The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

(Thank you Weimei loves to eat meat, 1 that who 1 for the reward)

Prince Teng's Mansion is located at the intersection of South Fourth Street and East Sixth Street. The four cities of Yingtianfu are the most prosperous in the Middle East, followed by the South City. In the East City, there are various restaurants, restaurants, brothels, Goulan and other dining and entertainment places. In the East City, there are serious residential buildings. They are all adjacent to the city wall, and the roads slightly inward are occupied by merchants.

But Prince Teng's Mansion is located in the place where these merchants gather. If you only consider the value of the location, the gate of the Prince's Mansion facing East Sixth Street alone occupies the area of ​​more than a dozen prosperous shops. Seeing this layout, Su Jin couldn't help but He thought maliciously: If this gate is smashed down and converted into more than a dozen cloth houses and clothing stores, he will earn at least one hundred thousand guan a year.

Without self-awareness, Su Jin actually ordered Xiao Zhuzi to drive the mule cart to the gate of the palace before stopping. The little green mule, who rolled his eyes, stood out from the crowd of tall horses in front of the palace, which made Zheng Zheng The congratulatory guests who were bustling in looked sideways.

Su Jin didn't think about that, and walked up the high steps in full clothes, looking around while walking, secretly admiring the splendor of Prince Teng's Mansion, the two vermilion lacquered gates over ten feet high, covered with yellow and orange shiny copper nails, As thick as half a foot, such a door would require three or five healthy servants to open and close it; the auspicious beasts on both sides of the gate are also different from those in front of the general palace, and they are not "to show their hearts fiercely, benevolent and tame" It is not a stone lion, but two huge Qilin beasts more than three feet high.

Suddenly, an obscure ancient text appeared in Su Jin's mind: benevolent and righteous, sound in rhythm, walking in a regular way, twisting and turning in a regular way, choose the soil and then practice, be level and stay behind, don't live in groups, don't travel, The quality of the essays is diverse, and the quiet questions follow the rules.

This is the memory of the body of this little official that I occupied. This passage refers to the auspicious beast Qilin, which means that Qilin has the modest demeanor of a benevolent gentleman; It lives on insects, does not break grass, has horns on its head, and meat on the horns. It is equipped with weapons but not used, so it is known as the "beast of benevolence".

Su Jin laughed secretly, even the decorations at the door took pains to flaunt herself like this, His Royal Highness Prince Teng really took great pains, and I don't know who to show this trick to.

In fact, Su Jin doesn't understand all the secrets of ancient times. The ancients often like to express themselves obscurely. They have their own intentions in all aspects of clothing, clothing, clothing, housing and transportation. Don't think that no one cares about these things. On the contrary, more people use these Details to infer the character and intentions of this person, especially those guys who play politics.

For example, during the Warring States period, Lian Po, a famous general of the State of Zhao, was once the most powerful feudal lord. When the State of Qin attacked Zhao State, the King of Zhao wanted to use him again to defend the State of Qin. I went to secretly observe Lian Po's daily life, but the envoy came back and reported: "Although General Lian Po is old and good at food, he sits with the minister, and he has three leftover arrows (shit)." King Zhao was disappointed, so he didn't use it. Lian Po.

Although he ate a lot, he also ate a lot. Zhao Wang naturally thought it was because of his poor health. Leaving aside Guo Kai's tricks, this incident is a typical example of judging the other party by carefully examining behaviors. There are not many examples of alcoholism, such as being greedy but wearing tattered clothes. It seems that His Highness King Teng has three tastes, and it is natural that the emperor of Song Dynasty and the people of the world are confused.

While he was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a person shouting on the steps: "Isn't that Mr. Su? Your visit is so glorious."

Su Jin looked up and saw that it was Teng Wang Zhao Zongdan who was wearing a silver brocade suit, with a golden crown on his head, and was welcoming guests at the door with a smile on his face. They were thrown aside.

Everyone looked sideways and asked each other in secret: "What is this little official? Why does the prince value him so much?"

After asking for a long time, no one knew Su Jin. An old man in black at the door looked at the crowd with a smile and said, "Speaking of which, you are shocked. This Mr. Su is just a student of Yingtianfu, and his family is just a merchant. .” After saying that, he laughed.

Everyone heard the sarcasm in the old man's words, and also learned that Su Jin was just a grassroots man, who was born as a lowly merchant. They immediately raised eyebrows and snickered at each other, and the snub of King Teng just now was thrown out of the sky in an instant. , Your lord is putting on a show for others to see.

