"There is a city in the city, facing south and facing north. The layout of the middle compartment is different from that of the forbidden city. There is a palace in the inner city, and the road envoy's office is set up in the palace. It looks like an emperor is visiting the court. I feel very scared..."
There is a memorial from Gao Ruona on Zhao Zhen's case, and the above paragraph is part of the original words in the memorial.
This secret memorial was sent to the capital by Gao Ruona in August, but Zhao Zhen had been hesitating in his heart. Gao Ruona's meaning was obvious. Su Jin opened up a city within a city in the middle of the newly built city, and This posture looks like a small palace. The ritual system of the Song Dynasty has clear regulations on the residences and construction of the Yamen on Zhoufu Road. What kind of treatment and honor guard do officials of what level enjoy? What kind of houses do they live in? There are clear regulations on the size of the yamen's front and the height of the gatehouse; if it is true as Gao Ruona's report said, Su Jin will definitely violate the rules, and he will be punished if he violates the rules, and whether this violation is due to a momentary mistake, or is there something hidden behind it? What kind of thoughts are really fascinating.
Zhao Zhen did not act rashly. For such a big matter, it is not appropriate to just listen to Gao Ruona's words. Once he makes a mistake in judgment, he will openly express his distrust of Su Jin. Zhao Zhen is not that stupid, and Not to mention that he still trusts Su Jin, no matter from any aspect, Su Jin does not seem to be a person harboring evil intentions, but there are always exceptions in everything. Putting the entire northwest into Su Jin's hands is equivalent to handing over the whole northwest to Su Jin. The gates of Bianliang and even the Song Dynasty were entrusted to Su Jinzai to guard. Once there was a problem with the guards guarding the gates, it would be a disaster.
Zhao Zhen has always been like this, using people but also doubting them. Use them and use them and doubt them. As soon as this incident came out, Zhao Zhen always wanted to find an opportunity to send someone to see what happened. Is it as Gao Ruona said? Su Jin built a small palace in the middle of the newly built Pearl City.[
Finally, when the new city was completed in September, Zhao Zhen sent his servant Zuo Daoying to the new city in the name of congratulations and looking forward to knowing what the new city looked like. He asked Zuo Daoying to visit the whole city and record everything he saw. , especially the layout of the middle compartment.
After Zuo Daoying arrived, he was led by Gao Ruona to live in his mansion. The two of them stuck together like glue and wandered around the city every day. Gao Ruona ordered a large number of soldiers to accompany him, and they looked forward and backward, which was very impressive.
The doubts in Su Jin's heart were still unsolved, so he would naturally pay close attention to these two people. It seemed that Su Jin was busy running around various states every day, and even the Yamen of Pearl City rarely sat in court. However, Su Jin had already ordered people to secretly keep an eye on Zuo Daoying and Gao. Ruona's every move should be reported to him at any time.
One day in late September, Su Jin and Liang Shi had just rushed back from Chengzhou at the junction of Lizhou and Qinfeng Road, because Liang Shi had discovered an iron ore belt in Heigou Mountain in Chengzhou, and it seemed to have rich reserves. , it was worth investing in mining. Su Jin was naturally excited and followed Liang Shi to inspect the place for two days.
As soon as Su Jin returned to Pearl City, the people sent to secretly follow Gao Ruona and Zuo Daoying came to report that Deputy Ambassador Gao and General Manager Zuo had been circling the middle compartment while Su Jin was out for the past few days. , and pointed at the layout of the building in the middle compartment. The two of them not only looked outside, but also entered the newly built inner hall of the Yamen, the garden behind, and the various public buildings nearby. They took notes as they talked, sneakily. Very suspicious.
Su Jin didn't think it was anything, but Rou Niang's words at the dinner table made Su Jin break into a cold sweat.
Rou Niang was feeding Hu'er and chatting with Su Jin casually: "Master, our Hu'er is becoming more and more generous. Yesterday afternoon, I took Hu'er to play in the garden behind, and I met a visitor from the capital.
Mr. Zuo, Mr. Zuo, met Hu’er and praised him repeatedly for his magnanimity at a young age, which makes him look like a dragon among men.”
Su Jin frowned and said, "Why did you go to Houyuanzi? How could he know you?"
Rou Niang said: "Who knows him? It wasn't General Gao who introduced him. Originally, the slave family wanted to avoid them when they saw them. General Gao insisted on telling Mr. Zuo that Hu'er was our child, and Mr. Zuo stepped forward.
What's the matter? I'm talking to you, but I don't want to ignore you. Is the young master just jealous of me?"
Su Jin rolled his eyes and said, "How jealous are you? I was wondering what these two guys were doing in the back garden."
Rou Niang said with a smile: "I said it was just a casual stroll. Manager Zuo also praised the exquisite back garden of the Zhongxiang Yamen. It is almost as good as the emperor's back garden."
Su Jin was surprised and said: "He really said that?"
Rou Niang said: "Yes, General Gao was still saying, 'That's right, the style of the middle compartment is like a small palace.' Then the two of them said goodbye with a smile."
