Chapter 239 The minister thought that Li Huan falsely reported military merit
Feeling the invisible evil spirit emanating from Li Huan, Chen Ke couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring in his heart. At the same time, he secretly felt some sympathy for the people in the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Mansion.
You said it's not good to offend anyone, but you want to offend your own commander who is willing to kill with all his heart.
Chen Ke still had some understanding of Li Huan's temperament in the past few years.
Generally speaking, whether Li Huan killed people or ransacked homes and exterminated clans, he always acted in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and he almost never did anything outside the laws of the Ming Dynasty.
However, everyone killed by Li Huan was a well-known master, and it can be said that they all had their own way of killing themselves.
It's just that this time the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office rejected Li Huan's petition for merit, which was obviously a slap in Li Huan's face.
But Chen Ke also knew one thing. If you really want to talk about it, after suffering so many losses at the hands of Li Huan, and even being killed by Li Huan, the civil servant group would naturally not look for trouble with Li Huan.
And put the handle into Li Huan's hands.
This time, the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office seemed to be unreasonable in rejecting Li Huan's memorial. However, if you look carefully, you can find that the actions of the civil service group were reasonable and there was nothing illegal.
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The Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office sent people to verify the military merits. No one could say anything about this. After all, Li Huan could not hand over a memorial asking for merit and the court would just pass it without asking.
It's simply not realistic.
As for the Ministry of War and the people from the Right Army Governor's Mansion, they sent people there. Not to mention other things, no one could say anything about the fact that the Tatar heads were stuck.
Although the memorial stated that Li Huan and Yang Yiqing led the army out of the border and massacred a Tatar tribe of 20,000 people, where were the heads of the Tatars?
The military merits of the Ming Dynasty need to be proven. Without a head, it is equivalent to no military merits. Therefore, it is reasonable for the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Right Army to use this point to reject Li Huan's petition for merit.
With a hint of worry in his eyes, Chen Ke whispered, "Sir, the Ministry of War and the people from the Right Army Governor's Mansion are just asking for the heads of the Tatars from the frontier soldiers, but..."
Li Huan couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. At first, he only thought about how to deal with the Tatars lightly. When he slaughtered the pot, he didn't think about cutting off the heads of the Tatars. He only thought about how to take away the loot.
, how to deal with the Tatar reinforcements that may catch up at any time.
Later, the Heihe tribe was trodden down for the same reason, but the Heihe tribe's camp was burned down with a fire, and the Tatars were not beheaded.
I originally thought that the destruction of two major tribes, such a big thing, could be proved by just a little inquiry. If he came forward to claim credit, wouldn't it be natural for him to receive a reward?
It was just beyond Li Huan's expectation. In his opinion, it was not a difficult task, but in the end, someone seized the opportunity and blocked it.
If we really want to talk about it, the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Mansion are stuck on this point, and even Li Huan has no way to refute it.
Taking a deep breath and looking at Chen Ke, Li Huan tapped lightly on the table with one hand and said lightly: "I already know about this matter. They want to wipe out the border town and the soldiers are risking their lives."
It depends on whether Li agrees to the military merits that come."
Li Huan stayed with Chen Ke to ask some questions. It was not until the sky became dark that Chen Ke left.
There is no secret that can't be hidden in the capital, not to mention that it concerns Li Huan, and there was also the uproar about the approval of military merits that was reported not long ago.
It can be said that not long ago, officials from the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office who went to Shaanxi for verification directly rejected Li Huan's petition for merit after returning to Beijing. Many officials who knew about this secretly waited to see Li Huan's joke.
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Now that Li Huan has returned to Beijing, just as they expected, Li Huan is most concerned about this matter when he meets the emperor.
The emperor also attached great importance to this matter and sent the decree to the cabinet, ordering the cabinet to give an explanation.
When Chen Ke entered Li Huan's mansion, he naturally caught the attention of many people, but many people who were waiting to see Li Huan's joke did not panic at all.
