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After all, in Zhang Cai's subconscious mind, it should be impossible for Li Huan to deal with those criminals directly. After all, nearly ten thousand people were involved, and few people have such courage.

Moreover, dealing with nearly [-] people at one time will be included in the history books, and it is not a good reputation. For this reason, several cabinet ministers in their cabinet have never made a decision, because they don't want to leave such a huge mark on the history. Disgraceful sum.

At the same time, the eyes of many people in the hall also fell on Ling Yuan.

Ling Yuan slowly shook his head at Zhang Cai with a bit of bitterness on his face and said, "Old Ge, Champion Hou made it very clear in his memorial that he has executed those criminals on the spot..."

After hearing Ling Yuan's words, Zhang Cai almost instinctively exclaimed, with an unbelievable expression on his face, he said: "How is this possible, the champion..."

While speaking, Zhang Cai said directly: "Show me the memorial."

Holding the memorial directly in his hand, Zhang Cai's eyes were full of nervousness. When his eyes fell on the memorial and he saw the contents of the memorial clearly, Zhang Cai couldn't help shaking his hand slightly, and his eyes flashed Complicated look.

Zhang Cai just held the memorial and stood there quietly for a long time, so that the surrounding officials didn't dare to disturb Zhang Cai.

After a while, Zhang Cai finally accepted the news on the memorial, took a deep breath and glanced at everyone present, then walked towards the inner hall.

As Zhang Cai left with the memorial, all the officials in the hall seemed to be blown up, one by one, they came forward to surround Ling Yuan and the two of them.

"Lord Ling, did Champion Hou really kill so many people?"

"That's tens of thousands of people, the champion..."

From what you say to me, it is obvious that you can't believe that Li Huan really dealt with so many criminals.

At this time, someone suddenly said coldly: "Did everyone forget how Li Huan started killing people in Beijing back then, so many elders all over the house died at the hands of the champion."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was speechless immediately, yes, but in the capital, who can forget how Li Huan committed mass murder in the capital a few years ago.

Li Huan's reputation as a god-killer in the capital is not small at all, but recently, everyone has been attracted by the fact that Li Huan defeated the Tatars, and subconsciously forgot how threatening Li Huan used to be. Overwhelming officials.

Now that someone mentions it, he immediately realized that since Li Huan had killed hundreds of officials in the capital, it is not impossible to kill all the people like Xu Lin in Yangzhou Mansion.

In the imperial city
Ever since Wang Yangming and Zhu Houzhao mentioned that Li Huan was likely to bear the notoriety for him and dealt with those criminals directly in the Yangzhou government, Zhu Houzhao, as the emperor, has been caught in a kind of entanglement.

With Zhu Houzhao's temperament, he naturally didn't want Li Huan to bear such a bad name for him, but just like what Wang Yangming said, I'm afraid that Li Huan had already committed crimes when he sent all the crimes of those people to the capital. made a decision.

After hesitating for a while, Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, directly ordered Ma Yongcheng to lead a part of the Dongchang elite to go south to Yangzhou Prefecture at full speed.

Ma Yongcheng went south to Yangzhou Mansion naturally to receive the emperor's will, which was to prevent Li Huan from killing Xu Lin and other criminals, and then assisted Li Huan in escorting the criminals to the capital to wait for the court.

Obviously Zhu Houzhao did not intend to let Li Huan bear the notoriety of the emperor for him.

Qiu Ju looked at Zhu Houzhao who was sitting there restless, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the emperor has always looked like this these past few days.

As Zhu Houzhao's confidantes, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng naturally knew what was going on, but they knew that this was the emperor's heart disease, and only the definite news from Jiangnan could cure the emperor's heart disease.

Holding a cup of hot tea, Qiu Ju gently placed it in front of the emperor and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, please drink some tea."

Zhu Houzhao came back to his senses, glanced at Qiu Ju and said, "Qiu Daban, is there any news from Yangzhou Mansion?"

Qiu Ju shook his head slightly when he heard the words, and said, "Return to Your Majesty, there is no news yet."

Gao Feng on the side also comforted in a low voice: "Your Majesty, since you have sent Ma Yongcheng to take people to Yangzhou Mansion, Your Majesty will wait for the news that Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from the capital, even if there is news, it is impossible to spread it so quickly. come."

While he was talking, he suddenly saw a small servant hurrying over with a secret letter in his hand.

