Since there was still half a month before the other party's deadline, Fan Ning put this matter aside for the time being, he left his entourage and luggage to the second uncle to help take care of it, and he hired an ox cart to go to Han Qi's mansion.

Han Qi's mansion is not far from Daxiangguo Temple, in the east, not long after, the ox cart stopped in front of the mansion, today is the middle of the holiday, Fan Ning estimated that Han Qi should be at home.

Fan Ning walked up the steps, and the porter who had been watching him immediately shouted, "It's really you, Fan Zhiyuan is back!" ”

Fan Ning smiled and asked, "Is Han Xianggong in the house?" ”

"In! At! At! ”

The porter hurriedly agreed, "My lord has an order, if Fan Zhiyuan comes, he must be notified immediately, Fan Zhiyuan, please come with me!" ”

The porter invited Fanning into the door, and happened to meet the butler, who hurriedly sent someone to inform the master, and at the same time led Fanning to the guest hall.

"Fan Zhiyuan, please sit down for a while, my master will be here soon!"

Fan Ning walked into the hall and sat down, a maid served him tea, and as soon as Fan Ning picked up the tea cup, he heard Han Qihong's bell-like voice sound, "Great, you came faster than I thought!" ”

There was a joy in his voice, and it was evident that he was pleased with his arrival.

"Han Xianggong called, how dare I slack off!" Fanning smiled slightly.

Han Qi laughed and pointed at Fan Ning, "I thought you would be a little more mature, but I didn't expect it to be the same as before, but I like it this way!" ”

The two sat down, and Han Qi said: "I went to Taichang Temple yesterday to ask, your Ding worry period is twenty-seven months, it should be over, Taichang Temple sent the recall letter to the Ministry of Officials three months ago, but I don't know why it was detained by the Ministry of Officials?" ”

"It should be my father-in-law's intention, he wants me to stay at home for three years, and it just so happens that my wife is pregnant at the beginning of the year, and he wants me to spend more time with him."

"I see, but your father-in-law is doing this in violation of the law, if anyone wants to deliberately impeach him, he will really be in trouble, but your father-in-law is good on both sides, no one should do this kind of thing."

Fanning asked in a deep voice, "How is the situation now?" ”

Han Qi sighed, "The situation is very thrilling, I heard that the official family is really considering Zhang Yaozuo's joint proposal, and they really plan to use the crown prince to treat Zhang Guifei's illness, but at this juncture, Zhang Guifei died, and this matter was naturally shelved." ”

Fan Ning frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Why does it feel a little rash to establish a prince for such a major event of the country?" ”

Han Qi smiled bitterly, "Didn't Empress Guo say that it would be abolished?" I heard that the official family will posthumously crown Zhang Guifei as the queen, and there will be two queens at the same time in the Great Song Dynasty, which has never happened for thousands of years, and this kind of absurd thing will happen, let alone establish a prince. ”

Listening to the tone, Han Qi has a deep grudge in this matter, but Fan Ning knows that Han Qi will definitely not be able to stop it, otherwise there will be no Empress Wen Cheng in history, and it can only be said that Zhao Zhen has too much affection for Zhang Guifei.

"What do you say about the establishment of the crown prince now?"

Han Qi shook his head, "Now is the period of Zhang Guifei's ritual, no one dares to mention this matter for the time being, and after the rituals are over and buried, Zhang Yaozuo and they will mention this matter again." ”

"How much time is there until the end of the ceremony?"

"You calculate it yourself, seven seven and forty-nine days, now nine days have passed, then there are forty days, time is running out, now the king of Julu County is very passive, and the official family is very dissatisfied with him."

"Why?" Fanning was puzzled.

Han Qi sighed and said: "Some imperial doctors said that Zhang Guifei's serious illness had something to do with the rudeness of the King of Julu County back then, and this sentence stimulated the official family. ”

"It's nonsense, that was almost twenty years ago, and the king of Julu County didn't meet Zhang Guifei, just scared her a little, and it would affect her for twenty years, what is the crime you really want to add?"

"We all know it's nonsense, but the official family is in extreme grief and is sometimes swayed by emotions, and this kind of slander really hurts the king of Julu County a lot."

Fan Ning took a few steps and said: "Once Zhang Guifei is posthumously crowned as the queen, the King of Julu County will definitely not be able to compete with the King of Langya, and we can't bet on the King of Julu County." ”

Han Qi was stunned, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"The lowly position means that the image of the King of Julu County in the hearts of the official family is difficult to reverse, we might as well change someone, I suggest that Zhao Zhongzhen, the son of the King of Julu County, be pushed to the table to compete with the King of Langya."

Han Qi suddenly came to his senses, gave a thumbs up and praised: "This trick is clever!" ”

This is a method that Fan Ning has thought of a long time ago, with Song Shenzong's supreme intelligence and heroic decisiveness, how could he not impress Zhao Zhen?

