The Most Powerful Man in the World

The relationship between Zhu Houzhao and Chu Yi is so deep, they are very clear, and now that Chu Yi is missing, it would be strange if Zhu Houzhao didn't respond.

That is, just now, Zhu Houzhao slapped the table with a slap and shocked several people, but at this moment, everyone found that Zhu Houzhao did not explode with thunder and anger as they had imagined, or that he was extremely angry. Crazy reaction.

Zhu Houzhao just sat there, leaning slightly on the seat behind him, and closing his eyes slightly, he seemed to be very calm, but if you look closely, you will find that Zhu Houzhao's body is fighting slightly. , one hand clenched into a fist.

"Dude, is this the purpose of your voyage to the West?"

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao said word by word.

Zhu Houzhao was not a fool. He soon realized that the reason why Chu Yi insisted on going to the Western Ocean was that he was preparing for today.

One after another, the unreasonable things about Chu Yi's actions were all explained at once.

Just as Yang Yiqing had met Chu Yizhou and told him that Chu Yi wanted to leave completely, he even went to the palace for this purpose.

Now that I think about it, Chu Yi didn't mean it out of nowhere, but rather had a purpose.

A pair of deep eyes fell on Yang Yiqing and the others calmly, only to hear Zhu Houzhao's voice hoarse: "You said, do you have any great companions?"

Although the words were calm, Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren could clearly feel the sadness, questioning, and anger contained in them.

"Hey, Chief Manager, why are you doing this!"

Wang Shouren sighed in his heart, he really couldn't figure it out, that's fine, why did Chu Yi make such a big noise, isn't he afraid that Zhu Houzhao would do something crazy because of his disappearance!

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Chapter 620 I want to find you! 【1 more】

The calmer the emperor became, the more uneasy the elders felt. Yang Yiqing stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Houzhao handed the letter to Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing took a deep breath and glanced over the letter with confidence. Although Zhu Houzhao's reaction just now made Yang Yiqing guess a few people, when he really saw the content of the letter, Yang Yiqing couldn't help but be overwhelmed. Make waves.

After scanning the letter, Yang Yiqing handed it to Wang Shouren. After several patriarchs read it one by one, Wang Zheng carefully put away the letter and put it on the table.

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting there, looked at a few people calmly, and then slowly said: "Tell me, my companion disappeared for no reason on the way to the Western Ocean, what should I do?"

You look at me, I look at you, they really don't know how to answer Zhu Houzhao's question.

Seeing that several people didn't speak, Zhu Houzhao called on Yang Yiqing's name and said, "Qing family, let's talk about it!"

With a wry smile in his heart, he was named by the Son of Heaven. Even if he wanted to avoid it, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, he could not avoid it.After thinking for a while in my heart, I heard Yang Yiqing say to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I think that His Royal Highness King Wu is the honorable lord of my Daming prince, and he disappeared overseas. It has to be investigated.”

In fact, based on Yang Yiqing's cleverness, and thinking of some of Chu Yi's previous actions, if there were some things that were unclear before, then at this moment, Yang Yiqing somewhat understood Chu Yi's intentions.

The disappearance of Chu Yi's voyage to the Western Ocean was definitely not due to an accident. I'm afraid it was all planned by Chu Yi long ago. That is to say, the matter of Chu Yi's disappearance is not about anyone else's business, but Chu Yi's own disappearance.

To be honest, Yang Yiqing never worried about Chu Yi's safety. All he was worried about was Zhu Houzhao's reaction.

After all, as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao's words and deeds will have a great impact on the world. Everyone only loses the friendship between Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao. Now Chu Yi can be said to leave without saying goodbye, but Zhu Houzhao certainly does not. It will be over.

His eyes fell on Wang Shouren, and Wang Shouren immediately said: "Your Majesty, I think that what Lord Shoufu said is very true. In any case, we must find out the whereabouts of His Highness."

Wang Shouren didn't know that Chu Yi had a conversation with Yang Yiqing before he left, but from Wang Shouren's standpoint, if Chu Yi disappeared, it would be of no benefit to Daming.

With Chu Yi in charge, Daming up and down is definitely a great shock to some people who miss him. It can be said that as long as Chu Yi is there, some ghosts and snakes will never dare to jump out. Is it sharp?

Chen Ding coughed lightly, then looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, I think that the matter of His Royal Highness King Wu, the court sent a special person to investigate, if it involves too much energy of the court, even if His Highness King Wu knows about it , I'm afraid this is not what he wants to see..."

Yang Yiqing and the others couldn't help but look at Chen Ding, with admiration in their eyes. They dared to say such words at this time. Among them, only Chen Ding has such courage.

