Fan Ning waited for a moment at the door of the Imperial Study Room, and a eunuch came out and laughed and said, "Master Fan, please!"

Fan Ning was shocked. Why did this eunuch call him Magistrate Fan? He has already stepped down! He knew that these eunuchs were very cautious and would not call him official positions. Does the emperor still want him to serve as Magistrate again?

Fan Ning walked to the door in a random thought and looked at the pious face of another eunuch in the imperial study room. His piousness was the owner of the house opposite. Fan Ning suddenly realized why the eunuchs still called him the magistrate? These eunuchs did not care about the appointment and removal of the court. They only recognized the emperor. If the emperor had not appointed his new position, he would still be the magistrate of Kunzhou.

After figuring this out, Fan Ning felt relieved. To be honest, he really didn't want to be a local official anymore. At least he didn't want to do so in the past few years. He knew very well what would happen in the next few years. He had to leave the imperial center in the past few years.

When he walked into the imperial study, he saw the emperor Zhao Zhen standing in front of the window and pondering. Fan Ning did not disturb him, but stood quietly by. After a while, Zhao Zhen also saw Fan Ning and smiled and said, "I am a little distracted."

"I'm going to see your Majesty!"

"No gift!"

Zhao Zhen sat down and smiled and said, "I have read my beloved's report and am very interested in my beloved's suggestion of using the island to maintain the island. Can you tell me in detail?"

In fact, "raising islands with islands" is not a suggestion, but a sentence in the performance report. It was this sentence that touched Zhao Zhen. He didn't pay much attention to anything else, but this sentence aroused his interest.

Fan Ning sorted out his thoughts a little, and then he said slowly: "Building islands with islands is actually only the lowest level. Simply put, it means not increasing the burden on the court. When Kunzhou was first established, the court invested a lot of resources. I remember it very clearly that there were loud oppositions at that time..."

Zhao Zhen also remembered You Xin that during the three-year preparation period, the court spent a lot of money on building ships, supplying grain, and preparing materials. Later, the news of the founding of Kunzhou spread, which attracted a large number of opposition, "destroying the people and causing money." This is the reason why opponents said the most, and it was glamorous and magnificent, which made people unable to refute.

However, as time passed, ships of materials and gold and silver were transported back to the capital, and this opposition gradually disappeared.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "It is the lowest level to raise islands with islands. So I want to know what level is Kunzhou now?"

"Report to Your Majesty, Kunzhou is currently at a medium level, and it uses islands to help the country. Kunzhou produces gold and silver, and will produce war horses in the future. However, Kunzhou is too small after all, it cannot support the huge empire of the Song Dynasty, so I can only say that it uses islands to help the country."

Zhao Zhen slowly narrowed his eyes, his tone became a little colder, "What I mean is to find a huge island, and it can use it to support our entire Song Dynasty?"

Fan Ning suddenly felt the coldness in Zhao Zhen's tone, and he was shocked, "No! He must have said something wrong."

Fan Ning was anxious, and the thoughts in his mind suddenly rushed past like lightning.

The emperor should not care about raising the country with islands. If he cared about it, he would not be so excited when Kunzhou transported so many real gold and silver and fifty foals. The essence of 100 taels of gold in Kunzhou is the same as sending 10 million taels of gold. There is actually no difference between using islands to support the country with islands and raising the country with islands. Fan Ning could feel that Zhao Zhen was still very profit-seeking in his heart.

Since it is not a country that is supported by islands, what will be the problem?

Fan Ning quickly read what Zhao Zhen said just now and said, "Look for a huge island, which can support our entire Song Dynasty with the island?'

'huge!'

Fanning's mind flashed these two words like lightning, which must be the reason. Otherwise, why did the emperor not say the big island, but emphasized "size", which shows that he was extremely sensitive to the scale of the island.

After figuring this out, Fanning swallowed the Australia and America that he was about to say. After pondering for a moment, he changed his statement.

"Your Majesty, what I mean is that if there are ten or twenty Kunzhous, then it will be a nation with islands."

There is no way, it seems that Zhao Zhen doesn't like the overly large overseas territory, so he has to split it up.

Sure enough, when he said ten or twenty Kunzhou, Zhao Zhen's cold face immediately calmed down and the sunlight returned to his reassurance. Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief. He bet right, and it was indeed the trouble caused by the word "big".

He was cursing in his heart that the Emperor Renzong wanted to open up territory, but he could not tolerate the emergence of huge overseas territory. What kind of strange emperor's psychology is this?

In fact, Fan Ning guessed a little in his heart that Zhao Zhen did not want a second Song Dynasty to appear, whether it was population or land, it would more or less affect the status of the central empire.

Fan Ning also sensitively captured a weakness in Zhao Zhen's character, and Zhao Zhen seemed to be not confident enough.

