Hairpin Phoenix - Chapter 706

   Chapter 706 Fanwai’s son-in-law (2)

   On the second day, King Xingyang entered the palace early.

   It was Li Jing, who drank wine the night before. It was absurd in the middle of the night, an hour later than usual.

   Hearing that his father-in-law had been waiting for an interview in the Funing Hall, Li Jing felt a little guilty, changed clothes and groomed numbly, and walked much faster than usual.

  Lu Lin was in no hurry, and calmly greeted the emperor who walked quickly and sweating slightly on his forehead: “I have seen the emperor.”

   There is only one queen concubine in the harem, and the emperor is not haphazardly pampering other beauties. He wished his son-in-law and daughter had a good relationship.

  Li Jing hurriedly helped Lu Lin up with a smile, and explained with a shy face: “I drank a lot of wine last night, and I got up a little late today.”

  Father-in-law didn’t mind at all, and his father-in-law smiled: “I didn’t wait long.”

   Li Jing smiled cheekily and took his father-in-law to the imperial study.

   This is where Li Jing usually studies, and the servants are all sent out, only Weng and husband-in-law sit and talk to each other, which is much more intimate and casual. Li Jing also refused to call himself “Zheng”, and smiled affectionately: “Father-in-law led the army abroad for more than a year and fought a lot of battles. Let me hear it.”

  Lu Lin is also interesting, no matter what Li Jing calls him, he is still an emperor.

   Just gossip for a long time.

   Until the father-in-law Xiaoyuan reported back and forth: “Report to the emperor, several ministers have important political affairs to report.”

   Great Wei had a vast territory, and daily state affairs were complicated. The Son of Heaven alone cannot handle so many political affairs. All memorials are advanced cabinet. The cabinet ministers looked at it first, picked out the important ones, and presented them to the imperial front.

  If there is an extraordinarily important matter, you must report and discuss the matter in person. So basically there are small chapels every day.

   Li Jing said apologetically to Lu Lin: “I wanted to accompany my father-in-law for half a day. I never thought about it, and there is another political event coming.”

  Lu Lin said with a smile: “State affairs are important. The minister has returned to the capital. In the future, when the emperor wants to see the minister, the minister can enter the palace at any time.”

   This is true.

   Li Jing smiled and said casually: “Father-in-law, don’t rush back, since you are entering the palace, go to Jiaofang Palace. At noon, eat with Xiaoyu.”

   This proposal is exactly what Lu Lin wanted.

   Yesterday, the father and daughter reunited. They only saw each other once. In just a few words, he went to the palace banquet. When I have free time today, I can sit and have lunch with my daughter for an hour or two.

   This is the greatest reward for him.

  Lu Lin readily responded: “The foreign ministers entered the harem, but the palace rules were not in harmony. The emperor allowed the ministers to enter the Jiaofang Palace to visit the queen’s concubine, and the ministers went to shamelessly.”

   At this hour, Lu Mingyu just finished handling the palace affairs.

   Hearing that his father was coming, Lu Mingyu was overjoyed, his black eyes were full of smiles, and he walked out quickly to greet him.

  Lu Lin acted comprehensively, never willing to be spoiled or spoiled, insisted on performing courteous rites. Lu Mingyu couldn’t beat his father, so he had to let Lu Lin bow before reaching out to help his father.

   The father and daughter took their seats separately.

  Lu Mingyu said with a smile: “I’ll let someone prepare lunch, and Dad will stay for lunch at noon today.”

  Lu Lin smiled and said, “I didn’t plan to go back on an empty stomach when I came here.”

   These words were witty and witty, and Qiyun on the side pursed her lips and chuckled. Goodbye master, with a smile on the corners of his eyes and brows.

   Niangniang has not been so happy for a long time.

  Father and daughter, they don’t talk about war or government affairs, they just talk about homely gossip, and they are extraordinarily comfortable. At noon, all three siblings came, and Li Jing also came back to accompany his father-in-law for dinner.

