The Most Powerful Man in the World

Just getting rid of a person like Wang Min can at most have a shocking effect. As for those who hide behind Wang Min, they are going to get away with impunity.

It was quiet in the hall, and many people could hear Zhu Houzhao's determination to check it out just from Zhu Houzhao's words. Some officials with ghosts in their hearts only felt that their backs were wet all of a sudden, and those with a clear conscience The official straightened his spine with a calm expression on his face.

Such a hot corruption incident broke out at the very beginning of the early morning, which directly led to the sack of a servant who could be said to be a high-ranking official in the court.

Everyone, look at me, I'll look at you, some officials have canceled their plans to play at this time even if they have something to do.

After all, it was not worthwhile to anger Zhu Houzhao who was angry for some trivial matters.

After a while, it seemed that everyone had no intention of making a memorial. The Minister of Rites took a step forward and said to the Son of Heaven: "Report to Your Majesty, I have the original memorial!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "If Song Aiqing has something to do, feel free to file!"

Song Zhili said solemnly: "Report to Your Majesty, King Wu Chu Yi sent someone to escort the lords of the small kingdoms of the East to the capital. I ask Your Majesty to expressly explain how to arrange the lords of these small kingdoms!"

The fact that Chu Yi sent people back to Beijing was not a secret at all. For the people in the officialdom, it was impossible to hide any trouble from these people.

Therefore, in a short period of time, the news spread all over the capital, the civil and military of the whole dynasty, no one knew it, no one knew it.

Now, hearing Song Zhili's words and the lord of the small East Ying Kingdom who Chu Yi sent to escort back, many people are still curious.

Everyone only knows the name of Dongying as a foreign country, but they do not know that Dongying has been divided into so many small countries. It is also because of the blessing of the masters of these small countries that many officials in Beijing understand how chaotic the interior of Dongying is right now. situation.

With this understanding, many officials are sluggish, and the foreign country of Dongying, which is only the size of the Ming Dynasty, has divided into dozens of large and small countries. This is simply a joke to everyone.

Such a big country is divided into dozens of large and small countries, and it is conceivable how big one of these countries is.

It is precisely because of this that when everyone heard that Chu Yi sent people to escort several lords back, they were very shocked.

But when I learned that the lords of these small countries were equivalent to the magistrates of the Ming Dynasty, I was naturally disappointed.

I thought that Chu Yi had crossed the ocean and destroyed several countries at once, but it turned out that it was just a few county magistrates.

But everyone is also very curious about these so-called state lords. What makes them have such courage, they dare to call themselves a country in a mere county, and the so-called arrogance is nothing more than that.

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while. Regarding the so-called state lords, there was actually Chu Yi's suggestion in the letter from Chu Yi that Yu Dayou brought him earlier.

Chu Yi suggested that these so-called state lords be taken prisoner in the Taimiao Temple, pray to the emperors of all dynasties, and then behead these state lords outside the Meridian Gate.

For Chu Yi's suggestion, Zhu Houzhao naturally would not have the slightest carelessness. After thinking about it, he naturally decided to follow Chu Yi's suggestion.

How to deal with these escorted lords can only be ordered by Zhu Houzhao, who is the emperor, so the Minister of Rites will ask Zhu Houzhao to give instructions.

It is said that Daming is a state of etiquette, and it has always treated the lords of foreign countries with courtesy, but the people of the Ministry of Rites did not know how to deal with these foreign lords who were obviously the captives of King Wu Chu Yi.

Zhu Houzhao said lightly: "It's absurd to even dare to claim to be a country in a mere small state. I would like to take these people captive in the Taimiao Temple and behead them outside the Meridian Gate!"

Many people's expressions changed slightly, obviously they didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to issue such an order. After all, Daming has always treated the captured enemy leaders with courtesy. Everyone thought that these small East Ying country masters were now captured alive. , Nine times out of ten, he will be awarded a title with a false name, and then he will be kept in the capital.

But what everyone did not expect was that Zhu Houzhao ordered these people to be beheaded outside the Meridian Gate.

When even the official stepped forward subconsciously and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, no, absolutely not..."

Looking at the official who had fallen to the ground and looked like a dead father and mother, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning, resisting the dissatisfaction in his heart and said, "Why not?"

