Yang Feiyan heard someone coming in a daze, and she didn't care about it and wanted to sleep back, but the words kept getting into her ears, and sometimes it was not a good thing for people who practice martial arts to be too sensitive. The more I listened to this, the more frightening I became, and it was outside the door

Yang Feiyan walked out of the door with a big belly, her body trembled, and it was really Zhu Houxi outside the door. Yang Feiyan was about to kneel and salute, but Zhu Houxi stepped forward quickly, but because his clothes were too big, he stepped on the hem of his clothes, and he stumbled and almost fell, but Yang Feiyan helped him. Zhu Houxi stopped Yang Feiyan and said: "Feiyan, you are pregnant, you don't have to salute, besides, there are no outsiders today, they are all our own family, so don't salute again." ”

Yang Feiyan nodded and said happily: "Hey, how many years have I not been like this, and the current scene reminds me of when we were in Xingwangfu." ”

"yes, how happy it was." Zhu Houxi muttered.

Lu Bing woke up Meng Xueqing, had breakfast with Yang Feiyan and Zhu Houxi, and chatted for a while, Zhu Houyu gradually calmed down, although he was still depressed, he was not as sad as before. It turned out that Zhu Houyu took advantage of the time of the previous dynasty to avoid the ministers who slipped out of the east gate, and if the emperor left the palace without the order of the cabinet minister, who would dare to stop him, so Zhu Houyu went all the way unimpeded, but his whereabouts could still be controlled. However, he crossed the streets and alleys with a flexible mind, and soon shook off his tail behind him and came to the door of Lu Fu, but thinking that he should have found Zhu Houxi's whereabouts now, Lu Bing didn't have to think about it to know what kind of scene was in chaos outside Lu Dao.

Zhu Houxi said: "Brother Bing, I don't want to go to the court. I think it's a bit embarrassing, and it's a bit of a wretch. ”

"Why?" Lu Bing asked.

"I couldn't give birth to a child, and I finally got pregnant with a dragon but I got rid of it myself. I'm afraid that people will say that this is a curse. Zhu Houxi said with a little sadness.

Lu Bing shook his head and said, "Damnation? You are the heaven of the world, and who dares to condemn you. Rest assured and bold, I will accompany you into the palace, and you need to be a brother to fight the tiger. ”

"Yes." Zhu Houyu nodded firmly, he had never felt that he needed Lu Bing so much, Zhu Houxi, who had no brother and no brother, the only relative in this world was the queen Jiang family. And he has long regarded Lu Bing as his eldest brother. Therefore, when Lu Bing was rude and reprimanded Zhu Houyu before, Zhu Houyu couldn't bear to kill the killer every time, but Zhu Houxi's suspicious personality also made him never completely trust anyone. Even he didn't trust himself.

Lu Bing changed into court clothes, and Zhu Houxi also changed into the clothes when he came, the clothes have been roasting by the fire, although they are still a little damp, but they are more decent than wearing Lu Bing's oversized clothes. Because there are many people waiting for them outside the door. Lu Bing had already heard the noise outside the door deliberately lowering his voice.

The door was opened by Meng Xueqing and Yang Feiyan left and right, and there were countless people kneeling in the courtyard, kneeling from the door of Lu Bing's house to the door of Lu Mansion. On this rainy day, if you don't use an umbrella, you have to kneel in the rain, which makes me a little unbearable. I'm really sorry, ladies and gentlemen, ha ”

"Don't give the Holy Shade yet." Lu Bing said on the side, the attendants reacted, and hurriedly brought the car, and Zhu Houxi went back to the palace on the imperial frame. Lu Bing stood beside Zhu Houxi, following step by step, but when he went out, he couldn't help but want to snicker. It turned out that the emperor's Luan was too big, and if he wanted to enter the Lu Mansion, he had to tear down the door, and the series of courtyard walls from the small courtyard to the gate were all demolished, and the Lu Mansion became a dilapidated.

However, Lu Song was not sad because of this, the emperor secretly ran out of the palace and came to his home as a guest, this kind of honor is far more important than the assistant Jinyi and the governor's mansion, this is the real Pengsheng.

