Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 306 Su Yun’s medicine!
Fortunately, Su Shi finally came back.

Su Yun’s medicine is back!

A month ago, Su Shi was reinstated as the prefect of Dengzhou as a court attendant, and now he was recalled to the court as a Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites.

When Su Yun heard the news, he was overjoyed.

Having traveled from Bian Jing to Huangzhou with Su Shi and spent the difficult years together in Huangzhou, he had already established a very close relationship with this open-minded poet.

Getting along with Su Shi was different from that with Zhang Dun and Su Zhe. These two were elders, but Su Shi was like a close friend. The two could go fishing together, laugh and scold each other, and write poems together.

Su Shi's attitude towards life often inspired Su Yun.

Ever since Su Yun left Huangzhou, the correspondence between the two has never ceased. Even when Su Yun was leading troops to fight in the northwest, he would still write letters to Su Shi in his spare time.

Su Shi also often sent his own poems to Su Yun, but Su Shi often complained to Su Yun in his letters - you pay too much attention to worldly affairs, so much so that your uncle hasn't seen you write poems for a long time.

Su Yun often explained to Su Shi that the affairs in the northwest were really complicated and he was often anxious, so he couldn't calm down and write poetry.

In fact, these are all trivial matters. Su Shi just hopes that Su Yun can find inner peace, so he often advises Su Yun to pay more attention to his inner heart.

As a poet, Su Shi was extremely sensitive to emotions. He could feel Su Yun's inner uneasiness from the words in Su Yun's letter, so he persuaded him in this way.

Su Shi arrived in Bian Jing in May. Su Yun took a special leave (which was not necessary, after all, there were only him and Deng Runfu in the Hanlin Academy, and there was no attendance record at all), and took Zhang Ruo and Su Zhe's family to pick up Su Shi and his family.

Su Yun asked Ah Hu to arrange a number of large vehicles, after all, they needed to carry both people and goods.

Su Shi and his family came to Beijing by boat. When the boat entered Zhuxian Town, Su Yun finally saw his uncle Zizhan whom he had been thinking about for a long time.

Before the boat had even come to a complete stop and the planks hadn't been lowered, Su Yun jumped onto the boat, startling Su Shi, who kept shouting, "Ju Zheng! Ju Zheng! Be careful!"

However, the next moment, Su Shi was hugged tightly in Su Yun's arms. While Su Shi was saying what a disgrace, he smiled and patted Su Yun's back.

Then Su Shi held Su Yun's shoulders, raised his head slightly to look at Su Yun, nodded with satisfaction and said: "He is already a great hero. The wind and sand in the northwest are still tempering people. Now Ju Zheng is awe-inspiring without anger. You can tell at a glance that he is a great man!"

Su Che, who had already stepped onto the deck, said with a smile, "You still have the temper of a child. Look, you jumped over before the boat has even stopped.

Also, there was a scene before where he resigned and left. Tell me, is that reasonable?

I worked so hard to get this position. I have gone through life and death over the past few years and my whole family has devoted themselves to this position. But I don't want to serve the court well. I just want to quit when I'm not satisfied!"

Su Shi and his Ziyou also hugged each other. The brothers had not seen each other for a long time and were extremely happy. Then he smiled and said, "Ju Zheng is a true man. He did things that I dare not do. In the past few years, I have often felt sad in my heart. I have thought about not being an official, but in the end I still coveted this salary, so I still can't get rid of worldly things.

Ju Zheng, on the other hand, was able to give up everything and just resign. This kind of carefree attitude is what I have been looking for all my life. Ju Zheng is similar to me, but he is far better than me!"

After Su Shi finished speaking, he and Su Yun looked at each other and chuckled.

Su Zhe: “…”

Afterwards, Su Zhe and Su Yun paid a visit to Su Shi's wife and relatives, and then Ahu led people to move things quickly, and soon got ashore and drove to Bianjing City.

In the carriage, Su Shi asked Su Zhe, "Ziyou, the house I asked you to rent for me should be rented now?"

Su Zhe looked at Su Yun and said with a smile, "Will you let me rent a house?"

Su Shi looked at Su Yun, who smiled and said, "I have already bought the yard next to Uncle Ziyou's house, and it's in your name. I have also bought the yard next to your house, and it's in Boda's name. Boda is not young anymore, and it's time for him to get married, and to get married he needs a house."

Su Shi burst into laughter upon hearing this and said, "Will you also have to worry about my grandson in the future?"

Su Yun also laughed when he heard this and said, "When I was in Meishan, I didn't leave any of my assets behind. I donated them all to the clan. My uncle's family helped my parents back then, and now is the time to repay them.

When the second uncle's son gets married, I will give him a house. When his daughter gets married, I will give him a dowry. If a grandson is born, I will give him a yard. If a granddaughter is born, I will give him a dowry!"

When Su Shi and Su Zhe heard Su Yun's heroic words, they shook their heads helplessly.

However, Su Shi did not reject Su Yun's kindness. Anyway, he regarded Su Yun as his own nephew. As long as the child was filial, he would accept it. If the child was wronged in the future, he would naturally protect him.

However, thinking of this, Su Shi looked at Su Yun with pride and said, "Ju Zheng, a few years ago I thought you had great potential, but I didn't expect you to be so successful!

In just a few years, you have made great achievements in the northwest, and have written "Collected Commentaries on the Mencius" and "Collected Commentaries on the Four Books", and have also achieved such a rare result as passing the imperial examinations.

And after only two years in office, he has reached a position that others would find difficult to reach in their entire lives. This really makes me dumbfounded!"

