Seemingly noticing the way Li Huan looked at him, Shi Hao flicked his sleeves and snorted coldly, as if he ignored Li Huan.
Zhu Houzhao saw this scene and said calmly: "Why does Aiqing object?"
Shi Hao cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Li Huan is just a lucky minister. To be able to occupy the position of Commander and Envoy of the Royal Guards at such a young age is already a blessing. The emperor's kindness is so great. Your Majesty loves you so much. What virtue is there?"
How can he be promoted to the post of Commander-in-Chief?"
As he spoke, Shi Hao glanced at Li Huan with disdain and said: "The commander-in-chief Qianshi is a high-ranking official in the army. The important affairs of the country are between the sacrifices and the army. How can you hand over the important military and national duties to a child with a yellow mouth! Your Majesty's move will put all
Where are the great things of the country?"
I have to say that Shi Hao's words were really powerful and enlightening. Coupled with Shi Hao's upright and awe-inspiring face, all the officials around him were nodding in praise.
To be honest, if he were not on the opposite side, Li Huan could not help but give high-fives and praise Shi Hao's words.
But Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "I'm afraid the Shi Qing family doesn't know that Li Qing is from a hereditary family of 100 in the Wei Institute. His family has a long history of education, and he also has superb martial arts skills that are not comparable to ordinary white men. I did not directly make him the commander of the capital."
, but made him the capital commander and asked him to work harder, so how could this endanger the military and national affairs?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at Li Huan, with expressions of envy and jealousy in their eyes. It was clear that the emperor wanted to make Li Huan a second-grade high-ranking official like the commander of the capital.
In the end, it was because of Li Huan's resume that he settled for the next best thing. But even so, it was an honor that no one in the civil and military dynasties enjoyed.
Not to mention the envy of all the officials, even when Li Huan stopped what Zhu Houzhao was saying, he couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart.
Zhu Houzhao, the young emperor, was really a man of temperament, and he gave unlimited trust to all the ministers he recognized.
Just like Jiang Bin and Qian Ning recorded in history books, once they gained Zhu Houzhao's trust, they invested 120% of their trust.
Taking a deep breath, Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty's grace is so great, I... I am so virtuous and capable..."
When Shi Hao saw that Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao had staged a scene of mutual respect between king and minister in front of him, and he was envious and jealous of why Li Huan was able to get such favor from Zhu Houzhao, he immediately said angrily: "Name and title are the same.
How can you reward the country's most important weapon without merit? I sincerely ask your Majesty to think twice before doing so."
Zhu Houzhao's expression suddenly darkened, he stared at Shi Hao coldly and said, "So the Qing family is firmly opposed to my reward for Li Qing!"
Shi Hao nodded firmly and said: "As the censor of the left deputy capital of the Supervisory Council, my responsibilities are my duty. I must not sit back and watch your majesty mess up the laws and regulations of the country."
Liu Jin looked at Zhu Houzhao's expression, and immediately jumped out and pointed at Shi Hao and screamed angrily: "You Shi Hao, you are so brave. Don't you know that your kindness comes from the top? Your Majesty is the king of a country. When will you be awarded a reward?"
Are all the rights of the ministers gone?"
Liu Jin jumped out at this time not because he wanted to speak to Li Huan, but because he was facing the civil servant group at this time. He was obviously standing with Li Huan. In addition, the emperor had made it clear that he wanted to confer Li Huan with the title, and he would follow the emperor's request.
Winning the emperor's favor is the most important thing.
As expected, Liu Jin jumped out and scolded Shi Hao, and Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly at him, his eyes filled with admiration.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Shi Hao and said, "Does the Qing family have anything else to say?"
Shi Hao raised his head and said: "As I said, you should not reward excessively unless you have merit, otherwise how can you convince the public, and it will be difficult for all officials to accept it."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, you said before that the crimes confessed by Luo Wenxiang, Du Wen, and Han Fuli seemed to involve the Shi Qing family. Is this true?"
What do you mean? Shi Hao was stunned for a moment after hearing Zhu Houzhao's words. Then his expression changed drastically and he looked at Li Huan with a look of horror.
Li Huan knew that Zhu Houzhao had involved Luo Wenxiang and others in front of everyone at this time, and he obviously wanted to take the opportunity to give the officials a heads-up in order to confirm today's reward for him.
