As soon as it was dark, Song Ling came to the inn to see Fan Ning again, noon was just a courtesy meeting, Fan Ning did not have any substantive inquiries and statements, but when he found out the details of Song Ling, he was ready to open the gap from Song Ling.

"See the prince of the mansion!" Song Ling bowed deeply again.

Fan Ning waved his hand, "Master Song, please take a seat!" ”

Song Ling sat down, Fan Ning asked the maid to serve tea again, he didn't greet him, and asked straight to the point: "How did Zhao Zhinian get seized power by Yang Du?" ”

Song Ling's spirits perked up, and Fan Fujun finally talked to him about the substantive issue.

He bowed slightly and said: "Qiyu Mansion Jun, Zhao Zhinian's seizure of power is mainly related to Zhang Yaozuo's lack of support, according to him, Zhang Yaozuo promised to hand over the control of Yingtianfu to Jia Changchao, so Yang Du kicked his henchmen away one by one after taking office, he had no choice, the most important divisions, judges and left and right military inspectors have become Yang Du's people, since then all the official documents of the government are executed after Yang Du signed, and they were simply sent to Zhao Zhinian's hands, Zhao Zhinian also went back to the capital to complain, he was scolded by Zhang Yaozuo, and then came back in disgrace, From then on, he was greedy for a cup of good wine and didn't care about government affairs. ”

"Then how did his official mansion be taken away by Yang Du?" Fanning continued.

Song Ling shook his head, "Zhao Zhinian's personality is relatively weak, he is a typical scholar-type official, and Yang Du uses despicable methods to arrange for the market scoundrels to throw human and animal feces into the mansion every night, it is said that a ball of feces hit Zhao Zhinian's father's face, his father fainted on the spot, Zhao Zhinian was miserable, and moved away after three days, and then Yang Du forcibly occupied the mansion, Zhao Zhinian had no way to complain, and he had to endure it." ”

"This Yang Du is a ruthless character!"

Song Ling snorted coldly: "He is not only ruthless, but also greedy, after he took office, he deprived the wine, tea, salt, rice, alum and other merchants of their business qualifications, and changed it to himself and Jia Changchao's relatives and henchmen to operate, he did this, I don't know how many people hated him to the bone, including many people in the government have been cut off by him." ”

Fanning pondered for a moment and then asked, "Who are the left and right army patrol envoys?" ”

Yingtianfu has a garrison of nearly 100,000 people, divided into three categories, one is the forbidden army, the largest number, about 70,000 people, directly under the control of the Son of Heaven.

The second is the local Xiang Army, about 20,000 people, controlled by the Jingdong Road Shuaisi, under the orders of the Privy Council.

The third army is the township soldiers, recruited by the government itself, subsidized by the imperial court to subsidize part of the military expenses, the government itself raised a part of the military expenses, the number of township soldiers has 2,000 people, the left and right army patrol envoys each command 1,000 people, report to the Zhiying Tianfu affairs, they are responsible for the city gate, local security and the suppression of bandits, the current left and right military patrols are Yang Du's people, and the military power is naturally taken away by Yang Du.

If Fan Ning wants to control Ying Tianfu, the control and command of these 2,000 people is the most important.

Song Ling hurriedly said: "One of the left and right military patrols is called Gu Changwu, and the other is called Li Dechang, Gu Changwu is the head snake of the land, he has been serving in Yingtianfu, he was loyal to Zhao Zhinian, and later he turned to Yang Du. ”

Fanning said again: "Go on talking about these two!" ”

"Gu Changwu is the son of Gu Jing, a wealthy family in Songcheng County, Gu Jing's father once served as a commander of the infantry army in the capital, and returned to Songcheng County after retiring, laying a solid family foundation, Gu Jing is mainly engaged in the oil tea business, his father does not want his children and grandchildren to be businessmen, so he left the relationship in the capital, donated a military position to his grandson, and spent money to operate, Gu Changwu served as the patrol envoy of the left army three years ago."

Fan Ning thought thoughtfully, and continued to ask, "Who is Li Changde?" ”

When Song Ling heard this name, he couldn't hide the contempt on his face and said: "It is enough to describe this person with the words 'vulgar and unbearable', he is good at drinking and lustful, his mind is very simple, he can't even read words, and his temper is very short-tempered, he once beat Zhao Zhinian, he opened a big brothel in the city, he soaked in the brothel all day long, and lived a life of drunkenness and dreams. ”

Fan Ning pondered for a long time and asked, "I want to touch the details of Gu Changwu's grandfather, is there any way?" ”

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Early the next morning, Fan Ning, accompanied by four guards, went to Yingtianfu Mansion, which has jurisdiction over seven counties, including Songcheng, Ningling, Zhecheng, Gushu, Yucheng, Xiayi, and Chuqiu, of which Songcheng County is Zhengchi County, which is at the same level as Bianliang County, and the other six counties are Zhengqi County.

