The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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The students who had enough to eat and drink still sat down and waited quietly, but the yamen servants and soldiers were still hungry, and Mr. Fu Yin didn't send someone to deliver food to change shifts, which made them resentful and slandered.

Su Jin felt that sitting like this was really boring. After thinking about it, he suddenly had an idea, and said to the students: "Brothers and brothers, it seems that the magistrate is not willing to come out in a short time. Why don't I review the books I have read. One is to avoid fatigue, and the other is to review the old and learn the new without delaying the course."

Everyone cheered and said, "But I don't know which subject to review?"

Su Jin said: "All subjects that need to be memorized and recited can be reviewed."

"Junior Brother Su, it's up to you to choose." Everyone said.

Su Jin raised his head and thought for a moment, then said: "Just recite 'Fangmin's mouth is better than Fangchuan.' How about that part?"

Everyone knew what Su Jin meant, and they all nodded in agreement. Su Jin raised his head, and everyone chanted in unison: "Defending the mouth of the people is better than defending the Sichuan. If the Sichuan is blocked and collapsed, many people will be injured, and the people will be the same. That's why they are the ones who are in Sichuan. To make decisions and guide them, to proclaim their words for the people. Therefore, the emperor listens to the government, and makes the ministers present poems to the nobles, Songs to the scholars, history books, teacher's advice, poems from the masters, recitations, remonstrances from all workers, common people's speeches, and close ministers to follow the rules. , relatives make up for investigation, Gu and Shi teach, Qi and Ai Xiuzhi, and then the king decides what to do. People have mouths, like land with mountains and rivers, and money is used for it; it has a reason. Xi’s procreation is fertile, and food and clothing are the means of life. Proclamation of the mouth is also good and defeat is the result of prosperity. Doing good and preparing for failure are the ones who use wealth, food and clothing. Husbands and the people worry about it in their hearts and proclaim it in their mouths, and success And if you do it, Hu Ke can block it? If you block his mouth, how can he do it?" <"Mandarin? "Advising King Li to Misdemean" tells the story of Shao Gong admonishing King Zhou Li to open up the way of speaking and not to block the way of speaking because of his punishment. Of course, the ending of the story is that King Zhou Li refused to listen, and he was kicked out three years later. tower.

Su Jin deliberately chose this paragraph to satirize Ying Tianfu's use of clauses in the article to fabricate accusations, and the meaning of not being able to listen to criticism.

Fifty or sixty students recited in unison, and the sound resounded through the Yamen Square. The sudden recitation of the recitation startled the surrounding Yamen servants and common people, and some of them cursed incomprehensibly, "Your teeth are so sore, this Helping useless scholars will make you happy."

There are many people who can understand, and after carefully distinguishing the meaning, they smiled knowingly, and couldn't help secretly praising these students for their courage and wit, and they are using the past to satirize the present with a sharp edge.

The high-pitched recitation sounded directly into the government office. Tang Jieben was sitting in the lobby, paying attention to the actions in front of him at all times. When he heard the sound of reading, he frowned and said, "Who is making noise outside? Master, go and have a look."

The master hurriedly walked to the gate of the yamen with his hem up, and came back a while later to report: "My lord, they are those students who are making trouble, and they are bored studying there."

Tang Jie said: "Oh? You are still full of leisure and elegance. What are you reading? Can you hear a sentence or a sentence?"

The master said: "The villain didn't hear it very clearly. It seems to be something like 'defending the people's mouth is better than Fangchuan', something like 'the husband and the people worry about it in their hearts and speak it out', what else..."

With a "bang", Tang Jie threw the teacup in his hand heavily on the ground, and cursed angrily: "These gangsters are slandering the court, comparing the emperor to the stupid and violent King Zhou Li, is that okay? It seems that it is impossible not to give them some pain, master, go and order Jiang Dutou and Luo Bantou to arrest them all, if you don't show them some color, they will not know how to restrain themselves."

The master trembled with fright, and didn't move for a while, Tang Jie said angrily, "Why don't you go?"

The master hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, don't show off your temper for a while, you have to think twice about this matter."

Tang Jie frowned and said, "How do you say that?"

The master said: "Your Majesty, these students are just reading. If the old man is not confused about this passage, I remember it should be Zuo Qiuming's "Guoyu". All academies all over the world read this book. The words and sentences in the book can be read. It is not enough to be used as a basis for punishment, if you read this passage, you will be convicted, and there are thousands of students in the world, isn't everyone guilty?"

