Chapter 124 Rewards from the Son of Heaven 【Seeking Monthly Pass】
The Queen Mother looked at Zhu Houzhao's reaction and couldn't help but glare at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Why are you shouting? I think your uncle's words are not unreasonable. Jin Yiwei must not indulge, otherwise it will inevitably lead to the separation of officials."
Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "Mother, my son and I know the importance of it. I will handle the affairs in the court, so my mother doesn't have to worry."
The Queen Mother looked at Zhu Houzhao and couldn't help but sighed and said: "Well, if I talk too much, I will only annoy you, the emperor. But you must also remember what the Queen Mother said, and don't run out of the palace easily in the future. You are now the emperor and have responsibilities on your shoulders."
Of all the people in the country, Gu Da used that slave, I will teach you a lesson, you can take him back later."
Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Well, I understand."
After having dinner with Queen Mother Zhang, when Zhu Houzhao came out of the Queen Mother's Palace, he saw Gu Dayong standing there with a rather strange posture.
Seeing Zhu Houzhao coming out of the Queen Mother's Palace, Gu Dayong and several others hurriedly came over, especially Gu Dayong who said with aggrieved face: "Your Majesty, this old slave is really unjust. I don't know who is whispering in the Queen Mother's ears."
Genzi, the old slave who was harmed was severely punished by the Queen Mother."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Gu Dayong and said: "Okay, I see, aren't you alive and kicking? The person who is suing you is none other than someone else. If you have the ability, go to trouble with my uncle. You see how my mother will deal with you."
When Gu Dayong heard this, he suddenly grinned and said, "Ah, it turns out to be the two uncles of the country, Marquis of Jianchang and Marquis of Shouning. How dare I go and cause trouble for these two!"
If it were someone else who dared to use eye drops on Gu Dayong, he would definitely cause trouble for him. But if it were the brothers Jianchang Hou Zhang Yanling and Shouning Hou Zhang Heling, Gu Dayong would
I really don’t dare to go.
As the biological brothers of the current Queen Mother Zhang, brothers Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling were granted the title of Marquis of Jianchang and Marquis of Shouning by Emperor Xiaozong early on.
It was also because Emperor Xiaozong favored the Empress Dowager Zhang, which resulted in the two brothers developing a defiant, unruly, and lawless temperament.
When Emperor Xiaozong was in power, Emperor Xiaozong held a family dinner in the palace, and among them were the brothers Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling.
During the family banquet, Emperor Xiaozong left temporarily for something to do, and Zhang Heling actually tried to take the imperial crown that Emperor Xiaozong had left behind during the banquet under the influence of wine. This happened to be discovered by the chamberlain He Ding, who then reported the matter to Emperor Xiaozong.
Zhang Heling was charged with the crime of disrespect.
As a result, He Ding, the chamberlain, was imprisoned, Zhang Heling was safe and sound, and even He Ding was killed in prison by the Queen Mother Zhang.
This incident was extremely sensational and famous at the time, and there were definitely not a few people who knew about it. Naturally, Gu Dayong did not want to offend such a pair of brothers.
Li Huan seems to be a lot more relaxed these days. There is not much going on in the Jinyiwei Yamen, so naturally Li Huan has nothing to do.
However, just because Li Huan is free does not mean that there will be no trouble. Because of the house confiscation incident he caused a few days ago, all the officials sent memorials to impeach him one by one. According to Gu Dayong, even the impeachment memorials can be used.
A house is filled to the brim.
Li Huan didn't care much about this. Apart from impeachment, these officials had nothing to do with him. He, Li Huan, was sitting upright. Even if he was impeached, these officials would not be able to grasp anything.
Therefore, even if the officials were in a fierce mood, they could not pass the emperor's test alone, so naturally there was nothing they could do against Li Huan.
On this day, Li Huan was in the Yamen looking through the confession that Chen Yao had just brought about the Ma San who had been captured.
I have to say that Ma San was indeed Cai Wen's dead man. He fell into the hands of the Jin Yiwei and was tortured for so many days, but he didn't even get anything useful out of him.
