Why did Lu Bing, the most powerful leader of the Royal Guards in Ming Dynasty, get a happy ending and keep his family?

In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1560), the capital was snowing heavily. Under the bleak circumstances, Emperor Jiajing got a bad news: Taibao, Shaofu, Taifu and Zuodu, and Lu Bing, who was in charge of the Royal Guards, died suddenly at the age of 5 1 year.

Knowing that this childhood friend who grew up with him and went to Beijing from Anlu died, Emperor Jiajing was very sad and wrote a letter praising him personally? Folding resistance, diligent and selfless? 、? Soldiers, from me to people in trouble, do good and make peace. . A posthumous gift loyal to him, a posthumous gift? Wu Hui? Son of Yin, in charge of security affairs.

Why did Lu Bing have a prominent official position before his death, and was respected after his death, but he also provided shade for future generations and families? This should start with his life experience.

In September of the seventh year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (1494), Zhu Youjue, the younger brother of the emperor and the fourth son of Xianzong, was eighteen years old and had reached the age of being a vassal. Emperor Xiaozong chose an auspicious day to make Wang Xing a vassal of Huguang anlu county (now Zhongxiang, Hubei). Jin Yiwei, a sergeant from Shi Jing, was chosen as the guard of honor and followed him to Anlu. One of them, Royal Guards General Truffle, was chosen to promote Wang Yiwei's standard warfare and came to Anlu together.

Zhu Houzong, the second son, was born in Anlu in September of the second year of Zheng De Ming Dynasty (1507). When choosing a nanny for the little prince, truffle's wife Wang Fu was chosen. From then on, she was responsible for raising Zhu Houzong. Therefore, the relationship between Lujia and Xing is closer.

In the fifth year of Ming Dynasty (15 10), Lu Bing, the son of Fan, was born. Because of his parents, Liu Bing followed Fan in and out of Xing when he was four or five years old. After a little older, at the request of Fann, Princess Jiang agreed to let Liu Bing accompany the Prince Xing as a personal servant to serve his daily life.

When I was a child, Zhu Houzong liked this nursing brother who was three years younger than himself (Liu Bing's mother Fan was Zhu Houzong's nanny and wet nurse). They shared their daily life in the same car, just like brothers.

In June of the 14th year of Zheng De (15 19), Xing Wangzhu died in Anlu. At the age of thirteen (actually less than twelve), Prince Xing, with the help of Xing Fei's Chiang Kai-shek and officials, began to take charge of this huge project independently with mature skills that were not in line with his actual age.

Truffles and Liu Bing, after Xing Shizi became the actual owner of Anlu Palace, their status also rose, and their prestige in Xing Palace continued to grow. Lu and his son are extremely satisfied with the present state and feel that the peak of life is so much.

The bigger surprise is yet to come-in the 16th year of Zhengde (152 1) in March, the Emperor Zhengde of Mingwuzong, who had been uninhibited in hip-hop all his life, died, and the Ming Dynasty was cut off. Under the auspices of civil servants headed by Yang Tinghe, cabinet records, Brothers and sisters? 、? What's the order? On this basis, it reported to Emperor Xiaozong and Wu Zongsheng's mother, Zhang Taihou. After approval, the court sent envoys to welcome Zhu Houzong, the highest son of Xianzong, to Beijing to inherit the unification! This is the later Emperor Jiajing of Ming Shizong.

So, Lu and his son followed Xing Shizi, who won the first prize, all the way to Beijing. After Zhu Houzong became the new generation emperor of Daming (the process is complicated and thrilling, so I won't go into details because it doesn't involve the topic), truffles were awarded to the deputy thousand households of Royal Guards and became the most powerful person in Daming's most powerful yamen, which was a leap to heaven.

After that, what about Lu? From the dragon? , and gradually promoted, until after the army viceroy, viceroy, assistant director of the Royal Guard. More than 30 years ago, he came to Anlu from Beijing with pleasure, but he didn't expect such an opportunity.

And Liu Bing, because of his unusual childhood relationship with Emperor Jiajing, naturally, a rising tide lifts all boats, and naturally entered the imperial army, the Royal Guards, and continued the confidant career of Emperor Jiajing. Liu Bing was only ten years old at this time.

In the Royal Guards, the young Lu Bing quickly merged into it because of the care of Emperor Jiajing. At that time, the command of the Royal Guards made Wang Zuo pay special attention to him, personally taught him specific responsibilities such as handling cases, checking and handling official documents, and told him:? You must be the head of the Royal Guards in the future. You must be familiar with the duties of a guard. ? Therefore, after Liu Bing took charge of the Royal Guards in the future, he often missed this teacher and was grateful to him.

In the 11th year of Jiajing (1532), Lu Bing was admitted to the martial arts of that year and became a martial artist. Emperor Jiajing took the opportunity to grant him a thousand royal guards and began to consciously train him as his right-hand man to stabilize the imperial power.

