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Chapter 247 The Background of the Li Family 【Order】

Zhu Houzhao saw Li Huan's stunned look, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Before Li Huan and the others could react, Zhu Houzhao said arbitrarily: "That's it, Li Qing is a mighty man!" The general, the governor of military affairs, put down the rebellion of King Anhua."

His eyes fell on Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang and others who hadn't reacted yet. Zhu Houzhao said again: "The cabinet must make logistical preparations and ensure the supply of food and weapons. If anyone makes a mistake, I will punish them severely."

It wasn't until this time that Li Dongyang and the others came back to their senses.

Li Dongyang looked at Zhu Houzhao, then looked at the young Li Huan, opened his mouth, and wanted to object, but in the end he sighed softly, and then bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "The old minister obeys the order."

Just looking at Li Dongyang's reaction, you can tell that Li Dongyang originally wanted to prevent Zhu Houzhao from making Li Huan a mighty general and governor of military affairs.

After all, in Li Dongyang's view, Li Huan was too young after all, and had never experienced any war at all.

Such a young man has never even been on the battlefield, but the emperor suddenly entrusted Li Huan with such an important task as quelling the rebellion of King Anhua, and even gave Governor Li Huan the power of the world's soldiers and horses. A little sloppy.

This kind of important matter should be discussed by all the ministers in the court, and then a veteran minister who is highly respected and proficient in the army should be selected to take charge.

It's just that when Li Dongyang saw the firm look in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, Li Dongyang knew that it might not be so easy to change Zhu Houzhao's decision.

Zhu Houzhao is not the master of mediocrity, so he naturally knows what it means for him to entrust such an important task to Li Huan, but Zhu Houzhao has confidence in Li Huan.

Although it was said that Li Huan had never commanded an army, let alone had experience in the battlefield, Zhu Houzhao believed that Li Huan would be able to lead the army to quell the rebellion.

What Zhu Houzhao was worried about was that everyone in the cabinet headed by Li Dongyang would stand up and oppose it. After all, if everyone in the cabinet opposed it, even he would not be willing to go his own way. Fortunately, Li Dongyang did not object, and even agreed. down.

With Li Dongyang's nod, Yang Tinghe, who was about to object, looked at Li Dongyang in astonishment, as if he couldn't figure out why Li Dongyang would look at Zhu Houzhao so nonsense.

Military affairs are trifling matters. In the past, Zhu Houzhao favored and trusted Li Huan, and handed over Jin Yiwei to Li Huan. Even if Li Huan was made the commander-in-chief of the Chinese military governor's office, Yang Tinghe had no objection.

Anyway, the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion has long been like a decoration, even if Li Huan was named the Central Military Commander's Mansion, it is just a nice and noble name.

But this time, Zhu Houzhao actually ordered Li Huan to lead the army to quell the rebellion of King Anhua, so Yang Tinghe couldn't help worrying about it.

After glancing at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe suddenly took a step forward and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, I think something is wrong."

Zhu Hou took a look at Yang Tinghe, and said with a mild expression on his face, "Oh, does the Yang Qing family have any objections?"

Yang Tinghe said solemnly: "Your Majesty, this is an important matter for the military and the country, and it should not be treated like a child's play. The old minister admits that Li Dudu is indeed capable, but after all he has no experience in commanding troops, let alone military affairs. To entrust such an important task to Li Dudu, Li Dudu is only [-] years old, and at this age to command an army of tens of thousands, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the crowd."

Even Zhu Fu and Zhang Lun looked at Li Huan with some concern. In their view, what Yang Tinghe said was quite reasonable. From their standpoint, they naturally didn't want Li Huan to take risks.

After all, Li Huan was too young. If he could successfully quell the Anhua King's rebellion this time, that would be fine. Naturally, he would be able to increase Li Huan's qualifications and accumulate military merits.

