But after all, Chu Yi has been away from Beijing for a year, and there are many officials who have entered the court from the local level, and these officials have only heard of Chu Yi's murderous name, but they have never experienced the kind of trembling when facing Chu Yi.

Now that the news of Chu Yi's return to Beijing has spread in the court, I don't know how many officials in the court have changed their colors for a while, and there are also some new officials who show curiosity.

In the cabinet, several cabinet elders led by Jiao Fang are naturally old people who are very familiar with Chu Yi, although many civil and military officials above the court have changed, but Zhu Houzhao has not adjusted the cabinet.

These cabinet members can hold a high position in the waves of turmoil in the court, naturally they are not ordinary people, no matter what these cabinet elders think of Chu Yi in their hearts, at least when Chu Yi is in the limelight, everyone will not discount the implementation of Chu Yi's orders, which may be called a knowledge of current affairs.

It is precisely a few cabinet elders who are so familiar with current affairs, so in addition to transferring Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren to the cabinet, Chu Yi did not make much of a move about the cabinet members.

Jiao Fang has been attached to him for many years, it can be said that in the eyes of the world, Jiao Fang is his spokesperson, no matter what Jiao Fang thinks, this cannot be changed, the two can be said to be grasshoppers on the same rope, once Chu Yi loses power, among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the first unlucky person must be Jiao Fang, who is the first assistant of the cabinet.

Unless Jiao Fang's head was in the water, otherwise, even if it was for himself, Jiao Fang would definitely be loyal to Chu Yi.

Obviously, Jiao Fang did not live up to Chu Yi's attention, and in the past few years, he has been in charge of the cabinet and adjusted the relationship between the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs and Chu Yi and the Son of Heaven, but he has not done a bad job.

At this time, in the cabinet, Jiao Fang put down a piece of music in his hand, glanced at the several cabinet elders present, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Everyone, thinking about it, Your Majesty must have known the news of the general manager's imminent return, with Your Majesty's temperament, you will inevitably go out of the city to greet you at that time, about this matter, it is best for everyone to draw up a charter as soon as possible, and when Your Majesty asks, I will have an answer." ”

Chen Ding stroked his gray beard, glanced at Jiao Fang and said: "Every penny in the treasury comes from the people of the world, if Your Majesty wants to go out of the city to meet the chief manager, the old man has no opinion, but this honor guard must be simple, otherwise there is a suspicion of luxury!" ”

Hearing Chen Ding's words, several other pavilion elders present couldn't help but show admiration, among several pavilion elders, I am afraid that there are only Chen Ding, who is an old minister of a few dynasties.

Even if he faced Chu Yi, he was a pavilion elder who dared to fight with Chu Yi.

Wang Yangming is definitely the youngest one among the elders, and the most important thing is that in this cabinet, Wang Yangming's father, Wang Hua, is also a member of the cabinet.

Like this, the father and son entered the cabinet together, which is definitely the first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, when Wang Yangming was summoned into the cabinet by the decree of the Son of Heaven and became one of the youngest cabinet elders, and the world was coaxed for a while.

As the so-called double pavilion is old, there are very few families in the world that can compare with the Wang family. What's more, Wang Yangming was even awarded the title of Duke of the Country for his military merits, which simply reached the peak of his life, and I don't know how many people are envious and jealous.

Nearly a year has passed, Jiangnan has been pacified by Wang Yangming led by the imperial court counterinsurgency army, Wang Yangming resolutely carried out Chu Yi's order with the Son of Heaven, and killed the gentry and magnates in those places in Jiangnan.

For a while, in the entire Jiangnan people, Wang Yangming almost became a god-killing existence, and even surpassed Chu Yi in terms of fame.

However, the effect of Wang Yangming's move was very amazing, as a large number of gentry and magnates in the south of the Yangtze River were involved in the rebellion of King Ning and were exterminated, a large amount of land and wealth fell into the hands of the imperial court.

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with Wang Yangming, and recalled Wang Yangming not long ago and ordered him to join the cabinet as an assistant.

At this time, Wang Yangming smiled slightly and said: "What Lord Chen said is very true, but the expedition of the chief manager to the East can be described as a high degree of hard work, and he has opened up the territory for my Ming Dynasty, and it is also a large amount of wealth seized. ”

Regardless of whether Wang Yangming wants it or not, the world also regards him and Yang Yiqing as Chu Yi's minions, besides, what kind of person Wang Yangming is, what Chu Yi did, in the eyes of most readers in the world, that is a rare traitor, but Wang Yangming has never thought about it like this.

