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Chapter 257 There is no one else, only the king and saint! 【order】

At this time, even the British Duke Zhang Lun and Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu who had spoken for Li Huan before showed solemn expressions.

It's not that they don't believe in Li Huan, it's really a matter of great importance. Commanding hundreds of thousands of troops and commanding thousands of troops are two different concepts.

Generally speaking, as a qualified general, he can command thousands of people, but anyone with a little talent and the potential to be a good general can command tens of thousands of troops.

As for a truly good general, he is able to command more troops, but if it really involves hundreds of thousands or even more soldiers and horses, then only a great commander can really do it.

As for Li Huan, from Zhu Fu's point of view, with Lihua's ability, it is not difficult to command tens of thousands of people, and it is not difficult to be able to command like an arm, but Li Huan really does not have the ability to command hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.

After thinking about this, Zhu Fu couldn't help but glance at Yang Tinghe.

Zhu Fu took a step forward and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I think what Yang Ge said is true. Although the general said he is extremely talented and can command an army, he is not a qualified candidate to command hundreds of thousands of troops. "

Zhu Hou looked at Zhu Fu's solemn look, but he didn't know that Zhu Fu was worried about Li Huan.

Anyway, Li Huan is also the son-in-law of Cheng Guogong, isn't he? This battle has a lot to do with it. If he wins, he will be the Duke and Marquis of all generations. But if he loses, and Ming loses hundreds of thousands of troops, there must be someone Stand up and take the blame.

Then Li Huan, who is the commander in chief, will definitely be pushed out by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty as a scapegoat, and even he, the emperor, will never want to protect Li Huan.

Zhu Fu stood up at this time obviously thinking about Li Huan.

Zhu Houzhao also felt a bit afraid in his heart. Just now, when Yang Tinghe stood up and expressed doubts about Li Huan's ability, Zhu Houzhao subconsciously felt a little bit dissatisfied with Yang Tinghe, thinking that Yang Tinghe was targeting Li Huan.

However, after thinking about it after calming down, Zhu Houzhao discovered the danger hidden in it.

Military and state affairs are no different than others. Now Li Huan is a mighty general, the governor of the world's soldiers and horses. This is a great power, and it also hides a great danger.

After trying to understand this point, Zhu Hou took a look at Zhu Fu and said, "I wonder if Cheng Guogong has any candidates?"

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao also looked at Wenwu of the Manchu Dynasty and said, "Men, please tell me who can command the army to fight against the Tatars."

For a moment, the whole court was silent, and no one spoke.

At the same time, Yang Yiqing, who was in command of the elite soldiers from the three sides and headed towards Qingyang Mansion according to Li Huan's order, was talking in a low voice with several generals around him.

Because of the imperial court's reward, Li Wuzheng, who has been promoted from a guerrilla general to a general, said to Yang Yiqing with a smile on his face: "My lord, this mighty general is going to be famous all over the world."

Hearing the words, Yang Yiqing glanced at Li Wu indifferently and said, "Why did General Li Shen say such a thing?"

Li Wu smiled lightly and said: "This time to face the Tatars, the mighty general has mobilized more than 30 soldiers and horses successively. If the civilian husbands are added, there may be [-] soldiers and horses. With such a large number of soldiers and horses, even if Looking at my Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, soldiers and horses of this scale are also very rare, and the most recent one dates back to the Battle of Tumubao."

Speaking of this, Li Wudao: "A mighty general can command hundreds of thousands of troops, but if he can win this battle, it will not be famous all over the world."

Yang Yiqing sighed softly, glanced at Li Wu and said, "That's what you said, but General Li Shen, have you ever thought that such a large-scale mobilization of soldiers and horses can be mobilized by anyone at will, like an arm order?"

The smile on Li Wu's face froze for an instant. He was a veteran in the army after all, and he was naturally not a fool to climb up from the bottom step by step.

Just like him, giving him [-] soldiers and horses is already his limit. If there are more, I am afraid that there will be problems in scheduling.

