Preface
The Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to the emperor's personal guards, and his immediate boss is the emperor, which is considered the emperor's private institution, causing particularity, and the leader of the Jinyi Wei will often be in the emperor's replacement, turbulence, and even lead to death.
Compared with Dongchang, the degree of protection by the emperor is also weaker, after all, the rights given by Dongchang are eunuchs, and the person given by Jinyiwei is a normal person, and there will be a situation where the son inherits the father's position.
This means that the emperor is still afraid of Jinyiwei, but there is one exception, this person is Lu Bing, the leader of Jinyiwei, who has been in charge of Jinyiwei for 20 years, and can be in charge for such a long time, which shows that he is deeply trusted by the emperor.
But why would such a person who was trusted by the emperor open the coffin and kill his body after his death, so what did he do?
1. Grow together
Lu Bing was able to gain the trust of the emperor because this emperor was Emperor Jiajing, so why was Lu Bing so trusted by Emperor Jiajing?
In fact, this is related to his background, Lu Bing was originally the son of Emperor Jiajing's nursing mother, and Lu Bing in his youth often followed his mother in and out of Xingwang's mansion.
So even Lu Bing, who often comes with him who is about the same age as himself, is very fond of it, and the two are friends who have played together since childhood, they are small and brothers, so the relationship between the two is also very deep.
In addition, Lu Bing's grandfather was born in Jinyiwei, and later his father Lu Song took over, and after Lu Song, there is now Lu Bing, it can be said that the origin of three generations of grandparents and grandchildren can be described as Zhengzheng Miaohong.
Emperor Jiajing is Zhu Houxi, after the death of Emperor Zhengde, because he had no son, Zhu Houxi was qualified to inherit the throne because he was a close branch of the imperial family.
He has just inherited Emperor Jiajing, and he is at the time of employing people at this time, and now Emperor Jiajing needs power, so he is still very important to those old people.
This includes Lu Bing's father, and Lu Bing did not live up to the emperor's expectations, because he was favored by Emperor Jiajing because of his meritorious service in saving the driver twice.
When Emperor Jiajing first entered Beijing, as a branch of the imperial family far from the center of the imperial government, his foundation in the capital was too shallow, which was not conducive to him consolidating his power.
Especially now the power of the court is still in the hands of Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the harem is also controlled by the Empress Dowager Zhang, so at this point, Emperor Jiajing has no real power in his hands at this time, and even looks like a puppet emperor.
But fortunately, Emperor Jiajing is not a real puppet, nor is he a marionette, he can only be at the mercy of others, he knows how to forbear and hibernate, which seems to be the innate wisdom of the royal family.
In order to keep himself from being in a passive situation, while promoting his former ministers, he also chose some cronies for himself, and Lu Bing was the lucky one.
The two of them are small, and they have a deep emotional foundation, which also makes Emperor Jiajing trust Lu Bing more, so when Lu Bing grows up a little, he often serves by Emperor Jiajing's side.
Lu Bing was very loyal to Emperor Jiajing, and as he grew up, not only psychologically, but also physically, he became more tall and powerful, and he was very intelligent, and it was precisely because of this that he was valued by Emperor Jiajing.
But what really won the appreciation and trust of Emperor Jiajing was because Lu Bing had twice rescued the driver, and Lu Bing's real career also relied on his talent.
Second, the rescue is meritorious
Although Lu Bing and Emperor Jiajing have a deep relationship, who doesn't want to make contributions by virtue of their own relationships, if they are labeled as "related households", the first impression is that this person has no merits, and it all depends on relationships.
Lu Bing devoted himself to studying and practicing martial arts, and did not inherit the hereditary position at the same time, but participated in the martial arts, and was afraid that it would be too ostentatious, so he secretly released some water and became a martial artist.
However, after the canonization of the Jinluan Palace, Mongolia went south, and Lu Bing was sent by Emperor Jiajing to kill the enemy, and this battle changed the trajectory of Lu Bing's life.
Lu Bing on the battlefield because of the killing of an enemy, made a meritorious service, awarded the Jinyi Wei deputy thousand households, two years later, Lu Bing's father died of illness, according to the court-China etiquette system, should inherit the father's business.
