At night, Lu Xiu came to the study with a cup of tea. She had been looking for an opportunity to talk to her husband about her second brother Lu Wei. Li Mei cried a lot in front of her two days ago and said that her husband was in a very low mood.
She has also been following newspapers these days, but the Beijing News did not mention the Guangyuntan incident. She didn't know much about it, but she heard that many people died.
But in Li Mei's words, more than 300 people died during the construction of the Danba Waterway, and more than 80 people were buried in one of the landslides. However, Zhang Yuanlang did nothing to deal with it. Only then did the Guangyuntan incident want to surrender the minister.
position, but in the end it was Zhang Yuanlang who benefited, and Lu Wei felt it was unfair.
Lu Xiu brought the tea into the house and saw her husband reading a memorial. She smiled and put the ginseng tea on the table and sat aside.
After Chen Qing approved the memorial, he looked up and saw his wife, and asked with a smile: "Is the little one asleep?"
The little guy Chen Qing was talking about was Lu Xiusheng's second son Chen Yan, who was very naughty and extremely smart. He refused to sleep all day long and required two wet nurses to take care of him.
Lu Xiu nodded, "He just went to bed. The little guy fell down this afternoon, banged his head and cried all afternoon. Maybe he was tired from crying, so he went to bed early."
"Has the imperial doctor seen it?" Chen Qing asked with concern.
"I've seen it, and there's nothing wrong with it. I just feel aggrieved and want to cry."
After a pause, Lu Xiu smiled again and said, "Li Mei came to my place the day before yesterday and cried a lot."
Chen Qingdan smiled and said: "Does she think it's too harsh to deal with her husband? Not convinced?"
"Your Majesty, concubines should not be meddlesome, but Lu Wei is in a very low mood right now. He feels that he has followed you for so many years, with no merit and hard work, but in the end he was demoted two levels in a row. He said that eight people died in the collapse of the Danba waterway.
There were more than ten people, but Zhang Yuanlang was not punished in any way. He felt it was unfair. Your Majesty, I just reported it."
Chen Qing shook his head, "First of all, don't call me your majesty in the study, and don't call yourself your concubine. I'm not used to it, and I don't like it either."
"I understand, husband. I am just reporting this and it does not represent my opinion. I don't know the situation. I don't even know how many people died in Guangyuntan. Li Mei just said that dozens of people died."
Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "The Guangyuntan incident and the Danba Waterway collapse are not the same thing. The Danba Waterway was caused by iron fire mines blasting rocks, causing the mountain to loosen. The mud and rocks suddenly poured down the next day. There was no
There was no way to prevent any signs and it was an uncontrollable disaster. Zhang Yuanlang wrote a letter to blame himself and demanded to take responsibility. After I sent internal guards to secretly investigate, I learned the truth and did not punish Zhang Yuanlang.
But the Guangyuntan incident was not the case. The Guangyuntan incident was completely caused by irresponsibility. No reinforcement piles were installed and the mud was still in a muddy state, so people were asked to carry the mud. As a result, it collapsed all of a sudden, and the mud pushed thirty-five people to the bottom of the lake. On the spot
After they died, the youngest was seventeen years old and the oldest was twenty-eight, and thirty-five families collapsed."
"Thirty-five people!"
Lu Xiu was surprised and said: "Their family is so unfortunate. Don't those in charge know how to dig reinforcement piles?"
"Of course I understand! But laying reinforcement piles and waiting for the mud to dry will delay the construction period for five days. They were so anxious that they let the workers dig the soil out of luck."
“Why are you rushing to meet the deadline?”
Chen Qing said coldly: "This is the reason for dealing with Lu Wei. The original plan was to complete the work in three years, but Lu Wei forcibly changed it to two years. For this reason, Zhang Yuanlang had a falling out with him, so he transferred Zhang Yuanlang away from Guangyuntan.
Let him go to Hukou to repair the warehouse. He forcibly compressed the construction period into two years. Then everyone had to meet the construction deadline. In the end, something happened. He was not responsible for who was responsible. He felt aggrieved. He deserved the loss of thirty-five people.
A son who has lost his husband and a family who has lost his father?”
"He should be dealt with harshly!"
Lu Xiu was also really dissatisfied and said: "They hid everything from me, didn't tell the truth, and asked me to plead for him. In the end, they embarrassed me. They went too far!"
Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "Actually, I also know that the changes in the prime ministership in the past two years may have stimulated him, especially the expansion of the seven prime ministers, Zhang Jun and Xu Xiantu came to power, which made him very anxious. Seeing Zhou Kuan and Lu
Qingshan is about to reach the age of retiring from office, and he is even more anxious and anxious to achieve political achievements. As a result, haste makes waste, and he is now in a depressed mood, only thinking about his own career, but not his own responsibilities."