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A few days later, Wei He reported on the dynamics in the capital, and Lu Bing almost fell asleep listening to it. Since the emperor came to the Lu family, Lu Bing's status has skyrocketed, those officials who originally just ran to Lu Songhe's party and Lu Bing's generous gestures have now instantly become a groveling appearance of Lu Bing, and Lu Bing, who was already considered to be promoted, is even hotter.

The emperor ordered to promote Lu Bing, but Lu Bing resigned, saying that there was no merit and no mercy, and that the emperor could not be used for cronyism. In addition, it reminded the emperor that he wanted to promote Xia Yan, so Xia Yan went to work in the ministry and was promoted to one level. No one will care about where Xia Yan, who is unknown and only in the top three in the imperial examination, has gone, and everyone only sees Lu Bing's unpretentious and arrogant character and selfless temperament. As a result, the self-proclaimed high-ranking people in the DPRK also praised Lu Bing, and Lu Bing's connections in the DPRK went further.

Lu Bing really doesn't want to be promoted, no, Lu Bing didn't become an official for the sake of being an official, he returned to Beijing for revenge. Sometimes the official position is very closely related to revenge, but sometimes it is not big, if Lu Bing is involved in politics and is in a high position now, it will not be conducive to the next steps. Otherwise, if he needed to go further, Lu Bing would not have done this hypocrisy. Now what Lu Bing wants to do is to encourage the stupid dog to go to the wall and use it for his own use, and his official position is not important, and his power is enough. Successive generations of eunuchs have proved that the level of official position has little to do with the power in hand.

Who is the stupid dog, it is naturally Zhang Xuan. At this time, Zhang Xuan had already entered the cabinet, and as for how to enter, it was indeed not very glorious, and he was even more ashamed of himself compared to Lu Bing's refusal to accept the official. First of all, Zhang Xuan came to the position by criticizing Yang Tinghe, and later he was promoted by the Zhongzhi. When Yang Tinghe didn't leave, everyone was still annoyed by this real family member of the Ming Dynasty at that time, but as soon as Yang Tinghe left, everyone knew the importance of Yang Tinghe, so they began to resent Zhang Xuan in their hearts.

The first big battle Zhang faced after taking the throne was the Great Ceremonial Incident, which led to many officials being beaten, including those who were killed. If it is said that before this, the ministers of the DPRK and China looked down on Zhang Xuan because of his unfavorable imperial examination and relied on speculation to criticize the loyal ministers for taking the throne, now it is naked hatred. Because the scar on the buttocks hurts, you can think of Zhang Xuan's ugly face.

After Yang Shen was sent away, Zhang Xuan fell into the well against Yang Tinghe, although he was the mastermind behind the scenes, no one was stupid. No one dared to blame the emperor, so the spearhead was aimed at Zhang Xuan again. In all fairness, Zhang Xuan's administrative ability is actually good, and he can do his best to complete the errands assigned by the emperor, and he has done it well. The reason why his reputation is getting worse is because Zhang Xuan is too bad at being a person.

He believed that he was an important hero of Zhu Houxi's seizure of power in the court, and he began to be arrogant and domineering during conversation. He walks with his face up, and once he has a conflict with a courtier, he will attack hysterically. Zhang Xuan is indeed meritorious. And it is a typical example of Zhu Houyu erected, Zhu Houyu naturally gave him face, so Zhang Xuan can win every time.

The reason why Zhang Zhang's reputation fell vertically and became notorious was because of his allies who were also promoted or promoted to the next level because of the Great Ceremonial Incident. Gui Cao and Guo Xun and the like. These people are either greedy for pleasure. Violating laws and disciplines, destroying the norms, or being arrogant and domineering, bullying men and women, in short, has a bad reputation. Things gather people in groups, those who are close to Zhu are red, those who are close to ink are black, Zhang Xuan and these people are connected together, and it is strange that the reputation can be good.

Zhang Xuan wants to enter the cabinet. Qualifications are not enough, first of all, his ranking in the imperial examination is too low. It's just a middle and late section in the second class, and most of the cabinets are held by Shu Jishi, that is, the first class jinshi, the top one in the list of eye tanhua and the top few in the second class, only those who are qualified to be Shu Jishi into the Hanlin Academy.

