The emperor just now conferred the title of first-grade imperial concubine on Feng, which in the eyes of Feng, Feng Yongguo, and Feng Yongbang, was already a great favor from the emperor.
After all, the title of wife and yinzi was a manifestation of the emperor's trust in Li Huan.
It's just that they never expected that the emperor's trust in Li Huan was even greater than they imagined. Not only was he kind to his family, but he also granted Li Huan a marriage.
Until now, Ms. Feng felt a little dizzy. She only felt that there was something unreal. If she heard it correctly, in the imperial edict just now, the emperor seemed to have granted marriage to the girls from the British and Chengguo families.
Li Huan is gone.
The British Duke and Cheng Guogong were the dignified family of the Duke. In the Ming Dynasty, they were definitely the top existences, second only to the royal family.
As for civil servants such as pavilion elders, in Feng's view, they are actually incomparable to the families of princes and princes who can be hereditary and replaceable.
After all, these officials may be able to produce talented people in one generation and enter the officialdom, or even ascend to high-ranking positions, but no one can guarantee that their descendants will produce great talents and have children who can serve as officials.
However, the glory and wealth of a noble family can be inherited and replaced.
Naturally, in Feng's simple perception, the family of a prince is definitely better than the families of many officials. In fact, this is also the simple perception of most people in this era.
Now the emperor granted marriage to Li Huan, and there were two marriages at once. How could this not shock Mrs. Feng?
With a slight smile on his lips, Qiu Ju sent the imperial edict forward and said, "Captain Li, please hurry up and accept the edict!"
Qiu Ju's words immediately woke up everyone. Feng reacted and immediately said to Li Huan: "Huan'er, hurry up and take the order."
Li Huan took the imperial edict with both hands and said: "Your Majesty Li Huan, I accept the edict and express my gratitude!"
After handing over the imperial edict to Li Huan, Qiu Ju said with a smile: "Brother Li, congratulations, congratulations, this can be said to be a double blessing, it's so obvious!"
Everyone just stood up now. Li Huan handed the imperial edict to Cao Yu who was standing aside, and then turned to Qiu Ju and said, "I'm sorry to bother you, Brother Qiu, to make this trip."
Hearing this, Qiu Ju laughed loudly and said, "I, Qiu Ju, do my best to handle such a happy event, but I specifically asked Your Majesty, and Your Majesty entrusted me with this errand."
Li Huan laughed and said: "If Brother Qiu is not in a hurry to return to the palace, why not just stay and let Li prepare a table of food and you and I can have a good drink."
Qiu Ju's face showed emotion when he heard this, but he quickly shook his head and said: "I'm afraid that's not possible. After finishing the errands, our family has to return to the palace to recover. When we have some free time, we can come and have a drink with Brother Li."
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Qiu Ju smiled at Li Huan and said, "Okay, it's time for our family to return to the palace and resume their duties, so we won't bother Brother Li here."
After seeing off Qiu Ju, when Li Huan returned to the mansion, he saw Feng Shi, Feng Yongguo, and Feng Yongbang all looking at him.
That look made Li Huan feel a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly and said, "Mother, uncle, what are you..."
Feng looked at Li Huan with a look of surprise on his face and said, "Huan'er, aren't you dreaming? His Majesty has really granted you a marriage?"
Li Huan smiled, pointed to the imperial edict on the table and said, "Isn't the imperial edict right here?"
Feng looked at the imperial edict, and the smiles on their faces became more and more prosperous as they said, "Yes, if it weren't for the imperial edict, I wouldn't be able to believe it."
As he spoke, Feng looked at Feng Yongguo, and Feng Yongbang said: "Second brother, third brother, have you heard that Huan'er is about to get married."
After all, Feng Yongguo and Feng Yongbang accepted it faster than Feng. Although he was still extremely excited in his heart, he was a little calmer now.
Feng Yongguo looked at Li Huan and said: "Huan'er, why did your majesty suddenly grant you a marriage, and that's all, why did he also grant you two daughters from the prince's family in marriage? Your majesty is not afraid..."
