The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Update time: 22--6

(Brother who voted black, your perseverance is really good, I hope you can stick to it, this book will take a year to write, you have to be mentally prepared.)

The master finally read through more than a dozen words that were considered disobedient, and Su Jin asked Tang Jie to explain the reasons for the conviction one by one, and asked King Teng to confirm.

Seeing that Su Jin neither refuted nor argued, they didn't know what his purpose was. From Tang Jie's point of view, Su Jin definitely wanted to find out the mistakes and omissions of the evidence and refute them, so he was explaining these rebellious words She was more careful when she spoke, and her wording was more precise, so that Su Jin had no chance to take advantage of it.

After reading the last paragraph, the audience fell into silence. Everyone was waiting for Su Jin to speak to see what he had to say about the evidence. A little disrespect to the emperor, according to the practice since the Han and Tang dynasties, it is not too much to condemn it as a crime.

Su Jin's face was calm and silent.

Tang Jie said coldly: "Su Xuezi, you need to see the evidence. The evidence has been read to you. I have explained to you and the world's scholars. As a citizen of the Song Dynasty, I am familiar with the sages, but my words are so Unruly and arbitrary, if the court does not punish, wouldn’t everyone be able to speak nonsense and point fingers at the Holy One and the court, wouldn’t the world be in chaos?”

Su Jin straightened the white linen cloth on his head, walked silently in front of the tablet of the Great Ancestor, kowtowed respectfully, kowtowed, burned incense, closed his eyes with palms together, and prayed silently.

Everyone didn't dare to make a sound and looked at him quietly, thinking that he would get up in a moment, but who knew that Su Jin's prayers would be endless, Zhao Zongdan and Tang Jie were restless, and in the end they couldn't bear it Stop, Zhao Zongdan yelled: "Su Jin, before the grandpa's spiritual tablet, is it the place where you pretended to be crazy and foolish? Come here, it will rain heavily, and the tablet of the great grandfather must not be wet by the rain. Immediately withdraw the incense table and return the tablet. , placed in my house to worship."

Hearing this, Qin Fei brought a few guards of the palace and went forward to remove the incense case, when Su Jin suddenly yelled: "You dare!"

Everyone was dumbfounded. This Su Jin may have really lost his mind and went crazy. That's the prince. He moved the tablet of his ancestor. You are a little kid, and you are mad at the prince like a fool. Isn't that true? What is it that is so stupid to drool?

King Teng laughed back in anger, and said with a mocking look on his face: "Who do you think you are? Do you think you can do whatever you want by kneeling in front of the tablet of Taizu? If so, everyone in the world will worship Taizu Lord, is it possible for everyone to be as ignorant as you, who don't dare to touch you because they are afraid of desecrating the spirit of Taizu, but this king is a descendant of Taizu, and the dragon blood of the Song royal family is flowing on his body, others will I was intimidated by you pretending to be mysterious, this king will ignore you, if you dare to block it again, don't blame this king for being rude to you."

Su Jin stood up impressively, approached King Teng with his fists clenched, and looked at King Teng without fear, looking like a fighting rooster; Qin Fei stepped forward to block Su Jin's way He shouted: "What's the matter? Dare to offend the prince?"

Su Jin stretched out his hand and staggered Qin Fei to the side. All the guards in the palace shouted loudly, and the simple sword came out of its sheath and rushed forward.

Su Jin didn't seem to take all this seriously, and pointed to King Teng's nose and said, "Anyone can move the incense tablet, but you can't."

"Presumptuous! If you don't speak clearly today, this king would rather be punished by the emperor and kill you madman here."

Zhao Zongdan was furious, the corners of his mouth quivered unceasingly, no one had dared to point his nose at him and scold him in such a public place, this Su Jin was so ignorant of flattery that he scolded himself twice.

