The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

"Do you have any doubts about such a punishment?" Zhao Zhen looked around the officials and kept his gaze on Su Jin's face.

"Your majesty is wise, such a punishment can be regarded as the most benevolent, showing the greatness of the emperor's grace. If Fan Zhongyan and others are a little aware, they should be grateful." All the officials said in a hurry.

"Su Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhao Zhen asked with a half-smile.

"The emperor is fair in dealing with things, and the five bodies of humble ministers bow to the ground. The emperor's mind is comparable to the sky and the sea. He can't tolerate others. He is worthy of being an incomparable king." Su Jin flattered him, and used this to repair the unhappiness with Zhao Zhen before.

Zhao Zhen smiled, and spat: "I don't like people who flatter me. Su Aiqing should not learn from this fault. I also think about the country and the country, and I can't tolerate my ministers making mistakes. It's not terrible to make mistakes. What I'm afraid of is Lide. Centrifugation, monarchs and ministers centrifuge everything, the country belongs to me, but without the hard work of your lovers, it will be very difficult for this country to prosper for thousands of years."

Several old officials with white beards suddenly burst into tears and said, "My emperor is indeed a sage king. There is no other emperor in ancient or modern times. How lucky I am to be a minister under the seat of a sage king."

Su Jin laughed secretly in his heart, Zhao Zhen was very shrewd, he looked like he didn't care about everything, but in fact he had hills and valleys in his heart, he had his own way of doing things, and never gave up showing his sage side, of course, as an emperor, he There is no need to be so pretentious, just based on his words, no matter whether he is sincere or just pretending to be a show, it is also commendable.

"Su Aiqing, you will be responsible for the errand of proclaiming the decree. In addition, there are vacancies on the two roads of Northwest Yanyan and Huanqing. I prefer you to take over as temporary substitute. What do you think?"

The ministers were amazed at this, Su Jin temporarily acted as envoy for the two roads around Qingqing and Yan, and the four roads in the northwest were all under the jurisdiction of Su Jin. The cheap one turned out to be Su Jin, who jumped from a new Jinshi to the king of the Northwest in three years, which was too fast.

Everyone is envious, but Su Jin is well aware of Zhao Zhen's tricks. It seems to be a good thing to get promoted and get rich, but it is not as simple as imagined. It is good to see Zhao Zhen blatantly contradicting him yesterday afternoon. The errands will not fall on his own head, no matter how magnanimous Zhao Zhen is, he will not tolerate Su Jin's ignorance.

The reason why Zhao Zhen did this naturally has his reasons. In today's hall, Du Yan's temporary defection, during which Su Jin threw Du Yan's playful looks all in Zhao Zhen's eyes. Don't look at Zhao Zhen every time. Most of the time when I was facing the court, I squinted my eyes and was half asleep, but just like the teacher in the classroom, the little movements of the students below were clear, but most of the time the teacher didn't bother to say it.

Su Jin's actions sent a message to Zhao Zhen that Du Yan's temporary change of words must be related to Su Jin. Although I don't know why Su Jin can make Du Yan change his words, there may be some ulterior motive between the two; What, if Su Jin can speak to Du Yan, it means that this kid is quite influential in the court.

And what Zhao Zhen has to do is to take advantage of the situation to benefit Su Jin, which will cause dissatisfaction among Du Yan and others. The ambiguity caused him to lose a lot of appeal, what Zhao Zhen has to do now is to establish a new opponent for Du Yan, only in this way can he sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and watch the tigers fight.

At the same time, Fan Zhongyan gave Su Jin benefits after his downfall. It is easy to think of Su Jin's role behind the downfall of Fan Zhongyan and others. In addition, Su Jin refused to join the new coup law at the beginning, and publicly claimed the New Deal on many occasions. It's hard not to think that Su Jin is actually the black hand behind the hasty behavior.

Zhao Zhen just wanted the situation to be confusing, he couldn't let Su Jin get what he wanted for nothing, he wanted Su Jin to know, and he would accomplish something as he wished, and he would even be punished if he said all kinds of stupid things to himself to achieve his goal.

This punishment is not only subject to suspicion, but also a real punishment. This is another wishful thinking of Zhao Zhen. The war in the Northwest has been stopped for two years, but the food and clothing of millions of people in the four roads has not yet been solved, and the reconstruction work is long. And it cost a lot of money. Because Su Jin provided private goods to subsidize Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road, the imperial court didn’t spend much money, but the situation of Fuyan and Huanqing Roads was not optimistic. It is really a huge burden to go to the relief of stone grain, and it has become a bottomless pit.

