Yue Buqun was about to speak when suddenly there was an explosion in the distance and a firework exploded in the air.
Hearing the explosion and the fireworks in the sky, the expressions of Yue Buqun, Gu Yuzhang and others changed, especially Gu Yuzhang who whispered: "No, brothers are under attack."
Without Gu Yuzhang opening his mouth, Yue Buqun could tell that the explosion just now was Jin Yiwei's distress signal.
"Walk!"
Without much thought, Yue Buqun turned around and left. As for the fact that these officials used bad food instead of relief food to help the victims, I am afraid they can only deal with it later.
Without Yue Buqun's instructions, Gu Yuzhang and others followed Yue Buqun and left at an extremely fast speed.
The few servants and the staff who were giving porridge also looked at the explosion of fireworks in the distance in the sky in amazement. Then they looked at Yue Buqun and others who were leaving. They looked at each other in confusion, obviously they didn't understand.
What is going on.
However, it was said that Feng Qingyang settled in the residence of a disciple of the Huashan Sword Sect, Feng Bu Bu, and had the healing elixir provided by Feng Ba Bu. Without traveling all the way, Feng Qing Yang recovered from his injuries at an extremely fast speed.
On this day, Feng Buping walked to a wooden house with a bit of excitement on his face, stretched out his hand and knocked on the wooden house.
Soon Feng Qingyang's voice came from the wooden house: "Come in."
Feng Buping immediately walked into the wooden house, saluted Feng Qingyang and said, "Uncle Feng Master."
Feng Qingyang, who was wearing a green shirt, had already recovered from his injuries. He was looking at Feng Buping with a smile. He looked like an immortal, giving the impression that he was an outsider.
Seeing the smile on Feng Qingyang's face, Feng Buping suddenly felt something in his heart. He looked at Feng Qingyang with a bit of joy and said tremblingly: "Uncle Feng, has your injury been healed?"
Feng Qingyang nodded slightly and said: "It's just an injury. I just need to rest and recuperate for a few days, and I will recover naturally."
As he spoke, Feng Qingyang looked at Feng Buping with a serious expression and said, "I asked you to find out the information about Yue Buqun and others. Have you found out clearly?"
Feng Buping heard this and said hurriedly: "Go back to Master, I've already found out more about it."
Feng Qingyang immediately said: "Tell me quickly, where is Yue Buqun's evil obstacle now?"
Feng Buping said in a deep voice: "Uncle Feng, not long ago, our disciples sent news that they had found out information about Yue Buqun in Xi'an Mansion."
Feng Qingyang couldn't help but look at Feng Buping and nodded slightly: "Yes, I did drag Yue Buqun and his gang away in Xi'an Mansion. I didn't expect that they were still in Xi'an Mansion."
Feng Buping said with a bit of solemnity on his face: "Uncle Feng, now Yue Buqun has become the Qianhu Officer of Shaanxi Qianhu Office for some reason. It seems that he has received the appointment from the Dog Emperor and is supervising the relief of the victims in Shaanxi.
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A trace of anger flashed across Feng Qingyang's face and he said: "What a bastard. He climbed up very fast. He became a member of the Imperial Guard Qianhu in such a short time. But no matter how high he climbed, he was still an eagle dog of the imperial court. He was used as a dog for others.
If we don’t kill this evil obstacle, our Huashan Sect’s hundreds of years of good reputation will be destroyed by its hands.”
Feng Buping said seriously: "Uncle Master said that if Yue Buqun doesn't die, our Huashan Sect will definitely lose its reputation and be ridiculed by people in the world."
Feng Qingyang flicked his long sleeves and said with a bit of evil spirit: "Initiate the disciples of the Sword Sect and follow me to kill Yue Buqun."
Saying this, Feng Qingyang wanted to go out.
But Feng Buping hesitated for a moment, with a look of worry on his face.
When Feng Qingyang walked to the door, he noticed Feng Buping's expression and couldn't help but frowned and glanced at Feng Buping and said, "What's wrong? Don't you want to kill Yue Buqun?"
Feng Buping shook his head, looked at Feng Qingyang and said: "Uncle Feng, are we going to rush into Xi'an Fucheng and go to the Yamen of Jinyiwei Qianhu Office to find Yue Buqun?"
