The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 320: The Surrender of the Ming Dynasty's Martial Arts Forces (4600)

This was the longest court meeting held by Zhu Houzhao in the more than five years since he ascended the throne.

At the court meeting, all civil and military departments gave a detailed account of the situation in the fifth year of Shengwu and the goals for the sixth year of Shengwu.

The Factory Guards and the Martial Arts Hall are no exception.

In previous years, this would not have happened so late, but there was no way, Zhu Houzhao did not return to the capital until the eighth day of the first lunar month.

Moreover, after the great victory outside the Great Wall and the surrender of captives at Chengtian Gate, the morale and confidence of the civil and military officials in the court were even stronger, and the goals originally set were changed a lot and became more radical.

After all departments had finished speaking, Zhu Houzhao stood up as usual and stated his demands without any reservation.

To sum it up in one point.

The reform must be carried out strictly to the end. No matter who is involved, there must be no retreat, let alone favoritism and bending of the law.

This unquestionable and strong voice once again strengthened the will of civil and military officials to carry out reforms to the end.

After the court meeting ended, starting from the next day, the 19th day of the first lunar month, the imperial court began to move at full speed again, like a rumbling chariot.

More majestic and powerful than ever before.

This is naturally because His Majesty is in charge of the central government.

Civil and military officials, factory guards, and even the Martial Arts Hall are more confident.

Zhu Houzhao still did not interfere in the specific government affairs, but just watched and supervised.

The twentieth day of the first lunar month.

He met three people in person.

One is called Clay Buddha, with a face full of poisonous sores.

A man named Tianjizi, who has disabled legs.

One is called Banxian and is blind.

When Zhu Houzhao saw these three people, he was stunned. These three people looked old, weak and sick. Could they help him find the whereabouts of Temujin?
Guo Bujing saw through Zhu Houzhao's doubts at a glance, and quickly said, "Your Majesty, these three are the three most powerful fortune-tellers in the Ming Dynasty.

Clay Buddha, Tianjizi, Semi-Immortal. "

"Lord Guo, you are too kind. There are many hidden talents in the Ming Dynasty. How dare we claim to be the strongest?" Tianjizi, who was sitting in a wheelchair with white hair and beard, nodded.

The clay Buddhas and half-immortals on both sides nodded in agreement.

“Your Majesty, those who reveal the secrets of heaven will be punished, and this is why the three of us are in such a state now.

Your Majesty, please forgive me for making you laugh." The half-immortal, who also had white hair and beard, bowed.

"Then asking you to find Temujin's whereabouts won't make your situation worse? Is there any way to alleviate it?" Zhu Houzhao asked with a frown.

The Clay Buddha, Tianjizi, and Banxian were all stunned. Having seen too many people's hearts, they felt a sincere concern.

This had to make them feel surprised and amazed.

The reason why Emperor Shengwu could make so many outstanding people fight for him and die for him was definitely not just because of his strength and status.

This attitude of treating others with sincerity and caring for others is also rare.

Knowing that they had to come and having already prepared themselves to pay a heavy price, the three of them felt a little warm in their hearts.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. It is only natural for us to serve the country.

I just hope that Your Majesty will protect us and prevent us from being disturbed by others afterwards." The clay Buddha spoke, quite respectfully.

Obviously, the three of them had reached a common agreement, and Tianjizi and Banxian both nodded.

"You are the people of the Ming Dynasty, so you are naturally protected by me. There is nothing to worry about.

Do you have any methods or medicines to alleviate your condition?
Just say it, you are serving the country, and the Ming Dynasty will certainly not let you down.

Or you can ask a doctor to take a look at you. The doctors in the capital are very good." Zhu Houzhao said naturally.

The three clay Buddhas felt even warmer in their hearts.

They believed that they were not wrong and that His Majesty really cared about them.

Originally they had to come, and now, the three of them felt that it was just as they had secretly discussed after meeting.

Coming here, it is time for their destiny to change.

The three of them glanced at each other and reached a tacit understanding without saying anything.

