Mingshi

Chapter 689 Lu Ding Visits
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At night.

Xu Jie and Gao Gong returned home, and just after dinner, there was an endless stream of officials visiting.These people are all inextricably linked to the six major families in the southeast, and they have all received letters from the five major families in the southeast, and the five major families have also sent letters to officials related to the Lu family. There are party members, and there are also party members.At this time, they came to Xu Jie and Gao Gong's house with only one purpose, that is to jointly impeach Luo Xin.

Both Xu Jie and Gao Gong were in their own homes and told these officials the content of Luo Xin's memorial.These officials were silent for a while, and then they took out the channels obtained by each family:
"Luo Xin went on a killing spree in the southeast. In order to expel the refugees from Hangzhou City, he killed thousands of refugees. This is a serious crime."

Xu Jie and Gao Gong shook their heads in their respective study rooms and said, "Luo Xin's memorial clearly states that they are all Japanese pirates who sneaked into Hangzhou."

"Who knows if it's true?"

Xu Jie and Gao Gong were silent at the same time. After half an hour, those officials left Xu Jie and Gao Gong's house.

Xu House.

Xu Lu looked at Xu Jie and said, "Father, do you really want to impeach Luo Xin?"

"It's an opportunity."

"The memorial to Luo Qing..."

"Of course it will be given to His Majesty, but it must be placed below."

High House.

Looking at the backs of those officials leaving, Gao Gong sighed helplessly.He has to impeach Luo Xin, otherwise he will chill the hearts of those who follow him.He is far from reaching the point of monopolizing the court, and he still needs the support of these officials.

"Xu Jie, Xu Jie, I didn't expect the two of us to join forces this time. Luo Xin, Luo Xin, I'm sorry."

Lu House.

Lu Bing also took the letter from Lu Ding, which arrived a day later than Shen Ling.After reading the letter, he shook his head, smiled wryly, and reached for the oil lamp to light it.

Day two.

cabinet.

The desks of Xu Jie and Gao Gong were covered with a pile of memorials, and the two looked at each other through the thick memorials, with knowing smiles on their faces.Xu Jie said lightly:

"Shall we go to see His Majesty?"

"it is good!"

The two got up and left hand in hand, followed by a scribe who sorted out the impeachment memorials of Luo Xin and packed them in a box.

Longevity Palace.

Emperor Jiajing watched Xu Jie and Gao Gong come in with squinted eyes, and then looked at the box in front of them.I couldn't help but sighed again.

This day has just passed a bit better, with the 300 million taels of silver sent by Luo Xin, this day has just slowed down, allowing Emperor Jiajing to live a little more comfortable life, and he can calm down and practice Taoism again, what about Xu Jie and Gao Gong? Another box came in?

As long as he sees this box, he knows that someone will be jointly impeached.

Why are there so many troubles!

Who provoked Xu Jie and Gao Gong again?Looking at it like this, that person provoked Xu Jie and Gao Gong at the same time, how bad must this person be?
Reluctantly beckoned, too lazy to speak.Xu Jie and Gao Gong also understood what Emperor Jiajing meant, so they opened the box. Huang Jin came over and moved the memorials stack by stack in front of Emperor Jiajing.Emperor Jiajing picked up a memorial and opened it, his expression changed.

He just read a memorial, and stopped reading it, because he knew that this pile of memorials must impeach one person and one thing.He closed his eyes and thought.

He is afraid of Luo Xin, but he doesn't doubt Luo Xin's character.With Luo Xin's combat achievements, there is no need to kill the good and pretend to be meritorious.At the beginning when he saw Luo Xin was the Secretary-General in the cabinet, he was so cautious, and he knew that Luo Xin had realized that he had made great achievements, so how could Luo Xin do such a thing?I'm afraid he is thinking about how to make less military exploits at this time.

In this way, Luo Xin really killed thousands of Japanese pirates.

but……

Who can explain this matter clearly?Who can prove that Luo Xin killed Japanese pirates, not refugees?
This is really an opportunity to punish Luo Xin.

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but pause in his heart, but then he immediately rejected the idea of ​​dealing with Luo Xin in his heart.In fact, Emperor Jiajing was old and too old to be bothered.It's not impossible to deal with Luo Xin. Even Emperor Jiajing took this opportunity to kill Luo Xin. I believe there will be no abnormalities in the court. When he killed Xia Yan, didn't he just kill him?
But, after killing Luo Xin, who will give him money?
You must know that Luo Xin's Shibo Department has not yet started to operate.The 300 million taels of silver he got were all obtained by smuggling.If Luo Xin is disposed of, who will run the Shibo Department for him?

