Before this chapter begins, let me state it.

This is, not all the events in are real, and even if they are real events, the time of occurrence is not accurate, please don't read it as a textbook......

Lu Yi was so frightened by Lu Bing's words that he couldn't speak for a long time.

You must know that Jin Yiwei's loyalty to the emperor is unquestionable, and this loyalty often even exceeds life.

Jin Yiwei will do a lot of bad things without changing his color, as long as this matter is the emperor's order, but Jin Yiwei will never be disloyal to the emperor.

Ordinary brocade guards are still like this, let alone Lu Bing? The leader of Jinyiwei, Jiajing's younger brother, a person who is ready to die for Jiajing at any time?

Now he said that he would disobey Jiajing's orders, and that he would continue to investigate without hiding from Jiajing......

Lu Yi felt that his brain was a little insufficient, he looked at Lu Bing blankly, and it took a long time to speak with difficulty.

"Father, you have to think twice. We are Jinyiwei, we are loyal to the Jinyiwei......"

"There is not only one way to be loyal to Banzai, what I ask you to do is also loyal to Banzai!"

"In that case, wouldn't it be better for my father not to explain the reason to Banzai and get Banzai's permission before acting?"

Lu Bing sighed: "You are still young and have experienced too few things. Sometimes, there are things that have to be concealed because of faithfulness.

Child, I hope you'd better never have this experience for the rest of your life. ”

Lu Yi was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Father, what does Yan Shifan know that makes you so nervous?" ”

Lu Bing glanced at him: "I asked you to get the letter, didn't you read it?" ”

Lu Yi said solemnly: "Father has an order, not allowed to open it, and as a subordinate, my son naturally doesn't dare to peek."

He often said that his father strictly forbade others to interrogate Liu Tai and Tan Tong, and he was also tight-lipped and refused to disclose their confessions to anyone, so his son could not get information from him. ”

Lu Bing nodded with satisfaction: "That letter, in fact, I have already read it in advance." I deliberately asked you to take the letter, one is to test you, and the other is to test long live. ”

Lu Yi shook his body and looked at his father as if he didn't know him, and almost every word his father said today subverted his outlook on life.

"Father, this ...... What does that mean? ”

Lu Bing said lightly: "I need to see if Banzai trusts you." Banzai and I grew up together and saved Banzai's life.

But these are my talismans, and you don't have them. To keep the Lu's lintel for a long time, it is not enough to rely on me. ”

Lu Yi felt that his father would not be on a whim when he suddenly talked about these things today, but he didn't dare to ask, just listened quietly.

"Talking about the letter in my hand, I am telling you the content now, so that you can help me do something, and I know it in my heart.

But you can't show it to anyone, just because you don't know about it. Even if Banzai asks you, you have to say that you don't know! ”

Lu Yi nodded heavily, Lu Bing looked at his young and old son, smiled with satisfaction, and then retracted.

"Brother Tan sees the words as faces: When you saw the letter, I had already died, and I had been reading it for many years, and this letter was sent to you by someone, just in case.

If Lu Bing plots to kill my son Yan Shaoting, or when he harms his brother, Brother Tan can use the content of this letter to negotiate with Lu Bing, and Lu Bing will definitely be afraid.

But this letter cannot be used lightly, there will be backlash, Lu Bing will not easily let go of those who know, and it cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary. ”

When Lu Bing said this, he smiled faintly: "This is Yan Shifan's warning to Tan Tong, but it's a pity that although Tan Tong listened to it, he was ruined by Xu Fan." Now comes the main thing. ”

Lu Yi nodded, poured a cup of tea for his father, and glanced outside the door by the way, making sure that no one was nearby.

"In the tenth year of Jiajing, the two younger brothers of the Empress Dowager Zhang of Zhaosheng, Zhang Heling, the Duke of Changguo, and Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, raided Meilong Town in the name of hunting, with a plan.

Yang Tinghe, as the first assistant of the cabinet, did not ask the emperor for orders, and privately ordered the governor of Xuanda to transfer troops to intercept him. Long live also secretly sent Lu Bing to lead the Jinyi Guards to Meilong Town.

Then the forbidden army arrived, and the town of Meron was in flames, with countless dead. Lu Bing was seriously injured and returned, and the Jinyi guards he brought with him were all wiped out.

Zhang Heling, the Duke of Changguo, and Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, were both imprisoned on charges of contempt and murder, and the Empress Dowager Zhang knelt down to ask for mercy.

Banzai refused to release the two, but he did not kill them, and imprisoned them in prison. In the twentieth year of Jiajing, Empress Dowager Zhang killed two people seven days later.

