Chapter 7 Don’t miss it if you pass by, there will be a big giveaway of melon strips!
"You didn't even know!" The colleague was also very savvy, and his expression suddenly became exaggerated, turning from a normal chat into a gossip show.
"Lord Lin, you are the best. Tell me, your information channels are the most accurate!" Su Jinghe cooperated very well, and the free flattery came out right away.
As Su Jinghe spoke, he took out a bag of melon seeds from the drawer of his desk and ate them with Lord Lin.
"You didn't come to court the day before yesterday, right?" Lord Lin opened the conversation with Su Jinghe again.
Su Jinghe quickly explained, "I didn't skip work. I was assigned a task. The boss told me not to come and I went directly."
It's no wonder that Su Jinghe was worried. In the early morning court of the Song Dynasty, sometimes the emperor himself would not attend, and sometimes the ministers would claim to be sick and not want to go to work. Some of Song Renzong's ministers were such cunning and deceitful people who pretended to be sick and didn't go to work even if they were not sick.
Lord Lin didn't know whether he believed it or not, so he skipped over the question and continued, "That day, more than twenty people were criticized in Lu Xiang's memorial, and then they were all exiled!"
It sounds good to be spoken out, but in fact it is a demotion.
Furthermore, it was Prime Minister Lu who made the report, and His Majesty made the final decision. No one spoke up in the middle! Not many people dared to speak up.
"What's going on?"
A group of people were killed, but the result is no longer important. Su Jinghe wants to know the process, and he wants it to be particularly dramatic!
"There is someone you know, from our Privy Council." Lord Lin was not vague and started talking as soon as he was asked.
"Are there any people missing?" Su Jinghe was very sharp-eyed and sharp-eared. Their small office could only accommodate four people, so they were all here.
"It's not us, it's the one next door who was talking too loudly and disturbed your nap." Lord Lin said this, looking Su Jinghe up and down with a sincere expression, "With your habit of taking a nap in the middle of the day, would anyone be able to tolerate you in another place?"
So real.
"Of course, I sleep alone at noon now, it's quiet... No, why did you mention me again? Are you trying to get information from me?" Su Jinghe was rarely alert, his eyes widened like a puppy whose territory was offended.
"Okay, okay, I really won't ask anymore."
Lord Lin was naturally not frightened by Su Jinghe, a pet dog that looked like it would not bite. He was frightened by Zhang Dexiang's cough.
When beating a dog, you have to look at the owner first. I don’t know how Su Jinghe got so lucky that he actually has Lord Zhang protecting him.
"It's the guy next door, surnamed Guo, who disturbed your sleep. He's said to have abused his power for personal gain and forced his second brother, third brother, and brother-in-law to become officials."
"No? How did it get stuck here?" Su Jinghe didn't understand. "Aren't we going to take the exam?"
"You can recommend them, but their rank is not as high as ours, it's the ninth rank. But the people in their family can't pass the exam themselves. For them to be able to reach the ninth rank, they are already very lucky." Lord Lin is much more knowledgeable than Su Jinghe, and his tone is not surprised.
After he finished speaking, Su Jinghe also remembered.
After Su Shi and Su Zhe passed the exam, Su Xun decided not to take the exam again. Later, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu recommended Su Xun one after another.
Thinking of this, Su Jinghe's expression suddenly became serious.
Is the recommendation route now unavailable? Does that mean Uncle Su Xun can only rely on himself to pass the imperial examination?
"What's wrong? Why do you look so serious?" Su Jinghe's thoughts were written on his face, and Lord Lin wanted to tease the puppy again.
If I keep failing the exam and can't get a recommendation, can I buy an official position?
Su Jinghe thought too hard, and his inner thoughts were once again exposed in front of his colleagues.
"Sizzle——" It was the sound of Zhang Dexiang pulling the chair and wanting to come out to take a look. After Lord Lin asked, he sat back down.
"You've already passed the exam, so why are you worried?" Lord Lin didn't understand. "You don't have any children, and I don't see any friends of yours who haven't passed the exam."
Zhang Dexiang knew much more about Su Jinghe than Lord Lin. Not only that, he also knew that Su Jinghe's father and second uncle both passed the exam. However, his biological father passed the exam but did not become an official, while his second uncle did become an official. Now his younger uncle also wanted to take the exam, so he came to Bian Jing.
This has not been tested yet, and Lu Yijian arranged for someone to contact Su Xun. Su Xun is a very talented person. Even Han Qi, who was not arranged in advance but knew Su Xun, felt that this person was very talented.
Even if you fail this time, you will succeed next time. Talent cannot be concealed.
Zhang Dexiang comforted himself, but Su Jinghe was completely unable to comfort him.
In the face of Lord Lin's comfort, all he could think of was "You don't understand what it means to not understand exam-oriented education." Su Xun was a person who advocated happy education and who simply didn't force himself to study since he couldn't concentrate on reading at the age of seven!
For this reason, Su Jinghe has not yet started to interfere with his uncle's studies.
Not understanding what Su Jinghe was thinking of writing, Lord Lin chose to continue speaking.
