The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 123: The Coward Who Can't Even Die
"Your Majesty, you want to cleanse Jin, and we support you, but why are you in such a hurry?
Being so anxious will only lead to instability and harm to countless people." Li Dongyang spoke, his tone much gentler.

Zhu Houzhao's tone softened when he saw this, but he was still very overbearing and said unhappily: "If I am not in a hurry, how long will it take to clean up Jin?
For every day we wait, do you know how many of my children in Jin will starve to death, freeze to death, or be oppressed to death?

Humph, don’t think that I don’t know that you don’t care at all.

I am the only one who cares."

"I tell you, rather than letting my children freeze to death, starve to death, or be oppressed to death, I would rather let them be affected and die.

Even if I die, I'd rather die in a less cowardly way."

Everyone was speechless again.

Your Majesty is too domineering and tough.

"Okay, I have made up my mind. If you want to remain officials of the Ming Dynasty, what you should do now is to deal with the aftermath instead of questioning me at this time."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and said, his face suddenly became even more unhappy, "There are so many corrupt officials and people who oppress the people in Jin, don't you have any responsibility?

I tell you, you have a lot of responsibilities. "

“But I also know that this responsibility started with Taizu, and my father is no exception.

That’s why I won’t argue with you guys for now, please leave.”

The morale of Liu Jian and others continued to decline, and the last few words made them bow their heads.

Are they responsible?

of course.

But as Your Majesty said, the main responsibility does not lie with them.

It started from the time of Taizu and was accumulated bit by bit.

But Your Majesty can speak ill of Taizu and the late emperor without restraint, but they cannot, and can only bear it silently.

In silence, they were about to leave the Qianqing Palace.

"Wait." Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao spoke again, leaving no room for doubt: "In a few days, I will issue an order to summon all the princes and dukes of the Ming Dynasty to Beijing.

The system of the Ming Dynasty imperial family has become a mess and must be changed.

You guys get ready too.”

Everyone was shocked again.

"Your Majesty, if you want to change it, why not issue an order in advance?

At that time, the kings were not prepared. Now that the incident in Jin has happened, if we summon the kings to the capital again, I am afraid that some of them will have rebellious intentions. "The Minister of Personnel Ma Wensheng frowned.

"I just want to see if anyone in the Ming imperial family dares to rebel?

Is there anyone who dares to help them?" Zhu Houzhao said with a bright look in his eyes.

Everyone was shocked.

Your Majesty, are you expecting someone to rebel?
Given Your Majesty's temperament, perhaps it is really possible to look forward to it.

In this way, he will be able to lead his troops into battle again.

Are there any princes who dare to rebel?
They thought about this question and shook their heads.

The Ming Dynasty was established more than a hundred years ago and has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a stable ideology.

The vassal kings themselves do not have much power, so it is almost impossible for them to rebel.

What’s more, the person he met was the current Majesty.

Unless a marshal of extraordinary talent emerges from among the princes, there is absolutely no possibility of a successful rebellion.

Even if someone gets crazy enough to rebel, they are not worried.

The only thing that worries them is that someone is supporting the rebellion of the princes behind the scenes and causing great damage.

This may not be impossible.

If Your Majesty continues to be so domineering and tough, it is very likely that someone will be unable to resist and will instigate a vassal king to rebel and teach the Ming court and Your Majesty a lesson.

Of course, this will not be easy.

If one wants to instigate a vassal king to rebel, one must ensure that no evidence is left behind, lest the imperial court take revenge on him later.

Without doing this, few people would dare to do it.

The crowd came with great momentum, and then returned in silence and helplessness.

Suddenly, several people felt strange.

In their view, His Majesty's plan to cleanse Jin is undoubtedly an earth-shattering event.

Let's go together to dissuade His Majesty.

But after meeting His Majesty once, they went to see him again and found that it seemed just like that.

I'm not too anxious.

With Your Majesty here, it is not certain that anything big will happen.

They felt that their temperament had become more stable.

However, there are also people who are still anxious, shocked and afraid.

Your Majesty is determined to cleanse Jin at all costs. Jin is the first and will definitely not be the last.

If the investigation is traced to me...

No matter how they thought about it, they had to get busy immediately.

The officials in Jin didn’t know how many people would be arrested, but it was definitely a lot, more than last time.

After all, even the three princely palaces were moved.

There is no doubt that dealing with the aftermath of the incident in Jin is an extremely troublesome task.

After the ministers left, Zhu Houzhao felt a little depressed for a while.

He felt that these civil servants didn't understand him.

Every time he had to persuade them with kind words and earnest words.

Ministers: 'Your Majesty, have you really persuaded us with kind words and earnest advice?

You always give direct orders and act without authorization.

If you don't listen to me, just take out two to check.'

But he was only depressed for a while, and Zhu Houzhao was relieved and no longer angry. They are just a bunch of stupid sons. As a father, I have to be tolerant of them and give them a few more words of advice.

Oh, being a father is really tiring.

My father was much happier at that time because he had me, an obedient and good son.

Unlike me, I have only stupid sons, and there are many bad sons who need to be taught a lesson and eliminated.

