The Most Powerful Man in the World

The first person to thank is Shao Yuanjie, then next is Chu Yi, who recommended Shao Yuanjie.

Gu Dayong was stunned for a moment, and smiled bitterly in his heart, even though Chu Yi had been away from the capital for so long, he was still the holy family, which made him jealous.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Dayong shook his head and said, "I don't know about slaves, but Your Majesty's Sacred Heart is alone. I think that no matter how Your Majesty rewards Director Chu, Director Chu will be grateful to Your Majesty."

He waved his hand and motioned for Gu Dayong to get up, Zhu Houzhao pondered: "Let's think about it carefully."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't know more about Chu Yi. In fact, Chu Yi didn't care about power and wealth at all, so he was very embarrassed.

Because even he can't figure out how to reward Chu Yi, even if Chu Yi is greedy for power or wealth, at least he can reward Chu Yi from one side, but Chu Yi has nothing to do with the two. preference.

A high-ranking supervisor who was serving at the side said at this moment: "Your Majesty, there is something this servant should say."

Those who can serve the emperor are naturally not ordinary servants. This chief supervisor is Chu Yi's person, and he is the second-in-command of the Silijian.

Zhu Houzhao swept his gaze, nodded slightly and said, "Zhao Daban let's just say it."

Zhao Ming smiled slightly and said, "The slave servant had served Director Chu for some time at the beginning, and knew very well what the Governor of Chu likes. The Governor does not hesitate to be rich and powerful, but he has a preference for some ancient books. The slave servant thought that if His Majesty could give it to the Governor For some ancient books, perhaps the Governor will be very grateful to His Majesty."

Hearing Zhao Ming's words, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up. Yes, Chu Yi has always kept the scroll in his hands. When he was reading with him in the East Palace, Chu Yi was the only one among Liu Jin, Gu Dayong and others who urged him to read and study. , and is very fond of many classics.

If you really want to say it, Chu Yi seems to really only have such a liking.

Taking a look at Zhao Ming, Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Zhao Dafan is right. If I give him a batch of classics, I believe that Dafan will be very happy."

Zhao Ming said with a bitter smile on his face: "But almost all of the ancient books in the palace have been read by the Governor, so if Your Majesty wants to surprise the Governor, I am afraid that he can only find a way to collect some that the Governor has not read. The classics are."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Since you know the preferences of the great companion of Chu, isn't it just some classics, I will go down with a decree and ask for folk classics, is there still no one willing to offer it?"

Zhao Ming was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he never thought that Zhu Houzhao would be able to collect classics like this. He had to say that if the emperor really wanted to continue, I'm afraid that there would be a sea of ​​people willing to donate the classics.

After all, no matter how precious the classics are, as long as you want, you can transcribe a copy at any time, and then present the original. There is no loss at all for the person who donated the book. On the contrary, it may win the favor of the emperor. This kind of good thing is absolutely will attract many people.

Sure enough, following the Son of Heaven's will, many wealthy families in the capital rummaged through their own collections of books to find all kinds of precious classics.

In just a few days, the inner supervisor in charge of supervising the matter has received tens of thousands of rare and isolated books of all kinds, as well as books written by the great scholars and sages.

To be honest, most of the books in this world are in the hands of these powerful people, and only they have the financial and material resources to collect and protect these precious books.

If it wasn't for the emperor's decree, I'm afraid no one would take out these precious books.

A few days later, under the escort of a team of Jinyi guards, they carefully selected thousands of classics and left Beijing with an imperial decree to go straight to Fuzhou.

The affairs of Jianyang County were naturally handled by the county magistrate, Peng Chun, and all the clansmen within the five clans of the Zhu family were taken down, and there were as many as four or five hundred people.

As for the fact that there are more clansmen other than the five clans, if you really want to count them according to the nine clans, I am afraid there are thousands of people.

However, the clansmen other than the five clans can no longer be regarded as direct descendants, at most they are side branches, and even many side branches have been reduced to the homes of ordinary people, and some have stayed in the Zhu residence and become servants of the direct branch.

The lives of these Zhu family members were quite hard, and many people even held grudges against the direct lineage. After all, everyone was the descendant of Zhu Zi. Why can the direct lineage be able to enjoy prosperity and wealth, but they are the direct lineage? Be a cow and a horse.

