Early the next morning, Su Zhe came to the Privy Council, and yesterday Fanning asked him to report to the Privy Council early this morning.

There were two officials standing at the door of the Privy Council, and when one saw Su Zhe coming, he hurriedly greeted him and asked, "Your Excellency is Professor Su?" ”

Su Zhe is still Professor Chen Zhou, so he is naturally called Professor Su.

Su Zhe nodded, "I am!" ”

"Fan Xianggong has gone to Zhongshu Province, let me wait here for Professor Su, please come with me."

Su Zhe followed the official into the Privy Council, and the official introduced with a smile: "In Xiacheng Town, it is Fang Sima in the north of the Privy Council, and I am responsible for handling all kinds of entry procedures for you." ”

"Then trouble Cheng Sima!"

Walking into the official room, Cheng Zhen invited Su Zhe to sit down, and asked the tea boy to serve tea, he took out a stack of paperwork and said with a smile: "Although the governor of the military state is directly appointed by Fan Xianggong, the necessary procedures still have to be done, after all, he is the official appointed chief official." ”

Su Zhe bowed and said: "I can understand, I am willing to cooperate with Cheng Sima to go through various procedures." ”

Cheng Zhen smiled slightly, "First of all, I want to explain that Governor Su is subordinate to the Generalissimo Mansion of the Northern Expedition, and now Sima Zhangqi of the Generalissimo's Mansion is still in Kunzhou, so I will handle some daily affairs on his behalf, and Governor Su has nothing to do with the Privy Council." ”

"I see!"

Only then did Su Zhe react, appointing him as the governor of Yingzhou had nothing to do with the Privy Council, but was under the jurisdiction of the Generalissimo of Peking University, and the Generalissimo's Mansion was currently in Youzhou, and some affairs in the capital would be handled by the Privy Council.

Cheng Zhen put a few documents in front of Su Zhe, "These documents need to be filled in by Governor Su, signed and pledged below, and then I will say some more things." ”

Only then did Su Zhe notice that the top document was 'Registration of Appointment of Subordinate Officials of the Marshal Zhengbei'.

He quickly filled in the content of the promotion, which was nothing more than his name, age, place of origin, imperial examination, current official position, specific resume, etc., Su Zhe signed and drew at the end.

Cheng Zhen took the form and looked at it, and filled it out in the proposed position, 'Serve as the governor of Yingzhou'.

After filling out the form, Cheng Zhen said with a smile: "Before the seal takes effect, I must explain some circumstances to you, if you feel that it is dangerous, then this document can be invalidated." ”

Su Zhe nodded, he was fully mentally prepared.

Cheng Zhen said slowly: "Yingzhou belonged to the Liao State a month and a half ago, more than a month ago, the Song army regained Youzhou, the 20,000 Liao troops originally stationed in Yingzhou withdrew north to Datong Mansion, abandoned Yingzhou, and is currently occupied by the Song army, Yingzhou currently has three counties, one is Jincheng County, the state office, and the other county is Heyin County, that is, the county of the Northern Wei Dynasty Heyin, the third is Hunyuan County, the total population of Yingzhou is 63,000 people, there are Han, Khitan, Qiang three major clans, in addition to Dangxiang, Xi and Bohai people, the structure is more complex, Han people account for about 40% and are the largest ethnic group in Yingzhou. ”

Cheng Zhen saw that Su Zhe listened attentively, and continued: "Yingzhou and Datong Mansion are both on the same plain, the Liao army cavalry of Datong Mansion can sweep south at any time, there is no terrain defense advantage, only the city wall of Jincheng County can be defended, but at present, the Song army has stationed 80,000 troops in Yingxian County, and the old general Yang Wenguang personally commands the army, and the Liao army of Datong Mansion is only 20,000 people, if there is a war, the Liao army should be on the defensive, in a word, Yingxian County is still in a state of war, so it has not been handed over to the imperial court, Rather, officials are appointed directly by the Generalissimo's Office. ”

After Cheng Zhen finished speaking, he took out another statement and said with a smile: "If Governor Su has no objection to what I just said and is willing to continue to serve as the governor of Yingzhou, then sign and draw a pledge here, and then I will go to seal it, and after the seal, it will be officially appointed, and in the afternoon, Governor Su can take the appointment letter to the Ministry of Officials to relieve himself, and then we will make an appointment time, and I will send someone to send Governor Su to Yingzhou to take office." ”

"Can I see Fan Xianggong again?"

