In fact, with Lu Jin's contribution to helping the defenders of Jizhou defeat the enemy army of the two Mongols this time, it is reasonable to rise to a higher level in the title. It's just that this still makes many officials feel unacceptable, because this is likely to boost the momentum of the military general group, and they are going all out against Lu Zhen this time, and then let him be added to the rank and knight, and his own face will really be gone.

But they couldn't refute it for a while, so they can't say that Lu Jin's contribution is not due to this time, right? You must know that when they impeached him before, they regarded Lu Zhen as the mastermind of the use of troops against Duoyan, and now that he has become a credit, he can't be taken out again, right?

And just when the ministers were entangled and embarrassed, Lu Zhen had already knelt down and thanked him: "Thank you for your majesty's reward!" "Well, this can be regarded as a complete finalization of the matter of promoting him to a marquis, and the will of the Son of Heaven can no longer be questioned, let alone changed.

But that's not the right thing to do. According to the rules of the imperial court, shouldn't the recipient be humble at such a time? After a few resignations, and then under the will of the Son of Heaven, he accepted this reward with some "embarrassment". Why did Lu Zhen become so crisp here, this is too out of the box.

This made the ministers another surprise, thinking that there was still a chance to remedy, but they actually directly cut off everyone's thoughts. But how is this good?

In fact, not only the courtiers, but also Zhu Qiyu was also caught off guard by Lu Jin's hand, and it took a while to react: "Lu Qingping, from today onwards, you will be the Marquis of Wei Cheng, and you will serve the court even more in the future, don't let me live up to my heart for you." ”

"Obey." Lu Jin hurriedly bowed his head again, and then glanced at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the minister also has something to do, and I hope Your Majesty will approve it." ”

"It's coming......" As soon as everyone heard this, their hearts suddenly tightened, especially Zhou Ting, whose face changed at this time, and his body shrank back.

Everyone knows that Lu Zhen is not a person who will calm things down, he likes to take revenge immediately if he has a vengeance, and he has a hedgehog-like attribute, as long as he dares to provoke him, he will be attacked without exception. And now, now that Lu Zhen has picked out all the doubts on his body, is it time to launch a counterattack? And the first to bear the brunt is probably Zhou Ting, who came forward to be his enemy just now.

As soon as he thought of this, the ministers looked at Zhou Shilang with a little worry in their eyes, even if the other party's status was not low, but the fate of those people before could be inferred, and his result must be very bad.

Even Yu Qian was moved by it at this time. He saw everything before, but he looked very indifferent, but this time he couldn't sit idly by anymore, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although what Zhou Shilang told them is not true, it is not a fault after all......"

Yu Qian has always had a good relationship with Lu Jin, and he has maintained it a lot before, but this time he didn't want Lu Zhen to do anything wrong. Now that the situation has just settled down, he really doesn't want any more waves. Don't look at the position of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites is not too conspicuous, but if he is changed at this time, there will inevitably be disputes in the court, which he does not want to see.

In fact, Yu Qian's words are still right for Lu Jin

said that he was persuading him not to deal with Zhou Ting because of a momentary anger. To be honest, Yu Qian is also afraid of the brocade guards who have mastered all kinds of flaws in the DPRK and China.

Lu Zhen looked up at Yu Qian, who suddenly snatched out, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes. This made the latter feel guilty for a while, and what he did this time was really inauthentic.

When those officials attacked Lu Jinqun, he did not stop them. And now, seeing that Lu Zhen proved his innocence and wanted to fight back, he ran out to interfere again, which can be regarded as completely offending Lu Jin. But sitting in the position of Shoufu, sometimes some things cannot be decided by one's own likes and dislikes, so I can only hope that Lu Zhen will sacrifice a little for the overall situation.

The Son of Heaven also looked at the two of them with some surprise, and finally fell on Lu Jin: "Lu Qing, what are you doing?" At this time, the emperor has already made up his mind, this is a good opportunity for himself to rectify these officials in the court, as long as Lu Zhen opens this head, he will have an excuse to rectify some courtiers who are always embarrassed by him, and even kick out of the capital directly.

Thinking about it this way, the emperor felt that Lu Zhen was still on his side, at least this time, they could still join forces to suppress the courtiers. In the past few years, the power of the civil official group has become more and more powerful, and he, the king of a country, is a little overwhelmed.

Lu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief gently, and then bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, what the minister wants to play is to hope that Your Majesty will allow the minister to resign from the post of commander of the Jinyi Guard, and from now on he will not be involved in court affairs, and I hope that Your Majesty will approve it." ”

As soon as these words came out, the court meeting suddenly fell into silence, and everyone looked at Lu Jin, who said this, with incredulous eyes, feeling that they had heard it wrong, or had they misseen it? Why did Lu Zhen suddenly resign as the commander of the Jinyi Guard? Could it be that he wants to retreat as advance, and use this to blackmail the emperor to severely punish Zhou Ting and others?

