Volume 2 Chapter 23 Lu Bing's Ambition
The dinner in Lufu lasted for a long time, from nightfall to the beginning of the lights, there was still laughter and laughter in the dining room, and the family was as happy as the New Year's Festival.
This moment is indeed comparable to the New Year's Festival for Yang Cong and Lu Ling'er, but they were separated for more than a year before they reunited, even during the New Year's Festival, they were not so happy.
Li is also very happy, for Lu Linger's baby daughter, she is heartbroken, she strongly advocated to find a scholar for Lu Ling'er to accompany her, the performance of the two at this time is enough to prove that her idea was right at the beginning, the baby daughter was really happy like a flower when she was with Yang Cong, can she not be happy.
Although Lu Song and Lu Bing's father and son didn't say much, they were actually quite happy in their hearts, and they were also very doting on Lu Ling'er, and they were naturally happy when Lu Ling'er was happy.
In addition, Yang Cong also has an unexpected advantage when he comes, that is, the wine can be let go of drinking, and the Li family usually manages their father and son more tightly, because it is too common for military households to drink too much and fight or even make trouble.
The Li family was afraid that something would happen, so they usually didn't let them drink more, but at this time, in order to let them drink with Yang Cong, the wine would naturally not be restricted.
Now, the two fathers and sons are naturally able to drink hard, and they will enjoy drinking it.
Although Yang Cong pretended to be bold on the surface and tried his best to cater to the two fathers and sons, he was still very measured when drinking, and he didn't want to get drunk the first time he came to the Lu family.
As a result, the Lu family's father and son were almost drunk, but he was still sober.
Li saw that the two fathers and sons were talking nonsense, and it was not too early, so they had to announce the end of the dinner and let Yang Cong go back to rest.
There is no banquet in the world, although Yang Cong is reluctant, he can only get up and say goodbye.
Fortunately, the Li family immediately asked him to come to Lu Mansion to play when he was free, which meant that he would not be prevented from meeting Lu Ling'er anymore, and Yang Cong and Lu Ling'er were naturally overjoyed.
Unexpectedly, when he was about to go out, Lu Bing saw that Yang Cong was walking over, and insisted on taking Yang Cong back by carriage.
This guy didn't know if he was drunk or what's wrong, Yang Cong didn't think much about it, and followed him into the carriage in a daze.
He thought that Lu Bing had drunk too much, but he never thought that as soon as the carriage set off, Lu Bing asked inexplicably: "Qingfeng, I heard Ling'er say that the first time you met her, you bumped into her by accident, is it really such a coincidence?" ”
Hey?
This seems to suspect that he had a premeditated plan!
Turns out this guy is also pretending to be drunk!
He couldn't help but be secretly vigilant, he seemed to be a little underestimating the world.
This Lu Bing is not simple, although he is Jiajing's brother, so he has received Jiajing's favor, but grace does not mean power, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are not without brothers and sisters, and the brother-in-law is a pile of them, and it is not that no one has received the emperor's favor.
However, there is no one like Lu Bing, who leans towards the government and the opposition.
Don't talk about the emperor's own brothers, because the royal princes of the Ming Dynasty have no power since they became ancestors, just say that those concubines, uncles, and uncles must be more favored than Lu Bing, why haven't there been people who have been in power?
There are naturally many reasons, but there is one point that cannot be ignored, that is, this Lu Bing must have extraordinary wisdom or ambition, otherwise, it would be impossible for him to reach the pinnacle of power.
It seems that this kid has no scheming in front of his parents and sister, and his simple appearance is all pretended, perhaps, he thinks there is no need to play tricks in front of his family.
Good boy, I was almost fooled by you, play with me, you are still far away.
Yang Cong sneaked a glance at him by the dim light outside, so he pretended to be dizzy, and said in a daze: "Yes, I was about to ask for directions, but Ling'er suddenly pulled out a knife and asked me why I was staring at her, why am I staring at her, I just wanted to ask him for directions, hahahaha." ”
Lu Bing was still a little skeptical: "Didn't Ling'er say that your family often goes to give gifts to my uncle, even if you don't know where the commander of the yamen is, the people you bring will always know, right?" ”
This guy is really suspicious of him!
