In fact, Sun Quan's lament that "the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty are not as good as the affairs of a school" is a bit too arbitrary.

It is possible that none of Wu's ministers thought of borrowing grain from Shu to tide over the difficulties.

It's just that the transaction between Wu Guo and Ji Han was led by the school affairs office from the official side, but from the private side, it was led by the Jingzhou family.

But in Jianye's court, both of them were a little embarrassed.

Needless to say, the school administration office.

It does not mean that there are no important ministers from Jingzhou.

For example, Pan Jun, and Zhuge Jin.

But even when Pan Jun was alive, he and Zhuge Jin were always leading troops away and rarely returned to Jianye.

Coupled with the fact that Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Jin has always paid attention to avoiding suspicion.

After all, Wu's attack on Jingzhou was not a glorious thing, but there were many people from Jingzhou in the upper echelons of Ji Han.

Even if it is an alliance between Han and Wu, it is hard to say what kind of mentality these Jingzhou faction have towards the Wu Kingdom because they have a family and cannot return.

Therefore, Zhuge Jin was stationed in Jingzhou as a general and Zuoduhu, which seemed to be a good thing, but in fact he had to be careful in many cases.

After Zhuge Liang's death, Zhuge Jin's influence in Ji Han and his ability to find out Ji Han's internal information was not as convenient as the school affairs office.

And even if Zhuge Jin could find out the actual price of grain from Ji Han, he was still not confident enough to find a way to buy grain from Ji Han.

In this matter, the school affairs office, which controlled the channels for material exchange with Ji Han, was destined to have the upper hand.

Lu Yi came out of the palace proudly, but did not return to the school affairs office.

Instead, he turned a corner and came to a small courtyard next to the post house.

When the people in the small courtyard saw Lu Yi's appearance, they seemed to have expected it and said with a smile:

"Is this Lu Zhongshu's wishful thinking?"

Lu Yi heard what the other party said and quickly saluted and thanked:

"Is this just for my own sake? I just want to take away your Majesty's worries. Therefore, I came here to thank Mr. Guo for his timely advice."

Ma Tian smiled and said nothing, but saw the teapot lifted from the small stove, poured a cup of hot tea, pushed it in front of Lu Yi, stretched out his hand and said:

"Lu Zhongshu invites you."

The movements are free and easy, the expression is free and easy, and the mist is lingering, which obscures Martin's face. It is really indescribable and relaxing.

Lu Yi felt a little envious in his eyes. This kind of magnanimity was really hard for him to learn.

Seeing Lu Yi raising his glass and drinking, Martin continued:

"Han and Wu were originally allies of each other, and they agreed to fight against thieves. Now Wu is worried about food shortages. As a citizen of the Han Dynasty, how can I stand by and watch?"

Having said this, he took another deep look at Lu Yi and said meaningfully:

"Besides, since we arrived in Jiangdong, we have been taking care of Lu Zhongshu. This time, we are just reciprocating the favor."

"Having said that," Lu Yi put down the tea cup, and although his voice was low, there was gratitude in his tone, "But without Sir's advice, how could we, the rough guys, have thought of this?"

In this matter, although the school affairs office had the upper hand.

But don't think that all the civil and military people in the dynasty are fools.

They have not noticed Han's surplus grain now because they are not as well informed as the school officials.

Those who are well-informed and do not have the channels of the school affairs office will naturally not dare to make false claims easily.

But they will definitely be able to react during the summer harvest at the latest.

Therefore, it is very important for Mr. Ma to remind you in time.

At least for the school affairs office, it is very important. This gives the school affairs office at least two or three months more time than others.

"Without sir, even if the school office can find food, I'm afraid it won't be able to buy so much food to relieve His Majesty's urgent needs."

No matter how cheap the food in Han was, you still had to pay for it.

Although the school affairs office said that it was the responsibility of his majesty to enrich the internal funds, Lu Yi's own family knew about his affairs.

Your Majesty's internal funds don't have much spare money now.

In Mr. Ma's words, this trick is called making something out of nothing.

Lu Yi himself was just talking a few times, looking for an opportunity and a way to persuade his majesty to agree to what the Jingzhou rich people asked for, and then he would get a large amount of food.

