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Chapter 210 The Emperor's Soldiers Are Strong and His Horses Are Strong【For order】

At this moment, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and others stood up, bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, I have committed the crime of negligence. As the cabinet, I did not notice such a major event. Please punish me."

After venting, Zhu Houzhao's anger was slightly suppressed, and at the same time, he glanced at Li Dongyang and the others, slammed his sleeves and said: "You are indeed guilty of negligence, but the most important thing right now is to help the victims. Who are the Shaanxi officials who deceived their superiors and their subordinates, I will punish their nine clans."

An official suddenly said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I impeached Li Huan, Commander of the Jin Yiwei, and also committed the crime of negligence. Please punish him severely..."

Zhu Houzhao was in a fit of anger, and he had nowhere to vent his anger. When he heard the words, he immediately yelled at the official: "At this moment, I don't think about how to help the victims, but I think about using it to attack my colleagues. In addition to his official identity, I will strictly investigate him in Jin Yiwei."

This official is the supervisory censor. Zhu Houzhao learned that the supervisory censor colluded with Shaanxi officials to deceive each other, and he wanted to kill Cao Feng, the supervisory censor. The supervisory censor jumped at this time. When he came out to criticize Li Huan, he naturally became the target of Zhu Houzhao's anger.

The supervisory censor couldn't help being stunned when he heard the words, and then his expression changed drastically. He knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, I... I have no selfish intentions, I have been wronged..."

Zhu Houzhao didn't listen to the other party's excuse at all, and roared: "Drag on."

Immediately, two guards on duty stepped forward and took the censor away.

For a moment, all the officials were worried, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Li Dongyang and the others and said: "I will pass on my order and immediately order the Ministry of Households to allocate money and food to help the victims. Local officials who are not good enough to help the victims will be severely punished."

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao seemed to have thought of something, a sharp murderous intent flashed in his eyes and said: "Natural disasters can still be forgiven, but man-made disasters must be punished."

When everyone heard this, their hearts were awe-inspiring, and the meaning of the emperor was very clear. If it was a natural disaster, it would be fine, but if it was a man-made disaster that caused unrest among the victims, they would be severely punished.

Exhaling a foul breath, Zhu Houzhao walked up to the throne and sat down, his eyes fixed and he said: "Is there anything else?"

But at this moment, Bao Qing, who was the servant of the household department, stepped forward and bowed and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, there are more than 230 million taels of silver in the treasury. I don't know how much money to allocate to relieve the disaster in Shaanxi?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned, looked at the people in the cabinet and said, "I think you already have a disaster relief plan, let me ask you, how much do you need for this disaster relief?"

Looking at each other, Li Dongyang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the most scarce thing in Shaanxi is grain. The imperial court can buy grain in Huguang, Henan, Shandong and other places, and then transport it to Shaanxi. It will cost at least one million dollars..."

Zhu Houzhao frowned and said: "If I remember correctly, the autumn tax has just entered the warehouse, why not directly transfer the grain to Shaanxi."

Obviously, in Zhu Houzhao's view, if the money is transferred directly, it will take time to buy food. The time wasted in this may cause countless victims of the disaster to starve to death a few days later.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, an official jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, no, those grains have already been used. One is to dispatch the food and pay of the frontier army, and the other is to supply the needs of the capital. It is related to the stability of the army and the capital. Do not move."

Zhu Hou looked after Wang Yangming, Liu Yu, Yang Tinghe, and Li Dongyang.

At this moment Yang Tinghe said slowly: "Your Majesty, what Zheng Shilang said is true, those grains should not be moved lightly, but there is not no compromise."

Zhu Hou took care of Yang Tinghe and said, "Yang Aiqing continued."

Yang Tinghe said slowly: "Your Majesty can decree that some of the grain will be transferred to Shaanxi for disaster relief, and another money will be allocated to purchase grain to Beijing. With the grain stored in the capital now, it will not be a problem if there is a time difference."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, looked at Wang Yangming and Liu Yu and said, "Do you think it's possible?"

Wang Yangming nodded and said: "Return to Your Majesty, this method can save countless victims, even if there is a certain risk, I think it is feasible."

Everyone knows that grain should not be moved lightly, and the production around Gyeonggi has long been unable to supply the needs of the capital. Every year, the imperial court needs to transport a large amount of grain from Huguang and other places into Beijing to supply the needs of the capital and the frontier army.

It can be said that once there is a problem with the food supply of the capital, the capital will inevitably be in chaos.

This is why the previous official opposed the use of grain.

