The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

Fu Tingzhou's face was sullen, with an air of unfamiliar aura, but the others hadn't recovered from their annual leave, and they spoke with joy. The officials had no intention of doing errands. Anyway, the first day of the new year had nothing to do with it. They gathered together, gossiping and passing the time.

"I heard that the first imperial decree issued by the palace this year was two promotion orders?"

"Yeah." The other person snorted, unable to tell whether he was envious or emotional, "The first thing in the new year, of course, be full of joy. Zhang Ge was promoted to the Grand Master of the Temple of the Body, and Lu Hengshi gave the commander of Jinyiwei. ."

At the beginning of the 12th year of Jiajing, the courtroom was cut down unprecedentedly. Zhao Huai, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, accepted bribes from the "eight tigers". Many of Zhao Huai's old jiāo were found to be corrupt, and they were impeached. In the end, Zhao Huai's teacher, Yang Yingning, was not to blame. Resign.

The first assistant was in office, the cabinet was vacant, and many important positions in the six ministries were also vacated. The ministers had a hunch before the holiday, and sure enough, as soon as the court resumed, a new round of merit and deeds rewards began.

When the political struggle failed, Yang Yingning's party members and officials who had supported Yang Ting were all devolved. Correspondingly, many people who won the battle rose up. In this big reckoning, the two people who deserve the most credit are undoubtedly Lu Heng, the commander of the Nanzhen Fu Division who found the evidence, and Zhang Jinggong, the second assistant who successfully brought down Yang Yingning.

Zhang Jinggong was naturally promoted to the rank of Jinshendian University scholar, concurrently serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Personnel, and became the first assistant of the cabinet. Nowadays, everyone in the court and the opposition must respect Zhang Jinggong and call him "Zhang Ge Lao". At the same time, under the transfer order of Jin Yiwei, Lu Heng officially promoted the official rank of the third grade, and actually granted Jin Yiwei the post of commander to manage the affairs of Jin Yiwei.

In the hall, some people are happy and some people are sad. Although Fu Tingzhou has not seen it, it is not difficult to imagine that the cabinet and Nanzhen Fusi must be very lively now. The newly released first assistant, the young and promising commander of Jin Yiwei, no matter what everyone thinks in their hearts, they must be respectful.

The coming of these two people undoubtedly shows that the era of Hongzhi and Zhengde has completely passed, and a new era of Jiajing has begun.

When everyone in the Nancheng Army and Horse Division heard that Lu Heng was promoted again, their hearts were really complicated. They are also military attachés. They have been in the circle of the capital since they were young, and they know best how difficult it is for military generals to be promoted. Military generals are different from civil ministers. Military generals are more heroes of the times. If they encounter an opportunity, it is common to fly into the sky and split the earth to seal a prince.

Daming had serious border troubles, and they were at war all the year round. Duke Xungui of the capital often entered and left the battlefield. Compared with other dynasties, they were considered to be very successful. But compared with Lu Heng, they became dim stars, and they had nowhere to hide under Lu Heng's light.

The courtroom was filled with spies of Jinyiwei, and they didn't dare to speak too deeply, and sighed half-truly: "The first time in the new year, the emperor promoted the two of them, which is really good luck. Zhang Jinggong is the leader. Fu, it has been more than 20 years, so let's not talk about it, Lu Heng is only 23 years old this year, right?"

Zhang Jinggong had few talents, but the road to the imperial examination was not smooth. He took the exam seven times before finally passing the second-class jinshi. He was already forty-seven years old when he entered the office. He went ups and downs in the Zhengde Dynasty for a long time, and has never been reused. Finally, the fate of Zhang Jinggong ushered in a turning point in the Jiajing Dynasty. He became famous in one fell swoop by the great ceremony and won the favor of the emperor. Since then, he has been promoted all the way. Rao is so, he waited for twelve years before finally becoming the first assistant.

As for Lu Heng, at only twenty-three years old, he was already on par with Zhang Jinggong. The children of military officials of the same age as him have just entered the office, and the children of the civilian family are even still taking scientific examinations. When they went to court, those who stood around Lu Heng were all people who were old enough to be his father or even his grandfather. He and the emperor were considered to be very few young people in the early court.

People like Fu Tingzhou who skipped his father's enthronement are a special case, and he is also a rare young man in the court. However, his and Lu Heng's starting points were completely different. Lu Heng was directly responsible to the emperor, and if he had any words, he would go straight to the sky, and he would sue Hei along the way while reporting the errand. On the other hand, Fu Tingzhou still has layers of superiors, and it would be difficult to meet the emperor by leaps and bounds.

In terms of age, Fu Tingzhou and Lu Heng are of the same level, but in officialdom, Lu Heng and Zhang Jinggong are of the same level.

Fu Tingzhou didn't participate in the discussion and sighed in his heart. Among the people in the capital, Fu Tingzhou was the only one who was afraid of Lu Heng.

Fu Tingzhou didn't know whether to sigh that Lu Heng was lucky or mighty. Lu Heng had gathered all the people at the right time and place. In the sky, he and the emperor were playmates who grew up together. Lu Heng's father was the guard of Xingwang's mansion, and his mother was the emperor's mother. This childhood friendship was unparalleled; their family was just in time for the change of dynasties, and the emperor ascended the throne. , in urgent need of manpower, the Lu family took advantage of the wind in the ceremony; Ren Shang was smart and able, and was very good at figuring out what he wanted, which just filled the emperor's loneliness with few bosom friends.

Although the capital was large, the people the emperor could come into contact with every day were either eunuchs, 50 or 60-year-old cabinet scholars, or the honorable Qi Guoxun and others who were born and raised in the capital. The emperor is almost twenty-six years old this year. What language can he have in common with these people? In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, I am afraid that only in front of Lu Heng, the emperor can say a few homely words.

The mouth of a minister, the brain of a capable minister, and the intimacy of a eunuch, it is no wonder that the emperor reused Lu Heng.

This kind of experience cannot be replicated. It may not happen again in a hundred years. Fu Tingzhou just thought about it for a moment and then put it aside. No matter how lucky Lu Heng is, it has nothing to do with Fu Tingzhou. What Fu Tingzhou cares about now is Wang Yanqing.