On the northern battlefield, the four slaves fought against the powerful warrior of the ancient Huaxu Kingdom. There was no winner or loser. He broke through the void battlefield and disappeared without a trace. In those days, the capital was as if it were facing a formidable enemy. The Queen Mother was sitting in the imperial city. It is said that that
A sword belonging to Taizu was always lying across her knees.
Subsequently, the peace talks between the two countries were completely concluded. In terms of territory, neither side had too many demands and each returned to the original national border. However, Hongwu suffered a hidden loss in terms of other compensation. After Song Zheng heard the news, he seriously doubted this
It was because the Queen Mother colluded with Hua Xu and sold out Hongwu's interests in exchange for Hua Xu's help in controlling the four slaves for her.
In this war, the total number of soldiers killed by both sides was more than 600,000, including 3,000 Mingjian Daxiu, 1,000 Mingtong Realm Tianzun, and 600 Xuantong Realm ancestors.
As for Huaxu, the entire defense line from Liequan Pass to Lianyundao has been greatly damaged. Future repairs and reconstructions will be a nerve-wracking investment.
Judging from Hongwu's current state, I am afraid that this line of defense may have been destroyed before they could re-improve it.
Neither the Hongwu Celestial Dynasty nor the ancient Huaxu Kingdom won. Huaxu seemed to have taken advantage of it, but its internal corruption was completely exposed, attracting the attention of other surrounding countries.
It is said that the Demon Emperor of the Tianchi tribe has issued an imperial order. The Tianchi tribe will act secretly and will use troops against Hua Xu within three years at most.
The Qin Empire and the resurgent Chu Xiong are also ready to attack Hua Xu. The current external environment is even worse than that of Hongwu.
With the end of such a war, the world entered a brief period of "peace".
The Queen Mother's previous purges were too serious, and there were no available people for many key positions in the court, so a lot of efforts were made to select from local areas. It is said to be selection, but in fact, whoever joins the Queen Mother will be reused.
The character of literary cultivators in the world has also been destroyed during the decades that the emperor has been in power. Those strong-minded literary cultivators were either killed or driven away, such as Shi Yuanhe. Most of the rest
Flattery, even if the Queen Mother is in power, is of course flattering the Queen Mother.
So in just a few months, the entire Hongwu imperial court was operating again, but it was even more corrupt, slow, and chaotic than before.
According to Long Yiwei's intelligence, rebel armies have risen in various places. The largest group has captured prefectures and counties, with 30,000 soldiers!
The state soldiers in various places were lax in their armaments, their battle formations had been sparse for a long time, and coupled with the changes in people's mentality, they were no longer able to annihilate the rebels. Many state soldiers even defected from the establishment and joined the rebels, and were awarded the title of various generals.
Suwei played a key role at this time. They established their own yamen throughout Hongwu almost overnight. They were very familiar with all the local anecdotes and formed a new army called "Suying".
He was a very vicious person with unknown origins and he started to attack fiercely. As soon as he formed an army, he annihilated three rebel armies one after another. All the prisoners he captured, regardless of age or sex, were killed. In a sudden bloody storm, the whole world was shocked when they heard about it.
In the seven states under Song Zheng's jurisdiction, the weather was good and the people were stable, but he still did not dare to be careless. In the world at this time, sometimes you don't have to rebel if you don't want to.
In times of crisis, some careerists want to take advantage of the situation and use various means to force those they "like" to raise a flag of rebellion.
He secretly ordered his subordinate Long Yiwei to monitor the seven states.
In the six months since the Immortal Refining Sect was refining treasures, he had secretly replaced Songzhou and Yazhou with his own Sapphire Distraction. He just wanted to take complete control, and it would take time to spread out slowly.
Du Qianhu had recovered and was worried: "Sir, all states in the world already have yamen for guarding, but we are the only ones in Jiangnan and Lingnan. The Queen Mother has not intervened yet, but... this will happen sooner or later. Brothers, these days, people are in panic.
, if it is really replaced by Suwei, what will we do in the future?
My subordinates have also heard that the brothers of the Jinluan Guard are living a very miserable life now, and many of them are being hunted down by their enemies back then and have nowhere to hide."
Longyiwei and Jinluanwei did things that offended people and made countless enemies. Once they lose the protection of the court, you can imagine their fate!
Song Zheng remained calm and comforted him: "Tell the brothers to reassure them. Long Yiwei has gone through thousands of years of ups and downs in our dynasty. No one can say it will be abolished. As long as Mr. Xiao and my officials are here,
We will definitely not let the Queen Mother succeed!"
Du Qianhu felt relieved and agreed to leave.
When Song Zheng was alone, he sighed deeply. There was light rain outside the window. There was no snow in the winter in the south of the Yangtze River, but the continuous rain was unbearably wet and cold.
This cold rain has been falling for six days.
Although he comforted Du Qianhu, he was actually frightened inside.
He didn't have much confidence that he could withstand the pressure from the Queen Mother. In fact, he guessed that Xiao Zhen was also having a hard time supporting it. The Queen Mother controlled the entire court, and she was more of a stickler now, worried that Long Yiwei would be pushed too hard.
". But as Du Qianhu said, "This is a matter of time." The Queen Mother will definitely take action!
"Suwei..." Song Zheng sneered: "Isn't it the Huang Tianli Holy Sect!"
