Chapter 698: Marriage
Yan's mansion replaced the white lanterns that had been prepared long ago, and almost all the capital knew about it within a quarter of an hour.
What does it mean that Yan Song’s wife Ouyang died of illness?
It means that the banner will fall, and that the doomsday of the Stern Party that has been rampant for more than ten years is coming... There are confused people in Beijing officials, but there will never be any Stern Party.
When the news came out, the Yan Party was in a state of despair, and the Xu Party secretly celebrated each other.
Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyiwei who had just left Xiyuan, felt a lot when he heard the news. Not to mention that Yan Shifan returned home with a coffin, Yan Dang took over the responsibility, and Yan Song and his wife fell in love with each other. Once Ouyang left, how many days could Yan Song last?
It was dusk, and the drizzle fell from the sky, the north wind whistled past, and the blowing roof tiles made a crisp cracking sound. Lu Bing sighed, since he ascended the throne, Zhang Feng, Xia Yan, and Yan Song were all the same weight at the same time, and were always blown away by the rain and wind.
Lu Bing saw with his own eyes how Zhang Cong and Xia Yan fought, and Yan Song came from behind. He suddenly remembered the Shen Lian who was demoted to the frontier.
After the incident two years ago, Yan Shifan did not kill Chen Lian. Xu Wei personally took the Qian family guards out of the frontier. He first persuaded him with kind words, and then simply put Chen Lian under house arrest.
"Grandmaster, should you turn to Yan's Mansion?"
Lu Bing glanced at his subordinates warningly. The Yan Mansion is now in the middle of the vortex. His identity is special, how can he get involved?
After returning home, Lu Bing went straight to the study in trouble. Although he was a martial arts Jinshi and was in charge of the Jinyiwei, he was actually both civil and military, and even Qingci was a master.
As the commander of the Jinyiwei, he was very favored by His Majesty. Lu Bing had a very wide source of information and knew that there were too many secrets inside and outside the palace.
Yan Song and Xu Jie didn't care. What he cared about was Emperor Jiajing himself. Lu Bing knew too well that his identity and status were all based on Emperor Jiajing. Once he died, even if he was not liquidated, he would inevitably be defeated.
But Lu Bing knew that since last year, Emperor Jiajing's health has been getting worse day by day. He looks very energetic, but in fact he is almost gone.
In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the Ming Taizu set up the Jinyiwei, which was passed down from generation to generation. The commander of the Jinyiwei almost had no good ending. After all, the Jinyiwei's position was there, standing opposite the civil servant system.
The most typical examples are the first three ranks, Mao Xiang conspired into the Hu Weiyong case and Jiang Yan conspired into the Lan Yu case. Both of them were eventually thrown out by Zhu Yuanzhang to calm the public's anger, and Ji Gang during the Yongle period was even more so.
Ma Shun, who was the one who was in the throne of Wang Zhen, was the most unlucky. He was beaten to death by a civil servant in the palace. After that, Lu Zhong, Wan Tong, Shi Wenyi, Qian Ning, Jiang Bin...
The only one who died well, was praised by civil officials, and trusted by the emperor was Yuan Bin who shared the hardships with Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty after the Tumubao Incident.
The most special thing is that as long as the emperor dies and the new emperor ascends the throne, the Jinyiwei will be cleaned. However, Yuan Bin was the commander of the Jinyiwei during the Tianshun and Chenghua periods.
Lu Bing didn't expect that he would have the luck of Yuan Bin. After King Yu ascended the throne, he would definitely get out, but the question was what would happen.
To be honest, Lu Bing's reputation in the civil service system is pretty good. Otherwise, Chen Liansheng would not have been a Jinshi for two lists. The key is that everyone knows that he and the Yan Party conspired to kill Xia Guixi.
If you want to spend your old age in peace, Lu Bing needs to make some preparations. In fact, he has been making similar preparations and marriages over the years.
Lu Bing opened a book casually, thinking that he needed to prepare for the marriage of his children quickly. The eldest daughter married Zhu Shitai, the eldest son of Duke Cheng Guo, the second daughter married Yan Shifan's second son Yan Shaoting, the third daughter got engaged with Xu Jie's second son Xu Ying, and the fifth daughter got engaged with Wu Shou, the eldest son of Wu Peng, the Minister of Personnel.
