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Chapter 54 The Favor Is Extremely Heavy [Second Change]

Accompanied by this voice, Li Huan saw a figure in a bright yellow dragon robe appear at the corner in front of him. Who was it if it wasn't the young nobleman he had rescued back then.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao, Gu Dayong hurriedly saluted and said: "This old slave pays homage to His Majesty, fortunately he did not disgrace his life, and has invited Li Huan's hundred households here!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly at Gu Dayong, but his eyes fell on Li Huan, with a smile on his face, and there was a bit of complacency in the smile: "I said, we will soon We will meet again."

Li Huan took a deep breath, bowed to Li Huan and said: "My minister, Li Huan, I pay my respects to Your Majesty. I didn't know His Majesty's identity before, so please forgive me for being rude!"

Before Li Huan bowed down, Zhu Houzhao stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help him: "The Qing family does not need to be strict, thanks to the Qing family, I was able to escape from death that day, today I specially ordered Gu Daban to invite you..."

Li Huan said repeatedly: "Your Majesty has really broken the evil minister."

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly, stepped forward and grabbed Li Huan's arm and said, "Come on, today I'm hosting a special banquet for you from the Qing family!"

It has to be said that even though Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, but at that age, he has a somewhat youthful heart. This kind of inadvertent behavior will never appear on those scheming emperors.

Gu Dayong followed Zhu Houzhao and Li Huan, passed through a pavilion, and suddenly there was an open space in front of him, which was the imperial garden.

But at this moment, a banquet has been set up in the imperial garden. The banquet is not big and there are not even outsiders. It can be said that it is specially prepared for Li Huan.

Pulling Li Huan to sit down, Zhu Houzhao said to Zhang Yong who was serving beside him without the slightest demeanor: "Big Companion, order someone to pass on the meal."

Li Huan said with a flattered look: "Your Majesty, I can't afford it!"

It is such an honor for the Son of Heaven to host a banquet in person, I am afraid that even the court elders will not have such treatment.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said: "You are my savior, if you can't afford it, then who can afford it."

As the delicious food and wine were arranged one by one, Zhu Houzhao raised the wine glass to Li Huan and said, "Come on, let me drink this glass of wine first."

Li Huan quickly accompanied Zhu Houzhao to drink. Zhu Houzhao is indeed a man of temperament, and he doesn't have so many rules. When he gets along with such an emperor, at least he doesn't have to worry about saying or doing something wrong one day and losing his life inexplicably.

Putting down the wine glass, Zhu Hou looked at Li Huan and said, "I have been thinking about how to reward you for the past two days, so tell me, what do you want?"

Li Huan quickly said: "This is just a matter of the minister's duty. I never thought about asking for any reward."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "I know you are doing it for some benefit, but if you saved me, if you didn't even get a reward, wouldn't people say that I'm ungrateful and ungrateful, and rewards and punishments are unfair."

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Say it, high-ranking official with rich salary, beautiful woman with money, as long as you open your mouth, I will satisfy you."

Gu Dayong on the side giggled and said, "Brother Li Huan, Your Majesty has already said so, just ask what you want."

The others had served Zhu Houzhao for many years, and they already knew Zhu Houzhao's temperament. They knew that it would not be inappropriate to speak at this time, and they tried to persuade Li Huan one by one, while seeing what choice Li Huan would make.

Based on how much Zhu Houzhao valued Li Huan, Gu Dayong and the others were not fools. How could they not realize that with Zhu Houzhao's honor and favor, Li Huan would surely rise to the top in the future, so several people wanted to establish a good relationship with Li Huan in advance, so they all He has a pleasant face, and looks very close, and he doesn't look out of place at all.

You Gu Dayong and several people were booing at the side, and even Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Huan with great interest at the moment, obviously wanting to know what kind of reward Li Huan wanted.

Li Huan glanced at Gu Dayong and the others, took a deep breath, stood up and bowed to Zhu Houzhao, "But according to your Majesty's will."

