Lu Yi's words fell on Wang Mang's ears, but Wang Mang's eyelids couldn't help jumping, Lu Yi behaved extremely deferentially, but he did not deny that Wang Mang praised him for the name of the so-called first family in the north of Great Qin.

The first family in the north of Great Qin?

There is only one first family in the entire Great Qin, that is the Great Qin royal family, but the Lu family compares itself to the first family, although it is only the first family in the north of Great Qin, but the meaning is different, although it is not called a disobedient heart, but it is by no means obedient to the royal family.

Lin Cheng controls most of the timber transshipment of the Qin State, and sits on more than half of the timber transactions of a country, the Lu family does have the confidence to wrestle with Wang Mang, but the current Qin State does not need such a family, if the Lu family has such an attitude, then Wang Mang does not mind destroying the Lu family casually.

Lu Yi still lowered his eyebrows, looking without the slightest arrogance, as if he was Wang Mang's most loyal courtier, Lu Yi honestly played such a role, but in fact, only he knew what he thought in his heart, although the Lu family was an official in the Great Qin court for generations, but it was not a family that started with the Qin state, the Lu family has been in Lincheng for a long time than the Qin country, for countless years, the Lu family has seen too many romantic characters ebb and flow, Lu Yi admits that Wang Mang is indeed a very powerful king, but Lu Yi feels that Wang Mang is too jumpy, too adventurous, not in line with the Lu family's family motto, the Lu family has always sought stability, being in charge of Lin Cheng is enough for the Lu family to exist for countless years, the Lu family does not need to open up to enjoy countless wealth, the Lu family does not need to speculate, and there is no need to further develop the family.

Of course, Lu Yi knew that Wang Mang was goodwill to the Lu family by canonizing Lu Bowen as the secretary of the Ministry in front of him, but Lu Yi could only pretend to be confused and pretend not to understand, anyway, he was an old man, old and away from the court for many years, and it was normal for him not to understand political words.

Wang Mang followed Lu Yi into the main hall, sat on the main seat, Lu Yi stood at the bottom of his hand, and after a moment of tea, Wang Mang said: "I heard Lu Yuan say that Lu's tea is the best in the world, I have long wanted to come to appreciate Lu's tea ceremony, and today I saw that it is indeed worthy of its reputation." ”

"It's just some outsiders who don't know what to say, although Lu's tea is good, but it is not the best. Lu Yi said: "If Your Majesty likes it, when Your Majesty leaves, the minister will give Your Majesty a little more." ”

"Master Lu, I just came, do you want to give tea to the guests?" Wang Mang looked at Lu Yidao.

Lu Yi's face froze, he had already paid attention to it, but he didn't expect that he accidentally still fell into Wang Mang's way, fell into Wang Mang's routine, and knelt directly on the ground and said: " His Majesty drove to Lincheng and arrived at the minister's house, this is the honor of Lincheng, the honor of the minister's family, and the minister also hopes that His Majesty will stay in Lincheng for a period of time, so as to feel the loyalty of the people of Lincheng to Your Majesty, and feel the loyalty of the Chenju clan to Your Majesty, if the minister dares to send His Majesty away, I am afraid that he will become a great sinner of Lincheng and the Lu family, and it is not enough to apologize for suicide, Your Majesty. ”

It's kind of like that.

Wang Mang looked at Lu Yi with a smile, he didn't believe that Lu Yi really wanted him Wang Mang to stay in Lincheng more, the world had not heard that the courtier liked the emperor to stay at home for a long time, but Lu Yi's words were also to take the opportunity to explain to him Wang Mang that the Lu family had no disobedience, this explanation Wang Mang accepted, took a sip of tea, and said: "Boss, please get up, of course I know that the boss is loyal to me, just a joke." ”

Joke?

A trace of cold sweat flowed from Lu Yi's forehead and then evaporated instantly, Lu Yi knew very well that what Wang Mang said was simple, it was just a joke, but the emperor was moody, if anyone really took what Wang Mang said as a joke, it was really a joke.

Lu Yi knew what Wang Mang was here for, or Lu Yi knew very early that Wang Mang would definitely come here, Lu Yi thought that he had already made enough preparations, but it wasn't until Wang Mang arrived in Lincheng that Lu Yi knew that he was far from being fully prepared, everything he had prepared before was useless, Wang Mang didn't follow his routine at all, he could only see the tricks now, and he didn't know what Wang Mang was going to do.

Wang Mang was thinking about things in his heart, he naturally didn't come to Lincheng just to drive Lu Bowen back to Chang'an, naturally he had his purpose, the Lu family ostensibly controlled Lincheng and controlled more than half of the timber trade in Qin, but in fact, if the Lu family only mastered the timber trade, it was far from being the status of the first family in the north of Great Qin, and the Lu family secretly colluded with the Yiqu country, and controlled the sales share of the Yiqu country's three-percent war horses, so it can be said that the Lu family is one of the largest financiers in the Yiqu country.

