The Most Powerful Man in the World

Counting the time, it has been almost two or three months since the Daming Royal Caravan went to sea. If it wasn't for Linde's news that the caravan was besieged by Japanese pirates, Yang Yiqing and others would have almost forgotten about this unique team. caravan.

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Zhu Houzhao frowned, even an idiot could tell from the look on his face that Zhu Houzhao was in a very bad mood at the moment.

It's no wonder that Zhu Houzhao was in a better mood. Although Chu Yi suggested that he allow the imperial supervisor to handle the royal caravan, Zhu Houzhao, the emperor, didn't take it seriously.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, this is nothing more than a caravan. Since Chu Yi proposed it, it will be formed.

As for how much benefit this caravan is expected to bring to the royal family, Zhu Houzhao really hadn't thought about it.

If he didn't mention it, Zhu Houzhao might have forgotten about the caravan, but now the news brought by Linde made Zhu Houzhao feel an unnamed anger in his heart.

Not long ago, the fact that Huating City Ship Division was colluded with Japanese pirates to destroy the family has already made Zhu Houzhao angry at Dongying. If Chu Yi had been persuading him because of his lack of preparation in the early stage, I am afraid that Zhu Houzhao would have sent an army to Dongying. .

It's better now, it's only been a few months, and the caravan representing the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty was intercepted by Japanese pirates at sea.

Although it is very common to say that sea pirates are haunted by sea pirates, if it is said that this caravan was intercepted by pirates without revealing its identity, it would be nothing but bad luck.

But listening to Linde's meaning, Lu Kang and the others clearly showed their identities to those Japanese pirates, and clearly informed them that they were the Daming Royal Caravan, and behind him was the big Mingzi, who represented the Daming royal family. face.

Perhaps the Daming Royal Caravan didn't care much even if it was the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty, and even Zhu Houzhao himself didn't pay much attention to it, but no matter what, it was the caravan representing the Daming Royal Family.

The only caravan in the world ended up being killed by someone, and even the servants in the palace who were in the dream state were killed by the other party without hesitation.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, this is not a simple time when Japanese pirates looted merchant ships, but a matter of directly rising to the face of the Daming royal family.

The Daming Royal Family is the representative of Daming. Those Japanese pirates dared to loot even the merchant ships of the Daming Royal Family. This is just slapping the Daming Royal Family and Daming in the face.

So let's not say that Zhu Houzhao's face is not good at this moment. It can be said that everyone who heard Lin De's report of the story of the Japanese pirates looting the Royal Caravan of Ming Dynasty showed anger.

There are not many people who left Beijing with Zhu Houzhao this time, that is, Yang Yiqing and other newly promoted nobles. After all, Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi left Beijing this time to check the training situation of the new army. In this case, Naturally, Zhu Houzhao brought along a few new military dignitaries.

According to Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao can also use this method to shorten the relationship with these military dignitaries.

In the past few years, after several battles, many rookies have emerged in the military. With the deliberate support of Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao, a group of honorable men have also been born.

These honorable people are represented by Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren, Cheng Xiangwu, Lu Dazhu, Han Kun, Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu, etc., and gradually have the trend of balancing the court.

This time, Yang Yiqing and Han Kun accompanied Zhu Houzhao to leave Beijing. Yang Yiqing was the Duke of Jin and was in charge of the Ministry of War, while Han Kun was also named a marquis for his merits and was in charge of the Four Guards of Tengxiang. The old-fashioned imperial government, such as Duke of England and Duke of Dingguo, but when it comes to power, even existences like Duke of England and Duke of Dingguo cannot compare with Yang Yiqing and Han Kun.

Whether it is Yang Yiqing or Han Kun, they are both people who have been awarded titles because of their military exploits, and they are definitely military leaders, and these people are also strong supporters for Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao to expand their military.

At this moment, I heard that the small country of Dongying actually slapped their Daming Empire in such a way, as the so-called humiliation and death of the master, even if it was only the Japanese pirates who slapped the big Ming this time, but from a young age, even the pirates in Dongying dared to slaughter Daming officials and loot at every turn. Representing the royal merchant ships, if it is said that Dongying has a heart of reverence for Daming, I am afraid that few people present will believe it.

