After a simple handover procedure, Yang Du found an excuse to leave the official office and go out.

The director Zhang Qi took Fan Ning to the prefect's official room, which was the official residence of the former prefect Zhao Zhinian, which was two rooms inside and outside, spacious and bright, and neatly cleaned.

"Fujun, this set of furniture is made of rosewood, it is the best table, chair and cabinet in the official office, and the predecessor Zhao Zhifu is very particular about wood."

Fanning nodded, he looked around the room, only to find that there was not even a single piece of paper in the room, no papers, no books, no newspapers.

Fanning frowned, "Why don't you have any paperwork to be processed?" ”

Zhang Qi showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, and said for a while: "The main thing is that Governor Zhao left a few months ago, and all the documents were handled by Yang Tong, so ......"

"So Yang Tongju hasn't adapted to my arrival yet, right?"

"This ..... Humble people are soft-spoken, and it is difficult to say. ”

Fanning didn't say anything more, and said, "I still have two staff, I'll come in two days, let's prepare a room for them!" ”

"No problem, there are a lot of empty rooms in the yard, so let's go clean up a room."

Zhang Qi left in fright, Fan Ning was not in a hurry, and sat in the official room for a while, at this time, Song Ling came in with a thick stack of documents, he put the documents on the table and said: "This is the household registration and field house information of Ying Tianfu, please take a look at it." ”

Fanning flipped through the information and asked, "Do these materials need to be approved by the division to join the army?" ”

Song Ling took out a document from it, "This is the newly organized Lehu information, which needs to be approved by the division to join the army, and the others are old documents that have been approved and filed." ”

Fanning nodded, "The others can stay, you take the Lehu information back and report it normally, don't skip the level, don't be caught, understand?" ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Song Ling saluted, took the information and left.

Fan Ning drank tea while casually looking at the information, and after a while, Shi Cao, Cang Cao, Xing Cao, Gong Cao and Yi Cao also came to Fan Ning's official room with their respective materials, and for a while, all kinds of official information of Ying Tianfu were piled up on a table.

.......

At noon, Yang Du had not yet returned, so Fan Ning came to a restaurant near the mansion, he asked for a private room and just sat down, Zhu Long hurried in and handed Fan Ning a piece of information.

This is the detailed information of Gu Changwu's grandfather, Fan Ning took a closer look, and sure enough, as he expected, Gu Changwu's grandfather was a general of the Cao family.

Fanning nodded and asked again, "Are the two gentlemen back?" ”

"It's back, they've just arrived at the inn."

Fanning smiled: "Hurry up and invite the two of them over, I'll wait for them here." ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Long turned around and hurried away.

Fanning asked for a pot of wine, and while drinking, he thought about the various situations he encountered today.

Obviously, the military and political power belonging to the prefect has been snatched away by Yang Du, judging from the documents seen today, they are all archived materials, but none of the documents that need to be approved have been sent.

Of course, the responsibility does not lie with the six Cao priests, they cannot directly hand over the documents to themselves, they must hand them over to the Si Lu to join the army for preliminary examination, and then the Si Lu to join the army decides which important documents need to be reported to the prefect, and which documents can only be reported to the general judgment.

Yang Du controlled Silu and joined the army Zhou Heng, so all the documents would not be sent to his desk, but directly to Yang Du.

There is also the judge Liu Chi, if there is no signature of the prefect on the important government affairs documents, he has the right to reject the government affairs decision, but Liu Chi let it go, so Yang Du does not need to pay attention to the low-level officials at all, as long as the two core positions are controlled, he will control the power of Yingtianfu's government affairs, and the low-level officials below can only dare to be angry and dare not speak.

Today's performance of the Sixth Cao Sishi is enough to illustrate this point, Fan Ning firmly believes that serious violations of the rules can never win the support of the majority, and the Sixth Cao Sishi sent the information to himself, which is a silent protest against Yang Du's breaking of the rules.

Compared with government affairs, Fanning is more concerned about the army, in fact, in addition to the government office, Songcheng County should also have more than 100 archers and foot strength of the county government, which is also a force to be reckoned with.

But today, on his first day in office, the Songcheng County Commander did not come to see him, which is enough to explain the problem.

Li Dechang, one of the left and right army patrols, is definitely the target he wants to attack, and the key lies in Gu Changwu, whether he can win him over is the key to whether he can reverse the situation.

Just as he was thinking, the door opened, and Gongsun Xuance and Zhang Bo walked in from outside.

"I've kept the officials waiting!"

"Where! Sit down. ”

Fanning randomly ordered the bartender to serve the food, and the wine and food had already been ordered, and in just a few moments, several bartenders brought the wine and food like flowing water.

