Chapter six hundred and forty-ninth great companion's wish
News of the fleet's return reached the capital two days in advance. In order to welcome this fleet returning from overseas, several cabinet ministers discussed with the emperor in the imperial study room for most of the day before finally making the decision to send out
Wang Yangming.
If Yang Yiqing's attention has shifted from the military to the court, then the top boss in the military is almost Wang Yangming now.
As the commander-in-chief of the three armies who went on several expeditions to quell the rebellion of King Ning and the rebellion outside the Pass, Wang Yangming's military exploits were all real. Anyone who mentioned Wang Yangming's military exploits could not say anything.
The first person in the military to talk about it was Wang Yangming.
Zhu Houzhao discussed with the cabinet and sent Wang Yangming to Tianjin Port to welcome the returning fleet, which shows how much the imperial court attached importance to the fleet.
In the port, Wang Yangming was dressed in ordinary clothes. Although he was only in ordinary clothes, he could not hide the aura he had developed from being in a high position for a long time.
As the Wenzong of the Ming Dynasty and the first person in the military, Wang Yangming was definitely a representative of both civil and military personnel. Beside him, several civil servants and military generals looked expectantly towards the sea.
The civil servants and generals who came with Wang Yangming this time all knew that they were here to welcome the fleet returning from overseas. As for why even the big bosses of Wang Yangming's level personally came to the rescue, the people present were probably only so
Three or two people know it well.
Although it has been spread in a small area that Yu Dayou and others destroyed the country in the west and plundered hundreds of millions of wealth, this news is only spread in a small area. If you don't have enough identity, it is impossible to hear about it.
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Time passed little by little, and after standing in the port for almost half an hour, some officials were already a little impatient.
But Wang Yangming stood there, his expression unchanged. Whenever he saw Wang Yangming, no matter how impatient he felt, he had to suppress the impatience in his heart.
If I can no longer bear it, can I still be as noble as Wang Yangming? As a cabinet boss, Wang Yangming is not impatient. If they dare to act impatiently, what kind of impression will they leave on Wang Yangming?
If it had been any other time, without a big boss like Wang Yangming present, some officials would have been impatient.
Suddenly, I heard a general say excitedly: "Here we come, everyone, look, there are so many ships!"
Following this exclamation, the eyes of the officials who were waiting in low spirits lit up one by one, and they raised their heads to look at the sea in the distance.
Vaguely, you can see black spots emerging one by one on the sea surface. With the naked eye alone, you can only see some black spots.
But at this moment, Wang Yangming and several officials used telescopes to clearly see the approaching ship.
These large ships were a mass of darkness, one after another. According to the news received in advance, there were more than 400 ships in the fleet returning from overseas.
There were originally five hundred large ships, but the journey back home, a journey of thousands of miles, was naturally unlikely to be smooth sailing.
With the escort of the Ming Dynasty fleet, pirates and the like along this route would not dare to approach at all, but natural and man-made disasters, man-made disasters are gone, but natural disasters are difficult to withstand by human power.
After a storm, if it is not handled properly, the entire fleet may be destroyed. Fortunately, the fleet is not bad luck, and with so many skilled crew members, they know the situation at sea very well, even if there are
The storm can also be avoided in advance. Even so, no less than a dozen ships hit the rocks and sank along the way.
Fortunately, the fleet has a large number of ships. Even if a ship sinks, people and materials can be transferred to other ships in time.
Therefore, when the fleet of approximately 500 ships entered the waters outside Tianjin Port, there were still more than 400 ships left.
It was a dense area, and at a glance, everything was black dots that were getting bigger and bigger.
This time, it was Lin Pingzhi who led a fleet to escort the transport fleet back. Yu Dayou was inseparable from the fleet, and Qi Jingtong just led the fleet to rendezvous. Naturally, he was unwilling to come back early, so he escorted the fleet.
The task was naturally given to Lin Pingzhi.
Lin Pingzhi led dozens of warships to escort the entire fleet along the way. When he saw the familiar yet unfamiliar Tianjin Port through the telescope, Lin Pingzhi couldn't help but his eyes became blurred and his eyes were filled with tears.
