The Most Powerful Man in the World

Lin Ruoshi, the supervisor of the Qintian Supervisor, had just returned to the mansion when his inner servant came to deliver the edict.

Immediately after entering the palace, Lin Ruoshi didn't dare to look around, and it didn't take long for him to see Zhu Houzhao.

"Chen Qin Tianjian is in charge, and Lin Ruoshi pays his respects to His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly and said, "Aiqing doesn't need to be polite, let's get up and talk."

Lin Ruoshi only got up after thanking the emperor, and looked at Zhu Houzhao with a puzzled look, apparently not understanding why Zhu Houzhao suddenly called him here.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for taking courage. I don't know if Your Majesty has summoned ministers, but do you have any orders?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Lin Ruoshi steadily, and said slowly, "Let me ask you, when is the most auspicious day? Well, it should be suitable for long-distance travel."

Lin Ruoshi was quite puzzled in his heart, but when the emperor asked, he did not dare to hesitate at all. After a little calculation in his heart, he said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, if you say that the recent good day is auspicious, it must be the day after tomorrow!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning, looked at Lin Ruoshi and said, "No, let's count!"

Lin Ruoshi was stunned, and calculated again in his heart, but according to the astronomical calendar, the day after tomorrow is indeed a good day and auspicious day, but he doesn't know what the emperor means, why can't he say it?

Lin Ruoshi gritted his teeth and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, the minister was too careless for a while. The closest auspicious day should be on the [-]th of the next month."

Zhu Houzhao's expression relaxed a little, but he frowned again and said, "No, let's count on the Qing family!"

Lin Ruoshi has been quietly paying attention to the change in Zhu Houzhao's expression. When he saw that Zhu Houzhao's expression relaxed a little, Lin Ruoshi's heart moved, and he felt that he vaguely guessed the intention of the emperor.

Certainly in his heart, Lin Ruoshi said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, this minister has done some calculations, and it is certain that today after March is a good day."

"Okay, then three months later."

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao looked straight at Lin Ruoshi and said, "The Qing family needs to know that at the meeting tomorrow, if Chu Dafan asks, the Qing family should know how to answer."

Lin Ruoshi couldn't help being stunned. He looked at Zhu Houzhao with an unbelievable look on his face. He obviously didn't expect that he would be involved in the affair between Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.

Lin Ruoshi felt regretful in his heart. If he had a choice, he didn't think he would come.

It has been rumored that Chu Yi is going to go to the West, but the emperor Zhu Houzhao is not happy, so he has been trying to delay the time. If Lin Ruoshi still doesn't understand Zhu Houzhao's intention, he has lived for so many years in vain. .

But it was precisely because he understood Zhu Houzhao's intention that Lin Ruoshi secretly complained in his heart.

He was afraid, the day after tomorrow would be a good day and auspicious day, but the emperor was not satisfied and asked him to change the time to a few months later.

He naturally did not dare to disobey the will of the emperor, but Chu Yi, the god of killing, with his small arms and calves, couldn't afford to provoke him.

If Chu Yi knew about this, who knew how Chu Yi would deal with him.

However, facing the emperor at this moment, especially when the emperor was staring at him and waiting for his statement, Lin Ruoshi could not help but grit his teeth and said to Zhu Houzhao: "I have understood that no matter who it is, I will insist, the recent good day is auspicious day. It's after March."

Only then did Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction: "The Qing family is worthy of being my worthy minister!"

Morning the next day.

In the early morning, it can be said that all officials in the capital will come to the court as long as they are of sufficient rank.

Needless to say, this time, the early morning court was specially convened for the reward of the triumphant soldiers. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the early morning court would usually be held once every ten days and a half a month.

The civil and military people of the whole dynasty gathered, but looking around, it was obvious that there were a lot of familiar faces missing. Needless to say, these officials must have been arrested by Jin Yiwei.

That is to say, in order to welcome Zhai Luan and other soldiers from the three armies who had returned from triumph, Jin Yiwei only stopped for a day. As a result, today everyone watched the two companions being read out by Jin Yiwei outside the palace gate without hesitation. Looking at it, I have a heart.

