Chapter 717 Lu Xiangsheng was knocked unconscious...... [Ask for a monthly pass!] 】

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[Today's third update to Khan, the "tempting" in the title of the previous chapter was actually typed as "someone", it was really self-conscious, and he automatically and consciously squatted in the corner of the wall to ......]

Chongzhen actually didn't want to spare Lu Xiangsheng's life.

Sun Chengzong's death made Chongzhen feel embarrassed, as if his ugly, selfish, indifferent, mean, unkind and other bad sides were all exposed. He has done something bad for himself, he is very weak-minded, and he feels that the eyes of others are different from before. Suspicious, he reminded himself more and more that on the issue of Sun Chengzong, he must be handled cautiously and save his image as much as possible.

However, Gao Qiqian's sparse performance made Chongzhen feel a little contradictory. Gao Qiqian played at this time, and used his huge military exploits in exchange for Lu Xiangsheng's life, as the emperor, if he continued to insist, he felt a little unkind. Besides, pardoning ministers was originally one of the important ways for the emperor to win the favor of his ministers. Pardoning Lu Xiangsheng can actually be exchanged for the favor of the ministers.

In fact, Chongzhen also knew that at this time, killing the minister would not help, on the contrary, if he pardoned a person, he could also get additional gratitude from the ministers. However, after thinking about it, Chongzhen was still a little hesitant, and if he didn't kill Lu Xiangsheng, it seemed that he was not heartbroken enough for Sun Chengzong's death, not enough to mourn for him, and not sincere enough. In short, if he doesn't kill Lu Xiangsheng, his own image of pure filial piety seems to be irretrievable.

He couldn't help but think of Sun Chengzong's funeral. Sun Chengzong's funeral was held in Beijing. In order to cover up the filth of his heart, Chongzhen instructed that the funeral must be solemn, and it should be of the highest standard, and it can even rise to the standard of the prince's death. So, a few days after learning the news of Sun Chengzong's death, the Ministry of Rites about Sun Chengzong's various praise and honor ceremonies had been inscribed to the emperor, and he was ordered to hurry up.

These honors include the gift of loyalty, the gift of the crown prince and the Taibao, the offering of nine altars, and the establishment of a word hall in the capital and Sun Chengzong's Gaoyang hometown. After the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry consulted, the emperor was played together, and the ancestral hall of the capital was built in the east of the moon city of Zhengyangmen. The Ming Dynasty worships Guan Yu the most, the Emperor of Xietian, the emperor temple is everywhere in the country, and the Guan Emperor temple built in the west of the moon city of Zhengyangmen is very famous in the capital. Now it is enshrined to build a "Zhaozhong Temple" in the east of the moon city, which clearly has the meaning of Sun Chengzong with Guan Yu.

The sacrificial tent is set up outside the Chaoyang Gate, near the Dongyue Temple, and is half a mile away from the north of the road. Facing Dongguan Road, many slum houses were demolished, which was very lenient. Linda Road with pine and cypress branches and plain paper flowers to tie a memorial arch, hang a yellow silk banner in the middle, on the book "Qin give a sacrifice". There are three gates in the memorial arch, the middle gate is the royal road, and the emperor comes to pay tribute, so the ground is paved with yellow sand.

From the memorial arch to the sacrificial tent a stone's throw away, there are many poles on both sides of the road, and two rows of white silk flags and the couplets sent by the central yamen are hung. Four white cloth tents were erected on both sides of the road, two on each side, three for the chief priest of the Ministry of Rites and the officials accompanying the yamen to rest temporarily, and one for Sun Chengzong's family to stay and rest. There is also a small cloth tent for the musicians, which is set up in front of the altar, facing each other on the left and right. The rest of the deacons, as well as two smaller tabernacles, were behind the sacrificial tabernacles.

A yellow satin plaque is hung on the door of the sacrificial tent, and the four sides are inlaid with white satin, and there are four big characters inscribed by Chongzhen's imperial pen: "Loyal soul is immortal". Inside the sacrificial tent is the mourning hall, which is very solemn and solemn. In the middle of the mourning hall, there is a plain white six screens, the screen is provided with a long few in front of the screen, the white satin plain flower curtains, the spirit card of Sun Chengzong is placed on it, and Gong Kai writes "the old Ming Dynasty military department Shangshu, the governor of Jiliao, the prince Taibao, the emperor, the spirit of the martyr and the grandson".

In front, a pair of tall tin candlesticks are placed on the left and right, and in the center is a white steel incense burner. Next to the Lingji is an offering table with a white curtain. The four walls of the mourning hall are hung with banners and couplets. There are couplets on both sides of the door of the mourning hall and the gate of the pine and cypress branches, all of which are written on white silk and fine white kudzu cloth. All the couplets and elegiac couplets praise Sun Chengzong's loyalty and patriotism and heroic sacrifice.

