marquis of jingan

A few months passed in a blink of an eye, and the time came to the end of August in Hongde's seventh year.

The autumn wind blows over Jiankang City, leaving yellow leaves all over the ground.

On this day, Lu Anshi's father and daughter, together with Shen Yi's father Shen Zhang, left Jiankang and returned to Jiangdu together, mainly to prepare for the wedding of the two families.

It was almost September, and it was not long before the two got married. Shen Zhang naturally had to go back to prepare, and Master Lu missed Ganquan Academy very much because he had been away from Jiangdu for a long time, so he happened to go back with him.

Zhao Changping tried to persuade him to stay many times, but failed to keep this old friend.

It is worth mentioning that Zhao Shilang, who worked as a deputy in the Ministry of Household Affairs for many years, finally became a full-time official in early August. He has now taken up the post of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and has become one of the nine ministers of the imperial court, also known as the local official minister.

Although the official career has not come to an end, there is actually not much room for improvement. The road ahead of Zhao Shangshu only leaves the five seats in the meeting hall.

However, the six ministers are very powerful, even if the meeting hall is the superior of the six ministers, many things have to be discussed with these ministers, and they will not give orders directly, which shows the weight of the six ministers.

At this time, the new Minister of the Household Department did not go to work in the Household Department, but brought his two sons and a son-in-law to the east gate of Jiankang to see off his old friend.

Those who came to see off together included several students of Master Lu in Jiankang, as well as Shen Yi and Shen Sizheng.

At the gate of the city, Zhao Changping and Master Lu bowed their hands to each other. The newly appointed Minister of the Household Department looked at Lu Anshi and sighed: "We parted this time, I don't know when we will see you again."

In comparison, Mr. Lu, who was dressed in a loose gown, was much more free and easy. He said with a smile, "Brother Changping, don't be sad. One day you will retire and stay in your hometown for a while, and then you will come back to the academy. The chief position allows you, when the time comes, you and my brother will be able to study together in the academy."

Hearing this, Zhao Changping glanced back at his two sons and his son-in-law Song Ying, and sighed slightly: "In recent years, my teeth have fallen out and my hair has become gray frequently. I don't know if there will be a day that Jizhong said."

After saying this, he also smiled: "But one day, I will definitely go back to the academy to find you, and I don't need to be a mountain leader, just be an ordinary gentleman in the academy, and I can teach you in the academy. A few young people are born, and it can be regarded as a repayment for the teaching of the academy."

After the two old friends talked for a while, Lu Anshi suddenly looked to the north and sighed: "Brother Changping, I'm already out in the wild, so I shouldn't ask about the affairs of the court, and I don't care about the affairs of the court. Hobbies are just important matters of the family and country, and I still worry about them very much, so I asked my brother something I shouldn't have asked..."

He looked around and saw no one around, so he asked, "The Battle of the Lianghuai River..."

Zhao Shangshu is the Great Nine Ministers in the imperial court. When His Majesty called people to discuss matters, unless he only summoned a few prime ministers, he would go to a "meeting" whenever the scale of the discussion was expanded a little.

Therefore, he naturally knows much more than ordinary people.

Zhao Shangshu turned his head and waved his hand, signaling the juniors behind him to take a few steps back. After these juniors had left, the local official Shangshu sighed: "The fight is almost over."

He was a little depressed: "It's already autumn, and it's going to be cold soon. It's estimated that in half a month, the people of Qi will retreat."

Master Lu stared blankly at Zhao Shangshu: "Is it really because of the cold weather that the troops retreated?"

"Ho..."

Zhao Shangshu's expression was a bit bitter: "How could it be so easy? It was because Pei Yuan, the former minister of rites, was sent to Yandu. After several twists and turns, the matter was settled. It was decided that we should send 20 bolts of silk. Send [-] bolts of silk cloth, [-] taels of silver, and some servants to Yandu, and they stopped fighting."

Speaking of this, he, the Minister of the Household Department, snorted: "Brother Yu has been busy preparing these things for the people of Qi recently."

Master Lu was stunned.

He looked at Zhao Changping with sadness in his eyes: "Isn't this a tribute asking for peace?"

"Inside it is."

Zhao Shangshu's tone was a little helpless, and he said, "But Pei Yuan is so eloquent. According to him, the things we gave to the people of Qi are called..."

"bride price."

Hearing the word dowry, Master Lu's eyes widened and his voice became louder.

"Could it be that you want to make the woman of that Qi people the queen?!"

"That's not so."

Zhao Shangshu sighed helplessly: "It's just a noble concubine, but I still have to give a heavy gift to the people of Qi."

Seeing that Mrs. Lu's face was not looking good, Zhao Changping stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Don't be sad in Jizhong. In the past few years, the weather in our Chen country has been smooth, and there have been no major disasters. There is no shortage of money in the treasury. This little thing... "

"A piece of cake."

Master Lu's face was ugly, and he said in a muffled voice: "They came to fight once this year and got some benefits, so will they come again next year?"

"I haven't heard of a defeat in the north, how can I be so useless!"

"Pei Yuan is a student of Yang Jingzong."

Zhao Shangshu sighed helplessly: "This old prime minister still has a great influence in the imperial court. It will take three to five years for the imperial court to slowly erase his influence. The frontline battles in Jizhong are not good. , Your Majesty is also under various pressures, you..."

"You must be considerate of the court."

"I'm a mountain person, what does it matter if I'm considerate or not?"

Master Lu's original good mood of going back to his hometown has been completely ruined at this moment. He cupped his hands at Zhao Changping, his eyes were a little red: "Brother Changping, you are in the court, and it is difficult for me to talk to you more. , and this is my farewell."

He bowed to Zhao Changping to the ground.

"Farewell brother."

Zhao Changping sighed and bowed in return.

After the two saluted, Master Lu got into the carriage.

At this time, Shen Yi came out from among the juniors behind him, he cupped his hands towards Zhao Changping, and said, "Master, I will send more gifts to the teacher."

After finishing speaking, he greeted his father Shen Zhang, and jumped into Lu Anshi's carriage.

The convoy moved slowly.

Master Lu's carriage was driven by an old servant of the Lu family, and Miss Lu was in another carriage, so at this time there were only the master and apprentice, or Weng and his son-in-law, left in the carriage.

Shen Yi sat opposite the old gentleman.

It was the first time he saw Master Lu lose his composure like this.

Shen Yi sat silently opposite the husband, and didn't speak for a long time. After Lu Anshi's mood stabilized, Shen Yi slightly lowered his head and said, "Master, did the frontline war hurt your heart?"

Shen Yi didn't know that the imperial court wanted to pay tribute to Northern Qi.

Because his residence newspaper department will not publish such negative news when it comes to matters involving the court, and even the palace will not give him such materials.

Lu Anshi has calmed down now, he looked at Shen Yi in front of him, and sighed silently.

"Your Uncle Zhao told Wei Shi that the war between Lianghuai and Huaihe River is coming to an end."

Lu Anshi silently repeated what he just said, and after he finished speaking, he said slowly: "Since you didn't know about this at first, after hearing it, you have to pretend you don't know, don't make it difficult for your Uncle Zhao."

Shen Yi nodded silently.

Seeing that the teacher was in a low mood, Shen Yi lowered his voice and said, "Teacher, don't worry, Zhao Clan is so domineering in Jiankang, and has repeatedly suffered losses in frontline battles. This matter may not be a good thing for Da Chen."

Shen Sizheng comforted softly.

"In the long run, it might be a good thing."