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Chapter 344
Among the hundreds of officials, some officials' eyes fell on the figure of Li Huan who was accompanying the Emperor Luan, his eyes were full of envy and jealousy, and of course there was more of a hidden jealousy.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, Li Huan dare not say that he is an extremely human minister, but few people can match him. To be favored by the emperor is to be envied by others.

On occasions like this, all the officials, even the noble elders, would follow the emperor Luan on foot, but Li Huan was able to ride beside the emperor on a tall horse, what a favor it was! .

The most important thing is that everyone knows that with Wang Yangming leading the triumphant army back to Beijing, Li Huan, who is already extremely powerful, will soar into the sky, and no one can stop him.

Although under their suppression from generation to generation, the Daming Wuxun Group has lost the right to speak in the court, but there is one thing they can't change no matter what, that is the most important military merit of the Ming Dynasty.

Those who want to be named princes must have military merits.

It can be foreseen that this time Li Huan has the military merits of defeating the Tatars, coupled with the suppression of the Anhua King's rebellion, one after another, such merits are enough for Li Huan to become a marquis.

The titles of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be extremely respected, especially the titles that can be passed on to future generations. Even they are jealous, because it is the foundation that can ensure the longevity of a family.

Just take a look at those honorable families in Daming who have been prosperous and wealthy for hundreds of years, even if the descendants are not up to date, but because they are honorables who live with the country, there is no need to worry about the decline of the family one day.

Li Huan is only in his twenties, yet he has already earned a title that can be passed on to his descendants. What an honor it is.

No matter how much they hated Li Huan, they were deeply envious in their hearts.

A long line soon appeared at the gate of the city. From a distance, the official road outside the city was already paved with loess, and there were people from the city patrol to maintain the surrounding order, and everything seemed to be in order.

The emperor Luanjia stopped, and Zhu Houzhao's figure appeared, sitting on the Luanjia, Zhu Houzhao looked at the end of the official road from afar.

As far as he could see, he couldn't see any figure. At this time, Zhu Houzhao turned to Li Huan beside him and said, "Li Qing, how long will it take for the army to arrive?"

Li Huan smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Not long ago, the messenger came to report that Wang Dadu's team has arrived ten miles away from the capital. If there is no accident, it will be able to arrive within a stick of incense at most."

Zhu Houzhao said with excitement and anticipation on his face: "I can't wait for Wang Qing's family to rush back with the army immediately, and I also want to see what kind of powerful army the [-] elite is."

Zhu Houzhao, the son of heaven, had seen how unbearable the soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp were in the past. In Zhu Houzhao's view, if it was the old and weak soldiers of the Beijing camp, they would definitely not be the opponents of the Tatars.

But now it is the soldiers and horses who have defeated the Tatars not long ago who have returned with Wang Yangming, and under his order, a hundred thousand troops were selected from among the best soldiers in the army.

For these [-] troops who fought against the Tatars on the battlefield, Zhu Houzhao, the emperor who likes martial arts, is naturally full of expectations.

It took most of the day, from rushing to the imperial city, and then rushing to the gate of the city with the emperor Luanjia, it can be said that all the officials walked on their legs.

It took more than half a day to go back and forth, but it made many people feel overwhelmed. Now that they stopped, most of the officials among the hundred officials did not feel relaxed, but felt more and more tired.

Especially the legs were sore, as if they had been poured with lead water. Many weak officials only felt their legs tremble, and wished they could sit on the ground and take a good rest.

However, under the inspection of the surrounding Jinyiwei, no matter how tired they are, they can only bear it. After all, these Jinyiwei are responsible for maintaining the order of the officials, and they will definitely not let them mess up the order.

Some officials felt weak, and felt cold sweat on their foreheads after standing for a little longer. The feeling of sore legs and two twitches was really uncomfortable.

"Damn it, why haven't we arrived yet? How long do we have to wait for those Qiu Ba? If we wait any longer, both of my legs will be broken."

Some officials couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

"It's true, Your Majesty, isn't it just a big victory, it's so ridiculous that all the officials greet you in person, Your Majesty is absurd!"

All of a sudden, many officials in the Hundred Officials Group complained in a low voice because they were too tired.

At this time, suddenly there was a shout from the front: "Here we come!"

After these words fell, everyone subconsciously raised their heads and looked towards the end of the official road, and immediately saw smoke and dust faintly visible in the distance, as well as the tremor of the earth that could be clearly felt.

Needless to say, such a big movement must be that the triumphant army is about to arrive.

Zhu Houzhao was originally sitting on the Luanjia, but now he couldn't help standing up suddenly, looking into the distance with hopeful eyes.

As the army got closer and closer, the shaking of the ground became more and more obvious, and the black mass ahead was approaching rapidly like a torrent.

