Chapter Forty-Nine: Smooth Sailing

On the same day, Zhu Houyu left Lu Bing to eat and stay in the palace, Lu Bing obeyed his orders, during which he was respectful and obedient to Zhu Houxi, and Zhu Houxi was even more happy. In the next period of time, in addition to being on duty, Lu Bing was often called to Zhu Houxi's side, no matter what princes and nobles came to see him, he could always see Lu Bing accompanying Zhu Houxi, eating and fishing together, and even serving Zhu Houxi to play with the palace maid. For a while, Lu Bing became a hot celebrity in the capital again, and Lu Bing was approachable on weekdays, and he had some connections in officialdom for many years, so he was even more fun this time.

Of course, others don't know that the reason why Lu Bing repeatedly enters the palace is because of the role of silver, every time Lu Bing will bring good news and a large amount of silver tickets, seeing that the amount of money for the construction of Renshou Palace is about to be enough, of course, Zhu Houyu has also squandered a lot, so Zhu Houyu is more dependent on Lu Bing, thinking that Lu Bing is the God of Wealth and a cash cow.

In the officialdom, Lu Bing and Zhang Xuan re-interacted, and money can make ghosts grind, and even the emperor can buy them, let alone a little Zhang Zhang. Zhang Xuan, who is in a high position in the middle of the DPRK, said that even though he is now a cabinet scholar, he is still a dirt bun at best, no different from when he was first admitted to the Jinshi as a political official. This shows that Zhang Zhang's foundation is clean, although there are small deductions, but he is not a corrupt official, and he does not have much money in his hands. This is not because Zhang Xuan has no chance, in recent years, he has wantonly collected the back cover and returned to the Huangzhuang, this matter is Zhang Zhang's main grasp, in the past, there were thousands of money in his hands, if you want to embezzle, it is naturally very convenient, but Zhang Xuan did not do this, not to mention his character and talent. But from this point on, it can already be said that he is half a good official.

It's different when Lu Bing comes, first of all, I don't ask you to do anything when I send something, this is not corruption. It can only be regarded as an exchange of courtesies between friends. Second, he never gave Zhang Xuan silver jewelry, just sent some fun, you don't want it, it doesn't matter, I'll take you to play fun, play with your heart and play wild, I can send it blatantly. Wait for you to embark on this road of no return. The last thing is to send real money.

In this way, Lu Bing led this cabinet scholar with a clean foundation to the road of a corrupt official who was greedy for pleasure, and Lu Bing was scheming. is just a corrupt official Zhang Xuan and a clean official Zhang Xuan, Lu Bing needs corrupt officials even more. In order for everything to go well, it can only be like this, besides, Zhang Xuan is not greedy for the people. It's the greed of oneself. In this way, Lu Bing's heart felt a little better.

Zhang Xuan started his career in etiquette, and naturally he is as dignified as Zhu Fuzi, he has a good time, but he does not let his family enjoy it, so that outsiders seem to be like a cold Confucian. And the reason why Zhang Xuan can play with Lu Bing is also because Lu Bing wiped his butt clean, helped him maintain his tall image, and was impeccable in etiquette.

Meng Xueqing played her part. She is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she has won the love of those celebrities and ladies. even got into a fight with the official wives who were bored at home for a short time, from her daughter to her wife, Meng Xueqing quickly captured the backyards of many ministers in the court.

The ladies blow the pillow wind from time to time, and the daughter is coquettish again, often those officials have more personal relations with Lu Bing, and the words of bringing the wife and the little daughter to visit Lord Lu are the most listened to by the concierge of the Lu Mansion. This situation is very uncommon in this era, women can't get on the stage after all, only friends who are quite familiar with the relationship will bring their wives and daughters who are not out of the cabinet to visit.

Jinyiwei is respected and feared by all officials, and his feelings are very contradictory, he is afraid of having something to do with him, and he wants to have something to do with him, but the meaning of the relationship between the two is different. Lu Bing is a person from Jinyiwei, and he is now a popular person around the emperor, although his official position is not high, but he was once a high-ranking official, and now it is only a matter of time before Lu Bing is promoted repeatedly. And Lu Bing's father, Lu Song, is now the governor of the Governor's Mansion, and he is also the assistant Jinyiwei, and is regarded as the successor of the new generation of Jinyiwei's commanders. The father and son have a bright future, which is also a major reason why the ministers of the DPRK and China are willing to associate with Lu Bing.

Of course, there are also self-proclaimed officials, those literati originally thought that Lu Bing was just a martial artist and did not want to associate with him, but they were impressed by Lu Bing's slightly arrogant poetry, and slowly often got ink with Lu Bing's dancing writings. Lu Bing came from time in time, and there are many entertainment programs that can be played, and many banquet games and board games emerge in an endless stream, making the party that could only be a drinking order, a sword dance, or a dance party more lively.

Therefore, every ten days, Lufu will hold a party, because of the lively and fun, Lufu has become a place that whether it is a civil servant or a military general, for a time the Lusong Mansion in the capital is very lively and full of guests. And Lu Bing's status has also risen, and he has become a unique communicator in the capital for a while.

By the way, Lu Bing also called this kind of gathering the Ming elite exchange meeting, which made the Ming officials who sold their fame and reputation and pursued great achievements more flocking to it.

