The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

"Master Su..." Li Zhihe came forward with a smile on his face, cupped his hands and said, "Today I was cleaning up for Master Su, but I didn't expect to make him unhappy. Where did you say that? General Ge put a lot of thought into it." I got this monkey brain to let Mr. Su try something new, it’s fine if Mr. Su doesn’t like it, but why blame General Ge for it, after all, General Ge is also a good intention.”

Su Jin sneered and said, "Whether it's good intentions or malicious intentions, I'm as clear as a mirror in my heart, and I don't need others to point it out."

Li Zhihe said with a smile: "Since Mr. Su has recognized that our group of people are malicious, then I have nothing to refute. I just heard that Mr. Su's words had other meanings, so I had to ask Mr. Su A few words."

Su Jindao: "If Li Jianjun asks about it, I will naturally know everything."

Li Zhihe frowned, he could hear that although Su Jin's words were respectful, but his tone was ironic, he suppressed his anger and smiled and said: "Master Su said just now that 'a thousand miles for an official is only for money'. This sentence came from the mouth of the current number one scholar It is wrong to say it, the emperor hand-picked you as the number one scholar in the undergraduate course, naturally he admires Mr. Su's character, knowledge and talent, but you said that being an official is for money, if the emperor hears this, wouldn't you be furious? ?”

Su Jin snorted and said: "Everyone is tacit about this matter. If I don't say it, it doesn't mean that the emperor doesn't know my thoughts. The emperor appointed me as the number one scholar because he valued my article, but he didn't ask me what I thought. "

Li Zhihe said with a smile: "So, Mr. Su is a person who doesn't agree with what he says, and the emperor is wrong."

Su Jin cut it and said: "Jun Li doesn't need to use such words to provoke me. If the buttocks of the officials in the world are all clean, the world will be peaceful and the world will be the first in the ages. The emperor is not mistaken." Myself."

Li Zhihe opened his eyes slightly, his eyes were full of light, he looked at Su Jin and said, "Master Su, just based on your words, I can join everyone present to impeach you."

Su Jin spread his hands and said: "Please go ahead, I implore you to submit the booklet and impeach me as soon as possible. It's too late to come to this stupid place to be the governor of the state. I can't wait for Supervisor Li to join me."

Everyone rolled their eyes in unison, knowing a little about the young Zhizhou in front of him, this guy is indeed a bit of a rascal.

Li Jianjun smiled and said: "Master Su regards fame as dung, don't worry, I will do what you wish, and jointly participate in a copy with you; but before that, I would like to ask, since you are an official for making money Why do you want to spend money in Weizhou City instead of going to many wealthy states and counties in the south? As you said, birds don’t shit here, so what’s the point?”

Su Jin shook his head and said, "How would I know that this place is such a place of virtue? The emperor asked me to come, so I came. In addition, there was also a silver farm to be opened for the distribution of food and salaries on the roads in the northwest, so I came here without thinking too much."

Li Jianjun said: "Oh? Where do you go to be an official and you don't even inquire beforehand?"

Su Jin said: "What the hell? Some people told me that when I come to a border town to work, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so I can act freely. Besides, there are a lot of soldiers in the border area, and the amount of food, grass, pay, and silver is huge. Maybe... maybe... Damn, don't say it." Well, that's not the case at all. I didn't know I was cheated until I came here; now that I've heard that you guys are making money, I thought you would definitely not reject me. But you treat me as an outsider, you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous."

Li Zhihe smiled and said: "How did you know that we are good at making money? We are all incompetent people, but whoever has the ability would be an official here? I'm afraid I will really disappoint you."

Su Jin shook his head, and said with a sneer: "You guys are very tight-lipped, and you don't want to admit it, but don't forget, Emperor Tiangao is right, but everyone in the capital who is thousands of miles away is hiding it. Don't try to hide it from me, the ordinary people in Weizhou. Anyone who is not deaf and blind in this city knows your tricks; that's all, I won't talk to you. If I resign myself, I won't run this bank anymore, and I can't care about the consequences."

Li Zhihe said: "Then you must pay the military salary brought by the emperor before leaving?"

Su Jin stared and said: "Why? The emperor only said that the settlement should be done through the Yinzhuang. If the official is no longer in charge, the Yinzhuang will not handle it. What's the point of me paying the settlement? It's a big deal to take someone back and hand it over to others for settlement. .”

Li Zhihe said: "If you don't pay the soldiers' salaries, what do you tell our Jingyuan Road soldiers to eat and drink?"

Su Jin laughed and said: "You can eat delicacies from mountains and seas. Isn't General Ge capable of catching monkeys? General Ge leads the team and catches tens of thousands of monkeys for each meal, and each person drinks a few bowls of warm nourishing yin Wouldn't a monkey's brain that strengthens yang be more comfortable to eat than bland food?"

Ge Huaimin scolded angrily, "Fuck your mother, there are not tens of thousands of monkeys on the whole mountain. Where do you ask me to catch them?"

Su Jin turned her head and scolded: "Fuck your grandma, it's none of my business whether you catch it or not."

Li Zhihe frowned and shouted: "Master Su, don't you deliberately want to make things difficult for us?"

Su Jin sneered and said: "You guys are the ones who can't get along with me first, I'm reciprocating courtesy."

