The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin went up to the second floor of the back hall inn with unkempt hair and dirty hair. Xiao Xian'er behind him covered her mouth and laughed non-stop when she glanced at him. Su Jin was enraged by her laughter, and pressed her against the handrail of the stairs, stretched out her mouth and kissed her , Xiaoxian'er was so scared that Huarong turned pale, she quickly covered her mouth and pointed upstairs, Su Jin sat with a vicious expression of wiping her neck, Xiaoxian stuck out her tongue and put away her smile.

"Is it Xian'er? Was it Su Jin calling just now?" Yan Biyun's lazy voice came from the guest room upstairs.

"Miss, it's Mr. Su, your ears are really good, you can hear it from such a distance." Xiao Xian'er said with a smile.

Su Jin raised the curtain and stepped into the guest room. The room was clearly tidied up, smelling fragrant, and the bedding and mosquito nets were all brand new. Yan Biyun, who loves cleanliness, can live in such a simple inn. some.

There were two soft chairs side by side in the room, a pot of charcoal fire was burning red in front of the soft chairs, Yan Biyun and Rou Niang on the reclining chairs saw Su Jin coming in and wanted to get up to salute, Su Jin quickly waved his hands and said: "No need to get up, sit down. "

Yan Biyun and Rou Niang pointed at Su Jin with their small mouths open and were speechless for a long time; Su Jin asked in astonishment, "What's wrong?"

"How did you make it look like this? Look at the messy hair and the torn clothes. Did you fight with someone?" Yan Biyun asked.

Su Jin scratched his head and told what happened just now, while Yan Biyun and the other three covered their mouths and laughed non-stop.

"The inn you chose is really strict. These three watchdogs are more honest than real dogs. Look at me. It took a lot of effort for Wang Chao to get me this ragged cotton jacket. Now even the old cotton It was pulled out."

"Don't talk about them like that. They are also doing things according to my orders. Wouldn't it be better to be strict? It also saves others from gossiping." Yan Biyun smiled and said: "Xian'er, comb the son's hair well, don't we bring clothes for him? ? Take it out and put it on, why does it look like a little old man?"

Xiao Xianer held back her laughter, picked up a wooden comb, pushed Su Jin down on the stool, and helped Su Jin comb his messy hair. Rou Niang got up from the soft chair and rummaged through the cage in the corner A sapphire blue cotton gown came out for Su Jin to change into.

After tidying up, Yan Biyun said: "Emissary Su is not busy with your important affairs, why is he free to dress up and come to sit here with the servants? Is the matter going well?"

Su Jinduan took a sip of the half-drunk tea that someone had drunk on the case, and said, "Don't mention it, it's very tricky." Suddenly he stuck out his tongue and smacked his lips: "What does this tea taste like?"

Yan Biyun blushed, and said: "Xian'er helped Mr. Su make a cup of tea, and he drank it indiscriminately. The tea is drunk by my slaves. It is medicinal tea, so it naturally has a medicinal taste."

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Medicinal tea? Are you sick?"

Xiao Xianer came over with a teacup, and said, "Master, I don't care about my young lady. It's been three days and I haven't come over to take a look. The young lady's asthma will come on in the cold winter months. No, I took some pills to soak it." Drinking tea, conditioning and conditioning."

Su Jin hurriedly stood up and said, "Damn it... I really don't know that Biyun has this disease, but what kind of medicine can be mixed with tea, isn't the effect of the medicine completely neutralized by the tea?"

Yan Biyun said: "Neutralization?"

Su Jindao: "I mean, I heard that taking tea and medicine together will dilute the medicine's properties, and the effect is not good."

Yan Biyun smiled and said: "It's okay, my uncle found this pill by visiting famous doctors. It is a medicine for clearing the lungs. You should use tea as a guide. It is different from ordinary medicines. Don't worry about it. Tell me about your medicine." How is the errand, how is it hard to say."

Su Jin walked over and leaned against Yan Biyun's cheeks to see if there was any abnormal blush, and put a probe on her back to listen to her panting, basically ruled out the possibility of tuberculosis, probably just ordinary bronchial tuberculosis Inflammation and other diseases will attack in winter. There is no good medicine for this kind of disease in the future, so it can only be recuperated. Fortunately, it is not a very serious disease, so I am relieved.

Turning around and sitting down, he told all the encounters in the Sanli Hutong in Beikou in the morning. Of course, the sweet plot was passed by, and he couldn't tell all the drama between himself and Bai Mudan in front of the three women. trouble.

Yan Biyun frowned and said, "In this way, Yangzhou is the same as Luzhou. There has been a tacit understanding between officials and businessmen, and they have colluded with each other to make profits?"

Su Jin shook his head and said, "It's a bit different. In Luzhou, officials colluded with businessmen, but here are controlling officials. Think about it, Yangzhou officials must have encountered the same experience as me when they entered the Fugui Building. I was lucky enough to understand They fell into the trap, and those officials were bitten back by Feng Huo in the name of catching him, and were forced to make written evidence. In the future, in order to protect themselves, aren't they at the mercy of others like puppets? This Feng Huo is really cunning, these officials Even if you fall into a trap, you will never use it to remind other officials, because that would be tantamount to admitting that you have entered this rich building."

