The Most Powerful Man in the World

Obviously Zhang Lun was very unconvinced in his heart. Their family is the Zhang family of the British public. When it comes to their Zhang family, Zhang Yu, Zhang Fu, Zhang Mao, which of the three generations of British princes did not make contributions to the country and did their best for the Ming Dynasty. The number one meritorious deed in Daming, now even Lu Dazhu and these newly promoted nobles are not comparable. If Zhang Lun can be convinced, then it will be strange.

Zhu Houzhao just glanced at Zhang Lun lightly, but he was not angry, even Zhang Lun's reaction was not beyond his expectations, and he saw Zhu Houzhao say: "My ancestors, Zhang Yu, King Zhang Fufu, and Ma Ge wrapped the body, I am very relieved and admired. , I admire, and I have never underestimated the British public lineage. However, the names of British public servants were made by Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu, but they were not due to the merits of Qing et al. Aiqing asked himself, Lu Dazhu and Yu Dayou, who have destroyed countless countries, who deserves less credit Why can't Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu be ranked before Aiqing?"

Zhang Lun opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to refute it. In fact, everything Zhu Houzhao said was reasonable, and he couldn't refute it at all.

Zhu Fu and Xu Guangzhao heard the emperor say this, they are both old foxes, how can they not know that although they are noble princes today, in the emperor's mind, they can no longer be compared with the past.

There are people like Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming, and Han Kun for comparison. They are those who are based on the merits of their ancestors and enjoy the shadows. It is self-evident at a glance.

Yang Yiqing and Han Kun on the side were just watching while Zhang Lun spoke, and they didn't participate in it. Otherwise, once they spoke, it might turn into a conflict between the old and the new.

Although it is said that with the rise of the new nobles, the contradiction between the old and the new nobles has already appeared, but under the suppression of the emperor and the reconciliation of the methods of Yang Yiqing and others, although this contradiction has appeared, it has no effect.

Looking at each name by name, it can be said that every name on this is not a big problem.

No one is perfect. Maybe some of these people are not qualified to be listed on a certain aspect, but the ability of the other party is very strong. In comparison, the benefit outweighs the harm. Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and others also agreed.

But at this moment, Han Kun stroked his beard, bowed to the emperor and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I have no objection to this list, just..."

It took Zhu Houzhao more than half a year to make such a list alone. During this period, it can be said that it has gradually increased. For each of the above names, Zhu Houzhao thought about it for a long time before putting it on the list. .

At least Zhu Houzhao asked himself that this list is not a big problem. At this moment, Han Kun opened his mouth and Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised: "Oh, if Aiqing has any opinion, just come."

Han Kun said slowly: "Your Majesty, this minister thinks that when sacrificing heaven, His Majesty should not forget those soldiers who fought for the country, such as Cheng Xiangwu, Yu Dayou, Xu Tianzuo, Sun Qiu... These expeditions overseas, for the sake of The soldiers and soldiers who opened up the country's territory should not be that nameless person, Your Majesty should pray to God as a reward..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and after he reacted, he burst into laughter. Just by the look of joy on his face, one could see that Zhu Houzhao was happy from the bottom of his heart.

After laughing, Zhu Houzhao looked straight, with a serious look in his eyes, slowly got up and nodded towards Han Kun and said, "The Qing family is right, if it wasn't for the Qing family's reminder, I almost forgot about this. A soldier who throws his head and shed his blood for the country."

As the saying goes, the success of a general will be exhausted, and for the victory of a war, everyone will subconsciously attribute the credit to those generals who command the army, but don't think about it, the one who really fights to kill the enemy is the one who is unknown. of many generals.

Without these brave soldiers and warriors, even if the soldier was resurrected and Zhuge was alive, would he still want to win a war by himself?

Not only Zhu Houzhao admired Han Kun's reminder, but Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing's eyes lit up when they heard it.

As the Minister of War, Wang Yangming sighed in his heart. As the Minister of War, he didn't think of this, but Han Kun thought about it, which made Wang Yangming very ashamed, and felt that he was really ashamed of being the Minister of War.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao picked up the imperial pen, Wang Zheng, who was beside him, was slowly researching ink for the emperor, and after a little pondering, Zhu Houzhao took the pen and slowly added the names of several teams in the blank space above the silk.

The names of several armies, such as Tengxiang Siwei Battalion, Daming First Fleet, and Daming Expeditionary Army, are suddenly listed on it.

Next, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing all started to help the emperor check and fill in the gaps and improve this list.

As long as the suggestions are reasonable, Zhu Houzhao humbly accepts them, and gradually the entire list becomes fuller.

When there was nothing to add to this list, Wang Yangming slowly opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty is still missing something."

Zhu Houzhao, who thought he had added all the added mountains, couldn't help but look at Wang Yangming with a puzzled look.

He heard Wang Yangming say, "Your Majesty has forgotten about Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and Xichang!"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and sighed: "What Anguogong reminded was that I was negligent. Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and Xichang have made contributions to Sheji, and I should not forget it."

When the Son of Heaven was in power, the originally vicious Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and Xichang behaved in a well-behaved manner.

