The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 327 Three Heavenly Fighting Forces (4000 words)
However, Zhu Houzhao was not in any happy mood, as he had long since stopped caring about Yang Guang.

"Your Majesty, this shows that the Sui Kingdom has no other options.

The Sui court has not regained control over the Sui state either." Gu Xichao said firmly.

The others nodded in agreement.

"Let's ignore this useless Yang Guang for now. The two Mongol Khanates have taken action, so we should provide assistance as planned." Zhu Houzhao said without thinking too much.

Naturally, no one objected, and some details were added. Zhu Houzhao secretly issued some orders.

Some strong men returned to the Ming Dynasty from Bian Jing, while some other strong men quietly left the Ming Dynasty and went to the Sui Dynasty.

As August approached, the atmosphere of war in the north of Sui State became increasingly intense.

The 200,000 Mongol cavalry led by Chagatai and Batu were constantly approaching the north of the Sui Dynasty.

The high-ranking officials of the Sui Dynasty felt increasingly burdened.

In late September, 200,000 Mongol cavalry from the two Khanates arrived in Taiyuan where fierce fighting was still going on.

On the first day of October, the Khan of the three great Mongol Khanates led more than 400,000 cavalry and launched a terrifying offensive towards Taiyuan.

With the current strength of the Sui Dynasty alone, it is naturally unable to resist.

The Ming Kingdom provided support.

The three great masters who are at the pinnacle of power, Hengdao Toudao, Zhang Daoyun and Doujiu Monk, and several other great masters also took action.

Helped the Sui Dynasty to block this wave of attacks.

But the Mongols did not lose heart. As if they had anticipated this, they continued their fierce attack in the following period of time.

And began to harass the Sui army's logistics with superior military forces.

The Sui army was unable to stop the enemy, and could only make up for it with more powerful men.

Any intelligent person in the world knows that the battle between the two sides has truly entered a life-and-death struggle.

Now, both sides are really starting to fight hard.

The Mongols were clearly still the active party.

October 5th.

The Mongols launched an unprecedentedly fierce offensive.

In this battle, Kublai Khan displayed extremely terrifying strength. Even when Song Que, Yang Lin, Yuwen Chengdu, and Qiu Rui joined forces, the trend was unstoppable.

At the critical moment, another great master at the highest level of power jumped out and helped the four people to stop Kublai Khan.

Needless to say, it was the powerful man from the Ming Dynasty, Lang Fanyun.

After withdrawing the troops, Kublai Khan and others looked extremely unhappy, but they had no choice but to continue fighting with the Sui Dynasty.

But they are confident enough that they will win.

It's not just about hard power, but also because the Sui Dynasty couldn't hold out for long.

The Sui Dynasty, which seemed to be united and tenacious in resisting them, was actually riddled with holes and could fall apart completely at any time.

Even if Ming Guo was urging them on the side, it would be useless.

Just try a little harder and it will be fine.

All the countries in the world were attracted by the battle of Taiyuan.

They could also feel the increasingly strong atmosphere of war.

Ming dynasty.

While the Sui Dynasty was engaged in a bloody battle, the Ming Dynasty naturally would not sit idle and sped up all internal affairs.

The good news came first from the Nine Roads in the west. By mid-September, Shaolin and Quanzhen, the two former leaders of the righteous path of the Song Dynasty, officially announced their joining of the Ming court.

This is also the reason why the Drunken Monk appeared on the battlefield of the Sui Dynasty.

Under the leadership of these two righteous leaders, the nine righteous forces in the martial arts world expressed their willingness to join the Ming Dynasty court.

Although these righteous forces have not been accepted yet because there has been no thorough investigation, there are only two major forces, Shaolin and Quanzhen.

He brought three great masters and five powerful grand masters to the Ming Dynasty.

This is undoubtedly another extremely powerful force.

The power that Zhu Houzhao could use at will became increasingly powerful.

Otherwise, they would not have directly sent four grand masters to the Sui Kingdom to participate in the war.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not have enough time to conduct a thorough internal investigation of Shaolin and Quanzhen in the Western Nine Route.

But the situation in West Nine Route was different after all. Shaolin and Quanzhen had been helping the Ming Dynasty all along, so even Zhu Houzhao agreed to accept the two major sects first, and then conduct a thorough investigation after he had some time.

This point has already been discussed with the two major factions in advance.

The statements made by these righteous forces in the martial arts world naturally enabled the Ming Dynasty to stabilize the situation and people's hearts in the nine routes more quickly.

By early October, the thorough investigation of the major martial arts families was still ongoing, and the in-depth promotion of internal reforms was also still continuing.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

Zhu Houzhao and many high-ranking officials could feel that the Ming Dynasty was growing rapidly in strength.

