The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin got up, scratched his head and said, "Where do we start?"

Zhao Zhen was angry and funny at the same time, and said with a straight face: "Let's start with you opening the warehouse to release the grain."

Su Jin had no choice but to describe the situation that day in full detail, and finally spread his hands and said: "Your Majesty, what can I do under such circumstances? Zhu Shiyong, a prisoner in Luzhou, obstructed it, but the dragon I really don’t know why I deliberately delayed the delivery of grain, and eventually the grain was robbed by bandits; I waited for a long time in Yangzhou, but the grain did not arrive, and it snowed heavily again. Countless people froze to death and starved to death in Yangzhou every day. Going to other places to escape famine; what should the emperor do if he is in Yangzhou?"

Zhao Zhen frowned and didn't answer.

Su Jin said: "The emperor will definitely not be able to put a warehouse full of one hundred thousand shi of grain and let the people starve to death. At that time, I also considered it from the emperor's point of view, and finally decided to open the army warehouse."

Zhao Zhen stared and said, "You mean, this matter was ordered by me?"

Su Jin smacked his lips and said: "This...you can't say that, anyway, I released the food to save the people, and I also made it clear to the people that the food was given by the emperor's order, and all favors belong to you , I didn't get half of the benefits."

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "You are still a dog who can't change eating shit, and releasing food in my name is still a crime of pretense."

Su Jin said in his heart: Damn, there is another charge.

"Who gave you such courage, who ordered you to do this?" Zhao Zhen slapped his hands on the table, pointed at Su Jin's nose and scolded.

Su Jin was furious. Today was a really useless day. When she saw the emperor, she insisted on kneeling and not saying anything. But she only gave her an official position as a shit for her achievements. Even being pointed at his nose and scolded, do you really think that I am a grandson?Others think you are the son of heaven and the lord of the world, but I am the brain armed with dialectical materialism, Marxism-Leninism, and I know that you are an ordinary person, at best, a celebrity in history, what a mess!I lost my head and got a big scar, I couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your majesty, what you said is wrong. I have worked so hard for you, and I have worked hard without credit? It's fine for you to humiliate me to a bastard official. Now it seems that you suspect that I was instructed by someone else With intentions, this is not very authentic!"

Zhao Zhen's lungs were about to explode, and he scolded: "You still dare to make unreasonable words, don't you believe that I will cut off your head? Don't think that you know that the legacy of the Taimiao can save your life. I am the emperor, who do I want?" How could death be stopped by a few ancestral precepts?"

Su Jin said indifferently: "I know, I fully understand that the ancestral precepts are just a cover-up to buy people's hearts, so what to do is what to do; if you want to cut off my head, you can just order it, but if you want to ask the person behind the scenes , I can tell you that that person is you, the emperor."

Zhao Zhen laughed back in anger, panting: "You...you are really hopeless."

Su Jin said seriously: "I was ordered by the emperor to handle the grain affairs. I remember you told me at that time that I have full power to handle the grain affairs. I have never been an official, and I don't know if there are any rules or regulations in the Song Dynasty. The provision of granting military rations to the people is only assuming that I can control the food, so I released the food; the prefect of Song Dynasty and the soldiers guarding the granary were naturally unwilling, so I will give you the sign of "like me in person" I took it out to force them to submit; so it’s not that I insist on releasing food, but your brand has played a role, isn’t it you who ordered it?”

Zhao Zhen was about to go crazy. This kid was too pretentious. I gave him the gold medal at the beginning to facilitate his actions. I didn't expect him to use it to force officials to open warehouses to release food.

"Su Jin, Su Jin, you are self-destructing your future. In fact, you moved the army rations. I didn't think about it. Otherwise, if I reveal half a word in the hall today, all the officials will smash you to pieces." Duan; but your attitude really chills me; I won't talk to you too much, if you hand in the imperial gold medal and tell me where the dragon really is, I won't punish you, but if you do it again from now on Let's see how I will punish you for something out of the ordinary."

Su Jin shrugged and said: "Your Majesty, none of these two conditions can satisfy you; if the sign is lost, the dragon is really dead!"

