The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 99: Cursing and Fighting
After Wang Shouren left, Zhu Houzhao thought about it and became more and more unhappy with that good-for-nothing Yang Guang.

"Bring me a pen. I want to write a letter to Yang Guang myself and scold this waste." Zhu Houzhao said angrily.

After a long time, after many scribblings and revisions, Zhu Houzhao finally cursed enough.

Xiaoxiao let out a sigh and said, "Send this letter to Yang Guang as soon as possible."

Beijing.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, all the scholars and countless people were immediately excited.

"Your Majesty, the next imperial examination should abolish the eight-legged essay and focus on current affairs!"

"This time, we will add a current affairs paper to the imperial examination. We can take the current affairs paper alone, and select 600 Jinshi from the current affairs paper."

"All together, that's 1,200 people!"

"One thousand two hundred people! One thousand two hundred people! Hahaha, I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win!"

"How can Your Majesty abolish the eight-legged essay?"

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When it comes to one's future, no scholar can remain calm.

But to the surprise of many officials, most of the scholars were excited.

But not many people care about the next imperial examination or whether the eight-legged essay will be abolished.

Upon further investigation, some senior officials could not help but curse inwardly, calling them a group of short-sighted juniors who had no sense of the overall situation.

They didn't even try to unite and make a fuss.

They were simply the worst group of juniors they had ever seen.

When the news reached the cabinet, Liu Jian and the other two suddenly understood.

Failed.

"We are in high positions and don't understand the feelings of ordinary scholars." Liu Jian sighed.

"Yes, 1,200 Jinshi quotas are a great opportunity that has never been seen before and will probably never come again.

How could the scholars be dissatisfied?
As for abolishing the eight-legged essay, that will be a matter for the next imperial examination, and for the future.

For them, the most important thing at the moment is to pass the imperial examination.

"Alas." Li Dongyang shook his head.

"We were anxious." Xie Qian pointed out their problem directly. If they were not anxious, how could they not realize it in advance?
"Forget it, I never thought that the scholars could influence your majesty's decision.

By the way, we must all be careful and must not allow anyone to incite or collude with scholars to cause trouble.

Otherwise the consequences will be disastrous." Liu Jian said solemnly.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian thought of their own emperor who would never be tough and would only become tougher when faced with tough situations, and nodded solemnly to show that they understood.

This person is different from the previous emperor.

He will really go on a killing spree.

The Ming Dynasty was once again in turmoil over the issue of the imperial examination.

All the countries in the world were attracted by the disastrous defeat of the Sui Dynasty.

Beforehand, no one had expected that the Sui Kingdom would suffer such a terrible defeat.

Hundreds of thousands of elite founding soldiers.

There were also two of the Nine Elders of the Founding of the Nation. One was killed by Yang Guang himself, and the other died from a defeat on the battlefield and the recurrence of an old illness.

Everyone understood that the Sui Dynasty was about to become unstable.

Luoyang was the eastern capital of the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Guang was like a wounded beast when he received Zhu Houzhao's letter.

'Yang Guang, you useless guy, how do you lead the troops?
A million-strong army attacked the tiny Goguryeo, but was defeated, losing hundreds of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians!

I have never seen such a useless person as you. Are you worthy of being an emperor?

You useless bastard, why don't you get out of here and apologize for your crime?'

'No, even if you apologize, you can't make up for the mistakes you made. Your grandfather is a bastard. There are nearly a million of them.

You're a piece of shit, you've killed so many people, dying a thousand times isn't enough.

Just wait for me. When I catch you, I will cut you into pieces and make amends for those who died.

No, cutting you into pieces would not be enough to make amends.'

'You bastard, you really made me mad. I don't even know how to kill you to vent my anger.

How could there be a damn waste like you in the world, and you are the emperor.

God is really blind to let you become the emperor.

You are the worst, most useless and most incompetent emperor in history.

You are not worthy of being an emperor.

Forget it, I won't tell you anymore. Telling you just makes me feel sick.'

"Zhu, Hou, Zhao!"

An extremely angry roar rang out, and Yang Guang smashed the letter that Zhu Houzhao had written with so much effort into pieces.

"Zhu Houzhao, I will kill you. I will cut you into pieces."

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After roaring for a long time, Yang Guang, with red eyes still, went to court the next day and decided to cut off all ties with the Ming Dynasty.

There is a vague trend of a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty.

But I still had some sense and endured it.

The ministers of the Sui Dynasty were surprised. How did the Ming Dynasty anger His Majesty?
Faced with Yang Guang who was obviously extremely furious, no one dared to persuade him.

After all, it is just a formal severance of relations, not a war.

After the court session, the news spread quickly.

The Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao personally wrote a letter to Yang Guang, and then Yang Guang was angry for a long time yesterday.

As expected, in the letter written by Zhu Houzhao, Yang Guang was severely scolded.

The language used was extremely harsh, otherwise Yang Guang would not have been so angry.

When Wu Jianzhang disobeyed and contradicted Yang Guang that day, Yang Guang had never been so angry.

As the news spread more and more widely, countless people in the Sui Dynasty were curious about what was said in the letter written by Zhu Houzhao.
But no one dared to ask Yang Guang.

Later, Zhu Houzhao heard about it and announced the content, which spread all over the world at once. It made countless people laugh at Yang Guang and also made countless people know more about this extraordinary young emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Just as the world was in an uproar over the disastrous defeat of the Sui Dynasty, late January arrived.

