prosperous age

When Lu Bing died, apart from his family and cronies, perhaps Xi Yuan was the only one who grieved for him.

Emperor Jiajing stood in the garden and looked up at the bright moon in the sky, but what he thought was that the bright moon was still there, but things were different.

He died and never came back.

The companions who played together in the Anlu Palace, the companions who accompanied him all the way to the capital, and the people who came out of the Anlu Xingxian Palace, there are not many left.

These people were all those who stood firmly on his side in the face of threats from Yang Ting and those old stubborn people when he first ascended the Great Treasure. They were all his ministers. Without their silent support behind, Emperor Jiajing would not have I don't know if I could survive such a chaotic court struggle back then.

After all, he was just a 14-year-old kid at that time.

"My lord, it's midnight, it's time to rest."

Footsteps sounded behind him, and Emperor Jiajing knew who it was without looking back.

He is also old.

I sighed in my heart, "Huang Jin, I will deliver the decree tomorrow, ordering Zhu Xixiao, the governor of the left, to manage the funeral and protect his family. Hasn't the cabinet discussed Lu Bing's mourning?"

Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing remembered that he had sent a decree to the cabinet this morning, asking them to discuss Lu Bing's posthumous title and what treatment he should give.

"This"

Huang Jin was a little hesitant when he answered the words. Obviously, the cabinet has not yet discussed the result and reported it to the inner court.

"Forget it, prepare the pen and ink, I will decide in person."

Emperor Jiajing planned to write the edict himself, without waiting for Yan Song and the gang of old men.

Thinking of Lu Bing and Yan Song's mutual criticism, I felt a little bored, maybe the Yan family is throwing a big banquet at this time.

"Check it out for me. In the last two nights, there were banquets at those people's homes. Who did they invite?"

When turning back to the palace, Emperor Jiajing suddenly ordered.

When walking quickly to the front of the palace gate, Emperor Jiajing suddenly stood still, almost colliding with Huang Jin who was following him.

"I just remembered that the elixir refined this time shouldn't have such a strong medicinal effect. You should quickly find someone to take a look at the remaining elixir and report it to me."

After many years of practice, I don't know how many furnaces of pills I have refined. The current Emperor Jiajing is already considered a master of this.

To be honest, many folk alchemy masters are probably not as proficient in alchemy as he is, and there are not many people in the world who can surpass him in alchemy.

Before, he was only mourning because of Lu Bing's death, but just now when he thought that someone might hold a big banquet at home when he was sad, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

During the short distance of dozens of steps, Emperor Jiajing thought of more things. He unconsciously analyzed the medicinal materials of this furnace of elixir, and only then did he have this suspicion.

The strange thing is, even if the potion of medicine is poorly refined, it shouldn't be so powerful.

Hearing what Emperor Jiajing said, Huang Jin instinctively shrank his neck.

He could feel the icy chill from Emperor Jiajing's words. What did the emperor suspect?
Huang Jin felt a little guilty. You must know that he was the admiral and eunuch in the palace. If the eunuchs below were really involved in it, he, the admiral, would not be able to get rid of the responsibility, which is the so-called leadership responsibility.

But after thinking about it, the emperor's order must be resolutely carried out. Even if there is something wrong with Lu Bing's death, he must be investigated. He is all from Anlu Xingxian's palace, even though he was once the eyeliner sent by the inner court to Anlu to monitor King Xingxian one.

"Yes."

Huang Jin just nodded slightly and answered in a low voice.

"In the afternoon, I saw Chen Ju came back?"

Emperor Jiajing turned around and continued walking into the hall, asking questions as he walked.

"I arrived in the capital this morning, and it was almost noon when I entered the palace. I let him rest for two days before coming back to work."

Huang Jin hurriedly followed and replied.

"Nanjing did a good job this time, and deserves a reward."

Emperor Jiajing went to the imperial book case, and he wanted to write an edict for Lu Bing in his own hand, which was the only thing he, the emperor, could do at this time.

Hearing the words, Huang Jin just slightly raised his head to look at the emperor's back, but he kept walking and followed.

Early the next morning, Emperor Jiajing's edict was sent to the cabinet.

Yan Song received the imperial edict written by the emperor himself, but after reading it, his mouth felt a little bitter. Xu Jie stood aside and watched all this coldly.

Lu Bing's accidental death made Xu Jie feel a little danger, although he didn't know where this feeling came from.

In fact, up to the present position, even the darkest "conspiracy theory lovers" would not have thought that Lu Bing's death was just a round, a bold round.

In this game, the person who set up the game has considered everything.

The words released from the harem after Lu Bing's death, Ren Shang died suddenly due to illness, and Jin Yiwei went to the streets to patrol, this is to prevent the officialdom and the people from discussing this matter, and no one is allowed to mention that the real cause of Lu Bing's death was newly refined for Emperor Jiajing. He died after trying out his elixir to preserve the emperor's reputation.

