The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 163: Activities in various places
The Jinyiwei and local garrisons took action to deal with those who rose up in rebellion and bandits who attacked the county town.

No matter how much the garrison system was destroyed, they were all regular troops.

Together with the Embroidered Uniform Guard, no one dares to underestimate them.

What's more, their opponents were merely rebels and bandits who had little power at all.

Even before the orders from the capital arrived, bandits and a group of rebels were wiped out by the local Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

I can only say that today's Jinyiwei and Dongchang are really different.

Especially the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Having money, a promising future, and even spiritual needs are met.

After several expansions, it is still going strong today.

Of course, what is more important is that the Ming Dynasty court is becoming increasingly powerful, so that the martial arts forces in various places dare not do anything to the Jinyiwei.

There are more people who are on good terms with him.

These are also forces that can be used conservatively.

Taking all these reasons into account, the power that the Jinyiwei can exert in various places is absolutely not to be underestimated by anyone, and it continues to grow.

The Jinyiwei worked enthusiastically and with full of fighting spirit.

This series of orders was mainly aimed at matters concerning Southern Zhili and was extremely powerful.

Two grandmasters were dispatched to purge the Nanzhili bureaucracy, and there was also another grandmaster who was at the highest level and did not hide the news.

This move was extremely powerful.

It also gave the strongest response to those people in the Ming Dynasty who had evil intentions.

While those people were still weighing the pros and cons, another piece of news spread.

Wang Shouren, the Grand Commander-in-Chief of the Ming Dynasty's Military Cabinet, has reached the ultimate level of Grand Master!
As the news spread, many people fell silent.

Most of those restless hearts were immediately extinguished.

The ultimate state of Grand Master!
Countless places in the Ming Dynasty turned their attention to Jin.

In a manor in Shaanxi.

A tall middle-aged man was looking closely towards the northeast, which was the area of ​​Jin.

His brows were getting more and more furrowed.

"A great master who has entered Taoism through Confucianism, and is in his thirties, a saint!

Zhu Houzhao is indeed in good luck, so we cannot fight him head-on.

Wang Shouren~!" The middle-aged man sighed, with a bit of reluctance and deep fear.

“Master, although the Grandmaster’s ultimate state is terrifying, our Holy Church may be able to deal with him. It sounds to me that you seem to be very afraid of Wang Shouren.” A burly man behind him couldn’t help but ask in a rude voice.

“You don’t understand.” The man in the middle shook his head and said in a serious tone, “If it were any other martial arts grandmaster who had reached the ultimate state, our Holy Church would not be afraid.

But Wang Shouren was not like other great masters who had reached the highest level. He was a general who led troops.

Although he never had any outstanding military achievements, Zhu Houzhao was by no means just a nepotist.

If Wang Shouren did not have that ability, he would not have let Wang Shouren take on such an important position and train the new army. "

"With nearly 200,000 new Ming soldiers in Jin, given such generous treatment, the soldiers will definitely be willing to die for them.

It is probably only a matter of time before we can train ourselves into elite troops and form a military force.

By then, Wang Shouren would be truly terrifying.

Even a person at the Heavenly Man level wouldn’t dare to confront it head-on.”

The burly man completely understood the last sentence.

The terrifying realm of heaven and man is something that makes those who know about it feel genuine awe.

That is the pinnacle of martial arts.

The burly man touched his head and said in confusion, "Ah! Wang Shouren is so powerful, does Zhu Houzhao really trust him to lead nearly 200,000 troops in Jin?"

Aren’t the emperors of the Zhu family all suspicious and distrustful of their military generals?
The middle-aged man sighed quietly. Yes, how could Zhu Houzhao be so at ease?

After a pause, he smiled confidently and said, "People change, and emperors in ancient times all grew old.

Zhu Houzhao is young now, when he is older, or when he is old.

He will become someone he doesn't even recognize himself.

By then...haha."

'How long will it take? ' the burly man thought to himself.

"Pass the order, everyone in the Holy Church needs to act more secretly, and some people and things should be cut off directly. We need to be decisive." The middle-aged man said solemnly with a serious look.

"Yes." The burly man immediately responded, and then couldn't help asking: "Master, why is this?"

“Zhu Houzhao’s response was so strong, one Grandmaster at the highest level, and two Grandmasters descended on Nanzhili to purge the Nanzhili bureaucracy.

There are also the increasingly powerful Jinyiwei in various places, and Wang Shouren's strength has been exposed.

Wudang and Shaolin, the two leaders of the righteous path, remain indifferent.

Those who wanted to take action, unless unexpectedly, will not do so.

Once the storm over the Lu incident has passed, the Ming court will certainly not let it go and will investigate the matter to the end.

We need to clean up the mess in advance, so as not to be caught by the factory guards." The middle-aged man explained patiently.

"Oh, I understand."

"Alas, it's a pity for the Kong family. This is a rare opportunity."

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The land of Jiangnan.

"The overbearing emperor is actually going to purge the officials of Nanzhili directly! He won't give in at all." "What should we do? Are we just going to sit there and do nothing?"