Chen Ding is really not afraid of the emperor's anger.

With a bang, I saw the emperor slapped the table with a slap, and stared at Chen Ding with anger in his eyes: "Chen Ding, you mean, can't I send people on a large scale to find the whereabouts of my partner? ?"

Holding his head up, Chen Ding is worthy of being a well-known old stubborn in the court. Even if you face the anger of the emperor, you are not afraid to say to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the society is the most important!"

"Get out, get out of here!"

While speaking, Zhu Houzhao roared at Chen Ding with an angry face. Ever since he saw the contents of the letter and realized that Chu Yi was missing on purpose, Zhu Houzhao could be said to be suffocating in his heart, but as the supreme emperor, Even if there is a real anger in his heart, it is not easy to vent in front of the courtiers.

But at this time, Chen Ding himself was on Zhu Houzhao's anger, and it was reasonable to be the object of Zhu Houzhao's anger.

Chen Ding knelt down on the ground and said to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty, if the minister said something from the bottom of his heart, if King Wu knew it, he would definitely not want to see His Majesty mobilize the army for him..."

"Drag me out..."

Wang Zheng coughed lightly, and several servants hurried forward to carry Chen Ding out.

Even in the rage, Zhu Houzhao still maintained a bit of rationality, but he just carried out Chen Dingming, who looked a little unsightly.

If it was someone else, how could the emperor manage so much under his anger, I'm afraid he would have dragged out a bunch of sticks to serve him at this moment.

The anger in his heart was vented a little, and Zhu Houzhao glanced over Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren and others, and sighed slightly: "Everyone, please go back first, I want to be quiet."

Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren heard it as if they had been granted amnesty. They were under a lot of pressure when facing Zhu Houzhao here. Now that the emperor let them go, it was natural for them to breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren were loyal to the emperor, so they heard Yang Yiqing say to Zhu Houzhao, "Your Majesty must take care of your body, and don't hurt the dragon's body."

Watching Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren leave, Zhu Houzhao sat there, the whole person seemed a little quiet.

When it became dark outside, Wang Zheng, who was serving on the side, stepped forward to light the candle, and the candle flickered. Zhu Houzhao slowly exhaled, got up and walked out of the imperial study.

Wang Zheng and several other servants did not dare to disturb Zhu Houzhao at this time, but silently followed behind Zhu Houzhao.

Queen's Bedroom.

As the queen, Queen Xia is looking at her emperor, Zhu Zaiji, with a smile on her face.

Zhu Zaiji just finished today's homework, and said to Queen Xia with a bit of joy on his face: "Mother, the child has finished his homework, can he go to see the father and emperor?"

Patting Zhu Zaiji's head, Queen Xia said with a smile: "Your father may be dealing with government affairs at the moment, and when he has time, he will naturally come to see Ji'er."

Zhu Zaiji's small face showed a bit of loss, and nodded slightly: "Kie understands."

Just as he was talking, he heard a voice saying, "Your Majesty is here!"

Empress Xia couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and quickly got up and walked towards the door of the main hall.

Queen Xia bowed to Zhu Houzhao and said, "My concubine welcomes Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe!"

With a gloomy face, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand slightly, and walked past the queen.

Empress Xia obviously noticed that Zhu Houzhao's expression was not quite right. Even Zhu Zaiji seemed to feel Zhu Houzhao's expression, but he didn't dare to run over, but gave Zhu Houzhao a proper salute.

Glancing at the emperor who was sitting there in a trance, Queen Xia glanced at Wang Zheng and whispered to Wang Zheng: "Dr.

The harem was not allowed to do politics, but Queen Xia did not dare to take care of the political affairs of the court, but it was normal for Queen Xia to ask questions about the emperor.

Wang Zheng explained it with a wry smile, but Queen Xia couldn't help being taken aback after hearing it. She obviously did not expect that Chu Yi would disappear during the voyage to the West.

For a while, Queen Xia didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed.

If Chu Yi was there, at least half of the emperor's attention was on Chu Yi. As for other things, Zhu Houzhao didn't pay much attention.Now that Chu Yi is missing, Queen Xia only feels a little joy in her heart.

Suppressing the inner turmoil, Queen Xia carefully poured tea for Zhu Houzhao and said softly, "Your Majesty, have a cup of tea."

Zhu Houzhao took a sip of tea, put it down, and suddenly looked at Queen Xia and said, "Empress, do you want me to find my partner in person..."

With a trembling of her hand, Queen Xia almost broke the teapot in her hand, apparently startled by Zhu Houzhao's sudden remarks.

Fortunately, at this moment, Zhu Houzhao also realized that his thoughts were wrong, shook his head and said, "I can't walk away, so I must find a trustworthy person to find the whereabouts of my partner."

