People in the Song Dynasty were lawless

Chapter 388 The Song Dynasty is entrusted to you
When Zhao Jun and many other prime ministers rushed to the Lu Mansion after hearing the news, they saw Lu Yijian's face glowing red and his mental state seemed to be good.

But everyone knows that this is just a superficial phenomenon.

Because in ancient times, if there were no special accidents, dignitaries would often be able to recover for a period of time before dying of illness or even approaching death.

This is not because God gives them more time because of their special status, but simply because they have money.

If you have money, you can hire the best doctors and use the best and most expensive medicines.

Even if you are about to die, the doctor can give you acupuncture and let you take some centuries-old wild ginseng, Angong Niuhuang Pills, etc., and you can hang on for a while.

Lu Yijian was already in critical condition at that time. If he had not been rescued in time, he probably would not have been able to wait for his family to send a letter to the palace, and then wait until Zhao Jun and others learned the news and came over.

But I can't help but say that the Lu family is a truly wealthy family. To say that they are so rich that they can rival the country may be an exaggeration, but to describe it as a pile of gold and jade is definitely not an exaggeration.

So when they discovered that Lu Yijian's condition was in critical condition, the Lu family quickly paid a large sum of money to hire the best Chinese medicine doctor in Bianliang City, who first administered acupuncture and then some precious life-saving drugs, and then he recovered.

Lu Yijian's face quickly turned rosy. After opening her originally cloudy eyes, her mind seemed to be clear. Except that she couldn't get out of bed, she seemed to be in much better spirits.

Just as Wang Zeng was thinking about his heirs before he died of illness, after Lu Yijian regained consciousness, he immediately asked his family to notify Zhao Zhen.

After all, Zhao Jun's attitude towards him has not been very good over the years. To get such an evaluation is already considered very good.

However, as a political figure, Lu Yijian could not just stay at home and wait for death.

The room became dark, only a bright lamp next to it was still shining, and Lu Yijian's face was hidden in the shadow of the lamp.

For political families, if the next generation of politicians has not grown up and the older generation is about to pass away, it will definitely be a disaster from heaven.

"Okay, we are all of this age, don't act like a child."

Lu Yijian said to Lu Gongchuo and others: "You go out first."

Zhao Jun was still mature and steady, and came over and said: "Tai Shigong once said that everyone will die eventually, and it may be lighter than a feather, or heavier than Mount Tai. I will not comfort Lao Lu that you can still live a long and healthy life, but what I can say is , Lao Lu's life has not been in vain, and he can leave his name in history. "

At this moment, the smell of soup and medicine filled the room. Lu Yijian was supported by his family and leaned against the bed. His five sons, Lu Gongchuo, Lu Gongchun, Lu Gongzhu, Lu Gongbi and Lu Gongru, were all there.

He said with some emotion, patted Yan Shu's hand gently and said: "I have been fighting with Wang Xiaoxian for the rest of my life. In history, I was dismissed from the prime minister together with him. I didn't expect that I would leave with him in the same year."

In a few days at most, a day or two or even half a day at least, when the overdrawn body's potential is exhausted and the vitality dissipates, Lu Yijian may die completely, and it will be difficult for the gods to save him.

Li Di stuck his head out and said: "Old man, didn't you spend the first half of your life fighting with me? I haven't left yet, why are you leaving first?"

Zhao Jun and others nodded slightly, then looked towards the bedside.

Zhao Zhen couldn't leave the palace, so naturally he had to ask Zhao Jun and others to come over and take a look.

Song Shou stepped forward and said, "Mr. Lu, what else do you wish for?"

All of them looked haggard and sad.

"Lv Gong."

Li Di was speechless for a moment and rolled his eyes in anger.

Although his face seemed okay, his voice was very weak, as if he didn't have much strength anymore.

Without the political resources of the previous generation, the promotion path of the next generation will inevitably be difficult.

Lu Yijian smiled bitterly and said, "My death is approaching."

