Lu Yu was stunned. Yang Yuanqing invited him to the banquet? The matter came suddenly, so he was not prepared at all. He took the invitation and opened it. The place was the "Yuan An Tavern" in Taipei City. There was a tavern called this kind of name? Lu
I have been to Taipei City many times, but I seem to have never seen it before.
But the restaurant is not important. What is important is that Yang Yuanqing invites him to the banquet. He looked at the time on the invitation and was about to come, so he immediately ordered: "Prepare a horse for me!"
Lu Yu quickly walked out of the court room, and his followers had already brought a horse. He turned over and took several followers to urge the horse to run towards the North City.
I asked at the entrance of the Taipei City and found that this "Yuan'an wine shop" was the original Yipin Ijijiu. Lu Yu used to go to it. Yipin Ijijiu was sealed off for selling wine illegally. The government auctioned it, and the new owner took the initiative.
Renamed the wine shop to 'Yuan wine shop'.
Lu Yu was a little surprised because he wanted to avoid Yang Yuanqing's taboo. Many shops with the word "Yuan" have been renamed, but this restaurant is called Yuan'an Restaurant, and Yang Yuanqing just invited him to a banquet here. What is the relationship between this restaurant and Yang Yuanqing?
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He entered the restaurant gate, and the shopkeeper saw him and knew him, so he quickly saluted and said, "It turns out to be Prime Minister Lu, but is he here to go to the King of Chu's banquet?"
Lu Yu nodded, and the shopkeeper waved his hand quickly, "On the fifth floor, please come with me."
Lu Yu followed him all the way to the fifth floor. When he was about to go up to the fifth floor, the shopkeeper stopped, "Supreme, I'm sorry, I can't go up. The fifth floor has been taken down and no outsiders are allowed to enter."
The shopkeeper turned around and was about to leave, but Lu Yu stopped him, "I forgot to ask, was this winery run by the King of Chu?"
The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head, "My boss's surname is Pei, and he has lost his companion."
The shopkeeper quickly went downstairs, and Lu Yu frowned. The surname was Pei. Could it be that this was opened by the Pei family?
He walked upstairs and saw eight giant men with tall figures standing at the stairs, all with fleshy faces. They looked fierce and stared at him fiercely. Lu Yu felt a little uncomfortable. What is this? I give it to himself
Can you show off your strength?
"Captain Lu!"
Pei Qingsong walked over quickly from the corridor and bowed to him, "Prime Minister, please come with me, Your Highness is already waiting."
Seeing Pei Qingsong, Lu Yu's heart calmed down a little. He looked back at the eight sculpture-like giant men and shook his head.
Pei Qingsong understood and quickly explained with a smile: "It's mainly because he is afraid that idle people will come up. That's why His Highness ordered a few fierce-looking men to guard the stairs, without any intention of targeting Lu Xiangguo."
"Oh! So that's it."
Lu Yu was still feeling a little uncomfortable and asked again: "Who did the King of Chu invite besides me today?"
"There is no one else. Only the Prime Minister Lu. When I came to book a room yesterday, there was also the Prime Minister Cui, but for some reason, Your Highness told me that the Prime Minister Cui was not coming, so there was only the Prime Minister Lu."
Lu Yu certainly knew that Cui Xiang here refers to Cui Hongyuan. He was stunned. Cui Hongyuan was not here. What does this mean? He felt a little uneasy. Has Yang Yuanqing met Cui Hongyuan?
When they arrived at the end of the corridor, Pei Qingsong pushed open a door, "Please ask for it!"
Lu Yu walked into the room and saw dozens of guards standing in the room, holding an axe and a knife, with a sharp and murderous aura.
Lu Yu suddenly realized that today was probably not a good banquet. Yang Yuanqing was obviously threatening him. Although he might not necessarily kill him, what was this attitude hinting at?
Do you want to use force to eradicate the Lu family?
At this moment, he suddenly heard a young woman's voice coming from the room, "Your price is too low. My entire fifth floor is a elegant room. How much will it cost if you don't open it at noon? The business is good today, you at least have to
Add another five hundred hangs.”
"But I paid a lot of money for buying this tavern!" This was Yang Yuanqing's voice.
"I don't care. I'm a widow now. I have to raise children and the expenses are very high. You are the dignified King of Chu, so you won't even cheat on a few hundred dollars!"
"I can't do anything to you, so I'll add another five hundred hangs, but I'll agree first, and there's no third time."
"Hehe! It's guaranteed that there is nothing, okay, I won't bother you, let's go first."
As soon as the door opened, a young woman came out to the face and saw Lu Yu at first sight. The woman was surprised and blurted out, "Uncle Lu Er!"
Lu Yu also felt that she looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her. When she was stunned, the young woman smiled and walked quickly.
Lu Yu saw a white flower on her hair, which was a sign that she was still filial. Who was she?
Lu Yu walked into the inner room with confusion, and saw Yang Yuanqing sitting inside. Several plates of cold dishes were already on the table. Yang Yuanqing wore a gauze hat, a lilac robe, and a leather belt on his waist, smiling.
"Captain Lu is finally here, please sit down!" Yang Yuanqing said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Lu Yu sat down, and he couldn't help looking back and asked, "The woman just said, "I should have seen her when I called me Uncle Lu, but I can't remember it."
Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "She is the princess' cousin, Pei Yun's eldest granddaughter."
Lu Yu suddenly remembered, "Is it the Pei daughter who married the Cui family in Qinghe?"
"It's her!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded and sighed, "It's a pity to say that. They finally survived the most difficult times and opened a restaurant in Qinghe County. Seeing that they had settled down, their husband passed away four months ago.
It was difficult to stay in Qinghe County, so I sold the diner and brought my daughter to Taiyuan to seek development. I paid some money to help her buy this diner."
"But... the Pei family is going to let her show up in public and sell wine?"
"Fortunately! She is the boss and rarely appears, so there should be no big problem."
Pei You's accidental appearance suddenly eased the awkward atmosphere of meeting between the two of them. At this time, Lu Yu's mind returned to the main business.
He pondered for a moment and said, "This morning, I chatted with Du Xiangguo. He proposed a good plan for charity warehouses. Every two or three counties will be established to build a large warehouse, directly managed by the court, both official warehouses and charity warehouses and charity warehouses.
Concentrated in large warehouses, local governments manage accounts without their property, and warehouses manage properties without their property, so as to prevent corruption from occurring in local governments.”
Lu Yu is also a very wise man. As a prime minister, he also hopes to control the corruption of local governments, hopes that the court officials can be honest, and hopes that the Sui Dynasty can be strong. If the interests of the family are not involved, he is indeed a very capable person.
A prime minister who has the ability, but once the family interests are involved, his mind will change subtly, and he will consider the family interests more than the court.
This is also the limitation of aristocratic families. The country and the world are the first to consider the family, then the country, and finally the world.
Yang Yuanqing also sighed slightly in his heart. Lu Yu is more difficult to deal with than Cui Hongyuan, but as long as he is willing to compromise, it will be easier for the Hebei officialdom to be cleaned up.
Thinking of this, Yang Yuanqing took out a confession and put it on the table and pushed it to Lu Yu, "This is Zhang Beiji's confession. Please take a look at the Prime Minister Lu!"
Lu Yu was stunned. Zhang Beiji was taken to Jinyang Palace in the morning. Has the confession been released in just half a day? Zhang Beiji was so uninterrogated? He took the confession in confusion, looked carefully, and turned to the second one.
On the page, he was shocked. The second page clearly stated that Zhao Benzhang, the prefect of Wei County, condoned his family and occupied 50 hectares of fertile land in violation of regulations.
Zhao Benzhang is a disciple of the Lu family of Fanyang. He served as the chief of Zhuo County. He took great care of the Lu family and was an important figure among the peripheral forces of the Lu family. He was actually reported by Zhang Beiji. He looked down again and couldn't help but feel even more shocked.
Almost all the county magistrates in Zhao County were reported by Zhangbeiji, and there were more or less problems.
"Is this credible?"
"I don't know whether it is credible yet, but at least these are clues. You can check whether you have been wronged or not. You can find out once you check it."
Lu Yu didn't say anything for a long time, he was speechless. If Zhao Benzhang really had corruption, he could not find a reason to object, which made him very angry. Zhao Beiji spent too long in the officialdom in Hebei.
, know a lot of inside information, if he really confesses, it will involve a lot of people.
Lu Yu gritted his teeth with hatred. Why couldn't Cui Hongyuan control Zhang Jibei? He started to explain in just one morning. Is this the tough and fierce person Cui Hongyuan said that he would never betray him?
"Your Highness, this Zhang Beiji is Cui's brother-in-law. Cui Prime Minister told me that Zhang Beiji is a clean person, will there be a possibility of arguing for a traitor?"
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "I visited Cui Xiangguo in the morning. He said that Zhang Beiji's problem is not only dereliction of duty and bribery, but also suspected of buying and selling official positions. Cui Xiangguo also suggested that the Censorate go to investigate Lucheng County in Zhang Beiji.
Hometown.”
Yang Yuanqing's words made Lu Yu fall into the abyss all of a sudden. The thing he was most worried about finally happened. Cui Hongyuan really betrayed him. No wonder Yang Yuanqing wanted to invite him to the banquet. It turned out that he was confident.
"Can't you really not be able to save it?" Lu Yu shouted silently in his heart.
Yang Yuanqing smiled faintly, "I have reached a compromise with Prime Minister Cui. Prime Minister Cui will not interfere with the censor's investigation of the case in Hebei. He fully supports the court's punishment of Zhang Beiji. In return, if the case involves the children of the Cui family, I will also open it online.
one side."
Speaking of this, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said to Lu Yu: "I hope to reach such a compromise with Prime Minister Lu."
Lu Yu certainly understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and asked the Lu family to give up the interests of the peripheral family and protect the children of the Lu family, just like the Cui family.
Lu Yu only felt that he had been forced to the corner. He didn't like this feeling of being forced, and Yang Yuanqing was still a dozens of swords and axes arranged murderously outside, which was even more intimidating.
Although Lu Yu was unwilling, he had no choice. Cui Hongyuan's betrayal turned him into a lonely army, and he would not be Yang Yuanqing's opponent.
Helplessly, Lu Yu had to sigh and said, "Since Prime Minister Cui has compromised, then I, Lu Yute, have nothing to say. The Lu family will fully support Your Highness and the court."