The Most Powerful Man in the World

Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao have been with Zhu Houzhao for almost ten years, and have long been used to everything about Zhu Houzhao, but Shao Yuanjie stayed by Zhu Houzhao's side these days. Plaything, I don't know about national affairs.

These days, many ministers in the court have been implicated and thrown into prison, which has directly led to certain chaos in the court. Many government affairs need to be decided by Zhu Houzhao himself. Zhu Houzhao is diligent and diligent. .

From Shao Yuanjie's point of view, if someone like Zhu Houzhao can be considered a foolish monarch and ignore national affairs, then the emperors of all dynasties and dynasties are probably all foolish monarchs.

Shao Yuanjie also had a deep understanding of Zhu Houzhao's magnanimity and his approachable approach to the people around him. He nodded slightly towards Chu Yi, and Shao Yuanjie sat next to Chu Yi.

After taking a cup of hot tea, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said, "The big companion definitely didn't come to see me on purpose. Tell me, is there something else going on in the DPRK?"

Chu Yi chuckled lightly, took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, this is an urgent report sent by Dongchang from Tianjin Weikuai Ma."

"Oh, Tianjin Guard, where Lu Wenyang's traitor's lair is, Han Kun and Bi Heng should have captured Tianjin Guard by now!"

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao grasped these major events so accurately, whoever said that Zhu Houzhao ignored the state affairs would really be Chi Guoguo's slander.

Zhu Houzhao took the letter and glanced at the contents of the letter. Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help swallowing a sip of tea and then coughed violently.

Gu Dayong, who was beside him, was taken aback, and quickly stepped forward and patted Zhu Houzhao's back lightly. Zhu Houzhao was obviously choked, coughed violently for a while, took a breath, and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, not thinking that He smiled awkwardly at Chu Yi and Shao Yuanjie and said, "It will make the big companion and the real person laugh."

Shao Yuanjie glanced at the letter quite curiously, obviously Shao Yuanjie was very curious, what was the content of the letter that would make such an emperor like Zhu Houzhao react like this.

However, Shao Yuanjie itself does not have much pursuit of power, and belongs to the kind of master who is truly devoted to the Tao. This can be seen from Shao Yuanjie's [-] years of honor and disgrace by the Emperor Jiajing in the future, and maintaining his integrity is the foundation of his standing.

Therefore, no matter how curious Shao Yuanjie is, Shao Yuanjie will not go to see or inquire about affairs that may involve the DPRK and China. He just needs to do what he should do.

Zhu Houzhao put the letter on the coffee table, and his expression was full of sighs: "If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, it would be hard for me to imagine that Lu Wenyang actually greedy for [-] million taels of silver."

Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Chu Yi knew that Zhu Houzhao had removed the tens of millions of taels of dirty silver in the south of the Yangtze River that was robbed by Lu Wenyang.

If you do the math, the gold and silver escorted to Beijing this time is as much as [-] million taels, and the tax and silver collected in the treasury is only a few million taels, plus a few more taels. The income from the second home raid barely broke through ten million taels.

As a result, this time, tens of millions of taels of silver grains were copied, almost equal to the tax and silver income of Daming for several years.

Even Qing Xiu Ru Shao Yuanjie couldn't help frowning when he heard Zhu Houzhao's words, and his face showed shock.

It was beyond Shao Yuanjie's expectations that a governor of Caoyun could greedy so much gold and silver, but thinking that Shao Yuanjie dared to do such absurd things as the Qingjun, what else would he dare to do? Such a character is so greedy for ink. A lot of silver grains seem to be understandable.

Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was sighing, and said, "Your Majesty, has your Majesty thought about how to arrange this money?"

In Daming, there are inner and outer treasuries. The outer treasury naturally belongs to the Daming court and is managed by the Ministry of Households, while the inner treasury is equivalent to the royal private treasury and belongs to the emperor's small treasury, which is passed down between the emperors of the past dynasties. In other words, if the emperor wants to do any private affairs, he will draw the silver from the inner treasury instead of using the treasury. Even if the emperor thinks, the cabinet will not agree.

If this large sum of embossed silver entered the treasury, then as the emperor, it would not be so easy for Zhu Houzhao to use it again.

It is precisely because of this distinction between inside and outside that Chu Yi asked Zhu Houzhao what he meant before depositing the confiscated silver in the capital, whether it should be sent to the emperor's private treasury or to the state treasury.