So everyone understands that Lu Yijian is currently quietly waiting for the arrival of many colleagues from the Constitutional Yuan, just to use his remaining heat and burn out the last bit of light for the Lu family.

"You old man."

Several prime ministers present who were familiar with their relationship laughed.

Although Wang Zeng has never fought against Lu Yijian, no matter in history or today, he is at least barely a rival in the Constitutional Yuan.

Only the doctor knew that this was actually a combination of acupuncture and drugs that finally stimulated Lu Yijian's physical potential, causing a comeback.

Not only did he, Li Di, fail to defeat Lu Yijian, but he was also kicked out of the court. He was indeed defeated.

"Zhiyuan, Prime Minister Yan, Prime Minister Cai, and Prime Minister Song."

When the sons of the Lu family saw everyone arriving, they quickly came over to pay their respects one by one.

"Hahahahaha."

Lu Yijian laughed and said, "Then have you ever fought against me in the first half of your life?"

Everyone stood there and listened patiently.

"Lv Gong."

They walked to the bed.

Yan Shu came to the bed and held his hand.

So the doctor secretly told the family that they could prepare for funeral arrangements.

"Yes."

Lu Yijian was not angry because Zhao Jun didn't comfort him, but was actually a little happy.

"If I can get what you say, Hanlong, I will die with no regrets."

Lu Yijian sighed: "I have lived enough in this life. At this point, I just hope that the country will be fine. It's a pity that I used to think that I had three big wishes before I died, but now I have only fulfilled one."

Lu Gongchuo and others walked out backwards and closed the door again.

Then Lu Yijian continued: "My first wish is to ride on that train. After the train from Bianliang to Weishi opened in March this year, I took it once and I was very satisfied."

"The second wish is to witness the arrival of the electrification era, but now that the first industrial revolution has not yet been completed, it is already difficult to realize."

"The third wish is to see Yan Yun return, but I have heard the news many times that I, the Song Dynasty, have not completed this move yet."

After he finished speaking, he lay back on the bed, his eyes filled with disappointment.

For a person who has seen the only high technology in the future - the notebook, he is very envious of the things recorded in the movies in the notebook, and wants to see what kind of world the future will be like all the time.

Just like a person in the 21st century, he will also be very curious about what kind of era technology will be in a few hundred years.

Can humans solve cancer, AIDS, and ALS?

Whether humans can achieve immortality.

Can humans transcend the solar system and go to more distant places in the Milky Way?

Only when you have seen the mountains will you know how small you are. And if you stand on the top of the mountain, look at the sky above your head, and discover the boundless universe, you will understand the greatness and vastness of the world.

If the Song Dynasty is compared to the bottom of the mountain, the 21st century is the top of the mountain, and future technology is the sky, then Zhao Jun has at least stood on the top of the mountain and looked up at the stars. Even if he is still an ant, he is no longer an ant. Ignorant ants.

But for Lu Yijian and others, they had been living at the bottom of the mountain for decades and had never even had a chance to see the top of the mountain.

Because they never know that they live at the bottom of a mountain, and they never know that there is a mountain top above their heads, and there is an endless starry sky. They are only in the world they know.

When one day a person comes down from the mountain and breaks this perception, no matter who he is, he will involuntarily raise his head and look up at the world.

He was old and frail, unable to climb to the top of the mountain, and collapsed on the way to the mountain. This is not only a regret for Lu Yijian, but also a regret for Wang Sui, Sheng Du, and Wang Zeng. It may also become a regret for Yan Shu, Cai Qi, and Song Shou in the future.

Zhao Jun knew what he meant.

Yan Shu and others also understood Lu Yijian's thoughts.

Because they feel the same way he does.

"You want to witness the electrification era, and I also want to go back to the future information age. It's a pity that you can't see the electrification era, and it's also difficult for me to see the information age. As for what else I would like."

Zhao Jun blinked his eyes and said humorously: "Originally, these three wishes should be able to realize two of them. Unfortunately, Lao Fan is a bit unlucky. It's snowing heavily in Yanyun now, and he can't forcefully attack the city. How about you follow? Will the King of Hell take a leave and wait until next year?”