When night fell, Zhu Houzhao took out five dragon balls and began to practice with some anticipation on his face.

Five dragon balls emitting golden light were dancing lightly around Zhu Houzhao.

Strange and mysterious power enveloped him, causing the power of the surrounding heaven and earth to flow into his body faster.

At some point, Duke Zheng appeared not far away, standing guard quietly.

After a while, a smile appeared.

This dragon ball is indeed most suitable for a pure heart like Your Majesty.

Your Majesty's martial arts will is extremely strong and has never seen its limit.

You can fully master the five dragon balls and improve your strength by leaps and bounds.

If this continues, it will probably not take a few years for Your Majesty to reach the pinnacle of the Grand Master realm.

After nearly three hours, Zhu Houzhao stopped practicing and began to cultivate the third level of Tai Chi Thirteen Postures.

The five dragon balls were still flying around him.

After more than an hour, Zhu Houzhao finally stopped and looked at Tianfu out of habit.

Tai Chi Thirteen Forms Third Level (9420/30000)

The third level of Myojin Martial Arts Code (41068/90000)

In one night, the third level of Tai Chi Thirteen Postures increased by eighty points, compared to about forty points before.

The third level of the Mingshen Martial Canon increased by 100 points, whereas before it could increase by about 40 points in one night.

The reason for this drastic increase is these five dragon balls.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but touch the five dragon balls one by one with love.

Feeling their simpler spirituality, I love them even more.

"Your Majesty, is there anything unusual?" Duke Zheng stepped forward and asked.

In the past few days, every time Zhu Houzhao used the dragon balls to practice, he would watch it personally just in case.

"No, all the ones I have are good." Zhu Houzhao smiled and put away the five dragon balls, not hiding his love for them: "The power of these five dragon balls makes my body stronger and absorbs the power of heaven and earth faster.

It also enhanced my comprehension and greatly increased the speed of practicing the Thirteen Tai Chi Moves.

In less than two or three years, I will definitely be able to break through to the realm of heavenly beings."

Looking at Zhu Houzhao's confident look, Duke Zheng smiled and did not refute.

Although the practice becomes more difficult and slower as you get closer to the end.

The pass to the realm of heaven and man is even more difficult.

But Your Majesty is a miracle in himself. Who knows if he will not continue to create miracles that will shock the world?

"Your Majesty, don't pursue speed too much, lest your temperament be affected by the Dragon Ball." Duke Zheng reminded cautiously.

"Don't worry, this dragon ball is still very obedient. What's more, my will is unparalleled and invincible in the world. Nothing can affect me." Zhu Houzhao patted his chest and said proudly.

"It's good that Your Majesty knows what's going on." Duke Zheng said with a smile.

I'm really not worried at all.

Over the past six months, he could vaguely feel that as His Majesty ascended the throne and did more and more things, his will, which already knew no limits, was still slowly growing stronger.

This also made him sigh that His Majesty was born to be an emperor.

Even Emperor Taizong was not as good as him.

"By the way, the dragon ball was given to Lao Li. How is Lao Li's training going?" Zhu Houzhao asked expectantly.

Mr. Zheng brought back six dragon balls. After listening to the explanation of the dragon balls, he used five to help himself practice and gave the other one to Lao Li for practice.

Among the many powerful people in the court, who has the strongest righteousness in his heart? Who has the strongest will?

Taking the two together, Lao Li and Lao Yan are definitely the top two in the innate realm.

Since Lao Yan was not in the capital, he certainly would not be stingy and gave a dragon ball to Lao Li that day and asked Lord Zheng to keep an eye on it.

"Minister Li is indeed gifted and is making rapid progress. It should be less than a year or two before the court has another grand master." Lord Zheng said with certainty.

Thinking of Xiao Li's Flying Dagger, even he felt a little amazed.

Breaking through the Grand Master's will barrier was definitely not a problem for Li Xunhuan.

What he lacks most is the cultivation of his skills.

Dragon Ball is the most suitable for him.

"Haha, that's good. When Lao Yan comes back, I will give him a dragon ball so that he can practice faster.

If it were anyone else, Guo Bujing could give him one, and then that would be it.

We can only let them practice from time to time under your care, old man." Zhu Houzhao thought about it, it was a pity.

He knew that only the righteousness and will of Lao Li and the other three people could directly rely on the dragon balls for long-term cultivation, but no one else could.

He actually hoped that more people could do it, and then he would give away all the dragon balls in his hands without hesitation.

As for the fact that his cultivation speed would be reduced as a result, he didn't care. It would only be delayed by a year or two anyway.

He now clearly realizes that what Ming Dynasty needs most is more powerful people.

Duke Zheng smiled but said nothing. Your Majesty sometimes looks very unreliable, like a child.

But my heart is always clear.

No one can hide it from Your Majesty.

"Your Majesty is wise, but in the future, it would be better to reward the time spent using the Dragon Balls for training with merit," Duke Zheng reminded.

"You are right, old man." Zhu Houzhao thought about it, nodded, and then waved his hand, "Let's talk about it later."

(Chapter two.)
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