Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 210 The sky is falling!

The officials of the Imperial College attached great importance to Su Yun's arrival. Not only did all the officials below the chancellor come to greet him, but even the chief academician and the two deans were all present.

This surprised Liu Fengshi a little.

Generally speaking, in such welcoming occasions, chief officials such as the chief priest would not come in person, but would more often wait for their subordinates to meet them. It is rare for a senior official to come to greet his subordinates.

However, Zheng Mu, the chief academician of the Imperial College, had not been in office for long. The previous chief academician of the Imperial College was Cai Jing's younger brother Cai Bian. Later, Cai Bian was promoted to the position of Zhongshu Sheren, and Zheng Mu took over as the chief academician of the Imperial College.

Liu Fengshi speculated maliciously in his heart: Has Zheng Mu heard about what Su Yun did in the Southern Courtyard, and is afraid that if he doesn't come to greet him, Su Yun will bear a grudge against him, and then a lot of trouble will arise?
However, Liu Fengshi soon realized that he had judged others by his own standards. Zheng Mu did not meet Su Yun as a boss, but as a scholar.

"Mr. Su, I have heard of your great name for a long time, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to meet you. Today, I finally get my wish!"

Zheng Mu was surprisingly very enthusiastic.

This caught Su Yun off guard.

Before coming, he did some research. Zheng Mu was born in a scholarly family. He was friendly with Chen Xiang, Chen Lie, Zhou Ximeng and others, and actively promoted Confucianism.

In the fifth year of Emperor Huangyou's reign in the Song Dynasty, he passed the imperial examination and became a first-class Jinshi. He was appointed as the chief clerk of Shou'an, Henan. Later, he went to Beijing and became a lecturer in the Imperial College. He edited and proofread books in the Jixian Academy, and was later transferred to the Imperial Library for proofreading. He was promoted to Doctor of Taichang, and then changed to Jixian Proofreader and Tongpan of Fenzhou.

In the sixth year of Xining, Zhao Xu thought that his morality and talent could be used to teach the kings, so he changed him to be a lecturer in the palaces of the kings. Zheng Mu lived in the imperial court for 30 years and in the palace of the king for about 10 years. He would repeatedly state everything that could be advised, and the two kings Qi and Jia respected him deeply.

In the third year of Yuanfeng, he was appointed as the governor of Yuezhou and was promoted to the rank of Chao San Da Fu. However, he retired before the end of his term and took charge of the Dongxiao Palace in Hangzhou.

It was only at the beginning of this year that Zhao Xu summoned him to take charge of the Imperial College.

In Su Yun's impression, this person should be an old scholar - a very old-fashioned one.

But when we meet now, I find that although Zheng Mu is quite old, he is in good spirits and looks very free and easy.

What surprised Su Yun was that Zheng Mu had no ill will towards him at all.

The reason why Su Yun thought so was because Zheng Mu was a Neo-Confucianist, and was known as one of the "Four Masters of Ancient Thought" along with Chen Xiang, Chen Lie, and Zhou Ximeng.

Su Yun's "Collected Commentaries on the Four Books" can be said to have uprooted the roots of Neo-Confucianism. Neo-Confucianists like Zheng Mu should have hated him deeply. In any case, people of Cheng Yi's school were not very friendly to him.

After some greetings, Liu Fengshi saw that his mission was completed and went back first.

Su Yun was taken back to the Supervisor's office by the Supervisor's clerk.

The duties of the Jiancheng are similar to those of the Tongpan, and are mainly responsible for the money and grain affairs within the prison.

During the Yuanfeng Reform some time ago, his authority was further expanded, and he also had the authority to participate in the affairs within the academy. Therefore, although he was considered the fourth most important person in the Imperial College, his authority was actually greater than that of the two deans, and second only to the chief academic officer.

The first thing Su Yun did when he took up the post was to recruit the clerks under the Chief Supervisor, first identify them, and then conduct an inspection of their assets.

This is self-evident. If you don't figure out your financial situation first, and then have to fill in other people's holes, that would not be a good thing.

After an inspection, Su Yun found that the accounts of the Imperial College were relatively clean. Although there were some procrastinations, it was still much better than the serious corruption in the Left and Right Offices of the Southern Court.

In the following days, Su Yun came to the Imperial College in the morning to sort out the affairs of the college, and returned to the Southern Court in the afternoon to deal with the matters of the Tongpan. He was very busy.

Fortunately, the affairs of the Imperial College are usually not particularly urgent, and the Tongpan Office in the Southern Court can already operate independently, so we just need to keep an eye on it.

A man's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Su Yun made a lot of trouble in the Southern Court and sent the judges and prosecutors of the left and right halls to the Dali Temple, and sent the prefect Li Qingchen to the local area. He had a bad reputation, but at this moment he was very useful.

After arriving at the new unit, he found that everyone was kind. The superiors, such as the Jijiu Siye, were very respectful to Su Yun. When they needed money or grain, they would consult Su Yun. When it came to prison affairs, they would always consider Su Yun and not exclude him.

Therefore, Su Yun successfully took over all the affairs of the Supervisor.

The officials and clerks under the Chief Supervisor did not dare to fool Su Yun. Even when Su Yun was reviewing the account books, no clerk dared to make trouble.

Several clerks who had taken bribes were dealt with by Su Yun. They did not dare to protest and quickly returned the proceeds of their previous corruption. Although they were transferred from key positions, they were still grateful to Su Yun for showing mercy and not sending them to the Dali Temple.

It feels like if you are a good person I will bully you, but if you are a bad person, I will be grateful if you show a little kindness to me.

