The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Su Jin had a sleepless night, and the next morning, he rushed to Dongcheng "Hefeng Tower" to tell Yan Biyun the whole story, and hoped that Yan Biyun would use his connections in the yamen to find out the real reason why Wang Anshi and others were convicted.

Back in the academy, no one knew the reason why Wang Anshi and others were convicted. When I asked Cao Min, Cao Min said that he didn’t find out. When I asked the head of the mountain, Qi Shunbin also said that the government didn’t come to inform her. Su Jin felt more and more strange , how can there be such a case, but not to mention the crime after arresting someone, is this the legendary "unnecessary" crime?But if it is an 'unnecessary' crime, how can I escape?

Su Jin simply didn't ask any more questions, and all the students were anxious and talking about it, and they didn't even feel at ease in class. Many people knew that Su Jin had a close relationship with Wang Anshi, Wei Songhe and others, so they all came to comfort Su Jin, which made Su Jin very upset Touched, it turns out that my popularity is really good.

In the afternoon, Yan Biyun came to the academy to look for Su Jin in person. Su Jin hurriedly asked for leave and left the classroom, followed Yan Biyun to a secluded place where no one was around. Yan Biyun frowned and said, "This is a tricky thing."

Su Jin hurriedly said, "What crime is it?"

Yan Biyun moved his lips and spit out a few words: "The disaster of the article."

Su Jin’s worries became a reality. It really is a literary inquisition. Since the establishment of class rule, almost all dynasties have suffered from writing. The Qin Emperor’s burning of books and Confucianism was the beginning of the literary inquisition. More than 400 people were buried alive. Su Jin remembered that there was a dynasty in the later generations where everyone wore braids, and there were hundreds of writing disasters, involving tens of thousands of people.

In the feudal era, if you were a little careless in speaking and doing things, as long as you were not pleasing to the eyes of the superior, you would be finished; the politics of the Song Dynasty was still relatively clear, and the literati were in power, so naturally they were more tolerant of these aspects, but there were also cases. Said, the unlucky Liu Yongbu of this dynasty was disqualified from being an official by the emperor just because he made the phrase "forbearance changed his name to a shallow pour and sing in a low voice", and he was miserable all his life?This can be regarded as a small text disaster.

Su Jin frowned, paced back and forth thinking about countermeasures, and suddenly stopped and asked: "Do you know what caused the disaster because of what you wrote? And do you know who is going to investigate this matter? Shi Tai or someone else."

Yan Biyun said: "The specific content is not very clear. It is said that it is because of the drafts of policy theory circulated from the academy. It is said that this investigation was facilitated by Tang Fuyin, and it was not reported to Yushitai."

Su Jin's heart was sharp, and he said slowly: "Cao Min is a thief, he must have provided the manuscript, and the mastermind behind all this is one person."

Yan Biyun nodded and said, "Prince Teng Zhao Zongdan."

"Yes, this is exactly the act of retaliation against us. I didn't expect him to be so shameless. It won't work in this regard. We can't let them stir up trouble in this matter."

Yan Biyun said: "What are you going to do?"

Su Jindao: "First of all, we have to manage from top to bottom. I'm afraid the righteous brothers have already suffered all kinds of tortures when they entered the government office. Although they are still in good health, they were born in school. Check it out and send a message in, telling them to hold on, I'll have time outside to find a way to help."

Yan Biyun nodded and said: "This matter is easy to handle, I can go and handle it. My friends can talk in Yingtian Mansion, but how can you rescue them?"

Su Jin said: "Don't worry about other things. You can't get too involved. If you are involved, I will die."

Yan Biyun said angrily: "How can you say such a thing, it is superfluous between you and me; just listening to your meaning, it seems that you are not sure."

Su Jin nodded and said: "I really don't have much confidence. How can a grassroots fight with the Prince of Song Dynasty to win? What's more, there are so many minions around him."

Yan Biyun said: "Since I'm not sure, why not take a long-term plan so that it doesn't get out of hand?"

Su Jin took Yan Biyun's hand and said: "Sister Yan, you know me well, my temper is just like this, and what I'm sure of is to be stubborn to the end. Now that these brothers have fallen into the hands of the government, if I don't kill you I am afraid that I will spend my whole life in self-blame; besides, how could King Teng let me go? No matter from selfishness to righteousness, I have to do it. Do you understand me? heart?"

Yan Biyun looked at Su Jin, and said softly: "Of course Biyun understands, but what do you want to do? Why don't you send someone to notify Uncle, and ask Uncle to come forward or there may be a turning point."

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "I'm afraid it won't work. Once you come to the capital, the sky and the sky are thousands of miles away, and it will take five or six days to arrive back and forth with a fast horse. How can Brother Wang and Brother Wei survive these few days of torture? Gritting his teeth and not confessing, he was afraid that the person who was rescued would be ruined; moreover, my uncle is the head of the third department, and this matter is not within his power at all. It is definitely not appropriate for the envoy to take charge of the Yushitai, and the Zhengshitang will naturally take the opportunity to cause trouble, and instead bring unnecessary trouble to Mr. Yan, this matter will not work."

