"I haven't seen Zizhan for several years, why are the two Kunzhong here?" On the second floor, by the window, Fanning invited the Su brothers to sit down.

In the past ten years, Su Shi has been an official in the local government most of the time, and he has not had much contact with Fan Ning, but Su Zhe and Fan Ning have a good personal relationship.

Su Zhe poured tea for Fan Ning and his brother, and said to Fan Ning: "My brother was deposed to Hangzhou for opposing Wang Anshi's changes in the book of the Son of Heaven the year before last. ”

Su Shi waved his hand, "Ziyou, I took the initiative to ask for Hangzhou to serve as a general judge, and it is also Ouyang Xianggong's love for me, not to mention derogatory." ”

After Su Shi said this, he continued to drink tea, Fan Ning saw that Su Shi's mood was a little low, so he smiled and said: "I have always believed that going to a local post is an accumulation of wealth, and you only have contact with the people at the bottom that you know what they are thinking and worrying, and how to govern the world, does Zizhan agree with my words?" ”

Su Shi sighed and said: "I'm not saying that it's not good to go to the local office, to be honest, I feel very satisfied as an official in the local area and solve problems for the people, but some things are deeply unfair." ”

"For example, what is it, can Zizhan talk about it?"

Su Shi hesitated, not knowing whether to say it or not, and Su Zhe next to him said, "I'll say it for my brother!" At the beginning, there were many officials who opposed the Qingmiao Law, and there were countless high-ranking officials, but I have never heard that they were deposed because of their opposition to the change of the law, except for my brother, I heard that Wang Anshi also specially sued my brother in front of the Son of Heaven, I don't know why, he has always regarded our brother as a thorn in his side, and he can't wait to pull it out quickly. ”

Fanning took a sip of hot tea and smiled slightly: "It's because your brother is too famous!" In particular, Zizhan's poems are deeply loved by literati, and your opposition to changing the law has a great impact, Wang Anshi is aimed at you, which shows that he is very jealous, or rather, he is very jealous of the people behind you. ”

The Su brothers glanced at each other, and Su Shi couldn't help but ask, "The person behind me, what do you mean by this?" ”

Fan Ning shook his head secretly, the Su brothers were still too immature politically, and he said slowly: "In the first year of Xining, you returned from keeping filial piety for your father, did Sima Guang invite your brothers to a family banquet at that time, and the next day he also published an article in the express newspaper, praising your brothers' filial piety, there is such a thing!" ”

Su Zhe nodded, "This is indeed the case!" ”

Fan Ning took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Maybe you don't realize the impact of this matter, but when Wang Anshi sees this article, what do you think he will think?" ”

The Su brothers looked at each other, and Su Shi said with a shocked expression: "He thinks we are Sima Guang's people?" ”

"It's not just him, it's almost everyone who reads the newspaper."

Su Shi suddenly realized that the confusion that had been haunting his heart for several years was solved at this moment, Su Shi was a little depressed, staring at the tea cup with lost eyes,

Su Zhe asked: "I still don't understand, why does an article make such a big association?" ”

"That's a good question, it's just an article, how can it prove that you are Sima Guang's people?"

Fan Ning smiled and said: "Parents died, Ding Wei returned to his hometown is something every official must do, it is the system of the imperial court, I have never seen any official return to his hometown Ding Wei was publicly praised as filial piety, and the day before I invited you to dinner, the next day I published a newspaper to praise filial piety, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this article has been prepared a long time ago, otherwise the "Express" will not have time to typeset, and it will be a demon if something goes wrong, what do you think?" ”

Su Shi let out a long sigh, "If it weren't for Xiao Fan's reminder, I would still be ignorant." ”

Su Zhe was silent for a moment and said: "No wonder the teacher has been lukewarm to us in the past few years, it turns out that this is the reason, I am going to explain this matter to the teacher in the afternoon, although we are against changing the law, but we are by no means instigated by others, let alone a factional struggle, we have nothing to do with Sima Guang." ”

"When you go back to Beijing this time, you're here to see my father-in-law!"

Su Shi nodded, and said frankly to Fan Ning: "Ziyou was also deposed from Beijing last year, appointed as the governor of Henan Prefecture, and was reappointed as a professor in Chenzhou last month. ”

Fan Ning knew that Su Zhe was deposed and Lu Huiqing was demoted to the Southern Continent, last year Lu Huiqing was demoted to the first prefect of the Southern Continent, Wang Anshi lost his right arm, as a retaliation, Wang Anshi found a reason, demoted Su Zhe to the Henan Mansion Governor, this Ouyang Xiu told Fan Ning, but Fan Ning was busy with the Liao War and couldn't take care of Su Zhe's affairs.

Speaking of which, Su Zhe should be Fan Ning's person, it was Fan Ning who recommended him to enter the East Palace at the beginning, and now Su Zhe is actually a professor of Chenzhou from the eighth grade, which really shocked Fan Ning.

