At least for Lu Jin, the sentence of taking a step back and opening up the sky is quite accurate, because his resignation from the post of commander of the Jinyi Guard has made the two monarchs and ministers, who were already estranged and estranged, become close again.

In fact, in the final analysis, this is still a matter of degree, and getting along with the monarch and the minister has always been the most serious problem that those courtiers who have made great achievements have to face, because the king will inevitably have suspicion and jealousy of his subordinates at a certain time for his own power, and the greater the merit you make, the stronger the power in your hands, the more wary the emperor will be against you.

After all, getting along with the king is often difficult to get along with, but it is extremely difficult to get rich together. And the more eloquent the Son of Heaven is, the more he can't step through this hurdle. For example, Gou Jian and Wen Chong, Fan Li, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Wei Qing, and the most outstanding ones are the heroes killed by Emperor Taizu of this dynasty after he set the world......

Lu Zhen naturally has a great credit to Zhu Qiyu, if it weren't for his help, the current emperor would not even be able to keep the throne. So as time goes by, after his throne gradually stabilizes, he will naturally have some other meanings towards Lu Jin, and if there are some slanderous rumors around him, the situation will become even worse.

Fortunately, this time, Lu Zhen actually took the opportunity to hand over all the power in his hands, so that the emperor no longer had to worry about what bad intentions he would have, and his attitude towards him naturally changed completely, and he regained the trust and attention he had a few years ago.

Because of this, even if he has no official position, Lu Zhen can still easily enter the palace gate with that piece of dragon jade pendant, and he doesn't even need to invite the Son of Heaven, this is an old minister like Yu Qian, and the first assistant of the cabinet is not likely to have treatment.

When Lu Zhen came to the side hall where the Son of Heaven was located to ask for a meeting, the emperor quickly let him enter the hall to speak. After saluting and getting up, Lu Zhen saw that the emperor's face had a trace of melancholy, but after meeting his eyes, he quickly disappeared: "Lu Qing, you can be regarded as entering the palace." I've been waiting for you to come here and talk to me every day. ”

"Your Majesty has every opportunity, and an idle person doesn't dare to disturb you." Lu Jin hurriedly replied with a smile.

"Oh? So, you entered the palace today because you have something to do? The Emperor immediately asked thoughtfully.

"The minister is indeed here for an important matter." After Lu Zhen finished speaking, he found that the Son of Heaven's brows suddenly frowned, obviously the other party thought of something. However, he quickly added: "After all, it is a matter of peace on the frontier, and the minister still has to explain this matter carefully to His Majesty." ”

As soon as he heard that it was a matter of the frontier, the emperor's face recovered: "But what is it?" ”

"In fact, it was not written too clearly on the good news at the beginning, and in addition to the lives of the soldiers of the three armies, there was another point that was extremely critical to be able to break the Warat army that day. That's the artillery killing of the Tartars. Lu Zhen said with a solemn expression.

"Artillery? What do you mean by that? Of course, Zhu Qiyu knows what the situation of firearms is now, and he knows the limitations of artillery, so the bulky weapons can only be placed at the head of the city to talk about self-defense.

I don't want Lu Zhen to say: "Your Majesty doesn't know, when I was in Suzhou last year, the minister found a lighter and sharper artillery from the West, so the minister asked local officials and businessmen to find more advanced artillery from ......the West for later use."

Hearing this, the emperor was amazed and admired, and unconsciously patted the case: "Lu Qing, you are really my Ming Dynasty scholar, and you have already had such an arrangement!" Therefore, it is because of the artillery from the west that the Warats were able to achieve such a great victory in this war? ”

"Your Majesty, that's true." Lu Zhen responded: "It is precisely because the artillery disturbs the hearts of the enemy army, and it may even hit it with one shot, causing it to be seriously injured, which completely collapsed the Wara army, which could still fight a battle, and finally let the Jizhou defenders win the battle." ”

"I see, no wonder ......" In fact, not only Zhu Qiyu, but also many people in the government and the opposition still have doubts about this battle, because this defeat of the Warat people is too unexpected. Now the answer is completely revealed, it turned out that it was the artillery that hit the enemy commander and won such a big victory.

Lu Zhen then struck the iron while it was hot and said: "Your Majesty, I think that firearms will be more and more useful on the battlefield in the future, and those who can defeat the northern cavalry, or even end them, must be firearms." Therefore, if I want to be invincible from now on, I have to spend more time on firearms, whether it is to find better guns from overseas, or to let my Ming craftsmen find their own ways to improve, it is quite necessary. ”

Zhu Qiyu thought for a moment, then nodded: "What Lu Qing said is reasonable, I will let the ministers come up with a charter in this matter." If we can cure the troubles in the north, then I will have peace of mind! ”

"Your Majesty." Lu Zhen praised again, and the last bit of his heart was also on the ground. This is also the last contribution he has made to the Ming Dynasty, as long as the Ming Dynasty no longer has the trouble of the north, it will have a hundred years of development, and the history will naturally be very different, at least the Central Plains will no longer be ruled by the barbaric pigtail dynasty, completely widening the distance from the world.

