The Most Powerful Man in the World

But for today's Daming, the Xungui Group was almost abolished by the Civil Service Group, and they stepped on Wuxun into the dirt at once, which was not a good thing for Daming.

No matter civil or military, balance is king.

The power of Wenchen is too strong, look at the weakness of the two Song Dynasties, and look at the scene of the Ming Dynasty today.

Even Chu Yi knows one thing well, that is, it is impossible to solve the situation of the powerful servants in Daming's eyes by killing, so he must support the rise of Wu Xun. If such a situation is really possible, in Chu Yi's view, it would be better than a bloody body that was wiped out a little by a rotten Confucian.

Zhang Mao stared at Chu Yi and said, "Director Chu, I don't know Your Majesty..."

Obviously, what these nobles are most concerned about is whether the Son of Heaven is really planning to spread Jun'en against Wu Xun. If this is the case, then the Wu Xun Group really has hope.

Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Chu suggested that the emperor should add two titles of viscount and baron to the earl, and to reward the military officials who have made great contributions to the country."

With a grunt, all the disciples of the martial arts all looked at Chu Yi, even if it was two ranks lower than the earl, but it was also a title conferred by the imperial court, what an honor.

"Has Your Majesty ever promised?"

Zhu Houzhao himself was an emperor who was fond of martial arts, otherwise he would not have reorganized the Beijing camp in the first year of his reign, and even set up the Warrior Camp, Tengxiang Siwei Camp, and even later made himself a mighty general. , the seemingly absurd move of self-proclaimed Duke Zhen Guo.

For Zhu Houzhao, Chu Yi's proposal was nothing more than an increase in the government's salaries, but it could greatly increase the power of the honorable group. For Zhu Houzhao, who was devoted to martial arts, it was natural to agree.

Chu Yi smiled slightly, glanced at everyone and nodded slowly and said, "The emperor's grace is so great, he has already agreed. Since then, he will be rewarded for military merit, and the titles of viscount and baron will be added to the title."

As he said that, Chu Yi looked around the crowd and said with a chuckle: "Everyone, Viscounts and Barons are no better than the third-rank titles of Duke and Marquis, and the military merits of Ding Nation and Anbang cannot be granted. Received the titles of Viscount and Baron. Not to mention, if the Lu Wenyang rebellion can be quelled this time, the Governor can guarantee that at least one third of the people present will be awarded the title."

As soon as the words fell, dozens of noble children suddenly fell to the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty's kindness is mighty, and the ministers will swear to death in return."

After worshipping the Son of Heaven from afar, all the noble children bowed down to Chu Yi from the bottom of their hearts, in order to express their gratitude to Chu Yi for the great reward he had won for them.

It is precisely because they were born in a noble family, especially those who were born into a noble family, they were able to appreciate the rarity and importance of the title, but the military merits were rare, and the title was even more difficult. Although the viscount and baron were obviously much lower than the earl, But at least it gave them hope, and they didn't see any hope at all as before.

Just like Wang Yangming quelled the rebellion of King Ning’s army of more than [-] in more than [-] days, this kind of great contribution to Anbang’s quelling of the rebellion was nothing more than being awarded the title of Xinjian Bo. One can imagine how difficult it was to be awarded a title in the Ming Dynasty.

As for the British Duke Zhang Mao, Ding Guo Gong Xu Guangzhu, Cheng Guo Gong Zhu Fu and other honorable people, they looked at Chu Yi with great satisfaction.

It can be said that for the Xungui Group at this moment, Chu Yi is their great benefactor.

As long as the titles of viscount and baron can become a norm, it not only means that the power of the noble group has greatly increased, but also means that their descendants will have the hope of obtaining the title.

Even if they are British princes, they have high status and inherit titles from generation to generation, but there is only one title, but they have many descendants.

Coupled with the restriction that non-military merits cannot be awarded, so their descendants have no hope of succeeding except for the one who inherits the title.

But now it's different. Chu Yi's suggestion has given them a chance to come forward. As long as their own abilities are not too bad, coupled with the family's promotion, they don't need to think about titles such as princes, but a baron or viscount should be obtained by military merit Not difficult.

