The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin didn't care about the outside world's reputation. Although everyone knew him as Su Jieyuan walking on the street, Su Jin was entangled in many affairs and couldn't enjoy this moment of becoming famous.

More than a month after this year's solution test, there will be the Ministry of Rites Provincial Examination. After the announcement of the list of candidates in various places, the candidates will rush from all over the Song Dynasty to the capital. Exam high school candidates don't even have time to celebrate, so they have to rack their brains for the provincial exam; Zhongzhong's understanding of the exam is only the first step, and the Ministry of Rites' provincial exam high school is the beginning of their official career. No one takes it lightly at this time.

For Su Jin, this process was more difficult. Fortunately, he was a little clever and found the rules of the questions, but he passed the solution test. Should the provincial test still follow the rules?Su Jin is not sure, so taking time to review the book is essential.

The date of the marriage with Yan Biyun was finally finalized after Mrs. Wang arrived in the capital, and the time was set on May [-], the first auspicious day after the provincial examination; There is not much time to fully prepare.

The infrastructure of Yinzhuang was basically completed, and Su Jin had to hurry up to train the recruited personnel. Although he was not proficient in this, there was no one else who could take on the job except himself. B travel through novels: sj131netb

Others thought that Mr. Xie Yuan must be living a comfortable life of poetry and wine, but Su Jin was running around like a mangy dog, buying a new house, buying new utensils, preparing for the wedding, and opening Su Ji's first clothing store in the capital. , but also to study for the exam... All kinds of affairs are entangled, and Su Jin can't breathe.

Fortunately, there is a lot of good news. Wang Anshi and Wei Songhe, who took the exam at the same time, also passed the test. Wang Anshi even got the second place in the understanding test. He could win, but this kid was already mentally prepared, and I didn't see how unhappy he was. Recently, he had a fierce fight with the four big foodies, and he was obsessed with learning boxing. He even appointed Ma Han as his teacher, making Su Jin dumbfounded.

And the biggest happy event is that Rou Niang has become conscious under the careful care of everyone. One day in mid-April, when Su Jin went to talk and chat in her ear as usual, Rou Niang slowly opened her eyes. Although the eyes are still too weak to speak, they are enough to make the entire Su residence cheer up; Su Jin knows that once the vegetative state wakes up, it will be declared that recovery is in sight.

Aside from being happy, Su Jin also has hidden worries. Xia Song seems to have not found any trouble with him recently, but Su Jin understands that he will never let it go. Xia Song has never suffered such a big loss. His nephew was killed , Yuzhang Tower was washed with blood, although his methods were thunderous, but it was a joke to conclude that Xia Song did not dare to confront him, and he would never let it go.

Su Jin can conclude that there must be many prying eyes staring at him, and Xia Song will not hesitate to take revenge if he has the opportunity; There will be no action on the surface, and there will be no less action in the dark; the grievances between himself and Xia Song will not be on the stage for the time being, because both of them have done some shady things, so it is natural for them to evolve into a secret war.

Su Jin has no other choice but to strengthen his guard. Fortunately, there are plenty of people now. As long as he takes strict precautions, Xia Song will not attack in broad daylight; His identities are different, he is Xie Yuangong of Xinke, and the new son-in-law of the Yan family, if he is fully sure, Xia Song will not act rashly.

There is one thing in Su Jin's mind that he can't rest assured. Since the night he visited Yuzhang Building, he has never heard from Xia Siling again; although he sent someone to spy on him secretly, it is certain that Xia Siling will never be in Xia's old house in Sock Lane And the other courtyard of Junyi Bridge, which made Su Jin feel depressed.

Xia Siling won a big place in Su Jin's heart with her heartbeat. Su Jin's feeling towards Xia Siling in the past was more like a lust-hunting mentality for beautiful women, and he was already very happy to be able to tease and play tricks.

But after seeing the portraits of himself and the furniture used in Yingtian Mansion in the house in Junyi Bridge, Su Jin can no longer simply look at this relationship; Rescuing each other with death, Yuzhang Tower would rather kill the servants to keep themselves safe. If Xia Siling hadn't helped her, Rou Niang's innocence would have been hard to keep, and her life would have been lost. Su Jin couldn't abandon Xia Siling due to all kinds of affection. Regardless, it's a pity that good luck tricks people, and Su Jin has nothing to do with how this matter ends.

