Seeing that Shang Cheng readily agreed to his invitation, Lu Ji was also secretly relieved. What he is most afraid of is that Shang Cheng is estranged because of his suspicions, in that case, it is not a good thing for public or private. At present, with the gradual implementation of a series of measures such as the health department's governance of the city, Guo Xing, water conservancy, transportation, and banditry, Yanshanwei has shown an emerging situation, as long as there is no major war in three or five years, and there are no major personnel changes in the imperial court, he is sure that Yanshanwei will be governed by political and peaceful people, and the road will not be left behind, and the night will not be closed; He has this heart and ability! Of course, the experience of twenty years of ups and downs in the sea told him that he would encounter many difficulties in order to make such achievements. He is not afraid of difficulties, but he is afraid of personnel disputes and constraints, such as the contradictions between him and Zhang Shao and Di Xu, which will make many of his ideas impossible to implement. At this time, he urgently needs a good boss who supports him to come out and coordinate. There is no doubt that Shang Cheng is such a good boss. Let's take a look at what this man has done for most of the year! If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard for him to imagine that a person with neither a deep background nor any experience in officialdom could be respected by so many officials in such a short period of time; Moreover, all this has not been achieved by relying on political maneuvers to crack down on and exclude dissidents, which is particularly admirable and admirable. Even though some of Shang Cheng's practices made him unable to understand and accept Yiyi, like Shang Cheng's protection and connivance of Li Shen, Yiyi, he still believed that Shang Cheng was the most suitable person to be the commander of Yanshan.

But until now, Shang Chengdu has not shown enthusiasm for the position of admiral. This man did not seem to care at all about whether he was a real admiral or a fake admiral, and he did not ask his acquaintances to move in the court, nor did he rely on the prestige he had gradually established to let others help him to appeal; This is equally difficult to understand and accept. However, it also earned him the respect of more people. Nowadays, when many officials refer to their Admirals behind their backs, they no longer refer to him by the nickname Shang Blind Man, but instead refer to him as "Commander". What's more, he is already being called "the great general" According to the imperial court system, the chief governor of Wuwei Town will be awarded the title of general of the Zhuguo State under the three grades, and the general of the Zhuguo is the real general. Obviously, in the minds of these people, it was natural and natural for Shang Cheng to take over as the governor of Yanshan......

Not only Yanshan officials have such thoughts, but the imperial court seems to have the same opinion, Lu Ji recently received several letters from Shangjing, mentioning that some people in the three provinces have proposed to let Shang Cheng officially take over the post of Yanshan Admiral, and the opposition is not loud.

As for what the imperial court will do next, Lu Ji is very clear in his heart. In fact, as soon as he received a letter from a friend, he immediately realized that some time ago, several officials and officials of Yanshan did not come to Yanshan just to inspect and audit local political performance. They had come to investigate Shang Cheng's officials. The imperial court is about to make a major decision on the appointment and dismissal of the governor of Yanshan; And in the selection of the admiral, the imperial court is inclined to business!

But just as no matter how good an official is, he may not necessarily be appreciated and promoted, inclination is not the final decision; It's just a reference. At this time, Shang Cheng needed to stand up and do something by himself to help the court make up his mind. However, Shang Cheng himself didn't seem to know that the people of the Ministry went to Yanzhou on the front foot, and he went to Fangzhou on the back foot, and he didn't even meet with the court sent by the court to inspect him......

He sighed silently.

No matter how talented and capable Zida is, after all, he still lacks experience, and he can't see through the delicate subtleties of these officialdoms.

This is the purpose of his coming to the Shang Mansion today. As Shang Cheng's deputy in government affairs, as a senior in his career, he has the obligation to remind Shang Cheng that he should show a little bit of trust in the imperial court.

But he still didn't know where to lead the topic. It is a good thing to have political ambitions, but it is a bad thing to be hot, and besides, he has always used "the friendship of gentlemen is as light as water" as an epigram, let alone say it too explicitly or too abruptly......

He furrowed his brows and slowly stroked the thin silk scroll in his hand, thinking anxiously about how to stir up the topic without revealing a trace. I didn't have a good idea after thinking about it for a long time, so I couldn't help but sigh.

He was silent for a long time, and Shang Cheng sat silently on the side thinking about his thoughts.

He wasn't too worried that he had shown his marks in front of Lu Ji. Lu Ji's words of "taught" are clearly telling himself that he will not take things out and spread them around. Moreover, even if Lu Ji is knowledgeable, it is impossible to guess his true origin, at most he is looking for an opportunity to go to the Jiazhou Great Buddha Temple to inquire; Maybe Lu Ji won't even ask. The matter is obvious, even if it is found out that he is not a monk, what is the point? Lu Ji didn't get any benefit. This is a smart person who doesn't do boring stupid things. But he still reminded himself again, in the future, he can no longer be so forgetful and nonsense, he only remembered now, Wei stele style was the beginning of the Qing Dynasty began to be advocated and prevailed, as if it was for the Ming and Qing dynasties of the rigid and impersonal "pavilion style" and "pavilion style", the Qing Dynasty calligraphers put forward the "respect for the monument to suppress the paste" and "learn the monument to win the sticker"......

