Feeling the invisible evil spirit emanating from Li Huan, Chen Ke couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring in his heart. At the same time, he secretly felt some sympathy for the people in the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Mansion.

You said it's not good to offend anyone, but you want to offend your own commander who is willing to kill with all his heart.

Chen Ke still had some understanding of Li Huan's temperament in the past few years.

Generally speaking, whether Li Huan killed people or ransacked homes and exterminated clans, he always acted in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and he almost never did anything outside the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

However, everyone killed by Li Huan was a well-known master, and it can be said that they all had their own way of killing themselves.

It's just that this time the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office rejected Li Huan's petition for merit, which was obviously a slap in Li Huan's face.

But Chen Ke also knew one thing. If you really want to talk about it, after suffering so many losses at the hands of Li Huan, and even being killed by Li Huan, the civil servant group would naturally not look for trouble with Li Huan.

And put the handle into Li Huan's hands.

This time, the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office seemed to be unreasonable in rejecting Li Huan's memorial. However, if you look carefully, you can find that the actions of the civil service group were reasonable and there was nothing illegal.

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The Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office sent people to verify the military merits. No one could say anything about this. After all, Li Huan could not hand over a memorial asking for merit and the court would just pass it without asking.

It's simply not realistic.

As for the Ministry of War and the people from the Right Army Governor's Mansion, they sent people there. Not to mention other things, no one could say anything about the fact that the Tatar heads were stuck.

Although the memorial stated that Li Huan and Yang Yiqing led the army out of the border and massacred a Tatar tribe of 20,000 people, where were the heads of the Tatars?

The military merits of the Ming Dynasty need to be proven. Without a head, it is equivalent to no military merits. Therefore, it is reasonable for the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Right Army to use this point to reject Li Huan's petition for merit.

With a hint of worry in his eyes, Chen Ke whispered, "Sir, the Ministry of War and the people from the Right Army Governor's Mansion are just asking for the heads of the Tatars from the frontier soldiers, but..."

Li Huan couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. At first, he only thought about how to deal with the Tatars lightly. When he slaughtered the pot, he didn't think about cutting off the heads of the Tatars. He only thought about how to take away the loot.

, how to deal with the Tatar reinforcements that may catch up at any time.

Later, the Heihe tribe was trodden down for the same reason, but the Heihe tribe's camp was burned down with a fire, and the Tatars were not beheaded.

I originally thought that the destruction of two major tribes, such a big thing, could be proved by just a little inquiry. If he came forward to claim credit, wouldn't it be natural for him to receive a reward?

It was just beyond Li Huan's expectation. In his opinion, it was not a difficult task, but in the end, someone seized the opportunity and blocked it.

If we really want to talk about it, the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Mansion are stuck on this point, and even Li Huan has no way to refute it.

Taking a deep breath and looking at Chen Ke, Li Huan tapped lightly on the table with one hand and said lightly: "I already know about this matter. They want to wipe out the border town and the soldiers are risking their lives."

It depends on whether Li agrees to the military merits that come."

Li Huan stayed with Chen Ke to ask some questions. It was not until the sky became dark that Chen Ke left.

There is no secret that can't be hidden in the capital, not to mention that it concerns Li Huan, and there was also the uproar about the approval of military merits that was reported not long ago.

It can be said that not long ago, officials from the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office who went to Shaanxi for verification directly rejected Li Huan's petition for merit after returning to Beijing. Many officials who knew about this secretly waited to see Li Huan's joke.

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Now that Li Huan has returned to Beijing, just as they expected, Li Huan is most concerned about this matter when he meets the emperor.

The emperor also attached great importance to this matter and sent the decree to the cabinet, ordering the cabinet to give an explanation.

When Chen Ke entered Li Huan's mansion, he naturally caught the attention of many people, but many people who were waiting to see Li Huan's joke did not panic at all.

Everyone who needs to know the specific reasons knows that these officials are well aware of the actions of the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office. Even if the lawsuit is brought before the emperor, it will be difficult for Li Huan to find any reason.

Therefore, many people saw Chen Ke entering the Li Mansion and did not care at all. Even if Jin Yiwei informed him, no one could change the decision of the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Mansion.

Just when many people in the capital were waiting to see Li Huan's joke, Li Huan was called over by Feng.

In the courtyard where Feng lived, Li Huan sat respectfully next to Feng. He looked at Feng and said with a smile, "Mother called me here, is there something wrong?"

Seeing Feng's serious expression, Li Huan was naturally quite curious.

Feng glanced at Li Huan, coughed slightly and said, "Huan'er, how old are you now?"

After being slightly startled, Li Huan immediately said: "My child is already twenty years old this year. I wonder if my mother..."

Feng didn't wait for Li Huan to finish his words and said: "You also know that you are already twenty years old. Boys from other families have married and had children at the age of fourteen or fifteen. You are now twenty years old. Come and tell me

Mother, when will you be willing to start a family and establish a business, pass on the incense to my Li family, and continue the heirs?"

When Li Huan heard this, he couldn't help but reveal a bit of surprise and a wry smile. Apparently, he didn't expect that Feng would call him over so solemnly, but it was just for this matter.

Of course, Li Huan doesn't think that Feng is making a fuss. After all, in this era, there are not many people at his age who are not yet married. As the saying goes, there are three unfilial piety and not having offspring is the worst. The Li family is already thin in population.

When we got here, he was the only one.

If something happened to him, then the Li family would really be extinct. No wonder Mrs. Feng would be so worried and anxious.

With such thoughts flashing through his mind, Li Huan bowed to Mrs. Feng and said, "Mother has to worry about the baby. But since Your Majesty has decreed the marriage, I will choose a good and auspicious day and the baby will get married."

