Chapter 4: Mind

More and more people are persuading to enter, and they have spread from the capital to the local area.After several prime ministers made their statements, this situation became out of control.

In fact, the power of several people in the Political Affairs Hall is very important. From the official appointment and removal process, a large number of subordinate officials have to follow them.

Generally speaking, officials are appointed by the prime minister to recommend people who are qualified to be officials. The same is true for the assessment, and the content is put forward by the central minister in the letter.

Although the power of affirmation or veto is in the hands of the royal family, the palace will generally not reject the prime minister's proposal unless the letter is really unreasonable.

In this way, from the capital to the local officials, they will feel that their future is in the hands of these people, and the impact is very direct. People seek profit and avoid harm like water, so it is obvious what everyone will do.

There are too many articles. The Prince of Jin's Palace could not respond one by one, so an article signed by Xue Chongxun was published publicly. The article sincerely explained the reasons for his unintentional ascendance. Some high-sounding words were naturally not a big deal, but one of the highlights attracted the attention of scholars.

Xue Chongxun publicly admitted that Emperor Li Tang was not at all wrong and should still be the lord of the world.

This made the Li family members and their supporters feel very pleased. Even pessimists realize that even if Xue Chongxun wants to usurp the throne, he will not lose his kindness to the forces of the previous dynasty unless he is untrustful and later ignores the tone laid down in the early stage.

However, there are still differences in this matter in the Prince's Kingdom. The article was drafted by Wang Changling. Su Jin opposed it from the beginning, believing that openly admitting that Li Tang is not wrong is a huge mistake. If you want to be justified, you must find an injustice for Li Tang.

Later, Wang Changling refuted the truth: If the black and white are reversed, it will cause the upward and downward effect to be full of ghosts. How can the world be in chaos? Does Mr. Su want to become a sinner who will be cursed by later generations?

Su Jin was very angry after hearing this, but Wang Changling said something on the table with a powerful and powerful look. Su Jin's idea could not be explained clearly, so he had to endure it and retreated to the disadvantage in this debate.

He returned home in a bad mood, but unexpectedly he was depressed by the private affairs at home.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard from the servants that a guest came to my house. He was not someone else but his cousin Chen Ying, who was the one Su Jin disliked.

It turned out that before Su Jin's wife Lin's marriage, his cousin Chen family intended to continue marriage and get married. At this time, there was no saying that the marriage between the three generations of collateral blood relatives was prone to genetic diseases. This is normal.

However, later Su Jin, who studied in the academy under the Lin family, passed the imperial examination and was appreciated by court officials and had a bright future with several important officials. He was also a young man with a good manner, so the Lin family decisively promised his daughter to Su Jin.

With this section, it is obvious that the Chen family has no good feelings for Su Jin, especially Chen Ying, who watched his beautiful, rich and white cousin become someone else's woman, can imagine his attitude towards Su Jin.

But everyone is a relative, and there is a family where people always meet in their relationship. Moreover, Su Jin was doing well at that time, so these inner conflicts were not exposed.

Times have changed and life has risen and fallen. People cannot guarantee that everything will go smoothly. After Wu Zetian's political situation has been turbulent for many years, and several groups of people in the temple have been replaced, and countless people have been dealt with. Su Jin was also in trouble and almost lost his life.

After a disaster, his legs broke into a lame man, he grew older, and his spirits were completely different from those of the former young man.

After that, there was a lot of dirty things between Chen Ying and Su Jin, and all kinds of disgusting people openly and secretly...

Su Jin remembers that Chen Ying humiliated him in public and said that he was living under someone else's roof and eating and drinking.

It was because of those things that Su Jin had reached the point of being a little clerk in the capital. Otherwise, relatives and friends who were always rich and powerful would never live so tight as long as the gust of power struggles.

However, these have become the past. Now Su Jin is another way of living. Life is neither long nor short. He has regained his dignity, but once there is a crack in some relationship, it is difficult to repair.

Just like Chen Ying, although Su Jin later made peace with their family at the party, he still could not make up for the dirty shadows of the past.

Suddenly, when he heard that Chen Ying was coming to his house, Su Jin subconsciously frowned: He?What did he do?

Unexpectedly, someone happened to come out of the living room door, and said with a reluctant smile: Why, Brother Su is going to issue an order to expel guests?

I saw the man at the entrance of the living room wearing a silk robe with a pair of good-colored fur collars around the collar. He was tall and handsome, about thirty or forty, but his skin and hair were well maintained, obviously he was a person with a wealthy family and no need to suffer.

Su Jin didn't expect that he would hear his words, and a hint of embarrassment flashed across his expression, but then he calmed down and thought to himself, what he wanted to think.

Due to the face of his wife Lin, Su Jin was not good at doing too much, so he raised his hand and said casually: Wherever he is, cousin, please sit in there, have the young men brewed tea?

