Lu Qi is a well-known person among Chang'an officials.

Although his character is despised by everyone, no one can deny this person's ability to protect himself. Five years ago, Li Heng and An Lushan changed, he successively gave advice to Li Heng and An Lushan, although there was no direct evidence, but in the atmosphere of liquidation at that time, indirect evidence was enough to make people lose their official positions and exile Anxi, but this guy got out alive!

It is said that Ye Chang originally wanted to punish his crimes, and even said behind his back, "If the son does not die, the state affairs will be worse than his hands", but there are still many people who intercede for him, that is, Yuan Highway himself, who read the love of Lu Yi, the father of Lu Qi, and once said good things for him.

After all, his father Lu Yi sacrificed his life for the country and died in the civil unrest, so he was a loyal and strong man, and he was quite famous in the court. In such a situation, because he was not the mastermind and the main culprit, he was considered to have escaped a catastrophe, and he was not severely punished, but he was not allowed to go out of business.

Not being allowed to go out is also a very serious punishment, Lu Qi came back two years ago after leaving Chang'an, and secretly carried out activities, hoping that Li Longji would cancel his imprisonment order, but there has been no result. But now, he jumped out again, fueling the flames and helping Li Li with advice.

As for whether he is really optimistic about Li Li, only he knows in his heart.

Chang'an City is approaching the hottest season of the year, and Lu Qi walks in the shadows on the right side of the street, his face also gloomy.

He likes to walk in the shadows, so that the birthmarks on his face are not too obvious.

"This is it." After coming to a building, he raised his face and looked at the plaque on it, the words "article morality" made a sneer rise on the corner of his mouth.

"Ye Shiyi, this guy, has been running around all these years, and there is rarely peace, but these words have not been abolished."

The words on the plaque were written by Ye Chang and addressed to Du Fu, and Du Fu hung them in front of the newspaper, one is self-encouragement, and the other is a protective charm. In the past few years, Du Fu has not laughed and scolded less, there are needles and disadvantages, and there are criticisms of some powerful people, and he is full of firepower, from the stupidity of the old officials to the greed of the new nobles, he is the target of his attack. In this way, Du Fu offended many people, although he won a clear name for himself, he also attracted many enemies. With Ye Chang's inscription at the door, those enemies want to take revenge, and even the scoundrels and ruffians on the street want to harass, they have to think twice.

"May I ask if Duke Du is not there, I have made an appointment, surnamed Lu, and I will meet at this time." When he arrived at the gatehouse, Lu Qi was humble in his conversation.

"The surname is Lu ...... It's true, but Lu Qilangjun? The porter flipped through a thick stack of slips and laughed.

"It's down here, Du Gong is very busy." Seeing that those lists were all Du Fu's meeting arrangements, Lu Qi asked casually.

"That's nature, 'no seal of imperial history, the people advise', this is not a false name." The porter said proudly.

"The history of the Emperor without a seal, the advice of the people" is the nickname given to Du Fu by the people, but with the increasing number of newspapers in the past two years, many main writers have encouraged themselves with this. Lu Qi has also published some articles in the newspaper under a pseudonym over the years, and sometimes, when he receives comments from readers on his articles, he can't help but be complacent, feeling that he is worthy of these eight words.

The porter let him in, and when he arrived at a bright and open room inside, Lu Qi saw that the house had large windows and doors, and the windows were all glass, and he was a little jealous in his heart. In these years, even the chief writer of a private newspaper has the money to make his study look like this, he, the son of an official and a minister, is still down-and-out and driven by people!

In front of the study was a small room with a table and a young man sitting at the table, who was Du Fu's assistant as far as Lu Qi knew. It is said that this is a habit passed down from Liaodong, and some young people who are gifted and knowledgeable are sent to serve as assistants to a certain powerful figure for a period of one to two years, to familiarize themselves with various affairs, and then go to the grassroots level, generally starting from small leaders.

According to Ye Chang, only in this way will these arrogant young people know that it is not easy to go up and down.

