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Chapter 126 A Reward from the Son of Heaven

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's reaction, the queen mother couldn't help but glared at Zhu Houzhao and said, "What are you shouting for? I think your uncle's words are not unreasonable. Jin Yiwei must not indulge, otherwise it will inevitably lead to the separation of all officials."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "My empress, I know the importance of it. I will take care of the affairs of the court. The empress don't have to worry."

The queen mother looked at Zhu Houzhao and couldn't help sighing: "Forget it, I will only annoy you, the emperor, if you talk too much, but you must also remember what the queen mother said, and don't run out of the palace easily in the future. You are now the emperor. All the people in a country, Gu Dayong, that servant, I have taught you a lesson, and you can take him back later."

Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, "Well, I understand."

After dinner with Empress Dowager Zhang, when Zhu Houzhao came out of the Empress Dowager's palace, he saw Gu Dayong standing there in a rather strange posture.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao coming out from the Empress Dowager's Palace, Gu Dayong and several people hurriedly gathered together, especially Gu Dayong said with an aggrieved face: "Your Majesty, this old slave is really wronged, and I don't know who is gossiping in the Queen Mother's ear." Root, the old slave who was killed was severely taught by the Queen Mother."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Gu Dayong and said: "Okay, don't you think you are alive and kicking? The person who sued you is not someone else. If you have the ability, go to trouble with my uncle. Look at how the mother will deal with you."

Gu Dayong immediately grinned and said, "Ah, it turned out to be Jianchanghou and Shouninghou, the two uncles of the country. How dare this old slave make trouble for them!"

If it were someone else who dared to use eye drops for Gu Day, he would definitely find trouble with him, but if it was a pair of brothers, Zhang Yanling, Hou of Jianchang, and Zhang Heling, Hou of Shouning, Gu Day would definitely use it. I really dare not go.

As the brothers of the current Empress Dowager Zhang, Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling were conferred the titles of Jianchanghou and Shouninghou by Emperor Xiaozong early on.

It was also because Emperor Xiaozong favored the Empress Dowager Zhang alone, and as a result, the two brothers developed a defiant, absurd, and lawless temperament.

When Emperor Xiaozong was in power, once Emperor Xiaozong held a family banquet in the palace, among them were brothers Zhang Yanling and Zhang Heling.

During the family banquet, Emperor Xiaozong had something to leave temporarily, and Zhang Heling wanted to take the emperor's crown that Emperor Xiaozong had left in the banquet through drunkenness. It happened that the servant He Ding found out, and then He Ding played the matter to Emperor Xiaozong, saying that Zhang Heling's crime of disrespect.

The result was that He Ding, the servant, was sent to prison, Zhang Heling was safe and sound, and even He Ding was beaten and killed in prison by Queen Mother Zhang.

This matter was extremely sensational and famous back then, and there were not a few people who knew about it, so Gu Dayong naturally didn't want to provoke such a pair of brothers.

In the past few days, Li Huan seemed to be much more relaxed. There were not many things going on in Jinyiwei's yamen, so naturally Li Huan had nothing to do.

However, since Li Huan is free, it does not mean that there is no trouble. Because of the turmoil he caused in the past few days, hundreds of officials have impeached him one by one. According to Gu Dayong, even the impeachment can be done. Fill up a house.

Regarding this, Li Huan didn't care much about it. Apart from impeachment, these officials had nothing to do with him. Li Huan was well-behaved, and even if it was impeachment, these officials couldn't grasp anything.

So even if all the officials are raging, they can't pass the test of the emperor alone, so naturally they have nothing to do with Li Huan.

On this day, Li Huan was in the yamen looking through the statement that Chen Yao had just brought about Ma San who was taken down at the beginning.

I have to say that Ma San really deserves to be Cai Wen's dead man, who fell into the hands of Jin Yiwei, and after so many days of torture to extract a confession, he didn't ask anything useful.

Chen Yao stood aside, his face full of embarrassment, and said: "My lord, that Ma San's mouth is too tight. I have never seen a few people who are not afraid of death like him in Jinyiwei for so many years. You I don’t know, the method of interrogating prisoners in Jinyiwei Prison has been used on him over and over again, but he couldn’t pry his mouth open, and he almost committed suicide several times.”

Li Huan frowned and said, "This man is probably a dead man!"

Hearing what Li Huan said, Chen Yao was silent for a while and said: "I'm already dying, I just died not long ago, my subordinates are incompetent, and I haven't been able to get anything useful from him."

However, Li Huan smiled and said: "It doesn't have to be like this. Even if the person's identity is pried open, apart from being able to control some murder and arson evidence, I'm afraid he won't be able to get other things."

Chen Yao looked at Li Huan and asked suddenly: "My lord, in fact, the criminal evidence about Cai Wen collected by Han Lingqianhu and Cheng Yibaihu can completely crucify Cai Wen. Why..."

