"What you said is right, although the forces in the DPRK and China are complex now, and the various forces are entangled with each other, they can be roughly divided according to what you said."

After Lin Ruhai finished praising and continued to ask: "Do you know who are the people under the command of these forces?" ”

"Most of the people and horses of the Taishang Emperor's family are the magnates in Beijing and the henchmen of the emperor back then, such as the four kings and eight princes in Beijing, the first cadre of the nobles, the Ministry of Rites, the Honglu Temple, etc., and the local eunuchs outside Beijing, such as the Zhen family in Jiangnan, the Yu family in Zhejiang, the Gongjia in Ping'an Prefecture, the governor of Huguang, and the Li family in Yunnan."

Lu Jing glanced at Lin Ruhai as he spoke, and continued: "Of course, there are pure ministers like teachers under the command of the Emperor Taishang. ”

Lin Ruhai sighed after hearing this and said: "What you said is right, it basically includes all the forces under the command of the Emperor Taishang, it can be seen that you usually use your heart, as for being a teacher, alas! Don't say it! ”

Lu Jing understands Lin Ruhai's state of mind, after all, he has been loyal to Emperor Yan Kang all his life, but in the end, he was quietly given up by Emperor Yan Kang, no matter who it is, he will not feel good in his heart.

Lu Jing sighed in his heart and continued: "There are many overlapping people and horses in the emperor's line and Prince Zhongshun's line, if you want to strictly speaking, King Zhongshun should be regarded as the force supported by the emperor to fight in the ring with the four kings and eight princes and other nobles. ”

"Among the three prominent forces, the emperor's family is the largest, and now most of the forces in the court are the emperor's people, if it weren't for the emperor's lack of complete control of the army, and the four kings and eight princes and other nobles are deeply involved in the army, I'm afraid the emperor will not support the loyal king."

Lin Ruhai praised: "You can see it so thoroughly, it's really unexpected for the teacher, in the past, I only thought that you were not interested in the court, and I didn't talk to you much, I didn't expect you to know so much about the court, even if you are a teacher, it is far less thorough than you." ”

Lu Jing hurriedly said modestly: "The teacher praised it falsely, and the disciple is just idle and has nothing to do, so he pays more attention to it, but he is ugly in front of the teacher." ”

"Don't be modest, it's really for the teacher's clumsiness, I didn't see your talent in political affairs, now I think that when you were thirteen or fourteen years old, you could run in Yangzhou shopping malls and create such a big family business, although there is a reason to rely on your family background, but it is not your means are powerful, and the young talent is really not judged by ordinary people."

Lin Ruhai has seen Lu Jing concentrate on reading in the past few years, and he has written articles with deep skills, so he is just a good seedling of reading.

During this time, if it weren't for Lu Jing's emergence again, he almost forgot that his disciple was crisscrossing the shopping mall before he was a scholar.

At the same time, Lin Ruhai also felt a lot of emotion in his heart, although Lu Yu went early, but the Lu family now has Lu Jing, a talent who can hold up the lintel, why worry that the Lu family will not prosper for a day, but the Lin family has no successor because of him, and his heart is very complicated for a while.

"The teacher is too praised, and some of the disciple's methods are not worth mentioning, but they are far worse than the teacher." Lu Jing smiled indifferently, after Lu Jun's reminder back then, he completely changed his style of acting.

In the past three years, he has been extremely low-key, hiding behind the scenes in everything, on the one hand, because of filial piety, and on the other hand, he deliberately downplays what he did back then.

Now it seems that the effect is very good, and even Lin Ruhai, who is in close contact with him, has forgotten what happened to him back then.

Lu Jing saw that Lin Ruhai's face was not good, and then pulled Lin Ruhai's attention back to the topic just now: "As for the third prince and the fourth prince, they are under the emperor's power, but there are already signs of seizing the heir." ”

"Now the people of the Taishang Emperor's family are mostly transferred to the command of the three princes, and the three princes have been famous for many years, and they have never been without their credit, and the disciples suspect that the signs of the two princes taking the heirs are also provoked by them."

"Originally, I wanted to talk to you about the court situation, but I didn't expect you to see it more thoroughly than for the teacher, and now the situation in Beijing is complicated and entangled with each other, but you can divide it clearly, which is really commendable, and there is nothing to teach you as a teacher." Lin Ruhai reined in his heart and sighed, Lu Jing was too good, so that he, a teacher, didn't know how to teach.

Lu Jing shook his head and said: "The disciple is young, and it is inevitable that he will be biased in his view of things, and he is not as good as the teacher, and now the disciple still has many places to learn from the teacher." ”

"You don't have to comfort the teacher, although the teacher can't teach you much, but you can be better than the blue, and you can also be a teacher and honored."

Lin Ruhai smiled after adjusting his mentality, and then asked: "Now that you have an understanding of the general trend of the DPRK and China, do you have any questions about the details?" ”

"Teacher, the disciple does not know something, the Emperor Taishang has abdicated for many years, even if he can press the emperor with filial piety, it will be difficult to last long after all, why are there so many old ministers following the emperor?"

In fact, Lu Jing's subtext is to ask why Lin Ruhai is still loyal to the Emperor Taishang for so many years.

After all, Lin Ruhai is not like the Zhen family, he has received so much favor from the emperor, and he will be spurned by the world if he changes his body to join the emperor.