In the 13th year of Jiajing (1534), Tatar invaded the side wall, and Lu Bing went to the side wall as the deputy commander of the Royal Guards, killing one person. Ming Shizong was rewarded for his merits. Soon, his father, Truffle, died, and Liu Bing took over from his father, taking charge of the security affairs, acting as commander and taking charge of the southern town. Officially entered the high-level core of Royal Guards.

In the eighteenth year of Jiajing (1539), Emperor Jiajing returned to the old manor in Anlu for the first time and only time after he ascended the throne, and paid a visit to the mausoleum where his father and mother were buried together. When passing through Weihui, the palace caught fire, and the officials accompanying the driver were worried and didn't know where the emperor was. Only Liu Bing knew where it was because of his daily squire, so he braved the fire and knocked down the door of the palace where Emperor Jiajing was located, and personally carried Emperor Jiajing away. After this incident, Emperor Jiajing became more and more trusting and fond of Liu Bing, and relied on him as an absolute confidant.

After this incident, the relationship between Liu Bing and Emperor Jiajing rose from childhood to life and death, reaching the point of intimacy. Emperor Jiajing granted Lu Bing the command of the Royal Guards, but in fact he was in charge of the Royal Guards. Liu Bing is the only one besides his parents after Emperor Jiajing. Family and friendship? A courtier with a mentality and complete trust, even his queen, concubine and prince, has no such treatment.

In the 24th year of Jiajing (1545), in the first month of the leap, Lu Bing was officially appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Royal Guards. After he succeeded to the throne, the Royal Guards swept away the decline that had been suppressed by the officials of the East Factory for a hundred years, and rose strongly to overwhelm the East Factory in an all-round way, which the commanders and envoys of the Royal Guards in previous dynasties failed to do.

In the face of various orders of Emperor Jiajing, Liu Bing carried them out without reservation. He was a loyal eagle dog of the royal family, and Emperor Jiajing was very satisfied. At the same time, in addition to his position, Liu Bing also colluded with Yan Song to gain benefits through speculation and take bribes. Therefore, A Record of Xia Yan has mastered the evidence of illegal acts and is ready to report it to Emperor Jiajing.

If Emperor Jiajing learned about Liu Bing's illegal behavior, he wouldn't have to kill Liu Bing, but his political life would be over. So, Liu Bing lowered her head and made Xia Yan kowtow. Xia Yan was soft-hearted, and under the pity of Liu Bing, he survived.

But this incident gave Liu Bing a great shame and made him hate it. In the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing (1548), Liu Bing and Yan Song used their correspondence with the Trilateral Governor to discuss the opportunity to recover the military action of Hetao, falsely accusing Bian Shuai of colluding with Emperor Jiajing, secretly planning and intending to rebel. Emperor Jiajing was furious and asked Liu Bing to preside over the trial, so Liu Bing took the opportunity to retaliate and framed Xia Yan, which led to his imprisonment and finally abandoned the market. This is the only record of public execution before the end of the Ming Dynasty and after the beginning of the Ming Dynasty in 200 years. Liu Bing played a very bad role in it.

Even in those days, General Pinglu and Hou Qiuluan of Xianning, who were secretly tricked into winning the favor of Emperor Jiajing, were regarded as the favorite of the emperor by Liu Bing, so they were jealous of him. In the thirty-first year of Jiajing (1552), the Tatar invaded, and Lu soldiers made people secretly spread rumors, inducing Qiu Luan's men to defect to Tatar. Then stopped them halfway, in order to revenge jiajing emperor Luan collusion Tatar rebellion.

Qiu Luan was seriously ill at this time and died of anxiety after reporting. Emperor Jiajing ordered Lu Bing to try the case together with the three major legal departments. Lu Bing replied:? Qiu Luan's rebellion is true, and the crime should be punished by the family. ? So Emperor Jiajing ordered Qiu Luan to open the coffin and chop it up, and spread it to Jiuzhen. Qiu Luan's parents, wife and son were beheaded; Concubines, daughters and grandchildren sent the hero's family into slavery, their property went into the state treasury and their families were exiled. Open the general, marquis, we have sinned against Liu Bing, finally with a door.

However, Liu Bing has done some good things besides taking bribes, taking advantage of his power and engaging in nepotism. He defended Yang Jisheng, who was imprisoned and severely punished by the emperor, in many ways, and took good care of him, which made Yang Jisheng live for three more years. Jin Yiwei, another minister who directly remonstrated, experienced Shen Lian and was also covered by Lu Bing, only to escape many times. Even though the last emperor had to put Shen Lian to death, Liu Bing carried out the imperial edict of Jiajing in desperation, but Shen Lian's family, wife and children all lived safely under his protection and were not implicated. Later, Yu Ye, a famous anti-Japanese warrior, was protected from being framed and hit by Liu Bing.

Especially at that time, Zhu Zaihou, Yu Wang (now Emperor Qin Long), was despised and made things difficult by Yan Song and his son because Emperor Jiajing was deliberately alienated and indifferent. Or Liu Bing and Yan Song encouraged and maintained in the middle, so that Yu Wang got due treatment. This is also the place where Lu Bing shines, and the skill of United attack is perfectly used by Lu Bing.

