Wulin martial arts hegemony record

Chapter 225 Emperor Taixiang's determination
Emperor Taixiang waved his hand and interrupted him: "I believe Mr. Cao, you can handle it well, so you don't need to tell me your specific arrangements. I decided to agree with Beiyan to send an envoy to Luoyang to watch the martial arts conference. Murong thought wanted to spy on me Let him be optimistic about the reality of Da Zhou's martial arts! Hiding and guarding will only make him feel that I am afraid of him, and I want to see what Beiyan's envoys will play after watching our martial arts conference Hall of Fame!"

"The Lord of Beiyan's repeated plots and calculations are too petty, and he can't compare to the emperor's wisdom and martial arts!" The old eunuch praised him sincerely.

"Old Cao praised you absurdly." Emperor Taixiang said solemnly: "I just know in my heart that the worst outcome between Beiyan and my Great Zhou is war. I am not afraid of war. Although I am not as good as the emperor's grandfather, But as long as Beiyan dares to invade, I have the confidence to completely defeat it!"

Almost the old eunuch who watched Emperor Taixiang grow up understood his thoughts, didn't say anything, but thought in his heart: Your Majesty, you are not afraid, you just hope that Beiyan will start a war, so as to fulfill the late emperor's last wish.

Emperor Taixiang continued: "During this time, the courtiers are still arguing about Beiyan's possible war in the future, and they can't change their military strategy against Beiyan as soon as possible. Fortunately, they can't control the Wulin of the Great Zhou Dynasty. But it can make them move first. The reason why I changed the previous discussion meeting into a martial arts conference is because I want to arouse the enterprising spirit of all factions. The more important thing is to better understand the strength of today's martial arts. So it must be done well, and there must be no trouble."

"Your Majesty, I understand." The old eunuch responded solemnly.

At this time, a shout came from outside the hall: "Report to the emperor, Xu Zhaoyan, the chief commander of the General Patrol Division, has a secret report!"

"What a coincidence, just as we were talking about the martial arts conference, Xu Aiqing's secret performance came. It has been almost a month since he left Luoyang." Emperor Taixiang remembered something when he heard the report from the eunuch outside the palace, and asked, "The Chief Inspector Wu Si is mainly in charge of martial arts competitions in the martial arts conference, I wonder how the situation is now?"

"The old minister has gone to see it a few times, and now the deputy commander Wang Youfeng is in charge of it for the time being. The venue for the competition and the accommodation and food for each faction of the martial arts are almost ready, but the old minister heard that the emperor allowed the people in the capital to go in and watch the martial arts. General Assembly?"

"This is Xu Aiqing's suggestion. He wants to use the big stadium of the Cuju Club in Beijing as the venue for martial arts competitions. The merchants of the Cuju Club agree to borrow it, but they hope that the public will be allowed to go in to watch the games and charge a fee. Xu Aiqing thinks this is a good thing Good thing, and I hope I can agree, he said that this can shorten the distance between martial arts people and ordinary people, cultivate the martial arts style of the people of the Great Zhou, and also allow the Ministry of Internal Affairs to participate in the share and get a share of the income." Emperor Taixiang laughed at himself. He smiled: "It seems that the news of my lack of money has already reached the ears of my subjects, so I agreed to his suggestion."

"The old minister is ashamed!" The old eunuch had a rare expression of apology, because most of the expenditures in Taixiang Emperor's private treasury were spent on Long Wei.

When Longwei was first built, it was to protect the royal family and defend against martial arts people. Later, it gradually expanded to monitor officials, spy on domestic and foreign intelligence, and even assassinate... etc. Its personnel gradually became larger, and courtiers were often dissatisfied with this. , asked for abolition many times, but Emperor Taizu always ignored it, and the courtiers adopted a soft confrontation method-cutting the expenditure of Longwei for various reasons, in order to force Longwei to reduce personnel, Taizu subsidized Longwei with private treasury , and it has been like this until Emperor Taixiang succeeded to the throne.

Emperor Taixiang waved his hand, but said seriously: "All the officials are confused, but I understand in my heart that the reason why my country is so stable is the hard work of you Longwei. It is nothing if I just pay a little money."

"Your Majesty is wise!" The old eunuch praised loudly, and then reminded: "Your Majesty, the people in the capital like to watch the excitement, and there will be too many audiences in the venue, and the competition will be blind. It will attract protests from the ministers, which is not conducive to the continuation of the martial arts tournament in the future."

Emperor Taixiang pondered and said: "I have also thought about this problem, and I have prepared to let Li Xin send some forbidden troops to the Cuju Club Grand Arena to maintain order, but since there is a Beiyan envoy group coming, there must be no mistakes. I still have to remind Xu Aiqing, but he went to Jiangling, and he didn't return for almost a month—"

Emperor Taixiang was a little irritable when he said this, and he said loudly: "Bring Xu Zhaoyan's secret music."

After receiving the secret booklet from the eunuch, Emperor Taixiang removed the sealing wax and unfolded it for a closer look.Then he first frowned, then admired, then regretted, and finally surprised.

It was rare for the old eunuch to see Emperor Taixiang's expression change so much when he watched the secret concert. He was curious, but he still stood silently.

Sure enough, after a while, Emperor Taixiang looked up at him: "At the Duke Protector's coming-of-age knighthood ceremony, there were actually three families who proposed to him in public! Mr. Cao, guess which three families it is?"