But this is not right, how can anyone use his official position to blackmail the emperor?

Yu Qian was also stunned on the spot, Lu Jin's request was really beyond his expectations, could it be that he really misunderstood him, in fact, he had no intention of fighting back? It's not right, Lu Zhen has been a retributive character for many years, and it is impossible for him to suddenly change his temper at this time.

The emperor almost stood up, and then looked at Lu Zhen deeply: "Lu Qing, why did you say this?" You have made great contributions to the imperial court, how can I take away your official position because of the impeachment of some people......"

"Your Majesty, the minister's resignation from the post of commander of the Jinyi Guard actually has nothing to do with Zhou Shilang's impeachment. This is a decision made by the minister after thinking about it, and the minister has been in this position for many years, even if there is a small merit, but there will be problems after too long. After all, Jinyiwei is His Majesty's pro-army, not the minister's private army, and the minister thinks that leaving at this time will only be for my Ming and more beneficial to Your Majesty. ”

The emperor was immediately moved by this, it turned out that Lu Zhen was thinking about himself. In fact, there have been several times in the past few years when the emperor has really given birth to the question of who the current Jinyi Wei is more loyal to. Is it himself, the emperor, who makes the people of Jinyiwei more obedient, or is it Lu Jin, the commander?

It would be fine if Lu Zhen had been loyal, but some of his recent practices couldn't help but let the emperor go

The emperor gave birth to some kind of not-so-good suspicion. And now, Lu Zhen actually took the initiative to resign, which really made Zhu Qiyu a little unsure of how to react, and even a little ashamed and moved. It seems that he still misunderstood Lu Jin, he has always been interested in himself, for his own monarchy, he can even give up the power of Jinyiwei, which has always been firmly held in his hands.

At this time, Lu Zhen continued: "Your Majesty, in fact, the minister has already deliberately resigned from the position of commander in the past few years, but it is only because he is worried that there will be no one to guard the Jinyi Guard, so it has been delayed until today. Now, the minister believes that His Majesty's holy name will be able to choose another merit to succeed him...... And the minister, who has been running around for the court all these years, is indeed a little tired. My wife and children have been waiting for the minister to go back to accompany me, but I can't do it, I am really ashamed. Therefore, I hope that His Majesty can be gracious to this selfishness of the minister, and let the minister resign from the post of commander of the Jinyi Guard. ”

Lu Jin's words were sincere and sincere, without any other meaning, which made the emperor Mr. Yuan's inaccurate intention to retract. It seems that whether it is for himself or for Lu Jin, it seems to be the best choice to allow him to invite at this time.

And once Lu Zhen no longer holds power, the estrangement between monarchs and ministers can be dissolved, which is also the result that Zhu Qiyu hopes to see. After all, he still has affection for Lu Jin.

After hesitating for a long time, the emperor finally nodded: "Since Lu Qing has made up his mind, I don't want to make it difficult for me to stay too much, so I will allow you to remove you from the position of commander of the Jinyi Guard." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Zhen saluted again.

The others were stunned, today's turning point came too quickly, why did Lu Zhen change from a victor to a retreater? However, in Zhou Ting's opinion, this is naturally a good thing, once they lose the identity of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Lu Zhen will naturally no longer have any threat to them. As for a marquis, it's just a rice worm, not worth mentioning at all.

Among them, the happiest one is, of course, Wang Yue. Originally, he was still full of jealousy of Lu Jin, but now that this person is gone, can Jinyiwei still be able to fight Dongchang? Even though they are powerful now, it will be enough to completely crush them in time.

After the emperor glanced at Lu Zhen deeply, he said, "Lu Qing, although you are no longer in a position now, I still hope that you can come to the palace to see me more often, and it is good to talk to me." As he spoke, he also untied a jade pendant from his waist, and motioned to the people around him to send it over: "You hold this pendant, as long as the palace gate is not closed, you can come to see me!" ”

Seeing this scene, Wang Yue and the ministers were all envious for a while, this holy favor was no one could compare. originally thought that Lu Jin's position as the commander of the Jinyi Guard would naturally be useless, but now it seems that he has made the emperor trust and value him more and more.

This result was a big surprise to everyone.

However, in the envy of the ministers, only Yu Qian's heart was sinking suddenly, because he had already seen the real purpose behind Lu Jin's doing, I am afraid that the other party came here not only because of the points just mentioned, but at a deeper level, I am afraid that it is still to fight back against those who are enemies of him in the court......

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