Volume 1 Chapter 53: Disturbance (Part 1)
Compared to the long time he lingered in the camp at the foot of the mountain, Zhao Jiu only spent an incense stick of time to meet with the fleeing officials from the two routes of Jingdong... Of course, he also recited a poem by the way, but he got the background of the poem wrong.
After leaving the mountaintop village, Zhao Jiu returned directly to the imperial tent, but did not rest immediately. In other words, this night was destined to be a night when many people could not rest.
"Is the emperor waiting for Han Shizhong?"
Now, after a series of events, Lu Haowen seemed to have given up trying to influence the government, but this did not prevent him from returning to the wooden house next to the small camp after pacifying those Jingdong officials, and having a drink with several old friends. One was to celebrate today's small victory, the second was to calm the Jingdong officials, and the third was to chat about life and privately express his feelings about the current situation.
"It must be so."
The first person sitting on the left hand side of Lv Haowen was the young Imperial Censor Zhang Jun. Although he held an important position, he had just stood up and poured wine for the senior candidates present. Now that he had just sat down, he took the responsibility and answered without hesitation. "I just asked Hu Mingzhong (Hu Yin), and he said that the emperor had left a message, asking the kitchen in the imperial tent to prepare it. Once Han Shizhong got ashore, he would be taken to have a hot meal, and then summoned to the tent."
"This favor is really rare." Lu Haowen sighed.
Of course it’s rare!
Scholar Xiao Lin, who was sitting in the corner, secretly cried in his heart, but Zhang Deyuan was just showing off his status in front of the new colleagues. Otherwise, how could he know everything about the imperial tent? ! And Mr. Lu, with your weak words, aren't you pushing the colleagues who just came today to Zhang Deyuan?
Where is the prestige of a husband?
"It seems that the emperor is doing what he said, and he really wants to change the rule that emphasizes civil officials over military officials..." After a pause, Lu Haowen finally shook his head to express a hint of dissatisfaction. "It's a pity for Zhao Defu (Zhao Mingcheng). After this incident, he will probably become a laughing stock known to everyone in the world, but he doesn't even dare to refute it. Just now when he was called here, he covered his face and left. I don't know what to say to Yi An Jushi when he returns to the house?"
Hearing this , seven or eight people present shook their heads and sighed.
Scholar Xiaolin, who was sitting at the corner of the small table, also shook his head and sighed... Let's say that with a large number of important officials and their families from Jingdong and Beijing coming to Bagong Mountain, other places are fine, but there is no secret in this small village on the top of the mountain. What happened in the lobby of the small village just now spread throughout the small village almost instantly, and even Scholar Xiaolin, who had just come up the mountain, knew about it. As a civil servant, facing this topic, it seems that he can only share the same hatred and the same enemy.
but……
"Prime Minister Lu."
Just as everyone was shaking their heads and lamenting the passage of time, one of the people at the table suddenly spoke up again. It was Liu Hongdao, the former governor of Qingzhou and the current governor of Jiangxi who was leaving early tomorrow morning. "It's a pity what happened to Zhao Defu, but there's nothing wrong with Han Shizhong. You know, no matter how bad Han Wu is, he is the real reliance of the emperor and even the imperial court. The emperor calls him a brave man, and the name is justified. Let's not talk about anything else. If it weren't for him today, how could you and I have a drink here in peace? So although the emperor's behavior tonight was a little harsh, generally speaking, Hongdao thought there was nothing wrong with either Han Shizhong or Zhang Yongzhen."
Lü Haowen had no choice but to raise his cup and take a sip, nodding reluctantly: "That's exactly what I meant. Although the government has repeatedly acted and spoken out of spite, the words "the country is lost, the war is not over" and "resisting the Jin is the most important thing" can always shut people up."
What shut Liu Hongdao up was not the importance of resisting the Jin army!
Scholar Kobayashi, who had come to his senses, thought to himself that the one who blocked Liu Hongdao's mouth was obviously the governor of the Jiangnan West Route. This assignment was clearly a promotion in this war-torn time, and seemed to be more important than that of a scholar like him... Therefore, no matter how unorthodox the emperor's words were in the hall of the small camp, Liu Hongdao would defend them. Otherwise, what would his governor say?
In fact, it is not just Liu Hongdao... Scholar Xiaolin drew inferences from one instance and continued to think... With the arrival of Han Shizhong today, the Henghe River cuts off Jin Wushu, and there is no imminent military threat. The odds of this victory have increased again. I don't know how many people will throw away their previous hesitations and wholeheartedly protect the government, such as Zhang Jun and Zhang Deyuan, who are suspected of replacing Lu Xianggong as the leaders of the civil servants here...
"If this is the case, then Prime Minister Lu really doesn't need to worry too much."
Sure enough, while Xiaolin was still imagining, the Imperial Censor Zhang Jun hurriedly chuckled and advised him. "Please think about it, Prime Minister Lu. Now is wartime, so we need to temporarily abandon the ancestral family law. When the world is stable in the future, this system will come back, right? And at this time, are scholars really useless? In my humble opinion, if Prime Minister Lu's experience is really there to recover the two rivers in the future, in the bright history books, Prime Minister Lu may be on par with Wu Hou, and have more paragraphs than those former Taiping Prime Ministers."
Lu Haowen shook his head more and more: "Even if I can become a Wu Hou, it will be for Li Xianggong and you. I have said before that you are all young and can still do things, but I am already old. When this war is over and the country can be saved, I will resign immediately."
Hearing this, everyone tried to dissuade him, but they all sneered in their hearts.
In fact, not only Scholar Xiao Lin, but almost everyone thought of a possibility at this time... You know, although this official is still young, he has already shown his talent. So, does this kind of official like a husband like Li Gang, the Prime Minister, or does he like a husband like you, Lu Haowen, the Prime Minister?
You must know that you, Mr. Lu, have high qualifications, a distinguished family background, and are well-known for your knowledge. The most important thing is that you have a good temper. Although you are full of inappropriate things, at most you pull the official's sleeve and say a few nonsense after getting drunk. You don't dare to say anything excessive to his face on weekdays. In the Song Dynasty of more than a hundred years, where can you find such an obedient husband?
Oh, it’s not that there isn’t one. There was the most precious treasure of Emperor Shenzong’s reign, Prince Dan Gui, whose name, also known as Prince Sanzhi, has been passed down to this day!
However, speaking of the reign of Emperor Shenzong, Scholar Kobayashi suddenly recalled a previous rumor. It was said that when he was in Shunchang Prefecture (now Fuyang), someone had suggested that the country's chaos was caused by Wang Anshi's reforms. This caused the emperor to be so angry that he personally stepped in and criticized this person severely. It can be seen that the emperor, like Emperor Shenzong, also liked to make trouble.
All in all, your future, Mr. Lu, is very promising! Otherwise, why would everyone come to burn a useless person like you? Even Zhang Jun didn't dare to easily break away from you and establish his own banner?
Just like this, the crowd was in a commotion for a while, and as there was a commotion outside the door, saying that Commander Han had come up the mountain, the banquet turned from the trivial matters in the court to the war situation... and after a few drinks, everyone felt relieved, and had to admit that Commander Han Wu really saved everyone's lives this time!
Of course, they couldn't help but take the opportunity to complain, saying that the government deliberately concealed military information, saying that if they had known that the government had such preparations, why would they have been so worried before...