The old eunuch thought for a while, then shook his head: "Iron Blood Changhe Sect has only returned to Dazhou for a year, and with the attitudes of the major sects, it is impossible to change so quickly, and how those small and medium sects would have the courage to come to the door to propose marriage, the veteran can't guess. "

Emperor Taixiang smiled: "Other sects may have their own concerns, but there is one sect that has always done things without any worries—"

"Your Majesty is talking about Wudang?" The old eunuch's heart moved, and seeing Emperor Taixiang nod his head, he went on to say: "Reverend Qingsong has a young son who has not yet married. I heard that Reverend Qingsong is very worried about this son, so he is willing to let him go." Let him marry the sect master of Iron Blood Changhe."

"Realist Qingsong seems to be reckless in proposing marriage, but he is actually very smart! It seems that this Wudang sect leader is not always domineering." Emperor Taixiang sighed meaningfully, and then said in a deep voice: "Another proposer It's the Kunlun Sect, and the person they're asking for is a bit special, he's not only a disciple of the Kunlun Sect, but also the grandson of King Liang of Qingluo Kingdom—"

"After being reminded by the emperor, the old minister remembered it." The old eunuch, as the head of the dragon guards, had to first review the information obtained by the dragon guards in various places. At this time, he suddenly remembered: "The head of the Kunlun School, Hua Haoyue and Qingluo King Liang's family has an extraordinary relationship. The son born to her and General Ye married the daughter of King Liang. This grandson of King Liang should be... called Ma Lingfeng. He and Master Ye should be cousins. Does Haoyue want to get married with Prince Liang? But Master Yemen is already the protector of my Great Zhou, and although the two countries have been friendly for many years, the veteran thinks that this kind of marriage is still inappropriate."

"There is another suitor, Mr. Cao must think it is even more inappropriate." The corners of Emperor Taixiang's mouth turned up, showing a joking expression: "Qing Luo Zanpu actually sent someone to propose marriage to his crown prince."

The old eunuch was taken aback: "Qingluo Kingdom sent an envoy? The old minister deserves death, and Long Wei has not found any news about this!"

"This has nothing to do with Longwei. According to Xu Aiqing, Qingluo sent a tantric lama to enter my Dazhou as a monk. He happened to visit the Jagged Changhe Gate on the day of the knighting ceremony, and he was accepted as the old man of the Jagged Changhe Gate. When the Qingluo Kingdom took refuge, he promised to do one thing for Qingluo Zanpu, and asked the Iron Blood Changhe Gate to fulfill his promise in public, forcing my... righteous sister to marry Prince Qingluo..."

"The people of Qingluo are simply delusional. Even if the iron-blooded Changhemen had to agree because of the oath, you will never allow such a thing to happen, Your Majesty." The old eunuch was a little puzzled: "It is said that the current Qingluo Zanpu is still a wise man. Yes, how could you make such a rash move?"

"The capital of Qingluo Kingdom is thousands of miles away from Jiangling. Perhaps when that lama set out, he didn't know that I had accepted Iron-Blood Changhemen again, and let Ye Ziqiong inherit the title of Lord Protector..." Emperor Taixiang said this At that time, he was quite complacent, he patted Mi Zhe lightly, and fell into deep thought: "After this trumpet entered my Da Zhou, after learning the news, I didn't give up, and I still came to propose marriage... Maybe he will give it a try... I may think that in the current situation where Beiyan is showing strength, I will be eager to form an alliance with Qingluo, not only will it not prevent, but will promote this marriage... Huh, the people of Qingluo have underestimated me too much! "

Emperor Taixiang sneered a few times, and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back: "The key to the question is why did Qing Luo Zanpu send someone to propose to Ye Ziqiong at this time? Is it because she became the head of the Iron Blood Changhe Gate? ... Or is it because she is The granddaughter of the head of the Kunlun sect, and the granddaughter of King Liang?... Or did Qingluo Zanpu realize the importance of martial arts people during his cooperation with the Tantric Lama, and wanted to win over the Jagged Changhemen for his own use?..."

Emperor Taixiang muttered to himself for a while, then stopped, looked at the silent old eunuch, and couldn't help but said again: "Old Cao, do you know the result of the three parties' marriage proposals?"

"It probably didn't work out at all." The old eunuch replied without hesitation.

Emperor Taixiang was noncommittal, and his tone was quite excited: "My newly recognized righteous sister actually made an oath in public, 'Unless our Great Zhou army recovers the old land and completely drives the northern barbarians to the north of Yanshan Mountain, otherwise she will live forever. marry!'"

The old eunuch trembled his white eyebrows: "This is... the oath made by the iron-blooded Changhe Gate back then!"

"That's right, General Ye has been loyal and courageous to the country all his life, and his granddaughter is not reconciled to later generations. It's really a tiger father without a dog daughter!" Emperor Taixiang was quite emotional, and he didn't realize that he had said something wrong. Of course, the old eunuch didn't Will be stupid enough to remind.

Emperor Taixiang slapped Mi Zhe on the imperial table heavily, and said in a sonorous tone: "If the martial arts people in my Great Zhou have such ambitions, as the lord of a country, I should also strive to forge ahead and set an example for the world! And I listen Xu Aiqing once said that Ye Ziqiong is extremely beautiful. If I do nothing and let her grow old alone, I will be ridiculed by the martial arts people. Since there will inevitably be a battle between me and Beiyan in Da Zhou, the recovery of the whole of Hebei cannot be delayed too long. Long!"

(End of this chapter)