Everyone was stunned.

Then everyone burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, ask for a leave from the King of Hell?"

"Yes, Mr. Lu, why don't you ask someone to talk to you below and gain some more Yangshou?"

"I think it will work. Maybe Lu Gong can see his great-grandson being born during this holiday."

Everyone was happy.

Everyone in the room smiled.

For a time, the seriousness and sadness caused by Lu Yijian's impending death were diluted a lot.

Lu Yijian also laughed.

In fact, it has reached this point, and people have basically looked away.

No matter how much you fear or don't want to die, your body's aging is inevitable and it will eventually reach this point.

If others blindly comfort you by saying that you are only sixty-eight years old and that as long as you take a good rest, your body will definitely recover, it will make people feel hypocritical.

Because Lu Yijian was not just sick, but already at the end of his illness and about to die.

My body knows that such comfort is meaningless.

So sometimes less hypocrisy and more sincerity or humor may be more soothing.

"Okay, I'm already a dying man, and you're still teasing me, not to mention you are all in your fifties or sixties, cough, cough, cough."

Lu Yijian was about to say something to his colleagues when he suddenly coughed violently.

"Lv Gong."

"Lv Xu Gong."

"How are you, Old Lutou?"

Everyone was shocked and quickly came closer to ask.

Lu Yijian covered her mouth, then waved her hands and said, "It's okay, I can still live for a while."

After saying that, he raised his head, looked around at everyone, looked at Yan Shu first, and said with a smile: "Uncle Tong, you are much older too."

Yan Shu smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, I have reached this age after all."

"Pay more attention to your health. Don't be like me. Please help me take care of Guan's family. I don't worry about him."

Lu Yijian's eyes became slightly cloudy.

It cannot be said that Zhao Zhen was brought up by him, but since he succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, the power in the court has been controlled by the Queen Mother Liu.

At that time, countless ministers in the court were flattering the Queen Mother, and some even stirred up old stories about Wu Zhao. For example, Cheng Lin, then the censor Zhongcheng, gave Liu E a hint of the "Picture of Empress Wu's Approaching the Court".

If it weren't for a group of ministers headed by Lu Yijian who argued with Empress Dowager Liu and protected the little emperor as he grew up, no one would know what the future would be like.

Therefore, it can be said that in the first half of Zhao Zhen's life, Lu Yijian was not only his minister and teacher, but also his most important support. In history, when Lu Yijian died of illness, Zhao Zhen suspended the court for three days. Not only did he order civil and military officials to express condolences, he also wore mourning robes in the back garden and mourned for Lu Yijian in person. This shows how deep the relationship between the two was.

"Well, I understand. I will advise officials from time to time."

Yan Shu patted his hand gently.

Lu Yijian then looked at Song Shou and said with a forced smile: "Gong Chui, I have relied on your support for me in the Political Affairs Hall and the Constitutional Yuan over the years. Otherwise, I might not be able to support myself alone."

Song Shou said seriously: "Lü Gong's heart for the country and the people can be learned from heaven and earth. Since I am involved in political affairs, I should do my best to help him. It is also my duty."

"Ah."

Lu Yijian responded, then looked at Cai Qi and said: "Zisi, although Xiaoxian and I have different political views, we have never had any grudges. When I was involved in political affairs, Xiaoxian still strongly recommended me as prime minister, but in the end, because of Friendship has been lost due to political disagreements, please don’t take this matter to heart.”

Cai Qi shook his head and said: "If there are political differences, then it's just political differences. How can we lose friendship?"

When a person is about to die, his words are also good.

Although Wang Zeng and Cai Qi's team had many disputes with Lu Yijian and Song Shou's team, they even got into a situation where there was one without him, one without one.

But now that Wang Zeng has died of illness and Lu Yijian will leave soon, these things will naturally dissipate like the dust of the past.

Lu Yijian glanced at him gratefully, then looked at Li Di and said the same thing to him.

There are also Zhang Shixun, Jia Changchao, Jiang Tang, Xia Song, Du Yan and so on.

