"Your Majesty, do you want me to go and kill those emissaries of the seven countries who are trying to steal the corner of my Great Ming Empire?" Xu Zhiling asked.”
Zhu Houzhao pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head.
" Your Majesty," Kuo Zhong said worriedly," according to my intelligence, the people that the secret envoys of the Seven Kingdoms want to poach from the Great Ming are all extraordinary people.
Other than a rookie like Huo Qubing, there were also important officials like Yu Qian, Hai Rui, and Lu Xiangsheng.
If they were dug out, the consequences would be unimaginable.”
"They can't dig it away. Let's just watch the show.”
Zhu Houzhao smiled calmly.
Yu Qian, Lu Xiangsheng, Qi Jiguang, and the others were the most capable and loyal civil officials and generals of the Ming Dynasty.
If they could all be poached by the seven countries, then Great Ming would have fallen apart long ago.
The two dragons looked at each other.
Even though Zhu Houzhao was so certain, they were still feeling uneasy.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Yu Qian and the other old ministers of Great Ming, but that Yu Qian and the other old ministers were too important to Great Ming…
…………
Just as the two dragons were worried.
The secret emissaries of the seven countries had already secretly boarded the residences of Yu Qian and the other important officials of the Ming Dynasty.
The first to be found was the loyal and brave general, Li Dingguo.
The person who found him was a secret agent from Daqing.
After seeing Li Dingguo, the Great Green Secret Envoy took off his hat and revealed his tail. After cupping his hands at Li Dingguo, he persuaded,""General Li, our Empress Dowager knows that General Li's talent is extraordinary. He is the most outstanding commander of the Great Ming Empire.
I have admired the general for a long time, so I sent a letter to the general.”
Li Dingguo took the letter but did not open it.
Instead, he looked calmly at the Ming envoy." Are you a Han or a barbarian?”
The emissary was stunned.
Then, he said proudly," I was originally a Han. After I joined Daqing, I was raised up. Now, I'm already a first-class citizen of Daqing and enjoy endless wealth.
As long as General is willing to submit to Daqing, your status will be above mine. General, please…"
The emissary said with a smile.
However, he did not realize that Li Dingguo's eyes were filled with killing intent.
A pair of strong iron hands stretched out and directly broke the secret envoy's neck.
"Bah! A dignified son of the Han family defected to the barbarians. What this old man hates the most in this life is traitors who defected to the barbarians!”
After saying that.
He loosened his grip, and the corpse of the Great Green Secret Envoy fell limply to the ground.
There was still a look of disbelief on his face…
He looked at the corpse of the Great Green Secret Envoy.
Li Dingguo's eyes flashed with thoughts. Then, he ordered people to send the body to the palace and wrote a letter about the cause and effect of this matter.
The same scene happened in the residences of the old officials of Great Ming.
However, their methods were gentler. After rejecting the recruitment of the seven emissaries, they did not kill them.
He ordered people to tie up the seven emissaries and send them to the palace…
The purpose of these old officials was actually very simple.
There were two reasons.
First, he wanted to remind Zhu Houzhao that the current situation of Great Ming was not good. The various empires were surrounding him, hoping that Zhu Houzhao would not continue to be muddle-headed.
Second, he wanted to hone Zhu Houzhao's ability to handle major matters.
They were all old bones, how many more years could they hold on for Da Ming?
If one day, they all left.
Losing their support, Da Ming's heavy burden would still fall on Zhu Houzhao.
Therefore, they only hoped that they could give Zhu Houzhao more opportunities to train while they were still alive.
At the same time, they could also see how capable Zhu Houzhao was and see if he was really an incurable fatuous ruler…
When the emissaries of the seven countries were sent to the palace together with the letter.
Inside the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Zhu Houzhao had a complicated expression.
If one were to say that he had been an incompetent ruler for so long, the ones he owed the most were probably these loyal and brave old ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
On one hand, she was angry with him, and on the other hand, she was working hard to support the operation of the Great Ming Empire.
At this moment, he looked at the emissaries of the seven countries who had been sent into the palace.
This time, he wanted to be willful.
He would no longer be a foolish ruler on this matter!
It was not for anything else, but to make up for the debt he owed to the old officials and give them peace of mind and hope.
The two dragons also understood the meaning of the old officials sending the secret envoy into the palace.
He fell into deep thought.
He sighed in his heart. The few old bones of the Ming Dynasty had really given His Majesty a difficult problem.
As the saying went, it was easy to invite a god but difficult to send him away.
It was easy to take down the emissaries of the seven countries, but how to deal with them was a headache.
If he were to kill them directly, it would be a warning to the various countries, but as the emperor, he would not be able to do so.
Fighting and killing at the drop of a hat was too low-level.
It would also create a cruel and heartless image for the people of the Nine Provinces.
Let go.
It was even more impossible.
Wouldn't that make Da Ming appear too weak?
Just as they were thinking hard about how to deal with this…
Zhu Houzhao had already made up his mind.
"Release them all. Send someone to send back the corpse of the Great Green Secret Envoy.”
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's order.
The two dragons were stunned.
Why did His Majesty choose the worst option out of all the choices?
Releasing the seven emissaries, wouldn't that be equivalent to telling the world that my Ming Dynasty is a toilet, and that the seven emissaries can come and go as they please?
In this way, where was Da Ming's backbone?
Where was Zhu Houzhao's dignity as the Emperor?
At this moment.
Zhu Houzhao said,"Releasing the people is not a simple matter. We have to beat the drums and gongs and make a big fuss about this matter."
Let the world know how despicable the seven countries were to send out secret emissaries and what schemes they used to poach my Great Ming.
And I, Great Ming, am so generous and willful that I didn't mind and even sent their secret envoy back…"
" Your Majesty," Kuo Zhong was stunned." The secret envoys of the seven kingdoms didn't seem to use too many underhanded tricks and conspiracies when they poached the enemy, did they?"”
Xu Zhiling rolled his eyes at him.”
Kuo Zhong was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly laughed and gave Zhu Houzhao a thumbs up."Your Majesty, this move is really brilliant!
Releasing them with such fanfare not only showed the world that His Majesty was benevolent, but also humiliated the seven emperors. They let the world see the dark side of the seven emperors and swept away their prestige in the hearts of the world.
What was even more amazing was that this move of His Majesty's made it so that even if the seven emperors wanted to get angry, they would have no reason to.
After all, our Great Ming is so benevolent. We captured their secret envoy and sent him back. We made them suffer and have no way to say anything.
Hahaha!
High, really high!
His Majesty's move could be said to have killed three birds with one stone!”
Kuo Zhong's eyes lit up, and he admired Zhu Houzhao from the bottom of his heart.
Xu Zhiling also looked at Zhu Houzhao with admiration. He only felt that Zhu Houzhao was usually lazy, but once he made a move, it would be earth-shattering, as if he was lifting something heavy as if it was light, and wonderful beyond words.
This was how he had subdued Zhao Yun and Wei Qing.
It was even more so for the emissaries of the Seven Kingdoms.
Zhu Houzhao kicked Kuo Zhong angrily."Alright, stop flattering me. I'll leave this matter to you.”
"Understood!"
Kuo Zhong chuckled and left the palace to settle this matter.
Zhu Houzhao looked outside the palace.
There was a rare sense of pride in his eyes!
As the time for the Heaven Prodigy Roll to be unveiled approached.
His image as a fatuous ruler was getting closer and closer to being exposed.
A heroic feeling that could swallow the world gradually brewed in his chest.
"Soon, I want everyone in the world to see what kind of unfathomable existence Zhu Houzhao is!”
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