After straightening up, Lu Jincai glanced at the emperor again: "Your Majesty, you seem to have something on your mind?" ”

The emperor was also excited, after all, the Mongolian people in the north have always been a problem for the Ming Dynasty, even if they are defeated first with Warat now, it is difficult to guarantee that they will continue to harass the frontier as before in a few decades. And if firearms really have that effect, then Daming can really sit back and relax.

But after listening to Lu Jin's question, he returned to reality, remembered the problem he was encountering at the moment, and smiled bitterly: "You should also know that hundreds of officials in the DPRK and China have been arrested by Dongchang now, right?" The ministers are naturally extremely dissatisfied with this, but Dongchang has indeed not wronged them, what do you say I should do? When he said this, he glanced at Lu Zhen again, intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was making some temptation.

Lu Zhen nodded: "The minister naturally understands this matter, but since Dongchang has the evidence, it is not a wrongful imprisonment." But ......"

"But what?"

However, in the humble opinion of the ministers, such an approach is indeed not a good thing for the imperial court. Your Majesty, if you have the audacity to say it, in fact, there is hardly a single official who has no problems in the DPRK and the Central Committee now. ”

The emperor was silent for a moment, in fact, he was also aware of this, so he was worried. If Dongchang is really allowed to make such trouble, the result will be nothing more than two, either all the officials of the DPRK and China will be taken down and imprisoned by Dongchang, or the ministers will fight back and break the net with Dongchang. But neither outcome was what he hoped to see.

In fact, in the final analysis, all this is still the bane left by the original Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. Because of his own background, he has always had great prejudices against officials, not only concentrating power completely in his own hands, but also setting the officials' salaries extremely low, which is enough to feed a few families.

But the times are constantly advancing, and it is inevitable that there will be entertainment sent to the officialdom, so there is too little money, which can only force officials to use the power in their hands to grab wealth. Naturally, it is impossible for these officials to escape the eyes of the factory guards and secret agents when they do such things, and then the current predicament has been formed.

"I also understand the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish, but ......" the emperor said is a meal, Dongchang is based on imperial power, if their behavior is denied, it will damage his prestige as an emperor, which is unacceptable to him. What's more, those officials do have evidence of guilt, and it is not considered that they have been wronged.

"Your Majesty, there is a way for the minister to solve the current problem." Lu Zhen said after a little thought.

"But what's the way?" Although he asked, the emperor was still a little vigilant in his heart, and always guessed that Lu Zhen was here to be a lobbyist for those courtiers. After all, he was too sensitive to the time he had come this time.

"Dongchang's face naturally cannot be lost, so those officials who have been taken down cannot be exonerated as long as the evidence is conclusive." Lu Zhen said: "As for the others, Your Majesty can make a decree to let the ministers themselves confess their mistakes, as long as they are willing to confess their sins, they can not blame the past." In this way, His Majesty can not only get the name of forgiveness, but also teach those officials a lesson, and naturally have the best of both worlds. ”

"Huh?" When the Emperor heard this suggestion, his expression was overjoyed, and it was indeed a good idea. Especially in this way, he will inevitably make his imperial majesty go further.

"In addition, after this incident has passed, Your Majesty can also increase the officials' salaries as appropriate, after all, it is better to block than to slacken, and officials will only take risks of corruption if they can't live a good life......," Lu Zhen further said.

The Emperor nodded approvingly: "I understand. Lu Qing's words are indeed appropriate, and I will do the same. ”

Lu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, and finally solved the current predicament, otherwise no one knows what will happen in the future. As for those officials in Dongchang, it is not something that he can rescue, and he has no good impression of those civil officials, let alone psychological pressure.

As a result, Lu Zhen gave the last advice to the imperial court, which solved this problem that plagued many people in one fell swoop.

After that, Lu Zhen no longer cared about the affairs of the court, and became an idle marquis in the Hou Mansion with peace of mind, and sometimes took his wife and children to visit this great country all over the world, or find a day to enter the palace to meet the emperor and chat about anecdotes and anecdotes outside, which made the Son of Heaven envious of him.

Although there were several more battles between the DPRK and China after that, and there were many contradictions between Dongchang and the civil officials, he had completely stayed out of the matter, and this great tomorrow also prospered and prospered under such circumstances.

This is how the real prosperity has come!