Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 301 It’s better to go home, it’s better to go home! (5k ha!)

So Zhang Ruo stayed in Bian Jing waiting for Su Yun, and sure enough, he showed up.

Zhang Ruo understood Su Yun's experience very well, so when Su Yun came back, Zhang Ruo tried her best to please Su Yun, hoping to heal the trauma in Su Yun's heart with her tenderness.

Zhang Ruo's gentleness really comforted Su Yun a lot. The couple slept in each other's arms and talked about what had happened in the past year every night.

But Zhang Ruo still noticed something different about Su Yun. During the day, Su Yun was always restless and always had to find something to do, such as sweeping fallen leaves in the yard with a broom, or taking over the cook's job and going into the kitchen to cook.

After the cleaning servant and the cook went to Zhang Ruo to complain, Su Yun took his fishing gear and went to the Bian River to fish. However, it was the dead of winter and Su Yun could not catch any fish with his air force skills. Instead, he was freezing every day.

At night, Zhang Ruo also noticed that Su Yun was different. Su Yun either couldn't sleep at all, or even if he tossed and turned and fell asleep in the second half of the night, he would suddenly give combat orders in his dreams, or stand up with his eyes wide open and roaring, shouting words like kill, kill, kill.

Zhang Ruo naturally didn't know that this condition was called post-traumatic stress disorder in later generations, but she felt sorry for her husband. Every time after Su Yun went crazy, she would wake him up quickly and then hold him to sleep. Sometimes she would even coax Su Yun to have sex with her until Su Yun was too tired to fall asleep.

This went on for half a month before Su Yun was able to sleep well at night. However, he became lazy afterwards and returned to the way he was when Zhang Ruo first saw him. He looked sloppy and not doing his job properly.

Only then did Zhang Ruo feel relieved.

Because she knew that this was what a husband should be like.

However, Zhang Ruo was still scared. After half a month, or a year of fear, Zhang Ruo suddenly figured out a lot of things. So after Su Yun recovered, Zhang Ruo went to talk to Su Yun.

Zhang Ruo pulled Su Yun into the study room and asked all the servants to stay away. Then Zhang Ruo said to Su Yun in a serious tone: "Ah Yun, let's resign."

Su Yun was surprised when he heard this and said, "Why do you suddenly have this idea? Didn't you want me to be an official before? Why do you want me to resign now?
Although I am being deliberately treated coldly now, I am still a Hanlin scholar of the imperial court. Do you think it's annoying for me to be at home every day?

Then I will go to court tomorrow. After all, I am a Hanlin scholar. Even if the court doesn't like me, no one can say anything if I really go."

Zhang Ruo couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, and said, "Ah Yun, you misunderstood me. I just couldn't bear to let you suffer so much. You've been in the northwest for a year, and you almost made yourself half-human and half-ghost. Not only is your mental state not normal, but you also don't have the demeanor of the old Song people.
When you just came back, you were as dark as a Kunlun slave, with rough skin and dark bags under your eyes. Your whole spirit had become so listless, you even had no energy or vitality left.

We have fought for the Song Dynasty and made so many great contributions, but now we are being treated so coldly. I think it's not worth it for you.

What kind of people are in the court now? They are all from the old party. They all wish that all the new law faction members would die. With the relationship between you and my father, you will definitely be hated by them. Why bother to stay in this big dye vat?

So, I thought about it and decided that we should just quit our posts. We don’t have to worry about food or clothing anyway, so let’s go travel. Wasn’t your dream to travel all over the country? I’ll go with you!”

Su Yun looked at his gentle wife, and suddenly he felt very touched. Then Su Yun hugged Zhang Ruo's soft body and whispered in her ear: "Well, I'll listen to you."

Zhang Ruo was delighted when she heard this, and hugged her little husband tightly.

A line of poem suddenly popped up in her mind: Seeing the willows on the street, I regret having asked my husband to seek a title.

During this year, she waited anxiously for Su Yun to return. Every time she heard that Su Yun had made great contributions and killed so many Tanguts, she felt more afraid: Those were extremely cruel Tanguts! If her husband was injured or even killed in battle, what would she do?

