Chapter 249
After the emperor wanted to understand, he felt more at ease with Lu Heng. The more able a courtier is, the less afraid he is of selfishness. If it is Hai Rui's kind of person who has no desires, no desires, and is dedicated to his ideals, the emperor would not dare to use it.
The emperor was well aware of Lu Heng's little abacus, and when Lu Heng said it, he also asked the emperor in disguise to satisfy his thoughts. The emperor has always been very tolerant of courtiers who have opposed meritorious deeds. This is not a big deal. The emperor said happily: "You are right, swords in the battlefield have no eyes, and the problem of starting a family must be solved before going to the battlefield. The daughters of Fu Tingzhou and Yongping Hou are old. Similarly, if Wang Heng and Yu can become husband and wife, it will be a good story."
Lu Heng achieved his goal, cupped his hands and said, "Sage is wise."
It was easy for the emperor to marry the Fu Hong family, but he didn't want to care about Lu Heng's affairs. Lu Heng's own woman tossed it, and the emperor should not be the wicked person. The emperor said: "Peng Ze is telling right and wrong, and the minister of officials may not be ignorant. Those from the officials and households, as well as Li Shi and Zhai Luan, you should check them all. Check it out and see what they've been up to during this time."
Li Shi and Zhai Luan are both cabinet scholars. There are six members in the cabinet. The emperor has checked four of them. It seems that this time it is really going to be a big investigation. Lu Heng took the order and saluted and retired.
Lu Heng's goals for today have been satisfactorily accomplished. As for his and Wang Yanqing's will to marry, he didn't intend to ask for it at first.
The crux of him and Wang Yanqing is not in the form. If they don't get rid of the knot, even if she uses the emperor's order to convince Wang Yanqing to get married, she will not forgive Lu Heng, and maybe she will push it further and further. In the end, Lu Heng had to solve these matters himself.
The two pipes must be taken together, he must quickly cultivate Wang Yanqing's feelings for him, and the blow to Fu Tingzhou cannot be relaxed. Wang Yanqing can coax slowly, but Fu Tingzhou must be pressed to death and never give him a chance to fan the flames.
Lu Heng had already settled the Xue Kan case and went to perform the second phase of the mission, but Guo Xun and the others were still fighting. One of Zhai Luan and Qin Fu fought with the mud, the other did not cooperate, and only Guo Xun and Zhang Shou were left to fight.
Zhang Shoufu was impatient and aggressive, and intervened in the interrogation of Xue Kan. Guo Xun had long disliked this group of civil servants.
How could Zhang Jinggong endure this kind of anger, and he also took action to rectify Guo Xun. Guo Xun is the Marquis of Wuding, who is kind to the emperor and cannot easily move, but the other members of the Guo family are not. Zhang Jinggong, as the first assistant, couldn't move Guo Xun, and it was more than enough to clean up the others.
Guo Xun's henchmen were implicated, Guo Xun was enraged, and he intensified his involvement with Zhang Dang, saying that he participated in the establishment of the prince if anyone didn't like it. Anyway, the emperor asked Guo Xun to investigate the case, how to find evidence without interrogation, Guo Xun involved arbitrarily, and the prison was overcrowded for a while.
When the two forces of civil and military were fighting to the limit, an explosive news suddenly came from the harem. The focus of their investigation was that the protagonist of the book that sparked the holy wrath, the first prince, died of illness in the middle of the night.
In December of the 12th year of Jiajing, the eldest son, whom the emperor had been waiting for for many years, died just two months after birth.
Even the imperial palace is still helpless against many diseases, and it is not uncommon for infants to die, especially the eldest prince who was born prematurely and is already weak. The emperor was very sad and in a very bad mood. Guo Xun and the others saw that something was wrong, the eldest prince was dead, and they held on to Prince Li again, didn't they deliberately sprinkle salt on the emperor's wound? Guo Xun and Zhang Jinggong could only stop and return to the palace with their tails between their tails.
The emperor became angry when he saw these people. The emperor sent two people at the same time to find out who was pushing the crown prince. Lu Heng submitted a complete report a month ago, but this group of people had the best resources, but they could not come up with results for a long time. Now that all the candidates for the crown prince have died, they have come to resume their lives. How can the emperor not be angry?
Zhang Jinggong, Guo Xun, and Zhai Luan stood in the Qianqing Palace and listened to the emperor's scolding with embarrassed brows. It's also because their luck is not good. Those who can stand here are not stupid. They can see that the emperor wants to use the name of the crown prince to liquidate the court. Isn't this just asking them to find a side? Which time did the court stand in a row that was not broken and bloody, but before they stood up, the eldest prince died of illness.
Zhang Jinggong and Guo Xun also felt that they were wronged. But luck is also a part of strength, and you can only recognize it by yourself. Guo Xun originally wanted to wait for the case to be investigated. When he came to the emperor to report to him, he took advantage of the emperor's pleasure and mentioned the matter of the marriage decree. As a result, when the prince died, Guo Xun didn't get the credit, but was scolded.
Guo Xun didn't dare to mention the marriage gift again. The emperor is now going through the pain of losing his son. Guo Xun's request for marriage at such a time is very unsightly.
The emperor cursed, and his mood gradually calmed down. There are still several concubines pregnant in the harem. Although the emperor was saddened by the loss of his son, it was not to the extent that the sky collapsed. After he beat the courtier, he slowly gave the sweet dates.
The emperor said: "My son has no relationship with the palace, but the father and son are in a relationship, and I can't bear him to leave alone. The order goes on, and the eldest son of the emperor shall be named Prince Aichong and buried in Xishan. Concubine Yan Li lost her son at a young age, and I couldn't bear to see him, so I named him the title of Crown Prince Aichong. Concubine. The Ministry of Rites will give amnesty to the whole world. From this month onwards, the prisoners on death row will be pardoned, and the exiles will be pardoned. If you commit less murder, you should pray for the blessing of Prince Aichong."
His Royal Highness officials should all agree. The emperor said again: "The Empress Dowager Zhang Sheng died at the beginning of the year, and the Prince Aichong also went at the end of the year. But even so, the state affairs cannot be left behind. The situation in Datong is getting more and more tense and cannot be delayed any longer. Ren Zhenyuan Hou Fu Tingzhou is the general soldier of Datong. Guarding Datong. I remember that Fu Tingzhou has not been married yet. After all, he is Fu Yue's bloodline. If there are any problems on the battlefield, I am sorry to General Fu. The third daughter of Yongping Houfu is respectful Duanmin, and Zhenyuan Hou is good Match, give the two to become husband and wife, choose a good time to get married."