Fan Ning took Zhu Pei to Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion in the afternoon, and they were received by Zhu Yuanfeng's eldest son Zhu Xiaojun, Zhu Xiaojun is very similar to Fan Ning's second uncle Fan Tiege, about forty years old, white and fat, with an amiable smile, and a pair of small eyes revealing a shrewd gaze.

The three Zhu brothers, Fan Ning actually prefers the Zhu Yuanfeng family, basically they all get along very well, Zhu Yuanfeng's three sons and one daughter, although none of them have entered the ranks, but they are more cordial.

Needless to say, Zhu Yuanjun has broken with his eldest brother and third brother, Zhu Yuanfu himself is good, but his eldest son, that is, Fan Ning's father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun, has a relatively cold personality and does not get along happily, as for the other children, except for Zhu Yuanfu's second son, the other three and fourth sons are not good, and they are still worried about Zhu Pei's dowry.

But Zhu Yuanfeng's sons are very good, and their grandchildren are also more united, which is also the main reason why Fan Ning came back from Kunzhou and would rather live in Zhu Yuanfeng's house than in his father-in-law's house.

"It's not easy to meet the fourth uncle today!" Juppe grinned.

Zhu Xiaojun ranks fourth among the Zhu brothers, Zhu Pei has always called him the fourth uncle, as for Zhu Pei's fourth uncle, Zhu Pei calls him the fourth uncle, obviously Zhu Xiaojun's relationship is closer.

Zhu Xiaojun smiled and said: "Today is the tenth day of rest, and your third grandfather also said that he would invite you over for dinner later, but I didn't expect you to come by yourself." ”

Zhu Pei pouted, "No sincerity, we only said this when we came, ignore the fourth uncle, is the third grandfather not there?" ”

"In the back house!"

Zhu Xiaojun saluted Fan Ning again, and said with a smile: "It's Aning's handiwork to bring down Liu Yun!" ”

Although the Liu family and the Zhu family are world friends, the relationship with Zhu Yuanfeng has always been bad, and it is also because the Liu family looks down on Zhu Yuanfeng, as for Zhu Xiaojun, he has been discriminated against by Liu Yun since he was a child, and the daughter of the Liu family will not marry Zhu Yuanfeng's children, so Zhu Xiaojun learned that Liu Yun was deposed, and he suddenly breathed a bad breath.

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Fourth Uncle thinks too highly of me, bringing down Xue Zongru and Liu Qin have something to do with me, but deposing Liu Yun is an unexpected arrangement of the Son of Heaven, to be honest, it is also very unexpected for me, he should have already fallen into the hands of the Son of Heaven, and it is likely to involve Zhang Yaozuo, so the Son of Heaven has been holding back, this Xue Zongru incident has given the Son of Heaven an opportunity to depose him." ”

Fan Ning knew very well in his heart that the servant of the Ministry of Officials was already called the Half-Phase, and he was only one step away from the Prime Minister, although the Ouyang Xiu incident was bad, it could not reach the level of severely punishing the Servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Liu Yun was only responsible for recommending it, and at most he criticized a few words, far from degrading him.

This shows that the Son of Heaven has long wanted to move Liu Yun, and he is extremely dissatisfied with him, but Liu Yun is Zhang Yaozuo's henchman and has promoted a large number of Zhang Yaozuo's subordinates, and the Son of Heaven wants to take care of Zhang Yaozuo's face, so he has endured it so far, and this time he took the opportunity of Xue Zongru to depose Liu Yun, and it can only be said that the Son of Heaven can't bear it.

Zhu Xiaojun nodded, "It's still A-Ning who can see it thoroughly, let's go inside!" Your third grandfather is waiting! ”

The two walked into the atrium, and saw the sister-in-law Zhu Jie accompanying the old man to sit in the courtyard to enjoy the shade, Zhu Pei was holding the old man's arm and being coquettish, but Zhu Yuanfeng was counting her down.

"You, a little girl who only thinks about her husband in her head, I don't have a boy who makes sencha, I said how wrong the taste of tea has been in the past two days, and when I asked, I knew that you snatched Xiaowen away, what do you say!"

"Hee-hee! I still don't understand the mind of the third grandfather? We don't have much dragon tea, so I'll give you three catties at most. ”

"Three catties is too little, at least five catties!"

"It's only three catties, if you don't do it, I'll return Xiaowen to you."

"Don't! Other! I don't want that stinky boy, just give me three catties! ”

Everyone laughed dumbly, Zhu Yuanfeng asked Zhu Pei for tea in a different way!