Many officials subconsciously looked at Chu Yi, who was standing under the imperial steps. Chu Yi rarely went to court in the past year. Now that Chu Yi appeared in the court, many people used a He looked at Chu Yi with complicated eyes.

Among the crowd, Lin Ruoshi, the supervisor of the Qintian Superintendent, secretly looked at Chu Yi with a complicated expression at this moment, and his heart was apprehensive. When he thought of yesterday's advice from the emperor, Lin Ruoshi had a feeling of slamming his head into the pillar of the main hall and fainting. past impulses.

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Chapter five hundred and ninety-six wonderful flowers on the court

He is just a little Qin Tianjian, and He De He Neng is actually mixed in between the Emperor and Chu Yi.

If he had a choice, Lin Ruoshi would definitely resign immediately.

Zhu Houzhao, who was wearing a dragon robe, sat on the high dragon chair and looked down at the civil and military officials who were all over the hills. He was naturally quite excited.

As his eyes narrowed, Zhu Houzhao didn't say much nonsense, and went straight to today's topic.

Fools all know that yesterday the army was victorious and returned to the court. Today's court meeting will naturally focus on rewarding the soldiers of the three armies, and even some less important things.

Glancing at the group of people below, Zhu Houzhao said solemnly: "Mr. Qing, since more than a year ago, Chu Yi led an army across the ocean to attack Dongying, hundreds of thousands of soldiers have fought bloody battles, and finally completely pacified the land of Dongying, making the The land of Eastern Ying belongs to the territory of our Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers and soldiers have done a great job.”

Many civil and military people showed excitement on their faces. After all, the destruction of Dongying and the land of Dongying, Dongying was also a country that has been passed down for thousands of years, but now it has been destroyed at one time, and it is directly included in the map of Daming. It is conceivable that this one piece alone If things happen, they may be famous in history.

Therefore, at this moment, all the officials who knew this in their hearts looked at Chu Yi with admiration.

Although Chu Yi is an internal servant, the things that Chu Yi has done, one by one, will surely be remembered in the history of the future.As for whether the reputation is good or bad, it depends on whether the big tomorrow child can be as wise as ever and suppress those scholars who can be called rotten Confucians.

Otherwise, once these rotten Confucians have the right to speak, then don't think about it. Above the history, Chu Yi is only afraid that what he will leave behind is not a good name, but an infamous infamy.

Seemingly inspired by the emperor's words, he saw an official of the Wuwang Party stand up and bow to the emperor: "Reporting to your majesty, I urge your majesty to transform Dongying into a county and the imperial court will directly arrange officials to go there to educate the emperor. The local people, make them naturalized, become the people of my Ming Dynasty, and enjoy the grace of the emperor forever."

As for the arrangement of the land of Dongying, there has always been a debate in the courtroom, and sure enough, just as soon as the official of the Wuwang Party opened his mouth, an official jumped out and pointed at the Wuwang Party official and shouted: " Li Qi, you are so daring to actually confuse the emperor to violate the legacy of the Taizu, you know the crime!"

This is the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, Chen Xuan. Chen Xuan is nearly sixty years old. He is not greedy and does not occupy himself. He invites three or five friends to talk about the world on weekdays. .

As soon as Chen Xuan opened his mouth, he roared at the official, but Chen Xuan seemed to roar at the official, but his focus was on Chu Yi and the emperor.

Chu Yi glanced at Chen Xuan lightly, and frowned slightly.

Chen Xuan shouted loudly to the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, Dongying is a country established by Emperor Taizu that is not to be conquered. The lord of Dongying does not know the general situation and offends me, the great Mingwei. Your Majesty, as the monarch of a country, sent someone to teach him a lesson. That's it, to destroy the country, wouldn't it violate the ancestral teachings of the Taizu!"

Chu Yi just stood aside and looked at Chen Xuan, but he didn't rush to say anything, and the Wuwang Party official who was reprimanded by Chen Xuan couldn't help but said to Chen Xuan: "Master Chen, if it's your opinion. , how will I, Daming, deal with Dongyingcai?"

