The Most Powerful Man in the World

However, Chu Yi explained it to Zhu Houzhao. Chu Yi has reached a critical juncture with his cultivation skills. He needs to focus more energy on cultivation, and this can be considered to appease Zhu Houzhao.

It is also fortunate that Zhu Houzhao knew that Chu Yi values ​​cultivation, otherwise, if Chu Yi really used other excuses, Zhu Houzhao's level would be really difficult.

Of course, Chu Yi did put a considerable part of his energy into his cultivation, and now Chu Yi's cultivation has reached the peak of the innate.

Relying on the altar of luck, Chu Yi worked hard to accumulate background and tried to hit the next realm. However, whenever Chu Yi tried to hit the next realm, he felt that there was an invisible bottleneck, which was that. The existence of an invisible bottleneck prevented Chu Yi from entering the next realm.

In the past few days, more than [-] air transports have been lost. Except for the accumulation of more abundant, as for the breakthrough of bottlenecks, there has been no progress.

However, Chu Yi is not in a hurry. The practice is not one day or two days, so Chu Yi retreated for a few days without much progress and broke through.

When Chu Yi left the secret room, Qi Hu, who was guarding Chu Yi's law outside the secret room, couldn't help but flash a light in his eyes, and immediately bowed to Chu Yi and said, "General Manager, you are finally out!"

Chu Yi heard that Qi Hu's words were not quite right, so he raised his brows and glanced at Qi Hu and said, "Oh, Qi Hu, did anything happen to the court during this king's retreat?"

Qi Hu said with a wry smile: "Boss, I can't explain the matter for a while, so let's take a look at the urgent report from Huating Jinyiwei."

In the study, Chu Yi, who had been groomed, sat there, and in front of him was an urgent report from Huating Jinyiwei.

Looking at the contents of the urgent report, Chu Yi's expression was calm, and he could not see Chu Yi's inner emotions at all.

Cao Shaoqin, Lin Pingzhi, Qi Hu and the others were standing there in silence, not daring to catch a breath.

Whether it was Cao Shaoqin or Qi Hu, they already knew the contents of the emergency report. After all, the case of Huating City Ship Division's destruction had already spread, and the entire court was shocked.

It was a yamen set up by a serious court, including a fifth-rank official, several senior and deputy sixth-rank and seventh-rank officials, plus some helpers, adding up to dozens of people. But it was killed in a fire, and dozens of people were not able to escape.

If it is just an ordinary fire, no matter how powerful the fire is, it is impossible for no one to escape, so as long as you are not fools, you can see the report submitted by the Huating County magistrate. This fire is anything but simple.

After reading the urgent report, Chu Yi looked up at Cao Shaoqin calmly and said, "Cao Shaoqin, it has been nearly seven days since the case of the Huating City Ship Division's annihilation, and the news has been delayed on the road for about four days, which means that It has been three days since the imperial court received the urgent report, during these three days, what countermeasures did the imperial court come up with, and what actions did Dongchang and Jinyiwei do?"

Cao Shaoqin, who was directly named by Chu Yi and had almost completely replaced Chu Yi and took charge of the entire East Factory, still did not dare to overstep and careless when facing Chu Yi.

I saw Cao Shaoqin's expression solemn, and respectfully bowed to Chu Yi and said, "Report to the Chief, Your Majesty has discussed with the cabinet, and ordered the Ministry of Punishment to send competent personnel to Huating County to investigate the case of Huating City Ship Division's annihilation."

Chu Yi nodded slightly. It is reasonable for Zhu Houzhao to make such a decision together with the civil and military officials. This case is obviously not that simple. It would be a strange thing if the court did not investigate thoroughly.

But Chu Yi was looking at Cao Shaoqin, Cao Shaoqin took a deep breath and bowed and said, "The servant immediately dispatched a competent officer from the East Factory to lead the best friend of the East Factory to investigate secretly to Huating. Huating."

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Glancing at Cao Shaoqin lightly, Chu Yi said slowly, "Dongchang and Jinyiwei must investigate this case to the end, and they must find out!"

Cao Shaoqin said solemnly: "Don't worry, the chief executive, the slaves will definitely supervise the case in person, and they will definitely live up to the expectations of the chief executive!"

Huating County

A fire completely burned the entire Huating City Ship Division to white ground, but on the second day, the original Huating City Ship Division was taken over by the Jinyiwei who came here. Facing the fierce flames and waves, the Jinyiwei is even the magistrate of Huating County. Not even showing any dissatisfaction.

