Zhu Houzhao saw Li Huan's stunned look, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Before Li Huan and others could react, Zhu Houzhao said decisively: "That's it, Li Qing is formidable." General, governor of military affairs, and put down the rebellion of King Anhua."
His eyes fell on Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang and others who had not yet reacted. Zhu Houzhao added: "The cabinet must make logistical preparations and ensure the supply of food, weapons, etc. If anyone makes a mistake, I will punish them severely."
It was only at this moment that Li Dongyang and others came back to their senses.
Li Dongyang looked at Zhu Houzhao, then at young Li Huan, opened his mouth, and wanted to object, but in the end he sighed softly, then bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Old minister, I obey."
Just looking at Li Dongyang's reaction, we can tell that Li Dongyang originally wanted to prevent Zhu Houzhao from granting Li Huan the title of Mighty General and Governor of Military Affairs.
After all, in Li Dongyang's opinion, Li Huan was too young after all and had never experienced any war.
Such a young man has never even been on the battlefield, but the emperor suddenly gave Li Huan such an important task as putting down the rebellion of King Anhua, and even gave Li Huan the power of governor of the world's military. No matter how you look at it, it's surprising. A little sloppy.
Such important matters should be discussed by all the ministers in the court, and then a veteran minister with high moral integrity and proficiency in the military should be selected to take charge.
But when Li Dongyang saw the determination in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Li Dongyang knew that it would not be that easy to change Zhu Houzhao's decision.
Zhu Houzhao was not a fatuous person, so he naturally knew what it meant for him to hand over such an important task to Li Huan, but Zhu Houzhao had confidence in Li Huan.
Although Li Huan had never commanded an army and had no battlefield experience, Zhu Houzhao believed that Li Huan would be able to lead an army to put down the rebellion.
What Zhu Houzhao was worried about was that everyone in the cabinet headed by Li Dongyang would stand up and object. After all, if everyone in the cabinet objected, even he would not be able to go his own way. Fortunately, Li Dongyang didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't object and even agreed. Come down.
Li Dongyang nodded, and Yang Tinghe, who was about to speak out to object, looked at Li Dongyang in astonishment, as if he couldn't understand why Li Dongyang was watching Zhu Houzhao acting like this.
Military and state affairs are not child's play. In the past, Zhu Houzhao favored Li Huan and handed over the royal guards to Li Huan. He even appointed Li Huan as the governor of the Chinese Army Commandery, but Yang Tinghe had no objection.
Anyway, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion has long been like a decoration. Even if Li Huan was named the Grand Governor of the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion, it would just be a nice and noble title.
But this time, Zhu Houzhao actually ordered Li Huan to lead the army to put down the rebellion of King Anhua. This made Yang Tinghe not worried.
After glancing at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe suddenly stepped forward and said sternly to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate."
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Yang Tinghe and said with a gentle look on his face: "Oh, do the Yang Qing family have any objections?"
Yang Tinghe said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this is a major military matter and cannot be treated like a child's play. The old minister admits that Governor Li is indeed very capable, but after all, he has no experience in commanding troops, and he is not familiar with the military. Your Majesty suddenly To entrust such an important task to Governor Li, who is only twenty years old, and to command an army of tens of thousands at such a young age, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public."
Even Zhu Fu and Zhang Lun looked at Li Huan with some worry. In their opinion, what Yang Tinghe said made sense. From their standpoint, they naturally did not want Li Huan to take risks.
After all, Li Huan was too young. If he could successfully quell the rebellion of King Anhua, that would be fine. It would naturally give Li Huan a boost in seniority and accumulate military merit.
However, if it fails, given Li Huan's current popularity and situation in the court, I am afraid that everyone in the court will be hurt, and Li Huan will be killed.
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows, glanced at Yang Tinghe, and said with a slight smile: "Mr. Yang Ge is overly worried. Li Qing led his troops into the grassland and flattened the Huli and Heihe tribes. Wasn't there no problem at all?"
