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Since it was a formal occasion to greet them, Yan Biyun and Su Ji's group could only enter the city first, and Yan Biyun, the daughter-in-law of the Pang family, followed behind Su Jin's buttocks.

Su Jin instructed Xiao Sui'er, Rou Niang and others to take everyone to Yulin Lane at the north end of Tianshuijing Hutong to settle down.

He also told Qian Henian and Yang Xiaosi to restrain their men, lest these guys who had just gone out of a long way collide everywhere out of curiosity, the capital is not comparable to other places, and they collided with a master casually, maybe it was the royal eunuch, although Su Jin was not the master who was afraid of things, but he naturally didn't do it for no reason.

In the end, Su Jin secretly pulled Yang Xiaosi to the side, and ordered him to go to the back to inform Bai Peony and the others who were following him, asking them to find an inn near Tianshuijing Hutong to settle down first, and tell Yang Xiaosi the address.

After the arrangement stopped, Su Jincai led Wang Dynasty Mahan and others to the front of the team, joined Ouyang Xiu, and followed the team slowly to the vicinity of Wuli Pavilion outside the south gate, Ouyang Xiu issued an order, all the soldiers lined up and retreated fifty steps, leaving Su Jin and himself to lead more than ten retinue of civil officials to stand at the front, this is also the rule, if the emperor comes in person, the armed soldiers need to withdraw from the safety range, otherwise there is a suspicion of collision.

After a short time, you can see the sound of the pennant waving drum music outside the south gate of Bianliang City in the distance, a large wave of people and horses gushing out of the city gate, rushing straight along the wide stone official road, a yellow Luo umbrella in the middle is very eye-catching; Ouyang Xiu naturally recognized that it was the bright yellow canopy above the Holy Luanyu, and it was obviously the emperor who came in person.

Ouyang Xiu gave an order, and everyone knelt on the ground, waiting for the arrival of the holy car; Su Jin also had to lie on the cold ground, and waited for Zhao Zhen with a big salute.

Kneeling is kneeling, Su Jin is the boss's awkwardness in his heart, the future generation will be the head of state to inspect, and he has not seen the people kneel down to greet him, but when he arrives here, he has to grovel and salute the imperial power, and he really can't accept it for a while.

"If you kneel down by Lao Tzu, you will be given ten years of life." Su Jin muttered viciously, and felt that the tremor on the ground was getting closer and closer, and Luan Yu was already approaching.

Zhao Zhen sat on top of the Luan car, and hundreds of civil and military officials accompanied him on both sides, comparing with the beaming faces of Yan Shu and others, most of the officials were expressionless; From their expressions, it could be seen that they were a little unhappy with the Holy Emperor's move to welcome Su Jin and Ouyang Xiu.

It is true that when Zhao Zhen proposed to greet Ouyang Xiu and Su Jin in person, Lu Yijian, Du Yan and others felt that it was incredible, these two people were just ordered to run errands, and after completing their errands, they returned to Beijing to report on their work, so why should they be given such high courtesy? Especially Su Jin, Ouyang Xiu went to Huainan Road to investigate the case of his edict, and there is no conclusion yet, but he openly greeted him, what is this?

In the face of Lu Yijian's opposition, Zhao Zhen was unmoved, although the etiquette system was inconsistent, but this time Zhao Zhen sincerely wanted to express his praise for himself Su Jin and others.

There are some things that Lu Yijian doesn't know, but Zhao Zhen knows it clearly.

On the eve of the New Year, the grain in Bianliang City has been exhausted, Bianliang does not produce rice, the capital is far northwest, the weather is cold and dry, except for wheat and sweet potatoes basically have nothing to grow; Even if it is planted, the harvest will be miserable, and it may not even be able to harvest the seeds. Therefore, over the years, Bianliang City has relied on the northern transfer of rice from the southern state capitals through the canal to ensure the use of Bianliang City, and the original grain in the city was limited to March, and there was nowhere to hoard more, and there was no such capacity.

