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Chapter 195 Li Huan feels a little confused! 【order】

Just now, the emperor named Feng Shi as the first-rank wife. In the eyes of Feng Shi, Feng Yongguo and Feng Yongbang, this is already the emperor's great favor.

After all, conferring his wife and son is a kind of withdrawal from the emperor's respect for Li Huanxin.

It's just that they never thought that the emperor's trust in Li Huan was even more important than they imagined. Not only was he kind to his family, but he also gave Li Huan a marriage.

Feng Shi felt a little dizzy until now, only felt that there was a kind of unreality. If she heard correctly, in the imperial decree just now, the emperor seemed to marry the daughters of the two families, Duke Ying and Duke Cheng. Li Huan.

Duke Ying and Duke Cheng are dignified families of Dukes. In the Ming Dynasty, they are definitely the top existences, second only to the royal family.

As for the civil servants who talk about elders, in Feng's view, they are actually not comparable to these princely families who can be hereditary.

After all, these officials may be able to produce talents in one generation or two to enter the officialdom, and even ascend to the position of high officials, but no one can guarantee that their descendants will be able to produce great talents from generation to generation, and that generations from generation to generation will have children who can be officials.

But the glory and wealth of the noble family can be hereditary.

Naturally, in Feng's simple cognition, the Duke's House is definitely better than many officials' families. In fact, this is also the simple cognition of most people in this era.

Now the emperor bestows marriages on Li Huan, two at a time, how can this not shock Feng.

With a slight smile on the corner of Qiu Ju's mouth, he sent the imperial decree forward and said, "Dudu Li, please accept the decree soon!"

Qiu Ju's opening awakened the crowd immediately, Feng Shi reacted, and immediately said to Li Huan: "Huan'er, hurry up and accept the order."

Li Huan took the imperial decree with both hands and said: "My minister, Li Huan, thank you for accepting the decree!"

After handing over the imperial decree to Li Huan, Qiu Ju said with a smile: "Brother Li, congratulations, congratulations, this can be said to be a double blessing, and it should be clear!"

Everyone got up just now, Li Huan handed over the imperial edict to Cao Yu who was beside him, and then said to Qiu Ju, "I'm sorry to bother Brother Qiu to make this trip."

Qiu Ju laughed loudly when he heard the words: "I, Qiu Ju, did my part in such a happy event, but I specifically asked His Majesty to entrust this errand to me."

Li Huan laughed and said, "If old brother Qiu is not in a hurry to return to the palace, why not stay here and let Li prepare a table of food for you and me to have a drink."

Qiu Ju heard that his face showed emotion, but he quickly shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it can't be done. After finishing the errands, our family has to return to the palace and return to the palace. When I have free time, I will find Brother Li for a drink." .”

As he said that, Qiu Ju smiled at Li Huan and said, "Okay, it's time for our family to return to the palace, so we won't bother Brother Li here."

After sending Qiu Ju away, when Li Huan returned to the mansion, he saw Feng Shi, Feng Yongguo, and Feng Yongbang looking at him in unison.

That gaze made Li Huan feel a little embarrassed, coughed lightly and said: "Mother, uncle, you are..."

Feng Shi looked at Li Huan's face full of surprise and said: "Huan'er, mother is not dreaming, is it true that His Majesty really gave you a marriage?"

Li Huan smiled, pointed to the imperial decree on the table and said: "Isn't the imperial decree right here?"

Feng looked at the imperial decree, and the smiles on their faces became more and more prosperous: "Yes, if there is no imperial decree, I would not believe it."

Speaking of this, Feng looked at Feng Yongguo and Feng Yongbang and said: "Second brother, third brother, did you hear that Huan'er is about to get married."

After all, Feng Yongguo and Feng Yongbang had to accept it faster than Feng Shi. Although they were still extremely excited, they were calmer now.

Feng Yongguo looked at Li Huan and said, "Huan'er, why did Your Majesty give you a marriage suddenly, and the marriage is nothing more than that, why did you marry the daughters of two Dukes' families to you at once, Your Majesty is not afraid..."

