The Most Powerful Man in the World

Fan Heng said with a straight face: "Don't worry, the governor, the five official ships can hold hundreds of soldiers in addition to carrying away the dirty silver."

Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Fan has been bothered."

After speaking, Chu Yi pondered and said: "That being the case, I will load the ship tomorrow afternoon, set off on the road in the evening, and return to the capital."

His eyes fell on Yu Huatian, who was on the side, and Chu Yi smiled lightly: "Yu Huatian, come back to Beijing with me."

Yu Huatian just nodded after hesitating for a while. He was not stupid. Chu Yi was obviously trying to win over him. After returning to Beijing, if nothing else happened, Chu Yi would be promoted to the chief executive officer of Li. He became the first person in the big inner circle, and even if the benefactor Gu Da, he relied on, would bow his head to Chu Yi when he was in use.

There is not much conflict between Gu Dayong and Chu Yi, plus that little affection when they were young, Yu Huatian will naturally not reject Chu Yi's win.

Chu Yi laughed and said, "It's just right, you just happened to be here. I will watch a good show with the Governor tomorrow morning, and we will go back to Beijing in the afternoon."

Following the arrangement of Chu Yi's orders, the entire East Factory stronghold became lively, and several Qian's families also completed the closing of their home search at this time.

Early the next morning, Nanjing City, above the Dharma Field.

This time, there were not many people who came to watch, because most of the Qian family and other families were noble families, and none of them involved Xungui, or they had already received the news that Chu Yi was about to leave Jiangnan tomorrow, and their hearts were overwhelmed. The dignitaries of a stone finally breathed a sigh of relief, and one by one appeared on the restaurant around the law field, watching from a distance that Chu Yijian beheaded the Qian family and others.

Although it was only one night, Yu Huatian was still a little dazed. This night, when Chu Yi did not block his news, Yu Huatian naturally knew everything about what Chu Yi did after arriving in Jiangnan. .

Knowing this, Yu Huatian felt like he was in a dream. He never imagined that Chu Yi would be so bold and dare to kill in this land south of the Yangtze River.

Moreover, one kill is a family. The destruction of a family has completely wiped out dozens of families in Jiangnan. The number of tyrants, dignitaries and their direct lineages who were implicated and lost their lives alone amounted to thousands.

It wasn't one person, two people, but a thousand people. If it wasn't for the facts, Yu Huatian would not have believed that this was what Chu Yi did.

Now Yu Huatian was standing not far away with Cao Shaoqin and Chu Fang, watching the court where Chu Yi, Fan Heng, and the specially invited Duke of Wei, Xu Fu, personally supervised the execution.

A row of nearly a hundred people knelt on the court, all of them were the lords who had their homes raided before because the Qian family colluded with the Sun Moon God Cult.

For these tyrants, Chu Yi had no sympathy at all. Almost all of these tyrants in Jiangnan had blood on their hands. I don't know how many families were destroyed because of them.

Chu Yi sat there, looked at the time, reached out and threw the token in his hand, shouting: "Cut!"

Yu Huatian watched helplessly as the token fell to the ground, then heads rolled down one by one, blood spurting, Yu Huatian looked at Chu Yi in a daze, and completely believed that Chu Yi had opened up in Jiangnan these days. Killing the ring, the fact that the bloody case has been created one after another, is a little excited in my heart, and at the same time a little awe.

Compared to Gu Da's tactful attitude, Yu Huatian naturally appreciated Chu Yi's decisive and ruthless approach to things.

Naturally, Chu Yi didn't know that he invited Yu Huatian to come and watch his execution, so that Yu Huatian would feel awe and recognition for him.

On the court, after those lords and clansmen were beheaded, another group of people was escorted up, and many people around couldn't help showing a bit of puzzlement when they saw the group of people who were escorted up.

Xu Chu frowned slightly, while Chu Yi said to Xu Chu at the moment, "Look at the old prince, these people are the Jianghu bandits who colluded with the Qian family, the disciples of the Sun Moon God Sect."

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, and glanced at those people. Sure enough, they were all people in the arena, and Xu Chu naturally had no interest in these people.

