In September 331, news of the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan's expedition to Italy returned to Hangzhou. It was the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that got the news, and everyone in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was disappointed. Many people believe that Mongolia is likely to make some official statements this year. After all, the Great Song Dynasty has eradicated alien races in various places in recent years, and has achieved remarkable results.

Before the news of the Mongol expedition to Italy came, news came back from the Song army, which had withdrawn to the various departure points. At the peak of Liaodong, 100,000 were killed every year, and this year's total fell to less than 30,000. The increase in northwest China and other places was relatively stable, and the target of 100,000 was completed for two consecutive years. There was a big outbreak in the Mongolian direction, and half a million Mongols were solved in one year this year. Only 150,000 Mongols were killed last year. At this rate of growth, it is thought that the goal of one million may be reached next year.

The Mongolian embassy in Hangzhou has been closed and has not been seen at all. What a joy it would have been to see Kublai Khan's envoys to Hangzhou shouting in anger at this time.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs took stock of its own progress and found that there were two major blanks in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Great Song Dynasty in this world. The first big piece is naturally Europa, and the other big piece is some small countries in the central part of Fuso. Compared to the two, it seems that Europa's side is more important.

"Sending an ambassador, will it be too far?" The attitude of the personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is very unresolute.

Faced with such a group of people, Lu Baifeng invited Luo Yiren, the acting minister of the Ministry of Governors and Domains, who was separated by a wall, to come over and discuss. As soon as the two met, Lu Baifeng said with a smile: "I heard that the official family has decided to make Sinhala a colony, and Minister Luo is really capable." ”

Luo Yiren smiled slightly, and didn't say anything about it, but asked indifferently: "Minister Lu asked me to come, it won't be about this, right?" ”

Lu Baifeng hurriedly shook his head, "The situation in Europa is quite complicated now, I want to ask Minister Luo what he thinks." ”

At this time, a map of Europa had been placed on the conference table, Luo Yiren walked to the table and pointed to a position and said to Lu Baifeng who followed him: "Occupy this place, with the current strength of our Great Song Dynasty, we can probably advance, attack, retreat and defend." Then occupy Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica. That's pretty much it. ”

Lu Baifeng looked at the map and was speechless for a while. Then I heard Luo Yiren ask: "Minister Lu, I thought you were going to determine the diplomatic status of the Great Song Dynasty by seizing the territory. If the entry point is different, you just say it. ”

Hearing this, Lu Baifeng hurriedly responded: "I just think that if the Great Song Dynasty has no land, it will not be taken seriously in Europa. But we can't seem to sustain so many islands in the Mediterranean, right? ”

"Don't be afraid. What do the officials hate the most? It is an invasion of a foreign race, and it is a father who recognizes a thief. It is to exchange the land and money of the Great Song Dynasty for the joy of foreign races. After these islands are taken, the people on the islands can be killed, captured and sold. We in the Great Song Dynasty don't need how many people there are on those islands now, and whoever dares to fight the idea of those islands, we can just use the navy to make them miserable. ”

Listening to the young and vigorous words, Lu Baifeng shook his head slightly, "In this case, how can we enter the Mediterranean?" ”

"Kublai Khan is dying, and after his death, Mongolia will be in turmoil. In the past few years, our domain has to vigorously expand in Tianzhuyang, and then we only need to seize Egypt. The Egyptian Canal is in our hands, and we can do whatever we want. ”

"How can you be sure that Mongolia is going to be in chaos?"

"Expedition to Italy, haha, I really don't know what Kublai Khan thinks. With his little naval army in the Mediterranean, an expedition to Italy is not a dead end? Although I don't know how the Eastern European Division decided, if it were me, I would definitely not support the Mongolian expedition to the west this time. Let them toss for the sake of the water army. Tossing and tossing, he began to toss Boyan. ”

Lu Baifeng sighed in his heart, but did not answer immediately. His gaze fell on what Luo Yiren had previously thought was 'the area that needed to be seized first'. Looking at that land, Lu Baifeng felt that his brain power didn't seem to be enough. That piece of land looks very sensitive.

When it was time to get off work, Lu Baifeng really didn't want to go home. After eating dinner in the cafeteria, Lu Baifeng even paced to the guest house. In the end, the minister chose to go home, and escaping was never the solution. As soon as she entered the house, Lu Baifeng's wife immediately rushed over angrily, she pulled Lu Baifeng to the next room, closed the door and asked in a low voice: "Your father has been scolding at home for a day, and he scolds angrily when he encounters something." Now he is scolding at home, is he going to go out to scold after a while. ”

Lu Baifeng felt ashamed in his heart, and he had the impression that his father was a firm and serious scholar. This shame made Lu Baifeng dissatisfied with his wife in his heart, and he said with bluff impatience: "Can't you just make him feel better?" ”

Mrs. Lu stared at Lu Baifeng with wide eyes, and from her expression, she could see that Mrs. Lu had really risen. She didn't explain in the end, but said: "In the past few days, Da Lang's grandfather has missed him and his aunt. I took them home. ”

After saying that, Mrs. Lu opened the door and left. As soon as Lu Baifeng heard it, he knew that his wife was going to take the child back to her parents' house, leaving the Lu family's father and son at home and letting them make trouble by themselves. Lu Baifeng immediately chased him out, and then saw his father coming down from the stairs quickly. When Father Lu saw his daughter-in-law, he looked disdainful and contemptuous. Mrs. Lu looked at the stairs in front of her, didn't look up at all, and went straight upstairs.