In the final analysis, what Chu Yi did was for the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has been inherited for hundreds of years, and several emperors have been passed down so far, and the Ming Empire has already begun to go downhill, which is the law of the dynastic cycle, and no one has ever been able to break the law of the rise and fall of the dynasty.

Maybe Wang Yangming does not have the ability to predict the future, but Wang Yangming can see that the Ming class is solidified, the land annexation is serious, coupled with the unreasonableness of various taxes, the huge Ming Empire's tax revenue is only millions of taels, which is simply ridiculous.

Chu Yi's actions are like injecting a new blood into Daming, just the great changes that have taken place in Daming in the past few years, as long as they are not lying with their conscience, fools can see that Daming has regained its vitality, and it is not vain to renew Daming's life for at least a hundred years.

Therefore, Wang Yangming only has admiration for Chu Yi, and it is reasonable to help Chu Yi speak at this time.

Yang Yiqing stroked his beard and smiled slightly, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, he can now be said to be powerful, although it is said that the power of the Ministry of War has been divided a lot by the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, but with the support of Chu Yi, the military power is prosperous, and Yang Yiqing, as one of the several giants of the military, is naturally rising and enjoying a series of benefits of the great increase in military power.

I only heard Yang Yiqing smile on his chin: "What Yang Ming said is very true, other things can be frugal, but this matter cannot be frugal, you must know that this matter is related to the face of one of the Ming countries, and there is no room for ambiguity." ”

Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing spoke, and the other elders, no matter what they thought in their hearts, all expressed their support for Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing.

Although Chen Ding said that he was old-fashioned and loyal, it did not mean that he was a fool who did not know how to be flexible, if he really did not understand any flexibility, I am afraid that it would not be possible to hold a high position in the court for decades as a veteran of several dynasties.

After a deep groan, Chen Ding shook his head solemnly and said: "The old man still insists on his opinion, it is not easy to save so much gold and silver in the treasury, but it is not possible to be extravagant and wasteful, the household department can allocate 10,000 taels of silver as the ceremony to welcome the victory of the chief manager. ”

Originally, I thought that Chen Ding would change his mind a little when all the pavilion elders nodded, but he never thought that Chen Ding would be so insistent, and now even Wang Yangming and Yang Yiqing had to have a little admiration in their hearts.

At this time, Jiao Fang, who was the first assistant to the cabinet, coughed lightly and attracted everyone's attention to himself, under the gaze of everyone, Jiao Fang smiled and said: "Lord Chen is also dedicated to the country, but the matter of welcoming the chief manager should not be negligent, why don't we jointly write a letter, imploring Your Majesty to transfer a part of the silver taels from the inner treasury to make up for the consumption......"

Hearing Jiao Fang say this, everyone's eyes lit up, since they persuaded Chen Ding not to move, then persuade the Son of Heaven.

How much the Son of Heaven values Chu Yi, it can be said that everyone in the Manchu Dynasty knows about the civil and military affairs, and if he wants to ask the Son of Heaven to transfer some gold and silver from the inner treasury, the Son of Heaven will definitely not have any hesitation.

Sure enough, when the group of pavilion veterans led by Jiao Fang presented the charter they had taken out to Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao, who was accompanying the queen and the prince in the Kunning Palace, couldn't help but shake his head with a smile and said: "Chen Ding, this old man is still so old and stubborn, that's it, in this case, the expenses required for the ceremony to welcome the triumphant return of the big companion will be paid by the inner treasury of the palace." ”

Gu Dayong, who was serving on the side, said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wise! ”

Sitting on the side, her eyes were almost not far away, and the queen of the little prince who was playing accompanied by several chamberlains and palace maids shifted her gaze to Zhu Houzhao, and said with a little doubt: "Your Majesty, the concubine heard that Taifu Chu is coming back?" ”

Zhu Houzhao's face was filled with a little joy and nodded at the queen: "Yes, Chu Daban has been away for nearly a year, and I have thought about it very much, and I have sent several decrees to summon him to return, and now Daban is finally willing to come back." ”

The queen looked at the little prince in the distance, and said with a little love in her eyes: "The chief manager is the prince appointed by His Majesty, this time the prince of Chu is back, and the emperor will have to bother the prince of Chu to teach more!" ”

