Chapter 163: Accidental Discovery

Fan Zhongyan's situation Fan Ning also probably knew a little bit about it, last year the imperial court was ready to transfer him to the governor of Hangzhou, but the people of Dengzhou tried their best to keep him, so that Fan Zhongyan could stay in office again.

But Fan Ning only knew so much, and he didn't know more information, but since Ouyang Xiu mentioned this matter, Fan Ning knew that there must be deeper intentions, so he didn't have an interface, and continued to listen to Ouyang Xiu patiently.

Fan Gong asked to stay in Dengzhou, which was opposed by many important ministers, but today's son made a public opinion and issued an order to allow Fan Gong to stay in Dengzhou again.

I was told that the Son of Heaven's original intention was to transfer Fan Gong back to the imperial court, but there were too many opponents, so he retired and stayed with Fan Gong.

According to the usual practice, those who remain will not serve a full term, and they will be transferred after a year or two at most, so Fan Gong's next step is crucial. ”

Fan Ning thought for a moment and asked, "Uncle means that the Son of Heaven is ready to rehabilitate the ministers of the Qingli New Deal?" ”

Ouyang Xiu sighed, "The Qingli New Deal was originally pushed by the Son of Heaven, but it was too fiercely opposed by the powerful, and in order to protect Fan Gong and the others, the Son of Heaven transferred them out of the capital.

Now that five years have passed, the Son of Heaven may want to gradually use the reformers, and it can be seen from Fu Bi that he has been promoted to the rank of Chamberlain of the Ministry of Rites and made a scholar, and I think this is the precursor of the Son of Heaven wanting to use Fan Gong. ”

Fan Ning didn't quite understand why Ouyang Xiu said this to himself, could he still influence the Son of Heaven to promote Fan Zhongyan?

Ouyang Xiu said slowly: "I'm telling you this because Fan Gong is likely to become the center of public opinion in the court again in the next few months, and many people will be eyeing him, which will inevitably affect your participation in the imperial examination, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

Only then did Fan Ning understand what Ouyang Xiu was talking about, in fact, he had already realized that the label of 'Fan Zhongyan's grandson' was much heavier than he imagined.

After a moment of silence, Fanning asked again: "Since the Son of Heaven wants to recall his grandfather back to the capital, why don't he appoint him directly, are there many people who are hindered?" ”

"You're right, the magnates led by Zhang Yaozuo are trying their best to prevent your grandfather from returning to Beijing, and even if the Son of Heaven wants to recall him, he needs a reason.

Like Fu Bi, the reason why he was recalled to the capital is because of his merit in resettling the displaced people, and promoting him makes others have nothing to say, and if you want to summon your grandfather to Beijing, you also need a convincing reason. ”

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After having dinner in Ouyang Xiu's mansion, Fan Ning said goodbye and went back to the inn.

Ouyang Xiu did not keep Fan Ning to live in his own mansion, now it is an eventful time, Ouyang Xiu is very cautious, he does not want to be used by some people to deal with Fan Zhongyan because of his words and deeds, so as to affect the idea of the Son of Heaven to transfer Fan Zhongyan back to the capital.

In the ox cart, Fanning rested his hands behind his head and looked out at the night sky through the window.

If I remember correctly, Fan Zhongyan only had two years to live, and two years later, Fan Zhongyan died of illness on the way from Hangzhou to Yingzhou.

Historically, Fan Zhongyan should have been transferred to Hangzhou the year before last, but I don't know where something went wrong, Fan Zhongyan did not go to Hangzhou, but stayed in Dengzhou.

Now that history has changed, can history turn another corner and let Fan Zhongyan survive this catastrophe.

Historically, Fan Zhongyan's transfer back to the capital should have failed, which caused a great blow to his body and mind, making him depressed and unhappy, and finally died of illness.

Can Fan Zhongyan be successfully transferred back to the capital because of his appearance?

'The Son of Heaven wants to summon your grandfather to Beijing, and he also needs a convincing reason. ’

Fan Ning thought of what Ouyang Xiu said, and slowly fell into deep thought.

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Xianningfang is located in the northwest of the inner city, which is also a high-end residential area, and many imperial relatives or high-ranking officials of the imperial court are located here.

There is a mansion covering an area of about 40 acres in the square, which is one of the Zhu family's mansions in the capital.

The three Zhu brothers all have their own mansions in the capital, and Zhu Yuanfu's mansion is currently inhabited by the second son Zhu Xiaoyun.

Zhu Yuanfu's eldest son is in the old house of Wujiang, and the second son Zhu Xiaoyun has been an official in the capital since he was admitted to the Jinshi ten years ago.

Zhu Xiaoyun has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Zhu Zhe is nineteen years old, but his intelligence will always stay at the age of three, the second son Zhu Yi is seventeen years old and is currently studying in Taixue, and the youngest daughter Zhu Pei is only ten years old and has been living with her grandfather, and was only picked up by her father in the capital this year.

Of course, Zhu Pei also has to study and study in the capital, learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etiquette, tea art, etc., in addition, the main reason why Zhu Pei entered Beijing is that his parents miss their daughter.

In the inner hall of Zhu's house, Zhu Pei drank tea and listened to the report of the guard Xu Qing, and not far behind her stood the personal guard Jian Meizi.

