Not long after, Xu Xiantu hurried over, bowed and saluted: "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"
"Xu Aiqing, have you read today's newspaper?" Zhao Gou asked coldly.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I glanced at you a few times while eating lunch."
"You should know what I'm going to ask, the third version of the statement."
Xu Xiantu was confident and said calmly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Wei Chen has already seen the third edition of the statement about Zheng Ping. Didn't Your Majesty see the letter handed over by Wei Chen?"
Zhao Gou was startled, "What letter?"
"It's Zheng Ping's official reply to his father. Weichen received it yesterday afternoon. His Majesty was away, so Weichen placed it on His Majesty's imperial desk."
Zhao Gou frowned. He felt a little unwell yesterday and returned to the palace early to rest. He immediately turned over the table and did not see any letters.
"Kangshun!"
Zhao Gou shouted sharply, and Kang Shun was so frightened that he ran in quickly, "My servant is here!"
"Yesterday you cleaned up my study room for me. Where is the letter on the desk?"
"letter?"
Kang Shun scratched his head and said hesitantly: "There were a few letters yesterday, and I'm not sure about them. How about I look for the trunk?"
The trunk is actually a waste paper box. Zhao Gou has to deal with many memorials every day, but there are always some memorials that he does not want to interfere with, especially those involving the expenditure of money and food. He usually throws them directly into the trunk, leaving Kang Shun to deal with them afterwards.
Dispose of, burn or return, etc.
But it is intolerable to throw away letters without your consent.
Zhao Gou stared fiercely at Kang Shun, sweating profusely, rummaging through the trunk for documents. Finally, he timidly handed a letter to Zhao Gou, "Your Majesty, here it is!"
Zhao Gou wanted to kick him over, but because Xu Xiantu was aside, he had to maintain the image of the emperor.
"Never again!"
Zhao Gou gritted his teeth and said something. Kang Shun felt chills all over his body. He lowered his head and agreed, then quickly retreated.
Only now did Xu Xiantu know why the emperor didn't know about many things. He thought Qin Hui was deliberately concealing it, but now it seems that this eunuch also has a big problem!
Why did he throw away these important documents? Is it because he is ignorant or does he have some hidden agenda?
Zhao Gou sat down and opened Zheng Ping's reply to his father. In the letter, Zheng Ping severely criticized his father for being profit-seeking and short-sighted. When he was doing business with the Jurchens, he never considered the hatred of the family and the country. He ran away from home because he couldn't bear it anymore.
And now, for the sake of the so-called false title of county king, he is allowed to choose betrayal, which is also intolerable to him. If his father insists on forcing him to betray, then the father and son can only go their separate ways, and there is no need to consider the relationship between father and son.
There was no clear statement in my heart that I wanted to sever the father-son relationship with my father, but the idea was there.
"Does Xu Aiqing think this is true?" Zhao Gou was suspicious by nature, and he was still a little suspicious of the Zhengs and his son.
"Your Majesty, the letter may be vague, but the public statement in the newspaper that we are breaking away from the relationship between father and son, I think it is true. More importantly, I got the news that Zheng Ping will be transferred from Sichuan Road soon. What will happen to their father and son?"
The entanglement is actually meaningless."
Zhao Gou stared blankly at the letter in front of him, unable to hide the disappointment on his face. His originally high expectations for Zheng Ping's return with the Sichuan Road were completely shattered.
Zheng Ping's public statement in the "Lin'an Beijing News" that he was breaking away from the relationship between father and son caused quite a stir in Lin'an. These days, many fathers and sons have turned against each other, for wealth, family ties, and many because of different political ideas. The Zheng family and his son have turned against each other.
It's not surprising that they turned against each other, but this was the first time that they had made a public statement in the newspapers, so people in the streets were secretly talking about it.
But the Zheng family remained silent. Insiders said that Zheng Tongquan went to Mingzhou to supervise the construction of sea ships, obviously to avoid the matter.
In the Lu Mansion, Lu Yihao's second brother Lu Datong came to visit. A few years ago, Lu Datong was demoted because of his youngest son Lu Jiao's misbehavior. He was given a false position as a regiment trainer and was idle at home. Lu Jiao was exiled to Lingnan. Originally, he was exiled.
It took ten years, but Lu Datong could not spend a lot of money, so he finally agreed to be taken home by his family for treatment on the grounds that he was seriously ill, which was equivalent to medical parole.
Lu Yihao originally valued Lu Datong more, especially when he supported Chen Qing's marriage to his granddaughter Lu Xiu. Facts have proved that Lu Datong was right, but Lu Qingshan was firmly opposed to the marriage between Chen Qing and Lu.
He advocated marriage between the Lu family and the Shen family.