The sin of the two is not murder, not contempt, but long live, there is something unspeakable in it. This incident is related to the death of Xia Yan later, and Lu Bing is also deeply involved. ”

Lu Yi's forehead was already covered with cold sweat, and there were countless questions in his heart. But when Lu Bing spoke, he didn't dare to interject. Seeing that Lu Bing stopped and began to drink tea, he spoke.

"Father, is that all?"

Lu Bing nodded: "That's all there is to the letter in Tan Tong's hand." Someone else's, I don't know. ”

"Father, son has a lot of questions, I don't know whether to ask them or not."

Lu Bing sighed: "You and my father and son, I didn't want you to know too much when you were young, but since the matter has happened, you have to find a way to solve it."

Your brother city government is not enough, and there is no other helper at home, if you have any questions, just ask. ”

"Father, everyone in the world knows that Meilong Town is in the south of the Yangtze River, and it should be near Songjiang Mansion, but my father said that Yang Tinghe Wuzhi transferred troops to the Governor of Xuanda? How many miles apart are the two? ”

Lu Bing sighed and looked at the dark night outside the window with deep eyes: "Actually, it turns out that outside Datong Mansion, there was also a Meilong Town.

Overnight, it was burned to the ground, and after that, the Ming Dynasty erased this Meilong Town in its territory. More than ten years later, people only know that there is a Meilong town in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

Lu Yi's shock tonight was already too much, so much so that no matter what Lu Bing said, he didn't feel too shocked.

"But when Xu Fan was in Chunyan Tower, the sentence he shouted at his father was, 'Have you forgotten Jiangnan Longfeng Store?' ”

Lu Bing sneered: "It's not just him, under the deliberate concealment and propaganda of the imperial court in the past few decades, many old people in the Zhengde Dynasty think that the Meilong Town where Wuzong went back then is the one in the south of the Yangtze River."

Wu Zong did go to Jiangnan, and no one followed him, and this kind of thing will not be recorded in the official history, just a small place, there are many towns with the same names in the world!

The imperial court not only has the power to overturn the mountain, but also has the means to turn the clouds and rain, and if you want people to remember what and forget something, ten years is enough. ”

Lu Yi suddenly said: "Father has never embarrassed Xu Fan, isn't it because of this?" ”

Lu Bing nodded: "If he shouted out from Datong Longfeng Store, even if he is Xu Jie's son, I won't let him leave so easily."

He shouted out this sentence from Jiangnan Longfeng Shop, which shows that he has not read Yan Shifan's letter, it should be relayed to him by Liu Tai or Tan Tong, and he has also hidden it.

Since he doesn't know much, I'm not in a hurry to move him. Secretly investigating this matter requires Xu Jie's cooperation, and pinching his son's mistakes is good for me. ”

Lu Yi raised the third question: "The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng, who is the mother of Wuzong, after taking the throne now, it seems that she has a bad relationship with this Empress Dowager Zhang?"

Otherwise, why would Empress Dowager Zhang's two younger brothers secretly use soldiers? But the relationship is not good, Empress Dowager Zhang pleaded, why did she imprison the two and not kill them? ”

Lu Bing smiled bitterly: "The relationship between Empress Dowager Zhang and Banzai is not bad from the beginning, this matter is a long story."

People say that long live is the edict of Wuzong, and Yang Tinghe Feng Zhao Yingdi ascended the throne. But at that time, Wuzong died, and Empress Dowager Zhang's decree was like a holy decree, if she refused, how could she successfully ascend the throne?

Therefore, Long Live the Ascending the Throne, Empress Dowager Zhang has made great contributions, and Long Live is also very sincere. can make people, and the next big gift discussion made the two estranged for the first time.

According to the opinion of the courtiers at that time, Banzai should be regarded as a successor to the name of Xiaozong, so that he and Wuzong changed from cousins to brothers, brothers to brothers, and it was logical.

But Banzai refused to succeed, so he didn't recognize Xiaozong as his father, and naturally he didn't recognize Empress Dowager Zhang as his mother, and Empress Dowager Zhang was definitely unhappy in her heart.

Since he refuses to succeed, the biological father of Banzai will posthumously crown the emperor, which is okay, after all, it is just a name. But long live my biological mother is still alive!

Therefore, long live the biological mother Empress Dowager Jiang as the Empress Dowager of Cixiao, and the Empress Dowager Zhang as the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng. Originally, the matter was settled.

But the Empress Dowager Jiang and the Empress Dowager Zhang were at odds when dealing with the affairs of the harem, and in this case, Long Live was naturally biased towards the biological mother Empress Dowager Jiang.

As time went by, there was a gradual discord between Banzai and Empress Dowager Zhang. Empress Dowager Zhang felt that Banzai was ungrateful, and Banzai felt that Empress Dowager Zhang did not know what to do. ”

Lu Yi couldn't speak for a long time, he knew that it was difficult to distinguish between right and wrong in this matter, but he thought that Empress Dowager Zhang would feel even more sad in her heart, if her own son didn't die, why not?

