The Most Powerful Man in the World

Squeezing out a few tears, Gu Dayong said to Zhu Houzhao, "This old slave doesn't want me to do anything else, so I can only hope to impress Chu Yi in this way, but now it seems that His Majesty has been disappointed. Shame on Your Majesty."

What a good Gu Dayong, but his performance like this gave Zhu Houzhao a lot of extra points. Originally, there were only a few people around Gu Dayong and Chu Yi who won the trust of Zhu Houzhao. Now that Chu Yi has resigned, there are many people. Regardless of the posture of the court, it naturally made Gu Dayong stand out.

Zhu Houzhao turned around and sat down, and said to Gu Dayong: "Gu Dayong, come and study ink for me. I want to draft a decree in my own hand."

Gu Dayong hurriedly got up and stood beside the table, bowed slightly, raised his sleeve with one hand, and gently rubbed ink with the other.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao waved his pen, a decree appeared, and it was Zhu Houzhao's decree to allow Chu Yi to resign.

It is conceivable that once this imperial decree is spread out, I don't know what kind of waves it will cause in the capital.

Although it is said that Chu Yi no longer needs the position of the so-called supervisor of li and the supervisor of the royal horse to show his identity, but no matter what, the supervisor of the li and the supervisor of the royal horse are both positions of power, and any servant is in charge of them. One of them is to knock off their heads to fight.

Although it was said that Chu Yi's resignation was a foregone conclusion, but the imperial decree could not be fulfilled for one day, Chu Yi was still the chief supervisor of the lijian and the supervisor of the royal horse.

Looking at that imperial decree now, Gu Dayong's eyes flashed with joy.

Putting this imperial decree aside, Zhu Houzhao looked up at Gu Dayong and said, "Gu Dayong, how should I reward you?"

Gu Dayong was excited, and he reacted quickly and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Old slave, He De He Neng, you shouldn't be rewarded by His Majesty."

The more Gu Dayong said this, the more Zhu Houzhao appreciated it. In Zhu Houzhao's view, Gu Dayong was just like Chu Yi. They were people who were not greedy for power. Otherwise, how could Gu Dayong take Xichang's products? The power is handed over to Yuhuatian.

It's a pity that Zhu Houzhao didn't know that Gu Dayong was not greedy for power, but that there was no other way.

At that time, Chu Yi's momentum was really strong, and it could be said that there was no two for a while. At that time, Gu Dayong didn't have any capital to compete with Chu Yi. Even if Xichang could be caught in his hands, what was the point? If you use it, it is better to stop early, but you can show your magnanimity.

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while and then said to Gu Dayong: "Since Chu Dabian has decided to resign as the director of the Sili Supervisor and the Supervisor of the Royal Horse, then how about I appoint you as the supervisor of the Sili Supervisor?"

The director of the Si Lijian is faintly above the director of the Royal Horse Supervisor. Although the two are evenly matched, whoever is stronger will have the advantage.

However, most of the time, the supervisor of the li is always able to suppress the supervisor of the royal horse, so over time, in the eyes of everyone, if a servant can become the supervisor of the supervisor of li, that is the real peak of life.

It's just that since Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Liu Jin and then Chu Yi have been in the position of the supervisor of the ceremonies, and now it's finally his turn.

So the moment Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth, Gu Dayong only felt his head bang as if it had exploded, he couldn't think of what he was going to say, he almost relied on his instinct to bow to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Old slave Thank you, Your Majesty."

Speaking of which, Gu Da said with a modest look: "In case the old slave's ability is not as good as that of Director Chu, His Majesty is highly regarded, and he is named Director of Lili, and he will do his best to assist His Majesty in managing the affairs of the state."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Gu Dayong and said with a smile, "I believe in Gu Dayong."

Soon Zhu Houzhao's decree came to the cabinet. After all, the emperor's decree still needs to be used by the cabinet before it can take effect.

Of course, this is the case when the cabinet is strong, and even if the emperor's will is not approved by the cabinet, the cabinet has the right to refute the emperor's imperial decree.

Now, unlike in the past, Zhu Houzhao can be said to be in great power, and naturally he will not be bound by the cabinet, so when the will is sent to the cabinet, the cabinet will use the seal directly after filing.

On this day, several elders of the cabinet looked at the two decrees from the palace. The elders couldn’t help but sigh deeply. They sent people from India to the Ministry of Rites, and then the Ministry of Rites sent people to the eunuchs who passed the decrees in the palace. Communicating together.