Of course, any policy will have its pros and cons, and increasing the title naturally has its disadvantages. It may be that in the future, descendants of people such as Duke of England and Duke Cheng will rely on personal connections and connections to gain the title of the military.

But everything has its two sides, but you can't give up food because of choking, right?

For at least a few decades, for Daming, the advantages of this policy outweighed the disadvantages, giving hope to the children of nobles and even the soldiers of the world to obtain titles, and the morale of the soldiers must have greatly increased. help.

Although it is said that the root of the rot of the Daming army is in the guard system, but even if Chu Yi has great ability, it is impossible to change the Daming military system from the root while offending the literati group. He was favored by the Son of Heaven, and he really moved the Guardians of the World. If he didn't do it, the world would really be in chaos.

It will not be possible for a scholar to rebel in ten years, so Chu Yi can kill a lot when facing the Wenchen Group.

Once the military is involved, any decision must be made cautiously, even if the guards are bad, it is a violent group.

On the huge campus, more than [-] people from the Beijing camp gathered in a dark crowd, and it was really shocking to see the edge at a glance.

Chu Yi, Zhang Mao and other hundreds of generals in the army were all present, and there were hundreds of thousands of officials and guerrilla generals alone.

The most striking thing is the pile of white silver on the high platform.

Previously, Chu Yi had stolen several million taels of silver patterned silver when he raided his family and exterminated his family. In addition to the more than one million tael of silver patterned that Lu Wenyang had previously sent, a total of five million taels of patterned silver were piled up there.

I have to say that this time Zhu Houzhao really paid for it. According to the usual practice, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver will be allocated at most for an army of more than [-] troops, but this time Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate to allocate as much as [-] million taels. The silver pattern rewards the army.

[Ask for a monthly pass, a monthly pass, and a reward. 】

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For Zhu Houzhao, the money was stolen from the house not long ago anyway. Liu Jin, Huang Huai, Huang Kui, Li Shi and others have raided their houses several times, but the imperial court bought more than [-] million taels of silver at once.

Only about [-] taels of stolen silver went into Zhu Houzhao's internal treasury, and the remaining tens of millions of taels of silver went into the household department.

This time, Zhu Houzhao personally ordered five million taels of silver to be transferred from the Ministry of Household to reward the army, which is absolutely rare.

That is to say, the money was easy to come by, and Zhu Houzhao was extremely angry with Lu Wenyang, Yang Tinghe, and the others, so he made such a big battle.

Of course, the five million taels of silver pattern are not all given to all the soldiers, but a part is given out to reward the army, and the remaining part is used to reward military exploits and to care for the disabled.

In the army, there have always been cases of deduction of army salaries, pensions, and silver rewards, so this time, in order to stabilize the heart of the army, Zhu Houzhao directly placed the silver in front of all the soldiers, so that all the soldiers could see the determination of the court.

As the supervisor of the army, Chu Yi read out Zhu Houzhao's will in front of the three armies. Hearing that the imperial court took out a total of five million taels of silver to reward the three armies, all the soldiers couldn't help cheering.

Hundreds of thousands of people cheered in unison, and the sound shook Jiuzhongtian. Almost everyone in the huge capital looked towards the school field at the moment when the three armies cheered.

This movement is really too big. Everyone already knows that Yang Tinghe, Lu Wenyang and others are raising troops and heading for the capital. Many people are naturally panicked. But many people are heartbroken.

There are many soldiers and horses in Beijing, at least most people are not optimistic about Lu Wenyang, Yang Ting and their actions.There were also people who looked in the direction of the school field with disdain.

An official living in the mansion sat there, looked towards the school grounds and sneered: "The emperor is really whimsical, really think that those honorable and precious whose spines were broken can help him defend the capital?"

In the capital, the atmosphere was extremely solemn, and as teams of soldiers patrolled the long street, the chaos that had appeared was suddenly suppressed.

However, this kind of calm is obviously only an appearance. In the huge capital, people are very strange, especially some people are quietly exchanging news at this moment.

