The Most Powerful Man in the World

A light flashed in Chu Yi's eyes, and his eyes swept across the crowd, only to hear Chu Yi say: "In this case, we will set off immediately tomorrow and return to the capital!"

"Follow the orders of the chief executive!"

Nearly [-] troops plus hundreds of thousands of Tatar prisoners, a mighty team of hundreds of thousands headed straight for the capital.

Hundreds of thousands of horses stretched for more than ten miles, and at a glance, there was no end to the darkness. When the vanguard of the previous army had reached more than ten miles, the army in the rear had just left the city.

With so many people rushing on the road, the speed is naturally very slow. At this speed, it will take nearly a month to reach the capital.

Although it is said that the speed is very slow, even if you want to speed up, you can't make it up. It is true that there are nearly [-] Tatar prisoners in the army.

Hundreds of thousands of Tatar prisoners are not a small number, and Yang Yiqing dispatched a total of [-] troops to guard the Tatar prisoners.

The smoke and dust billowed on the official road, and the smoke and dust passed by, a carriage that was not too attention-grabbing squeaked slowly forward.

If you don't know, you can't believe that Chu Yi followed the army in such a carriage.

In the carriage, Chu Yi sat upright, holding a scroll of ancient books in his hand, and was fascinated by it, and soon he saw the sound of hurried footsteps stopping beside the carriage.

"General Manager, there is news from the East Factory!"

Chu Yi sat there steadily, without raising his head, and said calmly, "What news?"

I saw Yue Buqun took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lin Pingzhi at the door of the carriage, and then Lin Pingzhi gave it to Chu Yi.

Chu Yi only glanced at it and frowned slightly. This letter was sent by Jiao Fang through the channel of the East Factory, so the channel of the East Factory was very fast, otherwise the secret letter would not have reached Chu so quickly. Yi hands.

Chu Yi read the contents of the letter with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Sitting across from Chu Yi is Yang Yiqing, who looks indifferent. Yang Yiqing is very curious and surprised at the letter in Chu Yi's hand, but Yang Yiqing will not ask questions no matter how curious he is.

However, while Yang Yiqing was guessing, Chu Yi handed the letter to Yang Yiqing. Yang Yiqing couldn't help but be stunned, but after reacting, Yang Yiqing took a deep breath and took the letter from Chu Yi's hand, and his eyes fell on the letter. Above, when even couldn't help exclaiming: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, he actually wants to make the chief executive king!"

No wonder Yang Yiqing was so shocked. Obviously, even an outstanding person like Yang Yiqing would subconsciously reject different surnames as kings. Otherwise, Yang Yiqing would not have such a big reaction.

On the other hand, Chu Yi seemed very calm, as if the matter of conferring a king mentioned in Jiao Fang's letter was not a big deal at all.

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Chapter Four Hundred and Thirty-Eight I Really Want To Shame!

Yang Yiqing took a deep breath and looked at Chu Yi with a tangled expression on his face. He took a deep breath and said to Chu Yi, "General Manager, does your Majesty really want to make you king?"

Chu Yi chuckled: "Based on what Chu knows about His Majesty, since Jiao Fang sent someone to deliver the letter, I am afraid that His Majesty has already made up his mind!"

Yang Yiqing smiled wryly and sighed: "With the achievements of the great general manager, it is enough to make a king, but it has been hundreds of years since the founding of the country, and I, Ming Dynasty, cannot be a king unless it is a clan. I don't know how to record this."

As a scholar, Yang Yiqing knows very well that once Chu Yi is crowned king, it will definitely touch the nerves of those old schoolboys. At that time, he does not know how to record Chu Yi in the book.

As for whether Chu Yi's crowning the king would cause any harm to Daming, to be honest, Yang Yiqing was not worried.

Even if it is a king, it is just a false name. With Chu Yi's current power, if he really wants to endanger the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, there is no shortage of the name of the prince.

Of course, Yang Yiqing is also worried that once Chu Yi is crowned king, Chu Yi will be rewarded with no reward in the future. At that time, will the relationship between the ruler and the minister be as harmonious as it is now? Once the ruler and the minister fight against each other, no matter what the outcome is In the end, it was the vitality of the entire Ming Dynasty that was damaged.

With a smile but not a smile, Chu Yi glanced at Yang Yiqing lightly and said, "Master Yang thinks that Chu should be rewarded by His Majesty?"

Yang Yiqing pondered for a while, with a dignified expression on his face, and said slowly: "Yang secretly thought that for the future of the chief executive and His Majesty, the chief executive should dissuade His Majesty."

Chu Yi nodded slightly, but did not reply directly to Yang Yiqing.

Chu Yi did not deliberately conceal the news from Jin Yiwei. The conversation between the two in the carriage could not be concealed from Lin Pingzhi, Yue Buqun and others outside the carriage.

It didn't take long for the news that the emperor wanted to make Chu Yi king spread among the generals in the army.