Yan Biyun nodded and said, "That's the reason, what are you going to do?"

Su Jin rubbed his forehead, sighed and said: "I'm in the quagmire everywhere, I almost lose my confidence. When did the Song Dynasty become so corrupt? If it continues like this, it will be hard to get back. I'm afraid the days of peace will not be too long gone."

Rou Niang came over, rubbed Su Jin's shoulder and said softly: "Master, don't be discouraged. Things don't go smoothly. Haven't you encountered few things in the past half a year? Haven't they all come over? I believe Nothing can trouble the young master."

Xiao Xian'er also said: "Yes, besides, that Bai Mudan is so pitiful, you promised to rescue her, how can you be discouraged."

Su Jin's heart warmed up, and there was a ray of strength in her originally agitated heart. Facing the admiration and trust of the people around her, as a man, there is no reason, and she must never give up, and for Su Jin, this errand There was a shadow of conspiracy from the very beginning, but now that the military rations have been moved, Long Zhen has also taken them, and the bandits have been wiped out. At this time, there is no way out.

Su Jin patted Rouniang's little hand lightly and said: "Don't worry, your son is not a person who has a beginning and an end. I came here to discuss with Sister Yan. I don't believe anyone in Yangzhou Mansion right now, so I can only come to listen to it." The opinions of my own family."

Yan Biyun gave Su Jin a loving look, and said, "I can't help you. If you ask me about business, I can give you some pointers."

Su Jindao: "Business, officialdom, power and strategy, all ways have rules, and their essence is almost the same. It is nothing more than seeking power for profit. Maybe you can enlighten me as a bystander."

Yan Biyun said: "The slave family tried to talk nonsense, you are not allowed to laugh at the slave family."

Su Jin moved to the opposite soft chair and sat down next to Yan Biyun. Yan Biyun blushed and said in his heart: This guy is becoming more and more open about people, and he is getting closer to himself. Fortunately, both Xiao Xianer and Rou Niang It's commonplace, but I don't dare to make fun of it casually.

"You said that the plaques in the Fugui Building were all inscribed by the prefect of Song. Do you suspect that the prefect of Song also fell into his trap and didn't say anything about Feng Laohu's storage of grain?"

Su Jin shook his head and said: "I don't think so. Although Zhifu Song is pedantic, I think he is still a sincere gentleman, and he will never get along with such a person in major matters; take the matter of opening a warehouse as an example, his performance He is a person who can only act in accordance with the imperial court's dogma, or a loyal person, if it is said that he disregards his reputation and makes friends with bullies like Feng Huhu, and is in cahoots, I really can't believe it."

Yan Biyun nodded and said: "My family and your views are similar. Song Zhifu was originally from a scholarly family, and he was also an official to the position of deputy prime minister a few years ago. He was relegated to this place and became a magistrate; his uncle had also talked about him, but he didn't know much about his ability to govern, but he highly respected his character and talent. No loss, there are only a few people who are rich in talent and learning, but they can't be tactful. This is a big disadvantage. If you don't write history books for politics, you will be regarded as a generation of masters...', in general, Uncle, Song Zhifu It's still appreciated."

Su Jin said in his heart: The hero sees the same thing. I also think it is more appropriate for this person to become the head of the Taixue Mountain and write historical books. I didn't expect Yan Shu to think so.

Yan Biyun continued: "Actually, inscribing a plaque does not mean that the two are related. The prefect of Song loves brush and ink. If someone deceives him with ulterior motives, it is not difficult to ask him to inscribe it. The prefect of Song may not even know that it was used on Feng Huhu's Upstairs, based on this point, it is really untenable to judge that Song Zhifu and Feng Huhu have colluded."

Su Jindao: "That's right. I think the prefect of Song is probably being used by others. If a person like him is sold, he may have to pay for it. However, even if the prefect Song and Feng Huhu did not collude, the officials in the Yangzhou prefecture may Most of them were corrupted by Feng Huo, which is a tricky problem."

Yan Biyun said: "It's hard to do it alone, you must have help. The officials in Yangzhou don't know that the matter has been leaked. If they know, they will attack collectively. What the slave family is worried about now is that Feng Laohu may have known about your opening of the warehouse." If so, he may use this to blackmail you at any time, and that will be a troublesome thing."

Su Jin suddenly remembered that the prefect of Song had summoned all the officials to forbid them to tell about the opening of the warehouse. Among those officials, there must be someone controlled by Feng Huohu, but this was tantamount to telling Feng Huhu that he had moved the official warehouse.

Su Jin felt restless for a while, this Song Xiang was completely confused, he felt that something was wrong that day, but this is the internal affairs of Yangzhou government, and he can't intervene more, besides, he didn't know Feng Huhu had such a great ability at the time, I didn't expect to leave a tail in the hands of others for nothing; the only thing I can expect now is that Song Xiang didn't say that the official warehouse is military rations, the official warehouse is the official warehouse, and the military rations are military rations. The difference between the two It's too big.