It was okay last time in Xishan, there were not many people present, but this time in front of thousands of people and hundreds of soldiers, and most of the officials of Yingtian Mansion were present, if he is allowed to be reckless today, how will he be treated by these officials in the future? Li Wei in front of him.

Su Jin laughed loudly, looked up to the sky and said: "Grandpa, I miss you as a wise man, and your meritorious deeds shine on the sun and the moon. At the beginning, Chen Qiao was ordered by heaven to lead the people to pacify the Southern Han Dynasty, the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the land of Wuyue. The guests from all over the world, establish the immortal foundation of my Great Song Dynasty! It's a pity that although you are a great talent, your descendants are unworthy, and you have forgotten all the ancestral precepts you made. You know, you should be able to see clearly, and you should know that I, Su Jin, have a heart of worrying about the country and the people."

Su Jin suddenly raised his head to the sky and yelled, causing everyone to break out in cold sweat. This person has reached the point of insanity, and dared to slander the royal descendants in public. Just this one sentence is enough to kill him.

Everyone in the Su family and Yan Biyun heard it clearly. Even Xiao Zhuzi, who couldn't read big characters, knew that the young master had already committed a serious crime.

Yan Biyun bit her lower lip, her body trembling, and she couldn't help but mutter in her heart: "You are looking for your own death, why exactly? If you are dissatisfied with the status quo, or have any dissatisfaction with the slave family, you can say it out." , why...why do you want to seek death by yourself like this, don't tell me...the slave family and your Su family are not worthy of your nostalgia?"

While King Teng was astonished, he also sneered secretly in his heart: I finally got hold of you. Today you are crazy, and the descendants of the royal family even scolded the emperor.

"Master Tang, what are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you hurry up and take this lunatic, who can say such rebellious words, how frantic is he?"

Tang Jie was still in a daze. He could hardly believe his ears. He never expected that these words would come out of the mouth of Su Jin, who was as shrewd as a ghost. King Teng's scolding woke him up, and he hurriedly ordered loudly: "Take him , take down this traitor, master, send an official document to the Luzhou government to seal up all the property of the thief's family, and arrest all members of the family."

The yamen servants and the arresters were waiting for this sentence, and rushed over screaming; the common people sighed, today, this Su Xiaoguan really doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and if he accepts it when he sees it, there will be no disaster now, this is all right , I lost my life, and my parents and family were involved. This family is basically gone.

How could Su Jin let the yamen get close to him, turned around and jumped onto the incense table, holding the tablet of the great grandfather in his arms, and shouted loudly: "Who dares to do anything? The great grandfather entrusted me with a dream and asked me to come here today." Come here to reprimand you for disrespecting the teachings of our ancestors, whoever dares to touch me will be punished by the heroic spirit of Taizu."

Everyone was stunned, Tang Jie couldn't tolerate Su Jin's obvious sophistry, and shouted: "Take a dream? I think you are talking about a dream. The great grandfather will give you a dream? What are you? Come and take him down." .”

Su Jin held the tablet up to the sky with both hands, looked up to the sky and cried loudly: "Grandfather Taizu is in the spirit of heaven, forgive me, the grassroots can't convey your will today, it's not that I, Su Jin, didn't respect the trust of Grandfather Taizu, it's because the evil officials are rampant Comparable to tigers and wolves, even your bloodline descendant, His Highness King Teng, is also helping the evildoers. If you want to punish them, please punish them. Su Jin must be unlucky today, and when he is under the Nine Springs, the grass people should serve the great grandfather to atone for his sins."

Everyone heard the chills on their necks and backs. At this moment, a roaring thunder finally broke out from the oppressive dark clouds in the sky, and a bolt of lightning hit the distant ground directly from the clouds, as if to create momentum for Su Jin.

The thunder exploded, and the raindrops as big as beans fell from the sky. The ears of the people were buzzed by the sudden thunderstorm, and they all looked up at the sky in astonishment. Su Jin was overjoyed that the thunder and lightning came at the right time. If you don't use it now, when will it be.

