The day after accompanying his wife back to the door, Fanning came to Ouchi and began to work on official business.

In addition to debriefing and getting married, he also had a lot of miscellaneous things to deal with when he came back this time, Kunzhou is not an independent kingdom, and many things must be approved by the imperial court, such as building cities and opening mines, all of which must be approved by the imperial court. ，

However, Fanning is here today to build the military city of Whale State, this matter is very important, Whale State will build a total of two military cities, although it is impossible to complete both of them in his office, but he at least finished building one, that is, the southernmost one, to lay a solid foundation for the Song army to fully enter Whale State.

Tang County, the first county seat in Kunzhou, is the first to cut and then play, and the second county seat, Han County, is to wait for the procedures to be completed before starting construction, with experience, Fan Ning knows what procedures need to be done?

However, the establishment of three counties in Kunzhou itself is the opinion of the Zhizheng Hall, and it will be automatically forwarded without Fan Ning's run, the key is the military city of Whale Prefecture, which is the plan proposed by Fan Ning, and the application and plan were submitted to the imperial court two years ago, and it is said that many important ministers of the imperial court raised objections, and they have been put there until this time Fan Ning's debriefing, and the Son of Heaven personally approved the construction of the military city, and Fan Ning had hope again.

He didn't expect to be approved before he returned to Kunzhou, but at least he wanted to let himself know where he had come to this application.

Fan Ning first came to the official office of the three envoys, the official office of the three envoys had always been the functional department of the Great Song Dynasty before the reform of Yuanfeng, and the six departments of Shangshu Province and the temple supervisors were basically empty shelves, and the official positions in them were all nominal official positions, and the officials actually served as various errands of the three envoys.

The three envoys are the joint name of the Salt and Iron Division, the Degree Branch Division and the Household Division, all kinds of applications from the state capitals in the world will gather here, and then classify and approve them, there are many officials in the ministries, the institutions are bloated and redundant, and the things that are dragged out happen every day, and the administrative efficiency is extremely low.

Of course, if it is related, the trustee will urge it internally, and the approval will be faster, which should have happened by accident, but now it has gradually become the norm.

The official office of the three envoys is also the largest official office in the imperial city, covering an area of more than 100 acres, divided into three courtyards, and subdivided into countless small courtyards below, each small courtyard holds a right of approval, which shows that the functions and powers of the three divisions are extensive, and the affairs are so complicated that it is dazzling.

It can be said that the three divisions of the early Song Dynasty set up six departments and temple supervisors, the lower ones were responsible for the financial power, and the upper ones were directly responsible for the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven was truly rich in the world.

Fanning is famous, as long as he reports his name, no one will embarrass him, and after asking all the way, he quickly found the Hubu Department who was in charge of building the city.

The case is equivalent to a certain bureau and a certain office, which is a specific functional handling department, and the officials here do not have high positions, but their power is not small.

It was a very small courtyard with only five rooms, but it was in charge of all the construction matters in the world.

Fanning walked into the courtyard and hesitated, just as a middle-aged official came out and asked, "May I ask who this official is looking for?" ”

Fan Ning arched his hand and said: "Down is Fan Ning, the governor of Kunzhou, I want to ask who is in charge of the construction of the city?" ”

"It turned out to be Fan Zhizhou, disrespectful, please follow me!"

Fanning followed the official to a room, and the official leaned in and shouted, "Old Wu, business has come to the door!" ”

There were four tables in the room, only one person sat in front of the innermost table, and the other three tables were empty, and the tables were relatively messy, as if the three officials had gone out temporarily.

The official inside raised his head and asked, "Are you looking for me?" ”

"Looking for you, of course!"

The middle-aged official smiled at Fan Ning again: "This is the Confucian official who is responsible for the construction and repair of the city, surnamed Wu, and the official is a member of the Ministry of Works. ”

Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Works, is only the official position of this official surnamed Wu, but his real errand is the Confucian official who repaired the case in the Department of Household Affairs, just like Fan Ning's position is the secretary and the young eunuch, but the actual position is the governor of Kunzhou, and it has nothing to do with the secretary and supervisor.

The official surnamed Wu looked at Fan Ning, and saw that he was wearing a five-grade official robe, and his official rank was higher than his own, so he got up and saluted very politely, "Xiaguan Wu Jun, may I ask what the official is looking for me?" ”

The small power of officials is a major feature of the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, and it is also to facilitate the control of the Son of Heaven.

Fan Ning hurriedly smiled and saluted: "Wailang is polite, I'm Fan Ning from Kunzhou, I'm really sorry to bother me!" ”

Hearing that the official surnamed Wu was a little interested in the convenience of the famous Kunzhou Fanning, he hurriedly returned the salute, "I have heard the name of Fan Zhizhou for a long time, please take a seat!" ”

He moved a chair and asked Fan Ning to sit down, and said with a smile: "It's also a coincidence, I happened to see an instruction yesterday, which is about the arrangement of Kunzhou Jin County, whether Fan Zhizhou is here for this matter." ”

Although Fan Ning is for the military city, if there is news from Jin County, he is also concerned.

"The establishment of Jin County has been approved?" Fanning asked expectantly.