Moreover, what was the place where Su Yun fought called? It was near Wuding River.

Poor Wuding Riverside Bone is still a spring boudoir dream.

Every time Zhang Ruo thought of this poem, she would tremble with fear.

Now, not only has my husband come back, he is also willing to resign from his official position. From now on, the couple will travel around and have children... How wonderful!
Just as Zhang Ruo was daydreaming, she suddenly felt two large hands moving around on her body, and then her belt fell to the ground. She immediately cried out, "Husband, what are you doing? This is the study, and it's broad daylight..."

But Su Yun laughed and said, "This is the study room, and all the servants have been ordered out just now, they don't dare to come in, hehe, this place is good, more interesting..."

Zhang Ruo wanted to struggle, but when she thought of her husband's hard work, she softened her body and let her husband do whatever he wanted...

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The ten-year-old Zhao Xu sat upright on the throne with his eyes slightly lowered. He did not look across at the Empress Dowager Gao who was ruling the country from behind the curtain, because if he raised his head, he could only see the backs and buttocks of Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Han Zhen and many other ministers.

This was the case most of the time on weekdays. Except for greeting him when the ministers first came in, when it was time to report on government affairs, they all reported to Empress Dowager Gao, and no one would ask for his opinion.

During this time, Zhao Xu watched Sima Guang and others abolish the new laws that his father Zhao Xu had worked hard for more than ten years.

Sima Guang used "The Empress Dowager replaced her son with her mother" as the theoretical basis for abolishing the new law, and gradually abolished the new law.

In October of the seventh year of Yuanfeng, the baojiatuanjiao was abolished first. In November, the equal tax system for square fields, the market exchange system, and the horse protection system were abolished one after another.

In the first month of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Sima Guang immediately proposed to abolish the exemption law and issued an edict to abolish the exemption law within five days and restore the corvée law.

In February, the Qingmiao Law was abolished.

Then, when Zhao Xu was looking at the backs and buttocks of the ministers, he saw that the ruling officials Cai Que and Zhang Dun were successively dismissed as local officials. The number of new law ministers was decreasing at a rate of a few every day, and then they were replaced by unfamiliar faces he did not recognize.

Well, in fact, they were also old ministers of the court, such as Lu Gongzhu, Fan Chunren, Liu Zhi, Liang Tao, Wang Yansou, Liu Anshi, Fan Zuyu and so on.

These new ministers surrounded the Queen Mother, and no one asked for his opinion.

In fact, that was all, but Empress Dowager Gao later appointed several tutors for him, including Lu Gongzhu, Fan Chunren, Fan Zuyu and Cheng Yi.

Lu Gongzhu, Fan Chunren and others were fine. Although they talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality all the time, they would not control him too much. But Cheng Yi was really too much.

The last time Cheng Yi gave a class, he not only kept instilling the old party's conservative ideas, but also criticized Wang Anshi, Cai Que, and Zhang Dun. Although he did not mention the late emperor, his words and deeds were all telling Zhao Xu not to learn from his father. This made Zhao Xu feel disgusted, but he did not say much.

However, after class, Zhao Xu was depressed and broke off a willow branch outside and waved it to vent his anger. Cheng Yi saw him and thought that this old thief even cared about this and directly reprimanded him: Fang Chun has happened and cannot be destroyed without reason!

However, he always spoke harshly during class, which made Zhao Xu extremely uncomfortable.

However, given the current situation, he could only endure it.

Zhao Xu lowered his eyes slightly and sighed secretly in his heart. When he was lost in thought, a name suddenly popped into his ears: Su Yun!
Zhao Xu quickly pricked up his ears.

"...What do the ministers think about Hanlin scholar Su Yun's letter requesting to resign..." When Zhao Xu heard this, he felt as if he was struck by lightning.

Su Yun, the minister that my father said was the most trustworthy, is actually going to resign?
If he resigns, what should I do?
There is no one in the court who can be trusted right now. Is even Su Yun going to leave?

Zhao Xu hurried to listen to the ministers' discussion.