“Thank you, Your Majesty, then let the doctor take a look at it for us.

With a specific range and some items used by Temujin, we will be able to calculate its exact location within seven days." Tianjizi affirmed.

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao was delighted, and then said, "But there is no rush in the next two days. You should go to the medical school first and let the doctors take a look. It is also important to protect yourself."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The three of them bowed sincerely.

Zhu Houzhao said a few more words and then had the three people taken to the medical school, where they waited patiently and expectantly.

As long as he could determine the range of Temujin and his men, he would surround and kill them with all his might and never let them escape easily again.

But before he could be happy for two days, the Mongols announced something.

The magic master Pang Ban and the Northern Mang military god Tuoba Bodhisattva fought on the Lantern Festival and together broke through to the realm of heaven and man.

As the news spread, the morale of the Mongols recovered somewhat.

Except for the Ming Dynasty, all other countries were surprised and happy, happy and worried.

The Mongols were shocked and worried that they had gained another celestial being, and they were instinctively unhappy about it.

The good news is that the Mongols seem to be able to better contain the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty was of course the most unhappy. After Zhu Houzhao received the news, he gritted his teeth for a while, but finally endured it.

Just let Temujin and others live a little longer.

Then, he asked the three clay Buddhas to stop calculating and focus on taking care of their health.

Obviously, he gave up the plan to surround and kill Temujin and others at this time.

He was confident that he could win when five celestial beings gathered together, but he was not sure if he could kill one or two of them.

Then it would not be worth starting a war and delaying the internal reforms of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Beimang.

"We give up attacking Beiliang and agree to form an alliance with the Mongols. What happens next is up to the Mongols.

The Mongol, Jin, and Liao kingdoms can still compete with the Ming kingdom if they join forces." Having broken through to the heavenly realm, Tuoba Bodhisattva, who was still like a farmer, said with anticipation.

As for Beimang, it clearly agreed to the alliance and was even the first to agree to the alliance, but it was not joined.

The reason is very simple. Beimang does not even border the Ming Dynasty, so how can it contribute?

Just give some support.

Of course, these things can be done but cannot be said.

First take the lead and let the Mongols, Yuan Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and Liao Dynasty form an alliance, and then let them deal with the Ming Dynasty on their own, and then take it slowly.

When the time comes, it will be no longer up to them.

“It’s not that simple. Although Jin and Liao are not short-sighted people, since ancient times, it has been the most difficult to truly work together and form an alliance.

To ally with the Mongols is to seek the skin of a tiger.

Joining forces to deal with the Ming Dynasty is even more dangerous. If the Ming Dynasty does not really provoke them, they will not join forces with the Mongols to deal with the Ming Dynasty. "Empress Murong sighed.

He paused, his expression slightly solemn, and then continued: "These are matters that the three countries are considering. Our current target is Beiliang.

Although we cannot formally take action against Beiliang now, we should speed up some things."

"Yes." Tuoba Bodhisattva nodded in agreement.

Northern Liang Prince's Mansion.

Xu Xiao and Li Yishan looked unusually solemn.

"Time is not waiting for me. Tuoba Bodhisattva's breakthrough is too fast." Xu Xiao said with a deep look in his eyes.

“Tuoba Bodhisattva fought with Pangban and broke through. This must have been a battle in which they let go of everything and risked their lives.

What no one expected was that they actually succeeded!" Li Yishan couldn't help but sigh.

After a pause, he continued: "The only good news at the moment is that it is an inevitable trend for the four grassland countries to form an alliance to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the Mongols would not allow the Northern Mang to attack my Northern Liang immediately. In addition, the Northern Mang did not want to suffer too much loss in my Northern Liang, so they chose to expose the news of Tuoba Bodhisattva's breakthrough and not invade my Northern Liang.

But one thing is certain: this time will never be too long.

Maybe I won’t be able to wait until you die.”

After hearing the last sentence, Xu Xiao did not react. This was something they had already known for a long time.

He is not afraid of death at all.

It's just that he can't die now.

