The martial arts journey begins with The King's Ambition

Chapter 144 Solemn Assassination
Xie Xun said: "Really, the Wudang faction is at its peak, and there will be more talents in the future. Some people like Jianghu Road, which is normal, but Jianghu is not the only way out. Later, people had one more choice, in short, they were also members of the Wudang sect when they came out.”

Zhang Sanfeng thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll be the lobbyist for you."

I don't know how Zhang Sanfeng persuaded him, but in the end Yu Lianzhou, Yu Daiyan and Zhang Songxi all agreed, and they came to Xie Xun.

Seeing that the three of them were not so willing, Xie Xun said with a smile, "What? You hate me for poaching Wudang's corner?"

Yu Lianzhou said: "Brother Xie, let's practice martial arts well with Master, and want to make the Wudang faction flourish, but you insist on dragging us into your rebel army. You don't need us."

Xie Xun said: "If you want to grow the Wudang faction, you don't need to stick to Wudang. You must know that there is only one head of the Wudang faction, and Yuan Qiao is the best candidate."

Yu Lianzhou said: "We don't have any covetous desire for the position of head, and we are all convinced that the senior brother is the head."

Xie Xun said: "I know you have a deep brotherhood, and I don't want to provoke your brotherhood. I just want to tell you that since none of you are candidates for the head, then you don't have to stay in Wudang. Come to me, If the uprising succeeds in the future, you are all meritorious ministers. Wouldn’t it be more useful to the Wudang faction to use your strength to help the Wudang faction than just being a chivalrous man? In the future, Wudang will become bigger and bigger, with more and more people There are more, but there will always be only one head, and some people can leave the rivers and lakes and devote themselves to official careers, which is also a good way out."

The three of them were thoughtful, Xie Xun said: "I didn't let you leave Wudang, you can also go to greet Zhang Zhenren at any time. I just hope that you can use your usual chivalrous energy on a greater cause, Wudang has not suffered a loss , we all benefit in the end.”

Xie Xun still had some thoughts and didn't say clearly that he wanted to support Wudang and fight against Shaolin.

Buddhism is not involved in production, does not pay taxes, has many privileges, and has a great impact on the social economy and the military. That's why there are three wars and one sect to exterminate Buddhism.

As the leader of Buddhism, Shaolin is also the largest sect in the world, with a profound foundation, no matter who is in power, it can stand firm.

Xie Xun has long wanted to curb the development of Shaolin, but his strength was still small in the past, and it was still far away to unify the world, so Shaolin was never his primary goal.

Now that we can see the dawn of victory, we have to consider how to treat Shaolin and even Buddhism in the future.Just like he wants to weaken the proportion of Mingjiao, it is time to consider things after the unification of the world.

Xie Xun has always admired Yu Lianzhou. He concentrates on martial arts, has no other distractions, has a resolute personality, has a cold face and a warm heart, and his martial arts has become the top of all Wudang heroes, and he is the god of war of the Wudang sect.

Yu Daiyan is generous, free-spirited, tenacious, and is most suitable for a military career.

Zhang Songxi is resourceful and a rare talent.

These are important chess pieces to fight against Shaolin in the future. If they are balanced, they will be peaceful.

Of course, Xie Xun is still very friendly towards Shaolin on the surface, and he must acknowledge that he can attend his wedding this time.

Lu Zhixi got her wish when she married Xie Xun.Just like what Lu Zhiqing said, although Xie Xun looks fierce on the outside, everyone who has really gotten along with him is impressed by his charm, men are like this, and women are also like this.

Lu Zhixi has been by Xie Xun's side since she was a child, studying literature and martial arts.His martial arts and his way of speaking are all different, plus Xie Xun's unprincipled defense of her, when she didn't understand anything, she was attached to Xie Xun.Later, when love first started, Xie Xun exuded the charm of a mature man, "Middle-aged thoughts are as strong as wine, and the feelings of girls are always poetry", she can no longer let other men go in her eyes.

Now Xie Xun doesn't have much time for himself, even if he has just married a young wife, he still doesn't have time for him.

The court was also in troubled times. In the third year of Zhishun (1332), Emperor Wenzong died, and Emperor Ningzong succeeded to the throne, but died after only 53 days in office. The throne was vacant for more than half a year. In May of the fourth year of Zhishun (1333), Yan Tiemuer died of excessive indulgence. In June, Tuohuan Tiemuer succeeded to the throne, who became Emperor Yuanshun, and changed his reign name to Yuantong.

This year, there was heavy rain in Gyeonggi, and more than 59 people suffered from hunger. In the second year, Jiangsu and Zhejiang were hit by disasters, and as many as people were affected.

These disasters gave Mingjiao a chance to grow and develop.

Xie Xun has been preparing for many years, accumulating grass and stockpiling grain, and the giant whales helped him sail and explore. He even brought back high-yielding and easy-to-grow crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes, and planted them on a large scale in his own jurisdiction, so that he has sufficient grain and grass Accept victims.

In just a few years, wars broke out in Huaisi, Yu'e and other places, Mingjiao conquered the city and plundered land, blossomed in many places, and developed extremely rapidly. It cannot be said to be half of the Central Plains, but at least it can compete with the imperial court.In particular, Mingjiao occupied all the rich and prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River, which dealt a devastating blow to the economy of Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty.In various places in the north, rebels also rise up from time to time.

After Yan Tiemu'er, the court gave the right prime minister Boyan the exclusive power, and was named King of Qin.

