The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 267 Endure and Endure
After anxious waiting, September 24th arrived.

During the day, good news has been coming from various places in Northern Zhili, and everything is going well.

The forces behind the three crimes were all arrested.

However, these good news did not make the factory guards and Zhu Houzhao very happy.

Northern Zhili is where the capital is located, and it is the place where the Ming Dynasty court has the strongest control.

The gang forces in the town have been almost wiped out long ago.

The effort invested this time is minimal, so it is normal for everything to go smoothly.

Until the news came from Henan that the Jinqian Gang had been taken down and Shangguan Jinhong was captured alive, Shangguan Xiaoxian, with the help of two strong men from Longhu Mountain, took control of the top leaders of the Jinqian Gang and began to cooperate with the Jinyiwei in a thorough investigation.

With the active cooperation of the Money Gang, the surrounding gang forces will behave themselves and not many innocent people will be implicated.

After receiving this news, Guo Bujing and others felt relieved, and Zhu Houzhao was happy.

Soon, news came back from the northern border that Chaiyu Pass was successfully captured and Happy City was fully under control.

Zhu Houzhao laughed loudly and waited with more patience.

In the evening, Zhu Houzhao had dinner with the women. Except Shangguan Xiaoxian, all the other imperial concubines were present.

Because something big was happening, there was no celebration for Zhu Houzhao's sixteenth birthday, and all the women were solemn at this time.

At this time, news came from Nanzhili that the Nujiao Gang had been taken down and was being thoroughly investigated.

By the evening of September 25, news from the other major forces had also been reported back.

Without exception, everything went smoothly.

"Hahaha, I knew it, it can't be wrong." Zhu Houzhao laughed.

Guo Bujing, Cao Zhengchun and others also breathed a sigh of relief. Half of the second step was completed.

In the overall plan, the first step is to close down brothels, casinos, and pawnshops.

The second step is to take action against the forces behind the crimes in the three places.

Among them, the eight large forces count as half a step, and the remaining half a step is to cleanse the small and medium-sized town gang forces.

Because there are too many people, and there are many people involved behind the scenes, even people from powerful righteous forces, so it takes more time to investigate.

At the same time, finishing issues are also planned in the second step, which requires more time.

The news that has been coming back over the past two days has shown that everything is going smoothly overall.

It was at this time that the entire Ming Dynasty martial arts world was in complete uproar and excitement.

The news that the Ming Dynasty court was taking massive action against the martial arts forces spread rapidly throughout the country.

"This is crazy! The imperial court has started to take action against all the martial arts forces in the Ming Dynasty. What happened in Jin will happen to the entire Ming Dynasty. The Emperor Shengwu and the imperial court are really crazy!"

"No, this time the imperial court is only targeting those behind the scenes in the three places who forced women into prostitution and harmed the people, not the entire martial arts world."

"Yes, I heard that Master Zhang of Wudang and Saint Monk Wuji of Shaolin both took action personally. Both Wudang and Shaolin were involved. It is definitely not the imperial court taking action against the entire martial arts world."

"Yes, look at who the court is dealing with this time. The Angry Dragon Gang, the Western Demon Cult, and the Tianxia Association are all evil forces, even demonic forces. They control countless brothels, casinos, pimping and other industries, and have harmed countless people.

Those small and medium-sized forces are mostly gangs and landlords in local towns. These people oppress the people, and it is right to deal with them.

It’s time to deal with them.”

“It looks correct, but those eight major forces all had grandmasters in charge, and yet they were destroyed by the imperial court!

This is obviously the first step. Next, the imperial court will surely wipe out all the martial arts forces that refuse to submit, just like what happened in Jin. "

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"The imperial court has taken action. Once it takes action, it will involve eight major forces with great masters, as well as countless small and medium-sized forces. The Ming Dynasty is going to be in chaos!"

"There will be no chaos. Wudang and Shaolin have both come out to support us."

"What on earth are Master Zhang and that Wuji Saint Monk thinking? Do they really want the imperial court to manage the martial arts world?"

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Countless voices of support, opposition, joy, or fear arose across the Ming Dynasty.

Countless emotions turned into undercurrents, surging.

The middle and lower level forces and figures could only discuss, while those in the middle and upper level were mostly silent.

Most of the evil and demonic people are frightened and feel under great pressure.

On the righteous side, most of them looked towards Shaolin and Wudang with flickering eyes, and many had unpleasant expressions.

The two great masters of Shaolin and Wudang personally took action to deal with the martial arts forces of the Ming Dynasty. This was not to deal with another country, but the martial arts forces of the Ming Dynasty.

What this represents is self-evident.

As for the previous actions, we can still make some excuses, after all, it was another country.

This time, they announced it clearly and told everyone that Shaolin and Wudang had sided with the imperial court.

This was a huge blow to those forces in the Ming Dynasty's martial arts world that were hostile to the imperial court.

Many people secretly cursed Shaolin and Wudang.

What kind of leader is he in the martial arts world?
What kind of powerful celestial being is that?
He actually became a lackey of the imperial court!

There are many people on the righteous path who curse secretly, and there are even more people on the evil path and the devil path who curse secretly.

Because if the righteous cannot resist the imperial court, then they will be even less able to do so.

