After wearing the book, the Buddhist imperial concubine has spoiled again

Chapter 237 Expose Lu Darong's crimes!
Lu Darong is a man who knows how to do things. He not only flattered the crown prince, but also mentioned Lu Meiren, "Your Highness, the little girl has been in the palace for a while. I wonder if she is still used to living in the East Palace?"

Pei Xuanling: "Very good."

"That's good." With a smile on his face, Lu Darong began to help his daughter to invite pets, "My daughter is young and innocent, please take care of His Highness the Crown Prince."

Pei Xuanling frowned imperceptibly.

This Lu Darong, who has only been promoted for a long time, has started to invite favors for Lu Meiren, trying to manage the affairs of the backyard of the East Palace, without any sense of propriety.

Pei Xuanling: "In addition to hearing that Mr. Lu has made great contributions, Gu also found that the weapon sketch drawn by Mr. Lu is very similar to a certain sketch in Gu's hand."

Hearing this, Lu Darong was startled, thinking that his sketch was given to her by his daughter.

However, he quickly eased his emotions, and then said brazenly: "It must be that someone secretly saw Xiaguan's drawings somewhere, and then copied Xiaguan's paintings and plagiarized the fruits of his labor!"

"But before you announced the draft of the weapon, Jiang Yongjie had already sent the draft from the west to the East Palace by letter. He was just busy repairing the canal, and he didn't have time to report it to his father. As a result, when he finished repairing the canal alone, he found that the draft was lost. gone."

"Then it was discovered that someone replaced Jiang Yongjie's fame, and this person is you, Master Lu." Speaking of this, Pei Xuanling's face darkened, "Master Lu, Master Lu, you are the one who plagiarized the fruits of other people's labor!"

After the crown prince said that, Lu Darong murmured that it was not good, and hurriedly defended himself, "Your Highness, it is just a draft of a weapon, and it is too serious to say that it is plagiarism."

"Anyway, when the weapons are made, aren't they all for the Dongliang Kingdom and for the soldiers at the border? As for who handed over the drawings of the weapons, and who deserves the fame, aren't they all the same?"

Pei Xuanling: "Since Mrs. Lu thinks they are all the same, you should go and tell your father yourself that the manuscript was picked up by you unintentionally, and the owner cannot be found, and that the weapon on the manuscript is useful to the Ministry of Industry, so please agree." For that fame, I will strive for a lighter punishment."

This matter involved Jiang Liangdi, so he didn't want to make a big fuss, so as not to expose the fact that Lu Meiren picked up the artwork in Shiyue Pavilion.

The last time Kang Wang said that Jiang Liangdi drew the farm implements, his father had doubts in his heart.

If there is a big trouble this time, it will be unfavorable to both Jiang Liangdi and the Jiang family.

"Your Highness, the Emperor has already ordered the Ministry of Industry to start building new types of weapons, and even promoted me to an official position. At this time, if I say that the fame was picked, wouldn't it cause the Emperor to be furious?"

Lu Darong also persuaded: "Don't worry about being an official, it's still Jiang Yongjie, not all of them are relatives of the Eastern Palace. As the prince of the Eastern Palace, it is the same to you whoever achieves this fame."

Pei Xuanling: "So, are you unwilling to tell your father the truth?"

"It's not that the lower officials don't agree, but how can this court matter be treated like a child's play?" Lu Darong's face was full of reluctance, "Besides, no one knows that Jiang Liangdi is the most favored concubine in the Eastern Palace."

"Even if I say that the drawing of the weapon was drawn by Jiang Yongjie, others may think that you gave Jiang Yongjie the credit for being an official in order to favor your concubine!"

Pei Xuanling narrowed his eyes, stopped talking nonsense with Lu Darong, and just waved his hand to let him back down.

Seeing the prince's helpless look, Lu Darong knew that the prince had nothing to do with him.

"Resign, my subordinate." Lu Darong bowed and withdrew.

Oh, fortunately, he thought that the crown prince invited him to drink tea to praise him for researching the blueprint of a new type of weapon!
The result is to let him give up this fame to Jiang Yongjie?
Anyway, he was the one who handed over the draft first, and he has already replaced the credit.

The prince has no evidence to prove that the draft is Jiang Yongjie's, so he will not confess his guilt in front of the emperor.

