After a simple entry-level transfer procedure, Yang Du found an excuse to leave the government office and go out.

The headmaster Zhang Qi took Fan Ning to the prefect's official room, which was the official room of the former prefect Zhao Zhinian. It was two rooms inside and outside, spacious and bright, and neatly tidy.

"Fujun, this set of furniture is made of rosewood and is the best table, chair and cabinet in the official yamen. The former prefect Zhao pays great attention to the wood."

Fanning nodded. He looked around the room, but found that there was not even a piece of paper in the room, including documents, books, and newspapers.

Fanning frowned, "Why are there no pending documents?"

Zhang Qi showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and said for a while: "The main reason is that the Prime Minister Zhao left a few months ago, and all the documents were handled by Yang Tong, so"

"So Parliament Yang Tong hasn't adapted to my arrival yet, right!"

"This humble man is not easy to say."

Fan Ning didn't say anything more and said, "I have two staff members. I'll come in two days and prepare a room for them!"

"No problem, there are many empty rooms in the yard. I will clean up a room now."

Zhang Qixin left in fear, Fan Ning was not anxious and sat in the official room for a while. At this time, Song Ling came in with a thick stack of documents. He put the documents on the table and said, "This is Yingtian Mansion's household registration and land and house information. Please check it out."

Fanning looked through the information and asked, "Does these information require approval from the military officers?"

Song Ling took out a document from it, "This is the newly compiled document of the Lehu family. It requires the Ministry of Information to join the army for approval. The others are old documents that have been approved and archived."

Fanning nodded, "You can stay the rest. You can take the Lehu information back and report it normally. Don't go beyond the level, don't be caught by someone, do you understand?"

"I understand!"

Song Ling bowed and left with the information.

While drinking tea, Fan Ning was flipping through the information casually. Soon, Shi Cao, Cang Cao, Zheng Cao, and Yi Cao Si Shi also came to Fan Ning's official room with their own information. For a moment, various Yingtian Mansion's official information were piled up with a table of information.

At noon, before Yang Du came back, Fan Ning came to a restaurant near the government office. As soon as he asked for a elegant room, Zhu Long hurried in and handed a piece of information to Fan Ning.

This is the detailed information of Gu Changwu's grandfather. Fan Ning looked at it carefully and found that Gu Changwu's grandfather was a general of the Cao family.

Fanning nodded and asked again, "Are the two gentlemen back?"

"I've come back, they just arrived at the inn."

Fanning smiled and said, "Go and invite them to come quickly, I'll wait for them here."

"Abide by the order!"

Zhu Long turned around and hurried away.

Fanning asked for a pot of wine, while drinking, thinking about the various situations he encountered today.

It is obvious that all the military and political power belonging to the prefect was taken away by Yang Du. Judging from the documents we saw today, they were all archived materials, but none of the documents that needed approval were sent.

Of course, the responsibility is not on the Six Cao Sishi. They cannot directly hand it over to themselves. They must hand it over to the Selu for the preliminary review, and then the Selu for the military will decide which important documents need to be reported to the prefect and which documents only need to be reported to the magistrate.

Yang Du controlled Zhou Heng, the Silu Army, so all the documents would not be sent to his table, but were directly given to Yang Du.

There is also judge Liu Chi. If there is no sign of the prefect in the important government documents, he has the right to reject the government decision, but Liu Chi let it go, so Yang Du ignored the officials at the bottom. As long as he controls these two core positions, he will have the power of the Yingtian Government. The officials below can only dare not speak out.

Today's performance of Cao Sishi's six is ​​enough to illustrate this point. Fan Ning firmly believes that serious violations of the rules will never win the support of most people. The gift of Cao Sishi to himself was a silent protest against Yang Du's breaking of the rules.

Compared with government affairs, Fan Ning is more concerned about the army. In fact, in addition to the government office, Songcheng County should also have more than a hundred archers in the county office. Their foot strength is also a force that cannot be ignored.

But today, the magistrate of Songcheng County did not come to pay his respects to him on his first day of office, which is enough to explain the problem.

Li Dechang, who is in the left and right military patrol, is definitely the target he wants to attack. The key lies in Gu Changwu. Whether he can fight for him is the key to whether he can turn the situation around.

Just as they were thinking, the door opened, Gongsun Xuance and Zhang Bo walked in from outside.

"Let the officials wait for a long time!"

"Where! Sit down."

Fanning randomly ordered the bartender to serve the food. The wine and food had already been ordered. In just a moment, several bartenders brought the wine and food like flowing water.

Fanning filled the two of them with a drink and asked with a smile: "Can you gain something in these two days?"