When he made the arching movement, his back looked a little hunched. His temples were a little white when he was only in his forties. After that, he dragged his legs and limped towards the steps.

At this time, Lin also walked out of the living room and saw Su Jin and said happily: Husband is worth it to be early today.

Are you here too?Su Jin was a little unhappy.

The Chen family cousin just arrived for a while and you were in the yamen again, so I should naturally meet him, otherwise the people at home would not say that our Su family is not polite?Lin said.

Su Jin was busy with official duties on weekdays, and suddenly he found that his wife became more and more beautiful after being well-off. He touched his temples and thought to himself that I was not much older than her. At this time, Chen Ying looked a little older than me.

Chen Ying smiled and said: Look at Brother Su’s meaning. My cousin can’t even meet us after she married into the Su family?When we were young, we played together until we were together.

Su Jin was in a bad mood in the Prince's Kingdom today, and he couldn't help but speak a little stiffly now.

After a while, he suppressed his anger, said a few polite words to Chen Ying, and invited him to the living room to have tea and chat for a while.

He probably didn't say anything important, Chen Ying went to the two cities in the capital to purchase goods for his home, so he came to see his cousin by the way. That's it.

Perhaps there was something else Chen Ying didn't say in front of Su Jin.

Then Lin took Chen Ying for dinner out of courtesy, and Chen Ying said in a joking tone: I haven’t tasted my cousin’s skills for a long time. I really want to have a good time, but Brother Su doesn’t seem to be very welcome. It’s better for me to go back to the inn earlier.

Su Jin said: You are really joking. I am not so stingy. Let’s have a few drinks in a while, and there are no outsiders at home.

Chen Ying then said seriously: I appreciate the kindness, I just joked.I really can't stay for dinner, and the others are still waiting for me. I've come out for too long and I'm afraid they will be worried.

After hearing this, Su Jin didn't stay much and asked a slave to send him out.

After the person left, Su Jin complained in front of Lin with some jealousy: This person is also thick-skinned. He knows that I have to go out every day and have to choose when I am not here.

Lin was not angry, and immediately heard Su Jin's thoughts and said kindly: After so long, you still have the same knowledge as him, so as not to let him go back and say something in front of his elders... As she said that, the smile on her face disappeared. Although you have regained your official status, your father always thought you were just an aide to the powerful and powerful family, worried about any storm. It's not a rumor that King Jin is going to usurp the throne...

What does usurp the throne mean?Su Jin lowered his face and said, dynasties have changed since ancient times, otherwise where did the Tang Dynasty come from?The Li family's decline has been irreversible for many years, and there are no other surnames in the Xue family.

After hearing this, Lin said seriously: So is Chen Ying's saying that you were giving advice to the King of Jin to seize the throne?

What does he know?Su Jin said hurriedly.

Lin said: It is rumored that when his husband was in the army, he incited his soldiers to support the King of Jin, and then he had the matter of dragon robe.King Jin and the Li family have been married for several generations and cannot bear to seize the throne. This is because he was encouraged by a utilitarian minister. A few days ago, he wrote a text to protect the Li family...

What did Chen Ying say?

Su Jin said angrily, he just needs to manage his own one-acre and three-point land. What kind of state affairs should a person who knows nothing get involved in?If the prince is really dedicated to protecting Li Tang, then the general who puts him on the dragon robe on the grassland can be charged with ten crimes!There are also more and more people persuading them to enter now. Is it so difficult to stop them?As the general trend is, let’s take a look at people who cannot see such obvious current affairs.

Lin said sadly: Your husband should be cautious. The Su family and the Lin family are both scholarly families and have always valued reputation.People respected by people are nothing more than loyal ministers and filial sons. Everyone hopes that the husband is not only a filial son, but also a loyal minister.

It turns out that in your heart, Su is actually a traitor?Su Jin said angrily, got up and was about to leave.Lin hurriedly grabbed him: I have never said that, where is your husband going?

Su Jin said without looking back: Who is the loyal minister of today, who is not the minister of the Sui Dynasty?After a few years, loyal ministers will be ministers of the Jin Dynasty. Who would say that they had eaten grains from the Tang Dynasty?

He strode out of the room, stamped a few steps in the yard but didn't know where he could go.

Originally, there were many places for bureaucrats to have fun at night, but Su Jin always had a good relationship with his wife and didn't even have a concubine. He usually went home after doing serious business or having necessary interactions with his colleagues, so he didn't have any habit of running around.

Only then did he realize that the sun was setting, the weather was clear, the moon was rising, and he looked up at the moon and sighed.

I don’t know how many people have sighed, but it has not changed at all.

Su Jin was indeed a little unhappy today. Lin, as his most important person, affected him. He stomped a few steps alone, and after a while he figured it out: Buddha fought for a breath and people fought for a stick of incense. If you can't be proud in front of everyone, it's useless. When you were as down and out in the past, everyone would only say that the waste from the Su family married a good wife, that's all.