In the official school of Min County, Fuzhou, the sound of reading was loud. Liu Ziyu, the magistrate of the state, was inspecting the official school at this time. A young man of about ten years old came forward and saluted, "My son, meet your adoptive father!"
Liu Ziyu nodded and asked with a smile: "You should get used to studying here!"
"Reporting to my adoptive father, I'm very used to it!"
The boy was the famous Zhu Xi in history. His fathers Zhu Song and Liu Ziyu were close friends. Zhu Song unfortunately died of illness at the beginning of the year. Before his death, he entrusted his son Zhu Xi to Liu Ziyu. Liu Ziyu accepted Zhu Xi as his adopted son and sent him to study in the state to worship Liu Zihui and Liu Ziyu.
Liu Mianzhi and other great Confucian scholars served as teachers, and at the same time, they also gave their own fields to Zhu Xi's mother, Zhu, so that she could have a source of income.
Liu Ziyu often came to inspect Zhouxue and also visited Zhu Xi.
"When you have time, go visit your mother. Reading is important, but filial piety must not be forgotten!"
"My child understands that I will go visit my mother tomorrow, just..."
Seeing Zhu Xi's hesitation, Liu Ziyu smiled and asked, "What do you want to say?"
"My son heard that a war might break out, and he was a little worried about his mother's safety in the countryside. Should I bring her to the city?"
Liu Ziyu smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, the opponent is the Western Army. Even if there is a war, it will not harm ordinary people. At most, the crops on the land will suffer some damage. But if you are worried, you can also send your mother to your hometown to live temporarily.
It’s much safer over there in Youxi County!”
"I understand, kid!"
"Go and study!"
Zhu Xi bowed and left, and Liu Ziyu asked the soldier next to him, "What happened?"
"Reporting to the pacifier, an urgent pigeon message has been sent from Quanzhou!"
The soldier presented a pigeon letter to Liu Ziyu. Liu Ziyu opened the pigeon letter and read it hastily. His face suddenly changed slightly. The Western Army sent an additional 30,000 to 40,000 troops to Quanzhou, as well as thousands of horses. The commander turned out to be his nephew.
Liu Qiong.
Are uncles and nephews going to war?
In Jingzhao, the news that Lu Wei is about to be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry has spread throughout the officialdom. The Minister is the former Governor, who was renamed the Minister at the beginning of the year. Once the Yong Kingdom is established, the Ministry of Industry will be promoted to the Ministry of Industry, and the Minister will be promoted to the Minister of Industry.
Sima Ze, the minister, was promoted to minister. Except for Chen Qing, who did not ascend the throne as emperor, they were no different from the dynasty.
This is a typical strategy of boiling the frog in warm water and letting people all over the world adapt to it little by little.
Colleagues and friends came to congratulate one after another. In the evening, a wretched and thin man appeared in front of Lu Wei's house. The man was Lu Jiao. He was ridiculed by his colleagues because of his lack of performance, scolded by his boss, and had his money deducted.
He had no money and hadn't eaten all day. He couldn't bear the hunger and shamelessly came to Lu Wei for help.
"Please report to your master that his brother Lu Qiao is outside the door asking to see you!"
The housekeeper was new and had never met Lu Qiao. He heard that he was the master's brother. He did not dare to neglect him and asked Lu Qiao to wait in the concierge. He immediately ran to report to his wife.
"He said his name was Lu Jiao?" Li Mei asked.
"Exactly! Madam, would you like to let him in?"
What Li Mei hated the most was the lingering ghost of Lu Jiao, who came to harm her husband again. Her face sank and she ordered: "Kick him out and never see him again!"
The housekeeper didn't know what was going on, so he quickly agreed to retreat. At this time, Li Mei called out to him again, "Forget it, go and inform the master! His brother is here."
He was really the master's brother. The housekeeper quickly went to inform his master Lu Wei.
It wasn't that Li Mei had a temporary act of kindness, but she suddenly remembered that her husband had told her that if Lu Qiao came, she must inform him. This was an order from His Highness King Yong. She had almost forgotten this in her anger just now.