That official is not a fool, how could he not hear Zhu Houzhao's dissatisfaction? In fact, at this moment, he also regretted it a little, and everyone didn't make it, so why did he take the initiative to run out when his head was hot.

Chen Wei is the imperial censor of the DPRK. Although he has no real power, he has the right to listen to the wind. It can be said that if you are targeted by these censors, no matter if you have any problems, these people will be able to find out for you. A bunch of questions came out.

Chen Wei looked at Zhu Houzhao, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I, Daming, are a state of etiquette, a kingdom of heaven, although those people are the masters of a small country and a foreign country, but they are the masters of a country no matter how they say it, although they are hostile, But we should also treat each other with courtesy, so as not to lose the style of my heaven and country!"

Chen Weiyue said the more excited he was, and his face showed a holy color, a natural look, as if anyone who disagreed with his opinion was a sinner.

Especially among the civil and military officials, some civil servants stroked their beards and nodded secretly after listening to Chen Wei's words, with a look of approval on their faces, while among the military generals, many military generals Xungui showed after listening to Chen Wei's words. A bit of contempt and disdain, it seemed that he was very disdainful of Chen Wei's words.

After finishing speaking, Chen Wei respectfully bowed down to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty wants to be a prosperous emperor who will last forever. I urge Your Majesty to think twice..."

Among the ranks of military generals and honorable officials, Han Kun, who had a beard on his face, strode forward and said to Chen Wei: "Ah, old man, is your brain broken? That is my enemy of Daming. , Your Majesty beheaded them outside the Meridian Gate, that is a matter of course, you actually want Your Majesty to treat these people kindly, what do you mean?"

Chen Wei was not afraid of Han Kun at all, but was very excited about Han Kun jumping out, and even pointed at Han Kun and said, "It's rude and rude, it's really rude and rude. You are so rude, Han Kun, you are a reckless man..."

Zhu Houzhao had a gloomy face and looked at Chen Weidao coldly: "According to what Chen Aiqing said, if I don't obey what Chen Aiqing said, wouldn't it be impossible to be a Ming Jun? Or Chen Aiqing thinks that I am a monarch of Jie Zhou. What? Um..."

Especially Zhu Houzhao's last word, his voice elongated, his body leaned forward slightly, and an invisible imperial might pressed towards Chen Wei.

Even if Chen Weidang was startled, Zhu Houzhao was really angry. If it weren't for this, Zhu Houzhao, the ruler of a country, would never have said such heavy words.

With a thud, Chen Wei kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "I dare not, I dare not..."

Flicking his sleeves suddenly, Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, stared at Chen Wei and said, "Don't dare? I don't think you don't dare, but you dare to do anything!"

Han Kun, who was on the side, saw Chen Wei's embarrassed appearance and couldn't help but sneered: "Master Chen, if this is to let His Royal Highness Wu Wang know about the prisoner he took with great difficulty, he ended up at Lord Chen's place, and in a blink of an eye, You have become a noble of my Daming, what do you think His Royal Highness King Wu will think?"

Seriously speaking, there are people who want to find out who are not afraid of Chu Yi, but there are definitely not too many people.

Therefore, when Han Kun moved Chu Yi out, even if Zhu Houzhao was angry, Chen Wei didn't change his color, but his face turned pale.

That is Chu Yi, the God of Killing. If Chu Yi's eyes are on him, not to mention that he is just a censor, even if he is in a high position, he will not be able to offend Chu Yi.

Chen Wei, whose face was pale, said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, this minister... minister..."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Chen Wei in disgust, and snorted coldly, "Chen Wei, I think you can go and explain it to my partner!"

Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Chen Wei felt a bit of a bad feeling in his heart. Sure enough, the next moment he heard Zhu Houzhao say in a deep voice: "Chen Wei, I order you to listen to His Royal Highness King Wu of Dongying, and leave immediately!"

With a thud, Chen Wei sat down on the ground with a look of despair on his face.

If this is another general, if he hears the order to go to Dongying, the custodian will laugh out of excitement, because this means that if you go to the land of Dongying, you will be able to obtain military merit. As a general in the army, if you want to climb up, then There is nothing more useful than military merit.

Therefore, I don't know how many generals in the army thought about going to Dongying to listen to Chu Yi's account. After all, the rumors about Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong have already been passed back to the capital. I don't know how many people envy Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong for being able to enter Chu. Yi's eyes have grown steadily since then, and the future is bright.

