Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 603 Suspicious of Lu Ben
Judging from the dossier, there is nothing wrong with Lu Ben’s experience.

Lu Ben was originally appointed as Zuo Si Langzhong. He acted cautiously and had considerable political achievements.He could have been promoted to be the head of a household, but due to various reasons, he was moved to Shandong to serve as the salt transportation envoy.

During his tenure in Shandong, he worked conscientiously and achieved only a small amount of merit.In addition, because the imperial court established the Baochao Promotion Department and the Ming Dynasty Bank, many officials from the household department were transferred, so Lu Ben was transferred back to the imperial household to serve in the household department.

He has no obvious preference in the dispute between new and old learning. He is considered an upright official and is not greedy or occupying, nor is he a group or party member.However, he was a disciple of a saint after all. On his way back to Beijing to take up his post, he passed by Yansheng Gong's family, and it was understandable that he went to pay a visit. It also made him more upright and upright.If you deliberately stay out of the way, you will be following the trend.

Such a virtuous and good official, the reason why Zhu Su paid attention to him was because of his relationship in the original history.Historically, after Zhu Xiongying's accident, judging from the results, the ones who benefited the most were Zhu Yunwen and his mother's family, the Lu family.In history, Lu Ben was Zhu Yunwen's maternal ancestor and the biological father of the crown prince's concubine, Lu.

Regardless of whether Lu Ben intervened in Zhu Xiongying's accident in history, this time, Zhu Xiongying almost died again, and Lu Ben's name appeared in the file... This alone made Zhu Su suspicious.

However, Zhu Biao in this timeline did not marry Lu as his concubine.Even if the risk harms Zhu Xiongying, what good will it do to the Lu family?Could it be a coincidence?

"Mother, do you remember anything about Lu Ben's daily behavior?" Zhu Su thought about it, but he didn't think Lu Ben had any motive, so he asked Queen Ma casually.

"I am a woman from the inner court and not involved in politics. What should I do if I pay attention to an official from a foreign court?" Empress Ma said with a smile. "That is, when I was preparing to give Biao'er a side wife a few years ago, I almost got his daughter Lu."

"You also found out later that you told your father about the things that happened in the future. Because your father was angry with the child named Zhu Yunwen, he gave up the idea of ​​giving your eldest brother a side wife. He also couldn't even look at this Lu Ben. Come on, I turned out to be a court official who knew how to behave, and he didn't commit any crimes, so he was sent out to transport salt in Shandong."

Zhu Su said oh, and suddenly remembered that he had met Lu Ben when he was debating with the three elders of Pingyang in the past.My impression is that he is a kind-faced middle-aged man with an unremarkable appearance. He often acts as a peacemaker to officials from the new and old schools.With this impression, the doubts in my heart were slightly reduced, and then asked: "Does the mother know who Lu is married to now?"

"I haven't heard of this. I think he is unmarried. Lu Ben used to vote for your father before the founding of the country. He is also an old minister of Conglong. If he is really related to someone by marriage, he should send a wedding invitation to the palace. "Queen Ma said.She has an excellent memory. In the past, before the founding of the country, she helped Lao Zhu comfort the rear when he went on an expedition. If there were documents from the Lu family, she would definitely know about it.

"Mr. Lu was young at that time, only twelve or thirteen years old. Later, you didn't advocate that women should marry at the age of eighteen to raise children. Nowadays, the atmosphere in the court is no longer what it used to be. There are many noble officials who are worried that early marriage will harm their daughters' lives, so Let your daughter marry later."

"Based on this, the Lu family is still only twenty. The Lu family is also an official family. Even if they are still unmarried, it is not unusual."

"Not married yet?" Zhu Su frowned again.While he was thinking, he slightly curled his fingers and tapped the file in his hand.Empress Ma didn't bother him, she just looked at the young son quietly who was doing his best for the safety of his brother's legitimate son.Zhu Su suddenly thought of something and turned around and asked: "Could it be...could it be that the Lu family still wanted to be the crown prince's concubine, or even wanted to help her own heirs to sit on the throne in the future? So they used the Kong family to spread smallpox. The opportunity, taking advantage of the situation, led to the disaster to the heroic head?" Hearing Zhu Su's ridiculous guess, Queen Ma couldn't help but laugh: "You, you, you are really crazy about it. Let's not say anything about helping his heir sit down. The throne... She, Mrs. Lu, has not even entered the door of my Zhu family, and she is thinking of murdering the legitimate son before she has entered? This plan is too far. "

Zhu Su put down the file in frustration.In fact, he also felt that this speculation was indeed a bit nonsense.Even if the Lu family really had ulterior motives because they were almost selected as a concubine, their most pressing problem now should be how to be re-elected as a concubine.In the meantime, they must also ensure that they defeat the Chang family, ensure that they give birth to a legitimate son, and ensure that they can become the concubine... There are too many steps in between. In comparison, Zhu Xiongying cannot gain any benefits at this stage. .

The risk involved in killing the great-grandson is too great. Taking such a risk for a benefit that has no shadow for the time being is not worth it no matter how you think about it.

"You, just because you know those unknown records of later generations, you have doubts about the Lu family... but you have never thought that the Lu family today is not a relative of the emperor, and has no intention to bring trouble to the imperial court... Just based on your heart If you want to impose a crime just by making assumptions, wouldn't it be groundless?" Queen Ma warned Zhu Su.

"Even if you want to eliminate the danger, you should do it step by step and never harm innocent people. Shouldn't everything in this world be done step by step? How can you directly find the key and solve it overnight based on this speculation? If you make a mistake of being impatient If you take the wrong path, you will definitely suffer backlash in the future."

"You are right." Zhu Su did not argue. He knew that Queen Ma's advice was very reasonable.But the doubt in my heart still lingers.

"It's all done in one fell swoop..."

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Under Queen Ma's special persuasion, Lao Zhu finally did not kill everyone who had contacted Kong Xixue.But in fact, most of these people have already been dealt with. Most of them have had contact with Kong Xixue and are old school bureaucrats hidden in the court.

Most of these people are former relatives of Yuanting, who narrowly survived the Kongyin case, and most of them are cautious.This time, incited by Kong Xixue, they thought it was the best opportunity to overthrow Xinxue, so most of them stood up and fought.But they didn't expect that Zhu Su and Dai Sigong actually cured smallpox and wiped out their greatest reliance.In the end, they were all captured by the furious Lao Zhu.

After Lao Zhu in history removed these cancers, because the literati were widely implicated, it was said that they were either teachers and students, or they were the same generation. The country was inseparable from the literati, and there was no other way to replace the vacancies left by the criminal officials.Therefore, although they killed one crop after another, the effect of eradicating corruption was very little. They were fine when they were alive, but after their death, the Ming literati returned to extravagant corruption and marginalized the military men.Even because the mouthpieces of the world are in the hands of these literati, the literati are pitiful against each other. In the end, Lao Zhu, who was determined to bring a clear world to the world, was secretly named a tyrant by the literati.

But it won't happen now. After annihilating the stubborn old school forces in the DPRK, Zhu Biao's reform of the imperial examination has become unstoppable.The positions vacated by the old bureaucrats are destined to be filled by new scribes who are more vigorous and ambitious.The Ming Dynasty's court quickly took on a new look.

(End of this chapter)