That is to say, Yang Yiqing and Han Kun did not know that in the next few decades, Daming and Dongying would be deeply entangled, from the ravages of Japanese pirates on the southeast coast to the famous Wanli three major expeditions, all of which had the shadow of Dongying.

Although it is said that Lin De is a spy of Jinyiwei, it does not mean that he has no feelings. So many companions were killed by Japanese pirates. Lin De escaped after all his life and death, but he never forgot what Lu Kang once said. .

But if anyone escaped back to Daming alive, they must report the rampant pirates to Tomorrow.

Seeing Lin De bowing down to Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi, he trembled: "I dare you, your Majesty and the chief executive will avenge those who were harmed by the Japanese pirates!"

Zhu Houzhao's face turned red, and he said word by word, "Japanese pirates should be killed!"

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Chu Yi and he said, "My partner, let me ask you, how long will it take for my soldiers to cross the sea and go straight to Dongying?"

There was a calm expression in Chu Yi's expression, and he could not see Chu Yi's inner emotions at all. However, Qi Hu, Lin Pingzhi and others who had followed Chu Yi for a long time lowered their heads subconsciously, and turned their eyes away from Chu Yi. His hand gently rubbed the jade wrench on his fingertips.

Just looking at Chu Yi's small movements, Qi Hu and Lin Pingzhi knew that Chu Yi was about to kill.

Chu Yi could only hear Chu Yi speak slowly, with a bit of coldness in his voice: "Your Majesty, this minister has already recruited ships from all over the world, and has assembled troops. In half a month at the latest, more than a hundred warships can be assembled. , across the sea."

A bright light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes. He naturally knew that Chu Yi had been gathering people all the time, but he didn't expect the speed to be so fast.

After all, Zhu Houzhao didn't know nothing at all. Attacking Dongying was no better than fighting on land. There were too many things to prepare for.

Even on land battles, it takes several months from preparation to expedition to complete the preparations, but this time it is not an ordinary battle, but to cross the vast ocean and put a large number of troops into another country. Among them, Zhu Houzhao would not find it strange even if he was preparing for the previous year.

Now Chu Yi actually told him that it would take at most a month before the army would be able to move out. How could this not surprise Zhu Houzhao.

Noticing Zhu Houzhao's expression, Yang Yiqing, the minister of military affairs, bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, this minister has been assisting the general manager to prepare for the conquest of Dongying. You can put [-] troops on the land of Dongying."

Zhu Houzhao resisted his inner excitement, but he looked at Chu Yi and Yang Yiqing with a bit of solemnity and said, "I read history books, in the past, Meng Yuan twice attacked Dongying, and each time they sent hundreds of thousands of troops. , even so, they all failed for various reasons..."

Obviously, Zhu Houzhao's meaning is obvious, which is to say that Chu Yi and Yang Yiqing only sent [-] troops. Compared to attacking one country, is this too few troops?

Anyway, there are millions of aliens in the land of Dongying, especially the land of Dongying is in chaos. Thousands.

Chu Yi smiled slightly and explained: "Your Majesty's concerns, the ministers and others will naturally know, but the [-] soldiers and horses are only the vanguard army, as long as the vanguard army has a firm foothold in the land of Dongying, I will naturally continue to put the soldiers and horses in the east. The land of the East."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and said to Chu Yi, Yang Yiqing, and Han Kun, "Since you have a good companion and Duke Jin, I will feel at ease."

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Lin De, and he pondered for a while: "Lin De is brave and resourceful, and he has done a good job in spreading the news this time. I will seal you a thousand households of Jinyiwei and give you a hundred households!"

Lin De was overjoyed when he heard the words, he respectfully bowed to Zhu Houzhao, and shouted: "Chen Lin De, thank you, Your Majesty, Long Live Your Majesty, Long Live Long Live!"

Lin De was just a spy of Jin Yiwei, like this kind of spy, Jin Yiwei didn't know how many people had developed in the world.