In Feng Yongguo and Feng Yongbang's opinion, the daughter of the Duke's family is worthy of Li Huan when it comes to status. The key is that one wife is enough. As a result, the emperor bestowed two marriages at once, which is quite rare. .

After all, they haven't heard of any duke's daughter who is willing to work with others. If something goes wrong, they will offend the two dukes at once.

Li Huan naturally knew what his two uncles were worried about, and he said with a smile: "Don't worry, the two uncles, since your majesty has issued the imperial edict to grant marriage, you must have asked the opinions of Cheng Guogong and the British Duke. , if the two families do not agree, His Majesty will definitely not issue such an imperial edict."

The two nodded slightly when they heard the words, and said, "If His Majesty arranges it, then there is nothing to worry about."

On Li Huan's side, Qiu Ju delivered the decree in person, while in the British and Chengguo mansions, Luo Xiang and Wei Bin, the emperor's close servants, went to deliver the decree in person.

When the two imperial edicts of granting marriage arrived at the dukes' mansions of the two kingdoms, they naturally caused a sensation in the dukes' mansions.

After all, only a handful of people like Duke Ying and Duke Cheng knew about the marriage, but when the angel who read out the imperial decree read the imperial decree in front of the entire family, many people in the Duke's mansion had expressions on their faces. Gave a weird look.

For example, the British government, although it is said that Zhang Lun, the eldest son and grandson, inherits the British dukedom, but this does not mean that the British government has no other direct descendants.

There are more than one direct sons of the old British government. These people have not moved out of the British government yet, so now that the imperial edict is issued, these people are also among the ranks of those who receive the order.

Zhang Feng is Zhang Lun's second uncle, and also the second son of British Duke Zhang Mao. At this moment, he and Zhang Lun sent away Luo Xiang, who passed the decree, and returned to the mansion. After rejecting all the servants, Zhang Feng With a straight face, he looked at Zhang Lun solemnly and said, "Lun'er, why don't you tell my second uncle what's going on with my little sister's marriage?"

Zhang Feng, as the second son of Zhang Mao, is naturally not an ordinary person. He is in the Beijing camp, but he has an errand. Although he does not directly supervise the first battalion, he is also a commander-level existence, second only to the admiral's first battalion. the admiral.

In addition to Zhang Feng's status, even if he is the admiral of his superior, I'm afraid it depends on his face, so Zhang Feng's power in the Beijing camp is not small at all.

With Li Huan's current power and the emperor's favor and trust in Li Huan, anyone who is not a fool can see that Li Huan must have a bright future in the future.

Zhang Feng was also aware of this point. If the Son of Heaven only bestowed a marriage on Zhang Jin and Li Huan, Zhang Feng would only feel happy in his heart, and would not talk to Zhang Lun in a questioning manner as he is now.

Although he is the Duke of the state in front of Zhang Feng, but the other party is also his second uncle, so when questioned by Zhang Feng, Zhang Lun can only smile wryly, and then tell Zhang Feng the whole story. .

Zhang Feng was dumbfounded when he heard this, and his face was full of disbelief. When he learned that this was his father's last wish, and Cheng Guogong shamelessly rushed ahead of them to ask the emperor to marry him, Zhang Feng was only angry. He slapped his palm on the table and said: "Mr. Cheng is really deceiving people too much!"

Zhang Lun smiled wryly, "So second uncle, you also know that it's not that I want to wrong my aunt. It's really forced by the situation. If our British government refuses to agree, I don't know how happy Chengguo Guild will be."

Zhang Feng sighed and said: "Forget it, now that the imperial decree has been issued, everything is a foregone conclusion, I just hope that my little sister will not suffer any grievances."

The situation in Chengguo's mansion is actually similar. Many people were also very surprised when they suddenly learned that Zhu Lin was married to Li Huan, especially when she was married to Zhang Jin from the British mansion.