Different from Yang Yiqing, Xu Tianzuo and others, for example, didn't think of anything else when they heard the news that the emperor wanted to make Chu Yi king, but felt extremely happy for Chu Yi, and secretly expected how the emperor would reward them.

This time, the pacification of Jiangnan and the defeat of the Tatar army in the first battle, the first military exploits that are rare in a century need not be recorded on the head of Chu Yi, but these generals will also be rewarded by the court for their merits.

It can be said that the strength of the imperial court and the emperor's reward can be seen just by looking at the reward to Chu Yi.

Chu Yi's military merit is the greatest. If the imperial court and the emperor's awards to Chu Yi are not very good, then it will not be very good for other generals.

Now that the emperor is going to make Chu Yi king, this suddenly widens the space for them to be rewarded.

At the beginning, Xu Tianzuo and other generals at most thought about whether they could be conferred the position of an earl or a marquis by virtue of their military exploits. As for other things, they never thought about it at all.

However, if Chu Yi, who is the commander-in-chief of the first army, is named king, does that mean that people like Yang Yiqing, Cheng Xiangwu, and Wang Shouren will be named dukes and marquis by the emperor.

Since Cheng Zujing's calamity, there have been very few dukes conferred by Daming, but this time, there is hope.

After the soldiers at the bottom heard the news, the morale of the army was soaring.

These low-level soldiers didn't care what Chu Yi's background was. They only cared about whether their military salaries and rewards, and even the pensions for the soldiers who died in battle, could be in place in time. Now that they have returned victoriously, the imperial court will definitely reward them.

As for the addition of officials and nobility, it is obviously impossible for the soldiers, all they want is some reward.

The Son of Heaven can even be willing to be a prince, and naturally he will not be stingy with some rewards, so after hearing the news, all the soldiers are very excited.

The mighty army stretched for more than ten kilometers, and the place where it passed was billowing with smoke and dust. Every time it went to a city, officials in the city came out to meet Chu Yi.

As it got closer and closer to the capital, the news that Chu Yi led the army to victory spread even more in the capital.

With the urgent report of a group of fast horses, almost every hour passed, several fast horses galloped past and revealed the positions of Chu Yi and other troops.

Zhu Houzhao held the brush in his hand, and saw that on the rice paper in front of him, a few lines of large characters seemed obviously absent-minded, as if he was not paying attention to practicing calligraphy at all.

A burst of hurried footsteps came, Zhu Houzhao suddenly raised his head and looked towards the door of the study, and saw a servant hurriedly approaching, bowed down to the ground and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the chief executive... The chief executive is still a long way from the capital. It's ten miles away!"

It has been nearly a month since the news of the victory in Xuanfu came, and it has been almost [-] days since Chu Yi led the army from Xuanfu to return to the DPRK.

It can be said that after Zhu Houzhao received the news that the teacher was returning to the DPRK, he sent people to watch the news almost every day, and news about the march of Chu Yi and others came almost every day.

According to Zhu Houzhao's estimation, Chu Yi will be able to arrive at the capital today, and he will be able to see Chu Yi, so even when Zhu Houzhao is practicing calligraphy, he is still distracted.

Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, almost knocked over the table in front of him, and threw the numbness in his hand on the table, his eyes flashed with a bit of excitement, and said with a bit of excitement: "Pass on my will, order Baiguan to Fengtian Temple. Before gathering, I will lead the civil and military officials and welcome the return of the great companions!"

The emperor led hundreds of officials to personally welcome the generals who returned from the expedition, which is the emperor's greatest recognition and honor for the meritorious soldiers.

Zhu Houzhao has always compared himself with Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Chengzu Zhu Di. Although he said that he did not have a personal expedition, in his heart, Chu Yi was just like him when he went out to fight. Therefore, when Chu Yi returned with a great victory, Zhu Houzhao had already made up his mind no matter what. No matter how you have to personally lead a hundred officials to welcome them.

Soon the civil and military officials received the decree, but it only took more than half an hour, but all the officials who could get there rushed to the Fengtian Temple.

Even if Zhu Houzhao did not mention it, they all knew that Zhu Houzhao called them here, and [-]% of them were to welcome the return of the army led by Chu Yi.

Zhu Houzhao, who was dressed in full clothes, wore a heavy and solemn dragon robe, solemn and solemn. Following the will of Zhu Houzhao, the Luan drove slowly, and the civil and military officials followed the Luan.

The long street was already under martial law by the soldiers and horses of the first step, and on both sides of the long street, many people knelt down and worshipped on both sides.

When these people saw the Emperor Luan driving, not only did they dare not stare at it, but they all bowed their heads in awe.

On the day Ziluan Jia and the civil and military officials slowly passed by, the people who were kneeling on the ground on both sides breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly looked towards the distant Luan Jia and the team of civil and military officials.

"Oh my God, it turned out to be the emperor's driving, I actually saw the emperor's driving..."

"If I can see the Son of Heaven in this life, I will die without regrets!"

