The Jagged Empire of Daqin

Great Lu Dynasty!

The Great Lu Dynasty had eight counties under its jurisdiction, with a population of more than four million and a regular army of 30. Its national strength belonged to the ranks of second-rate dynasties.

Among the many dynasties, the Dalu Dynasty was neither strong nor weak, and could only protect itself. The emperors of Dalu seldom produced a wise king, so I don’t know how many Lu people and even Lu officials are looking forward to the arrival of Mingjun.

Taihe County, Lucheng!

Taihe County is located in the center of the Great Lu Dynasty, and Lu City is the capital of the Great Lu Dynasty, located in the south of Taihe County!

Emperor Lu City has tens of thousands of households, and it is very lively during the day, but at night, like countless cities in the world, the light will be turned off and it will become a city of night.

Palace!

Even though the imperial palace is the king of a country and the place where the royal family lives, at night, the glittering golden tiles have to be dimmed. Except for a small part of the palace that is brightly lit, the rest of the palace is pitch black.

Beside the artificial lake in the back garden of the palace, a young man in a white brocade robe was sitting on a rock by the lake, listening to the sound of the lake water flowing, while blowing the jade Xiao Xiao in his hand.

From his whistle, it can be heard that he is in a complicated mood at this time, both happy and sad.

He is Lu Jia, Yingbei's apprentice and the sixth prince of the Great Lu Dynasty.

Ever since he returned to the familiar palace, everything around him has changed, even his surname has changed back to Lu.

Lu Jia put down the jade Xiao in his hand, raised his head slightly to look up at the sky and the bright moon, under the shining of the moonlight, it could be seen that there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

"You two are the same age, and one is a prince and the other is a princess. It seems like a match made in heaven, but there is a huge gap between you!"

"The strength gap between the two dynasties of Lu and Qin is too great. In the eyes of my Great Qin, your Lu Dynasty is just a second-rate small country. So, what confidence do you have to dare to fall in love with my Great Princess Qin? Besides, this is just your wishful thinking. I, Great Princess Qin, may not be able to see you!"

"Don't you take a pee to see what you look like, do you deserve it?"

In Lu Jia's mind, he kept recalling what happened in the Hengzhou City restaurant in the past, and those words kept hurting his heart.

The more Lu Jia thought about it, the more painful it became. He was holding Yu Xiao's hand with all his strength, and his hand turned white from the exertion.

With a sound of 'click', the jade flute was pinched into two pieces, and Lu Jia threw the broken jade flute into the lake. When the broken jade flute was thrown into the lake, Lu Jia's eyes changed, becoming indifferent, It seemed that what was thrown into the lake was not the broken jade flute, but his broken heart!

Lu Jia lowered his head, looked at the sparkling lake with indifferent eyes, and muttered to himself: "I will make you regret it, I will definitely make you regret it"

ps: "Everyone, don't dislike the author who updates twice a day. The author is not lazy, and the reason has already been mentioned, that is, the eyes can't stare at the computer for a long time, I hope to understand!"

Chapter 995 The Dying Emperor Lu!

"Sixth prince, sixth prince, why are you here!"

In vain at this moment, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old eunuch ran hurriedly, shouting anxiously while running.

Lu Jia subconsciously turned his head to look, then stood up, and asked blankly, "Little Zhang, what happened?"

This little eunuch is called Xiao Zhangzi. He just entered the palace a few days ago. Emperor Lu saw that he was clean, so he asked him to serve Lu Jia who had just returned to the palace. Lu Jia had left the palace for six years and had no relatives in this huge palace. , so he regards Xiao Zhangzi as a confidant.

Xiao Zhangzi walked to the bottom of the rock, dressed roughly and said, "Your Majesty, hurry up and let you pass!"

"What!" Lu Jia was startled, jumped off the rock, and ran towards the Emperor's residence, the Sky Palace, Xiao Zhang hurriedly followed.

Since he entered the palace, Lu Wan has never come to see him except to send Xiao Zhangzi to serve him. Something big happened, even a critical illness!