In an ordinary house, several people were hidden under robes but quietly gathered in a dim room.

Only one of them heard a hoarse voice: "Everyone, we can gather here because we have received a letter from the adults."

One person lowered his voice and said, "Your Excellency has sent us a message to discuss with that Dong Qianshan. Everyone is here now, but where is Dong Qianshan?"

Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you. Although the figure is hidden under the robe, everyone is usually a colleague, and they can recognize the identity of each other just by looking at them.

At this moment, a deep voice came from outside the door: "Everyone, Dong is late, please forgive me."

Several people looked at the person who came, and they saw that the other party was dressed in strong clothes and looked very ordinary. This was the driver Dong Qianshan who went to give gifts to Chu Yi with the ***.

Dong Qianshan himself was stationed in the capital and was responsible for killing some officials for Lu Wenyang. It can be said that very few people knew his identity.

Everyone glanced at Dong Qianshan, and one of them said, "Since you claim to be Dong Qianshan, please verify your identity."

What they have done can't be exposed, otherwise, there is really only a dead end, and it is even better to implicate the family. It is naturally necessary to be cautious.

A copper coin appeared in Dong Qianshan's hand. The copper coin was quite strange. It turned out to be a plum blossom-shaped copper coin. However, the few people nodded secretly when they saw the copper coin.

With a creak, the door was closed, and Dong Qianshan glanced at a few people and said with a light smile: "Everyone, when Dong invited you to come here today, he has sealed the Governor-General, and the First Assistant has ordered to discuss with you how to welcome the Governor-General and the others into the capital. things."

Several people pondered for a while, looked at Dong Qianshan, and only heard one of them say: "Dong Zhuang, I think you have seen it, now the capital is heavily guarded, especially at the gate of the city, there are soldiers guarding, want to quietly open the city The door is very difficult."

Dong Qianshan said with a light smile: "Really, it may be difficult for others, but for you, it doesn't seem to be difficult."

A few people coughed lightly when they heard the words. With their status, to be honest, if they really went out of their way, they could really open such a city gate together, but in that case, it would really be no different from rebellion. .

Although Dong Qianshan looks like a reckless man, if he is really deceived by his appearance, he will die without knowing how he died.

If he is really a reckless man, how could he be trusted by Lu Wenyang to arrange a permanent residence in the capital to plan for him to eliminate all opponents.

Such a person is definitely a man of courage and prudence. Otherwise, if he has no force, I am afraid that he will not be taken seriously by Lu Wenyang.

Dong Qianshan glanced at these people. Dong Qianshan was naturally clear about the identities of these people. He knew better that these people were just representatives of those people, and there were many people behind them.

How influential these people are in the capital, others don't know, but Dong Qianshan is quite understanding.

As long as these people are willing, they really have the ability to open a city gate.

I just heard Dong Qianshan coughing lightly: "Everyone, Dong is here today on behalf of the Governor, and I can make a promise to you here, as long as you can welcome the Governor's army into the city, then the Governor will definitely give you rewards, glory, wealth, and power. Share it with you all.”

Several people looked at each other, pondered for a long time, and finally someone nodded slowly, staring at Dong Qianshan with their exposed eyes: "I hope your Excellency can tell Lu Wenyang, I just hope he can remember this, otherwise, I will wait for it. Helping him make things happen can also ruin his things."

Hearing this, Dong Qianshan smiled and said, "That's natural, you can't trust my family governor, can you still trust Lord Shoufu?"

Seeing the figures of several people disappear, Dong Qianshan's mouth curled slightly, clapped his hands, and saw a soft figure appear floating in the air.

Dong Qianshan said: "You immediately think of a way to get out of the city, inform the Governor, and say that everything in the city is ready, just wait for the army of adults to arrive."

From Tianjin to the capital of the Grand Canal, large ships came along the river one by one, but they rushed from Tianjin to Gyeonggi in one day.

The densely packed ships were crowded on the pier, and soon, groups of soldiers and horses were surging on the big ships. It was only half a day, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses appeared more than ten kilometers away from the capital.