Everyone who needs to know the specific reasons knows that these officials are well aware of the actions of the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office. Even if the lawsuit is brought before the emperor, it will be difficult for Li Huan to find any reason.
Therefore, many people saw Chen Ke entering the Li Mansion and did not care at all. Even if Jin Yiwei informed him, no one could change the decision of the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Mansion.
Just when many people in the capital were waiting to see Li Huan's joke, Li Huan was called over by Feng.
In the courtyard where Feng lived, Li Huan sat respectfully next to Feng. He looked at Feng and said with a smile, "Mother called me here, is there something wrong?"
Seeing Feng's serious expression, Li Huan was naturally quite curious.
Feng glanced at Li Huan, coughed slightly and said, "Huan'er, how old are you now?"
After being slightly startled, Li Huan immediately said: "My child is already twenty years old this year. I wonder if my mother..."
Feng didn't wait for Li Huan to finish his words and said: "You also know that you are already twenty years old. Boys from other families have married and had children at the age of fourteen or fifteen. You are now twenty years old. Come and tell me
Mother, when will you be willing to start a family and establish a business, pass on the incense to my Li family, and continue the heirs?"
When Li Huan heard this, he couldn't help but reveal a bit of surprise and a wry smile. Apparently, he didn't expect that Feng would call him over so solemnly, but it was just for this matter.
Of course, Li Huan doesn't think that Feng is making a fuss. After all, in this era, there are not many people at his age who are not yet married. As the saying goes, there are three unfilial piety and not having offspring is the worst. The Li family is already thin in population.
When we got here, he was the only one.
If something happened to him, then the Li family would really be extinct. No wonder Mrs. Feng would be so worried and anxious.
With such thoughts flashing through his mind, Li Huan bowed to Mrs. Feng and said, "Mother has to worry about the baby. But since Your Majesty has decreed the marriage, I will choose a good and auspicious day and the baby will get married."
Feng's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked at Li Huan with some expectation and surprise: "So Huan'er, you agreed to get married?"
It was true that Feng had not urged Li Huan to get married in the past two years, but Li Huan was not particularly happy. No matter how much he urged, Li Huan never gave him an accurate word.
If the emperor hadn't granted the marriage earlier, maybe Feng would have been eager to find a marriage partner for Li Huan.
Now that Li Huan has agreed to get married, one can imagine how surprised Feng is.
Li Huan looked at Feng's surprised look, sighed in his heart, nodded slightly and said, "My child agreed."
Feng's face was full of joy and she said to Li Huan: "Okay, okay, my mother has invited Shao Yuanjie and Shao Zhen to choose an auspicious day. The ninth day of the first lunar month after the new year is an auspicious day. I don't know, Huan'er, you
What do you think?"
Li Huan was slightly stunned. Apparently he didn't expect Feng to have chosen a good time and auspicious day. However, looking at Feng's happy expression, Li Huan thought about it and nodded and said, "My child, listen to your mother."
It can be said that Mrs. Feng's mood has never been so good at this moment. No matter how pleasing Li Huan is, she said calmly: "Huan'er, don't worry, my mother will definitely help you arrange everything for your marriage. You just need to
When the time comes, we can go to the church and get married."
When Li Huan returned to his residence from the courtyard where Feng lived, he was greeted by forsythia with a faint fragrance.
With a tender look on her face, Forsythia said to Li Huan: "Master, the bath water has been prepared for you."
As the saying goes, a short separation is better than a new marriage, not to mention that Li Huan's separation lasted for several months. That night, there were faint sounds of sobbing in the small courtyard, which lasted for more than an hour.
The red sun was rising, and the heavy snow that had been falling all day finally stopped.
Many people on the long street were busy clearing away the snow, and at this moment, more than a dozen carriages stopped in front of the palace gate early.
In front of the small square in front of the palace gate, a number of officials stood there.
Each of these people is an important minister in the court, headed by Chief Assistant Li Dongyang, and several cabinet ministers are present. In addition, there are several officials from the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office.
