Soon there was a creaking sound from next door, and Li Huan summoned Cao Yu and said, "Cao Yu, please bring someone to keep an eye on it tonight."

The people who were really responsible for counting the silver were Cao Yu and Ma Ming. As for the other Jin Yiwei, they were only responsible for carrying the boxes. Although they also speculated that the boxes contained gold and silver, they didn't see them after all, so the impact was not that big.

It's not that Li Huan doesn't believe in Ma Ming and other Jinyiwei people, it's really unpredictable. That's hundreds of thousands of taels of money.

Li Huan didn't want to test people's hearts, so he ordered Ma Ming to lead people to keep an eye on the money. At the same time, Li Huan also asked Cao Yu to send people to keep an eye on the money. In this way, the two groups of people together could prevent people from having distracting thoughts.

Cao Yu nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, sir. I must have taken care of those things for you."

Li Huan nodded, turned around and went back to rest.

As for Sun Xiang, who accepted the big gift from Li Huan and asked him to keep Cai Wen's name card, Sun Xiang was in a very good mood.

After hearing the news that Xie Qian had been dismissed from office, Sun Xiang once thought that he had no chance to help his lord in running the affairs and was transferred back to the capital. He never thought that in a twists and turns, there was no way out, and there was a bright future in another village, and Li Huan, a little fellow, turned out to be unexpectedly born.

Thinking that Li Huan was from Fujian, according to the officialdom standards of this era, he was a real township party, and Li Huan agreed to help at that time, how could this not make Sun Xiang excited?

When they returned to Zuiyue Tower, Shopkeeper Cai had been waiting for Sun Xiang to return. When he saw the happy expression on Sun Xiang's face, Shopkeeper Cai knew that the result should be good without asking.

However, shopkeeper Cai still looked at Sun Xiang and said, "Mr. Sun, how are you? Did Li Huan accept that big gift?"

Sun Xiang stroked his beard and nodded with a smile: "A gift of hundreds of thousands taels. Looking at the capital, how many people can be unmoved? Li Huan is also a mortal, how can he be unmoved."

Shopkeeper Cai rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Okay, okay, if we can accomplish this, I will definitely reward you greatly!"

Sun Xiang's heart moved and he said to Shopkeeper Cai: "Cai Changgui, send someone to Sitong Bank to keep an eye on it and see if anyone is withdrawing large amounts of cash!"

Instead, Shopkeeper Cai smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Sun. After you leave, I will order someone to go to Sitong Bank to keep an eye on it. If Li Huan sends someone to withdraw the cash, we will know it immediately."

Sun Xiang glanced at Shopkeeper Cai appreciatively and said, "Let's wait and see when Li Huan will speak for you, and we will pass the news to you as soon as possible."

imperial city

Zhu Houzhao was sitting in the royal study, looking at Liu Jin, Li Dongyang, Yang Ting and others in front of him and said: "Several ministers have come to see me. I think the candidates for the cabinet have been chosen!"

Li Dongyang stepped forward and presented a memorial to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, after the recommendation of the nine ministers, the Minister of Hubu, the Wenyuan Pavilion scholar Wang Hao, the Libu Shangshu, and the Huagaidian scholar Jiao Fang were selected as cabinet ministers.

, please give your Majesty’s royal approval.”

Liu Jin stood aside. Although he was unable to promote Zhang Cai to the cabinet, at least Jiao Fang entered the cabinet compared to before. From then on, he was included in the cabinet.

Even though Zhu Houzhao didn't pay much attention to the government affairs of the court, he was still aware of the heated dispute between the court and the elders that was going on in the court these days.

Now that the Civil Service Group and Liu Jin have each taken a seat, they can be considered to have gained something.

With a thought in his mind, Zhu Houzhao wrote on the memorial in large Chinese characters Zhu Pi, which was regarded as the appointment of the newly promoted cabinet minister.

After handing the memorial to Li Dongyang, Zhu Houzhao said: "From now on, all matters in the cabinet will be assisted by the chief minister."

Li Dongyang hurriedly bowed and said: "I will do my best to assist Your Majesty."

Waving his hand, Zhu Houzhao said: "Okay, government affairs are busy, I won't leave the two elders alone!"

But just when Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe were about to leave, Liu Jin, who was standing beside him, suddenly said: "Your Majesty recently impeached Li Huan, the commander of the Jinyiwei, to the Chinese civil and military officials. There were so many memorials that the Chief of Ceremonies was piled up...