Yang Tinghe and others were able to propose to use part of the grain, and to a certain extent they assumed considerable responsibility. After all, the harm caused by the turmoil in the capital was definitely much greater than the disaster in one place.

Zhu Houzhao immediately said: "I will pass on my will to temporarily allocate a million stones of grain and transfer it to Shaanxi to relieve the victims."

All the officials kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said with a flash of light in his eyes: "The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Third Department sent competent officials to Shaanxi in person to keep an eye on this batch of relief food for me. It must be used for the relief of the victims."

Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming and others said solemnly: "The ministers take orders."

After glancing at the officials, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said to Li Huan, "Li Qing, do you have anything to say?"

Just now Li Huan had been standing by the side without opening a word. Now that Zhu Houzhao was asking, many officials cast their eyes on Li Huan.

Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Return to Your Majesty, Yuan Ming, a thousand households of Shanxi Jinyiwei, colluded with Shaanxi officials to deceive the superior and conceal the matter. I have committed the crime of negligence. Please punish me."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said: "Yuan Ming has been in charge of Shaanxi for several years, Li Qingyi has only been in charge of Jinyiwei for a few months, and has been supervising the case of treason. What has this matter to do with you?"

Li Huan said seriously: "Your Majesty, this statement is wrong. I am the commander of the Jin Yiwei, so if something like this happened to the Jin Yiwei, I have an unshirkable responsibility."

Li Huan said solemnly: "Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, noticing the expressions of all the officials, he suddenly nodded and said: "The Commander of Jinyiwei, Li Huan, neglected to supervise, so that his subordinates colluded with local officials to deceive the superior and the inferior, and fined their salary for one year, as a warning to others!"

When some officials heard Zhu Houzhao's words, they thought they would punish Li Huan in some way, but they never thought that it was just a fine.

Everyone knows that the punishment of paying a salary is just a show, and there is no difference between being fined and not being fined.

But if you want to say that there is no punishment, you really can't justify it, because it is really a punishment.

Li Huan respectfully said: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As he said that, Li Huan's eyes flashed brightly and he said: "Your Majesty, I think that the reorganization of the Beijing camp, the elimination of the old and the weak, will inevitably require a large number of soldiers, and the disaster in Shaanxi has displaced a large number of people. , give money and food, and put it into the Beijing camp."

I only heard Li Huan continue: "One is that in ancient times, when the people were in turmoil and turmoil, the young and strong among the people must be selected as the backbone, and the young and strong should be selected to be included in the army. There is no way to survive, so as not to become a slave to local tyrants."

Some officials' complexions changed slightly upon hearing the words.

How could they not understand the meaning of Li Huan's words.

The expansion of local tyrants is based on natural disasters and man-made disasters. One is to annex the land, and the other is to annex the population. A large number of people have to sell themselves as slaves because of the loss of land and become the vassals of the local tyrants.

Once these populations become vassals of local powerful people, they will naturally no longer be under the control of the imperial court, and will only strengthen the powerful forces and reduce the power of the imperial court.

However, Li Huan's move was obviously a cake for many tyrants. Those local tyrants annexed land and naturally needed a large number of tenants to cultivate it.

An official from Shaanxi, Mrs. Zheng jumped out almost instinctively and said: "Your Majesty, you can't, civilian households are civilian households, and military households are military households. What the Taifu said seems good, but it is not feasible."

Li Huan raised his brows and looked at Zheng Taidao: "Oh, I don't know why it can't be done?"

Zheng Taidao: "The former Song Dynasty implemented this policy to prevent local youth from gathering and causing civil unrest in disaster years, so they were included in the army. However, these are just ordinary people, who have no combat power at all, and will only waste the country. Money and food."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zheng looked at Li Huan and said, "Since the Taifu said that the Beijing camp is old, weak, sick and disabled, and can't be reused, then I would like to ask the Taifu, what is the use of calling a group of people into the army? If so, it is better not to rectify it." Jingying."

Many officials nodded when they heard the words.

In the former Song Dynasty, this method was practiced, so that there were millions of local Xiang troops, but they had no combat power, and a lot of money was wasted.

Another official stood up and said, "I also object."

Soon, dozens of officials expressed their opposition. If we carefully investigate the backgrounds of these officials, we will find an interesting phenomenon.

Among the officials who stood up to oppose, at least half were native of Shaanxi.

Zhu Houzhao also frowned. As an emperor, especially an emperor like Zhu Houzhao who had been educated by the emperor since childhood, it is basic to be familiar with history books, so he also knew the disadvantages of the former Song Dynasty's strategy of Namin entering the army.