The servant went outside the hall and knelt respectfully in the tunnel, saying, "Your Majesty, Yangzhou Mansion has a secret report."

With a crash, Zhu Houzhao, who had been sitting there, stood up directly after hearing what the little waiter said, and even almost brought down the table in front of him.

"The secret report from the Yangzhou government, please submit it quickly."

Gao Feng trotted to the little servant, took the secret letter, and carefully presented it to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao immediately opened the secret letter and looked at it at a glance.

After seeing the contents of the secret letter clearly, Zhu Houzhao's expression changed slightly, and his expression became obviously complicated.

Just looking at the secret letter like that, Zhu Houzhao stood there straight, a little absent-minded, and Gao Feng and Qiu Ju who were on the side obviously also noticed the strangeness of the emperor.

It's just that the two of them didn't dare to look at the contents of the secret letter, but they were also extremely curious about what the contents of this secret letter were. It was obvious that the news in the secret letter was different from the emperor's reaction. Simple.

Letting out a breath, Zhu Houzhao turned around slowly and sighed softly: "Li Qing, why bother?"

Hearing the emperor's exclamation, Gao Feng and Qiu Ju first looked at each other, with a bit of understanding on their faces.

Regarding the matter of Li Huan's going south, the two of them still know a lot about it, and they also know why the emperor was so entangled before. Now, listening to the emperor's sigh, if the two of them don't know what happened, then they are too underestimating .

Qiu Ju took a step forward and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, could it be news from Brother Li?"

Zhu Houzhao handed the secret letter to Qiu Judao with some exclamation: "You also have a look, Li Qing, he did exactly what Wang Ge said, he directly killed Xu Lin and others on the spot, Killing tens of thousands of people at one time, he did bear a notoriety for me, but he himself got a notorious reputation for killing people."

"what!"

Even though it had been expected, when they actually heard the news that Li Huan really killed nearly ten thousand people including Xu Lin in the Yangzhou Mansion, the two were still shocked, and even felt a little bit frightened in their hearts. .

They knew that Li Huan had always been extremely daring, as if there was never anything he dared not do.

Think back when the emperor was in danger, Li Huan dared to lead people directly into the imperial city, but now he killed nearly ten thousand people at a time, even if these people deserved what they deserved, but not everyone has such determination and courage.

Looking away from the secret letter, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng couldn't help but look at each other. They seemed to have a tacit understanding, and a thought came to their hearts, that is, they can't provoke Li Huan, the murderous god, even if they are killed.

If they really offended Li Huan, don't look at them being favored by the emperor, but Li Huan really dared to kill them.

Unaware that Qiu Ju and Gao Feng had been frightened by Li Huan's vicious name, Zhu Hou looked at them and sighed: "Li Qing has been loyal to me, and now he even bears such a murderous reputation for me. , I really feel ashamed of Li Qing."

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao frowned and said, "If the news spreads that Li Qing killed so many people in Yangzhou Mansion, I'm afraid that many people in the world will misunderstand Li Qing and think that Li Qing is a murderer. Seniors, how do you think I can keep Li Qing's reputation intact?"

After hearing the emperor's question, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng couldn't help but look at each other. It would be no problem for them to serve the emperor, but if they want them to advise the emperor, to be honest, they really don't have the ability.

Under the gaze of the Son of Heaven, Qiu Ju and Gao Feng couldn't help showing shame and said to the Son of Heaven: "The old slaves are incompetent, and I really don't know how to eliminate the impact of this matter."

Zhu Houzhao didn't seem to expect the two of them to give him any useful suggestions, so he waved his hands and said after a little pondering: "Decree to quickly call Wang Yangming's Aiqing into the palace."

Qiu Judang immediately said, "This old slave, please go and invite Mr. Wangge to come."

I saw Qiu Ju trotting away.

Qiu Ju's speed was very fast, but before he reached the cabinet, he saw a few figures approaching in a hurry, whoever it was, Yang Tinghe, Wang Yangming, Zhang Cai, and Wang Jia.

The office of the cabinet is in the imperial city, so that it is convenient for the cabinet ministers to see the emperor if there is any urgent matter.

When Qiu Ju saw Yang Ting and the others, they also saw Qiu Ju who was in a hurry.

Walking closer, Qiu Ju stopped, and Yang Ting and the others also stopped.

Qiu Ju first saluted a few people and said, "What do you elders want?"