   Lu Lin felt great comfort.

   No matter how much you ask, you can’t see it with your own eyes.

  Li Jing became the emperor, and his attitude towards Lu Mingyu remained the same as before. While serving Lu Mingyu with vegetables, and then wiping the corners of his youngest son’s mouth with a handkerchief, the husband and wife looked at each other and smiled from time to time.

  …

  Three days later, Lu Lin made a memorial that shocked all the ministers.

   The Xingyang Army fought for more than a year, quelled the rebellion of Yan and Chu, and made great achievements. There were also many casualties. By convention, new recruits should be recruited after the war to replenish the troops.

   Lu Lin’s memorial is just the opposite. It is to return the veterans who are over 40 years old to their hometowns.

  In the army, a veteran who has experienced battles can be worth three recruits. Even Puyang Marquis was so shocked that his eyes widened, looking at Lu Lin with the same eyes as a fool.

   The 20,000 soldiers sent by the Zhao family army were mostly recruits. The real elite soldiers were left behind. Therefore, he gave up the 20,000 soldiers, although his heart ached, he would not hurt his bones. In the future, if you want to expand the force, recruit new soldiers, and you can use veterans to lead new recruits.

   King Xingyang is too real, he wants to disperse all the veterans, this is going to cut himself!

   Li Jing, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was also startled by his father-in-law’s actions.

   Weng and son-in-law had two gossips before, but father-in-law didn’t mention a word! Why did it suddenly go up?

  Li Jing was in a tumultuous mood and didn’t know what to say for a while.

  Lu Lin had already made up his mind. At this time, he looked calm and talked eloquently: “The first emperor fought for more than ten years to pacify the territory of Great Wei. Now the rebellion of Yan and Chu has been settled, and the four seas are calm. There is no need for so many troops in the army.”

   “My minister wants to return the veterans to their hometowns, and he is also sympathetic to them for fighting year after year. Now that they are old, they should be allowed to return to their hometowns, marry wives and have children, and have some happy birthdays.”

   “Repatriating the veterans will cost a lot of money for resettlement. This matter will have to be taken care of by Gao Shangshu and Yang Shangshu.”

  Hubu Gao Shangshu came back to his senses from the shock and immediately said, “King Xingyang’s words are serious. This is a matter for the ministers, and I dare not say that it is hard.”

   At least half of the silver in the Great Wei treasury was used to support soldiers.

   From the standpoint of the Ministry of Households, I really wish the fewer troops the better.

   However, we cannot blindly reduce our strength. Without a strong army and force, once there is a rebellion, it will be a disaster for the country. How to balance, that is the matter of the Son of Heaven.

  Qiao Ge thought about it for a while, and opened his mouth: “The old minister thinks that what King Xingyang said is quite reasonable. Please the emperor should answer the request of King Xingyang and order the veterans to return home.”

   After saying that, he glanced at Puyang Hou.

  The Marquis of Puyang: “…”

   Watch what he does. He’s not that stupid!

   Besides, he has given up 20,000 Zhao family troops and stayed in Yanchu as a garrison. I still want to cut his flesh!

  The Marquis of Puyang snorted inwardly, but Quan Dang didn’t see the meaningful attention of Mr. Qiao Ge.

   Luo Shangshu has always been in the same camp as Qiao Ge, and Qiao Ge opened his mouth. Luo Shangshu couldn’t let go, and immediately handed over to play: “I agree to ask the emperor to make an order.”

  The emperor on the dragon chair stared at his father-in-law with complicated eyes. After a long silence, he said: “The memorial of King Xingyang, I am sure!”

   All the civil servants breathed a sigh of relief.

  Lu Lin also praised in his heart.

   Family affection is one thing, imperial power is another. In order to stabilize the imperial power, one has to be ruthless and make the right decisions when necessary.

   Can see through this, Li Jingcai is a qualified emperor.

   (end of this chapter)