Compared with the civil servants who were reported to the unit on Chinese New Year's Eve in later generations and had to return to work on the seventh and eighth days of the first year, the court officials hundreds of years ago were obviously much easier.

Since the Tang and Song dynasties, every time after the twentieth day of the lunar month, there are almost no people in the yamen, and then this year has to go straight to the fifteenth day of the first month of the following year. Even in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu set a rule early, so that officials must be busy until Chinese New Year's Eve, but a hundred years later, during the Jingtai period, this rule has long been forgotten, and as Chinese New Year's Eve approaches, there are no officials in the Yamen who have long been left behind.

Although Yu Qian is a diligent person who is dedicated to the country, he will no longer go to the military department after the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month. After all, this is not just his business, if he still rushes to the book, the officials below will naturally not dare not follow, so they will have to complain in private, and everyone has no intention of working for the New Year, so it is better to stay at home and rest for a while.

On the morning of the 29th, when he was reading and relaxing in his study, the housekeeper brought a little surprising news to him - Lu Zhen asked to see him outside.

In fact, the officials move around each other quite frequently before and after the New Year, so that they can contact each other and have a discussion on many things. Even Yu Qian can't be completely exempt from vulgarity, and he has not seen his colleagues in the DPRK and China these days. But Lu Jin's invitation still made him hesitate a little, and he didn't know whether to meet the other party.

With the relationship between the two of them, Yu Qian will feel embarrassed, only because Lu Jin's identity is a little different now. He is now a foreign official, and he is also a feudal official who is released, while Yu Qian is still only a courtier. If the news of the two meeting in private spreads, and then it is deduced by someone with a heart, it may fall into a big trick, saying that they are colluding inside and outside, which is a big taboo in officialdom.

However, after a period of hesitation, Yu Qian still nodded and asked Lu Zhen to come to the study to meet. He believed that Lu Zhen was by no means such a careless person, and that he must have something important to discuss with him when he came, otherwise he would not have thought of coming to visit him five or six days after returning to Beijing.

After only a while, Lu Zhen came to the door of the study under the guidance of the housekeeper, and then stood up and bowed to Yu Qian first: "Lord Ministry, the lower official will give you an early year." ”

Yu Qian also got up and returned the salute: "Okay, I'll also give you a New Year's greeting." Come in and talk about it. ”

Lu Zhen entered in response to this, and after carefully looking at Yu Qian a few times, he sighed in his heart. Although he hadn't seen him for a few months, Yu Qian seemed to be a little older, and it was obvious that he had worked quite hard in the past few months.

The two sat down separately, and after someone served them tea, they gave them some greetings and greetings, and then Yu Qian looked at Lu Zhen and shook his head and said, "Shansi, you are really a little Meng Lang this time." How dare you return to the capital without being invited? You are no longer an ordinary official now, but a governor who holds the military and political power of a province, and you have the heavy responsibility of opening the sea ban, how many people are staring at you, waiting for you to make a mistake, how can you make such a mistake. ”

"What my lord taught me is that it is the lower officials who are a little arrogant." Lu Jin hurriedly nodded and admitted his mistake, without any intention of arguing. Because he knew that Yu Qian was really caring for himself when he said this. Then, he explained the reason why he rushed back in a panic because Chu Yunrong almost had a miscarriage.

"I see." Only then did Yu Qian understand, glanced at Lu Jin, and sighed: "Can't you think that you and your wife are so affectionate?" In this way, I feel a little ashamed. He unconsciously remembered his deceased wife. Yu Qian and his wife used to respect each other, but he was so focused on official affairs that he really didn't care enough about his wife, and even when his wife was seriously ill, he couldn't always be by his side, which was also a rare thing in his life that he would regret.

Seeing this, Lu Jin hurriedly said: "My lord's words are serious, it is inseparable from my public and private, and I can't compare with you." ”

Yu Qian shook his head, and did not continue to dwell on this matter, so he said, "Then is your wife's body better now?" Also, I heard that His Majesty summoned you to the palace two days ago, did you say anything serious? ”

Lu Zhen didn't hide it, he told everything, and finally said with some emotion: "Your Majesty is indeed not kind to me, not only only only punished me for a year, but also specially sent the Golden Court of the Tai Hospital to diagnose and treat Neizi, which is really a great grace of the emperor." And under the skillful diagnosis and treatment of Imperial Doctor Jin, her condition has stabilized, and she is finally missing a worry. ”

"That's fine. Since His Majesty has come forward to protect you, those impeachment notes against you will not hurt you much, but you have to learn this lesson in the future, and don't make the same mistake again. ”

After seeing Lu Zhen nodding in agreement, Yu Qiancai was a little curious: "But I don't know what you came to see me today?" ”

As soon as this question came out, Lu Jin's face suddenly became solemn: "The lower official came suddenly because he heard His Majesty talk about it and felt that it was necessary to discuss it with the adults. ”

"But what?" Seeing him like this, Yu Qian's expression also became serious.

