The sun is at the top of the sky, and although summer has not yet entered, there are already some signs of summer heat.
But at this moment, many people looked at the execution field guarded by soldiers in front of them and felt a bit cold for no reason.
For the people in the capital, their biggest hobby on weekdays is to watch the excitement, but in the past few years, the person who has brought them the most talk is none other than Hou Lihuan, the current champion of the capital.
At this time, among the crowd, a well-informed person was talking happily to his companion beside him.
"Have you heard? It is said that the people who ran into the hands of the champion this time were more than a dozen officials from all over the county government in Yutian County. These officials were all killed by the champion."
Looking at the man's triumphant look, someone couldn't help but say: "He Da, do you know why these people were confiscated and exterminated by the champion?"
The man who was called He Da was slightly startled, then reacted and said: "How can I not know this? I heard that the imperial court was going to carry out tax reform and inventory the number of acres and households in the world. As a result, the officials in Yutian County deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates.
He fell into the hands of the champion, and ultimately ended up with his family confiscated and his entire family exterminated."
"Traitor, he is really a traitor. Even if he deceives his superiors and deceives his subordinates, his crime will not lead to death. He actually wants to confiscate his family and exterminate his clan. Li Huan is really a traitor!"
A scribe in Tsing Yi listened to what He Da and others said and couldn't help but cursed in a low voice.
Someone nearby heard the angry scolding of the scribe in green and couldn't help but subconsciously distanced himself from him and looked at him with a strange look.
The scribe naturally noticed the way these people were looking at him, and immediately showed a look of surprise on his face. He waved his sleeves and said, "Humph, you are a bunch of stupid people. Don't you know that the traitor Li Huan is the real disaster for the country and the people?"
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Every execution at the execution ground always attracts many people to watch in the capital. This time it is obviously the same as before, the surrounding area is dark, and all the people come to watch the excitement. If it were not for the soldiers from the capital to maintain order, this alone
There were so many people watching that they almost broke through the execution ground.
Among these people, several figures could be seen watching from a distance the officials of Yutian County, large and small, who were being led to the execution ground under the protection of their servants.
As the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Cheng Yuan had impeached Li Huan in front of the imperial court not long ago. It can be said that he was resistant to Li Huan's tax reform from the bottom of his heart.
The officials in Yutian County who also resisted Li Huan's tax reform naturally became comrades in Cheng Yuan's eyes.
Nowadays, the officials of Yutian County, big and small, have had their homes confiscated and their clans exterminated because of Li Huan. Cheng Yuan asked himself and came to see the officials of Yutian County, big and small, on their way.
The identities of Cheng Yuan and Cheng Yuan are also not simple. They are all officials with real power in the court. There are six ministers, six subjects and officials, and a supervisory censor.
To be able to get together with Cheng Yuan, it is obvious that these people have the same attitude towards Li Huan.
"It's a pity. It's such a pity for Magistrate Yutian and these people. It's only our fault that we can't save them!"
A censor stroked his beard and looked at Zhang Ke and other officials kneeling on the execution ground with some sigh.
A member of the Ministry of Justice, Wai Lang, sighed lightly: "Because of Li Huan, these people's cases were directly submitted to the cabinet, and Wang Yangming personally reviewed them and presented them to the emperor. Then the emperor used his seal to directly decide the case of Zhang Ke and others.
The crime department and I have no room to intervene."
When he said this, the criminal official said with a bit of dissatisfaction: "If things continue like this, all our powers will be transferred to your majesty. By that time, your majesty's power will become increasingly powerful, and we will no longer be able to restrict your majesty."
possible!"
Mentioning this, several officials, including Cheng Yuan, showed solemn expressions on their faces.
You must know that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, both Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong were the emperors who immediately conquered the world. Their power and power could be said to be such that no one dared to disobey the emperor's words.
At that time, the imperial power was at its peak. As a minister, you could only obey the emperor's will, and there was no room for resistance.
However, as generations of officials competed with the emperor, most of the power in the hands of the emperor now belongs to these officials.
Even for some of the emperor's decrees, if the cabinet and the six ministers have any objections, they can still refute the emperor's decree through the six subjects.
It can be said that the power of these officials now is even slightly stronger than the imperial power.
It's just that the situation is obviously different now than in the past.
