After returning to the capital, Lu Zhen returned to a low profile and silence as before. Except for a trip to Yu Qian's mansion to thank him for his help before, and to Jinyiwei Zhenfu Si to boost the morale of his subordinates, he has always stayed at home to accompany his wife and children, just like the performance before leaving Beijing.

If this kind of practice had been done in the past, it would naturally be something that the courtiers and ministers were happy to see. After all, the Jinyiwei led by Lu Jin has always been excluded and feared by the courtiers because he is outside the entire Ming system, and if he becomes low-key, then the Jinyiwei will naturally be much more restrained in his actions.

But now it is not the same as in the past, and some officials are really looking forward to Jinyiwei coming out and fighting with the recently rising and lawless Dongchang. But the sudden silence of the Jinyi guards made their wishful thinking fall into the void.

After enduring it for a few days and still not seeing Lu Jin and Jin Yiwei say anything, some courtiers finally couldn't hold it back, so they asked Li Jijian, a member of the military department who had previously thrown himself under Lu Jin, to go to make a little test, hoping to persuade the other party to let Jin Yiwei make some responses.

Li Jijian was also bitter in his heart, he originally hoped to rely on the big tree of Lu Zhen to make a difference in the officialdom, but it turned out to be used as a stepping stone. But it was impossible to go against everyone's will in the officialdom, so he could only come to Wei Chengbo's mansion in the name of visiting.

Although Lu Jin is a little low-key, it doesn't mean that he will not see outsiders behind closed doors, so he met Li Jijian, who was obviously preoccupied, in the guest hall at home.

After Li Jijian saw Lu Jin, he didn't dare to explain his intention directly, but only praised and flattered Uncle Lu's contributions to the local government and people in Kaifeng and Suzhou, and praised a few words from time to time. His original intention was naturally to hope that Lu Zhen would take the initiative to ask about his intentions, but now Uncle Lu already has a lot of money in the city to deal with this little cleverness in front of him, and he is not in a hurry to let the other party pull him around, and he also chats with the other party without a match.

After talking so insensibly for half an hour, Li Jijian finally couldn't hold his breath: "Wei Chengbo, have you noticed that the capital is very different from when you left?" ”

"Yes?" Lu Jinxin said that you are finally getting to the point, but the tone in his mouth is still light: "Why can't I see it?" ”

"This ...... Maybe it's because of your noble status, uncle, so it can't be affected. Seeing that Lu Zhen still refused to follow his topic at this time, Li Jijian could only say it thoroughly: "Uncle, you don't know what, since the beginning of spring this year, the Son of Heaven has reused the East Factory, and they can be described as unscrupulous, constantly arresting innocent people and even officials in various names." Now both officials and ordinary people in Beijing do not even dare to talk about the affairs of the court and the government on the street, or in restaurants and other places, for fear of being heard by some Dongchang and bring unwarranted disasters to themselves. As he said this, he glanced around with some vigilance, as if he had formed a habit.

Lu Jin's heart was also moved. Although he had already heard that the East Factory had been reactivated by the Emperor, and knew that the harm must be not small, he did not expect the situation to become so bad.

But even so, Li Jijian couldn't see any clues from his face, and he still looked light: "There are still such things? Then why didn't the DPRK and Chinese officials impeach and admonish him? Your Majesty is a Ming Jun, so he won't protect Dongchang, right? ”

"Impeachment, but the effect is minimal...... Those people were quickly released, but many officials ......" Li Jijian said helplessly, but he only said half of what he said.

Although it was only half, Lu Zhen still understood what he meant. Although Dongchang acted without scruples, he also had some options, especially when it came to attacking court officials. Obviously, these officials who were taken into the East Factory have problems themselves, as long as they are caught with a cause, they will be easy to deal with. And as long as they have incriminating evidence, even the officials of the DPRK and China seem to have no way to deal with them.

"Uncle, Dongchang's approach is too lawless, and sooner or later there will be conflicts with Jinyiwei, so the lower officials think that you should have made plans early, uncle. Once you wait until the tail of the East Factory is too big, it will not be easy to deal with them again. Li Jijian saw that Lu Jin seemed to be thinking about something, so he boldly suggested again.

When Lu Jin heard this, he glanced at him with a smile: "Do you want me Jinyiwei to fight with Dongchang to help you deal with them?" ”

"I'm ......" was looked at by Lu Jin, Li Jijian only felt a chill in his heart, and he was a little speechless.

"Let me think twice about this before I make a decision." Lu Zhen did not explicitly refuse the other party, and picked up the teacup after speaking. When the servant on the side saw it, he hurriedly shouted: "Send off!" ”

Uncle Lu had already served tea to the guests, and Li Jijian naturally didn't want to say anything, so he could only get up from his seat with some sneer, and saluted Lu Zhen again, before he retired and left with a heavy heart.

