Chapter 9: The Unsold Intention of Holding the Sword (9)
[There was still something going on at night, but I still rushed out today.] Tomorrow morning it will be updated as usual. 】
It's like five thunderbolts.
Su Shi looked at the neatly lined fish in front of him, his hands and feet were cold, his mind was blank, and he didn't need to move for a long time.
"Su Zhishi, let's eat quickly, it's not good if it's cold." The little official who came in with a food box gently persuaded Su Shi.
The officials who supervised the prison were courteous to any official who was born as a jinshi. Although he is now a prisoner, there are countless examples of turning over after a year or two, who will make trouble for himself in the future.
But Su Shi didn't hear what the little official was saying at all, and his head was buzzing.
The food and drink of prisoners in Taiwan has always been the responsibility of their families. Before being imprisoned, Su Shi agreed with his son Su Mai that he usually delivered food and vegetables, only vegetables, pigs, sheep and poultry, but when the court convicted him and it was a capital crime, he would send fish instead. Although it can't change anything, at least you can be mentally prepared.
Although he has always had a bad premonition, after he was imprisoned, he was asked if he could have an affidavit for five generations - death row prisoners would only ask about five generations, and he only asked three generations for his crimes - but when it came to the end, Su Shi found that he was not as calm as he thought.
Where did he still have the heart to eat, Su Shi staggered to the small table in the corner of the prison, and the table was full of pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, so that he could write a confession.
After all, Su Shi was unwilling to die like this, grinded off the ink, and lifted the pen to write a fateful poem to his younger brother Su Zhe. But Su Shi knew that his poems would definitely be dedicated to the Son of Heaven, and as long as there was a delay of a few days, maybe he would be able to move the Son of Heaven to take back his fate.
'The holy lord is like the spring of all things, and the ministers are foolish and die by themselves. Before a hundred years of debt repayment, it is even more tiring to have no return. It is a green mountain that can hide bones, and he is alone in the rain on Chinese New Year's Eve. and Jun are brothers in this life, and they are married in the next life. ’
Under the agitation of the mood, a song was written in the blink of an eye. The little official is also literate, and after reading Su Shi's new poems, his face changed, and he looked back at the food box, but he couldn't see what kind of information it contained.
And Su Shi followed it with another song, 'The frost of Baitai is sad at night, and the wind moves the moon to ...... low'
"Su Zhishi, the angel in the palace is here!"
A shout from outside the door made Su Shi's hand tremble, a drop of ink dripped from the tip of the pen, and the thick ink ball opened on the paper in a blink of an eye.
The decree came so quickly!
Su Shi smiled miserably, thinking that there were still a few days left, but he didn't expect to be so anxious. He put down his pen, stood up tremblingly, and glanced at the corner, where there was the Qingjin Pill he was accustomed to, if he ate too much at one time, it was the medicine of ascending immortals.
When I got to prison, I hid it, thinking that I couldn't stand it anymore, so I made up my mind, but I didn't make up my mind after all. I can't think of it, but I still need to use it.
When he turned around, the chamberlain who had come to deliver the edict had already arrived at the door of the cell.
Lan Yuanzhen once met Su Shi, at that time, Su Shi was literary and charming, and his aura was unparalleled, but now he has become a prisoner who has lived in prison for several months, and he is already skinny and hairy.
With a secret sigh, Lan Yuanzhen unfolded the holy decree at the door, "Su Shi took the decree." ”
Su Shi knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Minister...... Listen to the oracle. ”
Li Ding didn't come, and Shu Yan didn't come either. These days, day and night, the two of them will always be there, and when they don't think of the time to die, neither of them will come to see their jokes.
My wife and children don't know if they are still in Huzhou, or if they have already settled in the farm house they bought in Changzhou. My brother and son were all affected by myself, and now I don't know what happened. Are you still running for yourself?
Literary talent harms people, and regrets that he should not write poetry.