That is to say, Cheng Guogong is still there, and he can control the scene. He just explained a few words and dismissed the crowd.

The turmoil in the two major government houses is only small, but the real turmoil is among the dignitaries and even the civil and military officials.

The emperor's gift of marriage, such a big event, spread very quickly, especially when it involved Li Huan and the dukes of the two major kingdoms, one can imagine that it didn't take long for the news to spread among the nobles and officials.

Many people in the Xungui Group were stunned when they heard the news. Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin were still known by many people among the Xungui Group. They could be said to be the most outstanding women in the Xungui Group.

What they didn't expect was that one day, the two of them would be married to the same person, which made many people look in the direction of the capital.

Every move of the emperor contains deep meaning, especially when it comes to giving marriages. Is this really just a simple giving of marriages?Or is there any intention of the emperor hidden behind the gift of marriage?
in the cabinet
Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu were dealing with all kinds of government affairs submitted by officials, and the entire cabinet seemed very busy.

In the small hall, Yang Tinghe was reviewing the memorials there, picking out the ones that need to be submitted to the emperor for reading. While he was busy, Yang Tinghe suddenly frowned, raised his head and looked towards the outer hall.

The small hall is the private space for several cabinet elders to work, while the outer hall is the place where the officials in the entire cabinet work. At this moment, in the hall, many officials are discussing something in a low voice with excitement on their faces. .

Although these officials tried their best to lower their voices, they still alarmed Yang Tinghe who was working. Not only Yang Tinghe noticed the movement outside, but Li Dongyang, Wang Yangming, and Liu Yu obviously also noticed this.

Yang Tinghe frowned and walked out of the small hall, walked to the side of several officials who were discussing in low voices, and said rather unexpectedly: "You guys don't do things well, what are you doing here and whispering?"

Several officials who were excitedly discussing the news that the emperor bestowed marriage to Li Huan suddenly heard Yang Tinghe's voice and were startled.

Several officials saluted Yang Tinghe nervously: "I have seen Mr. Ge, Mr. Ge forgives my sins, and I will not dare to wait."

Yang Tinghe said to one of them: "Li Qing, tell me, what are you talking about just now? What is it that makes you not do things well and gather here to whisper."

Li Qing glanced at Yang Tinghe, took a deep breath, and then slowly said: "Elder Ge doesn't know something, just now there is news that His Majesty bestowed marriages on the noble daughters of Li Huan, British Duke, and Cheng Guogong."

Yang Tinghe was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then raised his eyebrows, glanced at the officials who bowed their heads all around, and then said: "Okay, just listen to these things, there are so many things every day, you still have time Gossip here, if you don't want to do it, you can submit your resignation at any time."

After speaking, Yang Tinghe flicked his sleeves and walked towards Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang obviously also heard the commotion outside, he was standing at the entrance of the small hall at the moment, when he saw Yang Tinghe approaching, Li Dongyang welcomed him into the small hall with a smile.

After the two sat down, Yang Tinghe looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Grand Xi Ya, you heard it just now."

Li Dongyang stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Jie Fu, what you are talking about is the marriage bestowed by His Majesty."

Yang Tinghe nodded and said: "That's right, given the degree of His Majesty's favor and trust in Li Huan, it's not uncommon to marry Li Huan, but I didn't expect that His Majesty would marry the daughters of the Duke of England and the Duke of Cheng to Li Huan at one time. Don't you find it strange?"

Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe and said with a smile: "What's so strange about this, it's nothing more than a gift of marriage. If I really want to say it, it involves the families of the two great princes."

Yang Tinghe sighed and looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Mr. Xi Ya, you really don't understand, or pretend to be confused!"

Li Dongyang shook his head and said: "It's rare to be confused, it's rare to be confused!"

Yang Tinghe looked at Li Dongyang and said, "But Lord Xiya, have you ever thought about what it means that Li Huan is married to the two pillars of the Xungui Group, the Chengguo Palace and the British Palace?"