Taking a deep breath, Li Huan looked at Shi Hao, who looked frightened, and then bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, according to Luo Wenxiang and others, Shi Hao, the deputy censor on the left, loved to torture and kill children, and even because of his
The boy in the photo got what he wanted, so he took it back to his house, and because of this, he actually killed several members of his family..."
Shi Hao, who looked horrified, could not help but tremble when he heard Li Huan's calm words. He pointed at Li Huan with trembling hands and said: "You... you are slandering, slandering..."
There were a lot of officials around, some of them seemed very calm, obviously they had heard about Shi Hao's hobbies, but some of them looked horrified.
Although it is true that they like to molest children, it is a polite thing among the literati, but if they like to torture and kill child molesters, they are among the perverts.
Officials who still had some sense of conscience looked at the messy Shi Hao in the wind with disgust and disgust.
As for whether what Li Huan said was true, to be honest, no one doubted it. After all, since Li Huan dared to say it in front of so many people, he must have real evidence.
It is better to doubt the authenticity of Li Huan's words than to doubt Shi Hao. After all, judging from Shi Hao's reaction, I am afraid that it is indeed what Li Huan said.
Li Huan glanced at Shi Hao and said, "Master Shi, don't you know why the flowers in your back garden are blooming so brightly?"
Taking a step forward, Li Huan stared at the horrified Shi Haoduan and shouted: "Under that flower bed, I'm afraid there are no fewer than a dozen corpses of child molesters who were tortured and killed by you. Their innocent souls cannot rest in peace and are wailing every day.
Can't you hear me?"
With a pop, Shi Hao was frightened by Li Huan's shout. He fell directly to the ground and stepped back in fear, shouting: "Don't look for me, don't look for me..."
Seeing this situation, everyone around shook their heads, and some looked sad.
Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and the two remaining elders even looked ugly and shook their heads.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the frightened Shi Hao with great disgust, and said coldly: "This is my Zuo Fudu Censor of the Ming Dynasty, a dignified second-rank official. He should be an example for the world, but he is so moral.
Lost, a murderous beast.”
Plop, plop, all the officials around him fell to the ground. The emperor's words were quite serious. He obviously meant Shi Hao, but to the ears of the officials, it was clear that he was beating them up.
Taking a deep breath, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe looked at each other. They all kowtowed before the Emperor Luanjia and said: "Your Majesty, as the chief minister of the cabinet, I failed to supervise all officials, so that I ended up like Shi Hao."
Please ask Your Majesty to punish those who are morally corrupt."
Yang Tinghe also bowed respectfully and confessed his guilt.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the officials who were kneeling down, and glanced at everyone. If possible, he really wanted to remove all the officials present, and then ordered Li Huan to investigate one by one.
But reason suppressed the inner impulse. The officials present accounted for more than half of the civil and military officials of the DPRK and China. There were many local officials and wealthy families involved behind each official. It was really possible to clear out most of the officials at once. Think about this kind of thing.
Okay, if you really do this, I'm afraid the world will really be in chaos.
Just before, Liu Jian took advantage of the opportunity to remove Xie Qian and take down the dozens of officials. He also took advantage of the officials to kill the close servants and gave him a chance out of guilty conscience.
Once these officials calm down and react, this matter may not be so simple to understand.
Zhu Houzhao could even imagine that if he could not survive today, what happened before the palace gate would be spread, and memorials pleading for Xie Qian, Liu Jian and those officials would fly like snowflakes.
Feeling Zhu Houzhao's eyes on them, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe sighed in their hearts, the emperor has really grown up.
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao said: "Chief Assistant, do you think that my award to Li Qing is still in line with the law?"
Putting aside the promotions of the Tian family's internal servants and Jin Yiwei's personal soldiers, any reward involving civil and military officials of the DPRK and China must be approved by the cabinet, so that it can be officially recognized and have real legal effect.
Zhu Houzhao just looked at Li Dongyang. Li Dongyang was stunned when he heard the words. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao. With his mind turning, he respectfully said to Zhu Houzhao: "Returning to your majesty, I think that your majesty's reward is reasonable and legal and there is nothing improper.
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The officials who had originally hoped that Li Dongyang would refute couldn't help but sigh when they heard this. Now Li Dongyang, who is the chief minister of the cabinet, nodded, and no one of the officials present dared to stand up to object, so as Li Dongyang spoke.
Zhu Houzhao's previous reward for conferring Li Huan the command of the capital was a legitimate and legitimate reward approved by the cabinet and recognized by all officials. No one can use this matter as an excuse in the future.