Now that Li Huan is going to be in charge of hundreds of thousands of troops, can Li Huan sort out these hundreds of thousands of troops and mobilize them like a command?

Seeing Li Wu's reaction in his eyes, Yang Yiqing also showed a bit of solemnity in his eyes, and looked towards the direction of the capital.

Li Wu came back to his senses and couldn't help saying eagerly: "My lord, the mighty general..."

As if knowing what Li Wu wanted to say, Yang Yiqing stroked his beard and smiled slightly: "Don't worry, General Li has already considered such things, and the memorial has already been presented to the emperor by now."

Smiling slightly, Yang Yiqing said: "Masters of Chaotang Gungun will always have a solution."

When Li Wu, Yang Yiqing and others were discussing this matter, Li Huan also smiled at Chen Ang, Xu Ying, and Ren Ping and said, "It's not like everyone can command hundreds of thousands of troops like King Zhongshan, and Li can dispatch them." There are no more than hundreds of thousands of troops, so Li specially recommends a person to His Majesty, if His Majesty orders this person to command the army, he may be able to command the hundreds of thousands of troops."

Hearing what Li Huan said, Chen Ang, Xu Ying, Ren Ping and the others couldn't help but a look of surprise flashed in their eyes, and they all looked at Li Huan with unbelievable eyes.

They are also generals in the army. Naturally, they know that military leaders such as Sun, Bai, Han, Li, and Yue are almost rare in a century. Among so many generals in the Ming Dynasty, Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan at the beginning of the founding of the country, commanded dozens of troops. omnipotent.

They were also secretly worried that an army of hundreds of thousands is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing. If the power of so many soldiers and horses cannot be fully exerted, then what is the use of having a large number of troops in vain.

But looking at Ming Dynasty, it seems that no general has the ability to command so many soldiers and horses.

Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides, claims to be a general and a prime minister, but his ability to command tens of thousands of troops is already his limit. Hundreds of thousands of troops are probably beyond his power.

However, now Li Huan actually said that he had recommended a person to the emperor, and according to Li Huan's opinion, if the other party came, it might be possible to command hundreds of thousands of troops.

When did they have such a person in Ming Dynasty? They even frantically went through the names of many generals in Ming Dynasty one by one, but finally found that at least among the many generals they knew, there was not a single person have such ability.

Looking at Li Huan, Chen Ang, Ren Ping, Xu Ying and the others said with a bit of eagerness in their eyes: "General, I don't know who this person is, to be so respected by the General."

Li Huan glanced at several people with a smile on his face and said, "This person is none other than..."

Jingshi
On the Great Court

The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were silent, and all the officials looked at each other in blank dismay. Everyone, you look at me, and I look at you. The emperor actually asked them to recommend someone to command an army of hundreds of thousands.

This left many people at a loss as to what to say.

You must know that this candidate cannot be recommended casually. Once recommended, you will have to bear joint and several responsibilities. Besides, looking at Zhao Wenwu, it seems that no one has such ability.

Zhu Houzhao frowned, his eyes swept over everyone.

At this moment, Qiu Ju quietly appeared at some unknown time, walked to the side of the emperor with a secret melody in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, this is Brother Li Huan's urgent melody."

A look of surprise flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes when he heard the words, he glanced at Qiu Ju, and his eyes fell on the secret music.

Nodding slightly, Zhu Houzhao took over the secret melody and slowly opened the secret letter.

Qiu Ju quietly retreated to the side, but Zhu Houzhao and Qiu Ju's small movements naturally couldn't be hidden from the crowd, and many people looked at the secret performance in the hands of the emperor with some surprise.

Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang seemed quite calm, but they were also curious in their hearts. Ordinarily, under such circumstances, it was impossible for ordinary things to disturb Zhu Houzhao who was holding the Great Court Meeting.

And since Qiu Ju presented the secret memorial to Zhu Houzhao, it can only show that the secret memorial should be very important.I just don't know what the content of the secret performance is.