Zhao Zhen shouted: "What a great Su Jin, it seems that you are determined to die."

Su Jin shook his head and said, "I don't want to die, but this matter is beyond my control."

Zhao Zhen looked hesitant, thinking in his heart, how to deal with this lawless Su Jin, he cannot be killed if he is killed, and he came today to reveal the situation he has, and tell Su Jin that he knows all about the deeds he has done, Let him do things for him wholeheartedly; if you kill him, not only will the strength between Yan Shu and Lu Yijian be out of balance, but also the fact that he went out to greet him in person yesterday will become hypocritical, Zhao Zhen will never do this.

"Su Jin, do you know what I think?"

Su Jin said: "I don't dare to guess."

Zhao Zhen suddenly laughed and said: "You have done so many daring things and now you don't dare to guess?"

Su Jindao: "I guess the emperor is thinking about whether it is Ling Chi, the chariot cracked or the humble minister cut in half. The humble minister has only one request. This matter has nothing to do with my family, but I beg the emperor to spare their lives."

Zhao Zhen said angrily: "Is that how you guessed me? In your mind, I am Xia Jie, Shang Zhou and others?"

Su Jindao: "I don't dare, the emperor is a benevolent and righteous king, naturally Xia Jie, Shang Zhou can't compare, but the crime of the minister is too great, so I have to think about it."

Zhao Zhen said: "So, you admit your guilt?"

Su Jin said: "I am guilty, but not at fault. I believe that when the news of my death spreads to Huainan Road, many people will shed tears for me, and will wear sackcloth and mourning for me."

Zhao Zhen stared at Su Jin for a long time. Unexpectedly, he didn't reprimand this sentence, but sighed: "I know you feel wronged, and I can understand your situation at that time, but how can you ignore the law like this?" , bold and reckless? It doesn’t matter if the army rations are released, even you dare to kill the general of the horse army, how can you ask me to spare you.”

Su Jin said: "I really didn't kill the dragon."

Zhao Zhen said: "What's the use of denying it now?"

Su Jin raised his hand to the sky and said: "I can swear to the sky, if Long Zhen is killed by my own hands, I would like to fall into the [-]th hell and never be reborn forever." Su Jin has no psychological burden. The point is, in fact, Long Zhen died at the hands of Ma Han, and he really did not kill him himself.

Zhao Zhen said: "Who killed that? How do you know he's dead?"

Su Jin said: "Someone saw his corpse. I was busy dealing with Feng Jingyao at that time, so they dragged that corpse back and sparked it with other corpses. When I remembered, Long Zhen's corpse had already been reduced to ashes."

Zhao Zhen sat down slumped, rubbing his forehead with a headache.

Su Jin saw the clue, Zhao Zhen didn't intend to kill him at all, otherwise the hall would have killed him today, and telling himself these things at this moment is nothing more than telling himself not to treat him as a fool, and maybe there are other purposes.

"Su Jin, how do you want me to deal with you?" Zhao Zhen asked hoarsely.

"Your Majesty, you can deal with it as you say."

"If you can tell me how you learned about the ancestral precepts on the oath tablet in the Taimiao, I can consider letting your life be spared." Zhao Zhen said suddenly.

Su Jin was startled, this Zhao Zhen was really thoughtful enough, last time in Beijing he suspected that Taizu's entrusted dream was fabricated by himself, and now he brings up the old story again, it seems that his suspicion has never disappeared, this You can't talk about things, so tell him, I know all about your crap, and I know when you died; Zhao Zhen will kill himself as a monster when he says this.

"It was indeed the great grandfather who told me in a dream. Your majesty, I dare not fabricate such a thing. Please be enlightened by the emperor. Although I want to live, I dare not lie to the emperor face to face."

Zhao Zhen finally sighed and said: "Forget it, I won't ask about this matter, you can go, I didn't think of how to deal with you for a while, your head is stored on your neck for the time being."

Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, Zhao Zhen just wanted to control himself, not really want to kill him, but how could he go back empty-handed? Since he couldn't die, the matter of Yan Biyun still had to be resolved, but now Zhao Zhen Zhen is angry, how should he speak?

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