“One Grandmaster at the pinnacle level and two Grandmasters are in Yingtian Prefecture, so we must not act rashly.

There is also Wang Shouren, who has reached the level of Grand Master, and he has nearly 200,000 new troops under his command.

If the situation gets really serious, Wang Shouren will probably lead his troops south."

"We really can't act rashly. With Emperor Shengwu's temperament, he might do so. He might even go south himself."

"I think we should immediately cut off the officialdom in Nanzhili. As long as Emperor Shengwu does not go too far and does not go further, we should be patient."

"I agree. They are just some officials. If they are done, they are done. Let's just bear with it for now.

Emperors have always been changeable since ancient times. Emperor Shengwu is still young, and young people are always whimsical and naive.

After a few years or even decades, will he still trust Wang Shouren so much?
Will he still be so eager to conquer the world and not care about the Ming Dynasty?

Wasn't Zhu Yuanzhang a man of great righteousness and a man who put the people first in his early days?

and after?
We just have to wait. The emperor’s biggest flaw is always himself.”

"A few years, a dozen years? Haha, with his radical approach now, it probably won't take that long. We will all die under the butcher's knife?"

"Then what do you say we should do? Resist? Do you dare? Anyway, I don't dare, who else would dare?"

"Martial God~! Without that kind of power, you will never have the right to truly speak.

Unless Wudang, Shaolin, Taoism and Buddhism speak up, no one can make the current Emperor Shengwu give in.

Unfortunately, we don’t have a deep relationship with the powerful celestial beings of our Ming Dynasty.

All we can do now is to secretly protect our own interests and never give in easily."

After these words were spoken, the dozen or so people present fell silent.

After a few breaths, one of them said, “That’s right, hey, I really don’t know what Wudang Shaolin is thinking?
What is Master Zhang thinking about?
Didn't Emperor Shengwu harm their interests by doing this?
The disciples, relatives and friends of Wudang and Shaolin are all over the Ming Dynasty."

"How can we easily understand the thoughts of such people?

Besides, not to mention Wudang and Shaolin, aren't there still many people in Jiangnan who are indifferent? They cling to their so-called justice.

Humph, is their family really upright? "

"Okay, today is not the time to talk about this. We all have no other options, so let's just cut off all the officials from Nanzhili.

But we can't just sit there and wait passively.

We have to take the initiative to do something.”

"doing what?"

“We can’t stop fighting against the Jinyiwei and officials in secret, but we have to be more secretive so that the factory guards can’t target us.

We should not make it difficult for them to take any step, as long as they cannot find any evidence against us or infringe upon our interests.

The key still lies in the capital and in Emperor Shengwu.

It is time for him to select concubines, crown a queen and take concubines."

After hearing the last sentence, the eyes of everyone present moved imperceptibly.

The queen of the Zhu family is the envy of everyone.

Most of the emperors of the Zhu family were rare infatuated emperors.

Empress Ma, Empress Xu, and Empress Zhang are the biggest examples, and Concubine Wan is also an example.

Especially the Zhu family’s talented and wise emperor and empress, how much benefit can they get?
Empress Ma and Empress Xu are role models.

Moreover, this seems to be the best way to deal with Emperor Shengwu at present.

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Similar things were happening not only in Jiangnan and Shaanxi, but also in all parts of the Ming Dynasty.

The extremely strong response from Nanzhili and Wang Shouren's strength made them even more wary.

They retracted their tentacles and there were many people cleaning up their tails.

Including many people, who are cleaning up the mess they made in the past.

Some people continued to watch as if nothing had happened.

Wu-Tang.

"What a great general who turned to Taoism through Confucianism! Hahaha, it's a pity that I haven't met him yet and can't discuss Taoism with him." Still in that ordinary Taoist temple, hearty laughter rang out.

"Master, Commander Wang's breakthrough should bring some peace to the Ming Dynasty." Song Yuanqiao also smiled.

"Well, combined with the emperor's other actions, it is enough." Zhang Sanfeng nodded slowly.

"Master." Song Yuanqiao hesitated for a moment, then said, "Some senior uncles want to ask you, what should we do in Wudang?

Will you continue to be impartial and unmoved?"

Zhang Sanfeng's smile faded slightly, and he said calmly: "Yuanqiao, what do you think?"

"Master, I think that when we Wudang do things, we should follow the right path and have a clear conscience.

There is nothing wrong with what the imperial court is doing. It is to eliminate harm for the people. We in Wudang should support it.

Moreover, Wudang is becoming more and more powerful now, and there are indeed many bad elements among them. We should not protect them.

But if we support the imperial court, there will be a gap between Wudang and fellow martial artists." Song Yuanqiao said solemnly.

"Haha, Yuanqiao, I'm glad you think this way.

Remember, not moving is moving, and being impartial is sometimes biased." Zhang Sanfeng smiled gently again and spoke earnestly.

After a brief thought, Song Yuanqiao understood the meaning of this sentence, which was the same as he had guessed.

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(Chapter two.)
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(End of this chapter)