After all, the capital is a place where literati gather, and when the emperor gives sacrifices to the martyred ministers, all the large and small yamen, the old and old Sun Chengzong, and the colleagues in the DPRK and China who have no one-sided relationship, there are famous gentlemen, all send the couplet, and they will not be able to do the couplet on behalf of others.

In fact, as the third emperor, the cabinet scholar, the military department secretary, the governor of Jiliao, Sun Chengzong's relatives, friends and subordinates, there are indeed a lot. Just the couplets they sent could not be hung up in the mourning hall at all. There was no way, so the people of the Ministry of Rites had to make a lot of screens on both sides of the mourning hall, and hung the couplets on top of the screens, so that they could be satisfied.

When Chongzhen went to worship, he noticed at first glance that a pair of couplets on the middle door of the archway, although it was not stable, it wrote the mood of the government and the opposition at that time. The couplet is like this: ten years of sweat and horses, half of the lonely city, generous and loyal to the king, the old minister's life is in the heart; Thousands of miles back to the soul of the sad wind, weeping to mourn the elders, the Holy Lord is deeply sympathetic.

Because of these reasons, Chongzhen was still very impressed by the funeral at that time. At that time, even Chongzhen himself seemed to be really moved by Sun Chengzong. He secretly swore that he would kill Lu Xiangsheng and sacrifice for Sun Chengzong. Now, only two or three months have passed since the funeral, and Lu Xiangsheng is spared...... What will people on the outside think and say?

"Emperor, Chen Xinjia is here."

Wang Chengen quietly came in to report.

"Call Him In"

Chongzhen nodded and said.

Soon, an official wearing the big red official mansion appeared in front of Chongzhen and saluted respectfully. This person is Chen Xinjia, the newly promoted secretary of the military department.

Chen Xinjia was originally the imperial envoy of the right capital, responsible for the governor of the Xuanfu, and he did not have very outstanding political achievements before. But a month earlier, he had been suddenly promoted to the rank of secretary of the military department and had taken office. In this way, the imperial court has three full-time military department secretaries, and there are even more of them with the title of military department secretary.

For this reason, well-informed people in the capital are secretly speculating that the emperor first promoted Wu Aheng to be the governor of Jiliao, and now let Chen Xinjia be in charge of the military department. The third time the Tartar entered the Kou, there must be a minister responsible for it, and Zhang and Liang are very likely to be punished by Chongzhen.

Chen Xinjia naturally understood the emperor's thoughts, and for the sake of his own future, he could be said to have figured out Chongzhen's thoughts in every possible way, pondered in every way, and tried to know Chongzhen's true intentions in advance. Chongzhen summoned him today, and Chen Xinjia also vaguely knew something, it was for Lu Xiangsheng's business.

In fact, in Chen Xinjia's view, this is really not a big deal. Sun Chengzong's death, many people need to take responsibility, and it is obviously inappropriate to put all the responsibility on Lu Xiangsheng. insisting on executing Lu Xiangsheng would be even more unreasonable.

It's just that Chongzhen has a weak heart, and he feels that he has let Lu Xiangsheng go, as if he looks like he is something. What is it, Chen Xinjia is embarrassed to say it directly. In short, it was Chongzhen's face that wanted to kill Lu Xiangsheng, and it had nothing to do with Sun Chengzong himself.

"Minister Chen Xinjia knocks to see the emperor."

Chen Xinjia saluted respectfully and said respectfully.

"Chen Xinjia, you say, how to deal with Lu Xiangsheng's matter?"

Chongzhen asked bluntly.

"Your Majesty's Sacred Heart**, the minister doesn't dare to say anything."

Of course, Chen Xinjia didn't dare to say it directly, opening his mouth was an excuse.

"You say, I don't blame you."

Chongzhen said tolerantly.

He has a great characteristic, that is, the courtiers he likes are very tolerant of him, and basically he will not punish him much. For example, Wen Tiren before, Yang Sichang now, and Chen Xinjia are all attracted to Chongzhen. He believes that the promotion of Yang Sichang and Chen Xinjia can change the situation of no one in the DPRK and bring good luck to himself.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to let Lu Xiangsheng wear the crime and make meritorious contributions......

Chen Xinjia said carefully.

In fact, these words were not Chen Xinjia's meaning, but the meaning of many colleagues, especially Wang Qiaonian, the secretary of the Criminal Department. Why did Chen Xinjia listen to Wang Qiaonian's words? Because when he first joined the company, he was a foreigner in the Criminal Department, so he had some feelings for the people in the Criminal Department. Of course, the most critical reason is because of the problem of silver.

