Since Lu Jing solved the murder case of Prince Qianxiang, his reputation has been greatly enhanced, and he has been promoted because of this.

And because Zheng Chen, the eunuch of the country, and Song Xuequan of the Hanlin Academy, praised Lu Jing very much, and the evaluation of Lu Jing in Shilin was also very high.

Lu Jing knows very well the truth that people are pulled out by the crowd and disasters will come, although he tries his best to keep a low profile, but he has a reputation too much recently, and he can't keep a low profile, so in recent days, he has been abiding by the Tao, being courteous, and practicing the art of Tao obscurity.

On the third day of the twelfth month, Emperor Yuan Yong and the Palace of Nourishing Heart summoned Lu Jing.

Emperor Yuan Yong asked: "Although Aiqing captured the murderer of the prince of Qianxiang, I also punished and gave an explanation to Qianxiangguo, but this matter will eventually respond to the relationship between our dynasty and Qianxiangguo, and now Qianxiang is still unable to resist our dynasty, but after all, there is a rift that is difficult to repair, sooner or later there will be a sword war, Aiqing can have a good way to weaken its national strength?" ”

Lu Jing was extremely surprised when he heard this, the emperor actually asked him for advice, and after thinking about it, he said in a deep voice: "The minister is not good at military affairs, so he can only start from the economy, and he only has some superficial views, and I don't know if it can be applied." ”

Emperor Yuanyong nodded, looking for Lu Jing to come to this is the intention, now the king of Nan'an County guards the southwest, and does not listen to his own dispatch, he is beyond the reach of the whip, so he can only find another way, starting from other aspects, so he said: "You come here." ”

Lu Jing pondered for a moment and said: "In my humble opinion, we can strike at the Qianxiang Kingdom from the economic aspect, so as to weaken its national strength and make it unable to mobilize troops. ”

When Emperor Yuanyong heard this, he became interested, so he asked, "How to start?" ”

Lu Jing said in a deep voice: "Weichen's idea is to learn from the practice of Guan Zhong in "Guanzi Light and Heavy Soldiers", at that time, everyone in Qi liked to wear silk clothes, Guan Zhong did not allow his own people to produce, but bought from Lu and Liang at a high price, Lu and Liang saw that it was profitable, so they let the people all engage in weaving and weaving, and agriculture was abandoned because of this, and the price of grain in Lu and Liang soared over the course of a year. However, Guan Zhong ordered that he was no longer allowed to buy silk cloth from Lu and Liang, and after this incident, Lu and Liang were unable to compete with Qi. ”

Emperor Yuanyong's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he said thoughtfully: "Do you want to use this method to deal with Qianxiang Kingdom?" ”

Lu Jing nodded and said: "You can learn from its thoughts, but the approach is slightly different, as the so-called country is based on agriculture, and the people take food as the sky, Weichen thinks that it can destroy its agricultural foundation, for example, our dynasty can buy raw silk and brass from Qianxiang country at a high price, and trade it with grain, so that the agriculture of Qianxiang country is all dependent on our country's supply." ”

Emperor Yuanyong pondered for a moment, shook his head and said: "Your idea is good, if you can control its grain, the Qianxiang country can only obey the orders of our dynasty, but the people of our dynasty are not enough to eat, how can there be excess grain to sell to other countries." ”

Lu Jing continued: "Hanhai Country is rich in rice, our dynasty can trade with Hanhai country, from this country to buy grain, as far as the minister knows, Qianxiang country, Hanhai country, Zhenzhen country and other places have a great demand for our dynasty's silk, tea, porcelain, medicinal materials and other commodities, our dynasty can supply these commodities to these countries, and then purchase different commodities from their countries, so that these small countries can form a single production model." ”

When Emperor Yuan Yong heard this, he understood and asked, "Do you want the Qianxiang Kingdom to only grow mulberry trees, the Hanhai Kingdom to only grow grain, and other needs to be provided by our country?" ”

Lu Jing complimented: "In the emperor's words, Weichen is exactly what he meant. ”

Emperor Yuan Yong pondered for a while, shook his head and said: "If this can be the case, it is naturally very good, in the future, these small countries can only be controlled by our dynasty, but they are not fools, how can they act according to your assumptions?" ”

Lu Jing continued: "Our dynasty has a developed handicraft industry, and the cost of producing these goods is much lower than that of these countries, so the first step is to use commodity dumping strategies to destroy the handicraft industry base of these countries. ”

"Specifically, we can win over those powerful ministers and giant businessmen of Hanhai State and set up a joint venture company with them, and our country will provide goods, and they will buy and sell in their own country, so that diplomatic disputes can also be reduced, and then our country will buy grain from Hanhai at a high price, making it our country's grain import base."

Lu Jing then gave more examples and how to act.

When Emperor Yuanyong heard this, he nodded and praised: "It is better for the brave to fight than to be wise." It is better to take it by force, than to plan it. Attack and attack, it is better to lure it with profit, so that it can kill itself, your plan is indeed wonderful, although Aiqing does not understand military affairs, this plan is just in line with the art of war. ”

Lu Jing was busy humbling himself, and after Emperor Yuan Yong praised a few words, he asked about the specific strategy for Qianxiang Kingdom.

