Lu Qi knew that the people who came to congratulate Li Mi on his birthday this time were some Qingliu who thought they were upright, these people had no other skills, they all relied on a mouth, the good ones could be said to be bad by them, and the dead ones could be said to be alive by them, as long as they looked at who was not pleasing to the eye, they would scold people to the point of incompleteness, they always had nothing to do in the court for three days and two heads, scolding the minister today, scolding Xungui Huang Qin tomorrow, and scolding the emperor if he was idle, there was nothing they didn't dare to scold, even Zhao Ziliang was scolded by them.

Thinking about it like this, Lu Qi's heart was no longer angry, and he sat calmly next to Zhuo Zi drinking tea and eating snacks, listening to some of the so-called clear streams in the vicinity who were fighting against each other, and there was a sneer in his heart, and these clear streams were left with only this little fun.

After a few cups of tea, Lu Qi felt a little urgent, and immediately asked a family member standing nearby to ask where the toilet was, and the family was very careful to guide him.

When Lu Qi came out of the toilet after going to the toilet, Li Fan happened to come over and saw him and gave his hand: "Lu Xiang is here, this outer courtyard is noisy, my father has prepared tea in the study, please Lu Xiang go over and talk about it!" ”

Lu Qi thought that Li Mi saw that he was not very popular among these Qingliu people in the outer courtyard, so he specially invited him to the study alone and accompanied him personally, it seems that this Li Mi is still a very good person, no wonder he can eat at the regent's side, so thinking about it, Lu Qi became happy in his heart, and said to Li Fan: "So please ask the eldest prince to lead the old man to see Mr. Changyuan!" ”

Under the guidance of Li Fan, Lu Qi came to the study, only to see Li Qi sitting at the coffee table brewing tea, he saw Lu Qi coming in and immediately got up and said: "Lu Xiang is here, please sit down!" There are too many complicated things today, Li Mi is not thoughtful, and I invite Lu Xianghaihan! ”

How dare Lu Qi be a big guy in front of Li Yu? This is one of the few people who can directly reach the heavens, he hurriedly bowed his hand and saluted: "Where did Mr. Changyuan come from, Mr. is the birthday star today, but he personally came to greet me, a person who does not understand elegance, Lu Qi is flattered!" ”

"Don't say kind words, come, Lu Xiang, please take a seat!" Li Mi beckoned, and then instructed his eldest son Li Fan: "You go outside and guard, don't let the subordinates get close and make noise!" ”

"Yes!" Li Fan said yes and exited the study.

Li Mi's words made Lu Qi stunned, he heard that Li Mi must have something important to tell him if he asked Li Fan, the eldest son, to guard outside in person. He remembered Li Mi's identity, Li Mi had no official position in the court, he was just a minister of the regent's government, but this person's influence in the court could not be ignored, and many officials large and small in the court went through his door and got his protection.

Lu Qi's mind turned fast, if Li Mi really had something to tell him, then it must be the regent's intention, and he immediately said to Li Mi: "Mr. Changyuan might as well say something directly, Lu Qi listens!" ”

Li Mi pondered for a moment and said to Lu Qi: "Lu Xiang is really a person with a bright mind, since this is the case, Li Mi will not hide it." Recently, the king has not thought about tea and dinner, and his mind is broken, and the ministers and officials in the palace are anxious in their eyes, but there is nothing they can do! ”

Lu Qi was stunned for a moment, and said curiously: "Oh? This is terrible, although the king sees this, he can't think about tea and dinner all day long, and his body will be dragged down after a long time, I don't know what the king is thinking? ”

Li Mi said: "After careful observation, the colleagues in the palace finally found out that the king has a heart disease, and this heart disease must be treated with heart!" After discussion and discussion, the ministers and officials believed that there were many that could cure the king's heart disease, but Lu Xiangye was undoubtedly the most suitable! ”

"Lu?" Lu Qi was stunned again, as if he had thought of something, his heart was beating wildly, and beads of sweat were faintly oozing from his forehead.

Li Mi smiled: "That's right, it's Lu Xiang!" ”

Lu Qi was stared at by Li Mi, and he was even more uncomfortable, he had to ask hard: "I don't know how to cure the king's heart disease, and I ask Mr. Changyuan for some advice!" ”

Li Mi said: "Last summer, Zai Guan Bo had proposed that the official situation was prevalent in extravagance and corruption, the government was bloated, the people were overwhelmed, the administrative expenses were too large, and due to the bad bureaucratic atmosphere, it also directly affected the people, and the king was worried about it. The king has troubles, and as courtiers, we should share the king's worries, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain to be a minister, Lu Xiang said? ”

Lu Qi had to echo: "Yes, yes, what Mr. Changyuan said is extremely true!" ”

The colleagues of the royal palace believed that if they wanted to solve the king's worries, they had to restart the matter, and someone had to take the initiative to raise it at the court meeting, and then trigger a discussion among the courtiers to see how the courtiers reacted. If the opposition is small, it shows that the vast majority of officials and ministers in the DPRK and the Central Committee are still good in nature, and they still have the world and the country in mind, and the resistance to this matter will not be too great, and we all agree that Lu Xiangye is the best person to restart this matter at the court meeting! ”

Although he had a premonition, when these words really came out of Li Yu's mouth, Lu Qi still felt a burst of shock, this was to roast him on the fire again!

