The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Gou Dasheng brandished his fists and cursed angrily: "The sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued man, who is in vain to be an official of the imperial court, actually plays these tricks. It's really disgusting. I don't bother to bicker with you. Come here, blow all these people out, and close the official warehouse." , I will report this matter to the transfer envoy and the imperial court, and anyone involved in the theft of military rations will be severely punished."

The government servants who followed came forward to yell and curse to drive away the people, and the simple knife waved in the air, the light of the knife made people dizzy.

Su Jin shouted loudly: "Come here, take this Gou Dasheng who beats the people at will, obstructs the envoy's errands, and wastes food!"

Gou Dasheng was startled, and saw a person flashing behind Su Jin, without saying a word, grabbed his clothes, cut his hands behind his back, crossed his neck, and pushed him in front of Su Jin.

Gou Dasheng's subordinates rushed to rescue him, but Ma Han kicked him twice, staring and shouting: "If you dare to take half a step forward, I will break the neck of this fat pig."

Gou Dasheng felt that his wrists were bound by iron hoops while talking, and the big hands on his neck forcibly turned his neck to one side, the bones on his neck creaked, and Gou Dasheng was so frightened that he shouted : "Don't move, don't go forward."

All the yamen servants hurriedly backed away, waving the knives and dared not go forward, Pan Jiang was so frightened that his face turned pale, and the two adults started to use force without saying a few words, especially the special envoy, who scolded as soon as he came up, and then Even if he did something, he didn't seem to be an official at all. Seeing that the situation was in full swing, he quickly trotted to Su Jin's side and said in a low voice, "Master Special Envoy, this...is not very good."

Su Jin ignored him, pointed at Gou Dasheng and shouted, "Gou Dasheng, are you guilty?"

Gou Dasheng yelled and cursed: "Su Jin, you are so bold that you dare to hostage the imperial court official, you...you don't want to live..."

Su Jin reached out and patted his fat face and said, "Don't put a big hat on me, you're just taking a prisoner. Although you are an official, if you break the law, you still have to commit the same crime as the common people."

Gou Dasheng roared angrily: "What law did I commit? You are the one who violated the law. I will report what happened today to the imperial court truthfully. If you are sensible, then let me go, otherwise I will teach you to walk around without food."

Su Jin laughed and said, "I don't know what law you have committed? Is it against the law to obstruct the envoy's errands? Beating the people in front of the envoy, and throwing the official warehouse grain bought by the imperial court on the ground, In vain, you are still a warehouse manager, don't you know how precious these rice grains are at this time?"

Gou Dasheng shouted: "I will pay for the food. As for obstructing your errands, it is out of the question. I am also on errands. If the woman hadn't touched me, I wouldn't beat her. It's my own fault."

Su Jin spat on his face and said: "If you touch you, you will beat someone. How are you different from a bandit? It is a fact that you beat others. Thousands of eyes are watching here. It may be difficult to deny it. I believe When we arrived at the yamen, naturally many people came to testify."

Su Jin turned to the people and asked, "Fellow folks, I took this dog that beats people up to the Yamen, is there anyone willing to testify?"

The common people were silent, and Su Jin's heart sank. It seemed that the common people in Yangzhou were the same as those in other places. They were terrified of being bullied, so they couldn't help sighing.

Gou Dasheng looked serious and was about to speak, when he suddenly saw a person in the crowd raised his hand and said: "Cao Min is willing to testify, Cao Min saw this official beat that woman with his own eyes, and the woman's ribs were probably broken."

Su Jin took a closer look and found that this man was Wu Erlang who he and Song Quan went to visit that night, but he didn't notice that he was also here to receive food.

"Be careful what you say, you will go to jail and face a lawsuit for framing the court official." Gou Dasheng threatened.

"It's better to go to court and go to prison than starve to death and freeze to death. The grassroots have seen it with their own eyes, so can't they speak out against their conscience?"

Su Jin chuckled and said: "A good man is responsible, he has no blood and is a puddle of mud. A good life is earned by fighting for it, not by charity."

The surrounding people saw someone stand out and heard Su Jin's words. They were greatly stimulated, and suddenly they all raised their hands and shouted: "We saw it too."

"I am willing to testify."

"I'll see this dog official beating people with my own eyes..."

The roar of the people resounded through the sky, thousands of people shouted together, the momentum was really scary, Gou Dasheng's face was ashen, he only scanned the people with hateful eyes, and muttered curses in his mouth.

Su Jin signaled the people to be quiet, smiled and said to Gou Dasheng: "Master Gou, you saw that you can't get away with the crime of beating others, let's settle other accounts, you just said that you will pay for the food you spilled on the ground." Now, how are you going to pay for it?"

