Lu Darong is a person who can come to things, not only patted the prince's ass, but also mentioned Lu Meiren, "Your Highness, the little girl has been in the palace for a while, I don't know if she is still used to living in the East Palace?" ”

Pei Xuanling: "It's good. ”

"That's good." With a smile on his face, Lu Darong began to help his daughter invite pets, "The little girl is young and innocent, so she has His Royal Highness Prince Lao to take care of her......"

Pei Xuanling frowned imperceptibly.

This Lu Darong, how long has he been promoted, he began to help Lu Meiren invite pets, trying to manage the affairs of the backyard of the East Palace, and he didn't know anything about it.

Pei Xuanling: "In addition to hearing that Lord Lu has made meritorious contributions, he also found that the weapon artwork drawn by Lord Lu is very similar to a certain artwork in Lone's hand. ”

Hearing this, Lu Darong was shocked and thought that his daughter gave her the artwork.

However, he quickly eased the mood in his heart, and then said brazenly: "Presumably someone secretly saw Xia Guan's drawings somewhere, so he plagiarized Xia Guan's paintings and plagiarized the fruits of Xia Guan's labor!" ”

"But before you announced the artwork of the weapon, Jiang Yongjie had already sent the artwork to the East Palace from the west through a letter, but he was busy repairing the canal alone, and he didn't have time to report to his father for the time being, but when he finished repairing the canal, he found that the artwork was lost."

"Then I found out that someone had replaced Jiang Yongjie's fame, and this person was you, Lord Lu." Speaking of this, Pei Xuanling's face sank, "Lord Lu, Lord Lu, you are the one who plagiarized the fruits of other people's labor!" ”

The prince said so, Lu Darong secretly shouted that it was not good, and hurriedly defended himself, "His Royal Highness the Prince, isn't it just a weapon drawing, just say it is plagiarism, it is too serious." ”

"Anyway, when the weapons are made at that time, aren't they all for the Eastern Liang Kingdom and the border soldiers? As for who handed over the weapon artwork, and who took this fame, aren't they all the same? ”

Pei Xuanling: "Since Lord Lu thinks it's all the same, then you go to tell your father by yourself, just say that you unintentionally picked up the artwork, and you can't find the owner, and you think that the weapon on the artwork is useful to the Ministry of Industry, and you have taken the fame and strive to get a light shot." ”

This matter involved Jiang Liangdi, so he didn't want to make a big fuss, so as not to poke out the matter of Lu Meiren picking up the artwork in Shiyue Pavilion.

Last time, King Kang said that the sketches of farm tools were painted by Jiang Liangdi, and his father was already suspicious.

If it makes a big fuss this time, it will be unfavorable to Jiang Liangdi and the Jiang family.

"Your Royal Highness, the emperor has already asked the Ministry of Industry to start building new weapons, and has also promoted my official position, at this time, if I say that the fame was picked up, wouldn't it cause the emperor to be angry?"

Lu Darong also persuaded: "Regardless of the lower officials, or Jiang Yongjie, not all of them are relatives of the East Palace, as the prince of the East Palace, whoever bears this fame is the same for you." ”

Pei Xuanling: "In this way, are you unwilling to be honest with your father?" ”

"It's not that the lower officials disagree, but this court matter, how can it be like child's play?" Lu Darong's face was full of unwillingness, "Besides, no one knows that Jiang Liangdi is the most favored concubine in the East Palace now." ”

"Even if I say that the weapon artwork was drawn by Jiang Yongjie, others may think that you gave Jiang Yongjie the credit of the subordinate to Jiang Yongjie for the sake of your favorite concubine!"

Pei Xuanling narrowed his eyes, didn't talk nonsense with Lu Darong anymore, and only waved his hand to let him retreat.

Seeing the prince's helpless appearance, Lu Darong knew that the prince couldn't do anything with him.

"The next official retired." Lu Darong bowed and withdrew.

Oh, he thought that the prince invited him to tea, and he praised him for researching the artwork of a new type of weapon!

The result is to let him give up this fame to Jiang Yongjie?

Anyway, he handed over the artwork first, and he has already replaced the fame.

The crown prince had no evidence that the drawing was Jiang Yongjie's, so he would not take the initiative to confess his guilt in front of the emperor.

