With Duan Ming's precedent, no one in the imperial study room dared to stand up and explicitly target Li Huan.
Li Huan is in charge of Jinyiwei, and he has mastered many secrets that are unknown to others. Even though most of the handles may not have any impact on their existence at this level, no one can guarantee whether some of his secrets have also fallen into Jinyiwei.
in hand.
Just like Duan Ming's affair with his protégé, whether this is a serious problem or not, if it were placed on an ordinary person, it would at best be a sign of personal morality being compromised.
But it is fatal to Duan Ming. Once his reputation is lost, he will not be tolerated in Shilin. For officials like Duan Ming who rely on their reputation, it would be easier to kill them directly.
Moreover, Li Huan also said that Duan Ming is not as incorruptible as he appears. It can be imagined that this time Duan Ming is thrown into prison, the only thing waiting for him is death.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao was sitting there, scanning the crowd, and slowly said: "If you have no objections to the proposal of the champion prince, the British Duke, then I will immediately issue an order to seal off the nine gates of the capital and summon
The soldiers from the Beijing camp went to the capital to search for the rebels' comrades."
Yang Ting and the others looked at each other, and all bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, think twice!" Upon seeing this, Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "That's it."
Jingying
As the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Huai was supervising the training of his soldiers in the school field when he suddenly saw a person coming in a hurry.
Zhang Huai couldn't help but raise his brows when he saw the visitor. He was certainly not unfamiliar with the visitor. It was surprisingly Li Hu, a soldier of the Li clan who had been following Li Huan.
As Li Huan's personal soldier, even Zhang Huai did not dare to despise Li Hu. "My lord, Your Majesty has decreed that our troops should march to Beijing immediately."
Zhang Huai was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then respectfully took the troop deployment document from Li Hu.
Because the Beijing camp is stationed outside the city, it is quite far away from the capital. In addition, after Admiral Li Huan took charge of the Beijing camp, he strictly enforced military law. It can be said that the Beijing camp has been made into a solid stone. It no longer has the loose appearance of the past.
Not everyone can come and go at will if they want to.
It can be said that if there were no military orders now, those who entered the Beijing camp without permission would be killed on the spot, which would not be unjust.
Because of this, even though the capital camp is located near the capital, if no one deliberately reports what is happening in the capital, the entire capital camp will know nothing about it.
As the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Huai, who was born in a distinguished family, knew better than anyone the importance of the existence of the Beijing Camp to the capital, but Zhang Huai also knew that soldiers and horses from the Beijing Camp could not enter the capital casually.
If something happens in the capital, there are soldiers from the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, so there is no need to mobilize the soldiers and horses from the capital camp to the capital under normal circumstances.
Once the troops from the capital camp enter the capital, something major will happen that endangers the emperor's safety.
So when Zhang Huai listened to Li Hu's order and looked at the emperor's seal stamped on the troop deployment document in his hand, Zhang Huai's expression changed involuntarily.
Zhang Huai, who was dressed in armor and armor, focused his eyes on Li Hu and said in a deep voice: "Brother Li Hu, tell me quickly, what big thing happened in Beijing?"
As Li Huan's confidant, and as Li Huan's personal guard, it can be said that Li Hu most likely knew what Li Huan knew.
As for the deployment of troops, which was such a big matter, if Li Hu didn't know the inside story, at least Zhang Huai didn't believe it.
Li Hu and Zhang Huai were old acquaintances. After all, they had fought bloody battles together on the battlefield. In addition, Zhang Huai was born in the British government. With the relationship between Li Huan and the British government, he faced Zhang Huai's inquiry.
, Li Hu informed Zhang Huai exactly what happened in Beijing.
When Zhang Huai learned that the emperor and Li Huan were assassinated in one day, his whole face showed a look of disbelief. He immediately reacted and became furious: "How bold, in broad daylight, you dare to assassinate the emperor and the emperor."
The important ministers of the court are digging three feet into the ground of the capital to dig out the rebels' accomplices."
As he spoke, Zhang Huai immediately shouted to the soldiers around him: "Pass this general's order to beat the drums and gather the troops immediately."
On this day, Beijing Nine
The door closed with a bang, and soldiers from the brigade entered the capital in an extremely rare sight. With the cooperation of the soldiers and horse departments of the five cities and the lower-level officials of each district, the soldiers conducted strict investigations and raided the whole city.
