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Chapter 322 Li Huan's Counterattack

No one expected that Xu Ying would react like this, not only angrily reprimanded Chen Rui, but also in front of so many officials, even the emperor tore off his clothes to reveal his scarred chest.

However, when everyone saw the dozen or so scars left on Xu Ying's chest, they couldn't help being moved.

What kind of tragic fight did Xu Ying go through to leave so many scars on her body? You must know that many of these scars look very scary, and some of the wounds even appeared near the heart. If you are almost lucky, you may have lost your life.

It has to be said that Xu Ying's scars all over his chest made everyone stunned. For a general, the scars all over his body are the representative of his illustrious military achievements.

Just like what Xu Ying scolded Chen Rui, he has made great military exploits, so how can Chen Rui, a small foreigner, be able to question him.

I didn't see that the emperor who was sitting there at this moment couldn't help showing a bit of brilliance in his eyes when he looked at the wound on Xu Ying's exposed chest.

On the other hand, Chen Rui was ashamed and annoyed by Xu Ying's words. He originally wanted to step on Xu Ying to make a name for himself, but he never expected to be reprimanded by the other party in front of so many people.

At this moment, Chen Rui only felt that the eyes of all the colleagues around him were full of strangeness. Because of Xu Ying's reason, he will be disliked by all the important officials in the court, let alone go further in the future, I am afraid that even this official position may not be able to sit firmly at the moment.

Thinking of this, Chen Rui couldn't help being full of hatred towards Li Huan and Xu Ying. If it weren't for the two of them, how could he be like this.

Chen Rui didn't want to think about it, he was just a Yuanwailang, if he didn't take the initiative to provoke trouble, Li Huan probably wouldn't know who he was, and Xu Ying wouldn't scold him to him.

Now I feel that I have lost face and blamed everything on other people. With such a character alone, it is no wonder that he has been a Yuanwailang for many years.

Thinking that his official career might be cut off, Chen Rui couldn't help but yelled at Xu Ying in anger: "Bold Xu Ying, this is the place of the great court meeting, Your Majesty is in front, how dare you show your chest here, Such inappropriateness in front of the king is really a common man who doesn't know how to behave."

As soon as Chen Rui said this, the expressions of Li Hu, Li Guo, Meng Wei and the others who were beside Li Huan changed.

Although Chen Rui's words were only aimed at Xu Ying, how could they not understand the hidden meaning in his words, it was nothing more than saying that Xu Ying and the other generals were all ordinary people who didn't know how to behave.

All of a sudden, Li Hu, Li Guo, Meng Wei and the others all stared at Chen Rui with angry eyes.

Li Hu, Li Guo, Meng Wei and the others were all ferocious people who had survived hundreds of battles on the battlefield, their hands were covered with blood, and the evil spirit rushed towards their faces as if they were real.

Being stared at by several people, not to mention a powerless person like Chen Rui, even an ordinary soldier in the army might not be able to bear the deadly gaze of several people.

Li Huan frowned, glanced at Chen Rui lightly, and said with a sneer: "What a good Mr. Chen, let me ask you, if there were no lieutenant soldiers like Xu Ying who risked their lives to fight the Tatars , My Ming Dynasty, why the mountains and rivers are eternal, is that the countless people in Mr. Chen's population exchanged their lives for the peaceful and peaceful life of a dog like you, Mr. Chen."

Speaking of this, Li Huan shouted: "In Li's view, Xu Ying and the others are the pillars of the country, but you, hmph, are just the cystic bug of the country."

"The cysticercus of the country!"

As soon as Li Huan's words came out, Chen Rui's complexion became extremely pale as if struck by lightning, and he was so jealous that he said to Li Huan: "My man, Li Huan, you man, Chen has studied hard for decades. It is the pillars of the country appointed by the imperial pen of the first emperor. How dare you insult Chen like this? Is it possible that in the eyes of you, Li Huan, only you people who are full of fighting and killing are the pillars of the country, and we are busy for the country and for the king. The courtiers who share their worries and regulate the universe are all cysticercoids?"

After the words fell, many officials who were born in the imperial examination showed some approval on their faces, and it was obvious that Chen Rui's words reached their hearts.It can even be said that Chen Rui spoke their heart.

In the eyes of these people, one's birth in the imperial examination is the right path, while nobles and warriors are all illiterate, vulgar and vulgar common people.

