Chapter 14
Today's meeting was bloody. Lu Desheng, Lu's big troll, went into full force. He first criticized Mr. Zhao Wenkuan, the head of the Zhao family, for being lazy and derelict in his duties, and for indulging in shielding his relatives and bullying the people and dominating the market.
Immediately afterwards, he dragged out two of the more capable officials of the old Zhao family and sprayed them all over their bodies, spraying everything from their moral etiquette, to the errands they handled, to even their style and thoughts. Seeing the big from the small, judging from the point, in any case, it is to slap the Zhao family, if there are conditions, it will be deducted, if there are no conditions, create conditions will be deducted!
In the early morning of this day, Lu Desheng turned everything into a criticism meeting of Zhao officials.
Emperor Kang Cheng, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was shocked. It was rare to see his beloved Qing so hard at others. How could the Zhao family offend him to the death?
After pulling out the carrots and bringing out the mud, Zhao Wenkuan and the two officials in charge abandoned their vehicles and threw out three capable men in order to protect themselves.
The final result was that Lu Desheng single-handedly caused Zhao Wenkuan to lose half of his official rank and keep him for future use. The two principal officials of the Zhao family were even more miserable, losing two official ranks. There were also three minor officials who were immediately dismissed from their posts and sent to prison.
This fighting power makes onlookers feel sad. Cruel, too cruel.
After the morning court ended, the officials filed out. Prince Gong even avoided Lu Desheng from a distance. He did not forget that all of this originated from the flower appreciation banquet held at his house that night.
No one dared to come within two feet of Lu Desheng. This is a lunatic!
Facing everyone's looks of fear or disgust, Lu Desheng raised his head high. What a man is least afraid of is other people's looks of hatred or even contempt. What he fears most is looks of sympathy. He knew very well what he should and shouldn't do. When he had a mission, he would spray whoever the emperor asked him to do. When he didn't have a mission, he could spray whomever he wanted. There are so many people who hate him, who do you think they are?
Lu Desheng walked towards the main hall door with high spirits, like a rooster that had won a fight. In contrast, the officials of the Zhao family looked disgraced.
Zhao Wenkuan stopped him and said with red eyes, "Lu Desheng, okay, you are doing very well!"
Lu Desheng: "Of course I'm fine! As the saying goes, if you cultivate your moral character, harmonize your family, govern the country and bring peace to the world! I am a decent man, a good wife, a good son, a filial daughter, and a good official. I have a smooth career and am highly valued by the emperor. What about you, Mr. Zhao? I have a restless family at home, and you deserve this. disaster!"
"You!" You shouldn't be talking nonsense with him, Zhao Wenkuan felt like he was going to be pissed to death.
Lu Desheng's shameless words made the officials passing by them couldn't help but curse in their hearts, Bah, you are the most shameless person, and you dare to say that you are a decent person.
Especially the people in the Yushitai were cursing in their hearts. Lu Desheng was simply not a son of a man. His behavior completely tarnished the word Yushitai and was a disgrace to their Yushitai!
Lu Mansion
On the morning when Lu Desheng went to the morning court, Lu Songli also got up early. After she woke up, she did not eat in her own courtyard, but went to the main courtyard.
Ms. Jiang got up right after seeing her husband off. The old man didn't sleep well and couldn't fall asleep even if he lay down after waking up, so he simply didn't lie down.
Mrs. Jiang was quite surprised to see Lu Songli coming over. Her daughter had never come to the main courtyard so early before, so she quickly asked her if something had happened.
Lu Songli shook her head.
When Mrs. Jiang learned that she hadn't had breakfast yet, she asked her servants to make it for her. Looking at her daughter's silent face, Ms. Jiang guessed that she was worried about her father, and couldn't help but comfort her, "Don't worry about your father, it's just an impeachment of the Zhao family. This is not the first time your father has done this." , rarely misses."
Lu Songli stroked her forehead, her mother was quite optimistic. Although she has been recuperating these days, she has not been idle either. By consulting some information and getting information from the maids and servants, she also has a better understanding of the Dali Dynasty where she currently lives and the situation of her family. Clear perception.
