(There is something to do on the 24th, please take a day off, and compensate for the three watches on the 25th.) ）

A group of people swept into the city, Yangzhou Xiangbing and the government service knocked on the gong all the way to open the way, the horse army at the head of the square capital was surrounded by the head and tail, and Ouyang Xiu's entourage played the flag and honor guard, full of pomp and circumstance; The people of Yangzhou have stopped to point out and discuss, and the two Qincha gathered in Yangzhou City, which is still a thing that has not happened in Yangzhou, I don't know whether it is the blessing of the people or misfortune.

Everyone came to the mansion, and as soon as Ouyang Xiu entered the hall, he took out the holy decree from the brocade box held by the entourage behind him and said loudly: "Su Jin, the special envoy of grain affairs, Song Zhen, the prefect of Yangzhou, receives the decree!" ”

Su Jin and Song Zhen hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "The ministers will receive the order." ”

Ouyang Xiu slowly unfolded the holy decree, his expression was solemn, and he read aloud: "Since Su Jin, the special envoy of grain affairs, has taken effective measures and acted in a proper way, and it is really difficult to calm the difficulties of Yangzhou in a short time, and he can be more witty and meaningless, exterminate the bandits, solve the troubles of one party, and I am very happy to hear it; Special commendations will be given, and all those who have made meritorious contributions will be promoted and rewarded as appropriate, so as to make the world known. ”

Su Jin was overjoyed in his heart, it seemed that the problem was not big, the tone had already been set in the first few sentences, it seemed that the emperor did not know about the military rations.

"Song Zhen, the prefect of Yangzhou, is violent to Yangzhou. He should have been reprimanded for the unshirkable responsibility for the chaos, but he was able to cooperate with Su Jin in a timely manner, and his measures were decisive and resolute, and he also vigorously assisted in quelling the troubles, and the affairs of the city could be handled properly. The two Aiqing must work together, strive to forge ahead, solve the matter of Yangzhou as soon as possible, and live up to the expectations of the imperial court! Chin this! ”

Song Zhen and Su Jin shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live!" ”

Song Zhen and Su Jin got up to accept the order, and Ouyang Xiu shouted: "What to do?" The decree has not yet been declared. ”

Song Zhen knelt down in embarrassment, and said in his heart: "It's all here, why haven't you finished announcing it yet." Su Jin rolled his eyes and knelt down.

Ouyang Xiu shouted: "Holy Lord's oracle! No one waits to exit the lobby! ”

A group of people behind him hurriedly got up, and even the officials and their attendants all withdrew from the lobby, and someone reached out to close the door.

"Su Jin! Song Zhen listened, I will save face for you, and these words will not be said in the holy decree, but you must remember that there are some things that cannot be exceeded, otherwise I will not be able to spare you; Song Zhen, as the prefect of Yangzhou, made such a big leak under his jurisdiction, but when he played a month ago, he was pretending to be wrong, and he didn't know the seriousness of the matter, he was really confused, and I was very dissatisfied. ”

Song Zhen was sweating profusely and kowtowing repeatedly, Zhao Zhen was not satisfied, and the consequences were very serious.

"Su Jin, I heard that you are holding my imperial gold medal to show off everywhere, and making random promises in my name, which really annoys me; Another reason why Ouyang Aiqing was sent to announce the decree this time was that some officials participated in your false transmission of the holy decree to recruit bandits, and refused to assist friendly troops in their greed, causing casualties among the forbidden army and the local army, and beating Long Zhen, the deputy commander of the Ma Army, who was detaining me without authorization, these are all major crimes. ”

Su Jin was shocked,. Fuck, who is chewing on the root of the tongue, how do the people in the court know about these things, it is okay to say that they recruited bandits, what to say that they are greedy for merit and refuse friendly assistance and cause death and injury, and that they should not deal with Long Zhen, this is a big joke in the world.

"I am not a foolish person, I know the truth of urgency, and giving you a gold medal is also cheap for you to act; But where do you have the right to recruit peace? How to dispose of the power of the generals of the forbidden army? As for the sake of one's own merit, it is not necessary to disregard the life and death of soldiers; Of course, these are all words of impeachment, and I don't know if you have them, so you have to actively cooperate with Ouyang Aiqing's investigation, there are one thing to say, there are two things to say, you can't conceal and deceive, you can't make mistakes and mistakes, if there are really no such things, it's just that; It's normal to suffer some grievances, and I will compensate you in the future, but if it's true, I'm afraid your previous credit won't be able to offset it. You two can do it for yourselves. ”

Ouyang Xiu solemnly conveyed Zhao Zhen's message, and then put on a smiling face and said, "The two adults should get up and take the order." ”

Su Jin and Song Zhen shouted long live again, got up and respectfully accepted the holy decree, and offered it on the table in the lobby.