"Empress Dowager Zhang's two younger brothers, did they also have a disagreement with Banzai at that time?"

Lu Bing was silent for a long time this time: "The two younger brothers of Empress Dowager Zhang are not good things in themselves, and in this matter, long live is not wrong."

Xiaozong and Empress Dowager Zhang have a deep affection, and they are too indulgent to these two uncles. When these two entered the palace when they were young, they dared to steal the crown of filial piety.

After the eunuch He Ding stopped and denounced him, Empress Dowager Zhang not only didn't care, but also reprimanded He Ding for doing a lot of things.

Later, when the two entered the palace again, they intensified their efforts and raped a palace maid, and He Ding reported it to Xiaozong again.

These two guys bit back, saying that He Ding couldn't get a bribe and took revenge. Empress Dowager Zhang testified to her younger brother, which led to the death of He Ding by Xiaozong.

After Wuzong ascended the throne, he did not control these two uncles, causing the two of them to become more and more arrogant. ”

Lu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Thinking about these two uncles, after taking the throne, they didn't understand the situation, and they were still arrogant, so they finally took it upon themselves." ”

Lu Bing nodded: "Being convicted is one thing, but it's not the main reason. Let's just say that the princes everywhere, before Xiao Feng appeared, which one was not a sin, long live, long live?

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, he also respected these two uncles very much, just as he began to respect Empress Dowager Zhang. In the final analysis, these two people and Empress Dowager Zhang are both losses and glory.

The root of everything is in the Great Rites Discussion, and at the time of the Great Rites Discussion, they were naturally in Yang Tinghe's faction, asking Long Live to break away from the Xingwang system, which sowed a disaster.

Since Banzai hates the two of them, isn't it easy to find some crime if you want to deal with them? It was precisely because they felt that Banzai was about to make a move, so they took the risk.

As for why Banzai accepted Empress Dowager Zhang's plea, she neither killed nor let go. I guess Banzai used these two as hostages to threaten Empress Dowager Zhang to be honest. ”

Lu Yi's eyes couldn't help but widen: "Threatening Empress Dowager Zhang?" Banzai has been on the throne for ten years, Empress Dowager Zhang is a woman in the deep palace, what does Banzai need to threaten? ”

Lu Bing said lightly: "Banzai's accession to the throne was agreed by Empress Dowager Zhang, and after the Great Rite Discussion, Banzai had tense relations with the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty.

If the ministers join forces with the Empress Dowager Zhang, in the name of long live unfilial piety, to abolish the establishment, although the probability of victory is not large, it is not impossible!

Empress Dowager Zhang loved her two younger brothers, and these two younger brothers were imprisoned. Jin Yiwei is only loyal to the emperor, if Empress Dowager Zhang dares to make contact with Wenchen, these two will have to die first! ”

Lu Yi trembled, and his eyes involuntarily cast in the direction of the dark palace. How many scheming, blood and tears are hidden in that magnificent and cold building.

Lu Yi took a deep breath and asked the most critical question: "Father, what did these two people do when they took people to Datong before they were imprisoned?"

What did Banzai send you for? Why were you so wounded, and how did the Jinyi Guard be wiped out? Ten years of Jiajing, why did Yang Tinghe resign and return to his hometown? ”

Lu Bing was silent for a long time, and his mind returned to the days many years ago, when he was still very young, and he was the youngest third-in-command of Jinyiwei, and he was full of spirit.

The prince who accompanied him suddenly became the emperor, and he became a Jinyiwei as a matter of course, and he naturally rose all the way to the top, and his future was immeasurable.

Then suddenly one day, Jiajing called him and told him that there was a big event, and asked him to take the most reliable brocade guard and set off immediately!

"That night, I took the fifty brocade guards who had the best relationship with me and the most reliable, and went straight to Meilong Town, Datong Prefecture.

Our destination is the same as that of the two uncles, which is the Longfeng store in Meilong Town. ”

"Father, you only brought fifty brocade guards, how many people did the two uncles bring?"

"They brought 200 people, most of whom were people from the rivers and lakes they raised. But our purpose is not the same, they are going to find people, and we are going to kill people. Killing people is faster than people, not more people. ”

Lu Yi's voice trembled: "You guys, who are you going to kill?" ”

Lu Bing didn't answer directly: "The two uncles were secretly investigated by Jinyiwei for their past crimes at that time, and they also had their own eyeliner and received rumors.

It wasn't just them who were investigated, Banzai decided to launch the third Great Rite Discussion at that time, and before that, Banzai wanted to suppress all those who might oppose him. ”

Lu Yi knew that the third and last Great Rites Meeting, after this battle, Jiajing carried his father into the Taimiao, and the opposition disappeared completely.