The food shortage has the greatest impact on this metropolis with a population of one million, and once such a metropolis is in turmoil due to food shortages, its harm is far from comparable to places like Yangzhou; Yan Shu's hair was half white, but there was no progress in food affairs, and he was also a good woman who could not cook without rice.

When Feng Laohu and Yangzhou officials and other cadres were quickly executed by Su Jin with a thunderous hand, Yan Shu hurriedly took advantage of this opportunity to publicize it, and within a few days, Di Bao was delivered to the state capitals of the Great Song Dynasty with an expedited horse.

The merchants who were watching were frightened by this incident, and the determination of the imperial court was obvious, and it was not wise to take chances; There is almost no need to weigh this matter, whether it costs money or death, the answer is self-explanatory.

The matter of grain affairs suddenly became clear, and the situation was soon opened, and the official warehouses of the states, which had been empty, were at once filled; After several heavy snowfalls melted, the water level of the canal rose, and on the night of the 30th lunar month, the first fleet of grain in several months arrived in Bianliang City.

In four or five days in a row, Yan Shu dispatched more than a dozen Cao transport fleets to Bianliang, and transported nearly 10 million stone grain at once, and the imminent crisis was resolved into an invisible situation without the knowledge of the people of the city.

Most of these ministries of the two governments and the DPRK and the central government did not know, but the third division and Zhao Zhen raised their hearts to their throats from beginning to end, not because they didn't want to tell everyone, but because they were afraid of causing panic, once it spread to the people, the panic would spread like a plague, and there might be some chaos.

In addition, due to the food crisis, it also led to a thorny matter, the Northwest Army sent several groups of people to ask for food from the Third Division a few years ago, and Li Yuanhao's army Chen Bing on the Northwest Front waited for the Northwest Army to run out of food before attacking in a big way; The famine in the Great Song Dynasty could not escape the eyes of the shrewd Li Yuanhao, who waited for the opportunity to formulate a detailed strategy, waiting for the moment when the food was cut off to launch a large-scale attack.

The sentinels on both sides are staggered, Yuan Hao knows the movements of the Northwest Army of the Great Song Dynasty well, and Yuan Hao is about to move, how can Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and others not know? Therefore, as the two famous marshals of the frontier to resist the enemy, they are naturally very anxious; Seeing that the food was getting less and less, and the soldiers' rations had been reduced, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi naturally sent people to urge the three divisions to transport grain to the front line.

At the beginning, Fan Zhongyan proposed to let the soldiers reclaim the land and sow winter wheat in their leisure time, hoping to reduce the burden on the imperial court; However, the winter sowing can not be harvested until the beginning of summer, and the military rations during this period still have to be allocated by the three divisions.

To make matters worse, in addition to the food and drink of the soldiers, the local people who had been displaced by the war also had to be fed.

For the sake of the safety of the inland state capital, the imperial court issued a ban to strictly prohibit the internal flow of border people, but the Yongxing Army and Qin Feng were affected by the war of no less than four or five hundred thousand people, although these people were forced to stay in the border towns to dig trenches for the Northwest Army, but they also needed to eat, drink and Lazar; The crisis is becoming more and more urgent, and the external enemy and internal troubles have simply made Zhao Zhen restless.

The more you eat salt, the more you are short of food, and the more people appear to eat food; However, the grain on the border cannot be cut off in any case, to put it mildly, the capital can run out of food, and the army must not run out of food for a day, otherwise it will be when the catastrophe is coming, and this truth will be understood by everyone.

Fortunately, when the grain affairs in the early stage had just been handled, many small businessmen also sold anti-grain to the official warehouse; This grain was basically used to fill the big hole in the northwest; Facing a steady stream of Northwest messengers who rode several times a day to urge food and grass, Yan Shu could only sigh and had no way to deal with it.

At this juncture, there was finally a breakthrough in grain affairs, and Yan Shu transported more than 3 million stone of grain to the front line in one go, and suddenly stabilized the already wavering military morale; After learning the news, the western thief Tanma hurriedly reported to Li Yuanhao, and Li Yuanhao had no choice but to put the planned attack plan on hold indefinitely.

