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Chapter 310 The Surprise of the Honorables
While speaking, under the leadership of Lu Kui, everyone had already arrived in front of the bedroom.

At this moment, the bedroom door was closed tightly, Lu Kui nodded slightly to Zuo Yang and the others, then stepped forward and knocked on the door lightly, saying: "Master, Master Zuo and Master Bao please see me!"

Here Lu Kui's voice fell, and Lu Jing's voice came from the room saying: "Please come in!"

Lu Kui reached out and pushed, and the door slowly opened, while Zuo Yang, Bao Ming, and Yang Ling strode into the room.

The sky was dark, and the room was naturally darker, but Zuo Yang, Bao Ming and the others walked into the room, but they saw Lu Jing sitting there at a glance.

Lu Jing sat there with a calm expression, looking at them with a pair of eyes.

Several people stepped forward and saluted Lu Jing: "Greetings, Master Shangshu!"

Lu Jing waved her hand slightly, signaling them to sit down, and waited until the tea-serving maid served the tea and retreated, and there was no one else in the room, Lu Jing slowly put down the tea, her eyes fell on them and she said: "A few of you are here, but what's the matter?"

Having said that, but Lu Jing is also an old fox with ups and downs in his official career, and he can more or less guess the purpose of several people who came to look for him.

Even though Lu Jing didn't know exactly what happened in the court, since he knew that Li Huan and Wang Yangming had won the battle against the Tatars, he could guess their purpose.

Sure enough, Zuo Yang was the first to speak: "Master Shangshu, you know that not long ago, there was a good news from the front. In the battle between Li Huan and Wang Yangming, more than [-] Tatar troops were wiped out. The Tatars retreated. In this battle, we won."

Lu Jing looked very calm. Hearing this, he nodded slightly and said, "How can I not know about such a big commotion in the city?"

After speaking, Lu Jing looked at several people and said, "Do you know what happened to Li Huan and Wang Yangming in this battle? Was Dayan ever captured alive?"

At this moment, Yang Ling said slowly: "The news passed down by the cabinet elders did not mention these things, but judging from the news of the great victory, Li Huan and Wang Yangming really defeated the Tatars in this battle. , but it is impossible to capture Dayan alive."

Bao Ming on the side also stroked his beard and nodded: "What Master Yang said is true, who is Dayan, he is the co-lord of the grassland, a generation of heroes, not to mention that it is extremely difficult to catch the other party, if If they are really caught, no matter whether it is Wang Yangming or Li Huan, they will definitely report this huge news to the Ming court immediately."

Lu Jing nodded slightly and said: "That's right, if they really caught Dayan, it would definitely cause a sensation in the world, but now they only report the catastrophe, but they didn't mention Dayan, that means Li Huan and the others didn't catch him." Dayan."

Those present were all human beings. Although they didn't know the specific content of the good news, according to their experience, they could guess some of it.

With a smile on his face, Lu Jing glanced at the few people and said: "Li Huan and the others have defeated the Tatars. This is great news. You are here to see me right now, but what's the matter?"

With a light cough, Bao Ming said solemnly: "Master Shangshu, after this battle, with such military achievements, the day when Li Huan's class teacher returns to the court, I am afraid it will be the time for the title of Marquis to pay homage to the Prime Minister. , in this court, who else can restrain Li Huan?"

Yang Ling nodded repeatedly at the side, and said with a worried face: "Li Huan is a bloodthirsty person, if he is allowed to be in a high position, I'm afraid my life will be even more difficult."

Zuo Yang opened his mouth, and said solemnly: "The most important thing is that Li Huan is too close to the Xungui Group, and the two wives are from the two princes, and they are almost members of the Xungui Group. In the past, that's all for nothing, Xungui has long since lost his rights, and it's more of a noble display."

As he said that, Zuo Yang looked at Lu Jing and said, "Master Shangshu, what I am worried about is not Li Huan. Li Huan is alone, and a single tree cannot make a forest. We have plenty of ways to deal with him, but now he seems to be taking advantage of this situation." The war is completely integrated with Xungui, once Xungui Group joins forces with Li Huan, it will become a serious problem for us in an instant."