If it was the case in the past, the power of the civil servants was soaring, even if Jin Yiwei did not have the support of the emperor, he would be quite apprehensive when facing these civil servants.

But today's world can be said to be the trough of the power of the civil servants. The entire court respects Chu Yi, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei are the sharp knives in Chu Yi's hands. It can be said that the prosperity of power has reached its peak.

Of course, under the restraint of Chu Yi, even though the power of Jinyiwei and Dongchang has skyrocketed, they are more used to deal with those civil and military officials. As for the common people, they can't feel the changes of Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

In fact, for a long time, neither Dongchang nor Jinyiwei had anything to do with the common people.

After all, Dongchang and Jinyiwei were set up by the emperor to supervise civil and military officials, not to deal with ordinary people.

There are so many people in the world, and it is really necessary to supervise these common people. I am afraid that everyone in Jinyiwei and Dongchang will be exhausted.

Originally, Jinyiwei and Dongchang had nothing to do with the common people, but these two institutions had no good reputation among the people.

In the final analysis, it is only those civil and military officials who are really afraid of Jinyiwei. Jinyiwei and Dongchang focus their energy on these civil and military officials. How can they find trouble with ordinary people?

Jin Yiwei directly took over the resident of Huating City Ship Division from Huating County Government and blocked the entire station.

The entire Shibo Division was burnt to a piece of white ground. The local head of Jinyiwei in Huating County was a hundred households of Jinyiwei, and there were only a dozen Jinyiwei warriors under him.

It can be said that the Jinyiwei has undergone a top-down change in Chu Yi. Many Jinyiwei officials have been replaced, and some of the Jinyiwei Hundred Households, Thousand Households, and Captains of the Jinyiwei have been taken down.

If it is said that the Jinyiwei Hundred Households in Huating County are still the one that was taken down in the past, I am afraid that they are not busy looking for clues at the scene for the first time, but are busy destroying traces.

Lin Zhengfang is the newly appointed Huating Jinyiwei Hundred Households, but unfortunately the fire burned too thoroughly, and the entire Shibo Division station was completely burned to white ground. Lin Zhengfang led his Jinyiwei Lishi to search among the ruins, but There is no clue.

But for three days, when the people of Huating County were privately talking about the burning of the ship division of Huating City to the ground, a group of people went straight to Huating County.

This team is none other than the officials of the Ministry of Justice who were sent by the imperial court to investigate the case of the Huating Ship Division fire. This time, the murder of more than a dozen officials of the Ship Ship Division in Huating City can be said to have aroused many officials in the courtroom. I attach great importance to it. This time the team is led by a waiter from the Ministry of Justice, and is accompanied by an expert investigator who has been mobilized from the Ministry of Justice. It can be said that the court is really moving this time, and it will never stop until the case is solved. .

Zuo Anqiu, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, directly rejected the Huating County Magistrate's reception banquet, and immediately brought people to the scene of the Shibo Division fire.

In fact, the whole site of the Shibo Division has long since been in ruins. It can even be said that because of the many people who participated in the firefighting at that time, the site has already been destroyed. It is really very difficult to find any clues from it. difficulty.

One after another figure carefully searched the entire scene, not only the Ministry of Punishment, but also the staff of Dongchang and Jinyiwei were also involved.

Whether it is Jinyiwei, Dongchang, or the criminal investigation experts, the pressure is not small. It seems that these cases have seen a lot of these people, and many often become headless koans. Of course, there are also some cases. Can solve the case through some clues.

Because this case involved a yamen set up by the imperial court, everyone in the yamen was burned to death by a fire, not to mention them, even those ordinary people knew that the fire was not accidental, I was afraid that someone wanted to kill people.

A commander of Jinyiwei, Tongzhi, the second-level head of the East Factory, and the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, the three gathered together, and there was a bit of solemnity between their faces.

Don't underestimate the power of the imperial court. When Jinyiwei, Dongchang and the Ministry of Punishment united, many clues surfaced.

The most important thing is that when the Japanese pirates and other Japanese pirates entered the city, the movement was so loud that many people saw these people through the cracks in the door.

Maybe some people were frightened at the time and didn't know what was going on, but it didn't take long for the Shibo Division to suddenly ignite a fire, which naturally made people think.

That is to say, at the beginning, Jin Yiwei's people paid attention to the scene of the fire in the Shibo Division, and did not expect to find clues in the city.

When the staff from Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Ministry of Punishment arrived, and with sufficient staff, clues emerged thoroughly.

