Chapter 527 You dare to deceive the king! 【1 more】
Although many people have already known from the memorial submitted by Chu Yi that Chu Yi returned from Japan and brought back a large amount of loot.
But the number on the memorial is just a number after all. Even if the number is very astonishing, how can a light number compare to the powerful impact of the real thing in front of you?
The carriages one after another and the boxes packed on top of the carriages were like a storm to the civil and military personnel.
Just thinking that these boxes are filled with the trophies Chu Yi got from Japan, tens of millions of taels of gold and silver.
When they thought of this and looked at the long convoy of horse-drawn carriages with almost no end in sight, countless people had shock in their eyes.
With a bit of surprise on his face, Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said, "Daban, these...are these all trophies? As you said in the memorial, there are tens of millions of taels of gold and silver?"
It's not that he doesn't believe Chu Yi, it's just that Zhu Houzhao is a little unbelievable. After all, in the impression of the world, Japan, a mere island country, is nothing more than a barbaric land.
What kind of wealth can such a small and wild country have? However, the millions of taels of gold and silver brought back by Chu Yi sent Yu Dayou shocked the civil and military personnel. Looking at these carriages now, Zhu Houzhao was still a little unable to react.
Seeing Zhu Houzhao's expression in his eyes, Chu Yi could naturally guess Zhu Houzhao's psychological changes. He smiled slightly and said, "Has your majesty forgotten the information about Japan that I once told him?" Zhu Houzhao heard this.
He couldn't help showing a bit of a wry smile and said: "I have not forgotten it, I just felt a little unbelievable for a moment."
Obviously Chu Yi's reaction has shown that these trophies are really as huge as Chu Yi said, worth tens of millions of taels.
Chen Ding, who was standing aside, had a bright light in his eyes, staring eagerly at Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao. He took a deep breath and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, Chief Manager, I am sure that your Majesty will allow these trophies to be deposited into the Treasury of the Household Department...
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As soon as Chen Ding said these words, several cabinet elders looked at Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.
After all, how these spoils of war are to be distributed depends on Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao. If it were the past, the cabinet had great power and almost ignored the emperor, so these spoils of war would naturally go to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
But now it is the Emperor and Chu Yi who have the right to speak. How to arrange these spoils of war requires first asking Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao.
If the emperor wants to send part of it to the royal treasury, they have no choice. Who said that the power in the court is now in the hands of the emperor? Naturally, the emperor can do whatever he wants.
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment after hearing Chen Ding's words. Then he realized what he was saying. He muttered and smiled at Chu Yi: "How do you think I should deal with it?"
Obviously this is to refer to Chu Yi's opinion, which shows Chu Yi's status in Zhu Houzhao's heart and how much influence Chu Yi can bring to Zhu Houzhao.
Everyone looked at Chu Yi, and Chen Ding stared at Chu Yi with stern eyes. This old man was not afraid of Chu Yi. He was a rare and honest official among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty. In addition, he had an upright temperament, but he had nothing to do with it in the court.
There were signs of forming a clique for personal gain, so Chu Yi and Zhu Houzhao trusted him so much that they handed over such an important department as the Ministry of Household Affairs to Chen Dinglai.
Looking at Chen Ding's attitude, if Chu Yi dared to send these trophies to the royal treasury, Chen Ding would never agree.
With a slight cough, Chu Yi's eyes flashed with a smile. He glanced at Chen Ding and said, "Mr. Chen has worked hard in charge of the household department. These trophies were all captured by our Ming soldiers during the Japanese expedition. Some of them are needed."
It is used to reward and pension meritorious soldiers."
Stroking his beard, Chen Ding nodded and said: "This is true. I will reward the meritorious soldiers. I will definitely support it!"
As he spoke, Chen Ding was still staring at Chu Yi. After all, Chen Ding couldn't guarantee what Chu Yi would say next. However, as long as the reasons Chu Yi said were reasonable, Chen Ding would naturally not object.
Then I heard Chu Yi continue: "Among these trophies, there are almost sixty-five million taels of gold and silver..."
"hiss……"
Among the civil and military officials, many officials only knew that Chu Yi had returned with tens of millions of taels of silver, but most people thought that it was only one to twenty million taels at most.
Of course, this number is also very astonishing, but except for a few cabinet ministers, no one knows the specific number of these trophies.
At this moment, Chu Yi directly revealed that the gold and silver items alone amounted to more than sixty million taels. As soon as this number came out, all the officials were stunned.
Han Li, Sun Zhong and other officials who were standing behind several senior ministers in the cabinet felt confused, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
Sun Zhong muttered softly: "More than sixty million taels, more than sixty million taels, how is this possible..."
"It's impossible. How can a small barbarian country have so many gold and silver items? If it's fake, it must be fake!"