Gongsun Xuance nodded, "I gained a lot, but when I sink, I realize a lot of shocking things."

"Come on! Let's drink first, and let's have a drink for the hard work of the two gentlemen."

The two drank the wine in the glass. Gongsun Xuance sighed and said, "The tea and grain market in Yingtianfu are both controlled by Zhang Yaozuo. Yang Du's wife and brother controlled the wine market. Although it was sold by the government, they could only sell it in the retail stage. Last year, Yang Du's wife and brother led hundreds of rogues to steal the wine market. It is said that some shops were beaten to death in the conflict, and the family had no way to complain. The grain market is also the three largest grain shops in Songcheng County were burned overnight, and other small and medium-sized grain shops closed one after another. The wine prices, rice prices and tea prices in Yingtianfu are 30% more expensive than those in Beijing."

Zhang Bo next to him said: "Not only that, Yang Du also dispatched troops to set up checkpoints on land and water to conduct strict inspections. All merchants who trafficked grain, tea and wine from other places were arrested, either sentenced to heavy sentences or punished to lose their entire family."

Fanning picked up the wine pot and looked at it. Seeing the words "Wenyuejiu" printed on it, he asked, "Is this kind of wine?"

Gongsun Xuance nodded, "There are only selling this kind of wine in the city, and they are sold from Yang Du's wife's wine shop."

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and asked, "Last year, Is this news accurate?"

"It's true. Many people have seen it with their own eyes. The hotel is called Qianrizui. Next to the south gate, they carried out a large wine jar from the shop and pressed the owner into the wine jar on the street to drown. His wife and children went to Beijing to complain, but they were intercepted halfway, their son was broken one leg, and the family lived in a straw shed outside the city."

Zhang Bo said again: "Does the officials want to take advantage of this?"

Fan Ning smiled calmly, "Don't hurry, do it step by step, don't alert the enemy."

"How is the official taking office today?" Gongsun Xuance asked.

Fan Ning shook his head, "I have experienced it today. The military and political power is controlled by Yang Du. He controlled the military and judges and the left and right military patrols. The people below dared not speak out."

Gongsun Xuance smiled and said, "Actually, officials can go and see Songcheng County."

"Is there any saying in Songcheng County?" Fan Ning asked curiously.

"I heard that the county magistrate and county magistrate of Songcheng County are both Yang Du's people, but the county magistrate Hou Wen is not. In order to drive away the county magistrate, Yang Du gave the county magistrate a bad review for two consecutive years. If there is a bad review in the third year, his future will be completely ruined."

"Was it possible that the county magistrate was also undermined? Otherwise, why would he ignore the behavior of bullying and dominating the market?"

"The official said it's right. County Magistrate Hou Wen was also underestimated by the county magistrate and county magistrate, and he was immersed in the wine all day long."

Fan Ning smiled. This county magistrate Hou was the third breakthrough direction.

The Songcheng County Government is located in the north of Songcheng County, not far from the government government, and it is also a structure of the front and back houses. However, unlike the government government government, the county government has not been occupied by a magpie's nest and is still the residence of the magistrate.

The magistrate of Songcheng, named Hou Wen, was from Xuancheng, Xuanzhou. He was from the same Jinshi as Fan Ning. He was the son-in-law of Wang Keji, a fellow disciple of the family of communication. The Wang family was a descendant of Wang Shenqi, a founding hero of the country. He belonged to the meritorious family in the capital. However, he was not the leader of the Cao family and the Gao family. Although he had a wealthy family, he was not in power in politics.

However, the Wang family also has its own ways. After sitting on the bench for several years, Hou Wen finally got help from the Wang family and became a Beijing official. After two years of staying in the Imperial College in Beijing, he became the magistrate of Songcheng. Since Songcheng County is Zhengchi County, his official position is a seventh-rank official.

However, Hou Wen was severely hit by the magistrate Yang Du. The Wang family could not afford to offend Zhang Yaozuo and Jia Changchao and could not help Hou Wen. He could only persuade him to endure, but endurance did not bring Yang Du's concessions. Hou Wen was listed as a bad review in the government office for two consecutive years. If he got another bad review, the Ministry of Personnel would register and he would lose hope of promotion.

Hou Wen was extremely worried, but had no choice but to do anything. The Wang family had not found a suitable opportunity to mobilize him, so he could only spend every day in anxiety.

At night, Hou Wen sat alone in the study and drank. At this time, his wife Wang walked in quickly, snatched the wine pot from his hand, and whispered to him: "Are an important guest coming, please cheer up quickly?"

"Who? Who is coming to me?"
Chapter completed!