Chapter 549 There is only one emperor, but men have it!
At the beginning of August, King Jiang Yao of the Ming Dynasty sat in Xuancheng and issued the "Edict to Return the Southern Region to the Ming Dynasty", telling the Southern Region:
"I mourned for the people, punished them for their crimes, and followed the laws of heaven to conquer the Qing Dynasty. In March and May, the eighteen states were at peace..."
"I hope that the monks from the southern region will each return to their own state and each county... and register in the yellow book as a member of the Ming Dynasty..."
"Once the reform is launched, how will our monks in the Southern Region be different from those in the Western Region... I only have the heart of a king..."
The "Edict to Return the People to the Southern Region" mentioned major policies such as protecting the country and the people, reforming the law, abolishing feudal lords and establishing prefectures and counties, confiscating the resources of the Wu family, providing relief to poor families, and restoring the four famous religions.
It can be said that he is resolute, bold, and very high-profile, without any concealment.
For the poor families in the Southern Region who have been suffering deeply, this is nothing less than a long drought followed by good rain.
When the monks from the poor families in the southern region saw Jiang Gong's edict, they were all very happy and filled the sky with excitement.
"The monks in the Western Regions all say that King Ming was born as a saint, and I am sincere in saying this!"
"If it weren't for Mr. Jiang, we would have become slaves!"
"Okay, okay! I'm so lucky! My southern region has returned to the Ming Dynasty now, and we are all people of the Ming Dynasty!"
"If Mr. Jiang doesn't come out, what will happen to the world?"
"His Royal Highness Prince Ming has issued an edict to recruit new soldiers of the Wuzong. Those who meet the conditions should hurry up and apply!"
After much anticipation, His Highness Prince Ming finally arrived.
Monks in many places spontaneously built Jianggong Temple to wish His Highness King Ming a prosperous path, peace and longevity.
When the Ming Dynasty monks in the Western Regions heard the news of the great victory in the Southern Expedition, they all cheered for joy.
The king won! The Ming Dynasty won!
From now on, our Ming Dynasty owns the Western Region and the Southern Region, accounting for more than 20% of the territory of Shenzhou.
The population and territory have more than doubled!
National power has skyrocketed!
Many fanatical Ming people even issued slogans such as "conquer the east and destroy the Zhou Dynasty", "take advantage of the victory to unify the Shenzhou", and "go south to destroy the Qing Dynasty".
There are more and more arrogant citizens, and their enthusiasm for war far exceeds that of the military nobles.
The surge in national power brought about by the reform, the revival of culture and education, and the self-confidence brought by the Ming army's victorious battles over the years made many Ming people high-spirited and ambitious.
The prestige of the Imperial Court of the Ming Dynasty and the ginger medicine of the Ming Dynasty has once again climbed to a new height.
The ginger medicine's will power is skyrocketing every day, and in just a few days, it has skyrocketed by tens of millions!
Moreover, there is still no intention to stop. The power of the magical power is even more powerful.
Not only Jiang Yao's personal will power, but also the royal luck of the Ming Dynasty were skyrocketing.
What's more important is that the royal destiny in Jiuding has a color!
There are five colors of royal luck: blue, green, red, purple, and yellow, and each color is divided into two colors: dark and light.
From low to high, there are ten colors: light cyan, dark cyan...light red...dark yellow.
The darker the color and the higher the level, the stronger and more prosperous the royal destiny will be.
Today's Jiuding already has the light blue royal destiny!
Although it is the lowest level of royal luck, it has achieved something from scratch, which is of epoch-making significance!
It was a great event for the Ming Kingdom, and even for the entire Zhenjie.
However, this important matter is the top secret of the Ming Dynasty, and only a few people know about it.
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When the Ming army occupied the southern region, the one who was most stimulated, apart from the heavy defeat and heavy losses of the Qing Dynasty, was the Zhou Dynasty who was also in Shenzhou.
When the news of the Ming army's consecutive victories came, the Zhou court was in an uproar.
The call to extinguish the Ming Dynasty became louder again.
"Jiang Longcheng actually occupied the entire southern region!"
"Awesome! Damn it!"
"False truth will never be destroyed, and we will die without a burial place!"
"Send a letter to destroy the Ming Dynasty!"
Not only the officials of the Zhou Kingdom were anxious, but also the military aristocratic group represented by the anti-Zhou Allied Forces and the Ten Thousand Immortals Army were anxious.
In order to deal with the increasingly powerful Ming Dynasty and strangle the increasingly terrifying reform forces, they did not dare to continue the civil war!