And Lin Ruhai has no such concerns at all, Lu Jing wonders why Lin Ruhai has been guarding the Emperor Taishang, is it just because of his foolish loyalty to the Emperor?

Lin Ruhai naturally understood what Lu Jing meant, he sighed and said: "Being a teacher is not loyal to the emperor, but actually loyal to the imperial court, but after all, I am the emperor's henchman, and I am in-law with the Jia family, so I was returned to the emperor's party, and I am in Jiangnan as a teacher, if I don't use the emperor's name, it will be difficult to succeed." ”

Lu Jing knew in his heart that Lin Ruhai should be passive and was classified as the power of the emperor, and Lin Ruhai said that he was loyal to the imperial court, which he still believed.

Lin Ruhai continued: "Although the current emperor has sat firmly in the past two years, the emperor's throne in the past few years has not been so stable, and the emperor still has the ability to replace the emperor at any time. ”

"And whenever the emperor is still there, the emperor has an advantage in etiquette, a filial piety can make the current emperor shrink his hands, at the beginning of the emperor's succession, in order to appease the emperor's ministers, there were also a lot of people, plus the emperor's abdication in the second year of his health improved, and was pushed by some people with ulterior motives, which is why the current situation appeared."

"But now that the emperor has an advantage, why are those people still fighting against the emperor?" Lu Jing continued to ask.

As far as he knows, those old ministers in the court who are attached to the Emperor Taishang are all ascending and descending secretly, looking at high and powerful, but there are few who really have real power.

Emperor Taishang's power in the court was basically disintegrated by Emperor Yuanyong, of course, in detail, the local power is still dominated by Emperor Taishang.

Lin Ruhai explained: "There are two reasons for this matter, one is related to the temperament of the emperor today, when he is still a prince, he is not merciful when he does errands, and now many old ministers who are attached to the emperor have more or less conflicts with the emperor back then, and they are worried that the emperor will settle accounts after the autumn." ”

"The second is that many people are now riding tigers, and they guess that there should be some handle for the teacher to be caught, so they can't change camps."

Lu Jing nodded in agreement with Lin Ruhai's statement, when these people were in the same camp in the early years, they must have done a lot of taboo things.

They don't dare to take refuge in the emperor easily, so it seems that Lin Ruhai's situation is quite good.

Although he is also in the camp of the emperor, he has not participated in any party formation, and Lin Ruhai has always been conscientious and has not made any major mistakes, otherwise it would be a real dilemma.

However, Lu Jing also knew that even if Lin Ruhai got out, it didn't mean that the Lin family was safe.

After all, the Lin family and the Jia family have a close relationship, and Lin Ruhai has also transferred a lot of property to the Jia family over the years, and now Lin Daiyu is also raised by the Jia family.

Moreover, the relationship between the Jia family and the Zhen family is even closer than that between the Jia family and the Lin family, and Lin Ruhai still needs to deal with the relationship between the Lin family, the Jia family and the Zhen family.

Thinking of this, Lu Jing asked, "Does the teacher know that two years ago, the third prince married Zhen Yingjia's eldest daughter as a concubine?" ”

Lin Ruhai said with a headache after hearing this: "The teacher naturally knows about this, the Zhen family's move is undoubtedly looking for a way back for their own family, as you just said, now many powerful people in Beijing are also taking the three princes as a way out and placing bets in advance." ”

Lu Jing continued to ask, "What do you think of their steps?" ”

Now the Zhen family has begun to participate in a new round of succession, and the Jia family has also been tied to the chariot of the Zhen family, but there is no one in the Jia family who can hold up the façade.

If the Zhen family wins, the Jia family may not have much benefit, but if the Zhen family loses, the entire Jia family will be implicated.

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said: "Although their move is for the future, in my opinion, I am afraid that it will backfire, and it will cause the emperor to be more taboo against them." ”

Lu Jing was relieved to see that Lin Ruhai could see it so clearly, so he nodded and smiled: "Hehe, the disciple heard that the reputation of the three princes now is directly catching up with the 'Eight Sage Kings' back then." ”

"For the teacher to understand what you mean, the emperor has begun to consciously suppress the three princes in the past two years." Lin Ruhai said that although he was not in Beijing, he still knew these things.

Lu Jing was a little surprised in his heart, since Lin Ruhai saw it so clearly, why didn't he dissuade the Jia family before, but let the Jia family go further and further on this road of no return: "Then why didn't the teacher dissuade the Jia family?" ”

Lin Ruhai naturally understood what Lu Jing meant, but this matter could not be explained clearly in a few words, and his tone was full of helplessness: "Some things are not incompetent, but can't, the Jia family, as a nobleman, naturally has to maintain its own position." ”

"Since ancient times, civil and military antagonism, this dynasty is no exception, if the Jia family boldly breaks away from the ranks of nobles, not only will it not be accepted by the civilian forces, but it will also fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness, and then there will be no need for others to take action, and the Jia family itself will disperse."

"What's more, the Jia family and the Zhen family have a close relationship, the Jia family has always been the representative of the Zhen family in Beijing, and now the daughter of the Zhen family has become the concubine of the third prince, and there is an old concubine in the palace, and the power of the Zhen family is even heavier, I am afraid that the power of the Jia family in recent years will also go up with the Zhen family, and the Jia family will not give up this opportunity!"