Lu Zhen didn't get straight to the point, but asked: "What do you think Your Majesty thinks is compared to the Emperor today?" ”

Hearing this question, Yu Qian's heart tightened, and he immediately understood what he was going to say. First, he looked at Lu Zhen thoughtfully for a while, and then said thoughtfully: "Although I have only been in the imperial pole for more than a year, I already have the appearance of a Ming monarch, and I can humbly accept advice regardless of the affairs of the court, which can make my Ming Dynasty recover quickly from the previous turmoil." ”

After a pause, he said solemnly: "But even Your Majesty Shengming has nothing to do with whether or not to take the Emperor back to the capital, right?" In front of Lu Jin, he had nothing to shy away from, and said bluntly.

Lu Zhen and Yu Qian looked at each other, without any intention of dodging, and said leisurely: "Do you really feel that this matter has no impact on Your Majesty?" If the Emperor is welcomed back from the north, how should His Majesty deal with himself? After all, Your Majesty is in danger because the emperor was captured, and he sat on this throne. Once the emperor returned, he asked who was the king and who was the minister? ”

"This ......" Yu Qian suddenly looked entangled. As a minister, this kind of heavenly matter has always been difficult to think about, but now that Lu Zhen has put the problem in front of him, he can't ignore it anymore. As an official for decades, Lord Yu is naturally extremely familiar with the saying that there is no two heavens and no two people, and he knows better how many people in history have killed each other because of this supreme throne.

"Therefore, the lower officials thought that welcoming back the emperor would only make the situation in the Ming Dynasty more and more complicated, and add a layer of uncertain variables to the situation in the world that was already on the right track. It even seems to me that sending the emperor back is clearly a conspiracy used by the Tartars to disturb the hearts of my monarchs and ministers after seeing this. Lu Zhen continued to follow his train of thought and said.

Yu Qian's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, of course he understood the truths that Lu Zhen said, but as a courtier of the two dynasties, how could he decisively say bad things about Zhu Qizhen, especially not speak outright about the rebellious words that could be discarded.

Seeing his embarrassment, Lu Zhen continued: "Do you know the old things about Yue Wumu? ”

"Lord Yue's tomb is in Hangzhou, and I am also from Hangzhou, how can I not know about it?"

"Then why did you think Yue Wumu died? Is it just because he was framed by the traitor Qin Hui? ”

"This ...... Think there are other reasons? ”

"Yes, although Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty is only a Chinese man, he is by no means a dumb king who destroyed the Great Wall, so he will let Qin Hui frame Yue Wumu, and even promote this matter several times behind his back, in the final analysis, it is because he also wants to get rid of the famous Yue Wangye." Lu Zhen looked at the other party's slightly discolored face and said: "And the reason why he has this murderous intent, in addition to the fact that Yue Fei's military power is too great, makes him feel uneasy, but also because of the sentence he has always advocated - go straight to the Yellow Dragon and welcome back the Second Sage!" ”

Hearing this, Yu Qian suddenly changed color. And Lu Zhen only didn't see it, and continued: "If Yue Wumu really succeeds, then Gaozong Zhao's situation will be quite dangerous. After all, the two saints who were taken captive were his father and his brother, and he might not be able to keep his throne at that time. Since this is really a big trouble, then simply curb it as soon as possible, even if it will make the Great Song Dynasty completely lose the opportunity to return to the Central Plains. But that's much better than losing the throne yourself. ”

Such heart-wrenching and bold remarks came out of Lu Jin's mouth, so that Yu Qian didn't know how to react for a while.

"And today's events are also somewhat similar to those of the beginning, whether those officials in the court and the central government, whether out of public or selfish intentions, constantly speak to His Majesty about this matter, except to show their own loyalty, there is almost no use, only to increase the chaos, and even make the monarch and ministers suspicious. And once the emperor is really welcomed into the capital, there will inevitably be another incident in the court, and this is probably not what you want to see, right? ”

After saying such a long paragraph, Lu Zhen didn't say anything more, just drank the water slowly with a teacup, waiting for Yu Qian to react. He believed that with Yu Qian's wisdom, he would be able to make the most appropriate choice. This is not only for himself, but also for the whole world.

Yu Qian sat there for nearly half an hour before he slowly exhaled: "You use Yue Wumu's old story to convince me, I'm afraid there is another layer of warning hidden in it." Do you think I may end up like Yue Wumu, if the emperor really takes back his own throne......"

Lu Zhen nodded lightly and added in his heart, this is the true fate and ending of your old man in history, I don't want such regrets to be staged in front of me!