Li Dongyang said sternly: "It means that His Majesty wants to strengthen Li Huan's background and win help. It means that His Majesty still wants to support the Xungui Group. Anyone with a discerning eye can see it, but how can this old man not see it."

Speaking of which, Li Dongyang raised his head towards Yang Tinghe and said, "Jie Fu, as ministers, our primary concern is how to assist Your Majesty in governing the country..."

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Excuse me, Mr. Xiya, for not agreeing with Yang. The rise of the Wuxun Group means that the generals will once again compete with our civil servants. That's all, but once the power of the Wuxun Group is too strong If so, His Majesty will be influenced by the Wu Xun Group at that time, and will resort to military force, once the military is used recklessly, will it be the blessing of the country and the people?"

Li Dongyang frowned and said: "This is just your guess. Wu Xun has been in decline for so many years, how can he rise if he wants to rise, and there is no serious problem at the border now, even if His Majesty wanted to use force, he did not use force. object."

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Although there is no serious trouble, there is no peace at the border. Tatars invade the border from time to time, and Japanese come ashore to disturb the people along the coast from time to time, and the chieftains of the Southwest sometimes repeat themselves."

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "Except for the Tatars, the rest are nothing to worry about. There is no need for me, Ming Dynasty, to use large-scale weapons. Therefore, Jie Fu, you are worried about your Majesty's large-scale military use. Things will not happen. Without large-scale No matter how much His Majesty supports you, it is impossible for the military general Xungui Group to rise up, let alone change the situation where one family dominates the court."

Li Dongyang is an old official who has been in the ups and downs of the officialdom for decades. No one can see the situation in the court clearly. To be honest, Li Dongyang is really not worried that the emperor will support the noble group.

Because in Li Dongyang's view, no matter whether it is a noble or a general, it is actually impossible to change the current situation in the court.

Civil officials suppress military generals, this is the trend of the times, and only at the beginning of the founding of the country or in troubled times, military generals have the opportunity to overwhelm civil officials, but Ming has no major foreign aggression, and there is no internal strife, so why can military people reverse the situation? The general trend is overwhelming the civil service group.

Yang Tinghe could tell what Li Dongyang was thinking just by looking at Li Dongyang's reaction. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I hope it will be like what Lord Xi Ya said."

Speaking of which, Yang Tinghe took out a memorial from his cuff and handed it to Li Dongyang, "Let's take a look at this memorial, Chief Assistant."

Li Dongyang looked at the memorial in Yang Tinghe's hand, his eyes showed some surprise, but he still took it and looked it over.

Soon Li Dongyang frowned, looked up at Yang Tinghe and asked, "Is what the county magistrate of Qianshan County said true?"

Yang Tinghe said indifferently: "I don't think he would dare to make a false report about such things."

Speaking of which, Yang Tinghe looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Shoufu, Jin Yiwei confiscated the Fei family, and Deyin should be used as the household department, but judging by Li Huan's actions, it is clear that he does not intend to transfer the money to the household department."

Stroking his beard, Li Dongyang felt quite uneasy. To be honest, he was shocked when he saw the memorial to the magistrate of Qianshan County. More than 200 million taels.

Such a large amount of money, no matter when it is deposited, is not a small amount, just as Yang Tinghe said, the confiscated proceeds should be charged to the household department.

Li Dongyang took a deep breath, glanced at Yang Tinghe and said, "Jie Fu, what do you mean?"

Yang Tinghe said slowly: "The state owns the state law, the family has the family rules, and the proceeds from the house raids should be charged to the treasury of the household department. This must not be changed. With this money, how many things the court can do to benefit the people. Otherwise, all the money will go into His Majesty's internal treasury is not a blessing for the country."

Looking at the memorial in his hand, Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe and said, "Then invite Wang Yangming and Liu Yu over, let's discuss it!"

Soon Wang Yangming and Liu Yu were invited over.

Wang Yangming and Liu Yu cupped their hands at Li Dongyang, and Li Dongyang said with a smile: "You two, sit down and read this memorial first."

