The Most Powerful Man in the World

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It turned out that this letter contained some information about Lu Wenyang, the governor of Caoyun. Lu Wenyang had been in office as the governor of Caoyun for nearly ten years. Even when Liu Jin was in power, Lu Wenyang did not lose this seat on the sea of ​​gold and silver. seat.

The Grand Canal is a flowing golden river. Not to mention, there are more than one million people who rely on this Grand Canal to make a living, not to mention the coastal cities radiated by the Grand Canal.

It can be said that the Governor of Water Transport can decide the life and death of many people with a single sentence, and it is not an ordinary person to be able to sit in such a seat for so long.

As for why Lu Wenyang was not captured by Liu Jin, in fact, you can guess if you think about it. With Liu Jin's level of greed, as long as Lu Wenyang can donate a lot of gold and silver to keep his position as stable as Mount Tai, after all, for Liu Jin, his eyes More is staring at the hall.

As an important node of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Tianjin can be described as the throat of the capital. From the sea, it must pass through Tianjin Wei to reach the capital. The Governor's Office of Caoyun is located in a port city such as Tianjin.

It is nearly a thousand miles away from Jining to Tianjin, and even Chu Yi and his party will take a few days to make the journey.

Although it was said that Chu Yi wished to fly to Tianjin to meet the Governor of Water Transport for a while, but after a little evaluation, Chu Yi dispelled the unwise move of going straight to Tianjin, and led people to chase Gao Feng and his party away.

The most important thing at the moment is to ensure the safety of the more than ten million taels of silver. As for Lu Wenyang, Chu Yi believes that they will meet, not less than a few days later.

The long convoy stretched for miles, surrounded by soldiers, and the entire convoy was guarded by the air. If there were no thousands of people coming, it would be impossible to win this team.

It only took half a day for Chu Yi and others to catch up with Gao Feng and his party. After all, it was only half a day that Gao Feng and his party were able to travel dozens of miles at a very fast speed.

Gao Feng walked with Chu Yi on horseback, slightly behind Chu Yi by half a horse and said, "Brother Chu Yi, you didn't run to Tianjin, I'm relieved!"

Chu Yi raised his brows. Although Gao Feng's letter to him explained the location of Lu Wenyang, it was to persuade him not to rush to find trouble with the other party. Now that Gao Feng mentioned this, Chu Yi turned his head slightly. Gao Feng said, "Brother Gao Feng, why don't you talk about it, is there anything that Lu Wenyang can't rely on?"

Gao Feng looked straight, looked at Chu Yi and said solemnly: "Brother Chu will not think that someone who has been the governor of Caoyun for nearly ten years will be so easy to deal with, don't forget, he supervises Caoyun, so The people who have been in contact are even more mixed. It can be said that apart from the first Caoyun commander, Chen Xuan, who has been sitting for [-] years, how many people will be able to sit on this son for three years?"

Chu Yi was silent about it, just as Gao Feng said, the position of Governor of Caoyun is definitely not something that ordinary people can hold firmly. The interests involved in this position are too huge, and there are too many people staring at this position. The people who came into contact with them were a mix of three religions and nine classes. If they were incapable, they would either be caught and impeached and lost their official positions, or they would be thrown into the water and die.

Anyway, this is a high-risk seat with golden water flowing, guarding such a flowing golden river, no matter how much, it is very little to easily search for tens of millions of taels of silver every year.

You must know that on this Grand Canal, ships come and go, and in a year, there are probably tens of millions of ships.Just a little bit of movement on this is a scary benefit.

What's more, guarding such a flowing golden river, collecting tolls for passing ships is the most basic method, hoarding things, buying low and selling high, etc. It can be said that as long as you are not a fool, you can easily accumulate millions of net worth. .

With a slight smile, Chu Yi looked at Gao Feng and said, "Listen to what Brother Gao Feng said, is this Lu Wenyang Chu really untouchable?"

Gao Feng said sternly: "It's not that you can't touch it, but it's better if you can't provoke it. The Governor was in the capital a few years ago, I'm afraid it's not clear that Liu Jin sent a team from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Punishment to come here. I tried to check the accounting books of water transportation over the years, what do you think the result was?"

Chu Yi raised his brows and said, "Oh, what's the result?"

Gao Feng said with a cold expression: "Dead, a dozen court officials and dozens of officials just sank in the Grand Canal along with a big ship."

A chill flashed in Chu Yi's eyes and said: "It seems that this Governor of Caoyun is really ruthless and daring! It seems that Liu Jin is not the kind of person who is willing to suffer losses. Is it possible that the matter will be over?"

Gao Feng chuckled lightly: "Of course it's impossible. This Lu Wenyang is also a ruthless man. After destroying the group sent by Liu Jin, he sent [-] taels of silver to Liu Jin's house the next day."