Chu Yi lost the Zhu family property, but those Zhu family members did not have much hatred for Chu Yi. Maybe some people hated Chu Yi for killing the Zhu family, but there were also people who were grateful to Chu Yi.

But Chu Yi didn't take it to heart, whether it was gratitude or hatred, as long as he didn't come to provoke him, he didn't bother to pay attention.

Even the direct line of Zhu's family was destroyed by him, and even if there were some people in the side branch who hated him so much, he would not be able to cause any trouble.

Cheng Xiangwu in military uniform strode forward and said to Chu Yi, "Professor, are you looking for me for something?"

Chu Yi glanced at Cheng Xiangwu and said, "The Governor is going to ask you to send a team of people to escort the Zhu family to the capital to await His Majesty's release."

Cheng Xiangwu was slightly taken aback and said, "Doesn't the Governor plan to rectify them on the spot in Jianyang County?"

Chu Yi chuckled lightly, his eyes flashing brightly and said: "If they are given to the local Fa-rectification in this Jianyang County, how can it have such a big impact? "

As he said that, a cold look flashed in Chu Yi's eyes: "Some people, it's time to beat them!"

Cheng Xiangwu took a deep breath and said, "The last general will personally escort the Zhu family to the capital."

Cheng Xiangwu knew very well that Zhu's influence, especially among officials in the world, would definitely have a great influence. If he sent a general, a thousand households, etc. to escort him, Cheng Xiangwu really couldn't guarantee that he would be able to escort him. Arrived smoothly in the capital.

Maybe the people in the Zhu family were rescued halfway along the way.

Chu Yi nodded and said, "That's fine. The formation of a navy requires a big ship. Now, it takes at least a year for several shipyards to build a big ship. During this time, you can train these soldiers. This time you lead the way. The army going to the capital is also a tempering for the Jing Navy."

Cheng Xiangwu bowed respectfully and said, "At the end of the day, I will definitely live up to the expectations of the Governor, and I will surely escort all the people of the Zhu family to the capital and hand them over to His Majesty."

Just when Chu Yi was instructing Cheng Xiangwu, outside the study, Cao Shaoqin came in a hurry, nodded slightly when he saw Cheng Xiangwu, and bowed to Chu Yi: "Professor, Your Majesty's decree!"

Chu Yi raised his brows, why did Zhu Houzhao send the imperial decree at this time? You must know that during the time when he was away from Beijing, Zhu Houzhao communicated with him at most by letters, but he had never used the imperial decree so formally.

When they walked out of the study, they saw a few courtiers standing there with respectful expressions, and behind them were several carriages with large boxes and dozens of guards in brocade.

With a glance, Chu Yi took a step forward. When the servants saw Chu Yi, they hurriedly stepped forward to greet Chu Yi and said, "I've seen the chief steward."

Chu Yi waved his hand and said, "You don't need to bow, what is your majesty's will?"

The servant who took the imperial edict looked at Chu Yi and said, "Mr. Chu takes the edict!"

Chu Yi stepped forward and was about to receive the decree. The inner servant quickly supported Chu Yi and said, "The Governor does not need to perform this great ceremony. Your Majesty has explained that the will is directly handed over to the Governor."

After receiving the imperial decree, Chu Yi opened it and saw that Zhu Houzhao's reward to him was written on the imperial decree, which naturally mentioned that the queen was pregnant.

Seeing that the queen was pregnant, Chu Yi couldn't help but flash a bright light in his eyes. He vaguely understood that a few days ago, the altar of luck had suddenly skyrocketed by tens of thousands of luck. I'm afraid it should be after the emperor.

Taking a deep breath, Chu Yi looked at the servants and said, "How do the officials in Beijing react when the emperor has a queen?"

Several internal servants came to have the task of delivering news for the emperor, so after Chu Yi asked, several internal servants informed Chu Yi of the form in Beijing.

Although he said that he was very reassured about the capital, after all, there were more than [-] capital camps in the capital, Jiao Fang and others in the cabinet, Gu Dayong and others in the inner court, and Zhu Houzhao's diligent management of government, what else could happen to the capital under such circumstances? If so, it can only be said that Zhu Houzhao is going to die.

The queen is pregnant. It can be said that as soon as the news came out, the biggest flaw about Zhu Houzhao was also the biggest fatal flaw.

Historically, Zhu Houzhao fell into the water in a strange way because he had no descendants. He collapsed inexplicably when he was in his prime. As a result, the great country fell into the hands of his cousin Zhu Houjun, and the line of Emperor Xiaozong died from then on.

