Chapter 33: Death on the Road
No one knows why Lu Yunzhi changed his name, but he just thought that he was to express his thoughts about the two sworn brothers and the fulfillment of his promise back then, but in fact, the reason why Nightmare changed his name was to make others misunderstand that he thought so, he didn't want to call Lu Yunzhi anymore, because he felt that he was too far away from Lu Yunzhi, and it would be an insult to Lu Yunzhi if he still called this name, so he resolutely changed it to Lu Qingtian.
Although the secret thirteen has gone wrong in the act, there are all kinds of not, even so the actions of the secret thirteen still make the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty one of the invigorated, the people feel that the bureaucrats are no longer forced to expropriate, and the economy is better than before, the price has fallen, the people have enough food and clothing, plus the past few years can be regarded as smooth weather, the income is quite rich, everyone is rich, and they don't miss Zhu Qizhen and Lu Qingtian, and some people make up a ballad, to the effect that Lu Qingtian is the people's great blue sky,
No one said that Zhu Qizhen was a big dusk, and no one mentioned the change of the civil fort back then, worried that the fans of Jinyiwei and the lackeys of the government would be caught a little, and it was indeed a little better, of course, the current Guotai Min'an is just an illusion, everyone is happy in it, and they feel very satisfied, this kind of illusion is like a tumor in the leopard's brain, it doesn't hurt or itch, and he usually can't see anything, and he will indulge in a comfortable life, but once he gets sick, it will be fatal, of course, all this Zhu Qizhen has seen, Even Lu Qingtian can't see it,
Zhu Qizhen's health is deteriorating, the master of ceremonies and the internal affairs office have quietly purchased things to prevent them from being caught off guard when the time comes, of course, Yanbei was dismissed, and the courtiers returned to their old lives, and began to work normally No longer focus on filling loopholes and confronting supervision, Daming is operating normally, but this time they have learned to be obedient, no longer so violent and greedy, lest one day they will be caught off guard again again, so this purge is still somewhat effective, as the so-called snake bite for ten years afraid of the well rope, as it is,
In fact, as Lu Yunzhi and others said when they chatted before, the people hate not corrupt officials, most people are rich and glorious, being an official is to be the master of the people and benefit the people, and at the same time, it is necessary to satisfy personal desires. Take people's money to eliminate disasters for others, these officials take money and don't do anything, so there are so many people who scold corrupt officials and hate corrupt officials, of course, I have to say that many of the people's abuse is also in the inner yearning and jealousy, they think that it is normal to be corrupt as officials, but most people can't be officials, so their eyes are hot, which is also a big reason for people to scold officials,
The early stage of this purge is mostly aimed at this kind of "unfavorable" officials, so it can be regarded as a great effect, cleaning up most of the tumors in the court, it is fair to say that it is precisely because of the correctness of the early stage of this purge that the Ming Dynasty has been fluctuating for nearly two hundred years.
Yanbei was dismissed, the ministers were all happy, and the imperial history also resigned to welcome him, in fact, it sounded good to resign in response to Yanbei and make the last silent protest, but in fact it is not the case, it is nothing more than that Yanbei is afraid that Yanbei will go away and the whole person will resurrect, and it is better to live than die when he opens the whole time, it is better to go into seclusion as soon as possible to make a public apartment,
Yanbei and Lu Qingtian had a long talk, Lu Qingtian asked Yanbei to rest for a while, and then make plans when the situation of Daming was stable, Yanbei also knew his shortcomings, and he was in a hurry, quite a bit on paper, but from high to low, the sudden drop made Yanbei extremely disappointed, thinking that the dream had been shattered, and left gloomily after a long sigh,
In fact, Lu Qingtian admires Yanbei's ability and integrity, but after all, Yanbei is too young and his personality is too rushing, so it's good to let him hone it, and he still thinks that when Daming stabilizes, after four or five years, when Yanbei's personality and temper are rounded, he will be rehired.
But how could I ever have thought, Yanbei thought that he was shelved forever, Lu Qingtian said this just to comfort him with polite words, it can't be true, Yanbei was disheartened and vomited blood as soon as he returned to the house, Yanbei did not continue to recuperate in the capital, saying that he was unwell and wanted to return to his hometown to recuperate, Lu Qingtian thought about it, he suddenly had a bad premonition, but he didn't deliberately calculate it, so it's a blessing or a curse, but he can't avoid it, let it be fate,
But who can know that this farewell is goodbye, Yanbei is gone, sad and bumpy on the way home, just to Shandong when he vomited blood and died, Lu Qingtian came to Yanbei's hometown to repair the temple to give a eulogy, but it can be regarded as earning enough face for Yanbei, Yanbei's hometown of Shandong Mengyin, located in a remote mountain village, seeing such a group of big officials appear, and knowing that Lu Qingtian is called nine thousand years old, all the old tears said that Yanbei died without complaining, although the death is still glorious,
Lu Qingtian shook his head secretly behind his grief: It is not much better to be alive than to be dead, although there are many responsibilities in living, although it is very tiring to live,
In short, Yanbei died, the glory of death is not very important, he used his short life to write a person's change from righteousness to paranoia, from loyalty to foolishness, he left a deep impression on Lu Yunzhi and the nightmare now called Lu Qingtian, and also left a strong mark in the annals of the Ming Dynasty, although it was only one,
Yanbei became synonymous with purging in the next 20 years, and in the end, everyone thought that Yanbei was just a code name for the anti-corruption operation, and forgot that this was originally a personal name, and remembered that in addition to the historians, there were only those idle and boring old masters and erudite people, Lu Qingtian once educated Lu Sheng like this, so that he should not become a person like Yanbei,
Lu Qingtian said: "Sheng'er, Yanbei seems to be upright but only upright, in fact, many things do not necessarily need to walk in a straight line to achieve the goal, because the straight road seems to be fast and convenient, but in fact there are many dangers and traps, it is very likely that the teacher will die before he can get out, and in the end he wants to do nothing to achieve death, if he changes the road, although the distance will be farther, but in the end he will achieve the goal, the gentleman hides his weapon and waits for the time to move, and Yanbei's failure is not defeated in his personal ability, he still knows the priority, He was wrong not to be able to control his subordinates, a rat feces can spoil a pot of porridge, and the same spoiled food will make his neighboring foods spoiled, and Yanbei showed his likes and dislikes to his subordinates because of his own reasons, and the infinite expansion and distortion of his subordinates led to the current ending, so my father wants to tell you, don't let others know what you think, especially your subordinates. ”