But in contrast, Chen Wei was sent to Dongying by the emperor Jinkou Yikai, which is not a beautiful job, and it can even be said that Chen Wei was directly exiled by the emperor.

With Chu Yi's ability, what happened in the courtroom today may not be long before Chu Yi's case will be known to Chu Yi.

Everyone still knows something about Chu Yi. What Chu Yi annoys most is someone like Chen Wei who is full of moral articles. On weekdays, Chu Yi doesn't trouble these people, and these people are lucky.

As a result, Chen Wei jumped out on his own initiative, which can only be said to be self-inflicted.

Many people looked at Chen Wei with sympathy. As for the officials who said they didn't stand up before, but secretly supported Chen Wei, there was a look of fear on their faces.

These people were secretly thankful that they had just resisted and did not stand up. If they stood up, I am afraid that there would be more of them among the people who were sent by the emperor to Chu Yi in Dongying.

I don't know how Chen Wei was dragged down by the guards in the hall. Anyway, everyone knew that Chen Wei was finished. He hated the emperor and was sent to Dongying again. Dongying, Chu Yi is afraid that it will not make him feel better.

Chen Wei was dragged down. No matter what everyone was thinking, no one had any objection to Zhu Houzhao's decision at the moment.

In order to offend the emperor and offend Chu Yi for those who don't want to do it, a fool would do that.

With a light cough, Yang Yiqing, the minister of military affairs, broke the slightly awkward atmosphere at the moment, and he heard Yang Yiqing open his mouth and say: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Wu Wang has gone to Dongying this time, and has gained a lot, but the land of Dongying is far away from my Daming. The Chief General has occupied a large area, but he needs enough troops to occupy and rule, and I am sure that His Majesty will allow another [-] troops to go to Dongying to help the Chief General of Chu!"

The minister of households, Chen Ding, frowned and said subconsciously, "Your Majesty, the [-]-strong army has traveled across the ocean, and I don't know how much food it will take..."

However, before Chen Ding finished speaking, he heard Yang Yiqing smile at Chen Ding: "Chen Shangshu's words are too bad, it is indeed a great loss for a [-] army to travel across the ocean, but Chen Shangshu is not clear. How many times is the wealth seized in the land of Dongying in half a year than the consumption of the army?"

Saying that, Yang Yiqing said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "In a short period of half a year, Chief Chu has destroyed more than [-] countries, occupied several gold and silver mines such as Iwami Silver Mountain, and seized gold and silver jewelry, including ten gold coins. [-] taels, [-] million taels of silver, plus the rest of the jewelry, antiques, etc. worth millions of taels of silver."

Everyone only knows that Chu Yi's expedition to Dongying brought back a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry and other trophies, but the exact amount, except for a very few people, really few people know, so I heard Yang Yiqing at this time. Many people were stunned by the astonishing data that was released.

Chapter four hundred and sixty-ninth ministers, please send troops to your majesty!

In fact, Chu Yi insisted on going to Dongying with all his strength before. Among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, I don't know how many people held an objection in their hearts. Of course, these people did not dare to speak out even if they objected in their hearts.

Even so, many people were waiting to see Chu Yi's joke.

In the eyes of these people, spending so much manpower and material resources across the vast ocean and spending so much energy to deal with a mere savage and small country is simply a manifestation of the use of force.

Everyone was waiting for the day when Chu Yi returned from a big defeat. At that time, they would have to see what face Chu Yi had to face the emperor and the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty.

However, what Yang Yiqing said at this moment made these people widen their eyes one by one, and their faces were full of disbelief.

The expedition to Dongying did cost a lot of money and material resources, and even if you count the gold and silver invested in building the ship, at least ten million taels of silver.

Even if it was a small country in the East Ying barbarian state, even if it could really be knocked down, how much wealth could be looted by digging three feet into the ground.

However, Yang Yiqing actually said that the trophies that Chu Yi ordered to bring back were worth as much as five million taels. If this was considered in the past, it would almost be equivalent to the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for one and a half years.

Zhu Houzhao sat there, looking at the expressions of the civil and military officials below, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a bit of a smile.

The data mentioned by Yang Yiqing is obviously the memorials submitted by Chu Yi through formal channels, and these will only get to him after passing through the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies.

