It is not shameful to fail, but it is shameful for those who do not know how to correct themselves after failure and who keep insisting on not compromising.
The end justifies the means, but once the end is not achieved, then any means may be used to make up for it.
This was the creed that Lu Wan, the Minister of War, had always held during his decades of career in the government. Therefore, he immediately visited Zhu Jing, the Duke of Zhao, on the same night he returned to Beijing, hoping to make up for his previous actions with full sincerity. To this end, he not only betrayed the Prime Minister Jiang Ge Lao behind him, but also promised to help Zhu Jing's generals, including Zhu Tingfang, to win military merits.
In addition, he even promised to use his own methods to cooperate with the Zhu family to drive out certain censors who were constantly talking nonsense from the court - of course, he did not notice that the four words "constantly talking nonsense" were new terms he learned from Lu Sanlang.
However, Lu Wan was a little unprepared. Although he was the first to visit, Zhu Jing's attitude towards him was quite cold. He just didn't comment on his sincerity, as if he didn't realize how much benefit he could get from having him, the Minister of War, as an ally. What caught him even more unprepared was that Zhang Shou actually made his visit to the Duke of Zhao's mansion known to everyone the next day!
Of course, Minister Lu didn't know that it was his youngest son who tipped off Zhang Shou and became a spy. He thought that Zhu Jing didn't consider his future son-in-law Zhang Shou as an outsider after signing the marriage certificate, and Zhang Shou, who had a delicate relationship with him, deliberately told others after learning about it. Therefore, after enduring all kinds of strange looks from his subordinates in the military office that afternoon, he went home early before dusk.
As soon as he returned home, his eldest and second sons followed him back. The second son was furious and wanted him to investigate the leak of the news. The eldest son cautiously suggested that he go to the Prime Minister Jiang Ge Lao to discuss it. When he asked the two brothers with a long face, the two brothers said in unison that the Zhu family spread the news with ulterior motives, so he should just contact his colleagues and followers and fight to the end.
Although Lu Wan had always been optimistic about his two sons who were good at studying, he was furious when he heard their suggestion and quickly kicked them out. But when Zhu Ying whipped Yang Yiming, the doctor in charge of the Ruxing Hall, at the gate of the Imperial College because of his slander of Zhang Shou, he hesitated.
Zhu Jing was a relative of the emperor, and he had many enemies who were dissatisfied with him after his victory. Even though he showed weakness, they still refused to give in. It was said that other people who visited him in the afternoon did not get any accurate information. Zhang Shou was young and hot-tempered, and he made enemies everywhere. This time, he was even more arrogant and wanted to change the old system of the Imperial College.
The father-in-law and son-in-law are both so unruly, and with Zhu Ying being such a fool, if they provoke everyone to attack them, will they really be able to stand firm? You must know that Zhu Tingfang's previous experience in the army is not clear to others, but he, the Minister of War, knows it very well!
However, just when Lu Wan sent someone to get the news, Lu Sanlang came back in a swagger and went straight to his father's study. The heavy-duty little fat boy ignored the two book boys' obstruction and rushed directly to the door.
"Dad, there was a strange story in the Imperial College today. Yang Yiming, a doctor of the Imperial College, failed to frame Zhu Ying, and staged a teacher-student split with his former favorite student Xie Wanquan. Do you want to know more about it?"