When Shi Wenyi and others heard this, their eyes lit up, and their faces showed unconcealable excitement, but everyone turned their attention to Li Huan.
Li Huan took a deep breath, glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "Please follow me to greet His Majesty."
Following Li Huan, a group of people quickly walked out of the school grounds, led by Shi Wenyi and Li Huan, looking into the distance.
At this time, vague smoke and dust can already be seen emerging, needless to say, the emperor's chariot is about to arrive.
Soon the guard of honor opened the way, and the guards guarded the left and right. A huge group of people arrived at the school ground. Li Huan and others all came forward to kowtow.
"I respectfully welcome Your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao walked out of the carriage, looked at Li Huan and the others and said with a slight smile: "You will be excused from the ceremony and be free!"
While he was talking, Zhu Houzhao had already walked in front of Li Huan, stretched out his big hand and helped Li Huan up. Such treatment only made Shi Wenyi and others envious.
They had always known that Li Huan was favored by the emperor, but this was the first time they saw him like this, and they felt nothing but envy in their hearts.
Li Huan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, three thousand guards and soldiers have been lined up, waiting for your Majesty's inspection!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Okay, come with me to inspect the army."
Just by looking at the excitement in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, you can tell that Zhu Houzhao is fond of martial arts. This can be seen from the time when Li Huan entered the palace to meet Zhu Houzhao and saw Zhu Houzhao's playful behavior of ordering his servants to pretend to be soldiers and charge into the battle.
When Zhu Houzhao, accompanied by Li Huan, Shi Wenyi and others, climbed onto the general stage and looked down at the three thousand guards and soldiers who were neatly arranged, he couldn't help but feel infinite pride in his heart. These are my guards.
military!
"Soldiers, you have worked hard..."
No one expected that Zhu Houzhao would suddenly speak. After all, it was not uncommon for the emperor to attend the drill in person, but he usually only attended the performance in person. It was rare that the emperor would speak proactively like Zhu Houzhao.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao's sudden performance made everyone stunned. Not only Shi Wenyi, Li Huan, Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong and others on the stage were stunned, but also the guards and soldiers below.
He also looked at Zhu Houzhao who was speaking to them on the high platform with an unbelievable look.
Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in a pure yellow dragon robe, was only eighteen or nineteen years old. He was a young man with a heroic appearance and a voice as clear as a young phoenix. Originally, the entire audience was silent, but when Zhu Houzhao spoke, three thousand people clearly heard the emperor.
the sound of.
"Your Majesty has spoken to us, His Majesty has spoken to us..."
All the guards and soldiers had only one thought in their minds for a moment, and then they saw three thousand guards and soldiers all kowtow to Zhu Houzhao and shouted: "Death for your majesty!"
Three thousand powerful men shouted in unison, and the sound shook the sky. For a moment, except for the shouts of a group of guards, there was no other sound in their ears.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the guards below who were half kneeling on the ground and shouting in unison. His face turned a little flushed. He took a step forward, stretched out his hand to support him and said: "All officers and men are exempt from courtesy!"
At this time, Li Huan and others also reacted. Seeing the reactions of the guards and soldiers who were like chicken blood because of Zhu Houzhao's sudden opening, they couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao worriedly, for fear that Zhu Houzhao would cause some trouble.
You must know that if Zhu Houzhao says something exciting, no one can guarantee how the three thousand people below will react. If there is any trouble later, all of them will inevitably suffer.
Fortunately, after Zhu Houzhao satisfied his addiction to patrolling the army, he did not do anything else and gave up his position to Li Huan.
Li Huan breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the people below, and said solemnly: "Generals, the martial arts performance has officially begun!"
Following Li Huan's order, under the restraint and guidance of the grassroots officials among the bodyguards, and under the personal supervision of two thousand household officials, Zhao Yi and Chen Ke, three thousand troops began to perform on the huge school ground.