The Anti-Chou Allied Forces and the Ten Thousand Immortals Army took the initiative to write to Yu Kuan, willing to return some of the land that Yu Kuan had granted him, and were willing to serve the Emperor of Zhou as their master.
There is only one request for Zhou Lord Yu Kuan: I hope there will be no more civil war, unite as one, and destroy the Ming Dynasty!
The northern military aristocratic group that was in danger of turning against the Zhou Dynasty before, now behaves respectfully:
"If you teach your majesty to destroy the Ming Dynasty and protect the Wu family and the country, your majesty's merits will be as high as the sky and the earth, and will last forever..."
"...Then your Majesty will be the Holy Lord of the Divine Continent, and I, the Great Zhou, will be able to rule the world..."
In addition to these 'nice words', the military noble group also made veiled threats:
"If Your Majesty still protects the Jiang family, the heart of Shenzhou will be cold, the top and bottom will be separated, the soldiers will be heartbroken, and the loyal will be heartbroken..."
"Your Majesty is the co-owner of the Wu family, not the grass king of a poor family. Which one is more important, your Majesty should think carefully..."
He even threatened Lord Zhou more openly:
"If Your Majesty has no intention of conquering the Ming Dynasty and rectifying the difficulties, and has no intention of bringing order to the chaos, then the Ten Thousand Immortal Army will have no choice but to overtake the subordinates and go south to destroy the Ming Dynasty..."
"In this way, the defense line of Taiyin Mountain will be broken, and the Northern Territory will be trapped by the Charming Tapir. And we can only abandon the Northern Territory and take in the Western Territory. If the north is lost, the west will be replenished..."
When Yu Kuang saw the "letter" from the north, he couldn't help but change his expression.
"It doesn't make sense."
"Oh, how dare you, rat, bully me."
In the Xingkong Pavilion of Zhou Palace, Yu Kuan said to Zhongshu Ling Nangong Lingyi with a frosty look on his face.
"Nangong, look at it." Yu Kuan handed the memorial to Nangong Lingyi, "They are threatening me."
"Haha, they actually said that they would rather abandon the northern defense line and go south to suppress the Ming Dynasty. I am very disappointed with them."
"In their eyes, Jiang Yao is more terrifying than the Charming Tapir Barbarians. It's really ridiculous. Do they think that being from a poor family is worse than being a pig or sheep?"
Yu Kuan was wearing a white dress with a moire pattern, a blue gold-stepped crown on her head, and a pair of distinctive phoenix eyes as cold as ice.
This is a girl with alluring looks and supreme demeanor.
Anyone who sees her beauty will never forget it.
Although Yu Yan's words contained murderous intent, his tone was very calm.
"Your Majesty." Nangong Lingyi put down the memorial to the north and said:
"They are not the only ones who are persecuting His Majesty. Even the imperial court and local officials, most of them demand that the civil war be stopped and the Ming Dynasty be annihilated?"
"In their view, returning half of the states and counties that were sealed off by the false emperor in exchange for stopping the civil war is already very sincere."
Yu Xuan, the King of Ye on one side, said: "There were originally only thirty-six states and counties under the direct jurisdiction of the state, but the false emperor sent them all away. Even if they return half of them, there will only be eighteen states. The court cannot suffer this loss."
Yu Kuan nodded, "The thirty-six states are directly under the imperial court, and no state can be left behind."
"If you want me to march westward, you can. First return all the thirty-six directly-administered states."
"If they dare to give up the northern defense line, then just give up. The Northern Territory has been their home for tens of thousands of years, and they don't even want their home anymore. I feel bad for them? It's a joke."
"If they want to go south and destroy the Ming Dynasty, then they can destroy it themselves. What does it have to do with me?"
Yu Kuan was certain that the Ten Thousand Immortals Army would never dare to abandon the northern defense line and go south to conquer Jiang Yao.
She is not afraid of the Ten Thousand Immortal Army either.
Why?
Although the Ten Thousand Immortals Army is powerful, it is not monolithic. There are great internal differences, and there are several on the mountain.
First of all, the so-called Ten Thousand Immortals Army actually does not have ten thousand people, only eight thousand, and Ten Thousand Immortals is an imaginary number.
These eight thousand people are also divided into ten generals and commanders, each of whom commands eight hundred martial immortals. They are called the Thousand Immortals Army, but in fact they can number up to eight hundred people.
Among the ten generals, Xuzhou and Mu Wuji represent the Central Region and Zhou Ting.
