Ming Dynasty: A hundred-year-old immortal cultivator, Zhu Yuanzhang’s biological father

"How miserable do you think you would be if he attacked you?"

"Besides, that Ma He is really no good. We can always replace him."

"There is one more thing. That little bastard has always had a good eye. You old assassins should check it out for us."

"If Ma He is really not capable of doing this, we can withdraw Ma He. Then that little bastard will have nothing to say."

"Also, are you not even as good as a eunuch?"

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, these Huaixi nobles no longer lost their temper.

"Your Majesty, we understand!"

"knew?"

Everyone nodded.

"Then step back!"

"Your Majesty, please leave!"

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East Palace!

"Your Highness, just now..."

"If you want to say thank you, forget it."

Zhu Xiongying interrupted Ma He and continued, "I recommended you to Fengtian Hall because I believe in your ability."

"I hope you can make great achievements in the Ming Dynasty, and I also hope you can clear your name and not let others look down on you."

"If you want others to respect you, you must first respect yourself, understand?"

Ma He nodded: "Your Highness, I understand!"

"it is good!"

"Wait for the navy to report!"

"Whether you can conquer those killers depends on you. I won't help you. You have to rely on yourself."

"clear?"

Ma He nodded. He knew that this was his first test. If he couldn’t even pass this, how could he lead troops to fight in all directions?
Besides, they can’t help you forever, right?
"Go!"

"Yes!"

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Navy base!

Ma He walked in with Li Chuan and Luo Fei, but no one came to greet them. They all treated him as a invisible person.

Some of them had contempt written all over their faces!

When they arrived at the central military tent, they saw only a few generals inside. When they saw Ma He coming in, they had no intention of standing up to greet him.

Ma He glanced at them, said nothing, and walked straight to the main seat and sat down.

"Ok?"

"stand up!"

"You don't deserve to sit in that position!"

A general immediately scolded.

"Oh! I was personally appointed as the General Po Lu by His Majesty, and I command the navy of Yingtian Prefecture. How come I don't have the right to sit here?"

"Oh! Is a eunuch qualified to be a general?"

"You only got to this position because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Without His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who would you be?"

"His Royal Highness, how could he fall for a damn eunuch like you?"

"Be bold!"

Ma He shouted loudly immediately.

All the generals were stunned at once, a dead eunuch could actually have such a strong aura.

"I'm telling you, it doesn't matter how you look at me or what you say about me, but if you dare to say anything bad about His Highness, I won't let you go."

"Somebody come!"

Ma He shouted loudly, and several guards came in immediately.

"Drag him away and give him thirty military sticks."

Several guards looked at everything in front of them in surprise.

"Who are you?"

"Dare to give orders here?"

A guard looked at Ma He with disdain.

"I am Ma He, the General who was appointed by His Majesty personally, and I command the Yingtian Navy."

puff...

"Ha ha……"

"Are you the eunuch?"

"Are you, a eunuch, qualified to give orders here?"

Seeing that even a guard looked down on him, Ma He immediately drew out the ring-handled sword from Li Chuan's waist and quickly walked up to the guard.

Phew...

A knife stabbed into the guard's chest. The guard stared at the knife in his chest with wide eyes, blood gushing out.

He fell directly to the ground, no longer breathing.

This sudden scene shocked everyone. They didn't expect Ma He to suddenly take action.

"Ma He, you..."

"This is what will happen to anyone who dares not to obey."

Ma He shouted, "Those who disobey military orders will be killed without mercy!"

"You, are you going to disobey military orders too?"

Ma He stared at the guards, and several guards were frightened by Ma He's aura and broke out in cold sweats.

"Drag him away now, thirty military sticks!"

Ma He pointed at the general just now, and several guards quickly pulled him away.

"Wait!"

Several guards stopped and looked at him in confusion.

"Don't try to fool me like this. If any of the sticks are fake, you will be punished by military law and executed without mercy."

"Drag it!"

"Ma He, you dare!"

"take away!"

The general was dragged away immediately.

Ma He turned and looked at the other generals with cold eyes.

"I'm telling you, I don't care how you view me. After all, I'm a general appointed by the imperial court."