In the opinion of Feng Yongguo, Feng Yongbang and others, the daughter of the Duke of Guo is worthy of Li Huan in terms of status. The key is that one wife is enough. As a result, the emperor granted marriage to two people at once, which is quite rare.
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After all, they have never heard of any prince's daughter willing to work with someone else. If something goes wrong, they will offend two princes at once.
Li Huan naturally knew what his two uncles were worried about. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, uncles. Since Your Majesty has issued the imperial edict granting marriage, he must have asked Duke Cheng Guo and the British Duke for their opinions.
, if the two families do not agree, His Majesty will definitely not issue such an imperial edict."
After hearing this, the two nodded slightly and said, "If His Majesty has made arrangements, then there is nothing to worry about."
On Li Huan's side, Qiu Ju personally conveyed the order, while on the British and Chengguo palaces, Luo Xiang and Wei Bin, the emperor's close servants, personally went to convey the order.
The two imperial edicts conferring marriages arrived at the two major government offices, which naturally caused a sensation in the government offices.
After all, only the Duke of England and Duke Cheng knew about the marriage. However, when the angel who read out the imperial edict read out the marriage in front of everyone in the palace, many people in the Duke's palace had a look on their faces.
Got a weird look.
For example, in the case of the British Duke, although it is Zhang Lun, the eldest son and eldest grandson, who succeeded the British Duke, this does not mean that there are no other direct descendants of the British Duke.
There are more than one direct sons of the old British Duke. These people have not moved out of the British Palace yet, so now that the imperial edict is issued, these people are among the people who will receive it.
Zhang Feng is Zhang Lun's second uncle and the second son of the British Duke Zhang Mao. At this time, he and Zhang Lun sent away Luo Xiang, who was delivering the message, and returned to the mansion. After evacuating all the servants, Zhang Feng
His expression straightened, he looked at Zhang Lun solemnly and said: "Lun'er, why don't you tell my second uncle what is going on with my little sister's marriage?"
As the second son of Zhang Mao, Zhang Feng is naturally not an ordinary person. He is on errands in the capital camp. Although he does not directly supervise the first battalion, he is still at the rank of commander, second only to the admiral of the first battalion.
Admiral.
In addition, because of Zhang Feng's identity, even if he is his superior admiral, his face will probably depend on him. Therefore, Zhang Feng's power in the capital camp is not small at all.
With Li Huan's current power and the emperor's favor and trust in Li Huan, anyone who is not a fool can see that Li Huan must have a bright future.
Zhang Feng also knew this. If the emperor only granted marriage to Zhang Jin and Li Huan, Zhang Feng would only feel happy in his heart and would not talk to Zhang Lun in a questioning manner like now.
Although he was a Duke in front of Zhang Feng, he was also his biological second uncle, so when Zhang Feng questioned him, Zhang Lun could only smile bitterly, and then told Zhang Feng the whole story.
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Zhang Feng was dumbfounded when he heard this, with a look of disbelief on his face. When he learned that this was his father's last wish, and that Duke Cheng Guo shamelessly went ahead of them to ask the emperor for marriage, Zhang Feng was angry.
He slapped the table with his hand and said: "Gong Cheng Guo is really bullying people too much!"
Zhang Lun smiled bitterly and said, "So you know it, second uncle. It's not that I want to wrong my little aunt. It's really forced by the situation. If our British government doesn't agree, I don't know how happy the Chengguo Guild will be."
Zhang Feng sighed and said: "That's all, now that the imperial edict has been issued, everything is a foregone conclusion. I just hope that my little sister will not suffer any grievances."
The situation in the Chengguo Duke's Palace was actually similar. Many people were very surprised when they suddenly learned the news that Zhu Lin was betrothed to Li Huan, especially that she was married to Zhang Jin from the British Duke's Palace.
That is to say, Duke Cheng Guo was still there and could control the situation. He just gave a few simple explanations and dismissed everyone.
The turmoil in the two princes' palaces is only small, but the real turmoil is among the nobles and even the civil and military officials.
