't want to take a concubine for the sake of inheriting the family."

Zhu Pei sighed faintly, "You don't have such an idea now, but what about the future? I really don't know."

"Don't think about such things anymore. In three days, we will leave the capital and head south."

(End of this chapter)