Look at this list, Yan Dang, Xu Dang, nobles, civil officials, and Lu Bing have in-laws with almost all forces in the court.
Lu Bing thought in his mind that Wu Shou would take the exam next month and would get married no matter what the result was. Xu Ying was fourteen years old this year. I don’t know if Xu Jie would marry him in advance...
However, the four girls have not yet settled down and got engaged two years ago, but the man passed away last year.
After leaving the book, Lu Bing sighed again. Today, Emperor Jiajing ordered to investigate Li Mo and Qian Yuan. He knew about this before entering the palace.
According to Lu Bing's speculation, Qian Yuan gave Li Mo the opportunity to recover. It didn't matter, but Ouyang passed away and Yan Song was shaking.
Whether to investigate or not is not necessary to consider. Your Majesty has the intention of tempting to hand over this matter to Lu Bing. After all, Li Mo is Lu Bing's teacher.
How to check is not the point. Lu Bing also installed manpower in Ningbo and Zhenhai.
The key is how to report.
Lu Bing remembered the meeting before Qian Yuan went south three years ago, and made a promise and carried a favor, which finally made Li Moran safely released from prison.
Is it a favor this time?
Lu Bing smiled bitterly. Even if he fooled things, it would not be called repaying favors, but a deal... After all, Li Mo was his teacher, and once Yan Song was defeated, Li Mo would regain his confrontation with Xu Jie, and he would be able to be at peace. Maybe he could have a way out.
Lu Bing faintly realized that Qian Yuan's move seemed to be targeting him... After all, he secretly sought Qian Yuan and conspired to rescue Li Mo, which also meant that Qian Yuan knew very well how much Li Mo was in his mind.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration in Lu Bing's mind. Now Suiyuan has entered the office in Beijing. Six departments and six departments, Hanlin Censors, all of them include Suiyuan scholars, Xu Wei, Chen Younian, Yang Quan, and Lu Yipeng, who have been in the court recently, let alone Qian Zhancai, who has been using his own strength to solve the difficulties in the court.
Lu Bing tsk twice. If he had known that Qian Zhan would have the weight of his current life, he should have stuffed his daughter into his bed... Forget it, if he really got married, I'm afraid Qian Zhan wouldn't have the current situation.
Suiyuan is a good marriage partner. The most important thing is that behind Suiyuan is Prince Yu's Mansion.
Xu Jie, Yan Song could reach into Prince Yu's mansion, but this was a taboo for Lu Bing, who was the commander of the Jinyiwei. He once tried to marry Gao Gong... Unfortunately, Gao Gong refused.
This was an opportunity... Lu Bing immediately ordered his confidant to check it out, and soon the information was handed over.
Xu Wei... Forget it, he is almost forty years old!
Zhu Dashou, Tao Dalin, Sun Jian, Chen Younian, Wu Dui, Yang Quan, and Lu Yipeng have all got married. Xian Yu and his daughter of fellow villager Pan Sheng have got married. Sun Ying has got married with his in-laws Yang's daughter. Although the others are part of Suiyuan, their reputation is not obvious, and Lu Bing is a little disliked.
After long-term consideration, Lu Bing's eyes fell on the name Sun Ying, the second son of Sun Sheng, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing.
Although Sun Ying had already gotten engaged, Lu Bing remembered that Sun Sheng had five sons. The key was that Lu Bing and the Sun family in Yuyao had old age. Sun Sheng's brother Sun Kan was the top scholar in the fifth year of Jiajing. He fell in love with Lu Bing at first sight and had a great friendship.
Lu Bing had been thinking for a long time and was about to ask his confidant to inquire. Suddenly, the servant outside reported, "Master, I have a letter."
He sent the letter to Lu's mansion, either a home letter or a secret letter. Lu Bing narrowed his eyes and took out the envelope, checked the lacquer, took a knife and cut it open, unfolded the letter paper, and read the signature first without looking at the content.
The signature is only two words, "Longquan".
After reading the letter, after a while of silence, Lu Bing stood up with a dark face, lit a corner of the letter with a candlelight, silently watching the flames turn into dust, and then he attracted a few words of instructions from his confidant.
Chapter completed!