Even if someone doubted it, they would never dare to say anything at this time, not to mention that in the eyes of those who know the details, is it strange that pills eat dead people?It's not like this has never happened in the palace before.

Of course Xu Jie would not think that Emperor Jiajing poisoned Lu Bing to death, he was just a little sad because there was no helper in the court who dared to fight against Yan Song.

"Your Majesty praised Wen Fu for his service to the country, exposing traitors, dedicating himself to his duties, and writing Qing Ci, and posthumously awarded him the title of Uncle Zhong, with the posthumous posthumous title of "Wu Hui" (meaning "resisting insults, being diligent and selfless"), which is easy to say.

But he was given sixteen altars for sacrifices, which was a bit over the limit. He was also given fifty stones of fasting grain and linen, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to prepare a coffin and build a tomb for him.

As for asking the Ministry of War to appoint his son Lu Yi as the commander of the guard, and asking Zhu Xixiao to take care of his family, these are the proper meanings. "

When the edict arrives at the cabinet, the cabinet must reach a consensus, so that the six departments can be issued with a seal. This is the imperial decree.

Emperor Jiajing’s edict was first sent to the cabinet instead of directly to the six departments. Naturally, he was worried that the people in the six departments would pretend to be crazy and cause trouble on purpose, and asked them to do a good job of appeasing them first.

"Everything else is fine. It's the sixteen altars of sacrifice. I don't know if some of those people will make trouble."

Xu Jie naturally knew the meaning here, but the sixteen altars of sacrifices were the specifications of an emperor, and if they were used on Lu Bing, they would easily cause criticism from the people below. If they were rejected by the Sixth Division, it would be another court storm.

"We sent them there in person. Whoever refuses to accept it will just write a note and ask the officials to send them away. I have worked with Wenfu for many years. In the end, nothing can go wrong in this journey."

Yan Song stroked his pale beard and said to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie nodded slightly, that was the only way to go, and forcibly suppressed the six subjects to pass this decree.

Issuing with imperial decree and issuing with Zhongzhi have completely different meanings.

In any case, people are gone, and the emperor gave him this bit of dignity, so the people under them should not mess around.

Sure enough, the staff of the Sixth Division still had some opinions on the honor given to Lu Bing by the emperor after his death, mainly because of the offering of the sixteen altars.

Although Yan Song said that the power invaded the imperial court, he was often helpless against the officials of the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, let alone the second assistant Xu Jie.

He had no choice but to come up with a countermeasure for discussion, directly threatening with his official position, and those who objected directly waited for the document from the official department, so they could go home and pack their bags and set off immediately to become the king of the mountain in the southwest.

Shoufu and Cifu made such a threat, but they were still sent to the backcountry in the southwest, where they might never return to the prosperous Central Plains.

In fact, there are also people from them in the six subjects, but after all, there are not many, just a few people.

But at this time, it also played a huge role. You can know when you see the two elders coming, and they hurried out to act as peacemakers, and persuaded the most resolute opponents.

"Master Lu's matter has been delayed for a day, and it can't be delayed any longer. After all, it's a posthumous honor, given by His Majesty, it's decent."

Under the constant persuasion, Yan Song and Xu Jie's previous threats are still in my ears. Think about it too, people are gone, so what is there to fight for?

Finally, Li Ke took the lead in nodding in agreement, and the edict itself was passed even if Li Ke nodded.

For other things, it is difficult to continue to oppose the Li Ke side who has made concessions, and the imperial edict will be archived and issued soon.

The imperial decree was issued, and after receiving the decree, Zhu Xixiao, the governor of the left army, hurriedly left the governor's mansion of the left army and rushed to the Lu family to take care of the funeral of the Lu family.

In fact, this edict should have been issued yesterday, but the cabinet has not come up with a charter, and Emperor Jiajing fell into grief again, so it was issued a day late.

Zhu Xixiao is the younger brother of Zhu Xizhong, the Duke of Cheng, after Zhu Neng, king of Dongping. He got an official position because of Zhu Xizhong's relationship.

Lu Bing was the governor of the Zuojun Governor's Mansion, but he was in charge of Jinyiwei's business. Compared with other people, Emperor Jiajing naturally believed in him as his younger brother.

And Zhu Xixiao is also a person who is good at making friends. In addition, he has good ability and has the relationship with his elder brother Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong, so after he became an official, he also had a prosperous official career and became the person in charge of the Zuojun Dudufu.

Of course, at this time, most of the functions and powers of the Dudufu of the Five Armies have been emptied by the Ministry of War, and the actual power to command the troops has long been lost, leaving only an empty shelf, but it cannot stand the high grade.

