The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin was indeed a little annoyed. These grandsons always spread rumors for themselves. The last time they went back to Bagong Mountain to suppress the bandits, it was obviously a great contribution. They were forced to participate in it, and even the emperor sent people to investigate; Obviously, someone is going to make a fuss about capturing Feng Jingyao and Mo Li in Yangzhou again.high-speed update

This time it's a good time, what kind of accidental injury to civilians, Zhu Shiyong is taking care of face, it is estimated that if it spreads to the court, it will become a careless disregard for the lives of the people.

"Master Su, don't worry, no matter how popular the rumors are, they will always be rumors. If you say that the emperor doesn't believe it, even I and I will never believe it; but having said that, after doing such a big thing, even if you kill a few people by mistake, that's just love. It’s justifiable, and it’s not worth making a fuss about.” Zhu Shiyong continued to provoke Su Jin, implying that the rumors were true.

Su Jin laughed suddenly, she was still swearing at others, but suddenly the cloudy weather turned sunny.

"Your Majesty is still sensible. Rumors only stop at the wise. They are all jealousy of those bastards looking at me. As for your saying that it's no big deal to accidentally injure a few civilians while on an errand, I don't agree with you. My Song Dynasty has its own laws." Hundreds of articles, there is no one that says that civilians’ lives can be neglected for the sake of official business, I believe that the prefect Zhu is just casually comforting words, if you really hold this kind of thought, you will stumble sooner or later.”

Zhu Shiyong was quite depressed. He wanted to make some outbursts from Su Jin's anger, but unexpectedly, Su Jin caught the omissions in his words.

Since the little fox doesn't take the bait, there's no need to choke him to death. Zhu Shiyong was tactful, and immediately changed his words: "That's it, that's it. I just said it casually, but I didn't really think it that way. That's not the intention, if you encounter any other treacherous people, you must report my words, haha, haha."

Su Jin laughed and said: "Your Majesty has a lot of worries, who would be so bored to talk about it, and a despicable villain would stab a knife in the back."

Zhu Shiyong hurriedly echoed, "Exactly, there are indeed fewer and fewer people as upright as Mr. Su."

The two changed the topic, Zhu Shiyong smiled and said: "Master Su, I came here this time, first to visit you, and second, to ask you to check our Luzhou's grain affairs. Things are in full swing, and the special envoy also happens to be in Luzhou, so I just ask the special envoy to clean up Luzhou's food affairs."

Su Jin waved his hand and said: "This time I'm just going back to my hometown for a vacation, not on business. I've been so busy with food affairs for two consecutive months. I just want to have a good rest at this moment, and I don't want to talk about official affairs. "

Zhu Shiyong said with a dry smile: "That's impossible. What the government is looking forward to is the day when Special Envoy Su returns to Luzhou. Your Excellency is very good at food affairs. Although the government is proficient in government affairs, it is not very shrewd in dealing with merchants. , and this is exactly the special envoy's strong point."

Su Jin cursed inwardly, the old dog pointed at Sang and scolded Huai for mentioning his background as a merchant, humiliating himself quietly, this is despising himself from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, Su Jin is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but he is too lazy to play these verbal games with Zhu Shiyong, so he said bluntly: "I understand what Mr. Fu Zun said. The price of grain in Luzhou City is stable, and the people don't seem to be famine. One point is the meritorious deeds of the government, and this envoy will mention this matter when he returns to Beijing to return to his command; Zhu Zhifu is a capable official, and there are disturbances everywhere, but Luzhou has not moved, and he must have spent a lot of effort to clean up the grain affairs; At the beginning, I went to Luzhou to handle the grain affairs, and I was afraid that the magistrate could not handle it well."

"It is a great honor for my government to be praised by Special Envoy Su. It is also a gift from this government to Mr. Su to be able to return home to celebrate the New Year with peace of mind without disturbing the special envoy."

Zhu Shiyong was complacent. He wanted to show off in front of Su Jin. He wanted Su Jin to admit that Luzhou's grain affairs were well managed. It's your new year, get out after the new year, don't try to make any crooked ideas.

"If all the parents and officials were as capable as Zhifu Zhu, anxious about the urgent needs of the court, and thinking about what the court wanted, then the envoy would have returned to Beijing long ago; Zhifu Zhu is a good hand in political affairs, maybe soon I will be promoted soon, please take care of me in the future, Su Jin is just a fledgling, many things can't be done like the magistrate, so I will ask you for advice in the future."

"Where is it, please be polite." Zhu Shiyong laughed triumphantly, and took a sip of tea happily.