When Zhu Houzhao opened the secret music presented by Li Huan, his eyes fell on the secret music, and soon Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed a look of astonishment.

The content of this secret memorial was beyond Zhu Houzhao's expectations. It turned out that Li Huan had mentioned that he was not capable of commanding an army of hundreds of thousands, so he specially recommended someone to him, the emperor, and begged the emperor to allow him to go to command the army.

Zhu Houzhao was not surprised that Li Huan believed that he could not command hundreds of thousands of troops. After all, Zhu Houzhao did not think that Li Huan was capable of commanding so many troops at the moment, but the person recommended by Li Huan seemed to Zhu Houzhao. Even more unreliable.

As far as Li Huan is concerned, at any rate, he led thousands of troops into the grasslands and slaughtered the Huli and Heihe tribes. Not long ago, he led tens of thousands of fine cavalry to quell the Anhuawan rebellion, and even wiped out the Suder tribe. Thousands of people.

But the person recommended by Li Huan was completely beyond Zhu Houzhao's expectations. Even Zhu Houzhao never dreamed that Li Huan would recommend this person.

Subconsciously, Zhu Houzhao looked at the man, and among the officials, it seemed that they sensed Zhu Houzhao's gaze. The man subconsciously looked at Zhu Houzhao, and the monarchs and ministers looked at each other.

Looking at the secret performance in his hand, and then looking at the other party, Zhu Houzhao always felt that Li Huan's recommendation was a bit hasty.

At this moment, Yang Tinghe's eyes fell on the secret note in Zhu Houzhao's hand and said, "Your Majesty, is there anything important?"

The eyes of all the elders and many important officials also looked at the secret performance in Zhu Houzhao's hand.

Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly, his heart moved, he glanced at the crowd and said, "This is Li Qing's [-]-mile rush."

Among the ministers, the elder Wang Yangming of the cabinet couldn't help saying: "The general is in a hurry, it can't be that the Tatars have changed something."

Wang Yangming's words almost represented the aspirations of all the officials, and everyone looked at Zhu Houzhao with concern.

Zhu Houzhao shook his head slightly and said: "Li Qing's urgent note is not about the Tatars, but Li Qing thinks that he is not capable of commanding hundreds of thousands of troops, so he made a special note to the court, hoping that I can send someone to command the army. In order to deal with the next big battle with the Tatars."

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, British Duke Zhang Lun, Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu, and some officials who chose to join Li Huan all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

With such a memorial, even if there is any change in the future war, at least it can stop the mouths of some people in the court, so that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will not make trouble for Li Huan.

And some officials who were very displeased with Li Huan murmured softly with a bit of disdain: "Li Huan still has a bit of self-knowledge."

"It's really cheap for him. If there is no such memorial, any consequences will be borne by him alone."

"It's a pity, it's a pity that he escaped a death calamity."

Without mentioning what these officials thought, Li Dongyang stroked his beard and said: "It seems that the mighty general is also aware of his own shortcomings, but I don't know if the mighty general has any suggestions?"

A servant of the Ministry of War said indifferently: "What advice can Taifu Li have? It is true that I have many generals in Ming Dynasty, but how many people dare to say that they can command hundreds of thousands of troops?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help showing hesitation when he thought of the person Li Huan had recommended in the secret memorial.

Noticing Zhu Houzhao's expression, Yang Tinghe said in his heart: "Your Majesty Chen Guan is hesitant, is there really any candidate for the mighty general?"

At this moment, all civil and military officials in the whole court were in an uproar, their eyes fell on Zhu Houzhao, and they secretly wondered in their hearts, could it be that Li Huan really had someone to choose, but who would Li Huan recommend?
For a while, many people felt a little bit of anticipation in their hearts, but they wanted to see Li Huan's jokes more. They wanted to see who Li Huan would recommend.