"Maybe he is competing with his eldest brother!" Lu Xiu bit her lip lightly and said.
Chen Qing nodded, and Lu Xiu's words hit the key point. Currently, Lu Gang is appointed as the Xuanfu envoy on the two Zhejiang roads and the governor of Lin'an Prefecture. After Zhang Shun went to Jiangnan, Lu Gang was transferred to the Sichuan road procurator and governor of Chengdu Prefecture.
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However, Lu Wei has been serving as a minister in the court and does not have many advantages.
Seeing that Lu Qingshan is about to retire, the Lu brothers all want to compete for the leadership of the Lu family. The symbol of this leadership is to become the prime minister. This is the main reason why Lu Wei is eager to achieve political achievements. It is also the main reason why he is in a low mood now.
He was demoted as the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, which actually lowered his status than Lu Gang.
Lu Gang was still the Xuanfu envoy on Sichuan Road, but he was not the Xuanfu envoy on Hedong Road.
Chen Qing smiled and asked his wife: "Do you think Lu Wei can be the prime minister of the country?"
Lu Xiu said frankly: "According to the friendship between you, he can do it, but according to his own talent and mind, he is not qualified!"
Chen Qing didn't expect his wife to be so frank. He laughed dumbly and said, "If I let Lu Wei be the prime minister, would you object?"
"Definitely. He doesn't have the ability. Letting him be the prime minister will only harm the country. In fact, I am opposed to my husband asking him to be the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture. He will only let the people of Taiyuan Prefecture bear his grievances. But I can't interfere in government affairs.
, so you didn’t say anything?”
Chen Qing nodded, "You do know Lu Wei very well!"
"How could I not understand him? He was frivolous since he was a child and didn't like to study. He hung out with a bunch of gangsters all day long. His grandfather said that he couldn't achieve anything big. After becoming a guard, he became a little more restrained, but he still refused to study. He was in trouble.
It was my husband, a noble person, who allowed him to come step by step today. Until now, he has been impetuous and has no wisdom. His only advantage is that he is obedient. If there were troubled times, my husband would still need his loyalty, but now that the country is becoming stronger, I
I feel that my husband needs a more capable Prime Minister, and frankly speaking, my eldest brother is much more capable and powerful than him."
Chen Qing looked at his wife for a moment and asked: "You are my wife, Ji'er's mother, and also the daughter of the Lu family. If you have to choose one of these three, what will you choose?"
Lu Xiu was startled, then said without hesitation: "I choose Ji'er's mother!"
Chen Qing nodded, "I think so, but what's next?"
"Secondly, I am your wife and the daughter-in-law of the Chen family. The interests of the Lu family are not important to me!"
Chen Qing understands his wife. She has always been an upright and kind-hearted person. She will not say one thing and do another. She will choose herself before herself and the Lu family. Chen Qing understands in his heart, but he wants his wife to say it herself.
Chen Qing sighed and said: "Frankly speaking, I would choose Lu Wei to be the prime minister, not Lu Gang!"
Lu Xiu was stunned, "Why?"
"Loyalty, control, Lu Wei is loyal to me, and I can control him, but I can't control Lu Gang."
"Husband, I don't quite understand!"
Chen Qing patiently explained to his wife: "Do you know why I want to appoint Yang Zaixing as prime minister? Yang Zaixing has no ability to be prime minister at all. His son said so many treacherous words. I even believe that some of the words were said by Yang Zaixing himself. Otherwise, his son would not know about Yu Ying Yu Lian, but I still chose to forgive and let him be the prime minister. Why?
Because I am giving an explanation to the military. Yang Zaixing fought in the north and south and made numerous achievements. In the end, he was dismissed from office because of a few stupid words made by his son. This would chill the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the three armies, so making Yang Zaixing the Prime Minister can both appease him. Living in the three armies can also relieve his military power. This is the best balance. I am an emperor, and the art of the emperor lies in balance. Among the seven prime ministers, it does not matter that there is one more person with mediocre ability, but this makes me able to It is important to appease the morale of the military."
"But Lu Wei is not Yang Zaixing. My husband does not need him to balance the emotions of the soldiers."
Chen Qing said slowly: "I need to put an eye and an eye in the political hall, and Lu Wei is the most suitable."
Lu Xiu sighed and said, "I understand, it's just a pity, brother."
Chen Qing was silent for a moment and said: "If one day, your eldest brother proposes an engagement between Ji'er and Ayun, will you accept it?"
"Let Ji'er marry a daughter of the Lu family?"
Lu Xiu's eyes widened, and she shook her head quickly, "Husband, I have never thought of it this way!"
"Actually, it's normal for you to have thought about it. I understand you. You just think it's better to get in touch with each other. But if your elder brother thinks this way, it's different."