"On November 26th of the first year of Qingli, at the quarter of Mao, the North Point Gate was closed and the North City Gate was opened. One hundred and forty-seven people were waiting to enter the city. At the time of Chen, they were all checked and released. Among them, six were from Zhaojiazhuang, ten miles outside the city.
Twelve people from Chenjia Village went to the city to sell vegetables, and 23 people from Luojiazhuang went to the city to work as part-time workers, and people from Liujiazhuang..."
Minister is fluent in speech, and the flying and dancing fonts on it do not affect his reading at all. He shakes his head as if he is reciting sages in school. Welcome to reading.
Su Jin hurriedly waved his hand and interrupted: "Stop talking about these trivial things and focus on the important things."
The minister hurriedly smiled and nodded: "Yes, I will just pick the important things to read."
His eyes quickly scanned down the record book, and he said happily: "Yes, Sir, there is something happening here."
Su Jin hurriedly said: "Read it."
"At three o'clock in the morning, Wang Xiaoer of Wangzhuang touched Liu Xiaoqi from Liujiazhuang with the basket he was carrying, scratching and damaging Liu Xiaoqi's clothes. The two had a quarrel and then started fighting.
The head came forward to mediate, and at the end of the day, the two parties reconciled, and Wang Xiaoer compensated Liu Xiaoqi..."
Su Jin shouted: "Shut up!"
The minister and everyone around him trembled in fright. Su Jin realized that he had gone too far and hurriedly calmed down his emotions. Trying to keep his tone as gentle as possible, he said: "I am not here to hear these things. If these words are not difficult to read, why should I
Excuse me? In this way, all you have to do is find out whether there are any official missions or officials coming on the 26th, and who is on duty at night."
The minister hurriedly said: "Sir, the night watch record is to be supplemented on the second day. Young people will not come at night."
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "How to make up for the notation? Come in the morning, and the night guard will tell you what he said? You will remember each thing after listening to it?"
The minister pointed out: "Your Excellency is wise. You can tell at a glance that you have done ministry things. I must have recorded things in an orderly and clear manner."
Su Jin had no choice but to deal with this person and didn't want to get too entangled with him, so he said: "Now I give you a stick of incense to sort out all the records of the entry and exit of official vehicles and horses in these record books, and read them
I want to give it to my envoy, especially the records of the carriages and horses coming in and out of the night brigade, as well as the records of the Yangzhou police officers when they were on duty. If they cannot be completed within one stick of incense, they will be deducted from their pay for three months and given ten lashes."
The official was dumbfounded. He did his best, but he always got offended. He didn't even know where he offended the special envoy. The special envoy was not as amiable as the outside world said, but was simply an unreasonable and arrogant person.
People.
Ma Du poked his head at the minister who rolled his eyes, and said softly: "Hurry up, the incense has been lit. I usually tell you to learn to write, but you just don't listen. The words on this record are like ghost drawings. You don't recognize them."
They are all replaced by circles and crosses. Who can recognize them? Otherwise, if the special envoy today can understand them, why would he bother you?"
The minister sighed to himself that he was unlucky, and the boss in his heart was unconvinced. His strokes were regarded as graceful and powerful, but they made adults unable to appreciate them. It is not difficult to guess the meaning of those circles and crosses.
This envoy is really very picky.
Dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, so things should be done quickly. Being whipped ten times is a trivial matter, but paying a fine is a big deal. Why do you get up early every day and work hard at night? Isn't it just to have a good meal and earn some money? The civil servant quickly lay down on the ground and began to follow Su Jin's instructions.
Ask to find it.
There must be a brave man under severe punishment. This time he was very efficient. He had just burned a third of the incense stick and he had already finished it. He gingerly held the record book and came to Su Jin and said: "Sir... Your Excellency.
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Su Jin retracted his gaze and looked at the crowds of people outside the city gate, snorted and said, "Are you ready?"
"I found them all according to your request."
"Read; don't miss anything."
The minister coughed and read: "At noon on November 26th, Husky, the ninth brother of the Xiang Army who went to Bagong Mountain to help suppress the bandits, rode into the city..."
Su Jin was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up and said, "Are they the Xiang soldiers who came back from Bagong Mountain to report their victory?"
Shishi said: "I'm afraid..."
Pan Jiang said at the side: "Special envoy, the person sent back to report the victory is Husky, the team leader of the Ninth Capital. This is because I sent him out of the camp personally because of my humble position."
Su Jin said happily: "That's it. The 26th is an important day; keep reading."
The minister hurriedly read on: "On the 26th at You hour, Mr. Guo, the general judge, and Mr. Shen, the criminal secretary, came to inspect the defense."
Su Jin was shocked and listened to the minister continue to read: "On the twenty-seventh..."
Su Jin hurriedly said: "Wait a minute... Nothing happened on the evening of the 26th? Who was on duty that night?"
The minister was surprised and said: "Nothing happened. The Xiang Army was on duty that night, so nothing major happened."
