Let the Jin Yiwei protect the emperor, these people are more useless than each other.
But when it comes to how to spy on intelligence, Lu Zhong is not sleepy. Lu Zhong's voice was full of emotion and eloquent, making people feel like they were immersed in the scene and saw it for themselves.
Zhu Qiyu was not sleepy anymore. He was stunned for a while under the wonderful description of Lu Zhong's eloquent words.
When Lu Zhong finished speaking, he found that the hall was very quiet. After daring to raise his head and glance slightly, Lu Zhong saw that the emperor was stunned.
He Yi coughed next to him, and Zhu Qiyu came back to his senses.
Zhu Qiyu picked up the tea and sipped it slowly while summarizing the information provided by Lu Zhong:
There are many people in the palace, many eyes are mixed, there are many rules, and there are many right and wrong. Although the Empress Dowager Sun and Prince Xiang are uncles and sisters-in-law, and they are not young at all, it is not a big problem to meet and reminisce in the palace, but the rules must be taken into account, and the two of them cannot be locked in a secret room alone for an hour.
Therefore, Empress Dowager Sun summoned King Xiang in the main palace, and the door of the palace was wide open. The so-called retreating means simply asking all the palace maids and eunuchs to retreat to the entrance of the main hall.
The main hall of Cining Palace is tall and open. Empress Dowager Sun and Prince Xiang sat side by side facing the door of the palace. Sometimes they chatted freely about home affairs, and sometimes they spoke in whispers that could not be heard clearly by the palace people dozens of steps away.
Empress Dowager Sun has always called people for secret talks like this before, and there has never been any mistakes.
But the problem was that the emperor had just replaced the manager of Cining Palace with Ruan An. Although Ruan An is highly qualified and mature, he is unwilling to get involved in political fights or cause trouble.
But Ruan An's eunuchs don't necessarily think so. Among them was an eunuch named Gao Ping, who chose to move closer to the emperor.
When King Xiang entered the palace, Gao Ping happened to be on duty in the palace. What happened was that Gao Ping was also proficient in lip reading.
In Nuoda Imperial City, there are nearly 12,000 official eunuchs alone. Once the population exceeds 10,000, there will be all kinds of weird things.
So it's such a coincidence that Gao Ping has this talent for language and has this expertise that is enough to make a living.
However, in order to avoid suspicion, Empress Dowager Sun did not prohibit the palace people from looking in the direction where she and Prince Xiang were.
Lu Zhong had extensive contacts and was a close friend with Gao Ping.
Soon, the news reached the emperor's ears with the help of Lu Zhong.
So Zhu Qiyu knew in advance that the Sun family was going to marry the Dingxi Hou family, and the information provided by Lu Zhong could be verified to be true or false.
It would indeed be very refreshing if a smart and clever eyeliner could be placed next to Empress Dowager Sun.
Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu smiled at Lu Zhong and said: "Okay, Lu Aiqing, I understand your loyalty. As soon as you came to see me, I promoted you, which is easy to make people think.
Let's do this, you go back first and collect information for me carefully. After the Chinese New Year, I will promote you to the rank of commander. "
When Lu Zhong heard that there was something going on, he quickly thanked him.
After Lu Zhong resigned, Zhu Qiyu smiled at He Yi and said, "Don't tell me, this Lu Zhong really has two skills. Did I underestimate Jin Yiwei too much before?"
He Yi replied: "With so many years of connections, as long as your Majesty gives you enough trust and authority, the Jin Yiwei will never let you down in terms of spying on information.
Even the eunuchs of the inner court, as long as they are used well, can find out the information in the palace for His Majesty. "
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Okay, if you have nothing to do, you can go to the inner study hall to teach the eunuchs. You can also search for more useful people for me."
He Yi heard this and quickly thanked him.
During the Ren and Xuan dynasties, eunuchs received more and more attention, and some young and smart eunuchs were selected to study in the inner study hall. Those who taught the eunuchs were all knowledgeable Hanlin officials.
For those scholars who aspire to be prime ministers and ministers in the future, it will be of great benefit to them to go to the inner study hall for more lectures.
After finally finishing the morning's work, Zhu Qiyu took the three members of the Zhongshu family to dinner.
The palace of Prince Qi was calm and calm, but the palace exploded again.
