The relationship between Lu Bing and Lu Fang has become very delicate because of the connection between Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. In the eyes of outsiders, the two of them are just the right-hand men of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi, but they know that the two are not brothers, but they are closer than brothers. According to the meaning of Lu Bing's original words, if Lu Fang was a woman, Lu Bing would definitely marry her as a wife. If Lu Fang is fertile, the future children of the two of them must be in pairs. For this reason, Lu Fang agreed on the title as early as when Lu Bing's wife was pregnant, no matter how many children Lu Bing has in the future, whether it is male or female, Lu Fang is their godfather. It is also for this reason that the cheeky and shameless Lu Bing often goes to Lu Fang to move things every now and then on the grounds of "your godson is hungry and asks for money to buy food", "your goddaughter wants to make new clothes when she grows up" and so on. As big as a vase taller than a person, as small as a needle and thread, as long as Lu Bing saw it, he moved it to his home. But when Lu Fang asked Lu Bing for money or borrowed money, Lu Bing put on a posture of "I don't want money, I have a life." ". The angry Lu Fang scolded Lu Bing for being a "miser", "asking for money to die", and "being unrighteous".

But as Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi gained a firm foothold and gradually controlled the overall situation. Lu Fang found that Lu Bing had undergone some changes, not that Lu Bingxiang betrayed Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. But Lu Fang felt that Lu Bing was a little more selfish and a little more estranged. Later, I learned that Lu Bing was influenced by some of his subordinates and began to plan for himself. Jinyiwei is an organization that has a relationship with the imperial family for several generations, and the reason why they can survive is not only because of their absolute loyalty to the emperors of previous dynasties, but also because of their inseparable relationship with the eunuchs in power. In other words, Jinyiwei is a tool for the emperor to secretly contain the power of eunuchs, and it is also an organization that balances the relationship between ministers and the imperial family. On the surface, it seems that Jinyiwei is suppressed by the sharp Dongchang, but in fact, whenever the emperor has something, the strongest supporters are not ministers, nor other members of the imperial family, let alone eunuchs, but members of the Jinyiwei family who have paid silently for the emperor for generations. These people are usually very low-key in their conduct and work, but when something happens, their power and means emerge in an endless stream. When Lu Bing took full control of Jinyiwei, he gradually learned about this secret, and at the same time came into contact with some such people. These people either explicitly said or hinted that they wanted Lu Bing to maintain a relationship with eunuchs, especially eunuchs with real power like Lu Fang, while maintaining a certain distance. Lu Bing also began to keep a certain distance from Lu Fang, intentionally or unintentionally, for the sake of his own status and the wealth of his future descendants, and even put forward different opinions on some things.

The first head-on clash between Lü Fang and Lu Bing occurred in the 12th year of the reign of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi believed that the overall situation had been controlled, and in order to facilitate management, he decided to take back the power of Jinyiwei and return it to the management of the celebrant supervisor. However, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant has been replaced by Lu Fang, and Lu Fang has already controlled the eunuch, and no matter who is appointed as the eunuch of the celebrant who is also in charge of the brocade guard, he will not be affected. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi wanted to arrange Lu Bing in a more important position and help Lu Bing realize his dream of becoming a general. Lu Fang knew a little bit in advance, thinking that Lu Bing would also agree with Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's decision. Unexpectedly, Lu Bing not only did not agree to Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi's decision, but also hoped that Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi would completely separate Jinyiwei from the celebrant supervisor and set up a separate department under the direct leadership of the emperor alone. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi couldn't think about it for a while, but Lu Fang knew what Lu Bing meant, Lu Bing wanted to let Jinyiwei and the celebrant fight against each other, so don't talk about Dongchang, even if the ceremonial supervisor sent it, it might be restrained by Jinyiwei. This is absolutely impossible, as the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, Lu Fang will definitely not allow this kind of thing to exist and happen. Before Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi did not express his position, Lu Bing and Lu Fang had already quarreled in front of Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu over this matter. For the first time, the three of them felt that the era of three people with one heart had passed, and Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing was very disappointed in Lu Fang and Lu Bing. Lu Fang also saw Lu Bing's ambitions, as well as Lu Bing's intention to completely control Jinyiwei. For this reason, all arrangements were shelved indefinitely, and the Jinyiwei was still in Lu Bing's hands, and the celebrant had the same power to supervise the Jinyiwei. Because Lu Bing did not hand over the real power of Jinyiwei, the so-called eunuch Bingbi, who was also in charge of Jinyiwei, was just a fictitious name. Because of this, Lu Bing's dream of becoming a general has never been realized.

