When Zhu Qiyu was still a vassal king, he once heard the imperial brother talk about the loneliness of the emperor at the top of the mountain, and the lonely man is not just talking, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty can really tell the truth to himself, everyone is acting with him.

It is precisely because of feeling this that Zhu Qizhen trusts Wang Zhen, because only Wang Zhen is truly obedient to his words and will not deceive himself - of course, his idea turned out to be completely wrong in the end.

After a few years as the emperor, Zhu Qiyu also clearly felt the taste of being alone, and he became more and more lonely, and felt more and more estranged from his ministers. The only thing that allowed him to give birth to a trace of warmth was Lu Jin, who helped him for a few years, and then continued to solve problems for himself.

But today, Lu Jin, his most trusted courtier, actually admitted that he was doing things to enrich his own pockets behind his back! This incident hit Zhu Qiyu so hard that he didn't even know how to react, so he could only look at it in a daze, his face full of surprise and disappointment. In fact, what disappointed him was not that Lu Zhen was greedy for money, but that he was greedy for money.

Yu Qian and the others also looked at Lu Jin, who said this, in surprise, could it be that he really insisted on opening the sea for the sake of profit? But after years of getting along, he is not such a person......

Of course, more people felt a burst of schadenfreude, and felt that Lu Zhen was too careless, and actually told the truth. In this way, even if someone wants to protect him again, I'm afraid it will be difficult to open this mouth.

Under the gaze of countless people, happy or worried, Lu Zhen once again gave a deep salute: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to say." I wonder if Your Majesty still remembers the fact that the minister asked His Majesty for help more than three years ago? ”

"Huh?" The emperor was slightly stunned, and subconsciously nodded: "I naturally remember, at that time, because many people were not optimistic about going to sea trade, and there were too many people in the government and the opposition who expressed opposition, so you asked me for help when you returned to Beijing, and I also allocated some treasury from the inner treasury to sell to other countries with you. ”

"Your Majesty's kindness to the ministers, even if the ministers are full of liver and brains, it is difficult to repay them." Lu Zhen took the opportunity to say, which made the emperor's face look a little better, and then continued: "This was the situation at that time. But even if His Majesty was willing to help the minister, the goods prepared were still insufficient, so the minister remembered to ask my uncle Lu Renjia for help. And he, after knowing that this was an important matter of the imperial court, without saying a word, put aside the original business, resolutely took out all his net worth, and bought silk, tea, porcelain and other goods from Jiangnan and other places to transport to Shandong. It was precisely because of his generosity that the first shipment to sea was barely enough, and this led to a final big profit.

"Your Majesty, when the minister felt the most embarrassed and the most difficult time to open the sea trade, it was Lu Renjia who contributed money and helped him regardless of the risk, could it be that after the matter was completed, he should be excluded from this sea trade because of the relationship between him and my uncle and nephew? In doing so, the minister has certainly won a false reputation for honesty and integrity, but it is too unfair to my uncle! Chen didn't want to be such a person who sold his reputation and reputation, so he let him continue to participate in the matter of going to sea trade. But the minister dares to guarantee that whether it is for him or for other merchants who go to sea to trade, I will treat them equally, and there will be no distinction between relatives and relatives, and the minister will not dare to forget his majesty for personal reasons, and forget His Majesty's Mingjian! As he spoke, he knelt down again.

With this explanation, the depression on the emperor's face suddenly dissipated. It turned out that Lu Zhen did not have selfish intentions in this matter, so he didn't mention it, not only because he was selfish, but because he was too selfless. Because he had no shame in his heart, he didn't treat his clan uncle differently at all, so he didn't report it to the court.

After understanding this, Zhu Qiyu even felt a trace of guilt in his heart. How could he suspect that Lu Jin, a loyal minister, had ulterior motives? He hurriedly raised his hand: "Lu Qing, please get up quickly, I naturally believe you in this matter, there is nothing wrong with what you have done, not only is you not guilty, but you have merit." Not only is it meritorious, but your uncle, what is it called, yes, his name is Lu Renjia, and he also has merit to the court! ”

"Your Majesty Xie is sympathetic, and the minister is grateful!" Lu Jinxi hurriedly thanked him again, and then stood up. He knew that his move was successful in retreating and then rising. Moreover, there is an unexpected gain, with the emperor's praise, even if he is not in Shandong, Lu Renjia is enough to do a good job.

He was safe, but Zheng Huachun was a little panicked: "Your Majesty ......" I really didn't expect that the four charges of impeaching Lu Jin, which he had finally come up with, would be refuted by him one by one, but what should I do?

