The Most Powerful Man in the World

If Chu Yi knew this, he would not have guessed that Duke Muzhai was King Ning's helper.

To be precise, these nobles and dignitaries in Jiangnan did not pin their hopes on one person. On the one hand, they bet on King Ning to support King Ning’s rebellion, and on the other hand, Duke Muzhai and others used another kind of strategy. way to solve the problem.

Anyway, whether King Ning succeeded in rebelling, or Duke Muzhai succeeded in changing the world, in the end it was their Jiangnan gentry and the powerful.

Chu Yi slowly informed Zhu Houzhao of King Ning's accumulation of grain in the south of the Yangtze River to build weapons.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning and said: "King Ning? I seem to have heard that King Ning is known as a virtuous king in Jiangnan. Now it seems that King Ning is really hidden very deep."

Chu Yi said with disdain: "There is only one King Ning. If he didn't notice it, it would be fine. Now that he has noticed, King Ning can't make any waves at all."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly looked at Chu Yi with a strange look on his face and said, "My companion, why do I suddenly feel that King Ning rebelled, and my companion is looking forward to it?"

It's really that Chu Yi's reaction was too weird, and there was even a faint sense of expectation. No wonder Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi with a strange expression.

Chu Yi couldn't help but coughed lightly: "Your Majesty's eyes are like torches, and I know that I can't hide this thought from Your Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and said: "Oh, it seems that the companion is really digging a hole to count on King Ning!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing when he thought that Chu Yi had always thought of everything.

What if King Ning rebelled? Even if King Ning had a great job, could it be said that he could still be an opponent of the great companion of Chu?It wasn't that Zhu Houzhao looked down on King Ning, it was Chu Yisuan's exhaustive strategies that impressed him too deeply.

Chu Yi said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty should know that your ministers intend to impose additional business taxes, mining taxes, etc., and prepare to open the sea, and what is going on in the south of the Yangtze River, His Majesty should know what is going on in the south of the Yangtze River, and you should not put those stubborn nobles and dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River. If it is eradicated, the tax increase and the opening of the sea may not be implemented at any time."

Zhu Houzhao said: "So you are planning to count on King Ning, and then use King Ning's hand to sweep the land of Jiangnan in one fell swoop?"

A cold light flashed in Chu Yi's eyes: "It's not that I want to plot against King Ning. If King Ning has no objection, what's the use of the minister even if he has all kinds of calculations, the minister is just pushing the boat with the current!"

Zhu Houzhao naturally understood this, just as Chu Yi said, if King Ning himself did not oppose him, Chu Yi would have nothing to do with him.

The two kings and ministers talked about the matter of King Ning. Zhu Houzhao was a little worried when he learned of Chu Yi's arrangements, but after hearing Chu Yi's arrangements, his heart fell.

On this day, more than [-] soldiers and horses appeared outside the capital, and the banners and banners were densely covered. It was Dingwu Bo Cheng Xiangwu, who had returned from recruiting soldiers from the southeast.

Although it is said that so many soldiers and horses suddenly appeared, the officials in the court were not surprised at all, because the memorial of Dingwu Bo Cheng Xiangwu had already entered the cabinet a few days ago. Criticism.

Cheng Xiangwu escorted hundreds of people from the Zhu clan to return to Beijing. At this moment, the army was stationed outside the capital. As the prison cart slowly entered the capital under the escort of the soldiers, many literati who received the news rushed over.

Not long before the Zhu family was taken to the capital, it caused a great sensation in the capital, and there were even many emperors who submitted letters to the Chinese martial arts.

Now that the Zhu clan was imprisoned in the prison cart one by one, and slowly drove into the capital, those literati looked at the Zhu clan chief and others in the prison cart and couldn't help but look very ugly.

The Zhu family is a banner of the Confucian school of Confucianism. With the Zhu family there, the Confucian school of Confucianism can condense into one and become the strongest force of the Confucian school of the Ming Dynasty. The opinion of the literati is happy.

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Chapter 1 Zhu's Lifeline [[-] More]

The soldiers of the Jing Navy were escorting the prison car, and many literati around them naturally looked bad. The same large team entered the capital, which also attracted the attention of many people in the capital.

Although it is said that in the past few years, there have been major incidents in the capital one after another, and there have even been incidents in which thousands of people were imprisoned and executed, but this time, hundreds of people were rushed into the capital at once, which still caused a lot of trouble. sensation.

