In the Heavens

In the leopard garden, Zhu Houzhao looked boredly at the beast in the cage. For some reason, he could always find himself in these ferocious beasts.

A few years ago, when Zhu Houzhao was in the Xuanfu, he repelled the Mongolian invasion. He thought he could take the opportunity to revive the military equipment, but he didn't expect that the civil officials would simply come and refuse to admit it.

No matter what the emperor said, everyone had an expression of disbelief anyway. Even if there was a head as evidence, everyone still pretended not to see it, and the powerful Yushi insisted that he killed the good and pretended to be meritorious.

After several months of grinding, the Ministry of War finally ended the farce with the spring and autumn style of writing. To put it simply, it is to recognize the "Yingzhou Great Victory", but not to recognize the emperor's record.

Hundreds of thousands of people fought in melee for five days, and there were more than a hundred battles of all sizes. The final approved record was sixteen beheadings and fifty-two Ming troops were killed in battle.

As for the other heads, it's a pity that everyone didn't see them. Who knows how they died? Maybe the enemy committed suicide because he couldn't think about it, and let the emperor take advantage of it.

The scholar-bureaucrats who controlled public opinion did not admit it, and the news spread to the people added to the absurdity of the emperor.

I thought it was over like this. Unexpectedly, the sudden change from the rivers and lakes actually made the civil officials change their minds.

The civil officials who originally opposed the emperor's rectification of military equipment are now crying and clamoring for the imperial court to strengthen military equipment and eliminate illegal armed forces in the territory.

Especially the officials from the Guangdong and Guangxi generations have been running around in the court for three years, demanding that the court take action to wipe out the Sun Moon God Sect.

Immediately afterwards, officials from Yunnan and Guizhou joined in, and then civil officials from Fujian and Jiangnan joined in.

In short, everyone has been suffering for a long time. Even Yan Shenggong's lineage did not escape the claws of the devil, and was visited by the head of the devil's sect.

The aristocratic family organized many times to siege Dongfang Bubai, but in the end they found helplessly that they couldn't catch up at all.

In order to get rid of this big devil, the aristocratic family even mobilized relations and invited various factions of the martial arts to fight, but it is a pity that they won the fight and did not want to participate, and the rest were powerless.

Dongfang Bubai, the big devil, has not been eliminated, but the martial arts situation has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The emergence of the top ten forces in the Jianghu not only threatened the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but also threatened the survival of the aristocratic family.

The traditional famous sect is okay, knowing the background of the aristocratic family, they still maintain the tacit understanding in the past.

But the emerging martial arts forces are different. The ignorant stunned youths directly received the protection money from the aristocratic family.

If it's just this, it won't make everyone panic, it's enough to slowly counterattack with the layout, the key is that Dongfang Bubai got off to a bad start.

Since the leader of the Demon Cult can snatch martial arts secret books, other "Demon Cult monsters" can also follow suit.

The martial arts forces with insufficient inheritance have set their sights on the aristocratic families. In particular, the big family that was snatched by Dongfang Bubai has become a hard-hit area patronized by people in the world.

In the face of the perverted Dongfang Bubai, everyone had to compromise, but for ordinary Jianghu forces, aristocratic families were not so easy to talk to, one word - kill.

The situation did not change until the forces of the rivers and lakes began to form alliances. The original single-person crimes evolved into gang crimes.

Even the gangs that were previously controlled by the aristocratic family are gradually getting out of control now. After finding a new boss, many people want to wash away the past history of humiliation.

Except for Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan and other areas controlled by a few big factions, which are still relatively peaceful, people in the rivers and lakes in other places have already competed with aristocratic families.

Threats, kidnapping, poisoning... all kinds of indiscriminate means are constantly being staged everywhere. Some aristocratic families whose strength has declined have even been wiped out.

Although the big aristocratic family withstood the shock, they couldn't stand being missed every day!

Fight back, have to fight back.

