The Most Powerful Man in the World

Listening from a distance, especially when he knew Liu An's identity, Chu Yi couldn't help but flash a light in his eyes. He didn't expect to meet Liu Daxia's descendants here.

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Chapter 85 Liu Gong has contributed to the country!

Chu Yi still knew something about Liu Daxia. This important minister of the Hongzhi Dynasty was indeed a figure that should not be underestimated in the court and the opposition. At the age of more than [-] years, it was rare in this era.

It is a qualification to live for a long time as well. As Mr. Zheng said, if Liu Daxia contacts his protégés and former officials, so if he makes friends, it is really possible to make waves in the court.

However, Chu Yi was more interested in the drawings and materials of Zheng He's treasure ship that Liu Daxia hid back then. There were rumors in the palace that Liu Daxia and several military ministers set fire to the drawings and materials of Zheng He's treasure ship.

However, as Chu Yi took charge of the East Factory and dispatched undercover investigators, Chu Yi felt that Liu Daxia's so-called fire prevention and burning of the treasure ship drawings and materials was just a guise to deceive the world. As for the drawings and materials of Zheng He's treasure ship It may have been secretly taken away by Liu Daxia and became the foundation of the rise of the Liu family.

The Liu family has flourished since Liu Daxia. In just a few decades, it has developed into a large maritime merchant family with a shipyard, a dock and a dozen ships.

A shipyard or even a dock can be built by ordinary families. Without enough family heritage and heritage, don't even think about getting involved in the shipbuilding industry.

The Liu family's sudden rise to become a sea merchant, if it wasn't because they swallowed up the information on Zheng He's treasure ship, I'm afraid that even if the Liu Daxia family had been given a hundred years, they might not be able to build a sailboat that could go to sea.

In the past, Liu Daxia tried his best to oppose the opening of the sea, and even the news that Zheng He's treasure ship chart was burned, was stunned by the forced Chenghua Emperor to give up the idea of ​​opening the sea.

As a result, a generation of maritime merchants, the Liu clan, rose to the sea, and huge ships sailed on the sea.

It seems that they got the good news from Liu An that Liu Daxia is contacting an old friend and is preparing to attack Liu Jin, and dozens of literati are excited about it.

Standing beside Chu Yi, Shi Kui looked at the excited literati in the distance with a disdainful look and said in a low voice, "These people really don't have the slightest sense of precaution, and they dare to announce such important news to the public!"

Chu Yi glanced at Shi Kui and said, "In case this is exactly what Mr. Dongshan wanted, don't forget that Zhu Zhixiu rebelled and pointed directly at Liu Jin. It can be said that Liu Jin has been forced to the edge of the cliff at this time. With such a slight push, Liu Jin will die without a place to be buried."

Shi Kui's eyes shrank suddenly and said: "The governor means that Liu Daxia deliberately let his descendants leak the news that he contacted an old friend to deal with Liu Jin, and then motivated many forces in Jiangnan to take down Liu Jin in one fell swoop."

Chu Yi smiled and said, "Otherwise you think Liu Daxia is such an old fox, wouldn't he tell his family to keep the secret?"

While speaking, Chu Yi strode towards the group of literati in front of him, Shi Kui waved his hand, and immediately hundreds of soldiers followed.

The movement was so loud that it naturally alarmed everyone in the bamboo forest, and they turned around and looked at the direction from which the movement came.

At a glance, they saw a group of soldiers with a bloody aura coming straight towards them with spears and a sigh of relief.

With a thud, some scholars were so frightened that they retreated and fell to the ground, and some scholars knocked over the coffee table directly, and tea and tea leaves were spilled on the ground.

"Chu...Chu Yi!"

"My God, Butcher Chu..."

"Why did Chu Yi, a murderous madman, come here!"

Some people recognized Chu Yi at a glance, and it was precisely because they recognized Chu Yi's identity that they all showed shock and fear on their faces.

