The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 222: Killing Yang Guang
Nothing to talk about?
Yang Guang and others didn't believe it.

Although they also knew that this was Pang Ban’s conspiracy.

Let them doubt.

But they were also sure that there must have been some forces that had talked to Pang Ban, and they might even have reached an agreement.

Because the Sui Dynasty was now in decline and the Mongols were gaining power.

Which forces have negotiated? Which forces have not negotiated? Which forces are hesitant and still waiting and watching?

As Pang Ban visited more and more forces, the faces of the Sui Dynasty's top leaders became increasingly unsightly.

"Pang Ban, how dare you be so arrogant? You bully our Great Sui Dynasty." Yang Guang was furious.

At this moment, his anger and hatred towards Pang Ban directly surpassed Zhu Houzhao.

Because Pang Ban was blatantly trying to destroy the Sui Dynasty.

"Uncle Wang, if we try our best, can we keep Pang Ban?" Yang Guang looked at the burly old man below with cold eyes.

Although the old man is old, he still looks majestic and powerful.

He pondered for a moment, shook his head and said solemnly: "Now there is no Grandmaster in our Great Sui Dynasty. There are only three Grandmasters who can fight to the death, including Your Majesty.

If we fight head-on, we can defeat Pang Ban with the elite troops of the Sui Dynasty, but it is almost impossible to stop him.

Moreover, there are rebels everywhere in the country now, and we cannot mobilize our elite troops to encircle and suppress Pang Ban.

Even if it is a transfer, the news cannot be hidden from Pang Ban now."

The implication is very clear: disapproval.

When Yang Guang heard that there were only three powerful grandmasters including him, his expression changed slightly and he looked a little uncomfortable.

After hearing the last part, he could not help but shout angrily: "Are you just going to let Pang Ban do whatever he wants?
Watching him continue to win over various forces in the Sui Dynasty?
Now, no one knows how many thieves have been won over by him.

If we allow him to continue to act recklessly, I am afraid that more and more thieves will be unable to resist and rebel."

This is also one of the most important reasons why he is eager to deal with this matter.

Everyone knows what Pang Ban is thinking.

If the Sui Dynasty failed to drive him away, its own weakness would be exposed.

By then, there will be even more people who will become disloyal.

The old man frowned for a while, then suddenly said, "Your Majesty, perhaps we can drive the tiger to devour the wolf."

"What do you mean?" Yang Guang raised his eyebrows.

"Our Great Sui Dynasty is not strong enough to keep Pang Ban, and it is difficult to drive him away, but it is not just our Great Sui Dynasty that wants Pang Ban dead." The old man said in a deep voice.

"Turks!" Yang Guang said immediately, and after a moment's hesitation, he spat out two words with an unpleasant expression: "Ming Dynasty."

"That's right." The old man nodded and said calmly: "The Mongols want to destroy our Sui Dynasty, and the Turks will be the first to bear the brunt.

The first group that the Mongols wanted to destroy was definitely the Turks.

The Turks definitely wanted Pangban dead, but the Turks were hardly tigers.

Currently, the only Turkic grandmaster who can come to our Great Sui Dynasty is Bi Xuan, and at most one Turkic great shaman.

The only one who can truly be considered a tiger is the Ming Dynasty, while Liyang and Beimang can also be considered as such."

“But the Northern Mang will not and dare not kill the Mongols. Liyang does not border the Mongols, and its country is in chaos. It is far from having the power of a country, so it will never get involved.

The only country that dared to kill Pang Ban was the Ming, just as they killed Meng Chixing without hesitation. "

Yang Guang hesitated slightly, his face gloomy and uncertain.

“Your Majesty, now is not the time to consider personal feelings.

If we let Pang Ban continue to act recklessly like this, I'm afraid we will lose our last chance." The old man shouted with a serious expression.

'Last chance!'

Yang Guang suddenly woke up, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "I understand, Uncle Wang, don't worry, I will contact Ming Kingdom immediately."

The old man's expression eased slightly.

Although he was very disappointed, he had no choice but to continue to support it.

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On August 3, Zhu Houzhao received a handwritten letter secretly sent by Yang Guang.

The letter did not mention past grudges, but only said that Pang Ban was in the territory of the Sui Dynasty and that they could join forces to kill Pang Ban.

After reading it, Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and immediately asked three people from the cabinet, Li Xunhuan, Gu Xichao, Guo Bujing, Cao Zhengchun, Cao Youxiang and others to come.

After all these people arrived, Wei Jinzhong read out Yang Guang's letter and passed it to everyone to see.

"Your Majesty, Yang Guang can't hold on any longer and is asking our Ming Dynasty to take action against Pang Ban." Gu Xichao immediately said affirmatively, with a gleam in his eyes.

"Ask?" Zhu Houzhao was suddenly shocked.

"Your Majesty." Liu Jian spoke first, "Pang Ban went to Sui State, under the pretext of making friends through martial arts, and visited the major forces in Sui State.

This was a blatant attempt to test the strength of the major forces in the Sui State and to win over these forces.

If the Sui court cannot drive away Pang Ban, it will lose all its prestige and the current situation may not be able to be maintained.

So they must kill Pang Ban, or at least drive Pang Ban away.

From this letter, it can be seen that the Sui Kingdom may not have enough strength to kill Pang Ban, so it asked for help from the Ming Dynasty. "

"Bang." Zhu Houzhao slammed the table and stood up, angrily saying, "This damn Yang Guang, he didn't even ask me for help, and he still wants me to help him kill Pang Ban? He is dreaming."

