After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 89 Liu Keren’s appeal
Two days later, Lord Liu Keren returned to Suzhou City and personally came to Haijia to visit three friends, Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian.Hai Jiao made an excuse to cook tea for the teachers and entertained the guests, and heard the answer from Liu Keren himself.

Liu Keren does have his own demands.

Unlike Xie Wenzai and others, he could stay in the northwest for 31 years with peace of mind. Even if he was pardoned, he had no intention of going back.He was a son of a noble family in the capital, and he was a relative of the emperor who had been pampered since childhood.He was supposed to have a bright future and a prosperous life, but he was suppressed by those in power and was thrown into the most remote city in the country as a victim of his family.How could he be willing to live here for the rest of his life?As long as there is a chance, he will still go back.

If he has been unable to go back for many years, it is because he was suppressed by the emperor. The reason why the emperor suppressed him was to protect Concubine Sun and the prince she gave birth to, and used his experience as Concubine Liu's younger brother to seal off the Liu family. mouth, now, most of the foundation of all this has collapsed.

The prince born to Concubine Sun has been dead for several years.Although she seems to be no less favored, she is no longer the one favored by the emperor the most.Nowadays, the most favored person in the palace is the Xian Concubine, and the Xian Concubine also gave birth to the eighth prince, who is the emperor's only son who is still alive in the world and has the status of a prince.

Who is the wise concubine?It was a confidant who was personally recommended to the emperor by the Empress Dowager Zhou.

The Zhou family, Queen Mother Zhou's natal family, has been in the northwest for many years.And Liu Keren happened to get along well with General Wednesday. As long as he helped the Zhou family with a few more small favors, he would be sure to persuade the Zhou family to give him a hand.

Liu Keren knew that the emperor was no longer the biggest obstacle to his return to the capital. He only needed to be on guard against Concubine Sun and Ge Lao Sun.But his identity, as well as his sister and nephew who unfortunately died unjustly, are all proof that Concubine Sun has committed an unforgivable crime.The Sun family would not let him return to the capital under any circumstances.

But this doesn't mean that he can't leave Suzhou.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't return to the capital, as long as it is a more prosperous and comfortable city, it can give him a way to climb up, and his wife can live more peacefully, so that she will not be frightened every night after going through a battle in Suzhou. Being unable to sleep peacefully would allow his son to find a more knowledgeable teacher, take the scientific examination normally, and allow his daughter to find a suitable marriage and marry a husband who is truly worthy of her...

Liu Keren was originally worried about where to start, but as soon as he heard about the plan of General Zhou Zhou and his cousins ​​Hai Xiya and Xie Wenzai, he immediately volunteered to participate.

While he was at Gaotai Institute, he very seriously taught the local soldiers and civilians how to grow new grain varieties, and by the way, he gained a good impression in front of the generals of the Shaanxi Xingdu Command and Envoy Department.When the peace talks mission arrived, the promising growth of corn around Gaotai Station also attracted the attention of officials from both the Chu and Hu missions.Even if the senior officials in Dachu didn't care what kind of food the people in the northwest border grew, someone would still spread the news to their ears that the Hu people were interested in new food varieties.

There are some things that officials from the capital won't care about, but they won't allow barbarians to get them secretly.

As a result, the officials of the Dachu Peace Talks Mission soon learned that the Gaotai Institute was planting a new grain species with high yield and cold resistance.Suzhou had tried planting last year, and the results were gratifying, so Ganzhou plans to try planting this year as well, and Gaotai Institute is just taking the first step.At the same time, Liu Keren also appeared in front of the mission officials.

He had left the capital less than ten years ago. Although his appearance looked much older and haggard, he had not changed much and was easily recognized.

Naturally, Sun Gelao's confidants immediately started to get angry, but Tao Yue learned that he was coming from Suzhou to guide the trial planting of new grains, so he called him over alone to talk and inquired about a lot of news in Suzhou City, especially about Xie Wenzai An update on et al.

