Chapter 314 The Great Governor of the Return of the King
Wang Hao, who had such thoughts flashing through his mind, suddenly felt extremely excited, and a great sense of responsibility rose up. Everything he did was to share the worries of the king and to protect the peace of the court. It can be said that he was worthy of heaven and earth, worthy of all anyone.
For a moment, Wang Hao's mood was agitated, and his old face turned a little flushed.
Looking at the civil and military officials prostrating themselves on the ground, many of whom were his disciples and former officials who were very familiar with him, the moment his eyes met Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu, Wang Hao took a deep breath, strode forward, and stepped forward. He took a step forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao who was sitting there and said: "I, the King, would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."
As Wang Hao took steps forward, the eyes of all the civil and military personnel in front of the Qianqing Palace turned to Wang Hao.
Compared with the previous officials who stood up to impeach Li Huan, the highest-ranking official was only Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Although the momentum was quite large, the real core ministers at the court did not personally die.
Several cabinet ministers were just onlookers, so despite the fierce public sentiment among the officials, if there was no end to the cabinet minister, then Wang Yangming's impeachment against Li Huan would have been a step away.
Because of this, when Wang Hao, a cabinet minister, left the stage in person, it could be said that everyone present was staring at Wang Hao, wanting to see what Wang Hao had to say.
Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Wang Hao and he slowly said: "Does Wang Qing have the original memorial?"
Wang Hao met Zhu Houzhao's gaze, raised his head, his face seemed to be shining with the glory of shouldering the responsibility of the people of the world, and said decisively: "I ask you to punish the traitors of the country."
Hearing Wang Hao's words, the civil and military officials kneeling on the ground suddenly became energetic and looked at the Emperor expectantly.
Nowadays, the public situation is fierce, and even the cabinet ministers have personally committed suicide. Even if the emperor wants to protect him this time, he may have to consider the attitude of the officials.
All the nobles nearby looked at Wang Hao angrily when they heard this. Duke Cheng Zhu Fu even pointed at Wang Hao and cursed: "Wang Jizhi, you should tell me clearly who the national thief is and who he is." Is he a national traitor?"
Faced with Zhu Fu's angry scolding, Wang Hao just looked at Zhu Fu with a bit of disdain and said calmly: "Mr. Cheng Guo, the national traitor I mentioned is Li Huan. The young man gained power and became rampant and cruel. Those who are lawless, kill innocent people indiscriminately, have no king, no father, are lawless, and have treasonous intentions are not traitors to the country, so who is a traitor to the country?"
Wang Hao's words were very powerful and decisive. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately won the response of many officials. Some officials even kowtowed to the emperor and said: "I sincerely ask your majesty to kill the traitor Li Huan in order to rectify the imperial court."
"Your Majesty, please punish the traitors!"
"Kill the traitors!"
Suddenly, almost half of the officials in the square in front of the Qianqing Palace were shouting, and the momentum was terrifying.
At the same time, Wang Hao took a step forward, raised his head and said to Zhu Fu: "Dong Chengguo, can you see it? This is the people's heart, this is the general trend, if we don't punish Li Huan, how can we calm the hearts of China and foreign countries, and the hearts of all people in the world?" "
Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu said angrily: "You Wang Jizhi, you have clever words and tricks, and you have framed the important officials of the imperial court who have made great contributions. You have turned a blind eye to the merits gained by hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting in bloody battles. Do you still have the imperial court in your eyes?" Law and discipline, do you still have your majesty?"
There was a bit of coldness in Wang Hao's eyes. After this battle, Li Huan had already concluded the situation. Wu had the support of the Xungui Group, Wen had Wang Yangming and other civil servants. Once he was allowed to return to the court smoothly, who would be the leader in the next few decades? Who of his opponents can suppress this young and successful man?
As time goes by, if Li Huansheng has second thoughts, the country will be in danger of overthrowing, and he, the King, should be the king to put an end to this hidden danger.