Among them, the most frightened was Mr. Zheng, who had a dignified and elegant manner. When Mr. Zheng saw Chu Yi, he only felt that his legs were weak and he couldn't stand up.

Just when these people were in chaos, hundreds of soldiers surrounded them in a blink of an eye. Many people were covered in blood and full of suffocation, and a few soldiers fainted from fright on the spot.

However, although most of the people seemed very panicked, there were also a few who barely kept calm, such as Liu An.

Liu An is the next generation of the family master deliberately cultivated by the Liu family. He even followed Liu Daxia. I don't know how many powerful people he has come into contact with. Therefore, when Liu An saw Chu Yi, he was only slightly surprised and calmed down.

Glancing at the panicked companions, Liu An looked at Chu Yi.

Chu Yi looked calm, but there was a bit of playfulness in his eyes. Liu An took a deep breath, stepped forward and bowed to Chu Yi: "Huguang Huarong Liu Shi Liu An has seen Chu Governor."

Chu Yi looked at Liu An and said, "Sister Huarong Liu, this supervisor has heard of it. Liu Daxia's old husband should be your grandfather, right?"

Liu An couldn't help but said angrily: "The governor of Chu, the chief of the Tangtang East Factory, even insulted the ancestors with words. Is this the demeanor of the governor of Chu?"

Chu Yi couldn't help but sneer and said: "What a good gentleman of Hongzhi, but the governor wants to ask, where is the blueprint of Zheng He's treasure ship that was developed by the whole country?"

Liu An's eyes narrowed, and he raised his chest and said, "In order to avoid the Tianjia wasting people's resources and material resources to open the sea, the ancestors and several servants set fire to it. Many people know about this."

A scholar next to Liu An was a distant relative, so naturally he stood beside Liu An and said, "Yes, Duke Dongshan prevented Emperor Xianzong from committing a monstrous mistake and did not waste money and food. It can be said that he has made great contributions to the society and the crops. In contemporary times, the benefits are in the future, and it is none other than Duke Dongshan!"

Chu Yi looked at this excited scholar with some surprise. From the reaction on his face, it could be seen that he really felt that Liu Daxia burned the blueprints of Zheng He's treasure ship for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the people.

Not only that, but many literati on the side even showed a look of approval. Obviously, they all believed that Daming could never open the sea.

The inexplicable Chu Yi only feels that these people are a little pitiful, saying that opening the sea will only damage the power of the people, and only waste the country's money and food, which will not benefit the country or the people at all.

These people just don’t think about it. The Southern Song Dynasty was a place of peace, and it was because of the taxation of sea trade. The Song court in a mere peace was tens of millions of dollars in taxes a year, and even raised millions of soldiers and banned troops for the country. , but also raised a large number of officials.

Even the Southern Song Dynasty, which was so overwhelmed with redundant officials and redundant troops, did not collapse due to financial collapse, but in the Ming Dynasty, when the dignified central emperor needed to reward the army, he could not even collect hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Is it true that these people can't see the huge profits of sea trade?If this is the case, why did the Liu family build large ships to travel overseas.Countless private boats along the southeastern coast of Daming are like crucian carp crossing the river.

At least half of the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River originates from these maritime merchants who do business with overseas. A lot of gold and silver fall into the hands of these tyrants and maritime merchants. Once the sea is opened, whose interests will be lost?

In a dignified and dignified empire, the business tax in the district was only hundreds of thousands of taels, which was unbelievable.

It is also a country. When the Ming Dynasty fell, the tax that the country could collect every year, excluding food, was only a few million taels of silver. However, by the time of the Qing court, the taxes had reached tens of millions of taels of silver.

It seemed that Chu Yi looked at them strangely, but it was one of Liu Daxia's great feats. He was resolutely opposed to opening the sea and scolded the emperor. These literati actually suppressed the fear of Chu Yi in their hearts and held their heads high. .

