The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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In the imperial study room, Huang Peisheng stood by the desk with his hands down, and told Zhao Zhen about the situation of going to Su's mansion for testing. Zhao Zhen frowned and fell silent.

"Your Majesty, Lord Su doesn't seem to have a ulterior motive as Lord Zhang and Lord Han said. Otherwise, why Lord Su was not angry when the old slave said this, and he didn't explain it. He only said that the emperor would see clearly, and the old slave couldn't see it." Show how angry he is."

Zhao Zhen's face was flickering under the candlelight, and he took a deep breath and said, "Maybe Su Jin made an unintentional mistake at all, or maybe he has already noticed something strange, so he pretended to be calm and flattered, if it's the former, that's all. If it's the latter, then people are really worried."

Huang Peisheng said: "Your Majesty, this old slave feels that Mr. Su is not like the kind of person who is proud of his meritorious service. Although he is disrespectful to the Emperor, but looking at his words and deeds, he is still loyal to the Emperor. Is the Emperor worrying too much. "

Zhao Zhen yelled: "Bold! Are you saying that I am suspicious? When will it be your turn to draw conclusions? What benefits did Su Jin give you?"

Huang Peisheng quickly fell to his knees and kowtowed, fearfully saying: "Damn the old slave, the old slave is talkative, the old slave is also thinking of the emperor, a thousand soldiers are easy to get, but a general is hard to find; Su Jin is a rare talent, he has some military and political skills, the emperor Wasn’t Huiyan digging him out of the wilderness just to use him as a right-hand man to assist with state affairs today? Besides, most of the reports about Mr. Su are rumors with no real evidence, so why should the emperor worry too much?”

Zhao Zhen reprimanded: "It was then, and now is now. People will change. People's hearts are separated by a layer of skin. You can see his actions and hear his words, so how do you know what's going on in his mind? Besides I didn't intend to find its flaws, look, this is a secret report given to me by the ministers, a thick stack, all about how the people love Su Jin, and some places have even established shrines for him , built a temple, if things go on like this, where will I be placed? Maybe within three years, the world may really be like Han Jiang said, only know Su Jin but not who I am."

Huang Peisheng said: "But these things are not Mr. Su's own wishes after all. The actions of ordinary people are voluntary and self-conscious. You can't blame Mr. Su for this."

Zhao Zhen said: "I really can't blame him, but how do I know that he won't have other thoughts because of this. When the Taizu released his military power with a glass of wine, some people made false claims about the high bird's best bow, but now I understand Taizu's behavior very well. How can the family and the country be stable? One is to strengthen the country and resist foreign humiliation, and the other is to calm the inside and eliminate traitors. Taizu did these two, so that he can rest easy. Now I can't sleep; I admit that maybe I worry too much, but I You can't bet on Jiangshan Sheji, once you lose, how can I see my ancestors under my nine springs?"

Huang Peisheng understands that the emperor is taking precautions before they happen. He will not let any signs of threatening the imperial power be ignored. Even if it is Su Jin who has made great contributions to the Song Dynasty, there is no room for maneuver in this matter. That's the bottom line.

"Huang Peisheng, I want you to send someone to keep an eye on Su Jin's words and deeds. I don't want you to fabricate, but I don't allow you to hide it. If you want me not to believe the words of the ministers, then I will believe your words. In addition, I have to tell you, act Be careful, most of the lieutenant generals of my Great Song Army are subordinates of Su Jin's Northwest Army, I don't want to provoke Su Jin and cause trouble."

Huang Peisheng bowed and agreed, feeling conflicted in his heart. He was naturally loyal to the emperor, but he actually had a good impression of Su Jin. The emperor treats Su Jin like this now. With Su Jin's temper, once he knew that the emperor was secretly investigating him, it would really be true. I don't know what's going to happen.

A few days later, Su Jinzao proposed a measure of rebates for land reclamation in order to rectify the recent disadvantages of commerce being more important than farming. The imperial court does not need to be lured with benefits.

Su Jin knew in his heart that Zhao Zhen had officially sounded the clarion call to suppress him. Su Jin was almost desperate for Zhao Zhen. This person appeared to be modest and kind, but in fact he was extremely selfish and suspicious. However, he wants to make the country rich and the people strong, but he is also worried about the decline of the imperial power. The archway is a tangled person.

Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were the victims of his mentality back then. Now it's his turn. If Su Jin had some fantasies about him at the beginning, since he went to the Northwest to work hard, he sent someone to find out about Zhucheng. Since the incident in the middle compartment, Su Jin has lost respect for Zhao Zhen.

The reason why Su Jin wants to do so many things is because he doesn’t want to waste his talent as a traveler. In view of the hardships of the people and the ignorance and numbness of the people’s wisdom, Su Jin only wants to do some things that should be done to make the people’s lives better. Open some, it is already my dream.

Moreover, as a son and daughter of China, I always have a dream of a strong country in my heart. I know the trajectory of the wheel of history. He doesn't want to see the Song Dynasty finally being trampled by the iron cavalry of Mongolia and Yuan, and history is ruined beyond recognition by the barbarians. What can he do? What he wants is to make the Great Song Dynasty as strong as possible, which may change the direction of history. He has done this in Xixia and Liao.

But Su Jin is not Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, he will not suffer like Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, who is thrown out by Zhao Zhen as a scapegoat but doesn't let a fart go. Su Jin's bottom line is that once Zhao Zhen wants to use himself as a monkey, he will He immediately asked him to pay the price; Su Jin sneered secretly, he came from a place where there was no emperor at all, and everyone there knew that no one was born nobler than others, and the theory that the son of heaven was ordered by the sky was seen by Su Jin It's even worse than the gods who read people's palms with small stools under the overpass.

Su Jin reported that he was ill, and it was said that he was overworked, so he asked for a one-month leave on paper, and then left the capital.

Zhang Yaozuo and others were so happy that they almost jumped into the sky. As soon as Su Jin left, they could decide the affairs of the court. They immediately took advantage of Su Jin's absence and proposed to send troops to Xixia to attack the alliance between Xixia and Uighurs and Tubo; but the reality was that It was to give them a big slap in the face. The news that Xia Guo sent troops to crusade against the Uighurs shattered the rumors of the non-existent alliance; Come here, I made a long list of items, and along with the list, I brought back all the agricultural ironware that was traded from Song State to Xia State in the past few years. The meaning of Xia State is obvious. Everything you gave us is here. You are wronging me.

The envoy of Xia Guo also brought a letter from the Queen Mother Yeli, requesting that the trade of ironware for war horses between the two countries be closed, lest people with ulterior motives instigate propaganda, emphasized the fact that Xia Guoyong was a vassal state of Song Dynasty, and asked Zhao Zhen not to listen to rumors.

Zhang Yaozuo was scolded by Zhao Zhen, and he felt disgraced; a month later, Su Jin still hadn't returned to the capital, and sent a note saying that his condition had not improved, and he still had to take care of him for a month.

Zhao Zhen sent someone to visit the doctor, only to find that Su Jin was staying in a mansion by the seaside in Mingzhou. It was crooked, and an oral order was passed down to reprimand Su Jin fiercely, asking him to return to the capital immediately.

Su Jin was unmoved, and simply reported his illness and resigned. The court was shaken. Officials, big and small, went to Mingzhou to see Su Jin and asked him to withdraw his order, because during the two months when Su Jin was away, Li Zhong, the head of the Department of Development and Reform, also fell ill, and no one took over the government affairs that were originally well-organized. Su Jin and Li Zhong made those things that others didn't understand. Zhao Zhen was cruel and asked Zhang Yaozuo to take over temporarily How could Zhang Yaozuo do this? 3000 million treasury bonds expired that month, and businessmen who bought investment went to the Development and Reform Department to ask for it. Zhang Yaozuo was dumbfounded. He didn't know where the money came from, nor did he How is the money that Jin uses to do big things financed and operated.

The merchants originally invested in Su Jin, but now they were all blown up, and the noise was so loud that the sky was full of noise. Zhang Yaozuo had no choice but to confess to Zhao Zhen that he was helpless.

Zhao Zhen refused to bow his head. Although he did not agree to Su Jin's resignation request, he kept dispatching people to deal with the panic caused by Su Jin's departure, and he did not hesitate to use the national treasury bank to advance the repayment of the merchant's national debt.