Chapter 81: Selecting the Best
"Shi Gong's footsteps are all learned: since the loss of the capital gate, the emperor's fierce questions are frequently reported, although the transmission is different, but it is roughly the same; The public should lead all the ministers to Huai'an and welcome His Royal Highness King Fu. Today, the next board is swinging, and Lunxu should be in the Fu King, the public is in charge, and the movements of the southern capital are all in the public opinion, and it is advisable to determine the head of the society as soon as possible, and set the hearts of the people in the world......"
This letter is not long, and he does not pay attention to grammar and pen and ink at all, but Lu Zhenfei writes it word by word, which seems to be extremely difficult, a letter, written for most of the night, until the east is white, and the rooster sings, it can be regarded as a perfunctory article, blowing dry the ink, covering it with an envelope, and then planning to ask the servants at home to take it to the book.
But after thinking about it, there seems to be something unfinished in my heart, standing up and turning around with my hands, one is divergent thinking, and the other is that after sitting for a long time, my body is sleepy, so I take this opportunity to relieve my fatigue.
After turning around for half a circle, I remembered that something was wrong: I missed Sun Chuanting!
If this person doesn't come, of course, Nandu is respected by Shi Kefa, and Shi Kefa is in charge of all matters. This is determined by the ancestral system, don't look at Nanjing's six departments, but the real person who can be in charge of the house is the military department Shangshu and the minister of Yejiang, and then there are eunuchs guarding the town. At this time, the troika is respected by Shi Kefa, and the honorable relatives in the city, headed by Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, all regard Shi Kefa as a celestial man, and think that he is the hope of Zhongxing Daming, so everything is very cooperative, the lords and civil officials work together, and the eunuchs can only bow their heads and obey orders, so of course everything is that Shi Kefa can make up his mind alone.
However, now there is a Sun Chuanting in Xuzhou, who is also an important minister who has the position of secretary of the military department and is ordered to supervise the military affairs of the five provinces.
There is such a big guy in Xuzhou, and there are thousands of troops and horses available in the Governor Biao and Gao Jie's department, such a big force, if you don't greet or communicate in advance, it is naturally very rude negligence!
At the moment, the paper was laid out again, and it was difficult to write a letter to Shi Kefa, because he had to take care of the other party's transcendent position in the Donglin Party, and he couldn't say anything too straightforwardly, in case the other party couldn't bear it.
For Sun Chuanting, then just say it directly, anyway, the major affairs of the country and the dynasty should be decided by the minister, Lu Zhenfei thinks that he has no selfish intentions, and he supports the Fu Domain, which should be in line with the fate of the heavens and the people's hearts!
After the two letters were written, he sealed them with his own hands, beckoned two messengers, and instructed: "My two letters are very important, and they will be delivered to me within ten hours when they arrive in Xuzhou, and within six hours in Nanjing...... Did you hear me clearly? ”
"Yes, please rest assured."
"Okay, one person will be rewarded with fifty silver, and each will lead a good horse to the back stable, hurry up!"
The sky was bright, and there were gradually voices in the governor's yamen, Lu Zhenfei didn't sleep all night, but he was still in good spirits and didn't feel tired. Recently, the fierce letters of the Beijing master have been frequently circulated, and Lu Zhenfei himself analyzed that the emperor and the princes are afraid that there will be more than one bad luck, and once the country does not have a legitimate emperor, it will definitely fall into civil strife.
At this time, there can be no more competition for storage space! In terms of the bloodline of the pro-domain, King Fu and King Gui are both qualified, and King Lu is far behind in the bloodline of the clan!
If you don't want to be used by someone with a heart, you have to set a big position early, and the most suitable person is, of course, King Fu who is close to Huai'an!
"As a prince, I hope to put the country first, and stop having selfish intentions, right?" In the morning breeze, Lu Zhenfei watched the two messengers each lead their horses and gallop out, one south and one north, flying on the road, in the sound of the horse's hooves, he was silent, but his heart was full of deep worries about the future and fate of the country.
He knows the ruling apparatus of this country very well, he knows these princes very well, he knows the civil officials who are full of righteousness, and of course, the generals who are becoming more and more lawless.................. Huai'an is a thoroughfare, not to mention the north, and the official road to the south is also very easy, and it is very easy to use both land and water. Because it is a fast horse galloping book, so did not take the waterway, directly fast horse whip, all the way to the south, a few hours later to the river, from the other side of the Zhenjiang River ferry across the river, the remaining dozens of miles, an hour to arrive, after entering the west gate of the water, rushed to Shi Kefa's residence, the whole person and horse as if just fished out of the water.
"I am the family of Huai'an Governor Lu Zhenfei," the messenger was very capable, although he was very difficult, he still raised his breath and said to the door: "There is an important letter, it will be delivered within a limited time, and I will listen to the eldest brother to help me take the book and send it in." ”
"I'm doing you a favor, I don't know who is helping me? I'm not a special person who delivers books, you just wait here, and when the book giver comes out, you give it to him. ”
The prime minister's seven-grade official in front of the door, Shi Kefa is very incorruptible, but he can't restrain his family, as soon as the door government sees the person in front of him sweating all over his body, he is tired of it, and then he sees that the other party is going to submit a book when he opens his mouth, and he doesn't even understand the rules, so he just said a word back.
