As the sky was getting dark, Song Ling came to the inn to meet Fan Ning again. It was just a polite meeting at noon. Fan Ning did not have any substantive inquiries or statements, but when he found out about Song Ling's background, he was about to open a gap from Song Ling.

"I am not good at the job, please see the Lord of the Mansion!" Song Ling bowed deeply again.

Fan Ning waved his hand, "Shi Song, please sit down!"

Song Ling sat down, Fan Ning asked the maid to serve tea again. Without greetings, he directly asked straight to the point: "How did Zhao Zhinian seize power by Yang Du?"

Song Ling was excited and Fan Fujun finally talked about substantive issues with him.

He bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Zhinian's seizure of power is mainly related to Zhang Yaozuo's dissatisfaction. According to him, Zhang Yaozuo promised to hand over the control of Yingtian Mansion to Jia Changchao. Therefore, after Yang Du took office, he kicked his confidants away one by one. He had no choice. The most important official title, the judge and the left and right army patrol, became Yang Du's people. From then on, all the official documents of the government were signed by Yang Du and were sent to Zhao Zhinian. Zhao Zhinian also returned to the capital to complain. He was scolded by Zhang Yaozuo and then came back in shame. From then on, he was greedy for good wine and ignored government affairs."

"Then why did Yang Du take away his official house?" Fan Ning continued to ask.

Song Ling shook his head, "Zhao Zhinian is relatively weak and is a typical scholar-type official. Yang Du used despicable methods to arrange for the rogues in the mansion to throw human and animal feces into the mansion every night. It is said that a ball of feces hit Zhao Zhinian's father's face. His father fainted on the spot. Zhao Zhinian was in distress and moved away three days later. Then Yang Du occupied the mansion, and Zhao Zhinian had no way to complain, so he had to endure it."

"This Yang Du is a tough character!"

Song Ling snorted coldly: "He is not only cruel, but also greedy. After he took office, he deprived all the merchants of wine, tea, salt, rice, alum and other businesses, and instead managed it by him, Jia Changchao's relatives and confidants. He did this, and I don't know how many people hated him to the core, including many people in the government office, who had their financial resources cut off."

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and asked again: "Who is the patrolman of the left and right army?"

Yingtian Prefecture has nearly 100,000 troops, divided into three types. One is the imperial guards, with the largest number, about 70,000, and they are directly controlled by the emperor.

The second is the local wing army, with about 20,000 people, controlled by the Jingdong Road Commander and obeying the orders of the Privy Council.

The third army is the township soldiers, which are recruited by the government office and subsidized by the court. The government office raises part of the military expenses. The township soldiers are 2,000, and the left and right military patrols lead 1,000 people to report to the Zhiyingtian Prefecture. They are responsible for the city gates, local security and bandit suppression. At present, the left and right military patrols are all Yang Du, so the military power is naturally taken away by Yang Du.

If Fan Ning wants to control Yingtian Mansion, the control and command of these two thousand people is the most important.

Song Ling hurriedly said, "One of the left and right military patrol commanders is Gu Changwu and the other is Li Dechang. Gu Changwu is a local snake and has been working in Yingtian Mansion. He was once loyal to Zhao Zhinian, and later he turned to Yang Du. Li Dechang heard that he was Zhang Yaozuo's family general, and he was also considered a master of the same person. He was promoted to heaven, and now he has become a seventh-rank military officer."

Fanning said again: "Continue talking about these two people!"

"Gu Changwu is the son of Gu Jing, a wealthy clan of Songcheng County. Gu Jing's father once worked as the commander of the infantry army in the capital. After retiring from the government, he returned to Songcheng County and gained a solid family background. Gu Jing mainly engaged in oil tea business. His father did not want his descendants to be businessmen for generations, so he left the relationship with the capital, donated a military position to his grandson, and spent money to operate. Gu Changwu served as the Left Army Patrol three years ago."

Fan Ning thought something and continued to ask, "Who is Li Changde?"

When Song Ling heard this name, he couldn't hide the contempt on his face and said, "This person is enough to describe it as 'vulgar'. He is very drunk and lustful, has a very simple mind, and does not even know words. He has a very bad temper. He once beat Zhao Zhinian. He opened a large brothel in the city. He spent all day in the brothel and lived a life of drunkenness and dreams."

Fan Ning thought for a long time and asked, "I want to touch Gu Changwu's grandfather's background. Is there any way?"

The next morning, Fan Ning came to Yingtian Prefecture Office accompanied by four guards. Yingtian Prefecture had seven counties including Songcheng, Ningling, Zhecheng, Gushu, Yucheng, Xiayi, and Chuqiu. Among them, Songcheng County was Zhengchi County, the same level as Bianliang County, and the other six counties were Zhengji County.