Chu Yi couldn't help laughing and said, "A big stick in one hand, a carrot in the other, the Governor of Water Transport, and Lu Wenyang!"

Gao Feng nodded and said: "This person has gathered a group of desperadoes from all corners of the country, and he can dispatch thousands of troops and horses in several guard stations in Tianjin at any time. It can be said that in the whole Tianjin guard, the entire Grand Canal, Lu Wenyang's words are more Our Majesty's words are still useful."

Looking at Chu Yi, Gao Feng said: "Because this Lu Wenyang is not an ordinary person, I'm afraid that Brother Chu, you don't know the details, and you bump into it. If you suffer a loss, it will be very bad."

Chu Yi nodded towards Gao Feng and said, "Thank you Brother Gao Feng for reminding me, otherwise Chu Yi really doesn't know the details of Lu Wenyang."

Having said that, but according to Chu Yi's behavior, before each attack, he always finds out the details of his opponents, so that he knows what he knows. The ability to collect intelligence is still there. When he was in the city of Jining, Chu Yi had already ordered the East Factory to collect information on the Grand Canal and Lu Wenyang. After a day or two at most, more complete information than what Gao Feng said would be sent. to Chu Yi.

Just as Chu Yi and Gao Feng were escorting tens of millions of taels of silver to the capital, the news of Chu Yi's bloodbath in Jining city spread quickly.

With the convenience of the Grand Canal, the news reached Tianjin Wei in the evening of the second day.

Tianjin Wei is also extremely prosperous, with many merchants and merchants. A solemn and grand mansion covers an area of ​​more than ten acres and is located in the city. It is the residence of Lu Wenyang, the governor of water transportation.

The Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun is located not far from the Lu Mansion. The Governor's Yamen is not big, but it is such a small Yamen that manages the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, a major north-south artery of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Lu Mansion, in the study, Lu Wenyang, dressed in a loose robe, sat leisurely on the Taishi chair and listened to several confidants reporting on the affairs of the Caoyun Yamen.

Suddenly a burst of hurried footsteps came, and I saw a man dressed in a strong suit enter the open study room, and bowed down to the tunnel: "Shen Yi pays a visit to the Governor!"

Raising his brows, Lu Wenyang glanced at Shen, waved his hand, and saw the confidants retreat one by one, Lu Wenyang sat up straight and stared at Shen Dao: "Is the matter done? "

Shen Yi bowed his head and said, "Returning to the Governor-General, Chen Li and others did not do well, and the attack on Chu Yi failed!"

"Failed?"

Lu Wenyang's voice was a little high, his eyes were full of anger, he suddenly got up and walked a few steps: "The details will be detailed."

Shen Yi told Lv Wenyang what happened that night in Jining, which was extremely detailed, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

When Lu Wenyang heard that Chu Yi had taken the rescue soldiers from Liaocheng in private, he couldn't help but snorted coldly: "It turns out that Gao Feng, a neutered dog, intervened in it and let him escape. This time, his fate is counted!"

Shen Yi lowered his head and said worriedly: "Sir, this Chu Yi is a lunatic. He even dared to raid his family and exterminate his family in Nanjing City. If he was told that it was the adults who had plans for him, I'm afraid he wouldn't. I'll let it go!"

Hearing this, Lu Wenyang couldn't help laughing and said, "Is that so? Does he want to deal with Governor Ben just because of his eunuch? Back then, Liu Jin covered the sky with one hand and was known as the Emperor, so there is nothing he can do about Governor Ben!"

Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, as if he had thought that Liu Jin, who was in power for a while, was unable to get his own governor-general. Compared with Liu Jin, although Chu Yi was famous, he was obviously inferior to Liu Jin, and he was still a little worried. At this moment, he was completely relieved.

"The Governor-General has a long-term plan, and his contacts are so wide that no one in the DPRK can reach him. A mere steed dog can't shake the status of the Lord. It's because his subordinates are overthinking."

However, Lu Wenyang said with a look of regret: "I don't care if Chu Yi dies or not, but it's a pity that tens of millions of taels of silver tattooed!"

When mentioning the tens of millions of taels of silver, Lu Wenyang's eyes seemed to glow with golden light, the kind of regret and sadness, as if someone had cut flesh on him.

Shen Yi couldn't understand more about himself as an adult. He had no other shortcomings. The only certainty was that he attached too much importance to yellow and white things. If he had been forced into desperation at the beginning, Lu Wenyang would never reluctantly withdraw from the private library. Take out [-] taels of silver and present it to Liu Jin.

"Why don't we send someone else..."