After about half a stick of incense, Lu Jia finally came to the bedroom of the Sky Palace. As soon as he entered the bedroom, he saw the prime minister, the six ministers, the empress, Mrs. Li, and the three princes standing beside the dragon couch. Lying pale on the dragon couch.

Seeing Lu Wan's dying state, he knew he would not live long.

As soon as Lu Jia walked into the dormitory, everyone also looked at Lu Jia. Everyone looked at Lu Jia with hatred, expectation, curiosity, and excitement.

Those who hated Lu Jia were Empress Shangguan Min, Seventh Prince Lu Cheng, Eighth Prince Lu Jie, Ninth Prince Lu Xiao, and Prime Minister Shangguan Mindong. These five people belonged to the power of the Shangguan family.

They hated Lu Jia not only because of Li's poisoning of Queen Shangguan Min's womb son, most of the reason was because Lu Di Lu Wan suddenly called Lu Jia's mother and son back to the palace when he was in critical condition, which made them have to be cautious and treat Lu Jia A's mother and son's hatred is even greater.

What I have to say is that the First Prince, Second Prince, Third Prince, Fourth Prince, and Fifth Prince all died within a few years of birth, so Lu Jia is worthy of the name of the eldest son of the emperor. Maybe this was deliberately arranged by God.

The people looking forward to Lujia are He Jiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Yuzhong, Shangshu of the Hubu. These two belong to the imperial party. They are only loyal to the emperor and Dalu, and do not belong to the sphere of influence of the Shangguan family.

Those who were curious about Lu Jia were Ren Nan, Minister of Rites, Zheng Haiguo, Minister of Industry, Chen Ming, Minister of Officials, and Tang Xiao, Minister of Criminal Justice. These four belonged to the left-wing party in the center of the court. The Zhong and the Shangguan family are in conflict, and it is also a party deliberately cultivated by Lu Wan to suppress the Shangguan family.

As for the excited person, it is naturally Mrs. Li!

Everything she has done in her life is to make her son the emperor of Dalu, and now there is only one last step left before this goal, how can this not make her excited.

"Jia'er, come here." The weak Lu Wan waved to Lu Jia.

Lu Jia stepped through the crowd, knelt on the edge of the bed, his eyes were red and wet, and shouted: "Father!"

He was not acting. Although Lu Wan exiled him for six years and suffered a lot, he knew very well that his father was protecting himself.

Ask yourself, my father has never failed him in this life, only he has failed my father, this kindness to my father will never be forgotten in eternity!

Seeing his son's rough and dark skin, Lu Wan couldn't help feeling heartbroken. He reached out and stroked Lu Jia's choked hand and said, "My son has suffered, really suffered, my son blames his father?"

"My son knows that my father has good intentions, how can I blame my father!" Lu Jia couldn't help but burst into tears.

Lu Wan was a little relieved when he heard the words, forced a smile on his pale face, and patted Lu Jia's rough hand lightly, while laughing: "Father is going to let you inherit the great rule and lead the great Lu to rise, can you do it?" arrive!"

After the words fell, the queen, the prime minister and the three princes were shocked when they heard the words, and the queen Shangguanmin couldn't help but shouted sharply: "Your Majesty, are you crazy? He was the child in the womb of the concubine. Kill him!" I have lost my younger brother, if he inherits the Datong, my Dalu will not perish!"

"To shut up!"

"What happened at the beginning, don't do Jia'er's business, don't talk too much!"

At this moment, Lu Wan seemed to have regained his energy, and his pale face became more rosy.

Seeing Lu Wan scolding, Shangguan Min didn't dare to say anything, while the prime minister, Shangguan Mindong, looked gloomy and remained silent. I don't know what he was thinking. As for the three princes, they were afraid of Lu Wan since they were young, and they dared not fart. put one.

"Father, my son can do it!" Lu Jia replied without any ink marks.

"Okay, okay, from now on, you will be the Crown Prince of Dalu!" Lu Wan said sonorously.

"Thank you, Father!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Lu Jia and Li Shi knelt down and thanked each other excitedly!

"Prime Minister!" Lu Wan called softly!

Prime Minister Shangguan Mindong took a step forward, lowered his head and replied: "The minister is here!"

