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Chapter 321 The Scar on the Chest

Immediately, some officials couldn't help looking at the elders at the side, as if they wanted to see how they would react.

To be precise, these officials are all waiting for hints from the elders. If the elders give hints to impeach Li Huan, some officials among them will immediately show up to attack Li Huan.

What disappointed some officials was that even though their eyes were full of expectations, the cabinet ministers headed by Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others were all downcast, neither standing up to make a difference. Expressed his position, but also did not give them any instructions.

Just when various thoughts flashed through the minds of these officials, Li Huan stood up and said respectfully to the emperor: "Your Majesty, for this battle, our Ming Dynasty has recruited a total of more than 25 troops and 15 laborers. , which lasted seven months, finally defeated the Tatars, wiped out more than [-] Tatars, and captured about [-] people..."

Hearing Li Huan mentioned the exact results of the battle, especially knowing that more than [-] Tatars were annihilated and as many as [-] were captured in this battle, even the officials who had always hated Li Huan and gritted their teeth were all in their hearts. It was so shocking that Li Huan subconsciously realized that Li Huan must have killed the good and pretended to be a soldier, and lied about his military achievements.

After all, the result of this battle is too unbelievable. So many Tatars were killed and captured. This kind of result is an extremely rare victory at the beginning of the founding of the country.

With such a great victory, as the chief general in command of the army, he can at least win the title of Marquis in one battle.

As for today, the decades of Ming Dynasty's lack of popularity of foreign warriors further set off the brilliance of the victory achieved in this battle.

On the contrary, among the warriors, most of them looked at Li Huan with bright eyes, and regretted it in their hearts. If they were willing to stand up and ask the emperor for orders to accompany the army to fight against the Tartars, then this is a great achievement. It might not be their credit.

It's a pity that they missed such a gluttonous feast. It can be foreseen that after this great battle, an unknown number of people will be made marquises, and how many people will be promoted to nobles.

However, although I feel regretful and regretful in my heart, compared with the Civil Service Group, the Wu Xun Group is still extremely excited and happy.

Not to mention that some of them sent the children of the mansion to accompany Li Huan on the expedition, and they also made meritorious service in this battle. When the time comes, it will definitely not be a problem to be promoted to a noble family.

Besides, in this battle, there will be at least a dozen people who will be awarded the title of title by the emperor, and those who have been promoted to the title for military merit, are naturally members of their noble group.

As long as the other party is willing to integrate into their Xungui Group, then the power and influence of the Xungui Group will be greatly strengthened invisibly.

They knew the general situation and process of this battle from the news they received before, but it was not as detailed as what Li Huan said. Now only listening to Li Huan's narration, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others could bear it. I couldn't help but want to ask the emperor for Li Huan's reward.

It's just that at this moment Li Huan is still continuing to tell the emperor the specific details of this battle.

"...Your Majesty, the victory of this battle is firstly thanks to His Majesty's discerning eyes, Mingjian Wanli appointed Wang Yangming as the commander of the three armies, and secondly, thanks to the soldiers for their hard work, so this battle was won."

It's just that when Li Huan's words came here, his voice changed abruptly, and his expression was slightly ferocious and sad, and he said: "The Tatars are cruel, and they are not afraid of fighting to the death when facing the siege of our Ming soldiers, so that our soldiers There were heavy casualties and a terrible price was paid for it.”

Originally, Zhu Houzhao's face was filled with joy and excitement because he was listening to Li Huan's narration of the battlefield.

As an emperor who likes martial arts, Zhu Houzhao is naturally happy and excited that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were born Tatars in a single battle.

Thinking that since he came to the throne, because of his favor and trust in Liu Jin and Li Huan, he has attracted hundreds of officials to speak up. The border town of Daming has always only responded passively to the invasion of the adults, and has never achieved any results.

Now that Li Huan and Wang Yangming have achieved such a great result in the battle, Zhu Houzhao is very happy. However, the next moment Li Huan mentioned the painful price paid by the soldiers in front of him, Zhu Houzhao's expression changed immediately, and his face revealed Looking at Li Huan with a heavy expression, he said in a deep voice: "Li Qing, how about the casualties of my Ming soldiers, come for me quickly."

