The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Su Jin couldn't believe what he had heard. On the day at Su Zhai in Luzhou, to be precise, it was the day when Su Jin smelt the little black pill and Yizhu Qingtian was almost embarrassed. and your own plans. <When there is a shortage, use the stored grain in your hands to suppress the food price of the Chamber of Commerce, so that the Chamber of Commerce will lose all the grain hoarded at a high price.

The general plan is to sell grain at a fair price, and sell my own [-] shi grain at the purchase price in a limited amount. After adding all the expenses, it is only [-] yuan a shi. If you sell it, you can only be the same as yourself. Not only will it be unprofitable, but you will also lose nearly half of your capital. As long as the summer grain is available in May and June, the old grain of the chamber of commerce will basically be useless.

Yan Biyun is a veteran in shopping malls, she saw the fatality of Su Jin's revenge plan at a glance, but at that time Su Ji's granary was burned, and Su Ji and the Chamber of Commerce were at a critical moment of life and death; in that situation, Yan Biyun's Persuasion is bound to fail. <The time of scarcity; even if the [-] people in Luzhou City live frugally, their monthly consumption is as high as [-] to [-] shi, while Su Jin’s [-] grain reserves can only last for two months at most; Hold back for these two months, and the rest of the market will be left to their control.

Yan Biyun couldn't watch Su Jin do useless work, so she decided to secretly take out funds to hoard food, and when it was critical, she would help Su Jin; Yan Biyun bought the 50 shi of grain, regardless of the cost, at a price as high as five hundred pennies a shi Fortunately, Yan's family is well-off, and Yan Biyun didn't even frown when they took out more than 70 coins.

Yan Biyun explained the whole story, and Su Jin was even more surprised and speechless. His plan was indeed ill-considered at the time, and the omissions were too big, so it would not work at all; two days ago, Su Jin was already thinking about how to sell the [-] shi of grain for a good price. The price is to maximize the benefits; since he can't hit the chamber of commerce, he is not willing to do such a useless thing.

If it was two days ago, when Su Jin heard the news, he would have cheered for joy, but today, two days later, apart from being grateful, Su Jin has no joy at being able to step on the chamber of commerce; because from various signs, , In the five or six months from this winter to tomorrow's spring, Da Song will usher in the most serious crisis. At this time, the 30 shi of the Chamber of Commerce's grain is gold, and no matter what means I have, I can't stop it. The 30 shi grains will be sold out at sky-high prices.

"Sister Yan, you are so kind to me. The reason to spend such a high price on food storage is for my plan to revenge the Chamber of Commerce; my original intention is to cause the Chamber of Commerce to lose 10,000+ coins, which will lead to their internal disintegration. It severely hit their arrogance; but your purchase price of 50 shi is higher than theirs, if you sell it according to my predetermined price, wouldn’t you lose nearly 40 guan? The gain outweighs the loss.”

"Well... I still need you to remind me about this question? I'm a businessman, but I think it's worth it. The loss of 40 yuan is just money, but what I get is your confidence and your reputation. Forget this account, it's worth it." Yan Biyun laughed.

Su Jin rolled his eyes and thought, "Typical rich man's tone, money can't buy happiness, money is such self-confidence."

"That said, it's really worth it, and you have won my lifelong gratitude from Su Jin to you."

"I didn't do this to show your gratitude. If I really want to show your gratitude, wouldn't it make you grateful if I gave you 40 yuan directly? gone."

Su Jin said: "It's just a joke, do you need to talk between us?"

Xiao Sui'er and Huanniang giggled, Yan Biyun blushed and said angrily, "You are you, and I am me, what are you doing getting involved in this way?"

Su Jin laughed out loud, and his heart blossomed with joy.

Yan Biyun thought for a while and said: "Now it seems that this help is useless. The whole country is short of food. If they can't sell it in Luzhou, they can be transported to other prefectures for sale. In times of famine, food is life, so there is no need to worry. Can't sell it."

Su Jin nodded and said: "That's right, but it's always a good thing to have food in your hands. In this way, you can lend me the food and I will handle it. It's not convenient to put it in your hands."

Yan Biyun nodded and said, "That's okay, my uncle is the third envoy, and he is worried about the lack of food for the court, but he will be criticized for hoarding a large amount of food in his own home."

Su Jin said: "That's exactly what we said, we can't help, but we can't add to the chaos."

Yan Biyun said: "Then what are you going to do? With so much food in your hands, maybe it's not a good thing for you. I'm thinking, if your suggestion is sent to your uncle this time, the imperial court will definitely have something to do." Come down, I don’t want these grains to send you into the vortex again.”

