There was a bang, and it was the sound of a beautiful set of royal tea sets shattering.

"Lu Xiao, you say. You entered the court as an official, and I have treated you badly! When you laid out the world and planned the Manchu Emperor Taiji, I had the slightest distrust! You caused millions of displaced people to enter the customs, and I have ever scolded you! ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there has never been."

"Well, since there hasn't been. Then why did you want to leave, because you dislike that your official position is too small? Tomorrow I will make you the head of the cabinet. If you don't want to, I can make you a national teacher. If you are not satisfied, I can make you the Great General of the Protector......

You want money and beauty, in this palace, in the Ming country, who do you fancie, I will directly give you a holy decree. 30,000 acres of royal woodland on the outskirts of the city, I will reward you with all of them......"

Chongzhen was angry and frightened and roared at Lu Xiao. It's all because. Lu Xiao offered to leave.

Leaving, Chongzhen almost didn't dare to imagine what he would do after Lu Xiao left.

In the past few years, although he has been an emperor, he has faced tremendous pressure. But it's actually quite simple. Because as long as he withstands the pressure of the court, Lu Xiao will always be able to handle all the things outside. Whether it is a rogue, or a tartar, they are like chickens and dogs in front of him.

Chongzhen once substituted himself into Lu Xiao, and then discovered. If it were yourself, you wouldn't be able to do these things anyway. None of his ministers were able to do that.

Tianqi once told himself that Lu Xiao is a capable minister of the world. Chongzhen once thought deeply of this. But then, he changed his mind.

Because in his heart, Lu Xiao is not just as simple as being a minister. He is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

Apocalypse once instructed that when the war in the north is over, Lu Xiao must be killed. But Chongzhen didn't have this idea. Because he found that the problems of people's livelihood in the territory of the daimyo still could not be solved.

He was still counting on Lu Xiao to help him solve the last problem. As a result, Lu Xiao actually said that he was leaving. How can Chongzhen endure this.

"Your Majesty, you have nothing to be sorry for me. I don't need money and beauty, and I never even wanted to be an official. I just don't like the Tatars wreaking havoc on the land of the Han Chinese. Now that the war in the north has calmed down, it's time for me to leave. ”

"You don't want to see the Tartars ravaging the Central Plains, so you can't bear to see the people of the Central Plains starving? Look at the displaced people in the north now, millions of displaced people have no food. How can you bear to leave them behind at this time! ”

"It's not a question of whether I can't bear it, Your Majesty. It's a question of whether you can do it. There is such a thing as food, there is it, and if there is not, there is nothing. Even I can't conjure it up in a vacuum. This is not a problem that can be solved overnight. It is necessary for His Majesty to work hard and slowly figure it out.

Besides, I caused too many killings in the territory of Daming in my early years. How many people have become homeless because of me. As long as I am in Daming for one day, it is a hidden danger in Daming. ”

"Slowly, you said lightly. Today, hundreds of displaced people are starving to death every day. How do you ask me to figure it out? ”

Chongzhen didn't pay attention to the hidden danger in Lu Xiao's mouth at all. For an emperor, these things don't need to be cared about at all.

"Your Majesty, there is always an opposition to everything in this world. What you want to get, you have to give. The famine of the displaced people is a catastrophe. And Tartar is a national disaster. We pooled our resources and solved a problem. It is inevitable to face another problem of backlash.

Today, the Ming Dynasty has no external troubles. Your Majesty, of course, can take it slowly. As long as we lightly punish the meager endowment and encourage agriculture, this catastrophe will always have a past day. I am not unprepared for my humble duties, and I have some thoughts on this issue. I've written everything down in this file.

The things in it are all my family's words. And now, nature is good for the world. But your majesty cannot be trusted. Because with the changes of the times, everything in the world is changing. There will always be a day when these things can't keep up with the times. At that time, it was time for His Majesty to make a decision alone. ”

Chongzhen was a little dazed, and ended up with the file in Lu Xiao's hand. He never dreamed that Lu Xiao had already arranged all the back roads.

"Lu Xiao, my dynasty, is it so annoying to you?"

"Your Majesty is serious. How can I be willing to shed my blood for this dynasty if I don't love it. It's just that now, I'm a little tired. ”

This sentence was a little tired, and Chongzhen finally realized. Lu Xiao really wanted to leave.

This is an unprecedented Ming official who is not greedy for power, money, or status. Not only is it unprecedented, but it may even be unprecedented. is such a genius, it is absolutely unwilling to let him go. But he couldn't think of how to keep Lu Xiao.

"Lu Xiao, you tell me. What are your plans for the future? Like those ancient sages, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to live in seclusion. If so, you have your eye on that mountain, and I will give it to you directly. ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty. The lowly office does not intend to live in seclusion. The lowly intend to walk around. ”

"Walking around?"

"That's right, I plan to see the rivers and mountains of my Daming. Then I went overseas and went to the land of Westerners. I wrote something in the dossier. Today's Westerners are not weakly developed. In time they will be in great trouble.

I want to go and see in advance to see if there are any good things, and then I will get Daming back. I am a great celestial empire, no matter what, I can't let a group of red-haired savages surpass me. ”

Chongzhen listened and was silent for a while, and then said.

"Since you insist on leaving, then I will allow you. But if you want to get rid of my Daming country and go to freedom, it is absolutely impossible. ”

A few days later, hundreds of court officials, Jinyi guards, and even military attachés in the army gathered in Lu Xiao's mansion. No one entered, everyone stood quietly at the door and waited.

Not long after, Lu Xiao took Ding Baiying and Zhou Miaoxuan and walked out of the gate.

The whole street was silent, no one to stay, no one to send off. The civil and military officials just bent down lightly and saluted when Lu Xiao walked by.

No matter what the conduct of the officials in the court was, at least at this moment, they really admired Lu Xiao. Not everyone can use the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty to make a contribution to destroying the country. Not everyone can give up all the rewards and go overseas after making this kind of credit.

At the end of the civil and military officials is Chongzhen. Behind him stood a whole group of bloated-looking troops.

"Lu Xiao, I have already said it. If you want to get rid of this big tomorrow and go to freedom, it's impossible. Your ship I have ready for you. Departing from the Bohai Sea. That's why I'm going to make you the King of Bohai today.

The team behind me will be at your disposal in the future. You will replace me, go to the land of the West, and raise the prestige of my Ming Dynasty. But don't forget what you said. When you encounter something that benefits the country and the people, remember to send it back to me! ”

Lu Xiao pursed his lips a little helplessly, but finally did not shirk.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" (End of volume)

Tomorrow I will write an afterword, as well as a summary at the end of the volume.