Chapter 343 The monarchs and ministers who react the same way
The nobles spoke without scruples in front of the palace gate, so all the civil servants who came out of the palace could hear them clearly.
To be able to enter the imperial city as companions, each of these civil servants naturally has an unusual status. They are at least officials of the fourth rank or above. If they are left to the local level, they can almost serve as governors.
Regarding the issue of rewards for the meritorious soldiers in this great victory, although it is said that it was discussed by the Ministry of War, the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army and the cabinet, in the final analysis it was still decided by the civil service group.
Therefore, when it comes to the final reward, others do not know it, but they know it very well. After all, the relationship between the civil service group is intricate. Although the final reward may only be known to a very small number of officials involved in the decision, there is no way to withstand such a decision.
What kind of confidentiality is there?
Perhaps the Wuxun Group did not receive the news for a while, but as the backbone of the civil service group, many officials already knew the final result of this reward.
Because of this, when they heard the discussion of the nobles in front of the palace gate, their expressions became quite complicated and ugly.
Because what Xu Ying said was true, this victory was indeed a great victory unprecedented in decades. The emperor personally issued a decree to reward the meritorious soldiers, and even sent a decree to the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Five Armies.
Officials of the Dudu Mansion.
Because of the emperor's imperial edict, the civil officials who had originally intended to suppress this group of military generals and reduce their achievements had to give up their little thoughts.
Several officials looked at the nobles gathered together and clamored to go together to pay homage to Li Huan. Each of them looked sarcastic and walked away.
Not to mention the respective reactions of the Civil Service Group and the Wuxun Group here, it is said that Li Huan hurried to the Jinyiwei Yamen after getting the news about his men.
Li Huan's face was calm. The Jinyiwei Xiaoqiu officer who came to Tongbing didn't know what happened. He just knew that something big had happened. The Jinyiwei commander Tongzhi and other officials who were sitting in the Yamen just told him to invite Li Huan no matter what.
Return to the office immediately.
Although Li Huan didn't know what was going on in Jinyiwei Yamen at this moment, and he actually wanted to invite him back to the Yamen at this time, but Li Huan also knew that if something big didn't really happen, those people in Jinyiwei Yamen
I won't ask him back at this time.
Speeding all the way from the palace gate to the Jinyiwei Yamen was just a matter of minutes over a cup of tea.
Reflexively, he dismounted, casually threw the reins to a military officer in royal robes who came up to him, and strode into the Yamen.
In the Jinyiwei Yamen meeting hall, headed by Jinyiwei Commander Huang Zheng and others, everyone was sitting in the hall with solemn expressions.
Sitting under Huang Zheng were Chen Ke and other officials who had been promoted to commander of the Imperial Guard.
Just from the looks on the faces of the people, it can be seen that something big must have happened among the Jin Yiwei, otherwise it would not have made so many senior Jin Yiwei officials look so solemn.
Ma Ming, who was dressed in the official uniform of Jinyiwei Qianhu, was as irritable as ever. Even though he had been promoted all the way and became a middle- and high-level official in Jinyiwei Yamen, it had not changed at all.
"Why haven't you come back yet, sir?"
As he spoke, Ma Ming couldn't help but look outside the hall, looking impatient.
With a crash, Ma Ming stood up and prepared to walk outside. He even said, "Why don't I go to find you personally and wait here for you to come back? I'll be really anxious."
With a slight cough, Chen Ke, who was sitting there, glared at Ma Ming and said, "Ma Ming, just sit there and wait. If nothing else happens, I should be back by now. You Why are you running out at this time?"
As he spoke, Chen Ke glanced at Ma Ming and said, "Besides, you are now a member of Qianhu, the Jinyiwei, and you ran out to look for the master in such a hurry. People who don't know may think that something big happened to my Jinyiwei."
Hearing this, Ma Ming couldn't help but said: "That's right. Isn't this news a big deal? If not, then what is a big deal?"
Just when the horse was moaning, a clear voice came from outside and said: "Oh, what happened to our Jin Yiwei? Come and tell me."
Before the person arrived, the voice had already been heard.
When all the senior officials in the hall heard the voice, their spirits were suddenly shaken. They all stood up from their seats and looked outside the hall.
I saw a figure striding towards me, who could it be if it wasn't Li Huan.
Walking into the hall, Li Huan's eyes swept over everyone. There were more than a dozen people present, who could be said to be all powerful figures in the Jinyiwei Yamen.
Sitting on the main seat, Li Huan glanced at everyone. At the same time, everyone saluted Li Huan and said, "I have met your Excellency."
Li Huan waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's sit down and talk about anything in advance."
Everyone took their seats, and Li Huan said: "Tell me, what's the matter with coming back in such a hurry to find me?"
Li Huan's eyes fell on Huang Zheng. After all, Huang Zheng's authority in the Jinyiwei Yamen was not weak. Most of the affairs of the Jinyiwei North Town Fusi were actually handled by Huang Zheng.
Huang Zheng felt Li Huan's gaze, took a deep breath, suppressed the turmoil in his heart and saluted Li Huan: "Sir, something big happened in Yangzhou."