Speaking of which, Li Dongyang handed the memorial to Wang Yangming. After looking through it, Wang Yangming frowned, and quickly handed the memorial to Liu Yu.

After Liu Yu looked at it, his expression was quite disturbed.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the small side hall seemed a bit tense, and no one spoke. With the cleverness of Wang Yangming and Liu Yu, when they saw the content of the memorial, they had already realized the purpose of Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe calling them over. up.

After a while, Yang Tinghe took the lead to break the calm and said: "Everyone has seen the content of the memorial. Jinyiwei confiscated more than 200 million taels of silver from the Fei family in Qianshan. Now it has been shipped and is being shipped to the capital."

Speaking of which, Yang Tinghe glanced at the faces of Wang Yangming and Liu Yu and said, "The dirty silver of more than 200 million taels, what I mean is that it should be put into the treasury for the benefit of all people. I don't know what you two elders think?"

Wang Yangming felt turmoil in his heart, he didn't expect Jinyiwei to confiscate the Qianshan Fei clan this time, so much wealth could be confiscated, but seeing Yang Tinghe's idea of ​​using the money, Wang Yangming thought more.

Others don't know, but Wang Yangming does know one thing, that is, Li Huan ransacked his home in Fujian, and he may not know the exact amount of money he got, but Wang Yangming can estimate the amount, and the money is probably more expensive than the mountain of lead. There are several times more.

Nowadays, many people in the court don't know this, but with such a large amount of money, Li Huan ransacked his family in Fujian and exterminated his family. Such a big movement is nothing more than because Fujian is too far away from the capital. No news yet.

Once the news came, such a large sum of money would definitely cause a stir in the court.

Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang have already been staring at Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang without even looking at the more than 200 million taels of silver that was confiscated from Qianshan Fei's family, not to mention that Fujian confiscated more silver.

From what Yang Tinghe meant, it was obvious that he wanted to put this sum of money into the national treasury. From the standpoint of the cabinet, it was natural that this large sum of money should be included in the national treasury.

But Wang Yangming is also clear about one thing, that is, it is not so easy to return the confiscated money to the state treasury. First of all, it is a dispute between the state treasury and the internal treasury.

That is, the conflict of interests between the cabinet and the royal family. If it is just this point, then it is nothing. With the strength of the civil and military officials in the court today, the royal family really cannot compete with the officials.

But there is one thing, Wang Yangming also knew that Li Huan was also involved in this. It should be known that the money was stolen from Jin Yiwei's house.

Will Li Huan agree?Wang Yangming didn't even need to think about it, he knew that there was really no hope of getting that sum of money from Li Huan.

Obviously Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others knew this too, so they invited him to discuss this matter with Liu Yu, making it clear that they wanted them to put pressure on the emperor and Li Huan together.

Wang Yangming is aware of this, and Liu Yu is obviously also aware of this, so Liu Yu glanced at Yang Tinghe, sneered and said, "Mr. Yang Ge should go to Li Taifu to discuss this matter. There are still many people in my office." Things have to be dealt with, so I won’t accompany you.”

Speaking of which, Liu Yu cupped his hands at Li Dongyang, turned around and left without giving Yang Tinghe any face.

Looking at Liu Yu's actions, Yang Tinghe frowned, but he didn't get angry. Anyway, Liu Yu has always treated him like this these past few days, and he is already used to it.

But Yang Tinghe looked at Wang Yangming and said, "Yangming, what do you mean?"

Wang Yangming pondered for a while and said: "Based on Wang's understanding of the Taifu, this matter may be difficult."

Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and shook his head and said: "Although it is difficult, the Taifu is not an unreasonable person. It is a matter of course to transfer the proceeds to the national treasury."

Talking about it, Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "Yangming is a sensible person, why don't you go with me to see the Taifu and persuade him."

Wang Yangming couldn't help raising his brows when he heard the words, and said with a light smile: "Wang's military department still has a lot of things to deal with, I'm afraid I don't have time to accompany Mr. Ge to see the Taifu."

