The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 271: The Tragic Swordsmanship of the Martial Arts Conference
Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, not surprised at all.

After all, within two months, more than a dozen large forces and thousands of small and medium-sized forces were taken down.

Nearly tens of millions of people were directly implicated.

There are even more people indirectly implicated.

Not to mention anything else, just how to deal with these hundreds of millions of people is a big problem.

It's not that easy to finish it completely.

After talking about some other things, Guo Bujing went back to do something else.

Zhu Houzhao was also much busier than before, mostly dealing with those nearly one million people.

These people are divided into three groups: ordinary people and those at the acquired realm are at one level, those at the innate realm are at one level, and those at the grandmaster realm are at one level.

For ordinary people and those at the acquired realm, if they have not committed any crime, most of them can join the army or do labor service for a period of time before returning home.

Those who are guilty of crimes will have their internal strength either abolished or abolished, and will be forced to do hard labor of varying degrees of danger, depending on the severity of their crimes.

Sentencing each person to the severity of their crime was a huge task, and the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Dali Temple were all very busy.

A master at the innate realm is of great value in itself.

This time, the imperial court captured alive a total of seventy-six masters of the innate realm.

According to the severity of the crime, it is divided into three levels: light, medium and severe.

For minor crimes, one does not have to give up one's skills, but only needs to make meritorious contributions while serving one's sentence. Usually a few years is enough, and then one can be free.

For a medium level case, half of one's skills will be lost, and it will take more than ten or twenty years to make up for one's crime and then make up for it.

If you are seriously ill, your skills will be abolished and you will have to do hard labor for the rest of your life. You deserve to be exhausted.

Masters at the level of Grandmaster have even greater value in themselves, and their value needs to be utilized more carefully and to a greater extent.

The punishments for more than ten grand masters will all be decided by Zhu Houzhao himself.

For example, Lang Fanyun was willing to cooperate actively, and Zhang Sanfeng said that he was a chivalrous man, so Zhu Houzhao allowed him to move freely and cooperate with the factory guards to make up for his crime.

The rest of the great masters have now been captured and suppressed in the capital.

These people are too powerful. Maybe some powerful friends will save them. The safest place is to suppress them in the capital.

However, Dugu Jian was taken away by Wuji, who said that he wanted to study the power deep within Dugu Jian's martial arts soul.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care. Dugu Jian was just a sword maniac who had done nothing wrong. Moreover, he had injured himself due to sword practice and his life span was coming to an end. So if the old monk wanted to take him away, he could do it.

The crimes of the remaining people are still being collected and sorted out.

The imperial court is busy, and the martial arts forces, especially the righteous martial arts forces, are also busy.

On the way to Shaolin and Wudang, they were still in constant contact and discussion with each other.

Two days later, Shaolin and Wudang received Zhu Houzhao's words one after another.

The two senior executives who were in a difficult situation breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to report to their own master.

Wu-Tang.

Zhang Sanfeng pondered for a moment, nodded slightly and said: "Perhaps, it's time to talk.

Your Majesty said something very well: the Ming Dynasty should act openly and honestly.

Let’s discuss this with Shaolin and talk to fellow martial artists together.”

Song Yuanqiao and his companions nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Shaolin and Wuji mean the same thing.

Following the advice of the two ancestors, the top leaders of Shaolin and Wudang immediately contacted each other and discussed the matter.

On October 29, the two families jointly issued a statement that they would hold a martial arts conference in Shaolin on December 1 to discuss important matters.

When the news came out, the Ming Dynasty martial arts world was in a turmoil, and all the frightened and worried martial arts forces breathed a sigh of relief.

Shaolin and Wudang are finally willing to stand up and face it.

As long as they are willing to stand up, it means that they still recognize their identity as the leaders of the righteous martial arts world.

If they acknowledge this identity, they will have to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty court on behalf of the Wulin.

What these martial arts forces are most worried about is that Shaolin and Wudang will simply ignore this identity and other righteous forces.

That's a big problem.

Without Shaolin and Wudang, it would be difficult for the righteous forces in the martial arts world to truly unite. If they cannot unite, wouldn't they be at the mercy of the current imperial court?
Although the possibility of Shaolin and Wudang not caring about this identity is very small, it is still possible after all.

Ever since the incident in Jin, haven't the two families been pretending to be dead in the past few years?

If it comes to the affairs of Jin, the two families will not play dead and are willing to stand up.

No matter how evil the Emperor Shengwu was, or how fast the imperial court developed, how could he be so arrogant towards the Ming martial arts world?
In just a few days, the news of the martial arts conference spread throughout the Ming Dynasty martial arts world.

Almost all the righteous forces in the Ming Dynasty martial arts world that possessed the innate realm began to rush to Shaolin.

Most of the righteous forces that do not have strong people in the innate realm are also heading there.

There are also many evil forces going there.

Now, more than a dozen of the evil forces' pillars have been wiped out, and most of their strength has been damaged. The evil forces, which were originally disunited, have even less say and can only ride on the big ship of the righteous forces.