Lu Qi had no interest in this set, and greeted the young man, and the young man opened the door for him, and then Du Fu, who heard the sound, greeted the door: "I never thought that the 'passing' who wrote in the newspaper was Lu Langjun." ”

Lu Qi used the pseudonym "passing by" when he posted the article, which can be regarded as a little famous, if it weren't for this, it would not be so easy to see Du Fu. The two of them chattered for a while, and began to cut to the chase: "I heard that Du Gong is doing a big thing, and I asked about the shortcomings of the workshop and mine, I don't know if there is any?" ”

Du Fu suddenly became alert: "How did Lu Langjun know about this matter?" ”

"Even if I publish an article in your newspaper, I still pay attention to some of the trends of your newspaper." Lu Qi sighed: "It's not just abandoned by the Ming Lord, you can only rely on selling articles to earn a few pennies, and if you know the trend of your newspaper, you can have a basis for writing." ”

This explanation is quite normal, Du Fu glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Lu Langjun is going to follow up?" ”

"Exactly, so I ask Du Gong to divide some of the materials in his hand." Lu Qi gave a deep salute: "Duke Du knows that I am not treated anywhere now, and it will be difficult to succeed without Duke Du's help." ”

The so-called gentleman can be bullied, Du Fu has long been no longer a gentleman after the toss of these annual newspapers, but Lu Qi's words still moved him. After all, this person is Zhongliang, although he was a little ridiculous when he was young, his knowledge has increased in the past few years, and it can be seen from the articles he posted that he sees the problem quite deeply, and his words are sharp and sharp, but he is a capable person.

Therefore, out of love for talents, Du Fu hesitated for a while, took out a piece of information, extracted some of it, and put it on the desk.

"There's only this one, you can only look at it here, and if you want to remember something, I can give you a pen and paper."

"Thank you, Dugong."

Lu Qi thanked him, took the materials, read them carefully, and borrowed a pen and paper to write down some of the contents he paid the most attention to.

These things were collected and sorted out by Du Fu's people, and over the years, some powerful people have committed violent acts when they opened factories and mines.

The profit-seeking nature of capital determines their disregard for human life, taking mining as an example, although in the mining regulations vigorously promoted in Liaodong, it is clearly stated that the first priority of mines is safety. But where can those powerful and local tyrants manage so much, and there are poor and destitute people in the world, who are willing to go to the bottom of the mine for more than ten dollars a day to die.

The same is true for the factory, Liaodong is a strict six-hour work system, that is, workers work in the factory, no more than six hours a day, if they work overtime, they need to pay overtime higher than the normal wage. However, in Du Fu's investigation, there were workshops that lasted eight or even nine hours a day, and after working for so long, the wages he received were not as good as those of workers of the same type who worked six hours in Liaodong.

Even so, these powerful and powerful people still tried every means to withhold them, and the big and powerful people in Beijing were better, and the most hateful were the small and powerful people in the countryside, who used a small number of foremen to abuse the workers in every way, so that the workers were also called "worker slaves", and their situation was even worse than that of slaves and maids.

These examples and data made people like Lu Qi secretly frightened, but at the same time he felt happy, which was exactly what he needed. After finishing, he thanked Du Fu again, and then said goodbye and left. Du Fu sent him to the door and confessed: "The mine workshop, although it is a variety of drawbacks, but you must not waste food because of choking, so the spearhead of Lu Langjun's pen should be those black-hearted mines that do not follow the rules and do not abide by morality, this matter must be remembered." ”

Lu Qi said with a smile: "I know, please rest assured Du Gong." ”

He said this with his mouth, but in his heart he had other plans.

After Ye Chang put forward the theory of Taoism, benefiting the people is Taoism, which has almost become a public opinion, in this case, if you want to change the policy implemented by Ye Chang and return the state power to the emperor, you must attack his shield with his spear. As long as evidence is found that these mines are in private hands, then it can be used as a reason to return them to the Son of Heaven.

Li Yu, Yuan Zai, Lu Qi and others, summing up their previous experience, confirmed that Ye Chang was able to accumulate a strength that even the emperor could not match in just twenty years, and the main reason was that he controlled most of the wealth in the world. Therefore, if you want to compete with Ye Chang, you must also control wealth, and the reason for Li Heng and An Lushan's quick defeat is not so much that they were defeated by Ye Chang militarily, but that they were defeated economically by Ye Chang.

Lu Qi really wanted to see what the expression on Ye Chang's face would be like when he was returned to his body in the way of others.

He didn't expect Li Li to succeed - in fact, he knew very well that he was just a chess piece pushed out by Bian Ping, but he was not a person who was willing to be used, Bian Ping was no longer in the intelligence investigation system, and he knew a little about it, and from all kinds of signs, he deduced that Bian Ping was not authorized by Ye Chang. If this is the case, it is no wonder that he plays some tricks.

Afterwards, Ye Chang was investigated, and he also had a reason to shirk - it was Bian Ping who asked him to do it, and he could only do so in order to do better.