The operation, which had been prepared for several months, was finally launched by the Imperial Guards and the Eastern Depot.

The first step of planning begins.

Taiyuan Prefecture, the center of Jin area.

Chief Secretary.

"Right Governor Liu Quande, your case has been exposed, please come with us." Weng Taibei and Cao Shaoqin came with their men.

"People from the Imperial Guards and the Eastern Depot! What do you want to do?
I am a second-rank official. Without an imperial decree, you have no right to arrest me without authorization." Liu Quande said fearlessly.

"Hehe, if we didn't have an imperial decree, would we come to arrest a second-rank official?" Weng Taibei sneered.

A look of fear flashed across Liu Quande's face.

"Liu Quande, you have been corrupt, accepted bribes, bent the law for personal gain, colluded with Shanxi merchants, martial arts forces, and bandits, smuggled Jian slaves, and collaborated with the enemy to sell out your country. You deserve to die." Weng Taibei said word by word.

Liu Quande's whole body went limp and he took a few steps back, no longer having any strength left.

"Hmph, take him away and arrest people according to the list." Weng Taibei waved his hand.

"Yes."

About twenty persons were taken away from the Chief Secretary.

And this is just the beginning.

At the same time, the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner in charge of judicial affairs and the Commander-in-Chief in charge of military and political affairs were both arrested, and some of their subordinates were also arrested.

There is a major earthquake in the officialdom of Taiyuan Prefecture and even the entire SX Province today.

When the charges of smuggling Jiannu and treason came out, countless other officials were terrified.

Being in Jin, many officials knew something about various things.

Originally, many people were envious, jealous and resentful because they did not get a share of the pie.

Now I am very glad that I did not join in.

At the same time, they suddenly understood.

The new policy has begun!

And the damn Jinyiwei and Dongchang chose to strike the first blow at their Jin area.

Countless officials were frightened and tried to clean up their own mess, then watched as more and more officials who were smuggling Jiannu were taken away.

In bunches.

It's not just the officialdom. The officialdom is just the beginning.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty have never been able to resist the imperial power.

The key is that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are famous, so behind them are connections from the martial arts forces to the landlords and gentry.

On the same day when the Jinyiwei rushed into the Provincial Administration Office to arrest people, the righteous martial arts world led by Wuzheng Villa took action and launched an elimination campaign against a large number of evil forces, escort agencies, and bandits.

The Zhongxin Sect, Murong Villa (one of the three branches of the Ming Dynasty Murong Family), Juechan Temple, and even the Hengshan School all went out.

Needless to say, the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Eastern Depot.

The Eight Great Shanxi Merchants, Fan, Wang, Jin, Wang, Liang, Tian, ​​Zhai, and Huang, who smuggled Jiannu goods, were massacred by the Embroidered Uniform Guards in one day.

The reason is simple: they resisted.

Private armed slaves, as well as some martial artists and bandits.

Of course the Jinyiwei would show no mercy.

After killing or capturing the person, their property would be confiscated and the land would be ransacked.

"Humph, search, search thoroughly, don't miss a single rat hole."

"Brothers, remember, His Majesty will reward us with one twentieth of the total amount afterwards, and no one can take a single copper coin without permission."

"What are we Jinyiwei? We are the sharp weapon of the country. If anyone dares to take a penny without permission, he will not be tolerated by the national law or the family law."

"Don't worry, sir. We brothers all know that His Majesty is so good to us. Anyone who dares to embezzle without authorization is not a human being."

"Hahaha, you're right. Besides, how can we let outsiders laugh at us?"

"Everyone from the East Factory has looked carefully."

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As the first step of the plan, the two most powerful forces to be dealt with.

The Sword Forging City and the Sea Shark Palace were personally managed by the two grandmasters Cao Zhengchun and Guo Bujing.

Because the two families had a large number of people and the Jinyiwei did not have enough manpower, a border army was sent to cooperate with them.

In the Sword Forging City.

"Dragon Ride!"

With a loud shout, sharp sword energy rushed towards Guo Bujing like small swords.

"Wow~!"

The sound of the waves echoed, Guo Bujing raised his hand and slapped it.

Like waves crashing against the shore.

"boom!!!"

After more than a dozen moves, the Sword Master of Sword Forging City fell to the ground and vomited blood. He gritted his teeth and said, "Do the Jinyiwei really want to kill us all?"

"The people of Zhujian City smuggled the Jiannu and collaborated with the enemy to sell out their country. Shouldn't they be killed?" Guo Bujing said without any mercy.

"Sword Forging City only sells weapons to some officials. As for who those officials sell them to, what does it have to do with me?" Sword Master said unwillingly.

"Hmph, there's no point in trying to quibble like that." Guo Bujing snorted.

"Okay, I'll take the responsibility, but the other people in Sword Forging City are innocent, let them go." Sword Master's face changed several times and he said in a deep voice.

"Dad!" A figure dressed as a man helped Sword Master up with a worried look.

"Is he innocent? We need to find out first, but don't worry, the Jinyiwei will never kill innocent people or wrongly accuse innocent people." Guo Bujing said expressionlessly.

He glanced at the young woman dressed as a man and said calmly, "It depends on whether you can cooperate from now on."

"I will cooperate with everything. Can you spare my father's life?" the young woman said firmly.

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