Lu Wan took a deep look at Shangguan Mindong, and said in a deep tone: "My time is approaching, and there are some things that should be said on the bright side. I know that what happened six years ago, your Shangguan family treated Lu A and even I have complaints!"

"But there is a leader in the crime, and Lu Jia should not be blamed. Even now, I should give you an explanation. When I go west, I will be buried with Mrs. Li. That's it, this matter is understood, okay?"

Hearing these words, Mrs. Li felt like being hit on the head with a hammer, and was stunned for a moment.

But Shangguan Mindong was amused for a while, let a Li family be buried with him, just want to let Shangguan's family dispel Lujia's hatred?This is too good at reckoning!

"Follow Your Majesty's will!" Even though he was not satisfied with Lu Wan's solution, Shangguan Mindong still complied.

Anyway, once Lu Wan dies, he has plenty of ways to bring down Lu Jia!

Lu Wan also knew that Shangguan Mindong would not give up, but his goal had already been achieved. At least on the surface, the matter six years ago was resolved. As for the secret, it was up to Lu Jia himself. His own throne depends on whether he has the ability to hold it.

"Your Majesty, the concubine can't die, Your Majesty, please spare the concubine. In six years, the concubine has also awakened!" Finally, Li finally regained his composure, and kept kowtowing to Lu Wan for mercy, bleeding from his forehead.

Lu Wan didn't even look at Li Shi. If it wasn't for Li Shi, this matter would not have existed. This end was entirely her own fault.

"Come on, delay!" Lu Wan shouted softly without anger.

Li Shi saw Lu Wanzhi's determination, so he pulled Lu Jia's sleeve and cried to Lu Jia: "Jia'er, please hurry up and beg your father, mother already knows that she is wrong, mother does not want to be buried with him!"

ps: "I don't know if this paragraph is good or not!"

Chapter 996: Burial with Mrs. Li!

Lu Jia lowered his head and said nothing, no matter how Li Shi pulled it, he was indifferent!

Seeing this, Mrs. Li immediately slapped Lu Jia angrily, crying and cursing with resentment on her face: "You bastard, how much mother has paid for you, are you going to repay your mother like this?"

"I'm your mother, please help me beg for mercy!"

"Jiaer!"

Li Shi was crying and making noises, pulling Lu Jia's neat clothes into a mess. At this moment, two imperial guards came in and dragged Li Shi out. Li Shi struggled frantically, but she was a weak woman, How could she be the opponent of the Imperial Forest Army, the two Imperial Forest Army dragged her out of the palace without any effort.

After Mrs. Li was dragged away, the bedroom finally returned to calm.

"He Aiqing, Yu Aiqing!"

Lu Wan looked at He Jiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Yuzhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, and the latter immediately bent down and said: "The minister is here!"

"You are all my confidants and beloved generals. I hope that after I leave, you can assist the new emperor like me. Not only you, but also Ren Aiqing, Zheng Aiqing, Chen Aiqing, Tang Aiqing, and Shangguan Aiqing!"

"The current situation is extremely tense. There is a strong Qin in the north who wants to wipe out all the countries. If Han has been invaded by it, and if Han is destroyed, Lu will be in danger. In such a critical time, Ai Qing must not mess with the government, otherwise Qin will take the opportunity to attack him. !" Lu Wan exhorted to the ministers in a deep tone.

"The minister complies with the order!" All the ministers bowed down and saluted in response!

"Ugh"

Lu Wan suddenly sighed heavily, this sigh seemed to let out his last breath, his originally somewhat polished face suddenly turned pale, and his whole body revealed a sense of weakness.

The deadline is coming!

"His Majesty!"

The ministers couldn't help being anxious for a while, but Lu Wan raised his hand lightly, motioning for everyone to back down.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, then left the bedroom one after another, Lu Jia also left...

Outside the Sky Palace!

As soon as Lu Jia walked out of the Sky Palace, he saw a corpse lying on the open space not far outside the palace. There was a rope hanging around the neck of the corpse, and this corpse was Li Shi's corpse. It also proved that she was strangled to death.

Lu Jia closed his eyes in pain, and thought silently: "I'm sorry, the child has no choice!"