Especially after the identity of the Zhu family was spread out, the people who originally came to watch them showed strange expressions one by one.

As the saying goes, all things are inferior, only reading is high. This sentence is almost imprinted in the bones. In everyone's minds on weekdays, as a scholar, it is absolutely a noble existence.

It's okay to not know the origin of the Zhu family, but after knowing the origin of the Zhu family, these people's eyes will be different when they look at the Zhu family.

Some people gloat, some sympathize, some regret.

"I heard that these people are descendants of saints and sages, all of them are great masters..."

"Hmph, what about the descendants of saints and sages, who made them offend Chief Chu, and they didn't end up looting their homes and exterminating their clans!"

Because the emperor's instructions had been given earlier, after the people of the Zhu family were escorted to the capital, they were immediately put into the prison of the Ministry of Punishment for strict supervision.

As the commander-in-chief of the Jing Navy, Cheng Xiangwu left the capital after reporting to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army and the Ministry of War, and was stationed in the military camp outside the capital.

Cheng Xiangwu was not stationed in the capital, which made some people secretly relieved.

In a poetry club, dozens of literati gathered in everything, even if there were only dozens of people, but these people were definitely the representative figures among the literati in the capital.

The most important thing is that these people can be said to be all from the line of Confucianism, and even many of them are members of the Baiguan.

However, at this moment, these people are gathered here with their brows furrowed. Among them, an old man's face is full of wrinkles, sitting there with a beard, and said with a bit of anger: "It's absurd, it's absurd, Your Majesty actually condoned Chu Yi to take down the Zhu family, that is the descendant of the sages..."

Although he had already received the news that the Zhu clan was taken down by Chu Yi, the scene of the Zhu clan being imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison still touched the nerves of many scholars of Neo-Confucianism.

These dozens of people have different expressions, and some of them have a somewhat relaxed expression. If you look closely, you can even see the disdain flowing in the depths of their eyes, which is obviously quite a reaction to the old man. for disdain.

Liu Li is a great Confucian figure in the line of Neo-Confucianism. It can be said that among the people present, when it comes to fame and qualifications, there are really few people who can match him.It's just that Liu Li is a veteran. Although he said that he was an official in his early years, he still has connections in the court. Otherwise, it would be impossible to invite so many people at once.

After glancing at the crowd, Liu Li snorted coldly, pointed at one of the officials and said, "Chen Kang, tell me, are you going to watch the descendants of sages and sages being humiliated by traitors? This is beating our theory. The face of a vein..."

Chen Kang had a wry smile on his face. If other people dared to point at him and criticize him like a grandson, Chen Kang would never agree, even if he was a cabinet elder.

But who made him point at him and scolded him at this moment is his mentor, so even if Liu Li scolded him, he could only listen, otherwise, it would be a great crime of unfilial piety.

When Liu Li stopped, Chen Kang looked around with a wry smile at everyone who looked at him with sympathy, stepped forward and said to Liu Li: "Teacher, it's not that we sit and watch the Zhu family, it is the Zhu family that has committed His Majesty's taboo. , Zhu Han, the direct descendant of the Zhu family, assassinated the emperor, this is a sin that cannot be forgiven!"

Liu Li sneered: "If you want to add the crime, there is no excuse, the emperor said that Zhu Han was assassinating, who saw it, anyway, the old man didn't see it!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and looked at Liu Li with a wry smile. It was a fact that Zhu Han assassinated the emperor. There were dozens of people who witnessed this, and they couldn't wash it clean at all.

Liu Li saw the reactions of everyone's expressions in his eyes, and snorted coldly: "Don't forget, if the Zhu clan is destroyed, there will be no such a banner, then the line of Neo-Confucianism will inevitably be torn apart, and then there will be What the consequences are, you should know better than this old man."

Everyone was silent about it. The internal struggles of Confucianism were just as fierce. Even when the Neo-Confucian lineage first appeared, it was actually a small branch within Confucianism, and it had no current influence at all. became the mainstream of Confucianism.

However, this does not mean that there are no other factions within Confucianism. For example, the study of mind created by Wang Yangming, although it was said that it did not have a great success before, it has already taken shape. is a little famous.

