The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 344 The Time Has Come (4600 words)
All the inside stories were not concealed, and no one dared to conceal them.

The more you understand Zhu Houzhao, the clearer it becomes that even if you make a mistake, you can still correct it.

But if I deceive Your Majesty, then I'm really finished.

At most it will be a little late.

After Cao Zhengchun finished speaking, Guo Bujing also added some information, mainly the reasons why the Jinyiwei disagreed.

After listening, Zhu Houzhao frowned slightly, thought carefully and said: "The Jinyiwei's choice is not wrong.

It is indeed not possible to carry out fishing enforcement in this way, otherwise there will definitely be many people who will follow suit.

It was not a wrong decision for you to choose to give it a try, as Er Cao is your companion. It has made a great contribution to the Ming Dynasty and saved us a lot of effort.

Although it is a bit despicable, it is also for the good of our Ming Dynasty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I was only thinking about the good of Your Majesty and the Ming Dynasty, so I went beyond the limit.

"Your Majesty, I am very happy if you don't punish me." Cao Zhengchun said sincerely.

"How can I be a pedantic person? How could I possibly punish you?

This time, the East Factory has made contributions." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand and determined the merits and demerits.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cao Zhengchun said happily.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there will be more such incidents when we face other countries in the future.

Why not let the East Factory handle this kind of work and let the Imperial Guard supervise it?" Guo Bujing said.

Cao Zhengchun was suddenly surprised and delighted.

What surprised him was that Guo Bujing actually took the initiative to share power with him, which made him feel a little wary and unreal.

What he was happy about was naturally the expansion of Dongchang's power, which was exactly what he and his entire Dongchang had dreamed of.

"That's fine." Zhu Houzhao thought about the Mongols, Jin, Liao, Northern Mang, and so many small countries, and nodded. This method was useful.

It can save the Ming Dynasty a lot of effort.

"But we must be careful not to implicate too many innocent people and not to damage the reputation of the Ming Dynasty.

In short, such despicable means should be used less frequently, as they are not heroic.

Forget it, if you need this kind of thing in the future, just present it to me first."

Zhu Houzhao felt more and more uncomfortable the more he spoke, so he just said the last sentence.

Cao Zhengchun's joy suddenly diminished. If he had to report everything to His Majesty, given His Majesty's temper, most of it would surely be rejected.

But it's good to have some progress.

He responded immediately.

After figuring this out, Guo Bujing and the other man continued to get busy.

The two of them left the palace together, and after walking for a while, Cao Zhengchun couldn't help but chuckled complacently and said, "Sir Guo, the East Factory actually has no intention of competing with the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

This time, the Jinyiwei were too cautious to take action, so we, the Dongchang, took over. Lord Guo, please don't mind.'

"Master Cao is joking." Guo Bujing smiled calmly and replied calmly: "The Jinyiwei should thank the Dongchang.

This method is actually necessary for the Ming Dynasty.

After all, those foreign races are all difficult to educate.

It's just that it's too dirty, and the Jinyiwei really can't touch it, so it can only be thrown to the Dongchang to do it.

As long as Governor Cao is willing.'

Cao Zhengchun's smile suddenly froze on his face, and he stared at Guo Bujing expressionlessly.

I instantly understood why Guo Bujing wanted to hand these matters over to the East Factory.

It's really too dirty. The Jinyiwei can't touch it, so they throw it to the Dongchang.

Damn it, what do you think of the East Factory?

Guo Bujing chuckled and said with a sigh: 'Someone has to do the dirty work.

Everything is for the good of the Ming Dynasty. It is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty that Governor Cao understands the righteousness of the cause.

Governor Cao, keep up the hard work.

Guo will take his leave first.'

After saying that, Guo Bujing strode away with a smile.

'#$%^&**()····' Cao Zhengchun opened his mouth and spit out all the curse words he wanted to say.

But in the end, it was just a silent scolding, no one said anything.

He could only point his orchid finger and glare at Guo Bujing's back: "Guo, you wait for me."