A major event such as the emperor's marriage gift spread very quickly, especially when it involved Li Huan and the two princes' offices. As you can imagine, it didn't take long for the news to spread among the nobles and officials.
Many people among Xungui were stunned when they heard the news. Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin were known to many people among Xungui. They can be said to be the most outstanding women in the Xungui group.
What they didn't expect was that one day, the two of them would be married to the same person, which made many people look towards the capital.
Every move of the emperor contains profound meanings, especially when it comes to marriage. Is this really just a simple marriage? Or is there some hidden intention of the emperor behind this marriage?
within the cabinet
Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu were there handling various government affairs submitted by officials, and the entire cabinet seemed very busy.
In the small hall, Yang Tinghe was reviewing memorials and selecting those that needed to be submitted to the emperor for reading. While he was busy, Yang Tinghe suddenly frowned and raised his head and looked towards the outer hall.
The small hall is the private space where several cabinet elders work, and the hall outside is where the officials in the entire cabinet work. At this moment, many officials in the hall are talking excitedly about something in low voices.
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Although these officials tried their best to lower their voices, they still alerted Yang Tinghe who was working. Not only Yang Tinghe noticed the movement outside, Li Dongyang, Wang Yangming, Liu Yu and others also obviously noticed this.
Yang Tinghe frowned and walked out of the small hall, walked to a few officials who were gathering together to discuss in low voices, and said rather unconcernedly: "If you don't do things well, why are you gathering here and whispering to each other?"
Several officials who were excitedly discussing the news of the emperor's marriage to Li Huan suddenly heard Yang Tinghe's voice and were startled.
Several officials saluted Yang Tinghe with nervous expressions on their faces and said, "I've met Mr. Ge, Mr. Ge, please forgive me. I don't dare to be a lower-ranking official."
Yang Tinghe said to one of them: "Li Qing, tell me, what were you talking about just now? What is it that makes you not do your job properly and gather here to whisper."
Li Qing glanced at Yang Tinghe, took a deep breath, and then said slowly: "I don't know what I know. There is news just now that your Majesty has granted marriage to Li Huan and the British Duke, and they will become the noble daughter of the Duke of Guo."
Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then raised his brows, glanced at the officials all around who had lowered their heads, and then said: "Okay, just listen to these things. There are so many things every day, and you still have time.
I'm talking nonsense here, if you don't want to do it, you can submit your resignation at any time."
After speaking, Yang Tinghe shook his sleeves and walked towards Li Dongyang.
Li Dongyang obviously heard the noise outside. He was standing at the entrance of the small hall. When he saw Yang Tinghe coming over, Li Dongyang smiled and welcomed him into the small hall.
After the two sat down, Yang Tinghe looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Xi Yagong, you heard it just now, right?"
Li Dongyang stroked his beard and smiled: "Jiefu, you are talking about the marriage granted by His Majesty, right?"
Yang Tinghe nodded and said: "Yes, given the degree of your majesty's favor towards Li Huan, it is not unusual for him to marry Li Huan. But I didn't expect that your majesty would marry a girl from the British duke and Chengguo duke's family to Li Huan and Xiya duke.
Don’t you think it’s strange?”
Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe and said with a smile: "What's so strange about this? It's nothing more than a gift of marriage. If you really want to talk about it, it involves the families of two major princes."
Yang Tinghe sighed and looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Xi Yagong, you really don't understand, or you are just pretending to be confused!"
Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "It's rare to be confused, it's rare to be confused!"
Yang Tinghe looked at Li Dongyang and said: "But Mr. Xi Ya, have you ever thought about what it means when Li Huan marries the two pillars of the Xungui Group, the Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of England."
Li Dongyang said sternly: "It means that His Majesty wants to strengthen Li Huan's foundation and win support. It means that His Majesty also wants to support the Xungui Group. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it, but I can't see it."
As he spoke, Li Dongyang raised his head and said to Yang Tinghe: "Jiefu, as ministers, our first consideration is how to assist your majesty in governing the country..."
Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Forgive me, Yang cannot agree with what Mr. Xi Ya said. The rise of Wuxun Group means that military generals will once again compete with our civil servants. That's all. But once the power of Wuxun Group is too strong,
If so, His Majesty will inevitably be influenced by the Wuxun Group and resort to military violence. Once the army is used in a large-scale manner, will it be a blessing to the country and the people?"
Li Dongyang frowned and said: "This is just a guess on your part. Wu Xun has been in decline for so many years. How can he rise up if he wants to? Moreover, there is no serious danger at the border. Even if His Majesty wanted to use force, he did not use force."
The object of that.”
Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Although there is no serious danger, there has never been peace at the border. Tatars invade the border from time to time, Japanese invaders come ashore along the coast to disturb the people, and the chieftains in the southwest have troubles from time to time."
Li Dongyang smiled and said: "Except for the Tatars, the rest are nothing to worry about. There is no need for me, the Ming Dynasty, to use weapons and weapons. Therefore, the large-scale use of troops and militancy by your Majesty that you are worried about, Jiefu, will not happen. There is no large-scale
For the external use of troops, no matter how much support His Majesty gives, the Generals and Honors Group cannot rise, let alone change the situation where one family dominates the court."
Li Dongyang is a veteran who has been in the officialdom for decades. The situation in the DPRK is clear to everyone. To be honest, Li Dongyang really doesn't worry about the emperor supporting the Xungui Group.
Because in Li Dongyang's view, neither nobles nor generals can actually change the current situation in the court.
It is the general trend for civilian officials to suppress military generals. Historically, only at the beginning of the founding of the country or during troubled times, military generals had the opportunity to suppress civilian officials. However, since the Ming Dynasty had no major foreign troubles or civil strife, how could the military men reverse the situation?
The general trend is to overwhelm the civil service group.
Yang Tinghe knew what Li Dongyang was thinking just by looking at Li Dongyang's reaction. He smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I hope it will be as Xi Yagong said."
As he spoke, Yang Tinghe took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Li Dongyang: "First Assistant, please take a look at this memorial."
Li Dongyang looked at the memorial in Yang Tinghe's hand, with a bit of surprise in his eyes, but he still took it and looked through it.
Soon Li Dongyang frowned, looked up at Yang Tinghe and said, "Is what the magistrate of Qianshan County said true?"
Yang Tinghe said calmly: "I don't think he would dare to falsely report such a thing."
As he spoke, Yang Tinghe looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Chief Assistant, the Jinyiwei raided the Fei family, so the money should be used to deposit the money into the Household Department. But looking at Li Huan's actions, it is clear that he does not intend to deposit the money into the Household Department."
Stroking his beard, Li Dongyang felt quite uneasy. To be honest, he was shocked when he saw the memorial written by the magistrate of Qianshan County. Jinyiwei actually confiscated a large amount of property at his own expense, including just money.
A huge amount of more than two million taels.
Such a large sum of money, no matter when it is placed, is not a small amount. As Yang Tinghe said, the proceeds from the confiscation should be used as household deposits.
Li Dongyang took a deep breath, glanced at Yang Tinghe and said, "Jiefu, what do you mean?"
Yang Tinghe said slowly: "There are state laws and family rules, and the proceeds from house raids should be put into the treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs. This cannot be changed. With this money, the court can do a lot to benefit the people. Otherwise, all the money will go into it."
Your Majesty's internal treasury is not a blessing to the country."
Looking at the memorial in his hand, Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe and said, "Then invite Wang Yangming and Liu Yu, and let's discuss it!"
Soon Wang Yangming and Liu Yu were invited over.
Wang Yangming and Liu Yu cupped their hands towards Li Dongyang. Li Dongyang smiled and said: "You two sit down and read this memorial first."
As he said this, Li Dongyang handed the memorial to Wang Yangming. After Wang Yangming looked through it, he raised his eyebrows and quickly handed the memorial to Liu Yu.