Saying that, Wang Yangming got up and cupped his hands at the two of them.

Yang Tinghe looked at Wang Yangming's leaving figure, and suddenly said with a smile: "I never thought that Wang Hua's son is not a simple person."

Li Dongyang glanced at Yang Tinghe and said: "Jiefu, Jiefu, you think Wang Yangming is a fool, he is branded as Li Huan's accomplice, even if the two are not accomplices, it is impossible for him to go to hell because of this matter." Offend Li Huan."

Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Then Yang can only go to see the Grand Tutor alone. Just taking advantage of the opportunity of His Majesty bestowing the marriage, Yang personally came to congratulate him."

Maoyan Lane

The people near Maoyan Lane suddenly found that Li's Mansion, which was originally scattered, suddenly became lively.

On weekdays, it is rare to see carriages parked in front of Li's residence, but this day, for some unknown reason, many carriages and sedan chairs stopped in front of Li's residence.

The people were curious, but Li Huan was a little dumbfounded.

He didn't expect that following the emperor's decree of bestowing marriage, many nobles in the capital would rush to his house directly.

Because of Li Huan's killing of Changning Bo Gao Changsheng, and the arrest of several nobles who were implicated by Wu Dinghou Feng Hai, the nobles in Jingzhong felt like avoiding him.

However, following the emperor's decree of bestowing marriage, the attitude of Xungui in Beijing suddenly changed drastically.

The first ones who came were just some uncles from Beijing, one by one came to visit with congratulatory gifts. Although most of them were left empty-handed and had no real power, the other party was also a member of the Xungui Group. Come, Li Huan naturally wants to greet him in person.

However, Li Huan discovered one thing, that is, most of the nobles who came to visit him brought one or two young children with them.

During the introduction, Li Huan also knew the identities of these people. They were either the legitimate sons of the family or the outstanding children of the clan.

These children looked at Li Huan very strangely, with envy and jealousy.

Li Huan could somewhat understand the feelings of these people. At any rate, he also knew what kind of influence Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin had among the noble children.

It can be said that he is the marriage partner that many Xungui's children dream of, but it turned out to be cheap for him. It would be a strange thing to say that these outstanding children among Xungui didn't have any envy and jealousy towards him.

Sitting in the hall at this time, Marquis of Ningyang and Marquis Chen Jizu were considered the most distinguished among these nobles. After all, the Dukes of the state were not there, and Marquis of Ningyang and Taining were the best among the nobles.

Chen Jizu stroked his beard, and said to Li Huan with a smile on his face: "This time, the governor is highly valued by His Majesty, and he even married the daughter of the two Dukes of the two kingdoms. It is rare to have such great honor and favor."

Li Huan said with a smile: "Marquis Ningyang is joking, Li is valued by His Majesty, and I feel very frightened."

Chen Xuan, Marquis of Taining, said with a smile: "The governor married the two great princes, and we will be considered as one family in the future. In the future, I will ask the governor to take care of our honorable children."

Although Taininghou's words were a little blunt, they also represented the attitude of the vast majority of people in the Xungui Group.

If it is said that before everyone just regarded Li Huan as a newly rising upstart, they were not very close to Li Huan based on the idea that if you can't provoke them, you can always hide them.

However, just because of the will of the emperor, Li Huan married the daughters of the two great princes at once. In this way, even if Li Huan didn't think he was a member of the noble family, it didn't prevent the nobles from treating him as a My own people.

The son-in-law of the two great powers is not a member of the Xungui Group, so what is it? If you don't believe me, you can ask the Civil Service Group what they say.

Therefore, after considering Li Huan as one of their own, the attitude of the members of the Xungui Group towards Li Huan naturally changed drastically.

Just like Taining Hou Chen Xuan directly brought his son Chen Ru to visit Li Huan, in order to get closer to Li Huan and let his son show his face in front of Li Huan.

Chen Jizu also brought along a son named Chen Ang from the clan. Although he was a son of a concubine, he was very talented. , Rare rivals.

