On the afternoon of October 20 in the first year of Qingli, a team of soldiers with bright armor rode out of Xuande Gate on a high-headed horse, and went straight to Yulin Lane on the left second compartment.

Some familiar people recognized the two people at the front of the team, one was the short and fair-faced deputy commander of the guard Sima Jun, Long Zhen, and the other was the chief chamberlain Huang Gonggong beside the emperor.

It didn't take half an hour for the soldiers to arrive outside Yulin Alley, the soldiers dismounted one after another, dispersed the pedestrians and onlookers, Long Zhen helped Huang Gonggong off his horse, and the two of them strode into the alley with more than a dozen soldiers.

Huang Gonggong walked into the courtyard with the holy decree in one hand, Su Jin and everyone in his family had already stood in a row in the courtyard to greet him, Huang Gonggong stood proudly, and his sharp voice was quite loud and shouted: "Luzhou Su Jin receives the decree......

Su Jin took out a futon from behind him and put it on the ground, lifted his robe, knelt on the futon, and the people of the Su family behind him knelt behind him, and everyone shouted: "Long live my emperor." ”

Huang Gonggong rolled his eyes and said: I have passed the decree hundreds of times, and I haven't seen the person who received the decree to get a futon to kneel, which person didn't 'poof' when he received the decree, even if there were mud puddles and shit and thorns on the ground, he didn't frown, this guy is good, and he made a futon to spread on it, and he really taught people to be speechless.

"The emperor's edict said: Su Jin, a student from Luzhou, shared worries for the country and offered good strategies for raising food, and I was very happy; After my investigation, it can be of great use, and I am specially appointed as a special envoy for grain affairs, and go to various states to raise grain relief, hoping that Su Qing will work hard to serve the country. Chin this! ”

"Long live my emperor, long live!" Su Jin shouted loudly and stretched out his hand to take the holy decree.

Huang Gonggong smiled with a smile on his face, and arched his hand: "Congratulations, Envoy Su was reused by the imperial court at a young age, which is gratifying." ”

Su Jin smiled and said: "Joy and joy, this is a chore, the emperor is chasing ducks to the shelves." The chamberlain has worked hard, so he went into the house and drank some tea. ”

Huang Gonggong smiled and said: "Disturb and disturb, envoy, the emperor still has something to give, so let's go." ”

After that, he took out a thing wrapped in yellow cloth from his arms and handed it to Su Jin, Su Jin knew by his hand that it was the gold medal that Zhao Zhen promised to 'see the card as if he saw me', this thing is a good thing, something that can save lives at a critical time, so he also treasured it and hid it closely.

Gonggong Huang stretched out his hand to Long Zhenyi and said, "Lord Envoy, I will introduce you, this is Lord Long Zhen, the deputy commander of the Sima Army of the Great Internal Guard, you should be close and close." ”

Su Jin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Commander Long, look up for a long time." ”

Long Zhen snapped and knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Subordinate Long Zhen, I am ordered to come and listen to the dispatch of the special envoy." ”

Su Jin hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Long Zhen up and said: "Hurry up, the dragon commander has experienced a hundred battles, the emperor sent you to help me, I will be like a tiger with wings, in the future, you and I will work together to do errands, what subordinates do not belong to, never mention again; You can afford to call me a brother. ”

Long Zhen smiled innocently: "How dare you, so that the adults and young people can achieve their ambitions, and the subordinates are afraid that they will have to learn more about the way of Qingyun." ”

Gonggong Huang laughed on the side: "The envoy is a straight man, and he is not very good at words, but in official affairs, one is one and two is two, with his help, the envoy will definitely succeed." ”

Su Jinxin said: I'm just polite, do you really have a discussion with him? But this dragon really looks like a simple and honest person, and the emperor actually sent the deputy commanders of the guard division to himself, this time it can be regarded as a bloody investment.

Su Jin didn't guess wrong this time, about Su Jin's desire to bring the Praetorian Guards in the capital, Du Yan and Lu Yijian vigorously opposed it, and there was no precedent for this move at all.

The highest military organ in the Song Dynasty was the Privy Council, but in fact the Privy Council was not actually in charge of the army at all, and the army was actually in the hands of the two divisions and three officials, and even the military department was just a clerical organ.

The so-called two divisions and three yas originally referred to the front division of the palace and the division of the guards; But later. After the restructuring, the guard division is divided into the guard horse army and the guard infantry army, and the front division of the palace is called the three ya; But even so, in fact, the two divisions or the three yas are only in charge of the army, and the power to mobilize the army is still very small, and the head of the two divisions and three yas should have been held by someone, but the emperor was not at ease, so he insisted on leaving the post of commander vacant, and transferred to the officials at the level of subordinate commanders to command separately.

This is a strange phenomenon, a regiment commander is transferred to command an army, but this regiment commander has no right to command other troops, and there are more than a dozen regiment-level deputies, each in charge of a stall; Even the deputy head of the regiment can't interfere with the affairs of the regiment, which can be regarded as a strange thing in the Song Dynasty.