Now handing over Yanyan Huanqing to Su Jin's hands is tantamount to throwing two big burdens on Su Jin's body.In order for Zhao Zhen to understand Su Jin himself, this person does not want to see the people and his subordinates suffer and starve. In other words, this person has the consciousness of being a savior in his heart. Zhao Zhenle's Su Jin is like this, don't you like being a savior?Then let you be happy, the court will not give you money and food, and you will find a way to deal with everything yourself. The court will naturally be happy to see the mess cleaned up. If it is not cleaned up well, it is because you, Su Jin, are incapable.

Zhao Zhen was not afraid that Su Jin would play tricks. The official position was given by the court, and he could cut the official position to the end at any time. In fact, this was not a promotion, but a rope for Su Jinle.

Although Su Jin didn't understand so many twists and turns in Zhao Zhen's heart, he was not a fool, and his intuition told him that after experiencing a quarrel with Zhao Zhen, such a good thing would never happen to him, at least One point, if the Huanqing, Yanyan and other roads are handed over to him, Zhao Zhen's arrears in military expenses, food, relief and other aspects will inevitably happen. Feeling that this was a trap, he immediately refused.

"Your Majesty, I can't bear this job. The two roads of Huanqing and Yanyan are too important. I don't have much talent and learning, so I dare not take on it."

Zhao Zhen said with a sullen face: "What are you talking about? Can people be wrong in my opinion? Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road have been managed by you in an orderly manner. The patrol envoy came to report. It shows that you are a capable official, and I am very pleased; I will hand over Yanyan Huanqing to you, and you will not let me down, don't refuse, if you decline, who can be competent? Is it possible to let me go? ?”

Su Jin said: "You can send whoever you want, anyway, I can't do it. The two roads of Qinfeng and Jingyuan have caused my ministers to burn out. Please choose another wise man."

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "What is ignorance of flattery? You are called ignorant of flattery. As a subject, you don't want to share my worries. What kind of sage books are you reading? If you refuse again, I will be annoyed. "

Su Jin believed in her intuition more and more, but it was not worthwhile to provoke Zhao Zhen to be angry by refusing an official in court. If Zhao Zhen could bear the quarrel in private during the meeting, Zhao Zhen could bear it, and in front of the officials It is tantamount to courting death if the emperor can't get up and down; although Zhao Zhen needs to get horses for him, and also needs to provide wealth to the court, but these are nothing compared to the majesty of the emperor.

"Since the emperor trusts me so much, but the subject is disrespectful, I agree. However, I still have some questions to ask the Pope in private. After all, the subject has never taken on such a big responsibility, and I still need the emperor to ask for advice."

Zhao Zhen understood that Su Jin wanted to bargain, but he made up his mind that he would not allow it at all. This time he had to force Su Jin to submit, so he nodded and smiled noncommittally.

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stared at Su Jin and the emperor in amazement. One insisted on appointing an official, and the other insisted on not wanting to be appointed. This made the official position like a hot potato, which is really hard to understand.

Du Yan watched coldly, with a feeling of being deceived: After a long time of trouble, Su Jin's busy work turned out to have reached an agreement with the emperor long ago, and he pocketed the two roads of Yanyan and Huanqing out of thin air. Are these people blind?It was clear that Su Jin had planned a long time ago, but he had to go back on his word and add fuel to the flames, and made wedding clothes for others. This Su Jin was really a strong enemy. Destroy it immediately when you get it, and you will still be at odds with this kid in the future.

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The imperial decree was conveyed, and the news quickly spread throughout the capital, and the imperial palace newspaper was also quickly sent to all parts of the Song Dynasty. Amidst the amazement and sighs, all the prefectures, counties and towns of the Song Dynasty knew about the relegation of Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others. In short, there are those who sigh and sigh, and there are many people who have nothing to do with themselves.

At the same time, on the third day after Fan Zhongyan and others were demoted, Zhao Zhen issued an order to completely abolish the Nine Articles of the New Deal and restore the old system. All cases during the implementation of the New Deal were rehabilitated. With the original configuration, the children of the aristocratic families who were dismissed also returned to their original positions proudly, and those officials who were promoted by Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi Fubi and others were also beaten back to their original forms, as the saying goes, "Spit out what I eat , Take mine and give it back to me', the wind of reckoning after autumn blows all over the Song Dynasty.

After several months of turmoil, the situation stabilized, and everything returned to the original point, drawing a meaningless circle. Xia Song, who was impeached, was not only restored to his post, but also served as the deputy prime minister. This time, the Qingli New Deal not only failed to get rid of the disadvantages of Chao Gang's progress, but even made the Song Dynasty go back for at least one year after a lot of tossing.