Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 338: Like a fish in water and in purgatory!
"Crack! Crack!"

The faint sound of firecrackers outside woke Su Yun from his dream. He touched his side out of habit, but found that his wife was no longer in bed.

"You got up so early again, can't you stay in bed a little longer?"

Su Yun grumbled, and then the door creaked open. Zhang Ruo, who was dressed elegantly, saw Su Yun trying to get up, and hurried over to the side, took the clothes that were warmed near the stove for Su Yun, and said with a smile: "Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

Su Yun hugged Zhang Ruo all of a sudden. Zhang Ruo quickly said, "I just came in from outside. I'm cold all over. Don't let me catch a cold. Hurry up and put on these warm clothes."

Su Yun obediently stretched out his arms and let his wife help him put on his clothes, saying, "Why are you up so early?"

Zhang Ruo smiled and said, "Today is the first day of your Spring Festival holiday. You can rest for a while, but I have to arrange things for the New Year's greetings and farewells.

The gifts we should send have been arranged. In addition to the two families of our two uncles (Su Shi and Su Zhe), we also have to take care of Ah Hu and the others. Of course, your colleagues, superiors, teachers, etc. have also been arranged.

But others are coming to give gifts too. This morning, your second uncle's family sent several uncles and the housekeeper to give gifts. Your colleagues and subordinates' families and housekeepers are also here. You don't have to entertain these people, but as the hostess you still have to be there. It's not polite for the housekeeper alone to be there."

Su Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your hard work. When I was at work, you had to get up early in the morning, especially when you were in court. Now that you are on vacation, you still have to take care of the whole family."

Zhang Ruo smiled and said, "My husband, what you said is true. When you go to work, no matter how early I get up, I can always find time to rest after you go to work. You worry about family and national affairs, which is really hard.

As for getting up early even on holidays, you just slept a little longer, but you still have to take the lead in these few days. You have to participate in court gatherings, and after you come back, you will have group greetings with your colleagues and subordinates, and you also have to visit your boss and his teacher. If you fail to show up, you will be criticized.

After all, you work much harder than I do, so what I do is nothing.

Besides, I like this kind of life, supporting my husband and raising my children..."

At this point, Zhang Ruo touched her belly and said in distress: "...Husband, when do you think we can get pregnant?"

When Su Yun saw that the building was crooked, he immediately laughed and said, "Don't worry, we are all young, we can just take it slow."

Zhang Ruo suddenly looked worried and said, "What do you mean young? I'm so much older than you. If I don't give birth now, I'm afraid I won't be able to have children! Oh, it's just that you don't care enough!"

Su Yun heard this and said seriously: "Then let's cultivate it again now?"

Zhang Ruo was so frightened when he heard this that he stood further away and said, "What time is it now? There are guests outside. You should wash up and have breakfast quickly. You have to meet the guests later!"

Su Yun laughed out loud.

The Spring Festival of the first year of Yuanyou passed just like this.

The first day back to work after the holidays.

Su Yun attended the morning court in a daze. After the court ended, he went to the Privy Council as if he was familiar with the route.

He had been familiar with the Privy Council for several months and was naturally quite familiar with its work.

Early in the morning, clerks brought in a lot of documents, which were accumulated during the Spring Festival.

Although Su Yun was promoted in name only but demoted in reality to be the Deputy Privy Councilor in the Privy Council, no one made things difficult for him. After all, he was a genuine Hanlin scholar and Deputy Privy Councilor. Empress Dowager Gao and others might have said that they wanted to guard against him, but more importantly, they wanted to reap the fruits of the Ministry of Works. Transferring him to the Privy Council was considered a reward, especially in the eyes of others, as it was a promotion based on merit!

After all, no matter how you look at it, from the Minister of Six Ministries to the Deputy Privy Councilor, this is a huge promotion. After all, Su Yun has crossed a threshold and successfully joined the ranks of prime ministers!

Even though it is only one step from the Minister of Six Ministries to the Deputy Privy Envoy, some people spend their entire lives trying to reach this step!
When Su Yun was 20 years old, he joined the ranks of prime ministers, and within half a year of being the Minister of Works, he became the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council. In the eyes of others, this was clearly the emperor's great favor! Therefore, Su Yun was like a fish in water in the Privy Council.

However, even though others respected him, praised him and revered him, it did not make Su Yun feel free.

He participated in the core meetings of the Privy Council every day, discussing major issues such as border defense, military defense, and troop dispatch with the head of the Privy Council and other colleagues.

For example, reviewing the deployment of border garrisons, dispatching imperial troops to support the front lines, or formulating defense strategies against Liao and Western Xia.

Handle a large number of documents, including reviewing military registers, transfer records of tiger seals, signing military orders, and ensuring that military actions are in line with the court's decisions.

He was also coordinating military and civil affairs. The Privy Council and the three ministries (the Secretariat, the Palace Museum, and the Chancellery) shared the power of civil and military affairs. Su Yun needed to coordinate with the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War and other six ministries to handle matters such as the allocation of military supplies, food and weapons.