After Liu Yu saw it, his expression was quite uneasy.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the small side hall seemed a little tense, and no one spoke. With the intelligence of Wang Yangming and Liu Yu, they already realized the purpose of Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe calling them over when they saw the content of the memorial.
Already.
After a while, Yang Tinghe was the first to break the calm and said: "Everyone has seen the content of the memorial. The Jinyiwei copied the Fei family's money of more than 2 million taels in the Meishan Mountain. Now it has been shipped and is on its way to the capital."
As he spoke, Yang Tinghe glanced at the faces of Wang Yangming and Liu Yu and said: "These two million taels of dirty silver, I mean, should be put into the national treasury to benefit all people. I wonder what the two cabinet elders think?"
Wang Yangming's heart was filled with confusion. He did not expect that the Jinyi Guards could steal so much wealth from the Fei family in Qianshan this time. However, seeing Yang Tinghe's idea of taking the money, Wang Yangming thought more.
Others don't know, but Wang Yangming knows one thing, that is, Li Huan ransacked homes in Fujian last time. He may not know the exact amount of money he got, but Wang Yangming can estimate it. The money is probably more expensive than Qianshan.
There are several times more.
Nowadays, many people in the court do not know this, but with such a large amount of money, Li Huan confiscated the family and exterminated the clan in Fujian. Such a big movement is simply because Fujian is too far away from the capital, so among the capital
No news yet.
Once the news comes, such a large sum of money will inevitably cause a stir in the court.
Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang were still staring at the more than two million taels of silver confiscated from the Fei family in Wuqianshan without even looking at it, not to mention that even more silver was confiscated in Fujian.
From what Yang Tinghe said, it was obvious that he wanted to put this amount of money into the national treasury. From the standpoint of the cabinet, it was natural that he wanted to put this large sum of money into the national treasury.
But Wang Yangming also knows one thing, that is, it is not that easy to return the confiscated money to the national treasury. First of all, this is a dispute between the national treasury and the internal treasury.
That is, the conflict between the interests of the cabinet and the royal family. If it is just about this, then it is fine. With the power of the civil and military officials in the court today, the royal family really can't compete with the officials.
But one thing, Wang Yangming also knew, was that Li Huan was involved. It should be noted that the money was obtained by Jin Yiwei from confiscating his house, which meant that if he wanted to transfer this money to the national treasury, he must obtain Li Huan's consent.
Will Li Huan agree? Wang Yangming knew without much thought that there was really little hope of getting that sum of money from Li Huan.
It was obvious that Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and others knew this, so they invited him to discuss the matter with Liu Yu. It was clear that they wanted them to put pressure on the emperor and Li Huan together.
Wang Yangming could realize this, and Liu Yu could obviously realize this, so Liu Yu glanced at Yang Tinghe and sneered: "Mr. Yang Ge should discuss this matter with Mr. Li. I still have many
Things have to be dealt with, so I won’t accompany you.”
As he said this, Liu Yu cupped his hands towards Li Dongyang and turned around to leave without giving Yang Tinghe any face.
Yang Tinghe looked at Liu Yu's actions and frowned, but he didn't get angry. Anyway, Liu Yu had been treating him like this these past few days, and he was already used to it.
Yang Tinghe looked at Wang Yangming and said, "Yangming, what do you mean?"
Wang Yangming pondered for a while and said: "Based on Wang's understanding of the Taifu, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult to handle."
Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and shook his head and said: "Although it is difficult to handle, the Taifu is not an unreasonable person. It is a matter of course that the confiscated proceeds should be put into the national treasury."
Yang Tinghe said with a smile and said: "Yang Ming is a sensible person. Why don't you come with me to see the Taifu and give him some advice."
When Wang Yangming heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and chuckled: "Wang's military department still has many things to deal with. I'm afraid he won't have time to accompany Mr. Ge to see the Taifu."
As he spoke, Wang Yangming stood up and cupped his hands towards the two of them.
Yang Tinghe looked at Wang Yangming's leaving figure and suddenly smiled: "I never thought that Wang Hua's son is not a simple person."
Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe and said: "Jiefu, Jiefu, you think Wang Yangming is a fool. He is branded as a comrade of Li Huan. Even if they are not comrades, it is impossible for him to go because of this matter."
Offended Li Huan."
Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Then Yang will have to go to see the Taifu alone. It just so happened that His Majesty gave me the opportunity to confer marriage, and Yang came to the door to congratulate me in person."
Maoyan Alley
The people near Maoyan Lane suddenly discovered that the Li Mansion, which was originally a sparse affair, had suddenly become lively.
On weekdays, it is rare to see carriages parked in front of the Li Mansion, but on this day, no matter what happened, there were many carriages and sedans parked in front of the Li Mansion.
The people were curious, but Li Huan was a little dumbfounded.
He did not expect that following the emperor's decree of marriage, many nobles in the capital would rush directly to his house.
In the previous episode, because Li Huan killed Changning Bo and Gao Changsheng, he also arrested several nobles who were implicated by Feng Hai, Marquis of Wuding, so that the nobles in the capital felt that they were avoiding him.
However, as the emperor's decree granting marriage came down, the attitude of the nobles in the capital suddenly changed.
First of all, some uncles from Beijing came to visit, bringing congratulatory gifts. Although most of them had long been empty-handed and had no real power, the other party was still a member of the Xungui Group, and they worked together like this.
Come, Li Huan naturally wants to welcome you in person.
However, Li Huan discovered one thing, that is, most of the nobles who came to visit him had one or two young disciples with them.
During the introduction, Li Huan also knew the identities of these people. They were either the legitimate sons of the family or outstanding disciples of the clan.
These disciples looked at Li Huan with strange eyes, full of envy and jealousy.
Li Huan could somewhat understand the feelings of these people. At any rate, he also knew what kind of influence Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin had among the noble children.
It can be said that he is the marriage partner that many high-ranking disciples dream of, but in the end, he got an advantage. It would be strange to say that these outstanding disciples among the distinguished nobles are not a little envious of him.
Sitting in the hall at this time, Ningyang Marquis Chen Jizu was regarded as the most distinguished among these nobles. After all, the Dukes were not here, so Ningyang Marquis and Taining Marquis were the best among the nobles.
Chen Jizu stroked his beard and said to Li Huan with a smile on his face: "The Governor-General is so favored by His Majesty that he even married the daughters of two great princes. This level of honor and favor is rare."
Li Huan smiled and said: "Marquis Ningyang was joking. Li is so favored by His Majesty that I am very frightened."
Chen Xuan, the Marquis of Taining, smiled and said: "The Grand Governor marries the two great princes. From now on, we will be considered a family. In the future, we should ask the Grand Governor to take more care of our noble children."
Although Marquis Taining's words were a bit straightforward, they still represented the attitude of the vast majority of people in the Xungui Group today.
If before, everyone only regarded Li Huan as a newly rising upstart, and based on the idea that if you can't offend him, you can always avoid him, and they were not very close to Li Huan.
However, because of the emperor's decree, Li Huan suddenly married the daughters of two great princes. In this way, even if Li Huan did not think that he became a member of the Xungui family, it did not prevent the Xungui from treating him as one.
My own people.
The sons-in-law of the two major princes are not members of the noble group, so what are they? If you don't believe it, ask the civil servant group what they say.
Therefore, after treating Li Huan as one of their own, the people of the Xungui Group naturally changed their attitude towards Li Huan.
Just like Taining Marquis Chen Xuan directly brought his son Chen Ru to visit Li Huan, in order to get closer to Li Huan and let his son show his face in front of Li Huan.
Chen Jizu also brought along a member of his family named Chen Ang. Although he was a commoner, he was extremely talented and had mastered the Chen family's ancestral skills to perfection.
, few rivals.
Needless to say, the purpose was also to introduce his own children to Li Huan and see if he could get closer to Li Huan through this.
It can be said that these nobles seemed to have discussed it, and each brought outstanding children from their families, hoping that they could fall into Li Huan's eyes and find a future for their children.
"Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzha has arrived!"
