"The commander of the minister's brocade guards will make Lu Jin see Your Majesty." After passing through the queue of ministers on both sides, Lu Zhen walked to the throne and bowed according to the rules. And behind him, Du Zhong and other soldiers also knelt down together, and bowed unevenly.

The emperor looked at Lu Zhen with a somewhat complicated look, this courtier was the person he trusted and relied on the most, and even regarded him as his only friend. But I don't know when it started, but there was a gap between the two, and now the two sides are even more separated like a chasm......

However, he knew that Lu Zhen was still loyal to himself and the imperial court, so even if Mr. Jinyi Wei was in trouble with Dongchang, Zhu Qiyu did not condemn Lu Zhen and the people below.

I thought that this would be the case, but what I didn't expect was that Lu Zhen actually broke the foreign enemy twice in a row in Jizhou, which made the emperor muttered in his heart, Lu Jin's status in the court was already transcendent, if there were these two great achievements, would his momentum be difficult to control?

It is precisely because of this concern that Zhu Qiyu will let the ministers criticize and impeach the ministers in the first battle of Duoyanbu, and he is even happy to see that the ministers will attack Lu Zhen and make him suffer some hardships. Because in this way, Lu Zhen can only be preserved by himself as the Son of Heaven.

After making up his mind, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand slightly: "Lu Qing, get up and talk back." Rise up, all soldiers. ”

Lu Zhen and the others got up one after another after thanking him, and then he took out a note and handed it over: "Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to go to Jizhou to investigate the case of Lin Lie, the chief soldier, colluding with the Jurchen tribe, has been concluded, in fact, this is all designed by local officials to frame him......"

Others may have forgotten about it, but Lu Zhen has not forgotten that he still has the identity of a chaplain. So before talking about other things, I still have to report this errand first.

Originally, when they saw Lu Jin, several officials wanted to come out and accuse him of his crimes, but they heard the other party's words as soon as they moved, and finally they could only silently take their bodies back. Before Lu Zhen finished explaining the errand of Qin's order, it was difficult for others to interrupt.

After hearing this report, the emperor's face sank: "These people really deserve to be killed, and they dare to frame the generals of our border army." Lu Qing, you really didn't disappoint me, you know everything! ”

"Your Majesty has overdone it." Lu Zhen bowed his hand modestly, and at the same time, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally swept a glance at several officials who were about to move, which made those people nervous.

It was only at this time that the ministers remembered another major trait of Lu Jin, he was a famous hedgehog. In the past, as long as the DPRK and China officials were enemies of him, almost none of them had a good end, so if he stood up to impeach him at this time, would he end up with the same result? This made many people dare not move, and only hoped that someone would come out for themselves to impeach Lu Zhen in person.

For a moment, there was a sudden silence at the meeting, and everyone stood silently, as if waiting for something to happen, but nothing happened.

This scene even the emperor felt a little unbelievable, but it did appear in front of his eyes. Could it be that Lu Zhen already has such a powerful deterrent power that the ministers dare not dare to face him head-on?

The idea

made the emperor's heart more and more vigilant, and he no longer remained silent, but quickly said: "Lu Qing, about Jizhou's consecutive victories over Warat and Duoyan this time, many officials in the court have a lot of opinions. As he spoke, his gaze swept to the ministers below, and his meaning was already clear at a glance.

At this time, someone finally stopped being a turtle with a shrunken head, and the two officials had already strode out, and after glancing at Lu Jin, they said: "Your Majesty, the ministers want to impeach Lu Zhen and the Jizhou border army to kill good and brave merit, and kill my subordinate ministers of the Ming Dynasty to deceive the merit!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, that Yan has been a subordinate of my Ming Dynasty since the time of Emperor Taizong, and there are many tribute pilgrimages every year. However, Lu Zhen and the Jizhou border army disregarded the identities of both sides and used troops against them, and even killed countless people, and their crimes were really chilling. If the imperial court does not punish it severely, I am afraid that the border army will have many effective imitators, and those foreign vassals who belong to our Ming Dynasty will also deviate from morality, which is really a great trouble. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister even thought that the defenders of Jizhou could break the Duoyan Department this time, not because they fought bravely, but because the Duoyan Department was not on guard at all. So this is not only not a merit, but even a felony! ”

Deterred by Lu Jin's momentum, the idle officials did not dare to stand up and impeach him for the time being, but the officials did not have too many concerns. After all, Emperor Taizu had a clear decree that the official could hear that the speaker was not guilty. So even if they really said the wrong thing, no one could hold them accountable, and Lu Zhen naturally couldn't do anything to them. This is where the confidence of the two lies.