At this moment, Cao Shaoqin stepped forward, glanced around, and said sharply: "Everyone, these are the Jianghu bandits who have colluded with the Qian family and others, the disciples of the Sun Moon God Sect. These people dare to murder the imperial envoy, which is a capital crime. Today, the canon punishment has been specified to declare to the world that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is mighty and powerful, and no one can violate it."

While speaking, Cao Shaoqin flashed a look of excitement in his eyes, and shouted sharply, "Cut!"

Immediately, dozens of disciples from the Jiangnan branch of the Sun Moon God Sect who were captured alive stared at Chu Yi and shouted loudly, "Gun, the leader, he won't let you go, hahaha..."

A person's head fell to the ground, and only the cursed sound of the disciples of the Sun Moon God sect echoed around.

Among the crowd, there were disciples of the Sun Moon God Cult who watched Chu Yi beheading the disciples one by one. Except for cursing in a low voice, no one dared to take a step forward.

Duke Wei smiled slightly towards Chu Yi and said, "My lord, this gentleman specially prepared a glass of wine, thinking that the lord would see him off."

Hearing the words, Chu Yi said, "The old prince is really polite. It was supposed to be Chu to entertain the old prince. How can the old prince be allowed to entertain Chu!"

Duke Wei stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Today, the governor will return to Beijing, and I should let the old man see him off. If the governor is not happy, please take care of me in the future."

There were not many people at the banquet, but to be able to come to see Chu Yi off, at least bear a lot of pressure. After all, Chu Yi is now almost notorious in this Jiangnan area. If anyone came to see Chu Yi off, he would definitely will be criticized by those literati.

These literati may have nothing to do with Chu Yi for a while, but that doesn't mean they have nothing to do with other people.

For example, Wang Hua, Minister of Officials, was naturally quite surprised that this old man appeared here. This was one of the teachers chosen by the emperor for Zhu Houzhao during the reign of Emperor Hongzhi, and Chu Yi even listened to his lectures. Speaking of which, there is a bit of teacher-student friendship between the two.

It's just that Wang Hua was a little more upright, and Liu Jin was in power and refused to submit to Liu Jin. As a result, Liu Jin sent him to the Sixth Department of Nanjing for pension.

In addition to Wang Hua, several civil and military officials from the Sixth Department of Nanjing also came. These people were slightly flattering to Chu Yi. Chu Yi was not stupid. he.

Speaking of integrity, who can go up and down in the sea of ​​​​Huan, which one has any integrity? Even Liu Jin, when he is in power, isn't there a group of civil and military attached to Liu Jin's family, willing to be Liu Jin's minions?

Although Chu Yi's future is unknown now, it does not prevent some people from betting on Chu Yi in advance.

Those who can have such determination and dare to gamble on Chu Yi are naturally not ordinary people.

Therefore, Chu Yi responded to these people's initiative to get close to them one by one. This time when he returned to Beijing, it was impossible to say that it was another big killing. The hall is going to be in chaos.

Noticing Chu Yi's response, these people were naturally excited secretly.

As for the old fox Xu Chu, who took the initiative to see off Chu Yi and held this banquet, it can be said that he won the favor in a quiet manner.

Whether it is Chu Yi, or these civil and military officials who want to rely on Chu Yi, they all owe Xu Chu some favors, don't they!

As the evening approached, on the pier outside Nanjing, several official ships were docked on the shore. Chu Yi walked slowly towards the big ship, paused slightly, and looked back at Nanjing City in the setting sun. Extraordinarily dazzling.

I don't know how many people on the shore watched Chu Yi, who made a bloody case in the south of the Yangtze River, get on the big boat, and his heart fell, and he couldn't help but rejoice.

Some people even couldn't hold back their tears of joy and said, "Butcher Chu who was killed this day has finally left Jiangnan, and this old man can finally sleep peacefully!"

Similarly, someone gritted their teeth and said in a tone that they wished to smash Chu Yi into tens of thousands of pieces: "Chu Yi, the castrate, Liu Jin is your role model, and the capital is your burial place."

"Go, this lunatic is finally gone!"

"Hahaha, everyone, tonight Qinhuaihe, I will treat you to a guest, we will have a rest after getting drunk!"

