The Most Powerful Man in the World

Glancing at Gu Dayong, Zhu Houzhao said lightly, "Is there any news from your West Factory, what did Zhang Yong do after he left the palace?"

Although he had already realized that Zhu Houzhao might be suspicious of Zhang Yong, he thought that Zhu Houzhao would ask questions yesterday, but he did not expect that he would only speak today.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Dayong presented Xichang's secret performance to Zhu Houzhao from his cuff, and then slowly stepped aside.

Zhu Houzhao slowly opened the secret play and watched Zhang Yong's every move after leaving the palace gate was recorded in great detail in the secret play.

Seeing that Zhang Yong sent someone to Yang Tinghe's house, Zhu Houzhao's expression remained unchanged, as if he was not angry at all about it.

But Gu Dayong, who was standing on the side, was all too familiar with Zhu Houzhao. Just by looking at Zhu Houzhao's trembling hand holding the ensemble, he knew that Zhu Houzhao's heart was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

With a sigh in his heart, Gu Dayong understood in his heart that Zhang Yong was only afraid that it was over.

After a while, Zhu Houzhao slowly closed the ensemble, let out a breath, and said to Gu Dayong: "Gu Dayong, do you think I am too indecisive and too forgiving to them!"

Gu Dayong fell to the ground with a thud and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty is benevolent, generous and generous, and your servants and other servants are all deeply loved by His Majesty, which is indeed our blessing..."

Zhu Houzhao suddenly laughed and said, "You, if Chu Da Compan were here, I could have imagined that he would tell me righteously, that such unfaithful and unfilial people should be killed as an example!"

Gu Dayong fell to the ground and did not dare to answer.

However, at this time, a voice came from outside the main hall: "It's still your Majesty who knows me, these people who have no king and no father, only killing can shock people's hearts!"

Hearing that familiar voice, Zhu Houzhao suddenly got up and looked at the door of the hall, exclaiming: "Chu Dafan!"

[Continue to climb to the code word, focus on the outline, it is difficult to adjust the public, how to solve the worries, only the monthly ticket, reward! 】

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Needless to say, the person who came here was naturally Chu Yi, who rushed back in the starry night. Chu Yi’s journey can really be said to be a mess. Originally, according to Chu Yi’s plan, he was going to accompany the army all the way to Tianjin Wei for a walk. It's good to meet the Governor of Water Transport for a while.

As a result, the emperor's life was difficult to violate, and Zhu Houzhao recalled him by a secret edict, and he returned in a hurry, and came to see Zhu Houzhao at the first time.

In this leopard's room, Chu Yi, Gu Dayong, Zhang Yong and other Zhu Houzhao's favorite servants can be said to pass freely, except for a few places, other little eunuchs will not stop them when they see it.

Therefore, Chu Yi went straight into the main hall and walked outside the main hall. With Chu Yi's internal cultivation as his attainments, he was naturally able to clearly hear the conversation between Zhu Houzhao and Gu Dayong in the main hall.

One step out, Chu Yi's figure appeared at the entrance of the main hall, and Zhu Houzhao saw Chu Yi coming from the dust at a glance.

Taking a few steps forward, Chu Yi bowed respectfully and said, "Meet Your Majesty, I'm back!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi with a look of surprise, slowly exhaled a breath, spared the book case and walked to Chu Yi, helped Chu Yi up, looked at Chu Yi for a long time before his voice became slightly hoarse: "Chu Da companion, You are much thinner!"

Chu Yi shook his head with a smile on his face and said, "Thanks to Your Majesty's concern, but Chu Yi made Your Majesty to be concerned!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi, even if he was a congenital strong man, rushing back all the way, even the official road was full of dust, so Chu Yi looked really embarrassed.

"Hahaha, my partner is covered in dust, let's go wash up, I will talk to my partner again!"

Chu Yi lowered his head and looked at himself for a while, and it turned out to be covered in dust. With a wry smile, he bowed to Zhu Houzhao and stepped back.

In the leopard room, Chu Yi had his own residence. Although it was said that he had been away from the capital for a while, the windows of the residence were bright and bright, and it was obvious that someone cleaned it for a living on weekdays.

After washing up and changing clothes, when Chu Yi saw Zhu Houzhao again, a table of sumptuous dishes was ready, and when Zhu Houzhao saw Chu Yixing, he waved to Chu Yi and said, "I'm afraid my companion is hungry too. , I ordered people to prepare meals and accompany me to eat!"

