Chapter 74: Meeting Lu Yi

Although Zhou Mengchen was worried about Lu Yi, he wanted to take a look at Lu Yi. Zhou Mengchen could not say he didn't believe Wang Zongyuan, Xie Bin, Hai Rui, and other officials. But these people have different responsibilities. Although they are from Zhou Mengchen's sect. Well, Hai Rui may not think it himself, but to outsiders, Hai Rui is from Zhou Mengchen's sect.

As court officials, they were not Zhou Mengchen's private ministers. Although they followed Zhou Mengchen, each of them had different positions and thoughts. Although they were consistent with Zhou Mengchen's interests in many things, they also had inconsistent interests in many places.

They cannot completely think about Zhou Mengchen from Zhou Mengchen's perspective.

Some additional things, such as paying attention to the changes in the capital, such as paying attention to the trends of the Jiangnan Xinxue lineage, and paying attention to some small things in the Jiangnan officialdom.

All of these must be done by Zhou Mengchen's staff.

Zhou Mengchen had to get these things from where Lu Yi.

However, Zhou Mengchen was not willing to be absent from such a grand welcome ceremony.

So Zhou Mengchen secretly called Xu Wei to his side and ordered: "You go and touch all kinds of things and see how Mr. Lu is doing? There is also a matter of winning, so you should prepare for it."

Xu Wei nodded and said, "I understand."

Zhou Mengchen handed over the matter to Xu Wei, so he felt relieved and participated in a welcome reception.

After the night was late, Zhou Mengchen wiped his face with a wet towel. When Xu Wei came over, he asked Xu Wei directly: "How is it?"

Xu Wei said: "Mr. Lu's condition is indeed very serious. But Mr. Lu's illness is different from that of ordinary people. Mr. Lu's womb is sick, and his body has long been used to getting sick. Now Mr. Lu is not seriously ill, and he is really exhausted and unable to continue."

"The deadline is this year. However, it will not be a short time."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen felt a little sad, but he could not help.

To be honest, Lu Yi was born with a weak body. Even in later generations, he probably had to bear sky-high medical expenses and take good care of his health, and maybe he could live a normal life. In this era of underdeveloped medical care, if he had not been born in the Lu family, he would not have been a father who was a Hanlin academician. Lu Yi would have died long ago.

Now that I live to my forties, it is not considered a premature death.

It's just that many things can't be calculated that way.

In Zhou Mengchen's opinion, Lu Yi is very pioneering in economics. He is the most able to understand Zhou Mengchen's economic theory of production and put into market consumption. Even in Zhou Mengchen's opinion, Lu Yi is much better than Zhou Mengchen's localization of these theories.

After all, Zhou Mengchen is not an economist, and he even despises economists. In his opinion, economists shoot arrows first and then draw targets. It is not necessarily true that they are liars. Because only fools believe in economists completely.

But after he ruled the country, he became more and more aware of it. Some economics actually have some truth.

Zhou Mengchen did not study deeply in this regard. He only knew that some ready-made things were brought from later generations. However, Lu Yi was extremely talented in this regard. Even without Zhou Mengchen, Lu Yi's remarks could have a place in ancient economics. In terms of economy, he could be called Zhou Mengchen's right-hand man, and one person was better than ten thousand people.

Although Zhou Mengchen proposed the framework, when he was in Shaanxi, he wanted to teach Shanxi merchants how to use the brand new financial tool of banks. But here in Lu Yi, Zhou Mengchen didn't have to worry too much, and he could even get enough deficit.

Although this is because Jiangnan has a much greater foundation than the northwest, Lu Yi's talent is better than that of Shanxi merchants.

This is also a fact that Zhou Mengchen cannot ignore. The pride of the scholars and officials in Jiangnan has the capital to be proud. Although it cannot be said that there were no talents in other places in the Ming Dynasty. The prosperity of talents in Jiangnan is the best in the world, no matter which aspect.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Can you see him tomorrow?"

Xu Wei said: "Actually, Mr. Lu also urged the adults to see him. He said that his body could not be supported and he could barely maintain the important task until the adults came back. Some of them would be explained clearly to the adults. Otherwise, his life and death alone would be small, and he would miss the adults' affairs and make a big deal."

