The Most Powerful Man in the World

Seeing the figure of Shao Yuanjie leaving, Yang Yiqing's eyes were complicated, he paused slightly, and turned away with a flick of his sleeves.

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Wang Zheng looked at Shao Yuanjie's figure with a smile on his face, and quickly greeted him and said, "The real person is here, His Majesty is waiting for the real person in the secret room!"

Shao Yuanjie nodded at Wang Zheng and said, "Eunuch Lao has been waiting for a long time!"

At the same time, Shao Yuanjie glanced at the secret room and said in a low voice, "Dare to ask your father-in-law, I wonder if His Majesty has summoned other people?"

Wang Zheng glanced in the direction of the secret room and said in a low voice, "Returning to the real person, His Majesty also summoned Zhang Tianshi!"

Shao Yuanjie nodded slightly and strode towards the secret room.

Walking into the secret room, Shao Yuanjie saw Zhu Houzhao sitting there, but in front of him was a bright yellow silk, which at first glance seemed to be an imperial decree.

However, Shao Yuanjie was no stranger to this piece of silk, and it was not the first time he had seen it, but he didn't quite understand that the emperor often stared at such a piece of silk.

After all, this is just a piece of silk that doesn't seem to be anything special, and I don't know what the emperor is looking at when he stares at this piece of silk again and again.

To say that this piece of silk and silk is what Chu Yi left behind, that's fine. After all, everyone knows the relationship between the emperor and Chu Yi, so it makes sense for the emperor to value the things that Chu Yi left behind. among.

The key point is that this piece of silk is not something left by Chu Yi at all.

Shao Yuanjie walked into the secret room slowly, and the sound of footsteps alarmed Zhu Houzhao, who was in a trance. He saw Zhu Houzhao slowly raised his head and glanced at Shao Yuanjie.

Seeing Shao Yuanjie walking into the secret room, Zhu Houzhao just nodded at Shao Yuanjie and pointed at random: "The real person is here, sit down and talk!"

Shao Yuanjie gave a respectful salute, and then did it opposite Zhu Houzhao. Unless he was on the court, when he was in private, Zhu Houzhao was actually quite approachable. Shao Yuanjie has been with Zhu Houzhao for nearly ten years. The temperament is well understood, so there is no restraint. He sits opposite Zhu Houzhao very naturally, his eyes naturally fall on the silk in front of Zhu Houzhao.

With a bit of a smile on his face, Shao Yuanjie said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, I hurriedly summoned the poor man, do you have any orders?"

Zhu Houzhao chuckled and said: "No hurry, let's wait for Zhang Tianshi to come!"

Shao Yuan nodded, and said to Zhu Houzhao calmly, "Not long ago, the first assistant, Lord Yang, went to see Pindao!"

Zhu Houzhao was not surprised at all, he smiled slightly and said, "Oh, it seems that the first assistant is really in a hurry. With his temperament, if he is not really in a hurry, he will never run to disturb him. It was repaired by real people."

After all, he has been an emperor for more than ten years. Zhu Houzhao is no longer the ignorant emperor he used to be. Although he does not dare to say that he knows the temperament of the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, what are the temperaments of many important officials in the court, what are they good at, and what are their weaknesses, Zhu Houzhao But it couldn't be clearer.

Yang Yiqing has been an official for many years, and he has been the governor of the border town for more than ten years, but his temperament can't be more calm. Generally speaking, even if it is a big matter, when it comes to Yang Yiqing, Yang Yiqing also handles it in a leisurely manner. General demeanor.

Being able to let a calm person like Yang Yiqing go to find Shao Yuanjie shows that the Chinese martial arts led by Yang Yiqing have quite a few opinions on some of his actions in the past few years.

Shao Yuanjie said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, don't be too talkative. Your Majesty is a generation of sages. Chaozong and Yuezu are just idle, but they shouldn't focus on other things."

Zhu Houzhao was not annoyed, he was not the kind of emperor who couldn't listen to his opinions, and this was not the first time Shao Yuanjie persuaded him, but he had his own plans in his heart.

