The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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Su Jin smiled and said: "If the emperor wants the minister to die, the minister has to die. If the emperor really believes his words, Manager Huang will not come empty-handed at this moment. I am afraid he will bring a pot of poisoned wine; After textual research, it is not credible; if Xia Guo and Uyghur Tubo really have a conspiracy, I, Su Jin, will be the first to lead troops to destroy him, and whoever dares to touch my Da Song's finger, I will ruin his life."

Huang Peisheng smacked his lips and said: "Master Su is loyal to the country and open-minded. Zhang Yaozuo will die of shame if he knows it. Now that your lord has made up his mind, I can rest assured. Maybe there will be a court meeting in the court in the next few days. Your lord can make his own decision." Yes, I can't come out for too long, I have to go back to the palace, and I'm leaving."

Su Jin got up and bowed to salute: "Thank you for your care, the manager. Su Jin is really grateful. The road is slippery after snow, so the manager should be careful on the road. I'll wrap a bag of tea and bring it to you."

Huang Peisheng laughed and said: "Then I will take my disrespect and leave." Su Jin personally opened the hall door for him, sent him to the gate of the mansion, watched him board the carriage and leave, and then walked back slowly with a gloomy face. [

In the study, Su Jin summoned Wang Chao, Ma Han, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others to report the matter, and several wives also hurried over to ask the reason. Su Jin told everyone what Huang Peisheng said, and everyone was shocked. If Hu and the others were not hindered by the presence of the mistresses, they would have been swearing endlessly with their mouths full of obscenities.

"Duanyun, Ari, what's the matter with Xia Guo? You also often go to Xia Guo. Could it be that the queen mother really has ideas? If it is true, then she is too stupid." Su Jin asked with a frown. road.

Ah Li panicked and said: "I don't know the truth, I don't like to care about these things, Husband, please think of a way, if Da Song really wants to attack my Xia country, then what should I do."

Ye Li Duanyun bit his lip and said: "I can be sure that 40% of this matter is false. Xia Guo's expansion of troops last year was indeed to deal with the harassment of Tubo and Uighurs. Your husband also knows this, but the expansion of the army is only in the Within [-], this is within the scope allowed by the Song Dynasty, and one more soldier will be added; the queen mother will not be so stupid, and she will not hug Song's thigh, but go to join forces with Uighur and Tubo; The transaction is definitely nonsense, Xia Guo’s own iron wares are in short supply, and the iron wares my husband agrees to lift the export ban are limited to pig iron farm implements, and the quantity is also limited, so where can the surplus iron wares be supplied to other countries? This must be a rumor.”

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "Don't jump to conclusions, there is no right to speak without investigation, Duanyun put the matter at hand aside, and went back to Xia Kingdom a year ago to convey my meaning to the queen mother, and quickly investigate this matter , if not, that would be the best, if there is, she should stop immediately and come to Bianliang to explain to the emperor; Now the strength of the Great Song Dynasty, Mie Xia is within the fingers; the reason why I didn’t do anything was not because I was on stage, and Ari and Duanyun were party members, everyone saved me some face; but the one who gave me a lot of face, There are also many people who find fault, once I catch the handle, I will not be able to speak out, and I will even get involved, do you understand?"

Ye Li Duanyun nodded and said: "I understand, I will leave tomorrow, God help those who help themselves, if aunts and cousins ​​don't want to live, we can't help them."

Ah Li said with tears in his eyes, "Cousin, please persuade them well, tell them not to be confused, and don't make it difficult for your husband."

Yeli Duanyun nodded and said: "Don't worry, I believe our Yeli family will not do stupid things."

Wang Chao said: "My lord, what do you say about Zhang Yaozuo and Han Jiang slandering you for your great achievements? How about I go tell Mr. Bao and the others, and show him a good look tomorrow morning."

Ma Han said: "Yes, if I don't fan tomorrow, his parents don't know him, so my surname is not Ma."

Zhang Long and Zhao Hu also made noises one after another, and Su Jin scolded: "If you think the young master will be finished soon, go make trouble! Zhang Yaozuo and I can't help him, just a few of you will do it?"

Ma Han said: "Isn't he the emperor's uncle? What's the big deal! Why does the emperor look down on the young master's hard work and listen to this bird man! Just find a chance to kill these two birds and forget it."

Su Jin stared and said: "Shut up, don't talk nonsense, do you think anyone can kill a hundred with one knife? Why do I work so hard? To mess up Song Dynasty? Make people panic? Besides, what he said is not unreasonable I should have thought of this episode, whether the emperor believes it or not, he always planted seeds in his heart; and I have been too involved in the past few years, and did not consider the emperor's feelings; the emperor is the emperor after all. , we always have to do things under his nose, we think the world belongs to the common people, the emperor must think the world belongs to him alone, this is where the contradiction lies.”