"So Banzai investigated the crimes of the two uncles, and the crimes of other ministers, so that they would be disqualified from speaking at the last Great Rites Meeting."

Lu Bing nodded: "But the two uncles are not straw bales, they did not tie their hands and arrest them, but found the Empress Dowager Zhang to discuss countermeasures."

No matter how much you take precautions, you can't openly prevent other siblings from meeting. According to Yang Tinghe later, it was that meeting that Empress Dowager Zhang showed her two younger brothers something.

The two uncles found Yang Tinghe and asked Yang Tinghe to assist them, abolish Banzai, and establish a new king.

Yang Tinghe was shocked and reprimanded the two for being whimsical. But the two of them took out something like that, it was a record, or rather, a note from Wu Zong's own.

What is written in the notes is that he was in Datong Mansion, Meilong Town, Longfeng Shop, and had a few nights with the woman named Li Fenger.

Because Li Feng'er was unwilling to return to Beijing with him, he secretly left his henchmen in Meilong Town to secretly take care of the brothers and sisters of Longfeng Shop.

Ten months later, Wu Zong received a piece of paper brought by the guard, on which were written the birthdays of a man and a woman, and there were two small footprints on the paper. ”

Lu Yi was so shocked that he almost blurted out, then covered his mouth, and said in a trembling voice after a long time.

"Wu Zong...... There is a post! It's still a dragon and phoenix fetus! ”

Lu Bing nodded: "If the things in the note are true, then it should be like this."

It is said that Li Fenger is the dragon and phoenix fetus, and the dragon and phoenix store is the store she opened with her twin brother.

Maybe it's because of this that when she gives birth to a child, the possibility of giving birth to a dragon and phoenix fetus is greater than that of ordinary people. ”

"Yes...... If Empress Dowager Zhang had known about this matter a long time ago, why did she want to welcome Banzai into the dynasty and ascend the throne in the first place? Isn't she supposed to be looking for this child? ”

Lu Bing sneered: "What do you think of the throne as Guozuo? The birth of the prince, from long live to the blessing, to the concubine being pregnant, to the birth date, how many people must be recorded and confirmed in each link?

Not to mention the prince, it is the prince's son, if there is a little suspicious in his life experience, it will cause a bloody storm and an uproar!

A child born outside the palace wants to be confirmed as a prince with only one note from Wu Zong, only a piece of paper with eight characters and footprints on it?

At that time, if Empress Dowager Zhang dared to have such a thought, not to mention that the ministers in the court did not agree, even the princes and clans in the world would not agree!

At that time, if any military general has a different heart and colludes with an ambitious prince casually, he can raise an army to rebel!

Even after Wuzong ascended the throne, all the records in the palace were complete, and King Ning rebelled on the grounds that Wuzong's background was suspicious.

And the words in the text are conclusive, saying that Wuzong was not born to Empress Dowager Zhang, and his mother was Zheng Jinlian, the daughter of Yu Zhengwang, the Wucheng Weijun.

Empress Dowager Zhang was deeply affected by rumors at that time, and she learned from the pain, how could she do such a stupid thing?

If it weren't for the persecution too tight this time, the two brothers would be in danger, and I am afraid that she would not have taken out this thing. ”

Lu Yi suddenly realized: "The two uncles already knew that they could not escape the blame, so they fought to the death, wanting to win over Yang Tinghe and act together."

Yang Tinghe was in a bad situation at that time, and in the first two big gift discussions, Yang Tinghe was the number one opponent of Long Life, and even his son Yang Shen was exiled.

So how did Yang Tinghe respond to the two princes? He later resigned from the government and did not do it, but he was also involved in this matter? But Father, you just said ......."

Lu Bing shook his head: "Yang Tinghe was not involved in this matter. He was a good man and a good officer. He told the two uncles that no matter whether this matter was true or not, it would never be feasible.

Even if all this is true, it has been ten years since Jiajing was established, and there is no fault in ruling except for the persistence of his parents' name.

King Ning rebelled, the car ahead is not far away, if this is done, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos in the world, and the lives will be ruined. How can the Ming foundation be ruined because of the dispute over etiquette? ”

Lu Yi smiled bitterly: "This matter is just a dispute of etiquette for Yang Tinghe, but it is a matter of life and death for the two uncles, and the situation is different, and the mood is naturally different." ”

Lu Bing nodded: "That's right, but I believe that even if Yang Tinghe is facing a life-and-death situation, he may not do that." People are always different. ”

The father and son were silent for a long time before Lu Yi spoke: "So, the two uncles went to find the heirs of the Wu Sect, and the father took the Jinyi Guard, but he went to assassinate the heirs of the Wu Sect, right?" ”