Although the two of them cannot dominate the Ten Thousand Immortal Army, they can dominate the Thousand Immortal Army under their own command. The two of them are Zhou ministers, and of course they will not easily rebel against the Zhou Dynasty.
Among the other eight generals, there is Yu Canglang, uncle of Yu Kuan and King Jing of Zhou Dynasty.
He has always been on Yu Kuan's side. The Thousand Immortal Army under his command will certainly not go against Yu Kuan.
Yan Ji, the leader of Yan clan, is also one of the top ten generals.
But he is the leader of a super powerful vassal in the Northern Territory, and the Yan clan's territory is all south of Taiyin Mountain. How could he give up his hometown?
Therefore, Yanyi will not abandon the northern defense line and go south to conquer Ming.
There is another general, Qi Jin, the supreme leader of the Qi clan in the Eastern Region. Qi Jin has long been secretly attracted by Yu Kan.
That's right, the current Qi Jin is Yu Kan's person.
It's just that others don't know.
This is already five.
The sixth general is the leader of the Li clan, one of the five top martial arts families in Shenzhou: Li Gao.
A few years ago, Li Gao's wife and daughter were kidnapped by the magic tapir soldiers on the battlefield and died without dignity in the tent of the magic tapir khan.
Li Gao once swore in front of the three armies that if he did not take revenge, his troops would not leave the Taiyin Mountain defense line.
Therefore, Li Gao's Qianxian Army will not give up the northern defense line.
Then the only ones who can really give up the northern defense line and go south to destroy the Ming Dynasty are the other four Thousand Immortal armies.
These four Thousand Immortal armies are completely controlled by the military aristocratic group, and are also the largest among the Ten Thousand Immortal armies.
Li Gao actually belonged to this group and usually kept pace with them, but Li Gao would definitely go against them on the issue of going south.
The "Memorial" to Yu Kuan was produced on this mountain.
However, Yu Kuan could completely rely on the power of Mu Wuji and others to prevent them from giving up the northern defense line.
"Humph, even if you die, you will die in Taiyin Mountain and on the battlefield against tapirs. If you want to go south to suppress the Ming Dynasty, you are just dreaming."
Yu Yan sneered.
Nangong Lingyi also laughed, "It's ridiculous that they thought they had a strong military and wanted to take His Majesty hostage, but they didn't expect that His Majesty had already been dividing and disintegrating them."
"In three to five years at most, the Bing Dao Group will be split and sidelined. They are really overestimating their capabilities in fighting His Majesty."
"At that time, they will be just the commander-in-chief, and they will not be able to mobilize many troops."
Yu Kan sneered: "Let them be arrogant for a few years first. I also hope that they will fight the charming tapir in Taiyin Mountain."
"Your Majesty." Hua Ying came in and reported, "All the ministers have gathered in Shenhua Palace, waiting for His Majesty to come to court."
Upon hearing this, Yu Kuan, together with Nangong Lingyi and Ye King Yu Xuan, left the Xingkong Pavilion and went directly to the front hall of Shenhua Palace.
Hundreds of courtiers have gathered together, all of whom are martial immortals or above.
Lord Zhou walked up to the throne, Shi Shiran sat down, looked around the group with phoenix eyes, and said in a cold tone:
"My lords, I have seen the memorials of many of you. What everyone wants is nothing more than to stop the civil war and jointly suppress Ming Dynasty."
"After seeing your memorial, I suddenly thought, why have you become less confident? Are you afraid of the Ming Dynasty?"
"You once didn't take Mingguo seriously. But now, you are afraid!"
Yu Kuan has been proclaimed emperor for more than ten years. In addition, his cultivation level has reached the level of a powerful Mahayana man. His momentum is getting stronger and he is already very majestic in the court.
Many people are a little afraid of her, including those important ministers who have cultivated a great sage.
"Huh, I'm going to put my words here today. I, the Great Zhou Dynasty, will definitely use troops against the Ming Dynasty, and we can do it now."
"But the premise must be that the imperial court takes back the thirty-six states directly under it!"
"You only want half of it to be returned, and you want the Great Zhou Dynasty to stop the civil war and unanimously suppress the Ming Dynasty? Impossible."
Yu Kuan took the initiative to express his position as soon as he came up.
If you want me to stop the civil war and use ginger medicine, you can give me all the thirty-six states first!
Not even one less state will do.
"Your Majesty." A strong Martial Saint stood up. "The thirty-six directly subordinate states belong to the imperial court and should be taken back."
