The Most Powerful Man in the World

At this moment, the civil servants naturally turned their attention to Jiao Fang, the chief assistant of the cabinet, as well as the elders Fei Hong and Jiang Mian. Guo Gong Xu Guangzhu and several people.

After all, even if they want to express their opinions, it is the one with the highest status who speaks first.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Jiao Fang and said, "Jiao Aiqing, what do you think?"

Jiao Fang took a deep breath, took a step forward, first bowed to the emperor, and then respectfully said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the old minister thought that although Lu Wenyang, Zhang Yong and others were under the banner of the Qingjun, their words and deeds were no different from rebellion. For those who have no king and no father, and who are bold and daring, they should be dealt with severely and severely, so that they can shock the hearts of the people and stabilize the world."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, and his eyes turned to Zhang Mao and other nobles: "Old Prince, what do you think?"

Stroking his beard, Zhang Mao said with a solemn expression, "Kill! Your Majesty should use thunder to kill Lu Wenyang and others as an example!"

It can be seen that in the matter of Lu Wenyang, whether it is Jiao Fang or Zhang Mao, they all know that they must cater to the emperor's will, otherwise, the emperor will definitely be furious.

Besides, they are not just catering to the emperor, but the heinous crime committed by Lu Wenyang must be dealt with severely. It can be said that Lu Wenyang and others deserved what they deserved.

Zhu Houzhao had a calm expression on his face, which made it impossible to see what was in his heart, while Chu Yi, who had always been Zhu Houzhao's support, stood aside with an indifferent expression, without any intention of opening his mouth.

"Fei Shangshu, you are the Minister of Punishment. According to your opinion, what should you do?"

Fei Hong was shocked, and bowed down to Zhu Houzhao with a little panic and said, "Report to Your Majesty, this minister thinks that what Jiao Ge and the British Lord have said is very true. For Lu Wenyang and others, they must be severely punished to show the law of my King Daming."

Then Zhu Houzhao looked at the civil and military officials and said, "What do you mean by the ministers?"

Everyone shouted in unison, "I will obey your Majesty's holy words!"

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while, then glanced at the crowd, and finally said: "The three divisions of the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Court, and the Dali Temple jointly tried the case of Lu Wenyang's rebellion, and Dongchang, Xichang, and Jinyiwei assisted."

With that said, Zhu Houzhao said to Chu Yi, "My partner, you have to watch this case in person!"

Chu Yi bowed respectfully at Zhu Houzhao and said, "This minister leads the order!"

Although it was said that the Son of Heaven said that the tribunal would be conducted by three divisions, in fact, everyone knew that everything would have to be listened to by Chu Yi, the chief executive. If Chu Yi disagreed here, the three divisions would not be able to explain to the Son of Heaven at all.

The great court meeting dispersed, many civil and military officials let out a sigh of relief, the saddest day is finally over, at least there is no need to live with fear, for fear that Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi will be escorted to prison when they wake up. .

As for whether the next trial of Lu Wenyang's case will be implicated, to be honest, everyone is really not worried. It is an attitude that the emperor burned those correspondence. Besides, he really belongs to someone who has a close relationship with Lu Wenyang. He was arrested last night. Almost caught, even if there are fish that slip through the net, there are not many.

In the side hall, Chu Yi accompanied Zhu Houzhao to a banquet to entertain dozens of newly promoted counts, viscounts, and barons. Zhu Houzhao himself was not big, and he was martial, so he had a great impression of these lieutenants and soldiers, and even took the initiative. Enjoyed a few drinks with everyone.

I have to say that although Zhu Houzhao is not doing a show, the effect is much stronger than a deliberate show, and he won the hearts of these people all at once.

In the leopard room, after washing his face, the alcoholism dissipated a lot, Zhu Houzhao's eyes narrowed and he said, "My companion, is there any news from Yang Tinghe?"

Lu Wenyang and Zhang Yong, the leaders of the rebels, have all been arrested, and even the imperial court has dispatched all the troops to Tianjin Guard to completely destroy the rebels and seize the property of Lu Wenyang's family.

But there is an extremely important person who has not been caught, and that is the former chief assistant of the cabinet, Yang Tinghe.

In the morning, Zhu Houzhao knew the news that Yang Tinghe had tried to sneak into the leopard room to assassinate him last night, which made Zhu Houzhao extremely angry.