Only by killing the chickens to scare the monkeys and deter the lawless forces in the world can everyone live a stable life again.

At this time, the value of the imperial court is reflected.

It may be difficult to wipe out the Jianghu gangs that occupy famous mountains and rivers for a while, but for the Jianghu gangs that are in the market, the value of the army is reflected.

It's not Zhu Houzhao's temper to be led by the nose. It is not without risk to mobilize a large army to subvert the Lake gang. Once the operation fails, the world will be in chaos.

The current Ming Dynasty is no longer the beginning of the kingdom, and the local guards have long been corrupted, and they can't deter the martial arts forces at all.

Only the frontier army with surviving combat power can suppress the turmoil in the martial arts. Now Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan and other famous sects did not participate in the turmoil. The biggest reason is that they are afraid of the frontier army.

It can only be feared before use. Zhu Houzhao knows more than ordinary people, and there are serious hidden dangers in the seemingly powerful Nine Borders Town.

If the frontier army does not perform well among the forces in Tiananhu Lake, there will really be chaos in the world.

It’s just that it’s not enough to do nothing. If these forces in the world are allowed to grow, it is easy to form local separatism.

In the past, Emperor Taizu relied on the power of martial arts to start his career, and Zhu Houzhao did not dare to take it lightly.

Throwing a piece of meat casually, and throwing it into the leopard room, Zhu Houzhao rushed to the commander of Jin Yiwei and asked, "Qian Ning, you said that we want to quell this turmoil, where should we start?"

"Your Majesty, the troops of the guards in various places have been corrupted, and the only way to launch a siege is to rely on the frontier troops.

However, the forces of martial arts are scattered all over the world, and the number of elite frontier troops is limited, so it is impossible to launch encirclement and suppression at the same time.

If we follow the plan of the civil servants and divide the troops, the frontier army will lose their superiority in numbers, and even with the cooperation of families from all over the world, it may be difficult to do it all at once..."

The further back, Qian Ning lowered his head, as if he didn't dare to face Zhu Houzhao's eyes.

Don't look at the top ten forces in Wulin, but apart from Shaolin, Wudang, the Northern Alliance, the Southern Alliance, and the Nine Factions Alliance in central Sichuan, which are relatively concentrated, the rest are all separated from each other.

With the execution power of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to carry out encirclement and suppression at the same time. Even before the army set off, the factions received the news first.

Is it possible that Wang Tu's statement under the whole world has no deterrent effect on the people in the Jianghu. If the imperial court wants to destroy a big force, it must have a legitimate reason.

Otherwise, it would be a formal rift with Jianghu. Even if the factions do not want to rebel, they can only bite the bullet and raise the flag of rebellion.

It is not clear whether the major forces can be wiped out. Anyway, the world is in chaos, and there is a 99% chance that the Ming Dynasty will die because of it.

Zhu Houzhao sighed and said: "Yes, if these Jianghu forces are easy to wipe out, Emperor Taizu has already done it, so how can they stay until now?

Direct encirclement and suppression is not enough, then it can only be broken from the inside.

Maybe those aristocratic families have already started to plan. The encirclement and suppression plan proposed by the hundreds of officials will set the imperial court on fire. Don't they just want me to take the lead and take the blame! "

It is risky to pull the hatred of people in the rivers and lakes.

"Every man was angry, blood spattered five steps."

People in the martial arts world don't care what kind of aristocratic family or noble birth, everyone plays with blood.

"Your Majesty, maybe we can also divert the disaster to the east. Aristocratic families use the court, and we can use them too.

We can use the lack of power of the imperial court as an excuse to let the masters of the aristocratic families participate together and carry out the beheading action against the big forces in the martial arts.

Except for the one from the Huashan faction who couldn't move, and Dongfang Bubai who couldn't be besieged. Regardless of intentional calculation or inadvertence, as long as the arrangement is proper, the leaders of other forces may be assassinated.

