Regarding Lu You's polite refusal, Su Yonglin had to admit that he was right.
And there is another point, even if people can be brought back, their ideas may not be the same.
Lu You, his family, and his friends may not have the same thoughts, and they may not be able to understand each other. It is not a good thing to force them.
His family may be understanding, but his friends may not be. How many of his friends who are officials and scholars can accept revolutionary ideas?
Even Lu You himself still has doubts about violent revolution.
In Su Yonglin's view, his ideological tendency is to sympathize with the people at the bottom, resent the cruel rule of the old ruling class on the people, and deplore the tragic suffering of the people at the bottom, but he lacks the will to resist and overthrow the current system.
Lu You was more inclined to negotiate, to follow the path of moderate reform, to avoid mutual rupture and war, and advocated promoting the Ming Dynasty's policies that were beneficial to the people's livelihood under the premise of peace.
It depends on his origins and his past experiences. .
The bureaucrats in his eyes are different from the bureaucrats in the eyes of the people at the bottom. There are good and bad bureaucrats in his eyes, some are corrupt officials, and some are great scholar-bureaucrats who shine with the brilliance of humanity.
The people at the bottom generally do not have access to great scholar-bureaucrats, but only to the petty officials who work only for profit. Naturally, the bureaucrats in the eyes of the people at the bottom are all bastards.
This cognitive gap is the reason why Lu You's ideological tendency is relatively soft and conservative.
Forcibly bringing Lu You, his family and friends under such circumstances will only bring them unnecessary pain and suffering.
As the first Southern Song Dynasty official to partially awaken because of his identification with the ideology and even take the initiative to disclose information to the Ming Dynasty, Lu You's significance does not lie in how valuable he is.
Rather, his appearance told Su Yonglin that the officials in the Southern Song Dynasty were already divided. Although he himself did not deliberately launch a divisional offensive against the Southern Song Dynasty, even though this differentiation was not so obvious at this moment.
But since the first Lu You appeared, it is not impossible for the second and third Lu You to appear.
His political and ideological offensive not only united the conservatives and die-hards among the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty to jump higher, but also gradually awakened the reformists and the radicals among the reformists.
Given time, before the Ming army fully moves south, it is not impossible that a thorough anti-system revolutionary faction will emerge within it.
This is a good thing.
For every more comrade, there is one less enemy, and victory will come earlier.
So Su Yonglin didn't say anything, just smiled and expressed his understanding.
"I understand. If Mr. Wu Guan is not willing, I will not force this matter. Everything will be based on Mr. Wu Guan's wishes."
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty."
Lu You smiled and said: "Although I can't serve your Majesty by your side, after this incident, I am afraid that the foreign minister will not be able to serve the Song Dynasty wholeheartedly, especially those things that persecute the peasants. The foreign minister will definitely not be able to do it." This kind of thing.
In addition, although the Song Dynasty was completely wrong, after all, the foreign ministers had received salaries and care, and they could not directly become enemies. The foreign ministers had no choice but to resign and go into seclusion. You can go.
Of course, the foreign minister will also try his best to persuade his friends to understand all this, and ask them not to be enemies of your majesty and the Ming Dynasty. In this way, when your majesty's army goes south to clear away the filth and restore peace to the world, if your majesty does not give up, the foreign minister is willing to Serve His Majesty. "
Lu You took a few steps back and saluted Su Yonglin: "Foreign ministers are too ignorant to accept your majesty's kindness. I hope your majesty will forgive me!"
Su Yonglin looked at Lu You in front of him, was silent for a while, then reached out to help him up.
"You are not guilty. This is your own choice. You have the right to choose. I will not force you to do something you don't want to do. At the same time, I will continue to do what I think is right and will not stop. My progress.”
Lu You straightened up, looking a little guilty.
"Your Majesty is so frank, but the foreign minister cannot reciprocate. It is really..."
Su Yonglin smiled and stopped him from continuing.
"Mr. Wu Guan, if you can be so honest with me, it's worthy of my being honest with you. Besides, even if you go back, it's not like you can't stick to your beliefs and believe in your path. As you said, you can put your Tell your friends what Daming saw.