As his mind was spinning, Wang Hao sneered and said: "When did I ignore the merits of hundreds of thousands of soldiers? I only asked to kill Li Huan. What does Wang Yangming have to do with the soldiers of the three armies?"
As he spoke, Wang Hao no longer paid attention to Duke Cheng, but turned his attention to the emperor who was sitting there, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, Li Huan, Wang Yangming, with his large army, disrespects the imperial decree and has the intention to rebel.
If it is revealed, I sincerely request your Majesty to kill Li Huan in order to bring peace to the country."
After impeaching Li Huan, Wang Yangming's civil and military officials immediately shouted: "I implore your majesty to kill Li Huan in order to stabilize the country."
Just behind the officials, Li Huan, who was wearing a black cloak, stood with his hands behind his hands, looking calmly at the officials impeaching him not far away.
Chu Huan, the commander of the imperial guards standing next to Li Huan, couldn't help but look at Wang Hao and others in the distance with a worried expression, and then looked at Li Huan.
Meng Wei, who is armored and upright, has a bad temper. Otherwise, he would not have been able to resist the commander-in-chief Zheng Guang who fled the battle.
Because Li Huan led the army to arrive in time, Meng Wei escaped the disaster. From then on, Meng Wei was loyal to Li Huan and had no second thoughts.
When he returned to Beijing this time, Li Huan also selected Meng Wei's generals, because Meng Wei and several generals who had made great achievements in the army followed Li Huan to Beijing to meet the emperor.
He was just born into a low-level military family, and he climbed up from the bottom bit by bit through his own efforts. It can be said that what Meng Wei hates the most are those people who have no ability and are living in a state of incompetence.
In Meng Wei's eyes, Li Huan defeated the Tatars in one battle and together with Wang Yangming annihilated more than 100,000 Tatar elites. Looking at the world, it can be said that Li Huan is unmatched by anyone in the world. He is a figure like the god of war in the army.
I thought that after returning to the capital this time, with Li Huan's achievements, the Gonggun princes would definitely respect Li Huan in the court. But what Meng Wei didn't expect was that in this big court meeting, he would
Instead of seeing the goodwill of Gong Gong to Li Huan and their meritorious soldiers, a group of people used trumped-up charges to frame Li Huan and Wang Yangming, who had just made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty.
Especially looking at Wang Hao's appearance now, Meng Wei couldn't help but a fierce look flashed in his eyes. He suddenly flew forward and shouted: "Traitor, how dare you slander others and frame the general?
The general is loyal to the country, how can you and these cowardly people be able to trap him!"
Meng Wei's shout sounded like a thunder in the square in front of the Qianqing Palace, which stunned all the civil and military officials present and subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.
Many officials were filled with astonishment. Who on earth was this person who dared to make such rude noises in this grand gathering?
However, everyone only saw a figure knocking away several officials standing in front of him and rushing towards Wang Hao.
Meng Wei, who was full of evil spirits, was like a tiger coming out of its box. In the blink of an eye, he knocked away several officials. Just when he was about to rush to Wang Hao, a civil servant swayed and slapped Meng Wei with his hand.
Meng Wei exchanged a palm with him, and both of them took a step back.
At the same time, everyone had just seen Meng Wei's figure clearly, and saw that Meng Wei was wearing armor and a stomach, and his whole body was filled with an evil spirit. At this moment, he was staring at Wang Hao with an evil look on his face. If he rushed towards Wang Hao with that posture, he would
I guarantee that Wang Hao, the pavilion elder, will be severely beaten.
"Who is this person? How dare he make such a big fuss at the court meeting? Are he really not afraid of death?"
Some people looked at Meng Wei with horror in their hearts.
At this moment, a clear and familiar voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears: "General Meng, please don't be rude."
The sound was not loud, but it seemed to contain a burst of magic power and reverberated in everyone's ears. Everyone who heard Li Huan's voice had a look of astonishment on their faces and slowly turned towards the direction of the sound.
Looked over.
When they saw that familiar figure and that face that they remembered deeply, some officials shrank their eyes and swallowed subconsciously, not daring to look at those calm eyes.