Suddenly Chu Yi laughed, and after a good laugh, Chu Yi stared at Liu An with a cold expression: "I wonder if this young master Liu can explain to Chu, what is the shipbuilding technology of your Liu family's fortune? From where?"

Liu An said as a matter of course: "Naturally, my Liu family has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the research and development for decades!"

Chu Yi glanced at the crowd around him, and said slowly: "Do you also think that just a mere Liu family can develop a huge ship that can sail on the sea in just a few decades?"

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Chapter 86 Don't Let Me Go!

Maybe some families can really build some big ships, but like the kind of ships that can travel across the ocean, it is not comparable to the big ships in the big rivers. There is no accumulation, but it is not so easy to build.

In the face of Chu Yi's questioning, many literati lowered their heads one by one and dared not look at Chu Yi. Everyone is not a fool. Why did the Liu family rise to become a big merchant so quickly? It was not because Liu Daxia was swallowed up. The drawings and documents of Zheng He's treasure ship stored in the Ministry of War.

If it weren't for this, the Liu family would have no problem getting involved in other industries, but it would be impossible for the Liu family to expand to such an extent in a short period of time if they were involved in maritime trade.

In fact, everyone is well aware of this, and Liu Daxia, an old fox, knows the consequences of eating alone, attracting a group of powerful gentry, and sharing some of the technology of treasure ship construction, and this is the current prosperity of the Liu family.

Seeing the reactions of the crowd in his eyes, Chu Yi sneered disdainfully, and turned his gaze towards Mr. Zheng who had been trying to avoid Chu Yi's sight.

The moment Mr. Zheng's eyes met Chu Yi's, his body softened and he almost fell to the ground with a look of fear on his face.

Slowly stepping forward, Chu Yi looked at Mr. Zheng and said, "This is the famous person in the south of the Yangtze River, Mr. Zheng!"

Mr. Zheng gritted his teeth and looked up at Chu Yi and said: "Chu Yi, we didn't besiege the government, what's the reason for you to lead people to surround us? We must know that we all have fame and fame, even if we meet an official, we don't need to worship. !"

Many people couldn't help but feel emboldened when they heard Mr. Zheng's words. As Mr. Zheng said, they didn't go to besiege the government. Even as the director of the East Factory, Chu Yi couldn't deal with them for no reason.

"Yes, as long as we don't break the law, what can you do to us, Chu Yi?"

Immediately, a boulder fell in the hearts of some literati, but instead sneered at Chu Yi with a bit of provocation, as if you had the ability to catch us.

Chu Yi looked at the reactions of the crowd and sighed softly. These people really don't know whether to live or die. When do Dongchang take people, when do they need a reason?

I just heard Chu Yi chuckle and said: "It seems that you are convinced that there is nothing you can do about the governor!"

Liu An was dignified, but instead bowed at Chu Yi with a bit of self-satisfaction: "What can the Governor do to us?"

Shi Kui frowned and said in a low voice, "Master!"

Chu Yi sighed slightly and said to the crowd, "Why do you forget that the lord of the East Factory is the master of the East Factory. When do we need a reason to take people from the East Factory!"

While speaking, Chu Yi ignored Liu An, Mr. Zheng and the others' changing expressions, and waved his hand at Shi Kui gently: "General Shi, let the governor take down all these conspiracy people, and none of them are allowed to leave. Take it off!"

"Gather the crowd to rebel!"

If such a big hat is buckled, even if it is immortal, it will shed a layer of skin, not to mention that Chu Yi intends to kill such a group of people, and also clean up the filth of Jiangnan.

"The thief, you spit your blood..."

"A false accusation, this is a false accusation..."

"I don't agree, you are clearly framed!"

The literati turned pale and shouted loudly.

With his fists clenched, Liu An took a deep breath, glanced at Chu Yi, and shouted: "Everyone rush out with me, this is Jiangnan, with the influence of our families, even the imperial officials dare not deal with us like this. Many people!"