Zhu Houzhao said with a chuckle: "As for the age issue you mentioned, Mr. Yang Ge, it is not a problem. Don't you know that Hou Huo Qubing, the former champion of the Han Dynasty, was already leading an army on the battlefield when he was only eighteen years old, chasing death?
Drive north and establish a illustrious military service!"
When Yang Tinghe heard this, he couldn't help being stunned. The emperor used Huo Qubing as an example, and Yang Tinghe was speechless. He said that Li Huan was only twenty years old and it was difficult to convince the public, but Huo Qubing was younger than Li Huan.
Subconsciously, Yang Tinghe said: "But that is Huo Qubing, one of the great heroes of the Han Dynasty. Throughout the ages, there is only one person..."
Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly, his eyes fell on Li Huan and said: "Yes, that is Huo Qubing, a man with two walls, but I believe that Li Qing's future achievements may not be worse than those of the champion."
When Li Huan heard Zhu Houzhao's words, he was greatly moved. His blood surged up. He took a deep breath and bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I have great love for you, Li Huan, and I am willing to die for your Majesty."
As he spoke, Li Huan's eyes flashed and he said: "Li will definitely live up to your majesty's expectations when he goes here and help your majesty put down the rebellion of King Anhua."
Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Yang Tinghe.
Yang Tinghe sighed slightly, took a step back and looked at Li Huan and said: "I hope Governor Li can put an end to the rebellion of King Anhua as soon as possible."
Yang Tinghe then said: "The rebellion of King Anhua will not cause any trouble. The real threat to the Ming Dynasty is the Tatars on the grassland. Once the two are connected, the disaster will be serious."
Seeing Yang Tinghe's solemn look, Li Huan raised his hands to Yang Tinghe and said, "Thank you, Mr. Yang Ge, for your advice. Li knows what he is thinking."
At this time, Zhu Houzhao glanced at the crowd and said, "That's it."
When Li Huan returned to Li Mansion from the palace, the night was already deep.
But the lights in Li's mansion were brightly lit.
As the head of the family, Li Huan was suddenly summoned into the palace by the emperor. Even a fool would know that there must be something important.
Under this situation, everyone in the Li family was naturally very excited, and Feng and others silently prayed for Li Huan in their hearts.
There was a sound of horse hoofbeats, and Cao Yu, who was guarding the door, saw Li Huan's familiar figure from a distance. His eyes lit up and he said sharply: "My lord is back."
Soon in the inner house, Feng, Zhang Jin, Zhu Lin, Forsythia and others all got the news.
Seeing Li Huan walking in, Feng and others breathed a sigh of relief.
After sending Feng off to rest, Li Huan said to Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin: "My two ladies, your Majesty has given you great love for your husband and has entrusted you with important responsibilities. You must get up immediately and lead your troops to the three sides to quell the rebellion. Things at home will be settled soon."
Thank you for your help, ladies."
I thought it was nothing, but suddenly hearing what Li Huan said, both Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin couldn't help but change their expressions, and looked at Li Huan in shock.
With the identities of Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin, and the fact that King Anhua's rebellion would soon spread, Li Huan did not keep it a secret and simply told the two girls the whole story.
The two noble ladies who were born into the prince's family are naturally not comparable to ordinary women. Although they were deeply surprised that a member of the royal family like King Anhua rebelled, their reaction was not that great.
But Zhu Lin, who has a temper like water, said with a bit of worry: "My husband is going to be very dangerous, I hope you can take care of yourself."
As for Zhang Jin, he frowned and said: "Husband, on the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyesight. The Li family has not yet cultivated trusted servants. On the battlefield, without trusted guards, it is impossible to block swords and arrows for my husband."
After speaking, Zhang Jin said: "The British government has three hundred brave and elite soldiers and servants, who are the foundation of the British government. I will go to the British government and ask for my nephew to come with me to protect my husband."
, to protect your husband."
Zhu Lin's eyes lit up when she heard this and said: "The Duke of Chengguo also has hundreds of elite soldiers and servants. I can also go to my father to ask for help..."