The thunder was still buzzing in the ears, the light of the lightning had not disappeared from everyone's eyes, and Su Jin's crying sound came from the ears: "Grandfather, you have finally appeared, what did the grass people say about you?" Have you heard it all? Have you seen all this? Your legacy has been forgotten by others. Open your eyes and see that the words of Yingtianyuan students who worry about the country and the people are called slandering the government and contempt for the Holy One. They This is a blatant violation of your ancestral precepts; my students will be beheaded and ransacked if they just tell the truth, which will harm the family. This is also a blatant violation of your precepts. If you are angry, please condemn these Unworthy descendants, even though I, Su Jin, am a commoner, I have no regrets even if I die here today, for the sake of the imperial court and to uphold the teachings of the great-grandfather, even though my death is more important than Mount Tai, why should I be afraid of death."

As if to answer Su Jin's words, there was another thunderclap in the dark clouds, and the lightning fell again. A dead tree in the distance suddenly turned into a fireball; They completely forgot that the heavy rain was pouring down and their clothes were all wet.

"Grandpa Tai has already lost his rage. If you continue to go your own way, you will be punished by heaven." Su Jin bared his teeth and shouted.

Tang Jie's face was pale, and he looked at King Teng with a look of panic in his eyes. King Teng Zhao Zongdan was initially taken aback by Su Jin's behavior, but when the rain fell on his face, he suddenly woke up. Think carefully: this person pretends to be a god and plays ghosts, but the gods are so beautiful that they cause thunder and lightning. Everyone is ignorant and some people really think that it is the manifestation of the great grandfather. If you don't expose him today, even if you take him, there will be a lot of rumors It's not a good way to force it, you have to expose his tricks.

Thinking of this, King Teng said loudly: "Su Jin, why did Grandfather entrust you with a dream for no reason? Do you have any evidence to prove it? The sound of thunder and lightning is caused by normal weather and weather. Why did the Taizu appear? All the sophistry and lies, pretending to be the name of the great ancestor to punish the nine clans, you must not believe his nonsense."

Su Jin said loudly: "Of course there are proofs, but they cannot be made public. I can only say that I will listen to the prince alone."

King Teng sneered and said, "Why shouldn't the Taizu's legacy be made public? If you are so sneaky, you must have a ghost in your heart. If you want to talk to me alone and ask me to save your life, it is wishful thinking; how can this king do evil for you?" A villain broke the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, tell me quickly, if you can’t speak out, I will take you immediately.”

Su Jin said loudly: "The heart of a villain judges the belly of a gentleman. I want to save your face, but you speculate with a dark heart. I just ask you, do you really want me to tell the truth about the great grandfather in public?" Training?"

King Teng scolded angrily: "Let's go crazy, if you make up and fake Taizu's words, this king will chop you into meat paste."

Su Jindao: "If what I said is indeed the words of Taizu's legacy, what should you do?"

King Teng said: "There are a lot of teachings from Taizu. If you use what I read to prevaricate, I will definitely not agree."

Su Jin said: "No one in the world knows this, but you must know it, my lord. I only have one request. If I can prove that the Taizu entrusted me with a dream and teach him the last instruction of the Taizu, you should immediately follow it and do not violate it again."

Prince Teng was very angry and laughed back: "It's a big joke, I want you, a thief, to remind me of Zhao Song Taizu's legacy, so you won't laugh at the big teeth of the world."

Su Jin shouted: "Hugh has a playful smile on your face, you have violated the precepts of your ancestors, and you are still bragging here."

"The thief is bold and unreasonable, my lord, why are you talking so much nonsense with him, the little ones went up and chopped him up with a few knives." Qin Fei said.

King Teng shook his head and said: "It's easy to kill him, but it's not easy to deal with the aftermath. If you want him to show his feet, killing him is a matter of course, otherwise it will be difficult to stop the quiet mouths of the world."