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Although things like drills cannot measure the combat effectiveness of a troop, if they can't even do the trick work well, then the troop will most likely not be that strong.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the martial arts performance below with great interest. It seemed that when he saw a team performing well, he couldn't help nodding with a smile on his face. Of course, if he saw a team not performing well, Zhu Houzhao would also
I can't help but frown.
A full hour passed, and when the three thousand guards and soldiers gathered under the general platform again, although they were no longer as energetic as before, the guards and soldiers did not show signs of malaise. From this point alone,
If you come to see it, if you don’t mention anything else, at least the spirit is quite sufficient.
Li Huan looked at the three thousand guards and soldiers standing in awe, turned to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the martial arts performance is over."
Zhu Houzhao's face was full of smiles, and he looked at Li Huan and said: "The Qing family has taken the trouble. These three thousand guards have become an army. The Qing family should be credited with the first contribution. What do you want me to reward you with?"
Li Huan said seriously: "Your Majesty, this is just my duty. Your Majesty rewards me for it, but I am too ashamed to accept it."
Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly and said: "That's all, that's the case, I'll make a note of it for now. When you make new achievements in the future, I'll reward you together."
However, Li Huan's refusal of the emperor's reward does not mean that Li Huan did not ask for credit for Zhao Yi, Chen Ke and others. Zhu Houzhao also generously rewarded Zhao Yi, Chen Ke and others recommended by Li Huan.
As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he directly conferred the title of Zhao Yi, and Chen Ke commanded the affairs of the imperial guards, and rewarded him with gold, silver, jade and silk.
Chen Ke, Zhao Yi and others were bursting with gratitude. After paying homage to the emperor, they felt even more grateful to Li Huan. As for Shi Wenyi, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, watching this scene from the side, he was filled with emotion.
If he had been as courageous as Li Huan and accepted the emperor's order to reorganize the bodyguards and troops, he might be the one who is valued by the emperor now.
However, Shi Wenyi also knew in his heart that although he envied Li Huan's favor now, even if he was given another chance to choose, he would still make the same choice and offend the civil servants and officials. This kind of thing is really too much.
It's dangerous, and you might be labeled as a treasonous person at some point, and your whole family will be wiped out.
After the drill in the school field, Zhu Houzhao immediately ordered Li Huan's group to select the best from the three thousand bodyguards to form the palace guards. The emperor's guard of honor was used to replace the previous guards and honor guards.
One of the two is responsible for guarding the imperial city, and the other is responsible for the honor guard and safety of the emperor's travels. They are both top priorities, and no one dares to be careless in the slightest.
In order to select candidates without problems, Li Huan, Chen Ke, Zhao Yi and others even used the power of the Jinyiwei system to sort out the selected personnel and investigate them over and over again before finally deciding on the candidates.
By the time Li Huan finished all this work and replaced the imperial guards and the emperor's honor guard, it actually took him less than half a month.
But it was said that Cai Changgui, the shopkeeper of Zuiyue Tower, knocked on Sun Xiang's door excitedly that day.
With a creak, the door opened, and Sun Xiang, who was standing tall in a green shirt, looked at Cai Changgui, who was full of joy, and said in his heart: "Shopkeeper Cai, is there some happy event?"
Shopkeeper Cai smiled and handed a piece of paper to Sun Xiang with some joy and said: "Mr. Sun, look, this is all the information about that person. I have recorded all the information that can be collected on it.
Already."
Sun Xiang's eyes lit up, he reached out and took the piece of paper, looking at the dense records on the paper.
Li Huan, a native of Changle County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, entered Beijing in the first year of Zhengde...
I have to say that Shopkeeper Cai's intelligence gathering ability is quite good. The information about Li Huan recorded above is extremely detailed. After reading it, Sun Xiang's face was filled with surprise.
After a while, Sun Xiang said with emotion: "Li Huan, what a Li Huan, he is so lucky. However, there are usually only two consequences for such lucky ministers of the emperor, either they are abandoned by the emperor and die extremely tragically, or they die for
The emperor has done his best to protect him, and he has achieved great success, and he is extremely honored and favored."