Su Jin poked his head and said: "After the Chinese New Year, I will return to Beijing. When I was in Yangzhou, the Holy Majesty asked Ouyang Zhongcheng to deliver an order to me, asking me to inspect the grain affairs of Huainan Road and write a report. Therefore, Luzhou grain Although Mr. Wu has done everything properly, there are some procedural matters that need to be gone; for example, check the records of grain sales, look at the grain in the official warehouse, etc., and it is also easy to estimate whether the grain can last for the summer harvest next year. , Is it necessary for the court to allocate aid, etc.; these are limited by duties, and I will ask Master Zhu to give me convenience when the time comes."

Zhu Shiyong laughed and said: "That's natural, I will order people to cooperate with you fully, and the warehouse department officials will be on call."

Su Jin smiled slightly and said, "Then thank you sir first."

Zhu Shiyong said: "A few days ago, Ouyang Zhongcheng sent someone to ask me to meet him in Yangzhou. At that time, the government was busy with food affairs, so I really couldn't spare time. I planned to visit him after the annual holiday, but he suddenly sent someone to say There is no need to go, so there is nothing to do now; today is very free, why don't we find a restaurant and have a drink with this mansion as the host? My manor knows that there is a restaurant whose food is not inferior to Hefeng Lou. "

Su Jin smiled and said, "I guess it's Zuixian Tower."

Zhu Shiyong was startled, and blurted out: "How do you know?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "It was General Long Zhen, the deputy commander of the bodyguard Ma Jun, who told me that when he came to Luzhou, the magistrate gave him a warm reception, invited him to drink in Zuixianlou, and prepared a lot of special programs for the occasion. ,Yes or no?"

Zhu Shiyong was a little chilled, he calmed down and said with a dry smile: "It is only right for the Beijing officials to come here to do what the landlord wants, what else did he say?"

Su Jin laughed and said, "Guess!"

Zhu Shiyong swallowed his mouth and spit out: "Then how can I guess?"

Su Jin said in a low voice: "He also said that the car dealerships on the ground in Luzhou are really strange. If they don't do business, they just drink the northwest wind."

Zhu Shiyong hurriedly said: "That's because the car dealership is afraid of being robbed by bandits. Commander Long wants to take the official road on land. Of course no one dares to agree."

Su Jin said: "That's weird, Long Zhen also told me that later, for some reason, the owners of the car dealers were not afraid of being robbed, and all of them agreed to rent cars to transport food for him. This turn is too big, what is it? It is really strange that the reason can teach the owner of the car dealer that he is not afraid of bandits all of a sudden."

Zhu Shiyong said with a dry smile: "Perhaps the owners of the car dealership wanted to share the worries of the court, so they took the risk to send them off. Mr. Su, don't underestimate the awareness of the people in Luzhou. Besides, with the elite horse army escorting them, everyone in the car dealership has figured it out." In this festival, do you still need to be afraid of bandits?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "Maybe it's the reason, but I always don't believe it, and Ma Jun didn't come to Luzhou later, why didn't the owner of the car dealer agree? Don't they know that Ma Jun is the elite of the court? "

Zhu Shiyong said coldly: "How can the government know this question? If you want to ask, you can only ask the owner of the car dealer."

Su Jin laughed loudly and said, "Of course I have to ask. I'm going to peel their skins, so I'm not afraid that they won't tell the truth."

Zhu Shiyong said displeased: "I'm afraid this is not very good. Buying and selling is free. Whether people want it or not is their freedom. You can't force them."

Su Jin sneered and said: "In an extraordinary period, if you do extraordinary things, Yangzhou will wait for food to save your life. If you don't pay money to rent a cart, it is not at fault even if you don't pay money for forced expropriation; to be honest with you, I The main task of returning to Yangzhou is not the food, but to find these guys to settle the old score, first say hello to the Fu Zun, but don't stand up for them, if they didn't delay the time of food delivery, how could they send it off in the snow Food? How could it be easily robbed by bandits? I almost lost my life in Bagong Mountain.”

Zhu Shiyong flicked his sleeves and said, "What's the point? How can the bandits blame the car dealer for stealing the food?"

Su Jin said: "This is my reason, Su Jin."

Zhu Shiyong changed his face and said, "Nonsense!"

Su Jin smiled and said: "Even if it's a nonsense, what can I do? At worst, someone will write to Beijing to sue me. It's not the first time I have encountered such a thing."

Zhu Shiyong's face was livid, and he left without saying a word.

Su Jin laughed and said, "Why? Didn't the Master Fu invite me to have a drink at Zuixianlou?"

Zhu Shiyong spat on the ground with a mouthful of thick phlegm, got into the sedan chair, and walked away.