Moreover, the rhetoric that these two people found was also quite sharp, and in a few words, they denied the credit of Lu Jinjizhou's army in breaking the enemy. However, in these words, they deliberately avoided the victory over the Warats, and only mentioned the Duoyan tribe.

The Emperor glanced at Lu Zhen meaningfully, to see how he would react in the face of such doubts. Many people are also waiting for Lu Jin's rebuttal, everyone knows that Lu Jin is also a person who can speak well, and now that the two officials have been bullied, he always has to fight back.

But as a result, Lu Zhen hadn't opened his mouth yet, but Du Zhong and a few other soldiers were anxious: "You fart!" You are not in Jizhou, you don't even know what the border pass is like, you dare to say that the credit we have made is fake, and we can't really be bullied? ”

Originally, these people were a little trembling, after all, it was the first time that Shenping came to the capital, entered the palace, and saw the Son of Heaven. But in addition to fear, they still have a strong sense of pride, after all, this is a great honor, and it is an opportunity for them to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

But now, some people are actually beginning to question their merits, which is an insult that no border soldier can bear. They not only represent themselves here, but also represent the tens of thousands of robes in Jizhou, how can they let these guys who can only play tricks be bullied? So for a while, these soldiers broke out.

This angry rebuke really caught the ministers present a little off guard, and the two officials were even more taken aback, especially when facing the expressions of these men who were so imposing that they seemed to be able to pounce on them at any time and beat people, they didn't even dare to refute the words in their mouths.

You must know that there is a tradition of brawls in the Ming Dynasty, and if you disagree, you may fight. It's just that in the past, it was a fight between civilian officials, but half a catty was against eight taels. But now they are facing the border soldiers who have fought a hundred battles, and this is going to really start

, the two officials are not enough to stuff their teeth.

So immediately, the two of them didn't dare to make a sound, and even took two steps back. As officials, they are not afraid of the powerful in the court, and they are not even afraid of the emperor, but when they meet soldiers, they can't do anything. This may be called Xiucai meeting soldiers.

"Bold!" Zhou Ting, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, finally couldn't help but stand up after seeing that no one came out, and reprimanded loudly: "This is above the court, Your Majesty is driving, you dare to be so presumptuous!" ”

"It's him......" Lu Zhen narrowed his eyes, of course, the two officials before would only jump out and impeach themselves in public if they obeyed the instructions of the senior officials. This is also an old routine of fighting in the court, often the two sides of the struggle will drive some small officials such as the official Yushi to make a test, and after a few confrontations, the real big man will make a move.

Obviously, this time they used the same trick on themselves. And this trick is also extremely useful to himself, once he has the upper hand, the other party can also use the inferior status of these two officials to make further ridicule and attack.

It's just that they didn't expect that Lu Zhen didn't come forward this time, but they angered those Jizhou soldiers, and they actually scolded the two officials directly in the court, and they didn't dare to refute it out loud. At this time, as the person behind the impeachment of Lu Jin, Zhou Ting could no longer sit idly by, and could only take the initiative to stand up.

And just after he opened his mouth, Lu Zhen finally spoke: "Why does Zhou Shilang have to meet these border army soldiers in general? They hadn't read much, and they didn't know much about etiquette or anything, so it was inevitable that they would speak a little rudely. But their words are reasonable but not rough, a few corrupt scholars who have never seen the appearance of the mayor of Jizhou City, and even the Mongolian cavalry are not ashamed to speak nonsense here, saying that the merits that our border soldiers have exchanged their lives for are not worth mentioning at all, which is really unbearable. ”

"You ......" Zhou Ting naturally understood that Lu Jin's words were to summarize himself into the ranks of the corrupt Confucian, which made him very angry, but he didn't know how to refute it.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to forgive them for the crime of misconduct in front of the army, they are also in a hurry, so they spoke more heavily." Lu Zhen didn't pay attention to the other party at all, but saluted the emperor. It's as if he doesn't take this waiter seriously.

This made Zhou Ting more and more annoyed in his heart, but he couldn't get up again. After all, the identity of the other party is here, and he is indeed qualified to do so.

The emperor glanced at Lu Zhen with some amusement, and then swept over the ministers below, and found that many people's faces were a little gloomy. This Lu Zhen is really sharp, and with just one sentence, he scolded many people below, because as long as he has raised doubts, he can be designated as a rotten Confucian by him.

However, he didn't intend to speak for the courtiers, so he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, the border soldiers don't understand etiquette, and I won't blame them." However, Lu Qing, now that the DPRK and China have a lot to say about Jizhou's big battle against Duoyan, you can't avoid answering, right? After all, Duoyan is my Ming vassal, how can he kill at will? ”

Since the ministers don't open this mouth, then His Majesty the Emperor can only point out the key to the problem himself......

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