Being in the east can relieve your majesty's worries.

In the west, you can win the hearts of the big families in Jingzhou.

If it is in the middle, the school administration can also benefit from it.

In Lu Yi's opinion, these methods are unpredictable.

Thinking of this, Lu Yi felt that it was really a pity that none of the school officials in the school affairs office were truly educated.

The school affairs office was obviously established by His Majesty's personal order, but it was actually underestimated by those aristocratic families in Jiangdong.

If not, if I can get help from people like Mr. Ma, why worry about criticism from the ministers in the court?

It's okay for the School Affairs Office to be looked down upon by others, but those ministers are still saying all day long that the School Affairs Office is harming the country, which is really hateful.

You are not harming the country, but why haven't you been seen to relieve His Majesty's worries?

"Sir was able to convince the Jingzhou family with just a few letters, which shows that he has high prestige in Jingzhou."

Lu Yi asked tentatively, "Sir, haven't you ever thought about restoring your real name to avenge your previous shame?"

Ever since he was assigned to Jiangdong, Martin had never thought that his identity could be concealed.

And he didn't expect to hide it forever.

Hearing Lu Yi's question at this time, he, who was originally free and easy, looked startled for a moment, and then his face froze slightly.

But soon, he returned to his indifferent smile:

"I know what Zhongshu means. I'm just used to using this name over the years, and I don't want to change it back for the time being."

I don’t know if Lu Yi’s words aroused my emotions.

But I saw him pick up his cup and take a sip of tea. He seemed to have remembered something, and his face became a little gloomy.

"I think back then, the Prime Minister regarded me as his son, and I regarded the Prime Minister as my father. Later, I followed the Prime Minister to attack thieves. I thought that I had been taught by the Prime Minister, but I refused to obey orders."

Having said this, a bitter smile finally appeared on his face:

"I didn't expect that I almost ruined my career in defeating thieves. If it weren't for Feng Duhu, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to atone for my sin even if I die."

"After this incident, I changed my name to Tian to show my change of face."

He looked at Lu Yi with a solemn expression:

"My purpose this time is not to help Lu Zhongshu, but to contribute to the great cause of defeating thieves, so that my heart and ears can be at ease."

When Lu Yi heard what Ma Tian said, he couldn't help but sit up straight.

Ma Tian looked past Lu Yi and towards the northwest, as if he was explaining or mumbling to himself:

"I just hope that one day I can see the great cause of defeating thieves succeed, so that I can have the face to meet the Prime Minister..."

When talking about the past, Mr. Ma started to become sad.

As soon as Lu Yi saw Mr. Ma's expression, he knew something was wrong.

He and Mr. Ma have been dating for a long time, and they know that the Han Prime Minister is the eternal pain in his heart.

In the past, whenever he mentioned the Prime Minister, Mr. Ma would only feel ashamed.

However, after the news of Zhuge Liang's death reached Jiangdong, Mr. Ma was extremely sad and even cried unconsciously several times.

Now when he mentions Zhuge Liang, he still sheds tears.

Lu Yi was thinking about how to comfort him, but he didn't expect that this time he not only mentioned the prime minister, but also related to the great cause that the prime minister had lost his ambition to pursue.

Thinking of the regret that I had let down the Prime Minister and could not accompany him to pursue a great cause.

This time, Mr. Ma couldn't help but burst into tears:

"Prime Minister, I can't wait for this day. I have been deeply favored by Prime Minister, but I can't go to the tomb in person to worship. I am ashamed of heaven and earth. I hate you!"

Crying and crying, Ma Tian beat his chest with both hands and almost lost his temper.

Lv Yi was so frightened that he quickly helped Mr. Ma and comforted him:

"Sir, why do you need to be so sad? As you said, what you are doing now is exactly to contribute to the great cause of defeating thieves."

"If Prime Minister Quanxia knew what Mr. Wang was thinking, he would surely be happy and would not blame Mr. Wang again."

Mr. Ma cried for a while and then stopped.

He wiped his tears and said to Lu Yi:

"If I can really live up to what Lu Zhongshu said, then I will have no regrets in this life!"

After saying that, he stood up, saluted Lu Yi and said:
To be continued...