Even the defiant Yan Shifan once said: The only talented people in the world are me, Liu Bing and Bai Yang. ? We can also see Liu Bing's fame and talent at that time.

After standing at the peak of status and power, Liu Bing married the minister of civil and military affairs in the DPRK in order to maintain the prosperity of the family. His five daughters were married to Zhu's son, Zhu's son, Xu Jie's son, Wu Peng's son, and Sun Shengzhi's son, the official department's minister, respectively. They are relatives all over Korea.

On the affairs of state, Liu Bing relied on the trust of Emperor Jiajing and colluded with Yan Song, which made his ministers afraid to compete with him. No matter the promotion of officials of various ministries and commissions, the settlement of various project expenses and the investigation and handling of major cases, they must be approved or audited by him before they can be handled. More than half of Douchayuan's suggestion was his protege, so Liu Bing claimed to be? Dominate the world, life and death? .

In the thirty-third year of Jiajing (1554), under the favor of Emperor Jiajing, Lu Bing was ordered to enter Xiyuan to practice with Yan Song and Zhu. Emperor Jiajing gave him a road number? Raise an elixir and a great fairy? .

In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing (1557), Lu Bing, commander of the Royal Guards, impeached Bing Lin and others to embezzle the materials of the imperial tomb, and built a private cemetery, the specifications of which exceeded the standard. Like the imperial tomb, Bing Lin and his followers were sentenced to beheading. At this time, due to Liu Bing, the Royal Guards are already above the Imperial Palace and the East Factory. Those officials who have offended Liu Bing have been beaten and even lost their lives.

In August of the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing (1557), Emperor Jiajing made Lu Bing a Taibao and a juvenile fu. At this time, Liu Bing was the first person since the Ming Dynasty.

For the sake of profit, Liu Bing can attack his political opponents by any means, whether it is the records or the general, and offend him, and finally be framed and killed.

On the other hand, in order to create a retreat, Lu Bing once protected loyal ministers and righteous men and was loyal to the literati. Therefore, his reputation tends to be positive, and he has not been branded as a Facebook or a traitor.

Generally speaking, Lu Bing is a smart and selfish person who is good at dealing with complex political environment. Starting from his own interests, he doesn't allow others to offend him, and at the same time, he can help others without stint when they are harmless. If there is a choice, Liu Bing wants to be a good person first.

The most important thing is that Lu Bing took the imperial edict of Emperor Jiajing as the primary instruction all his life, and he was loyal and had no second thoughts. He was the emperor's loyal hawk, dog and beater, and handled numerous major cases for Emperor Jiajing, defending imperial power and cracking down on offending courtiers. This is why he was in a high position and held power, but he died well.

And he was three years younger than Emperor Jiajing, but he died seven years earlier, and he was in the incomparable trust and strong care of the emperor all his life. After working as an emperor's thug for more than 30 years, Lu Bing finally died of old age, which is his greatest luck.

In the thirty-ninth year of Jiajing (1560), Lu Bing died on December 11th. Almost exactly seven years later, on December 14th, the 45th year of Jiajing (1567), Emperor Zhu Houzong of Jiajing died at the age of 6 1 year.

After Lu Bing's death, under the care of Emperor Jiajing, his son Lu Yi inherited his father's position and became the director of Royal Guards. Since then, Lu Yi lived a quiet life in the last years of Jiajing without any major setbacks.

After Emperor Jiajing, the tree that protected Lujia fell down, and Lujia's life began to be sad. According to Zhu Zaihou, the newly enthroned emperor of Qin Long, Lujia is a thing of the past and there is no reason to continue to give preferential treatment. Meanwhile, Liu Bing and veteran Jeff are in-laws. In Qin Long's view, this is an excuse to attack his political rival Xu Jie.

Therefore, under the purpose of implicating and framing Xu Jie, Gao Gong instructed officials to impeach Liu Bing with the intention of involving Xu Jie. Emperor Qin Long listened to Gao Gong's advice, investigated Liu Bing's crimes before his death, dismissed all his official positions, confiscated his family wealth, cut off Lu Yi's command and his uncle Liu Wei's official position, and demanded that they repay Liu Bing's huge sum of money for corruption. Lu Yi went to prison and was forced to sell his property to pay his debts. From then on, the Lujia family went bankrupt and became penniless.

In the three years of Wanli (1575), Qin Long has been dead for many years, and the high arch has also declined for a long time. With the help of Zhang, a disciple of Xu Jie, he wrote to Emperor Wanli, asking for forgiveness of Lujiazhi. Zhang and others further helped to intercede and told Emperor Wanli that Liu Bing had contributed to the rescue and that his family should not be reduced to such a state. Moreover, the Daming Law stipulates that property will not be confiscated unless there are crimes such as rebellion, treason and loyalty. Besides, the Lu family had already been ransacked, and then someone came after them. It is illegal to sit together for two crimes.

Emperor Wanli was very sympathetic after hearing this, so he wrote a letter to exonerate Liu Bing from his previous crimes, and Lu Yi was able to clear his name and return his property slightly. However, the rich past of Lujia is gone forever.