Standing on the big boat, with his innate strength, Chu Yi could vaguely hear the excited, excited or hateful cheers and curses of many people on the shore.

But all this has nothing to do with him, Nanjing City, when he comes back next time, it will be a different look.

"Go sail, go!"

With a shout, several large ships slowly started to move away from Nanjing City along the rolling river.

The big ship enters the river, and only the big ship can transport the tens of millions of silver grains to the capital quickly. Otherwise, if you really go overland, I don’t know how long it will take. Besides, on this road, I don’t know how much to guard against these thousands A man of [-] grains of silver.

Even with the help of the canal, Chu Yi had no doubts that those in the southern part of the Yangtze River would definitely spread the news that he would carry tens of millions of taels of silver back to Beijing along the canal.

The only advantage of walking the canal is that the speed is fast enough. Even if someone wants to play these silver patterns, it will not work without any strength. At least it is much more difficult to attack on the water than on land.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal starts from Hangzhou to Beijing, but it bypasses Nanjing City during this period, but Nanjing City is close to the Yangtze River, so the big ship goes straight into the Yangtze River, down the river and then merges into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and finally takes the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal Line and goes straight to the capital.

Jiang Shui Taotao, Chu Yi stood on the side of the ship, looking at the green mountains on both sides of the river in the distance. In the night, the sparks on both sides of the strait were vaguely visible. It was indeed dangerous to sail at night. Fortunately, Fan Heng arranged all the old boatmen who were familiar with the Yangtze River waterway. The speed slowed down a little, but it was driving steadily on the river surface.

I don't know when, Chu Fang appeared behind Chu Yi and said: "The Governor, the night is cold, the Governor should go back to the cabin to rest!"

Chu Yi glanced at Shi Kui and Cao Shaoqin who were on the side and said, "General Shi, if those people wanted to rob the ship of silver, where would they choose to do it?"

Shi Kui was stunned for a moment, and a bright light flashed in his eyes: "Returning to the Governor, the river is rushing, and there are not many places suitable for hands-on. The last will think that even if someone wants to hijack the ship halfway, it should be after we enter the canal. That's right, but the Grand Canal stretches for thousands of miles, and the final commander is really not sure."

Chu Yi said to Cao Shaoqin and Qi Hu: "The order goes on, let the people in our East Factory cheer up. On both sides of the canal, if there is any trouble, the news must be passed on as soon as possible."

Dongchang has its bases all over the world, not to mention that it is on both sides of the canal with convenient transportation. Naturally, there are many Dongchang eyeliners.

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The ship is smooth sailing, and it is hundreds of miles in one night. The sky is just bright, and it is convenient for Yangzhou to merge into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. With the rest of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal built by Yangguang, Yangzhou is even more prosperous than Nanjing.

On the canal, boats come and go, and as soon as they enter the canal section, Chu Yi and others can clearly feel how the Grand Canal, which runs through the north and the south, has played a role in the integration between the north and the south.

Not to mention other things, just opening up this Grand Canal, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty can be said to have merit in the contemporary era and benefit in the future.

As an important node of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Yangzhou City naturally occupies the right time and place. Ships come and go, and traffic from north to south has created the prosperity of Yangzhou City.

Five official ships entered the canal and slowly docked on the dock. Even if Chu Yi was in a hurry to return to Beijing, he couldn't keep rushing.

Besides, the water and food on the boat must be replenished. Even if he knew that the replenishment would be an opportunity for those who wanted to take advantage of it, Chu Yi was really not worried.

What should come will always come, and even Chu Yi hopes that someone can jump out, so that he can kill the chicken and be an example.

Qi Hu and Cao Shaoqin personally took people off the ship to supervise the replenishment of water and food. Both Qi Hu and Cao Shaoqin were thoughtful people, and Chu Yi really didn't worry about any mistakes.

Not long after the ship was docked, the prefect of Yangzhou received the news, and immediately summoned a confidant to hand over a secret letter to the other party and said, "Send this letter immediately."

The confidant leaned into the ear of the Yangzhou prefect, heard a whisper, nodded slightly, and said, "Don't worry, sir, I will deliver the letter in the shortest possible time."