The matter of calligraphy was quickly put aside, and he once again seriously thought about the next official business, and weighed in his heart the candidates for the prefect of Duanzhou proposed by the Wei Mu Mansion.

Lu Ji's sigh alarmed him, and he raised his head and asked, "Bo Fu has something on his mind?" Lu Ji's face was inexplicably melancholy, obviously not because of official business. He knows his assistant very well, as long as he doesn't encounter important things, he has always been chic and calm; And at the moment, there is obviously no urgency. After thinking about it, he asked again, "Is it that the old lady's illness has not improved?" "Last month, the two daughters of Lu sent came to play with Yue'er, and they ate at home at noon, and they didn't know what they thought, so they asked Yue'er to learn how to concoct wild vegetables from both hands and went back to honor their grandmother. Mrs. Lu probably had been eating rice and fine noodles for a long time, and when she saw the pleasing two plates of cold salad and wild vegetables, she couldn't help but greedily put a few more chopsticks, and as a result, she complained of stomach pain that night. When Shangcheng went to Fangzhou, all the doctors in the city were invited by the Lu family, but the old lady's illness was still not good. For this matter, Lu Jileng, who has been learning the prime minister's bearing, smoked a few scornful strips from each of the two girls. Shang Cheng also scolded Yue'er after knowing it, and asked her to go to Lu's house to apologize.

But this time, Shang Cheng was wrong. Mrs. Lu's illness has been cured.

Shang Cheng said in surprise: "This is good news. Then he asked, "How is it cured?" ”

Lu Ji didn't answer Shang Cheng's words immediately, but sighed, and said with embarrassment: "Or my two daughters who are not angry have filial piety......"

"What?" Shang Cheng hurriedly asked.

Lu Ji said: "You know, my mother has always liked sweet snacks and light dishes, and she can't stand the bitter ...... of decoction." As a result, the two daughters of the Lu family, who caused this trouble, saw that their grandmother was suffering from illness and their parents were worried and anxious about this matter, so they made a forbidden wish in front of the Bodhisattva, as long as their grandmother's illness did not improve for a day, they would not speak for a day. As a result, the Buddha and Bodhisattva thanked them for their sincerity, and only two days after they made their wishes, Mrs. Lu's illness improved, and she was well in three or five days.

"The Buddha and Bodhisattva appeared and blessed my mother to survive this catastrophe safely, so my wife and I sincerely made a wish and invited the great monk of Quanzhou who was stationed in the Longhu Temple of Xixi Mountain to open a dojo to worship the Buddha and preach the Dharma ......"

Only then did Shang Cheng know that Yue'er and Aunt Seventeen went to Xishan Longhu Temple for this reason. However, he didn't believe in the manifestation of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The matter is obvious, the old man feels sorry for his granddaughter, and he can endure the decoction no matter how bitter it is. What she got was not a big problem, it was just a temporary gastrointestinal indigestion, and there was no good reason for two symptomatic decoctions. He believed that it was impossible for Lu Ji not to see through the mystery, and said with a smile: "Buddha and Bodhisattva have magical powers; Your two daughters are even more filial. Bo Fu's tutor is good, raising such a good girl......"

Hearing Shang Cheng mention his two daughters, Lu Ji said, "Zida praised them too much", but his face was sincerely happy and proud. His two daughters don't dare to boast about anything else, but if it is about appearance, it is first-class good, and they are not lost to other families in terms of family education, especially since they have been by his side since childhood, and they have learned his skills.

Shang Cheng heard Yue'er say that one of Lu Ji's two daughters was born to his eldest wife, and the other was born to his flat wife, because the first four or five were brothers, so he was the most favored by Lu Ji, and now he saw Lu Ji praising the two daughters in the sky and on the earth, so he smiled and said: "I don't know whose descendants have this blessing and can marry your Lu Bofu's daughter." People who want to come to the door to propose marriage are about to break the threshold of your home, right? ”

"There are people who come to the door to propose, but either my two wives don't look down on me, or my old lady doesn't look down on them, so Parrot and Jin'er have always been in the boudoir."

"There's no hurry." Shang Cheng said, "Good things are not busy, choose slowly, and you can always find a good son-in-law for them." ”

Lu Ji saw Shang Cheng laughing in his mouth, and he had already picked up a few personnel files on the case in his hand, and knew that he was going to talk about business.

However, before talking about business, he also had another happy event to talk to Shang Cheng.