Along with this voice, Li Huan saw a figure wearing a bright yellow dragon robe appearing at the corner in front of him. Who was it if it wasn't the young noble prince he had rescued back then.
When Gu Dayong saw Zhu Houzhao, he hurriedly saluted and said, "I pay homage to your majesty. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my duty and invited Li Huan's hundred households!"
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly towards Gu Dayong, but his eyes fell on Li Huan, with a smile on his face and a hint of pride in his smile: "I said, we will soon
We’ll meet again.”
Li Huan took a deep breath, bowed to Li Huan and said: "Your Majesty, Li Huan, would like to pay my respects. I didn't know your Majesty's identity before. Please forgive me for any rudeness!"
Before Li Huan could bow down, Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help him: "The Qing family does not need to be polite. It was thanks to the Qing family that I was able to escape death. Today, the special companion of the Valley will invite you..."
Li Huan said continuously: "Your Majesty has really betrayed his ministers."
Zhu Houzhao laughed, stepped forward, grabbed Li Huan's arm and said, "Let's go, I'm hosting a special banquet for you in the Qing family today!"
It has to be said that even though Zhu Houzhao was the emperor, at that age, he still had a youthful mentality. Such inadvertent behavior would never happen to those scheming emperors.
Gu Dayong followed Zhu Houzhao and Li Huan and passed through a pavilion. His eyes suddenly opened up, and it was the Imperial Garden.
But at this moment, a banquet has been set up in the imperial garden. The banquet was not big and there were no outsiders. It could be said that it was specially prepared for Li Huan.
Pulling Li Huan to sit down, Zhu Houzhao said to Zhang Yong, who was waiting at the side, without any imperial demeanor: "My companion, please order someone to pass on the meal."
Li Huan looked flattered and said: "Your Majesty, I can't bear it!"
The emperor personally hosted a banquet to entertain him. What an honor and favor it was. I am afraid that even the emperor at the court did not receive such treatment.
Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "You are my savior. If you can't bear it, then who can."
As the wine and food were placed one by one, Zhu Houzhao picked up the wine glass and said to Li Huan: "Here, I will drink this glass of wine first."
Li Huan quickly drank with Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao was indeed a sweet-tempered person and didn't have so many rules. When you get along with such an emperor, at least you don't have to worry about losing your life inexplicably one day if you say something wrong or do something wrong.
Putting down the wine glass, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan and said, "I have been thinking about how to reward you these past two days. Please tell me, what do you want?"
Li Huan said quickly: "I just did a little work, and I never thought about getting any reward."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "I know why you want to repay me, but you saved me, and if you don't even get a reward, wouldn't it make people say that I am heartless and unjust, and that my rewards and punishments are unfair."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "Go ahead, high official, rich salary, rich beauty, as long as you ask, I will satisfy you."
Gu Dayong on the side chuckled and said: "Brother Li Huan, Your Majesty has said so. Just ask for what you want."
The others had served Zhu Houzhao for many years and had already known Zhu Houzhao's temperament. They knew that it would not be inappropriate to speak at this time. They persuaded Li Huan one by one while watching what choice Li Huan would make.
Considering how much Zhu Houzhao valued Li Huan, Gu Dayong and the others were not fools. They didn't realize that with Zhu Houzhao's favor, Li Huan would definitely rise to prominence in the future, so they thought of establishing a good relationship with Li Huan in advance, so they all
He has a pleasant appearance, seems very close to me, and doesn't stand out at all.
Yougu Dayong and several others were making noises, and even Zhu Houzhao was looking at Li Huan with great interest, obviously wanting to know what kind of reward Li Huan wanted.
Li Huan glanced at Gu Dayong and others, took a deep breath, stood up and saluted Zhu Houzhao: "It depends on your Majesty's wishes."
After hearing Li Huan's words, Gu Dayong and several others couldn't help but look at each other, and couldn't help but secretly praise him. At the same time, they paid more and more attention to Li Huan.
