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Chapter 241 The Minister Thought Li Huan Falsely Reported His Military Merit 【Request】

Sensing the invisible evil spirit exuding from Li Huan, Chen Ke couldn't help feeling awe-inspiring, and at the same time secretly felt a little sympathy for those people in the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army.

You say it's not good to offend anyone, but you want to offend your own Commander-in-Chief of Killing Youxin.

For Li Huan's temperament, Chen Ke still has some understanding over the past few years.

Generally speaking, whether Li Huan killed people or ransacked his family, he acted in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and he almost never did anything outside of the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

But all the people killed by Li Huan were famous teachers, and it can be said that they all have their own ways of killing.

It's just that this time the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Right Army rejected Li Huan's petition for merit, which was obviously a slap in the face of Li Huan.

However, Chen Ke is also clear about one thing. If you really want to talk about it, you have suffered so many losses at the hands of Li Huan, and even the heads of people who were killed by Li Huan are rolling. And sent the handle to Li Huan.

This time, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Right Army seemed unreasonable to reject Li Huan's request for merit, but if you look carefully, you can find that the actions of the civil official group are also reasonable, and there is nothing illegal about it. .

The two major yamen of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army sent people to verify military merits. No one could say anything about this. It's not realistic at all.

And the people from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army sent people there, not to mention anything else, but just because of the fact that the head of the Tatar was stuck, no one could say anything.

Although the memorial said that Li Huan joined forces with Yang Yiqing to lead an army out of the customs and slaughtered [-] Tatar tribes, but where is the head of the Tatars?
The military merits of the Ming Dynasty need to be proven. Without a leader, it is tantamount to having no military merits. Therefore, it is reasonable for the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Right Army to use this point to reject Li Huan's request for merit.

With a bit of worry in his eyes, Chen Ke said in a low voice, "My lord, the people from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army just asked the frontier soldiers for the head of a Tatar, but..."

Li Huan couldn't help frowning when he heard the words. At first, he only thought about how to deal with the Tatars lightly. When he slaughtered the inside of the pot, he didn't think about beheading the Tatars. He only thought about how to take the spoils away. , How to deal with the Tatar reinforcements that may catch up at any time.

Later, the Heihe tribe was leveled out, and it was also out of the same consideration. It just burned down the Heihe tribe's resident, and did not cut off the heads of the Tatars.

Originally thought that the destruction of the two major tribes, such a big matter, could be proved with a little inquiring, and then he came forward to ask for credit, and the reward was not a matter of course.

It was just beyond Li Huan's expectation. In his opinion, it was not a difficult task at all, but in the end, someone seized the opportunity and insisted on this point.

If you really want to talk about it, even Li Huan can't refute the fact that the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Right Army are stuck.

Taking a deep breath, he glanced at Chen Ke, and Li Huan tapped lightly on the table with one hand, but said indifferently: "I already know about this matter, they want to wipe out the border guards and fight with their lives." It depends on whether Li agrees or not."

Li Huan asked Chen Ke some more questions, and Chen Ke didn't leave until it was dark.

The most secrets in the capital can't be hidden, not to mention that it is related to Li Huan, and coupled with the rumored military merit approval not long ago.

It can be said that not long ago, after the officials of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army who went to Shaanxi for inspection returned to Beijing, they directly denied Li Huan's request for merit. Many officials who knew about this matter secretly waited to see Li Huan's jokes .

Now that Li Huan returned to Beijing, as expected, as they expected, Li Huan was most concerned about this matter when he met the emperor.

The emperor also attached great importance to this matter, sent his will down to the cabinet, and ordered the cabinet to give an explanation.

When Chen Ke entered Li Huan's mansion, he naturally fell into the sight of many people, but many people who were waiting to see Li Huan's jokes were not panicked at all.

The specific reasons, everyone who should know, these officials know very well that there is nothing wrong with the actions of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army. Even if the lawsuit is brought before the emperor, it is difficult for Li Huan to get any reason.