Chen Yao stood aside, his face full of embarrassment and said: "Sir, that Ma San's mouth is really too tight. I have never seen anyone in Jinyiwei who is not afraid of death like him in so many years. You He didn't know that the methods used by Jinyiwei to interrogate prisoners in prison were used on him many times, but he couldn't pry his mouth open, and he even almost committed suicide several times."
Li Huan frowned and said, "This man is probably a dead soldier!"
After hearing what Li Huan said, Chen Yao was silent for a while and said: "The man is already dying. He just died not long ago. His subordinates are incompetent and cannot get anything useful from his mouth."
Li Huan smiled and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. Even if the person's identity is revealed, apart from being able to obtain some evidence of murder and arson, I'm afraid I won't be able to get anything else."
Chen Yao looked at Li Huan and suddenly asked: "Sir, in fact, the evidence about Cai Wen collected by Han Ling Qianhu and Cheng Yi Baihu alone can completely nail Cai Wen. Why..."
Li Huan smiled slightly and said: "You are curious why I didn't ask His Majesty to take down Cai Wen, right?"
Chen Yao nodded.
A stern look flashed in Li Huan's eyes and he said: "I want to capture Cai Wen more than anyone else, but Cai Wen is just the tip of the iceberg of a huge interest group entrenched in the southeastern coastal areas. It is easy to move Cai Wen, but to get rid of him If you are not prepared to come into contact with this interest group, the consequences will be disastrous."
Chen Yao's expression changed, he looked at Li Huan and said worriedly: "Sir, you..."
Li Huan shook his head slightly at Chen Yao. Regarding Cai Wen, Li Huan naturally had his own thoughts. The prosperity of sea trade along the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty supported many local gentry and high officials in the court.
These people were like greedy blood-sucking insects lying on Daming's bloated body, desperately sucking blood.
Even though he captured a group of officials in the capital and even moved Xie Qian and Liu Jian into the cabinet, this was nothing compared to what he wanted to do.
After waving Chen Yao to leave, Li Huan sat there and murmured softly: "Open the sea, and change the Ming Dynasty begins with the opening of the sea."
It is said that if you are poor, you can be good for yourself, and if you are prosperous, you can help the world. Today, the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty has passed, and various shortcomings and chaos have emerged. Civil land annexation has reached an extremely terrible level. Officials are corrupt and their governance is corrupt. Otherwise, in a few years there will be no local government. It is impossible for the Liu Liu Liu Qi uprising to break out.
Although it was only a small-scale uprising, it also reflected the decline of the Ming Dynasty to a certain extent. If Zhang Juzheng had not come forward to carry out reforms and breathed a sigh of relief to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty might not have lasted nearly three hundred years. National destiny.
Now that Li Huan is here, he must leave something behind in this world, right?
Then start by changing the Ming Dynasty.
Ma Ming, who was guarding outside the hall, looked at Chen Yao and then at Li Huan, who was sitting there as if he was wandering in a world, but he didn't know what kind of decision Li Huan was making in his heart.
"The imperial edict has arrived, Li Huan will take it!"
Suddenly, a sharp voice came, immediately pulling Li Huan out of his distracted state.
Looking closely, Li Huan saw a familiar face smiling at him.
If not Zhang Yong, who is he?
Li Huan saw that Zhang Yong was followed by several minor chamberlains, and Zhang Yong was holding an imperial edict in his hand. Li Huan felt a little curious in his heart as to what edict this inexplicable Zhu Houzhao was conveying to him.
However, although he was curious in his heart, Li Huan still stepped forward and bowed respectfully and said: "Your Majesty, Li Huan, I respectfully listen to the edict."
Zhang Yong spread out the imperial edict and read it aloud. Li Huan soon understood what was going on. The emperor had visited his residence before and found it too crude, so he gave him a mansion.
After receiving the order to thank him, Li Huan stood up and said to Zhang Yong: "Brother Zhang, why did your Majesty suddenly think of giving me a mansion?"
