Thinking of some of Su Jin's actions since taking office, Huang Qiong also shook his head: "The officers in your house now are all veterans who have retired from the Xiaoqi camp. These people fight on the battlefield, so they may be good at it. But in this appeasement place, It will take some time to mature in investigating and solving crimes and observing public opinion.”
"You yourself are a bit noble and disdain Jian Yong's tricks, so it's not surprising that you were deceived by Weng Zhong. It's not shameful to put down your posture from time to time and go out incognito for private visits. Not only can you understand the public opinion, but you can also change your mind and take a rest. Isn’t this a matter of killing two birds with one stone? You, everything is fine there, but it’s just too bureaucratic.”
"Just like what you said, you need to learn too much from Jian Yong. As I said before, you have to lower your body and really sink your body, so that you can be a good parent. You are high up, and the gong is blown to clear the way every time you go out. It’s another sedan with eight carriages. Do the people still believe you? Go and ask the people in Zhengzhou Prefecture, how many of them have seen you, the prefect?”
Huang Qiong's words were very sincere. Not only did he help Su Jin point out the problems he had since taking office, but he also helped him analyze many of his shortcomings. Listening to Huang Qiong's words, Su Jin felt ashamed and guilty. Su Jin not only listened to the King of England's words, but also remembered them in his heart. It was just a conversation between two people, but they didn't pay much attention to the old man who was lighting the fire next to him.
The old man who was fiddling with the firewood under the stove, trying to make the fire burn as brightly as possible while carefully watching the fire not to burn outside the pit, heard their conversation. After being stunned for a while, he walked up to Huang Qiong and Su Jin. After looking at them carefully, he said in a cold tone: "Are you officials? Or are you officials of Zhengzhou Prefecture?"
As soon as he heard his father-in-law's words and actions, knowing that the conversation between the King of England and him just now fell into the ears of others, Su Jin couldn't help but scream in his heart. He quickly stood up and said: "Old man, we are indeed officials of the Zhengzhou Prefecture. We are just humble officials who support our families, not real officials."
It's just that this old man is obviously a man who has seen the world and is definitely not an ordinary countryman. Su Jin's words did not deceive him. On the contrary, it caused the old man to sneer: "Sir, do you really think that ordinary people like us are fools to be fooled by you? We are humble officials? I'm afraid your official positions are not small."
After saying that, he pointed to Su Jin after going out, because Su Jin was a scholar and could not bear the cold. Huang Qiong specially asked someone to hand it over to him. At this time, he put on the black fox fur cloak that Su Jin was wearing and said: "Not to mention what you talked about, just this black fox fur cloak, judging from the workmanship, it should be It belongs to the imperial supervisor. This fox fur cloak is not something that ordinary lowly officials can wear."
"Although I am not a scholar, I still have some knowledge. I still know very well what the First Constitution is. In this Zhengzhou Prefecture, except for the fourth-rank magistrate, who else dares to call it the First Constitution? If I’m not mistaken, I’m afraid you are the new magistrate of Zhengzhou Prefecture.”
"As for this young man who deserves your respect, the clothes he wears may seem ordinary, but the materials and workmanship are extremely high-quality. At first glance, it is not something that a tailor from Zhengzhou Prefecture can make. And in the current Zhengzhou Prefecture , there must be no one else besides the King of England who has the authority to know how to deal with Zhengzhou, and who can openly lecture you, the prefect."
"And those people outside the door, if I read it correctly, are all soldiers from the four major battalions in the capital. The guards in Zhengzhou Prefecture are not so elite." When the old man said this, there was a look in his eyes. Where is the turbidity from before? With sharp eyes, he kept looking at Huang Qiong and Su Jin, with a very aggressive attitude.
However, after seeing the identities of Huang Qiong and Su Jin, the old man did not show respect to Huang Qiong or kowtow to Huang Qiong in accordance with China's thousands of years of tradition for people to meet officials. Although he withdrew his sharp eyes before, he poured the water for the two of them onto the ground and said very plainly: "This place is very crude, I'm afraid it has insulted your status."
"What's more, in addition to a fourth-grade magistrate, you two also have a noble man from Tianhuang. The old man is just an ordinary commoner, and he knows that his status is low. He cannot see or see the dragon's son and phoenix grandson, so I ask you to leave. It's good. Otherwise, you two will be insulted. Although Lao Chan's water is a despicable thing, it cannot be given to people who are inferior to pigs and dogs."
Although his career as an eunuch has been unsatisfactory for many years, it can even be said that he encountered obstacles at every turn. There are also many people who were impeached by themselves and scolded them behind their backs. Even those who have not been impeached by themselves, there are still many people who call themselves mad dogs in private. But it was the first time for Su Jin to have someone point his nose in front of him and call him worse than a pig or a dog.
Although when the old man scolded himself, he scolded the King of England as well. But compared to Huang Qiong, who is much younger and more noble, she is still more bookish after all. Su Jin, who felt extremely insulted, pointed angrily at his father-in-law in front of him, and said in a somewhat unstable tone: "You, how can you talk like this, how can you be so insulting? It's really unreasonable."
Compared to the angry Su Jin, Huang Qiong's insults to her father-in-law seemed much calmer. After standing up to comfort Su Jin, who felt extremely insulted, and pretended to fight the father in front of him, Huang Qiong turned around and bowed slightly to the father in front of him and said: "My father, I can understand your anger. What follows? The dirty officials are gathering under the name of the boy, and the boy is indeed responsible."