That's why many people didn't care at all when they saw Chen Ke enter Li's mansion. Even if Jin Yiwei tipped him off, no one could change the decision of the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army.

When many people in the capital were waiting to see Li Huan's jokes, Li Huan was summoned by Feng Shi.

In the courtyard where Feng Shi lived, Li Huan sat respectfully beside Feng Shi, looked at Feng Shi and said with a smile: "Mother called the child here, is there something wrong?"

Seeing Feng's serious expression, Li Huan was naturally quite curious.

Feng Shi glanced at Li Huan, coughed lightly and said, "Huan'er, how old are you now?"

Slightly taken aback, Li Huan immediately said: "The boy is already 20 years old this year, I don't know mother..."

Feng didn't wait for Li Huan to finish his sentence and said: "You also know that you are 20 years old. Other people's boys have married wives and had children at the age of 20 or [-]. You are [-] years old now. Come and tell your mother. , when will you be willing to start a family and start a business, pass on the incense for my Li family, and continue the descendants?"

Li Huan couldn't help showing a bit of surprise and a wry smile when he heard the words, apparently he didn't expect that Feng's calling him over so seriously was for this matter.

Of course, Li Huan didn't think that Feng's made a big fuss. After all, in this era, there are not many unmarried people at his age. As the saying goes, there are three major unfilial sons who have no descendants. Their Li family has a thin population. When he came here, he was the only one.

If something unexpected happened to him, then the Li family would really die, no wonder Feng was so worried and anxious.

With such a thought flashing through his mind, Li Huan bowed to Mrs. Feng and said, "My mother has to worry about my child. But since His Majesty has decreed a marriage, I will choose a good day and auspicious day for my child to get married."

Feng's eyes lit up when she heard the words, she looked at Li Huan with some expectation and surprise and said, "So Huan'er, you agreed to get married?"

In the past two years, it was not that the Feng family had not urged Li Huan to get married, but Li Huan was not particularly happy. No matter how much he urged, Li Huan did not give him an accurate word.

If it wasn't for the marriage bestowed by the emperor earlier, perhaps the Feng family would have been in a hurry to find a marriage partner for Li Huan.

Now seeing Li Huan agreeing to get married, one can imagine how pleasantly surprised Feng was.

Li Huan looked at Feng's surprised look, sighed in his heart, nodded slightly and said, "I agree."

Feng Shidang said to Li Huan with a face full of joy: "Okay, okay, my mother has invited Shao Zhen to choose an auspicious day for the Shaoyuan Festival. What do you think?"

Li Huan was slightly taken aback, obviously he didn't expect that Feng Shi would even choose the auspicious day, but seeing Feng Shi's happy face, Li Huan thought for a while and nodded, "I will listen to my mother."

It can be said that Feng's mood has never been so good at this moment. No matter how you look at Li Huan, he is pleasing to the eye, and said immediately: "Huan'er, don't worry, your mother will definitely arrange everything for you about getting married. You just need to At that time, it will be time to worship and get married."

When Li Huan returned to his residence from the small courtyard where Feng's family lived, forsythia greeted him with a faint fragrance.

Forsythia with a tender face said to Li Huan: "Master, the bath water has been prepared for you."

As the saying goes, a little farewell is better than a newlywed, not to mention that Li Huan has been farewell for several months. This night, there were faint sobbing sounds in the small courtyard, which lasted for more than an hour.

A round of red sun was rising, and the heavy snow that had been drifting for a day finally stopped.

Many people on the long street were busy clearing the snow, and at this moment, more than a dozen carriages stopped in front of the palace gate early.

In front of the small square in front of the palace gate, a famous official stood there.

Any one of these people is an important minister in the court, headed by the chief assistant Li Dongyang, several cabinet elders are there, and other than that are several officials from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army.

There are even a few censors from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Many of these people are officials who have gone to Shaanxi to check their military achievements. Together with the chief officials of various ministries, nearly 20 officials are at the gate of the palace. Waiting outside.

