Li Huan also looked at Wang Yangming. Hearing this, a sneer spread out from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes showed murderous intent: "Kill!"
Wang Yangming couldn't help but shrink his eyes when he heard this, and he couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart. In fact, just by looking at Li Huan's expression, Wang Yangming knew what Li Huan would reply.
After all, Wang Yangming had known Li Huan for several years, and even went to Fujian with Li Huan to investigate.
Back in Fujian, Li Huan had only one reaction when faced with the local officials who dominated everything, and that was to kill.
Even Li Huan only killed a few heads in Fujian, and almost killed most of the high-level officials in the local officialdom. The weight of the killings made Wang Yangming secretly amazed.
Although Wang Yangming thinks that he is also a decisive person in killing, it depends on who he is compared with. Compared with ordinary officials, he can indeed be regarded as decisive in killing.
But if compared with Li Huan, to be honest, his killing power is really not half that of Li Huan.
It seems that Wang Yangming has some connections in the capital. After all, he comes from a family of officials, and his father was also an important minister in the capital at that time, and was even the teacher of the former emperor.
With such a background, Wang Yangming naturally had people in the official circles who took the initiative to cling to and get close to him. What's more, Wang Yangming was promoted to a cabinet minister by the emperor. As a cabinet minister, if he didn't have a few confidants in the court,
I'm afraid it's hard to be a cabinet minister.
Just before that, Wang Yangming received a letter from the capital, so even though Wang Yangming had not returned to the capital yet, in fact, he had a clear understanding of the current situation in the capital.
As Li Huan said before, their victory was truly amazing, completely beyond the imagination of all the civil and military officials in the capital.
If it was just a small victory, then it would be fine. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, to be precise, the civil service group did not take it to heart at all, especially the one who led the army was him, the elder.
But just because this great victory was so amazing, as hundreds of thousands of Tatar troops were annihilated in one battle. Such a great victory was considered an extremely rare victory even at the beginning of the founding of the country.
It would be unjustifiable if the court did not come up with more than a dozen titles to reward such a great victory.
The consequence of excessive military success is that the civil service group feels threatened.
Everyone knows that if you lose a battle, that's fine. But if you win a big victory, you may have merit as a civil servant, but the greatest credit will always belong to the generals who won the victory.
It is true that Wang Yangming is the elder of the court and the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, but if the time comes to really talk about merit, even Wang Yangming himself would not dare to say that he is the first person in military merit.
Everyone knows that apart from Li Huan, the person with the most military merit in this great victory will definitely not be the second person.
Li Huan led the army to first put down the rebellion of King Anhua, and then annihilated thousands of Tatar vanguard troops, winning a great victory for the Ming Dynasty. Later, he recommended Wang Yangming to the emperor as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, and he himself led an elite army into
The grassland stirred up the Tatar rear and caused chaos in the Tatar army. This gave Wang Yangming an opportunity to defeat the Tatars.
These achievements are made one after another. Even the civil and military officials in the court cannot deny the existence of these achievements no matter how unconscionable they are.
Wang Yangming knew very well about the nature of the officials in the court, so he knew it when he learned not long ago that rumors that Li Huan was cruel and murderous had begun to spread in the capital, and he would not spare even the elderly, weak women and children.
What is the situation in Beijing?
Some people obviously want to discredit Li Huan. Even if they cannot deny Li Huan's contribution, they can discredit Li Huan and use this to suppress Li Huan.
With a sigh, Wang Yangming couldn't help but mourn for those officials in Beijing who tried every means to suppress Li Huan. It was not good to offend anyone, but he wanted to offend Li Huan. He really thought that the butcher's knife in Li Huan's hand was not good.
The most important thing is that Li Huan secretly reported to the emperor, asking him to recruit elites from the army and organize a hundred thousand elite troops to Beijing.
Under normal circumstances, no emperor would agree to such a request, but today the emperor agreed to Li Huan's request without hesitation.
It is conceivable that once Li Huan leads an army of 100,000 people to the capital, and there is a large army in hand, any tricks in the capital will be nothing in front of Li Huan's 100,000 troops. In the end, it will be nothing more than a ridiculous performance by a group of clowns.
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Li Huan just noticed that Wang Yangming's expression was changing, but he could not guess that so many thoughts had already passed through Wang Yangming's mind in such a short time.
