The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

It happened unexpectedly, but Lu Yijian was not particularly surprised. \

He has been in politics for 30 years, and he has already cultivated to the point where he is not surprised, not to mention that this is just an appetizer. Originally, he estimated that when Ouyang Xiu went to check Su Jin, he would definitely not find anything of value.

Just now Ouyang Xiushen played around a bit, obviously to show off, but not to himself, but to Yan Shu; the two must have reached some kind of deal tacitly, and he He is also a master of the middle school, how can he not understand the key points of this.

Lu Yijian twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and said lightly: "It's so good, it was found out that Su Jin was not acting in a false order. I would like to congratulate Special Envoy Su. Needless to say, those other crimes such as greedy for meritorious deeds and the like are also not in vain. Is it not established?"

Ouyang Xiudao: "That's true. I have found out that Su Jin sent soldiers from the horse army to send letters to ask the officers and soldiers from Shouzhou and Luzhou to come to the rescue. The two soldiers of the horse army have testimonies. Zhu Shiyong, the magistrate of Luzhou, had a personal enmity with Su Jin, and he deliberately delayed the assistance by using this to benefit his own interests; while Wang Lushi of Shouzhou was not in the government office that day, and the horse soldiers who delivered the letter delivered the letter to the Lufu government office. The master who took over forgot about it; a few days later, Su Jin and others had already attacked the mountain, and the master remembered this incident, and when he told Wang Lushi, Su Jin had already gone to the Bagong village, so The generals didn't get Su Jin's order, and they were afraid of disrupting Su Jin's deployment and bringing danger to Su Jin who was still in danger, so they didn't let Wang Lushi's troops participate in the attack on the mountain."

When Su Jin heard this, he suddenly understood most of it in his heart. Judging from this posture, in just a few days in Shouzhou, Wang Qinian was also taken care of by Ouyang Xiu.

Su Jin knew that Wang Qinian had always been in Shouzhou City. If he was not in the government office, he could only deceive a three-year-old child. According to Su Jin's original intention, Wang Qinian must not let him go, but since Ouyang Xiu has dragged him into the water, this matter It has also been settled safely, and I should respect Ouyang Xiu's meaning, after all, this person is still defending himself.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Ouyang Aiqing has worked hard, this matter can finally be clarified, and it can be regarded as repaying Su Jin's innocence. Wang Qinian originally thought that Su Jin was greedy for merit, but now it seems that it was a misunderstanding. must be severely punished."

Ouyang Xiu clasped his hands and said, "It's already been dealt with, and punished for the crime of dereliction of duty."

Zhao Zhen nodded, turned to Lu Yijian and said, "Mr. Lu, please continue."

Lu Yijian said with a sullen face: "This one is considered to be exposed. The second crime of Su Jin is the crime of resisting the imperial edict. This one has solid evidence, and the emperor must know it."

Zhao Zhen frowned and thought for a while, "Xiang Lu is talking about Zhang Mei, the deputy commander of the Dianqian army, going to Yangzhou to announce the decree to keep people?"

Lu Yijian said: "The emperor is wise, that's exactly what happened; Zhang Mei was ordered to go to Yangzhou to proclaim the decree, and when she came back, she reported that Su Jin had resisted the decree in public. , saying that he didn’t hear the voice of Deputy Envoy Zhang; and later he urged Song Xiang and Ouyang Zhongcheng not to accept the imperial decree; this is a crime of contempt for the court and ignoring the emperor; Be undeniable."

Zhao Zhen looked at Su Jin, the smile on his face disappeared, and said coldly: "Yes, you almost forgot about it if you didn't mention it, Su Jin Ouyang Xiu, how do you explain?"

Ouyang Xiu opened his mouth, but found that there was no reason to make it up. After hesitating, he heard Su Jin say loudly: "Your Majesty, there is indeed a reason for this, but I have a reason for doing this."

"Resisting the decree is resisting the decree. There are so many reasons." Pang Ji couldn't understand Su Jin's face, so he couldn't help interjecting.

Su Jin felt an inexplicable annoyance towards Pang Ji, and decided to teach him a lesson, so he said, "Master Pang, does this matter have anything to do with you? The emperor is asking me, when will it be your turn to intervene? Do you think this hall is Is your house going to work? If you want to intervene, just intervene."

Pang Ji said angrily: "You..."

Su Jinsun smiled and said: "What about me, Da Dao should reflect on why the Northwest War was defeated again and again, instead of taking care of my business, I handle my food affairs, you guard your border, and I handle food affairs Well, you should also win the battle, and this is called performing their own duties."

Pang Ji jumped angrily, pointed at Su Jin and said to Zhao Zhen repeatedly: "Your Majesty, look at this kid, he is so domineering, how can this kind of person gain a foothold in the court? Please the Emperor be the master of the old minister."