This kind of strength is not just the grandmaster-level powerhouses that have been added on the surface.

There are also various aspects of the situation.

This strength also makes them more confident and less anxious.

Including Zhu Houzhao.

The strength of the Ming Dynasty is growing stronger, and his own strength is also growing stronger.

In this way, as all the countries in the world watched the war against the Sui State, the last two or three months of the year passed.

The Mongols ultimately failed to capture Taiyuan and had to temporarily withdraw their troops at the end of November.

But they only retreated to the border of Sui State, and were obviously preparing to continue next year.

The Sui Dynasty temporarily won the war, and the top leaders of the Sui Dynasty seemed excited.

There were only a very small number of people whose eyes looked increasingly worried and heavy.

Some undercurrents that few people can perceive are quietly surging.

December 25th.

On this day, Zhu Houzhao held a grand court meeting as usual to summarize the achievements of the year.

The comprehensive reforms that had been going on for nearly two years had made continuous progress and had borne some fruit this year, shocking most people in the court.

The most telling figure is that the tax revenue in the sixth year of Shengwu totaled about 160 million taels of silver.

Compared with the fourth year of Shengwu, it was 80 million taels more, which was exactly doubled.

This is only two years into the comprehensive reform, and many aspects are just beginning, so there is still huge room for improvement.

It has to be said that this figure, as well as other achievements, further boosted the morale and spirit of officials in the court.

In addition, there are achievements in the military.

Two years later, with the addition of the ten armies in the Western Ninth Route, the Ming Dynasty had a total of thirty land armies and four navies.

A real million-strong army.

Of course, there are still many vacancies for the military commanders, equipment, and civilian personnel of these more than 30 armies.

The strength was far from satisfying Zhu Houzhao.

But he believed that one day, it would happen.

By then, the mighty lion of the Ming Dynasty will sweep across the world.

After this grand court meeting, the morale of the civil and military officials in the court was clearly boosted.

They all felt that the Ming Dynasty was on its way to becoming more powerful than ever before.

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, several more people accompanied Zhu Houzhao's family. For example, Zhang Sanfeng, Yuan Tiangang, and Li Yuanba, who had been staying in the capital, were there. With the addition of these three people, Zhu Houzhao also called Old Man Zheng to come.

As for Shi Potian, he left the palace to spend New Year's Eve with his parents.

After a lively night, Zhu Houzhao looked at his talent out of habit.

This is what he reads every morning, regardless of whether he is practicing or not.

Tai Chi Thirteen Forms Fifth Level (97360/300000)

The fourth level of Mingshen Wudian (171689/171689)

More than half a year has passed and the new year has arrived, and Zhu Houzhao's strength has clearly made a great step forward.

He was confident that he could defeat three people who had just entered the heavenly realm.

With this strength, plus the current strength of the Ming Dynasty, they can actually find the whereabouts of Temujin and his four companions and launch a siege and kill them.

Maybe I can kill one or two.

But he didn't do that.

Because after he showed off, no, told Lao Wang about his strength, Lao Wang dissuaded him with a few words.

'If Your Majesty is confident that your strength will continue to improve rapidly, then please be patient.

It is best to wait until you have the strength equivalent to that of four people who have just entered the celestial realm before taking action.

By then, we will be more confident in killing at least half of them in one fell swoop.

Only in this way, even if the Northern Mang, Jin, Liao and the Mongols join forces, the Ming Dynasty will not be afraid at all.'

After reading it, Zhu Houzhao thought about it seriously and wrote a letter back to Lao Wang.

"Just do as you say, Lao Wang. It won't take long."

After taking a look at the talent, Zhu Houzhao's mouth curled up, and he thought of that sentence countless times.

'It won't take long.'

Get up and start a new year.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, a grand court meeting was held and all departments announced their goals for the new year.

Zhu Houzhao was very satisfied. He gave them a few words of encouragement and let them get to work.

New year, new atmosphere. Soon, the Ming Dynasty court continued to operate at a high speed and in full swing.

In February, the Imperial Household Department submitted a report that made Zhu Houzhao very happy.

The thorough investigation of the martial arts families with people above the innate realm has finally come to an end.

The results of the thorough investigation, re-examination, and rectification were summarized here by Zhu Houzhao.

For more than half a year, there was also no major battle, only tentative encounters and clashes of wits with constant flashes of swords and sabers.

In the end, of course, the imperial court achieved complete victory.

There are a total of seven martial arts families with grandmasters, and twenty-eight martial arts families with innate realms.

A damned grandmaster was caught, and five people in the innate realm deserved to die.

Below the innate realm, a total of 3,673 people were put to death for serious crimes, and 5,631 were guilty.

