Raise an emperor as a villain

After entering the Hanlin Academy, Lu Hengxiu was also quite sought after, after all, he was born in the top three, and he was backed by Duan Wenzheng, the chief assistant of Duan Wenzheng.Everyone knew in their hearts that he only came to the Imperial Academy for a few years of qualifications, and when the time came, he would naturally join the cabinet, so they didn't order him to do anything about compiling books, and they wanted to confess him.

Lu Hengxiu's heart is not here, so he is naturally happy to save his energy to plan other things, so he looks very arrogant and lazy.What the Imperial Academy lacked most was the pedantic and sour Confucianism. They couldn't understand Lu Hengxiu's mannerisms, and they wished they could play him three times a day, and even quoted scriptures to criticize Huai Huai in front of him.

Lu Hengxiu turned a deaf ear to this, anyway, those literati just swear, and they won't really do anything.As for his notes, Duan Wenzheng didn't care about small things like being late and leaving early, being tired of work, and Ming Jue probably threw them into the brazier and burned them after reading it.

In the second year of Jing'an, when the countries of the Western Regions came to meet the emperor, Ming Jue rewarded a lot of gold, silver, jewelry and silk cloth, but later the Western Regions and other countries found that the rewards did not match what was listed on the gift list.Not only was the amount of gold and silver much different, but many jade and jewelry items were fakes and fakes, which were obviously embezzled by someone.

This time, the disturbance was not only about corruption, but also because the royal family had seriously lost face in front of the foreign vassals, so the incident became extraordinarily serious.Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment jointly investigated the case. All the officials in the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households who were in charge of the matter were dismissed pending investigation.

But in the end, this incident was full of thunder and rain, and it failed to turn into a major purge of the entire court. In the end, only the minister of the Ministry of Rites, several servants, and dozens of officials of the Ministry of Rites were convicted.

The evolution of the matter is as follows: at the beginning, when the Ministry of Punishment sent people to search the mansions of the Minister of Rites and several ministers, they found gifts that should have been rewarded to the vassal state.Later, the wall fell and everyone pushed, and officials from all over the country reported and exposed that the Ministry of Rites had been greedy for ink and paid tribute for many years.

The emperor was furious when he heard this, and he threw the book on the floor and cursed angrily: "The moth in the country is extremely heinous and must be investigated to the end."

After another month of investigations one after another, they finally turned up the corruption behavior of a group of high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Rites.

Then there is the imperial pen Zhu Pian, who has sentenced these people to death, beheaded after autumn, ransacked their homes, and exiled the three clans.

On the day when the imperial decree came down, Duan Shoufu immediately entered the palace to plead guilty, and knelt down outside Chengqian Hall.

After waking up in the morning, the emperor was shocked and immediately summoned Duan Wenzheng.

"I send my respects to the emperor. I have committed a crime, so I ask the emperor to punish me." As soon as he entered the room, Duan Wenzheng knelt down again with a "plop".

"What's wrong with Aiqing?"

"I don't know who I know. I once recommended the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials and a group of people. It is really ignorant."

"What's the matter? Aiqing, get up," Ming Jue smiled and helped Duan Wenzheng up, "Duan Shoufu has been an official for 40 years, and he has recommended countless talents. Occasionally, it is inevitable that one or two will not be successful. Why? Is it Aiqing's fault?"

"Come here, give Duan Shoufu a seat. Duan Shoufu won't stand for a long time when he is old, and I still have to rely on Duan Shoufu to take care of government affairs for me."

When Duan Wenzheng sat down tremblingly, Ming Jue said casually again: "Now all the officials above the fourth rank in the Ministry of Rites are gone. There are so many vacancies all of a sudden. Where should I go to find someone to fill them up?" .”

"I dare not lie."

"Oh, Aiqing, just say it boldly. I personally think that Mr. Luo Wenxi is good. He has worked in the official department in the past. If he wants to come and go to the official department to be a minister, it will not be bad. But for the rest, I will I have no idea."

Duan Wenzheng heard that Mingjue promoted Luo Wenxi first, so he let down his vigilance.The little emperor wanted to promote his own people wholeheartedly, but it was a pity that a single tree could not grow into a forest, and it would not be able to achieve anything in a short while, so he said, "I wonder if the emperor still has any impressions of Enke's talent acquisition last year?"

Ming Jue pretended to think for a while before saying, "I remember him, his name is Lu Hengxiu."

"It's this person, what does the emperor think of him as a servant?" After more than a year of being close to him, Duan Wenzheng thought that Lu Hengxiu was one of his subordinates, so he couldn't help recommending him, but he didn't know that this was the case. Right in the arms of Ming Jue.

"Very good, just follow what Aiqing said, do you have any opinions about the rest of the candidates?"

"I have no other candidates." Duan Wenzheng, who had just been cleared of a wave of minions, did not dare to be too presumptuous, so he only recommended one person. "How about it be recommended by the ministers tomorrow morning?"

"Very good."

The conclusion in the Palace of Chengqian has not yet been announced, but the two people drinking tea in the restaurant have already known the result.

"Jane's plan is so clever that even I feel ashamed." Luo Wenxi praised.

"It's not that Mister can't figure it out, it's because Mister is right-minded, and he wouldn't think in this direction at all." Lu Hengxiu pointed out the key point sharply.

In fact, this big case was carefully planned by him from the very beginning.The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households have been corrupt for a long time, but both departments were recommended by Duan Wenzheng for promotion. With Duan Wenzheng, an old fox, it is difficult to grasp accurate evidence for a while.

This time, when the vassal state came to Beijing for an audience, the tribute and rewards in return were all undertaken by the Ministry of Rites, so Lu Hengxiu had a plan to frame the Ministry of Rites.

No matter how courageous the minister of the Ministry of Rites is, he would never dare to withhold the much-anticipated rewards from the feudal kingdom under the eyes of the emperor.They didn't touch those things at all, and they were all in full when they were just delivered to the vassal state, but just after they were put into the warehouse that night, the masters of the Shadow Guard Division's Shenlong disappeared and robbed half of them, and secretly buried them in the warehouse. In the backyard of the adults.

The emperor's reward disappeared, but it turned out to be found in the backyard of the Minister of Rites. This kind of iron evidence is naturally undeniable. As for the other evidence of crimes that were discovered later, it was just a few more nails on the iron plate.

Although this method is not bright, it can be said to be very effective. Even a cunning and cunning person like Duan Wenzheng was tricked by Lu Hengxiu.

"Of course it's good to be aboveboard, but it's a pity that I don't have that much patience to wait. Mr. Luo won't think that I'm a sinister villain, right?"

Luo Wenxi listened to Lu Hengxiu's question and didn't answer it, so it was his turn to comment on merits and demerits.

"Of course I don't dare to think like this. Right or wrong is up to you. In short, you just ask for a clear conscience."