As soon as Han Jiang left, Fan Ning called Zhong Nan and said to him: "There is a tea boy in Chunfang, you arrange Wang Xi to go over, and I will find another one here." ”

Zhong Nan's face turned pale, and he stammered: "Adults think he can't do it?" ”

Fan Ning glared at Zhong Nan fiercely, and if he continued to ramble, he would even have to change him, what do you mean, you still need to explain it to him?

Zhong Nan immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly said, "I'll arrange it!" ”

"And!"

Fan Ning stopped him again and instructed: "The conditions on the side of Han Gong, the prince's guest, must be exactly the same as mine, and there is no room for treatment." ”

"The villain understands that he will never favor one over the other."

He gave a salute and hurriedly left, at this time, the tea boy Wang Xi said at the door: "Just now, a eunuch came to pass the word, saying that the Son of Heaven summoned me, and I saw that the official was talking, so I didn't bother!" ”

Fan Ning suddenly became angry, he changed his mind, and immediately told the tea boy to get out of the way, and he was not allowed to stay in the East Palace anymore.

He hurriedly got up and hurried towards the Ziwei Palace.

He waited outside the imperial study for a while, and a eunuch came out, "Fan Zhanshi, the Son of Heaven has summoned you in!" ”

Fan Ning tidied up his clothes and walked into the imperial study quickly, only to see that the Son of Heaven looked tired and was sitting in front of the imperial desk drinking a bowl of ginseng tea.

Fan Ning stepped forward and saluted: "Weichen Fan Ning see Your Majesty!" ”

"Fan Aiqing is exempt from courtesy!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Fan Ning stood up and stood aside with his hands down, Zhao Zhen looked at him, and asked with a gentle smile: "Listen to King Liang, you have a bad relationship with Ouyang Xiu's son-in-law?" ”

Fan Ning smiled bitterly, "Weichen's family affairs have made His Majesty worry about it!" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled, "Actually, I'm very interested, and occasionally changing my mind can improve my state of mind, so why don't you talk to me?" ”

Fan Ning thought about it, and started from when he met Ouyang Qian in Beijing when he was young.

Zhao Zhen laughed, "I still remember, when you first entered Beijing with your cousin, I also gave you a bracelet, but I didn't expect you to fall in love with Ouyang Xiu's daughter at that time?" ”

"The bracelet given by His Majesty has been preserved by Weichen to this day."

Zhao Zhen was in a good mood, nodded and said, "Go on, what is Ouyang Xiu's attitude after he finds out?" ”

Fan Ning had to take care of Ouyang Qian all the time, and later by bribing Ouyang Xiu's stepmother, Ouyang Xiu was forced to agree to marry his daughter, and then put forward some conditions again.

Finally, he said: "Actually, Weichen knows that Ouyang seniors can't let go of their face and can't accept the fact that their daughter is a concubine, but Weichen asks himself, Weichen has always regarded Ouyang Qian as his wife, in fact, Weichen also has a concubine, she is the real concubine, and the status of Ouyang Concubine is completely different, Weichen has always hoped that Ouyang seniors can understand this, the name is not important, the happiness of the daughter is the most important." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "Reputation is important, happiness is also important, so be it!" I'm going to make an exception to help you this time, and I hope your son-in-law can get along. ”

Fan Ning knelt down and thanked him, "Your Majesty's kindness Weichen can't repay it, Weichen can only do his best to assist His Royal Highness King Liang." ”

"I also care about the East Palace very much!"

Zhao Zhen asked again, "How is the East Palace running now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the shelves of the East Palace have been preliminarily completed, His Royal Highness King Liang is studying in the Chongwen Pavilion, and everything is developing steadily."

Zhao Zhen shook his head, "Now that he is studying, it is a little late, my energy is not as good as before, I am very tired after only reviewing a few copies, and it is useless to take no matter how much tonic medicine I take, I plan to transfer some minor government affairs to the East Palace, so that King Liang can be busy and share my worries, with the structure of the East Palace, the main Fan Aiqing and Han Aiqing should assist King Liang a lot, so that he can grow up as soon as possible." ”

"Weichen must do his best to assist His Royal Highness King Liang!"

"Then Fan Aiqing does he have any good suggestions for the structure of the East Palace?" Zhao Zhen asked with a smile again.

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said: "Weichen has a suggestion, can you let a minister come to the East Palace every day to explain to His Highness, why a certain government decision should be made in this way, the minister does not interfere in the affairs of the East Palace, but he wants to teach His Highness in terms of government affairs." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Let the Zhizheng Hall interfere in the East Palace, I think it is inappropriate, King Liang does not need Xiangguo to teach him, otherwise I will let him participate in the deliberations of the Zhizheng Hall, I thought about it for a long time, and decided to promote Wen Yanbo to the crown prince and young master, and he, Han Aiqing, and Fan Aiqing will form the East Palace Deliberations, except for major military affairs and personnel appointments and dismissals above the third grade, all other twists and turns that require my approval will be transferred to the East Palace, and the three of you will assist King Liang in making instructions." ”

"Wechen obeys!"