There was such a thing in the Zhenzong Dynasty in the previous dynasty, Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangrui three years, a fire broke out in Bianliang, the fire was too big, the number of firefighters was not enough, in a hurry, the front division of the palace commanded Chen Qi to mobilize the guards Sima Bujun to participate in the fire extinguishing, the fire was extinguished, Chen Qi was also unlucky, was impeached by the imperial history platform and the two governments almost lost his head, and finally was dismissed from office and sent back to his hometown, the guards who participated in the firefighting Sima Bujun officials were all dismissed, and some were also put in prison.

The front division of the palace has no authority to command the guard division, even if it is to fight fires; This kind of thing is simply incredible, but it did happen, as soon as the grandfather released the military power with a glass of wine, the control and mobilization of the army has been emulated by the emperors of all dynasties, no matter what your purpose is, as long as you step out of the yellow line, there will be punishment.

Zhao Zhen persuaded everyone with great painstaking efforts, so he knelt down and begged for permission, and finally agreed to allocate two hundred guards to listen to Su Jin's call, and recommended the deputy commander Long Zhen to come to assist.

Even so, Lu Yijian, Du Yan and others also made a lot of nonsense about the emperor appointing this stinky young man named Su Jin to do such a big thing, in Lu Yijian's words, the emperor is playing with fire, and such a big thing is actually appointed by such a little-known person to do it, which is completely out of order, and there will definitely be leaks; When they learned that it was recommended by Yan Shu, they also unceremoniously wiped out the body of the three envoys who were also attacked.

Zhao Zhen was finally provoked, the clay man also has three points of fire, Zhao Zhen was angry at Lu Yijian for the first time, and warned them in stern terms that they were not allowed to spread this matter, nor were they allowed to dwell on this matter, and the matter of raising food was within the purview of the three divisions, and the two governments had no right to interfere in it.

Lu Yijian and Du Yan were angry when they saw Zhao Zhen for the first time, although they were unwilling in their hearts, but obviously the emperor had already made up his mind about this matter, and when the wood was already in the boat, he could only accept the reality, the two were very annoyed, this time not only Yan Shu, but also Su Jin, who had never known them, also made a note.

Su Jin didn't know all this, he was still a little reluctant when he accepted this errand, but he didn't know that he could be this food envoy, up to the emperor, down to Yan Shu's heartbreak; And once things are messed up, not only him, but also Yan Shu will not be able to turn over.

After Huang Gonggong announced the decree, he sat in Su Jin's small courtyard for a while, ate a few sips of tea, and then said goodbye and left.

Huang Gonggong knows that it is not the appearance of osmanthus crisp, I am afraid that it is something yellow and white; When he arrived in the palace, Huang Gonggong secretly opened it and took a look, and immediately smiled, it was four yellow, orange and orange gold ingots, such a generous stroke, even Huang Gonggong, who had seen the world, couldn't help but smack his tongue, and when he returned to the court, he praised Su Jin in front of Zhao Zhen, and praised Su Jin as rare in the sky and on the earth, and he was a flower.

Su Jin happily took the blue official robe that was not among the four colors and was looking at it over and over, and Long Zhen, who was sitting next to him, took a sip of the teacup and asked, "Dare to ask the envoy, where should we go first?" ”

Su Jin said without raising his head: "Go to Luzhou." ”

Long Zhen wondered: "Why do you want to go to Luzhou?" ”

Su Jindao: "My hometown is from Luzhou. ”

"Oh, my subordinates understand, when the clothes are returned to their hometown, the envoy is now the emperor, so he naturally wants to go back to his hometown for a while."

Su Jin laughed and said, "It makes sense, but it's not me who goes, but you go." ”

Long Zhen was stunned and said, "What? Won't the envoy go? ”

Su Jin said: "I have my own place to go, you escort a person to Luzhou, when you arrive in Luzhou, you listen to her orders, and you will take all the two hundred soldiers with you, which will be useful." ”

Long Zhen shook his head and said: "That's not good, the subordinates have the responsibility of protecting the envoy, but they can't leave the envoy without permission, and besides, there is no one around the envoy where is the pomp?" ”

Su Jin said with a smile: "What kind of pomp do I want from a little envoy with no grade and no rank, it's just an errand, where do you need someone to escort you, this matter is very important, it is related to the major affairs of Daoyangzhou, Commander Long has a hard trip." ”

Long Zhen thought for a while and smiled: "In this case, the subordinates obeyed the order, but what are they going to do?" Can the envoy reveal the bottom first? ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "It's better to go to Luzhou and be told by someone, you go and pack up and prepare, and the brothers will also go home to reunite with their families, I am afraid that they will not be able to return to the capital every two or three months, and they must not be given time to resign; Tomorrow when we gather here and set off, I will walk with you for a while, after Bozhou, you go to the south and I go east to Yangzhou first, and then meet in Yangzhou Mansion. ”

Long Zhen got up and hugged his fists and said: "Obey the orders of the special envoy, but before leaving, I also asked the special envoy to go to the three divisions to receive the salary, and the brothers can't go out without some pocket money." ”

Su Jin said: "Shouldn't you get the money?" ”

Long Zhen said with a smile: "I heard that the envoy and the third envoy are more familiar, this time it is a special case, the previous military salaries were uniformly distributed by the guard department, and the subordinates are terrible about those cumbersome procedures, it is more convenient for you to go and receive them." ”

Su Jin sighed, thinking that it wasn't a big deal, so he agreed; Long Zhen said goodbye and went out with all the soldiers.