"Teacher." The three of them turned to face Lu Zhengchu.

Lin Xiangyang said: "But the student still doesn't understand why Zuo Jinglun did this? Fight to the death with the teacher, injuring the enemy by one thousand, and damaging himself by eight hundred..."

Lu Zhengchu said: "Look at things from the results. Who will benefit the most from this matter?"

Lin Xiangyang pondered: "Could it be... the chief assistant... Zheng Yuanhua?"

"That's right." Lu Zhengchu closed his eyes again and sighed: "Song Li seems to be from Zuo Jinglun, but he may also be from Zheng Yuanhua. Today's three memorials are not only for me, but also for Your Majesty.

Zheng Yuanhua is now so self-willed that even His Majesty dares to persecute him."

The three students were a little stunned.

"Back then, I worked with him to overthrow the eunuchs, determined to reverse the increasingly declining situation of the Chu Dynasty. Unexpectedly, he now regarded the cabinet as his own, arbitrary and self-willed, and could no longer listen to other people's opinions. He even

I forgot who the master of this world is... I don’t have to be a cabinet minister. I’m just retiring and returning home. But Qin Chengye can’t help but guard Liaodong. Oh, these people complain about too much Liao salary, complain about Qin Chengye’s inability to win the battle, and complain about the Qinshan River

Surrendering to the enemy... I don't know how high the sky is! If it were them who were to defend Liaodong, who would rule the country now? Do they still have the life to talk loudly and stir up trouble in the court?!"

When he got excited, he suddenly coughed, and after a long time he sighed: "But as long as your Majesty can understand clearly, we won't lose too badly in this round..."

At this time, someone came over to report: "Sir, Mr. Bai wants to see you."

Lin Xiangyang frowned and said: "At this time, if he doesn't avoid suspicion, what is he doing here? Teacher, do you want the students to go..."

"Yi Zhang is not an ignorant person. Since he is here, he must have something important to do." Lu Zhengchu waved his hand and sighed: "Let him come in."

After a while, I saw Bai Yizhang leading a young man into the hall.

Lu Zhengchu squinted his eyes, nodded, and said with a smile: "I was the same age when I passed the imperial examination, but I was not born with such a good skin."

Bai Yizhang said: "Mr. Ge, this is the third brother of my niece-in-law. He is worthy of Princess Chunning's attachment. He is no longer..."

Lu Zhengchu waved his hand and said, "I know that Uncle Jianing entered the palace half an hour ago."

With just one sentence, Bai Yizhang's face lit up with joy.

Wang Xiao felt a little awe-inspiring in his heart.

Lu Zhengchu then looked at Wang Xiao and said, "Young man, what do you want to see me for?"

Wang Xiao looked at Lu Zhengchu and became a little nervous.

Facing this cabinet minister, he couldn't laugh and curse like he did in front of Bai Yizhang...

Lu Zhengchu is sixty-two years old this year and looks a bit old.

He was wearing casual clothes at this time, and his posture was very relaxed while leaning on the chair, but he still had a very impressive official power about him.

Power can give people momentum.

This old man, who has been in charge of the world for more than ten years, can make people feel powerful with every look in his eyes and every move he raises his hands.

Wang Xiao bowed politely and said, "Junior, I came here to ask you to save my eldest brother."

Since it's not easy to use scheming, just say it clearly.

Lu Zhengchu closed his eyes.

Lin Xiangyang beside him said: "Your eldest brother killed Zhang Heng, the Ministry of Punishment has evidence..."

Wang smiled and said: "If you don't save us, our brothers will expose your Kundang for swallowing up disaster relief food over the years."

"Ignorant fool." Ding Qu snorted coldly.

Lin Xiangyang was also a little bit scolded, but he still looked at Lu Zhengchu's reaction first.

Lu Zhengchu actually seemed to be asleep.

After a while, the old man shook his head gently and smiled.

"The young man is naive. Yes, our Kundang has indeed swallowed up the relief food. You might as well take it out."

Wang Xiao was stunned for a moment and was speechless for a moment.

Lu Zhengchu then opened his eyes, looked at Wang Xiao, and said: "I have a special affinity with you, so I might as well say a few words to you. For example, in May of this year, when there was a drought in Henan, the court allocated 200,000 shi in the first batch of grain.

Our Kundang swallowed 100,000 stones."

Wang Xiao was stunned.

Naturally, the other party is not providing evidence to himself.

He had no choice but to ask: "What do you mean, sir?"

Lu Zhengchu sighed: "The question is, where did the two hundred thousand stones of food for the imperial court come from?"

Wang Xiao naturally couldn't answer.

Lu Zhengchu said: "If you are a disaster victim in Henan, hungry and waiting for the court to provide relief, do you want the court to answer you 'Wait a minute, the food is on the way', or 'The court has no food, don't wait.

,go to hell', which answer do you want?"

Wang Xiao was shocked.

Lu Zhengchu smiled bitterly: "Let's just say that last year, just to provide food relief to Shanxi Province, it cost two million dan, but where did the two million dan of grain come from? People used to say, 'Huguang is ripe, and the world has enough'. But

In the past few years, apart from the locusts from Huguang, has a grain of food entered Beijing? I ask you, what can the court do when emergency letters are delivered one after another? By the way... Young man, you

Reading?"

Wang Xiao murmured: "Junior... take a look..."

Lu Zhengchu said: "Young people should read more. There is a very interesting book in our dynasty called "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In the seventeenth chapter, Cao Mengcao and the warehouse official Wang Heren said, "I want to ask you to borrow something to suppress the crowd.

"My heart, you must not be stingy," do you know what it means?"

Wang Xiao was confused and replied honestly: "Cao Cao's army was short of food, so he beheaded the food transport officer to relieve the resentment among the army..."

Lu Zhengchu nodded: "Yes. The people are hungry and captured everywhere, and the court has no food to provide relief, so someone needs to take responsibility. I and Yi Zhang, the Kundang, are like Cao Mengcao's warehouse officials. The people have no food to eat, and the court has no food to eat.

He said that the food was stolen by corrupt officials. At least there is hope in the hearts of the people. They think that one day when the corruption of officials occurs, the world will be better. When the resentment in their hearts is about to burst out, His Majesty can kill us corrupt officials.

Their resentment will disappear."

"I am incompetent and cannot feed the people in this world. Only this old body can be used to eliminate the resentment of the world. If something happens one day, I will just die to thank the people of the world. In this way, I will know it earlier than everyone else.

The Chu Dynasty has reached its end."

Wang Xiao was stunned.

how so?

It shouldn't be like this...

For a moment, he had mixed feelings in his heart. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Lu Zhengchu seemed a little tired. He closed his eyes and leaned back. He sighed: "Young people have short-sightedness when it comes to seeing things, but you have to understand that your Majesty is not a fool, and we scholar-bureaucrats are not fools either. Many things may not be believed by seeing.

You are still young, go back and study more. One day, when we old men like rotten wood die, we will leave this great country in your hands."

With that said, he waved his hand and said: "Go back, His Majesty will summon you later."
Chapter completed!