The Most Powerful Man in the World

Zhang Shuye couldn't help gushing out a mouthful of blood, and when he swayed, he fainted out of anger, but Zong Ze looked at Chu Yi calmly.

Chu Yi took a deep look at Zong Ze, who really deserved to have a great reputation in history. Compared with the die-hard Zhang Shuye, Zong Ze is obviously not that kind of pedantic person.

At this moment, Zong Ze solemnly bowed to the bright yellow silk in Chu Yi's hand and said: "It turns out that the Prince of Guangyang County was ordered by the prince to act on the side of the Qing Jun. This is sincere for my great blessing of the Song Dynasty. I handwritten a letter to the emperor of the Qing Dynasty to announce to the world."

Lu Junyi, Lu Da, Fang La, Lu Shinang and others all looked at Zong Ze with a strange look on his face.

Who didn't know that Chu Yi's so-called prince's secret edict was a forgery, but Zong Ze's reaction was to give them the illusion that the prince's secret edict was real.

Chu Yi glanced at Zong Zegao, smiled slightly, and said, "In this case, Lao Zong has passed the sentence. I believe that there is a pass sentence and Zhang Dudu and the two jointly issued the Qingjun's side letter, and the world will follow the wind."

Watching Zongze leave, the upright Lu Da said on the spot: "Ah, it's a pity that Lu gave him a high look every day, but I never thought that this Zongze is a person with a false name. His character is not as good as that of Zhang Jizhong. "

Not only Luda, Chu Yi looked, almost everyone showed a normal look, but there were also a few people with different expressions, such as Zhu Wu, or Lu Shinang.

Chu Yi did not explain, but instead said to Zhu Wu: "Zhu Wu, let's talk about it, why did Zong Ze willingly obey."

Zhu Wu glanced at Lu Da and the others, then slightly cupped his hands and said: "Zhu does not agree with Lu Tiju's words, but if he really wants to say, Zhu admires Zong Ze's enthusiasm for the Song Dynasty even more. heart of……"

Luda's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "What did you say, such a villain, you actually said that he is a sincere person..."

Zhu Wu nodded slightly and said: "Loyalty has great loyalty and small loyalty, righteousness has great righteousness and small righteousness, Zhang Shuye is loyal to Zhao Ji, which is really stupid, but Zongze is loyal to the Song Dynasty, not a certain emperor. In Zong Ze's eyes, as long as it is beneficial to the Song Dynasty, not to mention a replacement of the emperor, even if it is replaced by a few more, it is nothing."

Hearing Zhu Wu's explanation, everyone suddenly became stunned. No wonder Zong Ze was so active. Zong Zefei is the kind of foolish and loyal generation. In Zong Ze's eyes, Chu Yi raised his army and used the banner of the Qingjun side. , For another emperor, compared to Zhao Ji, who was in a daze, the situation couldn't be worse no matter how bad it was.

As the saying goes, Shen Ke has to use powerful medicine. If he can see through this, then Zong Ze's choice is a matter of course.Of course, one of the reasons why Zong Ze has no hesitation is that, as an internal servant, even if Chu Yi wants to change the world, it is impossible for him to ascend to the throne. In the end, the throne of the emperor is still the Zhao family, and the Song Dynasty is still the same Song Dynasty. As for one more powerful minister who can cover the sky with one hand, it is not unacceptable compared to revitalizing the Song Dynasty.

Fang La sighed in his heart. Whether it was Zong Ze or Chu Yi, the shock that brought him was so great. From Zong Ze alone, one could see the background of the imperial court. The waves caused by his Manichaeism will also be suppressed.

Taking a deep breath, Fang La stood up and bowed to Chu Yi in front of everyone's astonished eyes, and said, "My servant Fang La pays respects to the master."

The eight hundred and sixtieth chapters of a letter shocked the world

I have to say that Fang La's actions really surprised everyone present, especially those from Manichaeism. They looked at Fang La's face on the ground, and their eyes were full of disbelief.

Even if they surrendered to Chu Yi, they did not have their own pride in their hearts. They were only forced by Chu Yi's force, and they were not so convinced in their hearts.

But now their leader, Fang La, actually took the initiative to crawl on the ground, looking like he was willing to be the servant of Chu Yi, how could this not shock them.

As Fang La's confidants, Lu Shinang and Shi Bao were startled and stood up almost instinctively. They heard Lu Shinang say to Fang La, "Sect Master, you..."

Fang La calmly glanced at Lu Shinang and the others, and didn't say anything. She just said to Chu Yi, "May the master take you in."

Chu Yi was also stunned by Fang La's actions, but after reacting, he just glanced at Fang La lightly, stretched out his hand and said, "In that case, Chu will accept you."