Once he confesses, no matter how innocent he is, I am afraid that he will be demoted, and his reputation will not be good.

That's why fools confess!

After Lu Darong left, Pei Xuanling leaned back on the Taishi chair and closed his eyes in contemplation.

The weapon artwork that Lu Darong handed over to his father is now in the blacksmith workshop of the Ministry of Industry, and he has already seen it.

As Jiang Liangdi said, because Jiang Liangdi's lost artwork did not have detailed annotations on it, although Lu Darong redrew the artwork and added some annotations, the use of some weapons was wrong!

After making it, you can learn how to use it correctly.

But he plans to expose Lu Darong's true face before then!

He didn't want to complicate it that much, but now it seems that things have to be complicated.

Thinking of this, Pei Xuanling immediately wrote a letter to Jiang Yongjie in the west, telling Jiang Yongjie about the matter, and asking Jiang Yongjie to unify the caliber.

Then, he found Jiang Yongjie's handwriting, and according to Jiang Yongjie's handwriting, he copied a letter, on which the artwork of the weapon was drawn and there were detailed annotations.

He has been proficient in various calligraphy fonts since he was a child, and Jiang Yongjie's font is an ordinary official script, which is very easy to copy.

After writing the letter, he waited for the words on the letter to gradually dry, then took the envelope to the Longyuan Hall and handed the artwork to Emperor Jianyuan.

"You mean... The weapon newly researched by Lu Darong was originally researched by Jiang Yongjie, and you originally drafted the excerpt, but you were busy building a canal in Beijing, so you didn't have time to tell me? As a result, the fold was lost, and it was picked up by Lu Darong? ”

Emperor Jianyuan sat in front of the bookcase, holding a letter from Jiang Yongjie to the crown prince.

Pei Xuanling sat on the circle chair in the study, "Exactly." ”

Emperor Jianyuan: "Prince, Jiang Liangdi is your favorite concubine, and now you say that Lu Darong's fame was originally Jiang Yongjie's, how can I believe you?" ”

"On the excerpt drafted by Erchen, the annotations on the use of weapons and use are not written in detail enough, while the annotations on the artwork on Jiang Yongjiexin are written in great detail."

"After Lu Darong picked up the draft excerpt, although he added annotations, some of them were wrong, and when the weapon was manufactured, you would be able to know the truth by interrogating Lu Darong as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Emperor Jianyuan's eyes turned slightly, and he didn't say yes, but he didn't say no.

"Let's not talk about this..."Emperor Jianyuan put the artwork aside, "I just received a note here, it is about the Ministry of Industry, and there is a problem with your Tuntian national policy. ”

Pei Xuanling was slightly surprised, "What's the problem?" ”

Emperor Jianyuan: "It is said that you oppressed the people and soldiers to settle the fields, exploited their labor, and caused a large number of laborers to die or flee, even if there were some survivors, but because of physical and mental exhaustion, a large number of people went on strike, and they were gathering together in a peasant uprising!" ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Jianyuan knocked on the case with dissatisfaction, "Originally, there was a war at the border pass, and the soldiers had no food to eat, so you were allowed to carry out tuntian!! ”

"......" learned that the situation at the border was bad, Pei Xuanling knelt down when he arrived, "Father, the emperor, the sons, and the Ministry of Industry have not forced anyone to tuntian, you and give the sons some time, and wait for the sons to verify the situation at the border gates." ”

Emperor Jianyuan frowned impatiently, "If you want to investigate, hurry up and investigate, and deal with this matter as soon as possible, you must not delay spring ploughing!" ”

Pei Xuanling: "Yes." ”

**

In the following days, the prince wrote to the western border to understand and verify the local situation in Tuntian.

It's just that it takes nearly ten days to write a letter from the capital to the west, even if it is a flying pigeon to pass the book.

Then let people closely observe the newly made weapons of the Ministry of Industry, once they are made, they must not let Lu Darong touch them first.

At the beginning of April, before these two events came to an eyebrow, there was a not-so-auspicious event in the East Palace.

"Little master, I heard that Gu Meiren died." On this day, Jiang Shishi just got up from a nap and learned the news from Chunxing's mouth.