Although he has always had confidence in Li Huan, with the lessons learned from the previous Song Dynasty and the opposition of so many officials, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help looking at Li Huan with some hesitation.

Of course Li Huan knew what happened to those Xiang troops in the former Song Dynasty. It can even be said that the reason why he proposed such a method was indeed copying the homework of the former Song Dynasty.

But copying homework belongs to copying homework, but Li Huan's actions are completely different from those of the previous Song Dynasty. Strong as an army to use.

However, Li Huan really wanted to train these people into elite soldiers. Naturally, there would not be a situation in the former Song Dynasty where the court paid for a group of Xiang troops with little combat power.

Seeing Zhu Hou looking at him, Li Huan said solemnly: "Your Majesty, since I have ordered the minister to supervise the Beijing camp and have full power to rectify the capital camp, then please trust me, and I will give an explanation to your majesty and all officials."

As soon as Li Huan said this, many people suddenly looked up at Li Huan.

Even many officials who did not stand up to oppose looked at Li Huan with strange eyes. Everyone knew how the local Xiang army came from the former Song Dynasty, and they knew more about the pros and cons of that policy.

However, Li Huan still persisted under such circumstances, which surprised many officials.

Could it be that Li Huan really doesn't know how ridiculous it is to recruit a group of common people and use them as soldiers?

Zhu Houzhao and Li Huan looked at each other. When he saw the resolute look in Li Huan's eyes, Zhu Houzhao suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, since Li Qing said so, then I agree."

The faces of Mrs. Zheng and other officials changed greatly when they heard the words, especially Mrs. Zheng, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, said loudly: "Your Majesty, this is a policy that harms the country and the people. It must not be..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Zheng said to Li Huan: "Li Huan, what is your intention to deceive Your Majesty and carry out such a policy of harming the country and the people!"

Li Huan gave Mrs. Zheng a cold look and said, "Mrs. Zheng, a native of Yan'an Mansion, Shaanxi Province, lived in Yan'an Mansion for generations. He is a local gentry. His family has tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and hundreds of servants..."

Mrs. Zheng did not expect Li Huan to investigate him so clearly, her complexion changed slightly, but she quickly said: "My Zheng family abides by the law and is an example for the local people. The land and servants are all legitimate income. What does Li Taifu mean by this? ?”

Li Huan looked at Mrs. Zheng, smiled slightly and said: "It's nothing, it's just that Li wants to tell Zheng Shilang, I hope that your Zheng family will really be as you said, obey the law and not harm the people..."

Mrs. Zheng's complexion changed drastically, she bowed down to the Son of Heaven, and said in a sobbing voice: "Your Majesty, Li Huan has slandered this official, and please Your Majesty to be the master."

When many officials looked at Li Huan, their eyes showed hatred. In front of them, they were almost threatening Zheng Taitang's servant, how could this be tolerated.

Zhu Hou took a look at Mrs. Zheng, and said with a cold snort: "The pure will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid. The Qing family must have confidence in their own people. If the Zheng family really abide by the law and set an example for one side, I will definitely punish Li Huan severely and return Zheng Shilang to your innocence."

Mrs. Zheng couldn't help but froze when she heard the words, her face showed a bit of panic, she tried her best not to lose her composure, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, ignored Mrs. Zheng, but turned to Baiguan and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

A figure came out, and it was Shen Yu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. Shen Yu said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, the Huanghuai River has not been repaired for several years. According to the survey by officials sent by the Ministry of Industry, many sections of the river have been damaged. However, if there is a flood and the river is raging, it will definitely cause a catastrophe."

Said Shen Yu slowly bowed down and said: "I ask the imperial court to allocate money to repair the Huanghuai River. This is related to the safety of tens of millions of people on both sides of the Huanghuai River and millions of hectares of fertile land."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but frowned. Although he said that he was mentally prepared for this, but hearing Shen Yu's words, Zhu Houzhao was still unhappy.

The first is to relieve the victims, the second is to repair the river, and then I don't know what to do next.

The money and food in the national treasury seems to be a lot, but it will definitely not be able to withstand major events, such as a catastrophe like Shaanxi, even if half of the money and food in the national treasury is used, it may not be useful, and there will be worries in the future.

And repairing the river course is costly and labor-intensive. Hundreds of thousands of civilians are needed, it is a bottomless hole, let alone millions of taels of silver, even if it is doubled, it may not be able to hear the sound. .