But if it fails, given Li Huan's current popularity and situation in the court, I am afraid that the whole court will make trouble, and Li Huan must be killed.

Zhu Houzhao raised his brows, glanced at Yang Tinghe, smiled slightly and said, "Old Yang Ge is worrying too much. Li Qing led the troops to enter the grassland and leveled the Huli and Heihe tribes. Isn't there no problem at all?"

Zhu Houzhao said with a light smile: "As for the age issue you mentioned about Mr. Yang Ge, it is not a problem at all. Don't you know that Hou Huo Qubing, the former champion of the Han Dynasty, was only eighteen years old and already led the army to gallop on the battlefield, chasing death. Chase the north, and set up a heroic feat!"

Yang Tinghe was taken aback when he heard the words, the emperor took Huo Qubing as an example, and Yang Tinghe had nothing to say at once. He said that Li Huan was only [-] years old and it was difficult to convince the public, but Huo Qubing was younger than Li Huan.

Subconsciously, Yang Tinghe said: "But that is Huo Qubing, one of the double walls of the great man, since the ages, he has been the only one..."

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly, his eyes fell on Li Huan and said: "Yes, that is Huo Qubing, a big man with double walls, but I believe that Li Qing's future achievements may not be inferior to the champion."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Li Huan was very moved, his blood surged up, he took a deep breath, bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, Li Huanmeng loves you so much, and I am willing to die for your Majesty."

While speaking, Li Huan's eyes shone brightly and said: "Li will definitely live up to His Majesty's expectations, and help His Majesty to quell the chaos of King Anhua."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe sighed slightly, took a step back and looked at Li Huan and said, "I hope Governor Li can put an end to the Anhua King's rebellion as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Yang Tinghe said again: "The Anhua King's rebellion can't cause any storms. The real threat to Daming is the Tatars on the grassland. Once the two get in touch, it will be a serious disaster."

Seeing Yang Tinghe's solemn expression, Li Huan cupped his hands at Yang Tinghe and said: "Thank you, Mr. Yang Ge, for your reminder, Mr. Li knows it well."

At this time, Zhu Houzhao glanced at the crowd and said, "That's the matter."

When Li Huan returned to the Li Mansion from the palace, it was already late at night.

It's just that the Li Mansion is brightly lit.

As the head of the family, Li Huan was suddenly recruited into the palace by the emperor, even a fool would know that there must be something important.

Under such circumstances, the Li family was naturally in a state of unrest, and Feng and the others silently prayed for Li Huan in their hearts.

There was a sound of hoofbeats, and Cao Yu, who was guarding the door, saw Li Huan's familiar figure from a distance, his eyes lit up and he said sharply, "My lord is back."

Soon in the inner house, Feng Shi, Zhang Jin, Zhu Lin, Lian Qiao and others all got the news.

Seeing Li Huan walking in, Feng and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

After sending away Mrs. Feng to rest, Li Huan said to Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin, "You two ladies, for your majesty's love, you have entrusted me with a heavy responsibility. You must get up immediately and lead the troops to the three sides to suppress the rebellion. The family matters Thank you, the two ladies."

I thought there was nothing wrong, but suddenly hearing what Li Huan said, both Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin couldn't help but change their expressions, and looked at Li Huan in astonishment.

With the identities of Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin, and the fact that King Anhua's rebellion will soon spread, Li Huan did not keep it secret, and simply told the two daughters the whole story.

The two noble girls who were born in the prince's family are naturally not comparable to ordinary girls. Although they were deeply surprised by the rebellion of a clan like King Anhua, their reactions were not that great.

It's just that Zhu Lin, who is as temperamental as water, said with a bit of worry: "My husband is going to be extremely dangerous, and I hope you can take care of yourself."

As for Zhang Jin, he frowned and said, "Husband, swords and guns have no eyes on the battlefield. The Li family has not yet cultivated trusted servants. On the battlefield, there are no trusted guards, so it is impossible to block knives and arrows for your husband."

