The calmer the Son of Heaven became, the more uneasy the hearts of several pavilion elders became, Yang Yiqing stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty ......"

Zhu Houzhao casually handed the letter to Yang Yiqing.

Yang Yiqing took a deep breath, his eyes swept over the letter, although Zhu Houzhao's reaction had already made Yang Yiqing guess something, but when he really saw the content on the letter, Yang Yiqing's heart couldn't help but ripple.

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

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting there, looked at a few people calmly, and then slowly spoke: "Tell me, the eldest companion disappeared inexplicably on the way to the West, what should I do?" ”

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

Seeing that a few people didn't speak, Zhu Houzhao called 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, he couldn't avoid it as the head of the cabinet. After thinking about it for a while, I heard Yang Yiqing say to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, I think that His Royal Highness King Wu is the honor of my Ming princes, and he has disappeared overseas, and he must be thoroughly investigated, regardless of whether His Royal Highness King Wu is alive or dead, it must be investigated clearly." ”

In fact, with Yang Yiqing's cleverness, and then thinking of some of Chu Yi's actions before, if he still didn't understand it before, then Yang Yiqing understood Chu Yi's intentions a little in his heart at this time.

Chu Yi's disappearance in the West was definitely not due to any accident, but I am afraid that this was all planned by Chu Yi a long time ago, that is to say, Chu Yi's disappearance is not anyone's business, but Chu Yi's own disappearance.

Chu Yi's safety, to be honest, Yang Yiqing has never been worried, all he is worried about is Zhu Houzhao's reaction.

After all, Zhu Houzhao is the Son of Heaven, and his words and deeds will have a great impact on the world, and everyone only loses the friendship between Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.

His eyes fell on Wang Shouren's body, and Wang Shouren immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Shoufu said is very true, no matter what, it is necessary to find out the whereabouts of His Highness." ”

Wang Shouren didn't know that Chu Yi had a conversation with Yang Yiqing before leaving, but from Wang Shouren's position, if Chu Yi disappeared, it would be of no benefit to Da Ming.

With Chu Yi in charge, the Ming Dynasty is definitely a great deterrent to some people who have him in mind, it can be said that as long as Chu Yi is there, some bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods will never dare to jump out, otherwise, is the knife in Chu Yi's hand not sharp enough?

Chen Ding coughed lightly, looked at Zhu Houzhao at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of His Royal Highness King Wu, the imperial court will send someone to investigate, if it involves too much energy of the imperial court for this, even if His Royal Highness the Martial King knows, I am afraid that this is not what he wants to see......"

Yang Yiqing and the others couldn't help but look at Chen Ding, their eyes showed admiration, daring to say such a thing at this time, among them, I am afraid that only Chen Ding has this courage.

Chen Ding: This is really not afraid of the wrath of the Son of Heaven.

With a bang, I saw the Son of Heaven slap on the table, staring at Chen Ding with anger in his eyes and saying, "Chen Ding, do you mean that I can't send people to find the whereabouts of my companion on a large scale?" ”

Holding his head high, Chen Ding is worthy of being a famous old stubborn in the court, even if you face the anger of the Son of Heaven, you are not afraid to Zhu Houzhao and said: "Your Majesty, the society is the most important!" ”

"Get out, get out of here!"

Between speaking, Zhu Houzhao roared at Chen Ding with an angry face, since he saw the content of the letter, and realized that Chu Yi was deliberately missing Zhu Houzhao could be said to be holding back a breath of anger in his heart, but as the Supreme Son of Heaven, even if he really held back a breath of anger in his heart, but in front of the courtiers, it was not easy to vent it.

At this time, Chen Ding himself was angry with Zhu Houzhao, and it was reasonable for him to become the target of Zhu Houzhao's anger.

Chen Ding knelt on the ground and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, the ministers are from the bottom of their hearts, if the Martial King knows, he will definitely not want to see His Majesty raise a teacher for him......"

"Drag me out......"

Wang Zheng coughed lightly, and several attendants hurriedly stepped forward to carry Chen Ding out.

Even in anger, Zhu Houzhao still maintained a little sanity, and just carried out Chen Ding, who looked a little unsightly.

If it were someone else, where would the Son of Heaven take care of so much under the wrath, I'm afraid that he would have dragged out a stick to serve at this time.

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

Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren listened to it as if they had been amnestied, they faced Zhu Houzhao here, and they were also under a lot of pressure in their hearts, and the Son of Heaven let them leave at this time, which naturally made them breathe a sigh of relief one by one.

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

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

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

Wang Zheng and several chamberlains didn't dare to disturb Zhu Houzhao at this time, but just silently followed behind Zhu Houzhao.

The Queen's Bedchamber.

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

Zhu Zaiji had just finished today's homework at this time, and said to Queen Xia with a little joy on his face: "Queen Mother, the child has finished his homework, can I go to see my father." ”

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

Zhu Zaiji's little face showed a little loss, nodded slightly, and said, "Ji'er knows." ”

As he was talking, he heard a voice say, "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Empress Xia couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly got up and walked towards the entrance of the main hall.

Empress Xia saluted Zhu Houzhao and said, "Concubine greets Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe!" ”

Zhu Houzhao, who had a gloomy face, waved his hand slightly, and then walked over from the queen's side.

Empress Xia obviously noticed that Zhu Houzhao's expression was not quite right, and even Zhu Zaiji seemed to feel Zhu Houzhao's expression, but she didn't dare to run over, but saluted Zhu Houzhao in a proper manner.