Lu Qi couldn't help but complain and poured bitter water: "Mr. Changyuan, you don't know Lu's current situation in the court, now Lu has become a rat crossing the street, like Lu Mou has failed so much as the prime minister, there has never been a time since the founding of the country!" ”

Li Mi smiled secretly in his heart and said, "Lu Xiang, do you think about what you started from in the first place?" You were just an unpopular Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, the official was low, it was the king who discovered your special talents, and it was the king who promoted you with grace, so that you could sit in the position of prime minister. Don't think that you are always being used to feel aggrieved and cheap. You have to understand that whether it is you or me, or other people in the court, if there is no value to be used in the eyes of the king, can we still sit firmly in our current position? It's good to be able to be used, at least it proves that we still have some use, and if we don't get used by others, then we're finished! You started by being an evil official for the king, and now you are still an evil official in the eyes of everyone in the government and the opposition, in fact, everyone knows that you do not have the talent of the prime minister, but you can sit in the position of the prime minister without the talent of the prime minister, this is the king's grace to you, in fact, the change in the atmosphere of officialdom over the years, don't you have a little responsibility as the prime minister? If you can supervise the hundreds of officials and collectively remind the advice, how can there be so many things? ”

"Lu Xiang, if you want to remain honored, continuing to act as your evil official is the right way! You said that you have become a rat crossing the street, this is just your situation in the court, but the people are very respectful of you, and the people think that you can withstand the pressure and persevere to the end to judge those imperial relatives who participated in the rebellion case, which is a fearless spirit and a manifestation of not being afraid of the powerful! ”

Lu Qi couldn't help but ask, "Really?" Lu Qi has such a high reputation among the people? ”

"Of course! Lu Xiangye, don't let the king and the people down, you are a bad official in the eyes of the courtiers, but in the eyes of the people, you are a cool official, a cool official who is not afraid of the powerful and impartially enforces the law, you are the one who makes the prince break the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime! Think about it, Lord Lu, the king has a sentence that often hangs on his lips, any official, the political position must be firm, you have to be a cool official to start, the role of a cool official must be persevered to the end, once you give up your political position, then not only will you not be forgiven by the officials and ministers of the court, they will not believe you, and you have also lost the favor of the superiors, you only think about the consequences"

Lu Qi didn't even have a good banquet, and returned home with a mess of his brain, and locked himself in the house for several days after that, except for those close to him, no one knew what he was doing.

On March 15, 782 A.D., the Taiji Hall court.

"The new round of commanders, deputy generals and supervising armies, commanders of local armies, and generals of the forbidden army have preliminarily completed the transfer after nearly a year, and the retired generals have also been relegated to the second line, and there are also some generals of the garrison and the candidates for the position of the general of the forbidden army, which are still under consideration, but the defense and military affairs of the various armies and garrisons cannot be abolished, and the decree will be passed on, and the defense and military affairs will be presided over by the highest-ranking generals who remain behind, and the generals will be handed over after they arrive!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Ziliang looked at the ministers of civil and military affairs and asked, "Zhuqing still has something to play, if not, retreat from the dynasty!" ”

The eunuch was about to shout to retreat from the court, but Lu Qi immediately stood up and held up the board and said, "King, Minister Lu Qi has something to play!" ”

"Quasi-play!"

Lu Qi said: "The king, last summer, the prime minister proposed to the king that the current officialdom atmosphere is extravagant and corrupt, the government institutions are overcrowded, and there are too many idlers, and it is recommended to rectify the officialdom atmosphere, streamline the organization, clean up the idle and useless people, etc., and save financial expenditures, but due to the outbreak of the rebellion case at that time, the king had to shelve the proposal,!" Recently, the minister heard that Huaizhou Taishou Ma Yue must go to the most expensive restaurant in the city every day to eat, and at night to go to the flower building to have fun, and call more than a dozen singers to accompany him; Dingzhou, don't drive Wu Gusheng to eat hundreds of dollars per meal; Yangzhou has raised more than 30 concubines, and Banchuan County has ordered a plate of dishes to be cooked with chicken tongue when eating, how many chickens do you have to kill? These unhealthy tendencies and bad tendencies are countless here, and the minister thinks that it is time to re-attach importance to the original proposal of the Lord Guanbo! ”

The ministers and officials all looked at Lu Qi in surprise, and they all scolded in their hearts, this damn Lu Qi, why the hell are you biting people? What the hell are you going to make a fuss? How long has the court been stable, and you ugly ghost is going to come out to make trouble again, don't you want to live a stable life? You're a madman, a mad dog, and you bite people when you have nothing to do!

Zhao Ziliang said: "Since Lu Qing put forward this proposal, then the secretaries will discuss it!" ”