And Lu Zhen sat upright on the chair, holding the teacup in one hand, but his eyes looked a little deep: "It's really eventful now, not only the White Lotus Sect has revived, but even the East Factory has been resurrected, it's really lively." ”

Don't look at him who doesn't care about this at all, in fact, he is also more vigilant in his heart. Because he knows too well the extremely difficult nature of coexistence between factory and guard. Once one rises rapidly, it will inevitably be accompanied by the rapid fall of the other-

During the Taizong Dynasty, the East Factory was founded because of the problem of Jinyiwei's discipline, and then it was under the ingenious design of the East Factory that the Ji Gang and the party were all eradicated, and then Jinyiwei was completely degraded, so that it has not been able to slow down for decades, and has become a vassal of the East Factory.

Ten years ago, because of Wang Zhen's perverse behavior, the East Factory was finally in a difficult situation, and Jinyiwei took advantage of the situation to get to where it is today. Now that the Son of Heaven wants to re-support Dongchang, this is naturally a great threat to Jinyiwei, and he, as the commander of Jinyiwei, how could he let this happen?

But Lu Zhen understands that there is a big backer of the Son of Heaven behind the East Factory, and he is no longer as trusted by the Son of Heaven as before, and wants to forcibly make enemies of the East Factory, but the result is really hard to say. Moreover, he actually doesn't have much affection for those officials, so naturally he doesn't want to be used by them and become the vanguard of dealing with Dongchang.

Therefore, when facing Li Jijian, he didn't make his words clear, he still needs to look at the situation and think about it again.

Lu Zhen didn't want to attack Dongchang now, but the other party obviously didn't think so.

The long-dormant East Factory is now lively again, and people are coming in and out of the open door from time to time, either to deliver news or to escort prisoners in and out. And every person in the East Factory stopped a little when they passed in front of the wall, and saluted a statue of a god standing in front of the gate, looking pious.

This statue is not the god and Buddha who is full of heaven, nor is it an ancestor of a certain Dongchang, but Yue Fei and Yue Pengju, who have been loyal to the country all his life and are famous all over the world!

It's also a bit ironic to say that the infamous Dongchang sincerely worships such a famous hero. I don't know what kind of thoughts Prince Yue would have if he had a spirit in the sky.

However, this is still quite useful for today's Dongchang people, they just want to rely on this to let the people of the world know that they are loyal and patriotic, so all the people in Dongchang must salute respectfully as long as they pass in front of the statue of King Yue, which is the rule set by Wang Yue, the eunuch of today's Dongchang Governor.

Wang Yue was originally a little-known little eunuch in the palace, but because of his heroic performance in the palace change a few years ago, he was promoted by the Son of Heaven. was first put into the celebrant eunuch as a messenger eunuch, and then a eunuch in the court, and finally last year, he was promoted to the high position of the eunuch of Bingbi, and was finally named the governor of Dongchang.

After a few years of work, from a eunuch with no duties and no power to become the master of the East Factory, Wang Yue's rapid rise can be called a miracle in the palace, and naturally many eunuchs who are unwilling in the palace quickly gathered under him, providing conditions for the rapid rise of the East Factory.

Although Wang Yue was still a little eunuch a few years ago, in fact, he is not young, and now he is over forty years old, and he looks much older than Lu Jin. A face as white as a peeled egg is always smiling, so that people can't see his true thoughts, and he is a real smiling tiger.

At this time, he still listened to the report of his subordinates with a smile on his face: "Factory Father, Lu Zhen has not moved since he entered Beijing, but today, Li Jijian, a member of the military department, suddenly went to see him, and it seems that he is plotting something. Shouldn't we be prepared? ”

Before Wang Yue could speak, Gao Dang, the head of the Dongchang factory on the side, spoke: "These civil officials like to engage in these conspiracy methods. Factory father, Jinyiwei is indeed our trouble, shouldn't we give them some powerful tastes? ”

"Not busy." Wang Yue glanced at the other party with a smile: "Jin Yiwei has a profound background over the years, but it is not something that our East Factory can deal with now. Especially being an enemy for no reason will only be boring for yourself. Now what we have to do in Dongchang is to make a big noise, as long as we take advantage of it, those courtiers can't deal with it. Of course, there are still some things that still have to be done, and Lu Zhen is not completely invincible. As he spoke, he handed over a piece of stuff to everyone: "This is where his flaw lies." ”

Gao Dang and the others hurriedly took a look and laughed knowingly. At the same time, he admired his own factory more and more, it turned out that he had already had the idea of dealing with Jinyiwei, but he never showed it.

As the saying goes, one mountain can't accommodate two tigers, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei always have to fight off on this mountain in the capital!