Fang La followed the strength of Chu Yi's blow and got up, bowed slightly, and really stood beside Chu Yi like a servant.

Lu Shinang and Shi Bao glanced at Fang La and determined that Fang La was not being forced by Chu Yi. They looked at each other, but suppressed their doubts, and did not ask Fang La why she acted like this.

It will take at least ten days to go from Suzhou to the capital, even if it is fast. The changes in Suzhou City are too fast. It was already several days after the surrounding government forces received the news. People go to the capital.

On this day, in the capital, several teams of envoys entered the capital almost in one day, but it was a land in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the officials of the state government under the rule of the imperial court sent people to the capital to pass the news.

Inside the palace.

Since Zhang Shuye led the army to Jiangnan to suppress the rebellion, Zhao Ji felt a lot more at ease. For Zhang Shuye's ability, Zhao Ji still quite trusts, otherwise, he will not pacify Jiangnan or even suppress Chu. Yi's affairs are left to Zhang Shuye.

Thinking about it in Zhao Ji, even if the anti-thieves in Jiangnan are strong, but in Zhang Shuye's ****, it will take a long time to come, and there should be good news.

Today, although there are several anti-thief forces from Huaixi Wang Qing and Hebei Tian Hu, but compared to the beginning, both Wang Qing and Tian Hu have been suppressed by the court. It won't even be long before Wang Qing and Tian Hu will be pacified.

When Zhang Shuye suppressed the Manichaeism rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, the world would return to peace, and the Song Dynasty might be able to prosper in his own hands.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile even though he was enjoying the singing and dancing of the beauties, looking quite contented.

It can be said that the attention of the officials left and right has always been on Zhao Ji. As for the charming dancer, there is really no Zhao Ji worthy of their attention.

The smile on Zhao Ji's face at this moment made several officials feel a little doubtful.

At this moment, I saw a small yellow door bowing slightly, holding a tray with both hands. In the tray, a full number of sealed letters were placed on it, and quickly walked into the hall.

Xiao Huangmen knelt down in front of Zhao Ji's table, and important officials in the court, such as Cai Jing and Cai You, all turned their attention to the tray in Xiao Huangmen's hand.

Zhao Ji glanced at it, and the inner servant who was serving on the side stepped forward to take the tray, then placed it in front of Zhao Ji, and stepped back to the side.

Looking at the secret letters on the tray, Zhao Ji's eyes lit up. He only saw that the secret letters came from Jiangnan. The first thing Zhao Ji thought was that there was news in Jiangnan.

As for the content of the secret letter, needless to say, it must be the good news of Zhang Shuye's victory over the rebels.

Zhao Ji's face was full of smiles, and he took one of the secret letters with joy, opened it, and smiled at Cai Jing and others: "This is a good news from Jiangnan, but I want to see it, Zhang Shuye. What was the result of this first stop?"

Cai Jing saluted Zhao Ji first and said, "I congratulate your majesty, congratulations to your majesty, congratulations to your majesty, your majesty knows people with discerning eyes, and sent Zhang Shuye, only to have this victory, and the rebels can be pacified soon!"

Not only Cai Jing, but everyone else congratulated Zhao Ji in the same way, as if they were one step behind and they would be resented by Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji was naturally overjoyed to be praised by the crowd. He had to personally select the candidate for the pacification of Jiangnan. That is to say, if Zhang Shuye achieved the victory, then everything would be his credit.

Thinking of his discerning eyes and people, and picking out a talented person like Zhang Shuye to pacify the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, he will inevitably leave a thick rewrite on the history books.

Zhang Shuye's credit is his own credit, and it depends on whether some ministers dare to slander their inhuman appearance in secret.

His eyes swept away, Zhao Ji waved to Xiao Huangmen and said: "These secret letters are all from Jiangnan, if I expect it is not bad, what they are playing must be the same thing, the Qing family may wish to watch it together with me. ."

While speaking, Xiao Huangmen distributed the secret letters according to Zhao Ji's instructions, and Cai Jing opened the secret letter with a happy face and said with a smile: "My minister, let's take a look, how many casualties are there for the Jiangnan rebels... …”

While speaking, Zhao Ji had already opened the letter and was looking down at the contents of the letter. Originally, Zhao Ji's face was full of smiles, but soon the smile on Zhao Ji's face seemed to freeze, and even gradually became Incredibly gloomy.

Not only Zhao Ji, but even several important officials who got the letter, all had expressions of astonishment on their faces. They looked at the secret letter and subconsciously looked at Zhao Ji who was sitting there secretly. Seeing Zhao Ji's somber face, he didn't know that Zhao Ji was angry.

