Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 165: Urgent, Usurping the Throne and Deposing the Emperor
The story of Yin Zhong, the immortal man from five hundred years ago.

A half-step celestial being, a magical genius of the Tong family five hundred years ago.

Each one is a secret that Yin Tianxue and Yin Tianchou cannot understand or imagine.

It took a long time for Yin Tianchou to digest the shocking news. He was a little dazed: "So, Your Highness has killed Yin Zhong and avenged my father?"

"If you want to seek revenge on Yin Zhong, it is indeed impossible." Zhu Jinzhen nodded. At that time, in order to prevent Yin Zhong from resurrecting, he directly beat him into a bloody mist and also used the will of heaven to erase his soul.

With Yin Zhong's half-immortal body, there was no chance of him surviving at all.

"Second uncle, oh no, Yin Zhong actually died in his hands?" A strange light flashed in Yin Tianxue's beautiful eyes. From Zhu Jinzhen's words just now, she got two shocking pieces of information.

Yin Zhong, the ancestor of the Yin family who constantly assumed other identities, was a half-step celestial being five hundred years ago. But even with near-celestial cultivation and immortality, he was still killed by the King Su of the Ming Dynasty.

Is this Ming Dynasty Prince Su in front of us really just the land immortal that is widely rumored in the world?

"Your Highness, secret report from the capital."

"It's urgent."

Outside the door, a voice interrupted the conversation between Zhu Jinzhen and others.

Urgent?
Yin Tianxue and Yin Tianchou immediately understood and bowed: "We will take our leave."

If they hear even a single word of this secret military intelligence, they will never be able to leave Prince Su's Mansion alive today.

After the Yin siblings left, Zhu Jinzhen flashed and appeared in front of a Tiance soldier outside the door. He took the secret report from his hand, turned around and quickly returned to his room.

A moment later, Changsun Wangqing and Li Chengen were called over.

"Zhu Wusi has contacted his ministers with the intention of forcing the emperor to abdicate and depose him!"

"what?"

Changsun Wangqing and Li Chengen were both shocked.

Force the emperor to abdicate and depose him?
When these eight words were put together, they were a little overwhelmed for a moment.

Changsun Wangqing frowned, cupped his hands in confusion, and asked, "Your Highness, Zhu Wushi has a wolfish ambition and aims to become the emperor. It's not surprising that he would drive Emperor Zhu Houzhao off the throne."

"But forcing the emperor to abdicate is a serious crime of treason. Even if Zhu Wusi contacted some of the rebels, how could he convince the rest of the ministers to depose the emperor?"

Every change of the throne is a huge exchange of interests.

It is not surprising that Zhu Wusi plotted rebellion and proclaimed himself emperor.

However, deposing the emperor requires a legitimate reason, otherwise the Sima family will be a lesson for the emperor. Moreover, the high-ranking officials and ministers are not pushovers. If no one in the six ministries of the cabinet can convince them, it will be impossible to depose the emperor.

Because once this hole is opened.

This is undoubtedly a message to all the Ming emperors who came after him.

The cabinet is no longer trustworthy, just like the Sima family treated the Cao family.

This would directly force all subsequent emperors to be wary of the cabinet and the six ministries, and even as soon as a wise ruler appeared, the cabinet and the six ministries would be abolished.

Yang Yanhe, Li Dongyang, and other cabinet members, including the six ministers, will all be nailed to history's pillar of shame. "These are issues the emperor should consider."

"I just find it weird."

Zhu Jinzhen looked at Changsun Wangqing and asked, "How did the secret guards arrange this time?"

"According to His Highness's instructions, the secret guards made four arrangements. The first was to have Xue Ling and his men 'inadvertently' give the emperor the impression that he could temporarily rely on them, thereby turning against Zhu Wusi."

"But the emperor seemed quite wary. Although he took away the Red Book of Iron and the Imperial Sword from the Hulong Villa, he didn't dare to completely break off relations and take down Zhu Wusi in one fell swoop."

"Therefore, Xue Ling and his companions, who had prepared to help Zhu Houzhao clean up the capital, could only return the next day with the imperial edict."

"The second plan is that if the emperor wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife, using the power of the tiger to bully others, Xue Ling and his men will seize control of the capital and release even more dangerous signals, prompting Guo Jingzhong and his men to emerge from the shadows. With the power of two land immortals and forty celestial phenomena, they can temporarily control the palace."

"But the old eunuch Zheng He is very vigilant, and there is also another hidden land immortal master in the capital who is suspected to be from the Ming Dynasty. We have no way to start, so we can only give up."

Zhu Jinzhen nodded. These two preparations were to identify obstacles in advance and prepare for future settlements. But Zhu Houzhao did not play by the rules.

The fox took advantage of the tiger's power and attacked Zhu Wusi, the biggest threat.

However, he did not kill him directly and used Xue Ling to get rid of Zhu Wusi, the great threat to him.

He did not use Xue Ling and others to directly take back the military power of the Ministry of War and the Five Military Commanders' Office.

To be honest, Zhu Jinzhen was quite disappointed.

"Do you still want to struggle?" Zhu Jinzhen snorted disdainfully and signaled Changsun Wangqing to continue.

"The third plan is to guide him. The original plan was for the Queen Mother to use Zhu Wusi's entry into the Ministry of War and control of the Five Military Commandery as an excuse to attack him and force him to take a risk. However, due to Zhu Houzhao's sudden withdrawal of the Red Book of Iron and the Imperial Sword, the secret guards had no choice but to change their plans and make a deal with one of the three secret agents of Tiandixuan."

Zhu Jinzhen shook his head upon hearing this: "A few words don't have that much power."

"Zhu Wusi is extremely cunning and calculating. He wouldn't have acted rashly without certainty. Something must have happened that we didn't anticipate."

"Yes." Changsun Wangqing also expressed his approval.

Although Zhu Wusi holds military power, it is not legitimate. Even if he adds the forces of Wan Sanqian assisting him, the thirty-six Tiangang and seventy-two Disha of Qingcheng Mountain, the handles of the commanders of various commanding offices, and some forces in the martial arts world.

There is not even a 10% chance of helping Zhu Wusi take that position.

"It seems that there's a force hidden behind Zhu Wusi that even I haven't anticipated." Zhu Jinzhen revealed a slightly amused expression, along with a hint of coldness. "Send a few people over later to keep an eye on Zhu Wusi and Hulong Villa. I want to see which force is so bold as to jump into this game."

Once you enter this game of chess, there is no way out!
"I will start making arrangements immediately."

Changsun Wangqing knew what Zhu Jinzhen meant. Zhu Wusi could rebel, but the situation could not get out of control. The best way was to find out the mastermind behind the scenes and kill him or settle accounts with him.

"Your Highness, regarding the Emperor..." Li Chengen hesitated, gritted his teeth, and said, "Do we need to send a land immortal to guard over there to prevent Zhu Wushi from taking any risks and to prevent any unexpected events?"

"No need."

Zhu Jinzhen remained noncommittal. "The succession of the throne is normal, but Zhu Wusi would never dare to kill the emperor. Does he really think that old eunuch in the palace is just there to eat and do nothing? Besides, the Baolong clan isn't just made up of useless people from this generation. There are still some good people there."

"Even if we can't stop the general trend, protecting Zhu Houzhao's safety will not be a problem for the time being."

(End of this chapter)