It had been almost three or four years. When he chose to lead the fleet to leave the Ming Dynasty, he never dreamed that this departure would take several years.
It is said that people are humbled when they leave their hometown. Of course, this is not appropriate to apply to Lin Pingzhi and the others. After all, Lin Pingzhi and the others have caused a bloody storm wherever they go, and no one dares to belittle them.
But the longer he left, the deeper he missed his hometown. Lin Pingzhi tried hard to control the tears in his eyes from rolling down.
Looking at the fleet that came into view, Wang Yangming secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Others didn't know it, but he knew it all too well. If Lin Pingzhi and Yu Dayou were not so bold as to dare to deceive the emperor, then the hundreds of ships loaded with them were almost all trophies obtained from overseas.
There are hundreds of millions of gold, silver, jade, jewelry and other properties. To be honest, this amount of wealth is an astonishing amount of wealth even for today's Ming Dynasty.
The current tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty has only reached more than 50 million taels. Although this number is jumping every year, the wealth of hundreds of millions is almost equivalent to the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for five or six years. In this way, it can be seen that this tax is
The importance of the fleet.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Yangming turned slightly sideways and said to a general beside him: "Send my order to block the port and no one is allowed to enter or exit the port."
Wang Yangming's order was quickly conveyed, and the five thousand elite soldiers from the Tengxiang Fourth Guards Battalion that Wang Yangming brought from Beijing immediately blocked the entire port.
Fortunately, all the officials had already received the news beforehand, so they were not surprised when they saw the soldiers blocking the port. Otherwise, it would be surprising if these officials did not become a mess.
Finally, when the first big ship docked, a group of officials headed by Wang Yangming came to greet it.
When Lin Pingzhi put one foot on the ground, he finally couldn't help it. Tears rolled down his eyes. He prostrated himself on the ground and bowed deeply.
Many generals also prostrated themselves on the ground like Lin Pingzhi and bowed deeply.
Wang Yangming stood aside and did not step forward to disturb Lin Pingzhi and others. When Lin Pingzhi and others stood up, Wang Yangming stepped forward and looked at Lin Pingzhi and said: "General Lin, welcome back!"
Seeing Wang Yangming, Lin Pingzhi was naturally no stranger to him. Lin Pingzhi felt both admiration and awe for this man who was granted the title of Duke for his military exploits.
Lin Pingzhi followed Chu Yi at the beginning, but he saw with his own eyes how Wang Yangming rose up all the way. Whether it was in literature or martial arts, Wang Yangming, the prince, was really unmatched. Even Chu Yi praised him.
There are plus.
"Last General Lin Pingzhi, pay homage to your lord!"
Supporting Lin Pingzhi, Wang Yangming smiled slightly and said: "General Lin and others have been working hard all the way. I have arranged a place for you to stay and take a rest..."
Lin Pingzhi shook his head slightly and said: "Sir, business matters are important. It won't be too late for me to take a rest after the business is done."
While speaking, Lin Pingzhi waved his hand to the soldiers behind him, and saw two soldiers carrying an extremely heavy box.
Everyone's eyes fell on the box, and they heard Lin Pingzhi say to Wang Yangming: "Sir, what this box contains is the list of trophies seized overseas. Everything is registered.
Organize them into categories and organize them together.”
The booklet used to record things alone filled a large box. You can imagine how much wealth Lin Pingzhi and the others brought back from overseas this time.
Wang Yangming looked at the box and his eyes shrank. To be honest, even if he was mentally prepared, Wang Yangming still felt very shocked.
After all, if you just listen to the numbers, they are just a bunch of cold numbers. If you can't see the actual objects, you won't be able to feel the shock.
Nodding towards Lin Pingzhi, Wang Yangming said: "In that case, let's do business first."
As he spoke, Wang Yangming regained his decisiveness, waved his hand, and immediately saw teams of elite soldiers quickly boarding the ship, and then carrying the boxes off the ship in an orderly manner.
