Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Even though Kou Zhun had experienced many storms, he was also shocked speechless by Lu Ci's brazen nonsense, and after a while he couldn't help but laugh: "I'm afraid Li Yuanhao won't agree with Yu Yu's remarks!"

Lu Ci smiled slightly: "That's up to him."

"All in all, the battle between General Cao and Tubo Zanpu was fought beautifully, happily, and made great contributions." Kou Zhun said flatteredly: "If nothing else goes wrong, this bastard Li Yuanhao has suffered a lot. , I should know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to stir up any storms."

Lu Ci shook his head, not as optimistic as Kou Zhun: "That's not necessarily the case."

How old is Li Yuanhao?

As long as you give him some time to breathe, it's unknown if he will make a comeback.

Lu Ci suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help saying: "If Li Yuanhao sends you a surrender form, you have to rely on your husband to look after it and keep the court stable. Don't let the officials listen to some slander with ulterior motives. It's too early to respond."

Kou Zhun was slightly taken aback: "Why?"

Lu Ci said helplessly: "Sister, don't pretend to be stupid. Don't you also forget that the party members are not only shameless, but also cunning and repeated. Didn't their ancestors get their fortunes by lying down?"

Li Jiqian, who is well versed in the arrogance of a big country, is a good hand at feigning surrender: as long as he can win the victory or other benefits, Li Yuanhao, who has inherited his blood, will definitely not mind giving up a little bit of face.

Not to mention whether it was true or false when Li Yuanhao surrendered for the first time, even if it was true, he would never be able to make it easy for him.

If the tribes, large and small, who are still on the sidelines, know that after Li Yuanhao's arrogant provocation and confrontation of swords and soldiers, a simple letter of surrender can be exchanged for tolerance and countless "year-old tributes", then they must follow suit , Bringing endless troubles to the people of the Song Dynasty?

No matter how magnanimous a gentleman is, there is no reason to immediately forgive wolves, tigers and leopards who have to restrain their minions and pretend to be docile after suffering a headache from others, and generously continue to provide for them with flesh and blood.

Kou Zhun spat angrily, nodded in agreement, "Don't worry."

With the accurate words of Kou firecrackers, Lu Ci has already settled down [-]% of his mind, not to mention letting go of his intentions.

After all, Kou Zhun had important business to do, but because he happened to meet Lu Ci on the road, he arrested him on a whim.

He raced against time to talk about the affairs of the court, and in the blink of an eye he reached the gate of the palace. He had to leave him behind in a hurry and went into the palace by himself.

Thanks to his kindness, he did not forget to ask the coachman in the house to take Lu Ci home, otherwise it would be a long way to go on foot.

Sitting alone in the car returning home, Lu Ci quickly fell into deep thought.

If the battle in the Northwest is as Kou Zhun said, Li Yuanhao, who has been severely injured, will either be forced to fight to the death, or he will just endure and dormant like his grandfather Li Jiqian.

However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Li Yuanhao wants to truce, but others may not be happy.

According to Song Ting's way of focusing on defense since the defeat of Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition, the person who would throw stones at Li Yuanhao may not be the Song Dynasty.

But no matter whether it was Tubo Zanpu Zansila, who was invaded by Li Yuanhao with the sinister idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation, or Yelu Longxu, the king of Khitan who lost his princess and lost money, they would not necessarily give up.

In any case, the situation outside the Northwest Line of Defense will usher in a period of stability ranging from ten years to five or six years.

For Lu Ci, who originally thought he knew nothing about marching and fighting, and even the position of the president of the road was all cheated by the enthusiasm of the little emperor, staying in Qinzhou was indeed for him to use. not so useful.

Under the circumstances that the imperial court has no intention of sending troops on its own initiative in a short period of time, those preparations for war that must consume a lot of financial and material resources can be put on hold first, and the people's livelihood should be developed instead.

It wasn't that Lu Ci was timid to fight, but that he and Cao Wei had already reached a consensus, and now they had missed the best time to fight: Although the Song army had a large number of soldiers, they lacked elite soldiers, and because they were mainly infantry, once they left the building, they would The Xixia cavalry, which is proficient in riding and shooting, does not have any advantage when facing the Xixia cavalry who are proficient in riding and shooting. Moreover, Xixia is separated from the treacherous mountains and rivers, and the territory under its jurisdiction is vast but mainly sandy. Yi was ambushed by cavalry on the way, and it was not appropriate to go deep into the enemy's rear for a large-scale attack.

It would be better to wait for work with ease by restricting the supply and trade to Xixia, building border castles, and actively training soldiers and horses.After a few years of work, either Li Yuanhao will face the troubled forces and let Da Song get a piece of the pie, or he will retreat by himself.

If you want to make peace, you have to speak at the moment when the fighting spirit of the Xixia soldiers has completely dissipated, so that you can take the initiative, instead of letting the Xixia lions open their mouths.

Rationally speaking, his staying in Bianjing is indeed more effective than staying in Qinzhou, which is far away from Emperor Shangao.

Even putting aside these things, just according to the regulations of three-year reassignment and transfer of civil servants, even if he finds some excuses, he can't go on like this any longer.

The corners of Lu Ci's mouth twitched slightly.

When the few friends who let the ducks go into battle and took away his work knew that they were gone forever, they might be fried on the spot.

Apart from this, the biggest trouble now is...

He rubbed the center of his brows with a headache, feeling a little helpless on a rare occasion.

Sad people.

