In the study, Fan Zhongyan sighed, "When I was driven out of the capital, after several years, my eldest son Chunyou was also forced to resign from his official position and follow me to Dengzhou, but when he took his wife and children to Xuchang, he suddenly suffered from a strange illness, foaming at the mouth, his body convulsed and bent, although he tried his best to rescue and escape from death, but since then he has been paralyzed on the bed and has become a waste, A-Ning, a thirty-year-old sturdy man, how can he suddenly fall ill?" ”

"He must have been poisoned!" Fanning suddenly came to his senses.

Fan Zhongyan nodded, "At that time, he lived in an inn with his wife and children, and he suddenly fell ill after drinking a few glasses of wine at night, and his wife sought medical treatment in a panic, but found that the wine jug was missing afterwards, and the doctor said very vaguely, saying that he had eaten unclean things by mistake, and used medicine to induce vomiting for him, but the poison had entered the internal organs and bone marrow, and the muscles and veins atrophied, although his life was saved, he ....... it."

Speaking of sadness, Fan Zhongyan couldn't help but burst into tears.

Fan Ning was silent, he knew that the struggle in the imperial court was fierce during the Qingli Revolution, but he didn't expect it to be so fierce that even the most despicable means of plotting were used, and he actually attacked Fan Zhongyan's son to retaliate.

Fan Zhongyan wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and continued: "This incident happened not long after I returned to Dengzhou from the capital, this should be a warning to some forces to me to return to the capital, and at that time I realized that my family will also be in danger, including you. ”

Fan Zhongyan said apologetically to Fan Ning: "A-Ning, this is the reason why I have ignored you for several years, I can't protect you, but I can't let some forces target you, so I can only alienate you and keep silent about your growth." ”

"What is it that keeps an eye on my grandfather?" After a moment of contemplation, Fanning asked.

"That's why I'm here for you today!"

Fan Zhongyan beckoned to Fan Chunren who was standing at the door again, "You also come and sit down." ”

Fan Ning and Fan Chunren both sat down, Fan Zhongyan said: "Both of you have been admitted to the Jinshi, and soon you will enter the official career, I want to tell you some things about the DPRK today, when the Qingli was renovated, it only lasted less than a year because the opposition of the DPRK and China was too fierce and gave up, you can't imagine the crisis at that time, on the surface, it was the opposition of Wang Yiyong, Song Zhen, Chen Zhizhong, Wu Yu and other important ministers of the Jia Chang Dynasty, but in fact, the entire clan and relatives are pressuring, and even the army is ready to move, and the official family can only sacrifice us in order to keep their throne. ”

Fan Ning heard what Fan Zhongyan meant, so he asked, "Grandfather Tang means that there are other more powerful forces hidden behind the scenes in the Song Dynasty?" ”

Fan Zhongyan didn't expect Fan Ning's sense of dispute to be so keen, he secretly praised it in his heart, nodded and said: "The founding of the Great Song Dynasty was originally the result of a political compromise, and the interests of the important ministers of the previous dynasty should be considered, as well as the interests of the supporters, as well as the interests of the military leaders stationed in various places in the Later Zhou Dynasty, which is the root of the redundant officials of the Great Song Dynasty."

After a hundred years, the rise of foreign relatives, the growth of the clan, the intricacies of various forces, all have their own interests, the court officials are only used to maintain the operation of the court, but the real power is hidden behind the scenes, such as Zhang Xian Mingsu Empress wore a dragon robe to govern, controlled the Great Song Dynasty for eleven years, almost became Wu Zetian's second, and it has only been seventeen years since her death, and the huge power she left behind is still affecting the court. ”

"And Zhang Yaozuo!" Fanning said.

"Zhang Yaozuo is just a line among relatives, like the Cao family and the Pan family, they are not only the founding heroes, but also relatives, they control the Imperial Forest Army, what is the use of the official family pampering Zhang Guifei? Can he still depose Empress Cao? In front of the Cao and Pan families, Zhang Yaozuo is just a clown who jumps off the beam, but the official family wants to rely on him to check and balance the Cao family, I have to say that this is a big mistake by the official family. ”

Fan Zhongyan drank a little wine at noon, and he only had his own son and cousin, so he could open his heart and tell them some things that he couldn't usually say or dare to say.

Fan Chunren on the side interjected and asked: "Whether these relatives, clans, or military leaders, they don't have the real power of the imperial court, so how do they influence the decision-making of the imperial court, and further speaking, how do they threaten the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"That's a good question!"

Fan Zhongyan praised his son, and then turned his gaze to Fan Ning, "What do you think of Aning?" ”

Fan Ning thought of the Zhu family in Pingjiang Mansion, they were also a foreign relative, or a relatively small foreign relative, but from the Zhu family, we could see the infiltration and influence of the foreign relatives on the imperial court.