Su Jin waved his hand and said: "Continue..."
The minister said a few more things, all of which were irrelevant. Su Jin became a little anxious, so he listened to the minister read again: "On the evening of the 29th, the government's city defense team was ordered to come to change the defense... Thirty
Richen..."
Su Jin jumped up suddenly, grabbed the record book and said, "Did you change defense on the night of the 29th?"
The minister said: "Yes, fifty government officials have been ordered to come to adjust the defense and replace the brothers to rest for the night."
Su Jin stared at the ghostly drawings and asked, "There was no record of that night?"
The minister pointed to a line of characters that were shaking their arms and kicking their legs and said: "No, these people don't understand the rules. The next day, the young man came to ask if anything happened last night, but there was no one at the city gate. This group of people didn't wait.
Our brothers had already withdrawn when they came to take over. They are really a bunch of rookies. Fortunately, nothing happened that night, otherwise what would have been done."
Su Jin frowned and said, "Is there anyone at the city gate? Where is the city gate? Is it open?"
The minister said: "It is open. After all, they knew that opening the city gate before leaving would not allow them to miss the city opening time."
Su Jin was thoughtful and was in a daze. No one dared to disturb his thoughts. After a while, Su Jin let out a long sigh of relief and suddenly said: "Okay, that's it."
The official said blankly: "My lord, I haven't finished reading yet."
"No need to read it, you did a good job." Su Jin patted his shoulder and said.
The minister asked: "Will the military pay be deducted?"
Su Jin said with a smile: "I won't buckle you, I won't whip you, and I'll reward you as well. The dynasty will reward him with two hundred coins, drinks and food."
Wang Chao agreed and took out two hundred coins and put them in the record book held by the minister. Su Jin waved his hand and led everyone to get on their horses and leave.
Happiness came so suddenly. The minister looked at the big money in his hand and thought to himself: "Special Envoy Su is indeed the legendary generous and amiable person. I slandered him before, but it seems I misunderstood."
Su Jin led a group of people back to the government office. Along the way, Pan Jiang, Pan Shiyi and others were full of doubts. In their opinion, they had gained nothing, so why did the envoy seem to have returned with a full load?
It wasn't until they arrived at Su Jin's residence and made tea that everyone had a chance to ask questions.
"Special envoy, why don't we go to the east gate? Nothing seems to have been found at the north gate." Pan Jiang asked anxiously.
Su Jin took a sip of the hot tea, drank it in his mouth several times, swallowed it, and then said: "There is no need to check anymore, the food must have been shipped from Beicheng."
Pan Shiyi asked: "How can we see it?"
Su Jin said: "The messenger of victory on the 26th has returned. When the prefect knows about it, Feng Laohu must have already known about it."
Pan Jiangdao: "This is natural, but there was nothing abnormal that day. How can we judge?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "It's strange that something unusual happened that day. Feng Jingyao originally thought that we would definitely not be able to win Bagong Mountain, so he waited with peace of mind for the news of our defeat. Unexpectedly, the good news came, and he must have been caught off guard."
Pan Shiyi suddenly said: "Oh, he must not be well prepared to transport grain."
Su Jin smiled and said: "That's right, or maybe he hasn't even thought of a countermeasure yet, because what we accomplished in Bagong Mountain is an impossible task, and when he learns the news, he must find a way.
In response, when he saw me, he was about to lead his troops in triumph, and when he saw it, he was about to search the city to store grain. Naturally, he had to quickly store this batch of grain properly; he knew that if he put it in the city, it would be dug out sooner or later, so he finally decided to transport it out of the city.
Hiding it outside; but not knowing how to transport it out must have been a big headache for him, and in this matter, Guo Pinchao's unintentional act helped him a lot; Guo Pinchao took the initiative to organize the government officials to arrest him for some unknown purpose.
Quickly help guard the city gate. It is possible that he saw that Yangzhou City was gradually calming down and wanted to do something to add his name to the credit book in the future. Unexpectedly, this matter happened to provide convenience for Feng Jingyao to transport food out of the city."
Pan Jiang clapped his legs and said, "So Mr. Guo brought people to patrol in the evening, right?"
Su Jin smiled and said: "Guo Pinchao came to inspect at the instigation of Feng Jingyao. This is true, but he may not have known that Feng Jingyao was going to transport grain abroad."
Pan Jiangdao: "How do you say this?"
Su Jin said: "Feng Jingyao gritted his teeth and refused to let go. He must have realized that no one in the city knew that he was transporting grain out of the country. Maybe he made up a random reason and asked Guo Pinchao to open the door for him to transport valuables.
Such things are used to conceal the true purpose.”
Pan Jiang said: "How is that possible? Even if the government officials are on duty, a large number of convoys will be known to them. Even if they don't know what they are transporting, whenever this matter is mentioned in the future, it will always remind people of something.
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Su Jin laughed and said: "This is Feng Jingyao's caution. Come on, come on, the tea is getting cold. You drink the tea first, and I will slowly answer your questions."