Groups of guards arrived at the Lu Mansion and quickly shielded the surrounding people. The eunuchs rolled out red carpets in front of the house and splashed water to clean the streets. Not long after, hundreds of guards surrounded an extremely gorgeous carriage and slowly parked in front of the Lu Mansion.
, the car door opened, and two eunuchs helped Emperor Zhao Gou get out of the car.
Zhao Gou visited Lu Yihao in the nature of an incognito private visit. The so-called incognito private visit does not mean that the emperor can go to the streets with two attendants. In fact, the incognito private visit means an informal visit with a little more security.
Neither can be less.
Zhao Gou is indeed dressed simply, wearing a gauze hat and cyan uniform, which is no different from what he usually wears in the harem.
Lu Yihao hurriedly came forward and saluted, "Thank you for your visit to your majesty. I am deeply grateful for your majesty's concern!"
Zhao Gou smiled and said: "I came in a hurry, so I prepared a small gift."
He waved his hand, and the two eunuchs carried the gift box and opened it. They were all high-quality Dragon and Phoenix tea.
Lu Yihao was a little at a loss, "How can such a humble minister accept your majesty's gift?"
"Why not? Should I come empty-handed when I come to visit you? I know this about human nature and cannot go to someone else's home empty-handed."
Lu Yihao had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, please come into the house!"
"Okay! I'm going to visit Aiqing's back garden."
The place where Lu Yihao received the emperor Zhao Gou was his fishing house. The name was very simple, but in fact it was very elegantly decorated, not luxurious, but elegant. The entire shack was made of woven bamboo.
Every item in the house is made of ordinary bamboo wood. There are no luxury goods such as gold, silver and sandalwood, but the workmanship is exquisite and extremely elegant.
“Good! Great place!”
Zhao Gou immediately fell in love with this shack built near the water. It looked simple but was actually extremely elegant.
"What an elegant shack, Lu Aiqing will really enjoy it!"
"Weichen is old and is afraid of mosquito bites when fishing, so my son and daughter built me a shack. The materials used were very particular, but in the end it only cost less than 200 yuan."
Zhao Gou nodded, "It doesn't matter how much you spend, but whether it suits your heart."
The eunuch came in and served tea. Zhao Gou took a sip of tea and asked with a smile, "Is your granddaughter used to living in the northwest?"
On the surface, he was asking about his granddaughter's situation, but in fact, he was asking about Chen Qing's situation. Lu Yihao knew it well.
He nodded and said: "I received a letter from home last month. She lives in Ganquanbao and the conditions are still relatively difficult. She needs to buy food by herself, fetch water from the river, and cook by herself. In the past, she did these things
She has never touched it, but now she knows how to do it. I think it is also a good thing to let her experience the life of the lower class people."
"Don't you have a maid at home?" Zhao Gou asked with a smile.
"I don't have that condition. The main reason is that the residence is too small, with only a few rooms. I understand. After all, Ganquan Fort is just a small town. It mainly stationed troops and fought with the Jin soldiers. There is really no condition."
"I have also received news that after a month of hard fighting, Ganquan Fort finally defeated the 60,000-strong army commanded by Wanyan Wushu. It is now fighting the Xixia people to recapture the Xihe Road occupied by the Xixia people. This northwest Song army is
It’s not easy to be in a war-torn place!”
Lu Yihao knew that Guan Jia was about to reach the key point, so he picked up the tea cup and drank tea, trying not to disturb Guan Jia's thoughts.
Sure enough, Zhao Gou sighed and said: "The people of Lin'an only know that the Western Army is struggling to fight against the Jin and regain the lost territory, but the Southeast Song Army has made no achievements. I have raised hundreds of thousands of troops in the south of the Yangtze River, but none of them can
Like the Western Army, which fought against the Jin soldiers under extremely arduous conditions, the dignified wife of the Jiedushi of Xihe Road still fetched water and cooked meals by herself like ordinary people. In comparison, aren't the generals in Jiangnan ashamed?
"
Lu Yihao understood that the official Zhao Gou supported sending troops to Jianghuai. He suddenly remembered what his grandson-in-law Chen Qing said to him. The official must be the peacemaker in front of the Jurchen army, but he is definitely the main warlord in front of the puppet Qi army.
Pai, he really saw it clearly.
But why do officials come to visit me? Is my support meaningful?
As expected of Jiang, Lu Yihao had already vaguely guessed the Emperor's intentions. He was afraid that the fish he had been fishing for for a year was about to get hooked.
Zhao Gou said with anger on his face: "Li Hui makes me very disappointed. Every time he abstains from voting in the Zhizheng Hall, he abstains from voting. If I am the Privy Councilor who does things, I am not the Privy Councilor who abstains from voting."