"There's another one who's across from us, and he always likes to give flowers to everyone."
"Hey? He left? Wasn't this on my desk given by him?" Su Jinghe looked at the flowers on his desk. They were so gorgeous and beautiful. They didn't look like the same old flowers from a few days ago.
"I brought that for you from home!"
Lord Lin looked at the flower and said, "Look, our flowers are the same! You can tell they grew together."
The other two couldn't let go as quickly as he did!
Su Jinghe was moved by his colleague's behavior, which also made him realize that there was no intrigue in the office, only great love!
Another "accusation duo": Lord Zhang, look at Lao Lin!
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"Besides them, there's also that rigid Xia Hou from the Censorate..." Lord Lin was about to continue talking.
"Wait." Su Jinghe gestured for a pause and pretended to turn back to get the water cup, but in fact he quickly clicked on the system's hot search. Sure enough, many people's hot searches appeared!
He didn't know the rest of the people, and none of them were in the same department as him. How could a college student who never left his house socialize with them? He could still look at the campus confession wall. No, he could still look at the system.
[I found it. These are from the Censorate. Xiahou, ah, that's him. My virtuous wife helped me achieve my lofty ambitions. I passed the imperial examination and married a rich woman. Wow, this is a good introduction. It's quite literary.]
After Su Jinghe was found, he was not the only one who felt relieved.
Lord Lin, who was arranged by Zhang Dexiang to tell Su Jinghe about these people, also quietly put his heart at ease.
As long as he can find them, it will be worth it for him to stay up late last night to memorize these people's names and characteristics, trying to awaken Su Jinghe's memory of them!
But this first one is so exciting?
Next door, after knowing that Su Jinghe had returned, it had become Song Renzong's exclusive office.
"That Xia Hou from the Censorate?" Song Renzong recalled. "He looks like a decent person, but it turns out he's just a gigolo. Whose gigolo is he? Let's kick him out."
Although Lü Yijian was old, his memory was still sharp, and he recalled it instantly, "It was the Ministry of Revenue... No, Your Majesty, you said you came here to review the memorials with me."
Memorials from the Song Dynasty would first be reviewed by the prime minister. Don't get me wrong, this is not to undermine the imperial power, but to ensure that the imperial power and the prime minister's power are equally divided.
Otherwise, how can it be said that the Song Dynasty was governed jointly with the literati and officials?
Compared with the Qin and Han dynasties, the centralization of power was actually strengthened in terms of system. However, compared with a certain workaholic in the Ming Dynasty - Zhu Yuanzhang, it was still far inferior.
Song Renzong smiled guiltily, turned around and chose not to listen to Lu Yijian's words, and continued to listen to Su Jinghe's authentic gossip.
"Mr. Chen from the Ministry of Revenue, the brother-in-law who got married two months ago and seemed to be protecting his new wife, was discovered and thrown straight into jail!"
[So his wife died, and in less than half a year he married his former lover? No, he already has eight concubines, so why is he still trying to create a deeply affectionate and unrepentant persona?]
"That Lord Chen is already seventy years old, right?" Song Renzong turned around and asked Lu Yijian for confirmation.
Now, Lü Yijian also came over. He came to dispel the rumors about other officials of his age, "Actually, Your Majesty, people of our age are very healthy. Such people are still a minority."
"There's a Lord Zhao in the Ministry of War who has a particularly loud voice. You always say his words wake you up during court. He was caught by his wife while visiting the Nanfeng Pavilion. His wife knew the court was purging officials with bad behavior, so she reported him for accepting bribes and divorced him. His house was also confiscated."
Lord Lin also became eager to win, and told some gossip he had heard.
Not many people know that Lord Zhao was reported by his own wife!
[A pear blossom is overshadowed by a crabapple tree. Wait, this title, oh my god! It turns out this Lord Zhao has been suffering in Bianjing for so long that he'd find time to work "part-time" at Nanfeng Pavilion, not for money, but for other people's cunts...hiss, when he was caught by his wife, he was having sex with someone else?]
"Cough, cough, cough!" When Lord Lin suddenly heard this, he choked on the water he had just drunk and started coughing.
"Are you okay? Why did you suddenly choke?" The culprit was completely unaware and even helped pat his back in a friendly manner.
When Lord Lin heard the sound of choking on water from both sides, his coughing was almost stopped, but he had to pretend to cough for a while to cover for his other colleagues.
I'm so sweet.
Lord Lin was moved by his own kindness.
Is there really any hope for our Great Song Dynasty?
Song Renzong really couldn't understand how such a weirdo could exist in his Song Dynasty!
Wasn’t the Wang Gang before a problem of the Liao Kingdom?
Damn, could this also be influenced by the Liao Kingdom?
That’s it, I was influenced by Wang Gang.
Lu Yijian also did not want to admit that such a person was a member of the Song Dynasty, and gave Song Renzong a firm look.
"Also, when you drowned and lost your memory, wasn't there someone who came to cause you trouble and told you to report anything to him in the future? You almost believed him."