Hearing that what he said was reasonable, Tang Jie remained silent.

"Furthermore, thousands of people were watching outside. Although these students behaved well, they didn't stir up trouble and cursed. They didn't even go up the steps of the yamen. They just sat quietly in the open space under the steps. When the adults didn't see them, they had already aroused the discussion of the people. One after another, with such a catch, wouldn’t it teach others to speak more.”

"Arguing, let's discuss. Could it be that I'm afraid of these muddy legs?" Tang Jie agreed in his heart, and insisted on his mouth.

"Having said that, my lord will naturally not lose his majesty and justice because of other people's slanderous words. It's just that there are too many people with mixed opinions. If someone has a bad mouth and stabs these things to the transfer envoy, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"

The master bowed his body like an old shrimp, stroked his beard and said in Tang Jie's ear.

"Then what do you think? Is it okay to let these students satirize me outside the yamen? Look at their posture, I'm afraid there will be a ruckus tonight. I'm so conniving, how will I manage this Yingtian Mansion in the future?" Tang He said angrily.

Master twirled his beard and muttered, "Does my lord have to make such a fuss?"

Tang Jie heard something in his words, raised his head and said, "Do you have a solution?"

The master gave a strange smile, leaned over and whispered in Tang Jie's ear, and finally said: "What do you think is the plan?"

Tang Jie jumped up against the case, laughed loudly and said: "Old man, you really have it, this trick is definitely strong enough, ginger is still old and spicy."

The master bowed and said: "My lord's praise is ridiculous, this old man is only sharing his worries for Mr. Mr. Mr. Fu, in fact, when Mr. Mr. Mr. Fu calms down, he will naturally have another good plan. This old man is just throwing bricks to attract jade."

Tang Jie nodded his master's nose and said with a smile: "Kung fu is good at flattering, old man, it is worthwhile to follow this official, so, you work hard, go to the palace, and dedicate this plan to His Highness King Teng, please He beckons, and then moves."

The master was stunned for a moment, then relieved, cupped his hands and said: "I'm going to ask the prince to show me, it would be the best if I can ask for a letter."

Tang Jie smiled and said: "You are the roundworm in my stomach, go."

The master turned around and left the yamen, cursing secretly in his heart: "Zhi Niang is a thief, you really are a cunning old cunning, and dragged Prince Teng into the water."

Tang Jie got up and walked in the courtyard, looked at the crescent moon rising in the sky, and murmured: "I'm not that stupid, my lord, you shrink back and don't show up, how can I let you get out of the matter, if you don't Promise, I will release those four people immediately, so as not to cause trouble."

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Nearly two o'clock, the gate of the yamen was still brightly lit. Some of the crowd dispersed, but more people gathered around in an endless stream. Some people wanted to see how the matter was progressing, while others just wanted to report the matter. Take it as a pleasure, of course it is more interesting to go to the brothel and go to the bar, but it costs a lot of money, so how can it be so free and exciting.

Moreover, you can squeeze and touch the women in the crowd by the way, although most of the women who watch the excitement are ordinary women who are lavish, and they are not as coquettish as the women in brothels and Goulan, and they are not as coquettish as those women when touching The whiny and angry people will only get white eyes and glaring glances, and even old punches from the man around him, but it is already a great pleasure compared to lying on the bed and thinking about playing handguns.

The students of Yingtian Academy were also tenacious enough to recite the articles in unison for more than half an hour. From "Mandarin" to "Analects of Confucius", from "Mencius" to "Laozi", they only picked out those heart-wrenching words and recited them clearly. The man laughed so hard that Tang Jie was half-dead in anger.

At this moment, people in twos and threes dressed as scholars squeezed out of the crowd and silently joined the ranks of the sit-in. There were about two or thirty people, and the students of the academy didn't care, and it was assumed that these people joined them out of righteous indignation; Su Jin didn't care either.

After the second watch knocked, these people suddenly winked, stood up one after another, and rushed to the front of the line; all the students looked at each other in astonishment, not knowing what they were going to do.

Su Jin suddenly felt something was wrong, stood up and was about to say something to stop him, but it was too late, and he watched helplessly as this group of people stepped up the steps and rushed towards the gate of the yamen.