You can let them know what happened in the Ming Dynasty, what changes there were, how it was different from the Southern Dynasties, what was done well and what was not done well, so that they can also realize the hypocrisy of this abnormal Confucianism.
In this way, even if we cannot fight side by side, Mr. Wu Guan still stands with us. Although we are thousands of miles apart, we are not separated. Our common beliefs always connect us, no matter where we are. "
Su Yonglin said with a smile.
In Lu You's eyes, the brilliance on him was even more dazzling and attractive.
Lu You's eyes turned red.
His nose felt sore and he hurriedly tried to hold back the tears. He held back the tears, but he couldn't control his excitement at all. In turn, he held Su Yonglin's hand tightly with both hands, his body trembling slightly.
A feeling of dying for a confidant lingered in his heart.
"Even if I cannot serve your Majesty right now, I will never do anything to become an enemy of the Ming Dynasty. Whenever your Majesty has a need, the foreign ministers will go through fire and water to the best of their ability, without hesitation!"
Su Yonglin nodded.
"If this is the case, this is the best result."
Lu You's mood was so agitated that he finally couldn't suppress his emotions, so tears flowed out uncontrollably and he cried bitterly. He didn't know whether he was regretting the wasted first half of his life or being excited for the second half of his life that was destined to make a difference.
Although he could not serve in the Ming Dynasty now, Lu You still expressed his willingness to learn more about the Ming Dynasty, Su Yonglin and his philosophy of governing the country, and hoped to know what the Ming Dynasty was doing and its thoughts on social reform.
He wanted to have an in-depth understanding of everything that happened within the Ming Dynasty, the process of eradicating the rentier class in the Ming Dynasty, and how much damage the rentier class had brought to the country.
He wanted to know a lot and couldn't finish it in a short while, so Su Yonglin took a sample book of the second volume of "Hongwu Political Treatise" that he had completed but had not yet published worldwide and gave it to Lu You.
Lu You was greatly surprised when he saw it.
"The foreign ministers don't know that the second volume of Hongwu's political theory has been published in the Ming Dynasty!"
"This is a sample book that has not yet been published in the world. It was originally planned to be officially published in the first month of the fifth year of Hongwu. Since Mr. Wu Guan needs it, Mr. Wu Guan will read it first. This volume mainly talks about using new thinking to govern the country. I would like Mr. Wu Guan to correct me on my ideas and results.”
"Don't dare! If you can read such a wonderful book, you will be lucky for three lifetimes!"
Because he was so excited, Lu You's hands holding the book were trembling slightly.
Su Yonglin smiled.
"Since Mr. Wu Guan likes books, it's great, but I'm afraid it's hard to hide if he brings too many. Let me give Mr. Wu Guan a contact information. After Mr. Wu Guan returns to Lin'an, he can find that person. Then I will I will arrange for him to provide you with the latest books published in the Ming Dynasty."
Lu You smiled bitterly upon hearing this.
"I don't know how many spies your Majesty has in Lin'an City..."
"This is common. I have an informant in Lin'an. Doesn't the Southern Dynasty have an informant in Zhongdu? There must be one."
Lu You thought about it and didn't think there was anything wrong.
This kind of thing can probably be said to be an open secret. It's just one or two eyeliners, so there's nothing surprising about it.
But the key problem is that the people Su Yonglin arranged in Lin'an are not just one or two informants.
Su Yonglin gave Su Changsheng's contact information to Lu You and asked Lu You to go to the Beiguo Building, a high-end restaurant in Lin'an City, to find the manager if anything happened.
In recent years, Su Changsheng has developed well in the Southern Song Dynasty and made some small achievements.
For example, the business that was originally limited to Jiaxing Prefecture was extended to Lin'an Prefecture and Lin'an City, and became the best mutton restaurant in Lin'an City.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the upper class of the Song Dynasty liked mutton very much, and mutton was the most respected meat. However, in the Southern Song Dynasty, because the trade channel with the north was lost, the way to obtain mutton was extremely single, and mutton cuisine no longer flourished.
However, after Su Changsheng opened the Beiguo Building in Lin'an City, the situation changed.