At this time, Li Huan looked at Wang Yangming and said: "Mr. Yangming, since His Majesty's decree has been issued, can you cooperate with Li in deploying troops and horses? After all, if you return to the court earlier, the generals in the army can receive their rewards as soon as possible."
Wang Yangming nodded slightly and said, "Wang will cooperate with the general in reorganizing the troops."
Not to mention that Wang Yangming and Li Huan began to mobilize elite troops to reorganize their troops, but there was already an uproar in the capital, and various rumors were spread all over the sky.
In a cosmetics store, several ladies from official families with good looks and temperaments were choosing cosmetics in the store accompanied by maids.
Forsythia was dressed in brocade clothes and was holding one of the rouges in her hand with a smile on her face. Suddenly, the whispers of two ladies came to her ears.
"Mrs. Zheng, have you heard that the mighty general will return to the court soon? I wonder how the emperor will reward him!"
When Forsythia heard the other party mention her son, a hint of pride and joy flashed in her watery eyes.
Nowadays, everyone in the capital knows that his son put down the rebellion of King Anhua, led a large army into the grassland, and annihilated hundreds of thousands of Tatar troops in one battle, which can be said to be a great military achievement.
Whenever someone praises Li Huan, Forsythia will feel happy. Now when she heard someone praising Li Huan's achievements, Forsythia couldn't help but tilt her head slightly and look towards him.
But at this moment, Mrs. Zheng next to her said with a bit of disdain: "So what, Li Huan is just a butcher who kills people like crazy, even women, children and young children.
Your Majesty, who knows everything, how could he reward such a reckless man who only kills people?"
Mrs. Zheng's voice was not quiet at all, so several ladies in the store who were choosing rouge and gouache also looked at Mrs. Zheng.
It can be said that those who can come here to buy rouge and gouache are ladies from the homes of high-ranking officials. Ordinary people's homes are not even qualified to enter this store.
Because everyone is a regular customer of this store, they are no strangers to each other.
Everyone knew the identity of Mrs. Zheng. Her husband was Zheng Qian, the minister of the Imperial Academy. Even though Zheng Qian was just the minister of the Imperial Academy, he seemed to have no real power, but few people dared to underestimate her.
What kind of place is the Imperial College? It can be said that it is where the students of the Ming Dynasty studied. It is a place where elite students from all over the world gather. I don’t know how many important officials in the court were born in the Imperial College. As Zheng Qian, who served as the imperial wine sacrificer, you can imagine his personal connections. And know it.
After listening to Mrs. Zheng's words, a noble lady next to her said with a smile on her face: "What Mrs. Zheng said is true. My husband once said that Li Huan was a warrior. It is not a blessing for the country that a warrior is in power. Don't you think so?" I have forgotten that since Li Huan was favored by the emperor, how many upright officials in the court have been harmed by him, and their families have been confiscated and their families have been destroyed."
Listening to the woman's words, several noble ladies thought that in the past few years, there were dozens or even hundreds of officials who had their families confiscated and exterminated by Li Huan, and each one of them showed a feeling of sadness.
As the saying goes, when a rabbit dies and a fox grieves, it hurts its own kind. They had heard the person next to them mention Li Huan's cruelty more than once, so at this moment they all agreed with what Mrs. Zheng said.
Suddenly, a pretty woman snorted and said: "Huh, even if Li Huan has made great achievements this time, let alone receive a reward after the master returns to the court, he might even lose his life!"
Several women were stunned when they heard this, and looked at the pretty woman who spoke in surprise.
Some people recognized the identity of the pretty woman, and some people had a trace of disdain and displeasure flashing deep in their eyes after recognizing the identity of the pretty woman.
This girl was just a concubine, but she never thought that she would be favored by Lin Yuan, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and force her to death and straighten her out of shape.
Such arrogant women who spoil their concubines and kill their wives are naturally alien in the eyes of these people. It can be said that everyone dislikes them from the bottom of their hearts. After all, no head wife can like someone who backfires on the head wife's rise to power.
However, looking at the pretty woman's proud look, someone said in surprise: "It turns out she is the wife of Shilang Lin's family. What does Mrs. Lin mean by this?"