But Lu Bing did not do this, but was ready to resign from the face of the saint, but he was still forcibly left by Emperor Jiajing's side, it can be said that Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was also forced, and even helped Emperor Jiajing do a lot of things to wipe his ass.
It can be said that Lu Bing is a sharp blade in the secret of Emperor Jiajing, pointing where to fight, at this time Lu Bing also became the leader of the Jinyi Guard, and later Lu Bing followed Emperor Jiajing to the south to inspect.
It happened that the emperor was sleeping in the palace in the middle of the night, but he didn't expect the palace to go to the water, and suddenly the fire was monstrous, and when everyone found out, the fire was already quite serious.
No one noticed that Emperor Jiajing was still in the house at this time, and when everyone was at a loss, it was Lu Bing who stood up, rushed into the sea of fire, and carried Emperor Jiajing out of it.
Since then, the relationship between Lu Bing and Emperor Jiajing has not only been a childhood friendship that has accompanied each other since childhood, but also a life-saving grace in childhood.
Another time was because Emperor Jiajing was almost assassinated by several palace maids, because Emperor Jiajing was moody and often beat and scolded the palace maids, and several palace maids couldn't stand the capriciousness like Emperor Jiajing, so they united to rebel.
While the emperor was sleeping, he was ready to ask for the emperor's life, and at this moment of crisis, it was Lu Bing's appearance that rescued Emperor Jiajing, who was in danger.
Lu Bing also officially took over the Jinyi Weiyin from the hands of the former leader Chen Yin, which is the transfer of power and the change of the times.
Lu Bing also stood in the highest position of Jinyiwei, he was only thirty years old at that time, and when he was established, he had such an achievement, which was beyond the reach of others.
3. Open the coffin and kill the corpse
For a time, Lu Bing's limelight was in full swing, and some old ministers in the court were even older than Lu Bing's father, although Lu Bing wanted to get rid of these people very much in his heart, he had to show respect for these people on the surface.
Because he knows the darkness of officialdom, especially the position where he is located, he can be trusted by the emperor and can be suspected by the emperor, so he has woven a huge network of relationships for his family early on, which can protect the safety of his family at critical times.
In order to avoid being hated by the courtiers, he also paid great attention to having a good relationship with the courtiers.
Therefore, the evaluation of Lu Bing is also mixed, thinking that he is a strict party and a traitorous minister, but he did not frame the scholar, and even ran to rescue the framed minister and protect his family.
will even work against the emperor, the minister of the emperor's rectification, he will help him gain a good reputation, the so-called policy, there are countermeasures, which can be a minister is not a human spirit.
There are a few people who sincerely go to work for the emperor, and even if there are some people who do things, they are not less self-interested, so Lu Bing is such a person.
He used the technique of "Helian Vertical and Horizontal" very well, taking the marriage of his children as an example, the eldest daughter married the sister-in-law of Chengguo Gong, the second daughter married Yan Song's grandson, the third daughter married the son of Xu Jie, and the fourth daughter married the son of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.
The family who chooses to marry is either a powerful minister of the dynasty or a potential stock, even if Lu Bing declines in the future, the Lu family will not decline, all thanks to Lu Bing's left and right in the court.
Lu Bing was also the only official in the Ming Dynasty who took the three dukes and three orphans as a convenience, and later when he invaded Mongolia, it was Lu Bing who stepped forward to defend against the enemy, selected officials, and relieved the siege of Datong.
However, it was such a person, but he died very suddenly, when he drank some wine at the house of Shaobao Yang Bo, and fell down after feeling unwell, which made Emperor Longqing very sad about his death.
Soon after his death, Lu Bing's son was bullied by the relatives of the Lu family because of his young age, and during the reign of Emperor Jiaqing, Emperor Longqing was still dormant, and when Emperor Jiaqing died, Emperor Longqing came to power, and the new cabinet assistant minister Gao Gong overthrew Xu Jie.
Emperor Longqing was most disgusted with the Jinyi guard that Lu Bing was in charge of, so as soon as he came to power, he found a reason to raid the Lu family and kill Lu Bing in the coffin.
epilogue
Lu Bing's life is full of legends, he is a playmate who grew up with Emperor Jiajing, and he also did a hand of Emperor Jiajing in secret, and took some "dirty things" for him.