Apart from him, he hasn't told anyone what he thinks, so neither Yang Yiqing nor Shao Yuanjie, his trusted cronies, are aware of his specific plans.

Seeing the calm appearance of the Son of Heaven, it was not the first time that Shao Yuanjie saw him, so he could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

As a minister, he can directly advise the emperor, as to whether the emperor accepts it or not, that is the emperor's business.

Shao Yuanjie is not that kind of direct minister, and he still has a certain grasp of the proportions, and it is impossible not to give the emperor face, so the advice should be said, the proportions are very well grasped, and he will never make the emperor unhappy.

Just as he was talking, he heard footsteps, and Shao Yuanjie immediately judged the identity of the person when he heard the footsteps.

Except for Zhang Tianshi, there are not many congenitals in the entire capital who are afraid of things. Zhang Tianshi walked in a black uniform.

When he saw Shao Yuanjie, Zhang Tianshi was not surprised, he nodded slightly at Shao Yuanjie, stepped forward and saluted the emperor before taking his seat.

The three sat opposite each other, and in Shao Yuanjie, Zhang Tianshi's eyes naturally fell on Zhu Houzhao.

I only heard Zhu Houzhao say to Shao Yuanjie and Zhang Tianshi: "I want to build an altar to sacrifice to heaven, I wonder if you two have any suggestions!"

The emperor suddenly wanted to build an altar of sacrifice to Tiantian, which surprised the two of them, but after reacting, the two looked at each other and heard Shao Yuanjie cough lightly, stroked his beard and said, "I don't know if your majesty will build a sacrifice. What is the use of the Tiantian altar? So poor Taoist and fellow Daoist Zhang can decide on the specifications of the altar!"

Zhu Houzhao said slowly, "I want to pray to God to make sacrifices to heaven and earth!"

Zhang Yanjie and Shao Yuanjie looked at each other and were quite surprised, but Shao Yuanjie pondered a little and said, "I wonder what your majesty has on the size of the altar?"

Zhu Houzhao waved his long sleeves and said, "Extremely solemn, I want to repair the world's largest altar of sacrifice to heaven!"

There was a sound of footsteps, and a voice was heard from outside the secret room: "Your Majesty, please see me!"

Needless to say, it was Yang Yiqing who came, but it wasn't just Yang Yiqing alone. Looking at the movement, I was afraid that all the cabinet elders had come together.

When Zhu Houzhao first ascended to Dabao, he seemed to lack confidence when facing important ministers in the cabinet, and he was even restrained by the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, but now Zhu Houzhao is in charge of the imperial power. will.

Hearing Yang Yiqing's voice, Zhu Houzhao said lightly, "Come in and talk to the Qing family!"

I saw Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming, and Chen Ding enter the secret room.

Among the pavilion elders, Wang Hua, a few old ministers who are already old, are missing, and there are a few new faces.

After all, in the past few years, Daming has developed rapidly, and a well-known capable minister and official stand out. Similarly, the old officials in the court, such as Wang Hua and Jiao Fang, have gradually faded out of the court due to their health, and a new generation has replaced the old. .

"I'm waiting to meet your Majesty!"

Wei Wei raised his hand to signal a few people to get up, and Zhu Houzhao looked at Yang Yiqing with a calm expression and said, "The Qing families are not going to deal with the political affairs of the DPRK and China. Are you here to see me this time, is there something important?"

Yang Yiqing, as the first assistant, naturally stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, I have come here just to urge Your Majesty to put the people of the world first, and not to linger in evil ways. Your Majesty's next generation of sage monarchs should know that longevity is not expected. …”

If it were another emperor who was addicted to longevity, he would be so bluntly admonished by the ministers, I was afraid that Longyan would be furious on the spot, but Zhu Houzhao looked calm, there was no trace of annoyance on his face, instead he looked at Yang Yiqing glanced at him and nodded slightly: "The Qing family is right, immortality is too ethereal, I never thought about immortality, I just want to follow in the footsteps of the great companion!"

After being stunned, Yang Yiqing looked at Shao Yuanjie and then at Zhang Yanjie. The two noticed that Yang Yiqing showed a wry smile at Yang Yiqing, indicating that it had nothing to do with them.

