The British duke who was questioned by the Son of Heaven was an old man who was nearly seventy years old, but he was still in good spirits and full of red light. He is Zhang Fu, who has the same status as Yang Pu in the current Ming Dynasty and ranks first among military attachés.

Zhang Fu, the word Wenbi, Henan Xiangfu people, is a rare civil and military minister in the Ming Dynasty, his father Zhang Yu, was the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di side of the brave warrior who leaned on the right arm. However, in the battle between the rivers, he died on the battlefield because of his desire to save Zhu Di, who was surrounded by the enemy. Therefore, after the success of Jingnan, he was posthumously crowned the Duke of Rongguo by Emperor Yongle, who became the Son of Heaven, and after the year of Hongxi, he was crowned the King of Hejian.

As Zhang Yu's son, Zhang Fu's ability is not inferior to that of his father, and even in a sense, the blue is better than the blue. Not only did he perform well in the Battle of Jingyan, he was named Hou for meritorious service, but also made a contribution to destroying the country in the subsequent campaign to pacify Annan, and changed his country name to Jiaozhi.

It can be said that most of what Zhang Fu has is based on his own ability, and he doesn't know how much stronger than the ordinary second-generation officials. After going through four dynasties, the British duke, who is now in his prime, has become the treasure of the town and country earlier, and Yang Pu is a scholar and a martial artist, complementing each other.

What is even more rare is that although Zhang Fu has made countless meritorious contributions and has a prominent status, he is not pampered and arrogant, and even seems more and more low-key on weekdays. Not to mention that the children in the door rarely go out to cause trouble, even in the court, he has never expressed his opinions, and gave up the stage to the young people behind. In this way, it has been more and more respected by several emperors and Manchu officials.

It is precisely because there are such highly respected officials in the DPRK and China that there is now a prosperous atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that no one will know that after that wrong storm, old ministers like Zhang Fu and Yang Pu will all fall, and at that time, Daming can only rely on one Yu Qian to be the pillar of optimism.

Feeling that he had been persuaded by Lu Jin, Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to ask for help from the person he trusted the most, and when it came to military affairs, there were so many people at this court, and the only thing that made him feel most relieved and trusted was the British Gong Zhang Fu, who had always kept silent and looked at the British Gong Zhang Fu, who had no sense of existence.

After the Son of Heaven asked him, Zhang Fu's originally slightly squinted eyes shot out two essences, and only swept them on Lu Jin's face, which made him feel a dark in his heart, and he felt a strong pressure coming over. This kind of pressure can't be exuded even by the Son of Heaven who is high above.

After glancing at Lu Jin, Zhang Fu lowered his head again, and walked out first to give a salute, and then said slowly: "Your Majesty, although the old minister has ignored military affairs for a long time in recent years, some of the things mentioned by this Lu County Commander still sound quite reasonable. In particular, the strategy he mentioned against the Mongolian people is indeed the words of the old Cheng to seek the country. ”

As soon as these words came out, many people looked surprised. Zhang Fu rarely speaks in the court, and even less praises someone. And today, it is unbelievable that he actually gave such a high evaluation to such a small county order.

As if he had discovered everyone's suspicions, Zhang Fu explained again: "At the beginning, Weichen led the troops to crusade against Jiaozhi, and it took several years and several battles to be able to do this full. Compared to Cochin, the Mongols on the grassland were much more difficult to deal with, so it was not a whimsical and sensational strategy for the imperial court to spend ten, or even decades, slowly engulfing them.

"And this is indeed the safest, even if it fails, there is no loss for my Daming. But once it happens, the threat of the grassland to our Central Plains for thousands of years can be swept away! In the end, a cold light flashed in his eyes again, making people no longer dare to believe that this was an old man who was close to old age.

Lu Zhen saw him endorsing his words, and his heart was suddenly happy. This British prince is a pivotal presence in the court, which Lu Zhen understands both now and in the past when he reads history books. He believed that with this statement, his words were enough to arouse everyone's attention.

Sure enough, after Zhang Fu made this conclusion, many people kept their mouths shut, especially those noble generals. Originally, they still wanted to stand on Wang Zhen's side, after all, compared to civilian officials, they were the ones who needed a battle to improve their status. But now, the tone has been set in Britain, and these people dare not disagree with it, so they have to remain silent.

And Zou Fang and the others turned pale one by one, because they knew that with Zhang Fu saying this, most of the things had to be concluded that they didn't want to see.

Sure enough, the Son of Heaven hesitated for a while, and finally let out a long breath: "It seems that I was indeed too anxious before, and this matter of using troops must be based on stability." Lu Jin, as a local official, you can care about the world and offer this good policy to the court, and I am really happy. ”

"Your Majesty Xie praised, but I didn't dare to be ashamed." Lu Jinxi hurriedly bowed down again and thanked him. At the same time, he thought to himself: "This time I went out to help you prevent this possible catastrophe, I hope you don't have to mess up like in history again." ”

And Wang Zhen, at this time, his face was as gloomy as the black-faced Zhang Fei, of course, he was Zhang Fei without a beard. Looking at these guys in front of him who ruined his good deeds, he hated to get rid of everyone one by one. It's a pity that neither Zhang Fu nor Yang Pu, or even Xu Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is not something he can deal with now. So in the end, his eyes fell on Lu Jin.

