Raise an emperor as a villain

Lu Heng repaired Duan Wenzheng's superficial master-student relationship, which was severed shortly after the queen entered the palace.In fact, he repeatedly attacked Duan Wenzheng openly and secretly, and the old fox had already noticed the clues. It was only Lu Hengxiu who was cautious and humble to maintain it for a while.

After Duan Muyan entered the palace, she naturally understood the extraordinary relationship between Lu Hengxiu and Ming Jue. If Duan Wenzheng couldn't realize that he was being tricked by others, he would have been in the officialdom for decades.

Lu Hengxiu and Duan Wenzheng are not afraid of tearing their faces apart. Although Duan Wenzheng's power in the court is still not to be underestimated, Ming Jue's authority to control the court has long since disappeared when he first ascended the throne.

Lu Hengxiu was alone and had no serious relatives. The so-called acquaintances and old friends were just because of interests, but he was also fearless.What's more, he is the emperor's man, and everyone in the court doesn't know it. He is better than forming a party if he doesn't form a party. Anyone who wants to please the emperor knows that he can't offend this Lord Lu.

Prince Rui's rebellion involved many people who supported him secretly, some of them were old disciples of Duan Wenzheng, so the court underwent another earth-shaking change.As for Lu Hengxiu, as a hero who put down the rebellion and made suggestions, it is no problem to be promoted.

However, ascent is bound to fall heavily, and behind the infinite scenery, there are countless pairs of eyes waiting to see Lu Heng make a mistake in his practice.

Lu Hengxiu is not a saint, so it is impossible for him to be without fault, not to mention that he has helped Ming Jue with a lot of dirty things over the years. up.

In the sixth year of Jing'an, just after the [-]-day rest, Ming Jue had just returned to court when he received the note from the censors to play Lu Hengxiu.

In the beginning, it was just the humble censors who participated in some unremarkable things, such as frequent visits to romantic places to live indiscreetly, accepting respect from foreign officials, etc. Everyone in the officialdom is doing things that have long been tacitly accepted. .

Ming Jue still threw the notebook into the charcoal fire, and didn't pay much attention to it.

But in the next few days, there were only a lot of excerpts to participate in Lu Hengxiu, and the number of participants also increased from censors who specialized in reporting and exposing others to imperial officials who believed in the way of Confucius and Mencius.

Among them, the most important one is the memorial of the chief editor of the Hanlin Academy, in which more than 3000 words eloquently described that Lu Hengxiu had a vegetarian meal in the Hanlin Academy, devoted himself to high positions, had no integrity of a scholar, and ignored his work. Bad deeds.Its rhetoric is gorgeous and literary talent is brilliant, and it also has the meaning of verbal criticism, which is really a rare memorial.

It was mainly about the matter of the grand scholar's participation in the performance. It is true that Lu Hengxiu really didn't think about his job in the Imperial Academy, and he only wanted to climb higher.But this matter, if it is small, it is laziness, and if it is large, it is dereliction of duty.

Mingjue didn't throw it away this time, and called Lu Hengxiu over to have a look.

Lu Hengxiu didn't realize the coming turmoil after reading the excerpts. Firstly, it was because what the senior scholar said was indeed true, and because Lu Hengxiu still had a bit of a feud with the senior scholar.When he was in the Hanlin Academy, the bachelor didn't look down on him, and after he was promoted, he must have resentment in his heart.

It is really understandable for this old man to play himself.

Lu Hengxiu didn't tell the difference for himself, he fully admitted it in front of Ming Jue, and also admitted that he did not hesitate to plant the blame and had to pull out the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households first, just to make room for himself.After finishing speaking, he knelt down majestically, begging Ming Jue for grace.

Ming Jue didn't say much, and threw the grand scholar's eloquent three thousand-character memorial into the fire.

There are really too many people playing him, and he is used to it.Lu Hengxiu's always keen intuition failed to detect this potential danger and the behind-the-scenes hidden behind unrelated people.

The bachelor of the Hanlin Academy was a three-year Jinshi of Emperor Mingrui, and Duan Wenzheng was the invigilator for that exam.It's just that the old man was upright, never participated in party disputes, and even refused all the solicitations of his mentor, so Lu Hengxiu, who had only been back to Beijing for a few years, had no idea that this sour scholar had any connection with Duan Wenzheng.

Duan Wenzheng is worthy of being an old fox in the officialdom. After realizing Lu Hengxiu's betrayal, he did not fight back immediately. Instead, he patiently waited for Lu Hengxiu to show his flaws.

Now that two years have passed, he finally got enough handles.

Duan Wenzheng's brilliance lies in his ability to accurately grasp people's hearts, so that people who are not originally part of his party can also be used by him.As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend.

For example, the academician of the Imperial Academy, he already had a feud with Lu Hengxiu, but he didn't give the memorial because of the slightness of his words. Duan Wenzheng just mentioned him a few words, and he wrote a [-]-character memorial.

I have to say that this method is really clever, after all, Lu Hengxiu has offended many people, and all the crimes, big and small, add up to a little weight.

Although the memorial of the Grand Bachelor was burned, it was not the end but just the beginning.It didn't take long for the scriptures of playing Lu Hengxiu to erupt like a rising tide, and it intensified like a prairie fire. In the end, participating in Lu Hengxiu almost became a trend. I am not to be outdone by being active.

There are so many excerpts that Ming Jue can't burn them, and there is no way to burn them. After all, it is like the joint performance of Yushitai, the blood books of the seven members of the Imperial Academy, and the joint writings of local officials and the cabinet. Even if Ming Jue is the emperor, he can't easily burnt down.

Colluding with local officials to form cliques for personal gain, fabricating perjury evidence to plant blame, false imperial edicts to frame ministers, connivance of domestic slaves beating people in the street, galloping horses in downtown to hurt common people, ignoring human relations and messing up the harem...

One by one, the papers were so clear that the pile of memorials from the officials not only drowned out the papers for Lu Hengxiu's refutation and pleading, but almost drowned out Ming Jue's court case.

At the beginning, some ministers raised their opinions on the spot in the early court, and Lu Hengxiu would argue with others. Later, when more people joined him, Lu Hengxiu was indifferent even when someone called him a traitor by name.He just stood quietly in his place, lowered his head and listened quietly to other people's slander or accusation against him.

This time he was careless, and Lu Hengxiu also admitted that he was wronged. He knew that it would be useless to justify at this time, and all he could do was to think of ways to reduce the impact on himself.

After fighting in the court for half a month, Ming Jue finally couldn't bear the pressure and sent Lu Heng to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Ming Jue advised that torture should not be used until the result came out. People in the Ministry of Punishment did not dare to openly disobey the imperial decree, but even though punishment was not used, there were many small methods to humiliate people.

Cold food and rotten vegetables are the standard equipment of the prison of the Ministry of punishment, and the jailer would taunt from time to time: "The prison of the Ministry of punishment is not Lu's mansion. This is nothing compared to the food in the emperor's imperial dining room. Lord Lu, just let it go." He spat hard and cursed, "What the hell."

Lu Hengxiu didn't bother to argue with them, these little people were nothing more than dead ants in his eyes, ants that he would look down on even after he was jailed.