Feng Qingyang glanced at Feng Buping in surprise and said, "Why, if you don't go to the Jinyi Guard Qianhu Station to kill Yue Buqun, where else can you go?"
Feng Buping showed a bitter smile on his lips and said: "Uncle Feng, that is Xi'an Fucheng, and the Jinyiwei Qianhu Station is the territory of the Jinyiwei. Although we have many disciples of the Sword Sect, if we really want to enter the Fucheng, we will kill in the blue sky and in broad daylight."
As for Yue Buqun, not to mention whether those Jinyi guards will fight with all their strength, even the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the city will rush to the rescue as soon as possible. Even if they can kill Yue Buqun by then, I am afraid that the disciples of my Sword Sect will also suffer heavy casualties.
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Feng Qingyang frowned and looked at Feng Buping and said, "In your opinion, what should we do?"
Feng Buping said: "Didn't Yue Buqun become a high-ranking official of the Jinyi Guard? He wants to patrol the place. As long as we wait until Yue Buqun leaves Fucheng and leaves Xi'an Fucheng, we can ambush him halfway. When the time comes, we can ambush him."
It is naturally not difficult to kill Yue Buqun."
Feng Qingyang thought of how he was almost ambushed and attacked by Jin Yiwei's men in order to kill Yue Buqun. Naturally, he knew what Feng Buping said was reasonable. He immediately nodded slightly to Feng Buping and said, "Okay, send someone immediately.
Keep an eye on Yue Buqun, and as soon as Yue Buqun leaves the city, we will ambush him."
Outside Lantian County
Although there were dozens of Jinyi guards in regular uniforms, although Yue Buqun did not make a big show of it because he did not want to attract attention, these Jinyi guards still carried powerful crossbows, embroidered spring knives and other items.
At this time, more than a dozen figures were holding long swords and charging among the royal guards.
A series of sword lights flashed by, bringing with them a bloody light.
Fortunately, there are still a few second-rate warriors among these Jin Yiwei, who are fighting with those who rush into the Jin Yiwei team.
Needless to say, these people were none other than Feng Qingyang and a dozen Huashan Sword Sect disciples.
Yue Buqun left Xi'an Fucheng, and the Huashan Sword Sect disciples who had been keeping an eye on Yue Buqun's whereabouts immediately spread the news back.
After receiving the news, Feng Qingyang, Feng Buqun and others immediately brought a group of disciples from the Sword Sect to attack and kill Yue Buqun.
However, because Yue Buqun and others were traveling non-stop and their whereabouts were difficult to determine, by the time the wind cleared and Feng Buqun and others found Yue Buqun and his team, they were already outside Lantian County.
That is to say, on a whim, Yue Buqun saw the situation of relieving the victims in Lantian County and wanted to take a look at the situation of relieving the victims, so he asked the Jinyiwei people to stay far away. Otherwise, Feng Qingyang and the others wanted to block Yue Buqun.
If we don’t get together with a group of people, I’m afraid it will take a while.
When the disciples of Huashan Sword Sect suddenly rushed out, only the Jin Yiwei people were caught off guard, and several Jin Yiwei were killed on the spot.
Especially Cong Buqi and Cheng Buyou are top-notch players. Their swords are so bright and murderous that no one among the Jin Yiwei can match them.
Feng Buping frowned and said, "There is no Yue Buqun among these people?"
Feng Qingyang looked at the fireworks that suddenly exploded in the sky. The fireworks were so familiar. It was just like this when the fireworks exploded. Feng Qingyang waited for Jin Yiwei's help.
So when he saw the fireworks again, Feng Qingyang said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, Yue Buqun will appear soon."
While he was talking, he saw several figures in the distance rushing over at extremely fast speeds. Who was the leader if it wasn't Yue Buqun?
From a distance, Yue Buqun saw more than a dozen figures rushing among the Jinyi guards. Even though these Jinyi guards were carefully selected by him, the only ones who were killed were those who could not fight back. There were even more than a dozen people who fell on the ground. A corpse.
Before he could rush forward, Yue Buqun couldn't help but pause in his steps, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.
Because at this moment Yue Buqun saw a familiar figure, and that figure was also looking at him.
Gu Yuzhang, who was following Yue Buqun, was stunned when he saw Yue Buqun suddenly stopped, and said doubtfully: "Sir, what are you doing..."