Emperor Jiajing sent Zhu Xixiao to be in charge of Lu Bing's funeral, which was naturally raising the status of the Lu family. Don't be bullied just because Lu Bing is gone.

After all, when Lu Bing was in charge of Jinyi Guard, he offended many powerful people.

News spread in the capital was extremely fast, and Wei Guangde got the information at noon that day.

"Tsk tsk."

Wei Guangde lamented Emperor Jiajing's favor for Lu Bing, and gave him a baby brother with the emperor's standard, but then shook his head, he is not worth it for Lu Bing.

Wei Guangde thought that the summoning of Emperor Jiajing might be postponed for a few days until after the funeral in the Lu Mansion, but this time he was wrong.

In the evening of that day, a little servant came to convey the news from the palace, and the next morning he would go to Xiyuan to have an audience.

For this summoning, Wei Guangde also guessed that it was a routine interview. After all, it was an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court. He asked about the situation of the errand, and by the way, he might talk about what the people saw and heard along the way, especially the Nanjing Zhenwu that Wei Guangde was involved in. camp event.

However, Wei Guangde also thought of it. At this time, Emperor Jiajing probably didn't have the heart to talk about it. He should just ask casually and he would end this summons, and then let Wei Guangde rest for a while.

Sure enough, during the second day's summons, Emperor Jiajing was more interested in the current situation of Nanjing City, and asked him about his experience in Nanjing City.

As for the Zhenwu Camp, it was not touched at all.

Also, the information about the Zhenwu Camp and the report sent by Nanjing have already explained in detail, not only the cause, but also the development process of the situation and the final disposal.

When he learned from Wei Guangde that the city of Nanjing suffered a series of disasters and the business on the market withered, he remained silent for a long time.

The whole interview process was very short, Emperor Jiajing didn't say much, most of them were asking questions, and then Wei Guangde answered.

When Wei Guangde withdrew from Yongshou Palace, he also got a half-month vacation from Emperor Jiajing, allowing him to rest at home.

Although he didn't get the emperor's reward in Xiyuan, Wei Guangde knew that before the end of the holiday, there would definitely be an imperial decree in his hands, it just depends on where this promotion will go.

If he continues to stay in Zhan Shifu for promotion, it means that the emperor does not seem to have any plans to release him, and maybe he should stay in the Hanlin Academy and wait for the opportunity.

Such an official position is naturally what Wei Guangde hopes for. Whether he stays in the Imperial Academy or Zhan Shifu, he still has the opportunity to attack the cabinet. That means he has lost the chance to become a cabinet minister.

When Wei Guangde left Xiyuan, he was still very nervous. The emperor didn't talk much, so Wei Guangde couldn't see any clues.

After returning home, Wei Guangde took time to visit Lu Mansion to pay homage to Lu Bing. Because of the high standard given by the emperor, there were quite a few Beijing officials in front of the Lu Mansion to worship at this time, and Wei Guangde's appearance was not inconspicuous at all.

Entering the mourning hall, Wei Guangde worshiped according to the rules of the younger generation. In the mourning hall, Lu Bing's third son, Lu Yi, was entertaining the guests.

Lu Bing had four sons, the eldest son Lu Jing died early, the second son died young, and the third son Lu Yi is now the head of the Lu family. As for the fourth son Lu Cai who is still young, naturally he will not be arranged.

Wei Guangde only met Lu Bing three times, but never with the rest of the Lu family, let alone on such an occasion, he just thought it was just a few simple greetings, but he was invited to the side room by Lu Yi.

Not long after, Lu Yi saw off this group of guests and went into the side room and cupped his hands at Wei Guangde: "I often hear my father mention Wei Chuanlu, but it's a pity that I haven't seen it before, but it's on such an occasion with my virtuous brother." Meet."

Wei Guangde was slightly taken aback when he heard this. He didn't expect that Lu Bing had mentioned himself in front of Lu Yi, and it seemed that he really didn't see anything.

"I didn't expect it to be like this, it's really embarrassing."

Wei Guangde said in a mournful manner, which naturally revealed his true feelings. Although he didn't have a deep friendship with Lu Bing, after all, he lost a channel to obtain information, and it was a huge loss for him.

"My father passed away suddenly, and I haven't explained many things. In the future, the court will ask Shandai to take care of me."

Having said this, Lu Yi suddenly saluted Wei Guangde deeply.

Although he has been promoted to be the commander of Jin Yiwei, he also knows that his father is gone. After all, his relationship with the palace is separated by a layer, and he needs someone in the court to help him.

Lu Bing also had arrangements in the court, after all, Gan Jinyiwei had offended too many civil servants.

It's just a pity that none of these preparations were handed over to Lu Yi.

Seeing Wei Guangde today, I naturally remembered that I heard my father say that this person is trustworthy, so this happened.