The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin waved and ordered Xiao Zhuzi to leave the hall. Lang Shaodong hesitated for a moment and then ordered his men to leave.

Su Jin smiled and said: "Master Lang, you are a sensible person. Although you don't know much about me, Su Jin, you know that I am the special envoy of grain affairs, and you should also know what I did in Yangzhou. Shou I'm sure you know something about what happened on Bagong Mountain in Zhouzhou."

Lang Shaodong said: "I have heard about the bandit suppression in Bagong Mountain, but I haven't heard anything about Yangzhou."

Su Jin laughed and said: "No wonder, you were beaten by Zhu Shiyong dozens of boards, and you must have been in bed for 20 days. It's normal that you haven't heard about Yangzhou. It's just that President Tang of the Chamber of Commerce didn't mention it to you. Surprised me."

Lang Shaodong blushed, and cursed inwardly: This guy never forgets to mention his spanking, the more I try to cover it up, the more he will expose my scars.

"They're all a bunch of bastards crossing rivers and tearing down bridges. I don't care if they use people to look forward and don't want to look back."

Su Jin feigned surprise and said, "Oh? Are the presidents of the chamber of commerce actually of such character?"

Lang Shaodong said indifferently: "You don't have to be so enthusiastic. It's my business for me to scold them, but you can't even think about what you want to achieve through me."

Su Jin chuckled and said, "Where did Lang Shaodong go? Let's not talk about the chamber of commerce. Since they didn't tell you what I do in Yangzhou, why don't I tell you?"

Lang Shaodong said: "There is nothing to do, you can say what you like, but no matter how great your contribution is, what does it have to do with me?"

Su Jindao: "Actually, I don't have any credit. In fact, I didn't do anything in Yangzhou. It can be summed up in nine words."

Lang Shaodong was noncommittal, and seemed to have no interest in playing with the teacup in his hand; Su Jin knew that he was pretending to be relaxed, and from his pricked ears, he could infer that Lang Shaodong still wanted to know what he had done.

Su Jin narrated in a calm tone as much as possible: "These nine words are: kill a batch, shut down a batch, and exile a batch."

Lang Shaodong's expression changed, and he looked at Su Jin in surprise.

Su Jin's face turned cold, and his tone was as cold as the cold wind on a winter night: "Everyone thinks that the imperial court's order to rectify the grain affairs is just a gust of wind, and they are all lucky enough to pass by if they can, but Lang Shaodong, you should I understand that the imperial court is serious about this matter; as far as I know, the grain you have hoarded is only more than [-] shi. Not only did you lose face for breaking your face, but he also punished you for it? The reason is that he is well aware of the imperial court's determination in dealing with food affairs."

Lang Shaodong's mouth squirmed, as if he was muttering curses; Su Jin said: "Originally, you can be safe and sound if you sell the grain, but you just don't want to part with the sudden profits of [-] to [-] dong that will be brought by the [-] shi grains. In the relationship with the Chamber of Commerce, Zhu Shiyong will always give you a little face, but unexpectedly he will turn his face and deny you; food being forcibly confiscated is a trivial matter, and the most depressing thing in your heart is that Zhu Shiyong will not give you face."

Lang Shaodong snorted and said: "You guessed wrong, I don't have the kind of thoughts you said, and you don't have to guess my thoughts in vain."

Su Jin shook his head and said: "It's not good to say something wrong. I came to see you today as Su Ji Shaodong, not as a special envoy for food affairs. After all, we are all from our hometown, and we talk around and around. It's boring to go."

Lang Shaodong frowned and said, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

Su Jindao: "Let me explain to you what it means to kill a batch of customs. I was appointed by the emperor to go to Yangzhou to handle grain affairs. All merchants in the world have the same mind. The grain merchants in Yangzhou are no exception. It can even be said Even more vicious and arrogant; the wealth and influence of my merchants in Luzhou City are unforgettable; only one merchant of the Feng family has hoarded 180 million shi of grain, just think about how much financial resources this must be."

Lang Shaodong opened his mouth so wide that he could stuff the teacup in his hand, and looked at Su Jin in disbelief.

Su Jin said: "You must think it's unbelievable. To be honest, I also think it's unbelievable. Not only that, this man has four to five hundred thugs, the number is almost as large as [-]% of the Luzhou Xiang Army. Ten people worked their lives for themselves, think about it, can Su Jin and I go to Yangzhou to deal with such a person?"

Lang Shaodong frowned and said, "What should we do with him? Did you bring him down?"

Su Jin nodded slightly and said: "A total of 17 people, together with Feng Peng and the officials of the state government, have all asked for bloodthirsty swords in Yangzhou more than ten days ago."

Lang Shaodong shook his body, the contempt in Su Jin's eyes was gone.

"Nearly 200 of Feng's minions and thugs were killed, and more than 180 people were all imprisoned. Nearly [-] family members and marginal figures involved in the case were all exiled to bitter cold places as official prostitutes and slaves. All the people involved in the case have confiscated all their property, seized properties worth tens of millions, and the [-] million shi grains have not escaped from my palm." Su Jin's tone was indifferent, but the coldness in his words made people shudder.

Lang Shaodong's face was pale, his lips were dry, and he took a sip of tea with shaking hands, but when he closed the lid, he lost his hand, and the tea cup almost toppled over, and the tea splashed out and wet several pieces of his blue silk long jacket.

