Chapter 35 Lu Zhongheng was beaten
After Queen Ma became seriously ill, she became even more lazy. Apart from raising Zhu Xiongying, he was not interested in anything else. However, she is still the lord of the Sixth Palace. As long as she wants to know something, there is nothing she doesn't know.
Empress Ma didn't bother and sent a message directly to the prince. The prince immediately sent a letter.
What is written inside is the entire inside story. The secret letter between Tang He and He Xi led to Zhu Yuanzhang asking him to do something. Finally, he was charged. He said that he should have reported it in person. It's just that I'm busy with work and can't get away from it. Just come before dinner to apologize.
Queen Ma is no ordinary woman.
Her thoughts were much more powerful than Lu Zhongheng's. The prince made it so clear. Queen Ma immediately grasped the inside story.
Queen Ma asked: "Did you go to see Duke Han? What did he say?"
Lu Zhongheng naturally said it without any concealment.
After hearing this, Queen Ma felt sad in her heart. He thought to himself: "Li Shan has lived a long life. I don't know whether it is a great blessing for the Li family or a great disaster for the Li family."
In fact, Queen Ma knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had made several murderous attempts on Li Shanchang. Queen Ma secretly comforted him several times. One of the important reasons was that Li Shanchang was already running for his eighties. How many days can this day last? Give him a few years. You should fulfill the righteousness of the monarch and his subjects. If you take action, you will not only hurt the righteousness of the monarch and his subjects, but also have a bad reputation.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not take action.
Otherwise, during the Hu Weiyong case, Zhu Yuanzhang would have been prepared to take Li Shanchang away.
On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that if too many important officials were killed, it would not end well. On the other hand, it is to wait for Li Shanchang to die on his own.
But no one expected that Li Shanchang could easily pass the two hurdles of seventy-three and eighty-four, as if he was going to outlast Zhu Yuanzhang. Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang have to take action.
Queen Ma looked at Lu Zhongheng in front of her and said to herself: "That's all, after decades of ups and downs, he has finally come through. Since he has thoughts, I have to take care of him." Queen Ma said: "I know about Nanyang. It is indeed profitable. . My son-in-law is the Midas Touch. He says he will make money, and he will definitely make money. But this money is not given for free. It belongs to whomever your Majesty wants to give it to."
Lu Zhongheng said: "I beg your Majesty to have mercy on me. It's not easy for me to maintain a big family, and Your Majesty has strict control. It's really hard."
Queen Ma said, "Do you really want to have a hand in this?"
Lawrence Lu nodded repeatedly.
Empress Ma said, "I'll give it to you." Then she shouted, "Come here, give me the staff to punish the Marquis of Ji'an."
Lu Zhongheng was completely confused. He just wants money. He wanted to make more money, but he didn't know why Queen Ma suddenly changed her attitude. But I didn’t dare to ask. Several palace servants came forward, pushed Lu Zhongheng down on the bench, and beat him with their sticks.
When Queen Ma saw Lu Zhongheng being beaten to pieces and bleeding, she waved her hand and said, "Stop."
Only then did these palace men stop.
But Lawrence Lu didn’t know if he really couldn’t get up, or if he was pretending to be pitiful. In short, he looked at Queen Ma aggrievedly, but did not dare to say a word.
Queen Ma said, "I scolded you for no reason. What do you think?"
After all, Lu Zhongheng is no longer the young man he was before. As a general, he has not been beaten like this for many years. Naturally there is resentment in my heart. He said with resentment: "My queen wants to beat me, but I don't know what I did wrong? However, my empress wants to beat me, that's not a natural thing. I can only stay close to you."
Queen Ma said, "Come here, take him to Qianqing Palace." Queen Ma lowered her body and said in Lu Zhongheng's ear, "Remember, when you get there, say whatever you want. Tell the truth."
Queen Ma watched Lu Zhongheng being carried away. She was worried about her silly brother. She sighed and said, "I can do whatever you want. The rest is up to Qianqing Palace."
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After Zhu Yuanzhang saw Lu Zhongheng being carried over, he asked the palace attendant who brought him over and immediately understood Queen Ma's intention.
Queen Ma has two intentions.
The first is to let Zhu Yuanzhang calm down.