When Zhu Houzhao got along with the people around him, he never had any airs. Even when he was having a meal, he would often take Liu Jin, Chu Yi, and Gu Dayong along with them, and there was very little air between them.

It is precisely because of Zhu Houzhao's temperament that Chu Yi also regards Zhu Houzhao as an excellent friend these years.

Gu Dayong was sitting there, but he didn't move his chopsticks, obviously waiting for him to come.

Noticing Chu Yi's gaze, Gu Dayong smiled at Chu Yi and said, "Brother Chu Yi, you are finally back. Without you, His Majesty has lost a lot of smiles these days."

Chu Yi nodded at Gu Dayong and said, "Isn't there a few people from Brother Gu to accompany His Majesty?"

Zhu Houzhao sighed softly: "Chu Dafan, Liu Dafan is dead, I know he deserves what he deserves, but as the emperor, I can't even keep a servant next to me."

Seeing this, Chu Yi said, "Your Majesty takes care of the old relationship, which is our blessing. If you want to come to Liu Jin in heaven, you can rest your eyes."

After sorting out his mood, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, "Today, when the great companion of Chu is back, let's mention some happy things, and I won't mention these."

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao motioned for Gu Dayong and Chu Yi to eat: "Everyone, let's eat first, and later I will listen to Chu Dafan tell me what happened to Chu Dafan's inspection of the place."

Chu Yi was really hungry. Facing the table full of delicacies, he naturally had a full meal.

In the spacious study, Zhu Houzhao took the tea from the young eunuch, then motioned for Chu Yi and Gu Dayong to take their seats, "There are no outsiders here. You two big companions don't need to be polite, just sit down."

When the two sat down, they saw Zhu Houzhao looking at Chu Yi with a little excitement and anticipation: "Chu Dafan, I saw the general passage of your trip to Jiangnan from the secret recording, did Dafan really start a killing spree in Jiangnan? ?"

With a solemn expression, Chu Yi said solemnly, "Your Majesty, Chu Yi is guilty. He killed thousands of people in Jiangnan without asking your Majesty's instructions."

However, Zhu Houzhao shook his head and said, "When I ordered you to inspect the place, you represented me, the imperial envoy. As an imperial envoy, you naturally have the right to be executed first and then to file a complaint, so everything you do in Jiangnan is reasonable and legal, otherwise, what will happen to Duke Wei and the others? It may not be possible to stop Da Companion because everything Da Companion does is within the law."

After all, Zhu Houzhao was trained by the orthodox imperial skills since he was a child, so Zhu Houzhao is not lacking in the basic qualities possessed by emperors.

Being able to launch Liu Jin and the civil service group to fight in the arena, although Liu Jin himself was unsatisfactory and was seized by the civil service group to seize the opportunity to counterattack, Zhu Houzhao's painstaking arrangement failed, but then Zhu Houzhao decisively chose to grab the **, this is not a foolishness at all. what the Lord can do.

Of course, without Chu Yi, in the end Zhu Houzhao was still one step away from chess. When he was about to get a firm grip, in an inexplicable accident, Zhu Houzhao fell into the water, and a generation of emperors collapsed in the deep palace.

So Zhu Houzhao didn't understand everything. In fact, he saw it very clearly. Even what Chu Yi did in Jiangnan, Zhu Houzhao actually knew something.

Why is there no way for Wei Guogong and others to impeach Chu Yi, and why the military officials of the court can not criticize or even impeach Chu Yi for what he did in Jiangnan after receiving the news? There is no overrun.

On the contrary, some dignitaries and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River acted beyond the bottom line, even besieging the government, assassinating the imperial envoy in the street, etc., which made it impossible to save if they failed.

Although he knew for a long time that Zhu Houzhao would not punish him for what happened in Jiangnan, after seeing Zhu Houzhao's attitude, Chu Yi nodded slightly.

The excitement on Zhu Houzhao's face gradually dissipated, but he looked at Chu Yi with a solemn expression and said: "Chu Daxuan, you want to see a little bit of the current situation in Jiangnan during this trip to Jiangnan, what can you teach me!"

Zhu Houzhao said helplessly: "Several ministers in the cabinet have said that the people in Jiangnan are exhausted and the people are poor, so it is not appropriate to increase taxes!"

Chu Yi nodded, then shook his head again and said, "It's true that the people in Jiangnan are exhausted and the people are poor. Not only is it inappropriate to increase taxes, but I ask Your Majesty to reduce taxes as much as possible!"