Lu Wenyang slowly shook his head and said: "This is the end of this matter, since Chu Yi escaped, it means that this Governor has no relationship with those silver coins, and you go on and ask people not to play these silver coins again. "

Seeing Shen Yi leave, Lu Wenyang gritted his teeth with a heartbroken expression: "Chen Li, Du Wen, Wang Guan, you rubbish, rubbish, this old man's tens of millions of taels of silver have been lost by you, it hurts. Shame on me, hurt me too!"

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Tianjin was only half a day away from the capital, Kuaima. Since Lu Wenyang received the news, the news was almost delivered to the capital by now.

This day is the Great Court Meeting. Generally speaking, the Great Court Meeting requires the gathering of Chinese and military officials in the capital. It is specially convened when there are important national matters that need to be discussed. This time, it is needless to say that the Great Court Meeting is held for the purpose of negotiating. The candidate for the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Even Zhu Houzhao was sitting on the throne with a majestic look at the moment, condescendingly accepting the worship of hundreds of officials below.

After so many years, a set of procedures has been formed for the election of the cabinet's first assistant by the hundred officials. First, the hundred officials select a few people as the cabinet's first assistant candidates from the elders of the cabinet and the important ministers in the DPRK, and then the emperor will determine the specific candidate. One person served as the first assistant to the cabinet.

Of course, the emperor can also appoint the chief assistant of the cabinet by himself, but generally speaking, if the chief assistant of the cabinet appointed by the emperor has no ability, even if he joins the cabinet, I am afraid that he will be overridden.

Above the solemn court, civil and military officials, such as Yang Tinghe, Mao Ji, Yang Yiqing and others, were among the candidates.

After more than an hour, a little eunuch carefully presented the list to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao opened the list, glanced at the names on the list, stared at the names for a long time and pondered for a long time, mentioned Zhu Bi and sketched under one of the names, then waved his hand and said: "The cabinet's first assistant has been selected, if the ministers don't have one. If anything happens, go back!"

Everyone is used to Zhu Houzhao's behavior. Although it is said that Zhu Houzhao rarely quit the DPRK, Zhu Houzhao never delays any major events related to the DPRK and China.

Now that the candidate for the cabinet's chief assistant has been decided, there is no need for everyone to force Zhu Houzhao to stay here, and everyone can hear everyone bowing to Zhu Houzhao: "I will send you Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao left, accompanied by Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong's servants, and everyone looked at the list left by Zhu Houzhao.

Led by Yang Tinghe and Mao Ji, several important officials in the court took over the list from the little eunuchs. They glanced over and saw a red pen under Yang Tinghe's name. Obviously, the emperor chose Yang Tinghe as the first assistant of the cabinet.

A gleam of jealousy flashed in Mao Ji's eyes, but he laughed heartily: "Congratulations, Brother Jiefu, Your Majesty would like you to be the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Fei Hong and others also congratulated Yang Tinghe at this moment.

With a bit of joy between Yang Tinghe's eyebrows, he stroked his beard, forced himself to remain calm, and said to the crowd with a smile: "Don't make fun of Yang, in the future, although Tinghe will be the chief assistant of the cabinet, you still need your full help. I hope you can help me!"

All the civil and military officials came forward to congratulate Yang Tinghe. After all, from the moment the emperor selected Yang Tinghe, Yang Tinghe was the first assistant of Daming's new cabinet, setting an example for all officials.

The first assistant will be decided, and the hundred officials will withdraw from the dynasty.

Outside the palace gate, Yang Tinghe only saw the butler who was standing not far away with an eager face and couldn't help but be slightly taken aback. At this moment, the butler came quickly, first saluting Mao Ji and several others, and then handing a letter to Yang Tinghe Said: "Master, Tianjin Guardian!"

A look of surprise flashed in Yang Tinghe's eyes, he stretched out his hand to take the letter, then opened his eyes and swept his face with a chill: "Lawless, really lawless!"

Mao Ji and the others did not expect that Yang Tinghe would be so irritated after reading a letter that they could not help showing doubts. Taking a deep breath, Yang Tinghe handed the letter to Mao Ji and said: "Several adults may wish to take a look."

After seeing the others, Mao Ji and Yang Tinghe's reaction was similar to that of Yang Tinghe, all of them were angry, especially Hu Ming roared: "Chu Yi is so bold, when will he have the right to dispatch local troops, especially the blood slaughter. Jining's officialdom, even if it is a big one, should be escorted to the capital to wait for the deliberation of the Punishment Department."

Mao Ji let out a light cough and reminded Hu Ming: "Yushi Hu, don't forget, Chu Yi is still the emperor's official commissioner, and there is nothing wrong with him dispatching troops and horses, and even the bloodbath of Jining's officialdom, we have nothing to say."