Wang Mang wants to move the Yiqu State, and the Lu family is a key node, but the Lu family has been an official in the court in the past dynasties, and has a great right to speak in the Qin State.

Wang Mang didn't speak, Lu Yi didn't dare to speak, Lu Yi thought that he could easily face Wang Mang, but facing Wang Mang, Lu Yi found that Wang Mang put too much pressure on him, Lu Yi only felt that Wang Mang's breath exhaled gave him a lot of pressure, and under this heavy pressure, Lu Yi had more and more sweat on his forehead.

Wang Mang looked at Lu Yi with interest, and when he found that Lu Yi was already a little unable to hold on, he said slowly: "The old man is in Lin City, he should have heard about the affairs of Yiqu Kingdom." ”

Wang Mang's words fell, Lu Yi was like hearing fairy music, and the pressure suddenly decreased a lot, originally Lu Yi planned to pretend to be stupid, but after Wang Mang's round just now, Lu Yi knew very well that pretending to be stupid at the moment was just asking for hardship, so he said: "I heard about some." ”

"What have you heard?" Wang Mang said, he needed a Lu clan with a clear position, not a vague Lu clan.

Lu Yi couldn't even think about it now, so he was silent for a while, and said: "I heard that the Yiqu Kingdom intends to form an alliance with the Zhao State, and the Yiqu State has always been the brother country of my Qin State, and at this moment, he suddenly turned his back on my Great Qin and wanted to form an alliance with the Zhao State, which is obviously a wolf's ambition and a bad intention." ”

"Then what do you think I should do in the face of such a righteous canal, what should Daqin do?" Wang Mang said.

"Annihilation. Lu Yi spat after half a sound.

"Does the old man have this heart? Wang Mang smiled at this time: "I heard before that the Lu clan in Lincheng and the Yiqu Kingdom had a very close past, and even said that the Lu clan had a part of the Yiqu Kingdom's war horse sales share, and the Yiqu Kingdom was eye-browling, and the intentions were all bad with the imperial court, but I don't believe it, how could the family of Lu Bowen, the secretary of the imperial court, intend to be unkind to the imperial court, isn't this a meal and smashing the bowl?" With the wisdom of the Lu clan based on Lincheng for many years, how could he do such a foolish thing, although I don't believe it, but there are too many people who can't say it, and the boss also knows that people's words are terrifying, I came to this Lincheng in person to meet in order to eliminate the misunderstanding between the Lu clan and some people, I didn't believe that the Lu clan wanted to plot against him, but now after listening to the boss's words, I believe that it was a joke and nonsense. ”

Wang Mang's words clearly fell in Lu Yi's ears, Lu Yi only felt that he was wandering in front of the Ghost Gate, and after a while, he was pulled back by Wang Mang after a while, Lu Yi thought about what Wang Mang had done before, and knew that if he didn't give Wang Mang a satisfactory answer this time, even if the Lu clan did not disappear, he would suffer a big loss, and his development lagged behind for countless years, and his patriarch would become the sinner of the Lu clan.

Lu Yi knelt on the ground and kowtowed: " Qi Song Your Majesty, those are all nonsense, Lu's loyalty to the court can be seen by the sun and the moon, there is no second heart, the minister heard that Yiqu intended to form an alliance with Zhao State and betray my Qin State, when he fainted on the spot, he wanted to put on armor and go to the battlefield to serve the court, but unfortunately I was dying after all, and I was hindered by my family, so I had no choice but to stop at home, Your Majesty, although the minister is already an old bone, but as long as Your Majesty needs it, the court needs it, and the minister climbs to the battlefield even if it is needed. ”

"Who said I was going to war with Yiqu?" Wang Mang said suddenly.

"Uh......" Lu Yi's expression froze, and he said in his heart, if you don't start a war, what are you talking to me here, I don't know whether Wang Mang is really or joking, Lu Yi's face is uncertain, and he doesn't know how to continue talking.

Wang Mang smiled and said: "I'm still joking, Yiqu turned his back on me, God punished him, before God punished him, I want to punish him first, this is in line with God's actions, is blessed by God, the boss has the heart to go to the battlefield, I am very happy, but after all, the boss is old, you still have to pay attention to your body, since the Lu family has a heart, send some young people to the battlefield to serve." ”

The corners of Lu Yi's mouth twitched, the young people of the Lu clan in Lincheng had been to the Yiqu country without killing, and many people knew each other in the Yiqu country, and now letting the young people of the Lu clan go to the Yiqu is simply to announce to the world that he Lu and Yiqu have completely severed the relationship, which is a great loss for the Lu family.