Gu Dayong, who lowered his head beside him, couldn't help but suddenly raised his head and looked at Chu Yi in amazement, not to mention Zhu Houzhao.

Seeing the expressions of Zhu Houzhao and Gu Dayong, Chu Yi said slowly: "Your Majesty, it is true that the people in Jiangnan are poor, but the poverty of the people does not mean that Jiangnan is not rich. Only when you go to Jiangnan this time will you know what the human world is. Paradise, the land of fish and rice on the water. When it comes to prosperity, the north is far less than the south of the Yangtze River!”

Gu Dayong still looked puzzled, but at this moment Zhu Houzhao's eyes gradually showed a clear look, looking at Chu Yi, he heard Zhu Houzhao say: "The big partner means that Jiangnan's material and financial resources are concentrated. In the hands of some people, the people are poor."

Chu Yi nodded and said: "Your Majesty clearly sees thousands of miles, this is the current situation in the south of the Yangtze River. In the southern part of the Yangtze River, there are many merchants, and every family of the powerful and the nobles is of good wealth. The level of luxury is far beyond imagination.”

As he said that, Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty knows how much dirty silver I got by raiding my family in Jiangnan this time!"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, and with some expectations, he boldly said: "The big companion has copied so many nobles and powerful people, I think it should not be less than one million!"

In Zhu Houzhao's view, in addition to food, the treasury collects only three or four million taels of silver each year. If Chu Yi looted his family and exterminated his family, if he could get one million taels, it would be equivalent to [-] to [-]% of the entire country's tax. Well, this number is thought to be enough.

Chu Yi listened to Zhu Houzhao's guess and sighed in his heart. Except for a very small number of interested people, to be honest, few people really could imagine that the lords and dignitaries in Jiangnan actually accumulated such a huge wealth. Does the emperor of such a country not know the real situation of Jiangnan?

Seeing the change in Chu Yi's expression, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but say: "Why is the big companion like this? Is it because I guessed too much, but it doesn't matter, in fact, I hope that the number is as small as possible, at least this can prove that these people are not in me. The people suck too much blood."

Gu Dayong said from the side: "Your Majesty is benevolent and caring for the people, and he is indeed the king of sage!"

Just looking at Zhu Houzhao's reaction, it is obvious that the news has gradually spread in Jiangnan. Zhu Houzhao has not yet received the news, and he has no idea that he has brought back more than ten million taels of dirty silver.

"Your Majesty, Chu Yi has stolen more than ten million taels of dirty silver this time!"

"What, how much do you say!"

Zhu Houzhao stood up suddenly, and the teacup beside him was accidentally knocked to the ground and spilled. Zhu Houzhao stared at Chu Yi, his face was not at all surprised by hearing the tens of millions of silver lines, but his face was ashen. Full of anger.

Chu Yi said slowly: "More than [-] million in Jiangnan, more than [-] in Jining, more than [-] million taels of silver to be precise!"

With a snap, Zhu Houzhao slapped the coffee table with a slap. He didn't care about the wound on his right hand. The wound burst open and the blood was red. Gu Dayong hurriedly called the little eunuch to prepare medicine.

Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, calm down, it's not worth it to hurt the dragon's body for these giant rats."

Zhu Houzhao laughed angrily and said: "The country's big mouse, really the country's big mouse, I really can't imagine how these people are able to save such a large family property, and dozens of tycoons and dignitaries are actually enough. There are not more than ten million taels of silver in the copy, and this is the Jiangnan where the people's strength is withering as my ministers say!"

[Re-arranged my thoughts, it's a bit late, I don't dislike the monthly ticket, reward, recommendation ticket, etc. 】

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Chu Yi didn't speak, he knew that Zhu Houzhao must be holding a rage in his heart at this moment, and if this anger is not vented, holding it in his heart will only hurt his body.

Pacing in place, the angry Zhu Houzhao grabbed a plate and threw it into the tunnel: "The people's power is withering, I figured it out, my Jiangnan is really withering the people's power."

After a while, Zhu Houzhao calmed down a little bit of anger, but he could see that Zhu Houzhao was still angry and said to Chu Yi: "Mr. Chu did a good job, all these greedy people should be killed! I have to ask My patriarch, my civil and military people, should these people be killed!"

Chu Yi sighed softly: "Your Majesty, it is human nature to be greedy in people's hearts, but some people's greed is too much, but it has destroyed their conscience and bottom line. For these people, they should follow the example of Emperor Taizu and kill them to warn the world. "

Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed with a strange look, and he praised: "Yeah, how domineering Taizu was, corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and then I..."