Besides the relatively stable Shaolin Wudang, the remaining six factions are all mixed up. As long as the leader dies, they will fall into chaos.

I don't believe that the aristocratic family didn't bury secrets in the major alliances, plus the people we mixed in, as long as everyone pushes together, these alliances will fall into power struggles and cannibalism.

No matter how concealed it is, there will always be clues. Afterwards, we will deliberately arrange some clues to lead to other forces. "

Can't do business, play tricks, Qian Ning is a professional.

Regardless of how quickly the major alliances have been established, how many secret forces have been mixed in, I'm afraid they don't even know it themselves.

Many forces even joined the alliance for self-protection because they saw that the situation in the world was about to change.

Once there is no leader, these nascent alliances will soon fall into chaos.

After contemplating for a while, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but asked: "How many masters are recorded in Jinyiwei by the aristocratic family?"

In terms of understanding the aristocratic family, the Jinyiwei, which was established the earliest, dug deeper, and many spies were buried in it at the beginning of the founding of the country.

Qian Ning took the lead in answering: "According to the information we have collected, the number of top masters among the aristocratic families is roughly between sixteen and eighteen.

It's just that the one from the Chen family in Fuzhou was abolished by Huashan a few years ago, and he hasn't recovered yet.

The one from the Lin family in Quanzhou also disappeared a few years ago, and it is very likely that he was assassinated by the Wuyue Sword Sect.

In the past two or three years, Dongfang Invincible has plundered and killed and seriously injured many top experts from aristocratic families. Now there should be no more than eight top experts from the aristocratic family who can fully attack. "

Zhu Houzhao suddenly understood why the aristocratic family suddenly wanted to be cowarded. It was purely because of the scourge of Dongfang Bubai, and now the high-end power was seriously injured.

It seems that there are a lot of seven or eight top masters, but the aristocratic families are also distributed in the north and south. If you want to support each other, you can't get there in a day or two.

What's more, there are also conflicts among the aristocratic families, and it is impossible to cooperate closely. For example, the aristocratic families in Guanzhong, Huguang, and Henan were not affected by the turmoil, and now they are happy to see jokes.

The aristocratic families who are willing to spend their money are all victims. The biggest reason for being targeted by people in the rivers and lakes is that their high-end power has been damaged.

The high-end strength of the aristocratic family is insufficient, so the main force of this operation can only be the imperial court.

Extreme masters are not easy to kill, if many people in the same realm join forces, or if it is a perverted shot like Dongfang Bubai, then they can be sure of a fatal blow.

Looking at the information about the top ten forces, Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt dizzy. If it is really necessary to carry out beheading operations at the same time, it does not matter who kills each other.

"Ignore the Five Sacred Sword Sect first, let the cabinet find a reason, and seal the Huashan Sect again, so as to stabilize Li Zhenren first.

Shaolin and Wudang are still safe for the time being, let them go first. The Buddha sect is powerful and relatively stable internally, so it is not appropriate to act rashly.

To deal with these companies, we can only rely on our strengths. Let the cabinet find a way to stir up conflicts between Buddhism and Taoism, and bring these companies into the game.

The Aristocratic Alliance has limited strength and is nothing to fear, so it will be ignored this time.

Prioritize the destruction of the other four, especially the three regional forces of the Nine Factions Alliance, the Northern Alliance, and the Southern Alliance. They must not be allowed to grow bigger.

Let the aristocratic family gather together ten top masters, and our people will fight together. Even if you are bedridden, you can carry it to the battlefield, or you will be exhausted first!

In addition, send someone to warn the Buddhist sect, give me a little peace of mind recently, and don't add trouble to me at this time.

Tell them that if we are in a hurry, I will establish Taoist sect as the state religion and woo Zhenren Li to come to the platform. "

Playing rogue has always been what Zhu Houzhao is best at. Even now, nothing has changed.

However, everyone still dare not bet against the emperor. After all, this unreliable person has done a lot of unreliable things, and it is not impossible to do it again.