Empress Shangguan Min took her three princes to the side of Li Shi's body. Looking at the dead Li Shi, Shangguan Min laughed like a lunatic: "This bitch is finally dead, finally dead!"

"Okay, let's go!"

In his sixtieth year, Shangguan Mindong gave a soft drink with a cold face, and left in the direction of leaving the palace. Shangguan Min also listened to her old father's words, and after giving Lu Jia a cold look, he left here with the three princes.

The six ministers did not stay, and left one after another.

They didn't go to build a good relationship with Lu Jia, because in their eyes, whether Lu Jia can sit on the throne is not a sure thing. After all, Shangguan's family is not a small family with great energy. There are more than 3000 people in the family. .

Lu Jia also opened his eyes at this time, no longer looked at Li's body, but watched Shangguan Mindong's leaving back. He knew very well that the first step to secure the throne was to get rid of Shangguan's family first!

But how can the Shangguan family get rid of it?

This is a very big problem. Now he has no power, no power, no one, and he alone can't shake the big tree of Shangguan's family.

While thinking about this question, Lu Jia walked towards his bedroom.

After about two incense sticks, Lu Jia finally returned to his bedroom, but he didn't go to rest, but sat in the small courtyard of the bedroom, staring at the bright moon in the sky.

He was thinking about how to secure the throne and how to hold the imperial power.

Before thinking about these two issues, we must first sort out the current situation. The current situation is a three-legged confrontation, and the three legs are the Shangguan family, the imperial party, and the left-wing party!

The Shangguan family, headed by Prime Minister Min Dong, has always been a famous family in Dalu. The descendants of the family are all officials, big and small, controlling [-]% of the government!

The Imperial Party is headed by He Jiu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Yu Zhong, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and controls [-]% of the government.

The left-wing party is headed by Ren Nan, Minister of Rites, Zheng Haiguo, Minister of Industry, Chen Ming, Minister of Officials, and Tang Xiao, Minister of Punishment, and controls [-]% of the government.

If one of these three legs can work for Lu Jia, it will not be too difficult for Lu Jia to eliminate his political opponents, but the problem is that none of the three legs are willing to work for him, but this is understandable, after all, he is also The prince who returned from exile, his status is a bit embarrassing.

In addition, all the ministers don't know his abilities very well, so they dare not place bets on him.

tread... tread...

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and the vigilant Lu Jia quickly turned his head to look, only to see Xiao Zhangzi walking into the small courtyard with a middle-aged heroic man in a black robe, and saw the middle-aged The heroic man, Lu Jia's eyes lit up, he hurriedly walked towards him, bent over and saluted with a rather excited expression:

"Jia'er met Uncle Lu!"

The middle-aged heroic man was surprised for a while, and said pleasantly: "I didn't expect the sixth prince to know the last general!"

"Uncle Lu accompanied Jia'er since he was a child. Of course Jia'er remembers. Jia'er still remembers that when Uncle Lu was holding Jia'er, he even urinated on Uncle Lu's new armor. At that time, Uncle Lu, you stomped your feet angrily. !” Lu Jia smiled a little embarrassedly.

This middle-aged heroic man is called Lu Wu. Before Lu Jia was exiled, he was Lu Wan's valet and Lu Wan's martial arts master when he was a child. Lu Jia was very excited!

Lu Wu couldn't help being moved when he saw Lu Jia tell the story of the past. Back then, he was just a mere valet, an insignificant person. He didn't expect that six years had passed, and the sixth prince still remembered him.

Lu Wu looked at the dark-skinned Lu Jia and sighed: "The sixth prince has grown up and suffered a lot!"

"It's nothing to suffer. It's all worth it to see Uncle Lu. By the way, Uncle Lu, Jia'er has been in the palace for many days. Why don't you see Uncle Lu?" Lu Jia asked with strong curiosity. .

Mentioning this matter, Lu Wu's expression gradually became serious, "Since the sixth prince was exiled by His Majesty, His Majesty has also transferred the last general out of the palace to serve as the captain of the Frontier Army camp in the south, and was secretly promoted by His Majesty. He is the commander of the Southern Frontier Army camp, and the official worship is Zhengsipin Zhennan General!"