Three hundred and eighty fifth chapter faction dispute
After all, in Zhang Cai's subconscious, it should be impossible for Li Huan to deal with those criminals directly. After all, there were nearly ten thousand people involved, and few people had the courage to do so.
Moreover, dealing with nearly ten thousand people at one time is something that will go down in the history books, and it is not a good reputation. For this reason, several ministers in their cabinet have never made a decision, just because they don’t want to leave such a mark in the history.
A disgraceful stroke.
Likewise, the eyes of many people in the hall also fell on Lingyuan.
With a bit of bitterness on his face, Ling Yuan slowly shook his head at Zhang Cai and said: "Mr. Ge, the champion's memorial made it very clear that he has executed those criminals on the spot..."
After listening to Lingyuan's words, Zhang Cai exclaimed almost instinctively, with a look of disbelief on his face and said: "How is this possible? Champion Hou..."
While speaking, Zhang Cai said directly: "Show the memorial to me."
Taking the memorial directly in his hand, Zhang Cai's eyes were full of nervousness. When his eyes fell on the memorial and saw clearly the contents of the memorial, Zhang Cai couldn't help but trembled slightly, and flashed in his eyes.
A complicated look.
Zhang Cai just held the memorial and stood there quietly for a long time, so that no officials around him dared to come forward and disturb Zhang Cai.
After a while, Zhang Cai accepted the news in the memorial, took a deep breath, looked at everyone present, and walked towards the inner hall.
As Zhang Cai left with the memorial, all the officials in the hall seemed to have exploded. They came forward one by one and surrounded Lingyuan and the two.
"Master Ling, did the Champion really kill so many people?"
"That's tens of thousands of people. The champion..."
You said something to me, obviously you can't believe that Li Huan really dealt with so many prisoners.
At this moment, someone suddenly said coldly: "Have you forgotten how Li Huan went on a killing spree in the capital? So many senior officials died at the hands of the champion."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was speechless. Yes, in the capital, who can forget how Li Huan went on a killing spree in the capital a few years ago.
Li Huan's reputation as the God of Killing in the capital is not small at all. However, in recent times, everyone has been attracted by Li Huan's great defeat of the Tatars, and they have subconsciously forgotten how powerful Li Huan was.
Overwhelming officials.
Now that he was mentioned, he immediately realized that since Li Huan was killing hundreds of officials in the capital, it was not impossible to kill Xu Lin and others in Yangzhou Mansion.
In the imperial city
Ever since Wang Yangming mentioned to Zhu Houzhao that Li Huan would most likely bring bad reputation for him and directly dealt with the criminals in Yangzhou Prefecture, Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, had been trapped in a dilemma.
With Zhu Houzhao's temperament, he naturally didn't want Li Huan to bear such a bad reputation for him, but as Wang Yangming said, I'm afraid Li Huan had already done it when he sent those people's crimes to the capital.
Made a decision.
After only a slight hesitation, Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, directly ordered Ma Yongcheng to lead a group of Dongchang elites to go south to Yangzhou Prefecture at full speed.
When Ma Yongcheng went south to Yangzhou Prefecture, he naturally received the emperor's order, which was to prevent Li Huan from killing Xu Lin and other prisoners, and then assisted Li Huan in escorting the prisoners to the capital to await the imperial court's execution.
Obviously Zhu Houzhao did not intend to let Li Huan bear the bad reputation for his emperor.
Qiu Ju looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting there restlessly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The emperor has been looking like this these past few days.
As Zhu Houzhao's confidants, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng naturally knew what was going on, but they knew that this was the emperor's heart ailment, and only accurate news from Jiangnan could cure the emperor's heart ailment.
Holding a cup of hot tea, Qiu Ju gently placed it in front of the emperor and whispered: "Your Majesty, please take a sip of tea."
Zhu Houzhao came back to his senses, glanced at Qiu Ju and said, "Qiu Daban, is there any news from Yangzhou Prefecture?"
Hearing this, Qiu Ju shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, there is no news yet."
Gao Feng on the side also comforted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, since you have sent Ma Yongcheng to lead people to Yangzhou Mansion, your Majesty is waiting for the news. Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from the capital, and even if there is news, it cannot be spread so quickly.
Come on."
While he was talking, he suddenly saw a young chamberlain hurried over with a secret letter in his hand.