"That Vice-Chancellor! No, he didn't get the position, did he? He used this to trick me back then!" Su Jinghe had an impression of this person. "What's his name...?"
Some impression, but not much.
"His surname is Zhuang. He always clamors about getting promoted. That time, he wanted to use you to find out about our Privy Council." Lord Lin looked at Su Jinghe. He didn't expect that Su Jinghe looked so innocent and even thought he could be an undercover agent.
[Hmph, let's see what happens to this guy! Wait, he likes being a matchmaker, that's fine, no, he likes being a matchmaker and taking a cut? His subordinates will specifically tell him that so-and-so is unmarried and so-and-so is looking to get married just to bribe him? No, huh? Isn't his way of accepting bribes a bit too bizarre?]
Song Renzong said nothing and just looked at Lu Yijian.
Now Lu Yijian was too embarrassed to speak. It was because this man was from his Secretariat.
His Majesty's gaze really made people feel uneasy. Lu Yijian made countless preparations in his mind, but he still couldn't think of how to defend himself. In the end, he still said that panacea.
"The rest of us don't."
Why.
Song Renzong and Lu Yijian sighed in their hearts at the same time.
There might be many such monsters and demons in the court.
It's so scary.
They had lost confidence in the Song Dynasty court, but Lord Lin was different. He immediately strengthened the confidence of his colleagues.
With opponents like him everywhere in the court, it is no longer a dream for him to rise to the top in the future!
"And that Yuan family member who we both think is usually very pretentious."
"Him? Does he have a problem too?"
[Eh? I didn't find it, I only saw a bastard from the Yuan family?]
What a mistake. It turns out that there is no such thing. Is this guy so clean?
Lord Lin's attempt to suppress his political enemy failed, and he added naturally, "It's not him, it's one of his cousins who embezzled the money from their Ministry of Works and enriched himself!"
[Wow, the Ministry of Works actually has money? Really, there's a lot of money to spend on building bridges and roads.]
When Su Jinghe thought of this, he realized that there was something wrong with Lord Lin's gaze.
Lord Lin is so wrong. Su Jinghe was playing games by himself before, and he didn't know what he said in his mind.
They searched high and low for Heshen for who knows how long!
This person was not found at all!
But the good news is that a few corrupt officials were indeed found in the Ministry of Works, including one in Bian Jing. It is hard to imagine how bold people scattered across the country would be to embezzle these project funds.
His Majesty has already arranged for someone to investigate privately. The problem will be solved this year, and then repairs will begin!
"It's okay, what can happen to me?"
A few days ago, Lord Lin, who was bald, went to see "Heshen" and swallowed all the bitterness into his own stomach - he was full.
"Lord Cao from the Salt and Iron Department, the one with the always red nose, was caught selling salt permits secretly. Now his whole family is in jail with him. I'm sure he'll be executed in the future."
[Hey, salt! I can refine it too. It's much finer than what we have now! I've seen this before!]
This is the most common one in novels and TV dramas.
If I opened a salt shop...
Do you want to hear this from you?
Lord Lin was furious, but he had to swallow the bitter fruit again.
Can you elaborate on it?!
When Song Renzong heard Su Jinghe's words that he could refine finer salt, he stood up suddenly, but was pushed down again by Lu Yijian.
"Don't be in a hurry. Wait until there are fewer people in the court." Lu Yijian also coveted Su Jinghe's ability.
Especially like this, once they said it, he would cooperate and say the information they wanted in his mind.
However, this thing is neither good nor bad.
It would be great if everyone in the court was under their control.
But now the problem of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty is too serious, and there are too many messy people.
"Well!" Song Renzong also knew, "Don't worry, he's still young."
I don’t know what kind of magical ability Su Jinghe possesses, but since he uses it as a tool, it should not be easily lost.
He was still young and could wait until they cleaned up the court.
Wait until there are not so many weirdos in the court, then call him back and use this ability more reasonably and efficiently!
Lu Yijian, who was already quite old, looked at His Majesty, who was in his prime, with a deep gaze.
It was like seeing the future of the Song Dynasty, the sun was slowly rising.
The relationship between the emperor and his subjects here is harmonious, but the gossip on the other side of the wall is not over yet.
"Who else is there? Can you tell me?"
Su Jinghe also moved closer and closer. Who said that the ancients were boring? The ancients were so interesting.
[These messed up people were born in the wrong era!]
If they were born in the future, when information technology is more developed, would they still be able to do things "cleanly"? They would have to prepare a 108-page PPT for them, so that they would become the talk of others in their later years!
Lord Lin didn't understand what PPT was, but he knew that these people had become a topic of conversation.
Facing Su Jinghe's eager gaze, he silently prayed in his heart that it would be better for me to live than for my friend to die, and continued with gritted teeth.
"Of course, our Majesty is very ruthless."
“It’s a good thing these people don’t hold office.”
The Song Dynasty has such a serious problem with redundant officials that it's truly amazing that you've made the ruthless decision to purge all these corrupt officials from the nation. I wonder what motivated Your Majesty to make this decision. It truly benefits both the nation and the people!
Of course it's you!
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