Such movement naturally attracted everyone's attention. Several pavilion elders who were accompanying the Emperor raised their heads and looked at the visitor.
The person who came was none other than the Jin Yiwei envoy. Everyone knew that with the Jin Yiwei envoy coming, Chu Yi and others might be arriving soon.
Zhu Houzhao looked at the Jinyiwei messenger who prostrated himself on the ground, his eyes flashed with a bit of expectation.
Then I heard the Jin Yiwei messenger say: "Your Majesty, His Highness King Wu's triumphant army has arrived at Shilipu. It will only take as long as a cup of tea!"
As the Minister of War, Yang Yiqing first glanced at Zhu Houzhao, then stepped forward and said to the Jin Yiwei messenger: "Explore again!"
Seeing several Jin Yiwei messengers leaving, Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, looked at the smoke and dust that could be seen in the distance, and said with some hope: "Chu Daban has been gone for many years, and I don't know what Daban is like now. The wild land of Japan,
I'm afraid I must have suffered a lot in the poor mountains and rivers!"
Hearing what Zhu Houzhao said, Yang Yiqing and Wang Yangming couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly at each other. Their majesty was kind and intelligent, but he was a little confused and cute when it came to Chu Yi's issue.
With Chu Yi's status and an army of hundreds of thousands on his side, no matter how poor the country is, as the leader of an army of hundreds of thousands, if he wrongs anyone, it is absolutely impossible for him to wrong Chu Yi.
Jiao Fang smiled and said: "Your Majesty is kind. If the chief manager knew your Majesty's thoughts, I don't know how touched he would be!"
Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said: "If it wasn't for me, how could my eldest companion travel across the ocean and travel thousands of miles to the land of Japan? I...in my heart, I really feel ashamed of my eldest companion!"
Panting, Sun Zhong and Han Li finally regained some energy. After all, they were veterans of several dynasties. Even if the emperor was very unhappy with them, as mentioned before, these few were all senior officials of the dynasty.
He had seniority in the school and had many disciples and old friends, so even Zhu Houzhao had to show respect for his elders.
Therefore, the position of the Han officials was actually not close to Taiyuan from the emperor. After the several pavilion elders, they were the Han officials. However, they could hear the conversation between Zhu Houzhao and the several pavilion elders.
If it was something else, that would be fine, but when Han Li and Sun Zhong heard what Zhu Houzhao said, their eyes almost fell out.
Everyone in the civil and military circles of the dynasty knew that the emperor favored Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao's words still made the Han officials feel very angry.
How virtuous and capable is Chu Yi, since he can be so favored by the emperor?
"Quan eunuch, treacherous minister, if Chu Yi doesn't die, the Ming Dynasty will be in darkness!"
"Your Majesty is confused!"
"Your Majesty Taizu, please open your eyes and see. The Ming Dynasty will be destroyed at the hands of eunuchs!"
Han Li, Lu Zhi and others almost screamed. Fortunately, they still retained some sense, but lowered their voices so that no one else could hear them. Otherwise, if this reached the ears of the emperor, even now
No matter how good the emperor is in his mood, he will probably be furious with thunder.
As the smoke and dust above the official road in the distance became thicker and thicker, gradually a dark mass of people and horses could be seen slowly approaching, and the civil and military officials could not help but cheer up.
Although many officials in the civil and military circles of the DPRK are very unhappy with Chu Yi, there are also many so-called eunuch officials in the court who are attached to Chu Yi, accounting for almost 30 to 40% of the hundred officials.
many.
Although there are only 30 to 40% of officials, these 30 to 40% of officials control the most important institutions of the imperial court, allowing the emperor to firmly control the imperial court.
On the one hand, those officials who were not happy with Chu Yi were self-righteous and disdainful of collaborating with Chu Yi, an eunuch, and on the other hand, it was not because their power was emptied out or taken away.
As the saying goes, cutting off someone's wealth is like killing one's parents, not to mention taking away one's power. Therefore, among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, even if Chu Yi killed one after another and had a reputation for evil, there were still many people who wanted to
Chu Yi is going to die.
People pursue profit, as the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. No matter how evil Chu Yi is, he can't resist the resentment of those people. What's more, everyone has a sense of luck. Others can't kill Chu Yi, but if he happens
It was successful.
Seeing Chu Yi return from victory, among the civil and military officials, those who had lost their power or had their financial resources cut off because of Chu Yi, the powerful and powerful officials naturally had complicated moods when they looked at the billowing smoke and dust.
But that's it.
They wished that Chu Yi would just die in Japan, but after a year of absence, the other party returned with a great victory.
The most critical thing, and what makes some people jealous the most, is that news came out that Chu Yi returned in triumph and brought back extremely terrifying loot.
There are rumors that Chu Yi brought back a total of 40 to 50 million taels of gold and silver from Japan this time. Such a huge amount of wealth made many people who heard the news jealous.