As a holy son of heaven, he would naturally not only pay attention to military merits, but also sympathize with the lieutenant soldiers. Zhu Houzhao may not be described as a wise gentleman now, but with Zhu Houzhao's temperament, he suddenly heard that there were heavy casualties in the army. Instinctively, it revealed the pity and concern of the Holy Son of Heaven for the soldiers at the bottom.

Li Huan looked upright, with a mournful trembling voice between his brows, he bowed down to Zhu Houzhao: "I am incompetent, so that my Ming Dynasty killed and injured nearly [-] people, and even killed the enemy chieftain Dayan Khan, the minister is responsible for your majesty." Entrusted, please Your Majesty punish the minister's crime."

Some officials were delighted when they heard the words, and subconsciously looked at Zhu Houzhao.

After all, there were so many casualties in the army, so Li Huan and Wang Yangming must be responsible, but if the emperor shows such dissatisfaction and blame towards Li Huan, then they will watch his words and jump out immediately to join forces to impeach him Li Huan.

Under the gazes of many expectant officials, Li Huan prostrated himself on the ground with a sad expression on his face, obviously sad because of the dead and wounded soldiers.

As for the reaction of Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, the officials were even more disappointed.

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, looked at Li Huan and said slowly: "It is said that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, not to mention that on the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes, and it is human nature for soldiers to be killed or injured. In this world, I am afraid that no one can guarantee that the two armies will meet and that their own soldiers will not be killed or injured."

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao got up suddenly, looked down at Li Huan and said, "What's more, Li Qing and Wang Qing's family mobilized troops and horses, commanded them well, and defeated the Tatars in the first battle. Not only did they have nothing to do, but they made merit."

Zhu Houzhao's words have the meaning of setting a final conclusion on the outcome of the battle between Li Huan and Wang Yangming.

Once Zhu Houzhao's words spread, no matter how much the other officials wanted to impeach Li Huan, they would not be able to use this matter as an excuse to attack Li Huan.

After all, with so many soldiers killed and wounded in the First World War, even if Li Huan and Wang Yangming won a big victory, they would still be impeached by some officials.

It can be said that if the emperor does not determine the casualties of this battle, it is conceivable that it will not be long before the officials of the DPRK and China will impeach Li Huan once.

However, under the golden words of the emperor, even if others want to impeach Li Huan, they can only find other faults for Li Huan.

Some officials who reacted quickly realized the meaning of Zhu Houzhao's words almost as soon as the emperor's voice fell. There were also some officials who did not understand the meaning of Zhu Houzhao's words, and even thought that what the emperor said made sense, so they nodded secretly.

However, the officials on the side explained in a low voice, and when they realized that the emperor was taking the initiative to open up responsibility for Li Huan and intend to protect Li Huan, the eyes of these officials looking at Li Huan changed immediately.

Li Huan was a little moved when he heard the words, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Thank you, Your Majesty, on behalf of the officers and men of the three armies."

Zhu Houzhao looked at the invitation for the battle report presented by Li Huan in his hand, his face gradually showed a bit of solemnity, he looked at the ministers and said: "How do you think I should reward these meritorious soldiers?"

Hearing the emperor's words, everyone looked at me and I looked at you. Obviously, for rewarding Li Huan and strengthening the power of the noble group, the officials absolutely did not want to see such a situation happen.

It's just that even if you want to stop it, you can't think of any good excuses for a while.

At this moment, Chen Rui, a member of the Ministry of War, took a step forward and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the imperial court should reward you for such great achievements made by the army."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he looked at Chen Rui with satisfaction, obviously he didn't expect Chen Rui to speak for Li Huan.

It's just that Zhu Houzhao didn't want to change it right away, because Chen Rui's next words changed and said: "The matter of awarding the reward is very important. Although General Li submitted the report, we must follow the court procedure. I beg Your Majesty to allow the Ministry of War and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to jointly send officials into the army to count military merits to ensure that the soldiers of the three armies who have made meritorious service can receive their due rewards, so as to prevent the army from being corrupted by military merits and falsely reporting military information. If so, wouldn’t your majesty Do you want to lose the morale of the army?"

As soon as Chen Rui finished speaking, he immediately attracted the admiring gazes of many officials around him.

Although Chen Rui said that he didn't directly mention Li Huan's military merits and lied about the army, but no one is a fool. Can't they understand the meaning behind what Chen Rui said?