At this time, he couldn't help but think of Yan Song. At that time, it was because Yan Song was good at managing money, and Emperor Jiajing wanted to seek Tao and didn't want trouble, so he let Yan Song monopolize the court.Later, after Yan Song was dealt with, Xu Jie and Gao Gong became the cabinet, but what happened?
Neither of these two people was good at managing money, and the whole Ming Dynasty was almost bankrupt, and even the officials couldn't pay their full salaries.If Luo Xin hadn't obtained 300 million taels of silver, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty would have been shaken.

Dealing with Luo Xin at this time...

slow!
Emperor Jiajing's heart suddenly moved. Last time Luo Xin caught smugglers and got 300 million taels of silver. This time he robbed Lu's house, wouldn't there be no silver at all?

It was just that Emperor Jiajing put aside the impeachment of Luo Xin in an instant, and asked how much money Luo Xin would get.Emperor Jiajing was indeed very poor, and 300 million taels of silver was used to replace the salaries of officials, plus the salaries of all parties, there was not much left.Emperor Jiajing has been a little worried about this for the past few days, thinking of ordering Luo Xin to make money for him quickly.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Jie and Gao Gong and asked, "Does Luo Xin have a memorial?"

"Yes!" Xu Jie's heart skipped a beat: "It's all in there."

Huang Jin immediately stepped forward, found Luo Xin's memorials from the pile of memorials, and placed them in front of Emperor Jiajing.After Emperor Jiajing opened the memorial, he became elated when he saw half of it.

"800 million taels of antique calligraphy and painting, and 500 million taels of silver from the sale of land and houses, hehe... I can live a comfortable life again. Well, it seems that the house raid is not bad."

Emperor Jiajing thought to himself, of course he wouldn't say it, but he already had an idea of ​​leaning toward Luo Xin.No matter how afraid he is of Luo Xin, he cannot do without Luo Xin at this time.He is very contradictory now, he keeps Luo Xin, but he is afraid that Luo Xin will bring trouble to Daming after his death.After killing Luo Xin, he will not have a comfortable life.

"Hey, let's keep Luo Xin for now. Just deal with Luo Xin before I die."

"Xuan Lubing."

Two quarters of an hour later, Lu Bing came to the Longevity Palace. After meeting Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing asked:

"Do you know anything about the southeast?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the minister is clear. There is news from Dongnan just now."

"speak!"

Emperor Jiajing also became curious. Just now, in the memorials to impeach Luo Xin, he only said that Luo Xin killed the good and pretended to be meritorious, but did not elaborate. In the memorial, Luo Xin only said that he killed more than 2000 people. The Japanese pirates did not go into detail, so he was very curious, how did Luo Xin identify thousands of Japanese pirates from tens of thousands of refugees?
If there is no convincing statement, even Emperor Jiajing, who believed in Luo Xin as a human being, would inevitably doubt it, because it was too mysterious, and Luo Xin did not have piercing eyes.

Lu Bing had formed an alliance with Luo Xin at this time, so he naturally added fuel to the story, telling the story of Luo Xin in Hangzhou like a storyteller, the plot was really ups and downs and fascinating.One by one, how Luo Xin will be driven into desperation, and how to attack decisively if he is fishing in the dry lake...

Emperor Jiajing's blood boiled when he heard it, and Huang Jin's heart was also ups and downs. He thought to himself that joining Luo Xin was a right bet, and he should be able to spend the rest of his life in peace.Even Xu Jie and Gao Gong were dumbfounded, thinking that if they were in Luo Xin's environment, they might not be able to do as well as Luo Xin.

Until Lu Bing finished speaking, everyone in the room was still immersed in the aftertaste.Finally, Lu Bing said sonorously:
"Your Majesty, my family has also been involved in these matters. After I got the truth of the matter, I have sent a letter to severely criticize my family. Now our Lu family has visited Luo Xin, apologized to Luo Xin, and promised to cooperate with Luo Xin in the future. Delay His Majesty's important affairs."

Xu Jie and Gao Gong were shocked, but then they understood that now that His Majesty is old, trouble is what he fears most, and money is what he likes most.Now that Luo Xin has caught His Majesty's pulse, as long as he can continuously send money to His Majesty, even if Luo Xin causes trouble, His Majesty will tolerate it, not to mention that Luo Xin did not cause trouble?
Lu Bing is worthy of being His Majesty's baby brother and knows His Majesty best.Now that one of the six great families in Hangzhou has been copied and killed by Luo Xin, and the Lu family has taken refuge in Luo Xin, what troubles can the remaining four make?
This time, Luo Xin escaped unharmed again.