Many officials also cast their gazes into the distance. They wanted to see what kind of soldiers and horses they were able to defeat the Tatars, and how they were different from the old Beijing camp soldiers and horses.

At a glance, many officials couldn't help but widen their eyes, with a bit of shock on their faces.

At this moment, the scene in the distance can be clearly seen, and at the end of the official road, a black army is roaring at an extremely fast speed.

Looking around, there are many banners and flags, thousands of horses are galloping, endless smoke and dust are rolling in, a chilling air hits the face, accompanied by the earthquake of the earth, if it is not known that the person who comes is their victorious teacher of Ming Dynasty, I am afraid Many people will be frightened by this momentum.

Even so, the sight of such galloping horses and the rolling army still made the complexions of many officials who had never seen such a scene change drastically. Some people seemed to be frightened by such a scene. Much paler.

The leader is a full 10,000 elite cavalry. These more than [-] elite cavalry are definitely carefully selected from hundreds of thousands of troops. Even the horses they ride are also selected from [-]+ captured horses. , can definitely be regarded as the strongest cavalry in the world today. Looking at the world, even the elite cavalry of the Golden Horde Army under Dayan Khan cannot compare with it.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao's eyes were only the black and dense elite cavalry, and the sight of thousands of horses galloping was too shocking. Zhu Houzhao's eyes were shining, and his cheeks were flushed, but he was full of endless excitement. .

"Okay, what an elite cavalry team, isn't this the elite of my Ming Dynasty's victory over the Tatars?"

Looking at those elite troops, Zhu Hou couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

Li Huan on the side smiled slightly when he heard the words: "Your Majesty said that there is no difference. These are the most elite existences of our Ming Dynasty. Whether it is soldiers or horses, they are all carefully selected, and many of them even followed the ministers. Slaughtered the elite of dozens of Tatar tribes on the prairie."

Even though he had learned from Li Huan about the origin of the [-] elite army that was about to be merged into the Beijing camp, what he saw with his own eyes at this time still shocked Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said: "Li Qing, do you think that if my Ming Dynasty had such an elite cavalry of [-], would it be possible to crush the barbarians on the grassland!"

Li Huan took a deep breath, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty may be disappointed, with Daming's current financial situation, let alone [-] fine cavalry, I'm afraid even [-] may not be able to support it. "

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help looking at Li Huan, with a bit of surprise in his eyes, he said: "How is this possible, can't I even afford a hundred thousand horses?"

Under Zhu Houzhao's gaze, Li Huan slowly shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, do you know how much it will cost in a year for more than [-] fine cavalry from soldiers to horses and equipment?"

Zhu Houzhao hesitated for a moment and said: "There are always millions of taels of silver!"

Li Huan said indifferently: "A high-quality war horse costs dozens of taels, as well as excellent armor and weapons. It can be said that from people to horses to weapons and equipment, as well as daily consumption, such elites spend millions of dollars a year. Even two silver coins can't beat it."

As he spoke, Li Huan looked at Zhu Houzhao with a chuckle and said, "As your Majesty said, if the imperial court wants to raise such fine cavalry with one hundred thousand, it is afraid that the imperial court will spend at least tens of millions of taels of silver every year, what does your majesty think? "

Zhu Houzhao, who was so proud just now and had promised to raise one hundred thousand elite riders, also froze all of a sudden.

Although he also knew how much money it took to raise soldiers, he never thought that such soldiers and horses would cost so much money.

Gulu swallowed, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't help saying: "According to what Li Qing said, tens of millions of taels of silver should be invested at one time, and it shouldn't be so much to raise soldiers in the later stage."

But Li Huan said: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, the annual military salary alone of these more than ten thousand fine riders is a huge 50 taels."

Zhu Houzhao was shocked when he heard this and said: "How is this possible? At the beginning, there were more than 20 soldiers in Beijing, and the annual cost was only more than 100 million taels of silver. This is just more than [-] elite cavalry. Why do you need so much military pay?"

Obviously Zhu Houzhao didn't know the cost of this army. Zhu Houzhao didn't ask, and Li Huan didn't say anything. After all, in the eyes of Zhu Houzhao and Li Huan, it wasn't a big deal.

Besides, Li Huan was impeached as soon as he came back, and there were too many things to deal with during his return to Beijing, so he had no chance to tell Zhu Houzhao these things.

That's why Zhu Houzhao had such a reaction at this moment.

Li Huan said solemnly: "Your Majesty does not know. This time the capital camp is reorganized, the soldiers in the capital camp will be paid in full, and the military salary has more than doubled compared with the past. Even for the cavalry, firearms battalion, military salary It's doubled."

As he said that, Li Huan pointed to the ten thousand elite riders who were getting closer and closer like a black torrent, and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty thinks that 50 taels per person per year is too much for such an elite team?"

