Including his grandson and Lu Mengzheng's family, historical records show that there were more than twenty people in the Lu family who entered officialdom through the Lu family's influence.
This only happened within three generations of the descendants of Lu Mengzheng and Lu Yijian. In the future, there would be many people from the Lu family who entered officialdom through family connections, such as the great Confucian scholars of the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Daqi, Lu Zuqian, Lu Zujian, etc. Their ancestors were all officials through family connections, and they also entered officialdom through family connections.
So don't be fooled by their honesty and integrity, as they all have huge families behind them. This is why they opposed Fan Zhongyan's reforms in history.
After all, no one wants their family members to be expelled from officialdom.
Previously, Lu Yijian had planned to let Zhao Jun take the imperial examination to become an official, in order to assimilate him and also to win him over to find a way of life for the future descendants of the family.
But now Zhao Jun has taken a different approach and opened up the path of the Imperial City Administration, which naturally makes everyone worried.
Some people thought about colluding with Zhao Jun to sell out the middle and lower-level officials and other high-ranking officials in the same camp. Others thought that Zhao Jun had a strong personality and might not agree to their request, so they hesitated for a while.
Lü Yijian looked at Wang Zeng and asked, "Xiaoxian, what do you think?"
Wang Zeng frowned, his face slightly troubled, and he said hesitantly, "I don't think Zhao Jun is joking. Now that he is in charge of the Imperial City Bureau and has the power to arrest, investigate and punish criminals, I'm afraid he's going to get serious. I think we should adopt a three-pronged approach."
"you say."
Lu Yijian said.
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice, "First, we must continue to allow Zhao Jun to take the imperial examination and enter the officialdom. Once he enters the officialdom, we can urge him to manufacture firearms to distract him. Second, we must restrain the family members and prevent them from causing trouble. If anyone does evil, we must immediately report him to the government and remove him from office to prevent Zhao Jun from actually killing him. Third."
"Three what?"
"Third, we still need to test Zhao Jun's intentions. In fact, we all know that after Zhao Jun's arrival, the Song Dynasty will undergo unprecedented changes. Change is unstoppable. When faced with major issues, we must face reality and cannot use our bodies to resist the torrent. We should be more submissive."
Wang Zeng looked at the crowd and said, "It's probably unrealistic to simply try to win over Zhao Jun and hope he'll show mercy to you and your children. Everyone knows the situation in various parts of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Jun won't stop, so only by joining forces and lending him a hand can we save our family from the flood."
"Hmm"
Lü Yijian looked at Yan Shu and asked, "Uncle Tong, what do you think?"
Yan Shu sighed and said, "Prime Minister Wang is absolutely right. The tide of events cannot be reversed. The future of the Song Dynasty will change. If we fail to change our minds in time, fail to join the cause, or even oppose Zhao Jun, I'm afraid our fate will not be good."
"Do you think so too?"
Lu Yijian asked others again.
Wang Sui and Sheng Du looked at each other. The two of them had far less say in the government hall than Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng, and they tended to go with the flow, so they kept silent.
Only Cai Qi and Song Shou pondered for a moment, as if they had understood a lot, and they all said, "What Prime Minister Wang said makes sense."
The scholar-official class is always weak and compromising. Moreover, they are only the highest-ranking officials in the scholar-official class and cannot represent the entire scholar-official class. If Zhao Jun really conflicts with the bureaucratic system in the future, they will find a way to stay out of it.
"Um."
Lü Yijian finally sighed and said, "Let's leave it at that for now. Fortunately, Zhao Jun will still pass the imperial examination and become an official. He seems unaware of our intentions, so we'll just let him be. Unless absolutely necessary, we should avoid becoming his enemy."
He shook his head and stood up to leave, but after standing up, he seemed to stumble a little. In the end, he left the private room with his hands behind his back.
That figure.
But he looked a little older, and was no longer like the Lord Lu Xu who once held all the power in the Council of State and was almost the sole prime minister!
(End of this chapter)
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