Zhang Yong chuckled and said: "If you want to say something, you have to thank our brothers. Today, His Majesty accidentally mentioned that your residence is too simple and shabby, so our brothers took the opportunity to suggest that Your Majesty simply give you a gift."
A mansion, I never thought His Majesty would agree to it right then."
Li Huan really didn't expect that he would only have so many mansions.
At this moment, Zhang Yong smiled and said, "Where do you guess this house is?"
Li Huan was quite confused, because Zhang Yong's expression was really weird, which made him a little curious.
"Brother Zhang, just put it bluntly, there are so many houses in Beijing, how can I guess which house His Majesty will give me."
Zhang Yong said with a smile: "I'm afraid you never thought that His Majesty would give you the mansion where Xie Qian lived before."
"What?"
Li Huan was stunned for a moment. He really didn't expect that what Zhu Houzhao gave him would actually be the mansion where Xie Qian lived.
Suddenly, Li Huan realized that the mansion where Xie Qian lived before was actually a gift from the late emperor to Xie Qian, the elder of the pavilion, and was not the ancestral home and property of the Xie family.
The last time the emperor deposed Xie Qian, he said that he would withdraw all rewards for Xie Qian, including that mansion.
When he learned that this mansion was taken back by Gu Dayong and his people, he was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, that mansion would be transformed into his Li Huan's mansion.
The wonders of this world are really touching.
Seeing Li Huan's reaction in his eyes, Zhang Yong smiled and said: "After the mansion was taken back, it was cleaned up and repaired by the supervisor. It is definitely an excellent mansion in this capital.
Already."
Zhang Yong said in a low voice: "I heard that Shouning Hou Zhang Heling has set his sights on this mansion. He has requested it from your majesty several times, but your majesty has not given it to the uncle."
Li Huan smiled and said: "That's really an honor for me, but I don't know if it will offend the perverse Uncle Guo."
Zhang Yongdao: "He has the ability to go to your Majesty. Anyway, this is a reward from your Majesty. Is it possible that he can still take it away?"
Li Huan smiled. Others were afraid of Uncle Guo, but he was really not afraid.
Following Zhang Yong, Li Huan went to the mansion. Sure enough, just as Zhang Yong said, Xie's mansion looked even more impressive after some renovations by the general.
Looking at the plaque that had been replaced by the Li Mansion, Li Huan couldn't help but secretly lamented how quickly Zhang Yong and Gu Da used their actions.
The next day, Li Huan took Forsythia, Cao Yu and others from the alley to the mansion given by the emperor.
With a mansion to live in, Li Huan naturally wouldn't be wronged to live in that small house.
But what Li Huan didn't expect was that as soon as he settled down, Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and others came uninvited, especially when Li Huan saw Zhu Houzhao who was surrounded by Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and others.
Li Huan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Obviously Li Huan did not expect that Zhu Houzhao would come to celebrate his move to a new home.
Zhu Houzhao was seen holding a gift in his hand and said to Li Huan, who was in a daze: "Li Qing, I'm here uninvited today to congratulate you on your new home. You won't welcome me as an uninvited guest."
After coming back to his senses, Li Huan stepped forward to greet me and said, "Your Majesty, what did you say? It is my honor for you to come to congratulate me. I thank you."
Zhu Houzhao supported Li Huan and said with a smile: "Thanks to you for moving to a new home today, you, I, our kings and ministers will have a good time and have a good time!"
In the capital, there is a luxurious restaurant. The uncles of the current dynasty, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, who were previously feared by Gu Dayong, are now accompanied by several officials, holding the beauty in their arms and having fun.
Have fun.
Feng He, a member of the Household Department, toasted to the Zhang brothers with a flattering look on his face and said: "Come here, I would like to pay my respects to the two uncles of the country. I heard that the uncle of the country came to the palace to see the Queen Mother a few days ago. One of the Eight Tigers
Gu Dayong was severely scolded by the Empress Dowager, and the Emperor personally begged for mercy and spared the eunuch."