"Li Huan!"
Someone shouted subconsciously, and just by hearing the trembling voice, you could tell that he was not at peace in his heart.
"He... isn't he still in Yan'an Mansion? Why does he appear here?"
"Damn it, why did Li Huan show up in Beijing without any news beforehand?"
Suddenly, many people's expressions changed drastically. It was obvious that Li Huan's sudden appearance at the meeting was beyond the expectations of many people.
When Wang Hao saw Li Huan's tall figure, he couldn't help but shrink his eyes. He just looked at Li Huan. For some reason, Wang Hao felt something bad in his heart.
He shook his head and suppressed the strange feeling in his heart. Wang Hao calmed down. He had nothing to be afraid of. Even if Li Huan suddenly appeared in the capital, what if Li Huan and Wang Yangming respected themselves and disrespected the imperial court?
With this in mind, he could petition the emperor to capture Li Huan and throw him into prison.
Meng Wei, who was originally like a ferocious tiger, calmed down after hearing Li Huan's words. He immediately bowed respectfully to Li Huan and said, "I will obey your order."
Under the attention of everyone, Li Huan wore a black cloak and walked forward step by step. When Li Huan walked over, the officials who were originally blocking Li Huan, for some reason, started to move forward one by one.
Subconsciously, he made way for Li Huan.
What Zhu Houzhao saw when he was sitting on the imperial steps was that Li Huan was slowly walking towards him, and the civil and military officials around him were overwhelmed by Li Huan's momentum, as if they had become Li Huan's background.
They all took the initiative to disperse.
Looking at this scene, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but have a strange look in his eyes.
Li Huan's majestic and domineering attitude amazed Zhu Houzhao, and even made Zhu Houzhao, who liked martial arts, instantly feel like a man.
The whole place was silent except for the sound of Li Huan's footsteps walking step by step.
In the blink of an eye, Li Huan walked closer. He did not look at Wang Hao, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others who were staring at him. Instead, he stood still, bowed to Zhu Houzhao respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, Li Huan will live up to your expectations."
I have been entrusted with the task of defeating the Tatars and promoting the prestige of our Ming Dynasty. Now I have been ordered to return to Beijing. I only wish that our Ming Dynasty will prosper forever, and your majesty may live long and boundless lives, long live, long live, long live!"
Zhu Houzhao was so excited that when Li Huan was paying homage, he suddenly stood up, walked down the imperial steps, and personally helped Li Huan up and said, "Li Qing, please get down quickly without paying homage."
Everyone who was initially confused by the sudden appearance of Li Huan now saw that the emperor personally lowered his rank and helped Li Huan up. Countless people had looks of envy in their eyes.
The emperor must have been too fond of Li Huan. You must know that a moment ago, many officials before the Qianqing Palace accused Li Huan of plotting and rebelling.
But looking at the emperor's posture, it seemed as if all their previous impeachments were in vain.
Especially Wang Hao and Chen Wenliang, when they watched Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao perform a scene of a monarch and his ministers getting along with each other and no doubts, their expressions suddenly became a little gloomy.
After looking at each other, they saw Chen Wenliang's white hair and Qing Jun's figure, which seemed to contain terrifying power. He said solemnly: "Your Majesty, everyone knows Li Huan's rebellious intentions. Your Majesty knows it for sure!"
The scene where the monarch and his ministers enjoyed each other was immediately broken by Chen Wenliang's words. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but frowned, his eyes full of worry.
Before the emperor could speak, Li Huan turned slightly sideways and said with a bit of indifference: "I wonder who you are?"
Just looking at Chen Wenliang's official uniform, anyone who knows something about the attire of the officials in the court can guess his identity to some extent. It would be a lie to say that Li Huan could not recognize Chen Wenliang's official uniform.
So when Li Huan asked, it sounded a bit disdainful in everyone's ears.
At the same time, Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu, who had a smile on his face, laughed loudly and said: "Xian son-in-law, you don't know something. This is Chen Wenliang, the famous censor of Zuodu, Mr. Chen.