Queen Xia couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the concubines have also heard that the Western Ocean is vast, and Your Majesty wants to find such a person as the Chief Executive, I am afraid it will be a little difficult, if it is on the land of Ming Dynasty, it will be fine, after all, it is in the On someone else's territory..."

A bright light flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and he said solemnly: "Is there a king's land in the world, and a king's ministers on the coast of leading the land. I don't believe that I have searched all over the world and can't find a great companion."

Speaking of which, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be very determined, or perhaps he was comforting himself by saying, "Why did he take the opportunity of the Western Ocean to leave without saying goodbye? After all, it is the companion who knows that if he is on the land of Daming, I will sooner or later. One day he will be found, so Da accompanied him away from Daming, and then left without saying goodbye."

Wang Zheng and several others were listening, but they felt that what Zhu Houzhao said was not without some truth. Otherwise, why did Chu Yi leave without saying goodbye during the voyage to the West?

"I will send people to keep looking for it. If I can't find it in China, I will go abroad. If I can't find it in the West, I will go to Nanyang. No matter it is southeast or northwest, as long as the big companion is not dead, even if I search all over the world, I will find the big companion."

The news of Chu Yi's disappearance could not be concealed at all, but within a day, the news spread all over the capital.

When the news came out, among the capital, the first reaction of many people was disbelief.

What many people think of is not what will happen to the court when Chu Yi disappears, but first of all, whether Chu Yi is digging a hole again and waiting for them to jump out on their own initiative.

The shadow that Chu Yi left to everyone was too great, and few people dared to believe that Chu Yi really disappeared.

in the restaurant

Several scholars gathered together and chatted while drinking tea, and naturally they talked about the most popular topics in the capital at the moment.

"Have you heard the news of the disappearance of several brothers and chief executives of Chu Yi? If you want me to say, who does Chu Yi want to plot against this time?"

"Once or twice, whoever jumps out at this time is a fool."

"The disappearance is fake, I'm afraid he is playing a double reed with the emperor!"

Three days later, in an early court, Zhu Houzhao appeared in the court hall. A group of civil and military officials first discussed some important national affairs. After discussing these matters, as usual, it was natural for the officials to withdraw from the court.

But this time, no one wanted to leave immediately, but rather looked forward to what would happen next.

Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao let out a light cough, drawing everyone's attention to himself, and then heard Zhu Houzhao speak: "The Minister of Works, Wang Anlun, and the Minister of Households, Chen Ding!"

I saw two old ministers come out, it is Wang Anlun and Chen Ding, the second of the six documents.

"The old minister has seen His Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao said lightly: "I would like to transfer ten million taels of silver from the imperial internal treasury, and ten million taels of silver from the Ministry of Household Affairs, a total of 2000 million taels of silver, to start the construction of sea ships. Wang Anlun, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, tell me Let's see, with this 2000 million taels of silver, how many large ships can be supervised to build?"

The hearts of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked. Obviously, they did not expect that Zhu Houzhao would involve as much as 2000 million taels of silver when he opened his mouth. Its purpose is self-evident.

In addition to the vigorous development of sea power, everyone really can't think of other possibilities.

Wang Anlun took a deep breath, stepped forward and said to the emperor, "Report to Your Majesty, if His Majesty really allocates 2000 million taels of silver, I can guarantee to supervise the construction of [-] large ships!"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up. Now, under Chu Yi's insistence, the Daming Navy has invested tens of millions of taels of gold and silver, and there are now dozens of ships just for the good ships.

The most important thing is that as the large ships that are being built are being built at an extremely fast speed, more and more ships will be equipped into the army, and finally the military power of Mingming will be strengthened.

If you add the large ships that Chu Yi insisted on building before, then it will reach as many as three or four thousand ships.

Just thinking about it makes one's heart tremble. You must know that even though the Western world is in the era of great seafaring, the sea power of countries such as the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and even England has skyrocketed. Adding up, I am afraid that the number of ships built by the Ming Dynasty is equivalent.

After listening to this, many officials silently calculated in their hearts, and many people's faces showed a pale color.

Once thousands of large ships are built, the extent to which the Daming Navy will expand, even a fool can imagine.

In this way, the force of the navy will be greatly increased, which will obviously affect the soldiers of the army. Fortunately, there is no gap between the soldiers and the navy, and the military leaders strongly support this, but the civil servants, The expressions of several important officials changed obviously.

[Recommend a friend to a book "Han Si Dangguan", if you are interested, you may wish to read it. 】

Chapter 620 The second chapter is that the big companion can destroy the country [2 more]