Compared with the ministers' criticism and dissatisfaction with Shi Heng's light and backward after knowing that the Son of Heaven was behind, Lu Jin, as the person concerned, behaved much more calmly, and even the subordinates in the pacification department did not see him angry because of this.

After many years of getting along with the monarchs and ministers, Lu Zhen has long had some understanding of Zhu Qiyu's character, knowing that he is a person who values love and righteousness, as long as Shi Heng can still come up with some seemingly reasonable excuses, it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to beat him to death. In fact, this has nothing to do with the situation in the world, it is completely determined by its own character.

If it was another emperor, even if it was Zhu Qizhen, as long as he had the previous evidence, no matter how much credit Shi Heng had before, it would be impossible to forgive him anymore, and even the lives of his entire family might not be saved.

But Zhu Qiyu obviously does not have the consciousness and ruthlessness of his brother, because he was not cultivated by the requirements of a king when he was a child, and he was naturally congenitally deficient in the emperor's mental technique. What is the emperor's mental technique, that is, suspicious, arbitrary, it is impossible to trust anyone around him, for his own throne, he can sacrifice, wronged any of his subordinates, real ruthlessness! And when an emperor can really do all this, he is really alone, and there is no one in the world who can treat him with his heart.

And Zhu Qiyu obviously can't do this, his surname is Lu Jin, and his surname is Shi Heng, so even if these two people have been caught by someone before, they can still survive in a desperate situation. Lu Zhen can rely on the power of Jinyiwei to completely turn over the case, and Shi Heng can also rely on words to clear his suspicion, not only save his life, but also continue to lead the Jingying army!

At the same time, Lu Zhen also knew those courtiers, and these people said that they were a rabble, which was not wronged at all. Don't look at the fact that they are quite fierce these days, but in fact, except for running to the palace gate and crying a few times, going to a few painless and itchy sentences, and impeaching Shi Heng for various crimes, they can't come up with other ways to deal with Shi Heng. After a few days, as soon as the limelight passes, they will leave everything behind, just like some Internet hotspots in later generations. Therefore, it is quite reasonable to say that Xiucai rebelled for three years and failed to do so, because they can only play lip service, and few people can put what they think and say into action.

In fact, in Lu Jin's opinion, it is not too difficult to deal with Shi Heng this time, as long as he fabricates some evidence that he is still flying in the capital and ignoring Wang Fa, it is enough for him to drink a pot. Even if he can't really take away his official position, it is enough to take back the control of Jingying from him. It's a pity that those officials didn't think about this at all, and just scolded a few words in front of people.

As for Lu Zhen and Jin Yiwei, although they have this ability and this idea, they are not good at doing such things. Because he has a grudge with Shi Heng, once something happens to the other party, he will inevitably be the first to suspect him, and when the time comes, he will accidentally put himself in. He didn't want to compete with Shi Heng's sandpiper and mussels, and finally let those courtiers become profitable fishermen.

However, for Shi Heng, Lu Zhen did not dare to relax in the slightest. As early as after the other party arrived in the capital, Jin Yiwei had already spread his eyes all around his mansion, and he didn't want to hide anything from them. Because only in this way can he make sure that nothing goes wrong.

At this time, Lu Zhen was listening to his subordinates' opinions about the various situations about Shifu the day before, from which official went to his house to pay a visit, and as small as how many vegetables and rice he bought at home on this day, all under the surveillance of Jinyiwei.

After listening to some trivial reports, Lu Jin waved his hand and asked the secret agent to step down. At this time, Xue Xing, who had been listening from the sidelines, couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Dudu, it's been almost seven or eight days, what's the use of us spending so much energy staring at Shi Heng every day?" If you really want to catch him, it is enough to have a secret agent hidden in his mansion, so why bother so much? ”

Lu Zhen glanced at him and said, "Because he is Shi Heng, we have to guard against it." Don't look at him now, he seems to be in a very disadvantageous situation, but after all, he still has military power in his hands, who knows when he will suddenly attack? Moreover, although the secret agents hiding in his house can discover many confidential things, they cannot report everything in detail. What I want is all his words and deeds, as the so-called knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, in order to survive a hundred battles. ”

Xue Xing scratched his head, in fact, he was still a little confused in his heart, and he didn't know why his own governor attached so much importance to Shi Heng. But since he said so, he didn't have to be too suspicious as a subordinate, so he could only nod his head in response.