He treated Yang Tinghe well, but he never thought that Yang Tinghe wanted to assassinate him. It can be said that it deeply hurt Zhu Houzhao's heart, which made Zhu Houzhao hate Yang Tinghe even more than Lu Wenyang.

Chu Yi can understand Zhu Houzhao's reaction. As the so-called deep love and hatred, how much Zhu Houzhao relied on Yang Tinghe before, then after Yang Tinghe appeared in the leopard room and intended to assassinate him, Zhu Houzhao's hatred for Yang Tinghe was so deep. .

Shaking his head slightly, Chu Yi looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "I have already sent people to arrest Yang Tinghe, but Yang Tinghe is an old fox. Since he has escaped, unless he jumps out on his own initiative, to be honest, I am not interested in the following people. Whether people can find Yang Tinghe is not hopeful at all."

This is absolutely the truth. As long as Yang Tinghe and other characters want to hide, the world is huge, and with Yang Tinghe's personal connections, there are places to hide without being discovered.

Zhu Houzhao sighed softly: "Last night Qin An and others captured two assassins, one of them seems to be with Yang Tinghe, I have asked Dafan Gu to escort him to the East Factory early in the morning, you may as well try it out. Can you find clues about Yang Tinghe from these two people?"

Chu Yi naturally knew that someone came to assassinate the emperor last night, and also knew that the assassin was taken by the powerful people around Zhu Houzhao. Now that Zhu Houzhao said that the two had been sent to the East Factory at this moment, Chu Yi was a little curious, and accompanied Yang Tinghe. Who is the holy man who came.

Glancing at Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao said angrily: "My partner, give me a detailed investigation, especially the identities, origins of these two assassins, and their masters behind the scenes. I will punish them with nine clans!"

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Chapter 190 How much is Governor Lu's inheritance?

The Lu Wenyang Rebellion only lasted for a few days, and even before the news about Lu Wenyang's Qingjun side spread, Lu Wenyang was defeated. officials.

This time, dozens of officials have been implicated because of Lu Wenyang, and this does not include many officials on the front line of the Grand Canal.

Although it is said that Lu Wenyang fought to the death for the side of the Qing emperor, and most of his confidants were transferred from both sides of the Grand Canal, but these confidants were far and near the capital. When Lu Wenyang was defeated, there was even a confidant from Jiangnan who led Ma Shun. Came towards the capital along the Grand Canal.

Therefore, in the Lu Wenyang Rebellion, from the capital to the locality, I am afraid that at least hundreds of officials will be involved, but now that the capital has stabilized, the next step is naturally the locality.

After Lu Wenyang was taken down, the position of Governor of Caoyun was naturally vacant. This position was prepared by Chu Yi for Bi Heng, so Chu Yi directly asked the emperor to appoint Bi Heng as the new Governor of Caoyun.

For the candidates recommended by Chu Yi, Zhu Houzhao naturally has no hesitation. In addition, Bi Heng is also a veteran minister, and he has even been promoted from the local government to the post of Minister of Industry by his own ability. What is his ability? Zhu Houzhao There are still quite a few in my mind.

Coupled with Chu Yi's recommendation, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered the appointment of Bi Heng as the governor of Caoyun, and in order to prevent Lu Wenyang's remnants from causing trouble on the Grand Canal line, he even dispatched a team of Yulin Guards from among the twelve guards to accompany Bi Heng to Tianjin in person. Wei takes office.

In fact, if there are hundreds of people in the Yulin Guard team, if there is really any trouble, it will not be of great use, but Yu Lin Guard is the emperor's personal guard. Generally speaking, he rarely leaves the capital, and now he is sent to escort by the emperor. When Bi Heng took office, all the fools knew that the emperor valued and favored Bi Heng. As long as he didn't really have no knowledge, no one would jump out and embarrass Bi Heng.

More importantly, the tens of thousands of troops at the imperial court, led by Han Kun, the commander of Wei, seized Lu Wenyang's large ship earlier and headed straight for Tianjin Wei along the Grand Canal.

Tianjin Guard was Lu Wenyang's lair, but Lu Wenyang just left thousands of people to guard Tianjin Guard. In fact, there is nothing wrong with Lu Wenyang's move, as long as he can successfully capture the capital, behead Chu Yi, and even replace him. Son of Heaven, at that time, he will naturally be the existence that dominates the world.

As for Tianjin Guards, no matter how many people stay behind, it doesn't make much sense, let alone if they lose.

