The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin is a little desperate. According to the current situation, the possibility of success in this matter is too small, and it is very likely that it will get burned.

However, Queen Yeli's other words pulled Su Jin out of the quagmire of despair.

"I can control the two teams of guards in the palace, a total of 1000 people. Whatever I tell them to do, they will do, because their chief guard will be my confidant."

Su Jin said happily: "Is this true?"

Queen Yeli said: "At this time, how can I deceive you, this is a matter of life and death."

The guards in the Xixia Palace are divided into ten teams, each with [-] soldiers, and five teams of [-] soldiers are on duty every day. The captains of the guards of the two teams are Ximu Weiming from the ninth team and Meiluo Mibu from the tenth team. Both of them are from the Xixia tribe. They have been on duty in the palace for many years, and their qualifications are considered to be the oldest.

Su Jin asked cautiously: "Forgive me for asking, how can the queen be sure that the two of them will obey your orders? This is not an ordinary matter, and this matter is also related to their life and death. They don't have to Take the risk."

Ye Lidulan's face turned red, her expression was quite strange, and she said softly: "Your Majesty Su, don't worry about this, I guarantee that they will do their best."

Su Jin said: "It's not that I don't believe what the empress said, this matter is too important, I will try to rule out all uncertain factors."

Ye Lidulan glanced at Brother Li Ningling who was standing aside and said, "The emperor is going to help the queen make a pot of tea. I want to drink your own brew. You are good at making tea."

Brother Li Ning wanted to hear the reason, but the mother's words obviously meant to distract him, so he could only help Ye Lidulan enter the house to make tea. Taking this opportunity, Ye Lidulan blushed and said to Su Jin: " My lord must know the reason, and I will not hide it, but only you are allowed to know the reason, can you agree?"

Su Jin was a little puzzled, what was she doing so mysteriously, she just asked why.

"The empress can rest assured, my mouth is notoriously tight."

Ye Lidulan waved and said, "Come here with your ears."

Su Jin leaned closer to his ear, and Ye Lidulan whispered in Su Jin's ear: "They are my lovers, do you think they can not listen to me?"

Su Jin suddenly realized that it turned out to be such a relationship. The queen's lover would naturally help the queen wholeheartedly, and the queen wanted to kill the king. The heads of the whole family fell to the ground with these two daring guys, and they couldn't die any more.

"You don't think I'm a promiscuous woman, do you? I can't do anything about it. In order to protect myself, I have to use all means, including selling my body."

"I admire the empress, but doing this is really wronging the empress." Su Jin said against his will.

"That's not all. Do you know the pain in the palace? I'm also a woman, and the emperor has long since lost interest in me. I also need someone to love me. Both of them are Angzang men, and they are also one of the best men in ten thousand." , It is normal for me to fall in love with them."

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said in his heart: You are shrewd, you can win over the forces and solve your physical problems together, killing two birds with one stone; Su Jin doesn't want to get entangled in this topic.

There is no need to worry about Ximu Weiming and Mei Luobu, this way, things will be much simpler.

"Things have become easier. With these two teams, at least the troubles in the palace can be solved. We must choose a good date for our attack. We must choose a day when these two teams are on duty in the inner palace. This will ensure the safety of the crown prince and the empress. The safety of the empress can be guaranteed."

Ye Lidulan nodded and said: "It's natural, do you need any arrangements?"

Su Jin frowned and thought: "Let's make an assumption, if we succeed in the palace, after killing that person, we can control the situation in the palace, so how can we declare it to the outside world?" [

Ye Lidulan said: "It is said that the emperor died suddenly. According to the rules, the crown prince will ascend the throne."

Su Jin shook his head and said: "No, Wuzang Yupang will immediately mobilize the people in Beijing to attack, as long as he claims that the emperor was killed by the prince, everyone will fall to him, and then things will develop in an irreversible direction. In the end, it was Wuzang Yepang and the little prince who benefited, and we made wedding clothes for them instead."

Ye Lidulan was startled and said: "If you say that, I think this is indeed the case, so what should I do?"

Su Jin paced slowly and said: "If there is an external response, I don't believe that there is no opponent in the court who has no concealment. If someone who has no concealment gains power, someone will lose power. Who are the losers?"

Ye Lidulan thought for a while and said: "It's not that there are no opponents of Wuzang Huopang. Shangshuling Zhang Yuan is one of them. Shangshuling is the head of all officials. It's just that the emperor set up another post of Prime Minister, which made Shangshuling fall into a position of inferiority. Of course Zhang Yuan was not happy about being the deputy of Xiangguo; he and Wuzang Yepang also attacked each other in the court, but the emperor did not favor anyone, I am afraid that this is what the emperor wanted; but Zhang Yuan has since negotiated peace with you Song , his prestige has plummeted, and he has basically been in an extremely disadvantaged position in recent years, I heard that he once resigned, and the emperor almost agreed to him."