There are several people here who have enemies with Lu Yijian. For example, Li Di was kicked out of the court by Lu Yijian. Xia Song once had a dispute with Lu Yijian and was suppressed by Lu Yijian.

But all of this naturally disappears before death.

Even though everyone here knows that Lu Yijian is actually trying to pave the way for his descendants, hoping that the grudges will disappear and that future generations will not be implicated because of him.

After all, it is true that people often take tea to cool down. Even if Lu Yijian is friendly with many of the prime ministers here, as long as there is one prime minister who has a grudge against him who wants to suppress the descendants of the Lu family, then the other prime ministers will have to weigh their options for one. The result of the dead offending the living.

So why is it said that politics is cruel? Humanity and sophistication are useful in many cases, but not necessarily in politics. The powers of the prime ministers are overlapping, and the cost of fighting to the death with a living person of the same level as himself for a dead person is too high.

Soon Lu Yijian finished speaking to everyone here, as if he was giving his last words. At the end, his eyes were on Zhao Jun.

He whispered: "Hanlong, can I talk to you alone?"

This is a request.

It is unimaginable that Lu Yijian, who used to be arbitrary and domineering and liked to speak his mind, used a pleading tone.

Zhao Jun was a little surprised, but he still turned around and said to everyone: "Okay, stop hanging around. The court still has a lot of government affairs to deal with. Let's just do this for today. I will talk to Prime Minister Lu alone."

Yan Shu glanced at the two of them and then said: "Okay, let's go back first."

"Mr. Lu, take care of yourself."

"I'll come to visit Mr. Lu tomorrow."

"Then I'll take my leave now."

Many prime ministers did not stop, and they naturally knew that Lu Yijian had something to say to Zhao Jun.

After a while, everyone went out and the door was closed. For a while, the air in the room that was slightly turbid due to the crowd gathered around seemed a little fresher.

"Cough cough cough."

Lu Yijian coughed several times.

Zhao Jun pulled a chair over from the side, sat on the bedside and said: "Old Lu, what do you want to say to me? If you want me to take care of your children and grandchildren, then let's not talk about it. Let's not talk about these three generations. I can't do anything for the prime minister. If your son Lu Gongzhu will also be a prime minister, what do you have to worry about? "

"Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Compared with Wang Xiaoxian's descendants who have disappeared from the public, I will have an outstanding son who can be the prime minister in the future, so I have nothing to worry about."

Lu Yijian smiled bitterly and shook his head. Then he raised his head, looked at Zhao Jun seriously and said, "Actually, I just want to see you and tell you something from my heart. You have been in Song Dynasty for eleven years, and I don't think you have ever talked to me before." Let’s have a heart-to-heart relationship like this.”

"You're such a bad old man. You think about harming me all day long. I don't want to have anything to do with you."

Zhao Jun pretended to dislike being authentic.

In fact, his mood is more complicated now.

He really didn't like Lu Yijian very much.

But after all, they had worked together for many years, and he was the first to surrender.

If Lu Yijian had not been the eldest brother and decided to establish the Constitutional Yuan, I am afraid that he would not have gained power so early.

So he couldn't say how much he hated Lu Yijian.

It can only be said that the human heart is indeed complex and changeable, at least he cannot simply judge whether Lu Yijian is good or bad.

Just like Lu Yijian, he excluded dissidents and suppressed political opponents in politics. He was a member of the conservative interest group that resisted Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal.

However, he maintained imperial power, was good at managing politics, was an honest official, and had outstanding achievements in local governance.

Right or wrong, who can tell clearly?
"Hanlong."

Lu Yijian looked at Zhao Jun seriously and said: "The country of Song Dynasty will be left to you."

When Zhao Jun heard this, he did not answer immediately, but looked at him equally seriously.

After a moment, he asked: "Are you serious?"

"seriously?"

"Why do you say that? It's like the emperor is entrusting you with an orphan, and you're not afraid that someone in the palace will know?"

"It is precisely because I know the temperament of the man in the palace that I say this."

