The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Zhao Zhen picked up a memorial and read it, but found that Su Jin hadn't moved for a long time, so he stared and asked, "Why are you still standing here? Are you not angry enough?"

Su Jin scratched his head and said, "Your Majesty, you still have something to do with your promise to me."

Zhao Zhen put down the memorial and said, "What did I promise you? Don't push yourself too hard. I have been too tolerant to you. I don't know why I am so tolerant to you. But if you really don't cherish your head, I will complete you."

Su Jin said softly: "Your majesty is showing favor, how can I be ignorant of flattery; but this matter was indeed agreed to by the emperor himself, if you hadn't agreed to this matter in the study room that day, I wouldn't have done it at all." If you don’t know how to do this job, how can you get into so much trouble.”

Zhao Zhen lowered his face and said, "It's you who acted obediently yourself, but then shifted the responsibility to others, so unreasonable! What did I promise you?"

Su Jindao: "Your Majesty, I asked you that day that if I finish the food service, I would ask you to do a beautiful thing for me. Do you remember, Your Majesty?"

Zhao Zhen raised his neck and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "It's true, but have you finished the food business? Even if you make a big mistake, it's still done?"

Su Jin said anxiously: "At least the crisis of famine has been lifted, and the minister has done his best. Can the emperor not satisfy such a small request?"

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "You are really tired. You have your head on your neck for the time being, and you still have the time to talk about these things. I really don't know what you are thinking."

Su Jin said: "It's just a beginning and an end. No matter how the emperor will deal with the humble minister in the future, after the emperor agreed to me, I agreed to others; if the emperor broke his promise to me, I will also break his promise to others; the word integrity cannot be broken." of."

Zhao Zhen spat: "Who said I broke my promise to you? Tell me, what good things have come true?"

Su Jin hurriedly explained the marriage contract between Yan Biyun and the Pang family, and finally said: "I promised Miss Yan that I will help her release this shackle on her body and give her back her freedom. The emperor can come forward to help his ministers fulfill this wish."

The more Zhao Zhen listened, the more curious he became. Looking at Su Jin's eyes full of sarcasm, he said, "Why do you care about the matter of the girl from the Yan family? Yan Sansi is not in a hurry, but you are in a hurry, really. funny."

Su Jin said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't make fun of it. To be honest, I originally asked the Emperor to marry me and Ms. Yan. The beautiful thing I said was the marriage between me and Ms. Yan; It's hard to protect yourself, so the marriage matter is naturally forfeited, but Miss Yan and Mr. Pang's family are not husband and wife for a day, so why bother to bind her with a marriage bond, and waste away her good years, it is really inappropriate."

Zhao Zhen suddenly laughed, stood up and walked around Su Jin with his hands behind his back, saying: "It's funny, it's funny, I've gained a lot of knowledge, I didn't expect you, Su Jin, to be such a character, that you hooked up with a woman from the Yan family Here it is, this is beyond my expectation."

Su Jindao: "It's natural for a man and a woman to be happy with each other. Your Majesty, don't use the word hook up, okay?"

Zhao Zhen's tone turned cold and said: "Isn't it hooking up? What should it be called? Fornication? Seduction? Stealing a man?"

Su Jin blushed and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor Wan Cheng, how can you speak like that."

Zhao Zhen said: "You have taught me a lesson. The daughter of the Yan family is the wife of the Pang family. It is strange that I speak meanly when you meet a married man. What is etiquette in your eyes? Tell me, what else is there?" Something you dare not do?"

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Zhao Zhen chuckled and said, "I can't see it, I really can't see it, Su Jin, Su Jin, you really taught me to look at you with admiration once again."

Su Jin asked expectantly: "You agreed?"

Zhao Zhen sneered, and suddenly changed his face and said: "You are dreaming! You want me to help you do such things, but you can figure it out. You are not afraid of being infamous, and you will also pull me in. Your abacus is so good It's too fine."

Su Jin was taken aback by Zhao Zhen's moodiness. Hearing Zhao Zhen's tone, this matter might have been ruined, and he was secretly worried. He didn't expect that after working hard for more than half a year, he would end up with such a result. Even Yan Biyun's The marriage contract can't be broken, it's really useless.