Gou Dasheng said angrily: "It's just a few liters of rice sprinkled, and the compensation is the price. I'll pay you twice, which is enough."

Su Jin laughed and said, "Two pennies? Mr. Gou is so rich, he sprinkled a few liters of rice, but it's only a few hundred Wen. You lost two pennies all at once. Isn't that a loss?"

Gou Dasheng said: "I admit the loss, let me go."

Su Jin said: "That's impossible. Let's distinguish between public and private. Why do you ask for more compensation? It's not fair to you. The court doesn't lack your extra money. It's like the officials are taking advantage of you. I won't let you talk about it in the future."

Gou Dasheng was so entangled by him that he almost went crazy, he shouted: "Then what do you think?"

"It's very simple, you can pay as much as you spoil, and you don't need money, just rice, now you have nothing to say."

"Fairness is fairness, but how many meters is this ground? You give the number."

Su Jin sneered and said: "I have so many things to do, do you have time to count the rice for you? Lie down there and count the rice, and you will pay as much as you have ruined. It doesn't matter if you have more or less."

Gou Dasheng said angrily: "The rice grains and muddy water are mixed together on the ground, how can you count them? Su Jin, you are deliberately making things difficult for me."

Su Jin scolded: "Damn you didn't know I was making things difficult for you until now? You are a stupid pig. I don't care. If you don't count a good amount and pay for the food today, the envoy will never let you out of this courtyard." Don't worry, even at night, this emissary will stay here with you."

Gou Dasheng yelled angrily: "Su Jin, you are a thief, you are so bold that you take hostage and insult the court officials, what if I beat people and waste food? What can you do with me? It's not your turn to take care of my affairs. , You count that onion, if you have the guts, you kill me with one knife."

Su Jin said coldly: "Is it really so bachelor?"

Gou Dasheng went all out, so he didn't believe that Su Jin dared to touch him. The only thing Su Jin relied on was his status as a special envoy for grain affairs. As for cases like beating people, it was not Su Jin's turn to take care of them.

Su Jin raised his big finger and said, "I'm kind, it seems that you won't cry when you see the coffin. I'll show you something, and then you can consider whether to take back what you just said."

Su Jin stepped forward, blocked everyone's eyes with his body, took out something from his bosom, flashed it in front of Gou Dasheng's eyes, and Gou Dasheng immediately opened his mouth and was half dumb as if he had Alzheimer's.

Su Jin smiled, took the object back into his arms, and whispered in his ear: "I didn't want you to see it, but you forced me. Now that you have seen it, I will not be polite. You have two choices. The first is to continue to fight against me. I will use this "like my presence" sign bestowed by the emperor to punish you for the three crimes of obstructing official duties, beating people to serious injuries, and wasting official food. In short, you will lose your official position, be punished, and be exiled for sure. I know that the emperor will punish me afterwards, but I don't care. If you get into the water, you will be unlucky and we will be unlucky together."

Gou Dasheng gritted his teeth, the muscles on his face were twisted and deformed, he knew that what Su Jin said was true, as long as this sign was taken out, not to mention him, even Lord Lu Zhuanyun would have to admit it. The gold medal of 'like me in person' was given to this kid.

Gou Dasheng weighed it over and over again, of course he didn't want to be taken by Su Jin for no reason. He would ruin the majesty of this gold medal for the worthless character of himself.

"Dare to ask, what is the second way?" Gou Dasheng hoped for a better solution.

Su Jin raised his finger and said: "You are very courageous. I have ruled out the first way so quickly. This envoy looks at you with admiration. The second way is very simple. You pretend not to know about it. I know it is military rations. Stealing military rations is a capital offense, so I might as well tell you that I even forged the official documents of the magistrate, so if this matter is revealed, I will lose nine lives."

Gou Dasheng was terrified when he heard that, the kid in front of him was probably crazy, for such a rebellious thing, he said it calmly, like a normal person.

"As long as you keep your mouth shut, I will take care of all of this; Luzhou Prefecture's 50 shi of grain is on its way to Yangzhou. After it arrives, the envoy will fill up the official warehouse as much. When the time comes, God knows, you know me." You know, everything is calm, just pretend nothing happened, and if you continue to be your Master Cangsi, you can still win my friendship, and maybe you can help me with something in the future, wouldn't everyone be happy?"

Su Jin's words are quite tempting, but Gou Dasheng knows that this second strategy seems to be a happy one, but in fact it is a more dangerous one. Su Jin wants to pull himself into this boat, and the boat capsizes Su Jin Can't escape, he can't escape, Yangzhou prefect Song Xiang can't escape, even a series of officials below the road can't escape, this Su Jin is simply a villain.