Facing the admiring gazes of many colleagues around him, Chen Rui looked at Li Huan without fear, his eyes full of emotion.

Chen Rui looked at Li Huan, and her heart was full of expectations. If Li Huan refuted what he said, no matter what, his move to become famous today has been successful anyway.

It can be said that in front of such an official, Chen Rui's allusion to Li Huan's deeds of embezzling the Mo army's lieutenant had already left a deep impression on the hearts of all the officials.

When the official position reached Chen Rui's level, it would be more and more difficult to advance further in the officialdom. Without the favor and support of the court officials, it would be extremely difficult to cross this threshold.

Chen Rui's goal is to become a servant or even a minister one day, but under normal circumstances, there are almost no such opportunities.

For the ambition in his heart, even at the risk of offending Li Huan, he would stand up and mock Li Huan in front of all the court officials.

Just as Chen Rui expected, all the officials were suddenly intimidated by Li Huan's power, so few officials dared to stand up and impeach Li Huan at this time.

But Chen Rui dared, just as Chen Rui expected, almost instantly, Chen Rui came into the sight of all the important officials present as he wished.

Some important ministers looked at Chen Rui with surprise and appreciation.

Some officials looked at Li Huan secretly, thinking that Chen Rui alluded to Li Huan's greed for the merits of the soldiers, and wondered what Li Huan's reaction would be, whether he would directly use Jin Yiwei to take Chen Rui down.

However, before Li Huan could speak, Xu Ying, who was standing beside Li Huan, snorted coldly at Chen Rui and said, "What a shameless person who sells fame and invites people directly. The general led the lieutenant soldiers into the general. In the grassland, when facing the enemy, you always take the lead, charge first, and retreat later. The soldiers of the three armies always respect the general. You, Chen Rui, dare to slander the general. Are you not afraid that the general will not spare you? "

Although Chen Rui's actions were in fact an outright invitation, but if Xu Ying didn't name her and reveal her true face, then Chen Rui would be a loyal man who was not afraid of the tyranny of a traitor and dared to fight against it.

At this time, Chen Rui was pointed out by Xu Ying, so he was naturally ashamed and angry. He stared at Xu Ying and couldn't help but shouted loudly: "This is the important place of the court meeting, and the princes are here to discuss politics, and who are you, and what qualifications do you have to dare to come here?" This big talk?"

Xu Ying is Li Huan's subordinate, so it goes without saying that he followed Li Huan into the palace, but Chen Rui didn't mention this, and asked Xu Ying's identity and whether she was qualified to speak at the court meeting.

If Xu Ying can be punished for a big crime of disrespect, wouldn't it be possible to lose Li Huan's face and severely damage Li Huan's prestige?

Thinking of this, Chen Rui was filled with excitement and anticipation.

It seemed difficult to impeach Li Huan for a while. After all, the emperor favored Li Huan, and it was the time when Li Huan was favored by the emperor.

But if he didn't target Li Huan at this time, but instead focused on Li Huan's cronies, he wanted to see what Li Huan could do if all of Li Huan's cronies were impeached one by one.

Thinking of this, the smile on Chen Rui's face could hardly be concealed, so many officials couldn't help muttering secretly when they saw the smile on Chen Rui's face.

Chen Rui couldn't have been scared stupid by Li Huan, otherwise why would he be so happy when he offended Li Huan.

No one would have imagined that Chen Rui's thoughts would change so much in such a short period of time.

At the same time, Xu Ying was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and sneered at Chen Rui: "I am Xu Ying, the deputy commander of the Beijing Camp and the Yongying Camp. I followed the mighty general to fight on the battlefield and killed the Tatar The leader of the tribe, even with the great general, has ridden dozens of Tatar tribes, and dare not say that he has made great military achievements, but the countless scars on his body are the proof of Xu."

With a bang, Xu Ying tore off the armor on his chest in an instant, and immediately saw that most of his chest was exposed. Looking above the chest, there were no less than several arrow marks and scars left by sharp objects.

Then Xu Ying yelled at Chen Rui angrily: "Open your eyes and see clearly, Xu is not comparable to a mere Yuanwailang in terms of official rank or credit, so what qualifications do you have to blame this general?"

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