I only heard the Imperial Censor Liu Zhi say: "…What does he mean by this? He provoked border conflicts in the northwest without authorization and lost the war, causing great losses to the court. Now I just want him to reflect behind closed doors, but he is threatening the court like this?
Haha, as a minister of the court, he does not want to be loyal to the court, but is so frivolous and domineering. In my opinion, he is still too young. It is not appropriate for him to be successful at a young age and promoted too quickly. It is better to let him resign and let him reflect on himself. When he wakes up, he will naturally find a way to come back. "

Zhao Xu suddenly became very anxious.

At this time, Zhao Xu heard another person say this, and he was immediately cheered up, because this person was the person he focused on, Su Yun's cousin Su Zhe. Of course, the reason he focused on him was naturally because Su Zhe was Su Yun's cousin.

“…I think it’s inappropriate. Su Yun is a rare talent. He did suffer some setbacks this time, but it’s not his fault. There was nothing wrong with what he did in the northwest.

There is a shortage of salt in the northwest, and the people have to eat the expensive blue and white salt from Western Xia. Su Yun is the governor of Fuyan Road. He wants to seek benefits for the people, so he uses a new method to refine rock salt so that the people can eat good and cheap salt. Is there any problem with this?
However, Western Xia was unreasonable and sent a large army to interfere in the internal affairs of our Song Dynasty. As the governor of Fuyan Road, Su Yun was responsible for defending the territory and ensuring the safety of the people. Is there anything wrong with that?
As for the defeat, it was Li Changzuo and Lu Huiqing who suffered the defeat. The Fuyan Road Army did not suffer a major defeat. Not only that, it also won many victories, big and small. By the time Su Yun left the northwest, the Fuyan Road Army with tens of thousands of troops was able to fight against the nearly 200,000 troops of the Western Xia Army and was not at a disadvantage. How could it be considered a defeat?
Queen Mother, in my opinion, in the past 120 years, no one in our dynasty has ever won so many victories in wars with Western Xia. If such a famous general is allowed to resign for this reason, who will stop Western Xia from attacking the Song Dynasty again?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Xu saw the hesitation on Empress Dowager Gao's face.

Then he heard Sima Guang speak again. As soon as Sima Guang spoke, Zhao Xu immediately gnashed his teeth in hatred, because Sima Guang said: "Since the Qingli Peace Agreement, Song and Xia have been like Song and Liao. Although there are occasional frictions on the border, they are basically minor. As long as the ruler cares about the people's livelihood and does not always think about making achievements, he will naturally not cause major disasters.

People like Su Yun are too utilitarian in their hearts. If there are people like him around, the war will probably not stop.

Therefore, in my opinion, it is a good thing that Su Yun is willing to resign. In this way, the Song and Xia countries can restore diplomatic relations and the people of both countries can live in peace. Since there will be no war, there is naturally no need for people who are good at fighting.

As for the problem of the scarcity of talented people, is it true that one cannot contribute to the court without becoming an official?
I, an old minister, spent the first half of my life compiling books in Luoyang for decades. The late emperor gave it the name Zizhi Tongjian, which is also beneficial to cultural governance.

Su Yunnai is a very talented young man. At the age of twenty, he wrote two great works, "Collected Commentaries on the Mencius" and "Collected Commentaries on the Four Books". If he can focus on these in the future, why can't he write more brilliant works?
Therefore, if he wants to resign, let him go, and when he is mature, he can be recalled. "

Zhao Xu suddenly became very anxious. It was easy to resign, but it would be difficult to recall Su Yun. It would be fine if he could rule the country himself, but now even he himself was under the surveillance of the Queen Mother and these old party members. How could he recall Su Yun!
At this time, Su Che was heard saying, "Sima Gong is wrong.

Su Yun was the top scholar in the imperial examinations, and a world-renowned scholar of classics. When he was in the northwest, he had made countless contributions to the court. If the court allowed such a person to resign, how would future generations judge him?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed slightly, especially Empress Dowager Gao. She had already been tempted to do so, but now she looked a little hesitant.

Other ministers might not care because the crime might not fall on them, but the empress dowager who was ruling the country from behind the scenes would definitely bear the blame.

