The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The key person Su Jin mentioned was Chen Laogen, who was rescued on Bagong Mountain.update the fastest

This person is Zhu Shiyong's abandoned son. He thought that after being caught by the bandits, he would be killed by the bandits, but unexpectedly, Su Jin rescued him and settled in Yangzhou City with delicious food and drink.

During this time, he was busy dealing with Feng Jingyao, and Su Jin almost forgot about him. This person is the witness that proves that Zhu Shiyong deliberately leaked the grain transportation secrets to the bandits; and the physical evidence is the letter.

Su Jin turned the cottage upside down and couldn't find that letter, not even in Shen Yaozu's hidden treasure room, it was very likely that it had been torn up, or was thrown away by Shen Yaozu casually, even so, with this Chen Yaozu Lao Gen, as long as he follows this clue, Zhu Shiyong will definitely be overwhelmed.

In the current situation, Wang Qinian and Zhu Shiyong are clearly in collusion. If Wang Qinian comes forward to expose Su Jin's actions, it will naturally put Su Jin to death; people don't like tigers, and tigers are harmful to people; this matter can't be called any enmity Tangled, if the festival in Luzhou was enough for Zhu Shiyong to kill Su Jin in order to cover up the crime of privately releasing a death row prisoner like Scarface Heiqi, then Wang Qinian would be a little inexplicable to do so.

However, Su Jin quickly understood that what Yan Biyun said was right, the matter was not isolated, once he became the grain envoy, it meant that he had entered the vortex of phase competition; Instigation, all in all, the struggle for power and interests will cause many people to become victims of strife for no reason. If they don't have the means to awaken and move around, they won't know how they will die in the future.

Su Jin, who understands this verse, feels relieved. Since it is a life-and-death game, there is nothing to say. It is impossible to get away from the matter, and Su Jin will never do so; launching an effective counterattack is fundamental The solution, moreover, Su Jin's bargaining chip is also very powerful. If Qiu Dabao hadn't died in battle, Zhu Shiyong could be brought down almost effortlessly, because Qiu Dabao was one of Zhu Shiyong's privately exchanged death row prisoners. Witness.

Yan Biyun struggled to get up from Su Jin's arms, wiped his numb lips sucked by Su Jin, and spat with a blushing face: "I know that I bully my slaves, people who come and go are all human beings, and I don't know how to behave. "

Su Jin pulled her to sit down, and when he told about Chen Laogen, Yan Biyun suddenly realized, no wonder Su Jinhui was so happy suddenly, with such a person on hand, he could hit Zhu Shiyong's vital point.

"Have you thought about what to do? What I'm worried about is that you won't have the right to expose Zhu Shiyong at all. Once the matter is handed over to someone else, the result will be very different." Yan Biyun said worriedly.

"Hand over Chen Laogen to Mr. Yan, and let him check it out." Su Jin said.

Yan Biyun bit her red lips and said in thought: "Although my uncle is an expensive envoy of the third division, the third division can't control the responsibility of the prison, and I'm afraid my uncle has no right to intervene in the official audit."

Su Jin scratched his head and said, "That's a problem. I don't know which faction this Yushi Zhongcheng Ouyang Xiu belongs to. If he is reliable, it would be good to let him handle it."

Yan Biyun suddenly remembered that Yan Shu's letter hadn't been finished yet, so he quickly picked up the letter and said, "It's all your fault, it's just nonsense, I read half of Uncle's letter, and it happened to talk about this Lord Ouyang, maybe Uncle is right. This person will have a review."

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Yes, read quickly."

Yan Biyun Zhanxin continued to read: "In view of the fact that the Holy Majesty personally approved the case to be heard in three courts, I have to remind you that the Holy Majesty has shown mercy; because the three courts will take a long time, at least more than a month. It will take half a year to report the results to the Holy Master, which also shows that the Holy Master recognizes your contribution in Yangzhou, and this is to give you time to complete the food affairs."

"The matter of food affairs is the top priority at this time. If you finish this matter, even if you have a big mistake, you can still have room for maneuver; the old man is not trying to strengthen your courage by saying this, and wants you to do something out of the ordinary In fact, the old man quite believed Wang Qinian's accusations. According to your temper, you don't know much about the taboos of the court. It is very likely that these accusations against you are not false accusations; You made it clear that you are wary of this old man, which surprised this old man. You may think that this old man is just using you to achieve the purpose of competing for a position. It is true that it is indeed beneficial to this old man to handle the food affairs well, but you Why can't I benefit from it? Besides, there are so many talents in Song Dynasty, no matter who is going to do this job, or can't do its best, but it will never be a mess, without him, the emperor supports me, and I will sit in charge."

Yan Biyun frowned, put down the letter paper and looked at Su Jin, without saying a word.

Su Jin understands that Yan Biyun blames himself a little. If a person is alienated from someone in his heart, even if you cover it up, others will notice it. This is intuition; He also often didn't follow Yan Shu's words. Take this incident as an example. If Su Jin really regarded Yan Shu as his own, how could he hide the details from him? The writing was just a rough idea, so Yan Shu was caught off guard in the court .