"Brother Liu is right, I don't believe that this thief really dares to attack us. Let's rush out together!"

As soon as Liu An's voice fell, someone shouted loudly, and the dozens of soldiers who were stirred up rushed directly to the soldiers in front.

Most of these soldiers came from poor families in the south of the Yangtze River, and they knew more or less that these literati were from prominent families, and they could be described as high-ranking nobles, so they were a little overwhelmed when they faced the rush of these people for a while. He got up and subconsciously looked towards Shi Kui.

With a sneer on the corner of Chu Yi's mouth, he looked at Liu An and others as if he were looking at a group of dead people.

Shi Kui subconsciously glanced at Chu Yi, obviously he was a little hesitant, but after just one glance, Shi Kui waved his hand fiercely: "All the scholars gather together to rebel, respect the governor's orders, and if there are any resisters, kill them on the spot. kill!"

The order has been given, and the aura of the soldiers who were hesitant and fearful about how to deal with it suddenly changed drastically. There was a stern look in his eyes, and the spear in his hand stabbed forward fiercely.

"Pfft!"

The first to bear the brunt was the dozen or so scholars who rushed to the front. These dozens of scholars were pierced by spears on the spot, and the screams suddenly erupted.

A gentleman looked down at the spear submerged in his body with an unbelievable look on his face, blood gurgled out, and a stinging pain made him howl and despair in his heart.

All of a sudden, more than a dozen scholars were stabbed to the body on the spot, and the scholars who had swarmed up and shouted were suddenly stunned.

"Woooooo, it hurts..."

"Help, I don't want to die..."

The miserable mourning of a dozen companions caused the men behind them to break out in cold sweat, looking at Chu Yi like a demon, and murmured, "He... how dare he..."

Liu An, who originally encouraged everyone to attack the army, kept his mind and did not rush to the front. He followed Liu Daxia for a long time. Liu An understood the way to save his life. Huh, but it doesn't mean to lead the charge at all.

That's what happened. Because Liu An was one step behind, he escaped the catastrophe and watched helplessly as a blood-stained spear pierced through the body of his companion in front of him. Even after the sharp spear pierced through the body, Appearing in front of him so suddenly, if Liu An hadn't stopped in time, he would have slammed into the tip of the spear.

The fine cold sweat on his forehead suddenly came out, and his legs trembled faintly. He never imagined that Chu Yi would be so crazy, knowing that dozens of people were involved in dozens of families, even if most of them were inconspicuous. There are at least a dozen people who can be called lords and dignitaries.

In particular, among the dozen or so scholars who were pierced by spears, several of them came from aristocratic and noble families. It was precisely because of this that Liu An was truly afraid.

It's not that I haven't heard of Chu Yi's madman and butcher's name before, but this is the case with anyone, hearsay always feels untrue, but now it's what I've seen with my own eyes, and I've experienced it with my own eyes. Liu An only feels like his whole body has fallen into an ice cave. generally.

"Forgive your life, the governor, forgive your life, the old man is willing to confess who is dealing with the governor..."

Suddenly, Mr. Zheng knelt down in front of Chu Yi and begged Chu Yi for mercy with a flattering face.

Many scholars who were restrained looked at Mr. Zheng who was kneeling in front of Chu Yi in amazement. They always felt that it was so unreal. He was a famous person in Jiangnan.

Chu Yi was condescending, looking at Mr. Zheng who was begging for mercy, and slowly shook his head in Mr. Zheng's desperate eyes: "Whoever counts Chu, Chu doesn't care at all, after Chu's bloody massacre, he can escape. Those who survive a catastrophe will have a big fate, and those who cannot escape will accompany Mr. Zheng on the road, so please go on the road first, Mr. Zheng, and have a companion on the Huangquan Road!"

Mr. Zheng felt a chill in his heart when he heard Chu Yi's words. Chu Yi didn't even ask anyone's calculations, he just planned to slaughter him.

"You...you're a lunatic, neutered dog..."

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