Hou Wen panicked, and hurriedly went out to greet him, fortunately, he was not drunk yet, and his steps were quite steady, he walked to the shadow wall, recognized Fan Ning at a glance, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Xiaguan Hou Wen, see Fan Zhifu!" ”

Fan Ning smelled the smell of wine on his body, and didn't care, stepped forward and patted his arm with a smile and said, "We seem to be fellow scholars, I still remember Hou Zhixian!" ”

Hou Wen also smiled: "I also remember Fan Zhifu, at the beginning, Fan Zhifu was the first in the Tongzi department, the fourth in the Jinshi department, and I was the three hundred and fifty-first on the B list, and it has been almost ten years since I was in a flash." ”

"I didn't disturb Hou Zhixian today!"

"Of course not, come in and sit down."

Fan Ning introduced him to Gongsun Xuance, who came with him, and then followed Hou Wen into the Guike Hall.

The two sat down separately, the maid served them tea, Fan Ning picked up the teacup and asked with a smile: "What position has Brother Hou experienced in the past ten years?" ”

"I first served as the Taiping Army's envoy Hu Cao to join the army, spent four years in the capital, and later became a Beijing official, and stayed in Taixue and Guozijian for another four years, two years ago Baowen Pavilion Deputy Cheng Zhi Zhi Songcheng County."

"It's not easy! I heard that Hou Zhixian is the son-in-law of the Wang family? ”

Hou Wen nodded embarrassedly, "I have to take care of my father-in-law a lot, otherwise I don't know where to go now?" ”

"The career at the bottom is difficult, I also have a deep feeling, there are only a few people in the world who can be admitted to the Jinshi, all of them are ten years of cold windows, and they have endured all kinds of hardships to achieve positive results, but even if they are admitted to the Jinshi, it is only the first step to embark on the official career, and the Jinshi can turn into a regular person is only one of the tenths, and then it is even more difficult to go up, like Hou Zhi County can do Zheng Chizhi County, which is just a key hurdle, as long as this hurdle is passed, the future of Hou Zhi County is unlimited."

Hou Wen fully understood Fan Ning's hint, he had survived so easily to get to today, but he was strongly suppressed by Yang Du, which made his future bleak and made him a little disheartened, but after all, he was only in his thirties, and it was when he was in the prime of life, how could he accept the mercy of fate?

"So what should I do?"

Fan Ning took a sip of tea from the teacup, and said unhurriedly: "I send Hou Zhixian two sentences, attitude determines position, position determines fate!" ”

........

Fan Ning said goodbye and left, and asked Hou Wen to contact Gongsun Xuance at any time.

Hou Wen returned to his study, no longer had the idea of drinking, and paced around the room with his hands in his hands.

His wife, Wang, walked in and asked in a low voice, "This Fan Governor is here to deal with Yang Du!" ”

Hou Wen nodded, "Fan Ning is the henchman of the Giant Deer King, and he is the sharpest knife of Han Xianggong, it is obvious that he came to Ying Tianfu to open the situation that Ying Tianfu was monopolized by Zhang Yaozuo and Jia Changchao, and his first opponent is Yang Du." ”

"Wouldn't that be great? Bring down Yang Du, and your fate can be changed. ”

Hou Wen sighed, "How can it be so easy, Yang Du controls the military and political power of Ying Tianfu, and has the support of Jia Changchao and Zhang Yaozuo, once Fan Ning can't defeat him, he will definitely be devoured by him." ”

"So what, if Fanning fails, will your life be better?"

The Wang family really hated her husband's weakness, and said: "Husband, you have to understand one thing, our Wang family and the Cao family have been married for several generations, and their fate is closely related, the Cao family supports the Julu King, everyone in the world knows, if you refuse to help, the Wang family will not force you, but if you want to stand on Zhang Yaozuo's side, then you will be cut off from the Wang family." ”

His wife's words were like an initiation, Hou Wen's heart suddenly brightened, and he nodded slowly, "Lady, please rest assured, if I want to fall to Zhang Yaozuo, I won't be killed by Yang Du, I know what to do." ”

"And what do you know Fanning needs?"

Hou Wen nodded slowly, "I know!" ”

.........

For a few days, Fan Ning spent time in understanding the situation in Ying Tianfu, and Yang Du ignored Fan Ning, and most of the time was not in the official office.

On the morning of this day, Jia Qun, the eldest grandson of Jia Changchao, rushed to Yingtianfu from the capital and came directly to Yang Du's mansion.

"Why is Yanai here?" Yang Du greeted the gate and asked with a smile.