The boxes that were lifted were quickly loaded onto the carriage that had been prepared.
It only took an hour or two for hundreds of carriages to be filled, but hundreds of carriages could only unload less than one-tenth of the ship.
Obviously, the imperial court had already prepared for this situation. Hundreds of carriages came one after another.
Each wave was escorted to the capital by a thousand soldiers from Tengxiang Four Guards, Jin Yiwei, and Dongchang personnel. Wave after wave, there were ten waves of convoys, and thousands of carriages alone were used.
When the last box was unloaded from the ship, it was already dark, but the harbor was brightly lit.
Wang Yangming, who had been standing there, watching each box being registered, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although some officials wanted to ask Wang Yangming to rest first and leave this place to them, Wang Yangming stayed here without leaving.
No one knows the value of every box here better than him. Since the emperor and the cabinet sent him to deal with this matter, he must ensure that this wealth will not cause any trouble when he handles it.
You must know that if someone wants to tamper with it, just a few boxes may be worth tens of thousands.
Not only Wang Yangming breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Pingzhi, who had been standing here with Wang Yangming, was also relieved.
Yu Dayou, Qi Jingtong and others discussed it and finally asked him to escort the fleet back. To be honest, Lin Pingzhi was always on tenterhooks along the way.
Lin Pingzhi was really afraid, because he had to lead his men to guard the entire fleet, because he didn't know whether the news that the fleet was carrying a huge amount of wealth had spread.
With dozens of warships under his command, Lin Pingzhi was not afraid of encountering pirates along the way, but what Lin Pingzhi was worried about was whether any of his men would be greedy.
External enemies are not to be feared; what is to be feared is the mischief of one's own people.
As the saying goes, money moves people's hearts. Even if someone gets greedy and does something crazy, it's not surprising.
For several months, Lin Pingzhi turned a blind eye even when sleeping, for fear that something would happen.
Now that he finally returned to the Ming Dynasty and handed over this fortune to the court, Lin Pingzhi felt that the heavy burden on his body suddenly disappeared. His whole body was relaxed and his breath trembled slightly.
, the flow of breath in the body suddenly accelerated a bit, and Lin Pingzhi couldn't help showing a look of joy on his face.
"Eh!"
Wang Yangming felt the change in Lin Pingzhi's aura and couldn't help but glance at Lin Pingzhi in surprise. With a smile on his lips, he said to Lin Pingzhi with some appreciation: "Congratulations to General Lin for his great progress."
It turns out that Lin Pingzhi's cultivation level has surpassed the first-class level just a moment ago, reaching the peak state. On the top, he is an innate powerhouse. In other words, except for a few innates, Lin Pingzhi can now be regarded as an innate powerhouse.
He is one of the most powerful people in the world.
Lin Pingzhi smiled at Wang Yangming with a bit of joy and said: "How can Pingzhi's meager cultivation be compared to the great master An Guogong?"
Capital
Hundreds of carriages slowly entered the main camp of Tengxiang Four Guards Camp.
Yes, these carriages coming from Tianjin Port passed through for a long time before entering the main camp of Tengxiang Four Guards Camp.
In the camp of the Tengyang Fourth Guard Camp, Han Kun, who had been in charge of the Tengyang Fourth Guard Camp, was dressed in a military uniform and respectfully accompanied Zhu Houzhao and Yang Yiqing.
Han Kun is in charge of the Tengyang Fourth Guards Camp and is very loyal. If Wang Yangming is the number one person in the military, then Han Kun can also be regarded as one of the military's giants.
The most critical thing is the Tengxiang Fourth Guards Camp. Even if the Ministry of War wants to dispatch it, it must first ask the Emperor for instructions. It can be said that Han Kun can spare the Ministry of War and the major departments of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and directly answer to the Emperor.
With the emperor's kindness and power, the four guards in Tengxiang were absolutely loyal to the emperor from top to bottom. As long as the emperor said a word, he would definitely attack wherever he directed, without any hesitation.
Zhu Houzhao would not feel at ease placing such a large amount of wealth anywhere, but Zhu Houzhao placed it in the main camp of the Four Guards Camp in Tengxiang.