Feng's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked at Li Huan with some expectation and surprise: "So Huan'er, you agreed to get married?"

It was true that Feng had not urged Li Huan to get married in the past two years, but Li Huan was not particularly happy. No matter how much he urged, Li Huan never gave him an accurate word.

If the emperor hadn't granted the marriage earlier, maybe Feng would have been eager to find a marriage partner for Li Huan.

Now that Li Huan has agreed to get married, one can imagine how surprised Feng is.

Li Huan looked at Feng's surprised look, sighed in his heart, nodded slightly and said, "My child agreed."

Feng's face was full of joy and she said to Li Huan: "Okay, okay, my mother has invited Shao Yuanjie and Shao Zhen to choose an auspicious day. The ninth day of the first lunar month after the new year is an auspicious day. I don't know, Huan'er, you

What do you think?"

Li Huan was slightly stunned. Apparently he didn't expect Feng to have chosen a good time and auspicious day. However, looking at Feng's happy expression, Li Huan thought about it and nodded and said, "My child, listen to your mother."

It can be said that Mrs. Feng's mood has never been so good at this moment. No matter how pleasing Li Huan is, she said calmly: "Huan'er, don't worry, my mother will definitely help you arrange everything for your marriage. You just need to

When the time comes, we can go to the church and get married."

When Li Huan returned to his residence from the courtyard where Feng lived, he was greeted by forsythia with a faint fragrance.

With a tender look on her face, Forsythia said to Li Huan: "Master, the bath water has been prepared for you."

As the saying goes, a short separation is better than a new marriage, not to mention that Li Huan's separation lasted for several months. That night, there were faint sounds of sobbing in the small courtyard, which lasted for more than an hour.

The red sun was rising, and the heavy snow that had been falling all day finally stopped.

Many people on the long street were busy clearing away the snow, and at this moment, more than a dozen carriages stopped in front of the palace gate early.

In front of the small square in front of the palace gate, a number of officials stood there.

Each of these people is an important minister in the court, headed by Chief Assistant Li Dongyang, and several cabinet ministers are present. In addition, there are several officials from the Ministry of War and the Right Army Governor's Office.

There are even several censors from the Imperial Procuratorate. Many of these people are officials who had previously gone to Shaanxi to verify military merits. In addition to the chief officials of various ministries, nearly twenty officials are at the palace gate at the moment.

Waiting outside.

With a creak, the palace door opened, and a figure appeared at the entrance of the palace. Who was it if it wasn't Gao Feng who was accompanying the emperor?

Gao Feng glanced at the officials in front of the palace indifferently, and said in a rather sharp voice: "My lords, your Majesty has summoned you, please come with us."

No matter how he felt about Gao Feng in his heart, even if he hated Gao Feng very much in his heart, on the surface he still politely bowed his hand to Gao Feng and said thank you.

A group of officials followed Gao Feng into the imperial city.

The imperial city is covered in silver, and a cleared path winds its way to the imperial study room of Qianqing Palace.

In the royal study

Zhu Houzhao was sitting there, drinking a bowl of lotus seed porridge. As he drank the bowl of hot porridge, Zhu Houzhao felt a warmth all over his body.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the palace, and then Gao Feng's voice was heard: "Your Majesty, all of you are here with an imperial edict to see Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and signaled the attendants on the side to put away the food in front of him. Then he took the wet and hot towel and wiped his hands. After rinsing his mouth, he straightened his body and said slowly: "That's right!"

Qiu Judang said sharply: "Your Majesty's instructions are accurate!"

Immediately, a group of officials led by Li Dongyang slowly walked into the imperial study and bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the crowd indifferently, waved his hand and said: "You gentlemen, you don't have to be polite, just go on your own without any courtesy."

After everyone stood up, Zhu Houzhao's expression straightened, he looked at everyone and said, "Today I summoned all of you to come here just for one thing. You don't need to tell me about this matter, you should also know it."

As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Dongyang and said: "Li Qing's family, can someone explain to me why there has been no result in the military merit memorial requested by Li Huanqing's family? What are the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Commander's Office doing?

Is this your efficiency?"

It could be seen that Zhu Houzhao was a little annoyed. He did not pay too much attention to this matter at the time. After all, in Zhu Houzhao's view, since there was a memorial asking for merit, the cabinet should send someone to verify it and then award the reward according to the regulations.

Such things have their own processes, and he doesn't need the emperor to pay attention to them. If he has to keep an eye on such things at all times, then even if he doesn't rest every day, he will definitely not be able to finish the national affairs.

It can be said that in Zhu Houzhao's view, after such a long time, the reward may have been arranged long ago, but Li Huan's inquiry yesterday made Zhu Houzhao suddenly realize that after such a long relationship, this matter has not been resolved yet.

In front of Li Huan, Zhu Houzhao wanted to save face anyway, but he didn't even handle Li Huan's request for credit properly. Zhu Houzhao felt a little angry in his heart at that time, but he didn't show it.

Now recalling Li Huan's surprised and stunned look yesterday, Zhu Houzhao's anger became even more intense. So when he looked at the Ministry of War and the officials of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, they immediately became furious.

Come everywhere.

Why couldn't all the officials see that Zhu Houzhao was angry? They felt awe-struck. Li Dongyang coughed lightly and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. There is another hidden reason behind this matter. We still need to explain it to Your Majesty from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army."

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, and his eyes fell on several people from the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army.

Yu Fang, the left minister of the Ministry of War, coughed lightly, stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "I, Yu Fang, pay my respects to Your Majesty."
To be continued...