It was too much for Zhao Ji to be used as a punching bag. These important officials lowered their heads and did not give Zhao Ji a chance to take their anger.

Cai Jing's bowed waist suddenly became more hunched. Cai Jing's position in the main hall was the most conspicuous, but when Cai Jing took a step back and bowed down, the originally eye-catching position suddenly became dull. .

With a bang, Zhao Ji slapped the table with a slap, and roared angrily: "Trash, it's all trash, is that how Zhang Shuye does things for me?"

In the secret letter, it was stated that Suzhou City had changed hands several times. When Zhao Ji saw that Suzhou City had finally fallen into Chu Yi's hands, Zhao Ji didn't take a breath and almost fainted.

Although it is said that Manichaeism is a serious problem in Jiangnan, but Chu Yi is not bad, otherwise Zhao Ji would not have told Zhang Shuye to suppress Chu Yi after the quelling of the Jiangnan rebellion.

The result was good. Zhang Shuye was defeated in the first battle, suffered a big loss in the hands of Manichaeism, and was finally forced to join forces with Chu Yi. This was considered to be the recapture of Suzhou City.

Even if Suzhou City was returned to the government, Zhao Ji did not feel any joy in his heart. He would rather that Suzhou City fall into the hands of Manichaeism than to see Suzhou City fall into the hands of Chu Yi.

Originally, Chu Yi's entrenched presence in Jiaxing City had become a serious problem for his confidants, and now he has taken Suzhou City back from the hands of Manichaeism, which made Zhao Ji realize that the power of Chu Yi's subordinates has become even stronger.

Cai Jing coughed lightly and attracted Zhao Ji's attention to himself. Cai Jing is no one, others are afraid of making Zhao Ji angry at this time, but this is not an opportunity to win Zhao Ji's trust.

Looking at Cai Jing, Zhao Ji suppressed his anger and said, "Cai Qing, what do you mean by Chu Yi?"

Cai Jing stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, if what is stated in this secret letter is not false, then the minister will not be able to figure out what Chu Yi means."

As Cai Jing said, if Chu Yi wanted to rebel, then he could unite with Manichaeism to create chaos in Jiangnan, but Chu Yi didn't do that.

However, to say what Chu Yi said to the court, at least Cai Jing and Zhao Ji did not believe it.

His eyes fell on Gao Qiu, who was on the side. Zhao Ji stared at Gao Qiu and said, "Gao Qiu, what do you think?"

Gao Qiu trembled, and bowed to Zhao Ji and said, "Your Majesty, from the perspective of a minister, then Chu Yi must be afraid of His Majesty's majesty, and he has come to his senses. That's why he raised troops to help Commander Zhang to destroy Suzhou City..."

"It's all nonsense. If he, Chu Yi, had such a heart, Jiangnan would have been calmed down long ago, so why wait until today!"

I saw a high-ranking official take a step forward, pointing at Gao Qiu and yelling.

This man looked righteous and stared at Gao Qiu with anger on his face. He even scolded Gao Qiu in this hall. Among the civil and military affairs of the dynasty, there are people with such courage, apart from Li Gang, I really can't find them. Get a few people out.

How could Gao Qiu be so angry? He pointed at Li Gang and cursed: "Li Gang, Your Majesty, in front of you, you are so rude, how can you be a servant..."

Zhao Ji, who had been holding back fire in his heart, saw that Li Gang and Gao Qiu, the two ministers, were accusing each other in such a large audience. The important minister, to be so disrespectful, there is still my presence in his eyes."

Gao Qiu shrank his neck, glared at Li Gang angrily, and closed his mouth, while Li Gang flicked his sleeves and glanced at Gao Qiu disdainfully, almost making Gao Qiu jump up and yell at Li Gang again.

But at this moment, Zhao Ji looked at Li Gang and said, "Since the Qing family disagrees with Gao Qiu's opinion, I want to come here to have my own opinion on this. In this case, the Qing family will tell me what Chu Yi is trying to do."

Li Gang stroked his beard and frowned: "Although I can't guess what Chu Yi wants to do, Chu Yi's move is clearly to weaken the power of the court with the help of Manichaeism, and even forcibly annex Zhang Shuye's department. Not a good thing."

Gao Qiu said disdainfully, "He's a eunuch, is it possible that he still wants to rebel?"

To be honest, few people really think that Chu Yi wants to rebel. After all, Chu Yi's identity is destined that Chu Yi is unlikely to rebel, so everyone thinks that Chu Yi's actions are nothing more than a means of self-protection. After all, who made Zhao Ji secretly want to find Chu Yi for the past few years?

Now that he has finally led the troops out, Chu Yi desperately holds the military power. No matter how you look at it, it seems like a means of self-preservation, although this method is too extreme.

