The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Sitting in the carriage, Su Jin thought about why Yan Shu wanted to see him?Is it for the few poems that have been passed down to him, or is it for Yan Biyun and his own affairs?In Yan Biyun's letter that day, he said that Yan Shu had written to warn Yan Biyun that he could no longer have a close friendship with him. Now that he and Yan Biyun have nothing to do with each other, why do they have to work hard to see him.

After much deliberation, Su Jin suddenly felt relieved that it was useless for him to be in this poor country, and seeing Master Yan knew everything, why should Yin worry about embarrassing himself.

The car arrived at the Xishou parking lot outside the academy and slipped past, full of official cars and sedan chairs. Su Jin deliberately looked at it but couldn't find Yan Biyun's car. Could it be that car was just a coincidence?Did he happen to get mixed into Lord Yan's convoy?

At the entrance of the academy, Su Jin was surprised to see Cao Min standing at the door with his sleeves wrapped around his sleeves. Looking around when he saw Su Jin, he rushed towards Su Jin like a fly smelling rotten eggs, holding Su Jin's arm, and said affectionately: "Oh, Su Jin, you But you came here and told us to wait, why did you stop today without telling us, even if you want to take a rest for a day, you should take a day off."

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said in his heart: "You pushed it all out of the way yesterday, if you hadn't told me to listen to Mr. Yan's lecture, how could I rest at home yesterday."

But seeing that he said so, he naturally wanted to give him some face. Some of the yamen servants and academy masters who were present at the scene seemed not generous enough if they really didn't give him a step down.

Now he smiled and said: "Mr. Cao, the student knew his mistake and pleaded guilty. I got up late today and saw that I was too late to enter school, so I was lazy and didn't come. I called the boy at home to help me report that Mr. Cao didn't see my little girl." Sis?"

Cao Min blinked and said, "Boy?"

Su Jin winked and said, "That's right, you are a black and thin bastard who looks a bit like an adult."

Cao Min's eyes turned and he suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, I see, this officer's record of being a general and forgetting his sexuality is also great hahaha."

His face was stupefied, but he cursed secretly: "Comparing me to a young boy who is a straight mother and a thief, he scolds people around the corner, and even calls him a dirty name. This lazy boy is really hopeless."

Although Cao Min was very annoyed, seeing that Su Jin was very obedient and didn't mention that he didn't let him come to listen to the lectures, he felt relieved; so he asked: "When I see Master Yan later, I will definitely ask you why you are here today. Ri asks for leave, you just tell the truth when the time comes."

Su Jin smiled noncommittally, Cao Min felt apprehensive, and the two of them came to the academy surrounded by everyone, and went all the way to Minglun Hall.

On the east side of Minglun Hall, there is a spacious hall named "Zhizhi Hall". It was originally prepared for court officials to come to inspect lectures and give lectures by famous teachers of the Song Dynasty. It can accommodate hundreds of people, but it is a large lecture hall. Looking in from the flower window in the outer corridor of the hall, the lecture hall was full of people, almost all the students gathered in the hall and waited to listen to Yan Shu's lecture.

Cao Min led Su Jin through the side corridor of the hall and went straight to the front door of a house for rest at the east end. Two yamen servants stood with big sticks. Everyone retreat quickly, let Lord Yan and other adults who are chatting in the room don't get close to them."

Cao Min cupped his hands and said: "The two officers are the lecturer of this school who introduced student Su Jin, Cao Min, this student of Su Jin is the person Master Yan called to see, please let me know."

A fat yamen servant looked at the two of them and muttered, "Lecturer? What kind of official position is this? Why haven't I heard of it?"

The thin and small yamen servant on the opposite side said: "There are so many things you don't know. Now that there are so many officials in various positions, it's not surprising that you don't know."

The fat yamen servant scratched his head and said, "That's right." Pointing to Cao Min and Su Jin, they said, "Stand here and wait for me to go in and report."

Cao Min thanked him again and again with an embarrassing expression on his face; Su Jin almost didn't laugh out loud and was teased face to face by two yamen servants about his official position but didn't dare to speak out and scold him. This is really not Cao Min's style. ; the servants under the third secretary envoy also showed a bit of arrogance, and the lower officials did not dare to make mistakes.

The fat yamen servant came out after a while and said: "My lords, you are in a good mood when you go in, so don't talk nonsense to disturb your interest."

Cao Min cupped his hands and said, "Don't you dare? Thank you very much."

Su Jin thought to himself: Sure enough, when the official is in a good mood, the little monkeys below dare not spoil their good mood; just thinking about the corner of his clothes being pulled, it was Cao Min reminding himself that he should go in. See So he raised his steps and followed Cao Min to the house.

The two partitions in the house are separated by bamboo curtains, which can not only insulate the sound, but also block the heat radiating from the door outside the curtain. Two young servants are still standing at the curtain. Su Jin, a student from this academy, came to see Lord Yan."

The curtain was full of laughter and suddenly fell silent, only to hear a loud voice saying: "Come in, you have come."

Cao Min hurriedly agreed to the servant in a loud voice and lifted the curtain. Cao Min pulled Su Jin and the two of them went through the bamboo curtain and came inside.

Su Jinyou swept his eyes and saw that the room was obviously specially decorated. A desk table was placed on the east side, next to the first two rows of seats, and there were tall and short people sitting in a row. Behind the desk table was a slightly pudgy long-gown black man. The old man Xu was smiling and looking at him with curiosity in his eyes.

