The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

Su Jin came to Yan Biyun's side, and said softly, "Yan Xiu, why are you crying again when you are reminiscing with Master Ouyang?"

Yan Biyun wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with a silk scarf, and said with a blessing: "My family is disrespectful. If you talk, my family will leave."

Su Jin took a deep look at her and said: "It seems that you already know everything. No one has died in life since ancient times. Keep your loyalty and history. You are a person who knows the book and respects the etiquette. You should know the truth that the laws of the country cannot be violated. Go, I ordered someone to help me pack my clothes, I... I'm afraid I'm going to go with Master Zhong Cheng."

Although Yan Biyun knew that he was acting, but hearing his sadness, his heart ached, and the tears fell down again, he hurriedly bowed his head and said "yes", and left quickly.

Su Jin turned to Ouyang Xiu and cupped his hands and said, "Lord Zhong Cheng, please forgive me, the girls are always unable to stand up to things, crying and crying is out of style, and I made you laugh."

Ouyang Xiu looked at Su Jin who had nothing to worry about, and said in a deep voice: "Special Envoy Su, do you really care about your own life and death? Once you go to thousands of mountains and rivers, there will be no turning back in this life." Waiting for me to squander, who wants to die? But since he violated the law of the country, there is nothing he can do if he knows that he is dead. Friends, I am very sorry. "

Ouyang Xiu shook his head and said: "It's a mistake in one thought, so far. If you had been more cautious at the beginning, why would you have been in such a difficult situation?"

Su Jin laughed and said, "Lord Zhongcheng, do you think that the subordinate will regret it? Although it violated the national law, the subordinate has never regretted it. If time could go back, I would still open a warehouse to release grain. Maybe you will Say I am stubborn and know my mistakes and make mistakes; but my subordinates think that there are different types of things in the world, some things can be done, some things must not be done, some things can be done, but some things must be done "Opening warehouses to help the people is a must, even if you die for it, you have to do it, otherwise, how can you be worthy of the people of Li, and how can you be worthy of the trust of the Holy One."

Ouyang Xiu finally heard Su Jin's words uttered in awe-inspiring manner, which confirmed what Yan Biyun said, but he still wanted to refute.

"I admit that you did this for the common people, but how can you say that you are worthy of the Holy Majesty, the Holy Majesty will never allow you to do such a rebellious thing."

Su Jindao: "The views are different, and I don't force adults to agree. The country is the country of the Song Dynasty, the emperor's country, what is the country? The officials think that it is not the mountains and rivers that are great, but the people of the Song Dynasty all over the world. Thousands of people support it, so how come the theory of the country? Therefore, the lower officials help the common people, which is to stabilize the country and the country for the emperor. As for how the emperor understands it and how others understand it, the lower officials can’t control it, and they don’t want to control it.”

Ouyang Xiu was thoughtful, and was shocked. It was not easy for Su Jin to understand this level at such a young age; many people spend their entire lives in a daze and never understand the relationship between the ruler and the people; as Su Jin said, The people are water, and the king is like a boat. Water can carry a boat and overturn it. Emperor Li Tang Taizong of the previous dynasty had already understood this truth.

"This is the reason, but it's a pity that some bottom lines cannot be touched. If the emperor knows about this matter, he will also understand your painstaking efforts; it's just that the law is not a child's play. Once it is enacted, it must be implemented. Otherwise, starting from you, everyone will die. Aimin used military rations and mobilized troops indiscriminately as an excuse, and the world will be in chaos; can the emperor tolerate it? Absolutely not."

"That's why I don't make excuses, but just confess my heart to the adults. If I die, I will die. I don't want to be called a big treason."

Ouyang Xiudao: "Do you have any unfinished business? Let's deal with it together. It's okay if you don't leave today, tomorrow...you can do it later. It can be regarded as my respect for you."

Su Jin smiled and said: "My lord agrees, but there is no need, we will leave later, I don't want to embarrass my lord."

Ouyang Xiu was so angry, this kid was really a stunned young man, he wanted to find a way to go down the stairs, and wait a few days to find a way to get the best of both worlds, but this kid was afraid that he would live too long, so he actually urged to go on the road.

"You bastard, you have already made this official difficult. Not only this official, but also the three envoys will be implicated by you. You will die, leaving others to bear the blame. You are really an extremely stupid person."

Su Jin smiled and said: "I understand what you mean. If you kill me, I am afraid that the people in the world will say that you killed a good official indiscriminately. I know that Lord Sansi is looking for a position. I am the person recommended by him. I have committed crimes." I made a big mistake, Lord Sansi will be criticized, and the aspect has become a mirror in the mirror; but what does all this have to do with me? I lost my head, do I still care about the affairs behind me? These things are still left to the public Lord Sansi and Lord Zhongcheng go to worry about it."

"You... It's really outrageous. Is it right for you to be cultivated by Mr. Sansi? He wholeheartedly promotes you, but you don't accept his favor; and things are far from as simple as you think, and the official position is worth mentioning." Do you know that there will be something that will make Master Sansi even more distressed?"

Su Jin laughed and said, "I don't know, and I don't want to know."