Thinking that he couldn't even protect a servant beside him, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look sad and let out a sigh.

With a bit of frustration, Zhu Houzhao sat there, letting Gu Dayong clean and bandage the wound.

Seeing the reaction of Zhu Houzhao's expression in his eyes, Chu Yi said: "Why is your Majesty doing this, Taizu is an emperor on horseback, and his prestige is so great that no one in the world can match it. His Majesty, as the blood of Taizu, should be motivated."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand to signal all the other little eunuchs to step down, leaving only Gu Dayong and Chu Yi. At this time, Zhu Houzhao said with a look of disappointment: "This is full of civil and military affairs in the dynasty, the inner court, and all the people I have. There are very few people who can believe it, let alone Zhang Yong and Zhang Da Companion, I treat him like a relative, but he actually colluded with the outer court, what is he trying to do, what he wants to do!"

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's voice a little high, Chu Yi knew that Zhu Houzhao was betrayed by someone he trusted, and he couldn't accept it.

In the final analysis, even if Zhu Houzhao is noble, he is only a young man in his twenties. The scheming of an emperor and his character are all fake. If he really has the scheming of an emperor, he will not be given to him by the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. The oppressed moved out of the palace and hid in this leopard room.

Gu Dayong lowered his head, how dare he answer the question, Zhu Houzhao kept him here, which means that Zhu Houzhao still trusts him, if one sentence is wrong, and the very sensitive Zhu Houzhao is offended, then he can't find a place to cry. .

On the other hand, a cold light flashed in Chu Yi's eyes: "Your Majesty, rest assured, now that Chu is back, he will clear up this mess for His Majesty, and I, Chu Yi, would like to cut down these disloyalty, unfilial, and inhumane with the sword in His Majesty's hand. Injustice, flies and dogs!"

Zhu Houzhao stared at Chu Yi when he heard the words, only to see that Chu Yi's eyes were looking at him, with a bit of encouragement, comfort, and determination in his eyes.

With a warm heart, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help his nose sour, and murmured, "Chu Dafan..."

Turning slightly to the side, trying to maintain his imperial majesty, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and said solemnly with a bit of nasal passage: "Chu Dafan, I promise you that the incident of Liu Dafan will never be repeated!"

Hearing this, Chu Yi laughed and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, they were able to take down Liu Jin, but Liu Jin was not upright. I, Chu Yi, want to see what means they have to deal with me!"

Gu Dayong helped Zhu Houzhao to bandage the wound and heard the words: "Your Majesty, since this is the case, why not take all those people and punish them, and then it will be a good way to relieve Your Majesty's anger."

Then when Gu Dayong finished speaking, he saw Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi looking at him. Just looking at the reaction of the two, Gu Dayong knew that he must have said something wrong.

Zhu Houzhao patted Gu Dayong's shoulder and said, "Thank you for not letting Da Compan sit in the seat of Supervisor of Li, otherwise, I'm afraid it won't be long before they will take Gu Dayong to you like they did against Liu Dayong. down!"

Gu Dayong exclaimed, and he couldn't help thinking of the scene when he was ordered by Zhu Houzhao to personally go to the court to see Liu Jin off. He saw Liu Jin's head be chopped off with his own eyes.

Now hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Gu Dayong couldn't help but think, if he really sat in the seat of the supervisor, would he be taken down like Liu Jin.

Just thinking about it, Gu Dayong had an infinite fear in his heart. His family knew his own affairs. Maybe he could serve others. .

Thinking that he can't even fight Liu Jin, and has been suppressed by Liu Jin all the time, and even Liu Jin has been calculated to death by these people, can he still be stronger than Liu Jin?

Thinking of this, Gu Dayong's grudge against Chu Yi in charge of the Supervisor of Literacy suddenly disappeared. Although the position was good, it was not so easy to do.

"Thank you so much for your majesty's love. I'll stay by your side and serve your majesty well!"

Zhu Houzhao was in a better mood and said to Chu Yi: "When are you going to take office, Da Companion Chu, I will hand over all the supervisors of the li and the royal horses to you."

Although Chu Yi said that he already knew about it, he still felt emotional when he heard Zhu Houzhao mention it. Once he was in charge of Silijian and Yumajian, he would truly become the first person in the country, and then he would suppress the cabinet and become a leader. The existence of power in the world is not difficult.