Coming to Hangzhou City again after a few months, Lu Zhen still felt quite emotional. Although everything here did not make him feel that things were wrong, he also felt strange, after all, he was an official at that time, and now, he is just an ordinary person.

In order to avoid any unnecessary trouble, Lu Zhen did not go to those acquaintances again, but went directly to the Yu family's mansion after settling down in the city, and tried to persuade Yu Qian to accept the court's favor in the name of condolences to Yu Yanzhao.

Although there is a word for this seizure, it is impossible to really force his subordinates to give up their filial piety, and only when the other party approves can they terminate their decision to keep filial piety. And once a certain courtier really values filial piety more than anything else, even if the Son of Heaven makes a holy decree, it is impossible for him to come out as an official again during the three-year filial piety period.

Because of this, the Ming court will continue to send people to lobby and persuade, hoping that Yu Qian can take the overall situation of the court as the priority and accept the seizure. Of course, only an official with ability and a high reputation like him can enjoy this kind of treatment, and if he changes to another official, it will naturally be the court that will quickly thank him and run back. In the eyes of the vast majority of officials, filial piety is naturally inferior to being an official, once you really stay in your hometown for three years, I am afraid that you will really have no place for yourself when you re-enter the imperial court. For this reason, some people will even try every means to make the court win their favors.

When Lu Zhen came to Yufu, it was an undeclared friend, and it was the most lively time of the day. However, at this time, the area around Yufu is quite quiet, which complements the low-key environment here.

Although it was not the first time Lu Zhen had come to Yufu, he still sighed after seeing the simple decoration here. Except that the courtyard wall is slightly higher, and the main entrance is painted vermilion of the official's mansion, everything in this mansion looks no different from ordinary medium-sized people, and it is just two courtyards and three or two old servants.

This is really unusual in the city of Hangzhou, which has gradually become extravagant, and other officials who have some power in their hands will not build a rather imposing mansion because of this. But Yu Qian, a member of the three grades of the imperial court, is now too simple in the family of the governor of Henan, which makes it difficult to believe the true identity of the owner.

After sighing in his heart, Lu Zhen stepped forward and arched his hand at the old servant at the door and said: "Lu Jin, in Suzhou, I have come to worship the old lady today, and I hope that the old man will go in and spread the word." ”

After hearing this, the old servant looked Lu Jin up and down a few times, then suddenly remembered, and hurriedly said: "It turns out that the benefactor is here, please come in, and the villain will go to report to the master." "But I still remember Lu Jin, the benefactor who once saved his old lady and young lady.

At the same time that Lu Zhen said that he didn't dare, the old servant quickly turned around and ran inside. After only a while, a young man dressed in linen and filial piety hurriedly greeted him. As soon as he saw Lu Jin, he bent down and bowed his hand and said, "It turns out that the benefactor has arrived, please come in and talk quickly." This person has Yu Yanzhao's three-point appearance between his eyebrows, and it is his grandson, that is, Yu Qian's son Yu Mian.

As early as September last year, Mrs. Yu Qian, that is, Yu Mian's mother died of illness, and he helped his mother's coffin back to Hangzhou by his father's side. After burying his mother, he also stayed here to observe filial piety.

During the Japanese rebellion at the beginning of this year, Yu Yanzhao took his granddaughter and some domestic slaves to visit Yu Mian, who was guarding filial piety in front of his mother's spirit. As a result, on the way back, he ran into a Japanese coward, which led to that scuffle and fright, but even Yu Yanzhao himself aggravated his condition and finally died.

When Lu Zhen came here to visit Yu Yanzhao before, he had also met Yu Mian twice, so at this moment, he also smiled and bowed his hand: "Brother Jingzhan mourns the change, and I hope you don't want to call yourself a benefactor, I really dare not be ashamed." If it weren't for our uselessness that day, we wouldn't have let the old lady be frightened by this, so that ......"

"This is not your responsibility, that is, after knowing the reason, my father is also quite grateful to you, Brother Lu. By the way, my father is already waiting inside, so please go in and speak. Although he said that, Yu Mian still changed his name according to Lu Jin's request.

Lu Jin followed him into the gate of Yufu, and after only a few steps along the paved road of Qingshi, he saw a middle-aged man who was slightly thin, also wearing a white filial piety suit, and his head was wrapped in a filial piety belt.

Knowing the identity of the man waiting in front of the hall, Lu Jin's heartbeat unconsciously quickened a little-

Yu Qian, a loyal minister, capable minister, and direct minister who glorifies the entire history of the Ming Dynasty and saves the country in times of crisis!

In terms of being a person, being an official, on talent, and on merit, in the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, tens of thousands of famous and unknown officials, except for those who made meritorious contributions to the founding of the country, no one seems to be able to stand out. Even if it was a person like Zhang Juzheng who made great contributions to Daming later, it was still a big difference compared with Yu Qian.