How will future generations comment on me then?
She really didn't like Su Yun. This dislike was because she didn't like her son Zhao Xu's reforms and the wars on the border. The reason she was angry with Su Yun was because Su Yun had won so many battles on the border that her son Zhao Xu believed that fighting was the right thing to do and that he had just used the wrong people before.

This time, the fighting caused by the salt war made her even more unhappy!

If possible, she really wanted to drive Su Yun away, but now that Su Zhe said this, it really was true.

Su Yun was different from Cai Que, Zhang Dun and others. Su Yun had never participated in the new law. He just went to the northwest to fight. He was fighting from the beginning, but Su Yun won, which bought the Song Dynasty a lot of room for maneuver.

What was the situation in the Northwest when Su Yun went there before?
After the defeat at Yongle City, the Song Dynasty was already in a state of precariousness, but when Su Yun went to the northwest, he immediately put Western Xia in a state of panic, and the northwest suddenly became stable.

Such a great contribution cannot be reduced this time.

After all, everyone knows the reason for this defeat, which is the problem with Li Changzuo and Lu Huiqing. The Fuyan Road Army led by Su Yun had an extremely impressive record. It is actually unreasonable to say that this battle was his mistake.

And Su Yun himself is also a top scholar in the imperial examination, a master of classics with great works handed down from generation to generation, and also a very famous poet. It can be imagined that hundreds and thousands of years later, this person's reputation will only grow greater and greater, and people like them may become the ones standing on the opposite side of Su Yun!
Haha, so, no matter how well I, the queen mother, did in ruling the country from behind the scenes, in the eyes of future generations, I would just be a villain who persecuted Su Yun!

For someone as ambitious as Empress Dowager Gao, how could she allow such a thing to happen!
Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Gao suddenly became firm. After Su Zhe finished speaking, she slowly said, "What Su Qing said is very true. Then I will not allow Su Yun to resign. I want to ask everyone, does Su Yun have any mission now?"

Su Zhe hurriedly said, "Su Yun's other assignments have all been dismissed, except for his position as a Hanlin scholar."

Empress Dowager Gao nodded and said, "Since you are a Hanlin scholar, then you can go to the Hanlin Academy to work."

She was not worried that Su Yun would be able to cause any trouble, because although the status of Hanlin Bachelor was high, his power was mainly concentrated in drafting imperial edicts and preparing advisory suggestions.

The specific process of Hanlin academicians drafting imperial edicts includes the emperor summoning them, the academicians entering the academy to draft the edicts, the Zhongshu reading them out, and the documents being locked up in the academy of academicians, etc.

But overall, the power of Hanlin academicians is mainly concentrated in drafting imperial edicts and providing advisory advice, but the specific size and influence of their power will be affected by the degree of attention the emperor pays to them.

Now that the emperor is young, power is concentrated in his hands. Therefore, as long as he pretends that this person does not exist, he naturally will not have any power.

Then let him be.

The ministers were all smart people, so they understood Empress Dowager Gao's plan. So there was no reason to object, and so the matter was implemented.

Haha, after all, everyone has figured it out. If anyone insists on expelling Su Yun from the court now, he will naturally be infamous in the future.

No one wants to be the bad guy.

Zhao Xu was secretly happy. Although he couldn't contact Su Yun now, as long as Su Yun stayed, it would be a good thing!
However, the next day, a bombshell news spread.

——Su Yun left directly with his seal!

Someone saw Su Yun driving a ox cart heading south at the city gate!

Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Gao became very anxious and quickly summoned Su Zhe to ask about the situation. Su Zhe was also surprised after hearing this and quickly ran to Su's mansion to take a look. He heard from the servants that Su Yun had indeed returned to Meishan.

Su Che hurried to report to Empress Dowager Gao, who was stunned when she heard the news.

Damn, it's easy for you to leave, but I will have to bear the reputation of being narrow-minded, and then no matter how hard I work in the future, it will be difficult to get a fair evaluation!
Because when people talk about themselves in the future, they may say: This Queen Mother Gao is good in every way, but the fact that she forced Su Yun to resign is really unbearable...

It’s his mother’s fault!

(End of this chapter)