Speaking of which, Zhang Jin said: "The British government has three hundred brave and elite soldiers who are the foundation of the British government. I will go to the British government and ask my nephew to come and protect my husband. , so as to protect your husband comprehensively."

Zhu Lin's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and said, "The Duke of Cheng's mansion also has hundreds of elite soldiers and servants, and I can also ask my father..."

It is said that girls are extroverted, and this is true.

Li Huan couldn't help being moved when he heard Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin's words, but he still shook his head slightly at them.

The British government and the Chengguo government have hundreds of years of history, and it is only natural for the two families to raise a loyal army of soldiers.

Even the Son of Heaven knows this well, as long as these nobles abide by their duties and strictly abide by the bottom line, the Son of Heaven will turn a blind eye to such things.

It is an unspoken rule for noble families to raise soldiers. Even if the emperor decrees that this is strictly prohibited, it will not prevent these princely families from changing their names.

It's not good for personal soldiers, but it's always okay to raise servants.Not for servants, but for servants and tenants.

It can be said that as long as you have the heart to do this kind of thing, even the emperor can't prevent it. It's better to let everyone put it on the bright side.

Fortunately, Ming Xungui retired from the country, and the power of the Xungui Group has almost been lost. The royal family only hates that the Xungui Group is not up to date, and the mud is not on the wall, so how could they worry about the threat of power in Xungui's hands? to royal.

If Xungui really had such abilities, it would be impossible for the court to let the civil official group dominate, and the royal family would have to support the eunuch to jump out to fight the civil official group.

Just like what Zhang Jin said, the soldiers and servants raised by the British government can be said to be the foundation of a foothold. Zhang Jin went to see Zhang Lun in person. Zhang Lun might transfer some people to Li Huan, but Li Huan could imagine It can be concluded that Zhang Lun and even Zhu Fu will never be too happy in their hearts.

Besides, Li Huan never thought of letting his two wives run back to his natal family to help him ask for someone.

Seeing Li Huan shaking his head, the second daughter couldn't help being a little anxious, but at this moment Li Huan smiled and said: "Don't worry, although Li's foundation is a bit weak, it can't compare with the British government and the Chengguo government. It’s not like you don’t even have any trusted servants.”

Hearing what Li Huan said, both Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin showed doubts. The two daughters married into the Li family only a month or so ago. It's really unrealistic to grasp it clearly.

At this moment, Li Huan smiled slightly at Lian Qiao who was standing by the side, "Lian Qiao, you go and inform Li Hu, and ask him to summon his own soldiers to wait for me in the front yard."

Lian Qiao nodded, turned around with light steps to deliver Li Huan's order.

Seeing Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin's puzzled and surprised looks, Li Huan explained with a smile: "The Li family has lived in Langqi Island for a hundred years. The population is luxuriant, plus the military households attached to Li’s guard and the common people on Langqi Islet, there are still thousands of people in total.”

Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin's eyes lit up when they heard what Li Huan said.

If the Li family controls the life and death of thousands of people, with so many people relying on the Li family to survive, it can be said that they have some family background.

Just like the Chengguo Mansion and the British Mansion, why they can support two or three hundred soldiers and servants, isn't it because there are tens of thousands of tenants and servants attached to their State Mansion?
These people are all attached to them, especially those born in the family are loyal to them. From so many people, it is natural to select a group of young and strong to train an elite bodyguard.

Zhang Jin looked at Li Huan with some curiosity and said, "I wonder how much our Li family has personal guards?"

Li Huan couldn't help coughing lightly when he heard the words: "There are 36 people in total, half of them stay at Langqi Island, and half of them stay in this mansion."

Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin couldn't help being stunned, obviously they didn't expect the number to say that.

But it's normal to think about it. How can the Li family compare with the Duke's Mansion, which has been passed down for hundreds of years? If it weren't for Li Huan's sudden rise in just a few years, the Li family would not have raised dozens of soldiers. There aren't even any real bodyguards to speak of.