Zhou Mengchen said, "God is jealous of talent. I will go to see Lu Yi early tomorrow morning. No, I will go to the Lu family now. See him again tomorrow morning."

Zhou Mengchen wished he could see Lu Yi now, but considering that the patient needed to rest, he was worried that he could not wait tomorrow. So he went to the Lu family first. If Lu Yi's health was stable, he would not mind waiting until tomorrow. If there was something he couldn't bear to say, he would at least listen to a last word.

Fortunately, the Lu family is considered a big family in Shanghai. As for the opening of Shanghai, the local people in Shanghai think that Lu Yi has made great efforts. With this contribution alone, the Lu family will be the leader of Shanghai gentry in the next few decades.

This is also the reason why Lu Yi tried his best to die for Zhou Mengchen. Lu Yi knew very well that Shanghai would definitely not be the previous Shanghai, and the head of Shanghai gentry in the future would definitely not be the previous Shanghai gentry in the future. Even if the Lu family was not prosperous and the young were not accepted, this part of the remaining strength would be enough to make the family survive until the grandchildren got up.

Of course, if you can't get up, what can Lu Yi do? After all, it's enough to calculate for the descendants for decades. Can you calculate for hundreds of years or thousands of years?

The Lu family’s manor is in Lujiazui. Now it is not a prosperous high-rise building, but a large manor covering an area of ​​several acres. It is where the Lu family is located. Zhou Mengchen visited the Lu family overnight, and Lu Yi’s two sons welcomed him. Zhou Mengchen asked about Lu Yi’s condition and told him not to disturb him, so he lived in the Lu family.

I went to see Lu Yi early the next morning.

Lu Yi also knew that Zhou Mengchen was coming at night and wanted to get up and salute, but he couldn't get up anyway. Zhou Mengchen quickly pressed Lu Yi on the bed, sat on the side, and said, "Just lie down. You have been like this for the past two years. Why are you still polite between you and me?"

Although Zhou Mengchen knew that Lu Yi was too late. And whether it was an ordinary disease, it was a bed that had been lingering for years and was almost exhausted. But when he saw it, he realized how he looked.

Many people think that death is a sudden thing. But in fact, unless you die suddenly, death is a process.

But Lu Yi's process was particularly long.

Although Lu Yi had been lying in a wheelchair before, his face was still blood-colored. His hair and clothes were neat and meticulous. His demeanor was never lost. Now Lu Yi was so thin that he had already deformed, almost a piece of human skin wrapped in a handful of bones.

There are these large and small patches on the face, body, and hands, which seem to be pure pigment accumulation, and it seems to be something else. As for the hair, it is almost completely white. You must know that Lu Yi is not much older than Zhou Mengchen, and is less than forty years old. He breathes very hard, and his chest and abdomen are also very undulating.

That feeling was like breathing was already a very difficult activity for Lu Yi to move.

People at this moment have no dignity to talk about.

Zhou Mengchen couldn't help feeling sad when he saw this. But this kind of sadness was not easy to show. I don't know if Lu Yi was seriously ill, he didn't react quickly and did not notice it. He still pretended not to care. Lu Yi said in a weak and firm tone: "Sir, I always care about the affairs of the capital. I have always given the news about the capital. There are a lot of open news. There is no movement in secret between the two sides. I have never figured it out. However, there is a saying that it is Yan Song's 80th birthday this year, and Ge Lao Yan doesn't want to make trouble. I have always doubted this point. Ge Lao Yan doesn't want to make trouble anymore. Then Ge Lao Xu will make Ge Lao Yan's wish? Recently, Ge Lao Xu's low-key seems to not exist. Xu Pan wanted to make a fortune in Shanghai before, but I don't know how to let Ge Lao Xu know. People bring apologies. This is a bit too much."

"I can't figure it out. I'm worried about disrupting the morale of the army, so I dare not say much. But now it seems that I feel that the storm is coming and the wind is coming. Don't go out again in this matter. It's better to have a false alarm. If it's as expected, Master Xu will take a ruthless move this time."

Zhou Mengchen was originally worried about Lu Yi's body, but when he heard what Lu Yi said, his whole body tensed up. His body leaned forward slightly and said, "The situation in the capital has reached this point?"
Chapter completed!