The Most Powerful Man in the World

Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong discussed it, and they asked him to escort the fleet back. To be honest, Lin Pingzhi had always been nervous on this journey.

Lin Ping is really afraid, you must know that he will lead his men to guard the entire fleet, because he does not know whether the news of the fleet carrying a huge amount of wealth has spread.

With dozens of warships in his hands, Lin Pingzhi was not afraid that he would encounter any pirates or the like along the way, but Lin Pingzhi was afraid that among his subordinates, there would be greed in his heart.

The external enemy is not terrible, but it is one's own people who are terrible.

As the so-called wealth and silk move people's hearts, even if some people have greed and do some crazy things, it is not uncommon.

For a few months, Lin Pingzhi kept one eye closed even when he slept, for fear that something might go wrong.

Now that he has finally returned to Daming, and handed over this wealth to the imperial court, Lin Pingzhi only felt that the heavy burden on his body disappeared at once. , The flow of internal energy in the body suddenly accelerated a bit, and Lin Pingzhi couldn't help showing a bit of joy on his face.

"what!"

Feeling the change in Lin Pingzhi's aura, Wang Yangming couldn't help but glance at Lin Ping in surprise, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and looked at Lin Pingzhi with a bit of appreciation: "Congratulations to General Lin for his great progress in cultivation."

It turns out that Lin Pingzhi's cultivation level actually surpassed the first-class a moment ago, reaching the peak state, and he is a congenital powerhouse in the upward direction. That is to say, except for a few congenital talents, Lin Pingzhi is now considered The top is innate and the bottom is counted as the strong.

Lin Pingzhi smiled at Wang Yangming with a bit of joy and said, "How can Pingzhi be compared with the first-generation grandmaster of An Guogong's mediocre cultivation."

Jingshi

Hundreds of carriages slowly entered the main camp of Tengxiang Siwei Camp.

It is true that these carriages from Tianjin Port have passed by for a long time, but they have entered the main camp of Tengxiang Siwei Camp.

In the camp of the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp, Han Kun, who had been in charge of the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp, was in a military uniform and accompanied Zhu Houzhao and Yang Yiqing respectfully.

Han Kun is in charge of the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp, and he is loyal. If Wang Yangming is the first person in the military, then Han Kun can also be regarded as one of the giants in the military.

The most important thing is the team of Tengxiang Siwei Battalion. Even if the Ministry of War wants to dispatch, they must first ask the emperor for instructions. Han Kun can be said to be able to spare the Ministry of War and several major departments of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, and be directly responsible to the emperor.

With the emperor's blessing and power, the Tengxiang Four Guards Camp is absolutely loyal to the emperor from top to bottom.

Zhu Houzhao would not feel at ease with such a large amount of wealth placed anywhere, but Zhu Houzhao placed it in the main camp of Tengxiang Siwei Camp.

Seeing the boxes being carried down, Han Kun, as one of the emperor's most trusted generals, naturally knew exactly what was in these boxes.

Along with the box came the booklets that recorded what was in the box.

Wang Zheng presented a booklet to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao glanced at it and couldn't help but breathe a little short. This booklet was regarded as a general ledger book, which recorded a total of [-] million taels of silver and [-] million taels of gold. One hundred and twenty-three boxes of gems...

Each box is marked with a numerical number that corresponds to the contents of the box recorded in the booklet.

With a random finger, Zhu Houzhao pointed to a box. The number on the box was No. [-], which corresponded to the belongings in the No. [-] box recorded in a booklet.

From a booklet, I found a record of the contents of the ninety-eighth box, and it was clearly written that the ninety-eighth box was five thousand taels of gold.

Raising his brows, Zhu Houzhao nodded at Wang Zheng. As soon as Wang Zheng waved his hand, he saw two servants step forward, remove the seal, and then slowly opened the box. Suddenly, a golden light flashed across the box. Place the cast gold ingots.

Each gold ingot is one hundred taels, and there are fifty gold ingots in this box, which is exactly five thousand taels of gold, which is exactly the same as the content recorded in the booklet.

After looking at the box, and then at the pile of boxes like a hill, Zhu Houzhao's eyes narrowed and he slowly turned to Han Kun and said, "Han Kun, can I trust you?"

With a thud, I saw Han Kun kneeling in front of Zhu Houzhao without hesitation and said: "I would like to go up the mountain of swords and go down to the sea of ​​​​fire for Your Majesty. Your Majesty gives an order, even if you want the minister to die, the minister will not frown."

He stretched out his hand to help Han Kun up, and Zhu Houzhao said with a solemn look on his face: "The Qing family should know how tempting these gold and silver treasures are. For your trust in General Han, I hope you can lead your subordinates to complete the inspection of these boxes, then check them, and finally send them to the national treasury and the royal inner treasury."

Han Kun said neatly: "I ask your Majesty to send Eunuch Cao of the East Factory, the commander of Qian Ning of Jinyiwei, and Eunuch Yuhua Tian of the West Factory to jointly conduct inspections."