As he spoke, Sun Xiang couldn't help but frown slightly and murmured softly: "It's strange, Li Huan, why does the name Li Huan sound familiar? It seems like I have heard it somewhere?"
As one of the few confidants under Cai Wen, Sun Xiang has always been entrusted with important tasks by Cai Wen. There are few things that Cai Wen has to do that he does not know about.
Normally speaking, Sun Xiang would definitely know that Cai Wen was seeking the position of hereditary official of the Hundred Households of the Li family in Langqi Island for the sake of maritime interests.
But compared to Cai Wen's huge power and too many affairs that need to be dealt with, the acquisition of Langqi Island seems a bit unimportant, and it is not surprising that Sun Xiang does not know about it.
Of course, the main reason why Sun Xiang didn't know about Li Huan was that Sun Xiang was under Cai Wen and was mainly responsible for helping Cai Wen maintain connections in the capital. It could be said that he was on the road between Fujian and the capital all year round.
Sun Xiang felt that Li Huan's name was so familiar, not because he really knew about Cai Wen's plan to capture Langqi Island, but because he had been in Beijing a few days ago and accidentally heard people talking about Li Huan, which made him feel familiar.
Therefore, although Sun Xiang and Cai Changgui, who were in charge of the capital's affairs, said they had high status under Cai Wen, they really did not know about the people under Cai Wen's command seeking to acquire Langqi Island.
Cai Changgui looked at Sun Xiang and said, "Mr. Sun, what do you think of us following Li Huan's path? Can we use his help to reach Heaven to listen and have you transferred to the capital?"
Sun Xiang narrowed his eyes and mused slightly: "This person is your Majesty's lucky minister today, and he is deeply favored by the Emperor. If he can really say a few nice words in front of Your Majesty, it will not be a problem to transfer Your Majesty to the capital.
But……"
As he spoke, Sun Xiang frowned and looked at the information about Li Huan on the paper.
When Cai Changgui heard this, he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Mr. Sun, you are right, but what about it?"
Sun Xiang glanced at Cai Changgui and said, "But we don't know what his preferences are at all. As the saying goes, if you give in to others, you can seduce them, so you can ask for help, right?"
Cai Changgui was stunned for a moment, then said calmly: "No matter what he likes or dislikes, if you ask me, everyone in this world has only one preference, and that is to love money!"
The man couldn't help but chuckle and said: "They say that the capital is prosperous, and even the women in the capital have a different taste. After we complete the task, brother, why don't you take the brothers to have some fun, so that we brothers...
"
Mentioning this, the other listless men suddenly became energetic and looked at the scar-faced man with pairs of bloodshot eyes.
The scar-faced man frowned and snorted coldly: "Okay, as long as the task is completed, isn't it just to find a few girls from the capital? Then you won't get out of bed for three days, and I won't bother to pay attention to you..."
As he spoke, the scar-faced man ordered everyone to keep an eye on the sentry, while he climbed up a big tree and looked towards the capital from a distance.
As one of the pirate leaders cultivated by Cai Wen, the scarred man can be sent to reveal the truth. Needless to say, he is also one of Cai Wen's closest men.
At this moment, the scar-faced man was listening to his subordinates below talking excitedly about what the girls in the brothel in the capital would be like, but his mind was drifting to the capital.
The people under him didn't know it, but he knew that his master had arranged a place to stay in the capital, and he thought that after completing the task, he could go to that place to have a look.
On this day, Li Huan left the government office and strolled home, followed by a small banner of the Imperial Guard.
Not long after Li Huan entered the courtyard, and before he could wash his face, he heard a shout from outside: "Who are you waiting for?"
Li Huan had a sharp ear and eyesight. Although the voice of the Imperial Guard patrolling outside the courtyard was not too high, Li Huan could hear him clearly.
Sun Xiang got off a carriage and bowed his hands to the imperial guard who stopped him. At the same time, he stuffed a piece of silver into the opponent's hand without any trace and said: "I am Sun Xiang, from Fujian. I am Mr. Li Huan."