Wu Jun smiled, did not answer him directly, and took out an application from the cabinet, which was an application for the establishment of a county submitted by the overseas Jingluo Prefecture two years ago, when the Kunzhou government had not yet been established, so the Jingluo Prefecture applied on his behalf.

Wu Jun handed the application to Fan Ning and said with a smile: "Basically, it has been approved, just the last step, on-site investigation, and it will be approved after the survey." ”

Fan Ning was suddenly a little disappointed in his heart, Kunzhou is far away, and there are seasonal restrictions, this coming and going, isn't it officially going to be delayed until next year?

"Does this field survey have to be carried out? The situation in Kunzhou is special, and Tang County and Han County have not been surveyed on the spot, so can Jin County also .......?"

Wu Jun shook his head, "To be honest, I don't want to go to Kunzhou to investigate, but this time it was requested by the Zhizheng Hall, it is said that it is because several ministers unanimously passed a resolution to strengthen the constraints on overseas states, so the establishment of Jin County can not be as powerful as before, the site selection, the size of the county, the size of the population, etc., must be reviewed and approved by the imperial court, but it will definitely refer to the opinions of the state capital." ”

Fan Ning was really a little helpless, of course he knew about the resolution of the Zhizheng Tang to restrain overseas states, and his report to Beijing was the result of this resolution, and what was especially perverted was that the Zhizheng Tang required the heads of overseas states to go to Beijing to report on their work once a year.

Wu Jun saw the helplessness in Fan Ning's eyes, although he held real power, he would not easily offend high-ranking officials, especially a promising official like Fan Ning, and it would only be good for him to sell his personal favor appropriately.

Wu Jun smiled slightly: "There is a workaround for everything!" For example, the site selection is mainly considered from the convenience of transportation, the state capital can first repair the road, and the final site selection will not be too outrageous, I think the state government can completely make preliminary preparations, according to my experience, many places are set up in the first town, and then after the approval of the imperial court, the town will change from the town to the county seat. ”

Fan Ning nodded thoughtfully, and he asked again: "In addition to the matter of Jin County, is there any news of the establishment of a military city in Whale State?" ”

Wu Jun shook his head, "I don't have any news here, but I know that setting up a military city is much more complicated than the county seat, and it also needs to be approved by the Privy Council. ”

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Coming out of the Hubu Division's construction case, Fanning was still reminiscing about the words of the Confucian official, and he introduced himself to many legal workarounds, such as setting up a town first, which is the power of the state capital, that is to say, except for not repairing the city wall, not setting up an official office, and not calling the name of the county, everything else can be no different from the county seat.

This reminds Fanning that just like his hometown of Mudu, surrounded by rivers, there are nearly 700 households in the town, which is obviously a county seat, but administratively it is a town.

The same is true of the military city, the overseas economic strategy has the right to set up a military camp, so it is good to build a plate military camp, and all the facilities in it are the same as the military city, but it is still a military camp.

Thinking of this, Fanning's frustration in his heart was suddenly swept away, and his mood became cheerful.

Fan Ning has a lot of things to do next, to finalize the number of immigrants in the next step, to determine the number of gold and silver mines, to determine the size of the garrison in Kunzhou, and to persuade the officials not to go to Kunzhou anymore, there are enough officials in Kunzhou, if you stuff people again, you can only send them to Whale State, which will inevitably offend people, this matter Fan Ning plans to find Fu Bi, he is also very opposed to this kind of official to go overseas to gild, but Fu Bi is not in the capital for the time being, and he will talk about it in two days.

Frankly, Fanning doesn't want too many immigrants in Kunzhou, after all, Kunzhou is used to raise horses, not an agricultural land, and Kunzhou is too cold in winter, if there are too many people, it will consume a lot of timber resources, although Japanese laborers also consume a lot of resources, but they themselves are an important resource.

In the court room of the right minister Wen Yanbo, the first minister of power and opposition is listening to Fanning's advice.

At Fanning's wedding held five days ago, this Xianggong Wen did not attend, but Fanning still sent him an invitation, although the wedding is a private matter, but if you only invite Fubi and Han Qi, and not invite several other ministers, it is really unwise, so the five ministers, including the old minister, Pang, Fanning all sent invitations, although they did not come, only sent their sons and nephews to send a congratulatory ceremony, but Fanning's favor was done, so today Wen Yanbo seemed to be in a good mood, first congratulated Fanning on his new marriage.

"I can understand your worries, the imperial court is also considering Kunzhou as a horse breeding base, but appropriate immigration is still needed, this is the guarantee of the Great Song Dynasty's long-term rule over Kunzhou."

Wen Yanbo spoke very slowly, and he could say that he was careful with his words, which was certainly his style of speaking, but in fact, it was also because he hadn't considered Fanning's suggestion, so he was a little cautious between his words.

"Then as the chief official of Kunzhou, did you give a specific suggestion to the imperial court?"

Fanning nodded, "I suggest no more than three thousand households, and the total number of people should not exceed twenty thousand." ”

Wen Yanbo took a few steps and turned around: "I will consider your suggestion, but as the proposal of the chief of Kunzhou, I still hope that you will submit a formal written report before leaving." ”

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