Zhao Zhen's desk has Gao Ruona's recital, and this guy is tearfully accusing Su Jin's violence. Okay, how did Su Jin torture himself by pretending to be a public servant, and how did he not take the emperor in his eyes, adding oil and vinegar to say that he was full of two pieces of paper, and asked the emperor to make decisions for him.

Zhao Zhen threw the fold aside in disgust, sat on the side of the bookcase and pondered, Zuo Daoying returned to Beijing and told himself what he saw and heard in Pearl City, although Su Jin reported to Zhao Zhen that the matter of changing the middle compartment into a palace, it was clearly a clear move, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was Su Jin's remedial plan, Su Jin's move was not clever, but at least Zhao Zhen had nothing to say.

Zhao Zhen also thought about whether he was too careful, Su Jin would never dare to do any rebellious behavior, the pattern of the middle chamber imitated the layout of the palace was very likely to be Su Jin's nerves, or Su Jin didn't understand the taboo at all, after all, Su Jin's qualifications as an official were still shallow, and he was sent to the northwest after staying in the capital for less than half a year, and he didn't understand the etiquette of the imperial court at all.

And having said that, even if you imitate the layout of the palace, you don't necessarily have different intentions, and you are obviously a little nervous. Now Su Jin took Gao Ruona and sent him to the border to build a city, which was an indirect expression of his dissatisfaction, Zhao Zhen understood that after this incident, the rift between himself and Su Jin was getting bigger and bigger, it turned out to be just a whisper in secret, and now it has almost risen to the surface of the expression of dissatisfaction.

To tell the truth, Zhao Zhen is reluctant to get worse and worse in the relationship with Su Jin, Su Jin is a capable person, this does not need to be proved, although this person's actions are often surprising and make people feel powerless, but the results of things are often very satisfactory to Zhao Zhen, of course, except for the new deal, Su Jin's straightforwardness makes Zhao Zhen very faceless.

Zhao Zhen began to think seriously and weigh it, in order to suppress Su Jin's dominance in order to save face, or to correct the relationship with Su Jin, so that he could manage the northwest for himself and let himself sit back and relax?

The answer seems to be obvious, under the current situation, the northwest must be stabilized, the imperial court in recent days has focused on the rebellion of Lingnan Nong Zhigao in the south, originally thought that the east and west of Guangnan can send troops to exterminate, but did not expect the continuous defeats, Nong Zhigao's rebels have snowballed bigger and bigger, seven or eight states and counties in the south of Guangnan West Road have been occupied by the rebels, and things have reached the point of being out of control.

At this time, the stability of the northwest is particularly important, if in the past, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were still in the northwest, then there is nothing without Su Jin, but now, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan have been scapegoated and reprimanded out of Beijing, of course, it is not impossible to recall and reuse, but if it is recalled, there will be no place for the emperor's face, and the courtiers will inevitably oppose it to death, they are considered to be the cancer of the imperial court - friends, how can they be in charge of the military again.

Originally, Zhao Zhen had thought that if Su Jin was really difficult to control, Di Qing, who had an excellent performance in the battle with Western Xia, could be promoted to replace Su Jin, but this morning Yan Shu had already put forward the proposal to recall Di Qing to lead troops to the south to fight against Nong Zhigao's rebels, and the northwest should be employed, and the south should also be employed, so Di Qing could only be in the south and Su Jin stayed in the northwest.

Zhao Zhen couldn't think about it, although he was very angry with Su Jin, he still drafted a holy decree, praised Su Jin for building the palace for himself, and also generously said that in order to prevent the palace from being idle and abandoned, Su Jin could continue to live in the middle box with his subordinate officials and make the best use of it; At the same time, Zhao Zhen also sent Su Jin a set of crown robes and dresses very intimately, Zhao Zhen vaguely remembered that Su Jin once told him that this October is Su Jinman's twentieth birthday, the year of the weak crown, the emperor personally presented the crown robe and gifts, and gave the table word 'Zicong', which can also calm Su Jin's heart and calm the resentment in his heart.

Of course, Zhao Zhen didn't forget Gao Ruona, Su Jin has the ability to rebuild Weizhou City and seven or eight fortresses without a penny from the imperial court, how can Gao Ruona have that ability, if he can't finish the errand, if Su Jin can really use this as a reason to slaughter him, won't he be even more faceless at that time; So Zhao Zhen secretly sent someone to send 300,000 yuan to Gao Ruona, ordering him to complete the city well and not to confront Su Jin head-on in the future, which solved Gao Ruona's urgent need.

