Thinking of some of Su Jin's practices since he took office, Huang Qiong also shook his head a little: "At present, the officers in your house are all veterans who have retired from the Xiaocai battalion. These people fight on the battlefield, maybe they are good hands. However, it will take some time for this appeasement of localities, investigation of cases, cracking of cases, and observation of public opinion to mature. ”

"You yourself are a little high-minded, and you don't care about Jian Yong's set, so it's not uncommon to be blinded in Weng. From time to time, there is no shame in putting down your body and going out for a private visit. Not only can you observe public opinion, but you can also change your brain and take a break, isn't it a thing that kills two birds with one stone? You, it's all good there, it's just too bureaucratic. ”

"As you said, there's so much you need to learn from Jian Yong. is still the same sentence, you have to put down your body and really sink your body, so that you can be a good parent. High up, once you travel, you are ringing the gong to open the way, and you are carrying the sedan chair eight times, that ordinary people still believe in you? You go and ask the people of Zhengzhou Mansion, how many of them have seen you, the prefect? ”

Huang Qiong's words were very sincere, not only helping Su Jin point out the problems since he took office, but also helping him analyze a lot of his shortcomings. Listening to Huang Qiong's words, Su Jin was ashamed and ashamed. Su Jin not only listened to the words of the British king, but also remembered them in his heart. It's just this conversation between the two people, but they don't pay much attention to the old man who is burning the fire next to him.

Originally, the old man who was constantly fiddling with the firewood under the stove, while making the fire as strong as possible, and carefully watching the fire not burn outside the stove pit, was after hearing their conversation. After being stunned for a while, he walked in front of Huang Qiong and Su Jin, and after carefully examining the two of them, he said in a cold tone: "Are you officials?" Or is it an official of this Zhengzhou government? ”

As soon as he heard his uncle's words and this action, knowing that the conversation between the British King and himself had fallen into the ears of others, Su Jin couldn't help but scream in his heart. Hurriedly stood up and said, "Uncle, we are indeed officials of Zhengzhou Mansion. It's just a few small officials who support their families, not real officials. ”

It's just that this old man is obviously a person who has seen the world, and he is definitely not an ordinary country person, Su Jin's words have not deceived the past. On the contrary, it caused the old man to sneer for a while: "This old man, are you really a fool who lets you fool us as ordinary people?" Tiny little officials? I'm afraid that your official positions are not small. ”

After that, he pointed to the fact that after going out, because Su Jin was a literati who couldn't stand the cold. Huang Qiong specially asked someone to hand it over to him, and at this time, the Xuanhu skin worn by Su Jin said: "Don't say what you talked about, just this Xuanhu skin, it should be the royal supervisor." This fox fur is not something that ordinary officials can wear. ”

"Although Lao Yu is not a scholar, he still has some knowledge. What the first constitution is, the old decay is still very clear. In this Zhengzhou Mansion, in addition to the prefect of Zhengsipin, who dares to call the first constitution? If the old man didn't guess wrong, I'm afraid you are this hall of Zhengzhou Mansion, the new prefect. ”

"As for this young man who makes you respectful, the clothes on his body seem ordinary, but the materials and craftsmanship are extremely high-quality, and at first glance, it is not something that this tailor in Zhengzhou Mansion can make. And in the current Zhengzhou Mansion, the person who can train you, the prefect, in a grand manner, must have no other people besides the king who has the right to know Zhengzhou's disposal. ”

"And those people outside the door, if the old man is not mistaken, they are all soldiers of the four battalions of the capital. The guards of Zhengzhou Mansion are not so elite. When the old man said this, how could there be any cloudiness in his eyes? 's sharp eyes kept looking at Huang Qiong and Su Jin, and they were very aggressive.

It's just that after seeing the identities of Huang Qiong and Su Jin, this old man did not treat Huang Qiong and the others respectfully, or kowtow to Huang Qiong according to the tradition of the common people seeing officials in China for thousands of years. Although the sharp eyes before were retracted, he splashed the water poured for the two of them on the ground, and said extremely plainly: "The old decay here is very simple, I'm afraid it will insult the identities of the two." ”

"What's more, in addition to a fourth-grade prefect, the two of you also have a Tianhuang noble. The old man is just an ordinary person, who knows that his status is low. I can't see or see the dragon and the phoenix, so it's better to ask the two of you to leave. Otherwise, there will be insults to the two noble eyes. And although the old decay water is a cheap thing, it can't be drunk by people who are inferior to pigs and dogs. ”

Although his career as a eunuch has not been satisfactory for many years, it can even be said that he has hit a wall everywhere. Those who were impeached by themselves are not a few who curse themselves behind their backs. Even those who have not been impeached by themselves, and there are also many people who call themselves mad dogs in private. can be pointed at his nose in front of the face and scolded pigs and dogs, Su Jin is the first time to encounter it.

