327, miserable cattle and horses
327, miserable cattle and horses
After staying at home for one night, Lu Mingfei took a carriage into the city early the next morning.
The first thing he did after returning to Beijing was to go to the palace to meet the emperor.
After waiting for a while at the door of the imperial study, the eunuch who was supposed to inform him came out and led him into the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, your humble servant greets you." Lu Mingfei bowed and saluted the emperor sitting on the dragon throne.
"My dear Minister Lu, please stand up." The emperor looked at the returning minister and glanced at the chief eunuch standing beside him.
The chief eunuch understood what was going on and waved to two young eunuchs to bring over a chair.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Lord Lu, please sit down and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Looking back, he saw a chair placed behind him. Lu Mingfei did not refuse and sat down on the chair given to him by the emperor.
The emperor did not ask any questions immediately, but just glanced at the eunuch standing beside him.
When the eunuch chief received the look from their master, he understood and led the eunuchs and palace maids serving in the room out.
Soon, the king and his minister were the only ones left in the room.
The emperor then asked, "Did you meet the Prince of Zhennan during your trip to Nanjun?"
"Your Majesty, I have seen the Prince of Zhennan." Lu Mingfei replied.
"Oh, what did he say?" The emperor looked at his ministers expectantly, hoping to hear the answer he wanted to hear.
Naturally, Lu Mingfei couldn't directly say that the Prince of Zhennan not only refused to return to the court, but also wanted to poach him.
On the way back to the capital, he had already thought of his response, so when the emperor asked him, he simply told the emperor his prepared answer, "Your Majesty, the Prince of Zhennan said he needs to think about it again."
The phrase "let me think about it" wasn't an immediate rejection, but it also saved face for both parties. It was an answer he came up with out of consideration for his boss's reputation.
When the emperor heard this, he knew that the Prince of Zhennan was trying to shirk his responsibility, and he immediately slapped the table in anger, "How unreasonable!"
"I didn't send troops directly to attack them, which was already a great favor to him. How dare that old bastard reject my kindness!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down." The emperor was furious. Lu Mingfei didn't dare to sit there any longer. He could only stand up from the chair that he hadn't even warmed up to yet and coax the emperor not to be angry.
Looking at the emperor's helpless and furious look at this time, he complained madly in his heart: If you want to send troops to attack the Prince of Zhennan, you must have troops to send!
Believe it or not, as soon as you send out your troops, those other feudal lords and rebel forces will dare to form a group and go to Kyoto to attack the imperial court.
Whether you can continue to be the emperor at that time is another matter.
Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei shook his head in his heart, but his face still showed respect and fear of the emperor's wrath. He was just putting on an act for his leader to see.
"How can I calm down? These old guys, relying on the military power in their hands, dare to disrespect me, the emperor!" This is what makes Zhao Chen most angry.
After much difficulty, he snatched the throne from his brother, only to find that the treasury was empty, with no money and no people. The officials in the court only listened to his grandfather. Now the princes in various places had declared themselves kings and did not respect him as the emperor.
He now has no face and no rights, he is just sitting on this chair as a decoration!
Lu Mingfei lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything. How could he not see that the boss was taking advantage of the situation to express his inner dissatisfaction.
That day, he overheard the emperor scolding Prince Zhennan and other princes in the palace. The good emperor even wanted to send troops from Prince Ding to attack these princes.
If he hadn't persuaded me, I'm afraid this foolish king would really do this.
Although he had been away from Beijing for some time, on his way back to Beijing, he heard from passing merchants that the battle with the Hu people in the north was in full swing.
After returning to Beijing, he received a letter from Zhao Lang. He knew that the situation in the north was indeed not optimistic and the rumors about the north were not false.
Therefore, under this circumstance, Prince Ding would definitely not be able to spare any troops to help the court suppress those vassal kings.
At this time, they were afraid that the emperor would get angry and disregard the order, and really order Prince Ding to lead the troops back to pacify the vassal kings. At that time, Prince Ding would not know whether to obey the order or disobey it.
In short, no matter which one it is, it is not a good thing for Prince Ding and the Zhenbei Army.
However, he thought that the emperor would not dare to gamble at this time. If he really angered Prince Ding, Prince Ding would disobey the emperor's order and directly rebel. Then there would be a good show to watch.
After leaving the palace and getting in a carriage on the way to the Ministry of Justice for work, Lu Mingfei thought about one thing: "Is it not a good thing that the emperor values me now?"
"Regarding this mission to Nanjun, everyone else has gotten an easy job, but why am I, a close minister valued by the Emperor, forced to risk my life on a long mission to the most dangerous place?"
"No, no, I have to find a way to make the boss think less of me!"