Once he pleads guilty, no matter how innocent he is, he will probably be demoted, and his reputation will not be good if he spreads it.

That's why fools would plead guilty!
After Lu Darong left, Pei Xuanling leaned back on the teacher's chair, closed his eyes and meditated.

The weapon sketch that Lu Darong handed over to his father is now in the blacksmith workshop of the Ministry of Industry, and he has already seen it.

Just like what Jiang Liangdi said, because there was no detailed annotation on the draft that Jiang Liangdi lost, although Lu Darong re-drawn the draft and added some annotations, the usage of some weapons is wrong!
Although after making it, you can master the correct method of use by slowly exploring.

But before that, he planned to expose Lu Darong's true face!
He didn't want to make it so complicated, but now it seems that things have to be complicated.

Thinking of this, Pei Xuanling immediately wrote a letter to Jiang Yongjie in the west, telling Jiang Yongjie about the matter, and letting Jiang Yongjie unify his speech.

Then, he found Jiang Yongjie's handwriting, and copied a letter according to Jiang Yongjie's handwriting. The letter contained a drawing of a weapon and detailed notes.

He has been proficient in various calligraphy fonts since he was a child. Jiang Yongjie's fonts are ordinary official scripts, which are easy to copy.

After writing the letter, he waited for the words on the letter to gradually dry, then took the envelope to Longyuan Hall, and handed over the drawing to Emperor Jianyuan.

"You mean that Lu Darong's new weapon was originally researched by Jiang Yongjie. You originally drafted an account, but you were busy building aqueducts in Beijing, so you didn't have time to report it to me? In the end, the account was lost and Lu Darong picked it up go?"

Emperor Jianyuan sat in front of the desk, holding a letter written by Jiang Yongjie to the prince.

Pei Xuanling sat on the armchair in the study, "Exactly."

Emperor Jianyuan: "Prince, Jiang Liangdi is your favorite concubine. Now you say that Lu Darong's fame belongs to Jiang Yongjie. How can I trust you?"

"On the booklet drafted by my son, the use and use of weapons are not detailed enough, but the notes on Jiang Yongjie's letter are very detailed."

"After Lu Darong picked up the drafting book, although he added annotations, some of them were wrong. When the weapon is manufactured, you can interrogate Lu Darong as soon as possible, and you will know the truth."

Hearing this, Emperor Jianyuan's eyes turned slightly, he didn't say yes, but he didn't say no.

"Let's not talk about this." Emperor Jianyuan put the artwork aside, "I just received a memorial here, which is about the Ministry of Industry. There is a problem with your national policy for farming."

Pei Xuanling was slightly startled, "What's the problem?"

Emperor Jianyuan: "It is said that you oppressed the people and soldiers to farm the fields and exploited their labor force, causing a large number of laborers to die or flee. Even some survivors were passive and slowed down because of physical and mental exhaustion. A large number of people went on strike, and farmers were gathering together. uprising!"

Speaking of this, Emperor Jianyuan knocked on the book case dissatisfied, "Originally there was a war at the border, and the soldiers had no food to eat, so you were allowed to start farming. Now your Ministry of Industry not only failed to develop agriculture well, but also fought with the common people. The conflict is simply worse!!!"

"." Knowing that the border situation is bad, Pei Xuanling immediately knelt down, "Father, I, and the Ministry of Industry have not forced anyone to farm. Please give me some time, and I will check the situation at the border."

Emperor Jianyuan frowned impatiently, "If you want to investigate, do it quickly, and deal with this matter as soon as possible, and don't delay the spring plowing!"

Pei Xuanling: "Yes."

**
In the following days, the prince wrote to the western border to understand and verify the situation of the local farming.

It's just that it takes nearly ten days to write a letter from the capital to the west, even if it's a letter sent by a flying pigeon.

Another thing is to let people closely observe the new weapons made by the Ministry of Industry. Once they are made, Lu Darong must not be allowed to touch them.

At the beginning of April, before these two incidents had any clues, there was an unlucky incident from the East Palace.

"My lord, I heard that Gu Meiren has passed away." On this day, just as Jiang Shishi woke up from a nap, she learned the news from Chun Xing.