After hearing Li Huan's words, Gu Dayong and the others couldn't help but look at each other, couldn't help giving a secret compliment in their hearts, and at the same time paid more and more attention to Li Huan.

If it is said that Li Huan is proud of being favored and arrogant, they will not take it to heart, after all, the emperor's honor and favor are also numerous, blindly relying on favor and pride, no matter how much grace is exhausted that day.

But Li Huan obviously knew how to advance and retreat. Based on their understanding of Zhu Houzhao, the more Li Huan showed no desire, the more Zhu Houzhao would trust him more than him, and the reward would only be heavier.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Huan's words, Zhu Houzhao's eyes were full of admiration and trust.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Houzhao's expression became serious and he said: "I have passed on the word of mouth, here is Li Huan, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, who has made great contributions in rescuing him. He was promoted to the governor of Jinyiwei Town, led the guards and the army, and was given flying fish clothes, luan belts, and embroidered spring knives."

From the sixth-rank Jinyiwei hundred households to the fourth-rank Jinyiwei Town Fushi, the official rank has been promoted to three ranks, plus the flying fish suit and embroidered spring knife bestowed by the emperor, it can definitely be said to be extremely rewarding.

Of course, if it's just the promotion of the official rank, it can't be said to be too heavy compared to the merits of saving the family, but Zhu Houzhao ordered Li Huan to lead the guards and pro-army among the rewards, which is not ordinary trust.

Jinyiwei has many responsibilities. In addition to the well-known rights of supervising officials, arresting, and interrogating, the second is the punishment of the court staff, and the third is the guards. It can be said that whether it is the guard of honor or safety when the emperor travels on weekdays, Jinyiwei is also responsible. .

Among them, the guards are the elite selected from the Jinyiwei to be responsible for the safety of the emperor. Even the commander Tongzhi who is second only to the commander of the Jinyiwei is not qualified to lead.

And Zhu Houzhao handed over the guards to Li Huan to lead the guards, which means that even a fool can see that even in the Jinyiwei yamen, Li Huan, the Jinyiwei town governor, has the Jinyiwei commander and the Jinyiwei commander Tongzhi, but When it comes to the importance of real power and the trust of the emperor, I am afraid that it is no worse than the commander of Jin Yiwei.

After all, for a long time, the commander of Jinyiwei's bodyguards has always been the commander of Jinyiwei.

After all, Li Huan also stayed in the Jinyiwei Yamen for a while, and he was no stranger to the structure of rights in the Jinyiwei Yamen. He immediately realized that the focus of Zhu Houzhao's reward was the words "leading the guards and the army", which meant that Li Huan got With the absolute trust of the emperor, he entrusted his safety to him.

Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong and others at the side reacted one by one at this moment, and realized the focus of the emperor's rewards like Li Huan, and they all gave Li Huan a look of amazement.

Li Huan fell into the eyes of the emperor at his age, so his future can be imagined.

Seeing that Li Huan was still in a daze, Gu Dayong coughed lightly and said to Li Huan: "Brother Li Huan, why don't you thank Your Majesty soon, that is the Zhenfu envoy leading the bodyguards. Since Jin Yiwei, you are probably the first."

Zhang Yong also smiled from the side: "Your Majesty asked you to lead the guards, I'm afraid it's not for you to take over as the commander of Jin Yiwei in the future."

Gu Dayong and the others couldn't help looking at Zhu Houzhao. Maybe Zhang Yong was just joking, but they felt that Zhu Houzhao might really have such an idea.

And with Zhu Houzhao's temperament, it is not impossible to hand over Jin Yiwei to Li Huan.

Of course, going from a hundred households of Jinyiwei to becoming the leader of Jinyiwei in one step, especially at Li Huan's age, this is not a reward.

But as Zhang Yong said, Zhu Houzhao intends to let Li Huan take over as Jinyiwei's governor for a while, and then take over the post of Jinyiwei's commander in the future. What a favor that is.

(End of this chapter)