, there was a depressing atmosphere permeating the entire capital.
The news of the assassination of the emperor and the champion Hou Qiqi spread throughout the capital at an extremely fast speed. The people of the capital, who were already frightened when they saw the soldiers entering the capital, now became even more panic-stricken.
The emperor was assassinated. As a commoner in the capital, I only felt that in the past few years, as the new emperor ascended the throne, shocking news would break out from time to time.
In the past few years, the emperor was also murdered, and even rebel troops from the Beijing camp entered the capital. Although the rebellion was quickly put down, it still left something for the people of the capital to talk about.
Only a few years ago, the big news of the emperor's assassination broke out. I don't know how many people subconsciously looked towards the direction of the imperial city. What kind of bad luck did this king and father of theirs have? It has been rare to see them in hundreds of years.
Things happened one after another in a few years.
Three days later, as a large number of soldiers slowly marched back to camp, the people in the capital who had been in fear for several days finally felt relieved.
At the same time, some officials in the capital were relieved. Of course, some officials were also worried.
If you make such a big fuss and gain nothing, I'm afraid no one will believe it if you tell me.
Not to mention anything else, just in the past few days, Jin Yiwei and Dongchang arrested groups of people like crazy, which was seen by countless people.
Although it is said that the whole city of Dasuo has come to an end, anyone who is not a fool knows that this is just the beginning of another storm.
Not to mention others, just for those people who were taken away, who knows what information Jinyiwei and Dongchang will dig out from these people. You must know that since these people were taken away, there must be a reason for being taken away, especially among them
Many people have unclear connections with many officials in the DPRK.
In the imperial city
When Li Huan entered the emperor's study room again, there was no one else but the emperor.
Looking at Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao put down the ink pen in his hand, motioned for Li Huan to take a seat and said, "Li Qing, have all the soldiers in the capital camp returned to camp?"
Li Huan nodded slightly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I have personally watched all the soldiers in the capital camp return to camp. There will not be a single soldier left in the capital to cause any trouble."
Zhu Houzhao stared at Li Huan with a flash of light in his eyes and said, "I heard that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang arrested thousands of people this time. Could it be that these people..."
Li Huan didn't wait for the emperor to finish his words, then he shook his head slightly and said, "I'm afraid your majesty will be disappointed."
A trace of disappointment flashed across Zhu Houzhao's face when he heard this, and then he chuckled and said: "I didn't have any expectations at first. Since those people dared to assassinate Wang Jia and kill the Nine Clan, they would definitely leave nothing behind.
clue."
Li Huan sighed softly. He wanted to find out the assassins' accomplices, but it turned out to be extremely difficult.
Not to mention that none of those assassins were alive. Just looking at the behavior of those assassins, we can tell that even if there are really accomplices who are still in the capital, then the identity of the assassins must be able to withstand investigation.
Exhaling a breath, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and said: "With how crazy the other party is, since there is a first time, there will definitely be a second time. If you can't catch the other party's hand this time, then I will wait until next time.
I don’t believe these people can endure it.”
What the emperor said was not unreasonable. The other party first assassinated Li Huan in one day, and then after receiving the news that the emperor had left the palace, he made the decision to assassinate the emperor without hesitation in a short period of time.
From this point alone, we can see that the people behind this group of assassins are definitely not an ordinary force.
And such a force made it clear that it wanted to kill Li Huan and the emperor. Li Huan himself didn't believe it if the other party only took action once.
Putting down the tea in his hand, Li Huan raised his head and looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, although we did not really capture the remaining assassins' accomplices this time, it is not without some gains."
Listen to Li Huan
After saying this, Zhu Houzhao's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he cast a curious look at Li Huan.
Li Huan said seriously: "As the saying goes, people leave their names when they pass by, and birds leave their voices when they pass by. With so many people entering the capital and having to eat and drink there, no matter how cautious the other party is or how well the finishing work is done, it will not matter.
It’s possible to erase all traces of these people.”
As he spoke, a cold and stern look flashed in Li Huan's eyes and he said: "This time, the Jinyi Guards have raided the entire city. Anyone whose origins are suspicious and who cannot be identified and guaranteed by several households in the capital has been captured at this moment. Except for the
Outside, the gangsters and scoundrels on the streets have also been cleared away. According to the accounts of these gangsters, there are indeed traces of the existence of such a group of people. Although it is not clear where these people come from, and who are the same as those in Beijing.