At this moment, the horses sent by the capital sent the news back to Beijing again.

On the high city wall, Chu Yi in a big cloak stood on the city wall, condescending.

The city wall several zhang high is extremely thick. I have to say that the city wall of the capital is really a high wall, but as long as there is a large army defending it, it is simply delusional to want to attack the capital without several times the strength.

At the beginning, when facing this high wall, Wataru returned without success. It can be said that even if the world is famous in the future, I am afraid that he will sigh.

The British Duke Zhang Mao was already very old, but he was the governor of the five armies, and his grandson Zhang Lun was sent to Chu Yi in a military uniform.

Xu Guangzhao is now about forty years old. Because of the excellent maintenance, it is not impossible to climb the city wall, but it is obvious that even as a descendant of Xu Da, the founding king of Zhongshan, Xu Guangzhao did not inherit Xu Da's military talent. , at most it can only be regarded as the capital of the Chinese, and it has not been reduced to waste.

Compared to Xu Guangzhao, Zhu Fu was not much better than Xu Guangzhao, and even when he looked down the city wall, his face was pale.

Seeing the reactions of Xu Guangzhao and Zhu Fu, Chu Yi sighed in his heart, this is Daming Xungui, he has long since lost the blood of his ancestors, and finally his children have not been raised, otherwise, then It's really just the mud that can't support the wall.

On the contrary, Zhang Lun was only in his twenties. Although he was said to have a calm temperament because he was by Zhang Mao's side, in the end, he was only a young man in his twenties.

Zhang Lun, as the next generation of the British prince, naturally, no one will underestimate him. At this moment, watching the smoke billowing in the distance, Zhang Lun can't help but say: "Look, sir, a scout has returned."

Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "It's been a long time. Even if Lu Wenyang's subordinates are all people with wine bags and rice bags, the army should have landed."

Zhang Lun said with a bit of regret on his face: "It's a pity that there is a great opportunity to strike halfway!"

To be able to have such a cognition, at least Zhang Lun has not lost his family education and read a few military books.

Hearing this, Chu Yi glanced at Zhang Lun and said, "It's true that half-crossing and attacking is true, but young master, don't forget that many of Lu Wenyang's large ships are warships, and it is impossible for the other party to be unprepared for this, so It is said that even if someone is sent to attack, at most it will cause a little trouble for the other party, and it is impossible to prevent the other party from logging in."

Zhang Lun naturally understood what Chu Yi said, otherwise, he would not just sigh with emotion, but strongly demanded that he lead the army to snipe the rebels.

Looking around, Zhang Lun said in a low voice, "Mr. Chu, grandpa asked me to tell you that everything should be about the safety of the capital. The director must remember to close the net early, otherwise, once the fish escapes from the net, the consequences will be difficult. material."

Chu Yi smiled when he heard the words.

To be honest, for those rebels, Chu Yi said that half-passing and attacking might not be effective, but if he really wanted to, Chu Yi could really take the opportunity to defeat the rebels in one fell swoop.

However, Chu Yi has set up such a big picture, that is, if he wants to net more big fish, he naturally wants to give some people a chance to let them jump out on their own. Otherwise, they have to clean up little by little. How much effort will it take? , how can it be so easy and justifiable to let them jump out on their own.

Obviously, his calculations could not be concealed from old foxes like Zhang Mao who had lived for decades, and of course Chu Yi never thought that he could deceive everyone.

But even if someone sees through Chu Yi's calculations, some people will jump out even if they see through. For them, if they miss this opportunity, I'm afraid they will never have a chance to fight against Chu Yi and the Son of Heaven. In the end, they will only be eliminated by Chu Yi one by one like Huang Huai and Li Shi, so it means that there is a risk, so you have to give it a try.

The stage has already been set up. As for those people who will come out and sing a good show, it is not within Chu Yi's control.

Sure enough, when I checked the Malay newspaper, the rebels had already logged in, and they could reach the capital in half a day at most.

Chu Yi looked at the sky, and if nothing else happened, it would be almost evening when the rebels arrived.