Zhu Hou looked at the fierce spirit, and they were definitely more than ten thousand elite cavalry on the battlefield. Although Li Huan's per capita salary of 50 taels was a bit exaggerated, he had to admit that these elite cavalry were absolutely worthy of what they got. military pay.

Slowly nodded, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smiled bitterly and said: "According to what Li Qing said, such an elite army, let alone a hundred thousand in the imperial court, I'm afraid it's just this ten thousand. If officials know the amount of gold and silver spent on them, they will go crazy, and then I don't know how many people will jump out to oppose it."

When Li Huan heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes and said: "If anyone has an opinion, let him come and talk to the minister."

As he said that, Li Huan looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, there must be brave men under great rewards. Such an elite team is enough to match the [-] old, weak, sick and disabled in the old Beijing camp. It will hurt the hearts of soldiers."

Zhu Houzhao nodded at Li Huan and said: "Li Qing, don't worry, I will support Qing's family, even if I sell everything, I will not be short of food and salaries for the soldiers."

While he was speaking, the mighty and powerful army had already rushed to the front. Surrounded by a group of generals, a figure at the head quickly dismounted and strode towards the place where the emperor Luanjia was.

All of a sudden, one after another's eyes fell on the figures of these people, and the leader was naturally the former cabinet elder, and now the governor of the three armies, the governor Wang Yangming who returned in triumph.

Wang Yangming was dressed in armor, but he was full of elegance. In the eyes of everyone, he was an invincible commander who lashed out at Fang Qiu.

Walking in front of the emperor, Wang Yangming immediately bowed respectfully to the emperor and said: "My lord Wang Yangming, I pay my respects to your majesty, may my emperor prosper forever, and the Ming Dynasty will last forever."

Without waiting for Wang Yangming to bow down, Zhu Houzhao got off the Luanjia, took a step forward and stretched out his hand to support Wang Yangming, his face was filled with endless joy, he supported Wang Yangming's arm and said: "You family, get up quickly, Aiqing won the battle!" Defeating the Tatars and annihilating more than [-] enemies is indeed an unprecedented victory for our Ming Dynasty in decades, and the merits of Qing and others are very great, very great."

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on the generals who followed Wang Yangming and bowed down in triumph.

These generals were dressed in armor, and they bowed down in unison. Looking around, almost half of them were noble children who came out of Beijing with Li Huan.

It can be said that these people are the last essence of this generation of nobles. After this battle, these noble children can be said to have grown up completely, and most of them have become middle and high-level military officers by virtue of their military achievements generals.

Because of this, just behind the emperor, among the ranks of officials, the Wu Xun Group and the Civil Service Group looked at these generals with obvious differences.

The Wu Xun Group looked at these children of their own family, many of them seemed to have been reborn, and there were even children of their own families among them, not to mention how happy these nobles were.

You must know that many of them have family titles that have been inherited for hundreds of years, and they have left an empty shell. They have no wealth and no rights at all, and they are completely rich and idlers.

If the nobles don't have the power of soldiers and horses in their hands, they are actually just decorations, and even many low-level civil servants dare to ignore them.

But when Xungui was in charge of the military and horse power, it was completely different. At least they had the confidence and qualifications to fight against the civil servants.

So these nobles are very happy to see their children in the ranks of generals who have returned from victory.

But Xungui's side was happy, while the civilian group's faces were gloomy, especially looking at those young generals who were born in Xungui's family, their eyes were filled with fear and fear.

It can be foreseen that Li Huan, who was originally weak in the court and even in the army, took advantage of this big victory to use these young generals from noble families as minions to successfully take root in the Ming army. But they all have to admit that Li Huan is already a big trend now.

You must know that even if Li Huan was ordered to rectify the Beijing camp, the civil official group was just worried, but they never thought that Li Huan could cultivate influence in the army in a short period of time.

After all, Li Huan's background doomed him to have a shallow background, and it was impossible to spread power in the army, but who would have thought that following the emperor's gift of marriage, Li Huan would immediately have a relationship with the noble group, and successfully win over a large number of nobles power.

However, King Anhua rebelled, and the Tatars invaded. After the First World War, Li Huan returned home with a great victory and integrated his forces into the army at a speed beyond the imagination of countless people.

It can be imagined that Li Huan's status in the Ming army is absolutely unparalleled for a while, even the governor Wang Yangming who has made great achievements is inferior to Li Huan.

Zhu Houzhao glanced over those generals, his eyes were full of joy, he took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "All your family members are exempt from courtesy, and you are all ministers who have made meritorious service for the country. I will reward you heavily."

"I thank Your Majesty, and I am willing to die for Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty!"

[It's the end of the month, brothers, if you have a monthly pass, remember to smash it. 】

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