Everyone was silent, Yan Biyun said softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this is not the first time this happened, the emperor will be aware of the details, and will not be affected by Zhang Yaozuo and Han Jiang's one-sided remarks; this matter has also reminded us Husband, you can think about it from the perspective of the emperor and avoid it as much as possible."

Su Jin nodded and said: "It seems that we really have to find some way out, hey, I'm so tired!"

Zhao Hu said: "This time, it's thanks to Director Huang. Unexpectedly, Director Huang is quite a friend to the young master, and he rushes to report the letter."

Everyone nodded, Su Jin sneered and said: "Friends enough, how can there be such a good thing, don't you see it?"

Everyone said: "What?"

Su Jin said: "Huang Peisheng is someone close to the emperor. He does have a good relationship with me, but he will never take such a big risk for me. My friendship with him is far from that far; what a shrewd person the emperor is. He doesn't know who he makes friends with, and what kind of person he has a relationship with? If Huang Peisheng and I really have a deep friendship and are willing to take risks for me, then he would have been slaughtered by the emperor long ago. How could the emperor allow him to have eyes and ears around him? exist?"[

Everyone was stunned and said: "Then why is he here? Could it be..."

Su Jindao: "As I expected, it should be that the emperor deliberately asked him to listen to my tone. Only by pretending to be an informant can he get out what I have in mind; so I just reprimanded the dynasty just now, because I was afraid that the dynasty would If you don’t pay attention to what you say, you will miss something.”

Chao Chao said in shame: "I'm sorry, my lord, I almost fell for that eunuch's trick."

Yan Biyun pondered: "If according to what your husband said, Huang Peisheng came to listen to the emperor's order, wouldn't it mean that the emperor has doubts about your husband?"

Xia Siling said: "That's right, wouldn't that be bad, the emperor has become suspicious of your husband, he must have believed Zhang Yaozuo's nonsense."

Su Jin sneered and said: "The emperor doubts anyone, let alone me; Zhang Yaozuo will doubt me whether he will go or not; I even think he doubts himself sometimes; it's just that the emperor is quite self-cultivated, he doesn't care about it." He likes to be devious, even if he wants to do things himself, he will suggest that others will do it for him. That's why he promoted Zhang Yaozuo despite everyone's opposition. You think he doesn't Do you know that Zhang Yaozuo is a mediocre person? He knows very well in his heart that it is this kind of person that he can achieve his goal by hinting at his actions. Du Yan back then, and Zhang Yaozuo now are all such people."

Ye Liduanyun said: "I don't understand why the emperor would do this. Doesn't he want the court to unite as one to make the country stronger and richer?"

Su Jin said: "Of course he wants to, and he thinks more than anyone else; but as a fairly shrewd emperor, he not only hopes that he will be able to make the world peaceful and submit to the barbarians, but he also hopes that all this is his own credit. He doesn't feel comfortable when someone takes credit for him, and that's the paradox in his character."

Wang Chao and others couldn't understand what Su Jin was trying to express, but Yan Biyun's words gave a good summary: "In other words, the emperor not only hopes that the country will be prosperous and the people will be happy, but he also wants everyone to recognize that this is his contribution to governance. Is that right? I really don’t understand, he is already the master of the world, why should he be greedy for these credits, it’s really strange.”

Su Jindao: "This is why some people desire, some fight for fame, some want profit, and some want both fame and fortune; as far as the current situation is concerned, it is certain that the emperor is dissatisfied with me, but how serious is it? , I think I need to worry too much, he is testing my reaction, if I show the slightest disrespect, he will hit me mercilessly, Han Fan and others have set a precedent, I will never doubt him Will find another crony hat or something to put on me; it's chilling to think about."

"Husband, let's resign from office and forget about it. Our family's wealth can be eaten and drank for ten lifetimes, so why be angry with him." Ah Li said innocently.

Su Jin smiled and said: "The world is so big, it is all the territory of the emperor. If he wants to trouble you, he will trouble you whether you are an official or not; besides, I still have a lot of things to do. When I finish, I will give you trouble." Whatever I want to do, I will find a way."

Everyone heard that Su Jin's words seemed to have the intention of retiring, and they were all surprised. The young master is in full swing, and it is time to show his grand plans. Will he really choose to let go?And as he himself said, the world is so big, where can he hide?