The government office covers an area of ​​about 20 acres, with more than 200 officials of all sizes. The chief official is Yingtian Prefecture, and is led by the imperial family in the capital. He is only the nominal chief official. The real chief official is the official official, and the second chief official is the chief judge. Once again, the officers join the army, the left and right military patrols, the judges, the six officials, the guards, the chief officials, the judges, literature, assistant teachers and other officials. There are also a large number of officials below, officials, etc.

Since Fan Ning informed the head of Zhang Qi in advance when Fan Ning took office today, when Fan Ning arrived, the magistrate Yang Du personally led more than 200 officials to wait in front of the official gate. The officials stood in a dark place, and the formation was quite large. Yang Du also told Fan Ning that although three people went to pay voluntarily yesterday, that was only a very small number, and most of the others followed my arrangements.

Everyone stood for a while, waiting for Fan Ning on the left and not coming, and Li Dechang, the patrol envoy of the right army, suddenly became irritable, "Is that guy spending time with us?"

Yang Du turned his head and glared at Li Dechang with a sharp look. Li Dechang didn't dare to say anything. At this time, the head Zhang Qi rushed over, "The Lord of the Mansion is here!"

Yang Du's eyes suddenly narrowed, "This Fanning is so arrogant!"

Four big men with swords came on horseback on horseback guarding a carriage. The carriage stopped in front of the government office. A big man jumped off the horse and opened the car door. Fan Ning, who had officially taken office, came out of the carriage. He was wearing a winged official hat, a fourth-rank vermilion red official uniform, a big belt on his waist, white silk socks and black leather shoes, and was tall and looked majestic. He hung a gold medal in the censor's waist, which was particularly eye-catching.

Yang Du stared at Fan Ning's gold medal at his waist, and he felt a little nervous. This was something he had unexpected. Fan Ning actually had the gold medal of the Censor Central Committee. Although he did not serve as the chief censor Central Committee, he had the power to impeach a senior official of the fifth rank or above.

The officials also started to talk in a low voice. Fan Ning's censor's gold medal stinged their eyes. Many people realized that although Yang Du was strong, he might not be able to withstand the power of supervision. Many officials secretly regretted that they had wasted a good opportunity to take the team yesterday.

"Silence!"

Yang Du turned around and scolded him. He quickly walked forward and bowed to Fan Ning, "The lower-ranking magistrate Yang Du, the chief judge of Yingtian Prefecture, meet with the prefect of Prefecture, and welcome the prefect of Prefecture to Yingtian Prefecture to take office!"

Fan Ning smiled and said, "I heard for a long time that Yang Tong has a great talent in governing Yingtian Mansion in an orderly manner. When I see you today, Yang Tong is indeed a young and powerful person with a bright future!"

Although Fan Ning was fifteen years younger than Yang Du, he used an old-fashioned tone, just like an elder praising his younger generation, but there was nothing he could do. He was from the fourth rank, and Yang Du was only from the fifth rank, and he was a senior official, and he was killed by the first rank, not to mention that the two were two levels apart.

Yang Du was furious and his face flushed, but now it was public. In front of everyone, he didn't want Fan Ning to catch the right thing, so he had to forcefully suppress the anger in his heart and said lightly: "Prince Fan is a reward, I will introduce a few colleagues to Prison Fan."

He waved everyone up and introduced them one by one, "This is Zhou Heng, the judge Liu Chi, the two are Li Dechang and Gu Changwu, the left and right military training envoys."

Speaking of the patrol of the left and right army, Fan Ning looked at them specially, and saw that Li Dechang was sturdy, with a fierce face, and a pair of triangular wolves with arrogant sneer in their eyes. He was worthy of being Zhang Yaozuo's family general, as arrogant and arrogant as his master.

Gu Changwu is tall and tall, looks very capable, has a slightly long face, a high nose bridge, and a very calm pair of slender eyes. He has a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. He is neither humble nor arrogant when he sees Fan Ning, and always keeps a distance.

As the saying goes, appearance comes from the heart, and their nature can be seen from the appearance of the two. Needless to say, Li Dechang is a typical hawk-dog-mouthed person, while Gu Changwu has a good appearance and has a local tyranny temperament, but it can be seen that he is very cautious and unwilling to take sides easily. Fan Ning noticed a detail that when he stepped forward to greet him, his standing position was evenly distanced between Yang Du and himself.

This is a very scheming official. Fan Ning thought to himself that he would not be able to stand in line and could only make a fuss about his grandfather.
Chapter completed!