It is not unreasonable for Han Kun to be in charge of the Tengxiang Siwei Camp for so many years. As a smart person, Han Kun knows very well what can be done and what cannot be done. Although the emperor trusts him, he is very Clearly, this matter is too big, and if something goes wrong, even he can't bear it.

So Han Kun simply pulled Jinyiwei, East Factory, and West Factory into the company. Under the restraint of several parties, no one should think about what they should not have.

Hearing Han Kun's words, Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while and nodded, "I will send someone to invite Qian Ning and Cao Shaoqin."

As they spoke, Yiliang's prison car came over under the escort of a team of soldiers, and a general stepped forward to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, the King of Xiyi, Charles I, brought it here."

When his eyes lit up, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at the prison cart in the distance. The prison cart was still more than ten meters away from where he was, and Zhu Houzhao could only see a figure locked in the prison cart with his head drooping.

"Bring people!"

Soon Charles I was brought before Zhu Houzhao. After a few months of ups and downs, the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. Charles I seemed very sluggish. If it wasn't for Lin Pingzhi who specially sent a doctor to watch Charles I, he would It's not good that Charles I is already dead on the way back.

Condescendingly, looking at Charles I, Zhu Houzhao's thoughts were a little erratic, and he murmured, "Dude, did you see it?"You once said that one day, you will capture the masters of Spain, the Netherlands, and the Empire on which the sun never sets. You may have forgotten, but I have never forgotten.I will capture them one by one and help you fulfill this wish.

Charlie I, who had been confused all the time, didn't know if he heard Zhu Houzhao's murmur, or if it was his intuition as a king, he felt Zhu Houzhao's breath, slowly raised his head, opened his turbid eyes, and looked at Zhu Houzhao. come over.

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It has been nearly [-] years since Zhu Houzhao ascended to the throne. After so many years, Zhu Houzhao has already cultivated an aura of an emperor. Even if he is sitting there, the kind of imperial aura that emerges inadvertently is not something that ordinary people can do. Directly looking.

As the lord of a country in charge of the huge Ming Empire, Zhu Houzhao's growth over the years has already made Zhu Houzhao surpass his ancestors, even if he is compared with the Taizu Emperor and the Chengzu Emperor, it is not worse or even surpassed.

Originally, Charles I could not be said to be bad. After all, this person can lay the foundation of the Kingdom of Spain and can be regarded as a qualified king.

However, compared to Zhu Houzhao, Charles I is naturally much worse, otherwise, Charles I would not be a prisoner at this moment.

Charles I looked up at Zhu Houzhao, and was naturally taken aback when he saw Zhu Houzhao's slightly young face.

The Taoist practice is best at keeping health. Zhu Houzhao, under the guidance of two Taoist innate powerhouses, has practiced the Daoist health preservation method for many years, and it is not ineffective. At least the traces left by the years on his body are obvious. reduced a lot.

If it were another diligent monarch, I am afraid that he would be tired before he grows old, but although Zhu Houzhao is not diligent, he is not the kind of monarch who does not pay attention to the important affairs of the court, so it is necessary to deal with the important affairs of the court. Take some effort.

However, Zhu Houzhao was not affected at all, and even looked a few years younger than his actual age.

Upon seeing this, an official of the Ministry of Rites proficient in Spanish first saluted Zhu Houzhao, and then said to Charles I in a deep voice: "Charles I, when you see your majesty, don't hurry to salute."

Charles I frowned and stood there, without salute to Zhu Houzhao at all.

Although Zhu Houzhao did not understand the words of the official of the Ministry of Rites, but just by looking at the official's expression, Zhu Houzhao was able to guess the meaning of the other party.

Just when the officials of the Ministry of Rites felt a little panic in their hearts and were about to force Charles I to bow to Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand slightly and said, "I, Daming, are a state of etiquette, and the other party is also the master of a country, so it shouldn't be humiliated."

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao looked at Charles I, the lord of the Western barbarians with interest. To be honest, Daming was no stranger to Spain. After all, the first Western barbarians who entered the East and had contact with Daming were the Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese.

Even in Zhu Houzhao's point of view, the Kingdom of Spain could be regarded as a powerful country, but it was too unfortunate to encounter the Ming Empire.

In addition, part of the energy of the Kingdom of Spain was entangled by many overseas sites. Under various circumstances, the Kingdom of Spain was destroyed like this. To be honest, even Yu Dayou and others were a little confused.

Charles I naturally didn't know what Zhu Houzhao said just now, but as the head of a country, he still has the ability to observe words and expressions. He obviously noticed that the officials of the Ming Dynasty who were originally very dissatisfied with him suddenly changed their attitude. It was because of Chu Yi.

But Charles I did not like Zhu Houzhao either.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, how could he become the king of the subjugated country, so it is said that Charles I hated all the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Feeling the hostility in the eyes of Charles I, Zhu Houzhao suddenly lost interest, waved his hand and said, "Take it down and set it up for a good life."

Watching that Charles I was taken away, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and signaled everyone to step back. Soon Zhu Houzhao and Wang Zheng were left in the imperial study.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Wang Zheng and said, "I want to be alone for a while!"