It would be best for the emperor to agree to Li Huan's recommendation and send that person to command the army. If the time comes when it is not good to use the army, then at least Li Huan should be investigated for the crime of not knowing people well and making ineffective recommendations.

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, and suddenly his eyes fell on Wang Yangming and said: "Wang Shouren, the mighty general recommended you to me as the commander-in-chief of the three armies to take charge of the army. I don't know what you want!"

"What! It turned out to be Old Wangge..."

"Joke, what a joke, Mr. Wang Ge is indeed not bad, but he is just a civil servant, how could he have the ability to command hundreds of thousands of troops."

An old minister shook his head again and again and said: "It's really ridiculous. If Wang Ge can command hundreds of thousands of troops, then I dare to compare myself to Han Xin and Li Jing."

It can be said that when Zhu Houzhao revealed that the person recommended by Li Huan was Ge Lao Wang Shouren, almost all the officials in the court shook their heads again and again.

Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe and the others looked at Wang Yangming with a dull expression in surprise.

At this moment, Wang Yang was obviously confused by the words of the emperor. One moment ago, he was curious about who Li Huan would recommend, but the next moment, Zhu Houzhao called his name, making him realize that the person Li Huan recommended was none other than him.

"How could it be me? What exactly does Li Huan want to do! Although the old man is familiar with military books, he has never commanded troops before."

Such thoughts flashed across Wang Yangming's mind instinctively, full of doubts.

Yang Tinghe, Li Dongyang, Liu Yu and others looked at each other and looked at Wang Yangming with a strange expression.

Is Li Huan's head flooded, or is Li Huan crazy? If he didn't choose the recommendation of a senior general in the army, he would even meet a civil servant like Wang Yangming to the emperor.

Even if the person recommended by Li Huan was Yang Yiqing, the governor of the three sides, they didn't find it strange. The key point was that Li Huan didn't choose Yang Yiqing, but recommended Wang Yangming. Could it be that Wang Yangming is really a hidden military leader?

Li Huan would definitely not joke about such things, so even if Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang found it unbelievable, they still calmed down, looked at Wang Yangming, and at the same time secretly guessed in their hearts.

In fact, it was Zhu Houzhao who finally chose to tell the story of Li Huan's recommendation of Wang Yangming. Why didn't Zhu Houzhao believe that Li Huan would not recommend it indiscriminately, in case Wang Yangming is really a hidden and powerful person.

Not to mention other things, at least Zhu Houzhao had seen Wang Yangming massacring the Quartet in the chaos of the army.

When the rebel army chased his Luanjia, Wang Yangming stood up to protect him, which left a deep impression on him.

Seeing everyone's reactions in his eyes, Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly and said to Wang Yangming, "Wang Qing's family..."

Wang Yangming came back to his senses, saw Zhu Houzhao and a group of people staring at him, he took a deep breath, and said with a bitter smile on his face: "Your Majesty, how can I be so trustworthy by the general, and recommend this minister?" Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces..."

Before Wang Yangming could finish speaking, Zhu Houzhao said solemnly: "This matter is of great importance. I believe in Li Qing's vision, and I also believe that Li Qing will not make false statements about the country's important affairs. I only ask Wang Qing's family. Would you like to help me?" , share worries for Daming."

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military personnel showed expressions of disbelief.

The meaning of the emperor's words could not be more clear. It is clear that the emperor has agreed to Li Huan's suggestion in his heart, and it only depends on whether Wang Yangming agrees or not.

If Wang Yangming agreed, then the emperor would really approve Li Huan's recommendation and order Wang Yangming to command the three armies and preside over the battle.

Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Liu Yu and the others didn't speak at the moment, they just looked at Wang Yangming quietly.

At this time, Wang Yangming was contemplative, and he just stood there, his expression fluctuating, and after a dozen or so breaths, just when many people thought that Wang Yangming was about to refuse, Wang Yangming suddenly raised his head, his face Blooming with a strange look, he bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Since the mighty general trusts me so much, then I dare to take the post of commander in chief of the three armies..."

