Staff Yang Kai's judgment was not wrong, under the full operation of Zhang Yaozuo and Jia Changchao, coupled with the Zhao family's active atonement, half a month later, Zhao Zhen, the son of heaven, made instructions, Zhao Qian finally offset his merits, exempted him from responsibility, and reappointed him as the assassin of Xuzhou, that is, an idle position, which can be regarded as escaping.

But his son-in-law Jiang Chenghua confiscated the army in Lingnan for the crime of privately purchasing military armor, which can be regarded as shouldering all the responsibility for his father-in-law.

At the same time, Zhao Zhen issued a decree to promote Fan Ning to the doctor of Zhengsi Pinzhengfeng, reappointed as a member of the Zhongshu She, knew the affairs of Tianfu, and concurrently served as the pacification envoy of Jingdong Road, and removed him from the two positions of Zuo Zhiyi Doctor and Yushi Zhongcheng.

On the second day of the sixth month, Fanning arrived in the capital, and after taking up his new post in the Ministry and the Privy Council, he was immediately summoned by Zhao Zhen, the Son of Heaven.

Zhao Zhen summoned Fan Ning in the Qilin Hall of the Inner Palace, and the summoning in the Qilin Hall generally means a semi-official and semi-private nature, and only the ministers who are more trusted and close to the Son of Heaven can receive this honor.

Early the next morning, Fan Ning wore a new official uniform and was led by a eunuch to the front of the Qilin Palace, which was equivalent to the inner study in the palace of the ministers, and was very heavily guarded.

After the guards searched again, Fan Ning was led into the side hall of the Qilin Palace, and on the side hall, Fan Ning unexpectedly saw Zhao Zhongzhen, which made him immediately realize something, today's summons is probably a conversation between the three.

Zhao Zhongzhen's expression was calm, he nodded slightly to Fan Ning, and did not show joy or excitement, Fan Ning showed a smile of relief on his face, this young man has grown up very quickly, and he has a feeling of being a teenager and an old man in just a few months in the palace.

At this time, Zhao Zhen's voice came from behind the curtain, "Fan Yuanjun, please take a seat!" ”

"Weichen writes Your Majesty!"

Fan Ning gave a deep salute and sat down on the chair next to him, just facing Zhao Zhongzhen.

The two palace maids lifted the curtain, and Zhao Zhen, the son of heaven sitting behind the curtain, was revealed, and Fan Ning got up and saluted again, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"You may be seated!"

Zhao Zhen asked him to sit down, at this time, the palace maid sent three ginseng tea, Zhao Zhen drank the ginseng tea, and asked with a smile: "Fan Envoy Jun has practiced martial arts?" ”

Fan Ning's face flushed slightly, "Wei Chen practiced swordsmanship for a year when he was in Kunzhou. ”

"I heard that the equestrian skills are good?"

"Horseback riding can only be said to be acceptable, but Wechen got a BMW in Whale State, which made Wechen take a big advantage."

"I have also heard of your horse, I have heard that it is the king of wild horses, and it is also your creation to obey you."

Zhao Zhen's tone changed, and he continued: "I have always believed that there are two kinds of civil officials, one is the minister who governs affairs, like your father-in-law Zhu Xiaoyun is a typical minister of affairs, meticulous in his work, and does not make any mistakes, the court needs this kind of minister who can do things to maintain the smooth operation of the court; And the other is the minister of the country, like your grandfather Fan Zhongyan, the right minister Han Qi, and Fu Bi are all such ministers, dare to face challenges, dare to lead troops to fight, can be described as Wen can Anbang, Wu can set the country, Fan Aiqing is very young, I hope you will exercise more, continue to hone yourself, and become a minister of governance like your grandfather. ”

Fan Ning bowed slightly, "Weichen must work hard to live up to His Majesty's expectations." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction, "The minister is like this, in fact, the king is not like this, there are the kings of the founders, the kings of the shoucheng, the kings of Zhongxing, and the kings of hard work."

For example, in the Han Dynasty, Gaozu was the founder of the country, creating the Han Dynasty for 400 years, Emperor Hui was the king of Shoucheng, he also wanted to make a difference, but the disaster of the Empress Lu made him have to maintain the Liu family and struggled to support, Wenjing is the king of hard work, light and thin, restore national strength, accumulate wealth, to Emperor Wu became the emperor of Zhongxing, collect the Hetao area, seize the Hexi Corridor, seal the wolf Juxu, expel the Xiongnu in thousands of miles away, Weijia Quartet, so that all countries come to the court.

Thinking about the past and the present, I dare not say that I am the king of Zhongxing, but I hope that I can be the king of hard work, accumulate wealth for the Great Song Dynasty, and enhance the national strength. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen was a little emotional, and slowly closed his eyes, Fan Ning found that a fire ignited in the eyes of Zhao Zhongzhen opposite, which was an ambitious excitement that was difficult to hide.

At this time, Fan Ning suddenly had a realization that Zhao Zhen had been freed from the emotional state of mind of missing Zhang Guifei, and began to think rationally about the future of the Great Song Dynasty, instead of relying on feelings to decide the successor.

