Wandering the Heavens

Su Xin and the other two were shocked by these words.

"Wushi, how can you say such things! This is treason." Su Xin did not feel happy at all about Zhu Wushi's words, but was full of worry and fear.

"Su Xin, don't worry, I will definitely convince the emperor and his ministers to marry you in a grand manner!" Zhu Wusi avoided the question at this time.

"Ignore, I don't want you to go to this point. You are the Iron-hearted Godly Lord in the hearts of the people, and you can't do anything that will disappoint everyone." Su Xin is always so understanding.

"Su Xin, I will not let you suffer any grievance, even if I have to exchange all my merits for it!" Zhu Wusi said and left.

A few people were left looking at each other in confusion.

Zhu Wusi found Wan Sanqian, and the two had cooperated well since the establishment of Hulong Villa. Originally, they wanted to make the interests more stable through the marriage of Shangguan Haitang, but an accident happened. Shangguan Haitang and Gui Hai Yidao fell in love and eloped.

This cast a shadow on their cooperation, and coupled with the recent crackdown on Wan Sanqian's industry by the East Factory, he felt a little overwhelmed.

"Wansanqian, what do you think of the conditions I told you before?" Zhu Wusi didn't care about that.

"Lord Shen, I, Wan Sanqian, am now being suppressed by the East Factory, and my vitality has been seriously damaged. In addition, I have asked the ministers to report the matter of Hulong Villa twice. This time you want to marry Miss Suxin, but Wan Sanqian is powerless to do anything." Wan Sanqian's face looked very bad. The so-called wealth can make people powerful has now been torn to pieces by that dead eunuch Cao Zhengchun.

"I have changed my mind now. I can't rely on those ministers. I want to try another approach!" Zhu Wusi no longer has the high-spirited spirit of the past.

"What method?" Wan Sanqian said coldly.

"Think about me, Zhu Wusi. In terms of martial arts, I defeated the undefeated naughty boy Gu Santong, and killed Cao Zhengchun who had practiced Tiangang Boy's Kung Fu for sixty years. I can be said to be the best in the world. In terms of wisdom, I founded the Hulong Villa and made countless contributions to the country. But my father and my brother ignored me because my mother was of humble origin, and passed the throne to a mediocre person. Are the rules of throne inheritance so important? I, Zhu Wusi, will break this rule!" Zhu Wusi was talking and dancing in front of the main hall of the Hulong Villa, which has not yet been officially opened.

"But what can I get if I help you achieve great things?" Wan Sanqian behaved like a businessman again.

"From now on, you will be the largest imperial merchant in the Ming Dynasty. I grant you three golden medals of immunity from death and the title of Duke of Song, which will be hereditary for your descendants!" Zhu Wusi waved his sleeves.

"We, the common people, pay our respects to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Long live the Emperor!" Wan Sanqian knelt down and sang with his hands clasped.

"Three thousand, I won't treat you unfairly!" Zhu Wusi laughed.

Zhu Wusi finally stood against the imperial power. In fact, he might not be very sincere towards Su Xin. When he was young, he didn't want to lose to Gu Santong. Now Su Xin is just a tool for him to pretend to be infatuated.

His role was similar to that of the deer that Zhao Gao led to the palace, just to test whether the ministers would support him. It was obvious that his character was not as good as Zhao Gao's, because when he reported that he wanted to marry Su Xin, everyone from the royal family to the officials in the capital clearly opposed it, and finally even the local officials followed suit and reported to oppose and impeach him.

Using the banner of a big company to deceive others, Zhu Wusi rebuilt the archive room with the funding of Wan Sanqian, and brought the previously scrapped archives back to the light of day through this reconstruction.

Since Zhu Wusi would test, Zhengde would do the same, and summoned Zhu Wusi to ask for the files in the archives room and the password to mobilize the spy system. Zhu Wusi refused without any surprise, and the reason was also ridiculous, saying that it was not glorious for the emperor to control the private affairs of his subjects, and all the bad reputations should be borne by him, the emperor's uncle.

During the process of reporting to the emperor, Zhu Wusi also applied to recruit spies to fill the vacancies of Shangguan Haitang and Gui Hai Yidao.