As he spoke, other officials also looked at the Zhang brothers with admiration in their eyes and said: "Uncle Guo's words are extraordinary. I look forward to congratulating Uncle Guo!"
Zhang Heling was a little drunk, and heard the flattery and compliments of the officials. He smiled and said: "That's natural, and he doesn't care who we are. Today, we are our nephews, and we all say nephews and uncles."
Dearest, what does Gu Dayong mean? That is to say, I didn’t see Gu Dayong’s slave, otherwise we would have killed that slave. How can Your Majesty still blame our dear uncle for a mere slave?”
"That's it, that's it, who doesn't know that the two uncles are the most loved by the Queen Mother. Even when the late emperor was still alive, he was very kind to the uncles. The two uncles who have the most honorable status in the dynasty are undoubtedly the two uncles.
Already."
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling laughed loudly and said: "That's right. That means our brothers don't care about the Eight Tigers and the old nemesis. We are just relying on His Majesty's trust to be so arrogant. If they are really compared with our brothers, they
What the heck, you have to know that the blood of our Zhang family is flowing in His Majesty’s body!”
Several officials looked at each other, and Feng He smiled slightly and said: "It seems that a villain who becomes extremely rampant once he gains power needs a pillar of the country like my uncle to suppress him."
Brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling had never been so praised before, and they suddenly became elated.
To be honest, these two brothers are definitely the weird ones of the Ming Dynasty. As relatives, at least in the Ming Dynasty when the relatives were in decline, there really was no second choice for those who were as lawless as them.
Can you imagine any foreign relatives who would dare to rape a maid in the palace? Those wearing imperial crowns, I am afraid that among the many foreign relatives and nobles in the Ming Dynasty, only this pair of brothers could do such a thing.
Even if the two brothers did such a heinous thing, they were only lightly beaten by Emperor Xiaozong, and they were not even severely punished.
Also, Shouning Hou Zhang Heling competed with Sun Ming and Zhou Shou for a piece of annexed land. The two sides even sent out slaves to fight with weapons. Emperor Xiaozong of Dalian was alarmed by the commotion.
It is said that the land was taken from the hands of the people. In the end, due to the uneven distribution of the spoils, Emperor Xiaozong was alarmed. Emperor Xiaozong should have returned the land to the people. In the end, Emperor Xiaozong made peace with it, and 10,000 of them were
Many hectares of fertile land were given to Zhang Heling, and additional acres of land were given to Zhou Shou.
Since the beginning of the Hongzhi Dynasty, this pair of brothers has been favored with endless honors. Now with the new king ascending the throne, the Zhang family brothers' momentum is at its peak.
So if someone else said something about ignoring the Eight Tigers and Li Huan, they would definitely be talking nonsense. But if it were said about these two uncles, based on their glorious achievements in the past, no one would doubt it.
.
Because these two really didn't care about the Eight Tigers and Li Huan.
Feng He looked at Zhang Heling, and Zhang Yanling suddenly said: "I heard that this time Li Huan confiscated the property of Shi Hao and other adults, and gained countless gold and silver. There are also many acres of land and shops. You must know that these acres of land and shops are all laid eggs."
The golden rooster, if we can get it, it will definitely be a family heirloom, but it is a pity that these things will probably fall into the hands of that traitor Li Huan."
Brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were still a little drunk. At this moment, Wen Ting suddenly trembled. He looked at Feng He with bright eyes and said: "Feng Yuanwailang, what you said is true? Then Li Huan really copied a lot of things."
Are there any shops on the farmland?”
Feng He smiled and said: "My uncle, don't you know that Li Huan confiscated Shi Hao's family property?"
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling had a look of embarrassment on their faces. They were used to living and drinking, so they had no mood to care about external affairs. Therefore, these two brothers were also weird. Even the huge capital knew about it, but they didn't know about it.
