Mingmen Family

Chapter 366
At a young age, Lu Guanyi is a third-rank officer. How can those old men who have been officials in the Ministry of War for a lifetime but only rank four or five get used to it?
Lu Guanyi said: "Don't be afraid. I was promoted based on military merits, and my father is still at the border. They don't dare to trip me up even if they don't like me. Those who flirt with me and get angry at me have already seen it." Those who have no future and are not smart."

Smart, knowing that Lu Guanyi has a bright future, he only has to take care to make good friends with him.At this moment, taking advantage of his new arrival, sell him a few favors and establish a personal relationship with him. This is the way of a smart person.

Ye Yaming nodded.

Lu Guanyi's EQ and IQ are both high. She really doesn't need to worry about his situation in the Ministry of War.

"Besides, today they deliberately talked about tactics, trying to give me a bad impression. They thought that I was young, but my father made arrangements, or my military achievements were built by mistake. I said some of the 36 strategies on the spot. They were taken aback for a while. Maybe someone will report this to the emperor right now."

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In the palace, Chu Chang was listening to the report from the Minister of War, and chuckled lightly: "It seems that Lu Guanyi still has real talents and learning."

Prime Minister Yuan Zhengwei and cabinet ministers Liu Shu and Zhao Kun were given a meal by the emperor because they wanted to discuss state affairs, and they were sitting next to each other holding teacups and drinking tea.

Yuan Zhengwei put down his teacup, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Father Tiger has no dogs. Lu Guanyi originally made meritorious service under the command of General Zhenbei, which shows that he has courage and strategy; now he went to Lu Zhongyong's barracks, used tricks, and took a risk. He got the military exploits only after his life was in danger and almost died. We can't doubt his ability just because he is Lu Zhongyong's son."

Yuan Zhengwei, Liu Shu, and Zhao Kun are all veteran ministers, and Chu Chang is a monarch who treats his ministers kindly. Everyone is very comfortable in front of the emperor.

Now drinking tea after dinner is just chatting.

Hearing this, Liu Shu's eyes flickered.

He smiled and said, "Speaking of which, the marriage of Princess Yu'an and the tea-horse trade at the border are all related to Lu Guanyi. This guy is lucky."

When you think about it, it really is.

When Yu'an was mentioned, Chu Chang called Eunuch An, the chief eunuch, and asked him, "What happened to Yu'an? Has the Ministry of Rites reached a conclusion?"

"We're discussing." Mr. An said fairly, "Princess Yu'an and Mrs. Xuanwuhou Shizi have a very good relationship. She wants to live in Xuanwuhou's mansion. She will take care of each other and tease the children."

"Mrs. Xuanwu Hou Shizi came up with a plan after hearing about it. She proposed to repair the house and separate the back house. In this way, Mrs. Lu will not interfere with His Royal Highness when he comes in and out, and it will be convenient for the eldest princess to communicate with Mrs. Shizi."

Whether it is an official from the Ministry of Rites or a close servant like Eunuch An, they all know how to speak.Although Lu Zhongyong's opinion was sought on this matter, as long as Princess Yu'an made up her mind, there was no need to mention Lu Zhongyong in front of the emperor, so as to avoid more troubles.

What's more, it was the Ministry of Rites who wanted to ask Lu Zhongyong for his opinion, not Lu Zhongyong himself.You can't tell Lu Zhongyong about this matter. You offended the king and offended Lu Zhongyong. In the end, it was found out that it was the fault of the Ministry of Rites.

So when Eunuch An asked the Ministry of Rites about the situation, the Ministry of Rites only said that it was Princess Yu'an's idea.

Chu Chang nodded and said, "That's a good idea."

The female relatives all live in the back house.Yu'an and Lu Guanyi's wives live in the backyard, so we can't tell the young couple to live in the front yard and backyard just because Lu Guanyi wants to keep away from Princess Yu'an, right?

But Princess Yu'an lives in the backyard with Lu Guanyi, which is very impolite.Mrs. Xuanwu Hou Shizi's arrangement is very appropriate.

He said: "When the arrangements are in order, I will ask the Ministry of Rites to make a note, and I will start construction as soon as possible after I approve it."

"Yes." Eunuch An withdrew.

Chu Chang asked Zhao Kun again: "Chen Aiqing has brought the tea to the border, right? I don't know how the price negotiation is going on there."

Because he had to trade the tea before the severe cold at the border, Chen Zhen didn't return to the capital with the tea, but went directly to the border.Officials in charge of the border trade will meet them halfway.

It takes about 20 days to go from Lin'an to the border.They set off from Lin'an on October [-]th, and it is already the beginning of November, so they should have already reached the border.

"It should be here." Zhao Kun said.

He is the Minister of the Household Department, and they have always been in charge of the tea business.

Yuan Zhengwei said: "Tea smuggling was frequent in the past, and it became even more rampant after the tea-horse border trade stopped. This time, the Ye family delivered 15 catties of tea at once, and the taste is many times better than that of border tea. Now private tea transactions There is no market."

"That's not true." Chu Chang sighed when he thought of the time when Duke Wei's government took power.

Back then, the Duke of Wei's government strongly advocated stopping the tea-horse exchange market, saying that it was to investigate and deal with private tea, but in fact it turned out to be a collusion between insiders and internal parties to usurp the throne.Later, the government of the State of Wei fell, and the tea-horse market was reopened. Because of the huge profits and the supply was less than the demand, the huge profits still made some people risk beheading to smuggle tea.

This seriously violates the national interest.

Now the Ye family's high-quality tea is shipped to the front, which suddenly saturates Dajin's market.It is impossible for those smuggled tea leaves that have gone through untold hardships to be sold at a high price.

In this way, the imperial court benefited a lot, and the border was much more peaceful.

Liu Shu stood up and bowed to Chu Chang: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. I heard that Lu Guanyi's wife could make so much tea, which was given by the gods. Now the tea she makes just happens to make the border peaceful. Jiang Xiangrui. It is precisely because of the emperor's hard work and diligence in governing that the prosperous age has such auspicious omen."

Qian Chuan Wan wears flattery and does not wear it, Chu Chang was overjoyed when he heard this: "Is this true?"

Ye Yaming's rumors, no one really dared to spread them to his ears.

"I have also heard of it. Mrs. Lu is only in her teens or 20s. She not only produces Longjing tea and black tea, but also osmanthus tea, jasmine tea, and Tieguanyin. It is really unreasonable to say that it was not granted by the gods. And the minister I also heard that this word came from Master Zhizhi." Yuan Zhengwei said.

Liu Shu dared to bring up this topic in front of the emperor because he found out about Ye Yaming's situation. His wife even asked Ye Yaming personally in the incense collection hall.

He said: "This Mrs. Lu was born in a businessman, and she learned to read characters from a female gentleman when she was young. She was neither born in a scholarly family, nor a person who has read poetry and books. But I have read "Tea Table" and " "Tea Art" and "Tea Ceremony", the knowledge and Buddhist thoughts contained in it are not available to ordinary people. I asked my wife to ask Mrs. Lu, and she said that what she understood was obtained in a dream."

Chu Chang was very happy: "So that's the case. It really is auspicious from heaven."

After thinking for a while, he asked Zhao Kun: "The Ye family does business with the imperial court, so it is reasonable to give the name of an imperial merchant, right?"

(End of this chapter)