Su Jindao: "I'm afraid Lang Shaodong can't imagine it, or he doesn't believe it at all, but let me tell you, the imperial court's report on this matter has been distributed to all the prefectures of the Song Dynasty a few years ago, and our Zhu Zhifu in Luzhou must have already had this in his hands." The residence has been reported, but you have no chance to know."

Lang Shaodong swallowed hard, forced himself to calm down, and said in a hoarse voice: "What are you telling me? I just hoarded [-] shi of grain. Could it be that this is also a crime of beheading? Besides, the prefect Zhu has already done this to my subordinates. Punishment, all the grain in my warehouse has been transported to the official warehouse, you...you...tell me this, are you trying to settle old scores with me?"

Su Jin snorted and said, "I'm not telling you this to scare you, nor to settle any old disputes with you. If I want to touch you, I won't come here alone today, and I will come here as the owner of Su Ji." Here we come; but don't forget my other identity, and don't expect to be punished by Zhu Zhifu, everything will be fine if the grain is sold to the official warehouse; if I trouble you, you can't avoid it."

Lang Shaodong said: "What else do you want? The food has been sold in the official warehouse, and it has been boarded, isn't it enough? It's only [-] shi..."

Su Jin sneered and said, "Have you carefully read the edict issued by the imperial court more than a month ago? Prefect Zhu should have posted it all over the city."

Lang Shaodong said: "I have seen it, of course I have seen it."

Su Jin said: "Do you still remember the content?"

Lang Shaodong thought about it for a long time but didn't remember a single bit of the content. At that time, it was just a formality, and he didn't take it seriously at all.

"If you can't remember, let me remind you. There is a date on the edict, which is No. 20 in November of the first year of Qingli. I don't know if you remember it?"

Lang Shaodong made a sound, and all the contents of the edict flooded into his mind. Before November 20th, he took the initiative to sell grain to the official warehouse. Once the NO.20 threshold is passed, the purchase price of the official warehouse will be directly reduced to three hundred pennies per stone. If you refuse to sell it, you will be severely punished according to the amount of stored grain.

Lang Shaodong's face was pale. Although his food was forcibly taken away, Zhu Shiyong finally gave him some thin noodles, and he still bought them at a price [-]% higher than the market price; Wouldn't it be worthless.

It is because the price that is [-]% higher than the market price is only two and one stone, and the purchase price of the chamber of commerce for raising funds to store grain is already three, plus the transportation cost of boats and vehicles, he has already lost his capital, so he had a quarrel with Zhu Shiyong When he got up, Zhu Shiyong had no time to talk to him, so he simply sent someone to beat him twenty boards, and forcibly took away the grain and stuffed it into the official warehouse.

At the same time, Lang Shaodong also understood why Zhu Shiyong treated him like this. Su Jin killed so many people in Yangzhou, and even the people in the government were implicated. Hundreds of people were killed, hundreds of people were imprisoned, and thousands of people were exiled. It is going to shake the whole Song Dynasty.

Luzhou is so close to Yangzhou, and the mansion newspaper did not come. Zhu Shiyong probably knew the grain affairs in Yangzhou city well, so he took precautions to collect the grain. Needless to say, Tang Jiyuan and others must have cooperated in handing over the grain. , because if this is not the case, once Su Jin arrives in Luzhou and finds out these grain reserves, even the Chamber of Commerce and Zhu Shiyong will be in trouble.Judging from Su Jin's methods in Yangzhou, it is inevitable that someone's head will fall.

Beads of sweat rolled on Lang Shaodong's forehead, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. He was both scared and angry. Since Su Jin repeated the key date, he naturally knew that the time for him to sell grain had already passed the court's deadline. Turning things around is another big trouble; the anger is that those old guys from the chamber of commerce and Zhu Shiyong have basically excluded themselves from the core; relationship, I will never be subject to Zhu Shiyong's twenty big boards.

After thinking about it, Lang Shaodong suddenly understood that the presidents of the Chamber of Commerce must be dissatisfied with him, and he usually likes to do his own way, contradicting Vice President Liu and Vice President Huang many times, pointing at the two People scold their mothers in person; the one surnamed Huang is fine, he has no scheming, but this one surnamed Liu is a bad breed. In order to avenge his personal revenge, he forced his ass to open.

Su Jin squinted at the rich expression on Lang Shaodong's face, gritted his teeth for a while, and struggled with fear for a while; he was very satisfied with the effect; Lang Shaodong was spanked by Zhu Shiyong, and to be honest, he couldn't believe it. It was time to make such a foolish move, but since this foolish move was made, Su Jin didn't bother to think about the reason.

If the opportunity comes, we must seize it. Is it possible that the members of the chamber of commerce will also use bitter tricks?

Su Jin quickly and categorically denied this conjecture. She had too many thoughts and often speculated that others would go astray; Su Jin could almost conclude that Lang Shaodong's status in the chamber of commerce was not high. Maybe Lang Yongping thought he was important, but in Tang Dynasty In the eyes of Ji Yuan and others, he was not treated as a person at all.

The reason is simple. The chamber of commerce hoarded 30 shi of grain, and Lang Shaodong only received a share of [-] shi. This directly reflected that Lang Shaodong had never entered the core position of a small group in the chamber of commerce. He is just a soy sauce running errand, and the [-] Shitun food is just for him to smear his lips to taste the sweetness.

Bitter meat tricks can only be played by core roles, and people like Lang Shaodong don't even have the qualifications.