Guo Bujing pretended not to hear and was in a really good mood.

As the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he was in charge of this behemoth for several years.

He knew very well that even the Ming Dynasty today needed some dark means and it was impossible to be all aboveboard and upright.

All along, these dark means have naturally been carried out by the Jinyiwei.

Being able to hand it over to the East Factory is what he has always wanted to do.

But the division of powers among the factory guards was fixed, so he couldn't say anything more.

This time, the East Factory took the initiative to step forward, and he was completely surprised.

It happened smoothly.

And after this time, there will be a next time.

Sooner or later, those dark things that the Jinyiwei are not suitable for doing can be handed over to the Dongchang.

As for his making Cao Zhengchun so angry, would it make Cao Zhengchun give up?
He wasn't worried at all.

Even though those people in the East Factory are bound by His Majesty's rules, they still have an extremely strong obsession with power.

They don't care about reputation or good or evil. As long as it's power, they can't wait to grab it.

Not to mention such a harmless act of angering Cao Zhengchun, even if he really slapped him a few times, Cao Zhengchun would still fight for the power that the Jinyiwei did not want as he wished.

greedy.

This word refers to the bad habits that most eunuchs, except for a very few, cannot change.

Greedy for money and power.

Of course, Guo Bujing was very confident in doing this, as he was not worried that the East Factory would have those powers and cause trouble.

With His Majesty suppressing everything, who dares to make trouble?
Below, there are also the Jinyiwei supervision to completely eliminate any possibility.

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In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao did not care about some things happening between the Censors and Guards.

He discussed with Gu Xichao and began to plan the next step.

Orders were passed to Japan one after another.

The plan that had been formulated long ago began to be implemented.

While the world's attention is now focused on the Ming Dynasty, the seven armies on the island of Japan began to quietly evacuate and head south of the Sui Kingdom.

Of course, on the surface, the seven armies were still on the island of Dongying, suppressing the Japanese.

Time passes day by day.

Everything went quite smoothly, and before the blink of an eye, it was August.

August fifteen.

After a busy day, Zhu Houzhao and his family gathered together for dinner in the evening. He felt that the palace was still not lively enough, so he took his whole family out of the palace to play.

Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.

Although strictly speaking, the Ming Dynasty was still in a period of war.

But this does not affect the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty capital at all.

As the Ming Dynasty grew more powerful, public security became unparalleled, commerce flourished, and people's lives improved.

Today's Ming Dynasty is already the most prosperous city in the world.

Especially during such important festivals, the curfew was lifted, and most of the capital city was still brightly lit late at night.

People of all kinds come and go in an endless stream, making it extremely lively.

Zhu Houzhao was walking on the street with his whole family, feeling very happy.

He likes to watch this kind of excitement.

Of course, he still made everyone around him ignore his family.

Otherwise, the fairies in his family who were a little smarter would have known that Emperor Shengwu had taken his concubines out of the palace for a trip.

To be honest, he didn't mind the people knowing that his family had gone out of the palace for fun. He was mainly worried that there would be too many people blocking the streets and they would not be able to continue playing.

Zhu Houzhao felt extremely happy as he walked around, admired the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and ate snacks from all over the place.

All the women also had smiles on their faces.

After returning to the palace, Zhu Houzhao and most of the women were still a little reluctant to leave.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, life goes on as usual.

On the surface, the overall situation in the world still does not have any point that can completely break the deadlock.

The Battle of Taiyuan of the Sui Dynasty, which has attracted the attention of all countries in the world, is still ongoing.

Both sides were fighting for their lives, each trying to wear down the other's last bit of persistence.

As the months passed, the situation in the Sui State became worse, and of course its support for Taiyuan became worse, causing Taiyuan's morale to continue to decline.

Now, the team that had a slight advantage when Mi Wentian joined the team has now become disadvantageous again.

But no one could solve this problem. The Sui court seemed to be stuck in a dead end.