Judging from the precedent in Jin, most of the evil and demonic forces will be wiped out.

How does this allow them to be calm?

At the same time, many major forces, whether they are righteous, evil, or demonic, and whether they are hostile or not, are horrified.

The shocked imperial court acted immediately, and in one fell swoop, they eliminated eight forces with great masters. This was a strong deterrent to all forces.

Because there are not many forces in the entire Ming Dynasty that are stronger than these eight.

Although it was the two great celestial beings from Shaolin and Wudang who took action, it was even more terrifying. The two great celestial beings were the power of the imperial court, so wasn't that terrifying?
What shocked them even more was not the demise of the eight major forces.

It is a matter of attacking thousands of small and medium-sized forces at the same time and taking them down.

There are thousands of small and medium-sized forces, and it seems that the imperial court does not need to dispatch strong men above the level of grandmaster, so it’s nothing.

But the intelligence and middle-level power displayed here are simply terrifying when you think about it carefully.

Especially when the plan is made in a short period of time and the action is taken on the same day.

This means that the imperial court’s control has penetrated deep into the Ming Dynasty.

The power of the middle and lower classes in the imperial court reached an incredible and terrifying level.

In other words, the middle and lower class forces are the foundation of a country.

If the foundation is not stable, no matter how powerful the top leaders are, it will not work. The fact that the emperor is far away is enough to prove this.

The destruction of thousands of small and medium-sized forces on the same day was a greater deterrent and shock to the high-level forces of the Ming Dynasty.

Coupled with the support of Shaolin and Wudang, and the demise of the eight major forces, those who were secretly cursing could only curse secretly and dared not express it openly. What if there were Jinyiwei spies around them?

Most people don't dare to do anything more.

Only a very small number of people are secretly doing something either unwillingly or ambitiously.

At this time, the Tianshan Sect and Cihang Jingzhai publicly announced their support for the court's actions.

He also sent his disciples to help the court clean up the remnants.

Immediately afterwards, the Huashan Sect and the Yin family of Yujian Villa announced that they also supported the actions of the imperial court and sent people to help the court.

The successive statements made by these four companies once again shocked countless people.

The righteous path, the evil path, the devil path, etc., all have different emotions.

As if awakened, the Emei Sect, one of the eight major righteous sects, formally announced its support for the court's actions and sent disciples to help the court.

The remaining three sects, Kunlun, Kongtong and Dian Cang, immediately followed suit with the announcement.

Also announced at the same time were the Zhengdao Jingnian Zen Temple, the Qingcheng Sect, the Bodhi Temple, the Beggars' Sect, the Murong Family, the Nangong Family, the Excalibur Villa, the Peacock Villa, the Wugui Villa, the Xiake Villa, and so on.

All the righteous forces followed suit and announced their support for the imperial court.

As to whether they are sincere or have to do so, only they themselves know.

But on the surface, no righteous force pulled him down.

This announcement suddenly calmed down the Ming Dynasty martial arts world, which seemed to be about to experience a storm.

Many evil and demonic people were so angry that they started cursing.

A bunch of spineless things.

Shaolin and Wudang took the lead, and others followed and surrendered immediately.

Can it be called the right path?
No matter how many people were dissatisfied openly or secretly, in the blink of an eye, the entire righteous path compromised openly.

Guo Bujing, Cao Zhengchun and others breathed a sigh of relief.

This is considered to be stable.

Then the factory guards did not hold back and went directly to the homes of the righteous people implicated in the three places to demand repayment.

Shaolin and Wudang were still in the lead, each handing over more than thirty and twenty people from their sects, even including three people at the innate level, two from Shaolin and one from Wudang.

This scene stunned the righteous forces.

After another round of silent cursing, most of the forces had to hand over.

A small number of people used various methods, mainly delaying, and no one dared to refuse or resist directly.

With the compromise and concessions of the righteous forces, the factory guards quickly carried out the final work.

On October 3, Zhu Houzhao officially issued an edict to ban all brothels and gambling houses in the Ming Dynasty, and no more brothels or gambling houses were allowed to be established.

The status of prostitution was abolished and all prostitutes in brothels became good women.

The buying and selling of human beings is prohibited. Even biological parents do not have the right to sell their children. Violators and both the buyer and the seller will be sentenced to more than ten years in prison.

All indentures were abolished and replaced with employment. There were also corresponding employment rules, most of which were what Zhu Houzhao had said that day, with only some improvements.

As soon as this imperial decree was issued, the entire Ming Dynasty was shaken again.

The brothels and casinos that had existed for more than a thousand years were abandoned just like that.

The lower class people don't care about this, it has nothing to do with them. However, most of the people in the martial arts world and the slightly wealthy people from all walks of life find it unbelievable.

Many people want to ask if Emperor Shengwu is confused?

Without brothels and gambling houses, what fun would there be?
The trafficking of human beings must be prohibited and all indentures must be abolished; this is something that people from all walks of life, including the lower classes, care about.

The richer the person, the harder it is to accept.

This is simply a naked deprivation of their wealth.

unacceptable!

Many people who had endured again and again became furious, and then continued to endure it again.

(Chapter 3, thank you for your support.)
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(End of this chapter)