I saw a young eunuch leading several people over, and the leader was Xu Guangzhao, Duke of Dingguo.
With a smile on his face, Xu Guangzha strode towards Li Huan, and upon seeing this, Li Huan quickly stood up and faced Xu Guangzha.
"Mr. Xu is here to visit us. I apologize for being a little distant to welcome you."
Xu Guangzha laughed loudly and said: "Captain Li is joking. Your Majesty granted me a marriage. Today Xu is here to congratulate me."
After saying that, he walked into the hall with Li Huan. When he saw Chen Jizu, Chen Xuan and others, he smiled and nodded, not feeling surprised at all.
When all the nobles saw Xu Guangzha coming, they quickly stood up and bowed to Xu Guangzha.
Xu Guangzhao waved his hand and said with a smile: "It seems that we guys have thought of coming together."
As he spoke, Xu Guangzha shouted to a young man behind him: "Xu Ying, why don't you come and see the Governor soon?"
He could see the shadow of Xu Guangzha vaguely between the young man's brows. He was probably not Xu Guangzha's heir. Moreover, the young man had a steady pace, strong posture, and a heroic aura. From Li Huan's perspective, he was very strong.
I'm afraid it won't be inferior to Meng Hui, Du Guang and others.
"Xu Ying, meet the Governor."
Li Huan smiled and said, "Young master Xu, you don't need to be polite."
At this time, Xu Guangzhao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My son has loved the art of war and martial arts since he was a child. I let him go and hired famous teachers to teach him. Now he has achieved a little success. I was planning to ask the British Duke to teach me some time."
Find him a job in the army, but..."
Speaking of this, Xu Guangzha sighed and said: "Unfortunately, the old prince died in the service of the country. I just thought that Governor Li is in charge of the capital, and we old guys can't come to disturb Governor Li, but I never thought that your majesty would grant a marriage.
, in the future, Governor Li will marry the daughter of the British Duke and Cheng Guogong, and we will become one family."
The other nobles laughed loudly when they heard this, and looked at Li Huan with an obviously close look.
And Xu Guangzhao smiled and said: "Since we are members of our own family, I will not avoid relatives and bring the child Xu Ying here to meet your future uncle."
With a pop, Li Huan almost couldn't help but spit out the tea in his mouth. He looked at Xu Ying and then at Xu Guangzha. When did he become Xu Ying's uncle?
Chen Xuan, the Marquis of Taining, smiled and said to Chen Ang beside him: "Chen Ang, I haven't come over to meet your cousin."
Guo Liang, on the other hand, laughed loudly and glared at his son Guo Xun beside him and said, "What are you doing stupidly? I haven't paid a visit to your uncle yet."
Li Huan looked completely confused when he saw more than a dozen noble disciples coming up to him to salute him, calling them either uncle, cousin, or uncle.
Needless to say, these noble families are already married to each other. Your daughter marries in, and my daughter marries in. Over the past hundred years, a large network has been formed between each other in the form of in-laws.
Naturally, they are all related to each other.
Li Huan married Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin, two women from the royal family, and naturally entered the circle of nobles. Therefore, it is not unusual for these nobles to call him uncle or cousin.
Even if we really want to talk about it, one person may have two titles for him, because maybe based on Zhang Jin’s relationship, he may be called uncle, but if it is counted from Zhu Lin’s relationship, he may be called uncle or something like that.
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Li Huan had a dull look on his face. He had long known that the Xungui Group had a dense network of connections, but he never expected to see it in this way.
At this time, Taining Marquis Chen Xuan said with a smile: "We know that this time His Majesty has asked you, the Governor, to be responsible for reorganizing the capital camp. This matter is of great importance. Our Xungui Group will definitely give our full assistance and specially selected these people from among the family members.
Come, it can be considered as a kind of support for us."
Stroking his beard, Xu Guangzhao nodded and said: "Yes, Cheng Guogong told me that this time His Majesty intends to support our nobles, so we nobles cannot fail to live up to our expectations. These children can be said to be the next generation of our nobles."
The best of them all, any one of them can be used."