Gu Yuzhang couldn't help but be confused. The brothers in front of him were being killed, and Yue Buqun, the guard of thousands of people, suddenly stopped.
Yue Buqun ignored Gu Yuzhang, but stared at the figure, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Feng Qingyang!"
Feng Qingyang, who was wearing a green shirt, was holding a sword in his hand and was slowly walking towards Yue Buqun. His eyes were full of smiles and he said: "Yue Buqun, you didn't expect it. I want to see who is still there today." I can save you."
Yue Buqun woke up from the initial shock, and his eyes fell on Feng Buping, Cong Buqi, Cheng Buyou and others. There was a hint of doubt in his eyes, obviously he didn't quite understand Feng Buqun. Where did Qingyang find these helpers?
The most important thing is that Yue Buqun felt that these people gave him a sense of familiarity, especially those who were fighting against Jin Yiwei in the distance were clearly using their Huashan sword skills.
"You...who are you?"
Needless to say, what Yue Buqun asked was exactly Feng Buqun.
Although Feng Buping, Cong Buqi, and Cheng Buyou were also Huashan disciples in the past, decades have passed and the years have changed. Feng Buping has changed a lot. Even though Yue Buqun felt that they were quite familiar with each other, they still felt that they were familiar with each other for a while. I really couldn't recognize many people.
Feng Buping took a step forward, stared at Yue Buqun and sneered: "Yue Buqun, do you still remember Jian Zong Feng Buping?"
Cheng Buyou laughed loudly and said, "Jianzong Cheng Buyou."
Cong Buqi held the blood-stained sword and stared at Yue Buqun and said coldly: "Sword Sect Cong Buqi"
Yue Buqun's eyes narrowed and he suddenly realized what he was doing. He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, okay, it is indeed you remnants of the Sword Sect. So, you were the ones who came to Huashan not long ago and killed my Huashan disciples." .”
Apparently when he saw Feng Buping, Cong Buqi, Cheng Buyou and the dozen Huashan Sword Sect disciples, Yue Buqun directly regarded Feng Buping and the others as the three heroes of Northern Hebei who had killed Huashan not long ago. .
Because they happened to match up, they were all three top-notch masters. In addition to the grievances between the Sword Sect and the Qi Sect, in Yue Buqun's view, Feng Buqun just saw that the Huashan Sect without him was in charge and had no control over the Huashan Authentic Sect. He coveted him, so he took the opportunity to kill Huashan.
When Yue Buqun said these words, Feng Buping and others were stunned. They had never been to Huashan, but seeing the hatred flashing in Yue Buqun's eyes, Feng Buping and others just snorted coldly without any excuse. mean.
And their reaction became a kind of acquiescence in Yue Buqun's eyes.
At this moment, Feng Qingyang said calmly: "Okay, if you kill Yue Buqun today, Feng will take you to take over the Huashan Sect. When the time comes, Huashan will be handed over to you to carry forward."
As he spoke, Feng Qingyang strode towards Yue Buqun with a long sword in hand.
The hair on Gu Yuzhang's body stood up, and he stared at the people opposite him with great vigilance. In fact, the people opposite him gave him a sense of crisis.
Yue Buqun roared and shouted: "Everyone split up and run away."
Yue Feng Qingyang, Feng Buping, the others, and the Jian Sect disciples, Yue Buqun knew very well that even if everyone rushed forward to fight, they would not be their opponents.
In this situation, the only option is to escape a few.
A stern look flashed in Gu Yuzhang's eyes, and he stared at Feng Qingyang. How could he not see that Feng Qingyang's target was Yue Buqun.
The most important thing is that this old man puts the greatest pressure on him, as if he may die in the hands of the other party at any time.
"Sir, my subordinate will cut off your queen for you!"
Thinking that he was valued by Yue Buqun and promoted to the official of the Hundred Households of Jin Yiwei, Gu Yuzhang obviously wanted to stop Yue Buqun.
Gu Yuzhang thought that with his own strength, he might not be a match for the opponent, but there was no problem in blocking the opponent for a moment and buying time for Yue Buqun. As long as Yue Buqun escaped, he would be able to escape.