Fanning poured wine for the two of them, and asked with a smile, "Have you gained anything in the past two days?" ”

Gongsun Xuance nodded, "The harvest is very great, and I found a lot of shocking things when I sank." ”

"Come on! Let's drink first, and we'll make a toast to the hard work of the two gentlemen. ”

The two drank the wine in the cup, Gongsun Xuance sighed and said: "Yingtianfu's tea market and grain market are controlled by Zhang Yaozuo, Yang Du's wife and brother control the wine market, although it is sold by the government, but when it comes to the retail link, they can only sell it, last year Yang Du's wife and brother in order to rob the wine market, with hundreds of scoundrels smashed more than a dozen wine shops, it is said that some shops were killed in the conflict, the family has no way to complain, the grain market is also, the three largest grain shops in Songcheng County were burned down overnight, and other small and medium-sized grain shops have closed their doors, and the wine price of Tianfu The price of rice and tea are three percent more expensive than those in Beijing. ”

Next to him, Zhang Bo said: "Not only that, Yang Du also dispatched the army to set up checkpoints on land and water to strictly investigate, and all merchants who trafficked grain, tea, and wine from other places were arrested, and they were either sentenced to heavy sentences or punished with bankruptcy." ”

Fanning picked up the flask and looked at it, and saw that the three words 'Wen Sake' were printed on the flask, and he asked, "Is this the wine?" ”

Gongsun Xuance nodded, "This kind of wine is only sold all over the city, and it is all sold from the wine shop of Yang Du's wife and brother. ”

Fanning pondered for a moment and asked, "Last year, he smashed and killed people in the liquor store, is this news accurate?" ”

"It's true, many people have seen it with their own eyes, the hotel is called Thousand Days Drunk, next to the south gate, they carried out a large wine vat from the shop, and pressed the owner of the shop into the wine vat and drowned him alive on the street, his wife and children went to Beijing to complain, but they were intercepted halfway, and their son was broken a leg, and the family lived in a grass hut outside the city."

Zhang Bo said again: "Do the officials want to take advantage of this matter?" ”

Fan Ning smiled calmly, "Don't rush first, take it step by step, don't startle the snake." ”

"How is the official taking office today?" Gongsun Xuance asked.

Fan Ning shook his head, "Today is considered to be a lesson, the military and political power is controlled by Yang Du, he controls the Silu army and judges, and controls the left and right military patrols, and the people below dare not speak out." ”

Gongsun Xuance smiled slightly: "Actually, officials can go and see Songcheng County." ”

"Is there anything Songcheng County has to say?" Fanning asked curiously.

"I heard that the county magistrate and the county lieutenant of Songcheng County are both Yang Du's people, but the county magistrate Hou Wen is not, Yang Du gave the county magistrate a bad assessment for two consecutive years in order to drive away the county magistrate, and if it is a bad review in the third year, his future will be completely ruined."

"Could it be that the county order has also been set aside, otherwise how can he not care about bullying and dominating the market?"

"The official is right, the county commander Hou Wen was also set aside by the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, and he was drunk with wine all day long."

Fan Ning laughed, this Hou County Order is the third breakthrough direction.

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Songcheng County Ya is located in the north of Songcheng County, not far from the Fu Ya, and it is also the structure of the front and back houses, but unlike the Fu Ya, the county Ya is not occupied by the dove, and it is still the residence of the county.

Song Cheng Zhixian surnamed Hou, called Hou Wen, Xuanzhou Xuancheng people, and Fan Ning for the same branch of Jinshi, he is the son-in-law of Wang Keji, the founder of the Wang family, the Wang family is the descendant of the founding hero Wang Xianqi, belongs to the meritorious family of the capital, but not the Cao family, the Gao family kind of leader, although there is a lot of wealth, but politically it is not powerful.

However, the Wang family also has a way, Hou Wen finally got the help of the Wang family after sitting on the cold bench for a few years, turned into a Beijing official, and after staying in the capital Guozijian for two years, he became the magistrate of Songcheng County, because Songcheng County is Zhengchi County, so his official position is Zhengqipin official.

However, Hou Wen was hit hard by Yang Du, the Wang family couldn't afford to provoke Zhang Yaozuo and Jia Changchao, and couldn't help Hou Wen, so he could only persuade him to be patient, but patience did not exchange for Yang Du's concessions, Hou Wen was listed as a bad evaluation in the evaluation of the government for two consecutive years, and if he got another bad evaluation, the officials would be registered, and he would lose hope of promotion.

Hou Wen was extremely worried, but there was nothing he could do, the Wang family had not yet found a suitable transfer opportunity for him, and he could only spend every day in anxiety.

At night, Hou Wen was sitting alone in the study drinking, when his wife Wang walked in quickly, snatched the wine jug from his hand, and whispered to him: "An important guest is coming, you hurry up and cheer up?" ”

"Who? Who's coming to me? ”

"The new prefect Fan came to you in person!"

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