I am a fellow countryman and I came here to pay a visit to Lord Li Huan."
The captain felt the heavy silver stuffed into his hands, smiled slightly and said: "I see, just wait here for a moment, I will go and inform you."
As he spoke, the captain reminded: "Don't come forward again, otherwise, even if I take you, you will have no reason to reason."
Li Huan heard a knock on the door, and a young eunuch opened the door. The captain strode in. When he saw Li Huan, he first presented the money given to him by Sun Xiang and said, "Sir, someone outside said that he is from the same country as you."
, I want to ask to see you, this is the money he gave..."
Li Huan smiled slightly and said, "Just divide the money among your brothers. Go and bring that man to me."
Li Huan didn't have any objections to the matter of his subordinates accepting money from others. As long as it was not blackmailing the other party, he would be happy to see it happen.
Of course, the premise is that these subordinates must know what money can and cannot be taken. For this reason, he has killed several imperial guards who leaked his whereabouts for money. This is considered to have set the rules, so he can be selected to follow him.
Next to him, the Jin Yiwei who was responsible for his personal safety knew Li Huan's rules better than anyone else.
Soon Sun Xiang was brought into the courtyard. When Sun Xiang saw Li Huan, he took just one look and his heart was filled with shock.
Although they had known that Li Huan was young for a long time, it was only after meeting Li Huan that he realized how terrifying he was. He was a senior official of the third rank when he was only eighteen years old. Think about Cai Wen, who worked hard in the officialdom for more than ten years.
He is nothing more than an official of the third rank.
It can be said that Li Huan directly surpassed 99% of the officials in the world from the very beginning.
While sighing in his heart, Sun Xiang bowed respectfully to Li Huan and said, "Sun Xiang, the scholar from Jianning Prefecture in Fujian Province, pays homage to your lord."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows. When Sun Xiang looked at him, Li Huan had already recognized Sun Xiang, who was the same group of people he had met at Zuiyue Tower.
When Li Huan recognized Sun Xiang, he couldn't help but secretly lamented that the world is really small. It was just a first-hand relationship at the beginning, but he never thought that he would come to see him in person today.
His expression remained unchanged, Li Huan looked at Sun Xiang and smiled slightly: "Oh, I never thought that you are from Fujian. I wonder why Sun Xiucai came to see Li?"
Sun Xiang looked around, Li Huan waved his hand, and the Jin Yiwei captain and the serving young eunuch retreated.
Sun Xiang then said: "Sir, can you allow me to carry the box on the carriage in?"
Li Huan nodded towards Cao Yu who was standing not far away and said, "Cao Yu, you go for a walk."
Cao Yu responded and walked out of the yard. Soon he saw Cao Yu walking in with a look of astonishment on his face, followed by four military captains in golden uniforms, carrying a large box with great difficulty.
Just by looking at the laborious looks of the four Jinyi Guardsmen, you can tell that the contents of the box must be very heavy.
Li Huan couldn't help but feel a little curious. Looking at Sun Xiang's mysterious look, what exactly was in this box?
Sun Xiang took a step forward and reached out to open the box. Suddenly, the brilliance of gold and silver jewelry flashed through. This box contained all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, which were definitely worth tens of thousands.
However, Li Huan was only slightly stunned when he saw this situation. It was not like he had never seen gold and silver before.
It was not like he had never seen hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver when the Fang clan was destroyed. The box of gold, silver and jewelry in front of him was only worth tens of thousands of taels in total, so it would not make him lose his composure.
Sun Xiang, who had been paying attention to the changes in Li Huan's expression, naturally saw Li Huan's expression in his eyes, and couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. How could Li Huan be so calm and unaffected in the face of so many gold and silver jewels, and win the favor of the emperor?
, not really a fluke.
At the same time, Sun Xiang also secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he took a gamble and didn't just give these gold and silver jewelry. Otherwise, just depending on Li Huan's reaction, he might not be able to impress the other party to speak for his lord.