After all, there is Chu Yi's deterrence first, and the emperor Shengming, whether it is Dongchang, Jinyiwei or Xichang, who dares to act recklessly.

Although they are still vicious in the eyes of those criminals, for those who are not afraid of shadows, no matter how vicious Dongchang and Jinyiwei are, they will not affect them in the slightest.

There are no names of Dongchang, Jinyiwei and Xichang on this list of gods. Obviously this is Zhu Houzhao's subconscious negligence, but now Wang Yangming reminded Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate to write about Dongchang, Jinyiwei and Xichang on the roster.

Being on this list, Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming and others have no opinion. After all, what Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang are doing now is in the interests of the country, and they can't find any reason to object.

It took so long to sort out such a roster until it was dusk. After the emperor hosted a banquet and entertained a few people, Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing came out to the palace.

The hour of the day should be between [-]:[-] and [-]:[-] in the morning, and the Qin Tianjian selected this time as the best time of the day.

Early in the morning, the sky was not yet bright, and the entire capital slowly woke up like a sleeping giant beast.

On the long street, a line of soldiers and horses lined up on both sides of the road, and on both sides of the road were gathered a lot of people in the capital.

After the great court meeting, with the mouths of the officials, the news that the Son of Heaven was going to leave the city at the time of the hour to sacrifice to the sky at the great altar to the sky quickly spread throughout the capital.

There are more than one million people in the capital. Even if one of ten people came to watch the fun, it would be no less than [-] people. Not to mention the people in the capital, at least they were very active when they watched the fun.

The result can be imagined. Before Baiguan accompanied the imperial driver out of the city, the city was boiling. Countless people were separated by the soldiers on both sides of the road. At a glance, there were countless people running over to watch the fun.

The red sun was rising on the horizon, and the bright rays of light fell on the earth. Only the bells in the Forbidden City could be heard, and the melodious bells echoed in the capital.

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Chapter 2 The Son of Heaven Sacrifice to Heaven [[-] More]

Zhu Houzhao was already dressed in full clothes at the moment, surrounded by a solemn and solemn servant, and slowly boarded the imperial palace.

After taking a bath and fasting, Zhu Houzhao was dressed in gorgeous clothes. He was not angry and self-possessed. He boarded the imperial chariot. With a loud shout, he saw a team of elite imperial guards surrounded the imperial chariot and slowly moved towards the outside of the Forbidden City. And go.

On the square outside the palace gate, the civil and military officials who rushed over early also had a somewhat solemn expression.

Everyone knows that the Great Ceremony of Sacrifice to Heaven is an extremely important matter. In the past, the Son of Heaven used to push the matter of offering sacrifices to the heavens as he could, and he would not participate if he could not participate, so this time everyone attached great importance to it, and it could be said to be taking it seriously.

No one wants to hate the emperor in this matter, otherwise, who knows if the emperor will give them small shoes.

While a group of civil and military officials were waiting in the square outside the palace gate, waiting for the arrival of the Emperor Yushu, many officials were discussing in private.

The secrets that one person knows are still known by heaven and earth, let alone so many people. Yesterday, Zhu Houzhao summoned Wang Yangming, Yang Yiqing, Han Kun, Zhang Lun and others to discuss the matter. The emperor did not ask for confidentiality, so he said overnight In between, almost all the officials who were concerned about offering sacrifices to the heavens knew about the roster drawn up by Zhu Houzhao through their respective channels.

Although some officials were not prominent in the court, they were very high on the list, and some officials, although they were in the court, did not even leave their names on the list.

There are more than one officials excluded from the list like this, but there are also a lot of them. Obviously, these officials have some problems, otherwise Zhu Houzhao would not turn a blind eye at all.

Others don't know why those officials who are in high positions but can't even make a name for themselves on the list are like this, but they can't be clearer in their hearts.

As the saying goes, if people don't know what to do unless they don't, these officials understand best what they have done and why they are rejected by the emperor.

It can be seen that all the people who are not listed on the list are in a trance, and it can be seen that they are absent-minded.

And many officials who were very close to them on weekdays also subconsciously distanced themselves from them at this time, as if they were afraid that the bad luck of the other party would spread to them.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and a group of officials looked up at the gate of the palace.

At first glance, I saw that at the gate of the palace, a group of men and horses walked out slowly, headed by the brightly armored Imperial Guards. out.

Hundreds of civil and military officials headed by their chief assistant Yang Yiqing, and under the leadership of Yang Yiqing, all the hundreds of officials bowed down to the imperial carriage that Zhu Houzhao was riding, long live the mountain.

Zhu Houzhao walked out of the imperial equestrian, high above, as far as his eyes could see, except for those soldiers, everyone else fell to the ground.

Only Zhu Houzhao said in a long voice, "All the ministers are exempt from courtesy."

A group of civil and military officials got up, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites had already made preparations. According to the prepared process, the civil and military officials set off to the big altar outside the city following the imperial edict of the emperor.

On the long street, the people were in darkness. If there were no soldiers to maintain order, I am afraid that the entire long street would have been tightly blocked by the people.

In the crowd, everyone stretched their heads and looked into the distance one by one.

