Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty-Second Master, Keir Wants [2 More]
Queen Xia, who was standing aside, couldn't help but change her expression slightly when she heard the conversation between Chu Yi and the young prince, showing a bit of worry. She subconsciously opened her mouth, but when the words came to her mouth, she didn't say anything.
Apparently Queen Xia thought of her agreement with the Emperor.
Zhu Zaiji nodded excitedly at Chu Yi and said, "Master, don't lie to Ji'er!"
Zhu Zaiji is still very curious and longing for the outside world, especially not long ago, Chu Yi took Zhu Zaiji to play in the bustling streets of the capital. It is precisely because he has seen the bustling world outside that Zhu Zaiji still prefers shopping.
Very much looking forward to it.
After all, Zhu Zaiji was born in the palace since he was a child. The palace seemed to have everything, but it had no popularity and no prosperity from the outside world.
Especially for a child like Zhu Zaiji, it would be fine if he has never seen the prosperity and excitement of the outside world. After all, there is no comparison.
But Zhu Zaiji had been out of the palace and had seen the prosperity of the outside world. Although he only went out once, it left a very deep impression on Zhu Zaiji's heart.
At that time, Zhu Zaiji begged Queen Xia and the Emperor several times to allow him to go out to play. Unfortunately, the Emperor and Queen Xia could not agree to let Zhu Zaiji go out to play.
Seeing Zhu Zaiji sitting there and reciting the Thousand-Character Essay conscientiously, Chu Yi couldn't help but smile.
But at this moment, in the palace, Yue Buqun, as the commander of the Jin Yiwei, was one of the few senior officials among the Jin Yiwei. Especially since Yue Buqun sent the news to the palace through the Jin Yiwei channel, it didn't take long.
The memorial then arrived in front of the emperor's case.
Although Zhu Houzhao could not be said to be diligent in governing, he could not be said to be lazy. In the imperial study, Zhu Houzhao reviewed and made comments one by one on the memorials submitted by the cabinet that required his decision-making. He stretched his body and focused on that area.
Above the memorial.
Zhu Houzhao naturally attaches great importance to Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang. After all, Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang are the eyes and minions of the emperor. If there is no such thing, the emperor will probably be ignorant of the general trend of the world.
Even if the ministers united and were kept in the dark, they probably wouldn't know what was going on.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao attaches great importance to Dongchang and Jinyiwei. Zhu Houzhao will check any memorial presented by Dongchang and Jinyiwei immediately.
Zhu Houzhao was quite impressed with Yue Buqun, partly because of Yue Buqun's identity, and partly because Chu Yi was very fond of Yue Buqun.
Just like Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren, Han Kun and others, it seems that Chu Yi has been born with a pair of eyes that can discover talents. However, all the people who are valued by Chu Yi are people with extraordinary abilities. At least so far, they have not appeared.
What mistakes have been made?
Looking through the news sent by Yue Buqun, Zhu Houzhao's expression changed. In the memorial, he described the situation in Nanyang in detail, and also mentioned what kind of influence and rule the maritime powers such as Portugal and the Netherlands had overseas.
What a vast land.
Although Chu Yi has learned a lot about the world outside the Ming Dynasty, and even through those merchants, in the past few years, people from Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang have stepped out of the Ming Dynasty through maritime merchants and collected
Lots and lots of news.
However, this information is obviously different from the information about the Western world revealed by Governor George and Earl Harry.
The Ming Dynasty's caravans rarely crossed Nanyang and reached the Western world. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not have much information about the Western world. It can even be said that there was not much understanding at all.
According to what Chu Yi said, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably have contact with Western countries in the future. As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never slack off in a hundred battles.
I don't know when Zhu Houzhao was influenced by Chu Yi. When he was thinking about a problem, he would knock on the table subconsciously. He saw Zhu Houzhao sitting there in trance, but he lightly tapped on the table with one hand.
"It is reported that the chief ministers of the cabinet, Yang Yiqing, Wang Hua, Chen Ding and others, have come to the palace to pay homage!"
When the news about the emperor's news reached the cabinet, several ministers in the cabinet were discussing the news about Nanyang and Western countries.
After receiving the emperor's order, several pavilion elders entered the palace immediately.
In the imperial study room, Zhu Houzhao looked at several pavilion elders, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said with a straight face: "Dear gentlemen, I summoned you here today because of the news presented by the Jinyi Guards."
Yang Yiqing and others' expressions moved slightly, and Zhu Houzhao's words reminded Yang Yiqing and others of the piece of information from Jin Yiwei that they were still arguing about not long ago.
Needless to say, apart from this piece of information, what the emperor said is unlikely to be the second piece of information.
Zhu Houzhao noticed the changes in the expressions of everyone, and said knowingly: "I think all the Qing family members have also read this piece of information."