Huang Jin on the side was even more shocked. Lu Bing knew Emperor Jiajing, but Huang Jin also knew Lu Bing. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind, that Lu Bing also joined forces with Luo Xin.

However, while he was shocked, he was also more relieved.With him and Lu Bing teaming up with Paul Xin, Luo Xin shouldn't die, right?

As long as Luo Xin survived, they would have hope.

"call……"

Emperor Jiajing let out a long breath, pondered for a while, and said to Xu Jie and Gao Gong:
"You all know the truth about this now?"

At this time, Xu Jie and Gao Gong didn't know what to do?He saluted immediately:
"I didn't notice it for a while, please punish the crime, Your Majesty."

Emperor Jiajing said in a concentrated voice: "I let you two be like a cabinet, so that you two can share my worries. You can deal with this matter. If there are similar things in the future, you must investigate clearly."

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Go back."

"I retire!"

Hangzhou.

Lu House.

After sending Shen Ling away, Lu Ding returned to the room and walked back and forth. After pondering for a quarter of an hour, he suddenly said:

"Prepare the car!"

The carriage that Lu Ding was riding in walked towards Shibosi. He had already decided to surrender to Luo Xin, and he had inferred from that letter that the Lu family would not impeach Luo Xin with Lu Bing, but the other four would certainly impeachable.Just now he didn't visit Luo Xin immediately, but thought for a full quarter of an hour, thinking whether he should wait to see the results of the impeachment of Luo Xin by the four families, and then make a decision whether to submit to Luo Xin Xin, or continue to fight with Luo Xin.

However, in the end he decided not to wait.What Lu Bingxin said is good, Luo Xin already has the evidence of their collusion with the Japanese pirates in smuggling, and he can swing his butcher knife at any time to attack them, the five great aristocratic families.Moreover, the Lu family is different from the other four great families. As long as you get close to Luo Xin at this time, after Lu Bing dies, when the Lu family is in trouble, Luo Xin has promised to help you as much as possible. He will not talk to their Lu family.Being close to Luo Xin at this time is still a timely help, waiting for the result to come out, once Luo Xin wins, their Lu family will no longer be important in Luo Xin's eyes at that time.

Now that he has made a decision, he must live for the greatest benefit, so he didn't inform the four great families at all. At this time, the selfishness of the family is undoubtedly revealed.

Take the first step and get close to Luo Xin before those four great families, and you will definitely be able to obtain more benefits than the other four great families in the future Shibosi Maritime Trade.Lu Ding knew in his heart that since he was close to Luo Xin, he would not be able to do smuggling in the future. This was a matter of principle, otherwise Luo Xin would definitely be rude to the Lu family.However, if you stop smuggling, it means losing a large source of income.

To be honest, Lu Ding really didn't have much confidence in Luo Xin's Shibo Division. Daming also opened a Shibo Division during the Zhengde period, but in the end it was nothing. Now he has given up smuggling and is doing business with the Shibo Division in a proper manner. Can business really make money?
Well, even if he could make money, would it be one percent or one tenth of what he made from smuggling?In his opinion, earning one-tenth is already the limit, which is equivalent to losing nine-tenths of the financial resources every year.This has already caused him heartache, if the four great aristocratic families were allowed to share some profits, wouldn't he lose even more?
Therefore, he didn't even think about notifying the four great families, he just thought about being able to monopolize the business of Shibosi, so that he could make more money.

When I came to the door of the Shibo Division, I handed over the greeting card.Lu Ding still thought that Luo Xin would leave him alone for a while, but he didn't expect that soon Luo Xin came out from inside, cupped his hands towards Lu Ding and said:
"Boss, why don't you have time to see the weapon today?"

Lu Ding smiled awkwardly and said, "I've wanted to visit Lord Luo for a long time, but I just saw that you are busy with business, so it's inconvenient to disturb you. I also came to visit with the cheek today, I hope you don't care about it."

"Hahaha..." Luo Xin laughed heartily: "My lord, it's time in the capital. I and the governor are in the same palace, and we have a friendly relationship. You are the governor's family, and we are a family. When will you come?" , all are welcome.”

Lu Ding breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, thinking to himself, it seems that Luo Xin still gave the Lu family face.A natural smile appeared on his face and said:

"Yes, my brother also sent a letter asking me to befriend Master Luo."

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