Yue Buqun glanced at Gu Yuzhang and shouted in a deep voice: "Feng Qingyang is the best swordsman in the world. I'm afraid you won't be able to make a few moves under him, so hurry up."
As he spoke, Yue Buqun jumped up, climbed directly onto his horse, and stabbed the horse's butt with a sword. The horse immediately neighed and shot out like an arrow from a string.
Gu Yuzhang's eyes narrowed and he turned around and left.
Feng Qingyang was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing. He watched Yue Buqun flee and sneered, "Want to escape?"
The next moment, Feng Qingyang's figure was seen erratic. He took a few feet away with one step and ran straight after Yue Buqun.
Beijing
On the large campus on the outskirts of Beijing, the last battalion of the 12th Regiment, Guoyong Camp
Thousands of soldiers stood silently on the school ground. On the high platform, large boxes were placed there, and these boxes were opened, revealing the white silver inside.
Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were piled up in front of thousands of soldiers. Under the sunlight, these white pieces of silver were dazzling.
Many people were dazzled by the sight and swallowed their saliva wildly.
Although these days, the 12th regiments were weeding out the old and the weak one by one, and Li Huan, as the admiral of the Beijing camp, personally took charge of distributing money.
This news has been known to everyone in the 12th Regiment Camp for a long time, but it is a bit unbelievable after not seeing the money in vain.
But now that I have seen so much money with my own eyes, I was initially uneasy, but I finally believed the news that the imperial court was going to eliminate the old and weak, and each person was given fifty taels of severance money.
Behind Li Huan stood more than a dozen figures, including the British Duke Zhang Lun, the Chengguo Duke Zhu Fu, and the elite children of various noble families who had shown their talents in the Li Mansion, such as Zhu Shuo, Chen Ang, Xu Ying, Guo Xun et al.
If you observe carefully, you will find that around the main campus, teams of elite soldiers are standing with sharp weapons. They are the soldiers of the Zhenwei Battalion that Li Huan first cleaned up.
After being liquidated by Li Huan, Zhenwei camp had 12,000 people on its payroll, but in fact there were only 8,000 old and weak people. After some elimination, only 2,800 elite people were left.
These two thousand eight hundred people are all strong and strong men. They can be said to be the real essence of the entire Zhenwei Camp. Especially after Li Huan equipped these elites with armor and weapons, they already have a somewhat elite appearance.
Under the strict restraint and training of the commanders Ren Ping and Guan Zheng, the Zhenwei Battalion has undergone radical changes. These days, Li Huan relies on the Zhenwei Battalion to intimidate many young men in the 12th Regiment and eliminate the 12th in an orderly manner.
The regiment is old and weak.
Perhaps some veterans were very dissatisfied with being eliminated from the Beijing camp. If Li Huan had not spent a lot of money to dispel these people's dissatisfaction, even if the Youzhenwei camp was intimidating him, he would still be there.
Instigated by some well-intentioned people, a mutiny broke out.
But when the free money was obtained, and an elite army was stationed, except for a few individuals, no one was dissatisfied with most of the old and weak who were laid off.
In particular, Li Huan also secretly sent Jin Yiwei's capable men to keep an eye on the capital camp, and cleanly eradicated some of the low-level generals who had been cleared out of the capital camp and were trying to secretly connect with each other.
After suppressing several small-scale military rebellions, it did not cause any big disturbances. Amidst the stunned and disbelieving looks of all the officials, Li Huan actually completed the attack in less than a month.
The elimination of the Beijing camp.
There were originally more than 200,000 Beijing soldiers on the roster, but after a round of elimination, only more than 30,000 elite soldiers remained.
Compared with the Beijing camp army of more than 200,000, it seems that 30,000 horses suddenly seem very small. However, these 30,000 are truly elites. After reorganization, the combat effectiveness of the 30,000 army will definitely exceed the so-called more than 200,000.
Army.
Now this Guoyong Camp is the last of the Twelve Regiment Battalions that is about to be eliminated and reorganized.
Following Li Huan's order, hundreds of secretaries lined up in a row and began to distribute silver taels one by one to eliminate the old and the weak according to the newly compiled roster.
When many gray-haired veterans held dozens of taels of silver in their hands, their faces showed disbelief and surprise.