Let’s talk about the general environment first. The Da Li Dynasty is the current ruler. The Da Li Dynasty has been inherited for 178 years. The current emperor Kang Cheng is the eighth emperor of the Da Li Dynasty. After experiencing the founding, resurgence, prosperity, and preservation of the dynasty, the current Dali Dynasty has obviously entered a period of decline. To sum up the history of China, the average life span of each dynasty is about two hundred years. No wonder in the original work, the Qin family was able to successfully rebel because it turned out that Dali was dead.
Emperor Kangcheng was not a strong-willed and persevering emperor. When he came to the throne, he should have been a bit ambitious. He was quite diligent in national affairs and had strong self-discipline. He was also willing to listen to the advice of loyal ministers and good generals. He seemed to be somewhat wise. The appearance of a monarch. But after he reached middle age, he became a little lazy in politics. He was not obsessed with women, but was obsessed with Buddhism and Taoism. Like a middle-aged rebel, he pinned his thoughts on nothingness. He often stayed away from court, practicing in the inner hall, and even privately called himself Taiqing Zhenren.
Lu Songli also understood that governing a country could not be achieved overnight. After the passionate period of the young emperor, the country of Dali was still too heavy for him.
Lu Songli felt that if an emperor has given up on being a wise and wise emperor, he is undoubtedly in danger, because nothing can restrain him, especially for someone who wants to do something practical for the country and the people. For loyal ministers and good generals. Because what these people want and what the emperor wants are contradictory and conflicting. But for some conspirators, it is an opportunity.
Fortunately, although her father is not a conspirator, he is not a doer either, otherwise he would still be hanging around now.
The environment is such a political environment, and let’s talk about her family’s situation. Her father is a supervisory censor, her elder brother is just a minor clerk, and his younger brother is still writing poems in the academy. Her grandfather has passed away, and there are not many people in the old family who can use it. Besides, in her grandma's family, the most promising person was her grandpa, an old scholar. It was with his help that her father was lucky enough to embark on an official career. After her grandfather passed away, her third uncle obtained the title of scholar under the guidance of her father at the age of seventeen, but then failed the exams repeatedly.
Among the close relatives in the family, the most promising one turned out to be her father. In other words, her father had no elders in the family who could rely on him to show him the way, not even the Yue family. Instead, he himself was the one they all relied on.
A close friend? Allies who help each other in the court? No! It was said that her father, Lu Desheng, was a feared censor in the Dali court. In fact, she felt that her father was a proper orphan in the court. Of course, for some special reason, it's not her father's fault.
After analyzing this, Lu Songli could almost see her father walking alone on the official road that looked like ice, walking on thin ice, and it was extremely dangerous under the ice. Therefore, she is not as optimistic as her father and mother. In fact, her father probably is not optimistic in his heart, right? Seeing that he is only forty this year, his hair has slowly turned silver. You can imagine the anxiety and suffering deep in his heart.
But what is certain is that her father still loves her mother-in-law very much. You can tell from the fact that her mother still looks like she is in her early thirties. She takes all the pressure on herself.
"Auntie, when can daddy usually go home from court?"
"According to past experience, our family lives far away from the palace, so we should be able to get home at early noon."
Lu Songli did the math. It's early noon, around eleven o'clock. Now in winter, morning service is at six o'clock. On days when she needs to go to morning service, her father has to go to bed at five o'clock. It's really hard work. You have to stand during the morning service. Standing for several hours is hard work.
"Mom, I'll pick out a few more energetic boys later. Let's go to the gate together to greet my father, shall we?"
Jiang laughed, "Is such a big battle necessary?"
Lu Songli nodded seriously, "That's necessary. Dad has worked so hard these days, why? To vent his anger for me. I can't say nothing."
This is one of them, and the other is that after analyzing the situation of her father and their Lu family, she found that something was not good. She knew that her father had prepared a luxurious gift package for the Zhao family this morning, but she didn't know that this gift package could take away several people from the Zhao family. But Lu Songli estimated that after this battle, his political opponents once again saw how threatening her father was, and some of them would be unable to sit still. As the saying goes, life is most dangerous when you are proud. When people are most proud, they are also when their defenses are most relaxed.
She now deeply understands the importance of her father, and it is her duty to protect her main force.
"Are you so sure that your father can beat the Zhao family in a fight?"
"Whether I win or lose, I am proud of my dad!"
"Okay, Mom, I will listen to you. We will go directly to the gate to greet your father in a moment."
So Lu Songli called Butler Chen.