"Listen to me. From now on, if you associate with that girl from the Yan family again, I will punish you for indecent crimes; the daughter of the Yan family will also be implicated and questioned as a prostitute. Naked naked and riding a wooden donkey through the streets, when the time comes, you will be responsible for all the crimes. You don't love yourself, and at the same time, you will harm others' innocence. Yan Sansi will also embarrass the world because of this incident, even he will never I won't spare you; if you don't let me out, I don't want to hear your nonsense anymore."

Su Jin looked at Zhao Zhen's perverted white face and moving lips, wishing he could rush up and slap that mouth a few times, slapping him like a banana; but at the same time, he warned himself: impulse is Devil, if you are impulsive at this moment, everything will stop.

"Why don't you go out?" Zhao Zhen scolded angrily.

Su Jin said slowly: "Your Majesty, how about we make a deal?"

Zhao Zhen was angry and funny, and shouted: "Whoever makes a deal with you, come and fork it!"

Several servants hurried in, rolled up their sleeves and wanted to pull Su Jin out, Su Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my humble minister offers advice to relieve the country's crisis, don't you care about the safety of the country?"

Zhao Zhen was startled, waved his hand and ordered the waiter to step back, and said quietly: "Su Jin, I have reached the limit of my tolerance for you today, what you have done, even if I kill you ten times, it would not be an exaggeration. Forgive your life, because after all you have made great achievements and have some abilities, you may be able to change your ways and return to work for the Song Dynasty in the future; but you have repeatedly challenged the bottom line of my patience, and I will never forgive you, don't worry, I will give you a whole corpse, after all you have contributed to the imperial court, and I will not implicate your family and relatives, this is the best of humanity for you."

Su Jin could feel the real anger hidden in Zhao Zhen's calm words. This time, he really angered the emperor. At this time, he had to try his best to survive, and if he had a little fear, he would die faster.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, I don't regret my death, but I'm not joking. I really have something to say about how to straighten out the imperial court. How dare I speak nonsense when it comes to state affairs? I don't have nine lives. How can I be careless about this matter?" Make an idea."

"What good solution can you have for Chao Gang? Even if there is, it's not a good plan, otherwise, what's the use of courting veterans?" Zhao Zhen sneered.

Su Jin said in a sullen voice: "After Rong Chen made the announcement, the emperor is drawing conclusions, and he doesn't care about this moment if he wants to kill him."

Seeing Su Jin's seriousness, Zhao Zhen seemed to be listening to what this kid was talking about.Anyway, killing him is just a matter of talking, so I don't care about spending more time to let him talk about it.

"Okay, I'll tolerate you one more time. If you say nothing or talk nonsense, I'll throw you out immediately and show off outside the palace gate." Zhao Zhen's words carried a murderous look. Really angry.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Su Jin wiped the sweat on his forehead, tried his best to recall the memories brought by later generations, searched for the part about the political abuses of the Song Dynasty, and carefully sorted out the fragmented memory fragments; The tactful words of the organization should not only poke Zhao Zhen's pain, but not too painful; at this time, one must not say a wrong word, otherwise there will be no chance.

"Qi Zou the emperor, this time I was ordered to handle the grain affairs. I heard and saw many situations. When I dreamed back at midnight, I thought about these things carefully. Later, I gradually found that I seemed to have touched some clues. , but my experience is still inexperienced, so I can't distinguish and consider, so now I will tell the emperor all these thoughts, and ask the emperor to make a decision."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, but if you want to be insightful, it won't work if you pick up people's teeth or fool me with nothing."

Su Jin nodded yes, and continued: "The first thing I want to say is the inspiration I got from this great famine. I have never been able to understand why just one severe drought in the south affected the food problem of the entire Song Dynasty. ; My country has been established for a long time in the Song Dynasty, and the people live in peace and prosperity. Although it cannot be called the coming of all nations, it can also be regarded as a grand event for the country to become rich and the people strong; but a drought exposed many problems. Even the ministers heard that even the frontier soldiers almost ran out of food, and although the emperor issued an edict last year saying that there was no time to hold the imperial examination due to the tight war, the minister dared to guess that it was because of money and silver that the tribute examination was suspended; these Why did this happen, and where did the wealth accumulated in the past few decades go? Your Majesty, do you have an answer in your heart?"

Su Jin's first question straight to the point was like a sharp sword piercing through Zhao Zhen's sore spot. These questions were also the difficulties he couldn't figure out when he couldn't sleep at night; , the family background is too weak, and even can't survive a natural disaster, so it's worrying.