"What do you think?" Xu Xiao looked at Li Yishan and asked in a serious tone.

“It’s nothing more than preparing for multiple paths at the same time.

First, the road paved for the prince must be accelerated. Second, you can ask about the situation of the old sword god and the peach blossom sword god.

Third, send the Blue Bird to Ming immediately. Ming will definitely not want to see Beimang quickly take over Beiliang.

It would be best if we could get help from a celestial being in Ming country by then." Li Yishan said one sentence at a time.

Xu Xiao pondered for a moment, nodded, looked towards the west, and said solemnly: "We have wasted several years, we can't hesitate any longer.

It's time to establish contact with the Ming Dynasty.

I will immediately send the Blue Bird to the Ming Kingdom and establish contact with the Ming court."

"We can also shout over at Li Yang." Li Yishan nodded and said.

Xu Xiaoming understood.

Complaining about the suffering, regardless of whether Li Yang will help Bei Liang or not, at least it will reduce some of the oppression on Bei Liang.

After all, now that Tuoba Bodhisattva has broken through to the realm of heaven and man and his strength has greatly increased, Li Yang needs Beiliang to stop Beimang even more.

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The breakthroughs of Pang Ban and Tuoba Bodhisattva brought about some changes in the situation in the world.

The Mongols had regained a lot of morale, and with the news of the alliance with the Northern Mang, they actively negotiated the alliance with the Jin and Liao kingdoms.

The attitude of Jin and Liao was that they agreed in principle, but when it came to specific details, such as how to join forces to attack the Ming Dynasty, they kept shirking their responsibilities.

The Southern Song Dynasty was still in the process of rectifying various places, being honest and quiet in its external relations.

On the Sui side, Yang Guang only felt more and more angry.

First, Zhu Houzhao defeated Temujin, and then all the major aristocratic families in the Sui Dynasty took the initiative to contact the Ming Dynasty. Of course, they could not completely hide the matter from him.

But he could only pretend he didn't know and not pursue the matter.

Then Pang Ban’s breakthrough made him feel even more pressured.

For a moment, it felt like everything was targeting the Sui Dynasty.

An incident that happened on the 26th day of the first lunar month made Yang Guang suddenly feel cold all over and become extremely angry.

"Dugu family, Dugu family, what do they want to do? What do they want to do?
Are they also so impatient to find a new master?
How dare they? How dare they? "Yang Guang shouted angrily.

The matter is very simple. Just now, the head of the Dugu family submitted a memorial, saying that Dugu Feng has broken through to the innate realm. When will she marry into the Ming Dynasty?
This was something that Yang Guang originally ordered the Dugu family to do.

But now, the Dugu family took the initiative to propose it, and the meaning is different.

In the hall, besides Yang Guang, only Yang Lin was present.

At this moment, he also felt deeply tired and powerless.

But he didn't dare to let this fatigue and weakness fill his eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he forced himself to suppress it.

Looking at Yang Guang who was still angry, he said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the Dugu family's move clearly shows that they are eager to establish a deep connection with the Ming Kingdom.

As for the Dugu family, they certainly wouldn't dare to bring it up on their own initiative.

This is the aristocratic families joining forces.

The Dugu family has once again become a representative. "

Yang Guang's expression froze, and he reacted immediately.

"Mother!"

He instinctively thought of the figure that made him both respect and fear.

The next moment he shook his head again.

No, Dugu Feng is not the queen mother, and she can never be the queen mother.

It was just that Dugu Feng happened to have this talent and had broken through to the innate realm, causing the aristocratic families to choose her as their representative.

A representative who established substantive relations with the Ming Dynasty.

The Dugu family did not dare to refuse the aristocratic families, and they also wanted to, so they submitted this memorial.

"A bunch of traitors." Yang Guang gritted his teeth and spat out these words, full of hatred and anger.

Yang Lin was more open-minded because he had personally experienced the years before the establishment of the Sui Dynasty and understood the nature of aristocratic families better.

"It's impossible to stop it now. We can only agree and tie that little girl from the Dugu family even more closely to our Sui Dynasty." Yang Lin said calmly.