There are even several censors from the Imperial Procuratorate. Many of these people are officials who had previously gone to Shaanxi to verify military merits. In addition to the chief officials of various ministries, nearly twenty officials are at the palace gate at the moment.
Waiting outside.
With a creak, the palace door opened, and a figure appeared at the entrance of the palace. Who was it if it wasn't Gao Feng who was accompanying the emperor?
Gao Feng glanced at the officials in front of the palace indifferently, and said in a rather sharp voice: "My lords, your Majesty has summoned you, please come with us."
No matter how he felt about Gao Feng in his heart, even if he hated Gao Feng very much in his heart, on the surface he still politely bowed his hand to Gao Feng and said thank you.
A group of officials followed Gao Feng into the imperial city.
The imperial city is covered in silver, and a cleared path winds its way to the imperial study room of Qianqing Palace.
In the royal study
Zhu Houzhao was sitting there, drinking a bowl of lotus seed porridge. As he drank the bowl of hot porridge, Zhu Houzhao felt a warmth all over his body.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the palace, and then Gao Feng's voice was heard: "Your Majesty, all of you are here with an imperial edict to see Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and signaled the attendants on the side to put away the food in front of him. Then he took the wet and hot towel and wiped his hands. After rinsing his mouth, he straightened his body and said slowly: "That's right!"
Qiu Judang said sharply: "Your Majesty's instructions are accurate!"
Immediately, a group of officials led by Li Dongyang slowly walked into the imperial study and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at the crowd indifferently, waved his hand and said: "You gentlemen, you don't have to be polite, just go on your own without any courtesy."
After everyone stood up, Zhu Houzhao's expression straightened, he looked at everyone and said, "Today I summoned all of you to come here just for one thing. You don't need to tell me about this matter, you should also know it."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Li Qing's family, can someone explain to me why there has been no result in the military merit memorial requested by Li Huanqing's family? What are the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Commander's Office doing?
Is this your efficiency?"
It could be seen that Zhu Houzhao was a little annoyed. He did not pay too much attention to this matter at the time. After all, in Zhu Houzhao's view, since there was a memorial asking for merit, the cabinet should send someone to verify it and then award the reward according to the regulations.
Such things have their own processes, and he doesn't need the emperor to pay attention to them. If he has to keep an eye on such things at all times, then even if he doesn't rest every day, he will definitely not be able to finish the national affairs.
It can be said that in Zhu Houzhao's view, after such a long time, the reward may have been arranged long ago, but Li Huan's inquiry yesterday made Zhu Houzhao suddenly realize that after such a long relationship, this matter has not been resolved yet.
In front of Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao wanted to save face anyway, but he didn't even handle Li Huan's request for credit properly. Zhu Houzhao felt a little angry in his heart at that time, but he didn't show it.
Now recalling Li Huan's surprised and stunned look yesterday, Zhu Houzhao's anger became even more intense. So when he looked at the Ministry of War and the officials of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, they immediately became furious.
Come everywhere.
Why couldn't all the officials see that Zhu Houzhao was angry? They felt awe-struck. Li Dongyang coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. There is another hidden reason behind this matter. We still need to explain it to Your Majesty from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army."
Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, and his eyes fell on several people from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.
Yu Fang, the left minister of the Ministry of War, coughed lightly, stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "I, Yu Fang, pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Yu Fang lightly and said: "Yu Qing's family, if I remember correctly, the Ministry of War should be acting because of the Qing family."
Yu Fang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am just the minister on the left. The Ministry of War is now under the leadership of the cabinet Liu Yu and Liu Ge. The specific affairs are managed by the ministers and others."
Zhu Houzhao stared at Yu Fang and said: "Then Yu Qing's family tells me, before Li Huanqing's family asked for merit for the soldiers of the border army, does the Ministry of War have any regulations?"
Yu Fang took a deep breath, raised her head and looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for your courage. Lord Li Huan's memorial, the Ministry of War, and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion paid great attention to it. At that time, they sent people to Shaanxi to verify. It's just that
……only……"
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Yu Fang indifferently, and said very calmly: "Just what, tell me."
