"Huh? Is the Tianxiong Army already so strong? In the battle against Jiannu, the battle loss ratio can reach 2 to 1?"

Chongzhen looked at the fold, his brows furrowed, and his face improved slightly, if this is true, then Lu Xiangsheng is still worthy of recognition, at least the use of soldiers is still commendable.

"Wang Daban, how much can the battle loss ratio between our Liaodong and Jiannu over the years reach?"

Hearing this, Wang Chengen, who was waiting on the side, said, "Your Majesty, about, five to one."

"Five to one."

Chongzhen muttered in his mouth about this data ratio, this data ratio is really amazing, Liaodong invests millions of silver a year, and the final result is a five-to-one battle loss ratio, and five elite soldiers of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty can kill Jiannu alone.

But what about the Tianxiong Army? It can be done that two Tianxiong armies can kill one Jiannu, if the Liaodong army is replaced by the Tianxiong army, wouldn't it allow Jiannu to have no return, at least let them have no time to invade.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he looked at Wang Chengen and said, "Wang Daban, how did you say that the Tianxiong Army managed to pull the battle loss ratio to two to one?"

Wang Chengen listened to Chongzhen's words and pondered for a moment and said, "The old slave doesn't know."

Chongzhen was slightly disappointed when he heard this, "Also, I don't know about this, how can you know? But this Lu Xiangsheng still has the ability, although I don't like him, but his ability is still very strong, by the way, the person who wrote this letter, the left waiter of the Criminal Department Li Maocheng called, since he wants to ask Lu Xiangsheng for marriage, I want to ask him if he knows how Lu Xiangsheng achieved such an amazing battle loss ratio."

After Chongzhen said this, Wang Chengen nodded and said, "The old slave will go and find it."

After speaking, Wang Chengen turned around, but his face was cloudy, Wang Chengen is not a fool, he knows too well some of the tricks in the court, Li Maocheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, is Zhou Yanru's person, and Zhou Yanru, Yang Sichang, and Lu Xiangsheng's relationship are all on the bright side, and now Li Maocheng is on the fold to ask for Lu Xiangsheng, he Wang Chengen does not believe it.

Wang Chengen, as a complete eunuch who came from the Apocalypse Dynasty, has seen too much of this kind of deed in the palace, when a political enemy suddenly shows favor to you, don't take it lightly, the other party doesn't want to really reconcile with you, but makes a trick, ready to trap you.

This Li Maocheng was obviously preparing to give Lu Xiang a set, Wang Chengen came outside and told the eunuch to look for Li Maocheng, His Majesty was looking for him, and Li Maocheng was waiting for His Majesty to find him, so he had been working in the yamen, and when he heard that the emperor was looking for him, he immediately went to see the emperor.

Wang Chengen sent Li Maocheng to the imperial study, and he withdrew, although he was a close minister of the Son of Heaven, he was unwilling to mix too deeply, he was not Wei Zhongxian, he was too dependent on power, and he was restrained from power, so he could live so long.

Wang Chengen came out, looked up and saw the eunuch who had just issued a holy decree to Lu Xiangsheng not long ago, and the eunuch immediately saluted when he saw Wang Chengen: "Ancestor."

Wang Chengen nodded casually, but his eyes glanced at the eunuch who had sent the decree and said, "Jin Shui."

"The little ones are."

The eunuch came over, and Wang Chengen said, "A few days ago, I went to give Lu Xiangsheng a decree and personally escorted him into Beijing, which is a great achievement." ….

Hearing this, the eunuch hurriedly said, "This is all taken care of by the ancestors."

"Well, okay, don't talk about this, let me ask you something, you have dealt with Lu Xiangsheng the most, do you know why Lu Xiangsheng's Tianxiong Army is so strong in combat that it can exchange two for one with Jiannu?"

Wang Chengen asked casually, and when he heard this, the eunuch was stunned, then looked at Wang Chengen and said, "Ancestor, don't you know? The reason why the Tianxiong Army is so powerful is because the weapons they use are all transported from Lantian, if it is not for the blessing of Lantian firearms, the Tianxiong Army will be similar to the elite of Liaodong, and it will take five for one to fight with Jiannu, or even more."

"Lantian!"

Wang Chengen's face changed when he heard this.

"What's wrong, Ancestor?"

The eunuch looked at Wang Chengen and asked, Wang Chengen didn't answer, just looked in the direction of the imperial study and sighed, "Zhou Yanru is ruthless!"

Syllable!

