Lu Bing died. Apart from his family and confidants, perhaps the only one who was sad for him was Xiyuan.

Emperor Jiajing stood in the garden and looked up at the bright moon in the sky, but he thought that the bright moon was still there, but things had changed.

He died and could never come back.

The companions who were playing with Anlu Palace and who accompanied him all the way to the capital, were not many left behind who came out of Anlu Xingxian Palace.

These people were all those who stood firmly on his side when he first ascended to the great treasure. When he was in the face of the coercion of Yang Ting and the old stubborn people, they were all his humble ministers. Without their silent support behind them, Emperor Jiajing did not know whether he could survive such a chaotic dynasty.

After all, he was just a fourteen-year-old child at that time.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest."

The footsteps sounded behind him, and Emperor Jiajing knew who the person was.

He is old, too.

He sighed in his heart, "Huang Jin, I will issue an order tomorrow to order the left governor Zhu Xixiao to handle the funeral and protect his family. Has the cabinet discussed Lu Bing's mourning and honor?"

Suddenly, Emperor Jiajing remembered that he had issued an order to the cabinet this morning to discuss Lu Bing's posthumous title and what treatment should be given.

"this"

Huang Jin hesitated when answering the conversation. It was obvious that the cabinet had not yet discussed the results and reported them to the inner court.

"Forget it, prepare the pen and ink, I will make the decision in person."

Emperor Jiajing planned to issue an edict in person, without waiting for Yan Song's old men.

Thinking of Lu Bing and Yan Song's frequent attacks, I felt a little bored. Maybe the Yan family was holding a big banquet at this time.

"Check it out for me. Those who have been invited by their families in the past two nights."

When he turned back to the hall, Emperor Jiajing suddenly ordered.

When he quickly walked to the front of the palace gate, Emperor Jiajing suddenly stood still again and almost collided with Huang Jin who was following him.

"I remember that the pills refined this time shouldn't have such a strong effect. You can quickly find someone to take the remaining pills and repay me."

After practicing for many years, I don’t know how many furnaces of elixirs he has refined. Now Emperor Jiajing is already considered a master of this.

To be honest, many folk Taoist masters are afraid that they are not as proficient in the art of refining medicine, and there are not many people in the world who can surpass him in the refining medicine.

He was sad before because of Lu Bing's death, but just now he thought that someone might hold a big banquet at home and have a big banquet for guests when he was sad. He felt a little uncomfortable.

In just a few dozen steps, Emperor Jiajing thought more about it, and unconsciously analyzed the medicinal materials of this furnace of elixir and became suspicious.

It’s very strange. Even if the furnace medicine is not refined, the medicine power should not be so strong.

Hearing Emperor Jiajing's words, Huang Jin instinctively shrank his neck.

He could feel the cold chill from Emperor Jiajing's words. What did the emperor doubt?

Huang Jin felt a little guilty. You should know that he was the governor and eunuch in the palace. If the eunuchs below were really involved, he would not be able to escape the relationship, which was the so-called leadership responsibility.

But no matter how you think about it, the emperor's orders must be implemented resolutely. Even if Lu Bing's death is really strange, it must be investigated. They are all from the palace of Anlu Xingxian's mansion, although he was once one of the eyeliners sent by the inner court to Anlu to monitor King Xingxian.

"yes."

Huang Jin just nodded slightly and answered in a low voice.

"In the afternoon, I saw Chen Ju come back?"

Emperor Jiajing turned around and continued to walk into the hall, asking as he walked.

"I arrived in the capital this morning and it was almost noon when I entered the palace. I asked him to rest for two days before coming to work as a job."

Huang Jin hurriedly followed and replied.

"Nanjing did a good job this time, so I should reward you."

Emperor Jiajing went to the imperial calligraphy case, and he wanted to issue an edict for Lu Bing himself, which was the only thing he, the emperor, could do at this time.

When Huang Jin heard this, he just looked up slightly and looked at the emperor's back, but his feet kept walking over.

Early the next morning, Emperor Jiajing's handwriting was sent to the cabinet.

Yan Song received the emperor's edict, but after reading it, he felt a little bitter in his mouth. Xu Jie stood aside and looked at all this coldly.

Lu Bing's accidental death made Xu Jie feel a little dangerous, although he didn't know where this feeling came from.

In fact, even the darkest "conspiracy theory enthusiast" in his heart would not have thought that Lu Bing's death was just a game, a bold game.

In this game, the person who set up the game has taken everything into consideration.

The words released from the harem after Lu Bing's death, Ren Shang died suddenly while he was sick, and Jinyiwei went to the streets to inspect. This was not allowed to discuss the matter more. People were not allowed to mention that Lu Bing's real cause of death was to test the medicine for the newly refined elixir for Emperor Jiajing, and to preserve the emperor's reputation.

Even if someone doubts, he would never dare to jump out and say anything at this time, let alone in the eyes of those who know the details, is it strange to kill people with elixirs? This has happened in the palace before.

Of course, Xu Jie would not think that Emperor Jiajing poisoned Lu Bing to death. He was just a little sad because he lacked a helper who dared to fight Yan Song in the court.

"Your Majesty praised Wen Fu for serving the country, exposing the rebels, fulfilling his loyal duties, and writing Qing Ci, posthumously awarded him the loyal Bo and posthumously named him "Wu Hui" (meaning "Zhe Chong and rebellious against insults, and selfless in showing diligence"). This is easy to say.

But he was given sixteen altars of sacrifice, which was a bit beyond the rules. He also gave him vegetarian food, 50 stones of seaweed, and ordered the Ministry of Works to prepare coffins for him and build a tomb.

As for the Ministry of War appointing his son Lu Yi as the assistant commander of our guard and asking Zhu Xixiao to take care of his family, these are the intentions."

