The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Update time: 22--2

Yan Biyun adjusted her underwear, picked up the purple skirt on the hanger and put it on, combed her long hair carefully in front of the mirror, pulled up a double bun, inserted jewelry between the temples, and gave Su Jin to her A gemstone gold necklace is carefully tied around the swan-like neck.

Su Jin stared at her dressing up, only felt that every gesture of her hand carried a suffocating sense of beauty, and even forgot that Yan Biyun hadn't answered his question yet.

After Yan Biyun finished her dressing, she turned to look at Su Jin's dazed look, and said with a chuckle, "Where did you come from, you came here early in the morning to be in a daze, and you still haven't gotten out of bed. I have something for you to see."

Su Jin smiled awkwardly, got out of bed quickly, and followed Yan Biyun to the outside desk and sat down. Yan Biyun took out a box from a small cabinet, and after opening it, there were thick stacks of letters and papers inside.

Yan Biyun picked up the top letter and handed it to Su Jin, "Look."

Su Jin took it over and looked at the envelope, but there was not a single word on it, and said suspiciously: "Who's letter doesn't even have an address, recipient, or signature."

Yan Biyun smiled and said, "Do you still need these letters from my uncle? The letters delivered by the servants at home are not delivered by the official express delivery agency. Are you afraid that they will be sent to the wrong place?"

Su Jin nodded and said nothing, took out the letterhead to look carefully, it was indeed Yan Shu's letter to Yan Biyun's home, the first part described the daily life, said that everything at home was fine, and that she was in good health, etc. Obviously, it was Yan Biyun's letter of greeting, and the latter It gradually involved some recent affairs in the court and trivial matters in office, and a few words that appeared one after another made Su Jin's mood suddenly tense. <The food is worrying, the Holy Majesty has called the court to discuss this matter, but the "meal reduction order" is really helpless, and it is hard to solve the fundamental worry. Every time I think about it, I feel anxious..."

Su Jin sighed and said, "Has the imperial court finally found out about the severe drought in the south?"

Yan Biyun picked up the teacup and poured a cup of tea for Su Jin, sat beside Su Jin and said, "How could the court not know about this? The drought in the south may have been reported to the court for a long time, but the court did not pay attention to it; It is getting worse and worse, spreading to nearly [-] state capitals in the southern production area, and by then there is nothing to do."

Su Jin said: "It turns out that the meal reduction order is to save food. How much can it save? And how many people can actually implement this order? The common people eat one more meal and one less meal. Could it be that the government still sends people to watch from house to house? It's also ridiculous."

Yan Biyun frowned and said: "It's true, all of this can only be done consciously, I'm afraid it's impossible to enforce it, and the court is just setting an example, if you can save something, save it. By next spring, every grain Food will become extremely valuable.”

Su Jin remained silent, thinking about something carefully.

Yan Biyun continued: "Master Uncle may have a few more hairs because of this matter. As juniors, we can't help with such a big matter. It's really worrying."

Su Jin stood up and paced slowly, bowing his head in thought. Yan Biyun looked at Su Jin, not knowing what he was thinking, but he didn't interrupt her either. She was used to Su Jin suddenly keeping silent when he was thinking about problems, going back and forth Pace the move.

"Sister Yan, I have a solution, maybe it can solve the current predicament." Su Jin stopped suddenly, looked at Yan Biyun and said.

Yan Biyun raised her eyes and looked at Su Jin. Although she knew that Lang Jun was a talented person, it was hard to believe that he said there was a way to solve such a big matter.

"You have a way? Can you do such a big thing?"

"Of course I can't do it..." Su Jin pondered, "But someone can do it."

"Who can do it? What method?" Seeing that Su Jin seemed to have a plan in mind, Yan Biyun felt somewhat convinced.

"Answer me a question first, is there really no food in the world?" Su Jin looked at Yan Biyun and asked.

Yan Biyun thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "You mean..."

"Yes, my little Su Ji has more than 30 shi of grain in his hand, and several major merchants in Luzhou have secretly hoarded [-] shi. Think about it, there are more than tens of millions of great merchants in the world who are engaged in grain business. They have no food in their hands, and I wouldn't believe it even if they were killed."