"Congratulations to the lord, Su Jin is here to congratulate Mrs. Madam." Su Jin hurriedly made a big salute and said loudly.

"Why do you need to be so polite, I just want to take this opportunity to get together with my friends, it's rare that Mr. Su appreciates you, how consoling I am; didn't you say you can't come?" Zhao Zongdan asked with a half-smile.

Su Jin bowed again and said: "The princess's birthday, how can I not come, at the end of last month, I have gone back to my hometown in Luzhou, and settled the matter in advance, now, I turned around and greeted everyone to enter, leaving behind the old man in black A person greets guests at the door.

A group of people walked through the huge courtyard, stepped on the wide aisle paved with colored stones, and walked all the way to the main hall. Su Jin looked around and couldn't help being amazed; If you want to find a word to describe it, you can only use majestic, brilliant or magnificent instead, but such words still seem pale and weak.

But seeing the courtyard is deep, with layers of domes and peaks, the houses are like Huayu, the buildings are like high platforms, the corridors are full of waists, and the eaves and teeth are pecking high. , servants and maids rush like clouds, green trees and red flowers are as bright as haze, and rockeries and pavilions are as picturesque as pictures.

It can't be said that Su Jin has never seen the world. He has seen countless tall and beautiful buildings in later generations, but the scenery in this palace is different from those buildings. To the smallest size, Su Jin was dumbfounded when he entered the Grand View Garden as a grandma Liu.

The crowd seemed to be regular visitors, and they were not as surprised as Su Jin was so surprised that their jaws could not close together, but they all admired Su Jin's stupid appearance with great interest, and regarded him as a joke.

Zhao Zongdan smiled slightly, took Su Jin's arm and said, "Young Master Su, I want to visit this king's mansion, and I will send someone to take you around later. Last time, this king invited you to live here, but you refused. Is our mansion worthy of Mr. Su's grand master?"

Su Jin came back to his senses and scolded himself for being so stingy. Wouldn't he teach those people to read a joke, calmed down and said with a smile: "Where is the prince talking, this kind of mansion is just to live in for a day. I am also satisfied, but if I live here, wouldn’t it destroy this beautiful scenery? The ancients described women as "one point more, they are too fat, and one point less, they are too thin." If I live inside, this beauty will be flawed, how dare I destroy this peerless beauty."

Zhao Zongdan was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said: "Brother Su is very eloquent, just reject this king, but you just found such a grand reason, even if I want to be angry, I really have you."

Su Jin chuckled and said, "My lord is absurd, please, my lord."

Zhao Zongdan laughed, and led everyone to the palace-like main hall with his head held high. The pillars in the main hall were all carved from white marble, paved with Yunnan bluestone with water in the ground, and the polished light can be seen. The camel hair yellow blanket is laid out, it is light and silent, soft and comfortable to step on.

Everyone was seated according to their order, and those who could enter the halls were high-ranking officials, such as Wang Anshi's father, Yucheng County Magistrate Wang Sunzhi, etc., although they were the heads of a county, they could only sit in the side halls. The butler greeted him for tea, which was what made everyone puzzled. It was really strange that Su Jin was dragged into the main hall and seated behind Mr. Ying Tiancang Si Xun.

Zhao Zongdan waited for the servants to finish serving tea, and said with a smile: "It's my birthday today, I don't want to exhaust you, but I want to take this opportunity to get together with you, so I wrote a message to you, everyone. I have been working for Song Cao all day long, so I will treat it as leisure for half a day, and I can handle official affairs better if I am relaxed and proper. This king has no official status, and I have nothing to do on weekdays, and I can't help you all. Take this day of leisure as a gift from this king to all of you."

Everyone stood up and saluted: "My lord loves me, thank you lord for your compassion."

"My lord really cares about me, and even my tiredness and hardships are remembered in my heart. It really makes me remember five kinds of feelings in my heart. I will definitely live up to my lord's expectations. I will be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty and die." Tang Jie said loudly.

"That's right, that's right, I will definitely live up to the lord's kindness." Everyone echoed.

Su Jin is caught in it, it’s not good to agree, it’s not good to say nothing, it seems that this group of people has become a habit of flattering people, and these words are not blushing or heart-beating, Prince Teng is shameless enough, and his wife’s birthday is not the birthday of the whole year, They just posted a lot of invitations, saying that the gathering may be true, but I'm afraid it's mainly to collect money and strengthen collusion.