No wonder these officials didn't believe it. Even though everyone knew about the existence of Shijian Yinshan, they had also seen the millions of taels of gold and silver that Yu Dayou had escorted back.
Everyone can accept this. After all, it's a small country, right? It's no problem to plunder it and scrape together a few million taels of silver.
But more than sixty million taels, this number is so amazing, it is almost equivalent to the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for one or two decades. Except for 10% or 20% of the civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty who believed it, everyone else was skeptical.
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A sudden shout was heard, which made all the officials stunned. They looked at the white-haired old man who jumped out in amazement.
Lu Zhi's eyebrows and beard are white. He is over sixty years old, which is considered a long-lived person among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. He fell to the ground in the palace and lost his face, which made Lu Zhi even more jealous of the servants.
disgust.
Lu Zhi obviously didn't have a good attitude towards Chu Yi. Now he heard Chu Yi talk nonsense and bluntly said that he had brought back more than 60 million taels of gold and silver. Lu Zhi couldn't help the anger in his heart and pointed directly at Chu Yi.
Yi Duan shouted: "You Chu Yi, how dare you deceive me? How dare you deceive me! Do you know your guilt?"
Chu Yi looked at Lu Zhi who jumped out with a half-smile, and looked at Lu Zhi with a look of disdain in his eyes: "Oh, isn't this Mr. Lu? Please tell Mr. Lu how exactly Chu deceived the emperor?
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Lu Zhi pointed at Chu Yi and said: "Chu Yi, you lied about the military situation and fabricated the amount of loot. That is more than 60 million taels of gold and silver. I am afraid that even the Treasury of the Ministry of Revenue may not have so much gold and silver.
But you tell us that that small Japanese barbarian country actually has so much wealth, do you really think that we are ignorant people?"
Seeing Lu Zhi pointing at Chu Yi and yelling curses, Sun Zhong, Han Li and other officials all stood beside Lu Zhi with faces of approval, nodding and building momentum for Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally said: "The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are not fools. You have deceived His Majesty, but you cannot deceive the eyes of the civil and military officials of the dynasty. Hahaha, more than sixty million taels. Even if you want to do so, Chief Manager
If you want to lie about military information, I should have some common sense, okay? If you say there are six million taels, even if it is tens of millions of taels, why would you make up such a huge and shocking number?"
"Yes, Chu Yi, do you know your guilt?"
Official Han took a step forward and looked at Chu Yi with an upright look.
Chu Yi glanced at Han Li and Lu Zhi, and then looked at the civil and military officials. To be honest, Chu Yi looked over and just looked at the expressions of these civil and military officials. Chu Yi knew that it was Lu Zhi and the others.
, in fact, the civil and military officials did not quite believe what he said.
If you put yourself in his shoes, Chu Yi actually couldn't believe it either.
After all, when he got the account book recording the captured loot and saw the statistics on it, Chu Yi himself couldn't believe it, but now he can't blame the officials.
But for Lu Zhi, Han Li, and Chu Yi, he stepped forward with a smile and said: "If you don't believe me, you might as well go and check it out!"
His eyes lit up, and Lu Zhi said: "This is what you said. If we check and confirm that you have deceived the emperor, what will you do?"
Chu Yi glanced at Lu Zhi and others with pity, and said slowly: "If you can really confirm that Chu is deceiving you, then Chu can spare the lives of some of you!"
"What!"
"Bold Chu Yi actually dares to threaten important officials in the court!"
Chu Yi's sudden words shocked Han Li, Sun Zhong, Lu Zhi and others, but looking at the solemn look on Chu Yi's face, Chu Yi was not joking with them at all, but
He really wanted to put them to death.
When they thought that Chu Yi actually wanted to kill them, Sun Zhong, Han Li, Lu Zhu and others all looked ugly.
No one has the slightest doubt as to whether Chu Yi is capable of taking their lives. There is a saying that Chu Yi will let you die at the third watch and never leave anyone alive until the fifth watch.
Chu Yi seemed to be transformed into the Emperor of Yama. Obviously, once Chu Yi was targeted, the end would definitely not be good.
It has to be said that Chu Yi has a reputation for being evil. At this moment, Chu Yi's understatement awakened many officials' memories of Chu Yi.
When Chu Yi killed no one in the court who dared to stand up, it seemed like just yesterday that dozens of dignitaries and high-ranking officials were killed with their heads rolling in.
Cold sweat broke out on the backs of many officials. How could they have forgotten that Chu Yi was merciless in killing people? They should not have forgotten this in one year.
If someone else had directly said that they planned to take action against the senior leader of the court, I am afraid that a group of officials would have jumped out and criticized them. However, at this moment, all the officials shrank their necks, as if they did not hear them.
Usually, some officials even subconsciously hide their figures behind others, as if they are afraid of being spotted by Chu Yi.