Li Hu, Li Guo and others were also selected and trained family guards after Li Xian died and Li Huan was in charge of the Li family.

Originally there were only a dozen or so people, but since the Li family got a lot of money from the big family copying case the year before last, the family wealth has skyrocketed. After discussing with Chen Yidao and several clan elders, Li Huan screened out more than 20 people from the clan. The number of guards in the Li family reached nearly 40.

After a while Zhang Jin looked at Li Huan with a wry smile and said, "This... the number of people is too small."

After all, they were from the Xungui family, and they were used to seeing hundreds of guards in the Xungui family. Now that the Li family only had such a small number of people, Zhang Jin and Zhu Lin were naturally a little worried.

On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes. Those generals who are invincible on the battlefield and rush to kill among thousands of armies are able to rush to the battle. On the one hand, they rely on their own strong force. The guards desperately protect.

Li Huan laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, your husband and I are not bad in strength, but it is not so easy to die in battle."

Li Mansion Front Yard
The front yard was open, and although it was said that night fell, the red lanterns hanging high all around illuminated the yard.

There were more than a dozen figures standing there tall and straight, and the leaders were Li Hu and Li Guo who were selected by Li Huan at the beginning.

These dozen or so figures stood there like green pine trees, and each of them had strong aura, especially Li Guo and Li Hu, whose strength had reached the second-rate level. The generals and hundreds of households were promoted by military merits.

When Li Huan appeared in front of Li Hu and the others, Li Hu and the others all bowed to Li Huan and said, "I have met the Patriarch."

Li Huan glanced over the crowd, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

It's not in vain that he put so much effort into these people, whether it's the practice of secret techniques or a lot of practice resources, if it doesn't have any effect, it's really a waste of so many resources.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps
Li Huan frowned, and looked through the light of the fire, and saw Chen Ke and Zhao Yi from the Jinyiwei Yamen coming hand in hand, their faces full of solemnity.

Seeing this, Li Huan was moved in his heart.

And Zhao Yi and Chen Ke stepped forward to greet Li Huan and said, "My lord, urgent report to Qianhu of Shanxi Qianhu."

Li Huan frowned, and took an urgent secret report from Zhao Yi.

When he opened the secret letter, a bright light flashed in Li Huan's eyes. He took a deep breath and calmed down the turmoil in his heart.

Sure enough, in the secret letter sent by Yue Buqun himself, there was only one thing, that the Tatars were gathering on the grassland, and the large group of people was slowly heading south, and they would arrive at the border of Daming in half a month, and they would arrive at the border at any time. It is possible that Kou Guan will go south.

Although Yue Buqun's secret letter contained no news about King Anhua's rebellion in Ningxia, Li Huan was able to link the rebellion of King Anhua and the large-scale gathering of Tatars going south in the first place.

If there is no accident, Zhu Zhiyu, the king of Anhua, may have really colluded with the Tatars. Otherwise, it cannot explain why the Tatars went south at such a coincident time, so they went south at the time of Zhu Zhiyu's rebellion.

"I hope that all this is just the collusion between Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu and the Tatars, and no other people or forces are involved."

Zhao Yi and Chen Ke obviously already knew the contents of the secret letter.

Hearing what Li Huan said, Chen Ke hesitated and said: "My lord, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. If there is no push behind it, King Anhua's rebellion cannot go so smoothly. How could the Tartars hook up with King Anhua?"

A murderous intent flashed in Li Huan's eyes. Looking at Zhao Yi and Chen Ke, he took a deep breath. Li Huan said to Chen Ke, "Chen Ke, immediately dispatch a group of capable men from Jinyiwei and quietly go to Ningxia. I need to find out for the official whether there is a black hand behind King Anhua's rebellion."

Chen Ke looked straight and said: "This subordinate takes orders."