If Yang Guang and his men wanted to support Taiyuan, they had to oppress the people of Sui.

But the people of Sui had already reached the limit of their patience. In order to survive, they had no choice but to stand up and resist.

This resulted in the Sui court being unable to gather sufficient resources to support Taiyuan.

If it weren't for the fact that those truly powerful rebel forces were not afraid to move at this time because of the aristocratic families, the Mongols in the north, and the Ming Dynasty in the west, the Sui Dynasty would have collapsed long ago.

Of course, there are still people within the Sui Dynasty who have sufficient resources.

But these people are unwilling to take it out.

Yang Guang was filled with hatred, but there was nothing he could do, and he did not dare to force these people to hand them over.

In addition to the war with the Sui Dynasty, another focus of attention of all countries in the world was Japan.

In the eyes of other countries, there have been no major changes on the surface.

In fact, Juexin did a very good job, even better than Dongchang's expectations.

We have a clear understanding of those Japanese people who still secretly harbor the intention of resisting the Ming Dynasty and have the strength to join in.

Before August, the Ming Dynasty will be able to catch all these people in one fell swoop.

But this would make too much noise and would easily lead other countries to believe that the Ming Dynasty had completely suppressed Japan.

In order to cover the army's march to the south of the Sui Dynasty, these Japanese people were allowed to live for a while longer.

Then Juexin led these people to make some noise from time to time, pretending to be fighting guerrilla warfare and endless battles with the Ming army, in order to confuse the eyes of all the countries in the world.

August 22nd.

The good news made Zhu Houzhao laugh.

After more than a month of seclusion, Zhu Wusi successfully broke through and reached the level of Grand Master.

The location for this retreat was not in the capital, but a deep mountain was specially chosen in order to hide the news of the successful breakthrough.

When this good news came, it was like a switch was turned on, and good news came one after another.

August 26th.

The silly brother Shi Potian, after comprehending the knight's magical skills on the Island of Heroes, took more than two months to break through to the grandmaster level.

When the news reached the capital, Zhu Houzhao laughed again.

On August 29th, Guo Bujing reported that he wanted to go into seclusion.

In order to hide the news and take over as a substitute, Guo Bujing quietly left the mountains and forests more than 300 miles southeast of the capital, preparing to go into seclusion and try for a breakthrough.

Zhu Houzhao was of course looking forward to this.

The result of Guo Bujing's retreat had not yet come out. On September 5, Xun Rizhao and Bai Yujing returned.

He is back with the legendary Eight Diagrams Formation.

In the palace.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the Eight Diagrams in front of him, quite curious, and played with it for a while.

I found that inputting true energy had little effect.

But inputting mental power into it was like a fish entering the ocean.

Moreover, he can manipulate the art of Qimen Dunjia to change celestial phenomena on a larger scale.

However, he did not understand the art of Qimen Dunjia, so he could not control it.

It is also unclear how powerful the Eight Diagrams Formation is.

"Have you figured out how powerful this Eight Diagrams Formation is?" Zhu Houzhao asked expectantly.

"Your Majesty, I only know some Qimen Dunjia, and I am not strong enough, so I can't exert the power of the Eight Diagrams." Xun Rizhao said truthfully.

Bai Yujing even shook his head.

“Forget it, this Eight Formation Diagram is not for martial arts.

We have saints in the Ming Dynasty too." Zhu Houzhao said with a smile full of pride, confidence and expectation.

Immediately, he called Old Man Zhang, gave him the Eight Diagrams Diagram, and asked him to personally deliver it to Bian Jing and give it to Old Wang.

From the very beginning, Zhu Houzhao prepared this Eight Diagrams Formation for Lao Wang, after knowing that it was controlled by mental will.

After a brief conversation, Zhang Sanfeng left with the Eight Diagrams Formation.

Zhu Houzhao watched his back, his eyes filled with growing anticipation.

"If Lao Wang's strength increases greatly after using the Eight Diagrams, it may not be impossible to advance."