Because there was a precedent, the process of eliminating the Guoyong Camp was very smooth. It only took most of a day. After the Guoyong Camp, which nominally had 12,000 people, distributed about 300,000 taels of silver, it was eliminated after the school field.
There are less than 3,000 people left in it.
These nearly 3,000 people are all strong men between the ages of 16 and 30, and they are considered the last elite of the National Yongying Camp.
Seeing Chen Ang, who had been appointed as the capital commander by Li Huan, and Xu Ying stepping forward to take over the soldiers of the Guoyong Camp, Li Huan let out a sigh of relief.
With a slight smile on his lips, he looked at Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others, slightly arched his hands and said: "Princes and marquises, it's all thanks to your presence these days that we can make everything go smoothly."
Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others were too modest to accept the credit, but they could clearly see these days that although they were in charge of the rectification of the capital camp, they did prevent some generals who were related to them from causing trouble, but the real credit was not
On Li Huan.
If it weren't for Li Huan spending a lot of money and distributing the demobilization money to the old and weak who were laid off, and calming the resentment in the hearts of these soldiers, if it weren't for Li Huan secretly suppressing dozens of cases of low-level generals in the Beijing camp with Jin Yiwei.
With all the connections they have to make, it is impossible to complete the reorganization of the Beijing camp so smoothly just based on the prestige of their nobles.
At this moment, Feng Yongbang strode over, holding a roster in his hand. He saluted Li Huan and said, "I have met the Governor."
Li Huan nodded slightly and said, "How are the statistics?"
Feng Yongbang said with a smile: "Back to the Commander-in-Chief, all twelve regiments and battalions have been eliminated. After the reorganization, the remaining soldiers totaled 41,248, and a total of 83,654 old and weak people were eliminated.
There are 438 middle and low-level generals, and the total amount of money distributed to the middle and low-level generals is 4,580,000 taels."
Although Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others standing aside knew that in order to reorganize the capital this time, the emperor's inner treasury was completely opened to Li Huan, and all the money needed was taken from the emperor's inner treasury.
But when they suddenly heard that a total of 4.6 million taels of silver had been spent, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others could not help but look horrified.
That's millions of taels of silver, almost equivalent to the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty in one year.
A year's worth of tax revenue was used to reorganize Beijing, a chronic disease of the Ming Dynasty. Looking at the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao were actually able to accomplish this.
For a moment, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others all looked at Li Huan with complicated expressions.
You must know that at the beginning, almost no one was optimistic that Li Huan could do this.
However, standing here now, looking at the less than 3,000 elite soldiers left in Guoyong Camp on the school field, although the number is much smaller, less than 20% compared to more than 10,000 people, but that
With the momentum and the renewed mental outlook, even they could see that the remaining soldiers were all truly worthy of fighting.
Thinking that during these days, all of his own children who had been approved by Li Huan were arranged by Li Huan into the eliminated Beijing camp.
Although it is said that Li Huan offended many nobles by clearing out a large number of middle- and low-level generals with little ability and corpses, but Li Huan also accepted many truly elite children from noble families into the army, which can be regarded as
It calmed the dissatisfaction of some nobles.
In addition, Li Huan also petitioned the emperor to restart the martial arts competition, and set the date of the martial arts competition in the spring of next year. The martial arts competition that had been suspended for many years in the Ming Dynasty will be reopened, and the promotion channels for low-level warriors will be opened. Those with talent and ability will
The children of low-level military families who have no chance to see or hear about the emperor will usher in a spring.
Because Li Huan petitioned to reopen the martial arts examination, not only children from civilian families were eligible, but also children from military families were eligible to participate.
You must know that in the past, martial arts competitions were generally excluded from the children of military families, so that many children from military families could only be ordinary people in local guards even if they had sufficient force and ability.
The unknown big-headed soldier could not even support his family in Hukou.
Li Huan believed that next spring, when the martial arts competitions are held, martial artists all over the world will be excited about it. He doesn’t know how many useful talents will be selected for the Ming Dynasty by then.
Qianqing Palace
When Li Huan walked into the Qianqing Palace with a thick stack of Beijing camp rosters, Zhu Houzhao, who had already received the news, was looking at Li Huan who walked in expectantly.
Looking at Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao looked a little excited and said in a trembling voice: "Li Qing, is it done?"
Li Huan nodded heavily towards Zhu Houzhao.