Yang Cong also knew that Lu Linger's identity, people with ulterior motives would definitely take the opportunity to cling to it, but the first time he met Lu Linger, it was a chance encounter, and there was nothing to hide.
He said without hesitation: "Yes, my grandfather's entourage has indeed been to the Yongning Acropolis many times, but my entourage is the same as me, it is the first time to go to the Yongning Acropolis, and I was negligent in this matter and did not bring a leader." However, then again, if I lead the way, I may miss Ling'er, maybe this is fate. ”
Lu Bing secretly stared at Yang Cong for a long time, and when he saw that the kid was frank and open, he didn't seem to be telling a lie, so he was relieved.
He is also very tight to his sister, if this Yang Cong has ulterior motives, then he has to let this kid know that he knows that he is powerful.
His parents are ordinary military families who have never read any books, he is not, he has accompanied Emperor Jiajing to read and write since he was a child, and he has followed Jiajing through the ups and downs of the Great Rites and Deliberations and the deceit in the court, and he has a lot of eyes.
Emperor Jiajing and Lu Bingna are really close, because Jiajing has no brothers, only Lu Bing has played with him since childhood, so he has been taking Lu Bing with him since he succeeded to the throne, and when Lu Bing is a little older and can be a director, he gave Lu Bing a position of deputy Qianhu of Jinyi Wei, let him learn from the old man of Xingxian Palace, and when Lu Bing grew up to be an adult and held martial arts in high school, he promoted Lu Bing to Jinyi Wei Qianhu, specifically responsible for managing the guards in the palace, and at the same time helping him keep an eye on the ministers of the court.
It is precisely because Lu Bing has seen the awesomeness of those powerful ministers that he is also keen on power, and he also wants to be like those powerful ministers in his heart, calling for wind and rain and pointing out the country.
It's a pity that he is just a brocade guard at this time, and he is still 108,000 miles away from calling for wind and rain and pointing out the country.
Originally, he didn't have much chance to be in power at this time, because he didn't have any arm help, don't look at the power behind him, the split of the cow, at this time he was just a hairy young man who had just debuted, he was just a child in the eyes of shrewd and sophisticated courtiers, who followed him.
However, it is different now, this Yang Cong is his future brother-in-law, and Yang Cong is also very likely to be named on the gold list and step into the official career, if he cultivates it well, he will definitely be able to become his right-hand man and help him control the power.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but tentatively say, "Qingfeng, I heard that you are from the Yangming lineage, is it true?" ”
This question, if someone else comes to ask, Yang Cong is naturally standing in the Yangming lineage, but this Lu Bing comes to ask it differently, he can't let Lu Bing think that he is a little minion in the Yangming lineage.
He thought for a while, and then pretended to be disdainful: "That's all pretending to deceive outsiders, I'm in the same vein as Yangming, it's just using each other." ”
Immediately afterwards, he explained in detail the process of settling a grudge with the Longxi Chen family and the fact that Xu Jie introduced him as a confidant in order to deal with the maritime tycoon, and in the middle he also faintly mentioned that he and the daughter of Zhang Yue, the right man of the Imperial Palace, almost got married, in order to test Lu Bing's attitude towards his family affairs with Zhang Zhen.
Unexpectedly, Lu Bing actually instigated: "This Zhang Yue is terrible, it is very likely to be in charge of the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the future, such a powerful arm will naturally be wooed, you can rest assured, my father and Ling'er will help you lobby for this matter, this Zhang Yue, you must catch it!" ”
When Yang Cong heard this, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
No wonder he was able to lean towards the government and the opposition, in order to win over Zhang Yue, he actually instigated himself to take down Zhang Zhen.
This guy has a strong desire for power, and he has to fight with Xu Jie!