Liu Keren originally intended to show his kindness to Tao Yue, so he naturally told everything he knew.He felt that Tao Yue had a good attitude towards him and would probably say a few nice words to him in front of the emperor.Unexpectedly, less than an hour after the conversation ended, Tao Yue left the high platform with his bodyguard on a fast horse under the pretext that he wanted to know more news about new grain varieties.Everyone was stunned.

Fortunately, one of the attachés he brought with him privately explained to the officials of the mission that he was going to Suzhou to inquire about the details of the Suzhou War last year, so as to find out the crime of the third prince of the Hu people for attacking Chu without authorization, and use this as a bargaining chip to fight against Chu. Negotiated by barbarians.Everyone was relieved and helped cover up the situation in front of the Hu envoys, not letting any Hu people know that the chief envoy of Da Chu was not at the negotiation site.

Although Liu Keren was very surprised by this, because he had already fallen out with Mr. Sun Ge's confidants before Tao Yue left, he could only continue to act out, pretending to be angry, and left the high platform.On the way back to Suzhou, he met Tao Yue again on his way back. The two talked for more than half an hour before he came back satisfied.

Liu Keren said to Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian: "I can't help you with this matter, and I concealed a lot of things in advance. Fortunately, the results are pretty good now. Your wishes have come true, and I have hope. As long as you are willing to forgive me, I’m willing to do anything.”

Although Xie Wenzai and others were a little surprised, they were not angry with Liu Keren: "What's the point? You just want to save yourself. Besides, if you are willing to go on this trip, you have already helped us a lot. We are grateful to you before it is too late. , how can I blame you?"

The two sides started talking and soon resumed their joy.

Liu Keren talked about what Tao Yue told him: "Tao Nanshan is the minister of Honglu Temple. Although his official position is not high, his qualifications are old enough. The emperor has been persuading him to join the cabinet. He had no intention of going up the ladder before, but now he is probably I have been persuaded by you and want to give it a try. After returning to Beijing, he will use the power of peace talks to seek the position of Minister of Household Affairs, and then use the matter of new grain planting to gain more real power..."

Tao Yue was quite confident.This time he came to participate in the peace talks. A young attaché in the mission, although he had very little qualifications, was actually the eldest son of the Minister of Tohoku Zuo, and he came with him to see the world and be gilded.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance is old and sick, and will retire in two years at most. However, the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Finance is not sure that he will be promoted to take over the vacancy of the Minister.Because the right minister is a member of Mr. Sun Ge, even if he has no achievements and little qualifications, relying on the backer of Mr. Sun Ge, he may trample on the veteran left minister under his feet.The left minister had always disliked the right minister and was not willing to be inferior to him.If the right minister really becomes the new minister, he will consider becoming an official.He was only one step away from the position of Minister. He asked himself that he had no shortage of strength and achievements, and his family background was better. How could he be willing to accept it?
He would send his eldest son to Tao Yue, hoping to use the power of this royal relative to ask Tao Yue to speak well for him in front of the emperor.

Seeing that the attendant was smart, Tao Yue had already planned to say a few good words for his father, but now, he decided to do more.

Not only did he plan to put in a good word for the left minister of the household department in front of the emperor, and try to ensure that he took over the position of minister of the household department, he also planned to work himself into the household ministry, and it would be good to be the right minister of the household department.At that time, he advocated the promotion of new grain varieties. As long as he achieved success, he would be eligible to participate in the competition the next time the Ministry of Revenue wanted to change the minister.

In order to ensure that his merits will not be in vain, he needs a large number of reliable and talented officials to assist him.Hai Xiya was his initial helper, and he happened to have appeared at the high platform recently. If he promoted him, no one would be suspicious.

Tao Yue planned to first transfer Haixi Ya to Chang'an to be responsible for trial planting new grains in Shaanxi. The new grain affairs in Suzhou and Ganzhou were handed over to Liu Keren.He may need to work hard for several years, but with his achievements in the past few years, whether he wants to return to Beijing or be promoted, his road will be smoother.

(End of this chapter)