Lu Jing looked extremely calm, and after listening to Zuo Yang's words, she took a deep breath and said slowly: "Master Zuo, you should talk to Elder Yang, Elder Li, and Elder Wang. It's just a book, so what can I do to Li Huan!"

Several people looked at each other, and said to Lu Jing together: "Master Shangshu, I and others are very light-hearted, and I came here just to beg Mr. Shangshu to come forward and open eyes for me, and jointly ask to see several elders, and invite several elders to preside over the matter." Big picture."

Lu Jing frowned upon hearing this.

Seeing this, Zuo Yang and Yang Ling couldn't help but anxiously said: "My lord, His Majesty will ask the elders for their opinions in these two days, especially about the rewards of the generals who accompanied Li Huan to the expedition. Don't forget, my lord. This time, there are no less than a dozen of Xungui's children who accompanied Li Huan to the expedition. After this battle, these people have made military exploits one by one, and they have added more than a dozen capable helpers to the Xungui Group. If you occupy an important position again, no one can stop the revival of the Xungui Group."

While speaking, Zuo Yang was somewhat worried, and bowed deeply to Lu Jing with a look of concern for the country and the people: "My lord, we must not sit back and watch the Xungui Group recover, otherwise, generations of ancestors The hard work of human beings finally took away the authority of the Xungui Group, isn't it all in vain!"

Lu Jing took a deep breath, glanced at several people and said: "This matter is very important, I'm afraid I can't do it alone."

Hearing Lu Jing's words loosen, several people's eyes lit up immediately, only to hear Yang Ling said with a smile: "Master Shang Shu, don't worry, there are already colleagues who have gone to visit all the important ministers of the court. The important ministers united with several elders, and they will definitely be able to suppress the rise of Xungui."

Lu Jing nodded and said: "Since that's the case, I have agreed, and I will go to meet some elders in person later."

Just like what Zuo Yang and Yang Ling said, in the capital right now, many court and central officials from the families of important court officials have come to ask for an audience.

The six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian, the Sixth Division, and other ministries and residences of important officials in each court were visited by many officials.

Li Huan and Wang Yangming's results in this battle were really astonishing. After nearly a hundred years, the Chinese, Chinese and military officials had already adapted to the situation where barbarians in the grassland went south to plunder from time to time.

It can be said that no one in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty thought that one day they would be able to severely injure the Tatars. They only asked the Tatars not to loot too much.

I thought that as long as the Tatars were satisfied with their plunder this time, they would naturally retreat to the grassland as before. As for Wang Yangming and Li Huan, they led hundreds of thousands of troops to resist the Tatars. In fact, the biggest purpose of these troops was to In order to prevent the Tatars from approaching the capital of Gyeonggi.

Even though there were successive success reports from the front, and even Li Huan went into the grassland to disrupt the Tartar rear, no one thought that Ming could take too much advantage in this battle.

Of course, because Li Huan's performance was too amazing, and Wang Yangming showed extraordinary talent and means in commanding troops, the officials above the court have long stopped considering the Tatars who went south as a serious problem. With Wang Yangming around, it was impossible for the Tatars to continue going south. If so, they had nothing to worry about.

The result was good. Just when they were not paying much attention to the battle ahead, the news of victory came suddenly, and 10,000+ Tatars were defeated. This was like a bolt from the blue, which stunned the Chinese and military officials in the capital.

After the initial shock, when these officials reacted, they all looked dignified, not much joy but worry.

Soon some people began to spontaneously call their friends to visit you adults.

Duke Cheng's Mansion
Cheng Guogong Zhu Fu was smiling and said to Zhu Lin who was standing in front of him: "Have they ever delivered invitations to each family, and have they agreed to go to the banquet?"

Zhu Lin said to Zhu Fu with a smile on his face: "Father, don't worry, all the lords and uncles are happy to accept the invitation and promise to come to the banquet on time."

Zhu Fu couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and at the same time said to Zhu Lin: "What did the British Lord say?"

Zhu Lin looked straight and said: "The British Duke has agreed and will come later."

Zhu Fu, who was stroking his beard, finally felt relieved and said: "Okay, that is, Zhang Lun has not been in charge of the British government for a long time. If he is given a few more years, then this banquet to gather the core members of our honorable group will be very important." It's up to him to preside."