Looking up and peeking at Wang Mang, Lu Yi knew very well that Wang Mang wanted the attitude of the Lu family, looking at Wang Mang whose face gradually cooled, Lu Yi gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, the young people of the Lu family have long been looking forward to serving Your Majesty after hearing that Lu Yuan was reused by Your Majesty, this time Your Majesty intends to use troops against the Yiqu Country, and these young people of the Lu family can just come in handy, many of them have been to the Yiqu Country and are familiar with the terrain, which is necessary for the march and war, and the whole Lu clan supports the matter of Your Majesty's crusade against the unrighteous Yiqu." ”

After speaking, Lu Yi's whole person breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was dripping blood, as the patriarch of the Lu clan, no one knew better than Lu Yi how big the loss of the Lu clan would be after cutting off trade with Yiqu, Lu Yi only hoped that Wang Mang was talking about it and not really wanting to start a war with Yiqu.

When Wang Mang heard this, he nodded, and said: "Yes, I know that the Lu family is a loyal minister of Daqin, and the boss supports the imperial court so much, so I will not hide it, the 200,000 elite soldiers of the imperial court have already gone to Yiqu State, and when I arrive, I will officially start a war against Yiqu State. ”

Lu Yi only felt stunned, he really didn't expect that Wang Mang was not only preparing to start a war against Yiqu, but directly mobilized troops to kill Yiqu, just 200,000 elite soldiers?

Lu Yi stiffened his head and said: "Your Majesty, although the Yiqu is not big, but the whole country is a soldier, there are millions of soldiers, will 200,000 elite soldiers be too few?"

"There are quite a few, and I can afford to send 200,000 people, of course, the most important thing is to prevent Zhao Guo from intervening. Wang Mang said: "If it weren't for the fear of Zhao State intervening, I would have sent 100,000 people at most, as for the so-called million male soldiers in Yiqu, they are just militias on the grassland, which is nothing to fight for, and if the number of people is doubled, it is just more than a few souls on the battlefield." ”

Lu Yi is not as confident as Wang Mang, he has played a lot of dealings with Yiqu State, although he doesn't know Yiqu's hole cards, but Yiqu's strength on the surface alone is not something that the Qin army can deal with with 200,000, Lu Yi feels that Wang Mang may still be too young and inexperienced, and wants to speak but is afraid that Wang Mang will not listen.

Wang Mang saw that Lu Yi's face was entangled, and knew what Lu Yi was thinking, and said: "Boss, I never fight uncertain battles, I didn't take Yiqu in my eyes from the beginning, if he hadn't jumped out and got involved with Zhao Guo by himself, I wouldn't be able to see him in my eyes, since he jumped out to find a sense of existence, then let him out." ”

Lu Yi knew that Wang Mang couldn't persuade him, so he said: "But Your Majesty, if we destroy the Yiqu Kingdom, where will my Great Qin's war horses come from in the future?"

Nearly half of the war horses used by the Qin army over the years were purchased from the Yiqu country, and the excellent war horses trained by the Yiqu country are also the hole cards that the Qin army has been able to compete with the grassland cavalry for many years, Lu Yi's worries are not unreasonable, if the Yiqu country is really annexed by the Qin state, the method of training excellent war horses mastered by the Yiqu country will be lost, and the Qin country will have no channels for excellent war horses, and without the excellent war horses of the Yiqu country, the combat effectiveness of the Qin army will be greatly reduced。

"I have found the secret of the Yiqu Kingdom's training of excellent war horses. Wang Mang said lightly.

Yes!

Lu Yi couldn't help but exclaim, he knew best how well the secrecy of the Yiqu Kingdom's horse taming method was so high, although the Lu clan mastered a part of the Yiqu Kingdom's war horse sales share, but for the Lu clan, if they could directly control the horse taming law, wouldn't they be able to make greater profits, the Lu clan had intended to steal Yiqu's horse taming method very early, but Yiqu's horse taming method was a top secret, only in the hands of the core Yiqu royal family, and the most critical secret was only known to the Yiqu King and the Yiqu prince, these two people, as the current and next rulers of the Yiqu country, they would never sell their interests, so the major forces have been plotting the Yiqu horse taming method for many years and have not made progress, by now, the major forces have basically recognized that there is no chance to obtain the horse taming method from Yiqu.

Now that Wang Mang actually claimed that he knew the secret of the Yiqu horse taming method, Lu Yi's eyes were about to pop out, but what made Lu Yi's expression change even more was Wang Mang's next words.

"After the destruction of the Yiqu Kingdom, the original horse farm of the Yiqu Kingdom is planned to be handed over to your Lu clan for management, and half of the war horses trained by the Lu clan according to the horse taming method will be returned to the imperial court, and half will be sold by the Lu clan, what does the boss think?" Wang Mang said lightly.

(End of chapter)