They say girls are outgoing, and this is true.
Li Huan couldn't help but feel moved after listening to Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin's words, but he still shook his head slightly at the two of them.
The British government has a history of hundreds of years. It is natural for the two families to raise soldiers and servants and cultivate a loyal team of soldiers.
Even the emperor knew this. As long as these nobles abide by their duties and strictly adhere to the bottom line, the emperor would turn a blind eye to such things.
It is an unspoken rule for noble families to raise personal soldiers. Even if the emperor strictly prohibits this practice, it cannot prevent these princes' families from changing their names.
If you are not a soldier, you can always maintain a household. If you are not a servant, you can always be a slave or a tenant.
It can be said that as long as you are willing to do this kind of thing, even the emperor cannot prevent it. It is better to let everyone put it in the open.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty Xungui retired with the country, and the power of the Xungui Group had already been lost. The royal family only hated the Xungui Group for not living up to expectations, and the mud could not stick to the wall. How could they worry about the threat of the power in Xungui's hands?
to the royal family.
If Xungui really had such ability, it would be impossible for the civil service group to dominate the court, and the royal family would have to support the eunuchs to compete with the civil service group.
As Zhang Jin said, the personal soldiers and servants maintained by the British government can be said to be the foundation. Zhang Jin went to see Zhang Lun in person. Zhang Lun might allocate some people to Li Huan, but Li Huan could imagine
It can be concluded that Zhang Lun and even Zhu Fu would never be too happy in their hearts.
Besides, Li Huan never thought about asking his two wives to run back to their parents' home to help him beg for someone.
The two girls couldn't help but become a little anxious when they saw Li Huan shaking his head, but now Li Huan smiled and said: "Don't worry, although the Li family's foundation is a bit weak, it is not as good as the British Duke's, and the Chengguo Duke's century-old foundation, but
It’s not like I don’t even have any trusted servants.”
Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin both looked puzzled. The two daughters had only been married into the Li family for more than a month. Although they were said to have begun to take charge of the affairs of the Li family, they really had to say that they had no idea about the foundation of the Li family.
I have a clear grasp of it, but it’s really a bit unrealistic.
At this time, Li Huan smiled slightly at Forsythia who was standing aside and said: "Forsythia, go and inform Li Hu and ask him to summon the soldiers of the mansion to wait for me in the front yard."
Forsythia nodded and turned around with light steps to convey Li Huan's order.
Looking at Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin's puzzled and surprised looks, Li Huan smiled and explained: "The Li family has been on Langqi Island for hundreds of years. Although the direct lineage is said to be very thin, and even passed down only for several generations, the collateral clan members are
The population is prosperous, plus the military households in the guard station who are attached to the Li family and the people on Langqi Island, there are still thousands of people in total."
Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin's eyes couldn't help but light up when they heard what Li Huan said.
If the Li family controls the life and death of thousands of people, with so many people relying on the Li family for survival, it can be said that they have some wealth.
Just like their Chengguo government, why the British government can maintain two to three hundred soldiers and servants? Isn't it because there are tens of thousands of tenants and servants attached to their government's government?
These people are all dependent on them, especially those whose sons are loyal to them. From among so many people, it is natural to select a group of young people to train an elite bodyguard.
Zhang Jin looked at Li Huan and said with some curiosity: "I wonder how many personal guards our Li family has?"
When Li Huan heard this, he couldn't help but cough slightly and said: "There are thirty-six people in total, half of them stay at Langqi Island, and half of them are in this mansion."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin couldn't help but be stunned. Apparently they didn't expect the number of people to say this.
But it’s normal to think about it. How can the Li family compare with the Guogong Mansion that has been passed down for centuries? If Li Huan hadn’t suddenly risen in just a few years, the Li family would not have raised dozens of soldiers, let alone dozens of soldiers.
If you really want to talk about real personal guards, there is not even one.