"Crazy, really crazy!"

"It's fine if Li Huan is crazy, why is Mr. Wang Ge so unwise."

"Hmph, it is said that Li Huan and Wang Yangming are in the same party, but now it seems to be true."

Liu Yu couldn't help looking at Wang Yangming with a worried look on his face and said, "Brother Yangming, this matter is no small matter, think twice!"

The situation in the DPRK and China is turbulent. Liu Yu and Wang Yangming are closer. Although they are not in the same party, they echo each other. Coupled with Li Huan, they can barely compete with the civil official group.

But this time Li Huan recommended Wang Yangming, which is equivalent to pulling Wang Yangming into the game at once.

This time, if the battle with the Tatars was really unfavorable, Liu Yu would have guessed without even thinking about it that the Chinese military of this court would definitely take the opportunity to make trouble, and would definitely kill Li Huan and Wang Yangming.At that time, even if he is not dead, he may have to shed a layer of skin.

That's why Liu Yu solemnly reminded Wang Yangming to think twice.

No matter what kind of person Wang Yangming is, he doesn't know Liu Yu's worries, but since he has made up his mind, Wang Yangming will not regret it.

Besides, Wang Yangming had arrogance in his heart. He was familiar with military books and thought he had the ability to command troops, so he agreed without hesitation after some hesitation.

I have to say that even Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised by Wang Yangming's answer. Looking at Wang Yangming, Zhu Houzhao said with a bright light in his eyes: "Wang Qing is sure?"

Wang Yangming smiled and said, "I'm sure."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Wang Yangming, then at Li Huan's secret performance, took a deep breath, and said solemnly: "I will pass on my will, and I will appoint Wang Yangming, a great scholar, as the governor of the Zuojun Governor's Mansion, the commander of the three armies, and the full authority." In charge of fighting against the Tartars."

Li Dongyang opened his mouth and let out a final sigh.

Yang Tinghe looked at Wang Yangming, with a slightly strange look in his eyes.

The court disperses, a group of officials leave, Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu and others walk towards Wang Yangming.

Looking at Wang Yangming, Zhu Fu couldn't help saying with a solemn expression: "Old Wang Ge, Li Huan is messing around, why don't you..."

Obviously, Zhu Fu didn't like Wang Yangming very much. After all, Wang Yangming was a literati, and now he was going to command hundreds of thousands of troops. It's no wonder Zhu Fu wasn't worried.

Zhang Lun also said at this moment: "We will go to see His Majesty right now, and implore His Majesty to choose someone else..."

Wang Yangming shook his head with a smile and said: "Thank you, Wang, for your concern, but His Majesty's decree has been issued, and there is no reason to change it. Besides, since the general believes in Wang so much, how can Wang disappoint the general?" Woolen cloth."

Liu Yu sighed lightly: "Brother Yangming, this matter is no small matter, and you will die easily..."

Wang Yangming glanced at the crowd, his face gradually became serious, and he said slowly: "The reason why Wang agreed, on the one hand, he also wanted to see if he really has the ability to command the three armies, and on the other hand, it was also for the sake of the general."

Everyone couldn't help being stunned when they heard the words, and looked at Wang Yangming full of surprise and incomprehension. It is said that if Wang Yangming really considered Li Huan, he should directly refuse and choose someone else.

But Wang Yangming agreed, but now he said it was for Li Huan's consideration.

Wang Yangming said indifferently: "Since Wang is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, it's fine if the battle goes well, but if the battle goes wrong, all the crimes will be borne by Wang..."

After Wang Yangming finished speaking, everyone's expressions changed drastically. Whether it was Zhang Lun, Zhu Fu or Liu Yu, they all looked at Wang Yangming in disbelief.

"Old Wangge, you..."

"Brother Yangming, you actually planned to do this."

"Li Huan is so lucky to have such a good friend like you!"