Li Huan smiled slightly and said, "Are you wondering why I didn't ask His Majesty to take Cai Wen down?"

Chen Yao nodded.

A stern look flashed in Li Huan's eyes and said: "I want to take down Cai Wen more than anyone else, but Cai Wen is just the tip of the iceberg of a huge interest group entrenched in the southeast coast. It is easy to move Cai Wen, but to go Touching this interest group, if you are not prepared, the consequences will be disastrous."

Chen Yao's complexion changed, he looked at Li Huan and said worriedly: "My lord, you..."

Li Huan shook his head slightly at Chen Yao. Regarding Cai Wen, Li Huan naturally had his own thoughts. The southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty had a prosperous sea trade, and it did not know how many local gentry and high-ranking officials were supported.

These people are like greedy vampires lying on top of Daming's bloated body, desperately sucking blood.

Don't look at him arresting a group of officials in the capital, and even getting Xie Qian and Liu Jian out of the cabinet, but compared to what he wants to do, this is nothing at all.

Waving Chen Yao to leave, Li Huan sat there, whispering softly: "Kaihai, the change of Great Ming begins with Kaihai."

It is said that if you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world. Now that the prosperous Ming Dynasty has passed, all kinds of disadvantages and chaos have emerged, and the annexation of private land has reached an extremely terrible level.Officials are corrupt and government officials are corrupt, otherwise the Liu Liu Liu Qi uprising would not break out in a few years later.

Although it was only a small-scale uprising, it also reflected to a certain extent that the Ming Dynasty was beginning to decline. If Zhang Juzheng hadn’t come out later to carry out reforms and give Daming a sigh of relief, maybe Daming might not have nearly 300 years of national fortune .

Since Li Huan is here, he must leave something in this world, doesn't he?

Then start from changing Daming.

Ma Ming, who was guarding outside the hall, looked at Chen Yao, and then at Li Huan who was sitting there as if wandering away, but he didn't know what kind of decision Li Huan was making in his mind.

"The imperial decree has arrived, Li Huan accepts it!"

Suddenly, a sharp voice came, and immediately pulled Li Huan back from his distracted state.

Looking intently, Li Huan saw a familiar face smiling at him right now.

If it's not Zhang Yong, who is it?

Li Huan saw that Zhang Yong was followed by a few servants, and Zhang Yong was holding an imperial decree in Zhang Yong's hands. Li Huan felt a little curious in his heart, what kind of decree did this inexplicable Zhu Houzhao pass on to him.

But even though he was curious, Li Huan still stepped forward to pay respects and said: "My minister, Li Huan, listen respectfully to the holy edict."

Zhang Yong spread out the edict and recited it aloud. Li Huan quickly understood what was going on. The feeling was that the emperor went to his residence earlier and felt that it was too simple, so he gave him a mansion.

Li Huan got up and said to Zhang Yongdao after taking the order to thank him: "Brother Zhang, why did Your Majesty suddenly think of giving me a mansion?"

Zhang Yong chuckled and said: "If you want to say something, you have to thank our brothers. Today, His Majesty accidentally mentioned that your residence is too simple and shabby, so our brothers took advantage of the opportunity and suggested that His Majesty just give you a gift. A mansion, I never thought His Majesty would agree to it at that time."

Li Huan really didn't expect that he only had so many residences.

Now Zhang Yong said with a smile: "Which place do you think this house is?"

Li Huan was quite puzzled, because Zhang Yong's expression was really weird, which made him a little curious.

"Brother Zhang just said that there are so many houses in Beijing, how can I guess which house His Majesty will bestow on me?"

Zhang Yong said with a smile: "I'm afraid you would never have imagined that His Majesty gave you the mansion where Xie Qian lived before."

"what?"

Li Huan was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao gave him the mansion where Xie Qian lived.

Suddenly, Li Huan realized that the mansion Xie Qian lived in was actually awarded to Xie Qian by the late emperor, not the ancestral home and family property of the Xie family.

The last time the emperor dismissed Xie Qian, he said that he would take back all the rewards given to Xie Qian, including that mansion.

At that time, when he learned that this mansion was taken back by Gu Dayong, he was still a little surprised, but he didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, that mansion turned into Li Huan's mansion.

The wonder of this world is really touching.

Seeing Li Huan's reaction in his eyes, Zhang Yong said with a smile: "After the mansion was taken back, it was cleaned up and repaired by the prison officer. It is definitely an excellent mansion in this capital. gone."

Zhang Yong said in a low voice: "I heard that Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, had his eye on this mansion and asked His Majesty several times, but His Majesty did not give it to that uncle of the country."

Li Huan said with a smile: "It's really an honor for me, but I don't know if I will offend that perverse Uncle Guo."