Su Shi felt sorry for himself in his heart, and he didn't know what Lan Yuanzhen was thinking.
When Lan Yuanzhen finished reading an edict, and the little official behind him pushed him to let him receive the decree and thank him, Su Shi had a reaction, and knelt down like tears: "The criminal minister Su Shi knows that he slandered the government and the government, and he is guilty of sin, and he dies and does not hate." But can the angel be forgiving for a long time, so that the sinner can see his family. ”
Lan Yuanzhen was stunned: "I don't know what Su Shuibu means by this?" ”
"The Ministry of Su Water is the supervisor of the Jiangzhou liquor tax, not the ...... Other. The little official reminded behind him.
Su Shi didn't react sluggishly, Lan Yuanzhen shook his head, understanding that Su Shi didn't hear what he was talking about, and he was frightened and confused when he saw himself appear.
"Su Shi, now he is the Son of Heaven's grace, but this official is in charge of Jiangzhou's liquor tax, so don't thank God for it." Lan Yuanzhen told Su Shi the core content of the holy decree again.
The rank of the official water department member Wailang remains the same, and the post of the Zhishi Museum is deprived, and then he goes to Jiangzhou to supervise the liquor tax, that's all. It's not a punishment at all. Some supervising imperial histories, if the impeachment of important ministers fails, it is often such a punishment, the official remains unchanged, and becomes just a sending, and he can climb back in two years.
The mood fluctuated greatly, and Su Shi was dazed and bowed to Lan Yuanzhen who came to announce the edict to thank Tian's grace.
"Su Shuibu, after going back, I will take a bath, go to the bad luck, and I will go south in two days." Lan Yuanzhen told Su Shi very kindly, and then left the prison quickly and returned to the palace to pay the decree.
was almost forced by public opinion among the people, and had to let Su Shi go, and the mood of the Son of Heaven is not very good now.
Don't be angry. Lan Yuanzhen felt a little uneasy in his heart.
took the holy decree, and the imperial history did not appear, so he sent a small official to send him out of the prison.
Crows were flying on the locust tree in front of the stage, but Su Shi, who was only used to seeing rats and cockroaches in prison, was greedy, and his son Su Mai did not wait in front of the door, only a distant relative and a carriage.
Seeing Su Shi come out, he was pleasantly surprised: "God is pitiful, the official family is finally gracious." Weikang [Su Mai] has recently run out of entanglements and went to Chen to raise money. The food for these two days was originally entrusted to the younger brother, but I didn't expect it to be just one meal. Zizhan, I'm afraid you haven't eaten yet, right? No matter how much, go back and take a shower first, and after going to the bad luck, I can have a good meal. ”
Is this why the fish was sent for dinner? Su Shi laughed for a while, and was almost scared to death.
"Have you heard, Su Zhishi has already decided the case."
"I heard. It's the Jianjiang State liquor tax, right? ”
"It's really heavy enough to go down from Zhizhou to the liquor tax."
"It's already very light, didn't you say that you want to die? Now I haven't even moved my own official! ”
“…… That's right. ”
Above the Fan Tower, the music coming from many rooms became excited this night.
The defeat in Lingzhou was indeed unexpected, and there were fewer people talking and drinking at the banquet, but there was finally good news. Despite the incident of Zhou Nan back then, Su Shi was convicted of poetry and writing, and there was no shortage of sympathetic people in the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion.
But there are also those who regret it.
"He's lucky. If it weren't for the rumors, most of them would have been closed for half a year. A capital crime may not have a share, but it is not impossible for a good editor to destroy the words since he was born. ”
"Who says it's not, the Son of Heaven also wants to be faced. However, when this rumor came out, it happened to be stuck in the joint, otherwise it would have been dealt with according to the law. ”
In fact, this is tantamount to taking advantage of the situation to bully the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven had to let Su Zizhan go for the sake of fame, but he couldn't miss it in his heart. As long as the Son of Heaven is in one day, Su Shi will not think about coming out again for a day, and write poems in Jiangzhou. ”
"Forgive him for this, and he won't dare to write poems anymore."