Lu Jing pondered for a while, and continued: "If you want to take it, you must first take it with you, you can use the matter of Prince Mu to expand trade with the Qianxiang country, dump goods at low prices to the country, destroy its handicraft industry, and then sell grain to it at a low price, so as to attack its agriculture, slowly, within a few years, the industrial structure of the Qianxiang country will inevitably change." ”

Emperor Yuanyong nodded when he heard this, a little surprised in his heart, and praised: "I heard Feng Shangshu say that you once proposed a currency war, and I summoned you here today, I wanted to inquire about this matter, but I didn't want you to find another way to come up with an economic war. ”

Lu Jing thought for a while, and said: "The currency strategy can also be carried out simultaneously, and our dynasty can guide them to use our dynasty's gold and silver in these trades, so that their dynasty's currency will slowly depreciate, and it will also be subject to our country in terms of currency, but this law involves a wide range of gold and silver deposits, and there are many details that need to be considered, and it is difficult for the minister to figure it out for a while." ”

Emperor Yuan Yong nodded and said: "This plan is very good, it does sound a little messy now, you go back and write down your thoughts in detail, and I will convene people to discuss when the time comes." ”

Lu Jing said respectfully: "Weichen obeys the order!" After finishing speaking, he left the palace, returned home, pondered carefully, spent a night on this matter, and halfway through the writing, he felt that this matter could not be written in too much detail, so he only wrote down the strategic idea, and the specific implementation plan was reduced to a small pen.

Emperor Yuanyong listened to Lu Jing's remarks and was greatly inspired, so he went to discuss the matter with Emperor Taishang.

After hearing this, the Emperor Taishang also praised it greatly, and felt that this method had a more long-term effect than raising troops to fight.

The two discussed for a long time and proposed many perfect methods, and finally the Emperor asked Emperor Yuan Yong how to use Lu Jing.

Emperor Yuan Yong thought for a long time and said: "Lu Jing has the talent of the world, and he is good at practice, and he has a calm heart, and his son plans to sharpen it more and reuse it." ”

Emperor Taishang muttered: "This person is talented, but he is still young, and he is well-known in Shilin, you are so promoted, I am afraid that it will not take him a few years to become an important minister of the court, if he is placed in a high position for a long time, I am afraid that it will not be conducive to the king of future generations, and although he has a dislike with the Jia family, he is still a relative, for the sake of his own reputation, it is impossible to completely ignore it, if Concubine Jia has an imperial heir." ”

When Emperor Taishang said this, he didn't say anything more, and let Emperor Yuanyong consider the consequences of this matter himself.

Emperor Yuanyong pondered for a long time, and then took the lead in sentencing Jia Yuanchun to death, and set a test for Lu Jing.

The next morning, after Lu Jing came to Xinuan Pavilion, he handed over the strategy to Emperor Yuanyong.

After Emperor Yuanyong read the excerpt, he nodded lightly, then pressed the matter and said: "I read the "Loyalty and Filial Piety Collection" a few days ago, and read about the matter of Lu Gong in Qingzhou. ”

When Lu Jing heard this, he was shocked in his heart, the emperor actually put aside the matter and asked him to write something, but after seeing that the emperor finished speaking, he waved his hand to let him out, and he couldn't ask more, so he had to go back and think about it.

In the evening, Daiyu saw that Lu Jing had not returned to the room, so she went to visit the study, and saw that he was frowning and contemplating, so she walked over and rubbed his shoulder and asked, "What is the husband worried about?" ”

Lu Jing did not say anything about Emperor Yuanyong's suppression today, but only said that the emperor ordered him to do something for the Weng family.

Daiyu was curious: "What are the deeds of this Weng family?" ”

Lu Jing said: "When the Red Eyebrows rebelled and attacked Qingzhou, Xuzhou Taishou sent the general Lu Gong to rescue, Lu Gong rushed to Qingzhou, repelled the Liukou, and relieved the danger of Qingzhou, but when he had not returned to Xuzhou, the Red Eyebrows gathered heavy troops to attack, and Lu Gong stayed in Qingzhou to guard, and the Liukou were besieged for many days, and when he saw that he could not attack for a long time, he divided his troops to attack Xuzhou. ”

"Xuzhou Taishou personally led the troops to meet the attack, the enemy was killed, the civil and military officials saw this and offered the city to surrender the thief, the thief head entered the city and locked the Lu family, wanting to threaten the Duke of Lu to abandon the city and surrender, the Duke of Lu Weng pretended to agree, halfway while the guards were not prepared, and the two young sons, and the family members all committed suicide."

"When Lu Gong learned about this, he sighed, 'My wife has ambitions!' Later, the city of Qingzhou was broken, and Lu Gong committed suicide and martyrdom. The world praised Lu Gong and ignored the Weng family, so the emperor ordered me to commend the Weng family's festival. ”

Daiyu sighed after hearing this, praised Weng's loyalty and martyrdom, so she assisted Lu Jing to make a biography and wrote a commendation of Changfu.