Glancing at the Son of Heaven who was sitting there in a trance, Empress Xia glanced at Wang Zheng and whispered to Wang Zheng: "Eunuch Wang, what's wrong with Your Majesty, could it be that a minister has angered Your Majesty?" ”

The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and Queen Xia does not dare to take care of the political affairs of the court, but it is related to the Son of Heaven, and it is normal for Queen Xia to ask.

Wang Zheng explained with a wry smile, and Queen Xia couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, she obviously didn't expect Chu Yi to disappear in the process of going to the West.

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

If Chu Yi is here, at least half of the Son of Heaven's attention is on Chu Yi's body, and as for the rest, Zhu Houzhao doesn't attach much importance to it. Now that Chu Yi is missing, Queen Xia only feels a faint sense of joy in her heart.

Suppressing the turmoil in her heart, Queen Xia carefully poured tea for Zhu Houzhao, and said softly: "Your Majesty, drink a cup of tea." ”

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

With a shake of her hand, Queen Xia almost broke the teapot in her hand, obviously startled by Zhu Houzhao's sudden words.

Fortunately, at this time, Zhu Houzhao himself also realized that his thoughts were wrong, shook his head and said: "I can't leave, so I must find a credible person to find the whereabouts of my companion for me." ”

Empress Xia couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the concubines have also heard that the West is vast, and Your Majesty wants to find such a person as the chief manager, but I am afraid that it is a little difficult, if it is on the land of the Ming Dynasty, after all, it is on someone else's territory......"

A gleam flashed in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, I don't believe that I can't find a companion if I search the world." ”

Saying that, Zhu Houzhao seemed to be very determined, or maybe he was comforting himself: "Why did he take the opportunity of the West to say goodbye, in the final analysis, Daban is clear, if he is on the land of Daming, I will definitely be able to find him one day sooner or later, so Daban He left Daming, and then said goodbye without saying goodbye." ”

Wang Zheng and the others listened on the sidelines, but they also felt that what Zhu Houzhao said was not without a certain amount of truth, otherwise, why did Chu Yi just say goodbye in the process of going to the West?

"I will send people to keep looking for it, if you can't find it in China, you will go abroad to find it, if you can't find it in the West, then go to the South Seas, whether it is southeast or northwest, as long as the companion does not die, even if I find the ends of the earth, I will find the companion."

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

When the news came out, the first reaction of many people in Beijing was disbelief.

Many people don't think of what kind of changes will happen to Chu Yi when he disappears from the court, but the first thing that comes to mind is whether Chu Yi is digging a pit and waiting for them to take the initiative to jump out.

It's really that Chu Yi has left too much shadow on everyone, and few people dare to believe that Chu Yi is really missing.

In the middle of the restaurant

Several scholars got together and chatted while drinking tea, and naturally talked about the hottest topic in the capital at the moment.

"A few brothers, have you heard the news of the disappearance of the chief manager Chu Yi? If you want me to say, Chu Yi doesn't know who he wants to calculate this time? ”

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

"The disappearance is fake, I'm afraid it's playing a double reed with the same son!"

Three days later, in an early dynasty, Zhu Houzhao appeared in the court, and a group of civil and military officials first discussed some national affairs, and after discussing these, according to the usual words, it was natural for hundreds of officials to retreat from the court.

But this time, no one thought about leaving immediately, but with some anticipation of what would happen next.

Sure enough, Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly, drawing everyone's attention to himself, and then he heard Zhu Houzhao speak: "Wang Anlun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Chen Ding, the secretary of the Ministry of Households!" ”

I saw two old ministers walking out, it was Wang Anlun and Chen Ding, the second of the six Shangshu.

"The old minister has seen Your Majesty!"

Zhu Houzhao said lightly: "I intend to transfer 10 million taels of silver from the royal treasury, and the household department to allocate 10 million taels of silver, a total of 20 million taels of silver, and start building sea ships, Wang Anlun, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and tell me about it, with these 20 million taels of silver, how many big ships can be built?" ”

The Manchu Dynasty's civil and military hearts were shocked, obviously they didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao would involve as much as 20 million taels of silver as soon as he opened his mouth, which was not a small impact on the civil and military forces, and the most important thing was that Zhu Houzhao made it clear that he was going crazy to build ships, and his purpose was self-evident.

Aside from the massive development of maritime power, the crowd really couldn't think of any other possibility.

Wang Anlun took a deep breath, stepped forward and said to the Son of Heaven: "Back to Your Majesty, if Your Majesty really allocates 20 million taels of silver, the minister can guarantee to supervise the construction of 3,000 big ships!" ”

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up, and now at Chu Yi's insistence, the Ming Navy has invested tens of millions of taels of gold and silver, and there are almost dozens of big ships in the early days.

The most important thing is that as the construction of large ships is carried out at a rapid pace, more and more ships will be equipped into the army, and eventually strengthen the military power of the Ming Dynasty.

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

Even though the Western world is in the Age of Discovery, the sea power of the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and even England has skyrocketed, but even if the naval fleets of these countries are combined, I am afraid that the number of ships built by the Ming Dynasty is comparable.

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

Once thousands of big ships are built, even a fool can imagine how much the Great Ming Sailor will swell.

In this way, the strength of the naval division will inevitably increase greatly, which will obviously affect the officers and soldiers of the army, but fortunately, the generals and soldiers did not have any gap with the naval division, and several bigwigs of the military strongly supported this, but on the side of the civil ministers, several important ministers obviously changed their expressions.

[Recommend a friend a book "Han Si as an Official", if you are interested, you may wish to take a look.] 】