Someone jumped out, "Back to the emperor, my front-line soldiers are brave and very belligerent, and in recent years they have continuously defeated the Jin people, and at present, they are retreating again, and it is estimated that they will not invade my territory again half a year ago." '

Song Lizong was overjoyed and said with a smile: "The first emperor has a sad face for this matter all day long, but he doesn't know that he is all worried about it, as soon as I took office, I was happy with this good news, it is really good news, good news!"

"Yes, yes, thanks to the emperor, if it weren't for the emperor, I'm afraid that my Great Song Dynasty would have been out of order, and according to the front, the current food is urgent, the silver is urgent, and the military horses are also urgent, Your Majesty, should I allocate it?"

Song Lizong didn't think about it, "Come on, allocate 10 million taels of silver, 50 million catties of grain, and 1 million soldiers and horses from the treasury, all of which will be sent to the front line." ”

"Yes."

"By the way, Lord Cao from the Ministry of Rites, and Lord Tang from the Ministry of War, at present, this matter is handed over to you, come on, and reward the two adults with 10,000 taels of silver."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." They were overjoyed.

At the same time, Wu Xi said: "Your Majesty, the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, but my court cannot be without a prime minister for a day.

Song Lizong said: "It makes sense, I don't know Lord Wu, what do you think."

Wu Xi said: "Your Majesty, it stands to reason that Lord Cao and Lord Tang have the highest qualifications, but they are in charge of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and they can no longer be recognized as prime ministers.

Lu You said: "Your Majesty, you can't do it, this prime minister can be vacant, but you can't choose it, when the emperor was there, Lord Han has always been the prime minister, he led the army to fight with the Jin people, although he didn't repel the enemy, but he didn't make my Great Song suffer a loss, didn't he?"

Cao Tang and the others immediately jumped out, "Lord Lu, what do you mean by this?" Don't you believe that among the hundreds of civil and military officials, there is no one who is qualified for the post of prime minister?"

Lu You said: "It's not that he is incompetent, but he needs to be taken seriously, after all, the prime minister is above 10,000 people under one person, and the power can be imagined, the emperor, with the opinion of the ministers, the prime minister can be vacant, but the director of the criminal department can't wait any longer."

Nearby, there are also officials who are in line with Lu You's intentions.

Cao, Tang and Wu had a gloomy face, the two of them originally wanted to promote Wu Xi to the prime minister, but at the moment, it seems that it is unlikely.

Song Lizong thought for a moment and said: "Lord Lu is reasonable, otherwise, the post of prime minister, the emperor will inform Ning Lack not to abuse, today, then Lord Lu will be appointed as the director of the Criminal Department, how about it?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu You knelt down and kowtowed.

Cao Dayang: "Your Majesty, the director of the Criminal Department is a second-class official position, is it too arbitrary for the emperor to choose Lord Lu?"

Song Lizong waved his hand, "I have made up my mind, and the director will take office as Lu Da, everyone, do you have anything else to say?"

Lu You walked up, "My lord, Song Ci, the former criminal officer of the Criminal Division, has been demoted to the magistrate of Changting County by the former emperor for a while, and the minister thinks that Song Ci is not at fault, and he hopes that the emperor will reinstate the official." ”

"Song Ci? I have heard of this person, he can be regarded as a young talent, and he has been a criminal officer for more than ten years, and he doesn't know what mistakes he made and was demoted?"

Lu You said: "Song Ti punishment is to interfere with the people of Changting County to play crickets, was made Shi Jia Shi admonishment, the first emperor then demoted him, the emperor, the minister thought that this punishment was too serious, Song Ti was an official for more than ten years, and eradicated a lot of black sheep for my Great Song Dynasty!"

Song Lizong whispered: "Playing with crickets, interesting, Lord Lu, but the order of the emperor cannot be violated, according to me, it is better to let this Song Ci work in Changting County for a few more years, how about it?"

"The emperor is wise." Cao, Tang and Wu all agreed.

Lu You was unwilling, and continued: "If the emperor continues to let this Song Ci be the magistrate, there will be no one to mention the criminal officer, and the officialdom of my Great Song Dynasty is probably darker than a crow."