Zhu Yuanzhang has actually always been angry with Lu Zhongheng. I feel like he is such a big fool. He is fooling around with others and you are messing around. Zhu Yuanzhang knew Lu Zhongheng's ending in history. Although it was a little sad, it was not too sad.
Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang himself is a ruthless person. The friendship from back then is still with Empress Ma. But on Zhu Yuanzhang's side, there are not many left.
It’s just that Lu Zhongheng didn’t know it.
It's like Lu Zhongheng is actually changing his family this time. He didn't quite understand it himself.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think so.
Many times, the ideas of smart people and fools are incompatible.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang are first-class smart people. It is impossible to understand the thinking of people like Lu Zhongheng. And Lu Zhongheng's performance is also very confusing. Lu Zhongheng was also very spiritual when he was fighting. He doesn't look like an idiot either.
But why did it behave like this in this matter?
Zhu Yuanzhang always felt that Lu Zhongheng was pretending to be stupid. Tang He was cunning, and so was Lu Zhongheng. Tang He still had a principled stance, but Lu Zhongheng didn't even have this anymore.
Such a person is so capricious, what use is there?
Empress Ma gave him a killing blow, giving Zhu Yuanzhang a step down. At the same time, he also made it clear that he was interceding for Lu Zhongheng.
The second is to show Lu Zhongheng’s loyalty.
Empress Ma beat Lu Zhongheng for no reason, and Lu Zhongheng's performance also showed it. He was still loyal to Zhu Yuanzhang. While this is an asshole, it is also our asshole. It is always sin that does not lead to death. You can't really kill him.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself: "I want a dragon, but I get a dog."
If it were Li Shanchang who came to plead for mercy today, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely be very happy. After all, Li Shanchang's influence is incomparable to Lu Zhongheng's. But it was Lu Zhongheng who came, but Zhu Yuanzhang felt useless.
First, now is not the same as before. Although Lu Zhongheng is a hero. But his ability is not too outstanding among the heroes. There are many people who can replace him. For Zhu Yuanzhang, there was no necessity.
Secondly, in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, this guy was already hopeless.
Fall into the eyes of money.
According to Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention, he was unwilling to accept him.
But Zhu Yuanzhang remembered the records of killing heroes in history. I sighed in my heart.
He has thought over and over again about these histories for a long time. He didn't feel he was wrong. But it wasn't done well enough. Killing is also an art. He was too rough. For example, the death of Li Shanchang was an obvious injustice. But no one noticed that before killing Li Shanchang, Zhu Yuanzhang suffered from a serious illness and almost died.
That's why he killed Li Shanchang in such a hurry.
Leaves huge black spots.
Before that, Zhu Yuanzhang also expected Li Shanchang to survive.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer has this expectation. Since he decided to reform. Many things are inappropriate for such a long time. The internal cleanup of the imperial court is coming soon. No, it should be said that it is already in the pipeline.
But, who should be killed and who should not be killed? Some people must die, and some people are in between.
Zhu Yuanzhang is weighing.
Looking at Lu Zhongheng, who was bloody and bloody, Empress Ma could not express her plea for mercy. Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself: "That's it." Obviously, in Zhu Yuanzhang's opinion, Lu Zhongheng was somewhere between killable and unkillable. Now Lu Zhongheng's choice will pull him half out of the death list, and the remaining half will depend on Lu Zhongheng's current performance.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Do you know the crime?"
Lu Zhongheng's face was confused, and he thought to himself: "I just asked for some grace. How could it be a sin?" However, Zhu Yuanzhang had accumulated great power, and Lu Zhongheng was very afraid, since Zhu Yuanzhang asked this. He could only have one answer. Said: "I know the crime."
Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "What crime was committed?"
Lu Zhongheng stuttered, he really didn’t know what to say.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "If you don't say yes, I will give it to you."
Zhu Yuanzhang walked over in a few steps, took out some documents from the bookshelf in the corner, threw it on Lu Zhongheng's head, and said, "Look. How do you think the head on your neck compares to Liao Yongzhong? How does it compare to Zhu Liangzu? Merit How about Bihu Dahai?”
Lawrence Lu immediately picked up these documents and was stunned after just reading a few lines of words. Cold sweat mixed with blood, and his back hurt.