Chen Xuan continued to talk, with a bit of self-satisfaction on his face, as if flashing with holy brilliance: "I urge Your Majesty to establish a new monarch for Dongying and inherit his country, so as not to lose the demeanor of my heavenly kingdom... …”

"Ah, fuck your mother, are you stupid for reading? You can say that. If the sage Kong is alive, I'm afraid that a sword will hit you, a scumbag!"

Chu Yi suddenly pointed at Chen Xuan and cursed angrily. In everyone's impression, Chu Yi rarely gets angry, and even if he gets angry, it is quite restrained. Yi is not very angry.

Chen Xuan was immediately stunned by Chu Yi's scolding, not to mention Chen Xuan, even all the civil and military officials and even the emperor present, when Chu Yi suddenly burst into foul language, they all had a sluggish look on their faces, as if they were being scolded. Chu Yi was frightened.

Chen Xuan is still quite popular among civil and military officials, especially Chen Xuan is not the only official who holds the same idea as Chen Xuan.

At this moment, Chen Xuan was so scolded by Chu Yi, but it made several Chen Xuan's friends annoyed.

Chen Xuan is neither greedy nor occupying, but there is no problem with personal morality, but there are not a few officials like him. At this moment, seeing Chen Xuan being scolded by Chu Yi, several officials actually stood up and pointed at Chu Yi. Said: "Chu Yi, you are so bewitched by the emperor, making the emperor want to use military force, are you not afraid that the emperor will follow in the footsteps of Han Wu?"

In the eyes of these Confucian scholars, Han Wu was not a wise monarch, but a ruthless monarch.

Chu Yi couldn't help laughing, looked at Chen Xuan and the others with disdain, and said with a sneer, "If your Majesty is truly as famous as Han Wu in history, even if you die, Chu will be silent!"

Chen Xuan said loudly: "Chu Yi, you are so bewitching the emperor, aren't you afraid that he will stink for thousands of years?"

Chu Yi shook his head, looked at Chen Xuan and said: "Master Chen, according to the investigation of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, Master Chen has been an official for many years, but he has never been greedy or occupied, and he has a hundred officials in the Chinese military and can be comparable to Master Chen. It's very small..."

The reason why Chen Xuan dared to be so reckless against Chu Yi is because he has no handle in Chu Yi's hands at all.

If there is really any unclean foundation, Chen Xuan is absolutely impossible to be so arrogant.

Seeing Chen Xuan's complacent appearance, Chu Yi sneered: "In the second year of Zhengde, Lord Chen was the prefect of any place in Laiyang, and he was the parent and official of millions of people, which coincided with the outbreak of Laiyang that year. Drought, tens of thousands of people are impoverished, and countless casualties, Chen Xuan, do you know the guilt?"

Chen Xuan raised his head and said: "The old man is innocent. During his tenure in Laiyang, the old man was neither greedy nor occupied, nor did he condone his servants to bring disaster to the village. What can you do to me, Chu Yi?"

Chu Yi laughed, and said coldly: "It's good that you don't take possession of corruption, you really haven't harmed the place like those corrupt officials, but you can only talk about the classics when you are in office, and you have never had a problem with the government affairs of a government. After dealing with it, you did not bring any trouble to the people. However, as a parent and official of one party, you did not care about the suffering of the people, let alone the disaster situation. Your actions are better than those of corrupt officials. , ten times, a hundred times more hateful."

Facing Chu Yi's accusation, Chen Xuan's face turned pale, and he said in a trembling voice, "You...you are a sin that you want to add. The old man has never harmed the people. You slandered the old man like this, and the old man will not accept it!"

"Corrupt officials are indeed hateful, but officials who don't act like you are just as hateful, and even inaction is even more hateful than those corrupt officials."

Chen Xuan's face was full of sweat after being given such a responsibility by Chu Yi, he gritted his teeth and insisted: "This old man is right!"

Chu Yi shouted: "Are you wrong, the hundreds of thousands of people in Laiyang who died because of your inaction have their own judgment."

At this moment, Zhu Houzhao said solemnly: "Come here, take off Chen Xuanzhi's court clothes, put him in prison, and order Jinyiwei and Dongchang to strictly investigate how many people have been harmed by Chen Xuan's inaction."

Chen Xuan's expression changed, and when he saw several guards coming forward, he couldn't help but said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the old minister will not accept it, the old minister will not accept it..."