Wang Zheng quickly bowed his head and withdrew, and closed the door.

In the imperial study, Zhu Houzhao slowly took out the altar, and soon Zhu Houzhao was stunned, with a look of consternation on his face.

The luck of more than [-] million yuan has skyrocketed by a lot compared to the previous one. Even if Zhu Houzhao's happiness and anger are not visible, he can't help but be moved.

Zhu Houzhao pondered in his heart. He hasn't made any big moves recently. Why did his luck suddenly skyrocket so much.

Soon Zhu Houzhao vaguely thought of the reason. If he guessed correctly, this sudden surge of luck was most likely related to his meeting with Charles I just now.

As the lord of the Kingdom of Spain, Charles I naturally inherited the luck of the Kingdom of Spain. Even if Yu Dayou broke the Spanish capital, as long as Charles I did not die, then most of the luck of the kingdom rested on Charles I.

Now that he has seen Charles I and has left Charles I behind, it can be said that since then, Charles I has lived or died in his thoughts.

In this case, it would be strange if luck didn't skyrocket.

With so much luck, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look forward to it.

If Yu Dayou and the others are powerful enough, how much luck will he gain if he captures the kings of the Netherlands, Portugal, and the Empire of Never Sunset.

Breathing out a mouthful of turbid air, Zhu Houzhao slowly put away the altar.

There is no secret above the court, let alone the wealth of hundreds of millions. When a large number of gold and silver are continuously sent into the treasury, the news spreads naturally.

At this time, the imperial court also let go of the confidentiality of the news, and soon the entire capital was known to everyone.

Dingxiangbo, Hu Weibo and others defeated the Xiyi naval fleet overseas, smashed the Xiyi capital, and captured the opponent's lord alive.

This news is already extremely explosive, but when the news of destroying a country and destroying hundreds of millions of wealth came out, most people's reaction was disbelief at first.

The value of the loot that was seized was really astonishing. When ordinary people suddenly heard such a frightening figure, the first thing that came to their mind was to doubt its authenticity.

It's like in the capital, in a teahouse, several scholars sat there, arguing endlessly.

"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous, there are hundreds of millions of spoils, do you believe it? Anyway, I don't believe it!"

"I think Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong are really crazy. They dare to make up such a big lie, and His Majesty actually believes it. Where is the law of heaven, where is the law of heaven!"

A scholar whispered: "Don't forget, Yu Dayou. Qi Jingtong and the others are all subordinates of the chief executive. Don't you know what kind of temperament our majesty is..."

"I am a state of etiquette in the Ming Dynasty. I have always treated people with courtesy, but your Majesty is now a military force. If things go on like this, the country will not be a country..."

Needless to say, these few scholars are the kind of people who are not able to eat their bones and refuse to keep pace with the times.

If the court above the court still holds the same thoughts in the past, it is impossible to stand on the court. It can be said that in less than ten years, the officials above the court are almost completely new, at least About [-]% of the officials are new faces compared to ten years ago.

Quite a number of literati who failed to keep up with the trend of the times naturally became frustrated with the progress of the times. These people gathered together on weekdays and criticized some political affairs in the DPRK and China. It has become the norm.

For this group of people, to be honest, Zhu Houzhao didn't take it to heart at all. As the so-called scholar rebels, it won't happen in ten years, not to mention a group of pedantic people who are unwilling to keep pace with the times.

There are people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang secretly watching, these people can't turn the sky at all, so they let these people criticize some measures of the court at every turn.

Some people don't believe it, but naturally some people believe it, especially some of the emperor's supporters.

Zhu Houzhao's series of measures will naturally lead to the emergence of a new class of vested interests, and this class is Zhu Houzhao's most loyal supporters.

Others can betray Zhu Houzhao for various reasons, but this new class united around Zhu Houzhao is the most loyal to Zhu Houzhao.

Those who take bribes are not only the new class, but the most important thing is that the people of the world have been greatly benefited.

Not to mention, the fact that the imperial court sent a royal clan with a name like a blood-sucking worm to overseas has benefited countless people.

Those royal clans who were enfeoffed took away a considerable number of tenants, and the imperial court also recovered a large amount of land from the hands of these imperial clansmen.

Usually these lands are in the hands of the royal family, but now they are taken back by the imperial court and leased to those people who have no land.

A royal family is divided, a land is recovered, and the military reform is added. It can be said that one by one, looking at Daming, any emperor who can do one of them well can prolong Daming's life for a hundred years.

However, with the support of Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao solved these problems one by one. After so many actions, although it is said that some people's interests are damaged, the real benefit is the majority.

In today's world, after more than ten years of development, it can really be said that the world is at peace, even if it is called a prosperous world, it is normal.

A burst of laughter rang out in the teahouse, and a strong man laughed excitedly and said, "It's so strong, it's really strong, it is worthy of being Hu Wei Bo and Ding Xiang Bo, who were proclaimed by His Majesty, if it is possible If so, we will definitely go overseas with the two uncles and expand the territory for me in the Ming Dynasty..."