"This matter is due to my inability to control this matter, which has caused the people of Mizhou to suffer for the second time. However, whether I believe it or not, I still have to defend myself and Mr. Su here. We It is true that you have no knowledge. I promise you that as long as what you say is true, I will definitely investigate this matter to the end."
"No matter who is involved or how high the official position of the person behind it is, I promise to get to the bottom of it and never protect anyone's shortcomings." Regarding her father-in-law's anger, Huang Qiong took a very high stance. That is to say, the father-in-law was not blamed for the crime of contradicting him before, nor was he investigated for the crime of humiliating the prince. Instead, he took the initiative to lower his body, which calmed down the anger in the heart of the old man in front of him.
Looking at the sincere young prince in front of him, and hearing that the prince did not intend to pursue him for the crime of contradicting the prince, after calming down, the father-in-law, who had been regretting his impulsiveness just now, and whose heart had been hanging, at this moment Only then did the high-hanging heart completely return to the stomach. In his heart, he let out a long breath of dark anger.
The man in front of him is a prince, a dignified prince of the imperial court, and now he is the envoy who controls all the rights of life and death for the people of Zhengzhou. If the young prince in front of him really wants to blame himself. I am just a commoner, but I have a few heads that are worthy of being chopped off. What's more, it wouldn't be a pity to die when I am old, but I still have a son and grandson.
Seeing the old man in front of him, his anger turned into silence. Huang Qiong roughly guessed what he was thinking. He changed the subject with a faint smile and said: "Listening to what the old man said just now, I feel that the old man is not like an ordinary man." He is a farmer, but he seems to have seen the world. I don’t know if my father-in-law is a native of Mizhou, but I have been bothering him for so long, and I still don’t know his name.”
"Old man, he was just a porcelain merchant near Junzhou, and now he is just a villager in the mountains of Mizhou. What kind of world has he seen there? I just read a few more books than the ordinary people. Is he right? I just know a little about the laws of the imperial court. What the King of England said is an exaggeration." In response to Huang Qiong's rhetorical question, the father-in-law answered in an obvious understatement.
Even though I was so angry at what this old man said just now, I was extremely angry. But Su Jin, who had calmed down now, clearly recognized the bold old father-in-law's identity after sizing him up for a long time. Seeing that the old man was obviously avoiding the important and taking the easy, he didn't want to let it go: "I'm afraid I'm not an ordinary mountain villager."
"If I remember correctly, my father-in-law should have been exiled to Wailang, the supervising department of the Ministry of Works, Jun Kiln, in Longyou five years ago because of the case of privately making royal items and selling them overseas for huge profits. Mr. Sima Hong, the Superintendent of the City. Five years have passed. You, the famous person in front of Zuo Cheng, the Minister of Industry and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, have long forgotten that I was a fifth-rank Hanlin. "
The father-in-law, whom Su Jin called Sima Hong, heard Su Jin call out his name. While secretly surprised, he looked at Su Jin carefully and said with a sneer: "Who do you think this old man is? It turned out to be Su Hanlin who brought down more than 40 officials from the Ministry of Works in a memorial. When I first saw him Your name was on the notice, and I thought it was someone with the same name."
"But I didn't expect that the new Zhengzhou magistrate is really a stubborn donkey like you. Looking at your current situation, you must have finally gotten through it. It seems that there is really someone who is willing to take the risk that the emperor was not willing to take to hire you. Now. You, a nerd, are here to be the magistrate of Zhengzhou. It’s not surprising that such things like bullying and concealment have happened."
The old man's words made Su Jin, who had just looked slightly better, not only have black lines all over his face again. What does it mean to be willing to take risks that even the emperor is unwilling to take? Is there anyone who praises him so much? Also, it's not unusual for this kind of deception to happen. Co-author, he is the loser star, whoever uses him will be unlucky? Or am I blind and can fool anyone?
Seeing that Su Jin's face was as dark as ink, Sima Hong smiled calmly and said: "To say you are Sangmen Xing is indeed a bit of a waste. But calling you Lu is quite to the point. What you said about you How many officials have been defeated in the years? You are an official of the Hanlin Academy, but several chief bachelors of the Hanlin Academy have fallen into your hands. "
"I really don't know. You are a Hanlin bachelor. If you don't do your Hanlin well, you can get a job in the cabinet in the future. Why do you want to grab the job of supervising the censor? You don't have much contact with these local officials, and there are fewer impeachments. But this official in the capital, since you became the editor of the Hanlin Academy, everyone in the capital has his own affairs, have you ever impeached any of them?"
"Even the Imperial Hospital, Imperial College, Qintian Prison, these Qingshui Yamen have been impeached by you. What did you say you impeached the Imperial Hospital and Qintian Prison? Is that where you can participate? If the emperor hadn't been secretly protecting the You, do you think you can really reach the fourth level without stopping? Your smelly and hard bones have been cold for I don’t know how many years.”
"You don't even think about it. Just by relying on the things that you made up, you can bring down more than 40 officials from the Ministry of Works at once? Although I am not a Jinshi, I am from the Mingsu Department, and I am also from the Mingsu Department. He was born as the number one scholar. It has been more than 20 years since he became old and decrepit. Is there still someone who has won the exam in the Mingfu Examination once every ten years?"
"The Ming Suan Ke was changed from every five years during the Taizong period, to every eight years during the Lizong Dynasty, and then every ten years now. Why? Isn't it because Ming Suan is extremely difficult to learn, and it is not the same as policy theory and Confucian classics? Compared with the Master’s Jinshi Department, does it not only require greater hard work, but also a certain amount of talent?”