With a creak, the palace gate opened, and a figure appeared at the gate of the palace. Who is Gao Feng who is not accompanying the emperor?
Gao Feng glanced at the officials in front of the palace gate indifferently, and said in a rather sharp voice: "My lords, Your Majesty has summoned you, and come with us."

No matter how he feels about Gao Feng in his heart, even if he hates Gao Feng in his heart, on the surface he bowed his hands to Gao Feng politely and thanked him.

A group of officials followed Gao Feng into the imperial city.

In the imperial city, covered in silver, a path that has been cleaned up winds its way to the Imperial Study Room of the Qianqing Palace.

in the imperial study

Zhu Houzhao was sitting there, drinking a bowl of lotus seed porridge, and after eating a bowl of hot porridge, Zhu Houzhao felt a warmth all over his body.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, and then Gao Feng's voice was heard saying: "Your Majesty, my lords are here by order, please see Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, signaling the attendants to clean up the food in front of him, then took the wet towel and wiped his hands, and after rinsing his mouth, he straightened his body and said slowly, "Yes!"

Qiu Judang said in a sharp voice: "Your Majesty's word of mouth, yes!"

Immediately, a group of officials headed by Li Dongyang slowly walked into the imperial study and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the crowd indifferently, waved his hands and said: "Your family, you don't need to be strict with the etiquette, just let yourself be free from etiquette."

After everyone got up, Zhu Houzhao straightened his expression, looked at the crowd and said, "Today, I summoned all of you to come here for one thing. I don't need to tell you about this matter, you should know it well."

Speaking of which, Zhu Hou looked at Li Dongyang and said, "Li Qing's family, can anyone explain to me why the military merit memorials that Li Huanqing's family has requested have not been resolved yet? Is this how you work efficiently?"

It can be seen that Zhu Houzhao was a little annoyed, and he didn't pay much attention to this matter at the time. After all, in Zhu Houzhao's view, since there is a memorial for meritorious service, the cabinet should send someone to verify it, and then reward it according to the regulations.

This kind of thing has its own process, and he doesn't need him, the emperor, to pay attention to it. If he has to keep an eye on this kind of thing all the time, then even if he doesn't rest every day, he will never be able to deal with state affairs.

It can be said that in Zhu Houzhao's view, after such a long time, the rewards may have been arranged long ago, but Li Huan's inquiry yesterday made Zhu Houzhao suddenly realize that the relationship has been going on for so long, and this matter has not been dealt with yet.

In front of Li Huan, facing Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao wanted to save face anyway, and he didn't even handle Li Huan's request for credit properly. Zhu Houzhao was a little angry at that time, but he didn't show it.

Now recalling Li Huan's look of surprise and astonishment yesterday, Zhu Houzhao's anger became more and more intense, so when he looked at the officials of the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, he immediately became angry. where to come.

How could the officials fail to see that Zhu Houzhao was angry? Li Dongyang coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty calm down, there is another hidden story in this matter, and the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Commander's Office need to explain to His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, and his eyes fell on the Ministry of War and the people in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion.

Yu Fang, the left servant of the Ministry of War, coughed lightly, took a step forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao, saying, "My minister, Yu Fang, pays homage to Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Yu Fang lightly and said: "Yu Qing's family, if I remember correctly, the Ministry of War should be represented by you from the Qing family."

Yu Fang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister is nothing more than the left servant. The Ministry of War is now under the leadership of the cabinet Liu Yu Liu Ge Lao Yao, and the specific affairs are managed by the minister."

Zhu Houzhao stared at Yu Fang and said, "Then Yu Qing's family, tell me, is there any regulation in the Ministry of War for Li Huanqing's family to ask for merit for the soldiers of the frontier army?"

Yu Fang took a deep breath, looked up at Zhu Houzhao, and said, "Return to Your Majesty, please forgive me for being bold. The Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies attached great importance to Lord Li Huan's memorial. At that time, they sent people to Shaanxi to verify it. ……only……"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Yu Fang indifferently, and said very plainly: "It's just what, say."