If it is ordinary, this road government will also be careful, do not send a few taels of silver, the matter will be done, but today is too tired, when I heard that I refused to submit the book, I was in a hurry, and immediately shouted: "This is an important letter, my lord said that it is a major matter related to national politics, you don't vote, you missed a big event, is it looking for you?" ”
"Hey, that's laughing." The Shifu Men and Politics looked crooked, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "My lord is in charge of the affairs of the entire Nanzhili, and if there is anything, which one is not a military matter?" It's all like you don't follow the rules, so can't anyone hit it? I advise you to honestly wait for a while. ”
Angry with each other, it is more difficult to speak, the people of the Lu Mansion galloped all the way, and they didn't want to be blocked here, they thought that Shi Kefa was a famous Qing official minister, and they didn't want this kind of rule on the door, and it was really very contemptible.
He was slandering, but behind him came a few officials in black gauze uniforms, climbing up the stairs, originally going to enter through the side door, and when he saw that this messenger was sweating all over his body in a daze, an official came over and asked: "I heard that you are the submitter of Lord Lu?" ”
"Isn't it?" The messenger hurriedly replied: "The old man ordered, it is a letter urgently, and I will send it as soon as it arrives, who knows that it will be here......"
"Well, you just say, the letter has been delivered!" The middle-aged official's face was very majestic, and he shouted: "Don't be wordy, give it to me, I'll bring it in!" ”
The people of Lufu, after all, are knowledgeable, a group of five or six officials, all wearing scarlet robes and jade belts, should be high-ranking officials of the second and third grades, but among them belong to the unique temperament of this person who came to ask questions, he was very handsome, but he had big eyes and thick eyebrows, and he was very atmospheric, reliable and majestic, that is, the accent was thick in the southern accent, and it was obviously the people in the Su Chang area.
There are very many people in Jiangnan who are big officials, so it's not surprising, seeing that it was a big official, the Lu Fu listened to the errand and let go, took out the letter that had been soaked with sweat from his arms, held it high above his head, and handed it over.
"Well, really...... Thank you for your hard work, come, reward him with five taels of silver! The senior official first showed disgust, and it seemed that he didn't want to come to receive the sweat-soaked letter, but after thinking about it, he still pinched his fingers and took it, and then gave a slight gesture that he had his own attendant, took out five taels of silver from his bag, and stuffed it into the hand of the Lu Fu messenger.
This errand, although very hard, but the return is also considerable, when the road government listened to the messenger thanks, turned his head to lead the horse, he was ready to find a place to rest for a while, he had to hurry back to reply to the letter.
"Princess, let's go in."
Without waiting for Shi Kefa's door to report, the middle-aged official who received the letter stepped inside, and as he walked, he opened the envelope written by Lu Zhenfei and took out the letter, just reading it as he walked.
He regarded people as nothing, and he was also convinced, just bent down one by one, and a few people cautiously followed behind this person to serve.
Waiting for him to read the letter, he passed through the second gate, and when he arrived at the eaves of the main hall flower hall, Shi Fuxia said: "Please wait for the old man to the side hall for a while, my lord is still meeting guests, and as soon as the guests leave, the villain will come to invite them." ”
The few people who are coming in now are not far from Shi Kefa's status, but they are like-minded comrades, who are used to coming and going, and they can enter Shi Kefa's study without reporting at all, and if there are no outsiders, they can meet directly.
At that moment, everyone ignored it, and one by one they entered the side hall and sat down, and the people from their own Shi Mansion came up to serve snacks and tea.
"Hey, I said that someone on the road has any suggestions, my lord, it is really not what the old man expected!"
The middle-aged official who took the letter had already finished reading Lu Zhenfei's letter, and there was an expression on his face that was not what he expected. ”
"Of course, of course!"
The middle-aged official also had this intention, and immediately handed the letter to the old man first, held a cup of tea himself, and lowered his head to sip.
"Lu someone is very confused, I don't know what to see, this person is hateful, it's a pity!" The thin old man's face was gloomy when he saw the letter, and after reading it, his face became more and more difficult to look at, and while he fell to his feet and sighed, he handed the letter to others again, and said in his mouth: "Ji Dong, come and see, isn't it very ridiculous?" ”
"Lu someone's intentions are good...... of course, the rest of the people also read them one by one, and in the end, the middle-aged official who saw it first concluded: "It's just that the knowledge is very confused, and Lun Chang is orderly, but why is there no word 'virtuous'?" ”
Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Back then, the old Fu King fought for the throne, and my generation of righteous people fought desperately to thwart his plan. If you give the world to King Fu now, wouldn't it be in vain for all the sages back then? Besides, after King Fu ascended the throne, he was bewitched by the villain, and then came out to overturn the case, wouldn't I, the Duke of Donglin, have a grudge against Jiuquan? ”
"Yes, yes, what the shepherd said is very reasonable!"
"Fu Wang is greedy, silver, unfilial, alcoholic, abused, does not study, and interferes with Yousi!" The old man with a gloomy face said very energetically: "You must not be a king, well, you must not!" ”
Although the people here know that this is full nonsense, King Fu has always lived in the deep palace, has not heard of evil deeds, and can not interfere in politics, after fleeing, even the clothes are shabby, how to talk about the absurd silver, as for unfilial piety, it is even more nonsense, but since there is this argument, it may as well be used as a reason to oppose it, and everyone applauded and laughed together, and said: "Wonderful, Fu Fan is so unbearable, it must not be established as a king!" ”
(To be continued)