Judging from the dossier, there is nothing wrong with Lu Ben's experience.

Lu Ben was formerly Zuo Shilangzhong, and he acted cautiously and had quite a lot of political achievements. could have been promoted to the head of a household, but for various reasons, he moved to Shandong to serve as a transshipment envoy to the salt transportation capital.

He was conscientious and conscientious in Shandong, and he made small contributions. In addition, due to the establishment of the Treasure Banknote Lifting Division and the Daming Bank by the imperial court, many household officials were transferred, so Lu Ben was transferred back to the household department of the dynasty.

He has no obvious bias towards the dispute between the new and the old, and he is also decent as an official, not greedy or occupied, and not a group or a party. However, he is a disciple of a saint after all, and on the way back to Beijing to take up his post, he passed through the Yansheng Gongmen, and it is understandable that he went to visit one or two, and it also shows that he is above board. If you deliberately don't get in, it's going to be inflammatory.

is such a virtuous and good official, the reason why Zhu Su paid attention to him was because of his relationship in the original history. After Zhu Xiongying's accident in history, judging from the results, the biggest benefit was Zhu Yunwen and his mother's Lu family. And Lu Ben is the maternal ancestor of Zhu Yunwen in history, and the biological father of the prince's concubine Lu.

Regardless of whether Lu Ben intervened in Zhu Xiongying's accident in history, it is only said that this time, Zhu Xiongying almost died again, and Lu Ben's name appeared in the file again...... This alone makes it impossible for Zhu Su not to be suspicious.

It's just that Zhu Biao in this timeline did not marry the Lu family as a side concubine. Even if he took the risk and harmed Zhu Xiongying, what good would the Yu Lu family have? Could it be a coincidence?

"Mother, do you remember anything about what Lu Ben did on weekdays?" Zhu Su thought about it, but he didn't think that Lu Ben had any motives, so he casually asked Queen Ma.

"Mother is an inner court woman, and she doesn't interfere in politics, what does she pay attention to a foreign court official?" Queen Ma smiled. "That is, a few years ago, when I was preparing to give Biao'er a side room, I almost took his daughter Lu's family."

"Later, you also knew, you told your father about the things in the future, and your father was angry with the child named Zhu Yunwen, so he broke off the idea of giving your eldest brother a side room. Even with the fact that he couldn't look at this Lu Ben, he was also a court official who knew how to measure, and he didn't do anything, and he was sent out to Shandong to transport salt. ”

Zhu Su sighed, and suddenly remembered that he had also seen Lu Ben when he was debating with the three elders of Pingyang in the past. I have the impression of a kind-hearted middle-aged man, who is not very conspicuous, and often acts as a peacemaker for new and old school officials. With this impression, the doubts in his heart were slightly reduced, and then he asked: "Does that mother know, who is the Lu family married now?" ”

"I haven't heard of this, I think it's unmarried. Lu Ben voted for your father before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he was also an old minister from Long. If you are really in-law, you should hand a wedding card to the palace. Queen Ma said. She has an excellent memory, when the country was not established in the past, she also helped Lao Zhu who went out to pacify the rear, if the Lu family has a post and document to send, she will not know.

At that time, the Lu family was also young, only twelve or thirteen years old. Later, didn't you advocate that a woman remarry at 18 years to raise herself, the current atmosphere in the DPRK and China is no longer as good as in previous years, and many noble officials and eunuchs are worried that early marriage will harm their daughter's life, so they let their daughter marry late. ”

"In this way, the Lu family is only twenty now, and the Lu family is also an official eunuch family, even if they are not married, it is not unusual."

"Not married yet?" Zhu Su's brows furrowed again. He pondered as he curled his fingers slightly and tapped the dossier in his hand. Queen Ma didn't bother, just quietly looked at this young son who was doing her best for the safety of her brother and sister-in-law. Zhu Su suddenly thought of something, and turned around and said, "Will it be ...... Could it be that the Lu family still wants to be the crown prince's concubine, and even thinks about helping their heirs to sit on the throne in the future? Therefore, they took advantage of the opportunity of the Confucian family to spread smallpox, and took advantage of the situation to lead the disaster to Xiongying's head? ”

Hearing Zhu Su's ridiculous speculation, Queen Ma couldn't help laughing: "You, you, you're really stunned." Let's not talk about helping my heirs to sit on the throne...... She Lu clan hasn't even entered the door of my Zhu family now, and she wants to murder her son-in-law before she enters? This plan is also too far-reaching. ”

Zhu Su put down the file with some discouragement. In fact, he also thinks that this speculation is indeed a bit nonsense. Even if the Lu family really had a lot of thoughts because they were almost selected as a side concubine, then their most urgent problem now should be how to be re-elected as a side concubine. In the meantime, it is also necessary to ensure that the Chang family is defeated, that a son-in-law is born, and that the concubine can be promoted...... There are too many steps in between, and in comparison, Zhu Xiongying can't get any benefits at all at this stage.

The risk of killing Taisun is too great, and it is not worth taking such a risk for the benefit of not having a shadow for the time being.

"You, just because you know those unknown records of later generations, you have doubts about the Lu family...... But he never thought that the current Lu family was not a relative of the emperor, and there was no act of causing trouble to the dynasty...... Isn't it unwarranted to want to add sin to mere speculation in the heart? Queen Ma admonished Zhu Sudao.

"Even if you want to eliminate the danger, you should also take it step by step, and you must not harm the innocent. Shouldn't everything in this world be in order? How can you directly find the key with this conjecture, and you can achieve it overnight. If you commit the mistake of being anxious and go down the wrong path, you will surely be attacked in the future. ”

"That's what you said." Zhu Su did not argue, he knew that Queen Ma's admonition was very reasonable. It's just that the little doubt in my heart that is disobedient still lingers.

"Overnight...... ? ”

……

Under the special admonition of Queen Ma, Lao Zhu did not kill everyone who had been in contact with Kong Xixue after all. However, in fact, most of these people have already been dealt with, and most of them have been in contact with Kong Xixue, and they are old academic bureaucrats hidden in the court.

Most of these people are former subordinates of the Yuan Court, and they survived the empty seal case, and most of them are cautious. This time, they were instigated by Kong Xixue, thinking that it was the best time to overthrow Xinxue, so most of them stood up and fought against the water. Unexpectedly, Zhu Su and Dai Sigong cured smallpox and wiped out their greatest dependence. In the end, he was caught by the angry old Zhu.

After the old Zhu in history removed these tumors, because the literati were widely implicated, they were either teachers and students or the same year, and the governance of the country was inseparable from the literati, and there was no other way to replace the vacancies left by the criminal officials. Therefore, although it is killing one stubble after another, the effect of anti-corruption and other effects has little effect, and it is okay when he is alive, and when he dies, the Ming literati will be extravagant and corrupt, and the martial arts will be excluded. Even because the mouthpieces of the world are in the hands of these literati, and the literati are sad for each other, in the end, Lao Zhu, who is bent on killing a piece of the Qingming world for the great tomorrow, was secretly named a tyrant by the literati.

But not now, after the stubborn old school forces in the DPRK and China have been destroyed, Zhu Biao's imperial examination reform has become unstoppable. The vacant positions of the old bureaucracy were destined to be filled by new, more ambitious and ambitious scribes. The court of the Ming Dynasty soon took on a new look.

(End of chapter)