The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

In the evening, Su Jin called Wang Chao Ma Han and others to the inner house, and sent his personal guards and accompanying companions from the Su family to clean up the yamen. Only then did we discuss important matters with everyone.

Su Jin told everyone the inside story of Weizhou City, and everyone immediately cursed, cursing Li Zhi, Xu Wei, Ge Huaimin and others for being nothing, and going to hell in the future.

Su Jin waved his hand to stop him and said, "What's the point of scolding them? Can you scold them for a piece of meat? Now we have to find a way to deal with them. Calling everyone is not here to scold people."

Ma Han yelled: "What else is there to think about, just fuck it, let's find a chance and take them all by surprise."

Wang Chao rolled his eyes at him and said, "If it's that simple, why did you ask us to discuss it? You don't even think about it. There are more than 2 soldiers in Weizhou City, how many people do we have on hand? No more than 550 men at full strength. live in 2 people?"

Ma Han rolled his eyes and said, "So what? Can we pretend to be grandsons and watch them do evil?"

Wang Chao said: "Of course we can't just stand still, we must have a best-of-both-worlds strategy, we can capture them without incurring the siege of the soldiers deployed in Weizhou."

Zhao Hu suddenly said: "My lord, I think we have few people, so we should quickly notify Han Qi in Qinzhou, or send someone to Yanzhou to rescue soldiers, otherwise it will be very difficult."

Everyone nodded and said yes, the best way is to call for reinforcements, so at least the number of people will not be less than the opponent, and they will not suffer a loss.

Su Jin smiled and said, "You all think so?"

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Su Jin said: "Then have you ever thought about it, why would Li Zhi, Ge Huaimin and others know what to do if soldiers and horses from Qinzhou or Yanzhou were transferred to Weizhou for no reason?"

Everyone was stunned, and Wang Chao said slowly: "If I were Li Zhihe, my first reaction would be that something happened to Dong Chuang, and generally speaking, even if the army is assembled to start a war, there is no need to enter the city to garrison. If the reinforcements do not enter the city, It’s the same as having no reinforcements, if the request to enter the city is out of order, they will be even more suspicious.”

Su Jin said: "Yes, they have ghosts in their hearts, and they must be cautious. Once there is a disturbance, they will definitely understand that someone has tipped off the news, and then our more than 500 people will be finished immediately. What's more terrible is that I worry about them. In order to save their lives, they will do anything at all and even rebel; taking ten thousand steps back, even if the reinforcements did not arouse their suspicion and arrived in the city smoothly, once they were launched, tens of thousands of our Song soldiers would kill each other, regardless of the outcome, wouldn't it? Is it your own people who kill your own people, and hurt your own vitality?"

Everyone was silent. Su Jin's worry was not unreasonable. It is located in the border area, and anything could happen. Isn't it a big joke to pull [-] soldiers to sacrifice the city to surrender, and no matter what Li Zhihe and others choose, Su Jin and his brothers must be the first to bear the brunt of their lives.

Su Jin sighed and said, "It's difficult. If you want to be fierce, if you don't want to cause the situation to deteriorate and collapse, you must have a strategy based on these two points to be a good plan."

Everyone scratched their heads, it's okay for these people to fight and fight, but it's hard for them to use their brains.

"My lord, you seem to have a solution. You can use your brain casually, which is better than those of us thinking about it for a day and a night." Ma Han had a headache thinking about it, so he simply slacked off.

Su Jin scolded with a smile: "What is this talking about, my fart is more fragrant than flowers?"

Ma Han said with a smile: "That's not necessarily the case, but I heard that the smarter the fart, the more stinky it is."

Everyone burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere eased a lot.

Su Jin stretched out his hand to signal everyone to silence, and said quietly: "I have been weighing this afternoon until now. Compared with any fancy schemes, I think Brother Ma Han's scheme just now is more reliable."

Everyone was stunned, even Ma Han thought that Su Jin was amusing him, and hurriedly said: "My lord, don't be ashamed of me. I can fight without my life, but I want to kill me if I try to plan a trick. What kind of solution do I have?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "You are wrong. The more complicated the situation is, the more simple the solution is. You just said, find an opportunity to catch them all. This method is straightforward and brutal, and I like it."

