He raised his head and looked at Lu Bai, and slowly uttered two words: "King Luo!"
"What!" Lu Bai was shocked.
He originally thought he was a scholar from the University of Stone.
He checked before taking action and found that Bachelor Shi came from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and was once a disciple of the famous chief minister Yan Kai.
When talking about Yan Kai, we have to mention the operation of the Supreme Emperor who inherited the throne of the previous emperor and forcibly promoted his biological father to be the emperor and made his biological mother the queen mother.
At that time, this operation aroused the opposition of hundreds of officials, and then staged a palace murder case in which the emperor beat the minister to death.
In this public case known as the Great Litigation in history, not all officials were opposed to it, and there were still people who were waving flags and shouting for the Supreme Emperor.
This Yan Kai is one of them.
This person is extremely eloquent. Whether in the court hall or in public places outside the palace, he clearly appreciates, admires and praises the filial piety of the Supreme Emperor. He also engages in verbal wars with the officials who oppose him, and occasionally he can talk people into words.
He was so speechless that some officials angrily scratched him with their hands.
Yan Kai's face was covered with scars from being caught.
But Yan Kai was not ashamed, but proud of it. He regarded the scars on his face as medals and walked around in front of the Emperor all day long. The young and energetic Emperor at that time really felt his sincerity, and left him with another minister who was also shouting.
Lu Zhao entered the cabinet, and from then on, the two men began to fight against the aristocratic family for more than thirty years.
In the first ten years, although the two of them did not serve as chief ministers, they were almost the same as chief ministers because the emperor only trusted them and did not trust the chief ministers who came from wealthy families such as the Gu family. It was only because of the eight major factions that the emperor allowed the aristocratic family to continue to serve as chief ministers.
In the next ten years, Yan Kai took advantage of the left path and did not act during the palace incident when the palace maid attempted to murder the Supreme Emperor. He took the opportunity to step on him, then ascended to the position of chief minister, and vigorously speculated on the holy will, and launched the liquidation of the family.
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In these ten years, due to the power of the Supreme Emperor, Yan Kai occupied the position of first assistant for ten years. During this period, he suppressed aristocratic families, promoted poor families, and launched a long-term tug-of-war against aristocratic families under the rules of not affecting the interests of the eight major factions.
It must be said that Yan Kai is a capable minister.
Although he was in an improper position and got to the position of chief minister by speculating on the Holy Will, in the past ten years, Yan Kai still allowed the behemoth of the Southern Dynasty to operate in an orderly manner while confronting the aristocratic family.
He arranged everything in an orderly manner, allowing the national power to grow to a new level for the first time since the dynasty moved south, making the country rich and powerful, and the people full of food. At the same time, he reused the children of poor families, allowing the Southern Dynasty to win several battles in Jiangbei, and stabilize the country.
Visited several cities in Jiangbei.
Of course, his more important achievements were in officialdom.
Lu Bai heard from Gu Qinghuan that with his efforts at that time, the imperial examination system, which had been almost abolished since the southern migration, was once again standardized and became an important way to obtain scholars. As a result, many children from poor families appeared in the officialdom.
At the same time, during these ten years, he used the imperial power to implement many effective and almost conspiracy policies, inhibiting the growth of the behemoth aristocratic families, and using sowing discord to make the aristocratic families fight against each other, thereby giving him a
It is possible for him to support the new bureaucracy.
He originally used this bureaucracy to deal with the aristocratic family after he lost power or passed away, thus ensuring all his achievements.
However, it is not as good as God.
The ten-year period is up, and when Yan Kai is looking forward to the next ten years, the delay in the ascension of the Supreme Emperor has flattened his arrogance. The Supreme Emperor began to show his kindness to the aristocratic family, hoping to use the efforts of the aristocratic family behind them to allow him to ascend.
door.
The ministers were about to fight to the death, but Your Majesty surrendered first.
The aristocratic family left and began to counterattack Yan Kai. In less than a year, Yan Kai was confiscated by the Supreme Emperor and resigned. He left the Qinhuai River in a lonely boat. Before leaving the Dongshui Gate of the Qinhuai River, the boat sank and he died.
If the family doesn't let anyone live, it will always find a way to make him die.
In fact, according to Gu Qinghuan, Yan Kai had a chance of survival.
At that time, the owner of the teahouse in the Eight Great Sects admired Yan Kai very much and intentionally abandoned the now inactive family and chose Yan Kai to be the spokesperson of the teahouse in the world. However, Yan Kai came from a poor family and was not interested in becoming a member of the family.
Therefore, although this Yan Kai came to power in a wrong way, he is actually a powerful and admirable person. While he was in charge of a well-known family, he abruptly opened up a decade of being on the stage from a humble family.
Bachelor Shi was one of the poor families promoted by Yan Kai.
He is also Yan Kai's proud disciple.
However, after Yan Kai's death, Academician Shi did not inherit his mantle, but chose to join the aristocratic family.