The government covers an area of about 20 acres, there are more than 200 large and small officials, the chief official is Ying Tianfu Yin, led by the royal family of the capital, only the nominal chief official, the real chief official is to know the affairs of Tianfu, the deputy official is the general judge, and again there are Si Lu to join the army, the left and right army patrol envoys, judges, push officials and six Cao Sishi, Shouque chief, judge, literature, teaching assistant and other official positions, there are a large number of engagement, officials and so on.

Because Fan Ning took office today and notified the principal Zhang Qi in advance, when Fan Ning arrived, Yang Du personally led more than 200 officials to wait in front of the gate of the official office, and the officials stood together in the dark, and the formation was quite large, Yang Du also told Fan Ning, don't look at the three people who took the initiative to meet you yesterday, but that was only a very few, and most of the others obeyed my arrangement.

Everyone stood for a while, waiting for Fan Ning to come on the left, and not on the right, and Li Dechang, the patrol of the right army, suddenly became irritable, "Is that guy entertaining us?" ”

Yang Du glared back at Li Dechang sharply, Li Dechang didn't dare to say anything, at this time, the director Zhang Qi rushed over, "The prince is here!" ”

Yang Du's eyes suddenly narrowed, "This Fan Ning is such a big shelf!" ”

I saw four big men with knives riding horses to escort a carriage coming, the carriage stopped in front of the government, a big man jumped off the horse, stepped forward to open the door, Fan Ning, who officially took office, came out of the carriage, only to see that he was wearing a double-winged official hat, wearing a four-grade vermilion official uniform, a big belt around his waist, wearing white silk socks and black leather shoes, tall and majestic, he hung a gold medal in the imperial history around his waist, which was particularly eye-catching.

Yang Du's eyes stared straight at the gold medal on Fan Ning's waist, and he was a little nervous in his heart, which he didn't expect, Fan Ning actually had the gold medal in the imperial history, although he did not hold the main position in the imperial history, but he had the right to impeach high-ranking officials above the fifth grade.

The officials also whispered, Fan Ning's imperial history gold medal stung their eyes, many people realized that although Yang Du was strong, he may not be able to withstand the power of supervision, and many officials secretly regretted in their hearts that they had wasted a good opportunity to stand in line yesterday.

"Silence!"

Yang Du turned his head and scolded, he walked forward quickly, bowed to Fan Ning, "The lower official should be sentenced by Tianfu to Yang Du to see Fan Governor's Mansion, and Fan Governor is welcome to Ying Tianfu to take office!" ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "I have heard for a long time that Yang Tong judged that he was a great talent, and he governed Ying Tianfu in an orderly manner, and when I saw it today, Yang Tong was really young and strong, and his future was immeasurable!" ”

Although Fan Ning is fifteen years younger than Yang Du, he uses an old-fashioned tone, like the elders are praising the juniors, but there is no way, he is from the fourth-rank official rank, Yang Du is only from the fifth-grade official rank, and the official is one level higher than the one who crushes people to death, not to mention that the two are two levels apart.

Yang Du was furious in his heart, and his face was swollen red, but now it was a public occasion, and in front of everyone's eyes, he didn't want to be caught by Fan Ning, so he had to forcibly hold back the anger in his heart, and said lightly: "Fan Governor's Mansion has won the award, and I will introduce a few colleagues to Fan Governor's Mansion." ”

He beckoned everyone up and introduced them one by one, "This is Silu joining the army Zhou Heng, this is the judge Liu Chi, these two are Li Dechang and Gu Changwu, the left and right military training envoys, and .......

Speaking of the left and right army patrol envoys, Fan Ning specially looked at the two of them, and saw that Li Dechang was stout, with a fleshy face, a fierce appearance, and a pair of triangular wolves with an arrogant sneer in his eyes, worthy of being Zhang Yaozuo's general, as arrogant and arrogant as his master.

And Gu Changwu is tall and thin, he looks very capable, his face is slightly long, the bridge of his nose is high, his slender eyes look very calm, and there is a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

As the saying goes, appearance is born from the heart, and their hearts can be seen from the appearance of the two, Li Dechang needless to say, a typical eagle dog face, but Gu Changwu's appearance is not bad, there is a strong temperament in the place, but it can be seen that he is very cautious and unwilling to stand in line easily, Fan Ning especially noticed a detail, when he stepped forward to salute, the position he stood in was kept at an equal distance between Yang Du and himself.

This is a very scheming official, Fanning secretly thought in his heart, he himself will not take sides, he can only make a fuss from his grandfather.

Fan Ning greeted everyone and walked into the Yingtian Mansion surrounded by officials.

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