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In the study, Lu Wei watched his uncle, who was the same age as himself, gobbling up his food. It looked like he was starving.
Lu Wei found that Lu Jiao had become haggard and haggard. His whole body seemed to have lost all his spirit, as if he were a walking corpse.
Lu Wei sighed secretly. After being addicted to brothels for more than ten years, this person was completely ruined.
After finishing the meal, he drank the tea in one gulp. Lu Qiao burped happily, feeling satisfied with his meal.
"Why are you doing so badly?" Lu Wei asked with a frown.
"Hey! I'm too incompetent and can't get valuable information. I'm often scolded. My status is very low. Everyone looks down on me. I don't have any money. Even eating is a problem."
At this point, Lu Jiao couldn't help crying, "You are high-ranking officials and prime ministers, but I am going to starve to death on the streets. We are all members of the Lu family. Why is this unfair?"
"Can you blame others? I arranged for you to be the chief clerk before. If you hadn't left, you would have been promoted to join the army, at least an eighth-grade official. You have a house and a salary. If you don't cherish it yourself, who should you blame?"
"Brother, help me again and give me another chance. I promise not to mess around again."
"no!"
Lu Wei flatly refused, "It's not that I won't help you, you have a criminal record here in the Western Army and it's impossible to be appointed again."
"Then what should I do? Will my brother just watch me starve to death on the street?"
Lu Wei really hated this little cousin. All the wealth his father had accumulated over the decades was wiped out by him. His father died of illness due to poverty at the beginning of the year. He did not go back to attend his father's funeral. He was completely unfaithful, unfilial, and unkind.
A greedy, lustful, despicable villain, as my grandfather said well, he is the cancer of the Lu family and will harm everyone sooner or later.
If His Highness King Yong hadn't given orders, Lu Wei would have kicked him out long ago.
"How do you want me to help you? The most I can give you is a few taels of silver. You know my wife is in charge of the money."
"No! I don't want your money. As long as you give me useful information, I will get a reward."
Lu Wei sighed, "As promised, this is the last time I will help you."
"Okay! Okay! I promise this will be the last time."
Lu Wei whispered: "More than a month ago, His Highness wrote a letter to Liu Ziyu from Fujian Road, inviting him to come to Jingzhao to serve as the chief officer of the Department of Punishment, and to replace Zhang Miao, who was in poor health and was about to retire, as the political advisor.
, Liu Ziyu responded to the letter in the past two days, but I don’t know the specific content.”
Lu Qiao perked up, this information was important! He hesitated and said, "Give me a few more taels of silver! I haven't been able to get any money in the past two days, and I still don't have money to eat!"
Lu Wei could no longer restrain himself, so he took five taels of silver and handed it to him, "Hurry up and leave. If Li Mei sees it, she will definitely take the money back."
Lu Qiao was so frightened that he quickly put the money into his arms and ran away.
After Lu Jiao had gone far, Lu Wei gave the order: "Prepare the carriage and go to Prince Yong's Mansion!"
After Chen Qing listened to Lu Wei's report in the study outside, he smiled slightly and said, "He came in time!"
"When the promotion from a humble position was published in the Beijing News, I knew he would definitely come. This bastard has no other skills. As long as it is profitable, he will definitely come after hearing the news."
Chen Qing took a few steps and said again: "Well done on this matter. Try to have as little contact with him as possible in the future. He will affect you unless I arrange for you to come into contact with him."
Lu Wei nodded, "I really don't want to pay attention to this kind of person. My father passed away, and he didn't even come home. He was worse than a beast. The third grandfather's life was ruined by him. Fortunately, he still had an eldest son, Lu Fan, who gave him
The third grandfather was sent to his death and buried."
Chen Qing said calmly: "If there is a cause, there will be an effect. The evil your third grandfather did himself cannot be blamed on others!"
Lu Wei sighed a few times, said goodbye and left. Chen Qing thought for a moment and then wrote a letter to Hu Yun and ordered his soldiers to send it to the Intelligence Agency.
His second plan should be implemented simultaneously.