Before the wind and snow completely covered the entire earth, Lu Fan took the brocade guards under his command and finally returned to the capital before dark.

Returning with more than 40 cars of belongings naturally attracted the attention of many people in the city, and even Qian Shisheng, the head of the household department, personally led people to block the city gate, demanding that the people's fat and ointment looted by Wei Zhongxian be filled into the treasury.

And at this time, a master of ceremonies, followed by several chamberlains, brought the emperor's message.

Zhu Youzhen is still the emperor who wants to prosper the Ming Dynasty, and he has no intention of collecting this money into the royal treasury.

Lu Fan has no opinion on this.

After all, for Zhu Youzhen, who doesn't love money or sex, it is estimated that he has already been fooled by the Donglin Party at this time, and he wants to be a saint tomorrow, how can he privately intercept the people's fat and people's ointment for himself?

After handing over all the belongings and lists, Lu Fan hadn't left yet, when he was stopped by the little eunuch who looked to be in his twenties and looked very delicate.

"Lu Qianhu, Your Majesty has summoned you to the palace to meet you!"

As if he was afraid that Lu Fan would delay, the little eunuch added, "Lu Qianhu did a good job on this errand, Your Majesty is happy, I think there must be a reward!"

Lu Fan smiled, and without a trace, he stuffed a piece of silver into the sleeve robe of the little eunuch, and then asked, "This father-in-law, I don't know what to call it?"

"Lord Lu is polite, our family Wang Chengen, now serving in the celebrant supervisor!"

After touching the silver in the sleeve robe, and feeling that the amount was enough, the smile on Wang Chengen's face suddenly became rich, he used to call Lu Qianhu, but now he directly changed his name to Lord Lu.

"Si Celebrant Eunuch, that is the person who is a close confidant of His Majesty, and the prince has a bright future in the future!" The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and Lu Fan still had a good impression of the only eunuch who followed Chongzhen to martyrdom after the death of the Ming Dynasty.

The other party may also have various problems with eunuchs, such as greed for money, but in terms of righteousness, he is impeccable.

For those who are willing to die in the face of national disasters, no matter who they are, Lu Fan will think highly of them, and will not look down on the other party because they are eunuchs.

"Lord Lu laughed, our family is just doing errand work, and it is not as good as a virtuous minister like you, who can share worries for the country!"

Wang Chengen is also very modest, he knows the status of this Lu Qianhu in His Majesty's heart, especially this errand is very beautiful, His Majesty is very happy in his heart, if there is no accident, the other party will not be long after, I am afraid that the official position will be mentioned again!

The two touted each other along the way, and before they knew it, they came to the West Garden of the Forbidden City.

Xiyuan, Cuihua Garden, generally speaking, here, belongs to the royal banquet to the generals, the local supervisors and the important ministers of the court, belongs to the royal private banquet, can enter here, belong to the core of the emperor's heart.

The emperor's private banquet did not have any delicacies from the mountains and seas, only four simple dishes and one soup, and the hardest dish was nothing more than a stewed carp.

According to Wang Chengen, this is still a dish specially added by His Majesty, and His Majesty is usually busy with government affairs, so he simply eats some vegetables with steamed buns to make do with it.

Seeing this scene, Lu Fan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

If Chongzhen is an official, he may be able to become a good official who is diligent and loves the people, but as an emperor, he is completely incompetent.

His IQ is not low, and he also has the desire to let the people of the world live a good life, but unfortunately, the political consciousness is too low, and many concepts have been brainwashed to the extent that the Donglin Party people have been brainwashed to a deep-rooted degree.

Not far away, Zhu Youzhen walked briskly followed by a eunuch, and the moment he saw Lu Fan, he was very enthusiastic and took the lead in speaking.

"Lu Fan is here, come on, sit down, and eat with me!"

It can be seen that his interest is very high, one million taels of property has been put into the treasury, and he has also solved the big trouble Wei Zhongxian, perhaps in Zhu Youzhen's view, the pace of Ming Zhongxing has begun at this moment.

After all, the two of them had suffered together in the Qianqing Palace, and now there are no foreign ministers present, and Zhu Youzhen's tone of voice is also a little more casual.

"Tell me quickly, what trouble did you encounter this time, did the eunuch resist?"

Lu Fan pondered for a while, pondered his sentences, and roughly explained his journey all the way, and after talking about giving Wei Zhongxian time to tidy up his clothes and make him hang himself, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help frowning.

"That eunuch died too decently!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he followed the eunuch who had been keeping his head down beside Zhu Youzhen, and hurriedly raised his head and answered: "Your Majesty is right, it seems that Wei Zhongxian and other people who have brought disaster to the country and the people should be executed by Ling Chi!"

"Huh?

Lu Fan, who didn't pay much attention to this person before, was slightly surprised at the moment, this person was none other than the Zhao Gonggong who had a conflict with him in the Qianqing Palace.

This person is also a knowledgeable person, after secretly perceiving Zhu Youzhen's thoughts, he betrayed Wei Zhongxian very decisively and took refuge in the emperor's side, and now it seems that he has become a celebrity around the emperor.

"Our family Zhao Jingzhong, I've seen Lord Lu!" Zhao Jingzhong nodded slightly at Lu Fan, his smile was a little intriguing.

Zhu Youzhen was not angry at Zhao Jingzhong's rash interjection, it seemed that he attached great importance to him, but even opened his mouth to briefly introduce it.

"I have drafted a decree, Jingzhong will be the commander of Dongchang in the future, and will be responsible for the screening and elimination of eunuchs and eunuchs in the Forbidden City, and the two of you will have to cooperate more in the future!"

Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, and cooperated with the commander of Dongchang to clear out the remnants of the eunuch party, that should be what the commander of the Jinyi Guard should do, right? Your Majesty is preparing to promote him to the commander of the Jinyi Guard?

This promotion speed is a little too fast, right?

After all, Zhao Jingzhong was the second-in-command of Dongchang, and Wei Zhongxian's number one hit the street, and it was normal for him to take over the position of superintendent.

But he Lu Fan is different, more than a month ago he was just a general banner, if he was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard in such a short period of time, it would really be regarded as an imperial grace to ascend to the sky.

It's just that Lu Fan expressed some doubts, Emperor Chongzhen, do you really have this courage? This is not in line with the other party's character!

"I have drafted a decree to promote Lu Fan to the post envoy of Jinyi Weibei Town, responsible for the investigation and extermination of the remnants of the eunuch party in the government and the opposition!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Youzhen waved his hand left and right, and Zhao Jingzhong lowered his head respectfully and stepped back.

The next moment, the emperor lowered his voice and said, "Originally, I intended to let you take over the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but the court unanimously recommended Luo Yangxing, the son of the former commander Luo Sigong, to take over as the commander, and I couldn't refute their face. ”