Su Jin smiled awkwardly, and said: "Keep reading, it's not too late to say anything later, but I can tell you my heart, in this world, I can't entrust my destiny to a certain person or a certain group of people Although I am not deeply involved in the world, I know the truth that there are no permanent friends in the officialdom. How can a friendship that has not been tested be a true friendship? For example, Brother Li Chong, this is a true friendship. Leave it to him, but he will never make fun of my life."

Yan Biyun sighed, and said softly: "I understand what you said, but in fact, Uncle is suspected of taking advantage of you, but don't make wild guesses about him. The slaves grew up beside him and admired Uncle very much. He is by no means The kind of person you imagine."

Su Jin held her hand and said: "You are wrong, I never speculated about him maliciously, but Master Yan and I have not experienced the test of life and death, I just can't be sure; don't worry, he is your uncle, that is, My uncle, I will not be too far from him."

Yan Biyun had nothing to say, and Su Jin's cautiousness could not be said to be wrong. Compared with his bold style of acting, this was an extreme contrast in behavior and psychology. In fact, it was not difficult to understand. Only by relying on and trusting the backer will he work hard to get things done, even with some extraordinary means; Su Jin is still young, and it is normal for Su Jin to be a little aggressive.

Yan Biyun continued to read: "The reason why I chose you to take on this job is that the old man, like Bao Zheng and others, thinks that you are a talented person with an unlimited future, no matter from a public or private point of view. , is the best candidate; besides, you and girl Biyun are in love with each other, I like Biyun the most, how can I not support the person she likes? In short, no matter what you think in your heart, you must be consistent with this old man, There must be no deviation in the matter of food affairs, the Holy Majesty will not forgive any mistakes, this matter is more important than anything else, if this matter is messed up, there will be no chance in the future."

Su Jin nodded secretly, deeply agreeing; Yan Shu's words seemed to be out of his heart. In any case, his love for Yan Biyun was true, and he loved Yan Biyun, and he would not be too bad to himself; Things are just as he said, absolutely no mistakes.

"Ouyang Xiu, the old man doesn't know him very well. His reputation doesn't seem to be very good. He usually behaves aloofly and contemptuously. He is despised by all the courtiers. However, the Holy Majesty regards him very highly, and the court discusses important matters. I often ask him for his opinion by name; however, although this person has a bad reputation, his actions are not too outrageous; Getting into the hands of the two governments is tricky; afterwards, he also communicated with the old man, and his words seemed to be quite protective of you, but the old man thought it was not enough, and being more careful in everything is the best policy, you can Do your best to cooperate with his investigation, Yushitai is a villain, so you can't easily offend him."

Su Jin frowned. He wanted to use Yan Shu's evaluation of Ouyang Xiu to get to know him, but Yan Shu said such a long list, but he didn't say anything. He still couldn't figure out the details of Ouyang Xiu. It seemed that he had to find out about him by himself.

Yan Biyun continued to read: "The progress of the food affairs is quite slow. Except for Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Army's location in the northwest front line where there is nothing to do, the other 23 roads of our Dasong Road have been forcibly closed. Grain circulation measures; according to your suggestion, checkpoints have been set up on the official roads between the states, and the emperor authorized 21 soldiers from the capital to go to the states; since November [-], the black market of grain and rice in the state capitals has disappeared, but There is no food in the market, and the food shortage is even worse."

"All the states have issued orders to sell grain forcibly, and it has achieved some results, but there is still a huge food shortage of 3000 million shi. After hearing the news, the profiteers hid the grain even deeper, and the state government did not act effectively, and even colluded with the profiteers Let me inform you that the old man has asked the emperor to take more severe measures, hoping to make a difference; at present, the old man hopes that you can complete the errand on Huainan Road as soon as possible. As long as Huainan Road is cleared first, profiteers and colluding officials will be severely punished. This is a lesson that can deter other states, and things will surely turn around."

"Although the three divisions of other state capitals have also sent personnel to handle food affairs, most of them are incapable, so you need to be the first to advertise, and this old man can use this as a breakthrough to publicize this matter; the emperor also has a decree to treat profiteers on Huainan Road Officials who collude with each other should be punished with the heaviest punishment. This is the method of killing chickens and scaring monkeys. Therefore, when you act, you should not be too gentle. You would rather bear the name of cruel officials and not tolerate hesitation, otherwise you will not be able to deter other states. The matter of food affairs will definitely not be successful. So much to say, you can do it according to your discretion, the year is approaching, time is quite tight, and you still need to put in more effort."

After reading the letter, Su Jin fell into deep thought. It seemed that things were not going well. Yan Shu's only hope was that he could quickly settle the food business on Huainan Road, kill a group, lock up a group, and exile a group. People in other state capitals who waited and watched were terrified, and things were much easier to handle.

"The letter is burned, and there are some words on it that cannot be known." Su Jin raised his eyes and said indifferently.

Yan Biyun hummed, and threw the envelope and letterhead into the brazier, and the flames sprang up and instantly turned into ashes.