Zhao Zhen was a little surprised by Su Jin's sudden outburst. He didn't know why Su Jin was so merciless towards Pang Ji. Since he went to the palace, he had been well-behaved. Why did he suddenly jump like a firecracker? .

Seeing Pang Ji's humiliated face blushing, Zhao Zhen secretly laughed in his heart. As the emperor, he would say half of what he said, and never let it out. The party involved, but he still held back; Su Jin's head-to-head cover-up seemed to fulfill a wish of his own, which made Zhao Zhen feel a little happy.

But after all, it is above the court, such sarcasm is really inappropriate: "Su Jin, don't be rude, Pang Aiqing came to my spine, a veteran and important minister of the two dynasties, how can you be so unscrupulous; quickly ask Pang Aiqing to admit his mistake. "

Seeing Zhao Zhen's words, Su Jin said coldly in desperation: "Pang Dao, I will not choose what I say, but I still look at Haihan."

Pang Ji was terribly angry. Is this an apology or a show of face? Such an apology might as well not be, but it’s not good not to give face to the emperor in court, so he gave Su Jin a hard look, snorted without saying a word Standing at home.

Seeing this, Du Yan was furious. Su Jin blamed Pang Ji for his defeat. In fact, it was like slapping himself in public, because he was also responsible for the defeat.

"Special Envoy Su, there are a lot of military and state affairs waiting to be dealt with. You don't want so many people to waste time for you, but you are talking nonsense here; you are guilty of resisting the decree. deny?"

Su Jin took a look at Du Yan, and said coldly: "Private Du seems to be busy all day, and the emperor didn't urge you, but you urge him hard. Is privy Du busier than the emperor?"

Du Yan didn't expect that Su Jin would even dare to contradict himself, he couldn't react all of a sudden, and he was so stupid that he couldn't speak.

Zhao Zhen was almost overjoyed. This kid had eaten gunpowder, and suddenly he caught and bit him. It seems that Lu Yijian angered him by saying that he resisted the order.

"Your Majesty, did you give orders to me and Ouyang Zhongcheng to kill the corrupt officials, treacherous merchants and the culprits of the rioters in Yangzhou? Did Ouyang Zhongcheng and I execute the criminals by order?"

Zhao Zhen suppressed a smile, and replied: "I received the memorial from Ouyang Aiqing, and I indeed ordered to kill him on the spot."

Su Jindao: "Then Ouyang Zhongcheng and I are ordered to ask what is wrong with the beheader?"

Zhao Zhen said in astonishment: "The imperial decree came first, but after listening to the suggestions of the love ministers of the two governments, I felt that it was too hasty, so I sent Zhang Mei to send the second imperial decree, which is to ask you to escort the criminals to the capital Further interrogation and conviction."

Su Jindao: "May I ask the emperor, is there any error or inappropriateness in the evidence attached to Ouyang Zhongcheng's reconsideration memorial concerning the criminals in Yangzhou?"

Zhao Zhen said: "Not really, the case is clear and the evidence is conclusive."

Su Jin said: "Isn't that the end? Now that the facts of the case have been revealed, why did they send them to the capital? It's laborious and costly, so why bother."

Lu Yijian shouted: "Bold, are you saying that the emperor's behavior is inappropriate? What is the emperor's order, and do you need to agree to it? The emperor's order is unambiguous. Since the emperor has issued a second order, you can follow it. Yes, is it possible that we still have to bargain?"

Su Jin stared back without giving in: "Lu Xiang, how can you understand the situation in Yangzhou City at that time when you are in the capital, and you have no right to speak without investigation; if you insist that I resist the order, then I will admit that I am against the order. And I was the one who deliberately resisted the decree, Master Ouyang and Song Zhifu tried to stop me, but I just wanted to kill those moths before the imperial decree was read out, because this is for the sake of the emperor and the country."

Lu Yijian sneered and said: "You really resisted the decree. Since you admitted it yourself and didn't tell you the truth, this crime is established."

Su Jin cursed secretly as an 'old fox', unexpectedly giving herself a chance to explain.

Yan Shu followed up in time, stepped forward and said: "The special envoy of Su himself accepted the decree of resistance, but he also said that he was thinking of the emperor and the country of the Song Dynasty. I think there must be a reason, why don't you tell me?"

Lu Yijian said coldly: "It's just sophistry, there is nothing to say."

Yan Shu said casually: "He has already confessed to resisting the decree, and he has been convicted, but what's the harm in listening to the reasons? Even grassroots criminals have a chance to defend themselves, not to mention that Su Jin is a meritorious minister who handles grain affairs. Lu Xiang has a broad mind. But don't you allow a few words?"

Lu Yijian snorted coldly and stopped talking, and everyone turned their eyes to Zhao Zhen, who heard Zhao Zhen cough lightly and said: "Then let's talk about it, I also want to hear why it is for my sake to resist the edict, which is interesting .”