Jia Qun glanced at Yang Du's official mansion and said coldly: "You really occupied the official residence of the Empress Ya, for this matter, my grandfather was questioned by the Son of Heaven, and you are at ease." ”

Yang Du's back broke out in a cold sweat, and he hurriedly asked, "Didn't Taichang Temple hold down this matter?" ”

Jia Qun snorted and walked directly into the mansion, and Yang Du hurriedly followed.

"You are also too naïve, an official like Fanning wolf will make a statement to Taichang Temple? He directly impeached you for transgressing your official rank and breaking the rules of the court through the Imperial Court, and this matter went directly to the desk of the Son of Heaven, do you think he is Zhao Zhinian? ”

Yang Du scolded Fan Ning in his heart, he wiped the sweat on his forehead and asked, "What does Jia Xianggong mean?" ”

"My grandfather explained to the official family that because there has been no new prefect of Yingtian in the past few months, the official residence you live in has been in disrepair for a long time and needs to be renovated, so you temporarily moved to the official residence of the Yahou, just a temporary residence, and there is no intention of transgressing the official rank."

Speaking of this, Jia Qun's eyes stared sharply at Yang Du, "My grandfather asked you to move out of the Yahou Mansion immediately, and then immediately make up a report on the application for temporary residence to Taichang Temple, and the date will fall three months ago, and I will bring it back to the capital." ”

Yang Du was really angry in his heart, and asked him to move out of the official residence of the Yahou, isn't this a public slap in the face? Fanning lives in an inn and is waiting to move out! If you admit to moving away and let the officials below see you, you will seriously shake your authority.

Although Yang Du was irritable in his heart, he didn't dare to disobey, he really annoyed Jia Changchao, I was afraid that he would use himself as a stepping stone.

"So what do I do next?" Yang Du asked again.

Jia Changchao is extremely old-fashioned, he will never use letters to communicate in more dangerous matters, like today's words with Yang Du, he asked his grandson to go to Yingtianfu in person, and he will not put the handle in Yang Du's hands.

Jia Qun continued: "Grandfather said that you can't use Zhao Zhinian's method to deal with Fan Ning, you can't completely empty him, you can hand over some unimportant government affairs to him, but you can't give him real power related to finance and taxation, benefit distribution, official evaluation and transfer, etc., and you can't give him military power, this degree is up to you." ”

Yang Du nodded, he knew what to do.

.........

Not long after, the news that Yang Du began to move out of the official residence of the Yahou spread throughout the Yingtianfu officialdom, causing an uproar among the officials of Yingtianfu, which meant that Yang Du confessed in the first contest with Fanning, and this result undoubtedly greatly shook Yang Du's prestige in the Yingtianfu officialdom.

Silu joined the army Zhou Heng came out of Yang Du's official room, holding a stack of documents in his hand, he seemed to be preoccupied, he didn't expect Yang Du to lose the first round so quickly, thinking of Yang Du's gritted teeth, Zhou Heng was afraid for a while, if Yang Du lost, would he still have a way to live?

But he has been tied up with Yang Du and completely onto the thief ship, and it is impossible to get off the ship, so he can only take one step at a time.

Zhou Heng came to Fan Ning's official room head-on, he walked into the outer room, came to the door inside, and saw that Fan Ning was flying a pen and writing, and there was a person standing next to him, Zhou Heng said cautiously: "Fan Governor's Mansion, the lower official will send you documents." ”

Fanning glanced up at him and asked lightly, "Who are you?" ”

Zhou Heng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The next official is Silu Zhou Heng who joined the army." ”

"Really?"

Fan Ning said coldly: "Then why haven't I seen you?" ”

Zhou Heng's face suddenly couldn't hold back, and he said with embarrassment: "When the prefect took office on the first day, he had seen the lower officials. ”

"I don't have an impression, maybe you're busy! What's the matter with you? ”

Zhou Heng knew that he had completely lost points in front of Fan Ning, and once Yang Du was wrecked, Fan Ning would definitely be the first to clean himself up.

He was scared, so he had to hand over a few documents, "These documents need to be approved by the prefect." ”

"Oh? It's the first time I've heard of it, so show it to me. ”

Zhou Heng hurriedly put a stack of paperwork on the table, Fan Ning flipped through it, and snorted: "You took it wrong!" This is supposed to be a document for the general judgment, what should I do? ”

He picked up the paperwork and threw it on Zhou Heng's face, the pieces of paper flew around, and Fan Ning shouted: "Get out of here!" ”

Zhou Heng was so frightened that he trembled, he hurriedly picked up the documents on the ground, didn't dare to say a word, and ran away with a rolling belt.

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