Many people watched Chen Xuan being dragged away by the guards, and their faces showed a bit of astonishment.

In everyone's opinion, there are not many officials like Chen Xuan who are not greedy and do not take possession of them.At least Chu Yi is quite abiding by the rules, never breaking the rules and dealing with them by other means.

However, at this moment, Chen Xuan was taken away by the imperial guards. While many officials were shocked, many people bowed their heads and showed contemplative expressions. Obviously, Chu Yi's previous remarks brought great influence to these civil and military affairs. Big shock.

There is a saying that it is good not to do well, but doing more is more wrong. Therefore, some officials who cherish their feathers are not greedy and do not condone their slaves to harm one party. However, these people enter the officialdom and are in high positions, but they do not do it. Good sentence.

"The old man is dissatisfied..."

It seems that Chen Xuan's unwilling voice is still echoing in the hall.

Zhu Houzhao looked around and looked at the crowd of civil and martial arts: "If the Qing family has any better strategy, you might as well speak up."

There was no sound. Those officials who agreed to incorporate Dongying into Daming's territory naturally wished that no one would object. If today's son made it clear that he wanted Dongying to be included in Daming's territory, they naturally would not be in a hurry.

As for the many civil servants and warriors who had repeatedly opposed the inclusion of Dongying in the territory of the court, they were stunned by Chen Xuan's fate.

Among them, like Chen Xuan, there is no unclean foundation. After all, they are only a few, and they all have some problems.

Although these problems are not big, they can't even shake their foundation. However, even Chen Xuan was investigated by Chu Yi on the charge of inaction. Because of his inaction, how many people were killed and injured.

At this moment, even a fool knows that if they jump out at this time, I am afraid that their end will not be much better, and it is impossible to say that they will be taken away by the guards like Chen Xuan.

It was quiet in the hall, and it was silent for a while.

After about a dozen breaths, Zhu Houzhao swept his eyes over the ministers with majesty, and said solemnly, "If there is no objection, then the handling of Dongying will be settled like this."

As he said that, Zhu Hou looked at the cabinet chief Yang Yiqing and other senior cabinet ministers and said: "Division of counties and counties, and the assignment of officials will be handed over to all the ministers."

Yang Yiqing and several other cabinet elders quickly responded to the emperor's request.

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly. The disposal plan for Dongying was finally decided. Zhu Houzhao also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Chu Yi quietly. Zhu Houzhao found that Chu Yi didn't seem to have any objection to his arrangement. For self-satisfaction.

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao said to the servant at the side: "Zhai Luan, Qi Jingtong and other men of merit, enter the hall to hear the seal!"

Immediately in the hall, the eyes of all the civil and military officials all looked towards the entrance of the hall, and I don't know how many officials involuntarily showed envy in their eyes.

Chapter Five Hundred and Ninety Seven The Son of Heaven's Little Pride [1 More]

Although Daming does not have the rule that no military merits cannot be awarded, it is not easy for a group of civil and military ministers to obtain a title.

Especially during the Taiping period, it was extremely difficult to make a prince. However, the princes appointed by Zhengde in one dynasty were wave after wave. No matter which prince was appointed, they were all outstanding meritorious deeds. Even those civil servants who looked at it with jealous eyes couldn't say anything.

Not to mention the rest, let’s just say Yang Yiqing, Duke of Jin, and Yangming, Duke of Ang, in Daming, except for a few kings with different surnames appointed by Taizu at the beginning of the founding of the country, since then, there has been no more kings, and the highest title of Daming is the duke. .

As the saying goes, princes and princes are rich and prosperous, but very few can be named dukes, at least after Taizu and Chengzu, few people were named dukes.

The reason why Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming are regarded as upstarts is that they are compared with Ding Guo Gong, Ying Gong Gong, Wei Guo Gong, who have inherited the shadow of their ancestors.

Fame and fame can only be obtained immediately. Compared with civil officials who rule the world, it is relatively easier for military generals to obtain meritorious deeds when they fight in the battlefield. This time the fall of Dongying, for the soldiers who participated in it, the imperial court will naturally not treat them lightly. Of course.