"Zhu Zi is really a heartless person." Ouyang Xiu scolded angrily: "Master Sansi allowed the niece of the Yan family to associate with you regardless of his wealth and reputation, and you and the daughter of the Yan family have sworn to each other for life, and now you can easily pat your ass and die. What will happen to the niece of the Yan family? Have you ever thought about it?"

Su Jin scratched his head and said: "The relationship between me and Biyun is pure and clear. Although I intend to marry her, there are all kinds of thorns in front of me. Now this incident happened again; maybe this is God's arrangement, and it is destined that I will marry her in this life. I have nothing to do with her; after I die, she can find a man of the same family background to marry, so there is nothing to say about that."

Ouyang Xiu shook his head and sighed: "It's easy for you to say it. The niece of the Yan family told me clearly just now that if you die, she will die with you. They treat you with such affection, but you say such words, you Do you still have a heart?"

Su Jin raised his thumb secretly, Yan Biyun's hand was absolutely beautiful, he directly forced Ouyang Xiu to the corner, he died, Yan Biyun died for love, but it's no wonder that Yan Shu didn't hate Ouyang Xiu for the rest of his life; this is better than just letting Ouyang Xiu understand his relationship with Yan Biyun Ten times; no wonder Yan Biyun was crying just now, it seems that this matter was mentioned at that time, if you don't shed some tears, it doesn't match the atmosphere of the scene.

"My lord, don't be angry. Maybe it's just her casual talk. You don't have to take it seriously. There are indeed a lot of strong women in the world, but Yan Xiu is open-minded and reasonable, so it's not so hard to think about it. Your lord just pretends you haven't heard of it." Su Jin continued. Disguised his image of a fool to the end.

"You are so hard-hearted. This official is very disappointed in you. I have always felt sorry for you, but I didn't expect that you are actually a heartless person. Yan Xiu's family background is prominent, and her character is second to none. She can It's really your blessing to have favor with you, you trample on other people's love like dung, and you don't care about Yan Xiu's life or death at all, this official... I really feel worthless for Yan Xiu; The official wants to tell the niece of the Yan family what you said just now, so that she can wake up, lest she be sad for you and do stupid things."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Do whatever you want, I can't control it; I don't care what my lord thinks of me; Mr. Zhongcheng, it's meaningless for us to chat so much, you should hurry up and escort me on the road. I just want a quick death."

"You... bastard" Ouyang Xiu slapped the table, he was so angry that he almost spat out old blood. He had encountered all kinds of criminals, who were desperately denying and begging for forgiveness, but he had never seen someone like him. Su Jin, who regards life and death as nothing, is so eager to go to trial and die, it is really a strange story through the ages.

"Oh..." Ouyang Xiu suddenly realized: "So you did it on purpose, and I was almost deceived by you."

Su Jin thought: "It's bad, the old fox knows we are acting."

I only heard Ouyang Xiu said: "If I hadn't heard the words of the niece of the Yan family just now, I would have been deceived by you. You deliberately pretended to be indifferent, but the niece of the Yan family said that you took this food errand to make a contribution, so that you can please the emperor. Promise to come forward to fulfill the good things between you. The marriage contract between the niece of the Yan family and the Pang family is still unresolved. You have worked so hard for her, but now you say that her life and death have nothing to do with you. This is to send a message to the niece of the Yan family to make her completely disheartened. I'm cold, so I won't die for you, will I?"

Su Jin felt relieved, it turned out that Ouyang Xiu only understood this part, not the whole deception, so he said dejectedly, "Your Excellency is amazing, you have discovered all of this."

"Crafting worms." Ouyang Xiu was triumphant, talking to this boy was really hard, he couldn't figure out what he was thinking all the time, now he finally understood his trick, Ouyang Xiu was very happy.

"My lord Zhongcheng, there is no other way. To be honest, Yan Xiu and this official have a very deep affection. You just said that she would die for me, and this official was shocked. With Yan Xiu's character, she might This is really the case, so Xiaguan had to pretend to be heartless on purpose, making her think that Xiaguan is not worth dying for, and maybe it can dispel her thoughts." Su Jin explained honestly.

"A way is a way, but since you usually have a deep affection, if you suddenly say that, will she believe it?"

Su Jin shook his head and said, "I probably won't believe it."

Ouyang Xiu said: "I also think she won't believe it, the change is too sudden, not to mention that the niece of the Yan family is extremely intelligent, even an ordinary woman would not believe it."

"Then what should I do? It doesn't matter if I die, it's really a sin to implicate Yan Xiu to death; Yan Xiu is Lord Sansi's favorite, she died for me, and Lord Sansi will hate me forever." Su Jin frowned. deep lock.

Ouyang Xiu fought a cold war, and thought: It's fine to hate you, you don't know anything after death, but it's true to hate me, I'm only in my 30s, and I'm still far from death. I hate it, how can I live my life?

"It's really difficult. Since the niece of the Yan family said the words of dying in front of me, she must be joking. This... I don't know what to do."

"She will never be joking. From what I know of her, she doesn't say a word, and she does what she says. This is a good habit she has developed in business, and she pays attention to promises."

Su Jin added another lump to Ouyang Xiu's tangled heart, it won't block you to death, I'm sick of you to death.