Early the next morning, before Lu Jing got up, a eunuch came to the door to deliver a decree and summoned him to the palace to see His Majesty.

Lu Jing hurriedly cleaned up, and didn't have time to eat breakfast, so he took the manuscript of "Zhongjie Picking Up the Missing and Filling the Gaps", and entered the palace with the eunuch, but he waited for nearly two hours, and was summoned by the emperor at the end of the hour.

Lu Jing's visit to the shrine was completed, so he submitted the manuscript.

Emperor Yuan Yong just opened a few pages at random and put them aside, and praised slightly: "Yes, Aiqing has sorted out so many good deeds in half a year, which is commendable." ”

Lu Jing hurriedly humbled a few words, and then complimented: "Weichen realized the emperor's sacred heart benevolence when he sorted it out, and there were people in the Tang Dynasty who said that 'the holy dynasty has nothing to do', according to Weichen's view, this should be in this dynasty, and the emperor praised the deeds of the people who were omitted from the previous generation, which is really unprecedented, and it is difficult to reach in all dynasties." ”

Emperor Yuanyong showed a slight smile on his face when he heard this, and Wen Yan asked, "I remember Aiqing's ancestral hometown of Gusu?" ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing was slightly surprised in his heart, and hurriedly responded: "Exactly, Weichen's ancestral home is Gusu, but he has lived in Huaiyang and other places since he was a child!" ”

Emperor Yuan Yong praised Lu Jing's father Lu Yu a few words when he heard this, and then nodded and said: "That's good, I plan to let Aiqing serve as the inspector of Jiangnan Province." ”

Lu Jing was even more surprised after hearing this, in order to avoid collusion between officials and gentry, officials were generally not allowed to serve in their hometowns, and now the emperor actually appointed himself to inspect the imperial history of Jiangnan Province, I don't know what his meaning is.

Emperor Yuanyong saw the doubts in Lu Jing's heart, so he said in a deep voice: "In addition to rectifying the rule of officials, I also plan to divide Jiangnan Province into three and Huguang into two. ”

When Lu Jing heard this, he immediately understood the emperor's plan, when the **** felt that the local power of Shaanxi and Gansu Province was too great, he split it into Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, and now the emperor should also have such thoughts when he splits Jiangnan and Huguang.

At the same time, there should also be a meaning to deal with the Zhen family, after all, the Zhen family controls the entire Jiangning Mansion and most of the Suzhou Mansion, but the control of Fengyang Mansion is slightly weaker, and it was when his father-in-law rectified the salt administration that the emperor took the opportunity to control Fengyang Mansion and Yangzhou and other places, otherwise the entire Jiangnan is the world of the Zhen family.

The emperor sent himself to Jiangnan this time, it should be to hide his thoughts on dealing with the Zhen family, to avoid any overreaction from the king of Nan'an County, Wang Ziteng and others, first, his official power is weak, which is not enough to shake the Zhen family; Second, if you are born in Jiangnan, if you take too much action on your hometown, it will inevitably affect your reputation.

Emperor Yuanyong saw Lu Jing's thoughtful expression, and continued: "You went to Jiangnan this time, first, to inspect the officials, and second, to secretly collect evidence of the Zhen family's crimes. ”

Speaking of this, he stared at Lu Jing with deep eyes, and said: "I heard that Jiangnan officials are corrupt and corrupt officials are rampant, Aiqing should not have any scruples, and give me a good rectification." In addition, I don't want the evidence of the Zhen family's greed for ink, as long as the evidence that the Zhen family is evil, it must be substantiated, conclusive, and irrefutable, do you understand? ”

"Wechen understands!" Lu Jing was busy bowing, but he was secretly worried in his heart, the emperor's words made it clear that he would be ruthless, but the officialdom in Jiangnan was complicated, and the entanglement of interests was particularly serious, and it affected the whole body, it seems that his trip will inevitably be against all parties in Jiangnan, especially the Zhen family.

Moreover, the Zhen family's greed for ink is acquiesced by the Emperor Taishang, in order to make up for the shortfall of the Zhen family's four successions, if the Zhen family's greed for ink is used as an excuse, even if the Zhen family does not dare to push it on the head of the Emperor, the Emperor Taishang will come forward to defend the Zhen family for the sake of fame and make a gesture in front of the nobles, and in the end it will only be over.

Seeing that Lu Jing realized what he meant, Emperor Yuanyong nodded slightly, and continued: "Sanlai I asked you to go to Jiangnan, and I have another important task, to cover for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to lay out the Hanhai Kingdom and the Qianxiang Kingdom, and divert the attention of all forces in Jiangnan. ”

Lu Jing was even more worried after hearing this, the emperor was obviously in the next big game of chess, dealing with the Zhen family was only secondary, the real purpose was to cover the previous economic strategy, so Zhejiang, Fujian and other southeastern provinces will have big moves, so he hurriedly said: "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Emperor Yuanyong nodded and said, "It's good that you can understand what I mean, this time it is dangerous to go to Jiangnan, and I will arrange escorts for Aiqing to accompany me." ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing hurriedly thanked him, knowing in his heart that the emperor arranged the guards, which were called protection, but they were actually surveillance, and he couldn't help but be full of worries about this trip to Jiangnan, not knowing whether he could come back safely in the end, and what kind of situation he would face after he came back.