It wasn't until Xue Xing also left that Yang Zhen, who didn't speak just now, asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you think that Shi Heng will do something wrong, so you have to take precautions?" ”

"Do you see that?" Lu Zhen said with a smile: "You said that with Shi Heng's consistent character, would you be willing to suffer such a big loss?" Before, he dared to rush to the capital with 2,000 border troops to try to put pressure on the imperial court, but now in such a situation, will he endure this breath? Now that the army of Beijing has entered his hands, if he really makes any moves, there will be drastic changes in Beijing, and I have to be on guard. ”

Yang Zhen could see that Lu Zhen still had some reservations in his words, he should be on guard against something that he was extremely worried about, but since the adults didn't want to say it, he couldn't ask too much, so he could only pay attention secretly and spend more time staring at Shi Heng.

But even so, after half a month, Jin Yiwei still couldn't find anything unusual from Shifu. However, as time went by, the impeachment and criticism of Shi Heng by the DPRK and China were much less, and during this period, Shi Heng, who had been raised for a few days, officially rushed to the station of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division and took office.

And the Jinyi Wei spies hiding in the Beijing camp also reported back in detail all his words and deeds there at Lu Jin's request. It's just that this is really not good news-

Shi Heng had spent some time in the Beijing camp before going to the border town, and to this day, there are still many of his old subordinates here. So when he was ordered to enter the camp, he quickly won the support of many middle-level generals.

At the same time, Shi Heng also relied on the merits he had made in the border passes over the years, and won the respect of the soldiers of the Beijing camp. Although he was indeed a little ruthless in the drills of the soldiers later, with the methods he was accustomed to leading troops for many years, he quickly transformed tens of thousands of elite soldiers into his own supporters.

In fact, he was able to get the support of these soldiers in a short period of time, in addition to his own ability and charm, but also thanks to the external environment now.

Nowadays, the environment in the capital is becoming more and more unfavorable to the generals, and the civil officials have a faint feeling of being a high-ranking military attaché. Over time, the arrogance of the military attache was completely suppressed.

However, many military attaches are still unconvinced, and although they themselves do not have the courage to compete with civilian officials, they still hope that someone can stand up for themselves. And Shi Heng is obviously a pretty good representative, he not only has a high enough status and great merit, but also has the trust of the Son of Heaven. In addition, many civil officials impeached him in the sky before and failed to convict him, so the military attachés and soldiers in the capital had more respect for him, and they were naturally happy to be under his command.

And as Shi Heng completely gained a firm foothold in Beijing and regained military power in his hands, some officials who were quite familiar with current affairs no longer dared to oppose him openly - the gap between a border general who had just been summoned from the border area to treat the crime and a general who had already mastered the military power of the Jingying army was still quite large.

As a result, Shi Heng's situation in the capital is getting better and better, and the old friends and colleagues in the army who were worried about before have also come to the door one after another, and his power in the capital is becoming stronger and stronger, and it seems that he can already represent the military general system to compete with the civilian official family a little.

And this is obviously what the Son of Heaven is happy to see. Although many officials later impeached Shi Hengduo for the possibility of forming a party for personal gain, all of them were left by the emperor.

In this way, time slowly advanced, and in a blink of an eye, it came to August of the seventh year of Jingtai, it seems that the world is still peaceful, except for the occasional civil and military fights in the capital, there is no turmoil. It seems that except for the emperor's body is still not so healthy and he needs to drop out of the dynasty from time to time, everything in the Ming Dynasty is thriving, and the ideal prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is about to reappear.

And under this peaceful appearance, an undercurrent has begun to surge. Some people who have been hiding and enduring for many years are finally planning to show their fangs and tear apart this rare peaceful and prosperous world......

And the beginning of all this, only on the morning of August 11, the Son of Heaven fainted again.

With Zhu Qiyu's sudden fall, the ministers panicked, this time no one used words to stimulate the emperor, and he showed no signs of anger, why did he suddenly fall again? Could it be that the emperor's body really can't support it for too long?

If this is the case, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to establish a candidate for the crown prince as soon as possible. After the sudden death of the crown prince Zhu Jianji, everyone still felt that the Son of Heaven was still young and was not in a hurry. After all, with the dispute over the abolition of the crown prince in the past few years, everyone has already learned a lesson, and there can be no more major events such as the abolition of the establishment.

But now, the Son of Heaven's body is getting worse day by day, and everyone has to think about the future. As soon as the important ministers of the court began to discuss which royal son was the most suitable candidate for the crown prince.

And when they were doing all this, a certain palace man who was staring at their actions on the side grinned, he knew that the opportunity he had been waiting for had finally appeared, and success or failure was here!