Two months after Zhu Houxi took the pill, the queen became pregnant. Zhu Houxi didn't like this Empress Chen, because she was the queen that the Empress Dowager of the Zhang family married to herself. The Empress Dowager Zhang is the queen mother of Zhu Houzhao, and she has a little tense relationship with Zhu Houxi, if it weren't for Lu Bing's maneuvering between the front and the side in recent years, the contradiction between the two would have erupted long ago. In other words, this queen is not Zhu Houxi's own person.

Since Zhu Houxi's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Jiang, entered the palace, Zhang's status has deteriorated, Zhang Heling, who was promoted from Shouning Hou to Changguo Gong, and Zhang Yanling, the eldest and youngest in the family, have been implicated, and now almost no one in the court is willing to associate with him except Lu Bing.

The Zhang brothers were arrogant and domineering in the capital, and Zhang Heling was named Zhang Da Worm. Originally, Lu Bing hated this person, but after a little contact, he found that in addition to being a little arrogant and arrogant, the two did not really bend the law for human life, which is compared to those "good officials" who eat people and do not spit out bones and more arrogant hereditary descendants, the Zhang brothers are the models.

The reason why Lu Bing was able to enter Jinyiwei was a joke from Zhang Heling back then, so the two parties also had a continuous relationship. What's more, no matter what you say, these two people are also Zhu Houzhao's uncles, and they should stretch out their hands as much as they can if they don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha. Since Lu Bing's comeback, every time he gives gifts, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling are indispensable, and they have helped them when they encounter trouble in the court.

But after all, Lu Bing is lonely and lonely, and he can't stop the loneliness of the Zhang family, they rely on the prestige of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and now the emperor has been in power for a long time, and the current saint Zhu Houyu completely controls the power, and Zhu Houxi's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Jiang, is squeezing the status of the Empress Dowager Zhang in the palace. Zhu Houxi has openly disregarded the Empress Dowager Zhang as his mother, and changed his name to his aunt. In this regard, Zhang could only sigh and express his deep helplessness, and there was nothing else to do.

Zhu Houxi's current queen is the queen of the Chen family, the daughter of Chen Wanyan, the governor of the same city. At that time, Zhu Houxi's power was stable, and the Empress Dowager Zhang in the harem was quite powerful, so he accepted this marriage very obediently, but in front of Lu Bing, he poured bitter water. Since he wanted to act and pretend to be happy, he had to perform the whole play, so Zhu Houxi, the Jiajing Emperor at that time, selected Chen from the women who entered the palace in the first year of Jiajing, and became the queen in September. In August of the following year, Chen Wanyan was crowned as Taihebo, hereditary, Sui Lu Qianshi, his wife was named Mrs. Yipin, and his son Chen Shaozu was also named Shangbao Sicheng.

However, as Zhu Houxi's rights returned, he began to look at the Chen family more and more unpleasantly, and this time the planting of the dragon seed was just a random luck. It is said that a mother is more expensive than a child, even if it is a queen, once she is pregnant with a dragon son, her status will immediately rise, and the same is true of Queen Chen, Zhu Houxi's attitude towards her has improved, and everything is according to her.

For a while, the Empress Chen became arrogant, and the Empress Dowager Zhang, who had the grace to promote, once reminded the Chen family to keep a low profile and so on, but was reprimanded by the Chen family, who had swelled to the point of forgetting her roots, saying that you should take care of yourself first.

Lu Bing ganged up in the capital, gathering political power in a big way, and the old magnates naturally had a very happy relationship with Lu Bing, and among the newcomers were Zhao Shichun, Ouyang Qu, Yang Weijie, and Gong Yongqing, who had a good relationship with each other in the imperial examination, so the situation led by Lu Bing, a half-literate and half-martial person, gradually formed among the young talents.

Emperor Jiajing knew about this, and Lu Bing often reported to Zhu Houxi. Zhu Houxi arrogantly thought that he had firmly controlled Lu Bing in the palm of his hand, and Lu Bing was just a beast that had only been tamed, so he didn't care about anything, and did not blame Lu Bing for forming a party privately, but encouraged Lu Bing to continue to win over the courtiers, hoping to take this opportunity to hear different voices in the DPRK and China, which provided convenience for his future policies.

Zhu Houxi thought like this: If Lu Bing, as the leader of the hundred officials, once his policy is released, if there is any opposition, he only needs to tell Lu Bing, and he can mobilize the ministers to attack him, so that his holy decree can be successfully implemented.

Come to Lufu as a guest, fun, delicious, drink, and will not be blamed by the emperor, often the palace will be ordered by the emperor to send some wine and delicacies to celebrate the Lufu party, to the Ming elite exchange meeting, which makes the Lu Mansion more crowded. During this period, Lu Bing invited Yang Yiqing, the enemy in his heart, to come a few times, but after all, he was a great god, and he was old, so when he came, everyone couldn't let go, so after a few times, Yang Yiqing was self-aware and stopped coming.

The attack on Yang Yiqing is to continue, but the study of the mysterious power beside him cannot be stopped, knowing that the other side can win a hundred battles, not to mention that this power is too mysterious and evil, so Lu Bing has to guard against it. After thinking about it, Lu Bing decided to take a long vacation to visit Yang Tinghe and Yang Shen, after all, one of them was a veteran minister of the imperial court, and he was the first assistant of the cabinet, and Yang Shen was a learned person. I hadn't seen this mysterious power back then, so I didn't ask this question much, just discussed around Yang Yiqing, and now I can go to the two of them to ask about it, and I can also know some secrets. I hope they can know the way, Lu Bing thought with a sigh. (To be continued......)