Chapter 81: The Eunuch Delivers the Secret Decree
Lu Xiangsheng waited for Ti to ride in front of him, and there were two brocade guards and a eunuch. This eunuch is Gao Qiqian, Gao Qiqian dismounted and shouted: "The emperor has worked hard to supervise Lu, and the soldiers in the second town of Xuanda have worked hard, so I am specially ordered to come to work for the army!" ”
Gao Qiqian hugged and looked around at the soldiers: "All the soldiers have worked hard!" Gao Qiqian looked at these soldiers, the soldiers looked at Gao Qiqian but their faces were expressionless, and even many people had contempt on their faces, they would not receive Gao Qiqian's affection, but on the contrary, they looked down on Gao Qiqian.
Gao Qiqian smiled, thinking to himself: "Hmph! These soldiers, do you think it's good to follow Lu Xiangsheng? You'll have to dive with me in the future! I'm a prisoner! For a long time, he has served as a military supervisor! ”
Gao Qiqian comforted the army, and then he found an opportunity to whisper in Lu Xiangsheng's ear, Lu Xiangsheng nodded, and entered the inner room with the eunuch.
Soon after, Lu Xiangsheng came out, jumped up and bowed to him, and then turned to the soldiers and said, "Soldiers, the emperor's condolences have been brought!" Everyone deeply supports the emperor's grace and should repay the country! The conversation changed: "I have to go back to my life!" As soon as Gao Qiqian finished speaking, he jumped on his horse and immediately ran back.
The staff all gathered around, wanting to know what was going on. Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Ha Lu Ha! Nothing! This is Wang Dehua's father-in-law who is the celebrant and said that we have worked hard! Convey the emperor's heart to comfort the soldiers! Ha Lu Ha! When it came to Wang Dehua, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes showed contempt and disgust.
However, there was a hint of gloom in Lu Xiangsheng's eyes, which happened to be seen by Zhang Biwu, who knew that this eunuch was not so simple as comforting. Zhang Biwu saw through it, and Lu Xiangsheng also found out, he smiled bitterly, and asked everyone to continue to accept the labor army, and told the soldiers that the emperor would express his condolences to them for their hard work.
In the end, Lu Xiangsheng left Zhang Biwu behind, and Lu Xiangsheng asked: "Biwu, just now you saw the arrival of Gao Qi and his hidden toes arrogant, like this, what do you think?" However, one thing must be remembered, the emperor's condolences to us are our great honor! ”
Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "Yes! What the Lord said is extremely true, the emperor's condolences to us are indeed a great honor. But the emperor won't just be a labor army, right? There will be other instructions, right? ”
Lu Xiangsheng asked rhetorically: "Oh! So what do you think of Biwu? Why do you think the emperor will have other instructions? ”
Zhang Biwu replied confidently: "Lord Zhangtai, just now Gao Qiqian and Master Zhengtai avoided the soldiers and went to the military tent alone, presumably there is something important, right?" And the master of the Taiwan system smiled bitterly, and his eyes were gloomy, it must be something that the emperor asked the master of the Taiwan to do not want to do, right? I saw that the master of the Taiwan was very annoyed, I'm afraid this is not a heroic act, otherwise the master of the Taiwan will not be like this! ”
"Alas!" Lu Xiangsheng sighed, and then said, "Biwu, what you said is not bad at all!" That's really the case! The emperor's name is Lao Jun, and he actually asked Gao Qiqian to let me do one thing! Alas! This is too despicable and shameless! It's really hard for me! And even if it is successful, can it really make the emperor not invade? I think it's a fool's dream! ”
Zhang Biwu wanted to know what trick Lu Dao Chongzhen had used to make Lu Xiangsheng do it.
Lu Xiangsheng gritted his teeth with hatred and said, "It must be the bad idea of those hateful eunuchs!" It is because of the eunuchs' interference in politics that our dynasty has corrupted a good country like this! Everything is done according to the ancestral patriarchal law! The chapter has to be presented to the boss and the supervisor, no matter how urgent the matter is, this system should be abolished! lest it give the eunuchs the opportunity to dictate, and also make it impossible to deal with urgent matters in time and cause a catastrophe! When the emperor first ascended the throne, he didn't listen to the eunuchs, but now he listens more and more to the eunuchs! ”
With a "bang", Lu Xiangsheng hit his palm hard with a punch, and said: "This stupid trick must have been thought up by the eunuch, it is difficult for the emperor to carry it out!" ”
Lu Xiangsheng looked very excited and said: "There were spies who found out that the material use of Concubine Zhuang of the Manchu Tartars in the palace was not enough at all, and it was like entering a cold palace. Without Huang Taiji's order, who would dare to treat a concubine like this? It can be seen from this that Huang Taiji does not attach importance to Concubine Zhuang, even if we hold Concubine Zhuang hostage, Huang Taiji will not care! ”
"A man who is determined to compete for the world will not care about his wife and will not have love! To say that he loves only the world! In his eyes, he only has the world in his heart! Threatening a woman? This is a ridiculous joke! What's the use! ”
Zhang Biwu also nodded, pondering: "Concubine Zhuang should not have been caught and then used to threaten!" What's going on? Why did Lu have such a play? I don't think Da Ming will send someone to catch Concubine Zhuang, right? ”
Lu Xiangsheng said: "As a soldier, we shouldn't threaten a woman, this is too disgraceful of our Ming face, what will others think of us?" Even the people of the Ming Dynasty will not look down on us! Our Ming army has to bear the infamy that it cannot defend the family and the country, and can only be threatened by arresting a woman! ”
Lu Xiangsheng was very excited: "Shame! Disgrace! I feel humiliated to give such an order! The emperor is so holy, why can't he see it? Why should you listen to the eunuchs? Your Majesty, Your Majesty! Xiang Sheng would rather die on the battlefield than do such a humiliating thing! This is also equivalent to losing the reputation of Xiangsheng's life! ”
Zhang Biwu didn't understand, because with Chongzhen's character traits of wanting face, how could he give such an order? And how did the eunuch convince him? Zhang Biwu said the doubts in his heart.
Lu Xiangsheng replied truthfully: "Biwu, haven't you seen it yet?" The emperor Mingli sent Gao Qi to sneak into the army, and he did not say this order explicitly, although this was what he meant, but he said it through the eunuchs, and all the responsibilities were borne by the eunuchs and me! He was still his hero, and he didn't get involved. ”
"And the eunuchs put all the blame on me, after all, they secretly asked me to do this thing, no one knew what to say, there was no evidence, and there was no evidence left. It's only when there is really merit that the eunuchs will come out to grab the merit, no, I take all the responsibility! The infamy and shame of being ashamed are also borne by me! Ha Lu Ha! What a loud calculation! ”
Lu Xiangsheng smiled bitterly, he looked very painful, he didn't want to do this thing at all, but what could he do? The emperor's order is hard to disobey! I'd rather have his reputation ruined than let the emperor's reputation suffer a little loss!
"Alas!" Zhang Biwu sighed, he understood why Chongzhen would use this plan, anyway, it was not him who damaged his reputation, and there were courtiers to help him bear the name. If it succeeds, it will be very profitable.