Although these people didn't say anything about being noble and inferior, that's what they thought in their hearts.

What a Chen Rui, he is indeed a person who is good at making money, and he is so quick-witted that he knows to involve the entire civil official group or drag the entire civil official group into the water.

Even if he knew that Chen Rui was raising the banner, but as a literati, he naturally stood in one place, not to mention what Li Huan just said made many officials unhappy.

Although Li Huan didn't name any of them, the words that reprimanded Chen Rui sounded like they were talking about them in their ears, it was so harsh.

Li Huan just sneered, looked at Chen Rui with disdain and said: "Li pays respect to well-educated, high-minded literati. If it's both, Li retracts what he said before, but he doesn't know how Master Chen compares with Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming?"

Some officials couldn't help but look at Li Huan meaningfully when they heard the words, and there was some approval in their eyes.

The huge civil official group can be said to have brought together the elites of the huge Ming Empire. After all, they were able to pass through layers of scientific examinations and finally ascend to the imperial court.

Among so many elites, there are always some people like Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing.

It has to be said that Li Huan's words were resounding. Not only did he refute Chen Rui's intention of trying to offend the entire civil society, but he also made clear his attitude intentionally or unintentionally.

Chen Rui was speechless for a moment, how could he answer Li Huan's words, what kind of characters were the three governors Yang Yiqing and the governor Wang Yangming.

Such a character with both civil and military skills may not be able to emerge in decades. Even if he has no conscience, Chen Rui dare not compare with these few.

Unable to refute Li Huan, Chen Rui couldn't help being angry and anxious, pointing at Li Huan and tremblingly said: "You...you..."

She swayed, and the next moment Chen Rui's body went limp and fell directly to the ground. It seemed that Li Huan was so angry that she passed out.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and couldn't help looking at Li Huan with a strange expression.

Could it be that Li Huan had a grudge against them? First, Chen Wenliang was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and now he was so angry that Chen Rui passed out.

Several officials standing next to Chen Rui hurriedly stepped forward to check, and sat on the throne, watching Li Huan and Chen Rui's tit-for-tat confrontation as if watching a play, they just watched with relish.

However, when he saw that Chen Rui had passed out, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but frowned and said, "Come on, Mr. Chen Rui was inappropriate before, so he ordered someone to take him down for a diagnosis by the imperial physician, and another oral order, Chen Rui is virtuous and incompetent." The generation who stole the imperial treasures and became the country's cystic bug, now specially decreed to remove his position as a member of the Ministry of Industry, deprive him of his status as a Jinshi, and demote him to a commoner..."

Originally, Chen Rui was just pretending to be unconscious to cover up her embarrassment, but now she heard what the emperor said suddenly, and she didn't care about pretending to be unconscious, she turned over all of a sudden, and only a few regular people His colleagues who were in a hurry to pinch him were taken aback.

Chen Rui stood up, bowed down to the emperor with a puff and tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, you have removed your official position and deprived you of your Jinshi status, how will you live..."

If it is said that he was only deprived of his official position, then he was also a Jinshi after all, and he entered the imperial court step by step through the orthodox imperial examination road. His status as a Jinshi can be said to be the basis for him to be an official.

As long as the status of Jinshi is not lost, then he can enter the court as an official, and retreat can live in the countryside as a famous scholar, but now the emperor wants to deprive him of his status as a Jinshi, which is equivalent to breaking the foundation of his foothold! .

There are hundreds of people in his Chen family, and they all point to him as a Jinshi master to protect him. If he loses this status, all kinds of exorbitant taxes and corvee will be able to make his Chen family completely decline.

So he is not afraid of being demoted or even resigned, but what he fears most is losing his Jinshi status.

Chen Rui, who was talking loudly, tried to crawl towards Zhu Houzhao, wanting to plead with the emperor, but before he could get close to the emperor, Qiu Ju stepped forward to stop Chen Rui.

At the same time, Li Huan glanced at the emperor, and the two monarchs and ministers looked at each other, as if they had a heart-to-heart connection, and Li Huan said: "Come on, don't drive this person out of the palace."

Just by looking at the disgust on Li Huan's face, one can tell how much Li Huan disdains Chen Rui, a person who sells people directly and invites fame.