Li Hu, Li Guo and others were also the family guards selected and trained by Li Huan after Li Xian's death.
Originally there were only a dozen or so people, but since the Li family made a fortune through the big house confiscation case the year before last, the family wealth has skyrocketed. After discussions with Chen Yidao and several clan elders, Li Huan selected more than 20 people from the clan.
This brings the number of servants and guards of the Li family to nearly forty.
After a while, Zhang Jin looked at Li Huan and smiled bitterly: "This...the number of people is too small."
After all, they were from the honorable family, and they were already used to seeing hundreds of personal guards in the honorable family. Now that they learned that the Li family only had so few people, Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin naturally felt a little worried.
On the battlefield, swords have no eyes. Those generals who fight invincibly on the battlefield and charge among thousands of armies are able to charge into battle. On the one hand, they rely on their own strong force. On the other hand, they are not their personal soldiers.
The guards fought tooth and nail to protect.
Li Huan laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, your husband, I am not bad at strength, but I will not die in battle so easily."
Li's front yard
The front yard is open, and even though night has fallen, the red lanterns hanging high all around illuminate the yard.
More than a dozen figures were standing there tall and straight, led by Li Hu and Li Guo, who were originally selected by Li Huan.
These dozen figures stood there, like green pines, with strong auras on their bodies. Especially Li Guo and Li Hu, their strength has reached the second-rate level. Looking at the army, it is comparable to the ones relying on them.
There are hundreds of generals who have been promoted with military merit.
When Li Huan appeared in front of Li Hu and others, Li Hu and others all bowed to Li Huan and said, "I have met the master of the family."
Li Huan's eyes swept over everyone, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.
It is not in vain that he has put so much effort into these people, whether it is the cultivation of secret techniques or a large amount of cultivation resources. If he continues to throw at them like this, if there is no effect at all, then so many resources will be wasted.
At this moment, a burst of rapid footsteps came
Li Huan raised his eyebrows and looked through the firelight, and saw Chen Ke and Zhao Yi from the Jinyiwei Yamen coming hand in hand, their faces full of solemnity.
When Li Huan saw this, his heart moved.
Zhao Yi and Chen Ke stepped forward to greet Li Huan and said: "Sir, thousands of households in Shaanxi are reporting urgently."
Li Huan raised his eyebrows and took an urgent secret report from Zhao Yi.
When he opened the secret letter and looked at it, Li Huan's eyes flashed with light. He took a deep breath and calmed down the turmoil in his heart.
As expected, there was only one thing in this secret letter sent by Yue Buqun personally. The Tatars were gathering on the grassland, and the large group of people was slowly heading south. They would arrive at the border of the Ming Dynasty in less than half a month. They could arrive at any time.
It is possible that the Kou Pass will go south.
Although Yue Buqun's secret letter contained no news about the rebellion of King Anhua of Ningxia, Li Huan was able to immediately connect the rebellion of King Anhua with the large-scale gathering of Tatars southward.
If there are no surprises, Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu may have really colluded with the Tatars. Otherwise, it cannot be explained why the Tatars went south at such a coincidental time, taking advantage of the opportunity of Zhu Zhixiu's rebellion.
"I hope all this is just a collusion between Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu and the Tatars, and no other people or forces are involved."
Zhao Yi and Chen Ke obviously already knew the contents of the secret letter.
After hearing what Li Huan said, Chen Ke hesitated and said: "Sir, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. If there is no one behind it to promote it, King Anhua's rebellion will not be so smooth. If no one pulls the strings, Tatar's rebellion will not be so smooth."
How could a Tatar hook up with King Anhua?"
A murderous intent flashed through Li Huan's eyes. He looked at Zhao Yi and Chen Ke and took a deep breath. Li Huan said to Chen Ke: "Chen Ke, immediately mobilize a group of capable people from Jinyiwei and quietly go to Ningxia. We must
I want to find out for this officer whether there is any culprit behind King Anhua's rebellion."
Chen Ke looked straight and said: "I accept the order."
