It has been nearly 20 years since Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, and after so many years, Zhu Houzhao has already cultivated an imperial momentum, even if he is sitting there, the kind of imperial momentum that is inadvertently revealed is not something that ordinary people can look at directly.

As the head of a country in charge of the huge Ming Empire, Zhu Houzhao's growth over the years has made Zhu Houzhao surpass his ancestors, even compared to Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu, and even surpassed.

Originally, Charles I could not be said to be bad, after all, this person could lay the foundation of the Spanish kingdom, and he could be regarded as a qualified king.

However, compared with Zhu Houzhao's words, Charles I is naturally much worse, otherwise, Charles I would not have become a prisoner at this time.

Charles I looked up at Zhu Houzhao, and when he saw Zhu Houzhao's slightly young face, he was naturally slightly stunned.

Under the guidance of the two congenital powerhouses of Taoism, Zhu Houzhao has practiced Taoism for many years, and it is not without effect, at least the traces left by the years on his body have been significantly reduced.

If it were to be replaced by other diligent monarchs, I am afraid that they would be tired and decrepit, but although Zhu Houzhao is not diligent, he is not the kind of monarch who ignores the major affairs of the DPRK and China, so it still takes a little energy to deal with the major affairs of the DPRK and China.

However, Zhu Houzhao was not affected at all, and even looked a few years younger than his actual age.

Seeing this, an official of the Ministry of Rites who was proficient in Spanish first saluted Zhu Houzhao, and then said to Charles I in a deep voice: "Charles I, when you see Your Majesty, don't hurry up and salute." ”

Charles I frowned, and the whole person stood there, without the slightest intention of saluting Zhu Houzhao.

Although Zhu Houzhao didn't understand the words of the official of the Ministry of Rites, just looking at the official's expression, Zhu Houzhao could guess what the other party meant.

Just when the officials of the Ministry of Rites were a little panicked in their hearts and were about to force Charles I to salute Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand slightly and said: "My Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette, and the other party is also the lord of a country, so it should not be humiliated." ”

Between speaking, Zhu Houzhao looked at Charles I, the lord of Xiyi, with great interest, for Spain, to be honest, Daming is no stranger, after all, the first to enter the East, and the Xiyi people who have contact with Daming are the Dutch, Spaniards, and Portuguese.

Even in Zhu Houzhao's view, the Kingdom of Spain can be regarded as a powerful country, but it was too unlucky to meet the Ming Empire.

In addition, part of the energy of the Kingdom of Spain was tied up by many territories overseas, and under various circumstances, the Kingdom of Spain was destroyed like this, to be honest, even Yu Dayou and others were a little confused.

Charles I naturally didn't know what Zhu Houzhao had just said, but as the head of a country, he still had the ability to observe words and feelings, and he obviously noticed that the Ming officials who were originally very dissatisfied with him suddenly changed their attitudes, and it was not clear that it was because of Chu Yi.

But Charles I didn't have a good impression of Zhu Houzhao.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, how could he become the king of the fallen country, so Charles I hated all the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Feeling the hostility in Charles I's eyes, Zhu Houzhao suddenly lost interest, waved his hand and said, "Take it down and settle it." ”

Seeing Charles I being taken away, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and signaled everyone to retreat, and soon Zhu Houzhao and Wang Zheng were left in the imperial study.

Zhu Hou glanced at Wang Zheng and said, "I want to be alone and quiet!" ”

Wang Zheng hurriedly bowed his head and retreated, and closed the door.

In the imperial study, Zhu Houzhao slowly took out the altar on that side, and soon Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and his face showed a little consternation.

The luck of more than 15 million yuan has skyrocketed a lot compared to before, even if Zhu Houzhao is moody, he can't help but be moved.

Zhu Houzhao groaned in his heart, there haven't been any big moves recently, why has this luck suddenly skyrocketed so much.

Soon Zhu Houzhao vaguely thought of the reason, if he was not mistaken, this sudden surge of luck was very likely to be related to the fact that he had just met Charles I.

Charles I, as the lord of the Kingdom of Spain, naturally adheres to the luck of the Kingdom of Spain, even if Yu Dayou breaks through the Spanish capital, but as long as Charles I does not die, then most of the fortune of the kingdom is on Charles I.

Now that he had met Charles I, and had left him behind, it can be said that from then on, Charles I lived or died in his thoughts.

In this case, it would be strange if the luck did not skyrocket.

With so much luck skyrocketing, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but faintly look forward to it.

If Yu Dayou is powerful enough, how much luck can he get if he captures the kings of the Netherlands, Portugal, and the Sun Never Sets Empire.

Exhaling a breath of turbidity, Zhu Houzhao slowly put the altar away.

There is no secret in the court, let alone hundreds of millions of wealth, when a large number of large quantities of gold and silver are continuously sent into the treasury, the news naturally spreads.

At this time, the imperial court also let go of the secrecy of the news, and soon the entire Jingshi was known to everyone.