Apparently, several people were shocked by Wang Yangming's words. Wang Yangming said that he wanted to test whether he was really capable of commanding the armed forces. They directly filtered the words. After all, in their opinion, Wang Yangming is a civil servant who can command the army. Weird thing.

So in their view, the reason why Wang Yangming agreed was because he made up his mind to take all the blame for his crimes and keep Li Huan safe.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Lun bowed to Wang Yangming and said, "Old Wang Ge, Gao Yi!"

Zhu Fu and Liu Yu also saluted Wang Yangming.

Wang Yangming hurriedly dodged to avoid a wry smile and said, "Perhaps this time Wang asked General Li to recommend him, so I don't know if he can be named a Marquis with military merit..."

Everyone just looked at Wang Yangming with admiration. As for Wang Yangming's military achievements, what did you think?

Not to mention Wang Yangming, Zhang Lun, and Zhu Fu, but said that a group of civil and military officials dispersed, and then Wang Yangming, a civil servant and court elder, was recommended by Li Huan, and the emperor allowed him to lead an army of hundreds of thousands to fight against the Tatars. After growing wings, it generally spread throughout the city.

With the help of many officials who were going to see Li Huan and Wang Yangming's jokes, the news spread in a short period of time and everyone knew about it.

Among the teahouses
A scribe said loudly: "The [-] Tatar troops marched south, the emperor actually approved Li Huan's performance, and ordered Wang Yangming to be the commander-in-chief of the three armies. It's nonsense, it's really nonsense."

Many tea drinkers also looked stunned. The people in the capital like to comment on current affairs in their spare time. The news of the Tatar invasion has spread in the past few days, and many people naturally know about it.

At this moment, I heard that at the Great Court Meeting not long ago, Li Huan actually recommended the cabinet old Wang Yangming as the commander-in-chief of the three armies. This sounds like an extremely absurd thing, but the emperor actually agreed.

"It's over, Your Majesty is really confused!"

"Li Huan is afraid that death is inevitable, and that old Wang Ge is also confused, so he dared to accept such things."

Soon the streets and alleys were full of discussions. It can be said that few people would be optimistic about Wang Yangming and Li Huan.

Maoyan Lane Lee House

A maid stumbled into a courtyard and said to the beautiful woman who was sitting there holding a book and reading: "Ma'am, Ma'am is not well."

The Qingli woman slightly raised her head to look at the maid, and said calmly, "Why are you so flustered?"

The maid panted and said, "Ma'am, master, I'm afraid the master will be in trouble this time."

Zhang Jin frowned and said: "Speak well, Mr. Xiang is leading the troops outside, and not long ago, King Anhua's rebellion was put down, and even a part of the Tatars were wiped out. It can be said that there are frequent success stories. Why is there any difficulty? "

The maid heard the words and quickly told Zhang Jin all the news she heard when she went out.

Zhang Jin was born in the British government. Although he said that he practiced in Longhu Mountain since he was a child, after marrying into the Li family, because of Li Huan, he still had some understanding of the affairs of the court.

Zhang Jin was no stranger to who Wang Yangming was, especially since Li Huan had praised Wang Yangming's ability in front of her more than once.

In Li Huan's mouth, Wang Yangming is a sage who is tolerant of literature and martial arts, and he can be called a sage who has not appeared in a hundred years.

Of course Zhang Jin didn't believe it, but what Li Huan said made Zhang Jin pay more attention to Wang Yangming, but Zhang Jin felt that Wang Yangming was not as exaggerated as Li Huan said except that he was not weak in martial arts.

Now that he suddenly heard that Li Huan had recommended Wang Yangming to command an army of hundreds of thousands, Zhang Jin subconsciously felt a little worried.

Can Wang Yangming really command hundreds of thousands of troops?If not, I'm afraid not only Wang Yangming, but even Li Huan will be doomed.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Jin glanced at the maid and said, "Clean up and follow me to the British government."

[Well, there are still two or three days before this month will pass. Let's see if the monthly pass has come out. Let's vote for the monthly pass. It's a big deal! 】

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