Fei Hong stroked his beard and nodded and said, "Brother Mao is right, what Chu Yi has done has nothing to do with it, but this eunuch first stained Songyang Academy with blood, and then made a bloody case in Jiangnan to slaughter our scholars. Now He made a bloody case in Jining again, he is simply a lunatic, if it continues like this, the old man is really worried that he will just kill him all the way back to the capital, and then we will be raided and wiped out one by one!"

Several important officials are all angry, not angry about Chu Yi's deployment of troops, but because of Chu Yi's attitude. Even though he was ordered to return to the capital, he still refused to stop. This kind of decisive attitude is true. The people were shocked and horrified.

Not to mention, as the news of Chu Yi's blood slaughter in the south of the Yangtze River gradually spread, the capital must be shocked. If Chu Yi comes back all the way, he will return with the general trend at that time. If the emperor helps Chu Yi to rise, I am afraid that At that time, the great situation that they managed to achieve will be gone forever.

Only then did the greedy and short-sighted Liu Jin get rid of him. If there was another murderous Chu Yi, they might as well not kill Liu Jin.

A touch of chill flashed through Yang Tinghe's eyes, he took a deep breath, only to hear Yang Tinghe say with a smile: "Today, Yang sincerely invites you to have a small gathering in the mansion, and I also invite you to admire your face!"

A few people were slightly taken aback when they heard the words, but they were all smart people and immediately understood that this was Yang Tinghe inviting them to the mansion to discuss.

Zhu Houzhao went down and changed his clothes and returned to the Leopard Room accompanied by Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong and other servants.

In the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao sat down, took the teacup from Zhang Yong's hand and drank the tea: "It's too oppressive in the palace, but it's not as relaxing as the leopard room."

Gu Dayong squeezed Zhu Houzhao's shoulders and said with a smile: "Your Majesty said yes, how can the Forbidden City be compared to His Majesty's leopard room?"

Zhu Houzhao put down the teacup and said to a young eunuch, "Go check it out, and see if there is any discount."

Because the supervisor of the lijian has not yet been decided, many memorials are still approved by Zhu Houzhao. In addition, there are also some secret memorials presented by Dongchang, Xichang and Jinyiwei. These are even more to be checked by Zhu Houzhao himself.

Soon the little eunuch came with more than a dozen seals and said, "Your Majesty, the Dongchang and Jinyiwei are here!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but flash a light in his eyes when he heard the words: "Oh, Dongchang secret performance? Could it be that there is something wrong with the companion of Chu?"

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao took the Dongchang ensemble and opened it. His eyes swept over the content of the ensemble. Gradually, Zhu Houzhao's face was gloomy, and the hand holding the ensemble trembled slightly. Erupting volcanoes in general.

With a snap, Zhu Houzhao slapped the coffee table beside him with a slap, smashing the teacup into pieces, and even the fragments cut through his palm, and blood flowed out all at once.

"There is no king's law in sight. The prefects and guards of a dignified government dare to lead the army to besiege the imperial envoys. They still have the imperial court in their eyes, and is there still the emperor?"

Zhang Yong, Gu Dayong and several little eunuchs who were waiting on the side were so frightened that they fell to their knees, Gu Dayong looked at Zhu Houzhao's scratched palm with a distressed expression, walked on his knees and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. , Your Majesty, calm down..."

"How can I calm my anger, you tell me how to calm my anger!"

Zhu Houzhao kicked Gu Dayong with one foot, only kicked Gu Dayong to the ground, pinched the melody and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Look, this is my good minister, really a good minister, in the end, Who gave them the courage to mobilize the guards to besiege the imperial envoy!"

Gu Da got up with Gulu and shouted at a little eunuch: "Don't hurry and get the wound medicine!"

Picking up the memorial from the ground, Gu Da swept over it with one eye and ten lines, and was immediately shocked. He understood why Zhu Houzhao was so angry, not to mention Zhu Houzhao. When I saw what was said in this memorial, I was also furious with thunder.

Even the army of the guards was dispatched, which clearly showed that Chu Yi was going to be surrounded and killed even knowing Chu Yi's identity. It was shocking to be so blatant and ignorant.

Crackling, Zhu Houzhao threw a few vases, and finally sat down with an angry look on his face and let Gu Dayong help him bandage his wounds.

At this moment, Gu Dayong opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, isn't there anything wrong with Chu Yi, and he has also bloodshed the officialdom of Jining Mansion. Gao Feng led the army to guard him. If you want to come here, you can return safely."

Zhu Houzhao sneered: "Chu Dafan was assassinated several times, and this time even the army of the guard station was sent. How much do they hate Chu Dafan, or how much some people don't want Chu Dafan to come back alive. Beijing!"