Fan Ning pondered for a while, and said to Su Zhe: "The governor of Yingzhou is currently Yang Ying, he is really too busy, he has told me a few times, Ziyou will work hard to take on this important responsibility!" ”

At present, Pingzhou, Yingzhou, Shuozhou, Fengzhou, Dongshengzhou and the original Western Xia hometown are all under military control and have not yet been handed over to the imperial court.

However, it is not a good errand to be an official over there, the hometown of Western Xia will be blocked for three years because of the epidemic, and Fengzhou is the Hetao area, which is currently a military city, and there are no people, and there are no magistrates.

And Pingzhou, Yingzhou and Shuozhou are more dangerous because they are the front line, and ordinary officials are reluctant to go, otherwise the threshold on Fanning's Mansion would have been broken long ago.

Su Zhe is an ambitious person, he doesn't want to waste his time in Chenzhou, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly saluted: "Thanks to Fan Xianggong's arrangement, I am willing to go to Yingzhou." ”

Su Shi was a little worried, he hesitated and asked, "Will Yingzhou break out into war with the Liao army?" ”

Fanning smiled slightly: "Don't worry! The Song army had 80,000 troops in Yingzhou, and General Yang personally sat in Yingzhou, and the Liao State already showed signs of abandoning Datong Mansion, on the contrary, Pingzhou was more dangerous, especially the western Liaoning corridor was assigned to Pingzhou, which was the place where the Liao State was eyeing the tiger. ”

Fan Ning said to Su Shi again: "You still have to visit my father-in-law in the afternoon, he is your mentor, and he has been thinking about you, he may be about to retire, you can help Zizhan again before retiring!" ”

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Saying goodbye to the Su brothers, Fan Ning also returned to his mansion, he only arrived in the capital last night, today he has a day off, and tomorrow he will enter the court.

Fan Ning returned to the mansion and sat down in his study, he was still thinking about the Su brothers, although Fan Ning helped Su Zhe, but he didn't want to interfere too much in Su Shi's life trajectory, many of Su Shi's famous poems were written when he was frustrated, if his career went well, I am afraid he would be obsessed with power, and had no intention of placing his affection on the landscape.

For example, Su Shi's new appointment has come down, and he will be the governor of Mizhou. I'm afraid the word "Hunting in Michigan" will no longer be there.

The poems that have been passed down for centuries are the condensation of pain, and Su Shi's career has not been smooth in his life, so he will leave so many great works.

At this time, the door opened, and his wife Ouyang Qian came in with a pot of tea, Ouyang Qian has been married to Fan Ning for more than ten years, she herself is three years older than Fan Ning, but she is well maintained, and she still looks like she is twenty-seven or eighteen years old, but she is slightly plump and has a mature charm.

"This tea has just been fried, husband hurry up and drink it while it's hot, don't let it get cold."

Ouyang Qian poured a cup of tea for her husband, and Fan Ning picked up the tea cup and said with a smile: "I met the Su brothers in the Qingfeng Teahouse just now, and they are going to visit your father in the afternoon." ”

Ouyang Qian sat beside her husband and said softly: "A few days ago, I went to visit my mother, and he also told me about the Su brothers, saying that the two brothers are both temperamental, and their personalities are too upright, so they have suffered repeated setbacks, husband, try to help them if you can!" Especially Su Zhe is honest and very capable, but he has to say things that he is not used to, so he offended many people. ”

"How's your daddy? Is he really going to retire? ”

Ouyang Qian nodded, "Daddy is sixty-five years old, his health is not good, and now he is busy with court affairs, he is really a little unbearable, and I also advise him to retire and rest for a few years." ”

Fan Ning sighed and said: "Your father told me before that he wanted to resign, and Weng and his son-in-law were both Xiangguo, and they would be discussed, and then he asked the Queen Mother to resign, but the Queen Mother did not approve it, so he simply retired for physical reasons now, and the Queen Mother had no reason to stop him." ”

Ouyang Qian only then knew the reason why her father wanted to retire, it turned out to be for her husband, she thought about it and said: "It's good for him to retire, he has more time to do what he likes." ”

"I also thought about it this way, so I didn't persuade him, after all, his eyesight is too bad, and he has to be helped to walk with his eyes, so he simply cares for the elderly at home, and with us, there will be no problems in life."

"By the way, Xiaolian is going to get married in a few days, and she sent me an invitation, what if I don't want to go?"

Ouyang Lian is Ouyang Qian's half-sister and the youngest sister, but she is not married for the first time, but for the second time, Ouyang Qian does not like this marriage, the key is that her sister divorced because her ex-husband's family was poor, which made Ouyang very dissatisfied.

"If you don't want to go, you won't go, I guess she didn't expect you to go, she just wanted a congratulatory gift for giving you an invitation."

"Then give her a gift and give her a hundred taels of silver."

Fan Ning shook his head and smiled: "Ah Qian, I know you don't like her, but you have to give face to your father, she is also your father's daughter after all, just give it according to the congratulatory gift she gave when she got married for the first time!" Seal her a thousand taels of silver, and let the butler send it, and you yourself will not go. ”