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Chapter 256 Who Can Command Hundreds of Thousands of Troops

Jingshi
After a spring rain, the air in the entire capital seems to have become a bit fresher.

In March, the chill of winter has receded, and the willows on the river bank spit out green spores, indicating that the footsteps of spring have come.

Today is the Great Court Meeting
Hundreds of civil and military officials gathered on the large square in front of the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, sat in front of the Qianqing Palace, and below were a group of civil and military officials who came to participate in the Great Court Assembly.

Among the civil servants, Li Dongyang, the chief assistant, and others are headed, while the list of martial arts officials is headed by the British Duke Zhang Lun, Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu, and others.

It's just that the atmosphere of the Great Court Meeting at this time is quite dignified, and an official below is standing there, his face is full of impassioned expression, and he said to Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor: "Your Majesty, as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the impeachment of the mighty The Great General Li Huan killed the clan of the Ming Dynasty without the approval of the court, and indiscriminately killed dozens of innocent people in Anhua City..."

Just yesterday, Li Huan led a large army to break through Anhua City, shot and killed Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu, and ordered people to strictly investigate the local powerful families who were vassals of Anhua King who rebelled, and the news that the family was wiped out has already passed eight hundred miles away. An urgent report was sent to the capital.

Although it was only a day before the news spread to Jingri, even though it had not spread among the people, it had already spread among the officials.

The news is really shocking. On the one hand, Li Huan broke through the city of Anhua with ease and quelled the Anhua King's rebellion. On the other hand, Li Huan shot and killed the king of Anhua. And directly ransacked dozens of local wealthy families and exterminated them.

When the news came, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked.

Although everyone did not take the rebellion against the king in such a place as King Anhua's heart, but these days, as the news came, they also knew some of the rebellion of King Anhua.

In particular, King Anhua bewitched some of the generals in the army. After rebelling under the banner of the Qing emperor, he recruited a group of troops in a very short period of time, and gathered tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Because of this, although many people don't take King Anhua seriously, they don't think that King Anhua's rebellion can be put down quickly.

Some people even speculated that if they wanted to quell the Anhua King's rebellion, they might not be able to do so within half a year.

Especially this time the emperor insisted on appointing Li Huan as the general to counter the rebellion, which made people look down on this counter-rebellion.

Some people even secretly speculated maliciously that Li Huan was not good at battle formations, and he was not good at the art of war.

Some people are even more looking forward to seeing Li Huan's jokes, but if Li Huan is defeated in the process of suppressing the rebellion, many of them who have been waiting to catch Li Huan's handle will definitely jump out and attack Li Huan immediately. Li Huan.

They couldn't be better at beating the dog in the water and throwing stones into the water.

But Li Huan didn't give them a chance to make trouble, they never thought that the good news would come so soon.

Moreover, it was Anhua King Zhu Zhiyu who was shot and killed by Li Huan on the spot. Anhua City was not able to defend for a day before being broken by an army led by Li Huan.

When they got the news, I don't know how many people were astonished and showed expressions of disbelief.

These people can only secretly complain that King Anhua is too useless. He couldn't stop him for even a day, and even cost his own life. With this little ability, he even wants to learn from others to rebel.

However, Li Huan's behavior of ransacking his family and exterminating his family in Anhua City made many officials in the court very dissatisfied. Li Huan actually crossed the court again and committed life and death.

In the past, Li Huanna was ordered by the emperor, and as an imperial envoy, it was fine to deal with those criminals without court trial.

But this time Li Huan was not an imperial envoy, and he had no power over those local tyrants.

Even if those tyrants were really rebels who supported King Anhua's rebellion, they would have to be tried by the court before they could be finally dealt with.

But Li Huan just ransacked their homes and exterminated their clans and killed them all.

Chen Guang, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stood there, no matter how worried Zhu Houzhao looked, he just impeached Li Huan.

Among the ranks of hundreds of officials, some officials were eager to try, while others lowered their eyebrows as if they had nothing to do with them.

There were also some officials who glared at Chen Guang, but such officials were only a small number, and almost all of them chose to join Li Huan.

Such officials are only a handful among the civil and military officials.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Chen Guang indifferently, his eyes fell on the rest of the officials and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

An official couldn't wait to jump out and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, what Chen Yushi said is true, Li Huanmu has no kingly law, kills the clan, and kills innocent people indiscriminately. Such a lawless person really owes His Majesty the Emperor's grace." , I implore Your Majesty to recall Li Huan back to the capital and hand him over to the Third Division for trial."

Another official said loudly: "Your Majesty, this son of Li Huan has ulterior motives. He even dared to kill the clan. I'm afraid that he will have something wrong with him..."

"Bold, you dare to slander important officials of the court, you are so brave."