As soon as Su Jin heard the name Zhang Yuan, he immediately remembered the situation that he devised tricks to tease Zhang Yuan during the peace talks in Weizhou that day. He didn't expect that he was no longer staying in Huizhou, but returned to Xingqing Mansion.

Su Jin asked about Zhang Yuan's situation in detail. This Zhang Yuan is not simple. As a Han Chinese, he has established himself in the Xia Kingdom for more than ten years. Yuan Hao trusts him very much. He has also won the respect of many party officials. It can be seen that he is a man. Still a success.

Su Jin carefully considers the possibility of wooing Zhang Yuan. This step seems to be a risky move, but once Zhang Yuan joins, after the incident comes out, external forces will completely reverse the situation; but if Zhang Yuan is unwilling to join, and Informing Yuan Hao, the whole plan would be aborted.

This is a dilemma, and it is difficult for Su Jin to weigh, but after thinking for a while, Su Jin decided to take another risk, because this risk is worth taking. The expansion of Zhang Yuan's power has almost compressed Zhang Yuan's living space. Judging from his resignation, he must feel that he has returned to heaven, otherwise he would rather betray the Song Dynasty and join the Xia Kingdom with his name on his back. How can a person who realizes his ambition give up lightly?Secondly, even if Zhang Yuan informs him, what kind of benefits can he get for himself?Could it be that Pang will abdicate because of this, and let him be the boss of the court?absolutely possible!

Su Jin carefully considered various possibilities and came to a bad conclusion. He decided to visit Zhang Yuan in person, and persuaded Zhang Yuan to come out to deal with the aftermath for him.

……

Zhang Yuan's mansion is on the bank of Heishui Lake in Dongcheng, where the trees are shaded and the lake and mountains are beautiful. By the water lake, it means that someone is about to retire. Although the scenery by the black water lake is beautiful, it is a taboo among the officials.

Of course Zhang Yuan also knows this taboo, but he wants to move here to live, just to show an attitude of resigning from office; This beautiful and beautiful younger sister gave Yuan Hao to play for fun, and she was not a party member with pigtails. No matter how many ideas and things I had done for Yuan Hao, I was kicked away in the end.

When he tentatively proposed to resign, Li Yuanhao hesitated for a while and did not allow him to resign. It was this hesitation that made Zhang Yuan understand that he was no longer an indispensable person around the emperor, and that he had been marginalized.

There are other people who have the same fate. The sudden rise of Wuzang Huopang made many old officials like Zhang Yuan very angry, but no one dared to talk too much, because with that tyrant aloft, the consequences of talking too much were unimaginable. A group of people who are sympathetic to each other occasionally gather by the Black Water Lake to complain about themselves, but there is nothing they can do.

On the first day of March, in the afternoon of drizzling rain, a carriage drove up the path beside the lonely Heishui Lake. The carriage stopped outside Zhang Yuan's mansion on the promenade, and a figure wearing a bamboo hat jumped out of the carriage. Coming down, followed by a pretty woman in red, the two came to the closed door of the mansion and knocked; the gatekeeper opened the small door in the rain, and the man in the bamboo hat handed a name card and entered, and the mansion door was opened after a while. When it opened wide, more than a dozen guards poured out yelling, surrounded by people from the future.

Zhang Yuan, dressed in a black shirt, walked out quickly from the door, staring at the man wearing the hat and asked, "Who are you? Where is the man on the name card?"

The man wearing the hat slowly lifted the hat, showing his small white teeth and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. Your old friend is visiting. Your welcome ceremony is very special."

Seeing the face in front of him clearly, Zhang Yuan was startled and said: "It really is you, you dare to come here, you don't want to die."

The man in the bamboo hat smiled and said: "The ants are still stealing their lives, how can I not die? The reason why I came to find Mr. Zhang is to find you with something more important than life. Mr. Zhang will not be so stingy. Don’t let me in, I’ve come all the way here.”

Zhang Yuan thought for a while and suddenly cupped his hands and said: "Okay, it's a matter of left and right, the old man will see what tricks you are playing, please come in, come in, close the door and bar, and wait outside the hall. I have finished talking with this guest. I entertained him very well."

The guards all agreed in unison, and walked away eyeingly, Su Jin laughed, and cupped his hands and said: "Please!" [