Zhu Houzhao laughed and said: "That's natural, Chu Daban is erudite and talented, even the world's great Confucians may not be able to learn as much as the great companion, so I chose the great companion as the emperor's concubine, even if the emperor can learn the talent and learning ability of the great companion, it will be enough to become a generation of saints in the future!" ”

The little prince was born as the supreme and noble, his mother is the mother of a country, and he is the eldest son, the Ming Dynasty is the most important etiquette, and the rules set since the Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang have been set, even if it was later that Zhu Di seized the throne of the emperor's eldest grandson under the banner of the Qing monarch, but Zhu Di, who sat firmly in the country, was a firm defender of the primogeniture inheritance system.

It can be said that unless the little prince dies early, or the prince rebels, it is difficult for even the Son of Heaven to abolish his natural status as a prince. At least the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree.

Let's take a look at the three divisions arranged by Zhu Houzhao for the little prince, Chu Yi, Wang Yangming, and Yang Yiqing, these three are definitely high-ranking and powerful giants in the middle of the court, which shows how much the Son of Heaven loves and values his eldest son.

Across the ocean from Dongying to Daming, in the golden autumn season, the fleet that had been adrift at sea for more than half a month finally arrived safely in Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture.

Since the Huating City Shipping Division was destroyed by those gentry and maritime merchants in collusion with the Japanese Invaders, the imperial court re-established the City Shipping Division as quickly as possible, and built a port in Shanghai County.

Nearly a year has passed, and the port, which was originally just a small fishing village, has now become one of the most prosperous ports on the southeast coast of Daming.

With a large number of merchant ships going to sea, several ports are naturally full of life, and their prosperity is simply beyond imagination.

On this day, a group of officials, including the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, the director of the Huating City Bureau, and the county magistrate of Shanghai County, and other officials, numbered as many as dozens of people, surrounded by a group of officials, were standing on the harbor and looking at the sea in the distance.

Not long ago, a group of officials received news that the chief manager Chu Yi had returned triumphantly, and the fleet was about to land at the port of Shanghai County.

For these officials, Chu Yi is such a distinguished person, I don't know, now that I know, naturally I came early to wait for Chu Yi's return.

A large number of merchant ships are anchored in the harbor, some of these merchant ships are preparing to go to sea, and some are returning from overseas, and those who dare to go to sea are naturally not ordinary people.

It can be said that these businessmen are definitely the most well-informed group of people, and many of them are even connected to the government.

Since the news of Chu Yi's return had spread among those officials, it was natural that they could not hide it from these well-informed maritime merchants.

Now seeing the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture and other officials appear in the port one by one, even a fool can guess that these officials must be waiting for the return of the chief administrator Chu Yi.

For Chu Yi, the attitude of the maritime merchants is polarized, to be precise, those maritime merchant families who have occupied the huge profits of maritime trade before the opening of the sea only have hatred for Chu Yi without the slightest gratitude.

And those maritime merchants who went to sea when Chu Yi insisted on opening the sea, after earning a lot of wealth, they were naturally grateful to Chu Yi.

Even with the help of the case of the destruction of the Bosi in Huating City, the imperial court almost cleaned up the maritime merchants and gentry in Huating and Shanghai counties, but in the huge Songjiang Mansion, there are more than a few maritime merchants.

Songjiang Prefecture is bordered by the great rivers and seas, especially Shanghai, which is definitely one of the best natural ports, and is controlled by a number of maritime merchants. Now with the opening of the sea by the imperial court, the port naturally fell into the hands of the imperial court, coupled with the establishment of the city shipping department, a large piece of fat has been cut off from these maritime merchants, and I don't know how many maritime merchants scolded behind their backs.

As the saying goes, cutting off people's financial routes is like killing their parents, although Chu Yi opened the sea and said that he did not cut off the financial routes of those maritime merchants in the past, but it greatly reduced their interests, plus they had to pay a commercial tax that made them feel painful, it is conceivable that with the increasing prosperity of maritime trade, these maritime merchants hated Chu Yi more and more in their hearts.

On an inconspicuous merchant ship, several figures were hidden in black robes one by one, and only a pair of eyes were exposed.

I only heard one of them say hoarsely: "Everyone, we have been planning for a long time, and now we have finally waited for this God-given opportunity, and I hope that we can eradicate the eunuch Chu Yi in one fell swoop, eliminate harm for the people, and benefit all the people!" ”