Yang Ting and the others took a look at Qiu Ju, and then heard Wang Jia speak first: "Boss Qiu, I don't know where His Majesty is now, I have something to ask to see His Majesty."

Qiu Ju glanced at them, and subconsciously said, "Could it be because of Brother Hou Li, the champion of Yangzhou Mansion!"

Hearing what Qiu Ju said, Yang Ting and the others reacted after being taken aback for a moment.

Since they have all received Li Huan's memorial, it is impossible for the emperor not to receive the news. Now that Qiu Ju has seen it, it is likely that he went to the cabinet to meet them.

Sure enough, at this moment Qiu Ju said: "Your Majesty summoned Mr. Wang Yangming, Mr. Mr. Ge, please go with this old servant to see His Majesty."

After Qiu Ju finished speaking, the eyes of Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Jia fell on Wang Yangming immediately, with complicated meanings in their eyes.

The Son of Heaven only summoned Wang Yangming, but not the few of them. The meaning revealed in this is thought-provoking, at least the eyes of Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Jia when they looked at Wang Yangming revealed some deep meaning.

Wang Yangming was slightly taken aback, cupped his hands at Qiu Ju and said, "Your Majesty summoned Wang?"

Qiu Ju smiled and said: "Does our family still dare to pass on the imperial decree to fail? Sir Wang, hurry up and go with our family to meet His Majesty."

Wang Yangming hesitated for a while, then nodded slightly at Qiu Ju and said, "Wang will obey His Majesty's edict."

While speaking, Wang Yangming's gaze fell on Yang Tinghe, Zhang Cai, and Wang Jia.

Yang Tinghe stroked his beard and smiled slightly at Wang Yangming, "It's fine if Yangming goes to see His Majesty, but for such a big matter, we have to see what His Majesty means."

Wang Jia and Zhang Cai also nodded and said: "Let Mr. Wang represent us to see His Majesty."

Qiu Ju looked at Yang Tinghe and Wang Yangming with a smile, as if he didn't notice the slightly weird atmosphere between the four of them, and said, "Old Wang Ge, come with our house, don't make His Majesty wait too long." .”

Wang Yangming took a deep breath, cupped his hands at Yang Ting and the others, and left with Qiu Ju.

Yang Tinghe, Wang Jia, and Zhang Cai who were standing there looked at Wang Yangming who left with Qiu Ju with complicated expressions.

Suddenly, Wang Jia snorted coldly and said: "One Li Huan, one Wang Yangming, the two of them have one article and one martial arts. Your Majesty is too partial to the truth. This is not the blessing of the country."

Zhang Cai said indifferently: "This time, His Majesty probably prefers Wang Yangming to be the chief assistant of the cabinet. In the future, everyone should respect him. Master Wang Jia should be cautious in his words."

Wang Jia couldn't help but glanced at Zhang Cai, he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly said: "Master Zhang, I wonder how Eunuch Liu is doing recently?"

Zhang Cai was taken aback for a moment, then came to his senses, first glanced at Yang Tinghe who was staring at the ground, wondering what he was thinking, and then slowly said: "Eunuch Liu spends most of his time in the mansion outside the palace. Cultivate your mind and body.”

Wang Jia, who was stroking his beard, showed a bit of regret on his face and said: "That's really a pity, Wang thought that Mr. Liu was approving the red for His Majesty in the Supervisor of Ceremonies."

At this moment, Yang Tinghe raised his head, cupped his hands at Wang Jia and Zhang Cai and said, "The old man suddenly remembered that his subordinates still have some government affairs to deal with, so I won't accompany you two."

Watching Yang Tinghe leave, Wang Jia took a deep breath, and said with disdain in his eyes: "Really, Liu Gong and Xie Gong really misunderstood the person and thought that Yang Tinghe had the ability to lead the officials. However, Li Huan and Wang Yangming, who never wanted to face the bewitching king, are so weak, it is really a shame for our generation of literati."

Zhang Cai coughed lightly. He fought openly and covertly with Yang Tinghe and Wang Jia, representatives of the civil official group, and he knew the details of the civil official group. Seeing Wang Jia criticizing Yang Tinghe behind his back, Zhang Cai didn't think so What a surprise.

The civil official group is not a unified whole, and there are large and small interest factions inside. Yang Tinghe and Wang Jia are naturally unanimous when facing the imperial power, nobles, and Li Huan. They have a very good relationship in private.

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