Wang Chao said: "But the opponent has [-] troops..."

Su Jin said: "Are the [-] soldiers and horses with them all the time?"

Wang Chao said: "What about after taking it? Ge Huaimin, Li Zhihe and others must have placed their cronies to command the soldiers. If they make trouble, what should we do?"

Su Jindao: "Of course this is a big danger, and your worries are by no means superfluous. Commander Ge Huaimin has been deployed in Weizhou for many years, and his trusted people must be all generals in the army. If we take them, it will cause a series of confrontations, but I But there is a magic weapon that can cure them."

Everyone asked repeatedly: "What magic weapon?"

With a wave of Su Jin's hand, Xiao Sui'er took a piece of things wrapped in red cloth from a wooden box and handed it over. Su Jin slowly opened it. Under the candlelight, the thing was golden and dazzling. Everyone knew it. It was a gift from the emperor. Like my gold medal.

Everyone was stunned, Wang Chao asked suspiciously: "Master, didn't you lose this gold medal? Why is it still in your hand?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "So that piece was indeed lost, and this piece was newly requested from the emperor. Do you still remember the negotiation with Liao envoy Xiao Temo? That time the emperor asked me to assist Fu Bi as a negotiator. At that time, I asked for the gold medal and said it would be useful, but in fact it was useless at all; afterward, the emperor didn't ask for it, and I didn't hand it in either."

Zhao Hu opened his mouth and murmured: "My lord is really a man of genius. I knew at that time that today's gold medal will come in handy. This is really admirable."

Su Jin scolded with a smile: "Don't flatter me, I only remembered it in the afternoon. I even forgot about it myself. With this gold medal, I can give orders to the three armies, and I can also use the emperor's mouth to say some important words." In short, with this thing, the soldiers will not be afraid of rebellion, unless they are determined to rebel; of course, the risk still exists, but this is worth the risk, no matter how dangerous it is, can it be as dangerous as Luzhou and Yangzhou?"

Everyone nodded and said: "It's done. You must be able to do what the young master said. You can arrange it, young master. We will do as you said."

Su Jin patted his thigh and said: "Okay! Since all the brothers of the family are bloody people, we Su family members naturally have to do something when we come to the northwest. We will start with this matter and let the whole Northwest Fourth Road know that we are All the brothers of the Su family are well-known figures."

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In the next few days, Su Jin and others became much more well-behaved. Li Zhihe sent people near the Yamen to report Su Jin's movements every day, and the news they got made Li Zhi, Ge Huaimin and others very happy.

A few nights ago, it was said that Su Jin called his men to go to the inner hall of the yamen. I don’t know what he said. Anyway, since that night, the [-] guards and a few rebellious capitals he brought have all become obedient. Many, and no longer take people out to run around in the city to meddle in other people's business, and sleep in the barracks all day long.

And Su Jin's yamen is even more funny, the yamen is only open for half an hour a day, and the door of the yamen is open for the rest of the time, but the magistrate is never in the hall.

Ever since Su Jin copied the black market, some people mistakenly thought that a good official had come, so they came to the Yamen to sue and submit complaints. As a result, the prefect of Su did not say a word and all the complainants were kicked out with ten boards. I was very disappointed, only to realize that another stupid official had come, and I really hoped that someone would support me and make decisions, but I didn't want to change the soup or the medicine.

Li Zhi, Xu Wei and the others had a lot of fun. It seems that this Su Jin has really learned his lesson. It doesn’t matter if you are a champion or something, five thousand per month will directly settle you; Li Zhihe has even begun to think about how to deal with it. Ask Su Jin to allocate more food through Yan Sansi's relationship. As long as [-]% of the food is extra, the [-] guan given to Su Jin will be earned more than ten times.

Originally, Li Zhihe and the others had said hello to the business in the city, but now it has returned to normal. What Su Jin was like before he came here has nothing to do with whether the new magistrate will come or not.

On July 21st, Li Zhihe, Xu Weige, Huai Min and others received an invitation from Su Jin. Su Jin wanted to invite all the adults back at the Yueyue Tower to thank the officials of Weizhou Prefecture for their care for him.

After receiving the invitation, Li Zhihe and the others looked at each other and smiled, thinking: Now Su Jin is completely obedient.