…”

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe happened to hear Liu Jin's words. They only paused for a moment before looking at each other and leaving the imperial study.

Zhu Houzhao's somewhat angry voice could be heard vaguely from behind: "All the memorials to impeach Li Qing have been left unpublished, and all the officials who impeached Li Qing have been recorded for me. I want to take a look at the impeachment of Li Qing."

Who exactly are there?"

Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe gradually drifted away, and the voices in the imperial study could no longer be heard.

Yang Tinghe glanced at Li Dongyang and sighed softly: "Xiya Gong, your majesty has not done anything about the impeachment of Li Huan by hundreds of officials. If this resentment continues to accumulate, there is no guarantee that there will be another impeachment of hundreds of officials."

Knock on the palace."

Frowning, Li Dongyang looked at Yang Tinghe and said, "So, Jiefu, is there anything you can do?"

Yang Tinghe looked around and whispered: "We must not sit idly by and watch the rise of Jin Yiwei, especially if we cannot let Li Huan take power, otherwise what happened to Luo Wenxiang and others will definitely happen again."

Li Dongyang, who was stroking his beard, smiled bitterly and said: "How could I not know that hundreds of officials spent many years of energy to suppress the Jinyiwei and Dongchang. If the Jinyiwei were released at this time, wouldn't it mean that all the efforts of the ancestors would be wasted. Want to

There is no problem in capturing Li Huan. The key is that you have to have real evidence. Otherwise, if you construct a trap out of thin air and have the emperor protecting you, even we can't do anything to him."

The two elders were walking and chatting. As they were talking, a voice suddenly came from the front: "Hey, isn't this the chief assistant and elder Yang?"

Yang Tinghe and Li Dongyang looked up and were startled. The person coming was none other than Li Huan.

With a bit of a smile on his face, Li Huan cupped his hands at the two of them and said, "Li Huan has met these two pavilion elders."

Thinking that they were still chatting about Li Huan just now, they bumped into Li Huan. Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe were both a little embarrassed, but after all, it was the ups and downs of the officialdom. After realizing it, their expressions did not change, and even their faces

There was also a smile on his face.

Yang Tinghe said with a smile: "Is Li Tongzhi going to see His Majesty?"

Li Huan nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I have something to see your Majesty."

Looking at Li Huan, Li Dongyang's expression changed and he said: "Li Tongzhi, I have something I don't know whether to say or not!"

Li Huan smiled and said: "Xiaoguan is just a junior. If you, the chief assistant, have anything to say, just tell me!"

Li Dongyang said sternly: "You also know that hundreds of officials in the court have impeached you. Although your Majesty has left you unpunished, there are times when even Your Majesty can't suppress you. I suggest you think about it."

After hesitating for a moment, Li Dongyang sighed and said: "The officials who were sent to prison before were just angry for a moment. I guess after being imprisoned for so long, they should have learned a lesson. If Li Tongzhi can release them

With Yi Ma, not only those officials are grateful, but also all the officials may become less hostile to Li Tongzhi after seeing him."

Li Huan was stunned for a moment and looked at Li Dongyang. Compared with Xie Qian and Liu Jian, the two slightly more powerful cabinet ministers, Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, looked a bit like a good old man.

At the court level, it was also thanks to Li Dongyang's mediation that the relationship between the officials and the emperor was not stalemate.

When Li Dongyang spoke, Li Huan did not doubt that Li Dongyang had any selfish motives. From Li Dongyang's point of view, persuading him was naturally to reconcile the relationship between the two parties and not intensify the conflict.

After pondering for a while, Li Huan cupped his hands towards Li Dongyang and said, "Li Huan, thank you, Mr. Chief Assistant, for your concern."

As he spoke, he ignored Li Dongyang and looked at him expectantly. Li Huan changed the subject and said: "Li has to go to see His Majesty, so I won't disturb the two elders."

Looking at Li Huan's leaving figure, Li Dongyang stroked his beard and looked at Yang Tinghe and said: "Jie Fu, do you think Li Huan just listened to my advice?"

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said: "Li Huan, even Yang can't understand him!"

Li Dongyang sighed softly: "I just hope he can listen to my advice. In this way, it will be good for him and the court."

Looking at Li Huan's retreating figure, Yang Tinghe said silently in his heart: Mr. Xi Ya, your idea is good, but Li Huan may not be what you think.

At this moment, Yang Tinghe said: "That's all. When Jizhi enters the cabinet, we will go and persuade your Majesty. I hope your Majesty can calm down and let those people go."