Cheng Yuan frowned and glanced at the people around him and whispered: "Your Majesty could have become a saint king and created a prosperous era with the assistance of many wise ministers in the court. However, because the champion Hou Li Huan followed your Majesty
With these treacherous and sycophantic people surrounding His Majesty, who are bewitching the Emperor, it is difficult for our virtuous words to reach Your Majesty's ears. The one who will destroy our country in the Ming Dynasty in the future will definitely be Li Huan!"
The censor just now couldn't help but clapped his hands and praised: "Okay, well said. Master Cheng's words are really inspiring and reasonable. But with the traitor Li Huan lingering in the court, my Ming Dynasty will
It’s hard to have a chance to prosper.”
Listening to the words of his colleagues, Chen Zhi, one of the spokespersons of Ke Dao, couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said: "As the saying goes, you can't survive if you do your own evil. Li Huan, a thief from a military family, actually wants to learn from others.
Who knows how many people he will offend if he attempts to spread his family's influence over a small family? We will just wait and see what happens. When the time comes, someone will let him know that there will be a price to pay for the reform."
Suddenly, excited shouts came from the crowd, which immediately attracted the attention of Cheng Yuan, Chen Zhi and others.
"Champion Hou, Champion Hou!"
Shouts echoed around the execution ground. To these people, Li Huan was harmless to them, and Li Huan had repeatedly raped corrupt officials and destroyed their families. Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, Li Huan, who dared to kill corrupt officials, was definitely
He is a good official.
In addition, the capital can be regarded as the emperor's home court after all. The two violent intelligence agencies, Jinyiwei and Dongchang, have definitely penetrated the capital the most deeply. This also makes it difficult for some people to smear Li Huan in the capital.
Relaxed.
Therefore, Li Huan's reputation may not be good, but at least he has not been smeared to the point of being disgusting in the capital.
Surrounded by the royal guards, Li Huan rode up on horseback dressed in rich brocade clothes, showing off his elegance and attracting many people's admiration.
However, in the eyes of people like Cheng Yuan and Chen Zhi, their faces were naturally full of disgust and disdain.
Following Li Huan's order, no fewer than a hundred bloody heads rolled down the execution ground, which was daunting.
Although the Ming Dynasty during the Zhengde period has shown some signs of decline, its prosperity has not diminished.
The end of Yong'an Street leads directly to Maoyan Lane, which is where the current Champion House is.
Li Huan, who had returned from the execution ground, was heading towards the Hou Mansion surrounded by a team of royal guards. Because he often walked back to his home on Yong'an Street, many vendors on Yong'an Street were already familiar to Li Huan and his party.
Even when they saw the Jinyi guards approaching Li Huan on horseback, not many people showed signs of panic.
Under the constraints of Li Huan, Jin Yiwei dare not say that Qiu has committed no crime in the capital, at least no one is looking for trouble among ordinary people. As time goes by, these people on Yong'an Street will no longer see Jin Yiwei.
Startled, he ducked around.
Sitting on his horse and looking at the people around him, Li Huan was more focused on the tax reform that was being implemented.
With Wang Yangming's strong support, the tax reform has been officially promulgated and implemented, and vigorous inspections of land and land have begun across the two capitals and 13 provinces.
For this reason, it can be said that Li Huan sent orders to Jin Yiwei spies from all over the world to monitor the local area early. Whenever there is any change, they must report it as soon as possible.
Not only did he dispatch Jin Yiwei to monitor the world, but recently, Li Huan went to the Beijing Camp to inspect more than once.
Nowadays, Li Huanke still serves as the admiral of the capital camp. After the reorganization of the capital camp, although it is said that the number of troops is more than 200,000, the actual number of troops it currently has is only about 180,000.
However, these 180,000 soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp can definitely be regarded as one of the most elite troops in the Ming Dynasty.
It was with such an elite army at hand that Li Huan and even the emperor had the confidence to carry out tax reforms.
Riding on the horse, Li Huan's mind was racing with thoughts. After such a long time, the imperial guards from all over the world reported nothing unusual. This was somewhat beyond Li Huan's expectation.
I originally thought that there would definitely be people in the local area secretly adding fuel to the flames, or even creating something like a civil uprising to thwart the reform.
But what surprised Li Huan was that after such a long time, everything seemed so smooth, and everything in the world was calm, as if everyone was cooperating with the tax reform.