"Yes, the price of grain in the south has soared nearly three times in a few months. It's not just you and the Luzhou Chamber of Commerce who are stockpiling grain. The south had a good harvest last year and there was plenty of grain in stock. If there were not many merchants to purchase grain from the stockpile, how could it have soared so fast. "

"This is exactly the reason, and I have sent people to inquire about the grain-producing areas in the east of Beijing. The merchants in the Yingtian area of ​​Bianliang have collected every drop of grain on the market. There is no grain in the market, and there is no grain in the official warehouse. However, the merchants' There are countless grains stored in the secret granary."

"In your opinion, how many can there be?"

"I made a rough estimate just now. The amount of food stored by merchants is at least 5000 million stones. Even if they can get [-]% of it, it can help the court solve this deep-rooted worry."

Yan Biyun was both excited and surprised, and said, "Can there be so many?"

Su Jindao: "This is a rough estimate by me. The actual number may be more. Master Yan should have the names and business classification lists of all the merchants in the Song Dynasty. As long as you can know how many merchants in the Song Dynasty and their scales , a more accurate figure can be obtained.

Yan Biyun grabbed Su Jin's hand excitedly and said: "If this is done, you will not only solve Uncle's heart trouble, but also make a great contribution to the imperial court."

Su Jin touched her face and said with a smile: "Don't get too excited, even if you estimate how much food you have in reserve, you need a good way to make these people spit it out willingly, otherwise it's useless? "

Yan Biyun nodded and said: "This is the truth. For example, you, Su Ji, have hoarded a large amount of grain. When others question you, you must also say that you have no grain. First, the court strictly investigates the crime of hoarding, and second, you hoard it to make a lot of money. , how can you take it out willingly."

Su Jin said: "Exactly, this is the embarrassment of this matter. We have to find a good way to do it. Once it becomes self-defeating, these people will probably collect more food. At that time, not only will the matter fail, but the Get a bad reputation, if you write to Lord Yan about this, you have to remind him of this."

Yan Biyun got up and suddenly stretched out her mouth to kiss Su Jin's face. This was the first time Yan Biyun kissed herself. Su Jin was flattered, covered her face and said, "This is..."

Yan Biyun blushed and said: "Your Majesty can think about the court, and I can think about my Yan family. The slave family is very happy. Your Majesty seems to be different from before, and he thinks more carefully."

Su Jin pretended to be disappointed and said: "So it's because of this. I thought Dadong Yan's family gave me a kiss because they love me. So it's because of gratitude."

Yan Biyun said angrily, "Is there any difference?"

Su Jin said: "The difference is big. If you love me, you must kiss here instead of here."

Su Jinnu raised his mouth up like a chicken butt, Yan Biyun picked up a piece of pastry on the table and stuffed it into his mouth. The pastry was brittle, and Su Jin's mouth was covered with pastry crumbs, which looked more like a chicken ass off.

Yan Biyun couldn't help laughing at it, and bent over while covering his mouth and laughing.

With a bitter face, Su Jin's hands were like chicken feet, and he hit the beauty's breasts directly, causing Yan Biyun to shrink back quickly in fright.

Su Jin was still waiting to attack, Yan Biyun hurriedly pleaded softly: "Stop making trouble, people outside are getting up, you will not be able to meet people when you bump into them, you should go to the academy to study, think about what can be done today , Tonight...at night...the slave family is going to see you, you have to find a way to get out, and the slave family has a secret to tell you."

Su Jin wanted to pester him to ask some secrets, but looking at the bright sky outside, he really didn’t have time. Fang Zimo is not easy to mess with, even though Su Jin is already a famous person in the academy, even if Su Jin’s water melody songs have spread all over the world. In the entire Yingtian Mansion, as long as he was late, the old gentleman would not tolerate it, and would still wield a ruler to punish him with agility.

Su Jin had no choice but to get up, taking advantage of Yan Biyun's unpreparedness, hugged him and gnawed hard for a while, then let go of Yan Biyun, wiped his mouth in satisfaction and left.

Yan Biyun's face flushed, and he couldn't stand upright while holding on to the table. After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, straightened his clothes and hair, and softly reprimanded: "My enemy!".

Yan Biyun thought for a moment, came to the table, rubbed the ink and spread the paper, thought for a while and picked up a brush and wrote: "My lord uncle, the letter from home has been received, there may be a solution to the worrying thing that my lord uncle said; Today Su Jin mentioned..."

In a short time, he wrote several pages of paper, dried it, sealed it, and ordered someone to send it to the capital immediately.