In the afternoon, a decree came from the palace, officially changing the name of Zhao Zhongzhen, the king of Liang, to Zhao Ji and canonizing him as the imperial heir, the imperial heir is the crown prince in a sense, and it can also be said to be the imperial grandson, but the two are still different, the imperial heir is just a name, which can be canonized or abolished by decree.

However, the crown prince or the crown prince is the important weapon of the country, which cannot be canonized, it must be canonized, and a grand ceremony must be held to establish the prince, once it is determined, it cannot be easily changed.

It can be understood in this way that the imperial heir is the unofficial crown prince and the backup of the crown prince.

Zhao Zhen's canonization is also his last resort, Zhao's royal rules are not to establish a prince early, and the heir must be determined at the last moment, but Zhao Zhen's energy and physical strength can no longer support the operation of the government, he had to give power to King Liang, but delegating power to King Liang is not right, so he used the compromise title of imperial heir.

The rules of the Zhao royal family are indeed broken by many major events, such as the death of Song Zhezong, he did not designate an heir, and finally the Empress Dowager Xiang ignored the opposition of the ministers, and insisted on choosing a well-behaved prince she liked as the emperor, which is the Song Huizong who mourned the great beauty of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Only the historical Song Yingzong broke this rule, and after he ascended the throne, he canonized his eldest son Zhao Zhongzhen as the crown prince, for the simple reason that he himself was fed up with the pain of Song Renzong's refusal to canonize the crown prince.

Zhao Zhen then issued an order, Feng Wenyan Boshi served as the prince's young master, and the prince's guests Han Jiang and the prince Zhan Shi Fanning formed the East Palace to assist the imperial heir Zhao Wei in handling the affairs of the imperial court.

In Mudu Town, Wu County, Fan Tieniu received a package from the capital, which was specially sent from the capital by his nephew Fan Ning, and the package was two wooden boxes, and the wooden boxes contained some seeds that he had never seen before.

At the same time, he also brought a letter in which Fanning repeatedly told him to harvest these seeds and try to plant them after the spring of tomorrow, both of which are unique crops in the world.

Fan Tieniu was a little panicked in his heart, how could such an important thing be sent to himself.

"Iron Bull, what's wrong with you today?"

His wife, Lu, saw that her husband was a little distracted all day, so she came over and asked.

Fan Tieniu said with a sad face: "A-Ning sent me some crop seeds, let me try planting in the spring next year, saying that it is unique in the world, I am very panicked, what if it is smashed?" ”

Lu laughed, "You are famous for growing grain in ten miles and eight townships, and even you have planted it, so who can plant it well, A-Ning trusts you and sends you the seeds, seeing that you are so worried, it won't be that the seeds are moldy!" ”

"No, I have looked at the seeds carefully, they are well kept, they are in good condition, and they are well dried."

"That's it! You put it in the seed storehouse, keep it with your wheat seeds and rice seeds, and plant them after the spring next year. ”

"One is called corn, which he says is similar to growing millet, and the other is called pumpkin, which is the same as growing winter melon."

Jigu is sorghum, there are fewer in the Jiangnan area, but there are also, Fan Tieniu has planted, it is easier to grow live, as for winter melon, every household has planted in front of and behind the house, Fan Tieniu planting melon is not a problem.

"Tie Niu, if you don't worry, just use the few acres of land behind our house to try planting, put the ground well in winter, apply enough fertilizer, and start planting in the spring of next year, I estimate that A-Ning still has some seeds left, he let you plant in the south to test, and the north must also experiment! Don't worry too much. ”

His wife's enlightenment gave Fan Tieniu a little confidence in his heart, thinking about it, after planting the land for twenty years, if even he can't plant well, then there are really few who can plant well, he is relieved, nodded and smiled: "Collect the seeds first, by the way, I am going to Changzhou County today, it seems that Suzhi County has been promoted, I want to congratulate it." ”

"Then you have to change your clothes, you are also an outsider, you wear short clothes all day long, and you are not afraid of people's jokes?"

Fan Tieniu only wore a long shirt when he went to Beijing a few years ago to attend his nephew's wedding, and he usually liked to wear a green cloth short coat, wide crotch pants, a cloth belt around his waist, cloth shoes on his feet, and barefoot when he went to the field, more like an old farmer than an old peasant.

Fan Tieniu smiled, went back to the house to change clothes, and saw that the county should be decent, and he still understood this truth.

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