However, the more this happened, the more cautious Li Huan became, because this was not normal at all. If there was no crisis hidden under this calmness, even Li Huan himself would not believe it.
Suddenly, an angry shout was heard: "Death to the traitor!"
A sudden roar brought Li Huan back to his senses, and then he heard the sound of arrows piercing the air.
"Crossbow!"
Just hearing the sound of breaking through the air, Li Huan immediately judged that the attack was definitely a crossbow arrow fired by a strong crossbow. No less than a dozen crossbow arrows were all locked on his figure.
Even a top-notch player will suffer heavy damage even if he survives if he is targeted by more than a dozen crossbow arrows without preparedness.
The dozen or so Jinyi guards following Li Huan also reacted at this moment. However, no matter how fast they reacted, they could not catch up with the powerful crossbow.
Even if Lin Pingzhi, who was closest to Li Huan, pulled out the Xiuchun knife in his hand, he was too late to stop the arrow from hitting Li Huan.
However, Lin Pingzhi's face turned dark and he stared at the direction of the crossbow arrow.
I saw at least twenty or thirty people in the shops on both sides of the street. At this moment, they were abandoning their crossbows that fired arrows, and then they were flying toward them with their own weapons.
Li Huan, who was on the horse, looked at the arrows that were shooting, his expression unchanged. Seeing that the arrows were about to get closer, Li Huan suddenly waved the big cloak on his body, and suddenly the dark black cloak flashed like a dark cloud.
After passing by, the arrows that were shot at Li Huan were all caught up in the big cloak as if they were baby swallows returning to their nests.
Looking at those assassins who were full of evil spirits and whose temperament was very different from ordinary people, Li Huan couldn't help but frown. At first glance, these people were not ordinary people, not people in the world, nor warriors in the army. Instead, they looked more like those raised by wealthy families.
Desperate.
The next moment, Li Huan's hand shook violently, and then the cloak unfolded, and arrows that had been caught in the cloak suddenly shot out.
Pfft, pfft
One arrow after another sank into the bodies of the figures. Each arrow contained a terrifying force, and the person who was hit by the arrow was directly taken away.
Before Lin Pingzhi and other Jin Yiwei had time to fight with the desperadoes, they saw the desperadoes in front of them being killed by arrows one by one.
Although they had known for a long time that Li Huan's strength was unpredictable and that such an attack would not harm Li Huan at all, the fact that most of these assassins were defeated so easily still left Lin Pingzhi and others a bit agitated.
Not adaptable.
But then Li Huan's voice sounded: "What are you still doing? Let me capture him and remember to leave him alive."
Only a few of the twenty or so assassins who originally rushed out were left. These assassins did not expect that their companions would die so quickly. They fell down before they could even rush to Li Huan's side.
Most of it.
The most important thing is that these assassins thought that under the powerful crossbow fire, not only shooting Li Huan into a hornet's nest, they would at least severely injure Li Huan. Then they stepped forward to hit him, and Li Huan was definitely dead.
But what they never dreamed of was that Li Huan was not injured at all by those dozens of powerful crossbows, and even killed most of their companions with a single blow.
However, as desperadoes who were trained, since these people were selected to assassinate Li Huan on the street, the people behind them would naturally be sure to guarantee the loyalty of these people.
The remaining people looked at each other and rushed towards Li Huan without any care, not even paying attention to Lin Pingzhi and others who were slashing at them with long swords.
Some people were immediately killed on the spot by the Jin Yiwei, but these people were completely desperate.
Lin Pingzhi couldn't help frowning when he saw this and said: "Catch him alive."
Unfortunately, before Lin Pingzhi and others came forward to arrest him, those people all rushed towards Li Huan with red eyes.
Li Huan flicked his fingers, and in just a few breaths, all the four people who rushed to Li Huan had their acupuncture points sealed and fell to the ground softly.
Lin Pingzhi and other Jin Yiwei rushed forward and almost instinctively removed several people's jaws and carefully opened their mouths and inspected them carefully to prevent them from committing suicide.
Although a few people were captured alive, they laughed loudly without fear: "If you want to capture us alive, just dream!"
Hearing the other party's words, Lin Pingzhi and other Jin Yiwei couldn't help but change their expressions. They subconsciously looked around and made a defensive posture, faintly protecting Li Huan and the assassins who were captured alive.
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