But in addition to this memorial that was full of civil and military affairs, Chu Yi sent Yu Dayou to present a secret letter to Zhu Houzhao.

In the secret letter, Zhu Houzhao knew very well how much wealth Chu Yi, who had established a firm foothold in the land of East Ying, had collected in the past six months.

More than a dozen countries, big and small, were destroyed. Not to mention the rest, these dozen countries alone have seized nearly five million taels of property. It was Chu Yi who sent people to escort them back and announced them to the Manchu Dynasty. The number of gold and silver in civil and military affairs.

However, there are many gold and silver deposits in Dongying, especially the mine in Iwami Silver Mountain. When Chu Yi, Lu Dazhu and others frantically captured a large number of slaves to excavate and smelt the mine, Iwami Silver Mountain started from the beginning. The monthly production of [-] taels of silver has reached nearly one million taels a month.

In addition, there are some large and small gold and silver mines in those countries that were destroyed, but for all these mines, Chu Yi sent people to degrade the captured Dongying aliens into slaves and send them to the mines.

Perhaps the output of these large and small mines cannot be compared with Iwami Ginzan, but when more than a dozen gold and silver mines, which can be called rich mines, start working together, the monthly output of gold and silver has almost reached hundreds of thousands of taels. many.

In other words, if these mines are combined with Iwami Silver Mountain, as long as there are no major accidents, Daming can steadily harvest as much as [-] million taels of gold and silver every month.

If it is calculated like this, it will be nearly [-] million taels in half a year, and nearly [-] million taels in a year.

This figure is really too amazing and too exaggerated, but according to historical facts, Dongying's annual output of gold and silver during this period reached as much as six or seven million taels.

Under the high-intensity excavation and smelting of Daming, who now controls part of the mines in Dongying, the number of slaves in the mines is several times higher than before, so the amount of gold and silver that can be produced is doubled. Not surprising.

In the secret letter from Chu Yi to Zhu Houzhao, it is clear that the spoils worth nearly five million taels were sent to the state treasury, and Chu Yi prepared another shocking gift for Zhu Houzhao.

A full [-] million taels of gold and silver, this is the amount of gold and silver mined in the gold and silver mines occupied by Daming in Dongying in about half a year.

This is [-] taels of silver. Although it has been said that the family has been raided and exterminated several times, both the treasury and the emperor's inner treasury are very full, but whether it is nearly [-] million taels of trophies or [-] million taels of silver, it is very important to the treasury. There is also Tianzi Neku that is very amazing.

No one would despise too much silver, even if Chu Yi once told Zhu Houzhao how terrifying Ishijian Silver Mountain was to produce silver, but Zhu Houzhao didn't quite believe it.

It's not that they don't believe in Chu Yi, but it is from Chu Yi's road that Ishigami Silver Mountain's production of silver is too amazing. If they didn't see it with their own eyes, few people would believe it.

Now Zhu Houzhao learned that among the tens of millions of taels of grain silver, almost [-]% came from the gold and silver rich mine of Iwami Silver Mountain. Zhu Houzhao believed that there really was a rich mine like Iwami Silver Mountain in this world.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao also became more and more firm in his idea of ​​sending troops to Dongying. This was only the harvest of a dozen small countries in Dongying. If he really occupied the whole of Dongying, would he be able to search for more wealth?

Daming is really short of gold and silver. As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao knows this very clearly.

Before that, I didn't know that Dongying was rich in gold and silver. If I had known this long ago, not to mention that it was far away from the ocean. Even if it was a big difficulty, Daming would try his best to take Dongying as his own. Have.

Chen Ding swallowed with a grunt, his eyes widened, and he looked at Yang Yiqing with a look of disbelief on his face.

Obviously, Chen Ding, the minister of households, was also shocked by this number.

There are nearly [-] million taels of silver in Daming's treasury. It can be said that it is rare since Daming established the country. It is really Chu Yi's extermination of his family and his family, which has accumulated a rich treasury for Daming.

But the speed at which the Ming Dynasty spent money was astonishing as running water. Not to mention, the Ministry of Household allocated tens of millions of taels of silver for shipbuilding alone.

Then there are the large and small projects of water conservancy construction that are being carried out everywhere in Daming right now. These projects are all paid employment according to Chu Yi's suggestions.