When the edict arrives at the cabinet, the cabinet must reach an agreement before it can be explained to the six disciplines by issuing them with seals. This is the imperial edict.

Emperor Jiajing sent the edict to the cabinet first instead of directly issuing the six departments. Naturally, he was worried that the people in the six departments would pretend to be crazy and deliberately cause trouble, so he asked them to do a good job of comforting first.

"The rest are all easy to say, it's just this 16 altar of sacrifice. I wonder if anyone will make trouble for those people."

Xu Jie naturally knew the meaning of this, but the Sixteen Altars of sacrifices are the specifications of the emperor. When used on Lu Bing, it is indeed easy to cause criticism from the people below. If it is rejected by the Six Clauses, it will probably be another court storm.

"We sent it here in person. If anyone is not convinced, he will just ask the Ministry of Personnel to send the person away. He has worked with Wenfu for many years. In the end, there will be no problem in the end."

Yan Song stroked his pale beard and said to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie nodded slightly, and he could only do this, forcibly suppressing the six subjects through this will.

The meaning of issuing an imperial edict and issuing an imperial edict is completely different.

No matter what, if the person is gone, and the emperor gives this decent amount, don’t mess around with the people below them.

Sure enough, the six-class officials still had some opinions on the emperor's mourning and honor after Lu Bing's death, mainly the matter of offering sacrifices to the Sixteen Altars. At the beginning, they refused to give up and firmly opposed it.

Although Yan Song infringed on the court, he was often helpless against the Liuke and the Censorate, let alone the second auxiliary Xu Jie.

There was no choice but to come up with a negotiated countermeasure and threaten directly with an official position. If you object, you can wait for the documents of the Ministry of Personnel. You can go home to pack your bags and set off immediately to the southwest to become the mountain king.

The chief minister and the second assistant made such a threat, but were sent to a remote countryside like the southwest. If they went there, they would probably never return to the prosperous Central Plains in their entire lives.

In fact, there are also people in the six subjects, but after all, there are not many, just a few.

But at this time it also played a huge role. When you see both cabinet masters coming, you can know that they hurriedly came out to be a peacemaker and persuaded the people who were most determined to oppose the most.

"Mr. Lu's affairs have been delayed for a day and cannot be delayed any more. After all, it is the Ai Rong after death, which is given by His Majesty. It's so decent."

With constant persuasion, Yan Song and Xu Jie's previous threats were still in my ears. Thinking about it, it was because people were gone, so why are you still fighting for?

Finally, Li Ke nodded first to agree, and the edict itself was also passed even if Li Ke nodded.

The other officials who gave the court had already made concessions and it was difficult to continue to object. The edict was quickly archived and printed.

The imperial edict was issued, and after receiving the order, the left governor Zhu Xixiao hurriedly left the Left Army Governor's Office and rushed to the Lu family to manage the funeral of the Lu family.

In fact, this edict should have been issued yesterday, but the cabinet has not yet produced a charter. Emperor Jiajing was in grief again, so he was one day late before issuing it.

Zhu Xixiao was descended from the King of Dongping, Zhu Neng, and was currently the younger brother of Zhu Xizhong, Duke Chengguo. Because of Zhu Xizhong's relationship, he was awarded an official position.

Lu Bing was the governor of the Left Army Governor's Office, but he was in charge of the Jinyiwei's affairs. Compared to others, Emperor Jiajing naturally believed in his younger brother more.

Zhu Xixiao is also a good person to make friends. In addition, he has good abilities and has the relationship with his elder brother Cheng Guogong Zhu Xizhong, so he also had a prosperous official career after entering the officialdom and became the person in charge of the governor's office of the Left Army.

Of course, at this time, most of the powers of the Governor's Office of the Five Army had been emptied by the Ministry of War. In fact, the power to command the troops had long been lost, leaving only an empty stance, but it could not withstand the high-level rank.

Emperor Jiajing sent Zhu Xixiao to be responsible for Lu Bing's funeral, which was naturally elevating the status of the Lu family. Don't bully him without eyes because Lu Bing is gone.

After all, when Lu Bing was in charge of Jinyiwei, he offended many powerful people.

The news in Beijing spread extremely fast. Wei Guangde received the information at noon that day.

"Tsk tsk."

Wei Guangde lamented Emperor Jiajing's favor for Lu Bing and gave him the breast brother with the emperor's specifications, but then shook his head again, saying that he was not worth it for Lu Bing.

Wei Guangde thought that the summoning of Emperor Jiajing might be postponed for a few days, and it would not be summoned until after the Lu Mansion mourning, but this time he was wrong.

That night, a young servant came to convey the news from the palace and went to Xiyuan to meet him tomorrow morning.

Wei Guangde also guessed this summoning, which was a routine reception. After all, it was an imperial envoy sent by the court. He asked about the errands and might talk about what the people saw along the way, especially the Nanjing Zhenwuying incident that Wei Guangde was involved in.

However, Wei Guangde also thought that at this time, Emperor Jiajing probably had no intention of talking about these things. He should just ask casually and end the summoning, and then let Wei Guangde rest for a while.

Sure enough, during the summons the next day, Emperor Jiajing was even more interested in the current situation in Nanjing City, and asked him about his experiences in Nanjing City.

As for Zhenwu Camp, there was no contact at all.

Yes, the information about Zhenwuying and the news sent from Nanjing have already explained in detail, not only the cause, but also the development process and final disposal.

When Wei Guangde learned from the mouth that Nanjing City had suffered consecutive disasters, the market's business declined for a long time.

The entire reception process was very short, and Emperor Jiajing didn't say much, and most of them asked questions, and then Wei Guangde answered.
To be continued...