Secondly, if you want to enter the cabinet, you need to be pushed by the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and jointly recommend someone to the cabinet, and now Zhang Zhang's anger is only worried that Zhang Zhang's mad dog will bite them, or they want to borrow Zhang Zhang's strength to further promote the situation to achieve the desired effect, or borrow Zhang Zhang's hand to borrow a knife to kill people. However, when it comes to really electing the cabinet, Zhang Xuan should rest as soon as possible.

Zhang Xuan is also very clear about this, quite self-aware. The last step is for the members of the cabinet of the DPRK and China to submit a list of the ministers to be promoted, and the emperor approves them before they can enter the cabinet. Therefore, in many cases, status does not represent all this, and rights are the most important.

The cabinet can reject the emperor's decision, but the emperor can appoint and dismiss the cabinet, which means that if you don't agree to the emperor's request, the emperor won't let you do it. The reason why there are still people, such as Yang Tinghe, can dismiss the emperor's imperial decree, but can still reign, is not because he is the first assistant of the cabinet, but because of the civil and official power he controls, representing the entire Ming officialdom and even the entire imperial court. Therefore, it is enough to say that rights are the most important thing, and reputation is secondary, which is enough to be repeatedly demonstrated.

Zhang Xuan turned to Yang Yiqing, the first assistant of the cabinet at that time, and nominated him, and the emperor also issued a decree, that is, he directly promoted Zhang Xuan to the cabinet. This made the ministers who passed the imperial examination and were promoted step by step through the training feel disdainful. So this is also a big reason why Zhang Xuan is not popular, but now his status is like this, no matter whether he is pretending to respect or really admiring, in short, everyone has to bow down and be polite when they see Zhang Zhang.

This point is very similar to Lu Bing's back then, Lu Bing was quite notorious among corrupt officials back then, and was also called the killing god Lu Bing, but he had a good reputation among most honest officials, but he still couldn't play with others, just because Lu Bing was directly promoted by the emperor. Now Lu Bing has re-entered the imperial court, the imperial examination, and the refusal of the emperor's appointment, all in order to better mingle with the courtiers, of course, he has done it.

In a sense, Lu Bing understands Zhang Xuan's mood, and he has a feeling of sympathy. So in the interaction with Zhang Xuan, Lu Bing grasped it very well, and after several seductions, Zhang Xuan now eats, drinks and has fun, of course, Lu Bing did not give him the opportunity to bend the law for bribes, everything was provided by Lu Bing, and he did not attach these pains to the people and the country.

Zhang Xuan sat in the Lu Mansion, playing with a pair of delicately made jade crickets in his hand and said: "Brother Lu, this gift is too generous, Zhang has no merit and is not allowed to do it, but you can't ask for it." Having said that, Zhang Xuan had no intention of returning it, and the things were still held in his hands and kept rubbing.

Lu Bing said with a smile: "I'm just a rough person, not like Lord Zhang, you are a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, erudite and talented, this pair of jade crickets fell into my hands, it is a tyrannical thing." ”

"Hahaha, Brother Lu, you are scolding me, I won't tell you how I became a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion between our buddies. Let's just talk about the imperial examination, your ranking is much higher than mine, and besides, you have countless treasures in Shandong, and you can learn it by looking at it casually. Just look at these things you sent, if you say you don't understand, kill me Zhang Zhang, I Zhang Xuan don't believe it, no, no, I'm called Zhang Fujing now. "Zhang Xuan because the word Xuan is the same as Zhu Houxi's character Xi, in order to avoid the emperor's name, the emperor admired Zhang Zhang's name, and the name Fu respects the word Mao Gong.

Mao Gong is both Mao Gong and Gong Nai Li, which shows Zhang Zhang's great contribution in the battle of great etiquette. The ministers in the court and the central government all laughed about it, but Zhang Xuan was proud, and the emperor named himself, what a great honor it was.

Lu Bing didn't answer Zhang Xuan's words, and continued: "Since we are buddies and friends, then don't shirk it." By the way, I haven't seen you these days, what are you busy with? ”

"I'm busy with jealousy, the emperor came to your house in person a few days ago, and I still came in the rain, how can I not be jealous. In the future, I have to talk to you Lu Da is yes, ah, right, haha. Zhang Xuan said with a smile.

Lu Bing smiled and said, "Brother made fun of me again." (To be continued......)