"Those who disobey military orders will be executed!"

"Also, I know some of you have good backgrounds, but this general is not afraid."

"You have someone behind you. This general has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince behind him. You must not provoke me."

"Don't even mention that Your Highness said a word of disapproval. Everything I have today was given by Your Highness."

"If I hear even a word from you in the future, I will not let you go, even if it means I perish together with you."

"From now on, I am a mad dog under your highness. Be careful or I will bite you to death."

The generals looked at Ma He's unparalleled momentum and were stunned on the spot.

"Also, let me tell you, this is the first mission that His Highness has given me, and it is quite important."

"I don't care what the court has planned. I only know that I have to complete the task assigned to me by His Highness."

"If any of you don't cooperate, I don't care who you are or what your background is."

"I'll kill him anyway. If you don't believe me, you can try it."

"I am just an eunuch, I have a miserable life, I don't care, you are welcome to come and try."

Gulu...

Upon hearing this, the generals couldn't help but swallow.

That's a fucking eunuch!
This is clearly a mad dog, a mad dog that may bite people at any time.

"Now, notify all the generals to come to the big tent for a meeting. Anyone who is late will be subject to military law."

"go with!"

Ma He shouted, and someone immediately went down to notify them.

Now they dare not underestimate Ma He, because he can really do it.

After the notice was passed down, some generals still did not take it seriously. They were not in the tent and did not know what had just happened.

Finally, they walked slowly towards the big tent, but were dragged down by Ma He's men and beheaded in public.

The sin of slow army!

kill!

After killing several generals, no one dared to ignore Ma He's words.

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East Palace!

"You mean Ma He killed several generals today?"

"That's right!"

"Your Highness, you don't know, that Ma He is really cruel. I was scared of him."

Luo Fei, who was standing by, was still in shock.

"At first I thought he would just beat the guy up, and that would serve as a deterrent."

"But we didn't expect that he would be even more ruthless than we thought."

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said, "No one dares to disobey him now, right?"

“No one dares not to listen!”

"Now everyone in the camp is obedient, but one of the people killed by Ma He was the son of a noble from Huaixi."

"I'm afraid they won't let it go. They don't dare to come to you, Your Highness. They will definitely seek revenge on Ma."

"Ha! Let's see who the hell dares?"

"Go tell them that whoever dares to touch Ma He will have a quarrel with me. I want to see how many lives they have."

"Yes!"

The two of them turned and left immediately.

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Goguryeo!
Kaesong!
At this time, Lee Seong-gye frowned as he looked at the letter from the Ming Dynasty in his hand. He originally thought that he had launched a coup and had firmly sat on the throne of Goguryeo.

However, they didn't expect that before they could even get comfortable in their seats, the Ming Dynasty sent a letter asking them to return the land.

This is more painful than killing him. If we give them the land, where will our own people live?
Go to the sea?
Not reconciled!
Anger!

Helpless!

All kinds of emotions filled Lee Seong-gye's mind.

Faced with a behemoth like the Ming Dynasty, he felt a sense of powerlessness.

If the Ming Dynasty really sends troops, what can we use to resist?
It is estimated that the Ming army will be able to capture them without any effort, and they will all die then.

"Ugh!"

"Tell me, what should we do now?"

Li Chenggui looked at the minister in front of him with helplessness in his eyes.

The ministers below were also frowning upon hearing this. Faced with a behemoth like the Ming Dynasty, we were at a loss for a moment.

After all, the Central Plains Dynasty has always been their suzerain state, and facing their master, they only feel a deep sense of powerlessness.

"King, the Ming's actions are really too much. Those have always been our lands."

“Now they are saying it is their land, which is really too much.”

"We can't hand it over. If we do, where will our people go?"

"How should we explain this to the people?"

Shen Defu said anxiously.

"King! But if we don't hand it over, once the Ming Dynasty sends troops, I'm afraid we won't be able to defeat them!"

"The Ming Dynasty is now winning victory after victory in Liaodong, and the morale of the country is extremely high."

"Our chances of winning against them are slim!"

Zhao Daochuan said worriedly.