Seeing that many officials almost didn't directly point out that Li Huan was going to rebel, the British Duke who had been standing there without saying a word couldn't help but stepped forward and shouted angrily at the official.

Zhang Lun said with anger on his face: "You guys are really confusing black and white, talking nonsense, Dudu Li is so loyal to His Majesty, and this expedition is to quell the Anhua King's rebellion with a sharp knife, and eliminate a catastrophe invisible , and even wiped out a part of the Tatars who went south, such feats have never been seen in decades."

As he said that, Zhang Lun stared at the officials who jumped out to impeach Li Huan and said word by word: "Didn't you see these? Li Dudu is leading the soldiers on the front line to fight for the court, and you are actually here. The rear slanders the meritorious soldiers, have your hearts been eaten by dogs?"

The several officials who were scolded by Zhang Lun's words looked at Zhang Lun quite dissatisfied one by one.

I heard Chen Guang staring at Zhang Lun and saying, "Of course the officials know what the Duke of England said, but Li Huan was good at killing the King of Anhua, and even killed the local wealthy families indiscriminately. I only ask the Duke of England. But there is still the law of the king, there are still the princes of the court, but there is still Your Majesty!"

Chen Guang seemed to speak righteously, and his words were even more decisive and powerful.

The British public was slightly taken aback, but for a moment he didn't know how to refute.

In the past, Li Huan killed people without going through the court because he was under the signboard of an imperial envoy.

But this time it is different. Li Huan is just a general in command of the army. The governor of military affairs has no right to kill local officials and implicate local wealthy families. Especially this time, Li Huan killed thousands of people at a time. The British Duke Zhang Lun couldn't think of how to defend Li Huan for a while.

Seeing that the British public Zhang Lun did not speak, Chen Guang couldn't help showing a bit of complacency on his face.

They just didn't mention Li Huan's achievements in quelling the rebellion and wiped out thousands of Tatars from the Suder tribe. They only needed to catch Li Huan's mistakes.

When it comes to finding fault, these people claim to be second, whoever dares to be the first, a mere British public, how can they compete with them just by talking.

Ignoring Zhang Lun, Chen Guang took a step forward and said to Zhu Houzhao with a straight face: "Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to call back General Li Huan for a strict investigation."

Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "Chen Yushi, don't you know that the general's military orders abroad will not be accepted, everyone, don't forget that Dayan Khan gathered a hundred thousand troops to go south, and now he has entered the land of Ningxia. The general is now commanding my Ming army of tens of thousands to meet the enemy, so it can be said that it is a critical moment."

Speaking of this, Zhu Fu glanced at the crowd lightly and said: "Everyone actually asks His Majesty to recall the general of the three armies at this critical juncture. Don't you know that this move is to shake the morale of the army, and if you are not careful, you may ruin me. There are tens of thousands of elites in the Ming Dynasty, could it be that you have taken advantage of the Tatars?"

As soon as Zhu Fu said this, Chen Guang and other officials almost jumped up as if their tails had been stepped on.

Chen Guang glared at Zhu Fu even more and said, "Duke Cheng, I respect you as a duke, but you can't just defile people's innocence out of nothing."

Zhu Fu couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the words, pointing at Chen Guang and the others with disdainful looks, "Hurry up, you have realized what it's like to be slandered by others. You said that your country's father slandered you, but How did you slander Li Huan just now?"

The faces of Chen Guang and the others changed slightly. They had indeed insinuated that Li Huan intended to rebel. Although they didn't say it clearly, none of the people present were fools, and the meaning in their words couldn't be clearer.

Zhu Houzhao, who had been sitting there all the time, saw Chen Guang and others jumping out to impeach Li Huan, and even insinuated that Li Huan had something wrong, so Zhu Houzhao was quite unhappy in his heart.

The civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, if Li Huan was said to be unfaithful to him, he, the emperor, would be the first to disagree with him.

Thinking that Li Huan broke into the imperial city so that he could risk his life, and killed several important officials in the court to pull him back from the brink of death.

For such a loyal and loyal minister, some people still say that he has ulterior motives. I wonder if there are any loyal ministers in this world?

So when Zhu Houzhao saw Chen Guang and the others being utterly distraught by Zhu Fu's words, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he gave Zhu Fu a satisfied look.

Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy. Compared with Zhu Fu, the new British prince Zhang Lun is a little tender after all.

With a light cough, Zhu Houzhao spoke slowly at this time, instead of looking at Chen Guang and the others, he looked at Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others standing there and said, "Several cabinet elders, what is the cabinet's opinion on this matter?"

Li Dongyang took a deep breath and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the mighty general Li Huan acted too hastily, but now that the front line is employing people, His Majesty only needs to issue an order to reprimand Li Huan. It is also for his own good that the general restrained his temper."