With various thoughts flashing through his mind, Sun Xiang stepped forward, took a simple wooden box in his hand, and opened it under Li Huan's gaze. A stack of beautifully crafted silver notes appeared in front of Li Huan.
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Sun Xiang said with a smile on his face: "Master Li, this is a silver note of 150,000 taels from Sitong Bank. You can redeem it for silver by presenting it. With this bank note, you can exchange it for gold and silver at any time."
Now even Li Huan couldn't help but be a little surprised. The other party was really generous. The 150,000 taels of silver notes, plus the box of gold and silver jewelry, probably totaled 200,000 taels.
Already.
To be honest, this much wealth was definitely the only one Li Huan had ever seen in his life.
When I first met Sun Xiang and others, I just guessed that the other party should be someone sent to the capital by a high-ranking official from Fujian to try to join the Xie Qian family. This was indeed the case, but this gesture was extraordinary.
After calming down, Li Huan looked at Sun Xiang and said seriously: "What do you mean?"
Sun Xiang smiled slightly, straightened his clothes, bowed to Li Huan and said: "I would like to ask Mr. Li to say a few kind words for my boss. No matter what the result is, these gold and silver things can be regarded as a share of my boss's heart."
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Li Huan just looked at Sun Xiang and said nothing for a long time.
For a while, just when Sun Xiang couldn't help but feel a little nervous and worried, Li Huan suddenly burst out laughing. He helped Sun Xiang, who was bowing and saluting, and said, "What did Mr. Sun say? I don't know what made Dong Weng laugh again."
Who is this person and how can I help Li?"
When Sun Xiang saw Li Huan calling him sir and being so enthusiastic, his heart suddenly dropped. It seemed that Cai Changgui was really right. There is no one in the world who doesn't love money. If anything, it's money.
Not enough.
Not seeing this young man's success, Li Huan, who was in the emperor's heart, was still tempted by the wealth of 200,000 taels.
Sun Xiang, who was a little more confident, walked into the living room with Li Huan, sat down, and then stroked his beard and said with a smile: "So that Mr. Li will know that my boss is Mr. Cai Wencai, the Fujian Prosecution Commissioner.
Dong Weng has been in charge of the administration of justice in a province, and he has dedicated himself and devoted himself to it. Now he wants to go to the capital to serve the emperor in front of the imperial court. Therefore, Dong Weng also asks you to serve the emperor. If he succeeds, he will be rewarded heavily in the future."
Li Huan's heart tightened. He obviously didn't expect that the other party was actually a third-rank official in charge of the judiciary of a province. However, just seeing how relaxed the other party was when he spent hundreds of thousands of taels of wealth, Li Huan knew that it was not good to be afraid of the other party.
official.
It's not a good official. If the other party was a good official, who would take the initiative to send this huge wealth to my door?
With thoughts swirling in his mind, Li Huan had a smile on his face, pondered for a while, and nodded quite reservedly under Sun Xiang's expectant gaze: "Leave your master's famous post here, and I will help you with your advice."
, but Li cannot guarantee the final outcome.”
Sun Xiang was overjoyed when he heard this. He couldn't hide the excitement on his face. He took out the name card from his sleeve and bowed to Li Huan and said, "I'll leave everything to Mr. Li."
Watching the excited Sun Xiang leave, a clear and sweet voice said: "Sir, that is worth two hundred thousand taels of property. Do you really want to accept it? If..."
The only one who could talk to Li Huan like this was Forsythia, who was regarded as a family member by Li Huan. Seeing the worried look on Forsythia's face, Li Huan couldn't help laughing and said: "What, are you worried about the young master?
"
Forsythia said sweetly: "Young master, if this is known to others, your Majesty will not be able to punish you for taking bribes and bending the law under impeachment."
Li Huan smiled, walked to the open box, glanced at it, his eyes brightened, and he reached into it. He saw a necklace made of milky white pearls that was really eye-catching. The pearls were round and full, and they were warm to the touch.