As he spoke, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, and immediately a chamberlain nearby took the piece of information and walked towards the elders. He heard Zhu Houzhao say: "If any of the elders haven't seen it, you might as well take a look.
.”
Yang Yiqing took the piece of information, flipped through it, nodded slightly to the elders, and then said to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, not long ago, I was discussing this piece of information."
With his eyes lit up, Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, glanced at the cabinet elders and said, "Oh, I don't know what the cabinet elders have to say about this information. Let me know."
After looking at each other, Yang Yiqing was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, the first thing we have to do is to determine whether this information is true. Whether the information is true or not is directly related to the court's response strategy!"
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly and said: "The words of the Qing family are the words of an old man who wants to seek the country. Indeed, this information is of great importance, and we must make sure it is true or false."
Zhu Houzhao said: "This news was submitted by Yue Buqun, the commander of Jinyiwei. I don't think Jinyiwei will do anything with this information, and they don't dare. The only thing they can't be sure about is the information.
How credible are those reports?”
Needless to say, Jin Yiwei learned all this information from the mouths of those captives. Not to mention the language barrier and difficulty in communication. Even if there is an interpreter, there is a high possibility that the words may not convey the meaning because of the interpreter.
In this way, there will most likely be some differences in the information.
Everyone knows the principle of spreading lies, so the accuracy and authenticity of this information is particularly important.
Chen Ding stroked his beard and said: "Your Majesty, since those aliens have been captured alive, we might as well escort them to the capital, then send out capable people to pry open their mouths, and dig out the information we need from these people.
information."
Wang Hua nodded and said: "Yes, it is said that there are thousands of prisoners. When the time comes, these prisoners will be separated for interrogation. In this way, there will be no need to worry about these people deceiving people with false news."
Chen Ding on the side kept nodding and said: "What Mr. Wang said makes sense. According to the information I reviewed earlier, according to Governor George and Earl Harry, the navies of their two countries are extremely powerful, with thousands of ships.
, if this is the case, we must deal with it carefully."
A pavilion elder said with a look of disdain: "It's just a few thousand ships. I don't mention anything else. Water transportation alone has tens of thousands of ships. In addition, there are also King Wu."
The new warships that His Highness started building the year before last year, if added together, there are no less than a thousand warships alone."
With a slight cough, Wang Hua turned to Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is of great importance, so I might as well send someone to invite His Highness King Wu, so that everyone can listen to King Wu's wishes."
In everyone's impression, it can be said that Chu Yi has a perfect plan and never misses anything. On weekdays, no one will doubt what Chu Yi says.
Now they naturally thought of Chu Yi, and several pavilion elders couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao.
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said: "Pass on my decree and invite King Wu to the palace as soon as possible."
Prince Wu's Mansion
Zhu Zaiji, with a look of joy on his face, was standing in front of Chu Yi, his head held high, his little face full of expectation.
Just looking at Zhu Zaiji's appearance, Chu Yi couldn't help but pat Zhu Zaiji's head and chuckled: "Ji'er is so good, my master will take you to the street to play!"
While talking, Chu Yi pulled Zhu Zaiji and walked outside Prince Wu's Mansion.
The queen and several maids in the distance watched Chu Yi bring Zhu Zaiji to the palace, and they all couldn't help but look shocked. Apparently they didn't expect that Chu Yi would really take Zhu Zaiji to the street like this.
"Empress, the little prince..."
Queen Xia took a deep breath, slowly shook her head and said: "With Taifu accompanying Ji'er, we don't have to worry. Besides, being bored in the palace for a long time is not a good thing for Ji'er.
The Tutor is willing to take Ji'er out to see the life in the city and the world outside the palace, which will be of great benefit to Ji'er without any harm."
Not to mention what the Queen thought about Chu Yi taking Zhu Zaiji to the street, Chu Yi took Zhu Zaiji walking on the long street with endless flow.
The capital city has been prosperous since ancient times. It can be said that whether a country is prosperous and how strong its national power is can be seen from the prosperity of the capital city.
Thanks to the influence of Chu Yi's policy of opening up the sea, maritime transport, which had been abandoned, became prosperous again. With the help of these merchants, goods from all over the world appeared in the capital as quickly as possible.
There was an endless flow of people coming and going on the long street. The sounds of selling, shouting, and bargaining were mixed together. Although it was quite noisy, it sounded extremely pleasant to Chu Yi's ears.
A little kid like Zhu Zaiji didn't have any fear among the crowd. Instead, he opened his eyes wide and looked at everything around him curiously. When his eyes stopped at one place, Zhu Zaiji couldn't help but grunted,
He swallowed his saliva, and then said to Chu Yi: "Master, Master, Ji'er wants to..."