Fan Ning said slowly: "I think these behind-the-scenes forces affect the imperial court, nothing more than three aspects, one is the army, the second is financial resources, and the third is marriage, although the army is controlled by the imperial court, and the troops are also led by civilian officials, but the generals who specifically control the army are still the descendants or subordinates of the founding generals, and their strength should not be underestimated. ”

"Well said, keep talking!"

"The second is financial resources, taking our Zhu family in Pingjiang Mansion as an example, the Zhu family itself occupies not as much land as imagined, but Pingjiang Mansion is an important grain production area in the Great Song Dynasty, and the grain purchase of Pingjiang Mansion, a large number of commercial grain transportation to the capital, and one of the five major grain merchants in the capital, Pingjiang Grain Store, are in the hands of the Zhu family or his marriage family.

The Zhu family is still just a small relative, and it has a great influence on the imperial court economically, not to mention other relatives.

Then there is the marriage, I experienced the Jin Mingchi marriage the day before yesterday, why the relatives of the powerful are keen to catch the marriage Jinshi, in fact, it is an exchange of financial resources and power........"

Fan Ning suddenly thought that Fan Chunren also participated in the Jinmingchi Qionglin Banquet, would he also be caught married? He quickly glanced at Fan Chunren, and suddenly felt that he was a little speechless.

Fan Zhongyan laughed, "You don't have to think about it, Chunren got married last year, and his wife is the youngest daughter of Mr. Anding, so he won't be caught married." ”

Fan Zhongyan said again: "A-Ning is right, when the official family abolished Empress Guo, it had a great impact, you must know that Empress Guo's aunt is Empress Taizong Mingde, she herself is the granddaughter of Guo Chong, the founder of the country, and the queen selected by Empress Dowager Liu for the official family.

In recent years, although he has slowly sat on the throne, he does not dare to talk about reform lightly, so he can only recall our group of reformists back to the capital to appease. ”

Speaking of this, Fan Zhongyan stared at Fan Ning with blazing eyes, "You talked about the new idea of strengthening the country and enriching the people during the interview, let the reformists and conservatives work together to create greater wealth, and then expand the wealth to solve the old contradictions, your remarks have caused a big wave in the DPRK, I don't know how you have such an idea, but I have to admit that your pioneering thinking is very in line with the current mentality of the official family, if it is not for your age limit, you are the champion of the current department." ”

"Does grandfather approve of my thoughts?" Fanning asked after a moment of silence.

"I'm not very in favor, but I'm not against it, your goal is the same as mine, but you take a different path, maybe you are young and ignorant, or maybe you stand taller, to be honest, I can't evaluate."

Speaking of this, Fan Zhongyan let out a long sigh, "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, the children and grandchildren have grown up, maybe my long-cherished wish can be realized in your hands, you two go hand in hand!" ”

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Although Fan Zhongyan invited Fan Ning to move to his mansion, Fan Ning finally politely declined, he wanted to take care of the Strange Stone Pavilion and hoped that he could be more free.

At this time, Fanning is no longer the dazed and ignorant child he was when he first arrived in the Great Song Dynasty three years ago, and his wings have gradually hardened.

Although Fan Zhongyan gave him great help, and even wanted to make him his heir, it was just Fan Zhongyan's helpless move, he was hit by the conservatives, and the future of his children and grandchildren was blocked, so in order to break through, he considered using Fan Ning as a strange soldier.

But as Fan Zhongyan was gradually thawed, his son Fan Chunren was also admitted to the imperial examination, and the other two sons, Fan Chunli and Fan Chun, were also extremely good, and their talents were no less than their own, and there was no need to use themselves as their heirs.

Fan Ning could see that Fan Zhongyan had pinned his ideals and expectations on his second son.

Fan Ning also found that when Fan Zhongyan looked at him, his eyes showed guilt from time to time, but this was human nature, and Fan Ning did not complain about Fan Zhongyan at all.

On the contrary, no longer Fan Zhongyan's heir, Fan Ning even has a sense of relief, he is very independent in his bones, and he has always been eager to do his own business.

From a deeper level, his political views are not the same as those of Fan Zhongyan, who is a reformist who always hopes to redistribute interests and tilt the balance of interests more in favor of the court and ordinary people, which of course triggers a strong backlash from conservatives.

Fanning was an innovator, and he hoped that the Great Song Dynasty would expand outward, continuously improve productivity, so that the country could gain more wealth, and then on the basis of not harming the interests of conservatives, the distribution of new wealth would be inclined to the common people, and finally achieve the goal of strengthening the country and enriching the people.

Without the political fetters of Fan Zhongyan's heir, Fan Ning can let go of his hands and feet and use his foresight to fight for a sky of his own.

But no matter what, Fan Ning is still grateful to Fan Zhongyan from the bottom of his heart, without his guidance, he would not be able to get to this point today.

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