Zhu Houzhao's face showed a bit of hesitation and struggle. Even if he is the emperor, he claims to have the world, but if he is not the emperor, no one knows that the emperor's seat is not so easy to sit on. The so-called rich in the world is a bit exaggerated.

Neither Chu Yi nor Shao Yuanjie bothered the emperor at the moment. Before the grain silver was not put into the warehouse, the emperor still had a choice. Once a decision was made, there was no choice.

I don't know when, when Zhu Houzhao pondered, he also learned from Chu Yi, tapped lightly on the coffee table with one hand, and heard Zhu Houzhao looking at Chu Yi and Shao Yuanjie and said: "As the so-called take from the people, For the people, most of the embossed silver that Lu Wenyang greedily came from is people's fat and people's paste, if I put it into my private treasury, how can I feel at ease!"

Gu Dayong, who was on the side, couldn't help but hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the savings in the royal treasury are running out..."

Zhu Houzhao glared at Gu Dayong, obviously he didn't like Gu Dayong's intervention at this time.

His eyes fell on Chu Yi, and Zhu Houzhao said, "I don't know what choice my partner thinks I should make?"

Chu Yi was stunned for a moment, and said with a chuckle, "Your Majesty is benevolent and caring for the people, and it is a blessing for all people. According to the opinion of the ministers, the property brought back this time includes gold and silver, jewelry, jade, etc., and His Majesty is not weak to take the jewelry, Jade and other goods are put into the inner treasury, while gold and silver are put into the state treasury.”

Just like the [-] million taels of property that Chu Yi brought back from Jiangnan, it was impossible and it was all cash, and part of it was jade and jewelry.

And there are also many valuable jewels, jade and other property that were confiscated from Lu Wenyang's mansion.

Chu Yi's suggestion is quite good. Gold and silver should be put into the treasury to help the disaster victims and build water conservancy projects to help the country and the people, while those jade, jewelry and other items that are added to the treasury can enrich the private treasury of the royal family.

After listening to Chu Yi's suggestion, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and said: "What the big partner said is very in line with my heart. In this case, according to the big partner, jewelry and jade are all included in the imperial treasury, while gold and silver are charged into the national treasury!"

As he said that, Zhu Houzhao said to Chu Yi with a little worry, "My companion, if I do this, will I be accused of being a foolish monarch!"

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao had a desire to be a wise ruler in his heart. Otherwise, if he had a choice, a dazed ruler would definitely put so much property into his inner treasury.However, Zhu Houzhao was able to suppress the desire in his heart, and considering so much, he chose to charge gold and silver into the treasury, which still had the appearance of a wise king.

Shao Yuanjie, who was beside him, said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, the poor man should not have interjected, but he couldn't help but say that what Your Majesty has done can be called Ming Jun!"

After getting along for some time, Zhu Houzhao probably understood Shao Yuanjie's personality, knew that Shao Yuanjie was upright and cautious, and never said much.

Because of this, Zhu Houzhao was so complimented by Shao Yuanjie that he was quite happy in his heart, and the smile on his face couldn't help but flow.

There are more than [-] million taels of property, of which goldfish jewelry and other things are almost worth tens of millions of taels, and the cash is about [-] million taels. That is to say, among so many properties, the emperor's private treasury Among them are tens of millions of taels of property.

Even if a group of civil and military ministers in the DPRK knew this, they would definitely not be able to say anything, because Zhu Houzhao's choice made people unable to say anything at all.

In the middle of the conversation, a servant hurriedly came to the emperor and said: "Han Kun, the commander of your Majesty's guard, has already arrived in the capital, and sent someone to ask to see His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up. Since Han Kun arrived in Beijing, it means that tens of millions of taels of property have been successfully escorted into Beijing, which also made Zhu Houzhao relieved.

Although I knew in my heart that after Lu Wenyang's rebellion, there would never be any more trouble in Gyeonggi, but after all, it was tens of millions of taels of silver, and I felt a little uneasy if I didn't enter the capital for a day.

Now that Wen Yin entered Beijing, Zhu Houzhao immediately said, "Xuan!"

Han Yu, the official of the thousand households, was brought over by his inner servant, and he bowed to the emperor and said, "The last general, Han Yu, sees His Majesty and Director Chu!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "General, please stand up and answer!"