For a time, the most exciting event in the Ming Dynasty became this martial arts conference, which also attracted the attention of countries from all directions.

However, the power of the Ming Dynasty is too strong now, whether it is the imperial court or the martial arts world, no one dares to cause trouble, at most they just join in the fun. With the martial arts conference attracting the attention of the martial arts forces, the process of the Ming Dynasty's finale has become much smoother.

During this process, the strength of the Ming Dynasty court naturally increased rapidly.

The land of Shaanxi.

Now Zhao Zheng is in charge of finishing the work.

"Whoosh~!"

Sword energy swept across the sky, and a sad sword intent permeated the surrounding heaven and earth.

This sword intent seemed to be filled with compassion for the world, and a yearning for beauty within that compassion.

After a while, the sword energy disappeared, and the sword intent was restrained. Zhao Zheng slowly put away the sword and came to the middle-aged blue-robed figure who was watching not far away. With a grateful smile on his face, he bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you for your guidance, senior."

“No, you can create your own sword technique from the unknown sword technique. It is your own ability.

This sword technique contains great love for all people in the world, which is very good.

It won't be long before you can break through to the Grandmaster level." The middle-aged figure exuded a sense of sadness, and said with relief and appreciation.

"Without the guidance of the seniors, how could I have created this sword technique so quickly?
I am willing to take you as my teacher, do you agree?" Zhao Zheng said respectfully.

The middle-aged figure hesitated and said, "You are not far from the realm of Grandmaster, so why do you need to take me as your master?"

"The seniors have been kind and faithful to me as a master and disciple. This will remain true no matter what level I have reached," Zhao Zhengzheng said solemnly.

The middle-aged figure did not refuse again. The relationship between master and disciple was indeed indisputable.

Seeing the middle-aged figure agree, Zhao Zheng was delighted and immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying: "Disciple Zhao Zheng, I pay my respects to the Master."

"Get up." The middle-aged figure reached out to help, and a smile appeared on his sad face.

He was also very happy and relieved to have such a talented apprentice with impeccable character and personality.

Afterwards, the middle-aged figure gave Zhao Zheng some instructions, and Zhao Zheng also gave a name to the sword technique he created.

Tragic swordsmanship.

It is not easy to have mercy on the people, resolve the hatred in people's hearts, and guide people to do good with swordsmanship.

This was also the great love that was formed from what he saw and experienced during his many years as a Jinyiwei, as well as the influence of Zhu Houzhao.

After another round of thanks, Zhao Zheng hesitated and said, "Master, I have something to say."

"What's the matter? Feel free to speak frankly." The middle-aged figure said gently.

"Master, you also know my identity. The Ming Dynasty is currently undergoing unprecedented changes.

Your Majesty's reforms, as you have said, are very good for the people.

Master, the Ming Dynasty court now needs more strength to protect reforms.

Therefore, I want to invite Master to join the court on behalf of the court as a member of the Imperial Guard." Zhao Zheng said sincerely.

The middle-aged figure looked more serious and remained silent.

After a few breaths, he said, "Master has retired from the world and no longer cares about worldly affairs."

“Master, you have retired from the martial arts world, but even though I have only spent a short time with you, I know that you care about the world and uphold justice.

I believe that if an enemy country invades, a demon comes to the world, the people suffer, and the righteous path is in danger, you will never hesitate to sacrifice your life even if it means you will be torn to pieces.

And if you join the imperial court, you will be able to best exert your strength and do your best for the people and for justice.

Master, the Ming Dynasty needs you right now." Zhao Zheng said sincerely.

The middle-aged figure remained silent for a longer time, then sighed, “I am not suitable for the atmosphere of the court, and I also had some grievances with Zhengdao in the past.

Joining the Right Path will only bring trouble."

"Master, you underestimate the current court." Zhao Zheng smiled when he heard this and said confidently.

Wuming looked at it in confusion.

“Master, the imperial court in your impression should be the imperial court of several years ago.

Bureaucrats are rampant, and the court is full of corruption." Zhao Zheng said confidently, his words filled with endless respect: "Since your majesty ascended the throne, the changes in the Ming Dynasty are known to the world.

The Ming Dynasty court is completely different from before. Officials no longer fight openly or secretly. They only need to do things uprightly, and they will be fearless and have a clear conscience without having to compromise.

Like my disciples, Guo Juxia, brother Yan Nantian and so on, we are not good at fighting in the court, but we all sat in high positions and were very happy with them, working wholeheartedly for the Ming Dynasty and the people.

Master, if you join the court, nothing will go wrong for you.”

“As for the grudges between you and some righteous forces back then, Master, it was their fault first.

As long as we have the truth, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Moreover, so many years have passed since the incident, what kind of trouble could it bring to the court?

Master, the martial arts conference is about to be held, which is obviously aimed at the imperial court. Who knows what will happen?

If you join the court now, the court will have one more great master, and its power will be even greater.

At that time, the possibility of resistance from the martial arts forces will be smaller, and the court will be able to continue to implement reforms peacefully.

I hope you can think twice, Master."

(Chapter 1.)
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