Wu Xi said: "Lord Lu's words are wrong, I am full of talents in the Great Song Dynasty, how can there be only one Song Ci?" Without this Song Tixing, there are also Wang Tixing, Zhang Tixing, etc., Lord Cao and Lord Tang, are you right?"

"That's right, Lord Lu also thinks too much of my big song, just for the exam, there are many jinshi a year, which one of these is not a talent!"

Lu You was silent, with these two people blocking him, it may not be easy for Song Ciguan to be reinstated, but he is to blame for investigating too many cases, and many of them are from Cao Tang Wu.

Song Lizong said: "Okay, that's it today, Lord Lu is the director of the Criminal Prison Department, and Song Ci is still the magistrate of Changting County."

He got up to leave, and immediately a eunuch said, "Retreat...

The civil and military officials retreated, walking outside the Xuande Palace, and Lu You walked in front, he disdained to be in the company of these three people.

But the latter immediately caught up and stepped forward to block the way, "Lord Lu, congratulations, I didn't expect to become the director of the Criminal Prison Department, it seems that it will be thanks to Lord Lu's care in the future." ”

Lu You looked at the three of them, "Lord Cao, Lord Tang and Lord Wu, what can Lu do even if he sits in the position of director?" Compared with the three adults, my second-class official position is really nothing. ”

Wu Xi laughed and said: "Wu thought that he would be promoted to the position of prime minister today, but he was disappointed, Lu Dayi was in the official road, and he was really unconvinced!"

Lu You heard this threatening words, and he already knew in his heart that he was afraid that they were going to attack himself or Song Ci again.

"Lord Wu is really serious, at present, there are groups of chaotic parties in the court, judging from the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, it is indeed not suitable to elect the prime minister, and at the same time, with Wu Darao's merits, it is not Lu, I'm afraid other adults will not disagree, right?"

Wu Xi snorted coldly: "Wu has never heard of such a straightforward and bold way to cut off people's wealth, Lord Lu, Wu is convinced, another day, if there is a little accident in your family, then it is no wonder that Wu Mou, farewell."

After that, the three of them left in a huff.

Lu You looked at their departing backs and fell into thought, he was not afraid, as a member of the imperial court, how could he be threatened by these corrupt elements?

Outside the palace, Song Ci and the three of them were still waiting, and with many sedan chairs being carried away, he also watched them one by one, trying to find Lu You's figure.

Finally, Lu You appeared, so the three of them immediately stepped forward, and Song Ci said respectfully: "Lord Lu, the lower official Song Ci has seen Lord Lu."

Lu You turned around and saw that it was Song Ci, and couldn't help but be happy, "Who am I, it turns out to be Song Tixing, come, I'll wait to borrow a step." ”

The two came to the side, and Lu You said: "Song Tixing, I haven't seen you for ten years, I don't know how your parents are?"

Song Ci said: "Not long ago, the two elders of them had an accident and both passed away.

"Both passed away? Song Lao has been sentenced to the people all his life, and he has solved countless cases, at least I have been consolidated for fifty years, Song has been sentenced, you shouldn't be laughing!"

Song Ci said: "Lord Lu, Song is no longer a criminal officer, you still call me by name, at the same time, how can Song mess around about his parents' jokes?"

Lu You was silent, feeling uncomfortable, and only said after a long time: "The departure of Song Lao's punishment is indeed a loss for the Great Song Dynasty, but it's a pity!"

"By the way, the virtuous nephew, Lu You had a good relationship with your father during his lifetime, remember to go to his tomb for Lu You to pay respects, today, I wanted to persuade Emperor Lizong to reinstate you as an official, but there was a traitor to deceive, this matter is considered a failure."

Song Ci sighed and said: "There is Lord Lao Lu, but, Song is tired of officialdom at the moment, and it doesn't matter if he does or doesn't do it, but what Song is worried about now is the half arm of the Great Song Dynasty."

"A Changting County, it has almost reached the point where everyone is playing crickets, the local people are no longer planting dealers, and businessmen are no longer doing business, they are fighting crickets all day long, Lord Lu, in the long run, who will protect the Great Song Dynasty?"