Chapter 460

Although Lu Shao also knew that the official administration of the imperial court was chaotic, he never thought it was so serious. He could not help asking, "how could it be like this?"

But Mr. Tang shook his head and didn't want to say more: "it's no use knowing this. I feel depressed. When I was young, like this child, I thought I could make some achievements on my own. As a result, now I have been in the official world for more than 20 years, and still have achieved nothing. I'm old, and I don't have the same spirit as I used to be. Now I'm too big and too small to take any dangerous chess. I'm afraid I'll involve them too. "

Lu Shao has a good wife and children. He understands Mr. Tang's psychology very well. The more people care about, the more courage they have, but at the same time, they can't help but become more cautious, because they can't afford to lose when they have nothing.

Mr. Tang said: "if he is as calm as you are, I may let him have a try. But he is young and vigorous. I'm afraid he won't hit the south wall and don't look back. I don't dare to let him go out of the door. I'll watch him under my nose and wait for two years for his impetuosity to change."

Lu Shao asked acutely: "don't you want to wait for the storm to subside?"

Mr. Tang couldn't help laughing: "I forgot that you are well-informed when you travel around."

Lu Shao said: "Mr. Tang is a smart man, but you don't even talk to your family. I'm afraid they really don't understand you."

Mr. Tang said, "I'm afraid they don't understand what I've said. I'll waste some time talking."

He seems to have been holding on for a long time. Now while his family are still eating, he can't help saying to Lu Shao: "the emperor is getting older. Although he ignores the government, he still refuses to hand over his power. In the middle of the dynasty, he supported his relatives, nobility, and civil servants in a fight. Every time he saw which side was weak, he had to help each other secretly. Only when these three sides controlled each other, did he feel at ease. "

Lu Shao had heard about the absurdity of the emperor, but he never heard it so clearly. Although the old general was often in the court, he seldom talked about it with Lu Shao. Both of them were avoiding some sensitive topics.

Mr. Tang didn't know Lu Shao's life experience. He just felt that he was calm and steady, so he was willing to tell him the truth: "his first princes were old. Even so, he still took the empty storehouse as an excuse, and didn't have a suitable fiefdom. He didn't let these grown princes get married, and he didn't grant them a fiefdom, How can they not think about the position of the crown prince? "

Lu Shao said: "in this dynasty, there is no saying that the crown prince must be established first. Did not the Emperor himself ascend the throne directly without being granted the crown prince?"

Mr. Tang waved his hand: "you don't understand. Although several of the prince's mother's family, those new relatives all day thinking about persuading the emperor to set the title, but in the final analysis, the Emperor himself mixed the water in it. The news came from the palace that one day, the emperor was drunk in the palace of the eldest prince's mother, and he promised to make the eldest prince the prince! "

"The eldest prince's biological mother is not a queen, is she?" Lu Shao asked suspiciously.

"The great prince was born by the virtuous concubine, and the third prince was born by the queen." Mr. Tang said, "although the emperor later said that he was drunk and nonsense, how can the influence be easily eliminated? In the palace, people's hearts began to float. Since we know that the position of the third prince in the emperor's heart is not so stable, naturally some people are willing to fight for it. "

"Does the emperor want to use such means?" Lu Shao was a little unbelievable. The emperor, like the women in the courtyard, always had a heart in these places. "If he didn't want to establish a prince, just say it straight. Does anyone really have to force him to establish a prince?"

"If the Emperor himself says that he can't establish the third prince, not only the empress's mother's family, but also the civil servants who support the legitimacy will offend more than half of them. After all, the third prince has no bad deeds. But seeing the courtiers begin to deal with the third prince, he doesn't want to

Lu Shao said: "that's why he said that he wanted to establish a big prince by being drunk, and provoked other princes to fight with the third prince. In this way, the power behind the third prince would be weakened. In case the third prince was really good or bad, he could not establish a big prince. The excuses were all ready-made. The nonsense he said when he was drunk was not true."

Looking at the fact that the people in the shop had almost eaten, Mr. Tang stood up and ended the chat: "our family has such a shallow foundation. I've been hiding for a few years. I'm old. I'm afraid there's no hope in my life. I just want to see if my children and grandchildren have this fortune and can wait until the next emperor appears."

Lu Shao didn't say anything. Who can tell the future?

After lunch, they continued on their way. Before evening, they arrived at their destination.

Mr. Tang's old house is in the town. Because he hired someone to clean it up in advance, now he can move in directly as long as he puts in the things he brought back.

Lu Shao all help to the end, simply help Mr. Tang's family to put things roughly before they leave, at this time, it is already dark.

Lu Shao was about to discuss with other people in the escort agency whether he would stay in the town for one night and set out the next day. He saw Qujiang riding on a horse and arrived in a dusty place.

Qu Jiang recognized Lu Shao and quickly turned over and dismounted: "I found you!"

When Lu Shao saw the tired color on Qu Jiang's face, he had an ominous premonition: "what's the matter?"

Qujiang pulled him aside and told him in a low voice that Shi Xiaorui had been abducted.

Lu Shao's face changed at that time: "that is to say, Xiaorui has been missing for three days?"

Qu Jiang nodded: "there has been chaos in Beijing these days. All the friends I met in Beijing advised me not to stand out these days and stay at home honestly. Xiaorui also sent a letter back, which means the same thing. We really can't think of any other way, and we dare not act rashly. I'll come to you first. "

Needless to say, Qujiang set out early in the morning. It took a whole day to find Lu Shao in such a short time.

Without saying a word, Lu Shao pulled a horse to ride: "I'll go back immediately. You take these brothers of the escort agency and repair them all night. Go back tomorrow."

Qu Jiang nodded because he knew that the capital was in a strange situation. The more people there were, the easier it was to attract attention. On the contrary, he was not as good as Lu Shao. So he didn't persuade Lu Shao to bring some people with him, so he simply agreed.

As Lu Shao drove back on his horse, he complained about himself in his heart: Why did he pick up the dart? His family was not too poor to open the pot. As a result, Shi Xiaorui was in danger when he was not at home. Now I don't know how scared she was.