Although in terms of ability and merit, Zhang Taiyue, who changed the law and tried to be strong, did prolong the Ming Dynasty's Guozuo for dozens of years, but this was not as good as Yu Qian, who defended Beijing City at the moment of danger and finally defeated the Wara army. What's more, when it comes to character, Zhang Juzheng and Yu Qian are even more different from heaven and earth.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the more than 200 years of history of the Ming Dynasty, among the stars as courtiers, only two are the most dazzling, one is Wang Yangming, who was almost sanctified in the flesh, created a discipline of mind, and has countless disciples and follow-on disciples, and thus influenced Wang Yangming, who has influenced the history of China for hundreds of years. And the other one is the one in front of you, which is located in the Qianyu Festival Nunnery!

After Lu Zhen crossed over to Daming, he also met many famous figures in history, but whether it was Hu Hu or Yang Pu, or Zhang Fu and Wang Zhen, even when he was facing today, he was not as excited and nervous as he is today.

All because what he is facing is Yu Qian, a name that will shine on future generations, and a loyal and capable minister who seems to have no shortcomings!

His heart was full of respect, and Lu Jin's movements became cautious, and he hurriedly stepped forward, and when he came to Yu Qian, he bowed deeply and bowed: "After the end of school, Lu Jin has seen Master Yu." While saluting, he also peeked at the appearance of this thunderous national hero.

A slightly elongated Chinese face, a pair of bright eyes, coupled with an appropriate nose and a slightly pursed mouth, give people a sense of neutrality and peace, but without losing the sense of majesty. The only flaw is that the face looks slightly thinner and haggard.

However, this made Lu Zhen feel more respectful. Because this shows that Yu Qian is indeed mourning his father's death from the bottom of his heart, not just making a show.

A pair of hands put a strong hand on Lu Jin's hand, and then a gentle but powerful voice also sounded: "You don't have to be polite. Now that I'm like you, I'm no longer a court official. ”

Unexpectedly, the other party actually knew his words, which shocked Lu Jin's body again, and then straightened up according to his words: "In this case, then I will call you uncle." I hope to mourn on Uncle's Day! As he spoke, he clasped his fists again and saluted.

This time, Yu Qian didn't give in again, but only followed back with a half-salute, which led Lu Zhen into the main hall that was still hung with plain curtains and couplets, and let him go to the incense case.

Because it was the height of summer, in order to prevent anything from happening to the corpse, as early as soon after Yu Qian's arrival, Yanzhao's coffin had been buried in the ground. At this time, what was enshrined in the house was just a tablet of Yu Yanzhao.

Lu Zhen did not shirk, took the incense respectfully according to the rules, lit it and knelt in front of the spiritual position and kowtowed three times, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Seeing that Lu Jin was so solemn, and even kowtowed to his father's spiritual position, Yu Qian was not a little moved, and when he got up, he personally stepped forward to help him, and invited Lu Jin to the side hall to receive him personally.

After the two sat down, an old servant brought two bowls of water, it seems that Yu Qian is really here, and he is cautious about ancient etiquette during the period of filial piety, and he doesn't even drink a sip of tea.

After Lu Zhen drank a sip of water and moistened his throat slightly, he said with a retrospective sigh: "I didn't expect that Old Lady Yu would go like this." Thinking of the feelings of the day, I am still full of admiration. In the face of the Japanese invaders, although the old lady is old, she still has no fear, and she is really a model for young people such as us. It's just a shame that we failed to protect him, so that we ......"

"There is no need to mention this again. My father had someone write me a letter that explained everything. Thinking about the fact that you have done everything you should have done to protect your father and the people of Hangzhou, you should be ashamed to talk about it, and it should be the officials in Hangzhou who are ashamed. Yu Qian hurriedly waved his hand.

After a pause, he continued: "By the way, I heard that because of this incident, someone accused you of being related to the Japanese Kou, so you were dismissed from your official position?" ”

"I have ruined their good deeds before, so I let them find a reason." Lu Zhen smiled and shook his head: "But it's not bad, after all, if you are poor, you will be good alone." ”

"It's rare that you can have such a mind." Yu Qian praised.

Then the two of them talked a lot of gossip around Yu Yanzhao, and just when Lu Zhen didn't know how to lead the topic to the topic he wanted, Yu Qian suddenly put the bowl in his hand aside, and a pair of eyes fell on his face: "Shansi, you didn't come here today just to mourn your father, right?" ”

Although it was just a very casual glance, it made Lu Jin's heart suddenly tighten, and he felt that he had been completely seen through. In the face of Yu Qian's peaceful inquiry, he couldn't lie and shirk it, and after being stunned for a moment, he finally nodded: "What Uncle Yu said is very true, and he has indeed been entrusted by others in the future." ”

When dealing with someone who is wise enough to be straightforward, the best thing to do is to tell the truth.

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Yu Qian, a famous minister in the forefront of the Ming generation, finally appeared, to be honest, passers-by still have a lot of pressure to write him, although Zhang Juzheng, who wrote before, is not worse than him in terms of merit and fame, but I still have deep respect in my heart for this Lord Yu who saved the country from peril, but the pen power is limited, and it can only be written like this. I only hope that the storyline about him will be more exciting in the future, and the portrayal of him will be more profound.