Among the Jinyiwei, spies can be said to be the lowest-ranking existence. This time Zhu Houzhao named Lin De as a thousand households of Jinyiwei, and actually granted a hundred households.

Don't underestimate the [-] households of Jinyiwei. There are not a few people in Daming who were able to grant Jinyiwei a thousand households, but this is just an honor.

And the real power of Jinyiwei Hundred Households, that size can be regarded as a character. You must know that Jinyiwei Hundred Households are often devolved to local places, which are the existences that can control the power of Jinyiwei in one place. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao's award is for Lin De, It has already been described as a mighty emperor.

Zhu Houzhao drove back to the palace, and the news that Lin De brought back soon spread.

Neither Zhu Houzhao nor Chu Yi intended to block the news, and since there were dozens of people who knew about it, it was not surprising that it was spread.

The news that the Daming Royal Caravan was intercepted at sea by the Japanese pirates in the east suddenly caused ripples in the entire pool of water in the capital.

After all, the appearance of the Daming Royal Caravan aroused a lot of people's discussion. It was about the royal family, and there was a faint shadow of Chu Yi behind the Daming Royal Caravan, so no matter what everyone thought in their hearts, there was no one. Dare to say anything.

Now suddenly there is news that the Royal Caravan of the Ming Dynasty was robbed and killed by Japanese pirates at sea, and everyone is naturally talking about it.

Some people sneered at this, thinking that it was a kind of retribution. The dignified royal family actually competed with the people for profit, and they were inexplicably engaged in a royal caravan. They deserved to be intercepted by Japanese pirates.

Of course, this is only the idea of ​​a very small number of people, and for most people, it is natural to mention Japanese pirates and can't help but curse.

Perhaps the so-called patriotic consciousness has not yet been formed at this time, but in the hearts of the people of Daming, Daming is the kingdom of the celestial dynasty, and the surrounding effects such as Dongying, North Korea, and Annan are all barbarian states.

As a commoner of the Celestial Empire, it is natural to look at the surrounding aliens with a bit of contempt, at least psychologically consciously higher than the surrounding aliens.

Now these alien races even dare to kill the caravan representing the royal family. This is a slap in the face of the royal family, and it also makes many people feel very resentful. When did the barbarian alien race become so arrogant?

The most important thing is that not long ago, Daming defeated the Tatar aliens who had plagued Daming for decades, and captured Dayan Khan alive, which made the people of Daming's mentality of heaven and kingdom go a little bit. .

With the great defeat of the Tatars ahead, the looting of the royal caravan by the small Eastern Ying Kingdom also stimulated many people.

"It's just a barbarian state in the east, but it's so arrogant. I really hope the chief executive can teach these barbarians a lesson!"

"Even the Tartars have been defeated by me, Daming, and the small country of Dongying, I really don't know how high the sky is!"

In the teahouse, in the wine shop, and even in the brothel, there are people who can't talk about it. After all, this is the most popular thing in the capital right now. If you don't talk about it, it's like being out of date.

A long time ago, Chu Yi had ordered the selection of soldiers who were familiar with water and assembled them from the army, and now he was almost ready.

Tianjin Wei

One after another large ships were transferred by Chu Yi from all over the world. It can be said that there were many large ships in the Tianjin Wei port, and many large ships almost filled the port.

Among them, the most striking are the dozen or so huge warships. It is a pity that most of the people who have seen Zheng He's treasure ship in the past are already old. Otherwise, if these people see these dozens of large ships, they will be shocked. exhale.

These dozen large ships were officially built on the model of Zheng He's treasure ship. It has been almost a year since they were built. So far, only a dozen ships have been launched, but they were recruited by Chu Yi at one time.

These dozens of huge ships are not only huge hulls, but the artillery on board is also modified artillery. Each of the large ships carries dozens of improved artillery, and the combat power is absolutely amazing.

In addition to the dozen or so most eye-catching ships, the large ships in Tianjin Wei Port are much worse. Although dozens of warships seem to be very mighty, what is their combat power? To be honest, even Chu Yi didn't have much confidence.