An excited smile suddenly broke out on Zhu Houzhao's face. He couldn't help but walk around and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, this stubborn problem in Beijing camp has finally been solved in my hands."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and pulled Li Huan, asked Li Huan to sit down and said, "Tell me about it quickly."
Li Huan's expression became serious and he explained to Zhu Houzhen the situation of rectifying the capital camp.
Finally, Li Huan looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, after the reduction of the Beijing camp, there are still more than 40,000 people left. However, I guarantee that these 40,000 people are all elites. With a little training, they will be a force that dares to fight." division, its combat strength far exceeds that of the previous Beijing camp."
When Zhu Houzhao heard that the Beijing camp had eliminated more than 80,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people at once, he couldn't help but sighed: "Although I have known that the Beijing camp has been rotten for a long time. There are more than 200,000 in the Beijing camp in name, but in the end there are only There are more than 40,000 available troops, and every year the court spends at least one million taels of silver to support this large army."
Li Huan coughed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, in order to eliminate the old and the weak, I spent a total of 4.6 million taels of silver."
Zhu Houzhao suddenly couldn't help but swallowed. He was obviously shocked by this large sum of money, but soon Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, okay, this sum can reorganize the Beijing camp." I am willing to spend the money."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and said with a smile: "Besides, all this money was obtained by you, Li Qing. If you put it this way, I will still have two to three million taels left in my inner treasury. I have this I still made money."
Li Huan said seriously: "Your Majesty, it's not just two or three million taels. If I'm not wrong in my calculation, there will be at least tens of millions of taels in your majesty's inner treasury."
Zhu Houzhao, who had just taken a sip of tea, almost spit out the tea when he heard this, and looked at Li Huan in astonishment, his face full of confusion.
Even Qiu Ju, who was serving at the side, had his eyes wide open. Wouldn't he and the emperor be bullied to settle the score?
Although it is said that millions of taels of silver shipped from Fujian not long ago have been put into the internal treasury, the total of the large sums of gold and silver confiscated from the three seizures only amounts to about 10 million taels.
In order to repair the river, Zhu Houzhao spent 3 million taels of silver, while Li Huan eliminated the capital camp and spent nearly 5 million taels. No matter how you calculate it, there are only two to three million taels left in the inner treasury. Where did the tens of millions of taels come from?
Li Huan chuckled lightly and said with a stern look in his eyes: "Your Majesty, don't forget that the trial for treason has almost been completed. Those officials and nobles who have been identified will be beheaded and their homes will be confiscated."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Search the house."
Li Huan nodded and said: "Yes, Your Majesty thinks that with nearly a hundred officials involved in the conspiracy this time, how much gold and silver can be stolen from the noble family?"
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, glanced at Li Huan and said, "Does Li Qing think that nearly ten million taels of gold and silver can be confiscated this time?"
When he thought of this, Zhu Houzhao's breathing became rapid at first, and then his face showed a bit of anger.
If it is true as Li Huan said, nearly a hundred officials could not find tens of millions of taels of gold and silver at once. Zhu Houzhao was shocked, and felt a kind of sadness and anger in his heart. How much did these officials have to be able to save money?
Such a huge net worth.
Seeing the change in Zhu Houzhao's expression, Li Huan could probably guess the emperor's thoughts, and sighed softly to comfort Zhu Houzhao and said: "As long as your majesty can be a wise king, there will be fewer and fewer corrupt officials in the world, and the lives of the people will be much easier."
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and looked at Li Huan with a hint of brilliance in his eyes: "I will be a good emperor. I dare not say that I will make the corrupt officials of Ming Dynasty disappear, but I will do my best to benefit the people and revive our Ming Dynasty."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, are you willing to help me?"
Li Huan nodded and said: "It is my honor to work with your Majesty to create the prosperous Ming Dynasty."
I don't know what he thought of, but Zhu Houzhao suddenly sighed and said with a worried look on his face: "There was a big disaster in Shaanxi. The court's money and food should have arrived now. I don't know if the local government has started to provide relief to the victims."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Li Huan and said: "Li Qing, do you think those people, faced with so much money and food, can they really control their greed and not take action? I only hope that they can use most of the money and food.
If my people don't starve to death or freeze to death, it means they are really greedy. For the sake of their hard work in relieving the victims, I admit it, but can they?"