Lu Bing has been in Jinyiwei for more than 30 years, and his forces are intertwined, and it can be said that he completely controls Jinyiwei. Not only has Lu Bing been the supreme commander of Jinyiwei for a long time, but even Lu Bing's brothers and sons are also in Jinyiwei. Lu Fang reminded Lu Bing many times that he couldn't do it so blatantly, but Lu Bing didn't listen to it at all. Later, in addition to the Lu family, even the eunuchs in the palace commanded the Jinyi guard. When Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi once inadvertently said, "Jinyiwei belongs to the Lu family." They only knew Lu Bing. At that time, Lu Fang knew that Lu Bing was bad. The suspicious and power-loving Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu will not be untargeted, it seems that the Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houyu has become wary of Lu Bing. Just as Lu Fang was about to find an opportunity to meet Lu Bing secretly in person and tell Lu Bing about this matter in person, it was already too late. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi rewarded a newly developed golden pill on the grounds of Lu Bing's hard work. Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi rewarded his cronies Jin Dan for two purposes, the first was to show his favor to his cronies, and the second was to use these cronies to test the medicine. Lu Bing has already received this honor many times, so he doesn't care. When Lu Fang, who had just learned the news, rushed to Lu's house in a gaffe and tried to stop Lu Bing, Lu Bing had already taken this golden pill. Lu Fang didn't care about outsiders being present, and he no longer cared about whether he would be scolded by Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi afterwards, so he immediately picked up a large pot of water on the side and poured it into Lu Bing's mouth. and ordered his cronies to go to the Lu family's kitchen immediately and boil a pot of mung bean soup. But because everyone was in a hurry, and because the Lu family didn't believe in Lu Fang, they thought that Lu Fang's people would poison the mung bean soup, so they dragged it out. When the mung bean soup was delivered, Lu Bing was no longer good. Lu Bing couldn't speak anymore, he grabbed Lu Fang's hand tightly, he had too much resentment and dissatisfaction to speak. Lu Bing died, and the Lu family was surprisingly quiet, not even doing the work on the surface. Of course, this was Lu Fang's idea, and for this reason, Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi not only did not dispose of the Lu family, but even Lu Fang was not punished.

Lu Fang has been a ******** for so many years, and she knows too many secrets. Of course, he had an inexplicable sense of foreboding towards Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi and the royal family. This is not groundless, but an intuition, an intuition that Lu Fang has tried and tested over the years. The Ming Emperor can be said to be the poorest emperor in all dynasties, and it can also be said to be the richest emperor. As early as when Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the country, he did not wait for an opportunity to collect money, let alone embezzle the property of the enemy. Whether it is Chen Youliang's, Zhang Shicheng's, or the property of the Dayuan royal family, Zhu Yuanzhang must keep a clear record of every property among his subordinates. Some of this money went to the state treasury, some were distributed to meritorious officials, and more were distributed to ordinary people who lost their relatives and land due to the war. So at the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang's palace had almost no money, and there was no money to build the palace. For this reason, the ministers took the initiative to propose that the palace should be built at the expense of the state treasury, and the specific money should be asked for by the local wealthy merchants, so they forced the rich merchants to come up with the money half-extortion and half-coercion, and this is the palace. In order to save money and enrich everyone's daily life, Queen Ma took the lead in weaving cloth in the palace, and all the products were sold to the relevant national yamen at market prices in addition to supplying everyone's daily needs. Zhu Yuanzhang issued a series of tax reduction and exemption instructions, so at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the royal private property was not as small as that of ordinary large families. It is said that once in order to eat meat, several small princes even fought. Queen Ma secretly wept while beating the children herself. Not only can a dignified man not only can't afford to eat meat, but he will fight for one or two pieces of meat, who will believe it? But this kind of thing really happened in the Daming Palace, and the reason was because the royal family had no money.

Speaking of being rich, the Ming Emperor was really rich. Shen Wansan, the famous "God of Wealth" during the Hongwu period, can be said to be "rich and rival the country" with many family properties. But who would have thought that when the house was raided, Shen Wansan's family property was only more than 300,000 taels of silver, which was very inconsistent with the actual property of the famous Shen family. In fact, part of Shen Wansan's family property has been transferred by Shen Wansan in advance, and more of it was "borrowed" by Zhu Yuanzhang for various reasons. Whether it is building the imperial palace, building the Great Wall, or going north to use troops, Shen Wansan's money has almost been taken away by Zhu Yuanzhang. Of course, in the end, Zhu Yuanzhang still did not let go of Shen Wansan, forcing Shen Wansan to hand over many private shops in exchange for the life of Shen Wansan's son. Zhu Yuanzhang guaranteed that Shen Wansan's son would not only survive, but also take good care of him. In this way, the store that originally belonged to Shen Wansan became the private property of the Ming royal family in the blink of an eye. After having this money, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was used to being poor and scared, stiffened his waist.

How much money Shen Wansan has, no longer knows. But Lu Fang knew a rough idea, when Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen fled, it is said that he took away a batch of valuable and easy-to-carry treasures. It is said that the amount of this money is about the total income of the imperial court for ten years at that time, which means that with this money, as long as Zhu Yunwen wants to return to the country, there is a great chance. However, this money was only a small part of the palace property, and most of the money and belongings had to be left in the palace because of the tight time and the difficulty of moving. After Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ascended the throne, this money played a major role, not only to reward the soldiers, but also to stabilize people's hearts. In order to find Emperor Jianwen, this is why Zheng He went to the West seven times. Zheng He's original purpose in going to the West was not to make money, and he didn't expect it to be so easy to make money. At that time, the first purpose was to find Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor who was said to have gone to sea, and the second was to promote the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty to various countries. Unexpectedly, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen did not find it, and all countries in the world not only knew about Daming, but also brought huge business opportunities to Daming. When Lu Fang was looking through the royal secret files, he found that all the capital and expenses for going to the West came from one place, which was the old palace. In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang confiscated Shen Wansan's money, and only then did he have the capital to go to the West.

Because of the seven trips to the West, it brought great wealth to the Ming royal family, especially the emperor himself. It is said that the profits of seven trips to the West are enough to cover the daily expenses of all members of the Ming royal family for nearly three hundred years. At that time, the emperor's private property was almost as much as the treasury of the household. This may be something that Zhu Yuanzhang never expected, but he didn't expect him to leave such a great fortune to future generations. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that the Ming Emperor is the richest emperor of all dynasties.