At this time, Cai Jing said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, we can't guess what Chu Yi's intention is even by guessing here, so why not just sit and watch Chu Yi's next move, while dispatching manpower to guard against Chu Yi? ."

When his eyes lit up, Zhao Ji nodded at Cai Jing and said, "It's still the Qing family who is old and seeking for the country. Then, according to the Qing family's opinion, how should we guard against Chu Yi?"

Cai Jing pondered for a while and said: "My Song Dynasty has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers in the northwest. Now Xixia is no match for our Song Dynasty. I wrote a letter to become a minister, and the border has been much smoother. , even if Chu Yi has some bad intentions, he is definitely not the opponent of the elite soldiers in the northwest."

The Song Dynasty did indeed have an elite army of hundreds of battles in the northwest. The elite soldiers in the northwest were honed by fighting with Xixia all year round, and their strength was by no means comparable to those of the forbidden army raised in the Central Plains.

And the great generals of the Song Dynasty are mostly concentrated in the border towns, such as the Chong family, the Zhe family, the Huyan family and other generals and aristocratic families, their forces are all in the border towns.

If it is usual, Cai Jing proposes to recruit elite soldiers from border towns to Beijing, and there will definitely be officials who will oppose it. After all, the entry of strong soldiers from border towns into Beijing will often lead to many bad consequences, so whenever possible, there are few officials. It will lead soldiers from the frontiers into Beijing.

But now no one has raised any objections. On the one hand, the officials do not think that it would be harmful to recruit troops from the border towns to enter Beijing. To guard against Chu Yi, it is necessary to recruit troops and horses from the local area.

Zhao Ji's heart moved and said: "Cai Qing, I will send someone to pass the order immediately, how about recruiting Tong Guan to lead the army into Beijing?"

As soon as Zhao Ji's voice fell, Cai Jing said loudly, "Your Majesty can't do it!"

Seeing Cai Jing's reaction, Zhao Ji couldn't help but froze for a while, looked at Cai Jing in surprise, only to hear Cai Jing explain: "Why did your majesty forget about the friendship between Cai Jing and Chu Yi, in case Cai Jing has any collusion with Chu Yi? if……"

Zhao Ji frowned, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes, but he said: "Tong Guan is loyal to me, I don't believe he will be confused by Chu Yi..."

Cai Jing said with a heartbroken look: "Your Majesty, I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!"

Li Gang flicked his sleeves and took a step forward: "Your Majesty, eunuchs are not credible, and the minister will protect me in the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ji glanced at Li Gang in surprise and said: "Qing family quickly tell, who is it?"

Li Gang stroked his beard and looked at a person in the hall and said, "Mr. Chong, the Chong family army has always been famous in the northwest and shocked the world, but this time, it is time to invite the Chong family army to Beijing."

An old man with white eyebrows and beards just sat there and looked very ordinary, but after Li Gang's voice fell, the old man's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened, just like a tiger suddenly woke up. A suffocating aura disappeared in a flash, who is not the kind of teacher who is famous in the world.

Chong Shidao, as the head of the family, although he is no longer leading the army, the army of the family is still in the hands of the generals of the family, and if he wants to recruit the army of the family into the capital, the master of the family must be led by the master of the family. The Lord can only nod, otherwise, even if the Son of Heaven uses his will to mobilize the family army, he may not be able to instruct him at will.

Zhao Ji has always been courteous to the masters, because Zhao Ji is very clear that if he wants to secure the throne, he must have the support of generals in the army.

Although it is said that the Song Dynasty has always emphasized literature and suppressed martial arts, no matter how much they suppressed military generals, the environment in which the Great Song lived was destined to be incapable of lacking military generals.

Chong Shidao is the representative of Da Song Jiangmen. It can be said that as long as he has the support of Chong Shidao, then there will be no trouble in Da Song Jiangmen.

Zhao Ji looked at Master Chong and said, "Master Chong, it seems that this time I really want to invite Master Xiang to go out. It's because I am incompetent. I want my husband to be at this age and go into battle again!"

Chong Shidao quickly got up and bowed to Zhao Ji and said, "Your Majesty is really an old minister. Your Majesty knows the kindness you have encountered, and the minister will swear to die in return!"

While speaking, Chong Shidao suddenly stood up, his hunched body suddenly became tall and straight, and a terrifying breath of heaven and man permeated, and Chong Shidao said solemnly: "This commander wants to see, With this handsome man, what can he do to Chu Yi?"

Chong Shidao is indeed a needle-like existence of Ding Haishen in the Song Dynasty. As Chong Shidao opened his mouth, everyone present felt inexplicable in their hearts.