He promoted him with the help of Yan Kai, and the status he brought him was secretly managed, making the Shi family a new wealthy family in Ankang City. He also somehow got involved with Jian Zhai, and when Jian Zhai parted ways with the Lu family, he became Jian Zhai in the secular world.
One of the cultivated families.
During the ten years when Yan Kai was glorious, Academician Shi was in the Ministry of Personnel, firmly controlling the Ministry of Personnel, and selecting talents for Yan Kai. Therefore, Lu Bai would think that the mastermind behind selling officials and conferring titles was Academician Shi.
He never expected that it would be King Luo.
"This is interesting." Lu Bai leaned on the back of his chair.
Shi Zheng nodded and smiled easily, "Master Lu, will you continue to investigate?"
Lu Bai didn't speak for a while.
"Can't we continue the investigation?" Shi Zheng smiled wildly, "Can you still arrest King Luo?"
He spread his hands and asked Lu Bai to open the shackles on his hands, "Let me go. While it's still early, I'll go back and help you see if the Jin Yiwei and Guan Supervisor you are looking for are the same."
Our people killed them."
"but--"
He smiled contemptuously, "So what if our people kill him? Can you arrest King Luo?"
After that, he stood up.
"Sit down!" Lu Bai shouted.
Shi Zheng was startled, the smile on his face faded, and he looked at Lu Bai, "What do you mean?"
"Who said I won't investigate anymore? Not only do I want to investigate, but if it is really King Luo, I will personally arrest him and hand him over to the Holy One." Lu Bai was righteous and Lingran.
Nonsense, he'll be damned if he doesn't check.
As long as the case is solved, it will be an opportunity to draw a lottery. As for whether the emperor will let him go after he catches it, it doesn't matter to him. Anyway, his case is solved.
"You!" Shi Zheng was really startled, and then he thought that Lu Bai was probably bluffing.
So he sat down and said, "Okay, then you can investigate carefully and I'll wait for you to arrest King Luo."
Then, he explained everything clearly, even where the accounts were given.
First, he wanted to make Lu Bai believe that King Luo was indeed the mastermind of this matter. At the same time, he also wanted to watch Lu Bai step into the abyss step by step - if he dared to arrest the emperor's son, he did not believe that the emperor would let him go and lose face.
The one who also made him lose his money.
It can be said that these two things are equivalent to the emperor's reverse scales, which will make him angry when touched.
After Lu Bai obtained this evidence and had Shi Zheng's confession recorded, he had Shi Zheng imprisoned.
He went to Shifu.
Archbishop Shi had already sent him back home.
He sat in the middle of the yard drinking tea, watching Lu Bai ransack his house, watching Lu Bai find the account books, and then sent Lu Bai away with a smile.
Bachelor Shi is not in a hurry.
He still learned this skill from Yan Kai, trying to figure out the holy will and act according to the emperor's will. If anything goes wrong, it is the emperor's fault. But who dares to say that the emperor is wrong, so everything he does is right.
"Master Yan is eternal." Academician Shi smiled and poured a cup of tea on the ground to pay homage to Yan Kai, who had been dead for many years.
He originally thought that Lu Bai would hesitate and at least delay it for a day to think about it, but he didn't expect Lu Bai to turn around and go see King Luo after he had solid evidence.
Prince Luo's government office is on the long street outside the palace gate, opposite to Prince Kang's Palace. Prince Luo's Palace is in the west and Prince Kang's Palace is in the east.
Because of this orientation issue, there was a quarrel among the officials in the court.
This shows that these officials are quite boring sometimes. Lu Bai thinks that if he were the emperor, he would probably not go to court for several years just like the current emperor, so as to avoid listening.
When the people in Prince Luo's Mansion heard that Lu Bai asked for an audience, they hurriedly reported to Prince Luo and invited Lu Bai in.
When they entered, they did not forget to raise their heads proudly towards the people in Prince Kang's Mansion opposite and look at them with their nostrils.
Lu Bai is now a man of the hour in the capital.
One poem made it impossible for the poetry society to continue. Not only the Red Mansion Poetry Society, but also other poetry societies did not dare to compose poems with the theme of Qingming on the day of Qingming.
Of course, what Lu Bai made people in the capital talk about even more was the story of how he faced off against two visiting guests on a high-rise boat, and then slapped Wang Changkang.
This story is so exciting that many people have seen it, and it is still a common topic of conversation after dinner.
Therefore, when such people come to Prince Luo's Mansion instead of Prince Kang's Mansion, the servants of Prince Luo's Mansion are very happy.
This shows that their King Luo is favored by Mr. Lu.
It is no secret that King Luo and King Kang competed for the crown prince.
The two of them were equally powerful, and the servants of the two families were also equally powerful, so the pride of the Luo Prince's Mansion towards Kang Prince's Mansion was nothing.
