Fenghou

Chapter 1565
At night, Lu Xiu came to the study with a cup of tea. She had been looking for an opportunity to talk to her husband about her second brother Lu Wei. Two days ago, Li Mei cried in front of her, saying that her husband was very depressed.

She was also paying attention to the newspapers these days, but the "Beijing News" did not mention the Guangyuntan incident. She didn't know much about it, but heard that many people died.

But in Li Mei's words, more than 80 people died before and after the repair of the Danba Waterway, and more than [-] people were buried in a landslide. In the end, it was Zhang Yuanlang who benefited, and Lu Wei felt it was unfair.

Lu Xiu came into the room with tea and saw her husband was reading a memorial, so she put the tea on the table with a smile and sat aside by herself.

After Chen Qing approved the memorial, he looked up and saw his wife, and asked with a smile, "Is the little guy asleep?"

The little guy Chen Qing was referring to was Lu Xiusheng's second son, Chen Yan, who was very naughty and extremely smart, and refused to sleep all day, so it took two wet nurses to take care of him.

Lu Xiu nodded, "He just fell asleep, the little guy fell this afternoon, knocked his head into a small bag, and cried all afternoon, maybe he was tired from crying, so he went to bed early."

"Has the imperial doctor seen it?" Chen Qing asked with concern.

"I've seen it, nothing happened, I just feel wronged, and I want to cry."

After a pause, Lu Xiu laughed again: "The day before yesterday Li Mei came to my place and cried hard too."

Chen Qing smiled lightly: "Does she think it's too hard to deal with her husband? Not convinced?"

"Your Majesty, ministers and concubines shouldn't be meddlesome, but Lu Wei is in a very low mood now. He feels that he has followed you for so many years, and he has worked hard without merit. In the end, he was demoted two levels. He said that the Danba waterway collapsed and died 80 years ago. There are many people, but Zhang Yuanlang has not received any punishment, he thinks it is unfair, Your Majesty, the concubines are just relaying."

Chen Qing shook his head, "First of all, don't call me Your Majesty in the study, and don't call yourself a concubine, I'm not used to it, and I don't like it either."

"I see, my husband. I'm just reporting, and it doesn't represent my opinion. I don't understand the situation, and I don't even know how many people died in Guangyuntan. Li Mei just said vaguely that dozens of people died."

Chen Qing thought for a while and said, "The Guangyuntan incident and the collapse of the Danba waterway are not the same thing. The Danba waterway was caused by blasting stones with iron fire and thunder, which caused the mountain to loosen. The mud and rocks suddenly poured down the next day. There is no way to prevent any signs. It is an uncontrollable disaster. Zhang Yuanlang wrote a letter of self-blame and asked to take responsibility.

But the Guangyuntan incident was not. The Guangyuntan incident was completely caused by irresponsibility. No reinforcement piles were installed, and the mud was still in a state of mud, so people were asked to carry the mud. As a result, it suddenly collapsed. The mud crushed 35 people to the bottom of the lake and died on the spot. , the youngest was 17 years old, the oldest was 28 years old, and 35 families collapsed. "

"35 people!"

Lu Xiu was surprised and said: "Their family is too unfortunate, don't those in charge know how to build reinforcement piles?"

"Of course I understand! But when the reinforcement piles are installed, the construction period will be delayed by five days after the mud dries up. They are very anxious, so they let the laborers dig the soil by chance."

"Why rush to meet the deadline?"

Chen Qing said coldly: "This is the reason for dealing with Lu Wei. The original plan was three years, but Lu Wei forcibly changed it to two years. For this reason, Zhang Yuanlang quarreled with him, and he transferred Zhang Yuanlang away from Guangyuntan. Let him go to Hukou to repair the warehouse. He forcibly shortened the construction period to two years. Then he had to rush up and down the construction period. In the end, something happened. He was not responsible for who was responsible. He felt wronged. He was worthy of 35 lost sons Lost husband, lost father's family?"

"He should be dealt with severely!"

Lu Xiu was also really dissatisfied and said: "Hiding everything from me, not telling the truth, asking me to intercede for him, but finally embarrassing me, they are too much!"

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Actually, I also know that the changes in Xiangguo in the past two years may have stimulated him, especially the expansion of Qixiang. Zhang Jun and Xu Xiantu took the position, which made him very anxious. Qingshan is about to reach the age of retirement, he is even more anxious, eager to make political achievements, but haste makes waste, he is now in a low mood, only thinking about his career, but not his responsibilities."