Chapter 16 Chapter 2 Heart of the World Valley Manager 【[-] more】

Watching the scribe take away the imperial decree, Jiao Fang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help sighing softly: "After all, Your Majesty has not been able to keep the chief executive!"

The upright Chen Ding frowned and said at the moment: "Your Majesty is confused, it's okay to allow Director Chu to resign. After all, this is Chu Yi's decision, and His Majesty has nothing to do, but why did His Majesty appoint Gu? Great use is the chief supervisor of Sili."

It can be seen that Chen Ding is very disapproving of Gu Dayong's succession as the director of Sili Supervisor.

What kind of person Gu Dayong is, others don't know, but these people in the cabinet are all clear.

In the more than a year that Chu Yi was away, if I really want to talk about it, although there was an undercurrent in the courtroom, Zhu Houzhao's **** was generally very calm.

But under this calm, there are undercurrents surging, and Gu Dayong is one of the most restless beings.

Because Gu Dayong is really trusted by the emperor, even if Gu Dayong's actions are a bit out of line, everyone turns a blind eye.

Fortunately, it is not too much for Gu Dayong to be a disaster. For the sake of the emperor, everyone did not target Gu Dayong.

However, now Gu Dayong was suddenly appointed by the emperor as the chief supervisor of li, which is not a position that ordinary people can sit in.

Look at the people sitting in this seat, Liu Jin, the emperor who dominates the world, and Chu Yi, the king of Wu, no matter which one is under one person and over ten thousand people.

Now, Zhengde has ushered in the third director of the Li Supervisor, Gu Dayong, but he does not know whether Gu Dayong is like Liu Jin who died because of his own greed, or is like Chu Yi, who has the world in his heart and succeeds. retreat.

Everyone looked at each other and heard Wang Hua sigh softly: "Your Majesty's will has been made, I think everyone knows what temperament our Majesty is. Since His Majesty has chosen Gu Dayong, then in Gu Dayong Before the evil deeds are revealed, no matter what I say, Your Majesty will not change his mind."

Wang Shouren chuckled lightly and said, "It's nothing more than Gu Dayong becoming the chief executive officer of the liturgy, why should everyone frown, he, Gu Dayong, is just doing things honestly, if not, even if he is the chief executive officer , there are people in this world who can cure him."

Yang Yiqing stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Yangming's words are very true, don't forget that although Director Chu resigned, he is still my King Wu of Ming Ming and Taizi Taifu. If he goes too far, Gu Dayong, We just need to invite Director Chu."

After thinking about this, Jiao Fang and several patriarchs were all secretly relieved, and they no longer worried about whether Gu Dayong became the chief executive officer of Li and would cause any trouble.

After the emperor's decree came out of the cabinet, the eunuch and the officials of the Ministry of Rites respectively took the decree to the mansion of Chu Yi and Gu Dayong as quickly as possible.

Not only Chu Yi has a mansion outside the palace, but also such a servant as Gu Dayong, the Son of Heaven also rewarded him with a mansion outside the palace.

In Chu Yi's palace, the eunuchs and officials of the Ministry of Rites passed the decree and left in a hurry. After all, Chu Yi's reputation was too fierce, but these servants and officials of the Ministry of Rites did not dare to stay in Chu Yi's mansion for too long. .

But Gu Dayong's mansion was full of jubilation.

As Gu Dayong's confidant, Miao Miao looked at Gu Dayong's autobiographical eunuch who took the imperial decree and said to Gu Dayong with a smile: "Congratulations to the Chief Executive, congratulations to the Chief Executive, now the name of the Chief Executive is considered Deserved!"

Don't look at how everyone calls Gu Dayong the general manager on weekdays, but Gu Dayong also knows in his heart that as long as he doesn't sit in the seat of the general manager of the lijian for a day, then he will not be called the general manager.

Although it is said that the imperial edict was written by Zhu Houzhao in front of Gu Dayong, Gu Dayong has seen it before, but the feeling is very different when he sees it at that time and when he sees it now.

Gu Dayong looked at the imperial edict and couldn't help laughing loudly.

As the decree was issued, the capital itself was the fastest place for news to spread. In less than half a day, Chu Yi resigned and was approved by the emperor, and the news that Gu Dayong was promoted to the director of the lijian immediately spread. Capital.

What followed was another rumor, that Chu Yi fell out of favor with the emperor.