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting there, saw the expressions of Yang Yiqing and the others in his eyes, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Yang Qing's family does not need to doubt Shao Zhenren and Zhang Tianshi, the two of them have never been bewitched by me, or the Qing family thought that Would I be the kind of foolish lord who is fooled at will?"

"I dare not..."

With a wave of his hand, Zhu Houzhao took a blueprint from the table on the side, put it on the table, and said to Yang Yiqing: "The Qing family came just in time, even if you don't come, I will also I invite you to come, come and see, how is this altar designed by me?"

Zhu Houzhao kept saying that he was not obsessed with longevity, but at this moment he asked them to see the altar he designed. Yang Yiqing thought it was so strange.

Taking a deep breath, several people stepped forward, and their eyes fell on the altar drawn by the emperor.

At a glance, especially when he saw the data marked on the pattern, Chen Ding, who was most sensitive to the data, almost exclaimed: "No, no, an altar of this size, no Knowing how much manpower and material resources will be spent, it is really a waste of money and labor, and I also ask Your Majesty to take back the life, burn the blueprint, and give up the idea of ​​building such an altar..."

It's no wonder that Chen Ding's reaction is so big, it is really the scale of the altar that Zhu Houzhao drew is too big.

An altar is nine hundred and ninety-nine feet in circumference and ninety-nine feet high, almost like a hill, not a small project at all.

Although it is true that the projects that Daming has started in recent years are many times larger than this altar, those projects are all related to people's livelihood. As a minister of household, Chen Ding has always been a strong supporter of these projects that are related to people's livelihood.

However, in Chen Ding's view, this altar is a waste of money and labor. With his temperament, if he does not object, then he is not Chen Ding.

The gray-haired Chen Ding is over seventy years old, and he is considered a long-lived veteran in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

It is said that with Chen Ding's age, it is time to take care of his youth. However, among the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao could reassure Zhu Houzhao of handing over the household to him, but Zhu Houzhao searched for the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. , no one can match Chen Ding.

Chen Ding's courage was in Zhu Houzhao's expectations, so Zhu Houzhao's eyes fell on Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming and said, "What do the two Qing families think?"

Not as straight as Chen Ding, Yang Yiqing glanced at the drawing and said to Zhu Houzhao, "I don't know if Your Majesty repairs an altar of this size, but what's the use? If it is related to national affairs and the well-being of the people in the world, I will do my best. Can, overcome all difficulties, and help His Majesty build the altar."

The words are so, but as long as they are not fools, they can hear the deep meaning of Yang Yiqing's words.

If it is not about people's livelihood, but about the people, then Yang Yiqing, the chief assistant of the cabinet, will not agree with the emperor's decision.

Wang Yang obviously has the same attitude, it is impossible to let the emperor do whatever he wants, even if he might hate the emperor because of it.

Zhu Houzhao said slowly: "This altar is related to the future of my great Ming Dynasty. I have made up my mind. Several Qing families will immediately dispatch people to build the altar."

"Your Majesty, this is a disaster for the country and the people. Please take it back, otherwise, the old minister is willing to beg for bones!"

Chen Ding's temper became angry again, and he was out of breath, trembling with anger, and shouted to the emperor.

Seeing Chen Ding's white-haired, swaying figure, as if he might collapse at any time, Zhu Houzhao sighed, got up and supported Chen Ding, and then pressed him on the seat. Slowly said: "The Qing family has devoted all their life to my Daming, and I haven't had a good rest for half my life. I really feel ashamed of the Qing family."

Chen Ding stubbornly said: "This is the duty of a minister. Those who are human ministers should be loyal to the monarch and share the worries for the monarch. Chen Ding cannot afford such praise from His Majesty."

Zhu Houzhao patted Chen Ding on the shoulder and said, "If the Qing family can't afford it, who can afford the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty?"

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chen Ding and said, "The Qing family is already old. If you leave the affairs of the household department to someone else temporarily, the Qing family can rest for a while."