I have just connected with my little boyfriend, so I have to have a long-distance relationship at this time when communication and transportation are inconvenient?

——"Ah Choo!"

Teng Zongliang, who was missed by Lu Ci, happened to have an itchy nose and sneezed loudly.

Zhu Shuo, who was sitting directly opposite him, said with concern without raising his head: "The weather is turning cold, brother Teng must be careful, don't catch a cold."

"Hey, Brother Zhu still cares about me." Teng Zongliang pretended to wipe away his tears movedly, and complained smoothly: "It's not like the little glutton who pushed all this pile of work on me, went to Beijing for so long to have a good time, and was so heartless. No letter has been answered."

"Brother Teng's words are wrong." Brother Zhu frowned disapprovingly, and directly retorted: "Brother Lu went on the orders of the emperor. How can I send the letter?"

Teng Zongliang drooped his head weakly.

It really made me dizzy from the sneeze just now, and I forgot that Zhu Di is an out-and-out fan of feathers, how could he speak ill of that fox in front of Zhu Di?

"I made a slip of the tongue." Faced with Zhu Di's serious rhetorical question, Teng Zongliang resolutely admitted, and changed the subject: "Seeing that Xi Xia will not be able to fight for a while, Zhu Di will also take advantage of the end of the year to take a rest. Go back to your hometown, so that you can recognize your ancestors and return to your ancestors?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu said that he fell silent.

After some dignified consideration, under Teng Zongliang's subconsciously nervous gaze, Zhu said that he nodded slightly and gave a soft 'hmm'.

All along, apart from returning to his old surname and recognizing his blood relatives, he has never had any intention of coveting property.

What's more, with his current career, he will no longer cause some misunderstandings of "conspiracy".

The reason why the delay was so long was that he was busy with many things at hand, and it was difficult to get away; it was also because Brother Lu was rushed back to the capital, making it difficult for him to speak, so that he could ask this elder brother who had a profound influence on him to accompany him on the journey. Such a trip.

That's it.

Zhu said that he couldn't hide his regret and thought that there is no end in the world...Brother Lu is busy with work, if you can't invite him, you can go by yourself.

What he didn't know was that after listening to his answer, Teng Zongliang didn't carefully guess the little secret thought in his heart, so he wrote a big book and mentioned it in the condemnation reminder letter sent to Lu Ci by the way. Mouth.

And before receiving Teng Zongliang's persistent reminder letters, Lu Ci, who has no job in Beijing and can be called a "leisure" family, has already been read by several Taiwan officials aggressively.

Their reason for participating in Lu Ci is very clear, and it seems very legitimate - Lu Ci, who is the chief examiner of the pavilion, and Di Qing, who won the leader of the pavilion examination, are not siblings, but they are like brothers.Since the relationship between the two parties is so close, Di Qing should have avoided suspicion in the first place, or let Lu Ci resign from his post.However, not only did he end up in the competition, but he also won the first place by coincidence. I am afraid that he will not be able to get rid of the suspicion of favoritism. In this way, wouldn't it be extremely unfair to other candidates who took the exam?

When the smiling official read the paper, his complexion sank in an instant.

He frowned, reluctantly finished reading the whole nonsense book, suppressed his anger and put it aside, and then continued to turn down.

As a result, there were several letters in succession, all of which were fierce attacks on the young master by the Taiwan officials.

Not only did it not divert his attention, but it made his heart burn more and more.

However, considering that this is the duty of Taiwan officials, and they enjoy the privilege of impeachment by rumors, even Zhao Zhen, who is an official, can't break the rules set by the first emperor and scold them.

So he forcibly suppressed his anger, and when the court was over, he summoned all the examiners in the court examination, those several officials, and Li Di, the chief assistant, to make a serious arbitration.

After everyone arrived, Zhao Zhen didn't look at anyone, just passed down the few notebooks for everyone to read through, and then he said neither happy nor angry: "You have something to say about what these few memorials said. ?”

Lu Ci was going to be criticized for 'avoiding suspicion', so he was already prepared, and he was not in a hurry when asked.

It's been a long time since I've been impeached face to face, and I feel nostalgic.

But before he could open his mouth, the other examiners, who had been confronting him for a long time, lost their temper first, blushing and annoyed the officials: "It's just nonsense!"

If they just criticize Lu Ci for staying overnight in the Royal Palace, if they are suspected of affecting the government's evaluation of the cabinet list, they will definitely not support Lu Ci's defense without actively agreeing.

However, these few short-sighted Taiwan officials have nowhere to know that the inside story that was only witnessed by Han Jiang, has no real evidence, and will not be spread out in the future, but they are smart enough to focus on "understanding" Lu Ci. Suspicion is on.

It's worth it!

What they know is that they don't mention sealing and transcribing, and they don't mention their opinions and positions that are completely opposite to those of Lu Ci in reviewing test papers. They discussed it, finalized and selected each sentence, and finally sent it to Lu Ci's office for a simple cutscene!

To say that a group of them were all under the instigation of Lu Ci to tamper with the test questions, wouldn't it be a serious humiliation to their official dignity and completely questioned!

Seeing the rapid quarrel in front of him, the scene where people on both sides were fighting each other, and their faces were flushed, Lu Ci felt that it was extremely subtle.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but decided that his existence was superfluous, and decided to keep quiet.

... Not to mention, I am always annoyed when being provoked by these talkative people on weekdays, but once I accidentally stand on the position they are trying to defend, and appreciate their heroic fighting spirit, I will become especially comfortable.