Even though the civil service group was unwilling to do so, after losing two cabinet elders and more than a dozen officials today, and with the precedent of Shi Hao, no one dared to jump out again, and could only watch helplessly.
Li Huan walked towards Zhu Houzhao.
Li Huan respectfully bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty Li Huan, I accept the order to express my gratitude!"
Seeing that Li Huan was finally rewarded smoothly, Zhu Houzhao felt very good. However, when he saw the lost Shi Hao, Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "Li Qing's family, this Shi Hao will be handed over to the Jin Yiwei for trial."
Officials from the Dali Temple, the Inspectorate, and the Ministry of Punishment subconsciously wanted to speak when they saw Zhu Houzhao handing Shi Hao over to the Jinyiwei for trial. After all, officials of Shi Hao's level were usually handed over to their three divisions for trial before the final decision was made.
Although it could be handed over to the Jin Yiwei, this would be equivalent to the Third Division voluntarily giving up its rights and instinctively wanting to fight for the right to try Shi Hao.
But the colleagues around them saw this and quickly helped them. Shi Hao was definitely dead and had no value in preserving it. Since the emperor wanted to hand him over to the Jin Yiwei, it was better to comply with the emperor's wishes, otherwise we would fight for another one.
Fighting, who knows what trouble will come out.
Anyway, most of the officials present were really confused and frightened by the wave of changes, and didn't want to cause any further trouble.
Even if you want to cause trouble, you have to get through today first, take a break, and then everyone can work out a countermeasure without any future troubles.
Li Huan did not respond hastily, but instead glanced at the officials with a half-smile. When he saw that the officials had no reaction, they looked a little disappointed, and then he handed over his hands and said: "I obey the order!"
Zhu Houzhao was sitting on the Luan Jia and could clearly see Li Huan's little movements. When he saw Li Huan glance at a group of officials, he couldn't guess what Li Huan was thinking. It seemed that he didn't expect that Li Huan had such an interesting side.
I couldn't help but laugh.
With Zhu Houzhao's smile, the depressing atmosphere that had enveloped the whole place finally disappeared a lot, and finally there was no need to worry about the emperor getting angry again.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at the body of the little eunuch who was beaten to death on the ground, sighed softly and said to Zhang Yong beside him: "My eldest companion, I ordered someone to bury him alive. If there are still relatives, I can give him a pension.
Let’s take the compensation given to him by Baiguan.”
Zhang Yong responded quickly and said: "I have taken note of it."
Seeing that he was ignored, Zhu Houzhao stretched his body and said: "I won't have a bath today. All the ministers' families have dispersed!"
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yong shook the dust in his hand and said sharply: "Get up, Your Majesty will return to the palace!"
On the square, everyone bowed down to Zhu Houzhao's chariot and shouted: "I will send you off to your majesty!"
Watching the emperor leave and seeing the palace door closed, Zhang Yong, who was left to deal with the little eunuch's body, ordered the two little eunuchs to find a straw mat to wrap it up and carry it away. Then he said to Li Huan: "Brother Li, our family is here.
I’ll take my leave now.”
Li Huan cupped his hands and said, "Well done, Brother Zhang!"
Li Huan is currently valued by the emperor, and Zhang Yong has no quarrel with Li Huan, so he naturally wants to have a good relationship with Li Huan. When he heard Li Huan call him brother, Zhang Yong immediately chuckled and said: "Okay, from now on.
We brothers should walk around a little more, if anything happens, just come and look for me!"
Seeing that Li Huan and Zhang Yong, a foreign minister and an internal official, were so blatantly friends with each other, without any intention of avoiding it, many officials only frowned.
Many officials had been on a roller coaster for the past half day. After all, most of them were over forty, which was not considered young in this era. They had knelt for most of the day and were frightened for a long time. At this time, when the emperor left, they were all relieved.
I took a breath and suddenly felt exhausted.
A group of officials left in twos and threes. Li Huan ordered his men to take Shi Hao away. Just as he was about to leave, Yang Tinghe, a cabinet minister, walked up to Li Huan intentionally or unintentionally and said: "Li Qianshi, I call you this, okay?"
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One of Li Huan's official positions was that of Commander of the Imperial Guards, which was the third rank, and the other was that of Commander of the Qianshi, which was the third rank. It was normal for Yang Tinghe to call him "Qianshi".