Needless to say, the purpose is also to introduce his own children to Li Huan, to see if he can get closer to Li Huan.

It can be said that these nobles seem to have discussed it, and they each brought outstanding children from their families, hoping to be in the eyes of Li Huan and find a future for their children.

"Dingguo Duke Xu Guangzuo has arrived!"

I saw a young eunuch leading several people over, and the leader was Xu Guangzuo, Duke of Ding.

With a smile on Xu Guangzha's face, he strode towards Li Huan, and when Li Huan saw this, he quickly got up to meet Xu Guangzha.

"Grandpa Xu is here, please forgive Li for being far away."

Xu Guangzuo laughed loudly and said: "Dudu Li is joking, His Majesty bestowed the marriage, today Xu came to congratulate him."

As he spoke, he walked into the hall with Li Huan, and when he saw Chen Jizu, Chen Xuan and others, he nodded with a smile, not surprised at all.

When all the nobles saw Xu Guangzha coming, they also quickly got up and saluted Xu Guangzha.

Xu Guangzuo waved his hands and smiled, "It seems that we big guys thought of coming together."

As he said that, Xu Guangzha shouted to a young man behind him: "Xu Ying, come and see the governor soon."

I saw the faint shadow of Xu Guangzuo between the young man's brows, probably not Xu Guangzuo's heir, and the other party's steps were steady, his posture was vigorous, and he had a heroic aura. From Li Huan's perspective, the other party's strength was strong. I am afraid that Meng Hui, Du Guang and others will not be inferior.

"Xu Ying, pay my respects to the governor."

Li Huan laughed and said, "Young Master Xu, you don't need to be too polite."

At this moment, Xu Guangzuo stroked his beard and said with a smile: "My son has loved the art of war and martial arts since he was a child. Find him a job in the army, but..."

Speaking of this, Xu Guangzuo sighed: "However, unfortunately, the old Duke died in the service of the country, and the old man thought, Li Dudu is admiral of the Beijing camp, and we old guys are not good to come to disturb Li Dudu, but I never thought that His Majesty would give you a marriage." After that, Li Dudu will marry the daughters of Yingying Gong and Cheng Guogong, and we will be a family."

The rest of the nobles laughed loudly when they heard the words, and looked at Li Huan obviously with a somewhat friendly gaze.

But Xu Guangzuo smiled and said: "Since it is my family, the old man will not avoid his relatives, so he brought Xu Ying, a child, to meet your future uncle."

With a puff, Li Huan almost couldn't help but spit out the tea in his mouth, looked at Xu Ying, then at Xu Guangzuo, when did he become Xu Ying's uncle.

Chen Xuan, Marquis of Taining, smiled and said to Chen Ang beside him, "Chen Ang, why don't you come over to see your cousin."

On the other hand, Guo Liang laughed loudly, and also glared at his son Guo Xun, saying: "What are you doing in a daze, and you still don't pay homage to your uncle."

Seeing more than a dozen honorable children coming forward to salute him, calling them uncle, cousin, or aunt, Li Huan was in a daze.

Needless to say, these honorable families were already married to each other. Your daughter married in, and my daughter married in the past. After hundreds of years, they have already formed a big network by marriage.

Naturally, they are related to each other.

Li Huan married Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin, the two daughters of the Duke's family, and naturally entered the noble circle, so it is not unusual for these noble children to call him uncle, cousin and so on.

If you really want to talk about it, maybe a person has two names for him, because maybe according to Zhang Jin's relationship, he may be called uncle, but if it is counted from Zhu Lin, he may be called uncle or something like that. .

Li Huan's face was dull. He knew that the Xungui Group had a dense network of connections, but he never expected to meet him in this way.

At this moment Taining Hou Chen Xuan said with a smile: "We know that His Majesty asked you, the governor, to be in charge of reorganizing the Beijing camp this time. Come, it can be regarded as a kind of support for us."