Zuo Anqiu, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, said with a solemn look on his face: "You two, according to the clues we have found, a group of suspected Japanese pirates rushed to the location of Shibosi on the night of the fire in Shibosi. It didn't take long. The Shibo Division ignited a fire, so this official suspects that the Shibo Division fire was caused by these people."

Tongzhi, the commander of Jinyiwei, frowned and said: "Master Zuo, it is [-]% certain that the fire in the Shibo Division was caused by a group of people who set fire to destroy the corpses after killing everyone in the Shibo Division, so what we need to do now is to confirm this. The identity of a group of people will be dug out."

Although the second gear of the East Factory was only a warrior, Cao Shaoqin could not have sent only one warrior. Naturally, he was equipped with competent personnel.

I just heard Dongchang Second Gear sneer: "Anyway, those gangsters were able to enter the city in the middle of the night and set fire to the city. I dare say that there must be someone in Huating County who colluded with these people. Otherwise, how could so many gangsters enter Huating County so easily."

A few people looked at each other and heard Zuo Anqiu say: "Cha, even if you dig three feet in the ground, you must dig out those bad guys."

The second gear of the East Factory narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Leave this to us in the East Factory, there will be grievances under Miki, but under the severe punishment, some people's mouths will definitely be opened. Your Majesty and the Chief Executive are there. But they are all staring at us, the impact of this case is extremely bad, if the case cannot be solved in the fastest time, I think the two adults will not be able to explain it."

The commander, Tong Zhi, and Zuo Anqiu, the minister of punishment, looked at each other, and the two nodded slightly.

I saw the second gear head of the East Factory left with a big smile.

Not long after, news came out that the East Factory directly arrested the magistrate of Huating, the chief clerk, and the captain, as well as the people of several major families in the city.

All of a sudden, the most prominent people in Huating County were all imprisoned in Dongchang.

Both Zuo Anqiu and the commander of Jin Yiwei, Tongzhi, knew that the person who responded to the gang of gangsters was definitely not an ordinary person, and it could not be said that they were among those who were arrested, and most of them were definitely arrested. Injustice, but at this time, they will not stop.

Even if they are really wronged, they can only blame them for being unlucky. The big deal is that they will be innocent afterwards.

It was only half a day, and I saw Dongchang's second gang head out of the prison with a happy face, holding a stack of confessions in his hand.

Seeing the look of the second gear head of the East Factory, Tongzhi, the commander of Jinyiwei, and Zuo Anqiu, the minister of punishment, all fell on the stack of confessions in his hands.

I could only hear the head of the second gear of the East Factory: "The case has been solved. This case was committed by the Huating Zhou, Wang, Liu and other families in collusion with the Japanese pirates..."

Taking over the case file in the hands of the second gear head of the East Factory, Zuo Anqiu and the two swept over them with one glance and ten lines, gradually showing surprises on their faces.

At the same time, a discovery was also made at the site of the Shipbuilding Division. After the ashes were cleaned up, the investigators from the East Factory, the Ministry of Justice and Jinyiwei found on a bluestone slab left by Chen Ku, the director of the Shipbuilding Division of Huating City. clue.

Chen Ku was the first to discover the identity of Gangcun Guiyi and others. He knew that he would be doomed, so he used his jade pendant to engrave the words "Japanese pirate" on a bluestone slab.

Although the notch was not too deep, the dozens or hundreds of people from Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and the Punishment Department were almost three feet away from digging the ground. These people searched carefully.

When a clan member of the Huating Liu family who participated in the reception of Gangcun Guiyi and others into the city could not bear the punishment of Dongchang and confessed everything he knew, the whole case was almost solved, and the clues left by Chen Ku It also confirmed that the confessions of the Liu clan were not wrong.

When the news reached the capital, Zhu Houzhao, who received the news, was immediately furious.

If those officials really died in the fire, that's fine, but they were killed by others. The most important thing is that the marine merchants in Huating County colluded with Japanese pirates to murder court officials. of anger.

Above the hall, Zhu Houzhao looked angrily, looked around at the officials present, slapped one hand on the dragon chair and roared, "The Japanese pirates in Dongying are really daring and dare to attack and kill my officials of the Ming Dynasty. There is also my great power in the sky, I want to send a large army to Dongying, so that everyone in Dongying knows that my great power cannot be violated!"

Under the guidance of Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao's martial spirit can be said to be vigorous, especially when the Tatar nobles such as Dayan Khan were captured in the Daming World War not long ago, and Cheng Xiangwu and others returned with tens of millions worth of money. Huge loot.

The nearly [-] cattle, sheep and horses fed the imperial court all at once. Hundreds of thousands of war horses allowed the imperial court to easily arm hundreds of thousands of cavalry, not to mention those cattle and sheep.

