Chapter 96                     Farewell to Jiangnan

Zhu Qizhen planned to attack the army.

Now the dust has finally settled and the transition has reached the end stage.

Although it was the end, it was also very complicated. Zhu Qizhen's workload increased greatly because the new system encountered new problems. Although Zhu Qizhen drew on some systems from the Han, Tang and Song dynasties, but the implementation level was truly implemented. Many details must be finalized one by one.

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen has already decided on the big framework, but the specific division of powers at each of the following points involves the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army. However, the Governor's Office of the Five Army is now a grudge between the Privy Council.

Zhu Qizhen's workload suddenly increased.

Government affairs process, intrigue.

This time, the first draft of the Regulations on the Hundred Officials determined the two major events: the law of examination and military system reform.

These things are in full swing in the central government, but Jiangnan also started to move due to Zhu Qizhen's decision.

Kou Shen got what he wanted, so he naturally used thunder means. The gentry of Suzhou, led by Lu Yong, was the first to be affected.

Lu Yong's treatment immediately became different.

Originally, it was just house arrest, but it immediately changed from house arrest to prison. It was exiled to the old port and had to leave within a specified period of time.

Lu Yong was in the prison of Suzhou Prefecture.

After all, he was a Jinshi, so Kou Shen left him with the last dignity. That is, there was a single room in the prison cell.

But Suzhou prison cells are not imperial prisons after all.

Because the imperial prison often requires high-ranking officials to be detained, there are actually prison cells specially given to high-ranking officials and nobles, and the treatment is similar to that of the inns outside.

But Suzhou Prefecture does not have this treatment.

Even a better cell is full of suffocating smells due to the various damp and rotten smells, as well as the toilet bucket next door.

Although Lu Yong had been in a state of being pampered for most of his life, he had never received such treatment and became ill as soon as he entered the cell.

He was drowsy.

Just in a daze, I suddenly felt a chill on my head, and someone whispered beside me: "Dad, Dad, Dad."

Lu Yong then cheered up and forced himself to open his eyes. Looking at the person in front of him, his sons were all there, and they were kneeling in front of him. Seeing Lu Yong open his eyes, he cheered and even cried with joy.

"Dad, please take medicine." Lu Yong's eldest son said.

Lu Yong looked at his four sons, coughed twice, and said, "It seems that I still have the favor of Mr. Kou."

To be strict, even his sons can't get into the cell.

"Dad, Lord Kou has come to see you. But the child doesn't know why you did this?" Lu Yong's eldest son couldn't help but say.

Kou Shen and Lu Yong were also from the same yamen. If we say that they have a close relationship, they don’t have any, but they are generally familiar.

Although Kou Shen attacked Lu Yong, he still had a trace of warmth. He just didn't know whether this warmth was used to appease the gentry of Jiangnan or his apology to Lu Yong.

Lu Yong coughed twice and said, "Why? Of course it is for you. This time, the gentry of Suzhou has named me as a representative. It is not because of the extraordinary things about my Lu family. It is just because I, Lu, is the right position. If those who work in the court return to their hometown, how can I get my turn to speak."

"Dad, then I won't talk, why is it today?" said Lu Yong's eldest son.

Lu Yong coughed and said, "You are so reluctant to leave the land. The court is just a purgatory, and you can't take our land. At most, you can't pay for the taxes and labor. Can't my Lu family afford it?"

"No, from now on, my Taicang Lu family will be the leader of the gentry in Suzhou. The entire southern gentry owes my Lu family a favor."

"This is what I want to leave to you."

Lu Yong started coughing as he spoke.

Several sons rushed forward, stroking their chests and slapping their backs, which made him relieved. He sighed softly and said, "Seventy-three, eighty-four, if the King of Hell doesn't ask me to go, what else can I think of? The only thing I can't let go is the Lu family. This is the situation, so I can only leave you a little hope."

Lu Yong was naturally not willing to do so. But things forced him to advance but not retreat. He could only fight for this life and give the Lu family a foundation in the future.

If it were before this, the Lu family in Suzhou was one of the countless families in the world, but now it has become different.

This was all exchanged for Lu Yong for one life.

Of course, Lu Yong is just like this, and the Lu family's status is also temporary. The rest of the Lu family needs to be played to achieve their own performance in the imperial examinations. Only in this way can this be consolidated.

After hearing this, Lu Yong's four sons knelt on the ground one after another. Lu Yong's eldest son said, "Let your father do this to the point of being so tired, and your son is extremely unfilial."

Lu Yong said: "It's too late to say anything now. Remember, don't waste my life-changing favor."

"Dad, my son, I can't study, so I'll take you to Old Port." Lu Yong's youngest son said. He was only in his early twenties and had a lot of disgusting reading since he was a child. He would not achieve anything even if he was allowed to study.

Moreover, it was too unreasonable for my father to be exiled thousands of miles away, and it was not so good that the Lu family had no son to follow him.

Lu Yong nodded and said, "Okay." He paused slightly and said, "Well, while I am here, let's separate the family. You three brothers have their own commanders, so let's do it according to the original. Fourth, all the wealth in the family belongs to you. In the future, you can follow me and spend money in the old port. If there is one, my Lu family's blood will not be cut off."

The Lu family’s family style is quite good.

The sons did not object.

So, Lu Yong's four sons, with three or five companions, hid more than a thousand taels of silver, and prepared to follow Lu Yong along the wind and rain to the old port.

The emperor's orders were urgent.

Therefore, in just a few days, the time has come.

There were probably more than a thousand exiled people. Although there were scholars, not all of them were scholars.

Some are unlucky guys who are hitting the gun. Even in later generations, some people cannot understand the limelight and want to commit crimes against the wind may not be bold, but more so ignorant.

It was also in ancient times.

Lu Yong was like this, before doing this, and there were quite a few things like him, but more of them were the local rich men who didn't know anything. They really thought that if they stuffed some money this time, they could pass it, but they naturally went to the old port for a while.

More than a thousand were escorted by soldiers, and Lu Yong was also supported by his son, walking among the pedestrians step by step.

Suddenly, when he saw countless people coming over, the person who was escorting him was a little nervous, but he saw the old men in the head saying, "We have been with Brother Lu for decades, and I'm afraid we won't see you in the future. We especially come and give you a glass of water and wine."

These are the few old people who had secretly discussed with Lu Yong.

They are all well-known local people, and these soldiers dare not offend them. After all, Kou Shen is just a passing God of Wealth and always leaves Suzhou, but these people are local tyrants in Suzhou.

They naturally need to be compatible.

Lu Yongqiang held a drink with these couples and said, "I will entrust my Lu family affairs to you brothers."

"Brother Lu, don't worry, we are all there." These old men naturally patted their chests and said.

After these old men left, more people came over. Lu Yong's son immediately stepped forward and stopped him and said, "My father is sick and he really can't drink wine."

"There is no need for Mr. Lu to drink, we just talk to express our feelings with a glass of water and wine."

So on the streets of Suzhou City, countless gentry in bright clothes and angry horses were beside Lu Yong, politely politely politely politely politely politely politely politely gusseted Lu Yong and then left.

For a time, the city was sending Lu Yong.

Even in the distance, many people are watching.

A child asked from a distance: "Dad, who is he?"

"I am a great man. It is because of him that the emperor reduced the taxes in Jiangnan." said the child's father.

The child also looked at Lu Yong with respect and said, "I have grown up and I want to be such a person."

Many times, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, but it is a fact that Jiangnan has a completely different public opinion system from Beijing.

The same thing looks the same in Beijing, but in Jiangnan, it looks the same in another.
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