The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Update time: 22--6

The next morning, Su Jin got up early and asked Xiaozhuzi to go to the hospital to ask for leave. After eating something casually, he found a set of coarse clothes to change into, and asked Huanniang to take Huahuang to help him thin his face. After applying one layer, he turned into a commoner man with a wretched appearance and sallow skin. He quietly went out of the door and went straight to the official post.

Before reaching the gate of the official post, I felt that the atmosphere was unusual. At the intersection of the street, there were guard posts of imperial guards wearing chain mail, and no one was allowed to approach the official post a hundred steps away. Curious people crowded at the intersection Look, he asked the other party in surprise in a soft voice, trying to figure out why a large number of Imperial Guard soldiers blocked the intersection at dawn.

Su Jin huddled in the crowd and looked around. After a while, the big gong in the direction of the official post sounded "bang bang", and a pair of yamen servants came in mightily with killing sticks and holding up the sign of quiet avoidance. A large purple sedan chair was carried by eight strong men and moved slowly.

Dozens of soldiers on tall horses on both sides of the sedan chair walked slowly with long spears and bows and arrows. Su Jin saw Fu Bi and Li Gang riding behind the sedan chair at a glance. Their faces were serious, especially Li Gang, Looking around with piercing eyes, he kept giving orders to the soldiers around him, ordering them to sort out the crowd.

Su Jin saw that the aura was really huge. After a rough calculation, including Li Gang's forbidden army, there were as many as 500 people in this group. It seemed that Yan Shu had faithfully implemented his own strategy of being cautious, and deterred the opponent from the aura; It can be imagined that Li Gang brought only about [-] soldiers, and the remaining [-] soldiers must be on standby somewhere, and they will provide timely support if things go wrong. <Turn right on the street and go south to Liutiaoer Street, the direction is straight to the direction of Fuya, just after passing the "Zuoliangzhai" near the Fuya Square, suddenly hundreds of people poured out from all directions, and the road ahead It was blocked.

Su Jin thought to himself: Sure enough, it's here, Mr. Yan's estimate is absolutely correct.

Looking at the road again, five or six hundred ordinary people in ordinary clothes knelt down on the road, yelling and shouting endlessly.

The team was forced to stop. Fu Bi leaned over and opened the car curtain immediately, whispered something to a figure inside, then quickly lowered the car curtain to talk to Li Gang, and at the same time rode his horse forward to the front of the team .

Fu Bi said loudly: "Who are you, how dare you block the imperial envoy and the third envoy, Lord Yan's car? Aren't you afraid that the government will take you?"

The crowd clamored and said: "We are looking for the third envoy, we have something to ask, and we are not a mob, what are we afraid of?"

Fu Bi frowned and said, "Don't yell, find some people who can take the lead to talk about what's going on."

Everyone looked at each other, but no one was willing to stand out. After a while, a short, middle-aged man with a three-stroke mustache came out from the crowd. Everyone should be ordinary people in Tianfu, dare to ask where the imperial envoy is going?"

Fu Bi yelled: "It's only because you have come to inquire about the affairs of the official family. If you quickly get out of the way and delay the official affairs of the court, you may not be able to afford it."

The man blinked his triangular eyes and said: "This lord has great official authority, in fact, I know that you are sent by the imperial court to transfer the prefect of our Yingtian Mansion, Mr. Tang, to another place, right? "

Fu Bi sneered and said, "You guys are well informed, but what does this have to do with you? What's the reason for stopping the imperial envoy from driving for no reason?"

The man smiled and said: "All the officials are pampered and respected, and they don't know the sufferings of the people; what we and the people look forward to most is to have a good parent and official. God is sorry to see you. It is not easy for me to have a good magistrate, Mr. Tang. I will be reassigned before the term of office expires. We and the people are deeply regretful, so we spontaneously come here to petition, and ask the imperial envoy to return to the capital with the imperial decree, and convey the opinions of the people of Yingtianfu to the Holy One; Will ignore the demands of the little people."

Fu Bi shouted: "It's unreasonable. The holy edict, the holy edict, can be retracted. Besides, the prefect of Tang is Gao Sheng. I know how much you love him, but you can't delay his future because of it." .”

The man said contemptuously: "Although we are small people, we also understand the principle of rising up and down in the dark. Master Tang is not afraid of power and offended a certain high official in the court. This person went into slander to deceive the Holy One. This decree will only be issued if you are deceived; and Master Tang once told me and other people that if you want to serve us and the people of Yingtian for life, you will not leave even if you are a prime minister. If Master Tang leaves, if a stupid official comes , I am waiting for the people to suffer again, so I ask you to convey the public opinion on your behalf, on behalf of the 40 people in Yingtian Mansion, I would like to thank the court for its great kindness."

Li Gang grew impatient after hearing this guy's long-winded argument, and shouted angrily: "You can also represent the 40 people in Yingtian Mansion? I am telling you that if you don't get out of the way, you will all be taken away." Now, when the mob disposes of it, the laws of the Song Dynasty are no joke."

The triangular-eyed man sneered and said: "Don't deceive me that I'm ignorant. We're just petitioning. How can you be a mob without any weapons? My lord says this, and I'm not afraid of the common people's chills. I'll sit here today, and I'll kill you if you want to take it." Listen to your will, if you have the ability, use your horse's hoof to trample on our bodies."