"Grassman Su Jin pays homage to the third envoy." Su Jin paid his respects.

The person behind the case waved his hand and said, "I don't need to be polite to see you adults."

"Thank you, sir." Su Jin got up and bowed to the many officials on the chairs on both sides one by one.

When he was introduced to Mr. Tang Jie, Yin Tianfu's Yin Tang Jie, Tang Jie laughed and said, "Young Master Su, we are old acquaintances."

Su Jin bowed and said, "It's just to say hello to Mr. Tang."

Yan Shu was surprised and said, "Does Mr. Tang know this Su Jin?"

Tang Jie clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, more than ten days ago, I accompanied Prince Teng downstream to Dongcheng Lake and accidentally met Mr. Su, and even drank with him at the same table."

When Yan Shu heard that Su Jin and King Teng also knew each other, a strange look flashed in his eyes, but no one noticed.

"Since we are old acquaintances, the Tang family must know the unusualness of this Su Jin." Yan Shu laughed.

"Isn't it unusual? It's amazing. When King Ri Teng hand-recorded a poem and gave it to Mr. Su to taste, he didn't expect that Mr. Su's composition was written by Mr. Su. He happened to bump into the adults and said it was interesting?"

Everyone in the audience burst into laughter, Yan Shu said with a twisted beard and a smile, "It's a bit of a coincidence that I'm here to watch."

The servant brought a brocade stool and placed it under Yan Shu's right hand. Cao Min didn't even have a seat, but stood at a corner with a shy face and a smile.

"Student Su, you have such a big air. It's not easy for me to see your true face. Why didn't you come to study today and went to visit the mountains and rivers? Did you win the song "Traveling on Shasha" or "Like a Dream" "Ah? Why don't you take it out and let me taste it later." Yan Shu said with a smile.

Su Jin hurriedly leaned back and said, "My lord was joking, I feel unwell today because of the wind and cold. I'm really sorry. I went to the street shop early in the morning to grab some medicine and go back to make soup. I don't know if my lord wants to see grass people and I will forgive my sin."

Cao Min glanced at Su Jin excitedly, then continued to smile and looked eagerly at Yan Shu, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

"Oh? I'm not feeling well, you're young, so don't drink too much. Just now, before you arrived, I was talking about the poems you wrote. They are amazing works, but don't imitate Liu Sanchang's Wind, Flower, Snow and Moon. It may not be a good thing to be flamboyant but lose fame and drift in the rivers and lakes." Yan Shu looked at Su Jin's eyes with some earnest meaning.

"The grassroots have been educated." Su Jin naturally knew that Liu Yong, Liu Sanbian, a talented scholar of the dynasty, was blamed for his fame and wealth by writing lyrics. Why do you want to be famous?" So Liu Yong sadly wandered in the rivers and lakes, his whereabouts erratic and more decadent and depressed; in recent years, there are few new words; fortunately, Liu Yong has women in brothels because of these women Their unconditional worship is not short of women and meals.

"Su Jin, a few of your poems have been copied by the official. The style of the poem is changeable, and the meaning of the magnificent poem also contains a lot of experience. It is hard to imagine that this is written by a 16-year-old boy. I want to see what kind of person you really are, and it's rare for a young talent to be a young man. I'm beyond the reach of old people." Yan Shu chuckled.

Everyone said one after another: "Although Su Jin's Ci is so good, how can it be as good as my lord."

"My lord, 'I have no choice but to leave the flowers and go away like a déjà vu and the swallows return'. The sentence is the best in the past and the present, but it is a work that no one can surpass. How can Su Jin's words be able to match it."

"It's not just the song "Plucking Mulberries" by the lord, "Picking Mulberries" that even the women and children in the official family can't put it down." A white-faced official said eagerly, then closed his eyes and shook his head. If you don’t believe in love and long-term hatred, you will wake up easily with tears in your spring shirt and wine at the Liting Pavilion. Last night, the phoenix tree was windy from the westerly wind, the moon was hazy, and the moon was hazy, and the dream was frequent. There was a sound of wild geese from the tall buildings. Tsk tsk... It’s really a masterpiece of blending scenes.”

Su Jin laughed secretly from the bottom of his heart, such a poem can only be regarded as an ordinary work in Yan Shu's poems.

Yan Shu is used to these flattery words, but he didn't show any particular dislike or joy, he just looked at Su Jin and said, "Just now I heard Master Tang recorded your new song "Magpie Bridge Fairy". The strong sentence "if the two loves last for a long time, how can they be in the morning and evening." It is really a soul-stirring language and it is really interesting."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Your Excellency has wrongly praised the graffiti works as unrefined."

Yan Shu said: "Don't pretend to be good, just be good. I, Yan Shu, don't easily praise others. Liu San changed his name and changed his name all over the world. I still scold him; I'm just curious whether your two words come from the heart or are they just out of place. If the words on the paper really have such a kind of love that cannot be met and cannot stay together in reality, can Mr. Su be as unrestrained and unswerving as in the lyrics?"

Su Jin's heart skipped a beat. Yan Shu's words seemed to be shadowing something. Su Jin raised his head and looked into Yan Shu's eyes. Suddenly, he found that Yan Shu's eyes had become cold and sharp. For a moment, his brain short-circuited and he couldn't speak. Come.