At this moment, Su Yun felt that some bad reputation was actually a good thing.

So these days, work went very smoothly, and Su Yun felt that having two jobs was not unacceptable. He even enjoyed this relatively busy job.

Su Yun knew very well in his heart that this was the beginning of him enjoying power.

Whether in the Southern Court or the Imperial College, as long as Su Yu gave an order, the clerks in the Tongpan Hall, the entire Six Departments, and the dozens of clerks in the Imperial College would start to work under his baton. In the Southern Court, the prefects and other government officials all showed respect to Su Yun. In the Imperial College, the Jijiu Siye and others also had to flatter Su Yun.

There is no other reason. Su Yun controls the money of the Southern Court and the Imperial College. No matter what others want to do, they have to mobilize the money through him.

Of course, if he was only in charge of money and grain, others would not be too afraid of him. The key point is that no matter whether it is the Tongpan or the Guozijian Cheng, they all have the power to participate in the affairs of their own government offices. Without his consent and signature, nothing can be done.

Su Yun found himself beginning to enjoy the pleasure that power brought him, and he did not feel ashamed of it.

Because in Su Yun's view, lying down is for happiness, and doing things that can bring happiness is also happiness.

It would be great if you can feel fulfilled when you are busy and can do something useful for the people.

On this day, Su Yun arrived at the Imperial College early as usual.

The Imperial College was right next to the Imperial Academy, and Su Yun could see the lively students of the Imperial Academy every day. This reminded Su Yun of his happy life in the Imperial Academy a year ago. Sometimes he would sneak into the cafeteria of the Imperial Academy to eat a meal of steamed buns.

It’s just that someone as handsome as him is always recognized, so it’s not easy to go there often.

Today he rode a donkey cart into the Imperial College and found that the place was in great excitement. Thousands of students were arguing loudly in the college, and some were even in tears.

Su Yun knew at a glance that something big had happened, but he didn't know what it was. But that was not the most important thing. The most important thing was to calm these students down immediately, otherwise if these people caused trouble, it would become a big deal.

Just when Su Yun was worried, the principal of the Imperial College and many academic officials rushed over and immediately comforted the students.

Su Yun stood by and listened for a while, and he finally understood.

The Song Dynasty army suffered a major defeat in Yongle City!
Xu Xi, Li Shunju, and Gao Yongneng died, and Ji was killed by the rebels. Only Qu Zhen, Wang Zhan, Li Pu, and Lu Zheng escaped naked.

And more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians were killed!

When Su Yun heard the news, he was stunned for a long time. He couldn't help but think of the dreams he had every night before, which were full of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

However, he had been running back and forth between the Imperial College and the Kaifeng Prefecture Government Office during this period, and his life was so busy that he hadn't dreamed about it for several days, which made him almost forget about it.

At this moment, the distraught and tearful looks of the students touched Su Yun's heart.

Su Yun returned to the office of the Chief Supervisor. Today, all the officials in the office were in a state of dismay, and some even had tears on their faces.

Su Yun couldn't bear to see this, so he simply left the Imperial College and went to the Southern Court.

When he went out to the street, he saw that many doors on the street were hung with mourning clothes. At a glance, it was all white. A strong wind blew, and a lot of paper money was flying in the sky. Su Yun was horrified.

When I rushed to the Southern Court, I found that the atmosphere there was depressing as well. Many clerks had serious faces and were trotting back and forth delivering official documents.

Deng Qi saw Su Yun coming and ran over in a hurry, saying loudly: "Jianzhou, you should go to the hall quickly. Yongle City was defeated and more than 200,000 people died. There will be a lot of things to come. You have to go and deal with it with the Lord of the Palace!"

Su Yun hurried to the hall.

The defeat of more than 200,000 people means the country has been defeated in the war. This may have already damaged the foundation of the country, and it even feels like it is on the verge of collapse.

The Kaifeng government office must now prepare quickly to maintain the stability of the city of Bianjing. When people are in chaos, all kinds of monsters and weird things will happen!
When Su Yun arrived at the hall, he saw the prefect Liu Zhi urgently discussing with his subordinates how to deal with the situation. Seeing Su Yun coming, Liu Zhi hurriedly said, "Su Tongpan, you've come at the right time. This is a critical moment for our survival. You and I should work together to deal with this crisis!"

Su Yun nodded and said, "Master, please tell me what you need me to do."

Su Yun did not compete with Liu Zhi for command. In this situation, if two voices still emerged, the people below would be at a loss.

Liu Zhi's eyes lit up with joy when he heard this, and he nodded and said, "We will immediately have the yamen runners patrol the streets and be ready to deal with unrest at any time. We also ask Su Tongpan to open the armory and have the yamen runners wear paper armor and carry bows and arrows and spears to deal with various situations.

In addition, please ask Su Tongpan to gather food and prepare the logistics for the yamen runners. These yamen runners will probably have to patrol the streets for the time being. The weather is too cold now, so we need to urgently arrange warm clothes and quilts. I have to ask Su Tongpan to arrange all of this."

Su Yun nodded and said, "Leave these to me. When the yamen runners patrol the streets, they can eat egg-filled pancakes directly at the egg-filled pancake stall.

In addition, those stalls will provide hot water. The Lord of the Palace has made it clear to the yamen runners, asking them to remember to record and sign after eating. I will settle the bill with them.

Bedding and other items will be in place soon. Please have Your Excellency sign for the armory, and it will be open immediately.

In addition, I suggest that all officials of the Southern Yamen should not go home for the time being, but stay in the Yamen to respond to emergencies!"

(End of this chapter)