Yang Guang was silent for a while, but finally nodded and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, uncle, I know what to do. The most important thing now is to defeat Kublai Khan.

Everything else can be put aside for later.

This little girl is also a way out for our Yang family."

"Yeah." Yang Lin nodded with satisfaction.

Yang Guang calmed down for a while and issued an imperial decree.

The imperial edict soon arrived at Dugu's house.

"····Appoint Dugu Feng of the Dugu family as the Phoenix Princess of the Great Sui Dynasty, and choose a day for marriage with the Ming Dynasty···"

The core of this imperial edict is this sentence, which is also the sentence that the Dugu family and many other aristocratic families want to hear.

When the news of the imperial edict spread, many aristocratic families, including the Dugu family, were satisfied.

As for the little girl who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, few people would care about her thoughts at this time.

Five days later, a large convoy set out from Daxing City and headed for the Ming Kingdom.

Ming dynasty.

At the end of the first month, Zhu Houzhao began to receive good news.

First, the morale of people in all parts of the Ming court was high, and then masters continued to join the Martial Arts Hall and the Factory Guards.

The most important thing is the statement from the other six of the eight major sects of the righteous path that they are willing to join the court and obey the court's orders.

What does this incident represent?
Representing the righteousness of the martial arts world, he truly and completely bowed to the imperial court.

It also represents that the entire martial arts forces of the Ming Dynasty have been completely defeated.

The Ming court will control all power in the country.

The significance is so great that it cannot be expressed in words.

Even Zhu Houzhao was happy, but he did not show mercy.

He immediately ordered the factory guards to thoroughly investigate the six major factions and eliminate those who were harboring corruption.

The six major sects were obviously prepared for this. After all, even Longhushan, which was the first to surrender, and even Shaolin and Wudang had to be thoroughly investigated, let alone them?
In early February, a large number of experts from the Imperial Guards left the capital and headed for the six major sects.

The news spread quickly, and immediately, the Ming Dynasty martial arts world was shaken.

Everyone knew that the imperial court had won a complete victory.

Although since Shaolin and Wudang stood on the side of the imperial court regardless of everything, many people knew that the imperial court would win sooner or later.

But this time came too fast.

The martial arts forces offered no resistance at all and surrendered so easily!
Countless people in the martial arts world felt dazed.

People from the Ming Dynasty court naturally felt more excited.

Needless to say, be more assertive and uncompromising.

Immediately afterwards, the righteous forces in the martial arts world began to rush to express their opinions.

All sects that have powerful people in the innate realm have publicly stated that they are willing to obey the orders of the court.

At the same time, almost all the righteous sects took the initiative to approach the local martial arts hall to express their cooperation.

Register the number of people, strength, etc.

The righteous martial arts families were a little slow in expressing their views.

It was not until mid-to-late February that several families, such as Yu Jian Villa and Shen Jian Villa, took the initiative to express their opinions.

At this point, on the surface, the righteous martial arts world of the Ming Dynasty had completely surrendered to the imperial court.

Of course, things are not that simple. If you want to truly and completely control these forces, you will need time to purge, register, integrate, etc.

However, the righteousness and the overall situation have been determined. It is only a matter of time and no one can stop it.

Of course, the slowest to yield is the evil path.

Among the people in the evil way, there are good and bad ones, as well as those who are frogs in the well, arrogant, and stupid.

It's nothing like the righteous forces, which are at least united on the surface.

In other words, most shit-eating can't keep up with the heat.

Once the righteous path of the Ming Dynasty surrendered, the remaining evil paths were no longer taken seriously by the court.

The smart ones will take the initiative to contact the Martial Arts Hall and the Factory Guards.

The foolish ones are still being arrogant and even looking down on the right path.

Another most powerful force in the Ming Dynasty, the martial arts forces, began to undergo earth-shaking changes.

Naturally, it attracts the attention of all parties.

(Four thousand six hundred words, thank you for your support.)
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(End of this chapter)