The Son of Heaven is high above, except for a very small number of important ministers, even the military officials of the court, if the official level is not enough, they will not see the Son of Heaven.

As for leaving the Forbidden City, to be honest, few emperors would leave the Forbidden City. Even if Zhu Houzhao didn't live well a few years earlier, he didn't come to this long street.

Therefore, for the people of the world, in their impressions, the Son of Heaven is to a great extent simply a high-level existence in their impressions, and there are naturally very few people who can see the Son of Heaven.

Now that these people actually saw the emperor driving, they were naturally extremely excited.

The long queue gradually left the capital.

The loess paved the road, and the twelve guards were led by the heroic guardian Tianziluan.

About a few miles out of the city, I saw a fast horse newspaper in front of me.

"Report, the general manager leads the army, so there is still a mile away."

Jiao Fang stepped forward and bowed to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the army of the chief officer will be here soon. I might as well welcome the chief officer back here!"

Zhu Houzhao looked around, nodded slightly and said, "If that's the case, then I'll be old Jiaoge!"

Soon Zhu Houzhao's will was passed on, the team stopped, and officials from the Ministry of Rites began to coordinate the formation of civil and military officials to prepare for the triumphant return of Chu Yi and other generals.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites had just arranged a group of officials when they saw smoke billowing in the distance, and they could even feel the vibration of the earth.

The earth trembled slightly, and it could be clearly felt that a group of officials subconsciously looked into the distance, and as far as they could see, they saw a piece of darkness, and the mighty men and horses swept in like a torrent.

These soldiers and horses are full of chilling aura. Although they have not approached yet, a suffocating aura is blowing towards them, which makes them palpitated.

Those who know the soldiers and know the soldiers can't help showing a bit of horror in the eyes of the large group of people who are slowly approaching.

The soldiers and horses of the Beijing camp can only be said to be not bad. They are naturally much worse than the so-called elites. Now the Tengxiang Siwei Battalion, which is stationed in the capital, has experienced the previous battle to defend the capital, and some soldiers even went out of the city to attack the Tatar army in person. , but also sharpened a group of elites out.

But the soldiers who really give the feeling of being elite are only tens of thousands of people, but now these people can be regarded as elite only when they see all the soldiers and horses oncoming.

"What a strong army, no wonder it was able to destroy the Tatar army of more than [-] in one battle, and subdue the Tatar nobles such as Dayan Khan!"

A high-ranking official stroked his beard and looked at the soldiers and horses ahead with a look of amazement on his face.

I don't know when Zhu Houzhao actually got off the road and rode on a horse to look ahead.

Not long after, a figure appeared in the sight of everyone.

This figure is riding on a horse, wearing a big cloak and a python suit, just look at its dress, not on the court, who is the majestic chief executive Chu Yi.

The moment Zhu Houzhao saw Chu Yi, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, and he slammed down the imperial horse, and immediately saw the imperial horse rushing out.

Zhu Houzhao rushed out on horseback, but was startled by Gu Dayong and others beside his attendant. It was Zhu Houzhao's reaction that was too sudden.

"His Majesty!"

Gu Dayong exclaimed, and almost instinctively used light power to chase after him. There were also several old eunuchs who were also chasing out. These old eunuchs were all light and fluffy, but they chased after them in the blink of an eye. On Zhu Houzhao.

At this moment, Chu Yi, Yang Yiqing and others also saw the guard of honor greeted by Tian Ziluan driving and hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city for several miles.

To be able to get the emperor to lead the civil and military officials out of the city to meet him in person, it can be said that except for Chu Yi who can keep calm, even Yang Yiqing has a look of surprise on his face.

Although they also know that the merits they have made this time are very great, but no matter how great the merits are, whether the emperor is willing to go out of the city to meet them in person depends on the emperor's own wishes. After all, no one stipulates what kind of military merit is certain Ask the Son of Heaven to greet him in person.

When Tianzi rushed out to run towards them, it can be said that all the soldiers who saw this scene showed their astonishment one by one.

That's the Son of Heaven, who even drove a horse to them.

"Haha, Great Companion Chu, I really want to piss me off! Great Companion has returned victoriously, and I am here to welcome the Companion back to Beijing!"

Zhu Houzhao did not hide his respect and favor for Chu Yi at all. It can be said that anyone who saw Zhu Houzhao rushing straight to Chu Yi would have waves in their hearts, and they would look at the most beautiful people in the world with envy and jealousy. The person who is envied is the chief executive Chu Yi.

Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao who came on horseback, and was moved in his heart. No one can be ruthless without plants and trees. Naturally, Chu Yi knew how much Zhu Houzhao favored him.Therefore, seeing Zhu Houzhao coming on his horse, Chu Yi also grabbed the war horse under him and greeted Zhu Houzhao.

The two stood facing each other on their horses, and they looked at each other with their eyes, only to hear Chu Yi speak slowly: "After a few months, Your Majesty has reduced a lot!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "The big companion is still the same!"