Among the common people, Zhu Houzhao's reputation is so good that the people call Zhu Houzhao directly as the Son of Heaven.

It has to be said that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty far surpassed the prosperity of previous dynasties. At least under the governance of Zhu Houzhao, the Ming Dynasty almost prevented the people from freezing to death and starving to death.

Of course, I don't dare to say anything absolutely. It is inevitable to say whether there are still people who freeze to death or starve to death, but relatively speaking, compared with the past, it is not an exaggeration to say that it will be avoided.

Even if there is a natural disaster, the court will dispatch disaster relief materials to help the victims at the first time, and even the court will allocate various materials to help the people restore their homes.

In the past, things like this would have been unthinkable, but now, they have become the norm.

It is conceivable that under this situation, no matter how stupid the people are, they can really feel the changes in their lives.

Among the people, some of the scholars who were suppressed by Chu Yi and the Son of Heaven were ignorant of the past and kept slandering and slandering the reputation of Chu Yi and the Son of Heaven, but these people are now horrified to find that their words have been lost among the common people. the market.

It can even be said that if they have any words to slander the Son of Heaven, once they are known by the common people, they will definitely be tied up and sent to the government to accuse him of slandering the Son of Heaven.

Gradually, the sound of Long Live the Mountain came from afar, and the sound came like waves.

"Long Live Your Majesty, Long Live Your Majesty..."

The sound of the mountain roared. If someone looked down from the sky, they would find that as the Tianzi frame came slowly, wherever they passed, the people on both sides of the road were like waves toward the Tianzi frame. Bow down and shout long live.

Countless people bowed down to the emperor's bicycle frame, and only from the sound of the sky can be heard that the sound of the mountain shouting long live came from the bottom of the people's hearts, rather than being gathered by people to make an appearance.

Although Zhu Houzhao said that through the intelligence agencies such as Jinyiwei and Dongchang, he could learn some civil affairs, but he also knew what kind of reputation he had among the people.

But Zhu Houzhao subconsciously thought that the situation reported by Dongchang and Jinyiwei was a bit exaggerated, and seemed to be complimenting him, so Zhu Houzhao didn't take it to heart.

However, this time Zhu Houzhao left the palace and showed his royal driver in a fair and open manner, but he really felt the support and respect from the people's heart for him.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the people ask for very little. They just want to be free from severe cold and hunger. Whoever can do this will regard it as heaven..."

Suddenly, a sentence that Chu Yi had said to him back then came to mind. At that time, Zhu Houzhao didn't quite understand what Chu Yi said, because in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, according to what Chu Yi said, the common people in this world are not very clear. The requirements are too low, too easy to do.

But now it seems that Zhu Houzhao understands that the requirements of the people in the world are indeed very easy and very simple, but I don’t know why, in all dynasties and dynasties, few sage kings can do it?

Looking down at the people on both sides of the road who were bowing down to him with great piety, Zhu Houzhao sighed in his heart.

"Slow down!"

Zhu Houzhao spoke slowly.

The speed of the frame slowed down, and I saw Zhu Houzhao walking out of the imperial chariot, standing on top of the imperial chariot. The people in front who had not yet bowed down immediately noticed the imperial chariot. Majestic Son of Heaven.

After just one glance, many people quickly bowed their heads, bowed down with gratitude and piety, and shouted in their hearts, "I see His Majesty's true countenance, I see His Majesty's true countenance..."

"Qing and other equals, hurry up and waive the gift..."

Zhu Houzhao said loudly to the people on both sides.

Zhu Houzhao did not waste these years of diligently cultivating Taoist health preservation methods. It can be said that he is strong and strong, and his spirit is full of energy. As soon as he opens his mouth, his voice spreads over a hundred feet.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's voice, many people couldn't help shouting long live excitedly, and became more and more pious towards Zhu Houzhao.

All the way, Zhu Houzhao stood on top of the chariot. The whole capital was filled with the voice of Long Live the Mountain. Even the civil and military officials who followed the chariot were stunned. , they really did not expect Zhu Houzhao to have such a high prestige among the people.

The [-]-zhang-high altar is in the distance, and the surrounding area is also dark. At this moment, around the altar, I arrived here first. Under the arrangement of the Ministry of Rites, the lords of the princes and countries who were waiting for the emperor to drive only heard a mountain like a tsunami. The call came.

Many people's heads were stunned, and they looked at the past subconsciously, and saw the Emperor Yuzhao slowly approaching surrounded by civil and military officials.

Just when many people lost their minds, an official of the Ministry of Rites immediately sang: "Your Majesty is here, welcome the holy car!"

"We meet Your Majesty, Long Live Long Live Your Majesty!"

The various princes and lords bowed respectfully to Zhu Houzhao, no matter what they thought, but faced with Zhu Houzhao, who had already reached the peak in terms of prestige and power, there seemed to be no other choice except to respectfully worship him.

Zhu Hou looked over and saw no less than hundreds of lords of vassal states and envoys sent by many overseas countries to bow down to him.

After everyone bowed down, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said solemnly, "You will be spared the ceremony!"

The officials of the Ministry of Rites came forward and bowed to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come, please wait for the altar to sacrifice to heaven!"