Zhengde disagreed, and on the grounds that Duan Tianya was involved with the imperial prisoner and Cheng Shifei was no longer suitable to be a spy as a county horse, he ordered Zhu Wusi to take back the spy tokens of the two and cut them off.

Zhu Wusi never expected that Zhengde would be so decisive in cutting off his wings. If the departure of Shangguan Haitang and Gui Hai Yidao was an accident, then the departure of Duan Tianya and Cheng Shifei this time was intentional by Zhengde. He seemed to have known what he was thinking.

But so what? I rebuilt the archives room myself, and the ten generals obeyed my orders. The emperor has strong soldiers and horses, and my nephew is still too young.

When the ten generals received Zhu Wusi's order to leave their defense zones and enter Beijing, the Shenjiying Camp reorganized by Yu Xian for Zhengde also began to show results. Yu Xian was now accompanying Zhengde for the inspection.

"Your Majesty, this is the reorganized Shenji Camp, with a total of 12,500 people, including 7,500 musketeers, 1,500 artillerymen, 3,000 baggage soldiers, 300 scouts, and 200 dispatchers. It is equipped with 8,000 new self-propelled muskets, 150 new artillery pieces, 3,000 swords, and 500 special crossbows. There are 3,000 war horses and 1,000 mules." Yu Xian gave Zhengde a brief explanation of the equipment status of the Shenji Camp.

"Cao Zhengchun, I gave you a complete Shenjiying, but you cut it down to more than 10,000 people and replaced them with a bunch of useless muskets and cannons. I now doubt your intentions!" Zhengde had no confidence in the more than 10,000 troops in front of him.

"Your Majesty, I have an idea. The generals of the ten military regions left the defense zone and went to Beijing without an imperial edict. Your Majesty can issue an order to reprimand them and ask them to return. If there is anyone who insists on doing so, I will take these 12,500 people to take over the defense zone in the name of suppressing rebellion. Your Majesty will then know the quality of this new Shenji Camp." Yu Xian had no burden at all about killing people.

"But those are my Ming Dynasty soldiers!" Zhengde couldn't bear it.

"Your Majesty, if loyalty is not absolute, then it is absolutely disloyal! You must have a heart of a bodhisattva, but you must also have ruthless means!" Yu Xian's tone and content did not match at all.

"But I only saw Eunuch Cao's violent methods, not his kind heart." Zhengde expressed his doubts about the dead eunuch's intentions.

"Your Majesty, you should have a heart as kind as a bodhisattva. You don't need me to do dirty work for you." Yu Xian was so angry that he was about to die.

"Eunuch Cao has a very clear idea of his own position!" Zhengde couldn't stand the eunuch's words and sneered.

What he said seemed to make sense, but why did it make me feel uncomfortable?

Zhengde finally listened to the advice and issued three imperial edicts in three days to reprimand the generals who were still on the road. Six generals wisely went back, but four generals ignored him. Among them, the general in the Shanxi defense zone was the most arrogant. He not only tore up the imperial edict but also expelled the eunuch who delivered the edict from the post station.

Zhengde reported the situation to the court. The court officials, who were already worried because the general had not been summoned to the capital, requested that he be removed from his post and punished.

This general was also very courageous. He returned to Shanxi halfway and raised an army in the name of clearing the court of evil officials. When the news came, people in the capital were in a panic. Zhu Wusi and Wan Sanqian were waiting for the moment when the troops entered the capital.

At this time, Zhengde ignored the memorials from the court officials and went to the Armory to find the dead eunuch who was forging iron.

"Cao Zhengchun, as you wished, the 100,000 troops in the Shanxi Defense Zone rebelled in the name of clearing the court. I will give you a chance!" Zhengde looked at the dead eunuch with sweat and stains on his face with some disgust.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will change my clothes and go out to fight. We will definitely defeat this army of 100,000 in Zhengding." Yu Xian said this in a relaxed and happy tone.

"I'm willing to gamble with you on the throne and even my life! Don't let me lose." Zhengde finally patted the eunuch on the shoulder.