The civil and military officials who were eagerly awaiting the news not only did not wait for the news of Yue Zheng's death, but instead saw the cabinet ministers chatting and laughing surrounding Yue Zheng's return.
For a moment, everyone was stunned: This is not in line with common sense. What about sacrificing one's life for righteousness and dying generously? What about the promise that the knife will fall from the hand and the body will be in a different place? What about the promised last day of your life?
When Yue Zheng and others approached, everyone gathered around and started asking questions.
Chen Xun waved his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, and then said: "Your Majesty has a decree, and Yue Jifang will write a letter to spread it to the world. Anyone who has the title of Health Officer or above can write to the court and express their opinions.
In addition, Yue Zheng was loyal and upright, and he was promoted to the Temple of the Ministry of Rites to worship the officials of the Qing Dynasty, the Minister of Hanlin, and the Minister of Zhongshu.
Queen Hu's brother Huan was granted the title of Ping'enhou in Jin Dynasty; Queen Hu's brother Hu Xuan was granted the title of Lecheng Bo in Jin Dynasty. "
As soon as Chen Xun finished speaking, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly solidified, becoming so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
All the civil and military ministers couldn't accept it for a while: This was too sudden. The emperor's position has been so clear, so who else can stop it? In other words, Queen Hu will be reset in the blink of an eye?
Chen Xun, Zhou Chen, Jiang Yuan and He Wenyuan left Yue Zheng where he was and went back to the cabinet to draft the edict.
Wang Wen took Yue Zheng's blood letter and returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The three law offices of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Punishment are located next to each other. They are located in Fucai Fang in the West City, not on the side of the Imperial City.
Wang Wen was now in charge of the two yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment by himself, and was highly trusted by the emperor.
Since the emperor wanted to convey Yue Zheng's memorial to the world, he naturally started with the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. After the announcement is completed, the censors can submit a letter.
Then it was transmitted to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. After the transmission was completed to the Sanfa Division, it was sent back to the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Husbandry, Honglu Temple and other temples.
Not long after, Queen Mother Sun, who was just about to have lunch, got the news.
Queen Mother Sun was so angry and frightened that she couldn't eat the lunch at all.
The original plan was for the emperor to be in the light and his emperor's faction to be in the dark. You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days.
The emperor takes every precaution, but there will always be a day when he cannot take precautions.
Unexpectedly, the emperor, who was in the open, actually chose to take the initiative to attack, and he happened to be within seven inches of hitting the snake and saving the enemy.
If the Emperor's faction does not come out to challenge and continues to lurk, it won't be long before people's hearts are dispersed and the situation is over.
If he comes out to challenge, his plan to wait and see will be ruined.
What frightened Empress Dowager Sun the most was that when it came time to hire people, she found that they were gone: the die-hard emperor's faction Hu Xi and Wang Zhi either resigned and returned home, or were forced to leave Beijing.
Shang Ren and Peng Shi, who were deeply favored by the Supreme Emperor, left Beijing. Yu Qian, who was deeply favored by Emperor Xuanzong, left Beijing.
The upright and upright Wang Ao had just returned to Beijing and was transferred away by the emperor before he could even sit down.
The remaining important officials, including Chen Xun, Wang Wen, Zhou Chen, Jiang Yuan, He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, Liu Zhongfu and others, did not have much affection for either Xuanzong or the Supreme Emperor.
In particular, He Wenyuan, Luo Tong, and Liu Zhongfu, the unlucky members of the orthodox dynasty, might be resenting the Supreme Emperor in their hearts. If they can talk about their feelings with the Supreme Emperor, they are definitely mentally ill.
The most important thing is that today Empress Dowager Sun just summoned King Xiang, her father Sun Zhong, and Jiang Yi from the Dingxi Hou family.
Logically speaking, it is really not good to summon others today. If you are summoned endlessly in one day, it will be easy for people to gossip.
The trusted eunuchs Jin Ying and Xing'an were not around either; Queen Qian was blind in one eye and lame in one leg, and was lying on the bed unable to get off the ground; Queen Zhou was content with being a little rich, and after receiving the benefits from the emperor, she was ready to meet him. Just accept it and live a peaceful life guarding your own one-third of an acre of land. Therefore, Empress Dowager Sun could only sit in the palace without anyone to discuss the matter.
(End of chapter)