If it was said that the other party was a bright sword and a clear gun, and it was clear that the chariots and horses were not against him, then he would look up to the other party, but Li Huan could only despise someone like Chen Rui who deliberately sold his name.

Immediately, several burly guards of the imperial city stepped forward and lifted Chen Rui up, and then dragged Chen Rui away like a chicken.

Chen Rui kept struggling and begging for mercy in the hands of the imperial guards, begging the emperor bitterly, but it was a pity that Zhu Houzhao didn't pay attention to the other party's intentions at all.

As Chen Rui's voice faded away, all the officials present looked at each other in blank dismay, and Chen Rui's begging for mercy seemed to be echoing in their ears.

This scene looks so familiar, it seems that not long ago, when Chen Wenliang, the censor of Zuodu, was taken down, it was the same situation.

What happened to Chen Wenliang and Chen Rui couldn't help but make many officials feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox hurt others, and they secretly thought in their hearts that they were really stealing chickens and losing money at today's court meeting.

Instead of being able to impeach Li Huan and Wang Yangming, they caught up with officials such as Chen Wenliang and Chen Rui.

Several officials looked at each other, feeling a little disappointed in their hearts. I am afraid that there is no hope of impeaching Li Huan again today.

The only thing they can do is to find a way to collect Li Huan's handles after they go back, and then discuss how to deal with Li Huan.

Obviously these people also understood, so seeing Li Huan turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain, easily disrupting their impeachment situation, they have already given birth to the idea of ​​putting down their banners and waiting for the future, just waiting for today's big The court meeting can end as soon as possible.

Since there is nothing they can do about Li Huan this time, then they will look for a better opportunity. The most important thing they need is time. Countless pairs of eyes are staring at Li Huan. Huan's handle, otherwise, they will definitely make Li Huan unable to bear it.

While comforting himself in his heart, many officials stood with lowered eyebrows one by one, without the aggressive aura they had before.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at all the officials, and finally his eyes fell on the elders of the cabinet, and he said slowly: "My dear fellows, let the cabinet discuss it. This time the army has won, and the cabinet should take out the meritorious soldiers in the army. What do the ministers think when a reward is announced?"

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I will call the officials of various ministries to discuss this matter after I go to court."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep look at Li Dongyang and said, "I hope Li Qing will not let me down."

Li Dongyang's originally crooked figure seemed to be crooked again in an instant, and he said in a hoarse voice: "I will definitely not disappoint Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly.

Many officials breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, only looking forward to the next moment when the emperor was about to retreat. However, at this moment, Li Huan suddenly spoke, and the moment he opened his mouth, the hearts of all the civil and military officials present were aroused. He suddenly hung up, and looked at Li Huan in unison.

Under the eyes of the crowd, Li Huan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I still have this performance!"

Zhu Houzhao was about to signal Qiu Ju to order to retreat, but he couldn't help looking at Li Huan after hearing Li Huan's words.

Apparently, Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that Li Huan, who had just won a round of criticism from the civil official group, would have something else to do.

However, Zhu Hou looked after Li Huan's solemn appearance, and a little curiosity arose in his heart.

What happened to Li Huan?
With such curiosity, Zhu Houzhao sat upright, looked at Li Huan and said, "I don't know what else Li Qing has to do?"

Li Huan said slowly: "The minister impeached Shen Yu, the grain supervisor in the army, Ma Qing, the firearms battalion supervisor Ma Qing and other logistics officials. ..."

When each name came out of Li Huan's mouth, all the officials present looked at Li Huan in amazement as if there were thunderbolts in their ears.

Is Li Huan going to handle a big case and set up a big prison?He actually impeached more than a dozen officials with names and surnames in one breath. Careful people can even find that the dozen or so officials impeached by Li Huan accounted for almost [-]% to [-]% of the main officials in charge of the army's logistics.

Of course, the most important thing is that almost half of these officials were transferred from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Household Affairs, and they went to the front line with Wang Yangming half a year ago to be in charge of logistics dispatch.

Li Huan mercilessly impeached these officials at the court meeting. These officials are the backbone of the civil official group. Now impeaching these people in front of all civil and military officials, is this Li Huan's counterattack?

Some dark-minded officials looked at Li Huan with a cold face, and inexplicably came up with such thoughts.

[Brothers, ask for a monthly pass, if there is a monthly pass, there is no such thing. 】

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