The young chamberlain walked to the outside of the palace and knelt down respectfully in the tunnel: "Your Majesty, a secret report from Yangzhou Prefecture."
There was a crash. After listening to the little waiter's words, Zhu Houzhao, who had been sitting there, stood up directly, and even almost brought down the table in front of him.
"Submit the secret report from Yangzhou Prefecture quickly."
Gao Feng trotted up to the little chamberlain, took the secret letter, and then carefully presented it to Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao immediately opened the secret letter and read it at a glance.
After reading the contents of the secret letter clearly, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but his expression changed slightly, and his expression became obviously complicated.
Just looking at the secret letter, Zhu Houzhao stood there straight, a little absent-minded, while Gao Feng and Qiu Ju on the side clearly noticed something strange about the emperor.
However, the two of them did not dare to read the contents of the secret letter, but they were also extremely curious as to what the contents of the secret letter were. Just looking at the emperor's reaction, it was obvious that the information in the secret letter was not
Simple.
After exhaling, Zhu Houzhao slowly turned around and sighed softly: "Why is Li Qing doing this?"
After hearing the emperor's sigh, Gao Feng and Qiu Ju first looked at each other, with a look of understanding on their faces.
The two of them knew quite a bit about Li Huan's journey south, and they also knew why the emperor was so entangled before. Listening to the emperor's sigh at this time, if the two of them didn't know what happened, they would be looking down on them.
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Qiu Ju took a step forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, could this be the news about Brother Li?"
Zhu Houzhao handed the secret letter to Qiu Judao with some sighs: "You should also take a look. Li Qing did exactly what Mr. Wang Ge said, and killed Xu Lin and others directly on the spot.
Killing tens of thousands of people at once, his actions indeed earned me a bad reputation, but he himself gained a bad reputation as a murderer."
"ah!"
Even though they had expected it, when they actually heard the news that Li Huan actually killed Xu Lin and nearly ten thousand people on the spot in Yangzhou Mansion, the two of them were still greatly shocked, and even felt a bit of fear in their hearts.
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They knew that Li Huan had always been extremely bold, as if there was never anything he dared not do.
I think that when the emperor was in danger, Li Huan dared to lead people directly into the imperial city. Now he killed nearly ten thousand people at a time. Even if these people deserved their crimes, not everyone has such determination and courage.
Looking away from the secret letter, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng couldn't help but look at each other. They seemed to have a tacit understanding, and an idea came to their minds, that is, they could not provoke Li Huan, the god of death, even if they were killed.
If they really offended Li Huan, even though they were favored by the emperor, Li Huan would really dare to kill them.
Zhu Houzhao, who had no idea that Qiu Ju, Gao Feng and others had been frightened by Li Huan's evil reputation, looked at the two and sighed: "Li Qing is loyal to me, and now he even bears such a murderous reputation for me."
, I am really ashamed of Li Qing."
Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "If the news that Li Qing killed so many people in Yangzhou Prefecture spreads, I'm afraid that many people in the world will misunderstand Li Qing and think that Li Qing is a murderer.
Sir, what do you think I can do to preserve Li Qing's reputation?"
After hearing the emperor's question, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng couldn't help but look at each other. They must have no problem asking them to serve the emperor, but if they want them to make suggestions for the emperor, to be honest, they really don't have the ability.
Under the emperor's gaze, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng could not help but look ashamed and said to the emperor: "I am incompetent and I really don't know how to eliminate the impact of this matter."
Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to expect the two of them to give him any useful suggestions. Hearing this, he waved his hands and said after a while: "Pass the message to summon Wang Yangming's beloved wife to the palace as soon as possible."
Qiu Ju immediately said, "Old slave, I will go in person to invite Mr. Wangge to come."
Then he saw Qiu Ju trotting away.
Qiu Ju's speed was very fast, but before he reached the cabinet, he saw several figures coming in a hurry. If it wasn't Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming, Zhang Cai, and Wang Hao, who could it be?
The office of the cabinet is located in the imperial city, so that in case of urgent matters, it is convenient for cabinet ministers to seek an audience with the emperor.
When Qiu Ju saw Yang Ting and a few others, they also saw Qiu Ju who was in a hurry.
When they got closer, Qiu Ju stopped, and Yang Ting and several others also stopped.
Qiu Ju first saluted a few people and said, "Where do you want to go, these pavilion elders?"