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Listening to the tone of Cheng Guogong's words, although it was said that he was introducing Chen Wenliang's identity to Li Huan, it still had a different flavor to it.
Chen Wenliang had an arrogant look on his face, and with a bit of arrogance, he snorted towards Li Huan and said: "I am a veteran of three dynasties and have served several generations of emperors. When I was an official in the dynasty, you, Li Huan, didn't know where you were.
Woolen cloth!"
Seeing Chen Wenliang acting like a veteran, Li Huan showed a faint smile and said with a hint of surprise on his face: "It turns out to be Mr. Chen Wenliang, a veteran of three dynasties."
Many officials around were distracted by Li Huan. At this moment, they saw that Chen Wenliang was not afraid of Li Huan, and even used his status as a veteran of several dynasties to suppress Li Huan. They all looked at Chen Wenliang expectantly.
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No matter how arrogant Li Huan was, he probably wouldn't be able to be arrogant when faced with an old minister like Chen Wenliang.
At this moment, Li Huan suddenly said: "Pingzhi, why does this Master Chen's name sound familiar to me?"
After Li Huan finished speaking, he saw a handsome young man in Jinyiwei Qianhu's costume step forward and said respectfully: "Sir, Chen Wenliang is originally from Datong Prefecture, Shaanxi Province, and now lives in Yangzhou Prefecture. His family is rich in salt and iron business.
Party A has colluded with salt merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi, secretly controlled the Lianghuai salt industry, smuggled salt and iron outside the customs, and had close relations with various tribes of the Hu tribe in the grassland. Chen Wenliang's third daughter married the head of the Yiliha tribe of the Wanhu tribe.
As a concubine, my granddaughter even served as a concubine of Dayan Khan, with a family fortune worth tens of millions..."
Lin Pingzhi narrated the details of Chen Wenliang and even the history of the Chen family's fortune, leaving everyone present stunned.
Although many people in the court know that the Chen family is a famous salt merchant in Yangzhou Prefecture and is very wealthy, except for a very small number of people who know some details about the Chen family, almost 99% of the people do not know the Chen family at all.
The real details of the home.
Needless to say, what Lin Pingzhi was talking about was of course the information about the Chen family collected by Jin Yiwei. The details of the Chen family could not be hidden from ordinary people, not even Jin Yiwei.
Especially when Lin Pingzhi mentioned that the Chen family controlled the Lianghuai salt industry and was in collusion with barbarians outside the Pass, and even the family's legitimate daughter served as a concubine for the barbarians, with a net worth of tens of millions, he originally held his head high and was full of emotions.
Chen Wenliang, who was aloof and arrogant and disdainful of Li Huan, changed his face drastically. His originally rosy face was even covered with fine cold sweat, and even his body was hunched over.
There was silence for a moment, and strange eyes fell on Chen Wenliang. If all this is true, then the Chen Wenliang and Chen family had colluded with the Tatars and traded salt, iron and other taboo items with the Tatars.
This is a grave sin.
bang bang bang
A clear and melodious sound of clapping rang out. Everyone heard the sound and went to see Li Huanzheng clapping his hands with a chuckle on his face and saying to Chen Wenliang: "So you are Qingtian Baiyuzhu of the Chen family in Yangzhou. Master Chen Wenliang, Mr. Li has something to do."
I'm looking for Mr. Chen, what a coincidence, I didn't expect to see Mr. Chen here."
I don't know why, but looking at the smile on Li Huan's face, Chen Wenliang suddenly felt a strong and extremely uneasy feeling.
Under Li Huan's gaze, Chen Wenliang had long since lost his previous aloof attitude. Instead, he looked quite frightened and said in a trembling voice: "You... why are you looking for me?"
After hearing Li Huan's words, everyone around them forgot about everything else for a while, and couldn't help but feel a little curious in their hearts.
Could it be that Li Huan really wanted to see Chen Wenliang for something?
Many officials' attention turned to Li Huan, while Wang Hao's expression changed, and there was an unpleasant feeling in his heart.
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