As soon as Wang Chengen finished speaking, he heard the sound of the imperial study snapping and the sound of the tea bowl slamming on the ground, followed by Chongzhen's roar: "Lu Xiangsheng, the deception is too much, the thief, the thief!"

Chongzhen's voice was full of anger, and Wang Chengen said to the eunuch at this time, "You, hurry up and do your errand."

After speaking, Wang Chengen trotted to the outside of the imperial study, and then he heard Chongzhen roar angrily, "Wang Chengen."

"The old slave is here."

Wang Chengen pushed the door and walked in, and then he saw that Chongzhen's eyes were red, and Li Maocheng, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly, so he heard Chongzhen shout angrily: "Draft."

"Yes."

"Lu Xiangsheng, bullying the king, disobeying the decree, colluding with the traitors, mobilizing the army without permission, heinous crimes, not killing this crime is not enough to anger the people, not killing this crime is not enough to give an account to the world, the Ministry of Punishment verifies the evidence of the crime, and tells the world, five days later, the vegetable market will be beheaded!"

"Yes."

When Wang Chengen heard this, he immediately drew up the holy decree, and then sent the cabinet to let the cabinet follow it, and Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair after reading the holy decree, and his anger was not gone.

"I still trust him so much Lu Xiangsheng, I didn't expect him to take care of Jun'en in vain, colluded with Lantian, and had such a deep connection, it's really a bastard."

Chongzhen was angry, and at this time Li Maocheng raised his head and looked at Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, the Lu family took care of Jun'en in vain, colluded with Lantian, and was heinous, or destroy his clan, the future of the province will kill Lu Xiangsheng, and the Lu family will have a heart of revenge."

Li Maocheng looked at Chongzhen with his eyes, he didn't understand his hatred for killing Lu Xiangsheng, and he actually wanted to destroy the Lu family, after saying this, Chongzhen looked at Li Maocheng and hesitated.

At this time, Wang Chengen, who did not speak on the side, frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the Lu family's martyr's house, before and after, the Lu family's men have sacrificed their lives for the country three or four people, and they also have a very high prestige among the people, this time Lu Xiangsheng did something wrong, just kill Lu Xiangsheng alone, if it affects the Lu family, I am afraid that the people will discuss this meeting, and it will also affect Your Majesty's reputation among the people."

Chongzhen hesitated again when he heard this, and after a long time, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, it's okay to kill Lu Xiangsheng in this matter, retreat, I'm tired."

Chongzhen's words, Wang Chengen and Li Maocheng retreated and retreated outside the hall, Li Maocheng looked at Wang Chengen and said, "Princess, why do you want to stop me from killing Lu Xiangsheng's family today, if you keep people like this, it will be a disaster after all." ….

Hearing this, Wang Chengen looked at Li Maocheng and said, "Lord Li is like this, it's too vicious."

Hearing this, Li Maocheng looked at Wang Chengen and said, "When Li does things, he has always either not done it, or he will never do it, and say goodbye."

Li Maocheng left, Wang Chengen looked at Li Maocheng's back and sighed, and then smiled again, and the little eunuch on the side saw this and said, "Ancestor, for the sake of a Lu Xiangsheng, why do you want to offend a left servant of the Criminal Department."

Wang Chengen said with a smile: "The old man is accumulating virtue for himself again, and this Li Maocheng can't go far, he broke the rules."

"Rules?"

The little eunuch didn't understand, Wang Chengen smiled and turned to leave.

The beheading of Lu Xiangsheng at the entrance of the vegetable market on the fifth day quickly spread, and for a while it was really a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and countless people expressed their disbelief after hearing about it, Lu Xiangsheng, a pillar of the country, was really going to be killed?

At this time, there was a banquet in the mansion of the first assistant Zhou Yanru, and Li Maocheng, who was the first hero, became a star during the banquet, and countless people toasted him, and Li Maocheng also laughed and was very proud.

When the reception was over, Zhou Yanru gathered some of his true henchmen around him, Zhou Yanru looked at Li Maocheng who was walking away and said, "After a while, find an opportunity to impeach him, this kind of person should not hold such a high position as the left waiter of the Criminal Department, Linping, you should also move upward."

"My lord, Li Maocheng has made a meritorious contribution this time, let's impeach him rashly, isn't it ......?"

"What is it called rashness, he has turned over his case record in the past few months, it is a scourge for such a person to stay for a long time, okay, let's withdraw first."

Zhou Yanru said, the rest of the people were very puzzled, especially this official named Linping, when Zhou Yanru left, he asked his colleagues, why is this.

Several colleagues glanced at each other and said, "Li Maocheng is too unruly."

Rules, that's right, Li Maocheng broke the rules, what rules?