On the basis of the original history, Wang Yangming's heart was a great achievement, and he also had meritorious deeds in pacifying the rebellion of King Ning, but he was rejected and suppressed by Yang Tinghe and others in the court, and he had a talent but could not display it.

Yang Tinghe held the tenet of Neo-Confucianism and broke out a great etiquette dispute with Emperor Jiajing. It can be said that Yang Tinghe was a representative figure of Confucian Neo-Confucianism, while Wang Yangming created the study of mind and became a generation of sages, which was naturally not tolerated by Yang Tinghe.

It can be said that there are many internal branches of Confucianism, but at the moment, the Neo-Confucian line is indeed occupying the mainstream.

After all, there are not many people who care about the life and death of the Zhu family. If it is not for the extraordinary significance of the existence of the Zhu family, they will not be gathered here.

Chen Kang took a deep breath and bowed to Liu Li: "Teacher, don't worry, your Majesty is unconscious now, without His Majesty's permission, the Zhu family's case can't make a final decision, we can still find a way to see if Can exonerate the Zhu family."

Flicking his sleeves, Liu Li glared at everyone and said, "This old man is going to see a Zhu clan chief!"

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words. Liu Li's request might be very difficult for others, but it couldn't be easier for them.

At least one of them is an official of the Ministry of Punishment. Although it is said that he does not directly govern the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, there is really no problem for Liu Li to enter the prison of the Ministry of Punishment to meet Zhu's people.

In the dark prison, the people of the Zhu Clan who have experienced ups and downs along the way can breathe a sigh of relief.

No matter if they live or die in the future, at least they don't have to be imprisoned in prison cars all day long and have been exposed to the wind and the sun. These people can say that they have never suffered such hardships in their lives, and some people can't even bear the ups and downs along the way. Lost life.

There were originally hundreds of people, but from the southeast coast, they rushed to the capital for thousands of miles, and as a result, as many as a dozen people died on the way.

As the patriarch of the Zhu clan, Zhu Ye has long lost the calmness and elegance of the past. The wind and the sun all the way made Zhu Ye look extremely embarrassed.

There was a sound of footsteps. Zhu Ye, who was lying against the wall and was lying in the thatched pile, heard the footsteps and seemed to have stopped outside his cell. Then there was the sound of the key opening the lock, and Zhu Ye couldn't help but turn around. He sat up and looked towards the prison door.

At a glance, Zhu Ye couldn't help stunned for a moment, staring at the person who came, as if he was distinguishing the other party.

Holding the food box in his hand, Liu Li walked into the cell and saw Zhu Ye. Suddenly seeing Zhu Ye, Liu Li couldn't help shrinking his eyes. If he hadn't known that the other party was Zhu Ye, Liu Li wouldn't have dared to recognize each other. .

Zhu Ye's eyes lit up and said, "Mr. Liu Li, it's actually you!"

Obviously Zhu Ye recognized Liu Lilai, Liu Li sighed slightly, stepped forward and put down the food box, regardless of whether the ground was clean or not, he sat cross-legged towards Zhu Ye and said, "Brother Zhu Ye, I haven't seen you for many years, I never miss you and me. On the day of goodbye, it turned out to be in such an environment."

Zhu Ye and Liu Li were also good friends in the past, but Zhu Ye was based in Jianyang County, and Liu Li entered the officialdom, and even after he became an official, he lived in the capital. not seen.

Zhu Ye lifted his messy hair to reveal his weather-beaten face, looked at Liu Li and sighed, "I never thought that my Zhu family would end up in such a field, making Zhu so embarrassed in front of Brother Liu!"

Liu Li slowly opened the food box, took out the prepared wine and vegetables one by one, and set them up, poured a glass of wine for Zhu Ye himself, looked at Zhu Ye and said: "The traitor in the court is in power, the emperor is incompetent, and he favors eunuchs. This made the Zhu family have this catastrophe, and when the old man learned the news, he was in this capital and contacted everywhere, and he must write to the emperor to clear the grievances for the Zhu family."

Zhu Ye and Liu Li drank a glass of wine together, put the glass down and couldn't help showing a bit of a wry smile on his face: "Brother Liu is kind, and Zhu has accepted it, but that robber has already made up his mind to put my Zhu family in the hands of him. Death, I am afraid that no matter how much Brother Liu runs, the emperor will not spare my Zhu family!"