After that, the man sat down on the ground, and the hundreds of people behind him followed suit, sitting on the ground one by one, refusing to let go.

Li Gang scolded his mother anxiously, Fu Bi's face was also livid, the two exchanged glances, Li Gang leaned into Fu Bi's ear and said, "Master Fu... what do you think? Do you want to ask the third envoy to show up to appease you?" ?”

Fu Bi shook his head and said: "Your Excellency will be entangled and unable to escape when you come out. This group of people can't tell the reason, but it's obviously arranged in advance, and you can't teach Your Excellency to show up."

Li Gang said: "Then what should we do? Could it be that we can spend it here?"

Fu Bi frowned in thought, and when his eyes wandered, he suddenly saw a man with a sallow face in the crowd next to him winking at him, feeling puzzled.

Seeing that Fu Bi saw him, Su Jin blinked at Yan Shu's sedan chair and pouted, then pushed out of the crowd and went around to the back of the team; Fu Bi said to Li Gang: "Master Li is here to suppress the scene, don't let this group of people Come over here, brother, go ask your lord to show you."

Li Gang nodded in agreement, and with a whistle, more than a dozen cavalry soldiers leaped over, each of them drew their weapons and laid them in the middle of the road, in a defensive posture.

Fu Bi turned his horse's head and returned to the middle of the team, only to see the yellow-faced man stepping over the blockade formed by the soldiers and walking towards Yan Shu's car.

The guards rushed forward to stop, Fu Bi shouted: "Don't stop him, let him come over."

Su Jin walked quickly to Fu Bi's horse, and said softly: "Master Fu, I'm going to Su Jin, I want to see the third envoy."

Fu Bi hurriedly got off his horse and asked in surprise, "Why are you dressed like this?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "I originally wanted to watch the excitement, but I am famous in Luzhou Prefecture, and I have some festivals with some people. I was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, so I dressed up like this."

Fu Bi said: "It's very chaotic here, you go back, brother, I have to discuss the countermeasures with my father-in-law, mother, these gangsters are too hateful, they dare to stop your car."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Treason? I don't think so. They are a bunch of ruffians at all. I know the guy with triangular eyes. He is a famous ruffian in Nancheng, known as Liu Qiye. This is a premeditated and organized crime." action."

Fu Bi changed his face and said: "As expected, I was also doubting the identities of these people just now. Since they are hooligans, then I don't have to be polite. I will order these bastards to be arrested."

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "No, there will be conflicts in this way, and if one is not good, people will be killed. I know them, but the common people may not know each other. On the contrary, it will be rumored that the imperial envoy will kill the common people and the good people. Things will get messed up." It was out of control, and I just fell into the trap of the mastermind behind the scenes."

Fu Bi said: "Then what to do, it's not an option to block them all here."

Su Jin winked and said: "Shanren has his own plan, take me to see the adults."

Fu Bi hurriedly dragged Su Jin to the side of the big sedan chair, Fu Bi raised the curtain of the sedan chair and said to the inside, "My lord father-in-law, Su Jin asks to see you."

Yan Shu's angry voice came, and he cursed: "It's so lawless, you dare to block the imperial envoy's car, is this Yingtianfu the Song Dynasty's Yingtianfu?"

Fu Bi said: "Your Excellency, calm down, Su Jin said that he has a good strategy to solve the current situation."

Yan Shu poked out half of his face and said, "Oh? Tell him to come over."

Fu Bi waved to Su Jin, and Su Jin went to the side of the sedan chair and cupped his hands and said, "Hello, my lord."

"What a fart! I'm almost out of breath."

"My lord, don't be angry. This group of people are the rogues from the four cities raised by King Teng. They pretend to be ordinary people to muddy the water. As long as the imperial decree of your lord cannot be passed on to Tang Jie, Tang Jie doesn't need to obey it." , and there is no crime of resisting the order."

Yan Shu said: "Are they all raised by Zhao Zongdan? I heard that there are as many as four to five hundred people?"

Fu Bi leaned forward and said, "Yes, I'm afraid there are more than that."

Yan Shu's face was extremely ugly. Although he was mentally prepared, he didn't expect there to be so many. He pondered for a while and said, "Su Jin is right, the most urgent thing is to send the imperial decree to Tang Jie. Disobeying the emperor's order is disobedience, so there is a reason to take him by force, Su Jin, do you have any plans?"

Su Jin chuckled, leaned close to the car window and said softly: "Cultivate the plank road in the open, and keep the warehouse in the dark."

Yan Shu was taken aback for a moment, and then said with joy on his face, "You mean..."

Su Jin nodded and said: "The front and rear intersections are blocked, and adults can't move forward or backward now, but this is our biggest blindfold."

Yan Shu chuckled lightly and said, "Good boy, if you are there, Yan Guo, where are Master Li's escorts?"

Just as Fu Bi was about to answer, Su Jin hurriedly said, "Don't make any big moves so as not to be noticed, just bring a dozen or so elite guards."

Yan Shu thought for a while and said, "Alright, forgive them for not daring to take me. Yanguo, order people to surround the sedan chair. I want to go with Su Jin to plan the plank road."

Fu Bi heard it clearly, and with a yell, all the guards gathered around and blocked the sedan chair tightly.