Su Jin's spine felt cold, and he suddenly realized the danger. Zuo Daoying's intention of coming to Pearl City had already puzzled Su Jin, but those gentle words meant what he said, but what the listeners meant. If he returned to the capital, he would just say it quietly to Zhao.
What will be the result of the last sentence and a half said in Zhen's ear? From this, we can think of Zhao Zhen's intention of sending this person here. Could it be that someone deliberately made a fuss about this matter?
Su Jin carefully thought about the layout of the middle chamber. At first, he wanted to use the middle chamber as the office area of the government office. In order to appear solemn, he subconsciously adopted part of the layout of the imperial palace, because the buildings Su Jin had seen were limited.
When designing the layout of the house, I would naturally use the most majestic and solemn palace I have ever seen as a model.
Of course, there was also some vanity at work. The young man always wanted to show off his success, so he built the Luzhi Yamen's court hall into a palace, but completely forgot about avoiding taboos.
Thinking about it again, I remembered that after the middle chamber was basically completed, all the subordinates praised it in unison, but at that time Gao Ruona looked very proud. Now that I think about it, none of the subordinates had ever seen the palace.
Naturally, it is excusable, and Gao Ruona, who once worked in the palace, must have seen the similarities. From this, it can be concluded that in all likelihood, Gao Ruona secretly played Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Zhen sent someone to come and observe on the spot.
Already.
In fear, Su Jin told his suspicions to the wives and concubines, and everyone was stunned. Although the wives and concubines had never entered the palace except Yan Biyun and Xia Siling, they also understood from the eyes of Yan Biyun and Xia Siling.
I'm afraid the layout of the middle compartment does look a bit like part of the palace.
"This...what should we do? My husband is too careless. Why didn't he pay attention to this when he was building it? He actually...built it according to the layout of the palace. Now a disaster is imminent." Yan Biyun was anxious.
Rubbing his hands, smacking his lips, and walking back and forth.[
Xiao Sui'er said: "Tear it down, tear it down quickly, don't leave any clues."
Xia Siling said: "It's too late. Manager Zuo has already recorded everything. To dismantle it now is to cover up the truth, and to confirm the crime."
Huan Niang and Rou Niang stamped their feet anxiously, looking at each other at a loss.
Su Jin leaned back on the chair and thought about countermeasures. It was absolutely impossible to demolish it, not only to hide it, but also because it was expensive. Su Jin couldn't bear it, but it was absolutely impossible to let this heretic go back and talk nonsense. Now he could only find a way to block it.
Zuo Daoying's mouth either dissuades him from going back to talk nonsense, or he uses his tricks to turn bad things into good things.
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Zuo Daoying has been in Pearl City for more than ten days, and has almost everything that should be seen and recorded. Although Master Su, the road envoy, did not accompany him throughout the whole journey, it seemed that he did not respect him enough; but Zuo Daoying did not care, in his opinion
Come on, Su Jin's good days are numbered.
During the few days that Su Jin left the Pearl City, Zuo Daoying, accompanied by Gao Ruona, took a good tour of the middle chamber, including the city walls and palaces, as well as the interior furnishings, trees and flowers, Zuo Daoying
Ying looked at it one by one, and the more he looked at Zuo Daoying, the more it seemed like a small forbidden city. Entering from the front door, the straight and wide road leads directly to the Yamen. This Yamen is a palace, and Su Jin's hall table is
At the top, the open space on both sides is enough for more than a hundred subordinate officials to stand. As a third-rank official, it is okay for the yamen to be bigger and more spacious, but when it is so big and spacious, it cannot help but make people think.
Lian Lian.
If the Luzhao Yamen Hall can be regarded as the Daqing Palace in the imperial palace, the rows of public buildings and courtyards next to it can be regarded as the offices of two provinces, three departments and six departments, and the back garden is not the emperor's.
The imperial garden? In addition, the person responsible for protecting the middle compartment is the imperial guard Ma Jun beside Su Jin. At first glance, looking at the attire and style, I really thought it was a forbidden area of the palace. This Su Jin is too courageous.
Zuo Daoying got the evidence he wanted and didn't want to stay too long. Su Jin didn't know the purpose of his visit yet. If he understood, it would be a question whether he could leave. While he was still in the dark,
It's better to run away quickly.
So on the morning of the second day after Su Jin returned to Pearl City, Zuo Daoying, accompanied by Gao Ruona, came to say goodbye to Su Jin.
The place of farewell was in the main hall of the Lushi Yamen. When Zuo Daoying and Gao Ruona arrived at the Yamen, Su Jin happened to go up to the hall and sit down. Dozens of subordinate officials lined up on both sides, looking more and more like
The style of the emperor ascending to the palace.
Zuo Daoying and Gao Ruona looked at each other and stepped up to the lobby. When Su Jin saw Zuo Daoying, he quickly got up and left the case and greeted him with a smile: "Oh, it turns out to be Mr. Zuo. I am about to order someone to invite you."
Come here, I didn’t expect you to have ears, but you came here on your own.”
Zuo Daoying was startled and suddenly became wary. Could it be that Su Jin noticed something?