"However, after all, these thirty-six states were sealed off by the impostor before. Even if you eat the wrong food, it will be difficult to spit it out again."
"Your Majesty is the Holy Lord, why don't you show your noble hand and regard it as a reward for them. In this way, it will not only show your Majesty's magnanimity, but also end the civil war and reunify."
As soon as this person finished speaking, several more powerful warrior saints stood up. They were all important figures in the Central Region and important ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The meaning is almost the same. Take back the eighteen states first, and the other eighteen states will be considered to be granted by the emperor.
Then, stop the civil war and unite to destroy Ming Dynasty.
There was even a minister who said: "Your Majesty, there are fourteen states in the Western Region and eighteen states in the Southern Region, a total of thirty-two states!"
"As long as the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, every family in these thirty-two states will not want it, and they will all be dedicated to Your Majesty and the imperial court. Those who oppose Your Majesty will have nothing to say."
"In this way, we can not only eliminate the civil war, wipe out the violent Ming Dynasty, greatly increase the number of prefectures and counties directly under the imperial court, and unify the Shenzhou, isn't it possible to achieve four goals with one stone?"
"That's right, that's right! It's like killing four birds with one stone!" Many ministers stood up and made impassioned speeches.
"Such a superior policy, please allow Your Majesty to stop the civil war and work together to defeat the Ming Dynasty!"
Many Zhou ministers were fed up with Yu Kuan's connivance with Jiang Yao and the Ming Dynasty over the years.
The emperor repeatedly rejected the idea of conquering the Ming Dynasty, and he watched the Ming Dynasty become stronger and stronger, and it finally became a climate.
This is done by a foolish king because of his own selfishness.
Could it be that the interests of the Wu family and the state of Zhou are not as important as the personal relationship between their children?
There is only one emperor, but there are many men!
Why is she so persistent?
It's so cruel and stupid at the same time.
Yu Kan looked around at the ministers with a sneer and said nothing for a while.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish everyone, so many ministers unanimously demanded that even Yu Kuan would not be able to attack immediately.
The current situation seems a bit like forcing the palace to remonstrate.
Of course, many people stood up and supported the emperor, arguing that the thirty-six states must be recovered before the imperial court could stop the civil war.
Otherwise, where is the majesty of the imperial court?
These people are all the confidants installed by Yu Kuan.
Unfortunately, these people only account for 30%.
The remaining 70% are all representatives of the Wu family nobles.
This is the sorrow of Zhou State.
Although it had the support of the Wu family nobles and became a great nation from the moment it was born, the nature of the Zhou Kingdom was determined to be a Wu family regime.
Whether they are court ministers, military generals, or local officials, the absolute majority are nobles of the Wu family.
After all, Yu Kuan obtained the throne with their support.
Even Yu Kuan's biggest backer, the Void Sea force, also belonged to the Wu family nobles.
Yes, the world of Void Sea is also the world of the Wu family nobles.
How to play Yu Kuan?
She was able to forcefully acquire thirty-six states under direct jurisdiction and turn the noble alliance into a semi-command system, which is already very impressive.
If Yu Yan can represent the Wu family, she is very authoritative. If she cannot, then her authority will be greatly reduced.
In fact, even if the ministers did not object, it would be difficult for Yu Kuan to reuse the Han family.
Why?
Because there are too few talents from poor families.
Talents require various resources to cultivate.
The vast majority of poor families do not even have the resources for daily practice, and Wuzhen-level masters are extremely rare and cannot support the Great Zhou.
High-level experts and all kinds of high-level talents are almost non-existent among poor families.
From a talent perspective alone, Yu Kuan cannot do without the support of the Wu family.
Jiang Yaoke has been undergoing reforms for more than 30 years and spent a lot of resources on poor families before they started to produce high-level talents!
Today, most of the high-level talents in the Ming Dynasty are from the Tianping God Sect.
If there was no god level, the power of the Ming Kingdom would not develop so fast. Because there are too few high-level talents to support it.
Yu Kuan could not copy this method, and Zhou State did not have the conditions or time for reform.
Seeing that his trusted ministers were at a disadvantage, Yu Kan was about to say something to scare others, when suddenly the ceremonial officer outside the palace sang and shouted:
"Meet the Grand Master!"
The Grand Master is back?
All the ministers immediately looked outside the palace together.
I saw an old man in green clothes with gray beard and hair, a medicine pot hanging on his waist, leaning on a dove staff, and entered the main hall accompanied by Dan Xizi, the elder of Medicine Dao Shrine.
Taishi Li Shizhen!