With his own careful thoughts, he walked out of the newspaper office and into the street. After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "King Wei has returned to Beijing!" ”

"King Wei has returned to Beijing, go and see, King Wei's guard of honor has arrived at Chunming Gate!"

"His old man is back, it's strange to say, although the world is peaceful, but his old man is not in Chang'an City, my heart will be uneasy, but as soon as I learn that his old man is back, my hanging heart, I will put it back."

"It's not just you, so am I."

The people around heard the news of Ye Chang's return to Beijing, and they were relieved one by one, probably because of the treacherous atmosphere in Chang'an City recently, which made these ordinary people feel uneasy.

However, as soon as he heard that they respected Ye Chang so much, Lu Qi felt disgusted in his heart.

At the same time, he was also very surprised, Ye Chang's speed of coming back was too fast.

As far as he knows, half a month ago, at the insistence of Dugu Ming and others, Li Li finally issued an edict to invite Ye Chang to return to Beijing to sit in the town, and the messenger is to hurry up, and it will take at least seven days to reach Liaodong - in the past five years, Ye Chang has not only repaired the road system damaged by the war, but also further strengthened the post post and road system, like Chang'an to Liaodong is almost a smooth road, and it is just seven days and seven nights to arrive in the case of six hundred miles of urgency.

But Ye Chang came back...... It only took eight days?

With a stomach full of doubts, Lu Qi mixed in the crowd, followed everyone to the front of the royal street, and watched Ye Chang's guard of honor enter the imperial city here.

After Li Li ascended the throne, he moved his place of residence back to Ouchi, and the place where Li Longji stopped was also in Xinei. When Ye Chang arrived in Beijing, he didn't stay in his house, he first came to Da Nei to pay respects, and his posture can be said to be very good.

It's just that although he is so humble, in Li Li's heart, he may not feel like this.

"You...... What are you talking about, Ye Chang...... King Wei has arrived in the capital? Li Li said in astonishment.

Gao Lishi died a year earlier than Li Longji, and now the chief eunuch in the palace is Zhou Xiangren. Because the little eunuch seized the opportunity, he has now become a well-known figure in the palace. Although Li Li also wanted to replace himself with his henchman, because he had only been on the throne for a short time, he had no chance for a while.

"Yes, sage, now King Wei is in front of the palace gate." Zhou Xiangren said in a low voice.

"Let him ...... What about Yuan Zai, where did Yuan Zai go? Li Li originally wanted Ye Chang to come in, but he felt weak in his heart and wanted to call Yuan Zai to see him.

What he most hoped to summon was Wang Zhonghe. It's just that Wang Zhongsi has been in the land of Sichuan and Guizhou for a long time, and he is sick, and with Li Heng's rebellion, he has long been disheartened, and now he is basically recuperating at home. It's Wonjae, and it's more difficult to see him.

"Yuan Gong is at home now, and it will take a while to invite him here." Zhou Xiangren said hesitantly: "Your Majesty, do you want King Wei to wait outside?" ”

To put it politely, it was actually a reminder to Li Li that it was not a good thing to let Ye Chang wait outside. Zhou Xiangren, as the head of the internal supervision, was naturally aware of some of Li Li's small actions, and he didn't want to get involved in such things, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb. But snubbing Ye Chang at this moment is not a good thing, what could have been compromised is likely to intensify the conflict because of such a small detail not paying attention.

"At a critical time, he is not in the palace!" Li Li muttered and scolded, forced himself to calm down, and then said, "Zhou Xiangren, you go to usher in King Wei for me." ”

After Zhou Xiangren left, Li Yu thought that it was wrong, summoned his henchman and little eunuch, and commanded in a low voice: "The army will be forbidden...... Alas, the military eunuchs in the East Palace, let them wear armor and ambush them behind the palace! ”

Ye Chang's influence in the forbidden army was too great, and he really couldn't believe it, so he summoned the so-called "military supervisor". These are a group of eunuchs he trained when he was the grandson, all of them are powerful, but the number is very small. Hearing the footsteps of these military eunuchs, he calmed down, and after a while, he saw Ye Chang appear in front of him in plain clothes.

"The emperor did not give up, he was simply pulled out in the recklessness, slightly entered the knighthood, and was crowned the king with a little merit, and gave the lord the favor, and received the weight of grace, not in case. Now that the first emperor is gone, the minister is willing to resign from his official position and guard the spirit of the first emperor for three years, and please ask for His Majesty's permission! ”

The two sides made a noise and said some polite words that made Li Li feel uncomfortable, and then he heard Ye Chang make a request that shocked him.