Looking at his father's expression, Lu Baifeng felt that things were no longer good. Without waiting for him to catch up and talk to his wife, Father Lu said in a serious tone: "You come with me." ”

Lu Baifeng had no choice but to follow his father to the room where he was talking to Mrs. Lu. Father Lu didn't close the door, and asked as soon as he opened his mouth: "Do you think your official position is important, or is this festival important?" ”

Mrs. Lu had now reached a position on the first floor that could not be seen, and she sat down quietly on the stairs, listening to the reprimand coming from the room. Father Lu also scolded Mrs. Lu like this today, and hearing that her husband was also accused of the same thing, Mrs. Lu was in a happier mood.

"You can't lose money on the big day, at this time, the clan is about to fall apart, and the Lu family in other places has already been separated. As soon as this family is scattered, where is there still the face to meet the ancestors underground. And the official family is perverse, as a scholar, are you just helping to abuse? ”

Shout loudly! Shout loudly! Shout so that the whole community can hear it! Mrs. Lu thought with hatred in her heart. Mrs. Lu's surname is Chen, and the mother of today's Zhao Guan's family, Empress Dowager Chen, is the same family. It's just that the relationship is relatively far away and there is no contact. After the Zhao family ascended the throne, the Empress Dowager Chen informed the Chen family that all the children in the family, both male and female, should go to school, and the women in the family should also go to school. This 'Chen Lu' responded to the call and also went to school over the years.

'Chen Lu's name is Chen Meimei, she didn't expect that after graduating from junior high school, she went to a secondary school, and then the imperial court arranged an errand for her. Although she is only a clerk with the lowest rank, she still lives comfortably with a husband like Lu Baifeng. Since then, Chen Meimei has become a subordinate of the loyal ministers of the Zhao official family. Five years ago, Zhao Guan's family began to crack down on landlords, and when Mrs. Lu learned the news, she persuaded her parents to sell their land and move to Hangzhou.

The Chen family was not used to it at first, but in the past few years, the family has felt that selling land and moving to the city is the wisest choice.

"Dad, it's not the same thing at all." Lu Baifeng excused himself in embarrassment.

"That's one thing, of course. I want you to immediately make the table public and tell these people around you that the land tax will be abolished, and there will be no fines for abandoning the wasteland. Don't think that those Shangshu and ministers really don't support this idea, and now there is only a shortage of people to come out and raise their arms. At this point, you have to have a big festival. Father Lu commanded from the bottom of his heart in a tone bursting with a sense of justice.

Mrs. Lu's face flushed, and she got up and walked to the couch, picked up a large silk pillow, and buried her head in it. He also pinched the back of his hand hard, which barely kept him from laughing. has been married to Lu Baifeng for so long, and Mrs. Lu knows how much her husband values this official position.

During this time, Lu Baifeng also said something. Mrs. Lu didn't hear it clearly, but then Daddy Lu's roar was heard clearly on the second floor, "...... What nonsense are you talking about. What if all the Shangshu are deposed, or if you don't work together. How many officials in the imperial court can be dismissed. If you go down like this, the court itself will collapse first! ”

Mrs. Lu only felt that her thoughts were clear at this time. Today, for the sake of her husband, she still can't help but want to persuade Daddy Lu. Unexpectedly, Daddy Lu directly scolded Mrs. Lu and asked her, a 'little officer with a knife and pen', to shut up. Now this rebuke fell on Lu Baifeng, who dared to play a temper with Mrs. Lu, it was too relieving.

Standing up, Mrs. Lu picked up the hot water bottle and went to the bathroom on the second floor. Pouring hot water into the enamel basin, mixing it with cold water, adjusting the water temperature, she happily washed her face. All the sensations became superb.

What bullshit official resignation can threaten Zhao Guan's family, that is the old Huang calendar of what age. Now the school graduates so many students every year, and recruits so many cadres through targeted enrollment and civil service examinations. These people just expect the people above to get out. All ministers resigned three rounds, and there will be no shortage of officials in the Great Song. But officials lose their positions forever, and they never get a chance.

Lu Baifeng felt that he was going to faint, but he just didn't faint. In the community where the ministers lived, the loud voice scolded the policies of the Zhao official family, and Lu Baifeng felt that his family might be the first. In addition to this intense panic, Lu Baifeng saw for the first time what it means to be a scholar. In the eyes of Father Lu, Lu Baifeng's official position is not important at all, and the system of the imperial court is not important. As long as the current situation of the Lu family can survive forever, then anything will do.

How can I get my dad to return to his hometown? Lu Baifeng used his brain and tried to think hard, but he couldn't find a reason to satisfy his father to return to his hometown. His own father may be very stubborn, but the Zhao official family that his father wants to fight against is a hard-hearted person.