As early as when Gu Meiren was grounded, everyone knew that this person would not survive for long.

Therefore, now that Gu Meiren has died, it can be regarded as everyone's expectation.

Jiang Shishi: "When did you die?" ”

Chun Xing dressed Jiang Shishi and said: "Soon after Gu Meiren was grounded, the palace maid next to her took a ride on the concubines of the emperor's harem and was asked to go by other concubines, and since then, Gu Meiren has been left alone in the courtyard. ”

"The palace maid in the imperial dining room has been delivering food to Gu Meiren these days, and at first she found that the meal at Gu Meiren's door was not moving, and she thought that Gu Meiren just had a bad appetite, until the meal at Gu Meiren's door was not moved for several days, and the palace maid told Concubine Ruan."

"Concubine Ruan sent someone to Gu Meiren's courtyard to take a look, only to learn that Gu Meiren had died, and I heard that there was a rancid smell in that house, and it must have been dead for several days......"

"......" Jiang Shishi frowned unconsciously, "Then how does Donggong plan to handle her affairs now?" ”

Chunxing: "A low-ranking concubine like Gu Meiren is not favored by His Royal Highness, and she has offended all the concubines, and she can't enter the imperial mausoleum. ”

There is a mass grave at the back of the palace, where many palace maids and eunuchs who are executed, concubines who are not favored, or some people in the palace who die unexplained are buried every year......

Jiang Shishi: "......"

The concubines entered the palace wall, whether they were favored or not, they could only burn their youth in this deep palace.

He will not leave this palace until the end of his life.

Those with high status and favor can enter the imperial mausoleum, and someone will handle the aftermath.

Otherwise, it can only end hastily like Gu Meiren.

However, as far as Gu Meiren's temperament is concerned, it is also in the East Palace.

Because the crown prince didn't want to give birth to an heir for the time being, the palace fight among the concubines was not so intense.

If Gu Meiren is put in the harem of Emperor Jianyuan with the old pig's trotters, I am afraid that she will not survive for three episodes.

**

An early dynasty in mid-April, the Bohol Temple.

Emperor Jianyuan sat on the dragon chair and took a golden pill at will.

"Father, as Erchen said last time, neither Erchen nor the Ministry of Industry oppressed the people and soldiers in Tuntian." Pei Xuanling held up the board and announced: "These days, after the investigation of the ministers, it is the generals stationed in the west who really oppress the people and soldiers in the fields!" ”

Regarding this matter, the prince has already made an excerpt to Emperor Jianyuan, and now it is just a matter of the court.

These days, not only the prince is investigating this matter, but Emperor Jianyuan is also secretly investigating this matter, "I have also asked people to investigate this matter, so in this way, this matter has nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry, but is a problem with the Ministry of War?" ”

Speaking of this, he looked at King Kang, "Second Prince, I asked you to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry and ordered the western soldiers to carry out the matter of Tuntian, how did you cooperate with the Ministry of Industry?" ”

"Father, the son has ordered to go to the west, so that the soldiers can cooperate with the Ministry of Industry Tuntian......" King Kang, who was named, knelt down, "Presumably it is the urgent shortage of food at the border pass, and the soldiers are anxious for a while, so they oppress the people." ”

The Tuntian incident affected the soldiers of the military department to fight, but it was beneficial to the prince's Ministry of Works and King Mu's household department.

Therefore, he deliberately made a stumbling block and made Tuntian not go well.

"I don't care about that, anyway, the military department is in your hands, if something happens, you will be responsible, and I will only look for you." Emperor Jianyuan ordered in a deep voice, "Now that there is not only a war in the west, but there is also an urgent shortage of food, and there is a peasant uprising, I order you to escort a batch of grain to the west on the same day and personally solve the peasant uprising." ”

"Also, you have to urge the soldiers to hurry up Tuntian, if the Tuntian matter is not carried out well, you don't have to go back to Beijing, and you don't have to take care of this Ministry of Engineering!"

Kang Wang: "...... what"? His father asked him to put down the peasant uprising.

Why should he still urge the soldiers to work in the fields, shouldn't this be a matter for the Ministry of Industry?