Su Yun smiled and said, "Uncle, when you come back this time, you will be appointed as the governor of Dengzhou. One month later, you will be called back to the court as the minister of rites. But this will not be the end, but a beginning. I predict that you will be promoted to the position of attendant in the next half month.

Three months later, he can be promoted to Zhongshu Sheren, following the two Cai Zhongshu Sheren, and achieve the reputation of the two Su Zhongshu Sheren. Soon, he will be promoted to Hanlin Bachelor. By then, there will be two Su Bachelors in the court!"

When these words were spoken, Su Shi and Su Zhe both burst out laughing.

Su Shi laughed and said, "You think this is a storybook? How can you get promoted this way?"

Su Yun smiled and said nothing more. What he said was what actually happened in history and it was not exaggerated actually, because Su Yun was already the governor of a state, and the governor of a high-ranking state like Hangzhou. It was just that he was promoted too harshly before, so it seemed that he was promoted quickly. In fact, if he had not wasted these five or six years, it would not be impossible for him to directly become the prime minister.

As they were talking, the carriage had already arrived. Su Shi took a look at the yard that Su Yun bought for him, and suddenly fell silent.

The courtyard had five entrances. Su Shi knew something about the market of courtyards in Bianjing. Such a courtyard could not be bought without tens of thousands of strings of cash. Thinking about the courtyard and school in Huangzhou before, Su Shi sighed and said, "Juzheng, how can your uncle repay your kindness?"

Su Yun shook his head and said, "Uncle, you are wrong. My parents died when I was young. Meishan Su's is my home, and my two uncles are my closest people. Why should we have different opinions? If my nephew falls into poverty in the future, it will definitely be my two uncles who will help me. Is there anyone else?"

Upon hearing this, Su Shi smiled and said, "You are already a Hanlin scholar of the Song Dynasty, there is no time for you to be down and out..." When he said this, he thought of the hardships he had experienced along the way and suddenly couldn't continue.

Su Yun smiled and said, "Now is the time when my nephew is in a state of destitution. As a Hanlin scholar, he has no job to do. He can only read documents and think about random things every day."

Su Shi patted Su Yun on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, since your uncle is back, he won't let you waste your time like this."

Su Yun nodded and said gratefully, "Fortunately, my uncle is here."

Having said that, Su Yun did not have any hope for this. Empress Dowager Gao appreciated Su Shi, but she probably would not allow him to get involved in practical affairs again.

It has been about a month since I returned to the Hanlin Academy. Even though Deng Runfu is very busy every day and comes to me to sigh whenever he has free time, he has never received any imperial edict for me to write. Naturally, I understand what is going on.

Su Shi was not as respected as Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo. He himself could hardly protect himself, so how could he possibly convince Empress Dowager Gao?

Su Yun said this just to make Su Shi feel better.

After settling Su Shi's family, Su Yun came here every day for the next few days to see if there was anything they needed.

After a month of settling down, Su Yun's inner pain gradually disappeared, and he instead tasted the benefits of this empty title of Hanlin Bachelor.

Except when he had to attend court, he would get up early. The rest of the time he would sleep until noon and then leisurely go to the Hanlin Academy. Recently, Su Shi came back, and the uncle and nephew sometimes drank together at night, so he simply didn't go the next day.

Hehe, it seems that as long as he doesn’t think too much, this kind of life is very close to the life he yearns for?
After Su Shi came back, Su Yun did find great comfort. When he ate, drank and chatted with Su Shi, the free and easy attitude revealed in Su Shi's words always comforted Su Yun.

Under Su Shi's influence, Su Yun felt that he had found the fun of life again, although after some time, Su Shi became busy, because as Su Yun said, Su Shi was promoted, first to the position of Jiujiu Sheren and then to Zhongshu Sheren, and he really became a good story in the court.

Su Yun was still as leisurely as ever. He was really bored, so he picked up his fishing rod and went fishing.

However, he discovered the advantages of Bian Jing. It seemed that the fish in Bian Jing were easier to catch than those in the Yangtze River, and he could often return with a full load.

The place where he fished was in a small tributary near Cai Village. According to his rich knowledge of fishing, such small tributaries contained rich fishery resources, and he always returned with a full load.

One day, he carried a full bucket of fish onto the cart and hung the largest one in front of the cart. The envious looks from passers-by gave Su Yun spiritual satisfaction.

After he left, the head of the Cai family arrived late.

Afterwards, someone was asked to check whether the underwater nets set up in the front and rear tributaries were damaged.

After getting a definite reply, he nodded, and the young and strong men of the Cai family skillfully dumped several carts of big fish into the river.

Chief Cai nodded in satisfaction and said, "These fish have been hungry for days. Even if I poop in now, they will rush to grab it. Not to mention that Scholar Su has carefully prepared the bait, there is no chance of catching any fish, haha."

A young man quietly asked Chief Cai: "What's the point of us doing this? Scholar Su doesn't know it was us who did it."

The head of the Cai clan glanced at the young man and said, "Xiaoxueshi Su has laid a long-term plan for our Cai clan. If we do something for him, do we still want Xiaoxueshi Su to be grateful to us?"

The young man touched the back of his head and said embarrassedly: "That's not what I meant. I just mean that fishing with Master Su every day is a bit unprofessional, isn't it?"

Chief Cai tapped the young man's leg with his cane and said, "Young Scholar Su is just dormant now. He will soar to the sky one day. We should be grateful to him and do something small for him to make him happy. Why are you saying this? Hurry up and keep watch over him. Don't let anyone take the fish away in the middle of the night!"

The young man ran away quickly.

Chief Cai snorted, looked at the sparkling river and said, "With the cleverness of Scholar Su, how could he not know what we are doing?"

(End of this chapter)