Han Yu is the nephew of Han Kun's clan, although it must be said that Han Kun's advantage is a part of it, but if Han Yu is an incompetent person, I think Han Kun will not leave such an important opportunity to face the saint to Han Yu.

Chu Yi glanced at Han Yu, nodded slightly, and said, "Are you the nephew Han Yu of his clan whom Commander Han often praises?"

Panic in his heart, Han Yu hurriedly said: "Reporting to the general manager, it is the last general!"

Chu Yi looked at Han Yu and had to say that Han Yu really looked like a general. He was tall and straight, and he looked like he had practiced the exercises in the army. Like Wu Bo Cheng Xiangwu, relying on his horizontal training skills, he can fight against the first-class players in the arena, but it is not bad. At least there is no problem in rushing to kill the enemy, cutting the general and capturing the flag.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Han Yu. If it wasn't for Chu Yi's mentioning it, he really didn't know that Han Yu was Han Kun's nephew, but Zhu Houzhao was not surprised by this, because Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor, established the guardhouse back then. The system, the establishment of military status, and the passing of it from generation to generation, so the phenomenon of Han Yu and Han Kun in the military is very obvious.

"It's quite general."

After complimenting Han Yu, Zhu Houzhao said, "The commander Han sent you here, but is there anything you need to obey me?"

Han Yu took a deep breath and said with a straight face: "Report to Your Majesty, the commander sent the Tianjin Guard to escort the property of Lu Wenyang's family and arrived in Beijing smoothly. Please tell Your Majesty what to do with the many properties on board."

[It’s been [-] words since the early hours of the morning, and there will be one more in a while, monthly pass, do you have a reward! 】

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If this were the case in the past, it would definitely be put directly into the treasury of the Ministry of Housing, and no one would come to ask the emperor for instructions. Today is different from the past. How to do it yourself.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said, "My companion, you should go and greet Commander Han into the city, and then deposit the gold and silver into the treasury and the palace."

Chu Yi knew that this matter would eventually fall on him, not even Gu Dayong. Perhaps there was no problem in supervising the entry of jewels, jade and other property into the Forbidden City, but Gu Dayong might not be able to hold down the civil and military officials.

With so much property entering the capital, with the well-informed level of the civil and military officials, it is possible that the officials have already received the news at this time.

If there is a fever in the head and an official who shouts to let the emperor fill all the property into the treasury emerges, then Gu Dayong may not be able to suppress the scene.

Therefore, it is more suitable for Chu Yi to go.

Chu Yi stood up and nodded to the emperor, "The minister will lead the order."

His eyes fell on Han Yu, and Chu Yi said with a chuckle: "General Han, let's go, take the Governor to see the commander Han!"

At the ferry crossing of the Grand Canal outside the capital, several official ships were docked there, surrounded by guards, and many ships were isolated from the surrounding area, which naturally attracted the peeping of many people.

Obviously, Han Kun sent Han Yu to see the emperor as soon as the ship docked, and he sat in person himself, just waiting for the emperor's will.

Chu Yi learned from Han Yu's mouth that Han Kun and others were still at the ferry, especially the heavy gold and silver belongings in the boxes.

Following Chu Yi's order, it was just a stick of incense, and Dongchang Fanzi raised hundreds of taels of horse-drawn carriages to accompany Chu Yi out of the capital and headed straight for the ferry.

Such a big movement of Chu Yi naturally cannot be concealed from the capital as a Chinese military official, all because Chu Yi makes a big movement, something big will definitely happen.

This time Chu Yi took hundreds of carriages out of the city, everyone was stunned at first, but they quickly reacted, and someone exclaimed: "I know, Director Chu took so many carriages out of the city, if they don't come out If it's unexpected, I think the people who copied Lu Wenyang have returned!"

Many people were surprised when they heard it, and then someone exclaimed: "It's really amazing, they all say that Lu Wenyang has embezzled countless wealth, and looking at this situation, I'm afraid it's true as rumored, Lu Wenyang has at least embezzled tens of millions of taels of silver. what."

Someone sneered: "How is this possible, even if Lu Wenyang has more means, how can he be so greedy for ink?"

It is really a huge amount of tens of millions of two grains of silver. Many people simply cannot believe or accept it, so they are selective in disbelief in rumors.

He heard someone say, "I don't know whether Lu Wenyang's property that has been confiscated this time will be put into the state treasury, or will it be put into His Majesty's private treasury?"