But this matter started because of him, and he didn't know what his father had found out, so he didn't dare to say more, so he had to respond, "Yes, my son obeys the order!" ”

After instructing the military department, Emperor Jianyuan said to King Mu again: "Great Prince, I plan to tour the south this year, and by the way, I will inspect the river embankments in various places, and the household department under your control will prepare the silver for the southern tour as soon as possible." ”

King Mu: "Yes." ”

My father would make a southern tour every few years, and each southern tour required a large amount of silver.

Last year, my father said that he would go on a southern tour, but the treasury was tight, and there was a war at the border gates, so the matter of the southern tour was put on hold for the time being.

A while ago, Lao Qi had just made up tens of millions of taels of silver to the treasury, and since that day, his father proposed to tour the south.

After instructing the Ministry of Households, Emperor Jianyuan said: "By the way, the Ministry of Industry has recently developed a number of new weapons, and now those weapons have been manufactured. ”

After speaking, Emperor Jianyuan took the lead in leaving, and hundreds of civil and military officials followed behind Emperor Jianyuan.

The palace has a spacious school grounds, where the Guards and the Royal Guards practice on weekdays.

After everyone got there, Emperor Jianyuan found a convenient place to sit down, and there was a bright yellow Hualuo umbrella above his head to shade the sun.

Civil and military officials stood on both sides of the school grounds, and among them, all kinds of new weapons were displayed.

Emperor Jianyuan lowered his arms under his knees, and lightly ordered Lu Darong, "Lu Aiqing, since these weapons are all researched by you, you can tell everyone how to use these weapons." ”

was suddenly named by the emperor, and Lu Darong was a little panicked.

Although he remembered the weapons on those drawings clearly, he basically knew the approximate purpose and how to use them.

However, there are several kinds of weapons with complex points, and he only knows a rough idea, and the specific operation still needs to be explored slowly.

He originally wanted to wait for the Ministry of Engineering to make the weapon according to the drawings, and then he would slowly explore.

Who knew that every new weapon made by the Ministry of Industry was hidden by the prince.

Even, in the end, he was asked by the emperor to go, and he didn't have a chance to learn about these weapons at all.

At this moment, even if he was flustered in his heart, Lu Darong still pretended to be calm, "Weichen obeys the order." ”

Lu Darong first walked in front of a horizontal knife.

"It's a modified horizontal knife, with a straight edge, a thick blade, and a large angle, and some people might say that it's not good for chopping, but in fact, the reason why I designed it this way was to use it to cut heavy armor. I heard that the Western Xia State had a group of heavily armored soldiers, and this kind of knife could pierce armor pieces. ”

Then he walked over to a long-handled axe.

"This is an improved chopping weapon, the axe is equipped with a handle, the blade is added to the chamber, and the handle is installed in it, which is easy to install and flexible to use......"

“......”

explained a few simple weapons one after another, which was still easy for Lu Darong.

However, after he finished talking about those simple weapons, he would eventually have to face those complex weapons.

Lu Darong walked up to a spear, "This seven-foot spear is powerful, it is a combination of a spear and a firearm, there are hooks and sickles-shaped iron forks on both sides of the spear head, two long blades can be used for scythes upwards, and two short blades can be used for scythes downwards." ”

"Two two-foot-long jet cartridges are clamped under the gun head, which contain toxic smoke and gunpowder, which can shoot out poisonous flames a few feet away to burn the enemy soldiers, and then stab them with the gun head, because it can breathe fire, I named it Fly, Fire, Gun!"

Emperor Jianyuan took a few pieces of paper in his hand, which were the few drawings that the prince had given him, "Lu Aiqing, since this flying musket is so powerful, do you know how to ignite it?" ”

"......" Lu Darong paused, not knowing how to pretend to understand, "This flying musket was researched by Wechen, and Wechen naturally knows how to light it." ”

Emperor Jianyuan: "Then tell me, how to ignite it?" ”

"Uh......" Lu Darong couldn't answer for a while, so he had to answer in a roundabout way: "Well, Weichen once lit the medicine cartridge with his own hands, but it was simple to ignite, but the explanation was more complicated......"

Emperor Jianyuan: "In this case, you can light a flying musket now, so that I and you Aiqing can take a good look!" ”

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