For example, when the Ministry of Revenue allocates funds for border defense construction, the Deputy Privy Envoy is required to confirm the demand and sign the relevant documents.

Su Yun dealt with these matters every day. Sometimes the six ministers of the six ministries had to come to him. After he went out, even Lu Gongzhu, Lu Dafang and others had to greet him with a smile. Sometimes the Empress Dowager Gao had to seek his advice on military and national affairs. After all, in terms of military affairs, all the civil and military officials in the court recognized that Su Yun was the best person who knew military affairs.

However, Su Yun still felt that his whole body was tightly locked in shackles and he couldn't move at all!

He seemed to be in power, but he had to follow the inherent procedures and methods when dealing with various military and paperwork matters. Once a situation different from the general handling method occurred, his subordinates would immediately put forward their opinions, and then the Privy Councilor of the same level would come over to discuss together. If they could not reach a conclusion, they would seek the Privy Councilor for a decision.

After these corrections, what Su Yun wanted to do had changed beyond all recognition and turned back into its original form.

Even if such a decision document leaves the Privy Council and goes to the three provinces, it will be revised again after being discussed by the ministers of the three provinces before being released. What is released is the same old stuff.

Su Yun felt that the court of the Song Dynasty was like a very strict large machine. No matter what materials were thrown in, the final product would be of the same general appearance, and it could always be corrected internally.

There seems to be nothing wrong with this, at least it can ensure the consistency of the products. But in Su Yun's opinion, the products produced by this machine do not meet market demand. It is a bit like producing things from the 2025s in .

No matter how well something is made, it’s useless if it’s not in line with the times!

Su Yun worked as the Deputy Privy Councilor for several months. During these months, in the eyes of Empress Dowager Gao and other ministers, Su Yun did an excellent job in the position of Deputy Privy Councilor!
Su Yun had his reasons for action and got along very well with his colleagues. He also made full use of his talent in military affairs. When it came to cooperation and coordination with the three provinces, he was well aware of public opinion and was more mature and capable of governing the country than the average old minister. This was truly admirable!

But they didn't know that Su Yun was in great pain.

Because in Su Yun's opinion, the army of the Song Dynasty was completely rotten, with corruption, lax military discipline, numerous factions within the army, nepotism, and exclusion of dissidents. Talented soldiers were not given important positions, while those who were uneducated and unskilled occupied important positions...

However, these were regarded as normal in the Privy Council, and even as customary practices. Whenever they wanted to deal with these situations, someone would always jump out and say that this was the custom since a certain time, and how could the ancestral law be easily changed? Then other people would agree, and then big things would be reduced to small things, and small things would be forgotten.

For example, the military ration corruption case that is now in front of Su Yun, it turned out that the supervisory department of the Quartermaster Bureau found that a certain wing of the Western Army had embezzled all the rations and wages distributed to the soldiers at the end of the year. The soldiers then rose up in rebellion, which was subsequently suppressed. However, the matter was also exposed, so the Quartermaster Bureau reported the matter.

In Su Yun's opinion, the handling of this matter was very simple. Since it was embezzlement of military rations, he should just deal with it as a case by case. However, several court officials came to him and said that the offender was the grandson of a certain founding general. After all, he had a special status and could not be dealt with too harshly. A fine of a few kilograms of copper would be enough.

Su Yun naturally refused, and then other colleagues, the Privy Councilor and Deputy Envoy, came to persuade him, saying that his grandfather had made great contributions to the court, and that many people in his family had died fighting for the Song Dynasty for generations. If he was dealt with, the generals of the Song Dynasty would probably be in panic, and so on.

Later, the matter was reported to the Privy Councilor, who then gave instructions that a direct fine of ten pounds of copper and twenty strokes of the cane should be imposed, which was said to be a severe punishment.

Then this general was freed from punishment. It was said that he suppressed the soldiers and killed dozens of them directly, and those dozens of people were treated as criminals.

Su Yun had been in the army and witnessed the darkness in the army, but this time he served as the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council and came to the highest military institution of the Song Dynasty. He found that it was dark down there and even at the highest point of power, there were dark clouds blocking the view!
In a military system that was already so corrupt, everyone turned a blind eye and thought it was a normal thing. This made Su Yun surprised and tormented.

Because Su Yun knew very well that such a military system would be like a rotten house when fighting against the Jin soldiers in the future. As long as the Jin soldiers swung their hammers to hit the beams and the rotten beams were broken, the entire magnificent building of the Song Dynasty would collapse instantly!
And many of the hard-working people who work hard underneath the magnificent building and support it will be buried underneath and buried with the Song Dynasty!
Su Yun, a prophetic and sober man, tried to wake up these ignorant people, but after just shouting a few times, his mouth was stuffed, and then he was tied to the car and rushed towards death along with the group!
(End of this chapter)