Unfortunately, they made a miscalculation.
After Lu Bai entered Prince Luo's Mansion, he saw Prince Luo welcoming him enthusiastically, "Uncle, I've heard that my uncle likes to drink. I asked someone to prepare a pot of the best Xinghuacun, and I just had someone deliver it to my uncle.
Now that uncle is here, let’s have a nice drink.”
Lu Bai waved his hand and refused, "His Royal Highness, King Luo, I am here for official business."
The smile on King Luo's face did not change, "Uncle, what do you mean?"
"I'm here to catch you." Lu Bai got straight to the point.
King Luo's smile was still broad, "Uncle, where did you start talking about this?"
Lu Bai took out an account book and said, "Wang Luo should be very clear about what is recorded here, right?"
King Luo nodded, his smile finally subdued, maybe because he felt that he had such a good attitude towards Lu Bai, and Lu Baique treated him businesslikely, with a stiff tone, which was a bit inappropriate to continue laughing, "Isn't uncle Nanzhen Fusi?
Why are you taking care of this?"
"This account book may involve a murder case involving Jin Yiwei, so I naturally want to intervene." Lu Bai then handed the account book to King Luo, "So, do you admit the contents of this account book?"
King Luo neither denied nor admitted.
After being silent for a while, he kindly advised Lu Bai, "Uncle, you have just arrived in the capital, and there are some things you don't know. I advise you not to investigate further, otherwise you will only make yourself embarrassed by searching again and again."
He looked at Lu Bai sincerely and said, "I am doing this for my uncle's good."
Lu Bai took back the account book and said, "As I told you yesterday, the state has national laws and families have family rules. Only by enforcing the law impartially can people be convinced, supported and loved."
He said righteously and calmly: "Uncle doesn't want you to take detours, so - I'm sorry."
Lu Bai waved his hand, "Capture King Luo and send him to the palace."
The Jinyi guards behind him were brought by Yan Cheng. Although they were loyal, they still hesitated after hearing Lu Bai's words, and then they walked up slowly. After making an offended sound, they lightly grabbed King Luo's hands with their hands.
an arm.
"Bold!" The old eunuch behind him shouted angrily when he saw that they really dared to capture King Luo, and rushed forward.
Whoosh!
A shadow flashed past, and with a bang, the old eunuch flew out, rolled in the air, landed and slid for a distance before regaining his balance.
Even so, the old eunuch didn't bleed or see any injuries, which shows that Lu Bai didn't do anything harsh.
Lu Bai retracted his arm lightly and said to King Luo: "Your Majesty, please."
The eunuch behind him was about to come up. King Luo waved his hand to stop him, "Okay, then I will go with my uncle. I hope I can come out early so that we can have a good drink."
He smiled and said, "After all, I have already asked someone to scald the wine."
King Luo walked in front.
The two guards in imperial robes did not dare to escort him, and silently let go of their hands, but they still held hands as if to escort him.
They left Prince Luo's Mansion and were about to get in the car when they saw the door of Prince Kang's Mansion opposite opened.
Lu Bai saw a fair-skinned young man walking out of the house.
This young man is much better looking. At first glance, he looks just like the one in the painting.
He was also wearing black clothes with golden dragons embroidered on his sleeves. He must be King Kang.
This King Kang was very arrogant, and he was followed by two maids holding swords, and behind him were a group of young eunuchs in green clothes who were waiting on him.
When he saw King Luo and the two royal guards behind him, King Kang's eyes were full of interest. When he saw Lu Bai, his eyes were focused, and like sword rays shooting at Lu Bai's body, there was a faint hint of something in his eyes.
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Fighting spirit?
Lu Bai was confused, could this little brat still challenge him?
This is really brave.
After all, Lu Bai is the one with the plug-in.
"Let's go." Lu Bai was too lazy to pay attention to the sharp-edged King Kang, and urged King Luo to get on the carriage and go straight to the palace.
King Kang watched them leave.
At this time, a young eunuch walked up to King Kang and said, "Your Majesty, that person just now is Lu Bai."
King Kang nodded and said in a clear voice, "I know."
He looked away and said, "Go to Jiange."
The sword pavilion is a river house. In the past, the swordsman left a monument that said, "A hall full of flowers drunken three thousand guests, and a sword frosted fourteen states."
He is going to practice sword practice.
The eunuchs agreed, sent King Kang to the carriage, and then went in the opposite direction.
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The car soon arrived in front of the palace.
After Lu Bai took Luo Wang out of the car, the two of them headed towards Ouchi one after the other.
King Luo was giving his final persuasion, "Uncle, I advise you to forget it. You are asking for trouble. You know, as a prince, my father will not do anything to me."
Lu Bai didn't squint his eyes, "It's always good for you to have a better memory. You must know that small saplings cannot grow straight unless they are cut down."
King Luo was convinced and thought, is this Lu Zhenfu envoy really an upright person?