"Of course I want to see you, when the Ministry of Ministers of Su finishes the formalities, it is still early, it is better to accompany you to the Ministry of Officials now, I will complete the formalities this morning."

After speaking, Cheng Zhen asked Su Zhe to sit down for a while, and he hurriedly went to seal it.

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At noon, Cheng Zhen took Su Zhe to Fan Ning's official room, Fan Ning came out and asked with a smile, "Have the procedures been completed?" ”

Cheng Zhen bowed and saluted: "Qi Yu Xianggong, everything has been done, and the officials are very smooth." ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "The Ministry of Officials has made a mess of resettlement officials, and we have made a place for it, of course they can't ask for it." ”

After speaking, Fan Ning asked Su Zhe again, "Has Ziyou had lunch?" ”

Su Zhe shook his head, and Fan Ning smiled: "Then let's go together, and talk to you about Yingzhou by the way." ”

Fan Ning didn't invite Cheng Zhen, Cheng Zhen said goodbye with interest, Fan Ning took Su Zhe to Zhu Lou, Fan Ning didn't want to go to the elegant room, so the shopkeeper found them a good seat by the window on the second floor.

Su Zhe was a little restrained, after all, they talked and laughed freely yesterday, but today Fanning became his boss, which made it a little difficult for him to get used to.

Fan Ning saw his restraint, so he smiled and said: "Yesterday I went to the East Palace, and found that the East Palace was still lifeless, maybe only the time when we were in the East Palace was the most vibrant time in the East Palace, and six or seven years have passed in a blink of an eye, and time flies really fast." ”

Fan Ning's reminder made Su Zhe suddenly remember that when he was in the East Palace, Fan Ning was also his boss!

His mentality suddenly calmed down, and he smiled self-deprecatingly: "At the beginning of the East Palace, many people were envious, saying that we were from the Dragon Sect, and after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, Soaring Huang Tengda was just around the corner, but in the end, I became a professor of Chenzhou......"

Fan Ning waved his hand, "You shouldn't have such a mentality, the setbacks in the past few years are wealth to you, you should be grateful, and the imperial court official system has been reformed, although you are a professor of Chenzhou, but your qualifications are there, you are still a six-rank official, so it is not strange for you to go through the formalities this year, how can a professor of Chenzhou become a governor?" This is where your qualifications are, your rank is there, and there is no problem at all in becoming a governor. ”

Su Zhe nodded silently, and Fan Ning said slowly: "I didn't let you go to Yingzhou for a while, I was actually thinking about you for a long time, but I didn't think clearly about whether to let you go to Pingzhou or Yingzhou?" Yesterday I figured it out to let you go to Yingzhou. ”

Su Zhe cautiously asked, "Can the prime minister tell me why it is not suitable for me to go to Pingzhou?" ”

Fanning shook his head and smiled: "It's not that Pingzhou is not suitable for you, but it is not suitable for all civil officials, Pingzhou is still unstable, it is not safe, and military management must be strengthened, I don't want to hear the news that the new governor was shot with a crossbow arrow on the street, of course, this is just a joke, but it is really not suitable to settle down and govern there, which is why I didn't consider letting you go to Pingzhou." ”

After speaking, Fan Ning picked up the flask and poured himself and Su Zhe a glass of wine, Su Zhe's mind was obviously not on drinking, he didn't even realize that he should be pouring wine for his boss.

He bowed his head for a moment, and then asked, "What should I do if I go to my humble position?" ”

"Yingzhou, like other Liaodi, is also half Han and half Khitan, before that it was the Khitan on top, the Han on the bottom, now the Great Song Dynasty has recovered Yingzhou, it has become Han on top, Khitan on the bottom, this is not what the court wants to see, after you go to office, as long as you do two things, first, the Han and Khitan people live in equality and harmony, and the Khitan people regard themselves as Song people; Second, to develop agriculture and education, we must be self-sufficient in food, and I hope that the first Khitan imperial examination scholar of the Great Song Dynasty will come out of Yingzhou. ”

"I will do my best!"

Fanning still shook his head, "It's not about trying, but you must do it, this is a rare opportunity for you, once you put the governance of Yingzhou in order and become a model of the original Liaotong Region, it will become your biggest political capital, and it goes without saying that you will benefit a lot from it in the future, and even become the cornerstone of your phase." ”

"I understand my humble duties, and I will definitely do it!"

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