It is definitely the best among the best, and I am afraid that the value of this series is thousands of taels.
"ah!"
Seeing the string of pearls in Li Huan's hand, Forsythia's eyes lit up and she couldn't help but let out a sweet cry.
Li Huan pulled Forsythia over, and when Forsythia was astonished, he put the necklace between Forsythia's neck. The milky white pearls contrasted with Forsythia's pink neck, making Forsythia even more wealthy.
gas.
"Yes, I'll give it to you!"
Forsythia was shocked and shook her head repeatedly, while trying to take off the necklace and said: "No, no, this thing is not something that a slave can bear."
Li Huan pressed Forsythia's hand, and Forsythia's body froze immediately, as if her acupuncture points were pressed. Her pretty pink face was filled with red clouds, and her breathing became a little faster.
Even Li Huan was a little confused. He never thought that he was just trying to stop Forsythia from taking off the necklace, but the result was this.
"嘤咛......"
With an exclamation, Forsythia's body softened, then staggered, she glared at Li Huan with shame and annoyance, turned around and ran away, without mentioning anything about the pearl necklace.
At this moment, Li Huan looked at Forsythia's beautiful figure running into the room, looked at his big hand falling in the air, and couldn't help but have some aftertaste.
The air was still filled with the faint fragrance of forsythia, but at this moment Li Huan had come to his senses and said to Cao Yu, who was shrinking in the distance with his head lowered: "Cao Yu, come here."
I saw Cao Yu's figure swaying, and in a few breaths he came closer, bowing and saying: "Master, what are your orders?"
Li Huan smiled slightly and threw the wooden box containing 150,000 taels of silver notes to Cao Yudao: "Go, find Ma Ming, and ask him to bring a team of people to Sitong Bank to get the money back.
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Cao Yu naturally did not discount Li Huan's order. He nodded and said, "I will go to find Ma Baihu now."
The night gradually fell, and three large carriages, with several heavy boxes on top, creaked and left an obvious rut on the ground, and slowly marched down the alley.
Ma Ming walked into the courtyard with a solemn expression, and happened to see Li Huan instructing a group of young eunuchs to practice swordsmanship.
Although the swordsmanship seems to be quite exquisite, in Ma Ming's opinion, it is just that. When it comes to fighting, the swordsmanship practiced by these young eunuchs may not be very powerful.
When they came closer, Ma Ming said respectfully: "Sir, I have been ordered to retrieve the things."
When he said this, Ma Ming's heart beat a little faster. He couldn't help but feel nervous and excited. It was a full 150,000 taels of cash and several large white boxes. Everyone who looked at it was jumping.
Fortunately, the Jin Yiwei who followed him were all carefully selected and trustworthy people. Otherwise, Ma Ming would be really worried that money would attract people's hearts and some people would be tempted to take advantage of the money.
Pulling out so much cash from the bank at one time cannot be concealed even if you want to, unless you exchange it bit by bit by yourself, but there is no guarantee that you will not be spotted by someone if you go to the bank to exchange it alone.
If you are targeted, the trouble will be even greater.
So the best way is to choose the most reliable person like now and bring him back at once. Even if someone is interested and finds out that the person who took the money is someone from Jinyiwei, no one will dare to have any thoughts.
Li Huan glanced at Ma Ming, nodded slightly and said, "Drive the carriage into the yard next door and ask your men to keep an eye on me. Come with me to the palace tomorrow."
Ma Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then he reacted, his eyes lit up and he subconsciously said: "Sir, do you want to use those things..."
Li Huan glanced at Ma Ming indifferently, and Ma Ming reacted immediately, lowered his hands and said: "My subordinate is talking too much, I will go and look at those things right now, even if I don't sleep all night, I won't let those things go away."
The sight of my subordinates.”
[This large chapter of more than 8,000 words was reviewed just now because of a description. Readers who automatically decided to read it don’t know if they saw it or not. It’s my fault for not being sure of the accuracy. 】