It was this guy who suddenly turned against himself at this critical juncture and gave himself a fatal blow. If he hadn't come forward, maybe the matter would have been finalized, and he would have been able to follow in Zheng He's footsteps. Others may not be able to do anything about it, but he is a small seven-pin county order, does he really think that he is a person who eats fasting and recites Buddha?

With just one sentence, Wang Zhen can let the people of Dongchang or Jinyiwei take down Lu Jin. And as long as you enter these two yamen, you can give him any crime you want. For example, if he is convicted of colluding with foreign enemies and colluding with Mongolian people, maybe he can reverse the situation in front of him while killing people to vent his anger.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhen's gaze at Lu Zhen had become extremely cold, like a wild beast watching a prey under his minions.

Lu Zhen also quickly felt this murderous intent and crisis, and after shivering, he lowered his head. Of course, he knows what his choice will bring this time, but the eldest husband has something to do in the world and something not to do, and he will not regret making this choice. Moreover, he believes that he who has been prepared for a long time will definitely be able to resolve this killing situation.

Wang Zhen's killing machine in the open place is in addition to the Son of Heaven around him, many people are looking at it. Those officials sighed unconsciously, it seemed that this young county magistrate who had just helped the imperial court survive the catastrophe would have a very hard time in the future.

But there is nothing they can do about it. With Wang Zhen's ever-expanding strength now, they didn't dare to confront him, just to save Lu Zhen, an insignificant seven-rank county order.

Only Yang Pu, who was calmly standing at the top of the civil official, had a strange light flashing in his eyes at the moment, and his eyes were swimming back and forth between Lu Zhen and Wang Zhen, as if he was already thinking about something.

After the Son of Heaven finally gave up using troops against the Mongols, today's court meeting finally came to an end. As a matter of fact, because of this heated debate, today's court meeting has been much delayed compared to the past. Therefore, after Lu Zhen retreated to the last position of the queue that originally belonged to him, a eunuch stood up and announced the dissolution of the dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen saw that the ministers had no objections, so he slowly got up, and retreated to change clothes in the palace surrounded by a group of eunuchs - the clothes of the Son of Heaven are too complicated, and the crown robe worn at the court meeting is even more grand, not usually worn, and now it is a hot summer, so he is naturally going to change his clothes as soon as he arrives.

And as his most trusted eunuch, Wang Zhen naturally needs to follow him to the Jinshen Palace. When he sat on the imperial chariot, Zhu Qizhen also glanced at Wang Zhen, who had a somewhat ugly face on his side, with some apologies: "Mr. Wang, I can't do anything about this matter, after all, it is a matter of my luck, and I don't dare to mess around." ”

Wang Zhen's busy expression fell, revealing a panicked look: "It's because the old slave is too stupid and anxious, so he wants to do something for His Majesty wishfully." In fact, Lu Zhen is right, this matter should indeed be slowly figured out. ”

"I'm relieved that you can think so." When the emperor heard this, he couldn't help but smile with joy and ease on his face. However, he didn't notice that Wang Zhen's eyes were full of murderous intent when he lowered his head.

Wang Zhen couldn't wait for a moment, and when the Son of Heaven was waiting to change his clothes, he had already found a cronie beside him, and ordered a few words with a gloomy face. After the little eunuch nodded again and again, he quickly ran towards the palace gate, obviously the killing move against Lu Zhen was still activated.

At this time, the ministers were still slowly walking towards the palace gate, especially some distinguished and elderly officials, who were even more unhurried, and they had to walk for a while depending on the situation.

As Yang Pu, the first assistant of the old Deshao, his pace is even more unhappy. When he saw a figure passing by his side, he suddenly spoke: "Hu Butang is still taking a slow step." ”

This is also an old man who is nearly seventy years old, and his hair has long been gray, but he looks completely different from Yang Pu. Although he is wearing the robes of a second-class high-ranking official, the whole person has the spirit of a martial artist, so although he is old, his steps are quite fast. Hearing Yang Pu's greeting, his pace suddenly stopped, and he hurriedly saluted: "I don't know what the elder of the pavilion has to stop the official." "His surname is Hu Minghu, and he is the secretary of the Ministry of the Imperial Court.

This Hu Shangshu is not simple, not only did he become a jinshi at a young age, but he was even more valued by Emperor Yongle, and even sent him to do an extremely confidential thing. In other words, he, like Yang Pu and Zhang Fu, is an old minister of the Four Dynasties with extremely high qualifications.

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