No one is involved, but judging from the food purchased by this group of people, it is certain that if nothing unexpected happens, this group of people should be from the south of the Yangtze River."
Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Jiangnan?"
Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan subconsciously. If this group of people came from the south of the Yangtze River, the first thing Zhu Houzhao thought of was the big case that Li Huan handled in Yangzhou Prefecture not long ago. It can be said that the entire officialdom of Yangzhou Prefecture was destroyed.
, the place was cleared.
Even now, the internal treasury and the national treasury have become extremely full all of a sudden, thanks to this major case.
It can be said that the powerful people in these places are intricately connected, even though Li Huan has tried his best to kill those who deserved their crimes.
But if there were no fish that slipped through the net, even Li Huan himself wouldn't believe it.
The mere Yangzhou Prefecture is naturally incomparable to the huge Jiangnan land. Li Huan's sword stood in Yangzhou Prefecture, and it hurt more than just the local powerful and gentry in Yangzhou Prefecture. With these powerful people and the gentry's personal connections, they dare not say
The powerful and powerful gentry in the entire Jiangnan region hated Li Huan so much that most of them wished that Li Huan would die.
"Could it be that these people are the remnants of the Yangzhou case?"
Facing the emperor's doubts, Li Huan showed a rare wry smile and said: "The finishing touches of these people are so clean. I really dare not say where these people come from."
The monarch and the minister looked at each other. Even if the Jinyi Guards and Dongchang claim to be all-pervasive, they cannot be omnipotent. Otherwise, the monarch and the minister would not be speechless at this moment, but the Jinyi Guards would appear everywhere.
The family was confiscated and the entire clan was exterminated.
Sighing, Zhu Houzhao gathered his mood and then said to Li Huan: "Li Qing, please take a look. These reports are all compiled by the cabinet and submitted to the Ming Dynasty. They are the summary data of the land area and population in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty."
Although Li Huan said he was responsible for the tax reform, it did not mean that Li Huan had to take care of this matter personally. In fact, Li Huan did not have that ability.
The person who is really responsible for this matter is none other than Wang Yangming and other officials.
As for Li Huan's energy, he devoted more of his energy to controlling the Beijing camp, taking charge of the Jin Yiwei, and supervising the North and Central officials stationed in the local areas to carry out population and land inventory.
Because of the assassination of the emperor, Li Huan naturally did not pay attention to the progress of the tax reform in the past few days. When the emperor said this, Li Huan couldn't help but curiously said: "Could it be that the cabinet has already calculated the number of people in my world?"
Acres, Dingkou data?"
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, with a serious look on his face, and then handed a memorial on the desk to Li Huan and said, "Li Qing might as well take a look."
Taking the memorial from the emperor, Li Huan slowly opened it and glanced at it. Soon, Li Huan's expression changed slightly.
The memorial clearly states that after this inventory and statistics, the land of the two capitals and 13 provinces of the Ming Dynasty has a total of 4.8 million acres of land and more than 78.6 million acres.
According to the data in this memorial, the Ming Dynasty now has a total of nearly 500 million acres of land and a population of nearly 80 million. This data does seem to be quite large, but both the emperor and Li Huan are obviously aware of this data.
Something is wrong.
Seeing Li Huan's reaction in his eyes, Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "In the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, my father ordered an inventory of the land and acreage in the world. The official data at that time was more than 6.2 million hectares and more than 7,200 hectares.
Ten thousand."
But Li Huan
There were ups and downs in his heart. Zhu Houzhao compared the data of the Hongzhi Dynasty nearly ten years ago, and he could see at a glance the huge gap in the data of acres.
But Li Huan remembered a rough figure about the land acres in the Ming Dynasty. It was said that Zhang Juzheng's reform and implementation of a whip law also included an inventory of the land acres in the world. According to records, in the thirty years of Wanli, there were 11 million hectares of land.
There are many, the data has doubled compared to the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, and compared to the data in the memorial in front of me, it has almost doubled.
In the future, Zhang Juzheng's reform will be able to inventory more than 10 million hectares of land. However, the current tax reform implemented by his monarchs and ministers has only inventoried less than 5 million hectares. If the local officials had not concealed the report, Li Huan would have dared to report the memorial in front of him.