But for a while, Chu Yi could only mobilize these ships. As for the many ships that were put into construction, from the time of ordering the construction to the time of launching, there is no hope that there will be no one and a half years.

But neither Chu Yi nor Zhu Houzhao could have waited so long, so Chu Yi could only simply transform those old-fashioned ships and replace them with the latest cannons, which made the combat power of these old-fashioned ships soar a lot. .

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A large number of ships are concentrated on the Tianjin Wei port, and you can clearly see the ships in the Tianjin Wei port.

With so many ships suddenly gathered in the port, even an idiot could see that something was wrong.

The merchant ships and other ships that originally came to Tianjinwei to moor at this time could only dock at a remote port in Tianjinwei. As for the port in the open area of ​​Tianjinwei, it was directly taken over by a team of soldiers.

On this day, the people of Tianjin City were stunned to find that a group of people appeared outside Tianjin City.

Many people were stunned when they saw this scene. If they hadn't heard any rumors, they would have been frightened when they suddenly saw so many soldiers appearing outside Tianjin City.

Needless to say, these men and horses are the elite soldiers who were carefully selected by Chu Yi to be proficient in water.

It is not too difficult to select [-] elite soldiers who are proficient in water among the hundreds of thousands of troops, it just takes time.

Now [-] troops have assembled and rushed to Tianjin Guard.

Of course, the soldiers now appearing outside the Tianjin Acropolis seem to be crowded with darkness. In fact, they are nothing more than vanguards, and they add up to less than ten thousand people.

But even if it is less than [-] people, there are as many as seven or eight thousand, which is equally astonishing.

Fools all know that this expedition to Dongying is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for soldiers to gain military merit.

For the soldiers, the greatest achievement is to open up the territory, and the history has left a name.

This time, the imperial court sent a large army across the sea to Dongying, which can be said to be the first of its kind in the history of China.

You must know that in the past, the foreign expansion of the Chinese dynasties was on land. As for the attack on other countries across the sea, it was really the first time.

In particular, an overseas foreign barbarian country like Dongying has never been taken seriously by the Central Plains Dynasty in the past.

If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese pirates in Dongying acted too flamboyantly, and Chu Yi knew what kind of harm Dongying had to Daming and even China, I am afraid that Daming would not have the idea of ​​​​promoting Dongying.

If it were not for Chu Yi's efforts, I am afraid that even if the Japanese pirates really killed the officials of the court, I am afraid that the court's civil and military would not think of sending a large army across the sea to ask Dongying for an explanation.

It was because of Chu Yi's efforts that he was able to overcome all opinions and suppress all kinds of opposing opinions in the court, which contributed to the imperial army's expedition against Dongying.

At the same time that Tianjin Wei gathered a large number of ships and vanguard troops, in the capital.

In a majestic hall, the emperor Zhu Houzhao is here to convene civil and military affairs for Chu Yi and a group of generals who are about to go out to cross the oceans to conquer the East.

The main hall is clearly civilized and military, and it can be said that the most eye-catching in this hall today are those generals.

If it was put in a few years ago, the power of the civil servants suppressed the military commanders. In the court, the military commanders and nobles were like decorations, and there was no chance to express their opinions or opinions at all.

But now it is different. With the rise of martial arts, above the court, the right to speak is not at all under the civil servants. Today, needless to say, it can be said that the military generals are all in high spirits, even if they are British officials like Zhang Mao and Dingying. The Duke and the others all had happy expressions on their faces.

Zhu Houzhao picked up the wine glass and turned towards Chu Yi and a group of civil and martial arts with a straight face: "Everyone, today I will hold a banquet as a great companion and practice it with all of you loving ministers, and drink a full cup!"

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao raised the glass to the crowd and drank it.

A group of civil and military officials drank their drinks in a hurry, and their eyes fell on Zhu Houzhao, only to hear Zhu Houzhao say: "This second cup is dedicated to the soldiers of the three armies. May my heavenly soldiers reach Dongying smoothly and win the battle."