As he spoke, Xu Guangzha said to Xu Ying: "Ying'er, show your hand to the governor."
When Xu Guangzhao said this, the eyes of Taining Marquis, Ningyang Marquis and others all brightened up, and they clapped their hands and praised: "Okay, this is good, let's let the big guys compete, and let the governor have a look at the big guys."
Ability."
Li Huan was surprised for a moment. Looking at the reactions of Xu Guangzhao, Taininghou, Ningyanghou and others, Li Huan more or less realized that these nobles had probably discussed it in private.
At the same time, Li Huan also secretly guessed that this was probably a way for the Xungui Group to show its sincerity to him, and that the British government and the Chengguo government might be behind it.
The reorganization of the Beijing camp cannot avoid the honorary group. These old-name honorable men may not have much say in the court, but they still have some influence in the military. After all, they are the home of honorable men for hundreds of years.
Whether in the Beijing camp or the local health center, the network of relationships cannot be underestimated.
Even if the honorable nobleman now looks like he is unable to hold up the wall, there are still three nails in the rotten ship. The family heritage of hundreds of years is there, and there are many children in the family. After all, there are talents who can take advantage of it.
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that from Li Huan's perspective, all of the dozen or so noble disciples in front of him can be regarded as heroes of the moment.
Winning over nobles is what Li Huan and the emperor wanted to do. Now that these nobles are taking the initiative to get involved, Li Huan will naturally not turn them away.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Li Huan immediately laughed and said: "Okay, it's rare for children from all families to gather together, and Li is the host, so I will give you a share of the lottery for this little competition."
Li Huan said thoughtfully: "I dare not say anything else. After today's top leader reorganizes the capital camp, I will inform your majesty that there will be no problem in appointing him to the position of commander of the capital.
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Hearing Li Huan's words, many people's eyes couldn't help but light up.
Although these people all come from noble families, if you look closely, you will find that none of these people actually have the right to inherit the title. In other words, these people actually have one more noble son than ordinary people.
Just the head.
If there is no chance, even if you can enter the army with the help of the honorable family, it is difficult to have any future.
Even some of the marquis and uncles present, whose families have been passed down for hundreds of years, are now nothing more than empty frames and have no real power at all.
So now Li Huan actually directly used the official vacancy of the commander of the first battalion as a lottery. Although it seems a bit ridiculous, but think about Li Huan's identity and status in the heart of the emperor, it is just a mere
It's just the appointment and dismissal of the commander-in-chief, it really doesn't mean anything.
For Li Huan, if there are 10,000 soldiers and horses in a battalion, there will be two commanders in each battalion. In the Beijing camp with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, there will be as many as 20 or 30 commanders.
To be honest, it seems a little rash to reward the person who came first in today's competition with a job as a city commander, but there is nothing wrong with it.
There are more than a dozen noble children present, who are elite children of various noble families. If you stand out among these people, you must be a person with both civil and military skills. For such a person, Li Huan feels that as long as he is given a stage and a chance, he will be a mere
The commander-in-chief may just be the opponent's starting point.
After Li Huan finished speaking, there were only a few people who could still remain calm, such as Xu Guangzhao, the Duke of Dingguo, and Chen Xuan, the Marquis of Taining. But like the other uncles who had already fallen into ruin, they were left with nothing but empty frames.
There was a look of surprise in his eyes.
That is a vacancy for the powerful commander of the first battalion. If one of his own children can take the lead, there is hope for the family's revival.
Even these uncles and marquises who hold titles suddenly become short of breath, not to mention those noble children who have no right to inherit titles and will have to work hard on their own in the future.
Even Xu Ying, who was extremely favored by Duke Dingguo, suddenly became extremely short of breath. It was true that Duke Dingguo favored him. After all, he had shown extremely outstanding talents. Otherwise, he was a bastard.
What made Duke Dingguo, who had many heirs, look at him differently?
But Xu Ying also knew that he was destined to miss the title of Duke Dingguo. His future still depended on himself, and this small competition may be the most important opportunity related to his future life.
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