But in the end, Chen Qing chose Lu Qingshan instead of Lu Datong, who supported his marriage to Lu Xiu. Lu Yihao even asked Chen Qing this question, and Chen Qing's answer made him think deeply.
Chen Qing told him, "Lv Qingshan's attitude back then was rational and correct. He truly considered the interests of the family and adhered to the principle of putting family interests first. Although Lu Datong seemed to support his marriage to Lu Xiu, in fact he did not
Because he has vision but lacks principles. It was Lu Qingshan's insistence on principles that made Chen Qing feel at ease, while Lu Datong's ambiguity made him uneasy.'
Now it seems that Chen Qing's vision for recognizing people is still very accurate. This time Lu Datong tried every means to get his son back, which made Lu Yihao very dissatisfied. When he saw Lu Qiao two days ago, he still looked lazy and didn't get anything at all.
Any lessons learned.
"Brother, I have never quite understood. Chen Qing had territory, an army, and ministers. He just founded the country and ascended the throne. Why did he make it so complicated and circuitous, and even brought the late emperor back as a prince?
Isn’t it fun to go to Lin’an with a hundred thousand troops to get the title?”
Lu Yihao smiled slightly, "Then you said that's not what it means when a man marries a wife? Just go and take the woman home and live in bed. Why do you need to engage in six etiquette? A set of extremely complicated etiquette, even a copycat
After a robber snatches a woman back, he still has to wait until night to get married. Why bother?
In fact, the two are the same thing. This world is still the world of the Song Dynasty. If you directly sent troops to capture it and declared yourself emperor, wouldn't that mean you are worse than a robber? How many people will be willing to recognize you? The so-called unfair name is a rule.
It’s hard to say, you don’t even understand this truth?”
"Of course I understand the truth, but I think the Song Dynasty is just like settling down, and it's not worth it!"
Lu Yihao knew that his third brother was depressed and had deep hatred for the imperial court. He wished that the Song Dynasty would perish today, so he said these words.
He said calmly: "You rarely come to see me, and you don't just come to complain!"
"Not really! I heard that Qingshan went to conquer Bashu and actually became the top political official on Sichuan Road."
Lu Yihao waved his hand to interrupt him, "This is Chen Qing's choice. He values Qingshan's ability and qualifications very much."
"But when Chen Qing wanted to marry Xiu'er, Qingshan was firmly against it, but I supported it. Without my support, Xiu'er wouldn't have been able to marry Chen Qing! How come it's the other way around when it's time to repay the favor?
I can not understand."
"Do you think Chen Qing is repaying his kindness by using Qingshan?"
"Otherwise? Doesn't he have a suitable candidate for such an important position? Zhou Kuan is very good, why wouldn't he use it? He must use someone from our Lu family."
Lu Datong's statement is not unreasonable. Chen Qing uses the Lu family because the interests of the Lu family and his are consistent. However, in Lu Datong's view, he is repaying the Lu family. He should use himself to support him in the past, not the original one.
Lu Qingshan opposed his marriage, which made Lu Datong feel very unbalanced.
"What on earth do you mean?" Lu Yihao was a little angry.
"I don't want a high position like Qingshan. With my qualifications, I can definitely serve as the chief official of a state!"
"If you leave, what will happen to your son Lu Qiao? He is still being monitored by the Ministry of Punishment. If I remember correctly, he must go to the Ministry of Punishment to sign in every five days!"
"This. I asked the Ministry of Punishment before, and the Ministry of Punishment said that if I am willing to donate 50,000 yuan to the court, the remaining five years of Jiao'er's sentence can be pardoned. In fact, Jiao'er has been pardoned and can leave Lin'an at any time.
"
"Where did you get 50,000 yuan?"
"Brother, my house has been sold, and I am now renting a house outside."
Lu Yihao immediately understood that Lu Datong had spent all his wealth and valuables in order to get his son back, and now he had sold the house. It could be said that he was at the end of his rope. How could he support his family with his official income of ten guan a month?
So now he wants to go to Sichuan and Shaanxi to serve as a magistrate, and he can live in an official residence. This is his idea.
But after all, it was his brother who was in such misery. Lu Yihao couldn't bear it, so he nodded, "Okay! I'll write you a letter. You go to Jingzhao to find Chen Qing. Remember to restrain your son."
, if he commits a crime in Sichuan and Shaanxi, no one can save him."
Lu Datong was overjoyed and said quickly: "Brother, don't worry. Jiao'er is thirty years old this year. I plan to marry him and start a family. He has already given in."
"Since you said so, I will believe you for once."
Lu Yihao wrote a letter and ordered his eldest son to give his second uncle a hundred taels of silver as payment for their family to go west.