Throughout the dynasties, in order to repair the river, the imperial court did not know how much manpower, material and financial resources were invested, but the result was that it was not difficult to change the situation of the flooding of the river, but this kind of thing had to be done.

Rubbing his forehead, Zhu Houzhao knew that since Shen Yu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, made this point formally in front of all the officials, then he, the emperor, had to agree
Otherwise, if there is a real flood in the area of ​​the Yellow River and Huai River in the coming year, and if he, the emperor, rejects the memorial requested by the Ministry of Industry to repair the river, then he, the emperor, will definitely be remembered by the historian and will be infamous forever.

All through the ages, when it comes to repairing rivers, the emperor always agrees.

Zhu Hou took a look at Shen Yu and said, "Shen Shilang, let me ask you, does the Ministry of Industry have a plan, and if it repairs the river, how much money will it need?"

Shen Yu looked at the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, because many sections of the river have been in disrepair for a long time, the repair department decided to overhaul them this time, instead of repairing them as usual, investing a lot of money every year, but it didn't have much effect. .”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up. Every year, the imperial court invests tens of thousands of taels of money in the river, just to maintain the river, but this is a temporary solution, not the root cause. But I am afraid of encountering such a big disaster.

Regardless of the purpose, it is clear that the Ministry of Industry really put their minds to it this time.

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao said, "How much money and food will the court need to invest? How much corvee will be collected?"

Shen Yu coughed lightly, hesitated for a while, and then said, "The Ministry of Industry intends to ask the imperial court to allocate one million taels of money, one million stones of grain, and 30 corvettes. Taking advantage of autumn and winter, the Huanghuai River will be overhauled."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "Is this money and food enough?"

Shen Yu shook her head and said, "Not enough."

While speaking, Shen Yu looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "I originally planned to ask the imperial court to allocate 300 million taels of silver, 300 million shi of grain, and 50 yuan of conscripts, but several elders rejected my request because the household department has no money. .”

Zhu Hou took care of Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, and Wang Yangming.

Yang Tinghe took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, part of the treasury's money and food is used to relieve the disaster in Shaanxi, and to distribute official salaries. At the same time, it is also necessary to maintain the imperial mausoleum, repair the mausoleum for your majesty, allocate money to maintain local government schools, and even Your Majesty still needs to cut down the Beijing camp, the Ministry of Industry needs to build ordnance, and so on. There are so many things that need to spend money, even if Shen Shilang asks for millions of silver, the Ministry of Households can't afford it. "

At this moment, Bao Qing, the servant of the household department, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, please suspend the repair of the Huanghuai River and the reduction of the Beijing camp. The amount of money and food requested by the Ministry of Industry is too huge, and the capital governor needs a lot of money to eliminate the Beijing camp." , the imperial court simply cannot afford it.”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning.

Shen Yu said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the Huanghuai River must not be dragged on any longer. In case of a catastrophe, the court will lose millions."

Bao Qing said firmly: "The imperial court has no money, if Mr. Shen insists, the Ministry of Households can only allocate 30 taels of silver and [-] shi of grain as usual."

Shen Yu couldn't help pointing at Bao Qing and said angrily: "Bao Shilang, you are disregarding human life. Once the river floods and the river collapses, countless people will be displaced. Can you take such a big responsibility?"

Bao Qing shook his head and said: "I am the minister of the household department, not the minister of the Ministry of Industry. The river flooded and the river channel collapsed. The first thing to blame is your Ministry of Industry. What has it to do with me?"

Seeing the two servants of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households quarreling in front of so many officials, Li Huan couldn't help showing a mocking smile.

Isn't this play just for the emperor to watch?

I didn't read the two people's words, and the purpose was obvious, which was to force the emperor to take money out of the inner treasury.

For this point, Li Huan and Zhu Houzhao had already been mentally prepared.

Li Huan had read the information of Jinyiwei not long ago about Shen Yu's play on the Huanghuai River. Not to mention how much ten thousand taels of silver can be used to repair the river, even if all of them are put into practice, it will not have much effect.

What's more, how much money and food can be used on the river?
So what is the state of the river along the river today? Just thinking about it makes people shudder.

That is to say, there has been no continuous heavy rain in Huanghuai in the past few years, otherwise, disasters would have erupted long ago, affecting countless people.

Li Huan cast his eyes on Wang Yangming, and Wang Yangming seemed to have sensed Li Huan's gaze. The two eyes met. Wang Yangming nodded slightly, and a flash of light flashed in his eyes. He immediately stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty , Your Majesty is bold enough to implore His Majesty to take part of the money from the inner treasury to repair the river and benefit the people on both sides of the Huanghuai River, and the people will be grateful for His Majesty's great kindness."