Zhao Zhen's original smile returned to his face, nodded and smiled: "If there are ten Kunzhous, it would be really a country with islands. Unfortunately, Liuqiu Mansion has not yet entered the realm of islands with islands. It also requires the court to provide a large amount of subsidies every year. I am sometimes very worried!"

Fan Ning said in silence: "Liuqiu Island is different from Kunzhou. Kunzhou can recruit a large number of laborers from Japan, so the progress of building cities and roads is very fast, but Liuqiu Mansion does not have this manpower advantage. The progress is slower, and Weichen thinks it is normal."

Zhao Zhen sighed softly, "You are right. Some things are really unhurried. I can only look at it a little longer. I hope that in ten years, Liu Qiufu can use the island to maintain it. I feel satisfied."

Fan Ning didn't know what to say, nor did he want to say more. He knew very well that too much would lead to mistakes. He said too much, and maybe the eunuchs should call him Prefect Fan later.

After being silent for a long time, the atmosphere in the Imperial Study Room was a little awkward. Zhao Zhen woke up from his sigh of confrontation with Liu Qiu Mansion. He smiled and said, "I am a little out of my composure. Now you are no longer the governor of Kunzhou, so you don't need to talk about Kunzhou."

Fan Ning felt relieved and finally stopped talking about overseas affairs, but he still pretended to behave in shame. He bowed slightly and said, "If Your Majesty needs to talk to me about overseas affairs, I can serve you at any time!"

Zhao Zhen is still very satisfied with Fan Ning's attitude. He is not overseas, but he must be concerned about overseas!

He stopped talking about overseas affairs and pondered for a moment: "I have been thinking about how to place your new position in the past two days. You are a fourth-rank official. Although you are a Zhizhengtang proposed a plan, you are quite special. I have always arranged your position. This time I have communicated with several husbands."

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly: "I have been thinking about it for a long time and want you to go to the Jianyuan, how about it?"

.........

After coming out of Ziwei Hall, Fan Ning walked silently along a corridor. He felt a little bitter about being mistaken for the deputy. The position he wanted was the Chief Censor, but Zhao Zhen asked him to take charge of the Censorate. Both seemed to be the supervisory agency, but one was against the lower and the other was against the upper.

The Censor Zhongcheng is the supervisor of all officials, and the Censorate is the supervisor of the emperor. The two are at the two ends on a straight line, so it is difficult to intersect.

"Xiao Fan!"

Fan Ning suddenly heard someone calling him behind him. There were only two people in the court calling him Xiao Fan, one was Fu Bi and the other was Han Qi. The two had a very good relationship with Fan Zhongyan, and called Fan Zhongyan Lao Fan, and it was natural for them to call him Xiao Fan.

Fan Ning turned around and it was indeed Han Qi.

Fan Ning has always been grateful to Han Qi. He went to the Wu Kingdom without authorization. If Han Qi had not argued with reason and used what he saw and heard in Kunzhou to convince the emperor and Zhizhengtang, then Zhang Yaozuo and others would probably still use this to hit him.

Fanning has always remembered this kindness in his heart.

Fan Ning quickly bowed and bowed, "See you, my husband!"

Han Qi smiled slightly, "I was just about to go out for a cup of tea. How about it, let's go with me!"

"How dare you not follow me!"

"Haha! Just a cup of tea, there is no need to say it's like going to the battlefield."

Fan Ning got on Han Qi's carriage and drove out of Xuande Gate. Fan Ning's carriage was still waiting outside Xuande Gate. Fan Ning told the coachman to go back first, and he and Han Qi came to Yanglou Teahouse not far from Xuande.

The two went up the second floor and asked for a elegant room. A tea girl ordered a cup of tea for them. The tea girl then retreated to the outer room to cook tea. This is the rule. When the guests were talking, there was no one next to them.

Han Qi was drinking tea slowly, but Fan Ning couldn't help but said a little angrily: "The official is going to let me take charge of the Censorate!"

Han Qi smiled and nodded, "I know, the officials are very interested in the article about Kunzhou officials in the Chaozhou newspaper yesterday. I guess the officials were determined to let you go to the Censorate."

"Is there any way to change this result?"

Han Qi raised his thick eyebrows, "You are not satisfied!"

Fanning bit his lips and said, "Actually, I want to go to the Censorate!"

Han Qi suddenly widened his eyes and stared at Fan Ning for a while and said, "Is it you the article in the "Chaobao"?"

Fan Ning didn't want to hide Han Qi, so he nodded and said, "I deliberately went to the Chaobao."

Han Qi pointed at him and laughed silently, "I can't tell that you, a kid, are so scheming!"

"But I miscalculated. I wanted to supervise the minister, but I became the emperor of supervise."
Chapter completed!