The guardian of Tianjin Guards is Lu Wenyang's younger brother, Lu Wenlu, and Lu Wende are generally Lv Wenyang's two arms, but compared to Lu Wende, who controls the army and horses for Lu Wenyang, while Lu Wenlu is in charge of government affairs for Lu Wenyang.

The battle of the capital came to an end too quickly, and Lu Wenyang suffered a crushing defeat in the first battle, which few people could have imagined.

When Han Kun led the army straight to Tianjin Wei, Lu Wenlu was left behind and was busy preparing food for Lu Wenyang to make logistical preparations.

From Lu Wenlu's point of view, even if Lu Wenyang was able to liaise with officials in the city, he would not be able to capture the capital in three to five days, so the necessary food and grass still had to be prepared.

On this day, Lu Wenlu was checking the accounts in the mansion, and was about to send someone to load the prepared grains on the ship. Suddenly, outside the gate, a domestic servant stumbled over with a look of panic on his face.

When he saw Lu Wenlu, the servant couldn't help but said in a panic, "Master, there are many ships on the canal, and there are many soldiers and horses on board!"

Lu Wenlu was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, his expression changed slightly, and his mind turned. This Grand Canal is their Lu family's territory. It can be said that if it is said that the soldiers and horses came from Jiangnan, they may have heard of it, but only from Soldiers and horses in the capital.

"Could it be that my brother took the capital so quickly?"

After being stunned for a moment, Lu Wenlu took a deep breath and looked at the servant: "Can you see clearly, what banner is the person coming?"

Since a large army appears, it will inevitably play the banner of the main general, which is why Lu Wenlu has this question.

The servant shook his head blankly and said to Lu Wenlu, "Master, the little one doesn't even know how to read!"

Lu Wenlu couldn't help being stunned. He really asked Yu Blind. How many servants around him were literate? He actually asked who the other party's name was. It would be strange if the other party knew. .

Lu Wenlu said slowly: "Come on, prepare the sedan chair, this officer is going to the port to check it out!"

Soon a sedan chair was carried away by several strong sedan bearers, and surrounded by dozens of elite soldiers on both sides, they went straight to the port.

Needless to say, the big ship mentioned by the servant earlier came from the capital, and the tens of thousands of people on board were also the capital troops and horses under the command of Han Kun.

Taking advantage of the great victory, Han Kun led the army down the canal, but arrived at the port of Tianjin in just one day.

Standing on top of the big ship, Han Kun was slightly relieved to see that there was no defense at all except for some large and small ships at the port ahead.

When the ship docked, it was the most dangerous. As a result, Tianjin City seemed to have no defenses, but it allowed him to avoid the most dangerous step.

Han Kun said to the messenger in a deep voice: "I will send the flag, and the army will immediately abandon the ship and ashore!"

As the flag swayed, many generals received orders on the large ships and ordered their soldiers to disembark.

It was just a cup of tea. As the first group of soldiers landed, Han Kun stepped on the ground and looked at the city of Tianjin in the distance under the guard of the personal soldiers beside him, with a look of joy on his face.

According to the information obtained, there are at most thousands of people left in Tianjin City, and he has brought tens of thousands of troops this time. Even if it is time to storm Tianjin City, it will be enough.

Now that the army has landed, Tianjin City can be said to be in the palm of his hand.

Thinking that Chu Yi specially ordered him to lead the army to capture Tianjin Wei, Han Kun couldn't help but feel grateful, which was clearly to give him credit.

Fools all know that with Lu Wenyang's defeat, no matter who the Tianjin Guard comes with an army of tens of thousands, he can easily take it down, but this is military merit.

If there was no Chu Yi's name, Han Kun would definitely not be able to compete with the military generals who have the support of the honorable group behind him, so looking at Tianjin City, Han Kun was not only grateful to Chu Yi but also grateful, giving birth to a kind of soldier who died for his confidant feel.

Just when Han Kun led the army to land, Lu Wenlu also took a sedan chair to the port, but with such a big movement of the army landing, many people working in the port were naturally apprehensive.

While Lu Wenlu was sitting in the sedan chair, he could only hear the chaos outside, and there was a famous water transport man running by.

Surprised in his heart, Lu Wenlu got off the sedan chair, and what he saw in front of him was a panicked figure running around, Lu Wenlu frowned, and a somewhat unpleasant feeling appeared in his heart.