Seeing that it was Yang Ting and the cabinet minister, Li Huan bowed his hands and said, "Mr. Ge is joking. I wonder if Mr. Ge has any advice!"
Yang Tinghe smiled slightly and said: "Li Qianshi is so valued by His Majesty at such an age, and his future must be limitless. Yang looked at Li Qianshi and Zhang Yong just now and it seems that he was a little too close. Since ancient times, it has been a great relationship for foreign ministers to make friends with internal ministers.
Don't say anything too much, I'd better not blame me for Li Qian's troubles."
Li Huan couldn't help but be a little surprised. Yang Tinghe was clearly showing his kindness to him. Although he didn't know what Yang Tinghe wanted to do, Li Huan handed over his hands in a neither humble nor overbearing manner: "Young Master Li Huan is inconsiderate. Thank you for your care, Mr. Ge. From now on."
I will definitely pay more attention to it.”
As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smile. If someone shows kindness to you, you can't just quarrel with them. Everyone can say whatever they want in the situation. Anyway, it's his own business whether he listens to it or not.
Seeing that Li Huan had a good attitude, Yang Tinghe nodded slightly, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's good that Li Qianshi is aware of it, and Yang won't disturb Li Qianshi anymore."
As he spoke, Yang Tinghe stood up and walked away. Looking at Yang Tinghe's tall and straight back, dressed in a purple robe, he was really graceful and worthy of a generation of ministers.
Li Huan couldn't help but ponder, Li Huan didn't dare to take this pavilion elder lightly.
Yang Tinghe passed the examination in the seventh year of the Chenghua Dynasty. He was only twelve years old and could be said to be the youngest scholar in the Ming Dynasty. He passed the imperial examination at the age of nineteen and entered the Hanlin Academy. In the second year of Hongzhi, he was promoted to the Imperial Academy and participated in the compilation of "
"Records of Xianzong", in the fourth year of Hongzhi's reign he was promoted to Hanlin's Attendant, and in the following year he was promoted to Jingyan Lecturer. In the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign, he was selected as the Prince's Attendant to serve the Crown Prince Zhu Houzhao.
In the 11th year of Hongzhi, he lived in Shuntianfu Township Examination. In the 15th year, he completed the "Da Ming Huidian". He was promoted to Zuo Chunfang Bachelor and served as a daily lecturer. In the 18th year, he was ordered to preside over the examination.
After Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Yang Tinghe was promoted to Zhan Shi, the young master of Zhan Shifu, and the vice president of "Records of Xiaozong". In the second year of Zhengde, he was promoted to Dongge University Scholar and was responsible for drafting imperial edicts.
In the future, this person would rise through the ranks and become the first minister of the cabinet. Later, when Zhengde died, Yang Tinghe became even more powerful and elected Zhu Houcong as emperor. Although he was later demoted by Emperor Jiajing due to a dispute over etiquette.
Although he was a commoner, he had been in the government and the public for nearly forty years, elected the emperor, and served as the chief minister twice. He was considered an extremely human minister. Looking at the Ming Dynasty, there were very few people who could compare with him.
However, the death of Zhengde is quite strange and can be a big mystery. However, unofficial and official history records seem to point to Yang Tinghe, the number one person in the Ming Dynasty at that time and the chief minister of the cabinet.
When Li Huan was thinking about Yang Tinghe, he naturally remembered all the rumors about the relationship between Emperor Zhengde and Yang Tinghe that he had seen in his previous life.
Ma Ming on the side saw Li Huan staring at Yang Tinghe's retreating back and couldn't help but whispered: "Sir, this Mr. Yang Ge seems to be easy to talk to!"
After listening to Ma Ming's words, Li Huan almost couldn't help laughing.
It is really a big joke to say that Yang Tinghe is a talkative person. He has been able to rise and rise in the officialdom for decades without falling, and now he is even more respected as a cabinet minister. If he is really a good and talkative person, in this intrigues and intrigues in the court
Above the hall, I am afraid that he has been criticized long ago and has no place to bury him.
Patting Ma Ming's shoulder, Li Huan said: "Okay, hurry up and call the brothers and take the prisoner to the prison."
The horse screamed, and all the Jinyi guards immediately gathered up. Li Huan got on his horse, and all the Jinyi guards lined up neatly and followed Li Huan.
The officials who had not gone far turned around subconsciously when they heard the noise coming from behind. They saw Li Huan leading a team of royal guards on horseback, and they almost instinctively dodge.