Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 123 Yuanfeng Reform!

When Su Yun saw the expressions of the crowd, he knew that they had understood the situation, and he nodded in satisfaction.

He would not spend too much time on the egg-filled pancake business. After he brought Ah Hui, Ah Hu and others into the business, they would naturally grow quickly on their own and run wild along the path set for them by Su Yun.

Su Yun only needs to pay attention to it from time to time and give it some help, and it will naturally grow into a behemoth that will allow Su Yun to carry out his next plan.

After telling them this, Su Yun no longer paid any attention to it.

Ah Hu and others began to prepare to make bread, grind thirteen spices to make sauces, and some went to the department store to buy eggs.

After a few days of training, they are now able to handle these problems in their respective roles.

Su Yun didn't plan to go to the scene again. These were naturally enough for them.

He has not written any book since he came to Bian Jing these days. There are only the last twenty chapters left. It would be easier to finish them.

Along the way, when he passed through the ferry, the chapters he wrote would be sent back to Huangzhou through the post station, and Zhou Zhan would help him print and distribute them.

After writing the last twenty chapters and sending them back, we can publish a complete book of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

I wrote until midnight and then fell asleep out of exhaustion. Early the next morning, I heard the hustle and bustle outside. It turned out that Ah Hui and Ah Hu were getting ready to set up their stall.

Su Yun covered his head with the quilt and was about to continue sleeping, but he heard footsteps and knocked on the door. The voice of the Zhang family housekeeper sounded, and seemed to be a little angry, saying, "Master Su, are you up?"

Su Yunteng sat up and said, "Please wait a moment. I'll wash up a little."

Su Yun quickly got up and put on his clothes, then washed his face and rinsed his mouth, and came to the hall.

The old butler was dressed neatly, but there was something wrong with his expression.

Seeing Su Yun coming out, the old housekeeper looked at Su Yun and said, "It is my fault for disturbing Mr. Su's sweet dream."

Su Yun said calmly, "You are too polite, butler. I came here today, but what instructions does Uncle Zhang have?"

The old housekeeper was a little annoyed and asked, "Why didn't you go back to the Zhang Mansion these two days? The master asked you twice."

Su Yun recalled the half-hour conversation they had every day, telling him about some things in the officialdom. He thought that he would not have to go back after moving out, but he did not expect that Zhang Dun was still thinking about her.

Su Yun said quickly: "I've been busy these past two days. I will definitely go over tonight to listen to Uncle Zhang's teachings."

The old housekeeper snorted, pointed at the yard, and said angrily: "You said you were busy, so you were doing these small businesses, right? You are really wasting the master's attention and efforts on you!

The master is in a high position in the court and is very busy, but he has to spend half an hour every day to teach you. You don't appreciate it, but instead go and sell egg-filled pancakes. It's really infuriating!"

Su Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Butler, you are too kind. I am not the one who runs the egg-filled pancake business. Instead, I asked my new friends to do it.

They used to be bad students and hang around the streets. I found a decent job for them to do. This can be considered a good deed of curing diseases and saving lives, right?

Of course, doing this business can also make me some money. Butler, don't say that the Zhang family doesn't need me to eat. I, Su Yun, am a real man. How can I live under someone else's roof? I have to earn some money to support myself."

After hearing this, the housekeeper was speechless. He couldn't say that others couldn't earn their own money to support themselves.

The housekeeper shook his head and said, "Go tell the master these words. Don't forget to go back to the Zhang Mansion today."

Su Yun quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for the reminder, butler. I will definitely be there."

The butler strode out of the yard.

Su Yun shook his head helplessly and prepared to go out to find some breakfast, but he saw the housekeeper hurried back and said, "I was mad at you just now and forgot to tell you that the master asked me to tell you to bring the newly written manuscript of Romance of the Three Kingdoms with you. Um... have you written it these two days?"

Su Yun was stunned for a moment and said, "I only wrote it once..."

The housekeeper was immediately disgusted and said, "You, you, it's fine if you just don't go to Zhang's house, but why did you even slack off in writing the book? It's been two days, and you have written at least eight chapters if not ten, and you only wrote one chapter?"

The housekeeper left angrily, and Su Yun suddenly felt a headache.

Why are you urging me to update more?