Su Jin put down the holy decree and turned his head and scolded: "Damn, who is this idle and has nothing to do, chewing the root of the master's tongue behind his back, the master is tired and tired here, and someone actually stabbed a knife in the back." ”

Ouyang Xiu was stunned, this kid was so presumptuous, he put down the holy decree and scolded his mother, if he was not stunned, he would have suffered a great grievance.

"Why does the envoy Su need to be so angry, didn't the emperor say it? If there is no change, then it will be encouraged, and another purpose of this official coming here is to clarify this matter and return you to a clean house, as long as the envoy Su cooperates with this official......"

"Cooperate ...... 10,000 cooperation, from now on, I won't do anything, just sit in the mansion and cooperate with Lord Ouyang, what do you ask, I will answer, this is always okay, right? ”

Su Jin interrupted Ouyang Xiu's words and sat on the chair with a huff.

Ouyang Xiu was stunned for a moment, a little annoyed in his heart, he knew a lot of people, it was the first time he had seen such an unruly person, at this time, he was polite to each other, greeted each other, and said something hard and the like, even if there were thousands of grievances in his heart, he should not be angry in front of Qincha; Qin Cha sent the decree on behalf of the emperor, and just after the decree was completed, he complained, which was not to give the emperor face.

Ouyang Xiu is unhappy, but he will not reprimand him to Mai Mang, not to mention that he and Yan Shu have reached some kind of tacit understanding, and this tacit bond is Su Jin's matter, this time to investigate this matter, I originally planned to give Yan Shu a favor, even if Su Jin has any differences, he also plans to sell this face; It is very important to stand in line above the court, and he is interested in the prospect of Yan Shu sitting in the phase next year, but he didn't expect Yan Shu to take a fancy to Su Jin, who he intends to maintain, is such a person.

Ouyang Xiu rushed at Song Zhennunu's mouth, Song Zhen understood, and hurriedly said: "Special Envoy Su, what are you doing here?" When Ouyang Zhongcheng first arrived, he didn't even drink a sip of tea, and the servants conveyed the holy oracle for us, how could you lose your temper in front of Lord Qincha. ”

Su Jin said: "It's not that I don't know how to be polite, this thing is too disturbing, this errand is not easy to do, there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in the front, and there are people in the back who put cold arrows, I can't do this errand, I said that I cooperated with Lord Ouyang's investigation, but I won't do this errand!" Yangzhou is now in a mess, my head is big, just when Lord Qincha came, these things don't have to be reported, and they will be handed over to Lord Qincha to do. ”

Ouyang Xiu lowered his face and said: "Envoy Su, what you said is wrong, you and I are both court officials, how can you say that you won't do it according to your personal temper, is it child's play for you to be the rules of the court?" The law of the land allows you to say that you will do it, and if you say that you will not do it, you will not do it. ”

Su Jin sneered: "Come less, you are an official of the imperial court, and you have taken Yulu, so naturally you want to be loyal to the king; But I didn't ask the emperor for a penny, and I put hundreds of thousands of my own property and grain, and my friends gathered 500,000 stone of grain to support me in my errand, or sold it to the court at a low price. ”

Ouyang Xiu didn't know these things, so he was stunned for a moment and said, "This ......"

Su Jin said: "It's okay to post money, I, Su Jin, don't feel sorry for this money, the court is in trouble, the common people are responsible, Su Jin has also read the sage book for a few days, these truths are still understood, but what I can't stand the most is that someone stabbed him in the back; Exterminated the bandits of Bagongshan almost lost their lives, in order to track down the matter of Yangzhou Tun grain, almost slaughtered, dug out more than a dozen stolen officials in Yangzhou, I have become the target of the public, to tell the truth, how many people hate me now, maybe tomorrow I will be killed by a secret arrow when I walk out of this yamen, what makes me even more sad is that in order to run an errand, I have been on Huainan Road for so many days, so close to my hometown, and I have no chance to see my mother; My mother is about to cry blind when she misses it, what am I doing this for? In order to get the emperor's empty praise? For the sake of these accusations that cost human lives? If it's you, would you like it? ”

Ouyang Xiu was speechless by him, and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't refute it; This guy said that he was like Dayu controlling the water, and he passed the door three times without entering; couldn't fulfill his filial piety, almost lost his life, posted money and people, and was slandered, according to what he said, it was really wronged, and it was a big grievance.

However, Ouyang Xiu quickly relented, what Su Jin said was all based on being wronged, what if he was not wronged? If you really have the audacity to falsely preach the holy decree, overstep your authority, or are you greedy for merit and disregard people's lives? Are these grievances still grievances? In the final analysis, it is also your own willingness to take over the emperor's errand, and there is no doubt about what benefits it will bring if you do it well, these are your Su Jin's political investments, for the future of prosperity, you are willing to contribute money and efforts, but now you are so noble that you say that you are so noble, this kid is cunning, very cunning.