Xu Qingchu followed Fan Ning to Yinxian and returned to Wujiang, Zhu Pei entered Beijing, and Zhu Yuanfu officially asked Xu Qing to follow Zhu Pei and became Zhu Pei's follower.

"Master Qiqi, the subordinates have found Fanning's residence, they just arrived in the capital at noon today, and they are currently living in Zhang Qiao'er Inn at Guanyin Yuanqiao, there are three people in total, all of whom are his former friends."

Of course, Zhu Pei knew that Fan Ning had won the first place in the Tongzi Liberation Examination, and she also knew that Fan Ning had left Pingjiang Mansion to go north, and these days, she had been asking people to inquire about the passenger ship from Pingjiang Mansion, and it was estimated that it should also arrive.

Zhu Pei thought about the problem very carefully, she learned that Fanning was going north on the 500 stone passenger ship of the Li Boat Company, so she sent someone to inquire about the docking habits of the Li Boat Company, and learned that the ships of the Li Boat Company were generally parked on the wharf of Liu Lian'er's house outside the city, and the boatmen had private goods to sell.

According to this clue, Xu Qing easily found the whereabouts of Fan Ning and the others.

Juppé just wanted to know where Fanning had landed.

She nodded, "I know, I've worked hard for you these past few days." ”

Xu Qing hesitated and said, "The subordinates also found a strange thing. ”

"What's weird?"

"The inn where Fan Xiaoguan lives is actually being watched."

This news made Juppé stunned, "Spying on Fanning? ”

"This is not clear, my subordinates just accidentally discovered that there are two people who are spying on Zhang Qiaoer's Inn, whether they are spying on Fan Xiaoguan or not, I can't be sure for the time being."

"To find out, what exactly are they spying on? Does it have anything to do with Fanning? ”

"Obey!"

Xu Qing hurried away.

Zhu Pei really couldn't figure it out, how could there be someone watching the inn where Fanning lived, could it be that this little guy had offended someone?

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Early the next morning, Fan Ning and Su Liang hired an ox cart to come to the Daxiangguo Temple, a small street next to the Daxiangguo Temple, is the most concentrated place of bookstores in the capital, this street is also called Shuyuan Street, there are thirty or forty bookstores on this two-mile street, almost all the booksellers have shops here.

Bookstores are one after another, and all kinds of shop signs are plastered all over the street, but what Fan Ning didn't expect is that there are more than a dozen strange stone museums on the north side of this Shuyuan Street.

Fan Ning asked a bookstore guy to find out that Daxiangguo Temple is also the largest concentration of rare and exotic stones in the capital, among which there are many stalls selling strange stones in the temple's surname trade, and the big shops that officially opened their shops are concentrated in Shuyuan Street.

However, today Fan Ning and Su Liang are here to buy some review materials, and they don't have time to visit the Strange Stone Pavilion for the time being.

They walked into a bookstore called 'Bo Wen Zhai', which can also enter the top five in the capital, in the bookstore, all kinds of books are stacked on top of each other, dazzling, up to several feet deep, in addition to the first floor, there is also the second floor, which simply makes people feel in the sea of books.

Today, the two of them wanted to buy some imperial examination review materials, after all, the choice in the capital is much greater than that in Wu County.

But soon, Fanning and Su Liang discovered that a lot of choice was not necessarily a good thing, and when they found that the latest imperial examination review materials were covered with a wall, they faced a difficult choice, and there were so many review materials that they didn't know how to choose.

"Fanning, this book is good!"

Su Liang handed a thick book to Fan Ning, and Fan Ning took it, the title of the book was "Famous Confucianism's Interpretation of the Five Classics", he flipped through it, and it was the understanding of more than a dozen great Confucians on some key issues in the Five Classics.

Fan Ning shook his head and put the book back, "This book is suitable for students who have just entered the county school, and it has no meaning for scholars who are taking the provincial examination. ”

Su Liang is right to think about it, the problems described in the book should not be a problem for students who take the provincial examination.

"And what kind of books are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for books on the law."

"The law?"

Su Liang was suddenly surprised: "Do you think this provincial examination will test the law?" ”

The law used to be a necessary subject for students in the provincial examination, but it was abolished more than ten years ago, so the current scholars no longer review the law, but only offer this course in the county school.

Fanning smiled, "I specifically looked at the instructions of the imperial examination that year, and just said that the law is no longer a separate examination subject, but I didn't say that it will not be examined, and I won't be surprised at all if the content of the law appears in the countermeasures of this provincial examination." ”

Su Liang was also a little worried, "But now it's too late for us to recite the law!" ”

Fanning said to him: "The questioner will also take this issue into account, so if the law is involved, it must not be very obscure content, but should be biased towards the most common cases." ”

"What are the common cases?" Su Liang still asked in a panic.

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "I once asked Gao Fei and Wang Anshi, the county order to try the case, which case they encountered the most, and the answer for both of them was the same, about property disputes, accounting for more than sixty percent of all kinds of cases, so I plan to take a good look at the various provisions on property ownership in the Great Song Dynasty Law." ”

At this time, Fanning suddenly found a book in a pile of legal books, "Civil Property Dispute Trial Encyclopedia".

Fanning laughed, "This is the book I'm looking for." ”

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