Raise an emperor as a villain

Lu Hengxiu was tempted by Yingshun that day, so he had to stop searching for people in the inner palace, pretending to lose interest in finding people, but put his focus on those known people outside the palace who were graciously released from the palace. on the old man.

However, after several rounds of inquiring and unannounced visits, what we got was either that the old man was dead, or that the servant was still in a low position and didn't know anything about the Lu family.

"My lord, even in the past, not many people would have known about such an important matter. It is really difficult to find out after such a long time." Ying Thirteen's confidantes visited several places, but did not get any news. On the contrary, it took a lot of effort not to leak the news, and now that he came back to his life, he somewhat wanted to dissuade Lu Hengxiu from stopping.

"I know one person, he must know the inside story."

"Who?"

"Dexi, 20 years ago he was the chief eunuch next to the empress dowager. He was the one who brought me to Jinshang. Since then, he has been in charge of the exchanges between the two palaces."

"Then where is this person now?"

"After Jinshang registered, he was sent by the Empress Dowager to come here, but the emperor wanted to promote his own person, and sent him back to his hometown after the Empress Dowager passed away in the name of letting him take care of him."

"I'm afraid such a person is difficult to deal with. Even if he knows the inside story, he may not easily confess."

"It's okay, I'll find an excuse to go to Anhui in person, and then you will come with me."

De Xi had served the Empress Dowager for half her life, and Lu Hengxiu knew that it would not be easy to ask questions from him, so he decided to take a trip by himself.But he is an important minister after all, if he leaves Beijing without a good reason, it will inevitably attract suspicion, especially with Ming Jue, Lu Hengxiu doesn't want him to know what he is investigating.

"This matter needs to be discussed in the long term. You don't need to worry about it. I will notify you when it is needed." Lu Hengxiu sent Ying Shisan away, and sat down to think.

Anhui is neither his hometown, nor does he have any serious relatives. Unless he has official business needs, he really has no reason to go to Anhui.However, what official business is worth going to in person for the chief minister of labor right now?

Lu Hengxiu didn't think of a good solution for a while, so he forced himself to put aside his chaotic thoughts. Now that the government affairs inside and outside the court are complicated, there are still many things that need to be dealt with by him. He can't concentrate on these things.

Although the Duan Clan has been uprooted, the love of forming cliques among officials in the DPRK and China cannot be changed for a while. Without the Duan Clan, there will naturally be countless small groups, either because of geographical proximity, or because of interests. All in all, everyone recognizes that one has to rely on something to gain a firm foothold in the court.Over time, it will be inevitable that officials and officials will protect each other, engage in malpractice for personal gain, and exploit people's livelihood.

How to clean up the administration of officials has been Lu Hengxiu's long-term concern. His perseverance has been forged in his extraordinary experience.Now it is like a treasured sword, whistling in the box, urgently waiting for a sword to cut through this turbid world.

It is said that there are three fires for a new official to take office. However, since Lu Hengxiu became the chief minister of the cabinet, he has never taken any action to swear power and dignity. Apart from maintaining the daily operation of the cabinet, he went to the palace to teach the prince, which is a bit out of the ordinary Neither did.

Originally, when he was so successful, he attracted the attention of civil and military officials from all over the court, but after half a year of observation, Lu Hengxiu did not accomplish a major event to show his ability and means. It seemed that he just dared to do his job well in a mediocre way.As a result, many people let down their vigilance, thinking that Lu Hengxiu was too outstanding and afraid of being destroyed, and now he would not dare to do anything big even if he came back to the supreme position.

Lu Hengxiu didn't care about other people's opinions. Whether they said he was a noodle master or the head of the Taiping Pavilion, he just pretended not to hear.He doesn't care what others think of what he wants to do, not to mention that he doesn't want to attract attention now, and others think so in his favor.

Lu Hengxiu suppressed the investigation of the Lu family's old case, and was still busy with his daily affairs, and it will soon be the end of the new year.This year, the world is considered to be Anshun. Except for the flood in Longxi at the beginning of the year and the usual small drought in Jizhou in summer, the weather is also considered smooth. The Duan party has been eliminated in the court, and unprecedented prosperity has ushered in the monarchy.

Therefore, it is a year worthy of celebration. After Lu Hengxiu entered the twelfth lunar month, he never returned to the mansion. Ming Jue let him stay in the palace every day. Also enjoy it.

Putting aside those messy things in the past, being with Mingjue is of course happy. Mingjue dotes on him and misses him. He will send him any good things first. There are no differences in political affairs. A scene of peace.

"This Yangzhou prefect is too ungrateful, he insists on coming to Beijing to pay New Year's greetings to me." Ming Jue saw the Yangzhou prefect after reading the book all morning, and couldn't help feeling annoyed.

"What's the matter?" Lu Hengxiu accompanied him to read the official documents at the table beside him. Hearing this, he stood up and asked while reading the notebook.After reading the brochure, he still didn't understand why Ming Jue got angry.

"This is just a letter of greeting. It is his sincerity that he wants to come to see the emperor. If the emperor doesn't want him to come to Beijing, just reject him. Why get angry?"

"Hmph~ He is sincere and angry with me. This is already his third letter. After October, he will give me a letter. I have rejected him twice, but he still comes." Ming Jue explained angrily. After thinking about it, I really can't blame him for his bad temper. The Yangzhou prefect had done a few things to build bridges and roads this year, so he couldn't help but want to hang out in front of Ming Jue, and Ming Jue understood.

"The first time he submitted a booklet saying he wanted to come, I rejected him, saying that the distance from the capital made him unnecessary to come, and rewarded him with 50 taels of gold, which was sent to him along with my own commendation. It turned out that half A month later, he submitted the paper again, and the paper was twice as long as the previous one. The central idea was that he wanted to go to Beijing. When I returned, he refused to come. I didn’t expect him to give me this third letter. You said that I shouldn’t be angry. ?"

Lu Hengxiu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, thinking that the Yangzhou prefect was either too forgetful or a strange person.

"In that case, the emperor just ignore it."

"Hmph, I get up early every morning to go to the court, and then I have to come to the imperial study to approve the memorials. He is fine. He has nothing to do to trouble me. He doesn't understand my hard work in approving the papers. The papers don't make sense. After thousands of words, I summed it up with a single nonsense: Your Majesty, I beg you to ask me to send you New Year's greetings."

Mingjue was seriously angry, and Lu Hengxiu finally burst out laughing.

"You're still laughing, Jane doesn't even love me anymore." Ming Jue looked aggrieved, pushed the memorial aside, stood up and said, "Today is Laba, let's go back to Qiangong to drink Laba porridge Go, don't look at the booklet."

After speaking, he walked over and pulled Lu Hengxiu to run into his bedroom.

"Huh? The emperor's papers have not been approved halfway yet."

"I'm angry and don't want to read the scriptures."

"How could the Ninety-Five Lord still have such a childish temper?"