Biography of Emperor Mo

After the foot ban was lifted through the imperial decree, Lu Yingmo was asked by Lu Guang to write several policy essays to express his views on current affairs.Lu Yingmo did not fail to write these papers.I intentionally didn't write particularly well or badly, so that I wouldn't be too prominent.

After reading it, Lu Guang felt that the son's aptitude was not bad, but he didn't have any outstanding abilities.I wanted to see what field he had unique insights and send him to any position, but found that he had no specialties.All of his opinions are well-behaved, and they suck the popular stereotypes of the street.

That day, Lu Guang summoned Lu Yingmo in the Kunhan Hall.The Kunhan Palace is the highest palace in the place where the emperor summoned his courtiers. It is gray and white, simple and grand.To be summoned here is an honor as great as the earth.

Lu Yingmo stepped into the Kun Chan Palace, knelt down and saluted, "I see my father."

"Stay flat. Get up quickly." Lu Guang looked at Lu Yingmo carefully, and couldn't help but feel sorry for this son who had been neglected and ignored all the time. "Look at you, you have been imprisoned for half a year, and even you have been imprisoned! Li The noble concubine is also true, how could she punish you like this? It's too outrageous, it's simply abusing her power!"

Lu Yingmo stood up, with a delicate smile between his brows, and smiled at Yan Yan, "The concubine mother is only for the sake of my son and minister, and I hope that the emperor will not blame the concubine mother."

"You are filial piety!" Lu Guang suddenly had a good impression of this son. "Mo'er, to answer a question from your father, what is your ambition?"

"Business." Lu Yingmo smiled lightly.

"Business?" The answer was beyond Lu Guang's expectations. "Generally, people are proud of their literary and military skills, and ashamed of being a businessman. There is an old saying: Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen have always been the most despised. And you , neither Wen nor Wu, you actually love doing business?"

"Father, sons and ministers are dull, papers and martial arts, I think I can't compare with the two elder brothers, so I can only do business to share my father's worries." Lu Yingmo said generously, "In the world, things that are cited as shameful My son, there must always be people who are inferior to the corporal to do it. What the two elder brothers don't bother to do, let my son be competent."

Lu Guang clapped his hands and said, "Okay! Be ambitious! This is what a real man does! If you don't try to be quick for a while, you can really think about your father. I will double your salary and let you be an official of the five equals. City lieutenant, order from the city department!"

"Thank you for your kindness." Lu Yingmo knelt down and kowtowed.After kowtowing, he raised his head and looked straight ahead, unable to see Lu Guang's face, "Father, my son has something to ask."

"You said."

"Yuan Song and Chen Tuofei, these two are my childhood friends, I think these two are my assistants, and I will handle duties together with my minister."

"Okay. I'm sure!"

"Thank you for your kindness." Lu Yingmo kowtowed.

On the same day, return to Prince Ye's mansion.

For the first time in half a year, Lu Yingmo was in such a happy mood. After waiting for half a year, he finally recovered and stood up again.This time, unlike the false title of county king last time, he got a real official position.From then on, he officially entered the eyes of the father, entered the eyes of people, and was no longer anonymous.Concubine Li Gui can no longer punish him.

Xue Xing asked: "Master, why do you say business?"

His eyes deepened, "Business is the best. In business, you don't support soldiers, and you don't have much to do with courtiers. You won't be suspected by the emperor."

King Ye was appointed as Wujun officer, Caoshi captain, and after the order of the municipal office, a new prince officially entered people's eyes.There were many discussions in Guzang city.Lu Yingmo didn't care much about what others said about him, he just went to work every day.He quickly became acquainted with other officials in charge of commerce.He has a peaceful attitude, is kind and friendly, speaks modestly, has no airs, and is cute. Everyone is willing to get close to him and get along with people like him.

It didn't take long for him to become a figure frequently talked about by people in Jingzhong, who had a very good opinion of him.

Three months later, something happened.Yao Yizhong, the general of North China, came up to play, saying that something went wrong in Chang'an.

This year is a famine year, and the agriculture has lost its harvest. Many big businessmen took advantage of this opportunity to sell the grain they hoarded in good years in previous years at high prices.The people couldn't afford it, but they were hungry and protested everywhere, and they were about to start an uprising.Ask the court to send someone to think of a way to solve this matter.

In the court, Wang Shou of the crown prince/son/party is the elder brother of the queen and the leader of her relatives, and Xie Yan, the leader of the king's party, has always been at odds with each other.This time, the two coincided with each other and, as always, disagreed.

Wang Shou believed that the imperial court should not care about it. Chang'an was the base of the North China Army.How could the feudal town be willing to let the imperial court intervene in its affairs?The imperial court randomly sends someone there, and it's fine if they are perfunctory.Yao Yizhong was deliberately playing tricks on the court, and asked the court to solve a big problem to relieve his headache.

Xie Yan's opinion is the opposite. He believes that the chaos in Chang'an has become so serious that Yao Yizhong is afraid that the people will really rebel and threaten his power.However, the North China General's Mansion has always been on good terms with Chang'an businessmen and won the support of Chang'an businessmen, so it is inconvenient to suppress them, so we can't use torture to arrest and kill them all, right?That's why the court was asked to do this ugly person.He has no reason to play with the court, he doesn't need to be so boring.The imperial court should take advantage of this opportunity to weaken Yao Yizhong's power.

This matter was too complicated, and Lu Guang didn't know how to deal with it.

First of all, whether it should be dealt with or not, the local one plays up, and the central government must deal with it.But what should I do?Who should I send to take care of it?If the price is stabilized, the merchants buy the grain and sell it to the common people at a low price, they will definitely lose a lot of money.Who will pay for this money?Will Yao Yizhong come out?If you don't come out, do you want the court to come out?

Secondly, even if the imperial court ordered the officials not to kill the merchants, but to use violence to snatch the food they hoarded and distribute them to the common people, it would require military force.Yao Yizhong would not let Lu's army step into Chang'an.

Third, if the money is not paid, the people in Chang'an will really turn against each other. At that time, soldiers and horses will be needed to quell the chaos, and the balance of the situation will be broken again. This is not a good thing.If Yao Yizhong was overthrown, or the court ordered officials to kill all the merchants, weakening Yao Yizhong's power, other generals would inevitably rise up again.Yao Yizhong is loyal to the emperor anyway, if he pretends to be Murong Jiao again, it will be a big deal.

This is a hot potato.All business officials are afraid that this hard work will fall on their own heads.

In Prince Xiang's mansion, Jiang Huiyan sneered and said, "Prince Ye, isn't he very capable? It doesn't make sense that he can't even handle the food price in Chang'an, right?"

Yin Ze tightened his fingers and looked at her quietly, "...what does Madam mean?"

"Pass down the order, ask our people to play, and recommend King Ye to travel to Chang'an to solve this matter." Jiang Huiyan's silent smile was as cold as the cold wind, "If everyone knows, a prince who has just taken office for three months, even one If he fails to handle even the most low-level and most despicable business affairs, his reputation will be discredited, and no one will be optimistic about this prince in the future."

"Yes!" Yin Ze bowed.

Then, members of King Xiang's party went up to the emperor one after another, suggesting that the emperor order Lu Yingmo to travel to Chang'an.Seeing these excerpts, Lu Guang knew that the members of King Xiang's party wanted to make things difficult for Lu Yingmo, so he threw a hot potato to Lu Yingmo to pick it up, but he thought it was a good opportunity, and he should let Lu Yingmo practice it for a while. Fan, then agreed.

Lu Guang ordered Lu Yingmo to be an imperial envoy to Chang'an to solve the problem of grain prices.