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Chapter 1 Jiangnan is centrifugal! 【[-] more】

After inquiring about the situation of the capital, Chu Yi sat there firmly, and the supervisor standing opposite him respectfully bowed to Chu Yi: "Master, before leaving, His Majesty told the slaves to tell the master!"

Looking up at the supervisor, Chu Yi nodded and said, "Oh, I wonder if Your Majesty has anything to tell this supervisor?"

The chief supervisor bowed and said, "Your Majesty asked the slaves to tell the Supervisor. If the matter is almost settled, please return to Beijing earlier. Your Majesty misses the Supervisor!"

Chu Yi took a deep breath and bowed his hands in the direction of the capital: "Your Majesty's love, Chu Yi is very grateful. If something happens, he will return to the capital to meet His Majesty as soon as possible!"

He nodded towards Cao Shaoqin and said, "Cao Shaoqin, please let the angels go to rest first, and wait for the Governor to write a secret letter in his own hand and submit it to the Son of Heaven!"

Those high-ranking supervisors bowed to Chu Yi and left with Cao Shaoqin.

Fang Li and the others looked at Chu Yi with joy on their faces, and they heard Fang Li say to Chu Yi, "Professor, Your Majesty has a queen, this is a big happy event!"

Chu Yi nodded and said, "Yes, once the prince is born, some people will have nothing to criticize your majesty, let alone think about changing the world."

When Tang Yin and the others heard Chu Yi's words, they couldn't help but stare at Chu Yi in amazement, only to hear Tang Yin say, "Professor, no one really wants to change the world!"

Chu Yi sneered: "Your Majesty has no queen, if something unbearable happens, what do you think will happen?"

Several people looked at each other, with a look of horror in their eyes, Fang Li said in surprise: "If Your Majesty has no queen and something unbearable happens, then a new monarch must be established. The first emperor has only His Majesty's son alive, so It can only be selected from among the close branches of the royal family. In the generation of the previous emperor, only one branch of King Xingxian is the closest, and King Xingxian has two sons under his knees. If there is no accident, then nine out of ten the new king will be in the place of King Xingxian. Born out of a sprig."

Fang Li's eyes flashed coldly as he said, "If King Xingxian's lineage ascends to the throne, the power left behind by His Majesty in the inner court will be swept away, and Governor Jiushi will surely become a thorn in the eyes of the new king!"

Tang Yin said: "The new monarch can't help but reuse the governor!"

Fang Li sneered: "When the new monarch ascends the throne, he will naturally reuse the governor, but the more this is the case, the more it shows that the new monarch will take the initiative to act on the governor. That is the inner court, which is directly related to the safety of the emperor. In the hands of Jun himself, I am afraid that the new Jun will not be able to eat or swallow, and will not be able to sleep."

Qi Hu, who was standing beside him, said: "If today's child is born, Your Majesty will flourish in Spring and Autumn. With His Majesty's importance to the Governor, the Inner Court will still be dominated by the Governor for decades to come."

Chu Yi waved his hand and said, "Okay, no matter what, it is the greatest joy for us to have His Majesty's future, and everyone just needs to do things with peace of mind."

With a bang, in one of the study rooms, a fine official kiln porcelain vase was seen being kicked and smashed into pieces, and King Ning, who was wearing a python suit, said angrily, "Zhu Houzhao child, there is actually a queen, old man. God has no eyes!"

In the study, counselor Liu Yangzheng was looking at the angry King Ning while stroking his beard, and when King Ning calmed down a little, he said: "Your Highness, calm down, now it's just the queen's joy, in case the queen's words are the words of the princess. , the seat of the East Palace is still vacant!"

King Ning shook his head and said: "Sir, you should know why this king is angry. After our efforts over the years, there have long been rumors in this Jiangnan land that the emperor has no virtue, and he is punished by the sky, and even has no queen. This is the biggest stain of Zhengde. This king can get a big advantage in the hearts of the people by starting the army in the future."

For the sake of the throne, King Ning can be said to have started to make various preparations many years ago. In the past few years, he even ordered people to spread rumors that the emperor had lost his virtue and was punished by the sky in the south of the Yangtze River.

The common people are most interested in the rumors of various royal families, and Zhu Houzhao has indeed been without children for a long time. Although it is just rumors, in the eyes of the common people, if a person has no heirs, even if it is the emperor, even if it is rumors It's going to be real.