Li Huan sighed softly, it was obvious that the emperor had no confidence in the local officials in Shaanxi officialdom.
However, Li Huan could only comfort him and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. There are three divisions and an inspection censor. No matter how greedy those officials are, they should restrain themselves. Besides, there are also Jinyi guards watching from the side."
Zhu Houzhao was shocked when he heard this and said: "Yes, I still have Jin Yiwei. Li Qing, you must always keep an eye on the news in Shaanxi. If there is any news, you must tell me as soon as possible."
After leaving the imperial city, the sky was already a little gloomy. Li Huan was heading towards Maoyan Lane when suddenly two horses galloped in front of him.
Li Huan did not have the habit of riding in sedans or carriages. He rode the royal horse given by the emperor as always. He heard movement in the distance, followed the sound and saw two royal guards galloping towards him.
The person on the horse was none other than Chen Yao, and Feng Yongguo.
The two of them were Li Huan's confidants. Now that they were approaching on horseback, Li Huan couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart. Could it be that something happened to the Jinyiwei Yamen?
Just as Li Huan was deep in thought, Feng Yongguo and Chen Yao, who were speeding over, obviously saw Li Huan.
When they saw Li Huan, both of them had a look of surprise on their faces.
They had previously known that Li Huan had entered the palace to see the emperor, so they walked along the long street towards the imperial city. Even if they did not meet Li Huan on the way, they could still wait for Li Huan to come out outside the palace gate.
Now seeing Li Huan, he was naturally very excited and hurried forward.
Li Huan stopped his horse, and Feng Yongguo and Chen Yao immediately stepped forward.
Li Huan looked at Feng Yongguo and Chen Yao asked, "What's the matter?"
Chen Yao looked serious and said: "Sir, Shaanxi Jinyi Guard Qianhu Station, deputy Qian Ning received urgent news that Yue Buqun suddenly disappeared three days ago."
"What? Yue Buqun is missing?"
You must know that a few days ago, news came from the Shaanxi Qianhu Office that Yue Buqun had received the news and officially took charge of the Shaanxi Qianhu Office.
But now there is news from Qian Ning that Yue Buqun is missing. How can this not be shocking?
Shaanxi is the territory of Huashan, and it can be regarded as Lao Yue's own territory. Within Shaanxi, with Yue Buqun's ability, how could he possibly disappear?
But this news came from Jin Yiwei. If Yue Buqun was really missing, it was absolutely impossible for Qian Ning to send such news.
With his mind spinning, Li Huan immediately galloped towards the Jinyiwei Yamen and said: "Let's go back to the Yamen."
In the Jinyiwei Yamen
Li Huan sat there, looking at the urgent secret letter.
Looking at the secret letter, Li Huan finally understood what was going on.
It clearly states that on the way to Huashan, Yue Buqun and dozens of Jin Yiwei were suddenly attacked and killed by a group led by Feng Qingyang. Yue Buqun ordered the Jin Yiwei to split up and flee.
Gu Yuzhang, a member of the Jinyiwei Hundred Household, was seriously injured and brought the news back to the Jinyiwei Qianhu Station. Qian Ning immediately sent people to search for Yue Buqun's whereabouts, but there was no news at all.
Li Huan gently tapped the table gum with one hand. To be honest, Li Huan was really surprised that Feng Qingyang found a group of people from somewhere and was able to attack Yue Buqun and dozens of Jin Yiwei.
If there were not that group of people to help Feng Qingyang to block the Jinyi Guards, with Yue Buqun's strength and dozens of Jinyi Guards, Feng Qingyang would not dare to ambush and kill Yue Buqun so openly.
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Of course, the secret letter contained not only the news about Yue Buqun's attack and disappearance, but also the many inside stories revealed by Qian Ning about the Shaanxi local government's relief efforts for the people.
Seeing how the local officials reported by Qian Ning were selling off quality goods and embezzling the money and food provided to the victims, Li Huan couldn't help but sneer at the corners of his mouth, exuding a murderous intent.
In the lobby, Chen Yao, Zhao Yi, Chen Ke, Feng Yongguo, Du Guang and others could not help but change their expressions slightly when they felt the murderous intent permeating Li Huan.