Liu Li frowned and said, "It's a matter of human behavior. If Your Majesty refuses to forgive Zhu Shi, then this old man will contact the scholars in the world and write to the emperor together. The old man doesn't believe it, and the emperor can ignore the wishes of the scholars in the world?"

Zhu Ye, who had no hope in his heart, could not help but his eyes lit up when he heard the words, his breath tightened and he said, "If that's the case, my Zhu family still has a chance to survive, it's just..."

Liu Li smiled slightly and said, "I have known my wise brother for half my life. How can this old man stand by and watch this wise brother fall into trouble? Besides, the castration thief Chu Yi is not only trying to deal with Zhu's family, but also to break the foundation of my line of Confucianism. This old man will never allow that robber to succeed."

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Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-One Has Finally Died! 【2 more】

Zhu Ye narrowed his eyes, nodded and said, "Brother Liu really sees clearly, and this old man has only recently seen the true intentions of the castrated thief. He simply wants to attack my lineage of Neo-Confucianism by attacking my Zhu clan. what!"

Brushing his beard, Liu Li sneered: "So this matter is not only related to the inheritance of the Zhu family, but also directly related to the future of the Neo-Confucian lineage. This old man and many friends in Beijing will never sit idly by!"

Zhu Ye got up and gave Liu Li a big gift: "This kindness, my Zhu family will never forget it!"

Liu Li helped Zhu Ye up, and the two sat down. Liu Li looked at Zhu Ye and said, "The Zhu family has been inherited for hundreds of years, and there must be a secret son in this capital, I don't know..."

Everyone knows that the Zhu family must have their own people in the court.

Zhu Ye knew Liu Li's intention only by listening to Liu Li's opening, and only heard Zhu Ye whisper the names of several officials in Liu Li's ear.

When Liu Li heard this, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, apparently not expecting that the Zhu family still had so many high-ranking officials in the court.

You must know that if Zhu Ye hadn't told him, even he would never have imagined that these officials would belong to the Zhu family.

Seeing Liu Li leave, Zhu Ye sat cross-legged and sighed for a long time.

After Liu Li left the Heavenly Prison, he immediately started running, contacting the backbone of the Neo-Confucianism lineage, and preparing to find a way to rescue the Zhu family.

At this time, rumors about the emperor Zhu Houzhao spread in the capital.

The rumors claim that Zhu Houzhao is in fact seriously ill and unconscious. As the emperor, he is unable to act in the state and may return to heaven at any time.

Because it involves the Son of Heaven, this rumor spread in the capital almost immediately. It can be said that the people in the capital have noses and eyes, and almost everyone knows it.

Of course, most people don't believe it very much, but as long as Zhu Houzhao doesn't show up for a day, there will be a market for this rumor.

In Jiang's house, Jiang Mian looked at Mu Zhai and said: "Master, now the rumors have spread, if there are a few more days, unless the emperor appears in person, otherwise, the people in Beijing will believe it."

Brushing his beard, Duke Mu Zhai chuckled lightly: "As you said, rumors are rumors after all, as long as Zhu Houzhao shows up, the rumors will be broken. Together with all the officials in the court, I have written to the Queen Mother, and I implore the Queen Mother to convene a great court meeting to discuss the inheritance of the throne."

Jiang Mian took a deep breath, and a bright light flashed in his eyes: "Master, don't worry, the disciple will definitely force the queen mother to make an early decision."

Kunning Palace.

Zhu Houzhao, whose leg injury had already recovered a little, was sitting in front of the desk at the moment, took a secret report from Chu Yi's hand, opened it, and Zhu Houzhao couldn't help sneering: "It seems that they are really feeble. After all the painstaking efforts, within a day or two, there was a lot of rumors about the huge capital, and I really underestimated their power."

Chu Yi sat in the first place under Zhu Houzhao and heard the words: "The matter involves Your Majesty, the rumors are naturally fast, but in fact their power is not as strong as His Majesty imagined."

There are Jin Yiwei, Dongchang and even Xichang secretly watching, who are the members of Muzhai's family? It can be said that Chu Yi has mastered seventy-eighth.

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, put the secret report on the table, looked at Chu Yi, and said with a bit of hope in his eyes: "Big partner, it's time to take down these people. If there is no rebellion by King Ning, I could have been patient and waited for them to jump out one by one, but now I have no patience, and I don't have so much time to spend with them.

Chu Yi slowly got up, bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, please wait for the good news!"