Lu Yijian sighed and said: "The officials are too soft-tempered. Isn't the reason why I am so strong is because the officials are too soft-tempered and too indecisive? If they were not strong, it would take a long time for the officials to make some trivial matters. Decision, how can we govern the Song Dynasty like this?"

As he said that, he looked at Zhao Jun and said: "I blocked you at the beginning. I wanted you to take the imperial examination first and then slowly integrate into the scholar-bureaucrats. Do you think I was worried that your appearance would destroy the scholar-bureaucrat class and dissipate our interest groups?"

"Is not it?"

Zhao Jun asked back.

"Yes."

Lu Yijian admitted: "But I have another worry."

"You said."

Zhao Jun listened.

"Officials are soft-tempered. You are just a young boy after all. Even if you come from a later generation, the national conditions are different, so you immediately started to carry out drastic reforms. What if you caused the Song Dynasty to perish early?"

Lu Yijian shook his head and said: "That's why I couldn't let you take power immediately after your eyes recovered. At least I want to see your ability."

If this was said eleven years ago, Zhao Jun would not believe it even if it matched every punctuation mark.

But now, he believes it.

Because he is now standing at this height and sitting in this position.

Put yourself in Lu Yijian's shoes, if he were not a descendant of later generations, but a native of the Song Dynasty, he would probably be obstructed if he were put in Lu Yijian's position.

After all, you can't just say what you say. Even if what you say is right, theory and practice are two different things.

There are too many scholars in this world who think they can guide the country and scold Fang Qiu. As a result, once I got started, I realized that he was just a person with high ambitions and low hands, who talked nicely.

In the five thousand years of Chinese history, there are only a handful of great men like Huo Qubing, Zhuge Liang, and others who shook the world as soon as they were born.

So at this moment, he also understood Lu Yijian's thoughts.

"You yourself know what happened later. Although you were a little reckless at the time, you were not incompetent. You dared to fight and fight hard, which also made us ashamed."

Lu Yijian said in a long voice: "From that time on, we were naturally willing to give you this authority. In the eleven years since Yang Yang, you have not let us down, and you have finally made the Song Dynasty rise!"

"So at this moment, I just hope that you can sit in that position again and govern the Song Dynasty well. Don't let the weakness of the officials become the decline of the Song Dynasty. Don't let the glory of today be lost tomorrow." It collapsed in an instant.”

"I would like to thank you!"

Lu Yijian struggled to raise his hands and salute Zhao Jun.

But Zhao Jun gently put his hand on his and slowly pressed it down. This was the first time he took the initiative to grab Lu Yijian's hand, and it was also the first time he let go of this old man who he had never dealt with before.

He said softly: "I agreed."

"Thank you."

Lu Yijian responded softly, as if after saying these two words, his energy and energy had been drained, and he fell softly.

Zhao Jun saw that his chest was rising and falling and that he was still breathing, so he placed him on the bed and let him have a slightly comfortable position to rest. Then he stood up and said: "I will govern the Song Dynasty for you. This is My promise to you, old Mr. Lu."

After that, he turned around and walked towards the door.

Lu Yijian's time is running out, and he needs his family to accompany him on his final journey.

"Hanlong."

"Hanlong."

"Da Song entrusted it to you."

"You have to work harder."

"More powerful."

"start running."

"You have to run."

"You want the Song Dynasty to stand on top of the world."

The sound has become weaker and weaker.

Almost unnoticeable.

Lu Yijian slowly stretched out his left hand, as if trying to grab Zhao Jun's back.

But after lifting it up just a little bit, it fell softly.

His eyes went from being sober at first to becoming increasingly cloudy, and in the end, there was only a trace of murmuring left.

Perhaps Zhao Jun's appearance has brought them the last glimmer of hope for this group of old men who once only fought for power and tried every means to suppress their political opponents.

It allows them to find their own meaning in life during the rest of their lives.

And now, they will eventually pass away.

This glimmer of dawn still supported them, allowing them to walk into the grave with peace of mind and return to dust.

(End of this chapter)