Just looking at the expressions of the two of them, Feng He and others didn't know what was going on. They secretly cursed in their hearts that they were really a puddle of mud, that is, they were destined to have a queen mother as their sister. Otherwise, based on what the two of them had done
It's ridiculous, even a hundred heads wouldn't be enough to cut him off.
Feng He offered them a glass of wine and said, "The two uncles don't know. Shi Hao, Lu Wenhua and the others have bought a lot of property in Beijing. Whether it is land or shops, they are worth tens of thousands."
Feng He said with a look of regret: "But it's useless to talk about it now. Those acres and shops fell into Li Huan's hands. Aren't they his Li Huan's things?"
The other officials also showed envy and said: "Yes, that is tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and dozens of shops. Just thinking about it makes me envious of Li Huan, who got such a huge fortune out of thin air.
"
With a bang, Zhang Heling, who was smelling of alcohol, slapped his hand on the table, and shouted with red eyes: "You have rebelled against him and dared to occupy so many acres and shops. Does he still have His Majesty in his eyes?"
Is there any more royal law?"
Feng He's eyes flashed with excitement, but he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "So what? I am your Majesty's lucky minister. Your Majesty has great trust in him. Even Mr. Ge is favored by him."
If you pull me down, who wouldn't be afraid of this huge capital?"
Zhang Yanling on the side also breathed out wine and shouted: "Fuck him, others are afraid of him Li Huan, but I am not afraid of him."
As he spoke, Zhang Yanling said to Zhang Heling: "Brother, those fields and shops are stolen goods and belong to His Majesty. As His Majesty's uncles, we have the obligation and responsibility to get them back and take care of them for Your Majesty."
Zhang Heling nodded repeatedly and said with a breath of wine: "Second brother is right, what is your Majesty's belongs to us, and we must not take advantage of that bitch Li Huan."
As he spoke, the two brothers stood up unsteadily and said, "Let's go find Li Huan and ask him to hand over all the land and shop contracts."
Feng He and other officials saw this and said quickly: "Two uncles, Li Huan is not easy to provoke. What if..."
Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling said with disdain: "Who is Li Huan? How dare he be rude to our brothers?"
With that said, the two Zhang Heling brothers left the restaurant, got on the carriage, and rushed to Li Huan's previous residence surrounded by a group of arrogant and domineering servants.
At this moment, Feng He suddenly turned to Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling and said, "Two uncles, where are you going?"
Zhang Heling frowned and said, "Of course I'm going to look for Li Huan!"
Feng He said: "If Uncle Guo wants to find Li Huan, he should go to Maoyan Lane!"
Zhang Heling was stunned for a moment and said with some confusion: "What are you doing in Maoyan Alley?"
Feng He said in surprise: "Don't you two uncles know that your majesty has given Li Huan the big house where Mr. Xie Qiange once lived in Maoyan Lane yesterday? Today, Li Huan may be moving to a new house in Maoyan Lane. …”
"What? I asked your Majesty for that mansion several times, but Your Majesty never gave me a reward. It actually fell into the hands of that boy Li Huan. Damn it..."
Zhang Heling was shocked and angry when he heard this, and roared at his servants: "Why are you still standing there in a daze? Change the direction and go to Maoyan Alley."
The group of Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling's domestic servants and thugs immediately turned the direction of the carriage. They were all big and round, with ferocious looks, and followed the two brothers' carriage straight towards Maoyan Lane. The place they passed along the way could be said to be... There was a flurry of excitement, and countless people who recognized the Zhang brothers fled in panic.
Who among the people in the capital doesn't know that the Zhang family, a pair of lawless uncles and uncles, would have died in vain even if they were hit and killed by the other party's carriage on the street.
Feng He and other officials were still not drunk at the moment. They just stood at the door of the restaurant and watched the Zhang brothers' carriage gradually disappearing on the long street.
Feng He chuckled and said, "I just don't know what will happen if that traitor Li Huan is targeted by the Zhang brothers, a pair of difficult guys!"
An official stroked his beard and smiled: "One side is my favorite, and the other side is my uncle. I am somewhat looking forward to which side your Majesty will take!"
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