Lu Wenlu took a step forward and stopped a man: "What's going on, what's wrong with everyone?"

The man was running with the crowd like a headless fly. He was stopped at this moment. He almost instinctively wanted to yell at him. At that time, the swear words came to his mouth and he swallowed again. Looking at Lu Wenlu, he said, "This adult is so small that he doesn't know what's going on. Everyone is running, and the little one will naturally follow."

Lu Wenlu couldn't help frowning when he heard it, and the man said quickly, "But I heard that a large army has landed. Everyone is afraid of the military disaster, so let's run away."

Lu Wenlu waved his hand and said, "Go away!"

The man hurried away as if he was being forgiven, while Lu Wenlu strode forward and headed straight for the port, but only a few hundred meters ahead. After turning a corner, the huge port appeared in sight.

Lu Wenlu only saw the large ships on the canal approaching the port, and a famous soldier was landing quickly, and before the port, a dark group of soldiers had successfully landed.

As Lu Wenlu's personal guard, Bai Mang couldn't help frowning and said, "Sir, these troops don't look like the soldiers and horses that the Governor-General brought to the capital?"

Compared with the soldiers and horses of the local guards, the Beijing camp is naturally different, and even Lu Wenlu can see this.

This will make Bai Mang glance, Lu Wenlu said to one of the soldiers: "Go and check, see if the lord successfully broke the capital and sent someone back?"

Although this is unlikely, at least Lu Wenlu has not thought about the news that Lu Wenyang has fallen.

After all, it was only a day before Lu Wenyang went to the capital. Even tens of thousands of pigs should not be defeated so quickly.

The soldier was close to the army. Naturally, it was discovered by Han Kun and others. He was taken down immediately. He learned from the soldier's mouth that Tianjin City was staying behind. lol.

Soon Han Kun brought his bodyguards and horses straight to Lu Wenlu's place. When Lu Wenlu reacted, he was already surrounded.

Looking at the slightly flustered Lu Wenlu, Han Kun grinned like he was looking at a little white rabbit and said, "Haha, God helped me, I thought it would take a lot of work, but I never thought that I would find it here. When we arrive at Master Lu, Tianjin City can be easily destroyed!"

Hearing Han Kun's words, Lu Wenlu said in his heart, "What do you call the general, where do you come from?"

Han Kun looked at Lu Wenlu with interest and said: "Lord Lu, listen carefully, this officer is one of the four commanders of Tengxiang, Han Kun, came to receive Tianjin Guards on the order of Chu Yi, the general manager of Chu... "

"Why, this is impossible, the Governor-General led a large army to attack the city, how could Chu thief have the opportunity to send someone to Tianjin Wei!"

Hearing Lu Wenlu mentioning Lu Wenyang, Han Kun said with disdain: "How can Lu Wenyang be the opponent of Director Chu? Director Chu just opened a big net, but Lu Wenyang jumped in obediently. Just last night, Lu Wenyang waited. People are still taken all over."

When Lu Wenlu heard the words, he only felt like five thunders hit the top, and he almost lay on his back with a flick of his body.

Looking at Lu Wenlu's appearance like a concubine, Han Kun waved his hand and said, "Give everyone to this general!"

How dare those guards dare to resist in the face of the wolf-like soldiers and horses, and even obediently put down their weapons and capture them, otherwise, it seems that there is only a dead end.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible..."

The lost Lu Wenlu seemed to be a little crazy, and kept mumbling in his mouth.

Han Kun sent people to escort Lu Wenlu and led the troops and horses to Tianjin Wei. You must know that he came here, and on the other hand, he had an important task, that is, he must protect the tens of millions of taels of silver that were robbed by Lu Wenyang. Safety, but also blocked Tianjin City, Jing waited for the new governor of Caoyun appointed by the court to come to preside over the seizure of Lu Wenyang's mansion.

Everyone has no idea how much silver can be found in Lu Wenyang's mansion, but one thing is certain, that is, Lu Wenyang has been sitting in the seat of the Governor of Caoyun for nearly ten years. During these ten years, Lu Wenyang has I'm afraid no one knows how much silver has been caught on this flowing golden river.

But just by looking at Lu Wenyang's arm as big as bribing Chu Yi, he knew that Lu Wenyang's net worth was definitely not simple, and no one would be surprised even if he didn't get tens of millions of taels of silver.