Ask yourself that during his reign, King Pingning, defeated the Tartars, and was as high as Zhu Houzhao, the emperor and Chengzu, if he could tolerate the mere eastern Japanese pirates, it would be a strange thing.

When Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, everyone couldn't help looking at each other, only to see an official from the Ministry of Rites step forward and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, think twice, I am a state of etiquette, and the state of Dongyingwa is a state established by the Taizu not to conquer, this time Although the Japanese pirates killed my officials, I should announce them to educate them..."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning. At that time, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that his descendants would be incapacitated by military forces, so he specially listed North Korea, Dongying and other neighboring countries as countries that the Ming Dynasty would not conquer.

With a light cough, Chu Yi, who was standing first on the left side of Zhu Houzhao's head, focused his gaze on the official of the Ministry of Rites, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Master Han, since that's the case, Why don't Lord Han personally go to Dongying to educate the barbarians..."

With a thud, before Chu Yi could finish speaking, the servant of the Ministry of Rites knelt on the ground and said to Chu Yi with a pale face, "His Royal Highness, please forgive me, I'm here... I'm wrong..."

Seeing Han Ming's unbearable appearance on the ground, Chu Yi snorted coldly, "If the barbarians in Dongying could be educated, they wouldn't cause troubles to the coastal areas of Daming again and again."

When Zhu Houzhao saw that Chu Yi opened his mouth, he restrained the servant of the Ministry of Rites, with a slight smile on his face and a slight decapitation, obviously very satisfied with Chu Yi.

While speaking, Chu Yi bowed to Zhu Houzhao with a solemn expression and said, "Your Majesty, I implore your Majesty to allow the minister to lead my great army and help your Majesty to pacify the small country of Dongying!"

"what!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but be stunned, his face showed a bit of consternation, obviously Zhu Houzhao didn't think that Chu Yi would have the idea of ​​going out in person.

Chu Yi has not spent much time in the capital these years. It is only a few months before Chu Yi goes to the south of the Yangtze River and goes north to face the Tatars. Now that Chu Yi is going to lead the army to Dongying again, Zhu Houzhao is naturally very reluctant to part with it. .

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said, "It's just Dongying, why do you need King Wu to go there in person? I have many generals who can fight well, just pick one general and lead the army straight into Dongying!"

Chu Yi shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the expedition to Dongying is not an easy task. The only way I can feel at ease is to go there in person!"

Seeing Chu Yi's firm appearance, Zhu Houzhao felt a little irritable, and waved his hand at the crowd of civil and martial arts: "Retreat!"

In the imperial study, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said with a reluctant look on his face: "Da Companion, I know that the expedition to Dongying, across the ocean, is full of dangers. In the past, Mengyuan wanted to conquer Dongying, but the army was annihilated in the ocean, Da Companion. If you go, in case..."

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's worried look, Chu Yi couldn't help but smile and said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, and there is no need to persuade him, the minister's decision has been made, and the matter of conquering Dongying is very important. ."

Four hundredth Chapter 16 Manchu civil and military opposition

Naturally, Zhu Houzhao knew Chu Yi very well. Looking at Chu Yi's reaction now, Zhu Houzhao knew in his heart that Chu Yi really had made up his mind. Even if he tried to persuade him, it would be difficult for him to change his mind. If he forcibly ordered Chu Yi to obey his orders, then Chu Yi would not go against his will, but in that case, it would definitely damage the relationship between the ruler and the minister.

With a wry smile, Chu Yi just nodded and said: "Forget it, since the big companion's idea has been decided, I will not persuade it any more. I only hope that the big companion can go well with you. It would be good to be able to return safely, I don't care about the mere East Ying, and I will be extremely distressed if your companion suffers any damage during the expedition to the East Ying."

Chu Yi couldn't help but smiled and said: "Your Majesty, even if the minister wanted to lead troops and horses to conquer Dongying, he would not choose this season."

Hearing what Chu Yi said, Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, Chu Yi just came back not long ago, and hadn't stayed in the capital for a long time, and this happened.

Listening to Chu Yi's meaning now, it seems that he did not send troops immediately. Zhu Houzhao smiled bitterly for a while, but he forgot that it was obviously impossible to send troops in such a hurry.

Even if Chu Yi wanted to personally lead the army to conquer Dongying, he had to be fully prepared.

In particular, the expedition to East Ying must be a long way to go. The most important thing is the logistics problem. If the logistics are not done well, even if the troops and horses are really transported to the East Ying, I am afraid that it will be difficult to last.