"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself, anger will harm you!"
"Ai Qing is right, I want to control my anger!"
Zhao Gou changed the subject and asked with a smile: "It seems that Lu Aiqing's body is well maintained?"
Lu Yihao laughed and said, "Your Majesty, Lian Po can still take care of the king's worries at the age of eighty, while a humble minister is only sixty!"
Zhao Gou nodded, "Lian Po is still killing enemies on the battlefield at the age of sixty, but Qing Keai has built a bamboo shed at the age of sixty."
Lu Yihao restrained his inner excitement and said, "If Your Majesty needs it, I can dismantle it!"
Zhao Gou laughed, said two good words, got up and left.
The emperor came and went in a hurry. Lu Yihao stood in front of the gate and watched the emperor go away.
The eldest son Lu Jin couldn't help but ask: "Father, why are the officials here?"
Lu Yihao smiled proudly and said, "If you guessed it right, I will look good again soon."
"Congratulations to my father for finally regaining his sight!"
Lu Yihao also knew that his reappearance was due to his grandson-in-law Chen Qing. The official family could have found someone else, so why did they find him?
The main reason is to use his reappearance to show his goodwill to Chen Qing. There is always something to show for defeating the Jin soldiers, and his reappearance is a disguised reward.
The father and son returned to the back hall, and Lu Yihao said to Lu Jin: "The Zhizhengtang's decision to send troops to Jianghuai is in a stalemate, and the officials hope that I can break this balance."
Lu Jin was a little puzzled and asked: "This is Yue Fei's suggestion. Even if the Zhizhengtang is deadlocked at two to two, the officials can make the decision directly. Why should they ask their father to break the balance?"
"This is because you don't understand the mentality of those in power. He is the emperor, how can he show his attitude easily? This is not his way of doing things. He must use others to break the balance. Qing'er performed well in the northwest,
He gave me this opportunity."
"I understand, kid!"
In the evening of the same day, the imperial edict came out, and Li Huihui, the Privy Councilor, was transferred to the Fujian Road Observation Envoy and was also aware of Fuzhou affairs. Zhao Ding took over as the Privy Council Governor. Lu Yihao, a great scholar, was appointed as a minister and participated in political affairs. Lu Yihao became the prime minister again.
Three days later, the Zhizhengtang once again discussed Yue Fei's proposal to send troops to Jianghuai. This time, Li Hui no longer abstained. Zhang Jun, Zhao Ding, and Lu Yihao voted in favor, while Qin Hui and Zhu Shengfei voted against. The Zhizhengtang voted three to three.
2. Yue Fei’s proposal was approved.
The direction of public opinion in the court also changed with Lu Yihao's return to the throne. Ministers who supported the recovery of Jianghuai clearly had the upper hand, and the voices of the peace advocates were suppressed.
Lu Yihao came to the imperial study room in high spirits. He was led into the room and saw Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding sitting aside. Lu Yihao nodded to them and bowed, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"
"Xiangong Lu, without courtesy, please sit down!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Lu Yihao sat down on a soft pier next to him.
Zhao Gou said to Lu Yihao: "Now there is a question. The armistice agreement we signed with the Jin Kingdom will expire in two months. I don't want to bear the reputation of betrayal. Does Lu Xianggong have a good plan?"
Lu Yihao thought for a while and said: "Weichen has considered this issue, and Weichen has an idea that can be provided to His Majesty for reference."
"Mr. Lu, please tell me!"
"Wei Chen is thinking that our armistice agreement is only an armistice on the eastern front of Jiangnan and does not include Jingxiang. It is better to use troops from Jingxiang first and consume the resources of the puppet Qi army. We on the eastern front will actively train and prepare for war, preparing supplies and warships.
Two months later, Jing and Xiang’s troops were withdrawn, and the army on the eastern front began to cross the Yangtze River and march northward to seize Jianghuai and Yangzhou.”
Zhao Gou admired this plan very much. Instead of waiting passively, he took the initiative and avoided the restrictions of the treaty.
"How do you two husbands feel about this plan?"
Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding both agreed. Zhang Jun smiled and said: "To prepare for war, we need to prepare grain and grass supplies, and the weapons supervisor needs to make gunpowder. It is more appropriate to have exactly two months. Then we can send troops to the Xiangyang line to contain the puppet Qi army. It can indeed consume the puppet Qi army."
The war resources of the army will be used to lay the foundation for operations on the eastern front of the Yangtze River. It is a very good plan and I agree with it."
Zhao Gou happily said to Zhao Ding: "According to Lu Xianggong's idea, the Privy Council will come up with a specific plan. If there are no problems, I will approve it as soon as possible."