Li Huan couldn't help but raise his brows when he heard this. Li Huan wasn't too surprised when something happened in Yangzhou. After all, he had previously sent two of his confidants, Chen Yao and Lin Pingzhi, to go to Yangzhou Mansion to capture the person.
Based on his understanding of local powerful people like the Chen family, who rose to prominence through selling private salt, it would not be surprising if some trouble was caused.
So when Li Huan heard Huang Zheng say that something happened in Yangzhou Mansion, Li Huan was not very surprised. Instead, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea and said: "What happened? Could it be that someone from the Chen family escaped?" ?”
Li Huan was not surprised at all if someone from the Chen family could escape the capture of Jin Yiwei.
Seeing Li Huan's indifferent expression, Huang Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head slowly and said, "The Chen family has been exterminated!"
Li Huan, who originally looked indifferent, couldn't help but froze for a moment, and said with a bit of surprise on his face: "That shouldn't be the case, Chen Yao and Ping Zhi are just going to get people, not to exterminate the family. "
Huang Zheng carefully submitted a secret report to Li Huan and said: "Look, sir, this is an urgent report from Yangzhou Prefecture from eight hundred miles away. If nothing else happens, the same report should also be copied and sent in at this time." The cabinet and the inner court."
Li Huan received the report with some curiosity. After all, under normal circumstances, the news from Yangzhou Prefecture should come from the internal intelligence system of their Jinyiwei. But looking at Huang Zheng's posture, it was clearly from the local government.
Report.
So what do the Yangzhou Jinyiwei do? They actually allow the local yamen to transmit information faster than their Jinyiwei.
With such thoughts flashing through his mind, Li Huan glanced at the report in his hand. Suddenly, Li Huan's expression changed.
This report was written by the Yamen of Yangzhou Prefecture. It records in detail how the Jinyiwei, headed by Lin Pingzhi and Chen Yao, captured people from the Chen House after they arrived in Yangzhou Prefecture, including people from the Chen House.
The desperate resistance and the remnants of the Chen family attacked the Jinyiwei Yamen at night, causing the Jinyiwei Yamen to be destroyed by the remnants of the Chen family and burned to the ground, and the entire Jinyiwei Yamen in Yangzhou was annihilated.
Li Huan looked at the report in his hand quietly, and everyone in the entire meeting hall looked at Li Huan secretly.
They had read the contents of the report not long ago and naturally knew the contents of the report. However, precisely because they knew the contents of the report, everyone seemed extremely nervous and worried at this moment.
A Jinyi Guard house with thousands of households, including Lin Pingzhi, Chen Yao and hundreds of other Jinyi Guard cavalry from the capital, were all wiped out in the local area. This was the first time such a major event had happened since the establishment of the Jinyi Guard.
It was not known how angry Li Huan would be about such a big matter, so everyone was naturally uneasy about it and secretly observed the changes in Li Huan's expression.
There was indeed a surge of anger in Li Huan's heart. Li Huan really did not expect such a thing to happen.
It was a majestic Jinyiwei house for thousands of households, but it was burned to the ground, including the Jinyiwei Yamen, and not a single person was left alive.
Li Huan felt a strong sense of familiarity coming over him when things like this happened. Something similar happened in Fuzhou Prefecture back then, but it was just that all the Jinyiwei officials were burned to the ground. As for the Jinyiwei Yamen,
But he was safe and sound.
But this time, a Jinyiwei yamen was burned to the ground, which was much worse than the annihilation of all the Jinyiwei officials.
A smile gradually appeared on Li Huan's face, but I don't know why. Huang Zheng, Ma Ming, Chen Ke and others present shuddered when they saw Li Huan's smile, and felt a sense of gloominess.
A chill enveloped the entire meeting hall.
"Okay, okay, it's really good. Even the Jinyiwei Yamen can be wiped out. I'm afraid no one would dare to believe it if word spreads about it."
casually throwing the report on the table in front of him, Li Huan raised his head and looked at the crowd and said: "But there is news about the Yangzhou Jinyi Guard Qianhu Station. Could it be said that Chen Yao, Lin Pingzhi and the others are all dead?"
?"
Huang Zheng, Chen Ke and others looked at each other, and Chen Ke took a deep breath and said to Li Huan: "Sir, there is no news from Yangzhou Jinyiwei Qianhu these days, and there is no news about Chen Yao, Lin Pingzhi and the others.
The news is coming.”
As he spoke, Chen Ke hesitated for a moment and said with a trembling voice: "If...if the report from the Yangzhou government office is correct, Chen Yao, Lin Pingzhi and the others are probably in a much worse situation."
Ma Ming turned to Li Huan with an angry face and said: "Sir, let me go to Yangzhou Mansion. I want to kill the ten Chen clans and avenge Chen Yao, Lin Pingzhi and other Jinyiwei brothers."
The report mentioned that the person who destroyed the Jinyiwei Yamen and burned the Jinyiwei Yamen to the ground was the Yangzhou Chen family that their Jinyiwei Yamen was targeting this time.
So all Ma Ming wants to do is destroy the Chen clan and avenge Chen Yao, Lin Pingzhi and the others.