Zhu Houzhao took a quick look and snorted coldly, also realizing something.

Relatively speaking, the crimes committed by these noble families are more than those committed by the eight major sects of the righteous path.

Without hesitation, Zhu Houzhao directly agreed to the treatment of these people.

At this point, the imperial court had gained another wave of strength.

The factory guards did not stop and continued to conduct a comprehensive and thorough investigation of the remaining martial arts forces.

The number this time will be greater, but the remaining martial arts forces obviously do not have the strength to resist.

According to the factory guards, it won't take much longer than before.

On the third day after the matter of the martial arts family ended, Yin Tianxue took the initiative to come to the Qianqing Palace to find Zhu Houzhao during the day.

"Your second uncle?" Zhu Houzhao looked at Yin Tianxue with some surprise.

“Yes.” Yin Tianxue nodded solemnly, her face as peaceful as the snow lotus of Tianshan Mountain was filled with solemnity, “Your Majesty, the internal injuries I suffered were caused by secretly practicing my second uncle’s martial arts.

Second Uncle’s strength is definitely more than just that of a grandmaster.

And he is not actually my real second uncle. My real second uncle was killed by him a long time ago."

Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised and raised his eyebrows: "Tianxue, are you sure?"

"I am sure." Yin Tianxue nodded heavily and affirmed.

I explained to Zhu Houzhao: "Two years ago, a young man came to me and claimed to be the biological son of my second uncle, named Yin Tianchou.

It is said that his father was killed by Yin Zhong and his identity was replaced.

Over the past few years, he has been investigating Yin Zhong's situation, and he knows very well that Yin Zhong is very powerful and is definitely not at the level of a grandmaster.

Therefore, I dare not show up, and I dare not even contact my father, for fear that the entire Yin family will be harmed by Yin Zhong. "

“It was not until I became the imperial concubine of the Ming Dynasty, and your majesty and the Ming Dynasty became more and more powerful and unstoppable, that you decided to come to the capital to find me and remind me to be on guard against Yin Zhong.

Naturally, I would not easily believe this person, but after secretly verifying, I found that this person is indeed the son of my real second uncle.

Yin Zhong, there really is a big problem."

“To be honest with you, Your Majesty, the reason I entered the palace was because I discovered some secrets about Yin Zhong when I was young and I suspected that he had bad intentions.

That is why I entered the palace, to make her fear my identity and thus dare not harm my father and brother.

Please punish me, Your Majesty." Finally, a few years after Yin Tianxue entered the palace, she finally revealed the real reason for entering the palace.

He bowed and looked at Zhu Houzhao calmly.

"So that's how it is." Zhu Houzhao nodded, not caring about the real reason why Yin Tianxue entered the palace, but asked in confusion: "Since you already knew it, why did you tell me now?"

"Your Majesty, when I first entered the palace, I did not know Your Majesty and did not dare to say much.

Later, after getting to know Your Majesty, I realized that Your Majesty treated me sincerely and regarded me as his wife and family member.

But at that time, Your Majesty had not yet broken through to the realm of heaven and man, and the imperial court was far from being as powerful as it is today.

How can I allow you to attack Yin Zhong, who is still ignorant of his own limitations, just because of a personal matter?"

Yin Tianxue said with touching, frank tenderness.

“Later, you broke through to the Heavenly Man Realm, and completely broke off relations with the martial arts forces. You must not rashly deal with Yin Zhong at this time.

Otherwise, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance and suspicion of the righteous forces in the martial arts world. Even with my father's proof, it will not be enough.

After that, you went out to fight Temujin and stayed on the northern border for more than half a year.

Last year, the righteous martial arts world completely submitted to the imperial court, so it is not advisable to act rashly at this time.

Until today, the eight major sects and martial arts families have been thoroughly investigated and eliminated, so I dare to trouble your majesty.

Please take action, arrest Yin Zhong, and find out his true situation."

The gentle and peaceful voice explained the matter clearly.

Zhu Houzhao understood what he heard, and he said without hesitation: "Okay, I will send someone to arrest Yin Zhong right away.

If he really has a problem and has harmed Tianxue, your real second uncle, he will be punished according to the law."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yin Tianxue said happily.

"What's there to thank me for?" Zhu Houzhao said indifferently.

After a pause, he suddenly frowned and said fiercely: "However, Tianxue, you actually hid these things from me for so long. Although it is for my sake, I should still punish you."

"Your Majesty, how are you going to punish me?" Yin Tianxue was surprised, but not afraid. She knew that her husband was probably joking, or he said that because he had some evil idea.

(I was really stuck in writing and I was really tired, so I didn’t finish writing. I only have 4,000 words. With yesterday’s, that means I owe a total of 10,000 words. I will make up for it within three days.)
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