To put it bluntly, there is an unwritten rule in the Ming officialdom, which does not affect the family, to put it bluntly, no matter how hostile they are to each other, but in the end, that is, to send the other party to the vegetable market, you must not be ruthless and harm other people's families, especially to the emperor to destroy the family.

Because Wei Zhongxian has done too much of this kind of thing, everyone in charge of officials has become resistant, everyone is mixed in a circle, even if it is a political enemy, it is just a matter of killing the other party, but it will not work if it affects his family, after all, being an official is a high-risk profession, today is either the east wind overwhelms the west wind, or the west wind overwhelms the east wind, you are proud today, and you may fall tomorrow.

Today, if you destroy other people's doors, others will destroy you, so the officialdom sets a rule for yourself, and when you are unlucky, you will be involved in your family.

Today, if you don't move other people's families, and others don't touch your family, so that everyone's risk will be smaller, and there will be a moat, so naturally you don't have to worry.

I like to copy people's houses and destroy people, there are only two kinds of people, one is the emperor, the emperor is fearless, Lao Tzu is the most awesome person in the world, even if Lao Tzu dies, Lao Tzu's family is also awesome, the daughter-in-law is the queen mother, the son is the future emperor, the seven aunts and eight aunts are all powerful, and it is easy and happy to protect themselves, so he has no burden to destroy people and is not afraid of retaliation. ….

Therefore, several emperors in the early Ming Dynasty liked to connect the nine tribes at every turn, such as Hongwu and Yongle.

Another group of eunuchs, as the existence of the emperor erected to fight with civil officials, has their own natural weaknesses, and if they are not ruthless, they will obviously not be able to suppress these civil officials.

And they don't have ***, naturally there are few families, and some don't even have parents, so they don't have to worry about it, and they can naturally be ruthless, after all, I can kill your whole family, and you can't kill my whole family, because I don't have a whole family.

You see this is very ***, so when the eunuch was in power, it was also the time when the criminal law was the coolest and had no lower limit, such as during the Wei Zhongxian period, the ministers were very insecure, after all, Wei Zhongxian liked to copy people's homes.

Since the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the ministers have spontaneously conformed to the rules, maintained relative restraint, and tried not to break the rules, and once the rules were broken, this person would generally be excluded by the ministers.

Because you are a person who has no bottom line, does not follow the rules, and does not follow the rules, this is a large powder keg, who knows when it will detonate, and then send yourself to the sky.

Don't think it's a joke, it's a concern that everyone has, even if this person is so-called their own person, it is still a large and uncertain powder keg for those around him.

You must know that officialdom is not constant, today he is your friend, but tomorrow he may be your enemy, and what is even more terrible is that when such a person with no bottom line rebels, he will bite you the most hateful.

Therefore, as an old fritter in officialdom, Zhou Yanru does not allow such an awesome person to exist under his command, so this left waiter of the criminal department is destined to be unlucky.

This is his business as a person, he is not kind, and sooner or later something will happen.

Lu Xiangsheng was going to be sentenced to death five days later, the news spread quickly in the capital, and for a while the whole capital was talking, and one of them was shocked when he heard the news, and then ran to the criminal department to go to the official lawsuit, but was stopped by his entourage.

"My lord, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive!"

When the man heard this, there were tears in his eyes and said, "No, I want to sue, I want to save Lu Xiangsheng, Lu Xiangsheng is not guilty, he is to save the people, what is the crime of saving the people, what is the crime of saving the people!"

The man shouted loudly, but was dragged back to his home, and when he returned home, as soon as the entourage told him what this person had done today, the *** son frowned and said, "Xianggong, my father is newly mourned, you have finally been reactivated, and you are still such an important position as the right attendant of the household department, why should you cry out for a Lu Xiangsheng and destroy your future!"

"Nonsense, Lu Xiangsheng and I are the same year Jinshi, he

I know that he led the Tianxiong army to hunt down and kill Jiannu and save the people, but it is due to the community, even if he does not obey His Majesty's will, he does not need to be beheaded, such a pillar of the country, the loss of it is the misfortune of the country, no, tomorrow I will go to this to protect Lu Xiangsheng, I can't let the Ming lose such a humerus minister."

After saying this, the man got up and patted his wife's hand and said, "It's not early, I'll go write an excerpt, you can rest early."

The wife looked at the back of the departing and couldn't help sighing: "It's so stubborn, alas~"

After saying this, the wife shook her head and turned to leave, and the man also went back to the house and began to write the memo, and when he was finished, he signed his name: Shi Kefa.

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