Li Zhihe said angrily: "Why am I waiting for you? Don't you put tens of thousands of soldiers and horses on Jingyuan Road into turmoil by doing this? You have already owed your salary and soldiers' pay for a month. Since you brought it, you will send it again." How can the soldiers fight against the western thieves if they are not released?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "I have a successor to distribute the money. I will go back and hand in the errand first. It will take more than a month to go back and forth. You, Supervisor Li, explain more and say more good things to everyone. You will have a grace period of one month." Yes."

Li Zhi's face turned pale in an amicable manner, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Since this is the case, I have no choice but to be disrespectful to my lord. Your lord will not pay me the soldier's salary in Jingyuan Road. I think you have the heart of greed, so I will issue an order Take you down, find out the soldiers' salaries, and the emperor will definitely not blame me afterward."

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said: "Who are you scaring? Not to mention that Ma Jun, the imperial guard beside me, is not a vegetarian, even if I was caught by you, you would not get any money; why not tell you, this time I will bring I came here with 300 million guan, which is enough for a year’s military pay and officials’ salaries on Jingyuan Road. It’s a pity that I was worried that Weizhou City would not be safe, so I buried all of them somewhere outside the city. Once I was arrested, you would never get it One penny; I will tell the emperor afterwards that you collectively coveted that huge sum of money. Anyway, the public is right and the wife is right. I don’t know who the emperor will believe, but my uncle will definitely speak for me. It’s not necessarily possible to get rid of the relationship.”

Li Zhihe laughed angrily: "Would you believe your slander when you are the emperor? Your uncle will help you speak up? Your second uncle will help you speak up, I'm afraid it won't work."

Su Jin laughed and said: "I don't have a second uncle, I only have an uncle named Yan Shu with the surname Tongshu. I don't know if his words will work or not. I know he won't just sit back and watch his niece and son-in-law get raped by a gang of young men." The older generation caught it."

Everyone in the seat turned pale with shock, and Li Zhihe said suspiciously: "You are Yan Sansi's nephew and son-in-law? You kid is talking nonsense and using tiger skin as a banner. When will Yan Sansi show up as your nephew and son-in-law?" Yes, it's nonsense."

Su Jin sneered and said: "Believe it or not, do you think that I, the magistrate, was given away for nothing? Which one of the dozens of Jinshi in the Song Dynasty was released to the magistrate after being awarded? You are just thinking about it."

Li Zhihe didn't believe it: "You don't want to fool me. Before I came here, I was also the catering officer of the Food Bureau of the Palace. The adults who come and go in the palace are also very familiar with it. Yan San Si only has one niece betrothed to Mr. Pang Ji's family as a wife, where did he get the other nieces?"

Su Jin laughed and said: "So you are a cook in the palace, this official is not small."

Li Zhihe said angrily: "Master Su doesn't know his self-respect anymore, don't blame me for being rude to you."

Su Jin fell down with a smile, but cupped his hands and said, "Offend, offend, which year's old calendar is Li Jianjun talking about? It is true that Yan Sansi only has one niece, and it is true that he had a marriage contract with the Pang family, but In February of this year, the emperor decided to annul the fictitious marriage contract and betrothed it to me. My wife, Yan Biyun, was married before I came. Talking with old stories is really a group of frogs at the bottom of the well with no information."

Li Zhihe took a breath, believed in his heart, and hurriedly continued to test Su Jin, trying to find the flaws, not only the location of Su Jin's Yan Mansion, the courtyard decoration inside, Yan Shu's preferences, Miss Yan's appearance and age, Everything he said was correct. This is not a person close to Yan Shu, so he would not know these details at all; Li Zhihe, who was once the head of the Shangshan Department, also had a lot of interactions with officials when he was in the capital. They generally like to make friends with the servants in the palace. The reason is self-evident. Therefore, Li Zhihe is also fortunate to be very familiar with Yan Shu, Du Yan and others, and has been invited to Yan Shu's residence several times, so what Su Jin said is true. Right or wrong, he can tell right away.

Su Jin even explained the details clearly, what paintings hung in the hall, how many old sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the yard, and Li Zhihe couldn't believe it.

But things would be troublesome. Li Zhihe wasn't afraid of Su Jin, he was just worried about Yan Shu. Originally, he had planned to stabilize Su Jin first, and then find a chance to kill the kid. It was easy to think of a way. You only need to take Su Jin to meet the enemy when the thieves are harassing, and then use the hands of the thieves to kill him, and you will be done. After reporting it, no one will pursue it. At most, you will be punished, blaming them for their lack of protection , At that time, I will make up some rhetoric saying that Su Jin was young and energetic and eager to kill the enemy. He didn't listen to everyone's dissuasion and hated the battlefield. In short, there are thousands of reasons to let this matter go away.

But now it seems that I took this matter for granted, and it is fortunate that Su Jin has revealed his roots. Otherwise, once the matter is done, how could Yan Shu let it go? Even if everyone thinks that Su Jin died for the country, wouldn't Yan Shu hate it? The generals in the Northwest actually let his niece and son-in-law of the number one scholar go to die but did not fully protect him.

Tens of thousands of small groups of western thieves from the Song army on Jingyuan Road resisted the mopping up, but the magistrate wanted to go out in person. People who have nothing to do with themselves naturally don't think about it, but those who have intimate pain with it will naturally think carefully, Yan Shu that's all For an old-fashioned vixen, what seamless tricks can stand up to his scrutiny?

Then how could Yan Shu spare the generals on Jingyuan Road? Even if there is no evidence, but Yan Shu is the third envoy, and he may be the prime minister in the future.

Li Zhihe had to think twice.