Yang Ting and others glanced at Qiu Ju, and heard Wang Hao speak first: "Manager Qiu, I wonder where your majesty is now. I have something to ask you to see your majesty."
Qiu Ju glanced at a few people and said subconsciously: "Is it possible that these people are doing something about the Yangzhou Prefecture champion brother Hou Li!"
After hearing what Qiu Ju said, Yang Ting and the others were just stunned for a moment before they came to their senses.
Since they have received Li Huan's memorial, it is impossible that the emperor did not receive the news. Now it seems that Qiu Ju went to the cabinet to see them.
As expected, at this moment Qiu Ju said: "Your Majesty has summoned Mr. Wang Yangming, Mr. Ge. Please go with the old servant to see your Majesty."
After Qiu Ju finished speaking, the eyes of Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Hao fell on Wang Yangming, with complex meanings in their eyes.
The emperor only summoned Wang Yangming, but not a few of them. The meaning revealed in this is really thought-provoking. At least Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai and Wang Hao looked at Wang Yangming with some deep meaning.
Wang Yangming was slightly stunned, cupped his hands towards Qiu Ju and said, "Your Majesty summoned Wang?"
Qiu Ju smiled and said, "How dare we pretend to pass on the imperial edict? Why don't you, Lord Wang, go with us to meet His Majesty?"
Wang Yangming hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly towards Qiu Ju and said, "Wang will obey your Majesty's decree."
While speaking, Wang Yangming's eyes fell on Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Hao.
Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and smiled slightly at Wang Yangming and said: "It doesn't matter if Yangming goes to see your majesty, for such a big matter, you have to see what your majesty means."
Wang Hao and Zhang Cai also nodded and said: "Let Mr. Wang represent us to see His Majesty."
Qiu Ju looked at Yang Tinghe and Wang Yangming with a smile, as if he didn't notice the slightly strange atmosphere between the four of them and said: "Mr. Wangge, come with us quickly, don't keep your majesty waiting for a long time.
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Wang Yangming took a deep breath, bowed his hands to Yang Ting and the others, and then left with Qiu Ju.
Yang Tinghe, Wang Hao and Zhang Cai, who were standing there, looked at Wang Yangming who left with Qiu Ju with complicated expressions.
Suddenly Wang Hao snorted coldly and said: "One is Li Huan and the other is Wang Yangming. One is civil and the other military. Your Majesty is too partial to them. This is not a blessing to the country."
Zhang Caitan said calmly: "I am afraid that your Majesty will choose Wang Yangming as the chief minister of the cabinet this time. From now on, everyone should respect him. Lord Wang Hao should be careful in his words."
Wang Hao couldn't help but glance at Zhang Cai. He didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly said: "Master Zhang, I wonder how Eunuch Liu is doing lately?"
Zhang Cai was stunned for a moment, then reacted. He first glanced at Yang Tinghe, who was staring at the ground, not knowing what he was thinking, and then slowly said: "Eunuch Liu spends most of his time outside the palace now.
Cultivation of body and mind."
Wang Hao, who was stroking his beard, said with a look of regret on his face: "That's such a pity. Wang thought that Eunuch Liu was approving the favor for His Majesty in the Chief Ceremony Supervisor."
At this time, Yang Tinghe raised his head, cupped his hands towards Wang Hao and Zhang Cai and said, "I suddenly remembered that I still have some government affairs to deal with, so I won't accompany you two."
Watching Yang Tinghe leave, Wang Hao took a deep breath and said with a bit of disdain in his eyes: "Duke Liu and Gong Xie really misjudged the person at the beginning. They actually thought that Yang Tinghe had the ability to lead the ministers.
, but they never wanted to face Li Huan and Wang Yangming who bewitched the emperor. They were so weak. It is really a shame for our generation of scholars."
Zhang Cai coughed lightly. He was in the court with Yang Tinghe, Wang Hao and the others, representatives of the civil service group, who were fighting openly and covertly. They also knew the details of the civil service group quite well. Seeing Wang Hao criticizing Yang Tinghe behind his back, Zhang Cai didn't feel it at all.
Nothing surprising.
The civil service group is not a unified whole, and there are many large and small interest factions within it. Yang Tinghe, Wang Hao, etc. are naturally unanimous when facing the imperial power, nobles, and Li Huan, but this does not mean that
Their relationship in private is very harmonious.
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