On April [-]th, after intensive preparations, Suji opened two stores in the capital at the same time. One is Suji Garment Store on Xijiaolou Street, east of Kaifeng Prefecture Yamen, and the other is Bianshui River. Huitong Bank on the street.

At the same time, the Huitong Yinzhuang Branch opened in Yingtianfu. Yan Biyun had already rushed to Yingtian to assist Yang Xiaosi to Zhang Luo, and brought Su Jin's autographed letter to Bao Zheng, asking Bao Zheng for assistance.

The opening of a clothing store is like dozens of new shops opening every day in the capital. People are used to it. It’s not just that there is an additional clothing store; It is managed by more than a dozen beautiful ladies. This is exactly what Su Jin arranged for Bai Mudan and the others. I hired two old men from the former Luzhou tailor shop as assistants, so I didn't expect to make a mistake.

The opening of Suji Huitong Yinzhuang caused a sensation in the entire capital.

The first thing that made everyone dumbfounded was that the emperor actually gave a plaque of "Huitong Tianxia" written by the imperial pen, and sent the horse army guards in the palace to beat the gongs and drums to hang it in the shop solemnly; Once, the emperor used to give a plaque to loyal ministers and families, and he cherished ink like gold. If it was a great meritorious service or an act of righteousness and bravery, it would be impossible to ask the emperor to grant a plaque; Xie Yuangong had such a big face, everyone looked sideways. Besides, the merchants in Bianliang City couldn't help being envious and jealous.

But this is not over yet. After the listing, red-roofed sedan chairs and luxurious carriages swarmed over, and they were all court officials who came to congratulate them;

"The purple carriage belongs to Lord Yan Shu, the third envoy. What a shame, my mother." Someone sighed.

"Cut! What's the point? Su Jieyuan is the future son-in-law of the Yan family, so the uncle will naturally come to join us." Another person snorted.

"You know what a fart. The Yan family's own business has not seen Yan Sansi show up yet. Talk to a kid who doesn't understand anything."

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"See? That's Ouyang Xiu, the imperial censor... that's Mr. Chen, the deputy privy envoy... that's Mr. Huang, the servant of the Ministry of Rites... those two are Wen Yanbo, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, and Mr. Fubi, the scholar of Jixian Palace... That one is Zhang Fangping, a great Confucian in the present age... which one is..."

"How do you know them all? Do you know them all very well?" The people on the sidelines had gradually become numb to the high-ranking officials who came one by one, but became interested in this eloquent middle-aged scribe.

"Haha, very familiar." The scribe laughed.

"Cut... I guess you lie outside the palace gate every day to watch the officials go up and down. You know them well. Do they know you well?"

The scribe didn't take it seriously and said: "Everyone should also be concerned with state affairs. It may not be a bad thing for me to know them. Maybe one day in Xiajinbang High School, I will see these high officials."

"Oh? I don't see that you are still a scholar. May I ask where you got in the solution test this year?"

"This... don't say anything."

"Cut... It is estimated that there will be at least seven thousand people."

"What are you talking about? I'm ranked 99th, and there are more than 1000 people behind me."

"..." Everyone rolled their eyes and fell in love with it.

Su Jin stood under the gold-lettered signboard of "Huitong Tianxia" to greet the congratulatory officials with a full smile. Even Su Jin was surprised that so many important court officials came.

I thought it was just some officials who had made good friends or colleagues from the Sansi Yamen, Yushitai, and his colleagues in the history museum who were temporarily appointed to come to congratulate, but I didn't expect wave after wave of irrelevant people to come.

In fact, Su Jin knew very well that these people did not come for their own face, but for the golden signboard bestowed by the emperor. Everyone praised the emperor's reputation, not how big his own face was; Some people must have not figured out what this Yinzhuang is for, and there are many people who come to join in the fun and watch jokes.

What surprised Su Jin even more was that in addition to Yan Shu, Du Yan, Lu Yijian, Xia Song, Zhang Dexiang and other people who did not know each other even sent congratulatory stickers. It's too complicated, always doing some contradictory things against one's will, secretly not knowing how to intrigue, but on the face of it is still a group of harmony.

The majority of people in Bianliang City have deep doubts, what is Yinzhuang used for?Is it a shop that sells things, or a snack bar that makes cakes?It was a mind-boggling puzzle to understand; so when the officials congratulated and left, the common people rushed up and squeezed inside to see what happened. When they entered the gate of Yinzhuang, everyone was dumbfounded.

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