As he spoke, Zhu Fu glanced at Zhu Lin, sighed and said, "My father is already old, and I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for a few years. In the future, Cheng Guogong's mansion will depend on you."

Zhu Lin hurriedly said: "What did father say, you are always strong and healthy."

After waving his hand, Zhu Fu smiled and said, "I thought this would be the end of my life, to be a dignified noble in the court, but who would have thought that my noble group would have a chance to recover."

While speaking, there was a rush of footsteps, it was the butler of the Duke's mansion, and said from a distance: "Grandpa, the British Duke has arrived."

Zhu Fu stood up and said to Zhu Lin, "Father, go to meet the Duke of England."

In the huge hall of Duke Cheng's mansion, the British Duke Zhang Lun was sitting there with a calm expression at the moment.

Although Zhang Lun looked calm, his heart was not calm at all. Zhang Lun was very emotional. When he got the good news, he just gave birth to infinite joy and wanted to go to the palace to congratulate the emperor.

But Cheng Guogong immediately thought of calling the core figures of the Xungui Group to hold a banquet to celebrate.

When Zhang Lun got the news, he couldn't help sighing that he was worse than Zhu Fu, the Duke of Cheng, who was mature and refined. If his grandfather was still there, there would be no chance for Zhu Fu to speak.

While sighing in my heart that I still need to practice and learn a lot, the sound of footsteps came.

Zhu Fu laughed and walked towards Zhang Lun.

Zhang Lun stood up to greet each other, and the two looked at each other with a smile. After they were seated, Zhu Fu just looked at Zhang Lun and said, "This time, this old man, Yilaomailao, came forward to invite you to come, but he has something important to discuss, and he didn't discuss with the British minister beforehand... ..."

Before Zhu Fu could finish speaking, Zhang Lun waved his hands with a smile and said, "Whether the old man said anything, no matter whether it is from my British mansion or Cheng Guo's mansion, it is ultimately for the consideration of our Xungui Group. How can the public care about these things?"

Zhu Fu glanced at Zhang Lun, laughed loudly and said, "That's right, everything is for our Xungui Group."

Because of Li Huan, coupled with this great victory, it can be foreseen that the most benefited is almost their Xungui Group. Both Zhang Lun and Zhu Fu are in a good mood. is quite harmonious.

Not long after, the invited princes arrived one after another.

Taining Marquis Chen Jizu, Xu Guangzuo, Li Xi and more than a dozen nobles walked into the hall with excited expressions.

With the arrival of the crowd, they were seated separately, and it could be seen from their individual seats that the group of dignitaries was headed by the Duke of England and the Duke of Cheng.

Originally, the Duke of England, who was supposed to be the leader of the nobles, took the main seat, but who asked Duke Cheng Zhu Fu to invite everyone before Zhang Lun. Now that he is in Duke Cheng's mansion, Duke Zhang Lun of the UK naturally cannot compete with Zhu Fu.

When all the honorable cores that were invited arrived, the hall was full of excitement as you chatted with each other.

Li Xi and Chen Jizu sat next to each other, their faces looked like flowers blooming, no wonder they were so happy, because the children from their respective mansions went out with Li Huan and made great achievements in battle .

Just like Chen Ang is a noble son who walked out of the Taining Marquis Mansion, Li Zheng, one of Li Xi's sons, is also by Li Huan's side.

With these noble means and abilities, they naturally know more than ordinary people. Usually, they can receive news from the children of various families, and know the meritorious deeds made by the children of other families following Li Huan.

Although meritorious deeds vary from great to small, no one is a fool. With this great victory, when the army's squadron returns to the court, these honorable children will inevitably be promoted one by one, and they will become the backbone of the army.

As long as the children of each of their families grow up, it means that their noble power is slowly rising.

Therefore, when they got the news of the great victory, the people in the capital were only happy for the great victory of the Ming Dynasty, but these nobles saw the hope of revival of their noble group, and their excitement and joy can be imagined.

Chen Jizu said to Li Xi with a face full of joy: "I really didn't expect that the general would be able to defeat the 10,000+ Tatar army in one battle."

On the contrary, Li Xi said with a bit of regret on his face: "If I had known this earlier, I would have sent San'er and Si'er to follow the general. This time, I don’t know if there will be another chance to soar like this in the future.”

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