Yu Fang gritted her teeth and said, "It's just that after verification by the officials sent by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army, the military exploits performed by Mr. Li Huan are very suspicious..."

Zhu Houzhao frowned, stared at Yu Fang with a half-smile and said, "Oh, what Yu Qing's family means is that Li Qing is suspected of lying about his military achievements?"

Yu Fang shook her head quickly and said: "I don't dare, I don't know if Master Li Huan lied about military meritorious officials, but what I said is all based on evidence."

Seeing that Yu Fang said with a serious face: "Officials sent by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army went to Shaanxi to verify military achievements, but they found that Li Huan's memorial said that tens of thousands of Tatars had been killed, but the inspection The officials have not seen a single Tatar body, let alone a Tatar head."

Hearing what Yu Fang said, Zhu Houzhao's face was quite ugly. He is not a fool, and he already understood why the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies were stuck with Li Huan's military memorial.

Yu Fang said to several officials nearby: "Su Tai, Pang Ying, you guys tell your Majesty, you go to check, what's the result?"

Su Tainai is a doctor of the Ministry of War, and Pang Ying is a governor of the Youjun Governor's Mansion, both of whom are core personnel in their respective yamen.

The two came out and bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the ministers are ordered to go to check the military achievements, and dare not be negligent in the slightest, but the frontier soldiers who have made military achievements cannot produce the corpses or heads of the Tatars. According to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, if there is no evidence, it will not be accepted, so the ministers suspect that Li Huan is suspected of falsely reporting military achievements."

Good guy, this opening directly labeled Li Huan as a false report of military achievements. Liu Yu and Wang Yangming beside him couldn't help frowning when they heard the words, and looked at Su Tai, Pang Ying, even Fang and Chen Wei.

But Zhu Houzhao's complexion changed after hearing what they said, and he looked at Pang Ying and Su Tai coldly with a somewhat gloomy expression.

The emperor's reaction was seen by everyone, but Pang Ying, Su Tai and others showed no fear on their faces, and even raised their heads and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the ministers are not lying. There is really no evidence to prove that the frontier soldiers killed you." the Tartars."

With a bang, Zhu Houzhao slapped the table with his palm, stood up suddenly, and shouted condescendingly: "Absurd, really absurd, you really disappoint me."

Everyone hurriedly prostrated themselves on the ground with a thud and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao, saying: "I dare not, Your Majesty calm down."

Zhu Houzhao got up and walked up to the crowd, and said coldly: "Don't think I don't know your thoughts, Li Qing led thousands of frontier troops, set foot on the grassland, and wiped out the two Tatar tribes of Huli and Heihe. I don't believe you can't find out such a big thing. There are also tens of thousands of cattle and sheep captured by the frontier soldiers, but tens of thousands of war horses. Although there are no Tatar corpses as evidence, these are also solid evidence Bar."

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao flicked his sleeves and said with a sneer, "But you are turning a blind eye to this. Could it be that you are all blind or deaf?"

All the officials fell to the ground.

At this time, a voice came: "Your Majesty, Lord Li Huan Li please see me."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath when he heard the words, glanced at the officials kneeling on the ground and said, "Chuan."

Soon a figure was seen walking into the imperial study room, it was not Li Huan or anyone else.

Li Huan, who was dressed in the uniform of the governor of the Chinese military's governor's mansion, strode over with a bit of dignity, and glanced at the officials who were prostrating on the ground. Greet Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao nodded to Li Huan and said, "Li Qing doesn't need to be formal, get up quickly."

Li Huan stood up, looked at the officials with a half-smile and said, "Your Majesty, this is..."

Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly and said: "Li Qing came just in time, I was just asking how Li Qing's request for credit for the frontier army is going."

Li Huan looked at the officials with a slight smile and said, "Thinking about it, these gentlemen should be from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Right Army."

Yu Fang, Chen Wei, Pang Ying, and Su Tai raised their heads and looked at Li Huan, only to hear Yu Fang say indifferently: "It's the lower officials."