Yu Fang gritted his teeth and said: "It was only verified by officials sent by the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office that the military merits reported by Lord Li Huan are very suspicious..."
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows, stared at Yu Fang and said with a half-smile: "Oh, what Yu Qing's family means is that Li Qing is suspected of lying about his military exploits?"
Yu Fang quickly shook his head and said: "I don't dare. I don't know whether Mr. Li Huan lied about his military merits, but everything I said is well-founded."
Yu Fang said with a serious face: "The Ministry of War, the officials sent by the Right Army Governor's Office went to Shaanxi to verify the military merits, but they found that Lord Li Huan's memorial stated that tens of thousands of Tatars were killed, but the verification
The officials did not see a Tatar body, let alone a Tatar head.”
Hearing what Yu Fang said, Zhu Houzhao's face turned rather ugly. He was not a fool. He already understood why the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army had stuck with Li Huan's military merit memorial.
Yu Fang said to the officials nearby: "Su Tai, Pang Ying, you guys tell His Majesty, you go to check, what's the result?"
Su Tai was a doctor in the Ministry of War, and Pang Ying was a governor of the Youjun Governor's Mansion. They were both core personnel in their respective yamen.
The two men came out and saluted the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to go to verify the military merits. I dare not be negligent in the slightest. However, the soldiers of the border army who made the military merits could not bring out the bodies or heads of the Tatars."
As evidence, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, if there is no evidence, it will not be accepted, so I suspect that Lord Li Huan is suspected of falsely reporting military merit."
Good guy, this opening directly labeled Li Huan as a false claim of military merit. Liu Yu and Wang Yangming on the side couldn't help but frowned when they heard this, and looked at Su Tai, Pang Ying, and even Yu Fang and Chen Wei.
Zhu Houzhao's expression changed even more after hearing what they said, and he looked at Pang Ying and Su Tai coldly with a somewhat gloomy look.
The emperor's reaction was visible to everyone, but Pang Ying, Su Tai and others showed no fear on their faces. They even raised their heads and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not lying. There is really no evidence to prove that the soldiers on the border killed them."
The Tatars."
With a bang, Zhu Houzhao slapped the table with his palm, stood up suddenly, and shouted condescendingly: "It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous, you really disappoint me."
Everyone quickly fell to the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao: "I don't dare, Your Majesty, please calm down."
Zhu Houzhao stood up and walked in front of everyone, and said coldly: "Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. Li Qing led thousands of border troops to set foot on the grassland and annihilated two tribes of thousands of Tatars in Huli and Heihe.
I don’t believe you can’t find out such a big thing. There are also tens of thousands of cattle and sheep and tens of thousands of horses seized by the frontier soldiers. Although there are no Tatar corpses to prove it, these are solid evidences.
Bar."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao flicked his sleeves and sneered: "But you turned a blind eye to this. Could it be that you are all blind or deaf?"
All the officials prostrated themselves on the ground.
At this moment, a voice came and said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Li Huanli wants to see you."
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath after hearing this, glanced at the officials kneeling on the ground and said, "Pass."
Soon I saw a figure walking into the imperial study. Who could it be if it wasn't Li Huan.
Li Huan, who was wearing the uniform of the Governor of the Central Military Governor's Mansion, strode over with a bit of majesty. He glanced at the officials who were prostrate on the ground. Li Huan's expression remained unchanged and he saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, Li Huan,
Pay homage to His Majesty."
Zhu Houzhao nodded towards Li Huan and said, "Li Qing, there is no need to be polite. Get up quickly."
Li Huan stood up, glanced at the officials with a half-smile, and said, "Your Majesty, this is..."
Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly and said, "Li Qing came just in time. I was asking about the progress of Li Qing's request for credit for the border army."
Li Huan smiled slightly and looked at the officials and said, "I think these adults should be from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army."
Yu Fang, Chen Wei, Pang Ying, and Su Tai raised their heads and looked at Li Huan, only to hear Yu Fang say calmly: "It's the official."