Although when this old man scolded himself, he scolded the king together. Compared with Huang Qiong, who is much younger and has a much more noble status, he is still a little more angry in the end. Su Jin, who felt a great insult, pointed angrily at the old man in front of him, and said in a somewhat unsteady tone: "You, how can you talk like this, how can you be so insulting?" It really doesn't make sense. ”

Compared with the angry Su Jin, Huang Qiong's insult to the old man seemed much more bland. After getting up to appease Su Jin, who felt a great insult and posed as he wanted to fight desperately with the old man in front of him, Huang Qiong turned around and bowed slightly to the old man and said, "Old man, your angry boy can understand. The filthy officials below gathered under the banner of the kid, and the kid is indeed responsible. ”

"This matter is because the kid has no way to control it, so that the people of Mizhou suffer for the second time. However, regardless of whether the old man believes it or not, the kid is here, and he still has to defend himself and Master Su, and we really don't know about this matter. The kid is here to assure you that as long as what you say is true, the kid will get to the bottom of the matter. ”

"No matter who is involved, and how high the official position of the person behind it is, the kid promises to absolutely investigate to the end and never protect his shortcomings." Regarding her husband's anger, Huang Qiong's posture was very high. That is, he did not blame the old man for the crime of confrontation before, and he was not investigated for the crime of humiliating the prince. On the contrary, he took the initiative to lower his figure, which calmed down the anger in the heart of the old man in front of him.

Looking at the young prince with a sincere face in front of him, hearing that this prince did not intend to pursue his crime of contradicting the prince, this old man who had been regretting his impulse after calming down, and his heart had always been hanging, and his heart was completely put back into his stomach at this moment. In my heart, there was a long breath of darkness.

The one in front of him is the prince, the dignified prince of the court, and now he is in control of the people of Zhengzhou, and all the rights of life and death. If it is the young prince in front of him, he really wants to find his own account. I am a grass farmer, and I have a few heads that are enough to cut off. What's more, it's not a pity to die when I'm old, but I still have sons and grandchildren.

Seeing the old man in front of him, he turned from anger just now to silence, and roughly guessed what he was thinking about Huang Qiong, and changed the topic with a faint smile: "Listening to the old man's words, I feel that the old man is not like an ordinary farmer, but like a person who has seen the world." I don't know if my husband is a native of Mizhou, I've been bothering my husband for so long, and I don't know my father's name. ”

"Old decay, it turned out to be just a porcelain merchant near Junzhou, and now he is just a mountain village on the border of this Mizhou, what kind of big world has he seen there? The old man just read a few more books than this ordinary person and knew a little more about the laws of the imperial court. The King's words are exaggerated. Regarding Huang Qiong's rhetorical question, the old man replied with obvious understatement.

Although he was still by this old man's words just now, the anger was really not light. But Su Jin, who has calmed down now, obviously recognized the identity of this bold old man after looking at him for a long time. Seeing that this old man was obviously avoiding the important and light, he didn't want to let it go: "Old man, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary mountain villager." ”

"If the lower official is not mistaken, the old man should have been five years ago, because of the case of the Ministry of Industry privately making royal goods and selling them overseas to make huge profits, he was exiled to Longyou's Ministry of Industry Supervisor Wailang, Junyao Supervisor Sima Hong. Five years have passed, and you, the big celebrity in front of Shangshu Zuocheng and Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, have long forgotten that back then, I, the fifth grade Hanlin, have long forgotten that year. ”

The old man, who was called Sima Hong by Su Jin, heard Su Jin actually call out his name. After secretly being surprised, he carefully looked at Su Jin and sneered: "Who should the old man be?" It turned out to be Su Hanlin, who had participated in more than 40 officials from the Ministry of Industry back then. When I first saw your name on the poster, I thought it was the same name. ”

"But I didn't expect that the new Zhengzhou prefect is really your stubborn donkey. Looking at your current situation, you must have finally come out. It seems that there are really people who are willing to take the risk that the emperor refused to take back then. You nerd came to be the prefect of Zhengzhou, and it is not unusual for this kind of deception to happen below. ”

The old man's words made Su Jin, whose face had just been slightly better, not only have black lines on his face. What does it mean to be willing to take the risk that the emperor is unwilling to take, is he so boastful? Also, it's not unusual to do this kind of deception. Co-authored, he is the mourning star, who uses who is unlucky? Or are you blind, and anyone can fool you?

Seeing that Su Jin's face was as black as ink, Sima Hong smiled indifferently and said, "To say that you are a mourning star is indeed a bit of a waste of you." But calling you Lu is very pertinent. You say how many officials you have been involved in over the years. You are the official of the Hanlin Academy, but the several heads of the Hanlin Academy are all planted in your hands. ”

"I really don't know, you are a Hanlin bachelor, you can't do your Hanlin well, so that you can get out of the cabinet in the future. What is the work of supervising the imperial history to rob if you have nothing to do? You don't have much contact with this magistrate, but you have fewer impeachments. But this Beijing official, since you served as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the capital has its own division, have you not been impeached? ”

"Even the Tai Hospital, Guozijian, Qintianjian, these Qingshui Yamen have been impeached by you. What do you say you are doing to impeach the Tai Hospital and Qin Tianjian, and that's where you can participate? If it weren't for the emperor who has been secretly protecting you, do you think you can really stop and do the four grades? You stinky and hard bones, I don't know how many years I've been cold. ”

"You don't want to think that just by relying on the things you are chasing after the wind and shadows, you can overthrow more than 40 officials from the Ministry of Industry at once? Although Lao Yu is not from Jinshi and the first background, but Lao Yu is from the Ming Arithmetic Department, and he is also from the Ming Arithmetic Department. It's been more than 20 years since I'm old, and there are still people who are in the decennial Ming Arithmetic Department? ”

"The Ming Calculation Department changed from once every five years during the reign of Taizong to once every eight years in the Lizong Dynasty, and then to the current ten years in one fell swoop. Isn't it because Ming arithmetic is extremely difficult to learn, and compared with the Jinshi Branch, which is dominated by policy theory and Confucian subset classics, not only does it require greater hard work, but also requires a certain amount of talent? ”