Didn’t he say he was busy? How could he finish a book of 100 chapters so quickly?
Su Yun went out for breakfast. He originally wanted to take a walk around Bianjing in the early morning, but he was worried about something, so he simply went back to the yard to continue writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Su Yun worked hard for a whole day and wrote two more chapters, then went straight to Zhang's house with the third chapter manuscript.

When Zhang Yuan heard that Su Yun was here, he ran out and saw the manuscript in Su Yun's hand. He was overjoyed and said, "Brother Yun, how many chapters have you written? Oh, only three chapters?"

Zhang Yuan looked up at Su Yun and said seriously, "Brother Yun, you have fallen. When you were on the boat, you could write three or four times a day. Now it's been a few days and you've only written three times? The world is so colorful and seductive.

Ouch, who hit me on the head... Hey, big sister, hey hey."

Zhang Ruo ignored Zhang Yuan and said to Su Yun, "Shall we go to the yard and talk?"

Su Yun smiled and nodded, "Okay."

The two walked into the yard. Zhang Ruo looked a little strange and said, "I heard from the housekeeper that you set up a small stall and sold egg-filled pancakes. Is this true?"

Su Yun nodded and said, "This is true."

Zhang Ruo hesitated for a moment and said, "Although scholars in the Song Dynasty were not prohibited from doing business, being a small trader is not very decent after all. Don't you care about your face?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "What's the point of being respectable or not? I don't steal, rob or beg. I earn money through labor. There's nothing shameful about that. Besides, I'm not taking the imperial examination to become an official, so it doesn't matter."

"But……"

Zhang Ruo seemed to want to say something but stopped.

Su Yun didn't explain much, just nodded. At this time, Zhang Dun came in from outside, looked at Su Yun and Zhang Ruo, and said, "Ju Zheng, come with me to the study."

After saying that, he walked over first.

Zhang Ruo whispered, "Talk to my father nicely and don't piss him off."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Don't worry, Uncle Zhang is a reasonable man."

After saying that, Su Yun followed Zhang Dun.

Zhang Ruo bit her lip, feeling a little worried.

Su Yun walked into the study. Zhang Dun was sitting behind the desk. He motioned Su Yun to sit down and said, "The housekeeper told me today that you were selling egg-filled pancakes at a stall these days."

Su Yun nodded and said, "That's true."

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Are you short of money?"

Su Yun nodded and said, "I still have some money, but it's not wise to live off the savings, so I'll start a small business and make some money."

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Don't delay writing the book. Okay, I haven't talked to you for two days. Today, let's talk about the recent reform presided over by the government. Do you know about this?"

Su Yun nodded. The Yuanfeng Reform was very famous and he had heard about it many times recently.

After Zhao Kuangyin was crowned emperor, he learned the lesson of the separatist regimes of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and used the method of releasing military power over a cup of wine to gradually eliminate the power of the separatist regimes.

But to take back something, something must be paid for. In order to take back the military power, Zhao Kuangyin had to allow the descendants of the founding heroes to serve as officials for generations through "entitlement".

This creates many problems.

First, there is overlapping of institutions, with no fixed staff or full-time staff, and many redundant institutions and officials who exist in name only but do nothing;

The second is that they hold office but do not perform their duties, resulting in a contradiction and confusion between the name and reality of the official position.

Due to the existence of redundant officials, it is very common for officials to not do their job and to shirk responsibility and argue with each other.

The official positions were not worthy of their names, and the number of advancement levels between official positions reached an astonishing thirty-seven levels!

Sometimes, subordinate departments are managed by several superior departments at the same time, but there is no one that can really manage effectively, resulting in the strange phenomenon that subordinates do not know who their superiors are.

Zhao Xu was ambitious, but he repeatedly found that few of the decrees he issued were actually implemented.

So Zhao Xu discovered that the administration of civil servants had become an extremely serious problem in the court. Without reforming the administration of civil servants, he could do nothing!
Therefore, he decided to carry out a thorough and effective reform of the official system of the Northern Song Dynasty to reduce the drawbacks of redundant officials and redundant government affairs and improve the efficiency of the court.

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Do you think this reform will be successful?"

Su Yun thought for a moment and said, "That depends on how you define success. If it means restoring the three-province system, then it is of course a success. But if you expect to achieve clean and efficient administration through such a reform, then, well, it will probably be difficult to achieve."

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Tell me in detail."

PS: My head hurts a lot today, so these are all I can say. But it’s not a small amount, nearly 7K.

(End of this chapter)