"Maybe he is competing with big brother!" Lu Xiu bit her lip lightly and said.

Chen Qing nodded. Lu Xiu's words reached the key point. At present, Lu Gang is serving as the governor of Liangzhe Road and the governor of Lin'an Prefecture. After Zhang Shun went to Jiangnan, Lu Gang was transferred to be the governor of Sichuan Road and the governor of Chengdu Prefecture. .

However, Lu Wei has been serving as a minister in the court, and he does not have much advantage.

Seeing that Lu Qingshan is about to retire, the Lu brothers all want to fight for the leadership of the Lu family. The sign of this leadership is to be the Prime Minister. This is the main reason why Lu Wei is eager to think about his political achievements, and it is also the main reason why he is depressed now. He was demoted to be the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, which was actually lower than Lu Gang's status.

Lu Gang was still the Xuanfu Envoy of Sichuan Road, but he was not the Xuanfu Envoy of Hedong Road.

Chen Qing smiled and asked his wife, "Do you think Lu Wei can be a prime minister?"

Lu Xiu said frankly: "According to the friendship between you, he can, but according to his own talent and mind, he is not qualified!"

Chen Qing didn't expect his wife to be so frank, he couldn't help laughing and said: "If I let Lu Wei be the prime minister, will you object?"

"Of course. He doesn't have that ability. Letting him be the prime minister will only harm the country. In fact, I object to my husband asking him to be the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture. He will only let the people of Taiyuan Prefecture bear his grievances, but I cannot interfere in government affairs. , so you didn't say anything?"

Chen Qing nodded, "You really know Lu Wei very well!"

"How could I not understand him? He was frivolous since he was a child, and he didn't like reading. He hung out with a group of cronies all day long. His grandfather said he couldn't achieve great things. After becoming a guard, he restrained himself a little, but he still refused to read. It was the honorable man, Husband, who allowed him to get to where he is today. He has been impetuous until now, without wisdom. His only advantage is obedience. In troubled times, Husband still needs his loyalty, but now that the country is going strong, we I feel that my husband needs a capable Xiangguo more, and frankly speaking, my elder brother's ability and city government are much stronger than him."

Chen Qing stared at his wife for a moment and asked: "You are my wife, Ji'er's mother, and Lu's daughter. If you want to choose one of these three, what would you choose?"

Lu Xiu was startled, then said without hesitation: "I choose Ji'er's mother!"

Chen Qing nodded, "I think so, what's next?"

"Secondly, I am your wife and the daughter-in-law of the Chen family. The interests of the Lu family are not important to me!"

Chen Qing understands his wife, she has always been an upright and kind person, she will not say one thing and do another, before herself and the Lu family, she will choose herself, Chen Qing understands it in her heart, but she wants his wife to speak out.

Chen Qing sighed and said, "Frankly speaking, I will choose Lu Wei as Prime Minister instead of Lu Gang!"

Lu Xiu was stunned, "Why?"

"Loyalty, control, Lu Wei's loyalty to me, and I can control him, but I can't control Lu Gang."

"Husband, I don't quite understand!"

Chen Qing patiently explained to his wife: "Do you know why I use Yang Zaixing as Prime Minister? Yang Zaixing has no ability to be Prime Minister at all. His son said so many outrageous things. I even believe that some of them were said by Yang Zaixing himself, otherwise His son will not know about Yu Ying and Yu Lian, but I still chose to forgive and let him be the prime minister. Why?
Because I am giving an explanation to the military. Yang Zaixing fought in the South and the North and made many contributions, but in the end he was dismissed from office because of his son's stupid words. Doing so will chill the hearts of the soldiers of the armed forces, so making Yang Zaixing the prime minister can appease Staying in the three armies can also remove his military power. This is the best balance. I am an emperor, and the art of emperors lies in balance. It is important to appease the soldiers. "

"But Lu Wei is not Yang Zaixing, your husband doesn't need him to balance the emotions of soldiers."

Chen Qing said slowly: "I need to put an eye and an eye in the political affairs hall, and Lu Wei is the most suitable."

Lu Xiu sighed and said, "I understand, it's just a pity for elder brother."

Chen Qing was silent for a moment and said: "If one day, your elder brother proposes that Ji'er and Ayun be married, will you accept it?"

"Let Ji'er marry the daughter of the Lu family?"

Lu Xiu's eyes widened, she quickly shook her head, "Husband, I've never thought about it that way!"

"Actually, it's normal for you to think about it. I understand you. You just think it's better to kiss more. But it's different when your elder brother thinks so."

(End of this chapter)