Wang Yangming's move made many officials stunned. Isn't Wang Yangming from Li Huan's lineage, and Li Huan is the emperor's confidant? Why would Wang Yangming suddenly stand up and ask the emperor to take money from the internal treasury?

On the contrary, Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and others were taken aback for a moment, and then they realized that they looked at Wang Yangming and Zhu Houzhao with some deep meaning in their eyes.

Zhu Hou glanced at Wang Yangming, took a deep breath and said, "Wang Aiqing wholeheartedly serves the people, and I feel very comforted. The people in the world are all my people. The Huanghuai River has been in disrepair for a long time, and the people are endangered. I can't bear it."

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao's voice suddenly became high-pitched, and he said solemnly: "I intend to take out 300 million taels of Wenyin from the internal treasury, which will be specially used for the management of the Huanghuai River."

When Wang Yangming and other officials heard the words, they all bowed down to Zhu Houzhao and shouted: "Your Majesty is holy!"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Shen Yu, the servant of the Ministry of Industry, and then glanced at several officials of the Ministry of Industry, and said in a deep voice: "This time, I will fully support you in the management of the river, and I hope that you will not let me down."

Shen Yudang immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry will definitely do everything possible to repair the river, and never let the Huanghuai River endanger the people again."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly.

As the court dispersed, a group of officials discussed in low voices the major events that had been decided at the court meeting today.

One is to relieve the victims, the other is to repair the river, and the other is to weed out the old and weak and reorganize the Beijing camp.

This incident is a major waste of money, and it is Li Huan who ransacked his house several times before the emperor gained such confidence.

Otherwise, it would be fine to help the victims, and the money would come from the national treasury, but the money needed to repair the river and rectify the capital camp would come from the internal treasury.

Although it has been known for a long time that Li Huan confiscated a large amount of money into the emperor's internal treasury, the officials did not have a specific figure for how much money Li Huan had confiscated. many.

But now seeing that the emperor took out 300 million taels of silver to repair the river without blinking an eye, many officials were amazed at the same time, secretly guessing how much money is available in the inner treasury of the emperor.

In the Qing Palace

Zhu Houzhao said with some doubts on his face: "Li Qing, there seems to be something wrong with Baiguan's reaction."

Li Huan nodded slightly and said: "I also feel that something is wrong, it is impossible for these people to be so honest."

As he spoke, Li Huan glanced at Zhu Houzhao and said, "But no matter what's wrong with these people, the most important thing for the imperial court right now is to help the victims."

Hearing Li Huan mentioned the disaster victims, Zhu Houzhao immediately said sternly: "What Li Qing said is true, I will send a decree to the cabinet to urge the handling of this matter."

Suddenly Li Huan bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, please go to Shaanxi to supervise the disaster relief money and food for your majesty."

Zhu Houzhao sighed a little when he heard the words: "I know what Li Qing is worried about, but I have ordered the third division and the Ministry of Households to monitor it before. I guess those people would not dare to touch the idea of ​​​​relief of money and food for the victims."

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao said: "Li Qing, you have just returned to Beijing, and you still have to rectify the capital camp. If there is no such important matter as Li Qing, you will personally be in charge, I am afraid that no one can preside over this matter."

Li Huan said with a worried face: "But I am worried that the local officials in Shaanxi are so bold that some people plan to give money and food to the victims."

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while and said, "Li Qing is inseparable from the rectification of the Beijing camp, but you don't need Li Qing to supervise the disaster relief. In this case, it is better for Li Qing to send a group of people from Jinyiwei to supervise the disaster relief. .”

Li Huan nodded slightly.

As the Son of Heaven said, in fact, even if he went to Shaanxi in person, he still had to rely on his Jin Yiwei to monitor it. It was impossible for him to keep an eye on countless officials throughout Shaanxi.

For some officials, if the other party really wants to give money and food to the victims, it is useless even if Li Huan sits in Shaanxi in person.

Besides, as Zhu Houzhao said, there is really no one who can carry out the rectification of the Beijing camp except him.

Seeing Li Huan nodding, Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "My internal treasury will be opened to Li Qing. How much money is needed to reorganize the capital camp, and Li Qing can just go to Xungu to withdraw it."

Li Huan looked upright and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best to reorganize the Beijing camp and live up to Your Majesty's expectations."