As early as when Gu Meiren was grounded, everyone knew that she would not last long.

Therefore, it is within everyone's expectation that Gu Meiren is dead now.

Jiang Shishi: "When did you die?"

While dressing Jiang Shishi, Chun Xing said, "Shortly after Gu Meiren was grounded, the maids beside her caught up with the concubines of the emperor's harem, and were taken away by other concubines. Since then, only Gu Meiren was left in the yard." Beauty alone."

"The maid in the imperial dining room delivered food to Gu Meiren these few days. At first, she found that the food at Gu Meiren's door hadn't been touched. She thought that Gu Meiren just had a bad appetite. It wasn't until Gu Meiren's food at Gu Meiren's door didn't move for several days that the palace lady informed her. Concubine Ruan."

"Ruan Fangfei sent someone to Gu Meiren's yard to have a look, only to find out that Gu Meiren was dead. I heard that there was a rotten smell in the house. She must have been dead for several days."

"." Jiang Shishi frowned unconsciously, "Then how does Donggong plan to deal with her funeral now?"

Chun Xing: "A low-ranking concubine like Gu Meiren can neither be favored by His Highness nor offend all other concubines. She can't even enter the imperial tomb. Concubine Ruan and Concubine Su have already been wrapped in a straw mat and thrown away. Went to the mass graves in the back."

There is a mass burial mound at the back of the palace, where many palace maids and eunuchs who were executed, unfavored concubines, or some people in the palace who died for no reason are buried there every year.
Jiang Shishi: "."

When the concubines entered this palace wall, no matter whether they were favored or not, they could only spend their youth in this deep palace.

He will not leave the palace until his life is over.

Those with high status and favor can enter the imperial mausoleum, and someone will take care of the funeral.

Otherwise, it can only end hastily like Gu Meiren.

However, as far as Gu Meiren's temperament is concerned, it is also a good thing that she is in the East Palace.

Because the prince didn't want to have an heir for the time being, the battle among the concubines was not so intense.

If Gu Meiren was placed in the old pig's trotters to build the Yuan Emperor's harem, she might not survive three episodes.

**
An early court in mid-April, the Hall of Preserving Harmony.

Emperor Jianyuan sat on the dragon chair and took a golden pill casually.

"Father, as I said last time, neither the minister nor the Ministry of Industry oppressed the people and soldiers to farm the fields." Pei Xuanling held up the court board and reported: "These days, after the investigation by the minister, who really oppressed the people and soldiers to farm, It's the generals stationed in the west!"

Regarding this matter, the crown prince had already published a booklet for Emperor Jianyuan to read, and now it is only a matter of discussion in the court.

These days, not only the crown prince is investigating this matter, but Emperor Jianyuan is also secretly investigating this matter, "I have had someone investigate this matter, so this matter has nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry, but a problem with the Ministry of War?"

Speaking of this, he looked at King Kang, "Second prince, I asked you to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry and ordered the western soldiers to start farming. Is this how you cooperate with the Ministry of Industry?"

"Father, my ministers have ordered to go to the west and ask the soldiers to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry to farm the fields." Kang Wang who was named "Putong" knelt down, "It must be because of the shortage of food at the border, and the soldiers were impatient, so they oppressed the people. "

The matter of garrisoning fields will affect the soldiers of the Ministry of War to fight, but it will benefit the Prince's Ministry of Industry and King Mu's Ministry of Households.

Therefore, he deliberately made a stumbling block, so that the progress of Tuntian was not smooth.

"I don't care about that. Anyway, the Ministry of War is in your hands. If something happens, you will be responsible, and I will only look for you." Emperor Jianyuan ordered in a deep voice, "Nowadays, not only is there a war in the west, but there is also an urgent shortage of food. Peasant uprising, I order you to escort a batch of grain to the west immediately, and personally resolve the peasant uprising."

"Also, you have to urge the soldiers to pay close attention to farming. If the matter of farming is not carried out well, you don't have to go back to Beijing, and you don't have to take care of the Ministry of War!"

Kang Wang: "." What?His father asked him to settle the peasant uprising.

Why should he be asked to urge the soldiers to farm the fields? Shouldn't this be a matter of the Ministry of Industry?

