And in front of the gate of Lu Mansion, an inconspicuous carriage came. As soon as the carriage stopped, the gate of Lu Mansion ran down and said, "Dear guest, please get out of the car slowly. My master will have an early morning court tomorrow, because it is early today."
I'm resting now. I can't see any guests. If there is a famous post, please give it to me. Please come back."
The man driving the car took a look at the door, and then lifted the curtain. Before he could speak, an old man's voice came from inside, "Give him this sign, and his master will meet with me."
The man responded, turned around and gave the door a black wooden sign with an ancient Chinese character for '王' written on it.
"Please wait a moment." Although the doorman didn't know what it was, he showed it to the butler so that he wouldn't neglect the distinguished guest.
By the time the signs were passed layer by layer to Lu Heng's hands, a quarter of an hour had passed.
Lu Heng touched the sign in his hand and shook his head helplessly, with a bit of a wry smile on his face: "These people will always be...that's all! That's all! Who said I owed someone a favor back then? Please come in."
But he himself sat in the chair and did not move.
When the old man walked in, Lu Heng waved his hand and dismissed everyone.
"Sit down!" Lu Heng stood up and went to get the tea set, "I haven't seen him for many years, but Brother Pingyao still looks so strong."
The person who came in was none other than the old man who lived in the Bai Family Courtyard, Wang Pingyao.
"It's useless." Wang Pingyao shook his head, "It's no longer the time to go on a study tour with Brother Lu."
Lu Heng smiled: "You were twenty years old at that time, and you are now seventy. Brother Pingyao said it was when you were twenty, which shows that your heart is really not old at all."
Wang Pingyao laughed loudly: "Brother Lu is getting stronger as he gets older. Now he is the prime minister and assistant, inferior to one person and superior to tens of thousands of people. I am a commoner below and am getting old. I am afraid that Brother Lu will not recognize this old friend."
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Lu Heng shook his head: "Brother's compliment makes me feel frightened." He said with a smile and handed over a cup of tea, "Try it! How does it taste?"
Wang Pingyao held the tea, smelled it, then took a sip, rolled it in his mouth, and then slowly swallowed it. Then his eyes lit up: "This is really good tea! It is the only good tea I have ever seen in my life."
"Is the tea really good?" Lu Heng asked, raising his eyebrows.
Wang Pingyao took another sip, closed his eyes to feel it, and nodded without hesitation, "It is indeed good tea."
Lu Heng poured him another cup and asked, "How does it taste compared to Wang's tea?"
Each family has some collections of things passed down by aristocratic families. For example, the tea of the Wang family is famous for its good quality. Only in the main residence of the Wang family can you drink such authentic and good tea.
Unless the tea in Lu Heng's hand was really good, otherwise, it would be extremely rude for him to ask this.
Wang Pingyao nodded: "I didn't expect that the Lu family has such exquisite products. It's really eye-opening." He praised it, but he didn't come here to drink tea today, and he was not in the mood to discuss tea with him here.
Discussing tea and tasting tea. Then he put down the tea cup and said, "Brother Lu, I've taken the liberty to come here today..."
Lu Heng raised his tea cup and said, "Brother, do you know where this tea comes from?"
Wang Pingyao was stunned, what does this mean? He was chatting endlessly over a cup of tea. Why not let anyone talk? This was too disrespectful. He was not happy, but after all, the noble family's culture did not allow him to say no.
He said something bad, so he had to stop talking and look at Lu Heng.
Lu Heng poured another cup for Wang Pingyao: "Please taste it again. This tea was grown, picked and roasted by the Queen herself. I only got two taels here."
Wang Pingyao's hand holding the cup suddenly froze. His eyes squinted slightly, he closed them again, and drank slowly. The tea was fragrant, peaceful and serene. At this moment, he finally understood what Lu Heng was going to say.
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Since the Queen can make such tea, is she still a vulgar person?
Those who really understand the tea ceremony are all elegant people from aristocratic families. It has absolutely nothing to do with vulgarity.
Since the queen is not vulgar, then the emperor is definitely not the cowherd boy they thought.
Lu Heng just asked how this tea compares to the Wang family's. In fact, he couldn't tell the difference. He clearly wanted to tell him that this tea was better than the Wang family's.
This was just out of consideration for the family's face and his face, so I didn't say this to his face.
If this is the case, then the originally envisioned plan should have been completed. Since the emperor of the Qing Dynasty could understand his intentions, why has there been no movement?
His heart became slightly uneasy.
Seeing Lu Heng sipping tea attentively, Wang Pingyao raised his eyes and said: "Brother Lu, you can regard my visit this time as a personal visit, or it can be regarded as a business matter. You are now the number one in the Qing Dynasty.
I am here to find you, my auxiliary minister, this must be right."
Lu Heng raised his eyes: "Then what does Brother Pingyao want to talk to me about?"
Wang Pingyao leaned back and whispered: "The aristocratic family is under the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty, but..."