Everyone present was silent for a moment, and Xie Qian said, "Your Majesty, Pang Ban is also a great enemy of our Ming Dynasty. If there is a chance, we should kill him as soon as possible."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, then realized that it seemed to be the case.

But the next moment, he said arrogantly: "Let's not talk about us first. We, the Ming Dynasty, don't take Pang Ban seriously at all and can kill him at any time. Now Yang Guang is begging us, but he didn't even write a beg, and still wants me to help him. No way."

"Your Majesty, Yang Guang may have reached the end of his rope now. It won't be difficult to ask him to ask Your Majesty in person." Gu Xichao said with a smile.

"Oh!" Zhu Houzhao was delighted and rolled his eyes. "It's not enough for him to just beg me. He has to have some real benefits. Otherwise, why should I help him?"

"That's right." Gu Xichao nodded in agreement, "Your Majesty, this is the time to kill Yang Guang."

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied with the word "severely slaughter" and immediately said, "First, tell me how to severely slaughter Yang Guang?
By the way, call Li Jing over quickly. Li Jing knows the Sui Dynasty better.

It’s a pity that Wu Yunzhao is not here, and he understands it.”

The shadow eunuch left quickly to call for help.

"Your Majesty, we can take this opportunity to take back Yang Gong's treasure house." Guo Bujing said immediately without caring about anything else.

It has been more than half a year since we got the news of Yang Gong’s treasure house.

The Imperial Guards also carefully explored Yang Gong's treasure house.

But that was in the capital of the Sui Dynasty, and the Embroidered Uniform Guards were simply unable to take out Yang Gong's treasure house on a large scale.

We can only seal it and wait for the opportunity.

"This is possible." Zhu Houzhao knew the situation and agreed immediately.

“Your Majesty, the most valuable things in Sui at present are nothing more than the geographical information of mountains and rivers within Sui’s territory, the population and fish scale books, and the civil and military talents of Sui.

As for the former, we have obtained a lot from Yang Xuangan, but I am afraid that Yang Guang will not give us the population fish scale book.

That requires both civil and military talents." Xie Qian said bluntly.

Times have changed, and he is no longer the Grand Secretary of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet.

Instead, he is a cabinet minister who looks at the issue from the perspective of hegemony and one of His Majesty's think tanks.

"Yes, we need talents in civil and military affairs." Zhu Houzhao certainly agreed. "Does the Jinyiwei know the talents that belong to the court of Sui?"

"Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei have been investigating this. According to current information, there are still more than a dozen generals in the Sui army who are at the Xiantian realm. These people are all the backbone of the Sui country.

As for literature, it is more troublesome because those who have made great achievements are all from aristocratic families.

I'm afraid they won't come to our Ming Dynasty with their whole family." Guo Bujing said in a serious tone.

"Let Lao Zhang list all the talents of the Sui Dynasty and send them to the palace immediately." Zhu Houzhao ordered.

Another shadow eunuch sped away.

After finalizing these two things and waiting for Li Jing and Zhang Fengfu to arrive, Zhu Houzhao began to talk about how to kill Pang Ban.

The three people in the cabinet, including Gu Xichao, had no say in this matter.

Because they are not strong enough and cannot understand the situation clearly.

The people who have the most say at the scene are, of course, Guo Bujing and Cao Zhengchun, who have personally fought with Pang Ban.

“Your Majesty, Pang Ban is extremely powerful. On that day, I joined forces with the old prince and Governor Cao to fight Pang Ban.

The old prince and I have the advantage of geographical location and the sea, which greatly increases our strength in the water.

Although I still had the dragon ball on me, Pang Ban still had the upper hand that day.

If the fighting continues, I'm afraid it will be you and me who will be defeated.

Pang Ban's strength can be said to be far beyond Meng Chixing. The old prince once said that Pang Ban has reached the pinnacle of the grandmaster realm.

I think that if you want to kill Pang Ban, you may have to send out the old prince and more than six grand masters carrying dragon balls. "Guo Bujing said truthfully.

"I second the motion." Cao Zhengchun nodded.

He never dared to forget the fight that day.

That was the closest he came to death.

If the old prince and Guo Bujing had not taken the lead, he would probably not be able to withstand a few punches from Pang Ban and would have been killed by him.

There is no hope of escape.

Zhu Houzhao was eager to fight after hearing this, "It seems that Pang Ban is still quite powerful. I..."

Everyone's expressions changed instantly.

"Of course it's easy for me to capture them, but I'm not suitable to go." Zhu Houzhao's face suddenly turned disappointed.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Even if they gave up, they couldn't let His Majesty go to Sui State in person to kill Pang Ban.

"Your Majesty, this time it is the Sui Kingdom that is asking for your help, so there must be a strong person from the Sui Kingdom to take action." Cao Youxiang reminded.

“The strongest men in Sui State are only a few Grand Masters at most, so you can’t trust them.

If you want to kill Pang Ban, it is better to consider the strength of our Ming Dynasty. "Gu Xichao shook his head and said cautiously.

Zhu Houzhao nodded. He also did not believe in the strong men of the Sui Dynasty.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "I'll ask the old king.

Pass the message to Lao Wang immediately."

"Yes." Guo Bujing replied.

Of course, the Jinyiwei were the fastest to transmit information.

After a while, Zhang Fengfu came hurriedly.

Zhang Fengfu took out the list, and everyone read it and started discussing it.

Li Jing also came at this time. After listening to the explanation and reading the list, he pondered for a moment before speaking.

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