Beijing Suburban Campus
A rapid drumbeat sounded in the night.
The soldiers in the Beijing camp who had fallen asleep were suddenly awakened by the drum sound of the gathering troops.
On the huge school grounds, piles of bonfires were burning, lighting up the night sky, and the sound of drums woke up the soldiers.
A large number of soldiers began to rush out of the barracks and rushed to the school grounds.
Li Huan, dressed in military uniform and wearing the armor given by the emperor, stood on the school grounds accompanied by the commanders Ren Ping, Chen Ang, Xu Ying and others.
Looking at the nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses below who were gathering at an extremely fast speed, Li Huan looked extremely calm.
After Ren Ping returned to Beijing with Li Huan, he was asked by Li Huan to ask the emperor to entrust him with an important task, and ordered him to take charge of more than 10,000 cavalry and be responsible for the training of more than 10,000 cavalry.
Although there are cavalry in the Beijing camp, their number is not too large, only about ten thousand in total.
The total number of men and horses entering the capital camp was almost over 100,000, including nearly 20,000 cavalry.
This time Li Huan got the emperor's order, although Zhu Houzhao gave him the authority to governor the world's troops and ordered him to put down the rebellion of King Anhua.
If it was really just to quell the rebellion of King Anhua, to be honest, Li Huan didn't even need to take action. He only needed to give a decree to Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides.
The mere rebellion of King Anhua would be easily suppressed by troops from three sides without leaving Ningxia.
However, Li Huan wanted to personally lead 10,000 cavalry this time and rush to Ningxia as quickly as possible. The news from the Jinyi Guards had already indicated that the Tatars would invade at any time.
If the rebellion of Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu cannot be put down before the Tatars invade, once the Anhua King Zhu Zhixiu opens the defense line of Ningxia border towns, the Tatars will move south from Ningxia border towns as if they are in uninhabited territory. , even if the Ming Dynasty is able to repel the Tatars in the end, I am afraid that the land on the three sides will be trampled by the Tatars' horseshoes and reduced to ruins.
Tens of thousands of soldiers were assembled, and with Li Huan's order and the neighing of war horses, the army set off directly.
Forbidden City
The sky was dim and bright, and Zhu Houzhao, who felt like he had just squinted for a while, suddenly woke up.
Qiu gathered outside the palace, and Gao Feng heard the commotion and quickly entered the palace to serve Zhu Houzhao as he got up.
While washing up, Zhu Houzhao asked: "Is there something wrong?"
Qiu Ju and Gao Feng looked at each other and heard Qiu Ju say: "Back to Your Majesty, not long ago the Jinyi Guards sent a secret memorial."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and immediately said: "Bring it to me quickly."
Soon a secret report was presented to Zhu Houzhao. When Zhu Houzhao opened it, his expression suddenly changed and he cursed angrily: "The damn Tatars, as Li Qing said, took the opportunity to go south."
Zhu Houzhao then said: "Since this secret memorial was presented by the Jin Yiwei, it is obvious that Li Qing has already known the news of the Tatars going south. What is Li Qing doing at the moment? Send him to see me!"
After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng couldn't help but be stunned.
Seeing Qiu Ju and Gao Feng not moving, Zhu Houzhao wiped his hands with the towel in his hand, then put it aside and looked at the two of them.
When the two of them came to their senses, they heard Qiu Ju hurriedly say: "Back to your majesty, Li Huan...Brother Li Huan had already led 10,000 cavalry to set off overnight for Ningxia in the early morning."
"What!"
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be stunned, obviously he didn't expect that Li Huan would leave in such a hurry.
He had just appointed Li Huan as Governor of Military Affairs last night, responsible for quelling King Anhua's rebellion. He thought that if Li Huan wanted to send troops, he would have to wait at least two or three days for everything to be ready before sending troops.
As a result, he did not expect that Li Huan would lead his army to set off overnight that night.
After coming back to his senses, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said to Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and others with a look of surprise on their faces: "Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter?"
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