"King! Ceding territory in exchange for peace is too humiliating!"

"And they cut off so much of it. How can we survive?"

"I think that since the Ming Dynasty won't let me live, we should fight them, even if it means death."

Zhao Jun on the side said angrily.

"You said it so easily. You can die, but do you want the king to die with you?"

Yin Shaozong said disdainfully.

"So you mean to live in humiliation?"

"Then what's the point of living?"

"Besides, how do you know we can't win before we even start fighting?"

"If you are afraid before the battle, you should be punished!"

"you……"

"All right!"

Li Chenggui shouted loudly, and several people immediately shut up.

"You all stand down!"

"Let me think about it!"

Everyone had no choice but to retreat!
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Lord Jing'an's Mansion!

At this time, Li Fangyuan was drinking tea with someone. Opposite him sat a man in black.

At this time, a man walked in and whispered something in Li Fangyuan's ear.

Upon hearing this, Li Fangyuan's face changed drastically and his brows furrowed.

With a wave of his hand, the man retreated respectfully.

"Prince, is something wrong?"

"Sir, are all your Central Plains people so greedy?"

The man opposite was slightly stunned when he heard this.

"What do you mean, Prince?"

"I just received news that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent a letter asking us to return their territory."

"That is the land that has been passed down to our ancestors. How come it has become the property of you people in the Central Plains?"

Hearing this, the man in black smiled.

"Prince, where do they want the land?"

Li Fangyuan stood up and took out a map, pointed at it and said, "They said this area was yours during your Han Dynasty."

"Now they are just the land that belongs to them. Are you people in the Central Plains so shameless?"

The man in black smiled upon hearing this and said, "Prince, they are indeed right."

"During the Han Dynasty, it was indeed part of the Central Plains. We called it the Four Han Counties."

“This has historical basis!”

"Yao Guangxiao!"

Li Fangyuan stared at him!
His eyes were filled with anger.

"Prince, calm down!"

"Aren't they still in your hands now?"

"Ha ha……"

"That's right! They are in our hands now, but Zhu Yuanzhang wants them back now."

"If you don't agree, he will send troops here, which is simply banditry."

Lee Bang-won was very angry.

Yao Guangxiao was a little surprised and said, "Prince, isn't this a good thing?"

Ok?
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

"Good thing?"

"You think it's a good thing?"

"How can we possibly be a match for the Ming Dynasty?"

"Are you confused?"

Li Fangyuan said unhappily.

Yao Guangxiao smiled and said, "Prince, you are indeed no match for the Ming Dynasty."

"But you are not the only enemy of the Ming Dynasty. There are also Yuan people and Jurchens."

"Although they have been defeated by the Ming army, they are quite unconvinced and are not satisfied with the Ming army's rule at all."

"We can unite with them and fight against the Ming Dynasty together. With their joining, we will be much stronger."

"And the Ming Dynasty's move was so excessive, and Prince has fully utilized it to enhance your reputation."

"As long as you can mobilize the people to follow you in resisting the Ming Dynasty, your reputation will surely rise day by day."

"The throne will belong to you in the future!"

Hearing this, a hint of excitement flashed in Li Fangyuan's eyes, but he quickly calmed down.

"Yao Guangxiao, you are making it sound easy. The Jurchens are now badly beaten by the Ming army. I think they will be annihilated by the Ming army soon."

"Let alone the Yuan people, who are now being suppressed by the Ming army."

"A million-strong army was beaten to pieces by the Ming army. Can we count on them?"

"What's the use?"

“Do you think it’s realistic?”

It has to be said that Lee Bang-won's words pointed out the current situation of the Yuan people and the Jurchens.

It’s unrealistic to rely on them!
"Prince, you are right!"

“Their current situation is indeed not very good, but as long as they are pulled up, they will be a force that cannot be ignored.”

"Otherwise, we will not be able to resist the attack of the Ming army relying on our own strength."

"If we rely on ourselves, we will die."

"Sir, I admit that what you said makes sense, but given their current situation, how easy is it to get them back on their feet?"

"The Ming army is keeping a close eye on them. By the time we pull them up, we will have been wiped out by them."

(End of this chapter)