The more he thought about it, the greater Zhu Houzhao's expectations became.

That night, Wang Shouren, who was far away in Bian Jing, took the Eight Diagrams Diagram from Zhang Sanfeng and was full of anticipation.

His Majesty had already told him about the Eight Diagrams Formation, and also asked him if he knew the art of Qimen Dunjia.

His answer at the time was that he was good at it.

"Master, I need to familiarize myself with the Eight Diagrams as soon as possible, so I can't entertain you anymore." Wang Shouren said.

"You are welcome, Grand Commander. As His Majesty said, it is a good opportunity to use me for experimentation. I am also very curious about the true power of the Eight Diagrams Formation, which has been passed down through the ages." Zhang Sanfeng said with a smile.

"Okay, I just hope that I will not damage the reputation of Zhuge Wuhou." Wang Shouren said modestly, but there was a calm confidence in his eyes.

Without saying anything more, he quickly familiarized himself with the Eight Diagrams Formation.

Soon, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

after one day.

A desolate mountain area more than 300 miles away from Bianjing.

The world within a radius of more than a hundred miles seemed to be controlled by an unknown force, which exerted an unparalleled terrifying power.

It seemed as if eight doors appeared between heaven and earth, changing unpredictably and frightening both gods and ghosts.

After a long time, the eight gates disappeared and the world returned to peace.

In the center, Zhang Sanfeng's figure appeared. At this moment, his breath was quite unstable, and his expression showed a hint of shock and admiration.

"What a great Eight Diagrams! Today I know how powerful Zhuge Wuhou is!" Zhang Sanfeng exclaimed.

"Yes, the power of the Eight Diagrams is far beyond anyone's imagination." Wang Shouren appeared silently in the void holding the Eight Diagrams in one hand, his tone also filled with admiration and praise.

The next moment, his eyes flashed with brilliance, and he said to Zhang Sanfeng: "Master, the time may have come."

Zhang Sanfeng's expression became serious. He glanced at the Eight Diagrams Formation, and thinking about the situation just now where he was helpless and couldn't even escape and could only wait for death, he nodded.

The strength should be enough.

"I will write a letter stating all the circumstances. I'll have you give it to Your Majesty and see what Your Majesty decides." Wang Shouren said decisively.

"Okay." Zhang Sanfeng nodded.

More than an hour later, Zhang Sanfeng returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty with a letter.

It was still night when Zhu Houzhao saw the letter.

"Hahaha." Zhu Houzhao's hearty laughter echoed throughout the hall.

He was full of vigor and vitality, as if a dragon was taking flight.

There was a blazing flame in his eyes.

"Take action immediately." Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Sanfeng and said firmly.

"As long as your Majesty is confident," Zhang Sanfeng nodded.

Zhu Houzhao deeply understood what it meant that plans could not keep up with changes.

But he likes this change.

Although it was night, he still immediately issued orders one after another.

Some are heading to the sea, some are heading to Bian Jing, some are heading to Xiake Island, and so on.

Then, Zhu Houzhao began his final period of patience and waiting.

Taking action immediately does not mean taking action right away.

There was also a series of preparations, such as calling Duke Zheng back from the sea.

For example, call Yuan Tiangang back.

For example, mobilizing grand masters and top experts.

For example, divination can determine the specific location of Temujin and others, etc.

Under Zhu Houzhao's personal control, all of these were carried out quietly.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, few people knew about it.

Even most of the people who were mobilized didn't know what the real purpose was.

Time passed little by little.

On September 5th, Yuan Tiangang brought Shi Potian and others back to the capital.

On September 12, after settling the fleet, Lord Zheng quietly returned to the capital with three great masters.

It was also on this day that Wang Shouren left Bian Jing silently with the Eight Diagrams and two figures, heading northeast.

September 13th.

Zhu Houzhao personally led a dozen figures and rushed to the north.

Late that night, they arrived at the northern border of the Ming Dynasty and met up with Wang Shouren and his two companions.

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