Wang Qiaonian has the heart to exonerate Lu Xiangsheng, and some people have the heart to accept Lu Xiangsheng over, so in terms of silver, there will naturally be no problems. Wang Qiaonian's shot is 30,000 taels of silver, as long as Chen Xinjia is in front of the emperor, he will exonerate Lu Xiangsheng. Chen Xinjia had just entered the capital, and he really needed a lot of silver, and when he saw the silver of Bai Huahua, he was a little tempted, and after thinking about it for a while, he accepted it neatly.

Chen Xinjia estimated that in front of Chongzhen, it would not be a big problem to say something good for Lu Xiangsheng. Moreover, Chen Xinjia also knew very well that Chongzhen's mood at the moment was very conflicted. On the one hand, it is unforgivable to want to kill Lu Xiangsheng to show that he is unforgivable for Sun Chengzong's death. However, he wanted to forgive Lu Xiangsheng and gain a good reputation as a knife keeper. To put it bluntly, it is necessary to not only do the * son, but also to set up the archway.

Chongzhen frowned and said, "Lu Xiangsheng's crime is extremely evil......

Chen Xinjia said hesitantly: "Although Lu Xiangsheng's crime is extremely heinous and unforgivable, most of the colleagues in the DPRK and China think that there are still some places for his march to fight......

Well, don't you want to make a name for yourself? I'll give it to you now. I don't have enough strength alone, so I should be able to pull in many courtiers. Listening to Wang Qiaonian's tone, the person who received the money should be more than just him Chen Xinjia. At the right time, others will definitely intercede for Lu Xiangsheng.

Sure enough, when he heard that the ministers of the DPRK and the central government were willing to ask for Lu Xiangsheng, Chongzhen's face softened. That's what he needs. It was you who desperately interceded for Lu Xiangsheng, and I let him go. Otherwise, because of Sun Chengzong's matter, I would never let him go. In this way, he not only won the favor of the ministers, but also successfully maintained his unforgivable feelings for Sun Chengzong's death.

Chongzhen frowned and said, "The ministers of the court and the central government do not have any intercession for Lu Xiangsheng. ”

Chen Xinjia said euphemistically: "The ministers vouch for their heads, and they are all willing to play to exonerate Lu Xiangsheng." Right now, it should be the cabinet. ”

Chongzhen said: "In that case, you go to the cabinet to see if there are any relevant notes, and if there is, bring them to me to see."

Chen Xinjia thanked him and went directly to the cabinet. The cabinet minister on duty is none other than Fan Fucui. Hearing Chen Xinjia's explanation, Fan Fucui said with a smile: "You came just in time, there are already seven similar notes." Probably in the afternoon. You'll wait an afternoon. ”

Sure enough, in the afternoon, more pleas came up. Chen Xinjia was secretly surprised, this Lu Xiangsheng, I didn't expect to have such a connection, he could actually move so many ministers to intercede for himself, it seems that he spent a lot of money, it only took half a day, Chen Xinjia collected more than 20 ministers to intercede for Lu Xiangsheng, and he hurriedly showed it to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen said slowly: "Since this is the case, then pass on the decree, Lu Xiangsheng, dismissal, never use." ”

Chen Xinjia respectfully retreated.

……

Two days later, Lu Xiangsheng came out of Jinyiwei's Zhao Prison.

He was originally burly and strong, but after a few months in Zhao Prison, he has lost a lot of weight. Dark and thin, he stood outside the prison, and everything felt as if it were unreal. He never thought that he would have the opportunity to come out. Thinking of the days in Zhao Prison, Rao is a brave figure like Lu Xiangsheng, and he shuddered.

It was not his family who greeted him outside Zhao Prison. Waiting for him was a young man and a carriage. This young man was in his twenties, with a jade-like face, a smile, and a friendly look. His family has gone back to his hometown. He thought that he was certain to die, so he had already arranged his future. He didn't care about his corpse at all, and let the court deal with it. Unexpectedly, I was suddenly released from prison, and I felt a little caught off guard.

Lu Xiangsheng asked in wonder, "Who are you?" ”

The young man smiled and said, "I won't tell you." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand, and immediately two agile family members came up, knocked Lu Xiangsheng unconscious, and carried him into the carriage and took him away. The sound of the horse's hooves was crisp, and he soon left the capital and galloped directly in the direction of Tianjin Wei.

Lu Xiangsheng actually has some kung fu, and often wields a machete to kill the enemy. But he had just come out of Zhaojiao, known as hell on earth, physically and mentally exhausted, weak, and caught off guard, and as a result, he was knocked unconscious all of a sudden. His last consciousness was extremely puzzled: "Could it be that the emperor didn't kill me openly, but he wanted to be executed in secret?" ”

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