But this matter happened because of him, and he didn't know what his father found out, so he didn't dare to say more, so he had to agree, "Yes, my son obeyed!"

After instructing the Ministry of War, Emperor Jianyuan said to King Mu: "Prince, I plan to go on a southern tour this year. By the way, I will inspect river dykes and dams in various places. The household department under your charge will prepare the money for the southern tour as soon as possible."

King Mu: "Yes."

The emperor will make southern tours every few years, and each southern tour requires a large amount of money.

Last year, Emperor Father said that he would make a southern tour, but the treasury was short of money, and there was going to be a war at the border, so the southern tour was put on hold for the time being.

A while ago, Lao Qi had just made up tens of millions of taels of silver to the treasury. Since that day, his father proposed to make a southern tour.

Instructing the Ministry of Households, Emperor Jianyuan said: "By the way, the Ministry of Industry has recently developed a batch of new weapons, and now those weapons have been manufactured. My dear friends will move to the school with me to test the new weapons."

After speaking, Emperor Jianyuan left the field first, and all civil and military officials followed behind Emperor Jianyuan.

There is a spacious school yard in the imperial palace. On weekdays, the imperial guards and royal guards practice in the school yard.

After everyone got there, Emperor Jianyuan found a place that was convenient for watching and sat down, with a bright yellow Hualuo umbrella covering his head to shade him.

Civil and military officials stood on both sides of the school grounds, and among them were all kinds of new weapons.

With his arms hanging below his knees, Emperor Jianyuan ordered lightly to Lu Darong, "Lu Aiqing, since you have researched these weapons, tell everyone how to use them."

Suddenly being named by the emperor, Lu Darong was a little flustered.

Although he remembers all the weapons on those drawings clearly, he basically knows the general purpose and method of use.

However, there are several more complicated weapons, he only knows a rough idea, and the specific operation has yet to be explored.

He originally wanted to wait for the Ministry of Industry to manufacture the weapon according to the drawing, and then he would slowly explore.

Who knew that every time the Ministry of Industry produced a new type of weapon, it would be hidden by the prince.

Even, in the end, the emperor went to go, and he had no chance to understand these weapons at all.

At this moment, even though his heart was flustered, Lu Darong still pretended to be calm, "I obey the order."

Lu Darong first walked in front of a horizontal knife.

"This is an improved horizontal knife with a straight blade, a thick blade, and a large blade angle. Some people may say that it is not conducive to chopping. In fact, the reason why I designed it this way was to use it to chop heavy armor. .I heard that Xixia has a group of heavily armored soldiers, and this kind of knife can pierce armor."

Then he went up to a long-handled axe.

"This is an improved chopping weapon. The ax is equipped with a handle, the blade is equipped with a chamber, and the handle is installed in it. It is easy to install and flexible to use."

"."

After explaining several simple weapons one after another, Lu Darong is still able to do a job with ease.

However, after he finished talking about those few simple weapons, he would eventually have to face those complicated weapons.

Lu Darong walked up to a long spear, "This seven-foot long spear is very powerful. It is a combined weapon of long spear and firearm. There are hook and sickle-shaped iron forks on both sides of the head of the spear. The short blade can be used as a sickle downward, and also has the functions of burning, stabbing, forking, and hooking."

"There are two two-foot-long spray cartridges under the gun head, which contain poisonous smoke and gunpowder. They can spray poisonous flames several feet away to burn the enemy soldiers, and then use the gun head to assassinate them. Because they can breathe fire, I took them out. It's called Fly, Fire, Gun!"

Emperor Jianyuan took a few pieces of paper in his hand, which were the drawings that the crown prince had given him, "Lu Aiqing, since this flying musket is so powerful, do you know how to light it?"

"." After a pause, Lu Darong pretended not to understand, "This flying gun was researched by Wei Chen, and Wei Chen naturally knows how to ignite it."

Emperor Jianyuan: "Then tell me, how to ignite it?"

"Uh..." Lu Darong couldn't answer for a while, so he had to answer in a roundabout way: "Well, Weichen once ignited the cartridge with his own hands, but it's easy to ignite it, but it's more complicated to explain."

Emperor Jianyuan: "Since that's the case, light a flying musket now, and let me and all my lovers take a good look at it!"

(End of this chapter)