Although Su Jin only completed his errand, in Zhao Zhen's opinion, it was tantamount to saving a catastrophe; He personally greeted him to express his inner gratitude, of course, he would never express this gratitude verbally, so it seemed a little abrupt to outsiders.

Lu Yijian's opposition was fruitless, so he said that he was sick and couldn't come, and Zhao Zhen couldn't do anything about this old minister, and he didn't force it; The same thing happened to Du Yan, which is a different result.

Du Yan also wanted to learn from Lu Yi to say that he was not sick, but his qualifications were obviously still a little tender, Zhao Zhen rejected him mercilessly, and even said: "Du Aiqing, I ordered the imperial doctor to go with me, if Du Shumi is sick, he can be rescued on the spot, what do you think?" ”

This seemingly polite and caring sentence made Du Yan embarrassed; This is not a kind word, this is a loud slap in the face.

As for the other people in the court, their unhappiness and grievances have nothing to do with it, and they are purely resentful of the emperor's overstepping the system, in other words, how can these two people receive this courtesy? Even if it is a good errand, it is not so, under the appearance of talking about how to be polite, there is actually such a sour grape meaning.

Of course, not all the officials were dissatisfied with this move, and the three envoys and the group of people from the Imperial Observatory were all smiling and feeling that there was a light on their faces.

Although each has their own dissatisfaction and happiness, there is a consensus that everyone understands, the emperor personally went to greet Su Jin and Ouyang Xiu, conveying a message: these two people already have a high status in the emperor's heart.

Whether you are happy or not, willing or not, these two people are about to become hot figures; At this time, it is the best policy to stay on the sidelines and show goodwill, and it is extremely stupid to express dissatisfaction at this time.

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A group of people with their own thoughts came to the front of Wuli Pavilion, and when they looked at it, they were immediately surprised, thousands of buttocks, including Ouyang Xiu and Su Jin, were pouted high, looking like a big cage drawer full of steamed buns, which was magnificent.

Yan Shu nodded secretly, this attitude has been done to the extreme, no need to ask, it must be Ouyang Xiu's idea, Su Jin would never do this, but since he can follow Ouyang Xiu's idea to make such a gesture, it can be regarded as commendable.

"Ouyang Xiu in the Imperial History! Food envoy Su Jin! The emperor lined up sixteen guards of honor, carrying a gold-topped sedan chair to greet the two adults, and the two quickly stepped forward to thank them! "The guest of honor (the official in charge of reception) is a bad old man, but his voice is extremely loud, and his speech is very good.

Su Jin pouted his ass and was about to get up, but Ouyang Xiu grabbed the corner of his clothes and said softly: "Su envoy don't move, everything is as I act." ”

Su Jin didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly put the head cat in the crook of his arm again, maintaining a kneeling posture, but he heard Ouyang Xiu say in a loud voice: "Long live my emperor, long live, the ministers and others have returned from errands, but they have done their duty, and they are shocked to hear that the Holy Lord has come to greet him in person, and Master Su and I are terrified; This move is not in line with the etiquette system, and I am ashamed to be ashamed, and I also ask the lord to tell the saint, please move back to the palace, and we can get up and enter the city; After entering the city, the two of us will enter the palace to report on their work and thank them in parallel! ”

The host and guest of the Ministry of Rites were stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Lord Ouyang, Lord Su, the emperor is here, why do you want to be like this, isn't it embarrassing to ask the emperor to go back now?" ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "My lord, you are a member of the Ministry of Rites, you should know that this move is not in line with the etiquette system, if we are happy to accept it, and in the future, it will be okay for me and Lord Su to blame, but if someone accuses the emperor of not, isn't it our crime?" ”

The host and guest were speechless, and said in his heart: You guys are hypocritical, as far as you understand etiquette, our etiquette department eats dry rice? Isn't this impossible to stop the emperor?

Su Jin admired Ouyang Xiu for his five bodies, this guy was simply too good at pretending, taking this opportunity to portray himself as a virtuous minister who followed the etiquette system, was not greedy and vain, and considered the emperor, needless to say, this move Zhao Zhen's heart was a plus, so he rushed to this hand, Su Jin felt that it was not an exaggeration to call him master.