Stroking his beard, Xu Guangzuo nodded and said: "That's right, Cheng Guogong asked me to say that this time His Majesty intends to support our nobles, so we can't let our nobles down. These children can be said to be the next generation of our nobles." The essence of it is already there, any one of them can be picked up.”

Speaking of which, Xu Guangzha said to Xu Ying, "Ying'er, show your hand to the governor."

When Xu Guangzuo said this, Hou Taining, Hou Ningyang and others all had their eyes lit up, and clapped their hands in praise: "Okay, this is good, let's let the big guys compete, so that the governor can take a look at the big guys." Ability."

Li Huan was surprised for a moment, seeing the reactions of Xu Guangzuo, Tai Ning Hou, Ning Yang Hou and others, Li Huan more or less realized that these nobles probably had already discussed it in private.

At the same time, Li Huan also secretly speculated that this was probably a way for the Xungui Group to show its sincerity to him, and there might be two government agencies behind it, the British government and the Chengguo government.

The reorganization of the Beijing camp cannot avoid the noble group. These veteran nobles may not have much say in the court, but they still have some influence in the army. After all, they are the family of the nobles for a hundred years. Whether in the Beijing camp or the local guards, that network of relationships should not be underestimated.

Even if Xungui looks like mud that can't support the wall now, but the rotten ship still has three points of nails. The family heritage of hundreds of years is there, and the children in the family are flourishing. After all, there are talents who can show it.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the dozen or so honorable children in front of me, from Li Huan's point of view, all of them can be regarded as heroes of the moment.

Winning over nobles is what Li Huan and the emperor wanted to do. Now that these nobles are so proactive, Li Huan will not reject them.

These thoughts flashed through Li Huan's mind, Li Huan immediately laughed and said: "Okay, it's rare for children from various families to gather together, and Li is the host, so let's give out a lottery for this small competition."

Li Huan pondered and said: "I dare not say anything else, the person who won the top spot today, after the reorganization of the Beijing camp, I will ask Your Majesty to appoint him a post of commander. "

Hearing Li Huan's words, many people's eyes lit up.

Although these people are all from noble families, but if you look carefully, you will find that each of these people has no right to inherit the title at all, which means that these people actually have one more noble son than ordinary people. head only.

If there is no chance, even if he can enter the army with the help of Yu Yin from the honorable family, it is difficult to have any future to speak of.

Even some marquis and uncles present at the scene, whose family has been passed down for hundreds of years, are left with empty airs and no real power at all.

So at this moment, Li Huan actually directly took out the official vacancy of the commander of the first battalion as a lottery. It's just the appointment and dismissal of the commander, it's really nothing.

For Li Huan, a battalion of 1 horses has two commanders, and the Beijing camp has 10,000+ soldiers and horses, and there are as many as twenty or thirty commanders.

Taking out a position as a commander of the capital to reward the person who won the first place in Xiaobi today, to be honest, it seems a bit rash, but there is nothing wrong with it.

There are more than a dozen noble children present, who are the elite children of various noble families. If they stand out from these people, they must be the generation with both civil and military skills. Li Huan feels that as long as the other party is given a stage and a chance, such a character will be nothing. Both commanders may be the opponent's start.

After Li Huan's words fell, there were only a few people who could still remain calm, such as Duke Ding Xu Guangzha and Marquis Chen Xuan of Taining, but like other uncles who had long since fallen into ruin and left nothing but empty air There was surprise in his eyes.

That's the official vacancies for the commander of the first battalion with real power. If his own children can come out on top, there is hope for the family's prosperity.

Even these uncles and marquises with titles suddenly became short of breath, not to mention those noble children who have no right to inherit the title and can only rely on themselves to work hard in the future.

Even Xu Ying, who is extremely favored by Duke Ding, suddenly became extremely short of breath. It is true that Duke Ding loves him. What makes Duke Ding, who has many heirs, look at him differently.

But Xu Ying also knew that the title of Duke Dingguo was destined to miss him, and his future depends on himself, and this small competition may be the most important opportunity for his future life.

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