With a strange look in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, he said: "How many years have passed, whether the Son of Heaven can really control the power of the soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp depends on you, Li Qing."

Since the battle of Tumubao, the emperor has lost control of military power to a certain extent, especially the fact that Feng Hai led the rebellion in the Beijing camp was a blow to Zhu Houzhao, making him truly realize how unbearable his situation as the emperor is.

If you want to think about the control of military power by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong back then, it was absolutely a promise, and no one dared to resist.

Son of Heaven, those who have strong soldiers and strong horses will do it!
On this day, a court envoy hurried out of Beijing and rushed to all parties.

In almost less than half a day, the cabinet drafted an order from the emperor at an unimaginable speed, mainly inspecting the censor Feng Qin, and Jane pulled out dozens of officials, mainly from the third division and the Ministry of household affairs, to go to Shaanxi to monitor the situation. Shaanxi disaster relief matters.

But Li Huan said goodbye to the emperor, left the imperial city, and went straight to the Jinyiwei yamen.

In the Jinyiwei yamen

Li Huan's face was full of gloom.

A depressive atmosphere enveloped the entire Jinyiwei yamen, while the middle and high-level officials of Jinyiwei headed by Chen Ke, Zhao Yi, Chen Yao, Du Guang, Feng Yongguo and others stood there, feeling uneasy and no one dared to speak.

After a while, Feng Yongguo, Li Huan's uncle, coughed lightly and said to Li Huan under the gaze of many people, "What made your lord so angry?"

Li Huan's eyes fell on Chen Ke, Zhao Yi and the others and said in a deep voice: "Yuan Ming from a thousand households in Shaanxi colluded with local officials and deceived the king. He should be punished for his crime. Immediately order people to take Yuan Ming and his family members into the capital." Let it go."

Everyone already knew about this, so they were not surprised when they heard Li Huan's words, but secretly marveled in their hearts. Li Huan was obviously angry, otherwise he would not have directly punished Yuan Ming for such a serious crime of deceiving the emperor.

But no one is a fool, and they will not speak up for Yuan Ming.

Letting out a breath, Li Huan suddenly said again: "This time the imperial government will help the victims, there will inevitably be officials who will help, so we Jin Yiwei, who will replace Yuan Ming in Shaanxi, must monitor the officials of Shaanxi, and the ability must be sufficient , do you have any good candidates to recommend?"

All of a sudden, everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. Thousands of households in Jinyiwei in a province can be regarded as feudal officials in the Jinyiwei system. Responsible and powerful.

Therefore, this candidate is extremely important, and this time the new Shanxi Jinyiwei Qianhu will also be responsible for supervising and helping the victims of the disaster. A slight omission is a huge fault.

So at this juncture, this person ascended the throne with high authority, and he was a hot potato, and most people really didn't dare to pick it up.

Suddenly, Lin Pingzhi said: "My lord, this subordinate thinks that there is one person who will be the most suitable successor to Shanxi Jinyiwei Qianhu."

No one expected that Lin Pingzhi would suddenly speak. Normally speaking, Lin Pingzhi is just a member of Jinyiwei with a hundred households. There are so many high-level officials of Jinyiwei present, including commanders, commanders, eunuchs, and even thousands of household officials. , it can be said that Lin Pingzhi's hundred households are not eye-catching at all.

However, no one dared to underestimate Lin Pingzhi, a hundred households. No one knew the relationship between Lin Pingzhi and Li Huan.

Not only Lin Pingzhi, but also Feng Yongguo, who was appointed by Li Huan not long ago as one of the hundred households of Jinyiwei, is also a well-known existence in Jinyiwei's yamen.

Because of their identities, in the eyes of others, they may not be Li Huan's spokespersons among Jin Yiwei, but few people dare to underestimate their opinions.

So when Lin Pingzhi spoke suddenly, everyone couldn't help but look at Lin Pingzhi, secretly guessing in their hearts, could it be that Li Huan already had a candidate in his mind, and he just said it through Lin Pingzhi's mouth.

But everyone obviously misunderstood, Li Huan really did not order Lin Pingzhi, and even if he really wanted to order someone to speak, Li Huan would only choose Feng Yongguo, who seemed more reliable, instead of Lin Pingzhi. Of.

Li Huan was rather curious, who would Lin Pingzhi recommend?
Looking at Lin Pingzhi, Li Huan smiled slightly, and nodded slightly to Lin Pingzhi, who was full of solemnity, and said, "Oh, since Lin Baihu has a suitable candidate, let's talk about it." .”

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