Fan Ning said with a smile: "I heard the eldest grandfather say that the Fuzhou tea farm is about to raise dragon tea, and there will be a source in the future." ”

Zhu Yuanfeng shook his head and said: "The dragon tea raised in the Zhu family tea field is not enough, it is a little worse than the dragon tea in the palace, it can only be called half dragon and half phoenix tea, of course, it is already very good, but it is still your dragon tea to hook my tea addiction, you tell me the truth, how much is your dragon tea?" ”

Fanning scratched his head and said, "Your old man will let me go!" I can't even afford to drink that dragon tea. ”

"Hah! It means that there are still a lot, I will exchange it with you, how about ten catties of dragon and half dragon and half phoenix tea for one catty of dragon tea for you? ”

"Then let's change three catties first!"

"Wait! How I feel like I've suffered a big loss. ”

Everyone laughed together, didn't Zhu Yuanfeng suffer a loss? Just now, Zhu Pei promised to give him three catties of dragon tea. ”

"Your three catties of dragon tea have nothing to do with what Apei gave me, it's something else, that is, you have to give me six catties."

Fanning nodded, "Then six catties!" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng's face suddenly smiled, how could he suffer, sooner or later he would have to change all the dragon tea in Fan Ning's hand.

Several domestic servants sent a few chairs, and Zhu Pei knew that her husband had something to discuss with the third grandfather, so she took her sister-in-law to the back house.

Fanning sat down in the courtyard, someone brought hot tea, although the weather was relatively hot, but the scholars were still unwilling to drink a large bowl of herbal tea to relieve the heat like the toiling people at the bottom.

"A-Ning is here today!"

Fan Ning pondered for a while and asked, "I wonder what the third grandfather thinks of the "Chao Pao" and "Tabloid Newspaper"? ”

"Are you asking me my personal opinion?"

Fan Ning nodded, Zhu Yuanfeng thought for a while and said: "From a business point of view, these two newspapers are not a very good investment, as far as I know, the "Chao Bao" has been losing money, relying on the profits of the "Tablid" to make up for it, and secondly, the water of running a newspaper is relatively deep, not every businessman can run a newspaper, although the speaker is not guilty, if he really offends the court magnates, they can rectify people from other businesses." ”

"The third grandfather investigated the newspaper, could it be that he also had such thoughts?"

Zhu Xiaojun next to him said with a smile: "We also considered running a newspaper ten years ago, and I was still responsible for running this matter, acquiring several printing houses, recruiting some active editors, and basically getting ready, but the imperial court never approved it, so that we lost more than 10,000 yuan, and finally it was over." ”

Zhu Yuanfeng sighed: "The problem is here, if you are not ready, you will not be able to apply to the imperial court at all, but in the end, if the imperial court does not approve, then the previous preparations will be in vain, and the losses will be heavy. ”

Fan Ning knows this condition, the first thing to do is to apply to the local government, if it is a newspaper such as entertainment news, it is easier to approve it, first the government first approves it, and then it is reported to the Imperial Court responsible for collecting public opinion for approval, and there is no need to report to the Zhizheng Hall.

However, if it involves a newspaper of the imperial government, it is more strict, and after the examination and approval of the Imperial Court, it must be discussed and approved by the Governor's Hall, which is the most difficult.

Fanning pondered for a moment and then asked, "Ten years ago, the application was unsuccessful, where is the stuck?" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng glanced at Fan Ning, ten years ago, it was Zhu Yuanjun who served as the right counselor, and it was stuck in his hand.

Fan Ning asked again: "If the Zhu family still wants to run an entertainment news newspaper now, how sure is it that it will pass the review of the local government?" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng shook his head, "The local government will never be embarrassed to run a newspaper, as far as I know, all applications for a newspaper have been approved by the local government, and they will not be embarrassed by this kind of thing, and in the end, the imperial court will not approve it." ”

Zhu Xiaojun cautiously asked, "What do you mean by A-Ning, let's apply for a newspaper again?" ”

Fan Ning nodded, "This Ouyang Xiu incident, I discovered the terrible public opinion, they can turn white into black, can manipulate public opinion, and completely destroy a person's reputation in the shortest event, but public opinion can also paint black into white, I don't want to use public opinion to deal with someone, but at least I must have the ability to protect myself at a critical moment, it just so happens that I am in charge of the Yuan, if the Zhu family runs an entertainment news newspaper, I can approve it." ”

Zhu Xiaojun is also a little tempted, the failure of the newspaper last time has always made him angry, and this time is indeed an opportunity, Fan Ning served as the Governor's Yuan, it would be a pity not to take advantage of this opportunity.

He also persuaded his father: "Father, if it is not involved in the government affairs, it should not be a big problem, I think this is really an opportunity, besides, we still have five printing houses, which have not been dead or alive, if they run newspapers, they will be revitalized." ”

Of course, Zhu Yuanfeng knew the risks involved, and he pondered for a long time and said, "A-Ning means that the power of the newspaper is only used at a critical moment?" ”

This is a key issue, if Fanning attacks his opponent with newspapers at every turn, the Zhu family can't afford it.

Fan Ning nodded, "I won't embarrass the Zhu family!" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng thought about it for a long time, and finally agreed, "If you don't get involved in government politics, I can give it a try." ”