Li Huan said with a smile: "Then Li wants to ask the lords on behalf of the soldiers of the frontier army, why there is no result for the rewards of the soldiers of the frontier army?"

Chen Wei snorted coldly and said, "The imperial court has its own rules. After checking by the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Right Army, it was discovered that you, Mr. Li, are suspected of falsely reporting military achievements..."

Li Huan couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the words, and in the next moment a sinister aura filled the air. Li Huan's face turned cold, and he took a step forward to stare at Chen Wei with a sneer and said, "Everyone is targeting Li, but Li has nothing to say. , but for your own self-interest, you actually wiped out the merits of the frontier soldiers out of thin air, aren't you afraid that this action will chill the hearts of the frontier soldiers, and you are not afraid of causing military chaos?"

"They dare!"

Yu Fang snorted coldly and said with disdain.

Li Huan stared at Yu Fang and said: "The military achievements they earned with their heads held up, but in the end, you just say it's gone, and it's gone. Do you really have no shame in your heart?"

With her head held high, Yu Fang said resolutely: "We all act in accordance with the law. Mr. Li, don't use empty air to pollute people's innocence. We have always done justice, and we have absolutely no intention of targeting Mr. Li."

Chen Wei and the others also nodded and said: "We have no grievances with Mr. Li, so how could we target Mr. Li, and Mr. Li also said that it is related to the military achievements of the soldiers at the border. Even if we have the courage, How dare you mess around!"

More than a dozen officials kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, please make the decision for us. We have absolutely no selfishness, let alone targeting Mr. Li Huan."

Zhu Houzhao stared at Yu Fang and the others with a gloomy expression and said, "Isn't the tens of thousands of captured cattle, sheep and horses a proof that you must have the head of a Tatar corpse to count as military merit?"

Yu Fang said respectfully: "Cows, sheep, war horses can be obtained through trading, but the heads of Tatars are not allowed. The army has its own rules. If you want to judge meritorious service, you must have the head of a Tatar corpse."

While speaking, Yu Fang looked at Li Huan and said calmly: "Master Li said that the frontier army slaughtered the Huli and Heihe tribes. Where are the witnesses and physical evidence? Mr. Li is the governor of the Chinese army's governor's office, and he knows that I, Daming Military merit is the most important, so the military merit assessment is also the strictest, so this time our military department and the right general's governor's office jointly inspected and decided to reject Li Huan's request for merit, and please understand Li."

Li Huan's expression was indifferent, staring at Yu Fang and the others, he let out a sigh of relief after a while, a strange smile gradually appeared on his face and said: "Okay, okay, my lords are really dedicated and selfless."

Yu Fang and the others said indifferently: "Your Majesty Li has praised you absurdly. As officials of the court, we should abide by our duties and do our best for the court, Your Majesty, and Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help looking at Zhu Houzhao with worry.

Yu Fang and the others held the truth, and even put on a posture of being loyal to the country. Even he, the emperor, felt helpless.

However, at this moment, Li Huan suddenly laughed and looked at the crowd and said: "Isn't that the evidence, then Li gave you the evidence."

Li Huan laughed, and everyone was startled. They thought that Li Huan had lost his composure by the words of Yu Fang and the others, but when they heard Li Huan's words, many people were taken aback, with surprise on their faces. He looked at Li Huan with some doubts.

Yu Fang and the others were even more nervous. They were sure that Li Huan had nothing to do. After all, they had inquired clearly that when Li Huan brought his people back, he didn't bring back a single corpse of a Tatar. As long as they killed the head, even Li Huan would have no way to take credit for this great contribution.

It's just that looking at Li Huan at this moment, for some reason, Yu Fang and the others had a bad feeling in their hearts. Could it be that they were negligent, or did Li Huan really have any evidence?

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan with a look of surprise. He was very angry at Yu Fang and other officials just now, especially when he saw that Li Huan was also embarrassed by Yu Fang and others, he had nowhere to vent his anger.

Suddenly hearing Li Huan speak, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan almost reflexively and said, "Li Qing, do you really have evidence?"

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