Glancing at Ma Ming indifferently, Li Huan snorted coldly and said: "It's ridiculous. It's absolutely impossible for a mere Chen family to resist the arrests of Lin Pingzhi, Chen Yao and others without any precautions.
What kind of waves are there, let alone the direct destruction of Yangzhou Jinyiwei Yamen and Chen Yao, Lin Pingzhi and so many others."
Hearing what Li Huan said, a gleam flashed in Chen Ke's eyes and he said, "What do you mean, your Excellency, there is another secret behind the destruction of the Yangzhou Jinyiwei Yamen?"
Li Huan's eyes flashed coldly and said: "Hmph, it seems that the entire officialdom of Yangzhou Prefecture has been completely corrupted. I was not ready to take action against Yangzhou Prefecture immediately, but now it seems that these people are really crazy. These people
He has been occupying the place for many years and acts wantonly. He is simply lawless and lawless."
Li Huan slapped the table eucalyptus with his palm, and with a crash, the table eucalyptus in front of him fell to the ground. Li Huan suddenly stood up and said: "I will enter the palace to see your majesty."
As he said this, Li Huan strode out of the hall like a meteor, leaving only a group of solemn-looking people in the hall.
In the imperial city
In the Qianqing Palace, the banquet had dispersed. Zhu Houzhao, who was in a very good mood, was sitting there and looking through a list of awards for meritorious soldiers that had just been presented by the inner court not long ago tomorrow morning.
This list of awards was obviously drawn up not long ago, and now it will be the final decision by Zhu Houzhao.
Looking at the long list of awards and the detailed life introductions of the people on the list, Zhu Houzhao had a detailed understanding of the list of awards.
Many of these generals were from the Xungui Group. Zhu Houzhao looked at the achievements of these people with a look of satisfaction on his face.
"It seems that the Xungui Group has not been completely reduced to waste. Li Qing's strategy of wooing the Xungui Group to check and balance the civilian group is still somewhat possible."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao mentioned the names of those young generals who came from noble families and slightly changed the rewards for them.
Just when Zhu Houzhao was finalizing the list of awards, he saw a figure hurriedly coming from outside Qianqing Palace. It was none other than Ma Yongcheng, the governor of Dongchang.
They saw Ma Yongcheng's face full of solemnity and he came quickly with a memorial in his hand.
"Your Majesty, Ma Yongcheng wants to see you!"
Qiu Ju whispered to Zhu Houzhao, which immediately brought Zhu Houzhao back to his senses.
Zhu Houzhao, who raised his head, had a look of surprise on his face. He slowly put down the ink pen in his hand and chuckled: "It's this time. Why did Ma Daban come to see me? Is there something wrong?"
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While speaking, Zhu Houzhao stretched his waist and said, "Let him come in."
Soon Ma Yongcheng bowed and walked in quickly with the memorial in his hand. He bowed respectfully to Zhu Houzhao and said: "I pay homage to your majesty. Long live your majesty, long live, long live your majesty."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "My eldest companion came to see me, but what's the matter?"
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on the memorial in Ma Yongcheng's hand, and his face straightened. He obviously realized that the memorial that Ma Yongcheng could send at this time must be extraordinary, and it could be that something big had happened.
It's just that Zhu Houzhao can't think of any major event. After all, the biggest issue in the court at the moment is the issue of rewards for a group of meritorious soldiers who will go to court tomorrow morning. Unless it is a major event that will cause the world to collapse, otherwise, other matters will have to be temporary.
Postponed.
Taking a deep breath, Ma Yongcheng presented the memorial and said: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Yangzhou Prefecture from eight hundred miles away. The Jinyiwei Qianhu Office in Yangzhou Prefecture was wiped out, and the Jinyiwei Yamen was also burned to the ground..."
Zhu Houzhao, who had just received a cup of tea from Qiu Ju, took a sip of warm tea. Before he could swallow it, he suddenly opened his eyes wide after listening to Ma Yongcheng's words and spat out a mouthful of tea, followed by a violent cough.
Zhu Houzhao's reaction shocked Qiu Ju, Ma Yongcheng and others. Qiu Ju quickly wiped the table in front of the emperor. At this moment, Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, stared at Ma Yongcheng and said solemnly: "You said
What!"
As the emperor, under the wrath of the thunder, an invisible power spread, directly frightening the chamberlains and maids serving in the Qianqing Palace, and they fell to their knees one by one, including the one who served beside Zhu Houzhao.
Qiu Ju was also so frightened that his face changed drastically.
Ma Yongcheng trembled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look."
Taking one step forward, Zhu Houzhao walked up to Ma Yongcheng, took the report in his hand and looked through it. Gradually, Zhu Houzhao's complexion became extremely ugly, and his original good mood disappeared.
Just like Li Huan's reaction, Zhu Houzhao, the Supreme Emperor, also saw the hidden information behind this report at a glance, so Zhu Houzhao also said with an angry smile: "Even the emperor's personal army and the Yamen will be destroyed at the word.
, will this Forbidden City be burned to ashes at some point?"
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