Better to live forever [Rebirth]

Every year when the New Year's Eve comes, it is the busiest time for Luojing's prefectures.

The New Year's holiday is their longest rest and holiday, and usually the time is tight and it is not easy to communicate and move around. This time, taking advantage of the joy of the Chinese New Year is a good time to connect with each other.

The Zhenbei Marquis Mansion is even more lively this year than in previous years. Zhu Dingbei's first belief after taking over the Marquis is that the Marquis Mansion will naturally have a new look.In addition to the Qin family, the Lou family, and some relatives and brothers-in-law who have a good relationship with the Zhu family, this year, many classmates of Lord Zhenbei came to visit for New Year greetings.Although the friendship between each other is not very good, but at least they are of the same generation, the family is well-known and they have been classmates in Guozi School for so many days. Zhu Dingbei also made friends with many people when he was active outside last year. .

Zhu Dingbei was very busy here, but Changxinhou's Mansion was no different from previous years.The chief stewards sent from various places have all returned to their original places. Except for a few families who were related by marriage to the Changxinhou Mansion, the Ning family seldom entertains foreigners in front of the gate.

On the [-]th day of the new year, all the officials and the emperor had a banquet to congratulate each other. On the first day of the new year, it was the day when the Taimiao was opened to worship the ancestors and the heaven, earth and the country. century.Although the harem has been useless to His Majesty the emperor in recent years, the identities of the empress and concubines are still there, and the etiquette among the noble ladies who have imperial orders cannot be neglected.

The male heirs paid New Year's greetings to the emperor, but they were all direct relatives of the emperor. Except for the only surviving Prince Ning's family and a few princes, the only one who would pay New Year's greetings to the emperor on this day was the Changxinhou Mansion.Even the Zhenbei Hou Mansion, like other ministers and clans, worships with memorials.

The emperor received Ning Heng, he looked good today, and his attitude towards Ning Heng was very gentle, but the harmonious atmosphere of the monarch and his subjects disappeared when Ning Heng handed over a memorial.

"What's the matter with Ah Heng, do you want to choose today to talk about it?"

He looked at the memorial submitted by eunuch Dongsheng, but didn't intend to read it.

Ning Heng saluted and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Heng believes that there is no delay. If possible, please ask Your Majesty to step back."

"It must be no small matter to ask you to come and tell me. Forget it, you all go down."

The palace people responded respectfully, and all retreated quietly, leaving only eunuch Dongsheng behind.Only then did Emperor Zhenyuan open the memorial, and only then did he realize that what was contained in the memorial was not documents, but several letters.

Seeing the words on it, Emperor Zhenyuan frowned without reading the content.Seeing that the emperor opened the letter without saying a word for a hundred years, the eunuch Dongsheng was frightened for a moment. He had suffered a lot in the past two years.However, seeing that His Majesty the Emperor had no intention of being suspicious of Lord Changxin, the eunuch Dongsheng naturally did not dare to make his own claims.

Emperor Zhenyuan turned over the letters one by one, faster and faster, until the last letter was finished, he could no longer see a smile on his face, looked at Ning Heng with Shen Mou and said: "You know, Changxinhou, there are all kinds of things in this letter." What did you write?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have verified it before I dare submit it to you."

"Then you should know that if the content of these letters is true, what kind of things will be involved, and even shake the country's foundation!"

Facing Tianwei, Ning Heng did not change his face, and said in a steady voice: "Heng knows it, and it is precisely because of this that he dare not delay."

Emperor Zhenyuan suddenly let out a weary breath, "Ah Heng, Ah Heng, you have relieved me of a big problem. You should know that many of these people cannot be moved. However, since you came forward, you must have already Did you find something?"

Ning Heng replied: "Don't dare to lie to Your Majesty, I have indeed found some evidence. These letters were written by Xie Yonglin, the former Liangzhou Governor, and His Majesty has more Xie Yonglin's handwriting, which can be verified. I just happened to know something a few days ago, and after in-depth investigation of the relics of this criminal minister, I managed to preserve these letters after going through many hardships, and I suspect that not all the people mentioned in these letters are there.”

Emperor Zhenyuan frowned, and sent the eunuch Dongsheng away first. When only he and Ning Heng were left in the main hall of Zhengyang Palace, he asked, "What did the Marquis Changxin find out?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, about three months ago, I learned that the body of Xie Yonglin's biological mother, who was supposed to be discarded in the mass grave, was stolen and traced to the Zheng family in Fufeng County. I can confirm that Xie Yonglin's biological mother has been properly buried in the In the ancestral grave of the Zheng family."

Seeing that the emperor was not surprised, Ning Heng knew that he was also in the hands of the emperor at this time.Three months ago, that was also the time when the emperor found the Zheng family, so it was reasonable that the Ning family would be lured by the emperor's staff to investigate the Zheng family.The emperor may not believe what he said, but it doesn't matter, he didn't come to show the emperor today, he only intends to let the emperor know what they plan to let the emperor know.