Han Qi was also anxious during this time, the official family was hit hard by the death of Zhang Guifei, although Han Qi could understand the pain of losing his wife in middle age, but the official family was in a state of confusion and serious emotion, not only to posthumously establish Zhang Guifei as the queen, but also to canonize the king of Langya County as the prince, this is simply nonsense, how can it not make Han Qi, Fu Bi and other ministers anxious.

Although Han Qi is the right minister and has absolute influence in the affairs of the imperial court, although he also has the right to make suggestions on important matters such as the canonization of the crown prince and the canonization of the queen, it is the official family that really makes the decision, and Zhang Yaozuo's influence on the official family is far greater than his own.

At this time, Han Qi realized that there were too few people around him who could be used, especially even fewer people who could influence the official family, so he naturally thought of Fanning.

It's just that Han Qi didn't expect that as soon as Fan Ning came, he proposed an extremely clever plan for him, so that Zhao Zhongzhen came forward to fight with Zhao Wenyun, Zhao Zhongzhen's cleverness is famous in the court, no matter how capricious the official family is, he must always consider the long-term peace and stability of the Great Song Dynasty!

Han Qi couldn't help but look at Fan Ning with admiration, after two years of farewell, Fan Ning was really different from before, he felt like he had found his right hand.

At this time, Fanning asked again: "How is the king of Langya?" ”

Fan Ning knows Zhao Zhongzhen very well, but he doesn't know Zhao Wenyun well.

Han Qi said lightly: "The king of Langya is also very smart, but he is just smart, you should understand what I mean." ”

Fan Ning of course understood that Han Qi was referring to the intelligence of ordinary children, and he asked again, "What about the personality?" ”

Han Qi thought for a while and said: "The personality is relatively gloomy, he doesn't like to talk much, this character is still inherited from his father, but the official family likes this child very much, maybe because of Aiwu and Wu." ”

Zhao Zongshi is obviously inferior to Zhao Wenyun in terms of favor, this is a well-known thing in the Manchu Dynasty, but Zhao Zongshi is the adopted son of Empress Cao, and his status is orthodox, which is his biggest advantage, but if Zhang Guifei is also posthumously crowned queen, then Zhao Zongshi's last advantage is also lost, and the situation is very worrying.

Han Qi was worried and asked again, "Does the virtuous nephew have any better ideas?" ”

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said: "I think we should take two steps, the first step is to at least stop the official family from hastily establishing an heir, and the second step is to send Zhao Zhongzhen to the palace to fight in the ring, as time goes by, the official family will slowly become rational, and then he will carefully consider the succession of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Han Qi nodded, "You're right, I'm also going to launch a joint letter from hundreds of officials to stop the officials from hastily establishing an heir." ”

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Not only to stop it head-on, but also to have a strategy to combat Zhang Yaozuo's arrogance with the strategy of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle." ”

"Does the virtuous nephew have a way?"

Fan Ning whispered a few words to Han Qi, and Han Qi's eyes lit up, "Is there really such a thing?" ”

Fan Ning said coldly: "Of course it's true, I'm afraid that they won't come now." ”

Of course, Han Qi was also a scheming minister, and he pondered for a moment and said, "That's it! You are not in a hurry to reinstate first, first hide in the shadows and plan, to deal with Zhang Yaozuo, it is not enough to rely on positive means alone, you have to use some extraordinary means. ”

"Han Sang-gong......"

As soon as Fan Ning spoke, Han Qi waved his hand, "It's not in the imperial court now, it's my private time, you just call me uncle, and I'll let your cousin take advantage of this." ”

Han Qi is Fan Zhongyan's best friend, according to his seniority, he should indeed be Fan Ning's grandfather level, but he is willing to surrender his identity, on the one hand, he respects Fan Zhongyan, after all, the deceased is the greatest, and on the other hand, Han Qi also wants to improve Fan Ning's status, otherwise Fan Ning is a grandchild in front of anyone, and he can't stand up straight!

Now even Han Qi is called Fan Ningxian's nephew, who can still climb on Han Qi's head? Of course, the Zhu family is an exception, that is the real generation.

Fan Ning was grateful in his heart, nodded and said, "I want to suggest that Han Shibo mobilize some more patriarchal forces, such as Pang Ji, Cao family, Gao family, etc., if they are also against hasty heirship, then the certainty will be even greater." ”

Han Qi smiled, "I've already been to Lao Pang's side, as for the Cao family, I'm not worried at all, they are actually more anxious than us, they are already discussing countermeasures, but I can't join forces with them, I will be jealous, you should understand this." ”

Fanning nodded, he fully understood that the military and the government must be separated, this is the principle.

He said in a deep voice: "There is also the Qian family!" ”

Han Qi's gaze became profound, and he pondered for a long time and said, "You reminded you in time!" ”8)