Ding Xiangbo, Hu Weibo and others defeated the Xiyi naval fleet overseas, broke through the Xiyi capital, and captured the opponent's lord alive.

This news is already extremely powerful, but when the news of destroying a country and destroying hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth came out, most people's reaction was first disbelief.

The value of the seized loot was so staggering that the first thing that came to mind when ordinary people suddenly heard such a frightening figure was to doubt its authenticity.

It's like a teahouse in Beijing, where several scholars sit and argue.

"Ridiculous, really ridiculous, hundreds of millions of loot, do you believe it? I don't believe it anyway! ”

"I think Yu Dayou and Qi Jingtong are really crazy, they dare to make up such a big lie, Your Majesty actually believes it, where is the reason, where is the reason!"

A scholar whispered, "Don't forget, Yu Dayou. Qi Jingtong and they are all the subordinates of the chief manager, what kind of character our majesty is, don't you know yet......"

"I am a state of etiquette in the Ming Dynasty, and I have always treated people with courtesy, but Your Majesty is now a reckless soldier, and in the long run, the country will not be a country......"

Needless to say, these scholars are the kind of people who can't eat bones and refuse to keep up with the times.

It can be said that in less than ten years, the officials above the court are almost completely new, at least about eighty percent of the officials are new faces compared to ten years ago.

A considerable number of literati who could not keep up with the trend of the times naturally became frustrated with the progress of the times, and it has become the norm for these people to get together on weekdays and criticize some political affairs in the DPRK and China.

For this part of the people, to be honest, Zhu Houzhao didn't take it to heart at all, just the so-called scholar rebellion, ten years later, not to mention a group of pedantic people who refuse to keep pace with the times.

There are people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang secretly staring, and these people can't turn the sky at all, so they let these people criticize some of the measures of the imperial court at every turn.

Some people don't believe it, but naturally some people believe it, especially some of them are supporters of the Son of Heaven.

Zhu Houzhao's series of measures will naturally lead to the emergence of a new class of vested interests, and this class is Zhu Houzhao's most loyal supporters.

Others can betray Zhu Houzhao for various reasons, but this new class united around Zhu Houzhao is the most loyal to Zhu Houzhao.

The people who took bribes were not only the new class, but most importantly, the people of the world were greatly benefited.

Not to mention the others, the imperial court alone has benefited countless people by separating a royal family member with a name like a bloodsucking worm overseas.

The royal clansmen who were divided took away a considerable number of tenants, and the imperial court also recovered a large amount of land from the hands of these imperial clansmen.

Normally, the land was in the hands of the royal family, but now it is repossessed by the imperial court and leased to the landless people.

A royal family is divided, a land is recovered, coupled with the reform of the military system, it can be said that one by one, looking at the Ming Dynasty, as long as any emperor can do one of them, it is enough to continue the life of the Ming Dynasty for a hundred years.

However, Zhu Houzhao, with the support of Chu Yi, solved these problems one by one, and after so many actions, although it is said that the interests of some people are damaged, it is the majority who really benefit.

In today's world, after more than ten years of development, it can really be said that the world is peaceful, even if it is called a prosperous era of righteousness.

A burst of laughter sounded in the teahouse, and a strong man was heard laughing excitedly: "Zhuang, really strong, worthy of His Majesty's personal seal of Hu Weibo and Dingxiangbo, if you can, I will definitely go overseas with the two uncles to open up territory for my Ming Dynasty......"

"Fang Fuji? It turned out to be Fang Fuji, who has been in the limelight recently, it is said that Fang Fuji started with sea trade, and now he is worth no less than one million......"

No matter what the people said, anyway, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were really suppressed, especially when the officials saw exactly the carriages transferring gold and silver into the treasury of the household department, and the officials who had previously opposed the Son of Heaven's foreign conquest closed their mouths one by one.

The biggest reason for their opposition to foreign wars was that it was difficult for the imperial court to support the huge military spending, who would have thought that the Ming Dynasty would spend tens of millions of taels of gold and silver on the army alone every year.

If this had been placed before the tax reform, if you really dared to play like this, I am afraid that the imperial court would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Of course, even now, so much military spending has made many people impeach Wang Yangming and other military generals and nobles.

But this time, the loot of about 300 million yuan was blocked from the mouths of all the opponents at once, at least that part of the officials still had a shocked look on their faces until now, obviously they didn't expect Yu Dayou and they would have such a big gain.

This year, overseas good news was frequent, first Yu Dayou led a large army to destroy the country overseas, and then came good news, on the other hand, Xu Tianzuo led the fleet to land in the Americas, and fought a big war with the Spanish army that occupied the Americas first.

Due to geographical distance, the Spanish capital was breached, the country's high-level and even wealth were swept away, and even the news that their own capital was occupied did not reach the ears of these Spaniards.

This Spanish fleet is the strongest fleet except for the fleet left behind in the mainland, with this fleet and tens of thousands of troops, firmly occupy the Americas, and continue to transfuse blood for the country.