Many people are naturally stunned. Many people look at each other in dismay. Now it is not like before. When encountering such a thing before, someone must have jumped out and insisted on charging it into the treasury. .

But now, no one dares to come out and ask for trouble. Who knows if there are people from Dongchang, Xichang and even Jinyiwei around.

Who doesn't know that Jin Yiwei's people are almost all-pervasive. If this is recorded by Jin Yiwei because of the speed of speech, it will be a disaster in the future.

Not to mention the discussion about how these people saw Chu Yi taking hundreds of carriages out of the city, but for the people in the officialdom, their news is naturally the most well-informed.

Not long ago, a group of cabinet elders in the cabinet got the news. This news was also sent to the cabinet by Han Kun. After all, according to the procedure, Han Kun should also report to the Ming court, but Han Kun. Kun obviously postponed the time to report to the cabinet, so when Chu Yi took the carriage out of the city, several cabinet elders received the news.

Looking at the report presented by Han Kun, the faces of the elders were full of surprises.

Chen Ge, who was in charge of the household department, said with a happy face: "Tens of millions of taels of silver, after it is charged into the treasury, the treasury will inevitably be abundant, and there will be plenty of funds to provide relief to victims, repair canals, etc., and build armor. It's gone!"

A pavilion glanced at Chen pavilion lightly and said, "Brother Chen, I'm afraid you are thinking too much, don't forget, whether these properties can enter the state treasury is still a matter of choice!"

Chen Ding couldn't help but said angrily: "The confiscated property will not be charged into the national treasury, why should it be charged into the inner treasury? If the emperor dares to do this, the old man will definitely go to meet the emperor and directly advise the emperor!"

Chen Ding is a veteran of the three dynasties, with an aloof temperament, not affiliated with parties and profiteering, and belongs to the kind of stubborn and tough-tempered person.

That's why Zhu Houzhao put him in the cabinet and made him head of the Ministry of Households.

Everyone knows Chen Ding's temper better than others. After listening to Chen Ding's words, everyone smiled bitterly. Everyone present, except for Jiao Fang, the first assistant, was the only one who dared to say so.

Chen Ding's eyes fell on Jiao Fang, stared at Jiao Fang and said: "Master Shoufu, as the head of the hundred officials, the stolen silver must be charged into the treasury, you must insist on this, even if it is The old man and the old man go to meet the emperor together!"

Jiao Fang stroked his beard and glanced at the crowd: "Everyone, this matter is of great importance, it's up to me to decide, and His Majesty will also take into account the needs of the court when he wants to come, so how to distribute the stolen silver grains? , the old man thinks it is best to wait for His Majesty to have a result..."

Although he said so, it is obvious that Jiao Fang still prefers the emperor. After all, Jiao Fang himself belongs to the emperor, Chu Yi and the others. unstable.

After all, Jiao Fang is not as good as the former cabinet chief assistant Yang Tinghe's personal connections accumulated over the years, so even if Yang Tinghe is against the same emperor, in order to stabilize the overall situation of the court, Zhu Houzhao had to make him the cabinet chief assistant.

When Chen Ding heard Jiao Fang's words and Xianni's words, he couldn't help but stepped forward and said to Jiao Fang: "Elder Jiao Ge, if you do this, don't you know that you are harming the emperor."

Jiao Fang knew that Chen Ding had such a reaction because of his nature, and he had no evil intentions. Otherwise, the emperor would not have promoted him to the cabinet and handed over such an important department as the Ministry of Household to you.

With a light sigh, Jiao Fang said to Chen Ding: "In that case, Sir Chen might as well go with the old man of this pavilion to meet Director Chu."

If ordinary officials heard Chu Yi's name, they would definitely be terrified, but Chen Ding said calmly: "Then go to see Director Chu."

The two sedan chairs quickly ran out of the city.

When Chu Yi appeared at Dukou with hundreds of carriages, it naturally caused quite a stir. It was such a big movement of Chu Yi that the ships parked in the distance looked sideways.

Han Kun personally sat on the boat and was slightly relieved when he saw the group of carriages and horses coming.

When Chu Yi and Han Yu arrived, Han Kun immediately walked up to meet Chu Yi for a week and said, "Last General Han Kun pays tribute to the Governor!"

Chu Yi stretched out his hand and lifted Han Kun up and said with a slight smile, "General Han is a busy man, and it's been hard work on this journey!"