The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

At noon, Xiao Sui'er and Chao Mahan came back with big bags and small bags. Su Jin told everyone about the matter, and everyone was dumbfounded.

The capital is not peaceful either. I didn't expect to provoke so many things by just messing with someone. If it wasn't for the cleverness of the young master this time, the consequences would be unimaginable. The guilt is great.

Xiao Sui'er pointed at Zhao Hu's nose and scolded: "I told you and Zhang Long not to follow in the morning, but I wanted to rush to join in the fun. If something happens to the young master today, you can't afford ten."

Zhao Hu was so wronged that he was going to die, God knows what happened in such a short time, he thought he could breathe a sigh of relief after leaving Yingtian Mansion, a place where there is no right and wrong, but he didn't expect that he would still be in constant trouble when he arrived in the capital; Something happened in the day, wouldn't my group of nurses be living for nothing, it's hard for the young master to be so kind to me.

Zhao Hu knelt down and said, "My lord, punish me. I was playful and almost made my lord suffer. I really can't redeem myself in a hundred deaths."

Seeing this, Su Jin hurriedly said: "Get up, what is this for? In the final analysis, I caused me to be nosy. I didn't even expect that they would find us so quickly." It's none of your business to take revenge from your residence."

Xiao Sui'er said: "Why is it none of their business, raising them is to protect the young master, this is their duty, otherwise what's the use of them?"

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "Don't talk nonsense, I have never treated the elder brothers as outsiders. We are not masters and servants, but brothers. Don't teach me to hear such words from now on, or you will be punished."

Xiao Sui'er puffed her mouth and waited for a rebuttal, Huanniang hurriedly pulled the corner of her clothes to tell her not to be stubborn; the four big foodies were grateful, and the people who said this were warm in the hearts of the people who said this, although they didn't think that the young master was really happy with her. They don't distinguish between masters and servants, but at least the son's words are still reassuring.

Su Jin's expression changed, and he said solemnly: "However, this incident also reminded us that we must not relax our vigilance. The capital city is different from Yingtianfu and Luzhou. The emperor's feet may be tightly guarded, but Everyone is mixed with fish and dragons, and it may be more dangerous than other places, so we should not take it lightly; if I were ordinary people, it would be fine, but now I am about to do a big thing for the court, which may offend more people and even high officials Son, this needs to be more careful, I don't want to be disabled and go back to Luzhou to eat and die."

Chao Chao nodded and said: "Young Master is right, no matter what happens from now on, at least two of the four of us will stay with Young Master, and there must be no mistakes."

Su Jin said: "We have few people, and it's hard to resist even if we are all together, so it's better for us to act in a low-key manner in the future. I like to meddle in other people's affairs, and this is also the root of trouble. From today on, I will also restrain myself , mind your own business, fortunately, we won't be staying in the capital for long, just get through this period of time."

Huanniang said: "My lord, why don't we move to Yan Mansion, what if those people come again?"

Su Jin knew that she was frightened and was still afraid in her heart. She said gently, "That boss Hua will never come again. Although this kind of person is vicious, he abides by the rules of the world. If he wants to make trouble, only Liu Binhua will come. But I It's his big creditor, if he doesn't come, I'll still look for him."

Zhao Hu laughed and said, "My lord is really ruthless. Not only did he get out of trouble safely, but he also earned 50 taels of gold. I will never learn such a skill in my life."

Su Jin said: "There is no need to pay attention to morality when dealing with people like Liu Binhua. This kind of people seem to be harmless, but in fact they are more hateful than robbers and villains who murder and set fire. I don't care about him. I have plenty of ways to make him suffer. But what is even more frightening is the person behind him, Liu Binhua has suffered two big losses in a row, will his uncle Xia Song just sit back and watch? This is what I am worried about."

"Xia Song is a high-ranking member of the court. Could it be that he will make trouble with the young master because of this matter? That's too narrow-minded." Wang Chao said.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't you believe it? Dong Yan's family told me about Xia Song. Someone was found dead on the street the next day because he said a few disrespectful words to Miss Xia; When a soldier made a mistake when he was in command of the Northwest, he ordered the soldier to be tied up, stripped of his clothes, and left overnight on the icy and snowy wasteland. clean."

Xiao Sui'er and Huanniang screamed and hugged each other in fright. Wang Chao Ma Han and the others also lost their colors. They are all worried.