The Americas are rich in gold, silver, precious stones and other precious mineral resources, and every year a fortune flows into Spain across the ocean.

If it weren't for the fact that it had been plundered overseas for decades, how could it be cheaper for Yu Dayou and others, who had scavenged a huge amount of wealth in the capital.

The Spaniards, who regarded the Americas as their own territory, saw that Da Ming had put his hand into his back garden, how could he agree.

However, the consequence of several major battles was that the Spanish fleet was defeated and retreated, and Xu Tianzuo was defeated by Xu Tianzuo with more advanced weapons and equipment, and a large amount of territory was lost.

The ships were loaded with gold, silver, precious stones, and many plants unique to the Americas, such as corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, and dozens of other plants with edible value.

At that time, Chu Yi sent a fleet to the Americas to look for corn and sweet potatoes, although he also brought back corn and sweet potato seeds, but more than ten years have passed, but they have not been popularized in Daming, and now dozens of new plants have been introduced into Daming from the Americas.

At the beginning, Chu Yi did not blindly promote corn, sweet potatoes and other crops, mainly considering that corn and sweet potatoes were alien species and did not fully adapt to the climate, soil and other environments of the Ming Dynasty.

This is also in history, sweet potatoes, corn and other crops have been introduced to the Ming Dynasty at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but they have not been popularized in a large area, but they were completely spread out in the Qing Dynasty, achieving the so-called sweet potato prosperity.

In the final analysis, corn and sweet potatoes need time to adapt to the new environment from generation to generation, and the imperial court has not forced them to promote, relying on the spontaneous promotion of the people, it is obviously not too fast.

The most important reason is that there was no big natural disaster in Daming, at least there was not a shortage of food, otherwise, whether it was Chu Yi or Zhu Houzhao, he would definitely vigorously promote these crops.

The big ships that returned from the Americas were loaded with gold and silver, and once again made waves above the court, and at this time, even a fool knew that if he shouted any reckless military force at this time, he would be the enemy of the general trend of the waves.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the small altar with a stunned expression, his mouth opened slightly, and his face was a little puzzled, it was only half a month since he last checked, but in this short half a month, his luck soared by millions, and the total amount of luck reached twenty-two million.

"What is the reason why the luck has skyrocketed so much?"

Zhu Houzhao obviously didn't quite understand why his luck had skyrocketed so much, and it could even be said that if Chu Yi knew that Zhu Houzhao's luck had skyrocketed so much at one time, he was afraid that he would vomit blood in depression.

He has worked hard for so many years, and he has only saved millions of luck, but Zhu Houzhao, if he didn't do anything, millions of luck fell from the sky.

Rubbing the small altar, Zhu Houzhao's eyes flashed with a bit of wisdom, and his face gradually showed a sudden look.

In fact, if you only need to think about what happened in the past half month, you can figure it out.

And it was precisely because the fleet returning from the Americas arrived in Beijing that Zhu Houzhao only needed to rule them out one by one to be able to find out where the skyrocketing luck came from.

Sitting there, one hand gently tapping on the table, Zhu Houzhao had a little contemplation between his eyebrows, staring at the world map hanging on the wall in front of him, which was almost not much different from the modern map.

On this map, some markings are clearly marked, and the area covered by the sun and moon flags occupies about one-third of the map.

Looking at that map, Zhu Houzhao secretly thought in his heart, in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, not to mention whether he can occupy the entire world, even if he really occupies the entire world, I am afraid that there is an upper limit to the luck that can be obtained in the end.

If Zhu Houzhao is willing, with his current physical condition, there may not be no hope of occupying the whole world for another few decades, but Zhu Houzhao obviously can't wait.

He set a deadline for himself, and the twenty years of Zhengde was the deadline he set for himself, and before that, he would try his best to obtain luck, and no matter how much luck he could get, he would climb the altar and take that crucial step.

As the saying goes, time waits for no one, maybe he can wait a few more years, but if he wants to achieve the plan in his heart, the longer the time drags on, the better, and the timing of some things is the most important.

Zhu Houzhao has an ambition in his heart, that is, with the help of that magical altar, he will do things against the sky.

No one knows Zhu Houzhao's great ambition hidden in his heart, the whole country will soar, and the supreme god dynasty will be established, in addition to Zhu Houzhao, even Yang Yiqing, Wang Yangming, Shao Yuanjie, these Zhu Houzhao's arms are not clear about Zhu Houzhao's thoughts, of course, even if Zhu Houzhao tells a few people, I'm afraid no one will believe it, but will think that Zhu Houzhao is crazy.

Rubbing the altar in his hand, Zhu Houzhao's gaze slowly moved on that map, several eye-catching arrows centered on the Ming Dynasty, radiating in all directions, it was the direction of the external expansion of the fleets and armies sent out by the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that every day there are places to be conquered, and then incorporated into the rule of the Ming Dynasty, providing Zhu Houzhao with a steady stream of luck.