Due to the intervention of the Son of Heaven, Su Shi's slander of the government was decided. The punishment was unexpected, but when it came to the rumors that flowed out of Beijing at this time, no one made a fuss about it.
But although Su Shi's punishment was light, Su Zhe and Wang Xu, who had reported the news to him, were all implicated in the demotion of officials. And other friends who corresponded with him were also fined copper. It's just that it's not a felony after all, just to give an explanation to the hard-working Yushitai.
But then again, this explanation obviously couldn't make Li Ding sit firmly in the position of Zhongcheng in the imperial history, and the next day, the resignation was sent to the Chongzheng Palace.
"I really don't care about the officials?" Zhou Nan entered Han Gang's study with a supper, but did not leave immediately, but asked about today's news.
"What does this have to do with the husband?" Han Gang asked rhetorically, looking down at the letter.
"Did the official say a few days ago that he wouldn't let Su Zizhan be Tian Feng?"
"Did you say that?" Han Gang frowned and thought about it, and shook his head, "I'm too busy to be busy, how can I remember this little thing." ”
Zhou Nan propped up the table on his elbows, leaned closer and stared at Han Gang, his eyes crooked, with a smile, "Even if the official lies to the slave family, the slave family will believe everything anyway." After listening to what the officials said a few days ago, the slave family went to check the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, and only then did they understand what officials would say that. In the past two days, I have listened to the rumors outside, no matter how I hear it, it is like the paragraph between Yuan Shao and Tian Feng. ”
"If you really want to talk about it, Su Shi was only demoted, and he still relied on his father-in-law to give the Son of Heaven. Sheng Shi'an can kill talents, without this sentence to push the Son of Heaven, how can there be a reason to close the case so quickly? Su Shi was detained in the Yushi Terrace, and even Zhang Fangping, who was closest to him, did not write for him, but it was his father-in-law and Zhang Zihou who stood up to rescue him......" Han Gang laughed, and he didn't know who he was laughing at.
It's a pity that Chibi Fu and Dajiangdong go, 'the boat is gone, and the rivers and seas will live for the rest of their lives' will probably not appear again, but there may be Lushan Fu or Poyang Lake Fu, maybe it can be worth it.
But Su Shi's matter, in the overall situation of the world in front of him, is just an insignificant episode. Chong Ge and Li Xian don't have to worry for the time being, for the time being, it still depends on the situation of Wang Zhongzheng's two roads, and the two coalition forces of Qin Feng and Xihe will bear the brunt, hoping that Zhao Long and Liu Changzuo can perform something
…… By the way, I don't know what happened to Wang Sunsin!
Han Gang finally remembered that in the battle where the six roads converged in Lingzhou, there was still a small detachment of troops heading west.
After the news of Wang Sunchen's recovery of Liangzhou was sent to the capital through an urgent document, the court also cheered and cheered for a while, after all, it was the hometown of Hexi that had finally returned for more than a hundred years, and the edict of the official reinstatement was immediately sent over. However, in the blink of an eye, the defeat of Lingzhou also spread to the capital, and after a few days, the court and the whole court forgot about him, and Han Gang was no exception.
In Zhou Nan's surprised gaze, he patted his head, it would be good to build the General Staff as soon as possible, how many people will pick up the missing and fill the gaps, where will there be so many moths.
However, the creation of a new department is inevitably necessary to seize power from vested interests, and Han Gang is just thinking about it now, and he does not expect to have a good result if he proposes it.
He also once implemented the staff system in the army, which was useful and useful, but it did not spread after that, and no general was willing to divide his power.
You have to take your time.
Han Gang sighed, drank the cold soup mixed with honeysuckle, and turned his mind back to Liangzhou, the progress on Wang Sunchen's side should be very smooth.