Zhang Yongdao: "He has the ability to find His Majesty. Anyway, this is a reward from His Majesty. Could it be possible that he can still take it away?"

Li Huan smiled. Others were afraid of that uncle, but he was not.

Following Zhang Yong, Li Huan went to the mansion, as expected, just as Zhang Yong said, the Xie mansion has been repaired by the general prisoner, and it looks even better.

Looking at the plaque that had been replaced with the Li Mansion, Li Huan couldn't help but sigh secretly for Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong's quick action.

The next day, Li Huan took Lianqiao, Cao Yu and others from the alley to the mansion bestowed by the emperor.

Living in a mansion, Li Huan naturally wouldn't be wronged to live in that small house.

What Li Huan didn't expect was that Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and others came here uninvited just after he settled down here, especially when Li Huan saw Zhu Houzhao surrounded by Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and others. Li Huan couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Apparently Li Huan didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao would come to congratulate him when he moved to a new home.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao holding a gift in his hand, he said to Li Huan who was a little dazed: "Li Qing, I came today uninvited to congratulate you on moving to your new home. You will welcome my unexpected guest, right?"

Li Huan, who came back to his senses, stepped forward to greet him and said: "What did your majesty say? It is my honor to come to congratulate you. I thank you."

Zhu Houzhao supported Li Huan and said with a smile: "With you moving to a new house today, you and my monarch and ministers must have a good drink!"

In the capital, there is a luxurious restaurant, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, the uncles of the dynasty who were feared by Gu Dayong before, are holding the beautiful woman in their arms, accompanied by several officials, looking for joy have fun.

Feng He, a member of the household department, toasted the Zhang brothers with a flattering face: "Come on, I respect the two uncles of the country. I heard that the uncle of the country went to the palace to meet the queen mother a few days ago. One of the eight tigers Gu Dayong was severely punished by the empress dowager, and the emperor himself begged for mercy to spare the eunuch."

Speaking of which, the rest of the officials also looked at the Zhang brothers with admiration in their eyes and said: "Uncle Guo's opening is unusual, I will congratulate Uncle Guo!"

Zhang Heling was a little drunk, and heard the flattery and flattery of all the officials in his ears, and Dang even smiled and said: "That's natural, don't look at who we are, today is our nephew, everyone says nephew and uncle Dearest, what does Gu Dayong mean, that is, we didn’t see that servant Gu Dayong, otherwise we would have killed that servant, so can His Majesty still blame our own uncle for a mere slave?”

"That's, that's, who doesn't know that the two uncles are the most loved by the Queen Mother, even when the late emperor was alive, he was also very kind to the uncles. The most honorable people in the dynasty are the two uncles. gone."

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling laughed loudly and said, "That's right. That is to say, our brothers don't care about those eight tigers and old nemesis. They are just relying on His Majesty's trust to be so arrogant. Compared with our brothers, they are so arrogant. What kind of thing is it, you must know that the blood of our Zhang family is flowing in your majesty's body!"

Several officials looked at each other, Feng He said with a slight smile: "It seems that the villain will be so rampant once he gains power, and he needs a pillar of the country like uncle Guo to be able to suppress it."

The two brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling had never been so touted before, and they all immediately became ecstatic.

To be honest, this pair of brothers is definitely a miracle of the Ming Dynasty. As foreign relatives, at least in the Ming Dynasty when the relatives are declining, there is really no second choice for lawless people like them.

Can you imagine any foreign relatives who dare to rape maids in the palace and wear imperial crowns, I am afraid that there are many honorable foreign relatives in the Ming Dynasty, and this pair of brothers are the only ones who can do such things.

Even if the two brothers did such a rebellious thing, they were only lightly beaten by Emperor Xiaozong, and they were not even severely punished.

In addition, Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, competed with Sun Ming and Zhou Shou for a piece of merged land. The two sides even sent out domestic slaves to fight with each other. Even Emperor Xiaozong of Dalian was alarmed.

It is said that those lands were plundered from the hands of the common people. In the end, because of the uneven distribution of spoils, Emperor Xiaozong was alarmed. Emperor Xiaozong should have returned those lands to the common people, but it turned out that Emperor Xiaozong made a peacemaker from it, of which 1 Many hectares of fertile land were given to Zhang Heling, and the other acres were given to Zhou Shou.

Since the Hongzhi Dynasty, this pair of brothers has been honored and favored endlessly, and now with the new king ascending the throne, the momentum of the Zhang family brothers is even more prosperous.

Therefore, if other people say the words of ignoring the Eight Tigers and Li Huan, they are definitely talking big, but if it is put on this pair of uncles, based on their past glorious achievements, no one will doubt it .

Because these two really don't care about Eight Tigers and Li Huan.

Feng He looked at Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling and suddenly said: "I heard that this time Li Huan confiscated the property of Shi Hao and other adults. If you can get your hands on the golden rooster, it will definitely be a family heirloom, but it's a pity that these things will all fall into the hands of that traitor Li Huan."

Brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling were still a little drunk at first, but when they heard this, they shuddered immediately, looked at Feng He with light in their eyes and said, "Feng Yuanwailang, what you said is true? Then Li Huan really copied a lot of them. There are shops in the fields?"

Feng He said with a smile: "My uncle Guo, you don't know that Li Huan confiscated Shi Hao's family property, right?"

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling showed a bit of embarrassment on their faces. They were used to spending time and money on weekdays, so they didn't have the mood to care about the outside world, so the two brothers were also strange. The big capital knew about it, but the two didn't.

Just looking at the expressions of the two, Feng He and the others didn't know what was going on, and secretly cursed in their hearts that the two of them were really a mess, that is to say, they were destined to have a queen mother as their sister.If it weren't for the absurd things the two of them had done, a hundred heads wouldn't be enough to chop off.

Feng He respected the two of them with a glass of wine and said: "The two uncles of the country do not know that Shi Hao and Lu Wenhua have built a lot of property in Beijing. Whether it is land or shops, they are worth tens of thousands."

Speaking of which, Feng He said with regret: "But it's useless to say these things now. Those fields and shops have fallen into Li Huan's hands. Isn't that his Li Huan's property?"

The other officials also showed envy one by one and said: "Yes, that is tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and dozens of shops. Just thinking about it makes me envious of Li Huan, who has obtained such a large amount of wealth out of thin air. "

With a bang, Zhang Heling, who smelled of alcohol, slapped the table and shouted with red eyes: "It's against him, he dared to occupy so many acres of fields and shops, he still has His Majesty in his eyes, but Is there still Wang Fa?"

A look of excitement flashed across Feng He's eyes, but he shook his head with a wry smile on his face and said, "So what, your majesty has a lot of favor on him, even the elders are favored by him. Get off the horse, this huge capital, who is not afraid of it."

Zhang Yanling on the side also reeked of alcohol and shouted: "Damn it, others are afraid of Li Huan, but I am not afraid of him."

Speaking of which, Zhang Yanling said to Zhang Heling: "Brother, those fields and shops are all stolen goods and belong to His Majesty. As His Majesty's uncles, we have the obligation and responsibility to ask for it and take care of it for His Majesty."

Zhang Heling nodded repeatedly and said drunkenly: "Second brother is right, your majesty's things belong to us, and we must not take advantage of Li Huan's bastard."

Speaking of which, the two brothers got up staggeringly and said: "Let's go, let's go find Li Huan, and ask him to hand over all the land and shop contracts."

Seeing this, several officials including Feng He hurriedly said: "You two uncles, then Li Huan is not easy to provoke, just in case..."

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling said with disdain upon hearing the words: "What kind of a guy is he, Li Huan? How dare he dare to be rude to our brothers?"

Speaking of which, the two Zhang Heling brothers left the restaurant, got into the carriage, surrounded by a group of arrogant and domineering servants, and rushed to Li Huan's previous residence.

At this moment Feng He suddenly asked Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling, "You two uncles, where are you going?"

Zhang Heling frowned and said, "Of course I'm looking for Li Huan!"

Feng He said: "If Uncle Guo wants to find Li Huan, he should go to Maoyan Lane!"

Zhang Heling was stunned for a moment, and said with some confusion: "What are you doing in Maoyan Alley?"

Feng He was surprised and said: "Don't the two uncles know that His Majesty has given Li Huan the big house in Maoyan Lane where Mr. Xie Qiange once lived, and that Li Huan may be moving to a new house in Maoyan Lane today?" ..."

"What? I begged His Majesty for that mansion several times, but His Majesty didn't reward me, and it fell into the hands of that kid Li Huan. Damn it..."

Zhang Heling was startled and angry when he heard the words, and roared at the servant: "What are you still doing, turn around and go to Maoyan Lane."

The group of domestic servants and thugs supported by Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling even turned around the direction of the carriage. They all had big arms and round waists, and looked like menacing gods. They followed the carriage of the two brothers and went straight to Maoyan Lane. Flying like chickens and dogs, countless people who recognized the brothers of the Zhang family dodged in a hurry.

Who in the capital doesn't know that the Zhang family's lawless uncles, even if they were hit to death by the other party's carriage in the street, their deaths would be in vain.

But Feng He and the other officials were still feeling drunk at the moment, they just stood at the entrance of the restaurant, watching the carriage of the Zhang family brothers gradually disappearing on the long street.

Feng He chuckled and said, "I just don't know what will happen to that traitor Li Huan if he is targeted by a pair of difficult guys like the Zhang family brothers!"

An official stroked his beard and said with a smile: "One side is my favorite minister, and the other side is my own uncle. I am somewhat looking forward to which side His Majesty will stand on!"

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