Normally, no one would like to talk to Mrs. Lin, and no one would take the initiative to answer her. Now that she saw someone taking the initiative to answer her, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but feel happy and subconsciously said: "My husband-in-law said that this time He must be labeled as a traitor..."
"What?"
Some people couldn't help but change their expressions when they heard this, and heard one of the noble ladies scolding: "No words, we can discuss such things, and everyone has the right to not hear what happened today. Otherwise, if a disaster is imminent, don’t say it was unforeseen.”
As she spoke, the noble lady glanced at Mrs. Lin with disdain and disgust and snorted: "You can say such words lightly."
There are not many people who can be the wives of officials in the DPRK who are fools. After reacting now, they all looked at Mrs. Lin with a strange look.
Many people secretly sighed in their hearts. Sure enough, she was born as a concubine and used sex to serve people. They didn't even think about what they could say and what they couldn't say. At the same time, everyone present made up their mind that they must warn their husband-in-law after returning home. , in the future, stay as far away from that Mr. Lin as possible. Otherwise, with such a brainless wife, that Mr. Lin might be in danger of losing his life at some point, but don’t let him be implicated. yes.
Just because of Mrs. Lin's showy words, in the blink of an eye, everyone left one after another. In just a moment, Mrs. Lin was left looking at the leaving women with a look of shock and anger, gritting her teeth and saying
: "A bunch of bitches dare to look down on me..."
Maoyan Alley
Li Mansion
Forsythia returned in a hurry and ran straight to the backyard, where she immediately looked for the old lady Feng.
Seeing Forsythia coming in a hurry with an anxious look on her face, Feng couldn't help but said to Forsythia in confusion: "Forsythia, do you have something important to do when you come to see me in such a hurry?"
When Forsythia heard the words of Mrs. Lin in the powder shop, her heart was naturally filled with turmoil. However, Forsythia suppressed her inner turmoil and waited until everyone left before leaving without leaving a trace, and then hurriedly
Come to see old lady Feng.
When she met Feng, Forsythia's pretty face still had a hint of panic as she said, "Old madam, something bad has happened. Someone wants to frame the young master for rebellion..."
"What?"
No matter how calm Feng was, she suddenly stood up in shock after hearing Forsythia's words, with a look of shock and disbelief on her face.
Looking at Forsythia, Feng Shi suppressed the turmoil in her heart and said: "Forsythia, please tell me what is going on and who is trying to frame Huan'er."
The crime of treason is a serious crime that involves confiscating one's family and annihilating one's clan. Anyone who suddenly hears that one's own accomplices are involved in treason may not be able to remain calm.
When Forsythia recounted her experiences in the powder shop, Feng couldn't help but panic.
It was at this time that a clear and sweet voice came from outside the door: "Mother, my daughter-in-law is here to say hello to you."
Two voices came from outside, and then several figures were seen walking over. Who could it be if it wasn't Zhang Jin, Zhu Lin, and the maids beside them.
The more wealthy a family is, the more complicated the etiquette becomes. Originally, the Li family was just a small family and did not have so many rules.
But now that Li Huan has been born in the Li family, and they are married to the two families of the British Duke and Cheng Guogong, looking at the current Ming Dynasty, the Li family can be regarded as a truly top-notch family.
Naturally, the number of rules gradually increased. Not to mention other things, it was indispensable for Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin as their daughters-in-law to come to pay their respects to Mr. Feng every morning and evening.
Entering the hall, Zhu Lin and Zhang Jin both saw the look of fear on the faces of Feng and Forsythia.
The second daughter is the most outstanding person in the two princes' palaces. Both in terms of talent, knowledge and ambition, they are not comparable to ordinary women. Naturally, it is obvious at a glance that something is wrong.
Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin looked at each other, and saw Zhu Lin stepping forward with a smile on her face, holding Feng's arm and saying with a smile: "Mother, my daughter-in-law has come to greet you. What's wrong with you? Could something have happened?"
Zhang Jin also came over, took a cup of tea from the hand of the maid beside him, then brought it to Mrs. Feng and said: "Mother, if you have anything to do, take a sip of tea."
I have to say that Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin were really calm and calm. When Feng saw the two girls, her heart gradually calmed down. She took the teacup, drank the tea and then exhaled, with a worried look on her face.
He said to Forsythia: "Forsythia, please tell Jin'er, Lin'er and the others about the matter in detail."
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