When the Zhou Dynasty was founded, the emperor named Li Shizhen the Grand Master and Yi Guizang the Imperial Master.
These are the so-called "two divisions of the Great Zhou Dynasty", which are located above the Duke and the Prime Minister.
For more than ten years, Li Shizhen rarely returned to the DPRK and was nowhere to be seen all year round. When she did return to the DPRK, she quickly disappeared.
Although his status is extremely high, his sense of presence is extremely low.
However, when they saw the ancient-looking Li Shizhen entering the palace, the ministers still felt awe-inspiring and couldn't help but become quiet.
Very strange.
Li Shizhen is indeed very low-key, but every time he appears, the crowd can't help but become quiet.
Even the powerful Great Sage felt a trace of unspeakable pressure when facing Li Shizhen.
But it is clear that Li Shizhen's cultivation level is also that of a great sage.
"Veteran Li Shizhen, I have met Your Majesty."
"Chen Danxizi, I have met Your Majesty."
Li Shizhen and Dan Xizi saluted Yu Kan together.
Yu Kuan looked happy, but was secretly wary in her heart.
According to Yao'er, both Li Shizhen and Yi Guizang had problems. She had to be careful.
The more careful she is, the less discernible her expression becomes.
"Why does the Grand Master have time to return to the court today?" Yu Kuan stood up with a smile, "Come here, give the Grand Master a seat, a high seat!"
Until this moment, the officials remained silent.
It was as if there was some invisible force that made them feel inexplicably afraid.
Li Shizhen has no arrogance. On the contrary, he is very low-key and peaceful.
But when he was sitting in the court, it gave people the feeling of sitting under the forest.
"Your Majesty." Li Shizhen's voice was low and slow, and his eyes were unwavering, "Old minister, I heard that Ming Dynasty has occupied the southern region. Is there any proposal to conquer Ming Dynasty?"
Even Yu Yan became nervous when he heard this.
She was very worried, Li Shizhen advocated Fa Ming!
Yu Kuan was rarely afraid of anyone, but now he was a little afraid of Li Shizhen.
"It is indeed true, but I didn't expect that the grand master would also return to the court for this reason." Yu Kuan said secretly worried.
Of course she would be wise, but not now.
Now it is unfair. It violates the promise to Shu'er and is not good for the overall situation of Shenzhou.
Now Fa Ming is just making a wedding dress for the Wu family, which is harmful to the future of the Divine Continent, the future of the human race, and the future of the true world.
The officials thought that she was abandoning private affairs for public purposes, which was a big mistake.
While Yu Kuan was worried, Li Shizhen spoke:
"I think it is impossible to defeat Ming now."
"Because it's ominous."
What? It’s impossible to kill Ming at the moment? Ominous?
Although Yu Kuang breathed a sigh of relief, when the officials heard this, those who advocated defeating the Ming Dynasty became angry.
But the strange thing is, and I don’t know why, no one raised any objection.
Some people wanted to object, but they opened their mouths and swallowed them.
Very weird feeling.
There was no pressure or threat, and I could speak, but strangely, I didn't express any objection.
Yu Kuan nodded and smiled: "The grand master is really experienced in planning for the country. I also think that it is ominous to attack the country at the moment. As the saying goes, you must first calm down the country when fighting against foreign forces."
Li Shizhen stood up, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is calm and steady, and you can see Yili clearly. This will make me feel relieved."
Then he looked around at the ministers and said, "You have to worry about the affairs of the court. This matter of proving the truth cannot be rushed."
"Governing a big country is like cooking a small one. If you want to expand your territory, you also need to overhaul your internal affairs. You must first govern the country and then bring peace to the world."
Still no one spoke up to object.
After speaking, Li Shizhen bowed to Yu Kuan again and said, "Your Majesty, please take your seat. I will take my leave."
Yu Kuan stood up and said, "Master, please excuse me."
Li Shizhen and Dan Xizi turned around and walked away.
It came suddenly and went away suddenly.
This happens every time.
"The Grand Master's words make a lot of sense." Yu Kuan said, "Just now, none of the ministers raised any objections, so let's leave it as it is."
"If we want to conquer the Ming Dynasty, we must take back the directly-administered states and counties, suppress the rebels, and rectify the internal affairs. Otherwise, even if we send out troops, we may suffer a disastrous defeat like the Qing army."
"Okay, let's retreat."
The ministers looked at each other and could only smile bitterly and shake their heads.
The fierce and vigorous debate on Zhengming has once again come to nothing!
PS: Thank you for your support! Good night!
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