That day in the courtroom, so many people watched Chu Yi open his mouth and begged the emperor to allow him to resign. Although there were rumors in the capital, everyone would rather believe the rumors than the facts.

There are rumors everywhere in the teahouses and restaurants.

"Have you heard that Chu Yi, the former chief executive, has fallen out of favor with the emperor..."

"Some people have long said that Chu Yi is too sharp, but now he has been abandoned by the emperor."

"Hahaha, this castrated thief also has today!"

Some people think that Chu Yi is out of favor, and naturally some people don't believe it, but in the face of the rumors, everyone has been staring at the Prince Wu Mansion, but there is no movement in the Prince Wu Mansion. Over time, almost half of the people believe that Chu Yi is out of favor.

Time passed like running water, and in a blink of an eye it was a few months. As he said, Chu Yi has stopped interfering in the affairs of the court since he resigned at the will of the emperor, except to regularly go to the palace to teach the little prince. In addition, the rest of the time he did not go out of the palace of King Wu, and even some officials were turned away when they came to ask for a meeting.

Compared with Ding Lingluo, who was in front of Chu Yi's palace, Gu Dayong's mansion, who was promoted to the director of the Sili Supervisor, was full of traffic, and the sedan chairs of officials who went to see Gu Dayong were almost like a long queue. .

Even because there are too many officials to visit Gu Dayong, the officials below the fourth rank who want to visit Gu Dayong have to submit their greetings several days in advance.

Gu Dayong's momentum was the same for a while. It has always been human nature to step on the low and hold the high. When Gu Dayong gained power, naturally a group of officials climbed up to Gu Dayong.

As for these grasses, Gu Dayong can be said to be open to all who come. After all, Gu Dayong must gather some people around to establish his own power on the court.

Gu Day took office with a new official, and the first unlucky part of the officials who were attached to Chu Yi in the past was not as high and powerful as Wang Shouren, Yang Yiqing, and Han Kun. Da Yong didn't dare to move lightly, but the other officials were different. Gu Dayong was able to take down these officials for any reason.

It was only a few months of work, no less than a dozen officials with low rank, but officials in important departments were replaced by Gu Dayong with their own people.

Departments such as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household were all placed by Gu Dayong with their own people.

In the mansion, an official entered the study under the guidance of a servant, and saw Gu Dayong sitting there with a blushing face, Lu Sen, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry, bowed to Gu Dayong with a puff. Said: "Baby Lu Sen, see your adoptive father!"

Gu Dayong smiled and stretched out his hand and said, "Sen'er is fine in the Ministry of Housing, has Chen Ding embarrassed you!"

In a short period of time, Gu Dayong was stunned to accept the eighteen adopted sons, and with these eighteen adopted sons as the backbone, he gathered a group of officials for their use.

And Lu Sen is one of the eighteen righteous sons that Gu Dayong collected, and was placed in the Ministry of Housing by Gu Dayong. Needless to say, Gu Dayong was eyeing the Ministry of Household.After all, Gu Dayong is not a fool. He knows that he has money and food in his hands, and he does not panic.

With a bitter smile on Lu Sen's face, he said, "Foster father, Chen Dingshangshu is too stubborn. Because of the foster father, he targets the child everywhere. Fortunately, he does not dare to offend the foster father too much, so the child falls in the household department. Not bad."

Mentioning Chen Ding, Gu Dayong couldn't help frowning and said with a bit of displeasure: "This old man has been a veteran of several dynasties, even if he is facing His Majesty, he dares to show his face directly to His Majesty, otherwise, our family will definitely take him."

Saying that, Gu Dayong looked at Lu Sen and said, "Sen'er, can you keep the money for repairing the river embankment that your adoptive father asked you to intercept?"

Lu Sen said in a low voice: "Return to the foster father, the boy has already cut off 50 taels of silver according to the instructions of the foster father, but in this way, the money for repairing the river is less than [-] taels. , this river..."

Gu Dayi waved his hand, and said with a bit of indifference: "In the past two years, the imperial court has smashed as many as ten million taels of silver to repair the river, and this river has been repaired briefly before, so this time it is considered that the funds are insufficient. , a little repair is enough, I really think there will be some kind of flood disaster!"

Lu Sen nodded deeply and said: "What the foster father said is very true, the boy will arrange for someone to send the silver to the foster father's house tomorrow."

Gu Dayong immediately smiled at Lu Sen and said, "Very good, our family really did not see you wrong!"