Emperor Yuan Yong immediately told Lu Jing about the next actions of the Internal Affairs Office, as well as the arrangements in Zhejiang, Fujian and other places, and asked him to cooperate. ”

Lu Jing was shocked when he heard this, he had been looking for Tong Yuanzi who had completely disappeared after only seeing one time, but he didn't expect to hear this person from the emperor's mouth, and hurriedly replied: "Weichen and Tong Yuanzi have a relationship. ”

"On the day of the day, Wei Chen accompanied his family to go outside the city, coinciding with Tong Yuanzi Dao Chang to show people, Wei Chen went to watch under curiosity, Tong Yuan Zi Dao Chang at that time to the minister Bu calculated a hexagram, gave Wei Chen four verses, and then disappeared, Wei Chen has not yet understood Tong Yuanzi Dao Chang sent the minister's words, has been looking for him to ask for advice again, but no longer had the opportunity to see."

Emperor Yuanyong suddenly became interested when he heard this, Tong Yuanzi entered the palace on the day of Shangsi, and discussed with the Emperor Taishang in the Taiji Palace for more than three months.

After many days of enlightenment, according to the judgment of the courtiers, a few people were roughly delineated, and now it seems that the person Tong Yuanzi said should be Lu Jing, so he asked: "What is the language that Tong Yuanzi gave to Aiqing?" ”

Lu Jing saw that the emperor knew about this and there was no need to hide it, so he said directly: "From the south to the north, it starts because of the forest." Four or three are long and short, and they are prosperous when they meet the water. Don't get close to fake relatives, rebellious and rebellious. Integrity and roundness, allegiance is through. ”

Emperor Yuan Yong pondered for a while and continued to ask, "What are the few sentences that Aiqing has explained?" ”

Lu Jing was slightly surprised in his heart, the emperor seemed to be very concerned about this matter, so he said directly: "The minister only interprets the first sentence and the last sentence, the first sentence should refer to Weichen from Jiangnan to Beijing, and Lin should refer to Weichen's father-in-law; The last sentence is to ask the ministers to stick to the right path and be loyal to the emperor. ”

Emperor Yuanyong nodded when he heard this, the first and last two sentences are really easy to understand, the second sentence is associated with the hexagram that Tong Yuanzi divined for his two sons, and there are some guesses in his heart, and the third sentence thinks of the relatives in Lu Jingjing, as well as the words of rebellion and rebellion, and he also has a judgment in his heart, so he asked: "Aiqing knows who the Taoist of Tong Yuanzi is?" ”

Lu Jing nodded and said: "At that time, the Taoist of Tongyuanzi once reported that he was from Longhu Mountain, and when the ministers looked for him, they also went to check his origin, but he only knew that he was from Longhu Mountain, and there was no other information. ”

Emperor Yuan Yong continued to ask, "Does Aiqing think his words are credible?" ”

Lu Jing couldn't figure out the emperor's attitude towards Buddhism and Tong Yuanzi, so he had to say ambiguously: "At first hearing, the minister seemed to have some truth, but then I thought about it carefully, as long as people who understand Weichen can also make this statement, and except for the first sentence, other words seem to be applicable to other people, and the minister, as a Confucian disciple, has always been respectful of this matter, so he did not believe his words." ”

Emperor Yuanyong smiled slightly: "Aiqing doesn't know what happened to the Taoist of Tongyuanzi, and it is normal to have misunderstandings, the Taoist of Tongyuanzi is the old man of the Heavenly Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain, and the uncle of this generation of Heavenly Master, twenty years ago, the imperial court wanted to canonize him, but he refused. ”

Lu Jing nodded when he heard this, every session of the Heavenly Master's Mansion was canonized by the imperial court, and there were also people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion in the Qin Heavenly Prison, and the imperial court had always used the influence of Longhu Mountain to control Taoism in the world, and it was not surprising that the emperor knew so much about the Heavenly Master's Mansion.

Emperor Yuan Yong continued: "The Taoist of Tongyuanzi is a profound person, especially the divination is extremely accurate, since Aiqing has obtained his words, it will be fulfilled in the future, and Aiqing still believes that it is true." ”

Lu Jing nodded and said: "Wechen received the words that day, although there were a few words of confusion, but for the last sentence I deeply believed, Wechen will always abide by this word." ”

Emperor Yuanyong nodded slightly and said: "Be upright and round, and be loyal to you, hehe, I hope Aiqing will stick to this word, don't live up to the comments of Daoist Tongyuanzi to you, and I will explain a sentence for you, some relatives should not be too close." ”

Lu Jing sighed in his heart, understanding that the emperor was talking about the Jia family, the Wang family and others, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The ministers obey the order, and the ministers should abide by loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, integrity, loyalty, and loyalty to the court." ”

Emperor Yuanyong nodded and said a 'good' word, and then explained a few words, then let Lu Jing leave, and then asked the cabinet to draft a decree to announce Lu Jing's appointment, and he was a little looking forward to whether Lu Jing could complete this test, and also wanted to see if Lu Jing could respond to the words left by Yuanzi.

Lu Jing walked out of the palace, and felt that this trip to the audience was very thrilling, and it was very different from what he thought before, the emperor's words were not only full of temptations and tests, but the errands arranged were extremely dangerous, several things were full of reefs and shoals, and if he didn't pay attention to it, the ship would capsize and die, and he forced himself to become a pioneer in dealing with the Zhen family, the king of Nan'an County and others.

There is also an inquiry about Tong Yuanzi, he is still confused, and he has no clue, it seems that only by seeing Tong Yuanzi again can he completely figure out today's affairs.