In any case, Zhao Wenyun, the king of Langya, is not an emperor of Zhongxing, if he ascends the throne, he will definitely be a mediocre emperor, and it will make his relatives dictatorial, and the internal fighting of the Great Song Dynasty will intensify, I believe Zhao Zhen also understands this.

Zhao Zongshi, the king of the giant deer, is not the emperor of Zhongxing, he is like Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty, he died early before he had time to exert his talents, and Zhao Zongshi in history died of illness after only four years on the throne.

It seems that Zhao Zhen's definition of Zhao Zongshi is the king of Shoucheng, which also shows that he is very dissatisfied with Zhao Zongshi, but Zhao Zongshi gave birth to a good son, which made him win the most important weight in Zhao Zhen's heart.

Fan Ning was basically sure that Zhao Wenyun was out, and he really couldn't compare to the transcendent Song Shenzong Zhao Zhongzhen.

But what made Fan Ning a little confused was that he knew that Zhao Zong's life would not last long, and he died after only four years on the throne, giving way to his eldest son Zhao Zhongzhen, but how did Zhao Zhen know that if Zhao Zongzhen reigned for twenty or thirty years, wouldn't it delay Zhao Zhongzhen?

Could it be that Zhao Zhen wants to directly establish the emperor's grandson and bypass Zhao Zongshi? If this is the case, history has been changed, and there is no longer Song Yingzong, and it is directly Song Shenzong who ascends the throne.

But Zhao Zhen in history will die in less than two years, when Zhao Zhongzhen was only fourteen years old, not yet the legal ruling age, what should I do if there are still four years?

Listen to the government by Empress Cao?

Fanning was cranky, and his mind was in a mess.

At this time, Zhao Zhen had slowly calmed down, and he smiled again: "I appointed Fan Aiqing as the pacification envoy of Jingdong Road, which actually has a deep meaning. ”

Fan Ning immediately abandoned his cranky thoughts and focused his attention, this is the purpose of Zhao Zhen's summoning of himself today, and sure enough, it is useful to let himself be appointed as a pacification envoy, thinking of the pioneering minister of governance that Zhao Zhen said just now, Fan Ning seems to have vaguely guessed something.

Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhao Zhongzhen, and said: "A few days ago, I talked with the emperor and grandson about the army's reforms, mentioning the disadvantages of the army, and some corresponding measures to change the law, one is to eliminate redundant soldiers, the second is to clean up the empty army, consolidate the number of soldiers, and then the second is to implement the separation of personnel and salaries, to be honest, I am very interested, but if it is obviously not realistic to promote it comprehensively, I consider whether it can be implemented in one place, try the effect, what does Fan Aiqing think?" ”

Fan Ning's eyes became a little solemn, this is by no means Zhao Zhen's whim to implement military reform, but an exam question, a test question for Zhao Zhongzhen, whether Zhao Zhongzhen can combine words and deeds and become the king of Zhongxing in Zhao Zhen's mind, in one move.

Fan Ning nodded, "Weichen agreed to use the Xiangjun on Jingdong Road as a test, and the minister will go all out to carry out the law change experiment." ”

"You're wrong!"

Zhao Zhen's gaze also became serious, "It's not that you go all out, but you and my emperor and grandson go all out, this law change experiment will be carried out by the two of you, Fan Aiqing is in the light, and Zhao Zhongzhen is in the dark." ”

His eyes fell on Zhao Zhongzhen again, and he said slowly: "Zhao Zhongzhen listens to the seal!" ”

Zhao Zhongzhen immediately stood up, stepped forward and knelt down, "Grandson is here!" ”

"I have appointed you as the king of Liangjun and the guard of Nanjing, and I will hold the sword of the Son of Heaven to patrol Jingdong Road for me!"

"Grandson Xie Huang's grandfather Long En!"

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In the official room of the Zhizheng Hall, Han Qi was happy and worried, the joy was that Zhao Zhongzhen was finally recognized by the official family and was expected to become the heir to the throne, while the worry was that the official family only recognized Zhao Zhongzhen, and did not recognize his father Zhao Zhongzhong.

Han Qi sighed and said to Fan Ning: "This matter is very important, you and I can only know about it, and you can't tell a third person, even your father-in-law can't say it, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble, I'm worried that Zhang Yaozuo will die in the end, hey!" The official really shouldn't have said such a thing today. ”

Fan Ning was silent for a moment and said, "I feel that something is wrong with the official family's body!" ”

"How can you tell?"

His face, after he finished saying the words of the king's evaluation, his face showed a sickly red, very unnatural.

Han Qi nodded, "The imperial doctor said that the official family has a liver problem, but the problem is not yet, tell me about your art of war reform, where do you plan to start?" ”

Fan Ning pondered for a long time and said, "I plan to complete the reform in three steps within a year, but I need the support of the Zhizheng Hall. ”

"How do you want the Zhizheng Hall to support you?"

"I need money and land!"

Han Qi said with a smile: "The Zhizheng Hall is not a money shop opened by my family, it needs to be voted on, you can at least give me a specific plan!" ”

Fanning shook his head, "There are some things that can't be announced in advance, and I can only say one thing, I plan to start with the separation of people." ”

Han Qi thought for a while and said, "I'll communicate with the official family about this matter and try to support you as much as possible." ”u