Su Jin reached out and patted Xiao Sui'er and Huanniang, comfortingly said: "Don't be afraid, the young master has not experienced many things? Teng Wang, Tang Jie and others are not much worse than him, in some respects , King Teng is more vicious than him; Xia Song is just a psychopath, and he is also taking human life. The consequences of slashing with a knife are actually the same as cutting a corpse into thousands of pieces. In comparison, King Teng is more difficult than him. Take precautions; but so what? Then Tang Jie lost his own life, and King Teng can't protect himself now, sir, I am still here for a living?"

Everyone decided that their master would cause trouble, but he also had means to settle it. This is not bragging.

"My lord, I understand that things in this world are often like this. The more you compromise, the less you can protect yourself. Naturally, I can also hide in the Yan Mansion. I believe that Xia Song can't catch us even if he intervenes, but in this way What does it mean? Su Jin is not talented, but he doesn't want to be a mediocre person who depends on others."

"But, my lord, that's Mr. Yan's family, and there's Dong Yan's family here, so what's there to depend on?" Xiao Sui'er said.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Hold people softly, eat people short-mouthed; I can't rely on the Yan family all my life, can I? Yan Dong's family is with me, but it doesn't mean that I have to rely on the Yan family for everything. If one day the Yan family Ask me something that I don't want, do you think the Lord will agree or not? At that time, not agreeing is called ungrateful, and agreeing is called unwillingness. How can you deal with yourself? So the most important thing for people is to rely on themselves. "

Xiao Sui'er nodded and said: "Little maid understands, the young master wants to be self-reliant and not to be restrained by anyone."

Su Jin chuckled and said, "It's right to be self-reliant, but it's not that you don't want friends anymore, it's just that you don't need to rely too much on each other, lest it's difficult to turn your face in the end."

"Young Master, are you going to turn against Master Yan?" Xiao Sui'er asked in surprise.

Su Jin couldn't laugh or cry and said: "I don't understand, but you will understand later, don't talk about it, I'm so hungry, get some food quickly, we don't follow the order of reducing meals for birds, it's extremely absurd. "

Everyone hurriedly prepared food, Su Jin leaned on the big chair in the main room and closed his eyes to meditate. After learning that Liu Binhua was Xia Song's nephew, Yan Biyun proposed to tell Yan Shu about it. Su Jin thought it was unnecessary at the time, but As soon as this incident happened today, Su Jin felt that it was time to tell Yan Shu that Xia Song was likely to take action against him. Although he was not afraid, the current matter was not to fight against Xia Song, but to do a good job.

It is already mid-October, at most two months, the food crisis is coming, there are already some rumors in the market, and it will be too late if you don't hurry up.

After lunch, Su Jin took Zhao Hu to the Yan Mansion, and when he got out of Yulin Lane, he bumped into Fu Bi who was riding a horse. Gongmiansheng, the emperor wants to summon you."

Su Jin said: "Why are you summoned at this time?"

Fu Bi said: "Don't mention it, something big has happened, get on the horse first, let's talk while walking."

Su Jin hurried back to the house to change clothes, let Xiao Sui'er and Huanniang dress up and went out, stepped on the horse brought by Fu Bi, went straight to Nanmen Street, turned right onto Yudao, and then went Go north to Yidemen.

On the way, Su Jin learned about the big event that Fu Bi was talking about; just half a month ago, there was a rebellion among refugees in Yangzhou Mansion on Huaidong Road. From January to August, grain merchants from all over the country hoarded wildly, and Yangzhou Prefecture became one of the largest grain export places, so that almost all the grain on the local market was sold out.

At the end of August, after the imperial court knew the crisis of the severe drought, it ordered the Yangzhou government officials to hurry up and urge the payment of this year's tax and grain. But suddenly no grain could be bought. The big households in the city had already hoarded grain, waiting to sell it at a high price. Priceless things, money can not buy.

Soon after, the black market started to flourish, but the price of grain on the black market was as high as three times a stone, and the people suddenly realized that the money in their hands was worthless again.

On the third day of October, the hungry people began to scream and gather. With the intensity of their emotions, the hungry people robbed and robbed seven large households and killed three people. The birds and beasts scattered, and the flags and drums temporarily died down.

Song Xiang's papers were handed over to the capital this morning, and Zhao Zhen was extremely furious, and hurriedly summoned the heads of the two governments and the third envoy to discuss countermeasures. Everyone knew that this was caused by food, so the emperor urgently invited Su Jin to meet him , I am afraid that I will be ordered to do it.

After listening to Fu Bi's narration, Su Jin was startled. He knew that this day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so fast and so fiercely.