Originally, he returned to continue serving as an official, but he could not disobey the emperor's orders. However, now that his boss valued him more and more, and was no longer shy about scolding people in front of him, he realized that this was not going well.
He didn't really want to help Zhao Chen become the emperor, and there was no need to risk his life. Moreover, this boss didn't look like someone who would listen to his subjects. There was a bigger boss above this boss!
That Prime Minister Wan is not someone who is easy to deal with. The other party is not attacking him now because he is not qualified to be passive.
...Hey, Prime Minister Wan? He remembered something!
"Oh, I got it!" He thought of a good way to make the emperor dislike him!
The carriage stopped. The horse guard driving the carriage outside was surprised when he heard their master say "got it". Their master...what was this?
He was so surprised that he forgot the hierarchy and reached out to lift the carriage curtain and asked their master: "Master, do you have it?"
"..." When Lu Mingfei saw Guard Ma looking at him, the corner of his eye twitched and he picked up the snacks on the coffee table and threw them at him, "Open your dog eyes and see clearly, I, your master, am a man!" What's the big deal!
"Oh..." Guard Ma showed a disappointed expression and told their master: "Sir, we have arrived at the Ministry of Justice."
Lu Mingfei got out of the carriage and looked at the sign of the Ministry of Justice. He couldn't help but feel resentful in his heart: He had to do two jobs for such a low salary, and one of them was a temporary job that did the most work. He was not happy!
He must be the most miserable ox and horse of this era. He just came back from a long business trip and has to go to work at the company without even having time to rest, and he has to take over someone else's job!
Once the candidate for the genuine Left Vice Minister is decided, he, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, will have to go back to the Hanlin Academy to edit books!
By then, all my efforts will be in vain, and I'm afraid I'll even be laughed at by my colleagues...
"Sir, please come down slowly." Guard Ma didn't know why their master suddenly stopped here and didn't come down, so he kindly reached out to help their master.
Lu Mingfei glanced at this tactless brother, then took the hand that was extended in front of him and got off the carriage.
After flicking his clothes, he walked towards the gate of the Ministry of Justice.
Halfway through the journey, he suddenly stopped, took two steps back, and returned to Guard Ma's side and said, "Go and inform my second uncle and fifth cousin, and ask them to go to the braised food restaurant for dinner tonight."
"If my fourth uncle and sixth cousin are free, let them come over."
Guard Ma swallowed the cake with great difficulty, almost making himself roll his eyes. He stiffened his neck and replied, "...Okay."
"Go drink some water, there's some in the carriage, don't choke. Don't be so anxious when eating next time, I won't scold you." Lu Mingfei raised his hand and patted Ma Ge's shoulder, then turned and left.
"Come pick me up at twilight hour."
"……yes."
Guard Ma, I suspect you turned around on purpose to scare me, but I have no evidence.
However, he still personally escorted their master into the yamen before turning around, sitting on the shaft of the carriage and driving away.
Their master didn't get off duty so early, so he just had to rush here and wait before the hour of You.
***
After returning to the Ministry of Justice, Lu Mingfei first went to see his superior before returning to the small courtyard where he worked.
As soon as he came back, he was faced with the concern and greetings of a group of subordinates.
"My Lord, you are finally back."
"Did your trip to Nanjun go smoothly?"
“…”
Lu Mingfei didn't know whether these people really cared about him, or simply wanted to curry favor with him to get to the top because he was now highly valued by the emperor.
But no matter which one it is, his subordinates are willing to listen to him and do things, and he thinks it is a good thing as long as it is conducive to the development and progress of the work.
At this time, facing the greetings of his subordinates, he always replied: "Good, good, everything is fine."
"Did anything happen in the Ministry of Justice during the time I was away from the capital?"
"It's still the same as before, there are still a lot of cases that haven't been dealt with." said the person in charge standing aside.
After that, Lu Mingfei asked a few more questions about the Ministry of Justice and the Kyoto Prefecture, and then he kept a person in charge to talk and asked the others to go out and do their work first.
After returning to the Ministry of Justice, it took him less than an hour to understand what had happened in Kyoto Prefecture and their Ministry of Justice during the time he was away from Beijing.
However, there is still one thing he needs to do quickly.
That is, he promised Fu Lianxin that he would find a way to save his family's lives.
It is definitely impossible to get the people from the Taifu Mansion acquitted now.
Since we can't acquit them, we should find a way to get the people in the Taifu Mansion to a safe place. As long as they can survive, there is always a way to survive.
After thinking about this for a while, he picked up the pen and wrote on the folded paper... Author's words: Thank you Bole 9492239 (9492239) for your support, mua! To know more exciting content, please leave me a message on Liancheng Reading
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