Lu Sen modestly said: "But it is not comparable to Brother Wenzheng. This time, the imperial court has allocated as many as millions of taels of grain silver to resettle the hundreds of thousands of people who have moved to Jianzhou Sanwei. Brother Wenzheng only needs to move a little bit. The pen and ink will be tens of millions of taels of silver at that time."

Gu Dayong looked at Lu Sen and said, "Sen'er, if your Majesty still has people in the world who know what we've done, would you think that we are the ones who bring disaster to the country and the people?"

Lu Sen looked right and said: "I'm waiting to share the worries of the emperor and seek some benefits for myself, is it wrong? It's just the so-called emperor does not send hungry soldiers, and we haven't harmed the local people. Say? The righteous father is dedicated to the people of the world. He has presided over more than a dozen major projects such as river repairs, road repairs, and resettlement of disaster victims in a few months. This is not a benefit to the people, but what is it? If you really want to say that the righteous father brings disaster to the country and the people, they are worthy of themselves. conscience..."

The appearance of Lu Sen's adoptive father's righteous words, when it comes to excitement, Lu Sen even blushed. If anyone disagrees, he will raise his sleeves and argue with the other party.

Gu Da smiled with a satisfied look on his face, and nodded at Lu Sen: "Sen'er's words won my heart, my heart!"

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Chapter 17 Chapter 1 Please come out with the chief manager 【[-] more】

One person is more than ten thousand people. Gu Dayong used to be extremely envious of Chu Yi, but now he has finally experienced this fascinating taste. Once this taste is experienced, it will be difficult to let go. If you give up your current status, it would be better to let Gu Dayong die.

Thinking that back then, he was regarded as a respected person in the palace. Whether it was the servants or the maids in the palace, he was extremely respectful and did not dare to disobey him in the slightest.

But compared to Chu Yi's status, Gu Dayong's so-called power was only within the imperial palace. As for the court, those officials didn't take him seriously.

But now, the official who didn't take him seriously in the past few months has been crawling at his feet one by one, crying and shouting to worship at his door.

Gu Dayong felt that his past was all in vain. If he had known today, he would have to fight with Chu Yi for the position of chief executive even if he fought his life.

A lot of gold and silver, praised loudly, Gu Dayong can be said to be full of energy and radiant every day.

On this day, Gu Dayong once again used the authority of the supervisor of li to reject the cabinet's proposal. When serving the emperor, Gu Dayong gave Jiao Fang and others a disdainful look.

Jiao Fang, Wang Shouren and others belong to Chu Yi's lineage. It can be said that no one knows about the civil and military affairs of the entire dynasty. It is the so-called emperor and courtier. Gu Dayong, whose confidant entered the cabinet, was of course displeased with Jiao Fang and the others.

Most of the cabinet can be said to be Chu Yi's confidant, which makes Gu Dayong a little unpleasant. At the beginning, Gu Da's subordinates had no one to depend on, so naturally it was not good to cooperate with the cabinet Jiao Fang and Wang Shouren. Waiting for others to oppose, so in the past few months, Gu Dayong did not cause any trouble for the cabinet.

However, as more and more people depended on Gu Dayong, those officials who were dissatisfied with Chu Yi in the courtroom, after Gu Dayong ascended the position of chief supervisor, the two were like adultery. Hot adulterer ** average, hit it off.

Gu Da's subordinates have available people, and now they are naturally eyeing the cabinet.

In Gu Dayong's view, although Chu Yi said that he had resigned from office and stayed out of the house and hid in the mansion to cultivate, but Gu Dayong was not at ease.

Chu Yi's influence is too great. Most of the civil officials and generals belong to Chu Yi's family. If it is impossible to eliminate Chu Yi's subordinates among the civil and military officials, then if Chu Yi wants to return to the court someday. , I am afraid that his position as the chief executive is not stable enough.

Whether it is to avenge Chu Yi's humiliation or to stabilize his power, Gu Dayong will definitely take action against these officials under Chu Yi.

Some of Gu Dayong's small actions previously only targeted some ordinary officials above the court. Even if these ordinary officials attached to Chu Yi were taken away, they would not be able to receive any resistance.But now Gu Dayong is eyeing the positions of several elders in the cabinet.

Today, Daisuke Uegu in the courtroom rejected the cabinet's suggestion and formally stated his attitude.

Seeing Gu Dayong leaving, Jiao Fang, Wang Shouren, and Yang Yiqing couldn't help frowning.