Boyan implemented a policy of ethnic oppression against the Han, and the Han people were not without resentment. In November of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1335), the imperial examination was directly abolished, which also directly pushed the Han Confucian scholars to the opposite side.

Liu Ji, who is only 25 years old, took part in the general examination in Dadu two years ago, and passed the Jinshi examination in one fell swoop, but was at home due to the chaos of war.At this time, seeing the court's innocence, but Mingjiao's prosperity, he ran to join Mingjiao's volunteer army.Song Lian, who was one year older than him, was also acquired by Mingjiao.Of the three heroes in the early Ming Dynasty, only Li Shanchang, who was younger, had not yet been born.

Xie Xun was very happy to learn that these two men came to the rebel army, he personally recruited them to encourage him, he knew everything about his philosophy of governing the country, and finally left them by his son Xie Wuji, and asked him to worship them as teachers .

When the two received Xie Xun's courteous reception, they were naturally elated, knowing that this step was the right one, and seeing the momentum of Mingjiao, they should have a bright future.

Xie Xun has also been recruiting talented people, and he cannot completely rely on the people in the martial arts to govern the place.

The current Mingjiao governs the region in the form of a military government, and the military has great power. Of course, this is suitable for the current situation, and it is necessary to concentrate all efforts to deal with the war. But in the future, the world will not be peaceful, and it will cause great harm to the country. Therefore, it is necessary to reserve literati. group.

Faced with the resistance of the Han people, Boyan proposed to kill all Han people surnamed Zhang, Wang, Liu, Li, and Zhao, but the emperor did not accept it.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there have always been powerful officials, which heralds the decline of the great vitality and the prosperity of the Han Dynasty.

However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it is not without talent.A young general rose up in the imperial court, only in his 20s. He commanded the elite Mongolian soldiers to fight the rebellion everywhere, temporarily pacified the northern land, and then directed his troops to the south, intending to sweep the world down.

Many rebels in the north have the backing support of the Mingjiao, but they are still unable to resist these elite Mongolian soldiers.

Xie Xun's power in the south has increased a lot, but the court's power is still not weak.Xie Xun didn't want to face the enemy, he wanted to conquer the south before going north, expel the Mongols, and unify the north.

The current important figures of the Ming Cult basically don't guard the Guangmingding (the tip of the ship), and the white-browed eagle king Yin Tianzheng has been busy with his Tianying flag, going deep into the front line.

The five scattered people basically ran to help Peng Yingyu run the White Lotus Sect, and they also had their own territory.

The flag envoys of the Five Elements Banner are all in the Western Regions to assist the solemn.

There are only two Immortals Xiaoyao on the top of the light, Yang Xiao handles the educational affairs, Fan Yao never asks for power, but is only in charge of guarding.

Xie Hu is often at Guangmingding.After Yu Lianzhou joined Xie Xun's command, he handed over the responsibility of his punishment hall to Yu Lianzhou.Yu Lianzhou has a cold personality and is upright, so she is very suitable for this position.

Xie Xun ordered the solemn preparation of troops in the Western Regions, and sent troops eastward to disperse the court's troops to buy time for himself to pacify the south.

The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and it is impossible to defeat the Mongols with just this few soldiers and horses.

But these soldiers and horses are not peasant uprisings, who exchange hoes for sticks and go to the battlefield, but professional soldiers who have undergone rigorous training.

But before he could fight the Yuan soldiers, the bad news came that Zhuang Zhong was assassinated and died.

Zhuang Zhong has a very close personal relationship with Xie Xun, and his son Zhuang Zheng is the only formal disciple of Xie Xun, who has been by Xie Xun's side all the time.Xie Xun was also relieved to hand over such a large piece of land in the Western Regions to Zhuang Zhong.

Zhuang Zheng's accidental death was like a bolt from the blue, and Xie Xun was caught off guard.

As the governor of the Western Regions, Zhuang Zhong guarded one side for Xie Xun and was an important force under Xie Xun's subordinates.

Xie Xun didn't leave behind any masters in Guangmingding of the Western Regions, but his solemn martial arts are not low, and Guangmingdingding of the Western Regions is heavily guarded and heavily guarded, so it should be foolproof.

The news from the Western Regions is: Three people crossed the various checkpoints of Guangmingding and suddenly appeared from the secret path. Their martial arts were extremely high, and Zhuang Zhong was killed under layers of protection.

Xie Xun and Yang Xiao looked at each other, and the person who knew the secret way of Guangming, without asking, was Cheng Kun, the "Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hand".The others in Mingjiao didn't know, but they both read Yang Dingtian's will and knew of Cheng Kun's existence.In order to cover up the scandal for Master Yang, they didn't tell anyone else.

Xie Xun said: "It happened suddenly, the Western Regions are our rear area, we cannot let chaos, there must be experts in charge. I plan to send Fan Youshi to take Zhuang Zheng back to the Western Regions to take charge."

Yang Xiao was silent for a while, he didn't want Fan Yao to leave, Fan Yao was an important help for him in Mingjiao.

Mingjiao is not the only subordinate of Xie Xun, Mingjiao is just one of his subordinate forces.And although Yang Xiao is under one person in Mingjiao, only the four sects of wind and thunder can really mobilize power, and only Fan Yao can help him among the high-level people. Although the others are not as powerful as him, they all directly accept Xie Xun's leadership.

(End of this chapter)