"The minister ordered people to investigate the Zheng family deeply, and unexpectedly found that not only Xie Yonglin's biological mother, but also Hu Erdu, the Queen Mother of the Huns, who we could not find the cemetery for a long time, was also buried in the ancestral land of the Zheng family." Seeing that the emperor was finally moved, Ning Heng continued: "And according to the soil quality of the cemetery, she has been buried for three to five years."

Emperor Zhenyuan squeezed his fists, thought for a moment before saying: "Isn't Xie Yonglin in collusion with the Huns, but the Huns? How sure is Chang Xinhou about this matter?"

"Your Majesty, if there is no conclusive evidence, how dare Heng tell His Majesty something that is not true?"

Ning Heng said solemnly, "Your Majesty, if Xie Yonglin is not a traitor, but a foreigner, then what he did in Dajing is definitely not simple. I searched hard for two months, and finally I was in the Xie Mansion in Liangzhou." These manuscripts were found in a hidden compartment."

These handwritten letters are all letters between Xie Yonglin and several courtiers. Some of them are insignificant officials who do practical things, and some are high-ranking ministers. They are implicated like spider threads and entangled many people. Han, I don't know what to do for a while.

He asked Ning Heng, "Marquis Changxin has assisted the royal family for generations, now that you have given these letters to me, you must have already made plans for me, right?"

"Wei Chen dare not."

"There's nothing you dare not do. I told you to say it, and you say it."

In this way, Ning Heng had no choice but to agree.

"Your Majesty, Xie Yonglin committed suicide in fear of crime, perhaps in order to protect these people. And once Xie Yonglin died, these people must be alert. The correspondence or other evidence must have been destroyed after such a long time. It is not easy to blame them. But , regardless of whether the people known in these letters are Huns or traitors who colluded with Xie Yonglin, they must not stay in the court to destroy my Dajing's state affairs... Your Majesty can promise that the new Xianbei army will step up military training. I dare to guess , You should have expected the Xiongnu's ambitions. Now they know the power of the new Xianbei army, I think, the Xiongnu will not sit back and wait for the new army's full-fledged wings to start, and they will move within a year or two."

"At that time, if these people are allowed to cooperate internally and externally, our Dajing will surely be defeated. And once our army shows signs of decline, not to mention the Xiongnu army, the Qiang, Nanman and other enemy countries will surely attack and eat up our Dajing land. Therefore , I admonish my emperor, these people cannot stay."

Emperor Zhenyuan was silent for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "Since you know that they will be vigilant after Xie Yonglin's incident, then if I deal with these people separately after the new year, it will only scare the snake. Does Chang Xinhou have a good plan?"

"To tell you the truth, I did think about it before entering the palace." He didn't mean to hide his clumsiness from the emperor, and said directly: "I think April is a good time for the state shepherds of Liangzhou to come to Beijing to report on their duties. Liangzhou state shepherd Chu Li is the time when he most needs a meritorious service to stabilize his position, if he uses Xie Yonglin's handwritten handwriting as evidence, and the government does not give these people a little time to fight back, the matter should be settled."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Zhenyuan knew that Ning Heng had already considered it carefully, but after careful consideration, there was really no better way than this, one hit was quick and hard.And before April next year, he will have enough time to consider and select a replacement for them... Emperor Zhenyuan was taken aback when he thought of this. If it wasn't for these people's vacancies, it would mess up the imperial court, and the Marquis of Changxin would definitely kill him first and play later, instead of discussing with him now.

Naturally, he was a little unhappy about this, but after all, these letters were because he was not capable enough for the Ning family to find out, so Ning Heng couldn't be blamed for making his own decisions.

only……

He thought of something, and seeing Ning Heng's gaze became more subtle, he said after a while, "I know, now Chang Xinhou doesn't need to intervene anymore, I will arrange it myself."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Originally, Ning Heng didn't want to take on these matters, so he responded very readily.

But after that, Emperor Zhenyuan didn't send him away, the monarchs and ministers were silent for a while, and then Emperor Zhenyuan said: "Since Ah Heng has found the Zheng family, I think the ones I found are not as busy as your eyes and ears, right?"

Ning Heng was stunned for a moment, then knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please believe in the loyalty of the Ning family. The Tianji Hall of the Ning family will always be used by the royal family."

Emperor Zhenyuan had been the emperor for so many years, so of course he knew something about the Ning family's behavior. He questioned Ning Heng not because the Ning family's oriole followed his secret guards to investigate these things, but because of other things.He didn't call Ning Heng, but lowered his voice, and said, "Well, you must know what I found in the secret passage of Yuan Ninghou's study, right?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, when I went to investigate, Yuanning Hou's study had been destroyed in the fire, and the secret passage was also sealed, so I didn't find anything."

He was honest with the Emperor with utmost sincerity.

The emperor chuckled, "That...it's such a pity."

Ning Heng was stunned for a moment, and when he wanted to ask more questions, Emperor Zhenyuan had lost interest in talking, and loudly announced the eunuch Dongsheng to come in, telling him to step back.