Seeing the boxes being carried down one by one, Han Kun, as one of the emperor's most trusted generals, naturally knew what was in these boxes.
Along with the boxes came booklets that recorded what was in the boxes.
Wang Zheng presented a book to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao glanced at it and couldn't help but breathed a little quickly. This book was regarded as a general account book, which recorded a total of 280 million taels of silver and 8 million taels of gold.
One hundred and twenty-three boxes of gems...
Each box is marked with a number that corresponds to the contents of the box recorded in the book.
With a casual gesture, Zhu Houzhao pointed to a box. The number on the box was No. 98, which corresponded to the belongings in box No. 98 recorded in a booklet.
I found a record of the belongings contained in Box No. 98 in a book, and it was clearly written on it that Box No. 98 contained five thousand taels of gold.
With a raised brow, Zhu Houzhao nodded towards Wang Zheng. As soon as Wang Zheng waved his hand, two chamberlains stepped forward, removed the seal, and then slowly opened the box. Suddenly, a golden light flashed through, and they saw the neatly arranged items in the box.
Place the forged gold ingot.
Each gold ingot is one hundred taels, and there are fifty gold ingots in this box, which is exactly five thousand taels of gold. This is exactly the same as what is recorded in the booklet.
After looking at the box and then at the boxes piled up like a hill, Zhu Houzhao focused his gaze, slowly turned around and said to Han Kun: "Han Kun, can I trust you?"
With a pop, Han Kun knelt down in front of Zhu Houzhao without hesitation and said: "I am willing to go up the mountain of swords and the sea of fire for your majesty. With your majesty's order, even if you want me to die, I will not frown."
Reaching out to help Han Kun up, Zhu Houzhao said with a solemn look on his face: "The Qing family should know how tempting these gold and silver properties are. The reason why I put these properties in the military camp is to protect the Tengxiang Fourth Guard Camp."
, for your trust in General Han, I hope that you can lead your men to complete the inspection of these boxes, then check them, and finally send them to the national treasury and the royal inner treasury."
Han Kun said neatly: "I would like to ask your Majesty to send Eunuch Cao of the East Factory, Commander Qian Ning of the Jinyi Guard, and Eunuch Yuhuatian of the West Factory to jointly conduct an inspection."
It is not unreasonable for Han Kun to be able to run the Tengyang Fourth Guard Camp steadily for so many years. As a smart man, Han Kun knows very well what can be done and what cannot be done. Although the emperor trusts him, he is very
Clearly, this matter is too big. If something unexpected happens, even he won't be able to handle it.
So Han Kun simply involved Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang, and other major organizations. Under the control of these parties, no one would have any thoughts that they shouldn't have.
After hearing Han Kun's words, Zhu Houzhao pondered for a moment and nodded: "I will send someone to invite Qian Ning and Cao Shaoqin."
While he was talking, a prison car came over escorted by a group of soldiers. A general stepped forward and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, King Charles I of the West is here."
As soon as his eyes lit up, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look towards the prison car in the distance. The prison car was still more than ten feet away from where he was, and Zhu Houzhao could only see a figure locked in the prison car with his head hanging down.
"Bring the people!"
Soon Charles I was brought to Zhu Houzhao. After several months of ups and downs and the blow of his country being destroyed and his family destroyed, Charles I seemed very depressed. If Lin Pingzhi hadn't specially sent a doctor to look at Charles I, what would happen to him?
Unfortunately, Charles I died on the way back.
Looking down at Charles I, Zhu Houzhao's thoughts were a little erratic, and he murmured: Big companion, have you seen it? You once said that one day you would capture the masters of Spain, the Netherlands, and the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets. You may have forgotten, but I
But I have never forgotten it. I will capture them one by one and help you fulfill this wish.
Charles I, who had always been confused, didn't know whether he heard Zhu Houzhao's murmur, or whether it was his instinct as a king and felt Zhu Houzhao's breath. He slowly raised his head, opened his turbid eyes, and looked at Zhu Houzhao.