It cannot be said that Yang Ting and the chief assistant did not distinguish between right and wrong and insisted on protecting those officials.

After all, those people who surrounded and killed the emperor's servants at that time were not wrong at all in the eyes of the civil servants. Not only were they helpless, but they were actually meritorious.

Although it was against the laws of the country, the civil servants regarded those people as heroes, and naturally wanted to rescue those people.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, all Li Dongyang could do was to walk between the emperor and the officials, trying to reconcile the relationship between the two parties as much as possible.

Here, Li Huan just walked into the imperial study room when he pretended to bump into Liu Jin.

When Liu Jin saw Li Huan, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this Li Huan? Why do you have time to see His Majesty? Is it possible that Jin Yiwei has finished all his work?"

Facing Liu Jin's cynicism, Li Huan was not afraid. He just glanced at Liu Jin and said, "I borrowed it!"

After saying that, he brushed Liu Jin's body and strode into the royal study. The attitude of ignoring Liu Jin made Liu Jin so angry that he almost broke his guard.

After glaring at Li Huan, Liu Jin left angrily.

In the imperial study room, Zhu Houzhao naturally saw the two people fighting at the door, but he smiled and shook his head.

As long as Li Huan and Liu Jin were not really having a big fight, Zhu Houzhao pretended not to have seen him. When he saw Li Huan entering the palace, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "Li Qing came to see me so early, but what happened?"

Li Huan smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, I am here to give you a fortune."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help being stunned when he heard this, and looked at Li Huan with some doubts, looking very puzzled.

Li Huan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please wait a moment until someone brings the things. Your Majesty may wish to take a look."

It turned out that early in the morning, Li Huan asked the Jin Yiwei people to rush to the palace with the boxes of gold and silver. Li Huan entered the palace first, but the boxes of gold and silver had to go through layers of inspections before they could enter later.

palace.

Hearing what Li Huan said, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel a little interested. He stood up from his chair and said with a smile: "Oh, where is the thing? Let me take a look."

The chamberlains in the palace were quite efficient in their work. As they were talking, they saw a group of chamberlains in the distance staggering over carrying huge boxes.

With a few bangs, the box fell heavily to the ground. Just by hearing the sound, you could tell how heavy the box was.

Li Huan waved his hand, and the servants stepped aside consciously. At this moment, Zhu Houzhao came over, looked at the boxes, and subconsciously looked at Li Huan.

Li Huan smiled slightly, stepped forward, raised his hand and opened several boxes one by one, and suddenly the white money appeared in Zhu Houzhao's sight.

Several large boxes of white silver just emitted dazzling light under the sunlight. Even the emperor Zhu Houzhao, who was known to be rich all over the world, couldn't help but be stunned when he saw so much gold and silver.

"That's a lot of money!"

Seeing so much gold and silver, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but let out an exclamation of surprise.

Li Huan took out a famous post from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, you might as well take a look. This gold and silver was sent by this person. He said that he asked me to say a few good words to your Majesty for him. This value

The two hundred thousand taels of gold, silver and jewels are yours."

Zhu Houzhao took the post and glanced at it. It clearly stated Cai Wen's resume. It was clear which year he was a Jinshi and which year he was sent to other places to serve as an official. It can be said that Sun Xiang asked the emperor for the convenience of Li Huan.

Recommended, write Cai Wen's resume in full bloom.

But Zhu Houzhao looked at the name card and then at the boxes of gold and silver on the ground to avoid looking extremely ugly.

This is simply buying an official position!

With a snap, Zhu Houzhao threw the name post directly to the ground, and said with a cold face: "Wow, it's really a big deal. He can make hundreds of thousands of taels of gold in just one move."

Silver, I'm really curious, where did he get so much silver?"

Li Huan stepped forward and picked up the name card that was thrown on the ground. He looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. People say that in three years of purging the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver will never be wiped out."

Zhu Houzhao naturally understood this truth, even though Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang punished corrupt officials with many severe tortures, and even stipulated that any official who committed more than 60 bribes would be peeled off and stood in front of the government office as a warning to others.

However, those who dare to commit corruption are still like crucian carp crossing the river. Therefore, even when Taizu was in power, it was difficult to put an end to corruption, let alone when other emperors were in power.

What Zhu Houzhao was angry about was that the chief prosecutor in one place could spend hundreds of thousands of taels of gold and silver, but what about the other officials?
To be continued...