It is very important to know the direction of the people's hearts, especially when it comes to the struggle of the world. Even a person as high as King Ning may not take the common people to heart on weekdays, but he knows it anyway and wins the hearts and minds of the people. Whoever wins the world.

Once the people think that the Son of Heaven has no way, if someone climbs up to shout and rebels, it may not be impossible for a group of people to fool a group of people for their own use.

That's what King Ning planned, but now that the news of the queen's pregnancy has spread, I believe it won't be long before the rumors that King Ning spent a lot of time in the south of the Yangtze River gradually accepted by the people will stop attacking. Broken.

For King Ning, the aspirations of the people in the south of the Yangtze River are no less important than tens of thousands of soldiers.

Looking at the wind and descending on an inch of land, these are two concepts. Those who win the hearts of the people can be like a broken bamboo. The enemy army looks at the wind and descends.

Li Shishi narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Highness can be at ease. In these days, many gentry and clans in Jiangnan are secretly supporting His Highness in raising troops. As long as you get the help of these Jiangnan clans, and the hearts and minds of the few people in the area, Your Highness does not need to. care."

This is good news. When Li Shishi said that many big clans in Jiangnan were willing to support him in raising troops, King Ning couldn't help showing a bit of excitement on his face.

Most of the wealth, material resources, and manpower in the south of the Yangtze River are in the hands of these big clans. The capital of the Ming Dynasty is located in the north, and the main energy of the court is also in the north. This naturally makes the court's control over the south not as good as the north.

If it is said that the imperial court controls the south like it controls the land in the north, no matter how daring these noble families, gentry and dignitaries are, they will never dare to besiege the tax collectors of the imperial court.

Taking a deep breath, King Ning sat down and looked at Li Shishi and said: "The two gentlemen have to worry a lot, since these big clans choose to support this king, then let them show some sincerity, if the king of Japan wins the world , will not be stingy with rewards.”

Li Shishi cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness said very much, as long as these big clans are willing to help His Highness, then it will not be a problem whether it is grain, armor or even soldiers. With the support of Jiangnan's wealth, His Highness can definitely arm a team in a short time. The elite army rushed into the capital like a broken bamboo."

Squinting his eyes, King Ning frowned and said: "Speaking of the capital, there is news about the spies we sent to the capital, how far the reorganization of the capital has gone, I don't want to kill all the way to the bottom of Beijing. , in the end, when the time comes, we will attack the capital, which is well-organized and solid as a golden soup."

Li Shishi and Liu Yangzheng looked at each other, Liu Yangzheng said with a wry smile: "Go back to Your Highness, this matter is the responsibility of the minister, and the reorganization of the Beijing camp will be presided over by Chu Yi, the director of the Sili Supervisor and the Supervisor of the Royal Horse. !"

"What, the Eighteenth Regiment Battalion?"

Since King Ning wanted to rebel, it was naturally impossible for him to be unclear about the deployment of the capital's troops.

Although the Jingying has been reorganized several times, the overall change is not great. In the early years of Zhengde, the Jingying was reorganized into the [-]th regiment battalion.

Among them, there are many old, weak, sick and disabled. In fact, the [-]th regiment battalion adds up to only [-] to [-] people.

This can be seen from the soldiers and horses that the capital could use when Lu Wenyang moved to the side of the Qing emperor.

Even so, the Jingying troops were already a serious problem for King Ning's henchmen, and now Liu Yangzheng actually told him that the reorganization of the Jingying was going to form the [-]th regiment battalion.

One regiment battalion is [-] people, [-] regiment battalions, that is [-] people, if all the young and strong people, even if they are recruits, [-] soldiers, plus the danger of the capital, it is only Thinking about it, King Ning couldn't help sweating from his forehead.

"God-killed eunuch, is he crazy? Could it be that the princes of the court will allow this eunuch to act recklessly and the treasury is empty. How will he set up the Beijing camp and support nearly [-] soldiers?"

King Ning almost roared.

He privately raised an army of only [-] to [-] people, which made it difficult for the palace's finances to support, and for this reason had to exploit the people of Nanchang.

The imperial court is indeed supported by state taxes, but the treasury is not sufficient. The consumption of the [-] army is not a year or two, but must be supported all the time. This is definitely a heavy burden for the imperial court. will overwhelm the government's finances.