Stunned for a moment, Chen Ding didn't show any surprise, just sighed, looked at Zhu Houzhao with a complicated look and said: "Your Majesty, I know that no matter what the minister says or does, it will not change His Majesty's mind, His Majesty allows the minister to return to old age. , I am grateful for the kindness of the emperor, and I also ask your majesty to take it easy for a while, since your majesty insists on building an altar, then let your majesty do your best for your majesty!"

Seeing Chen Ding like this, Zhu Houzhao felt a warm current in his heart, nodded slowly and said, "I promise!"

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao handed the blueprint to Shao Yuanjie and Zhang Yanji and said, "Two real people, the matter of the altar will be supervised by two people. Build the altar for me as quickly as possible."

The Strait of Gibraltar, in the harbor.

The mighty fleet left the port once again, but it was to test out the details of the Daming fleet. After judging the real situation of the lack of artillery shells in the Daming fleet, Grand Duke Qiangwei once again made the decision to conquer the Daming fleet.

I have to say that Grand Duke Rose is not an ordinary person. After experiencing a big defeat, he still has the courage to fight again. This is not something ordinary people can do.

It was only about a hundred miles away, and it was only an hour or so before battleships appeared on the surface of the sea, heading straight for the port where the Daming Fleet was docked.

When the Spanish fleet appeared on the sea, the Ming fleet was already fully prepared.

Before General Levi left in a small boat, Yu Dayou and the others realized that the lack of blooming bullets on their boat must not be concealed, and as long as the Spaniards were not fools, they would definitely take this opportunity to attack.

Looking at the warships, Yu Dayou, Yue Buqun and the others looked at each other, and saw several people nod at Yu Dayou, then said to each other to take care, and then each got off the flagship, and took the other ships on the small boat. ferry.

Soon the two fleets exchanged fire, and the artillery shells came roaring, and the Ming fleet was indeed exhausted. After a few rounds of shells, the solid shells that were released earlier by the craftsmen in the past few months were fired again. bounced.

In this way, the gap between the two sides has narrowed a lot at once. Even if the artillery fire on the Daming side is fierce, the Spanish side has the advantage of the geographical location. The number of warships is more than double the number of the Daming fleet. It is conceivable that after losing the advantage of artillery fire, Daming faced the Spanish fleet, and the pressure suddenly increased a lot.

As the saying goes, every opponent will meet a good talent. The Daming fleet has gone through battles all the way, and all the soldiers have already been honed.

The Spanish fleet has also experienced battles because of Spain's crazy expansion in these years.

It can be said that the Spanish fleet is definitely in its peak state.If it weren't for this, it would be impossible to dare to face Daming again and again in the case of repeated defeats. This is the essence of a strong country.

A sea battle continued from the morning to the evening, and the decks and debris scattered on the sunken ship of unknown number of ships were floating on the nearby sea.

Originally, there were hundreds of battleships on both sides, but now there were almost a quarter less, which shows how tragic this battle was.

On a large ship with no characteristics, Yu Dayou had one arm bandaged, and now he was grinning and commanding the generals on the warship to pursue a Spanish warship.

Even the flagship that Yu Dayou was riding was sunk by the Spanish fleet. Fortunately, Yu Dayou got off the ship before the flagship sank. Otherwise, even Yu Dayou would have sunk into the sea with the flagship.

The also embarrassed General Levi was on a large ship, soaked all over. It seemed that he had just climbed onto the ship from the sea for a long time. At this moment, he was looking at the surrounding battlefield with a big smile on his face and said: " Hahaha, victory belongs to Spain in the end, long live Spain..."

bang

An abrupt roar came, and then a fire broke out on a battleship, and the battleship that had been smashed into pieces all at once completely fell apart in the flames.

"Flowering bombs, where did the shelling come from!"

[The two-in-one chapter six thousand words ask for support. 】

Chapter six hundred and fortieth Yang Ming Guowei overseas

The Ming soldiers, who were gradually falling behind, saw this situation and could not help but be shocked and looked around. At a glance, many people's faces were full of surprises.

"Hahaha, reinforcements, our reinforcements are here!"