As soon as Li Dongyang said this, Chen Guang and other officials who impeached Li Huan changed their expressions slightly, and the eyes they looked at Li Dongyang naturally became a little worried.

Li Dongyang secretly sighed in his heart. He, the chief assistant, was originally the leader of the civil official group, but he failed to stand up firmly against Liu Jin and Li Huan after several times, and he did not fight to the end with the emperor. That is to say, the emperor will not let him go to work, otherwise he may not be able to sit firmly in the position of chief assistant.

Even so, Li Dongyang could feel that his influence among the officials was disappearing rapidly, so when he saw the reaction of Chen Guang and others, Li Dongyang didn't think it was strange.

Zhu Hou took a look at Li Dongyang. Li Dongyang was obviously making love with each other, but his eyes were on Yang Ting and the others.

Yang Tinghe took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks what the chief assistant said is true, but I think the most important thing right now is how to deal with the invasion of the [-] Tatar army."

Zhu Houzhao was invigorated when he heard the words, looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "What Yang Qing said is true, the current plan is not to hold Li Qing accountable, but how to repel the Tatar invasion."

Yang Tinghe said solemnly: "Dayan Khan is a hero who has been rarely seen among the Tatars for decades. This time, he led his troops south under the banner of avenging the Huli and Heihe tribes. It is a serious problem for the imperial court."

Wang Yangming, who was standing there, couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard Yang Tinghe's words, and glanced at Yang Tinghe lightly.

Ordinary people may only think that Yang Tinghe's words are concerned about the Tatars' invasion, but Wang Yangming heard Yang Tinghe's words imply that Li Huan should bear the primary responsibility for the Tatars' invasion. Eye drops.

Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao frowned upon hearing this.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao frowned not because he was dissatisfied with Li Huan after hearing Yang Tinghe's words, but because Yang Tinghe led the Tatars south to Li Huan.

However, Zhu Houzhao just frowned and didn't say anything. Although the Tatars invaded because of Li Huan's massacre of Huli and Heihe, this was just an appearance. Will the Tartars live in peace with Ming Dynasty?

This time King Anhua's rebellion, the Tatars will definitely take the opportunity to go south if they get news, it doesn't matter whether there is Li Huan or not.

Yang Tinghe looked at all the civil and military officials solemnly and said: "Everyone, the situation on the front line is now very clear. Fortunately, the mighty general Li Huan quickly quelled the rebellion of King Anhua with his sword, so that King Anhua and the Tatars would not be able to fight against each other." Linking together will cause even greater harm. But one hundred thousand Tatar elite cavalry is also my confidant's serious trouble. If I can't beat them back, it's not just the land on the three sides. It's about getting into Gyeonggi."

Many people couldn't help but change their faces when they heard the words. The change of the Tumu Fortress, the capture of Yingzong by Wala, the army entered the capital, and even attacked the capital. The memory is still fresh.

So listening to Yang Tinghe's words at this moment, the atmosphere at the court meeting became a lot more dignified.

Even Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "Yang Qing's family, in your opinion, how should my Daming deal with this situation?"

Yang Tinghe said slowly: "Your Majesty, the old minister knows that General Li Huan mobilized troops from Sichuan, Henan, Shanxi and other places, plus the troops from Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. There are 30 to [-] soldiers. Gathered nearly half of the essence of my Ming Dynasty. The old minister just asks, does General Li Huan have the ability to command hundreds of thousands of people?"

Everyone's expressions changed, even Zhu Houzhao's expression was extremely solemn.

Those who have historically been able to command hundreds of thousands of troops can be regarded as handsome talents that are rare in a hundred years. To be honest, if a dynasty can produce so many three or two, it is already blessed by God.

Can Li Huan command hundreds of thousands of troops?
To be honest, no one in the civil and military circles of the Manchu Dynasty believed that Li Huan had this ability.

I am afraid even Li Huan himself would not dare to say that he has that kind of ability. Perhaps relying on Li Huan's knowledge and ability, there is no problem in commanding [-] to [-] troops. Li Huan didn't dare to say that he had such ability after several years of experience in the army.

Even after a period of experience in the army, Li Huan can't guarantee that he has such a talent.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, Yang Tinghe bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "It's not that the old minister doubts the general's ability, it's really this battle, and the Ming Dynasty can't lose. Your Majesty, I ask you to think carefully. I have an army of hundreds of thousands in the Ming Dynasty. The commander in chief, is he qualified to be a general, and if not, who should be selected to command hundreds of thousands of troops."

All of a sudden, all civil and military officials in the court looked dignified, yes, what Yang Tinghe said was not unreasonable, it was about hundreds of thousands of troops, could Li Huan really be the commander of the three armies?
[It's the end of the month, see if there is a monthly pass. 】

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