Zhao Zhen's series of gestures of goodwill made Su Jin a little calmer, at least Zhao Zhen still cares about his feelings, of course, Su Jin will never be stupid enough to really take everyone to enter the Zhongxiang Palace again, that will become the handle of the autumn queen's accounting, no one will think that it is really the emperor who wants Su Jin to live in, only that the thief Su Jin is bold to hide evil intentions, and act beyond the etiquette system, since Su Jin is wary, such low-level mistakes will naturally not be made.

Su Jin's birthday is the tenth day of October, and on this morning, he ate longevity noodles and wore the crown robe and dress sent by the emperor to worship his mother and the ancestral tablets in the family, which is considered a formal adult; After the weak crown, you can have a table word, and you can also be regarded as the official head of the family.

The Su family is naturally very happy, from a sixteen-year-old lazy teenager in Luzhou to a powerful member of the Northwest, others have to go for forty years, but Su Jin only took four years, this is simply a myth, and this myth is living with them, grinding their ears and temples every day, and it feels incredible to think about it.

Su Jin asked Huanniang to gently cut off the faint beard drilled out for the last time, from today on, Su Jin can grow a beard, like an adult man in the Song Dynasty, beautiful and fluttering, and those who pass the weak crown without a beard will be mistaken for a eunuch.

Compared with the solemnity of everyone, Su Jin himself didn't feel much, twenty years old, he was actually already past it, after crossing over, the real soul hidden in this body was already twenty-three, four years later, the souls inside were already twenty-seven years old; Later generations did not overemphasize the gift of the weak crown, and the so-called adult standard is not fixed, most people are already adults in elementary and junior high school, of course, referring to biological adults.

There is no birthday cake, no candles to make a wish, no one will sing a happy birthday song, Su Jin has no regrets, because he has prepared a gift for himself on the day of the weak crown, after the ceremony, he took Yan Biyun, Xia Siling and other wives and concubines and Hu'er to the street of Pearl City, after getting on the Inner Ring Road, the accompanying wives and concubines suddenly found that the colorful flags fluttering at the intersection in front of them, gongs and drums sounded in unison, and there seemed to be something happy.

At first, I thought it was the gong and drum family that was invited by which store opened, but when they saw Li Chong standing on the side of the road with a smile on his face, with a cadre of subordinate officials to greet the arrival of Su Jin and his party, everyone understood that it was definitely not a store opening.

"Oh, I've been waiting a long time."

Su Jin stepped forward with a smile, and Li Zhong greeted him with a smile on the faces of all the subordinate officials: "Congratulations on the joy of the weak crown." ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "I am happy and happy, in the future, you can call me my cousin in private, and the emperor gave me the cousin 'Zicong', you should remember it." ”

Everyone said yes again and again, and some people praised: "Su Zicong, a good match for adults, adults are smart and changeable, just in line with this word, the emperor seems to know adults very well." ”

Su Jin smiled and said, "In the evening, I prepared a thin wine in the Eighth Street and Feng Building, and all the adults came to enjoy it. ”

Everyone hurriedly said: "My lord forbids us to give gifts and congratulations, how can we have the face to drink?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "What do you say, today's event is the best congratulatory gift; I specially brought my family members here to experience the first public carriage in our Pearl City, which is a big event. ”

Li Chong said with a smile: "According to the adult's concept, a total of 500 carriages were put into the city, each car had three sections, and there were 15 seats, and the inside and outside were Line 1, Line 2, Line 3, each with 50 carriages, and the remaining 300 cars were put into the 12 main streets, with a stop sign for each mile, and the plate was on the bus, no matter how far or near, on the car; Everything is ready, but with the command of the adults, the city's buses and carriages can be activated. ”

Su Jin laughed and said, "Okay, bring the gong." ”

Li Zhong hurriedly ordered someone to send a gong, Su Jin held the gong mallet wrapped in red cloth and raised it high and fell heavily, with a bang, and the crowd cheered.

Listening to the sound of horses' hooves, an open-top carriage with three sections and fifteen seats slowly approached the street, Su Jin lifted the hem and pulled the wives and concubines to board the carriage, and ordered Xiao Sui'er to throw seven or eight copper plates into the crack of a locked iron box beside the coachman according to the number of people, but when he saw the coachman raise his whip, the horse kicked and neighed, and galloped forward along the wide street.