Soon, the prefect of Yangzhou, surrounded by a team of yamen, came to the place of the big ship to ask to see Chu Yi.

Chu Yi was not going to get off the ship to waste time, so he simply sent Chu Fang to send him away, but unexpectedly, the prefect of Yangzhou refused to leave and demanded to see Chu Yi.

In desperation, Chu Fang had to go back to the ship and report the situation to Chu Yi. Chu Yi couldn't help but be stunned. Ordinarily, unless it was an official who was going to depend on him, because of his reputation among the literati, these officials would not shy away from him. That's already good, but I don't know why the prefect of Yangzhou is so diligent.

One hand tapped on the table lightly, Chu Yi slowly raised his head and said, "Invite this prefect of Yangzhou, but the Governor wants to see what's going on with him!"

If it is said that the other party is really attached to him, then do some investigation. If he is really attached, Chu Yi doesn't mind having an extra subordinate. After all, the other party can secure the position of the prefect of Yangzhou, and it is expected that his ability will not be too bad.

Soon Wang Heng, the prefect of Yangzhou, was taken to the big boat. When he saw Chu Yi, Wang Heng hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Wang Heng, the prefect of Yangzhou, has seen the governor of Chu."

Chu Yi nodded slightly and looked at the prefect of Yangzhou. The other party was in his forties, his eyes were clear, and there was no flattery in his expression, but Chu Yi gave him a high look.

"Oh, I don't know why Wang Zhifu asked to see the Governor?"

Wang Heng said with a calm expression: "I heard that the Governor is coming, and the restaurant has prepared beer wine to welcome the Governor to Yangzhou, thinking that the Governor will take the wind and wash away the dust!"

Chu Yi raised his brows, glanced at Wang Heng lightly, and said, "If the Wang Zhifu wants to clean up the dust for Chu, then that's all. The chief inspector was ordered by the emperor to return to the capital, but it is inconvenient to stop on the way."

Wang Heng said with a bit of disappointment: "It seems that the lower officials do not have such a blessing!"

Chu Yi picked up the teacup, and Wang Heng bowed slowly when he saw it, "I'll retire as a lower official. I wish the Governor a smooth journey."

Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "Chu Fang, send the prefect for me to disembark."

Watching Wang Heng, the prefect of Yangzhou, leave, Chu Yi said to Yuhuatian next to him: "Yuhuatian, what do you think of this prefect of Yangzhou?"

Yu Huatian pondered for a while and said slowly: "In my opinion, this move by the Yangzhou prefect is somewhat suspicious. He did not come relying on the governor, but instead looked like he wanted to leave the governor in Yangzhou for a while."

Chu Yi sighed lightly: "Yeah, his ultimate goal is to hope that the Governor can suspend in Yangzhou Mansion."

"Someone wants to hijack a ship in Yangzhou Prefecture?"

Yu Huatian exclaimed, apparently realizing the purpose of the Yangzhou prefect.

Chu Yi chuckled: "Although it is a bit arbitrary to make this inference, but if you think about it, there are tens of millions of taels of silver on this ship, which is enough for some people to blind their minds, and it is not unusual for them to react."

Yu Huatian Muran, he also only learned on the day of loading the ship that Chu Yi had been raiding his family and exterminating his family in this land south of the Yangtze River, scraping tens of millions of taels of silver.

This is not tens of thousands of taels, it is not a million taels, but as many as tens of millions of taels, even Yu Huatian can realize that this road will never be so peaceful.

Tens of millions of taels of silver are enough to drive countless people crazy. As Chu Yi said, no matter what kind of action someone makes, it's not surprising.

Chu Fang, who had sent Wang Heng off the ship, just heard Yu Huatian's exclamation, and then heard what Chu Yi said, Chu Fang immediately realized that there might be a problem with Wang Heng and couldn't help saying: "Professor, do you want me to check it out? This Wang Heng."

Chu Yi shook his head and said, "Since Wang Heng dares to come, he must have erased all traces of it. With the staff of Dongchang in Yangzhou Mansion alone, I am afraid that nothing will be found."