In the eyes of some people, such huge and terrifying wealth should all belong to them, but in the end, it fell into the national treasury and the royal treasury because of Chu Yi.
The news about Ishimi Yinshan came from the mouths of the returning soldiers as the former Yu Dayou returned from escorting the trophies.
A silver mine can actually produce millions of taels of gold and silver in a year, and this is just a silver mine. It is said that there are several silver mines like Shijian Yinshan in Japan.
After these news spread, the whole capital was excited. Countless powerful people and tycoons spent their gold and silver to buy ships and join the sea trade army.
Wealth moves people's hearts. The tens of millions of taels of silver in the national treasury have made countless officials red-eyed and black-hearted. Zhu Houzhao killed one wave after another of corrupt officials, but he never killed them all.
At that time, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was so harsh on official corruption, and even under such high-pressure torture, he still could not stop those people's greed.
It is conceivable that when faced with tens of millions of taels of silver, countless people had red eyes and wanted to pounce on them and divide them up.
The ground shook, smoke and dust billowed, the sound of horse hooves gradually came, and a group of people and horses were vaguely approaching quickly.
A figure was riding a horse, and Chu Yi, dressed in a cloak, python suit, and bun, appeared in the sight of everyone.
"Big companion!"
When he saw Chu Yi's figure, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but said excitedly.
Chu Yi came on horseback, and when he came closer, his eyes fell on Zhu Houzhao, who was standing there with his front protruding under the yellow umbrella.
Turning over, Chu Yi dismounted, stepped forward and saluted Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, Chu Yi, pays homage to your Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao took a step forward, and before Chu Yi bowed down, he held Chu Yi up and said with a bit of excitement: "My companion, there is no need to be polite, get up quickly, get up quickly!"
Chu Yi stood up, looked at Zhu Houzhao, smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty has lost weight!"
As soon as Chu Yi said these words, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but feel a sore nose. Holding back the warmth in his heart, he took one of Chu Yi's hands and said in a hoarse voice: "It's been more than a year since we were separated and we are so far apart across the ocean. I really miss you!"
At this moment, the soldiers who had returned with Chu Yi suddenly stopped. Under the leadership of Yu Dayou and other generals, they all bowed to Zhu Houzhao and shouted, "Long live your majesty, long live your majesty, long live, long live your majesty."
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After coming back to his senses, Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath, glanced at the thousands of victorious soldiers covered in dust, looked straight, stepped forward, waved his hands slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your hard work, soldiers, get up, no courtesy!"
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"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Standing next to Zhu Houzhao, Chu Yi nodded towards Wang Shouren, Jiao Fang and other pavilion elders.
As the Minister of Household Affairs and the chief steward of the Ming Dynasty's finances, Chen Ding looked at Chu Yi and said with stern eyes: "Chief Steward, where is the loot you mentioned in the memorial?"
As soon as Chen Ding said these words, everyone looked at Chu Yi. Even Zhu Houzhao, who wanted to talk to Chu Yi about his farewell, now looked at Chu after comforting the soldiers who returned in triumph.
Yi.
You must know that Chu Yi mentioned in the memorial that the loot brought back from Japan was worth tens of millions of gold and silver.
If there is such a sum of gold and silver, then Ming Dynasty will no longer have to worry about financial problems for at least ten years. At the same time, with this sum of gold and silver, Ming Dynasty's already rapid development speed will actually increase again.
A large amount of gold and silver flowing into the market will inevitably cause inflation. Chu Yi, who has the experience of later generations, naturally knows this very well.
However, the so-called inflation is obviously unlikely to occur in the Ming Dynasty. You must know that gold and silver did not appear as the main currency in the Ming Dynasty. There is no way. Who makes the Ming Dynasty itself lack gold and silver mineral deposits? It will last for thousands of years.
With so little gold and silver accumulated, it simply cannot support its emergence as a circulating currency.
If this were not the case, why did the Ming Dynasty use copper coins as its main currency? After all, there was still a shortage of gold and silver.
Even many places in the Ming Dynasty were still in the stage of bartering. It was not because they were unwilling to use currency, but because there was a serious shortage of currency in circulation, and there was even a money shortage.
Even if tens of millions of taels of gold and silver flow into the Ming Dynasty, it may have a certain impact on the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time. However, the Ming Dynasty has too many people and the market is too huge. The inflow of a large amount of gold and silver is very difficult for the Ming Dynasty.
But there is no harm, but it has great benefits.
Chu Yi noticed the gazes of everyone, smiled slightly, pointed out his hand and said: "Look, everyone!"
While speaking, Yu Dayou shouted, and a group of soldiers who had returned in triumph slowly separated. Suddenly, carriages filled with boxes appeared in everyone's sight. At a glance, a long line of soldiers appeared in front of them.
Several rows of carriages were arranged so neatly that one could not even see the end.
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