Beijing Suburb Campus
A rush of drums sounded in the night.

The Jingying soldiers who had already fallen asleep were suddenly awakened by the sound of the drums gathering soldiers.

On the huge school grounds, piles of bonfires were blazing, illuminating the night sky, and the soldiers were awakened by the sound of drums.

A large number of soldiers began to rush out of the barracks and rushed towards the school grounds.

Li Huan, who was dressed in military uniform, was wearing the armor bestowed by the emperor, and he stood on the school field accompanied by commanders Ren Ping, Chen Ang, Xu Ying and others.

Looking at the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathering at a very fast speed below, Li Huan looked extremely calm.

After Ren Ping returned to Beijing with Li Huan, Li Huanzuo asked the emperor to entrust him with an important task, ordering him to be in charge of more than ten thousand cavalry and to be responsible for the training of more than ten thousand cavalry.

Although there are also cavalry in the Beijing camp, but the number is not too many, not more than [-].

There were more than [-] people and horses in the Beijing camp, including nearly [-] cavalry.

This time Li Huan got the emperor's order, even though Zhu Houzhao gave him the power of governor of the world's soldiers and horses, and ordered him to put down the rebellion of King Anhua.

If it is really just to quell the rebellion of King Anhua, to be honest, Li Huan doesn't even need to go out, just give Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides, an order.

The mere Anhua King's rebellion will be easily suppressed by soldiers from the three sides if it can't get out of Ningxia.

However, this time Li Huan wanted to personally lead [-] cavalry to Ningxia as quickly as possible. The news from Jin Yiwei had already indicated that the Tatars would invade at any time.

If it is said that the Anhua king Zhu Zhiyu's rebellion could not be put down before the Tatars invaded, once the Anhua king Zhu Zhiyu opened the defense line of the Ningxia border town and made the Tatars go south from the Ningxia border town as if they were in no one's land, it would be considered the last Daming was able to repel the Tatars, but I am afraid that the land on three sides will also be trampled by the Tatars' horseshoes and reduced to ruins.

After tens of thousands of soldiers assembled, following Li Huan's order, amidst the neighing of war horses, the army set off directly.

紫禁城

The sky was dim, and Zhu Houzhao, who felt that he had just squinted for a while, suddenly woke up.

Qiu Ju and Gao Feng outside the hall heard the movement and hurried into the bedroom to wait for Zhu Houzhao to get up.

While washing and washing, Zhu Houzhao asked, "Is there anything?"

Qiu Ju and Gao Feng looked at each other, and then heard Qiu Ju say: "Return to Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei sent a secret note not long ago."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, and immediately said: "Hurry up and show it to me."

Soon a secret memorial was presented to Zhu Houzhao. When Zhu Houzhao opened it, his complexion changed and he cursed angrily: "Damn Tatars, as Li Qing said, they took the opportunity to go south."

Zhu Houzhao said again: "Since the secret report was submitted by Jin Yiwei, it is obvious that Li Qing has already heard the news of the Tatars going south. What is Li Qing doing now, let him come to see me!"

After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng couldn't help being taken aback.

Seeing that Qiu Ju and Gao Feng were not moving, Zhu Houzhao wiped his hands with a towel, then put it aside, and looked at the two of them.

The two reacted, only to hear Qiu Ju hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, Li Huan...Brother Li Huan has already led [-] cavalry to set off overnight for Ningxia in the early morning."

"what!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being taken aback, obviously he didn't expect Li Huan to leave in such a hurry.

He only appointed Governor Li Huan of military affairs yesterday evening to be responsible for quelling the Anhua King's rebellion. He thought that if Li Huan wanted to send troops, he would have to wait at least two or three days until everything was ready before sending troops.

It turned out that Li Huan would lead the army to set off overnight that night.

When he came back to his senses, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said to Qiu Ju and Gao Feng with concern, "Why didn't you tell me about such an important matter!"

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