Su Jin said: "That's not true. I won't use these grains to make huge profits. If that's the case, wouldn't I be on the same level as those from the Chamber of Commerce? I want to wait for the official documents from the court to come down, or sell them to the officials at a suitable price. , or keep it until the famine to sell grain at a low price, in short, you will not engage in business; but, this time you will lose money for sure, and I am afraid that you will not be able to recover your capital."

Yan Biyun said with a smile: "If you run out of money, you can earn money, and besides, the slave family does not lack this money."

Su Jin stuck out her tongue and said, "What a big tone, I didn't expect that I, Su Jin, would be able to make friends with a rich woman."

Yan Biyun poked Su Jin's forehead and said: "It's so ugly, what a rich woman, but you have a lot of strange words."

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On the afternoon of the [-]th day of September in the first year of Qingli, when Su Jinzheng was playing cuju with Wang Anshi and other people on the grass field of the courtyard, a group of official servants in black and red collar hurriedly came from the courtyard, leading a middle-aged man in Wearing a fifth-rank civil official uniform, holding a rolled-up silk paper document in his hand, he strode along the courtyard avenue towards Xiude Hall.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Su Jin hurriedly pulled Wang Anshi to point it out to him, Wang Anshi said suspiciously: "Like an official who came to issue official documents, the Xiude Hall is the resting place for the teachers and elders, and I'm afraid something will happen. "

"Go, have a look." Su Jin kicked Cuju aside, grabbed the cloth towel and wiped his sweat, put on his long robe, pulled Wang Anshi through the neatly trimmed trees, and secretly followed the group of people towards him. The Xiudetang cat is going.

During the break between classes, the professors chatted in twos and threes in the corridor at the entrance of Xiude Hall. At first glance, they were a little surprised to see so many officials coming. The clothes of these officials were different from those of Yingtianfu, not at all. People from Yingtianfu.

A group of tolerance officers stood still under the steps at the entrance of Xiude Hall, and a tolerance officer stepped forward and raised his head and shouted: "Master Fu Bi, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment of the Great Song Dynasty, was ordered to announce the joint writing of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment! Relevant people from the Tianfu Court should wait for you as soon as possible. "

All the teaching chairs were in a state of panic, someone had already entered the Xiude Hall and informed Qi Shunbin and Cao Min to come to greet them, and after a while Qi Shunbin rushed up with Cao Min and a group of teaching chairs leaning on a wooden stick.

"I don't know that my lord has come, but I haven't greeted him from afar. I'll make amends." Qi Shunbin panted, his heart was in a state of turmoil. Everything in the hospital has been going wrong for several months. Qi Shunbin's mood has been in a state of anxiety. For a while, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse.

"Lao Shanchang doesn't need to be too polite. I didn't inform the Yingtianfu Yamen this time. I came to Yingtianfu with the third envoy on business." The middle-aged official named Fu Bi returned the courtesy with his fists.

"Master Yan is here too? Where is he?" Qi Shunbin hurriedly looked around.

"Don't look for the old mountain chief. My lord is resting in the official post, and I feel a little uncomfortable from the bumps all the way. I sent an official to read out the official document first. Let's do the business first." Fu Bi laughed.

Qi Shunbin hurriedly adjusted his clothes, and led Cao Min and the chair of the House of Representatives to stand in awe.

Fu Bi unfolded the juan in his hands, and said in a loud voice: "The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment wrote: Cha Yingtianfu taught Cao Min to collect money and embezzle it in the name of Shu Xiu during his tenure. , disturb the audition, recite the teachings of the ancestors, and write words, and his intentions are unpredictable; he will immediately be removed from the post of lecturer in Yingtianfu Academy, and his post of rite department member Wailang will be removed, locked up on the spot, and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment for deliberation. .”

With a wave of Fu Bi's hand, two servants stepped forward and grabbed the ashen-faced Cao Min, removed his official hat, and put him in shackles.

Cao Min woke up with a start, and shouted tremblingly, "I'm wronged, I'm wronged, I'm an official who is diligent and dedicated to his duties, and everything is for the sake of the Song Dynasty. It's really wronged."

Fu Bi said coldly: "Go talk about this in the lobby of the Ministry of Punishment. I can't talk to you."

"I want to see Prince Teng, I want to see Mr. Zhang Shang from the Ministry of Rites, I want to..."

"Take him away, if he is making a noise, gag him." Fu Bi shouted majestically.

The two servants grabbed the chain and pulled Cao Min, who was still screaming, to the side. One of them took out a large black cloth towel and flashed it in front of Cao Min. Turning around, quickly thinking about ways to get out.

Su Jin and Wang Anshi behind the bushes looked at each other, and both of them understood that it was after the fall of autumn that they settled accounts. Nearly 20 days had passed since the calamity of writing, and the imperial court had not given any attitude. It's over.