He pondered in his heart. Ever since the Queen Mother came to power, he has been thinking about where to go. He is still thinking about it now, and some things are gradually becoming clear in his mind, but the whole plan is not complete and needs to be constantly refined and planned.
"I just don't know if I still have time."
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The Longyi Guards were the emperor's own soldiers, so although Xiao Zhen, the leader of the Longyi Guards, had the most power in the world, he was actually not qualified to go to court.
But nothing in the court could escape his eyes and ears. Especially now, the Queen Mother had lowered her curtain to listen to the affairs. Whatever the ministers and the Queen Mother were discussing in the court hall, it was reported to Xiao Zhen's ears almost within a few breaths.
Xiao Zhen frowned. He had indeed had a hard time during this period. The Queen Mother had repeatedly used Yi decrees to reduce the authority of Long Yiwei and transferred some responsibilities to Suwei.
He has been enduring it, always feeling that the time has not come yet.
But today someone in the court raised the idea that Longyi Guards had accumulated many disadvantages and it was difficult to recover. They requested the Queen Mother to issue an order to abolish Longyi Guards and replace Longyi Guards with Suwei Guards.
This matter has been mentioned repeatedly several times, and Xiao Zhen is not panicked. If the Queen Mother really dares to withdraw the Longyi Guards now, she will be forcing all the Longyi Guards in the world to rebel.
Sure enough, the Empress Dowager reprimanded her, saying that Long Yiwei was loyal to the country and worked diligently, and the commander Xiao Zhen was the emperor's humerus, so there was no need to mention the abolition again.
Then the words of the courtiers changed: there was no one to supervise Long Yiwei, and there were many injustices in the prison, so they requested the Queen Mother to supervise Long Yiwei as guards.
The Queen Mother showed careful consideration, but the courtiers strongly recommended her, so she had no choice but to agree, but only granted one right to the guards: the right to access the files of all Long Yiwei's cases!
There are now only two factions in the court: the Queen Mother and the Chief Assistant. And there is a tacit understanding between them. Xiao Zhen is isolated and helpless in the court, and is always in a passive state of being beaten.
Xiao Zhen frowned, feeling a little confused: "What is Huang Yuanhe doing?"
Lord Chief Assistant should know very well that after the Queen Mother defeated Long Yiwei, the next target would be him.
He ordered: "Let's make arrangements. I want to see Huang Yuanhe."
"yes."
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It was of course very taboo for the commander of the Long Yi Guard to meet the chief minister of the dynasty, so it was impossible for Xiao Zhen to send someone to the Huang Mansion to hand over a name card and then make an appointment to visit.
That night, Xiao Zhen walked out of a small door, which was the back garden of the Huang Mansion. Huang Yuanhe was sitting in a small pavilion by the pond, drinking some spirit wine and waiting for him.
"Lord Commander."
"Lord Chief Assistant."
The two people cupped their hands and gave each other a seat.
Xiao Zhen got straight to the point and asked: "Why did Mr. Huang cooperate with the Queen Mother? My Longyi Guard has fallen. The Queen Mother's next target is you, Mr. Huang. You don't need me to remind you of such simple truths."
Huang Yuanhe's expression was dull, and Xiao Zhen continued: "So I guess there must be some reason for this. I'm here to ask Mr. Huang tonight, please tell me the reason.
If we can discuss it, then you and I can drink and coordinate. If we can't discuss it, we, the Long Yi Guards, will have to fight to the death!"
Huang Yuanhe did not answer immediately. He drank another drink before saying: "The Queen Mother promised that after Mr. Xiao, all the power of Long Yiwei will belong to me."
Xiao Zhen trembled, nodded and looked at the wine glass on the table: "It seems that there is no need to discuss, Xiao will take his leave."
Several confidants followed him and left quickly.
After leaving the Huang Mansion through the secret passage, the confidants were indignant: "Huang Yuanhe has such a big appetite!"
"He wants to swallow up our Longyi Guards? Does he really think the brothers will listen to him?"
"No wonder he colluded with that old witch. With his current power and our Long Yi Guards, he is indeed not afraid of the Queen Mother."
Without saying a word, Xiao Zhen returned to the Yamen of the General Administration, pondered for a moment and said: "Go and invite Mr.
Mr. Xing originally went to Jiangnan to try to treat Song Zheng's Yinshen injury. However, before others arrived, Song Zheng recovered on his own, and the old man came back happily.
Xiao Zhen entered the Zhaixing Tower, knocked on the door of Mr. Xing's courtyard, and was quickly invited in.
He repeated Huang Yuanhe's words and said, "I don't believe what Old Thief Huang said. This is just an excuse he gave me. He refused to tell the real reason."
Xing Lao nodded: "He believed the Queen Mother when she promised him? He has been in power for hundreds of years and would not be so gullible. And he must also understand that he cannot control Long Yiwei."
Xiao Zhen nodded: "I can't figure out why he would do this?"
Xing Lao pondered for a moment: "You have been secretly monitoring him recently, have you discovered anything?"
Xiao Zhen took out a roll of information from his sleeve and handed it to him, and Mr.
After that, where did I go and who did I meet.
It was even detailed that he went to a certain restaurant, and during the period of his appearance, those characters who entered and exited the restaurant were all recorded.