Lu Heng waved his hand: "Brother Pingyao, forget it. Haven't you thought about it yet? Before, the aristocratic family and the emperor shared the world. The emperor could perish, but the aristocratic family would never be destroyed. All the people standing in the court were aristocratic families.
Recommended children. Later, with the rise of the imperial examination, emperors no longer relied on aristocratic families to govern the world. Fewer and fewer children of aristocratic families became officials. And aristocratic families could only occupy a small amount of territory and manage their own power.
Brother Pingyao, today's aristocratic families are still aristocratic families, and they still have the style of aristocratic families. They are just mountain kings with long inheritance and pretentiousness. In the past, aristocratic families could assist the king at the top and appease the common people at the bottom. As for today's aristocratic families,
It has become a poisonous weed in the hearts of kings and people..."
"Shut up!" Wang Pingyao suddenly stood up, "Lu Heng, don't forget, the Lu family is also a noble family."
Lu Heng laughed mockingly. Before he became rich, what kind of aristocratic family was a family that could hardly afford to eat? If he had stuck to his status as a declining aristocratic family and refused to take the civil service examination or become an official, the Lu family would have ceased to exist long ago, and he would have starved to death long ago.
He smiled nonchalantly: "Okay! Let's not talk about ourselves, only talk about others. The imperial examinations have been opened, and there are exams for poor families. These people are much easier to use than the aristocratic families who can only bargain with the emperor. Therefore, the aristocratic families who can't give up their status
Son, I can only wander around in my own one-third of an acre of land. Just like me and Brother Pingyao. The talented Brother Pingyao spent his life wasted. I have been through two dynasties, but I am still prominent. This is the difference."
"Slowly, the kings forgot about the aristocratic families. There were officials in the civil service and nobles in the military. The aristocratic families that restricted the imperial power were abandoned. Then, the kings even despised the position of prime minister because he divided the imperial power. So
, with a cabinet.”
When Lu Heng said this, he smiled: "Brother Pingyao, you understand this. If you still regard the aristocratic family as a family that can share the world with the emperor, I advise you to find someone before the emperor has settled the matter.
Live in the mountains to escape the world. The emperor will not even listen to a word of your terms, let alone agree to them."
They blindly make calculations in the dark, but do not have the courage to charge into battle. They feel that they are great and can create exquisite chess games on the chess board, but they do not know that there are people in this world who can directly overturn the chess board.
I have been living in a small place for so long, and my horizons and structure have become really small.
The little one makes people want to laugh.
Wang Pingyao felt the disdain and arrogance radiating from Lu Heng's bones, his face turned red with anger, and he reached out and brushed the tea set off the table.
Suddenly, the crisp sound of porcelain falling to the ground came from the room.
Lu Heng didn't even frown: "Brother Pingyao, these words may not be pleasant to your ears, but if I hadn't owed you a favor, I wouldn't have said these words. If you listen to my advice, write a letter of surrender.
Come, I can hand it over on your behalf. If you don’t listen to your advice, then I’ll leave it at that. Brother, please do it yourself.”
"Okay! Very good!" Wang Pingyao turned around and walked out, "I don't believe that the family will not have its former glory."
The curtain was lifted, and Wang Pingyao and Fang Changqing came face to face.
Fang Changqing bowed and saluted, and Wang Pingyao snorted coldly: "You are also a member of a noble family, what are the rules? How can you be eavesdropping and sneaky outside the door?"
These words made Fang Changqing a little embarrassed. Lu Heng was his teacher, and in the Lu Mansion, he had always come and gone freely. There was no one at home that he couldn't see, and there was no place that he couldn't go to. This really had nothing to do with rules.
Besides, even though he is not a member of a noble family, he is still very well-behaved.
It's not like it was a few hundred years ago, when everyone except aristocratic families were rough people.
He didn't argue, he lowered his hands and watched Wang Ping go away, then waved the servant in to tidy up the place. Then he walked in carefully, "Master, what does the head of the Wang family want to do when he comes to the capital?"
Lu Heng waved his hand: "Why are you here today?"
Fang Changqing sighed: "Is the Emperor going to take action against the aristocratic family?"
Lu Heng laughed: "What? Did you finally react?"
Fang Changqing glanced at Lu Heng: "Master, did you already know what the emperor meant?"
Lu Heng did not answer this question, but looked at Fang Changqing: "Changqing, what is an aristocratic family? Where are the real aristocratic families nowadays? What the emperor wants to move is the local forces that are connected with the local powerful. As for the aristocratic families?"
He patted Fang Changqing's shoulder and said, "It's true that the emperor may not notice it."
Fang Changqing was a little stunned. The aristocratic family had become one with the local subordinates. They were officials sent by the imperial court, and they couldn't spread their wings in these places. They would either be squeezed away, or they would win them over and twist them into a rope. They supported them.
Such officials, using their own hands to expand their own power, are already a state within a state.
So, even if we don't take action against the aristocratic family now, we still won't be able to tolerate it in the future.
He suddenly realized, "Master, I know what to do."