"Then what should I do?" Yan Biyun knew that this moment would not be able to quench his near thirst, and it really wouldn't work.

Su Jin pondered for a while, and said: "For the current plan, I have limited strength alone. I can entangle the students to go to the yamen to petition, or use the mouths of the quiet people to stop them from further actions. After all, the students' articles are biased. If you don’t use words, you won’t be convicted, at most you can just reprimand them, and they will arrest people if they get started; and I don’t know if they took the words out of context, what words and sentences they got as evidence, and they can refute with reason if they understand it.”

"Petition? Can this be done?"

Su Jin pondered: "At least they can be forced to announce the whole story of the case, which is convenient for rescue, and it can create public opinion. Blocking the way of speech is a taboo of the imperial court. In addition, this move is an act of narrow-minded revenge. It was not done by Yushitai. Public opinion might work.”

Before Yan Biyun could say more, Su Jin stretched out her hand to stop her and said, "Sister Yan, I know you care about me. I'm really not sure about this matter, but I have to do it. I only ask my sister for one thing. If I don't Shen is also involved in it, save it if you can, don't force it, lest you and Uncle Ling will be involved, but I beg my sister to send the people in my house back to Luzhou, and my mother also begs you to take care of it, Su But if there is a day to see the sun in the brocade, it must be repaid with a grass ring."

Hearing this, Yan Biyun's heart was shaken, and he held Su Jin's hand behind his hands and said, "Why did you say that, if you have something to do, how can Biyun live alone? Just do it, and if there is something to do, Biyun will be with you Life and death."

Su Jin was moved, she gently squeezed her cold little hand, turned her head and strode away.

There was a commotion in the academy. After Su Jin told the students that Wang Anshi and others had been convicted because of the written evidence in the article, everyone couldn't believe their ears. guilty of articles.

When Su Jin concealed that the article was collected by Professor Cao and handed over to the government, everyone was filled with righteous indignation and cursed endlessly.

The afternoon class can no longer continue, no one can sit in the classroom and listen to the class with peace of mind. The gentlemen who gave the lectures realized this, and after hearing the reason faintly, they also gritted their teeth angrily, but as a teacher, they cannot Ordinary cursing and yelling can only announce self-study and then go to the study to sulk.

Su Jin and Wu Hengxin took the opportunity to secretly fuel the flames, fermenting the matter fervently until everyone felt that everyone was in danger, and they would no longer dare to speak and write articles indiscriminately. Then Su Jin proposed to ask everyone to go to the yamen to petition and ask questions. Words insulting the Great Song Dynasty and the Holy Majesty, if there are reactionary words, there is no complaint against the government for arresting people, if they are just taken out of context, they must be released immediately.

Everyone reacted differently, and some said worriedly: "If this matter is not handled properly, it will cause trouble for the upper body. This matter can be big or small. If it is small, it is not even worth mentioning. If it is big, it is okay to punish us for the crime of Xiaoju."

Su Jindao: "It's purely voluntary, and those who don't want to go don't have to go, but I want to ask everyone, if the yamen really takes people for no reason, and the words taken out of context are also used as proof, then can you and I still study and become officials in the future? I was in a state of panic all day long, so I just bought a shell and shrank it in as a turtle, and talked about serving the court and glorifying the family."

Wu Hengxin echoed: "Su Jin is right. This matter is not for Wang Anshi and others, but for us. My old Wu understands this truth, but you don't understand it. Preserved egg."

Everyone rolled their eyes, but they had to admit that what he said was reasonable, so Su Jin hit the iron while the iron was hot, and made three rules, stipulating that when the time came, no swearing and smashing, no storming the yamen, no disobedient words, only the case and the evidence should be announced. You can't take the students from my academy without knowing why.

Everyone agreed, so five or sixty people followed Su Jinhao out of Minglun Hall and went to the layman. Many people who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal also joined, and students who hoped that Su Jin and others would be defeated also followed Joined, when we reached the gate, there were already nearly a hundred people in a mighty way.

After getting the news, Cao Min hurriedly brought a few small officials to stop him, but they couldn't stop them. Everyone was already angry with him, but now they saw that he was still speaking rudely with a vicious face, and all of them rolled their eyes at each other.

Su Jin defeated Cao Min with just one sentence: "Master Cao, why waste your time here, if you don't go to find fault with our poems, maybe you can use this to get promoted to the third rank and become rich and rich." Expensive."

Cao Min knew that the matter had been revealed, so he had to watch Su Jin lead the crowd away. In a flash, he hurriedly called Che Jia. He wanted to go to the Yamen and the Tengwang Mansion to report in advance and make preparations in advance.