With a loud sound, Li Huan slapped the table and said with an angry smile: "Okay, very good. It seems that your Majesty and I have really overestimated the bottom line of these people."
As he spoke, Li Huan suddenly stood up and walked outside, saying, "Chen Yao, immediately dispatch 300 elite guards to me and be on standby at any time."
Chen Yao stood up in a solemn voice and said: "I accept your order."
At the same time, Li Huan said to Feng Yongguo: "Feng Baihu, go and send an order to Ren Ping, the commander of the Zhenwei Camp, to seize them and ask them to gather their troops immediately and be ready for orders at any time."
Feng Yongguo said solemnly: "I accept your order."
After saying that, Li Huan's figure disappeared from the entrance of Jinyiwei Yamen, while Chen Yao, Feng Yongguo, Zhao Yi and others looked at each other with a bit of shock and horror in their eyes.
Chen Ke took a deep breath, looked at Li Huan's disappearing figure, and sighed softly: "It seems that this time I want to kill all the officials in Shaanxi."
Thinking of the contents of the secret report sent by Deputy Qian Ning, Feng Yongguo sneered and said: "It's all their own fault. They even dared to touch the people's life-saving food. If they don't kill, it won't make the people angry, and if they don't kill, it won't shock them."
People’s hearts.”
In front of the palace gate of the Imperial City, two little chamberlains who were guarding the palace gate were startled by the sound of horse hooves. When they saw the person clearly, their expressions changed slightly. One of the little chamberlains exclaimed: "
Grand Governor."
Li Huan turned over and dismounted and said: "Quickly go to Tongbing, I am asking to see your majesty."
Immediately, a young chamberlain rushed away. It was just a cup of tea when a voice was heard. Who could it be if it wasn't Gao Feng, the emperor's personal servant?
Gao Feng welcomed Li Huan into the palace gate and accompanied Li Huan towards Kunning Palace and said: "Brother Li, didn't you just leave the palace not long ago? Why did you come back in a hurry? Something happened, right?
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Li Huan looked in the direction Gao Feng was leading and said, "Brother Gao, has your Majesty gone to Kunning Palace?"
Gao Feng smiled and said: "Brother Li, not long after you left, His Majesty went to Kunning Palace, so Brother Li, if you want to see His Majesty, you can only go to Kunning Palace."
Kunning Palace
Zhu Houzhao was having dinner with Queen Xia, and suddenly he heard that Li Huan asked for an audience. Zhu Houzhao was naturally very surprised.
After all, Li Huan had just left the palace and came to see him. If there was no urgent matter, Li Huan's temperament would not have come to see him when the palace gate was about to be closed.
So Zhu Houzhao was a little distracted at the moment. Even Queen Xia, who was dining with the emperor, could see that Zhu Houzhao was not focused on eating.
Mrs. Xia coughed lightly, looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, since it is Li Qing who is asking for an audience, I, the concubine, please retreat."
At the same time, Gao Feng's voice came from outside the main hall: "Your Majesty, Grand Tutor Li Huan wishes to see you."
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly towards the queen and said, "I will accompany the queen after I meet Li Qing."
Xia's face turned red, she bowed slightly to Zhu Houzhao, and retreated with the palace attendants.
Soon Li Huan and Gao Feng walked into the palace. Li Huan just glanced and knew that the emperor and empress must be dining here.
Li Huan stepped forward and saluted the emperor: "I didn't know that your majesty was dining with the queen, and I disturbed your majesty and the empress. Please forgive me."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. Li Qing, you came here in a hurry. Is there something urgent?"
Li Huan said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Shaanxi Jinyiwei secretly reported that a large number of local officials embezzled money and food to provide relief to the victims, passed it off as good quality, withheld food, and even some people died from eating moldy and smelly food..."
With a loud bang, Zhu Houzhao slapped the tabletop, shattering the entire tabletop and smashing the plates and bowls to pieces on the floor.
Queen Xia, who had retreated to the inner hall, suddenly heard a loud noise coming from outside and was startled. Then she heard Zhu Houzhao's roar coming from outside.
"Damn it, damn it, how dare they, their consciences have been eaten by dogs, they are the parents and officials of the people, so many people rely on the government to help them survive, but they dare to even reach out for the people's life-saving food, really serious
Is my butcher knife harmful?"
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