Li Huan said with a smile: "Then Li wants to ask your lords on behalf of the soldiers of the border army, why there has been no result in the reward for the soldiers of the border army?"
Chen Wei snorted coldly and said: "The imperial court has its own laws. After verification by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Right Army, it was discovered that Mr. Li, you are suspected of falsely reporting military merit..."
Li Huan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words. The next moment, an evil spirit filled the air. Li Huan's face turned cold. He stepped forward and stared at Chen Wei and sneered: "You are targeting Li, but Li has nothing to say."
, but for your own selfish interests, you actually wiped out the merits of the frontier soldiers out of thin air. Aren't you afraid that this will chill the hearts of the frontier soldiers and cause military chaos? "
"They dare!"
Yu Fang snorted coldly and said with disdain.
Li Huan stared at Yu Fang and said: "The military achievements they earned with their heads raised are all gone just because of your mouth. Do you really feel no guilt in your hearts?"
Yu Fang held her head high and said resolutely: "We all act in accordance with the law. Mr. Li, don't try to accuse others of their innocence out of thin air. We have always dealt with justice and have no intention of targeting Mr. Li."
Chen Wei and others also nodded and said: "We have no grievances against Mr. Li, so how can we target Mr. Li? Moreover, Mr. Li also said that it is related to the military merit of the border officers. Even if we have great courage,
How dare you mess around!"
More than a dozen officials all kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for us. We will never show any favoritism, let alone Lord Li Huan."
Zhu Houzhao stared at Yu Fang and others with a gloomy face and said: "Isn't it proof that tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and war horses were seized? You have to have the heads of Tatar corpses to be considered as military merit?"
Yu Fang said respectfully: "Cattle, sheep, and horses can be obtained through trade, but the heads of Tatars cannot be obtained. There are rules in the army. If you want to discuss merit, you must have the heads of Tatar corpses."
Yu Fang looked at Li Huan and said calmly: "Master Li said that the border army massacred the Huli tribe and the Heihe tribe. Where is the human evidence? Where is the physical evidence? Mr. Li is the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Military Governor's Mansion. He knows that I am the Ming Dynasty."
Military merit is the most important, so the assessment of military merit is also the most stringent. Therefore, this time our Ministry of War and the Right General Dudu Mansion jointly conducted a joint verification and decided to reject Mr. Li Huan’s request for a merit memorial. Please understand Mr. Li.”
Li Huan looked indifferent and stared at Yu Fang and others. After a while, he finally breathed out, and a strange smile gradually appeared on his face and said: "Okay, okay, you sirs are really fulfilling their duties and being selfless."
Yu Fang and others said calmly: "Master Li, you are ridiculous. As officials of the imperial court, we should abide by our duties and do our best for the imperial court, your majesty, and the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao with a worried look.
Yu Fang and others were reasonable and even pretended to be loyal to the country. Even he, the emperor, felt helpless.
However, at this moment, Li Huan suddenly burst out laughing and looked at the crowd and said, "Isn't it the evidence? Then Li will give you the evidence."
Li Huan laughed, and everyone was shocked. They thought that Li Huan was angry because of the words of Yu Fang and others. However, when they heard Li Huan's words, many people were stunned, with surprised expressions on their faces.
He looked at Li Huan with some confusion.
Yu Fang and others were even more nervous. They were sure that Li Huan had nothing to do. After all, they had found out clearly that when Li Huan brought his people back, he did not bring back a Tatar corpse.
The head, as long as they bite it to death, even Li Huan will have no way to claim this huge contribution.
Just looking at Li Huan now, for some reason, Yu Fang and others felt a little bad in their hearts. Could it be that they had neglected something, or did Li Huan really have any evidence?
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan with surprise. He had been very angry at Yu Fang and other officials just now. Especially when he saw that Li Huan was also being made difficult by Yu Fang and others, he felt even more angry and had nowhere to vent his anger.
Suddenly hearing Li Huan speak, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan almost as a conditioned reflex and said: "Li Qing, do you really have evidence?"
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