If Li Huan was said to be arrogant and arrogant based on favors, and would run rampant when he got his way, they would not take it seriously. After all, the emperor's honors and favors are countless. If he is blindly arrogant and arrogant, no matter how much favor he has, it will be exhausted.
that day.
But Li Huan obviously knows how to advance and retreat. Based on their understanding of Zhu Houzhao, the more Li Huan shows that he has nothing to ask for, the more Zhu Houzhao will trust him and the rewards will be heavier.
As expected, after listening to Li Huan's words, Zhu Houzhao's eyes were filled with admiration and trust.
After pondering for a while, Zhu Houzhao said with a straight face: "I have conveyed my word of mouth that Li Huan, a member of the Jinyiwei family, is here to rescue the driver. He is promoted to the Jinyiwei town governor, leads the bodyguards and the army, and is given a flying fish suit, a belt, and an embroidered spring knife."
From being a sixth-grade Jinyiwei Baihu to being a fourth-grade Jinyiwei town envoy, his official rank has been upgraded three levels in a row. In addition, the flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife given by the emperor can definitely be said to be a very heavy reward.
Of course, if it is just an improvement in rank, it cannot be said to be too important compared to the merit of saving the driver. However, Zhu Houzhao's reward was to order Li Huan to lead the bodyguard and personal army. This is not an ordinary trust.
The Jinyiwei has many responsibilities. In addition to the well-known rights of supervising officials, arresting, and interrogating, etc., the second is punishment with the court rod, and the third is the support of the bodyguards. It can be said that the Jinyiwei is responsible for both the guard of honor and safety when the emperor travels on weekdays.
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Among them, the bodyguards and soldiers are the elites selected from the Jinyiwei to be responsible for the emperor's safety. Even the commanders who are second only to the Jinyiwei commander are not qualified to lead.
And Zhu Houzhao handed over the command of the bodyguards to Li Huan. Even a fool can see what this means. Even in the Jinyiwei Yamen, Li Huan, the Jinyiwei town governor, also has Jinyiwei commanding Qianshi, and Jinyiwei commanders are in charge, but
When it comes to the importance of real power and the trust of the emperor, I am afraid that he is no worse than the commander of the Jin Yiwei.
After all, the Jinyiwei commander has always been the commander of the Jinyiwei bodyguards.
After all, Li Huan had spent some time in the Jinyiwei Yamen, and was no stranger to the power structure within the Jinyiwei Yamen. He immediately realized that the focus of Zhu Houzhao's reward was the words "leading the guards and the army," which meant that he Li Huan got
The emperor had absolute trust and entrusted his safety to his hands.
Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong and others on the side reacted one by one at this moment. Like Li Huan, they realized the emperor's focus on rewards, and they all looked at Li Huan in amazement.
At such a young age, Li Huan has caught the eye of the emperor, so his future can be imagined.
Seeing that Li Huan was still in a daze, Gu Da coughed lightly and said to Li Huan: "Brother Li Huan, why don't you thank your majesty quickly? He is the envoy of the governor and the bodyguard. You are probably the first since the Jinyi Guards."
Zhang Yong also laughed from the side and said: "Your Majesty asked you to lead the bodyguard army, maybe it is not to prepare you to take over the commander of the Imperial Guards in the future."
When Gu Dayong and others heard this, they couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao. Maybe Zhang Yong was just joking, but they felt that Zhu Houzhao might really have such an idea.
And with Zhu Houzhao's temperament, it is not impossible to hand over the Jin Yiwei to Li Huan.
Of course, rising from a member of the Jinyiwei family to becoming the leader of the Jinyiwei in one step, especially at Li Huan's age, is not a reward.
But as Zhang Yong said, Zhu Houzhao planned to let Li Huan serve as the commander of Jinyiwei for a while, and then take over the position of commander of Jinyiwei in the future. What a favor that would be.