The emperor immediately glared at Zheng Huachun: "Zheng Huachun, although you have the right to rumor and do things as the imperial historian, you can't arbitrarily arrange charges when impeaching officials, if you have wronged a loyal person, what is the difference between you and the original factory guard, and where will you be placed?" ”

This is already very serious, and it is almost said that he is deceiving the king. Zheng Huachun, who understood this, turned even pale, and immediately knelt down: "The minister knew that he was wrong, the minister only saw a few charges of Lord Lu at that time, so he ......"

"That's it, I won't blame you for this, I just hope that you can act more steadily in the future, and don't be so reckless and reckless!" As soon as the emperor waved his hand, he didn't want to hear more explanations from him at all, but he didn't mean to pursue it.

But even so, Zheng Huachun's body trembled violently, his face was like ashes, and he couldn't stand up when he knelt on the ground. Don't look at the emperor who didn't ask him about his crimes, but just those two comments almost ruined his future.

When a person is labeled with such a label, it will be difficult to move an inch in the officialdom in the future, and there will be no boss to appreciate him, and for the rest of his life, it is just a lowest-level imperial history.

You must know that those officials who are officials in the imperial history are willing to be officials in this position without any oil and water, and the first thing they want is to be famous, and the other is to use this as a promotion level. There are quite a few people who became famous because of impeachment and were subsequently promoted to important yamen. Zheng Huachun worked so hard to impeach Lu Zhen this time, for this reason, but now, in exchange for such a result, how can he not feel desperate?

However, these officials present don't care about the psychology of his little imperial history, what they care about is Lu Jin. It was only at this time that everyone remembered some things a few years ago, and many officials were made enemies of Lu Jin, and finally ended up leaving the scene in a gloomy way. Unexpectedly, a few years have passed, and Lu Jin's combat effectiveness has not weakened at all.

This made many officials who were involved in his impeachment team but did not come forward today. At the same time, they also made up their minds, since everyone has been transferred back to the capital, they should not chase after them anymore, otherwise the consequences will not be easy to say.

Of course, not everyone thinks so, at least one person doesn't want to let Lu Zhen go like this. Just as Lu Zhen saluted again and was about to retreat, he strode out: "Your Majesty, Ding Zongshu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, has something to do. ”

"Ding Qing, please speak." Although he felt a little strange, the emperor nodded anyway.

"The minister also wants to impeach Lu Jin, the former governor of Shandong." After Ding Zongshu glanced at Lu Jin, he said word for word.

The ministers showed strange expressions again, and the emperor was also puzzled: "Ding Qing, why do you want to impeach him?" ”

"The minister wants to impeach Lu Jin, he has acted recklessly after entering Beijing this time, violating the laws of the imperial court!"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Lord Lu, this official asks you, when you were just ordered to return to Beijing a few days ago, did you go to your own mansion near Xizhimen? Have you ever let your subordinates hurt a lot of innocent people there? Ding Zongshu turned his head and looked at Lu Zhen and asked.

Lu Zhen looked back at him, and his brows gradually raised. He recognized it, this was the person who had hated him in front of the palace gate just now. At that time, he still wondered why the other party looked at him with such resentful eyes, even if he was not used to seeing his actions of opening the sea, it should only be public anger, not to the point of such bitter hatred.

But now, after listening to the other party's self-reported name, Lu Zhen quickly understood that the key to the problem was only on the other party's surname - his surname was Ding! And just a few days ago, in front of his house, he injured a young man named Ding Yuqing, just by looking at his appearance, he can deduce that this Ding Shilang should be Ding Gongzi's father.

Lu Jin's inference is completely correct, Ding Zongshu is Ding Yuqing's father. And he is such a son, he has always been too precious, he is very spoiled when he is young, and he does not dare to let him suffer the slightest grievance. Because of this, the son of the Ding Shilang family, who has always been old-fashioned, looks like a gentleman.

However, Ding Yuqing has one thing that is still good, that is, filial piety. Some time ago, because my father was always talking about how bad it was to land in the open sea, Ding Gongzi kept it in his heart. So, one day, he came up with the idea of spending money to let the rogue shrews in the city go to the Lu family to make trouble, in order to vent his bad anger for his father.

Unexpectedly, his approach brought him a lot of trouble, and he was actually caught on the spot by Lu Jin, who returned to the capital, not only severely punished those ruffians who made trouble, but also broke one of his arms, and kicked him so that he was injured.

When Ding Zongshu saw his seriously injured son, the anger in his heart towards Lu Zhen naturally reached its peak. If he could still keep his sanity for the sake of business before, this time for the sake of his son, he didn't care about any decency at all, what was right or wrong.

Today's Ding Shilang is just a father who wants to avenge his son, even if Lu Zhen is in full swing at this time, he is not afraid, and immediately jumped out to impeach!