Evening, Cining Palace.

After Queen Mother Zhang spared her son from greeting her, she backed away, pulled her son to her side, and asked worriedly:

"My son, what happened today?

How come you have such a quarrel with hundreds of officials and nobles, as well as the kings of the clan? Although you are the emperor, the world is not the emperor's hall. It is better not to have too much quarrel with the civil and military nobles of the dynasty. No matter who it is, you have nothing to do with the world. Or it’s inappropriate for most people to be enemies.”

Although Queen Mother Zhang has been invisible all these years and has always abided by the ancestral precepts not to interfere in politics, but she just doesn't interfere in politics, which does not mean that she doesn't know anything. At this time, she was afraid that her son would have too much trouble with the officials, so she spoke.

"Mother, you don't know how extreme they are.

Today, that old guy named Qi actually wants me to delegate power to the local governor and local powerful men, so that they can form their own private armies to fight against the White Lotus Sect. Does he think I'm stupid, or does he think I haven't read the book?

If the local governor had military power, what would be the difference between him and the Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty and the local separatist regimes in the late Celestial Dynasty? He was clearly cursing me that Daqian would be destroyed.

If only my great-grandfather were still alive.

I can kill him on the spot today and wipe out my clan."

After all, it was in front of his own mother, so Emperor Xuanwu rarely made any pretense, but directly vented his anger, with a tone that had a hint of complaint.

"That's it, don't be angry.

It’s not like you don’t know what kind of temper those ministers have. I’m afraid he doesn’t really mean to do this when he says this. He just wants to use this to provoke you and make you compromise quickly and wipe out the White Lotus Sect as soon as possible.”

"By the way, there are rumors outside that you and Princess Jiahe are in a cooperative relationship, and the two of them worked together to steal all the gold, silver and jewelry in the capital.

Now there are two people working together with the White Lotus Sect to eliminate the local feudal kings and powerful people.

Although Aijia knows that this should not be the case.

But if the rumors spread too widely, it may not only have a serious impact on your reputation, but may also cause some officials, nobles and clans to alienate you."

After saying a few words of relief to her son, Queen Mother Zhang immediately mentioned another thing that worried her.

"What?" Emperor Xuanwu didn't pay much attention to the gossip in the capital. Previously, his main focus was on those officials who remonstrated and the clan members of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, so when he heard this rumor, he was first shocked and then angry:

"Bold, who is so bold as to falsely accuse me, arrange me, and really think that I am at a disadvantage?"

"I don't know, but according to the Aijia's estimation, it is most likely the fault of the civil servants. Those generals have no such brains. Maybe they are really in pain and are afraid of the White Lotus Sect. They are doing everything just to force you. Hurry up and put them to death. The White Lotus Sect was completely wiped out, along with Jiahe.

This way they are satisfied and the rumors are disproven.

Although I feel a little aggrieved, after all, you are not your grandfather or grandpa Zeng, you do not have such a high prestige, and you do not have so many loyal subordinates, so sometimes you still have to compromise where you should compromise!"

Empress Dowager Zhang, who is taciturn and usually invisible, has a high level of political consciousness. She is very clear about why this situation has occurred, and she is also very clear that her son's position at this time is not as stable as imagined and is far from what he wants to do. You can do whatever you want and kill whoever you want, so you have to make some compromises.

In order to make her son listen to her words, Queen Mother Zhang quickly continued to persuade her son with sincere words:

"You have to know that the core of Emperor Wenzhi's failure was not that he was stupid, but that those who were enlightened had more help, and those who were unjust had little help. It was because he offended too many nobles and clans, but even he couldn't.

He just offended the nobles and clan and favored civil servants.

You are now dissatisfied with all three.

That is because it was not you who did these things, but the White Lotus Sect, and the local vassal kings did not have 100,000 or 200,000 troops at their disposal like in the past, so nothing happened.

But now they have begun to suspect that you are the mastermind behind the scenes. Regardless of whether you are, as long as they think you are, then they may treat you as

If you become the chief culprit, I will deal with you just like I dealt with Emperor Wenzhi.

Even if you can't get the feudal king to rebel.

But there must be other means.

So you should listen to my mother's advice and stop thinking about the snipe and the clam fighting. The fisherman has benefited. Some things don't need to be done in one step, so you can stop."

During the more than ten years that the late emperor supervised the country, Empress Dowager Zhang was very helpful. In many aspects, including her understanding of government affairs and the checks and balances of power among civil and military officials, she was no worse than the late emperor. On the contrary, Emperor Xuanwu was slightly weaker.

Not thinking comprehensively enough!

In other words, they underestimated the strength of civil and military officials.

Empress Dowager Zhang, who was afraid that something might happen to her son, could only continue to persuade her son to stop in a more straightforward manner.

At this time, Emperor Xuanwu's complexion was naturally very bad, but his complexion here was not because he was angry with his mother, but mainly because he was angry with the civil and military officials. After a long time, he growled:

"Is it possible that they still dare to kill the king?"

Empress Dowager Zhang did not speak this time. After a few seconds of silence, she nodded in approval.

Then, Emperor Xuanwu's face became even more ugly.

After a long time, he sighed:

"Mother, I'm afraid you will need to take more care of the harem from now on. You must ensure the safety of the harem, especially the safety of food, and nothing can go wrong.

Alas, originally I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to completely solve the problem of the vassal king and solve most of the land annexation problems. If I succeed, I can at least continue the national destiny for another sixty years, but now it seems that I can only be considered a barely successful.

Half, at most, the country’s fortunes will continue for half a decade.

That’s all…”

Although it is a pity, Emperor Xuanwu obviously did not want to fight against the civil and military officials, so he could only compromise at this time.

Then, of course, he discussed some details with his mother, left Cining Palace, and in the morning of the next day, he took the lead in issuing an edict to denounce Marquis Wanping.

It can be regarded as expressing one's attitude.

When all the officials saw this, they immediately understood that the emperor had compromised, so of course they expressed their thoughts and opinions unceremoniously.

And after arguing for more than an hour, we came to a result that all the forces could reluctantly agree with.

That is to dispatch three armies separately.

Don't worry about any local affairs, just pursue and destroy the White Lotus Sect as your mission. It is bound to completely wipe out the White Lotus Sect in various places, kill the Holy Mother of White Lotus, Princess Jiahe, and the so-called Daughter Kingdom will also be wiped out.

As for Wanping Hou, he was directly escorted to Beijing.

Countless impeachment memorials are waiting for him.

Good guy, I asked him to kill the bandits all the way, but in the end, the bandits were not killed and not talked about, but instead they ate a lot of food.

I don’t know how to share some with everyone and eat alone.

Who can be impeached if not him?

At the same time, it was obvious that Qu Jie, who had given herself numerous pretexts along the way, did not know what was going on in the capital.

But she really didn't want to let this land, which had been peaceful for a while, start war again. If it weren't for the purpose of obtaining enough people to build the daughter country she created overseas, she might not even cooperate with the White Lotus Sect.

So Qu Jie received this news.

Of course, he immediately informed his subordinates and the followers of the White Lotus Sect, asking them to retreat immediately.

Withdraw from Daqian Kingdom.

And he deployed a maritime defense line around the first island he developed to prevent them from attacking the daughter country.

Therefore, when the three groups of people from the imperial court, leading a total of more than 300,000 troops, arrived at the county where the White Lotus Sect was finally wreaking havoc, Qu Jie and the others had already fled.

The imperial army was incompetent and furious.

In fact, there is no good way.

At most, they could only send people back to Beijing to report, and at the same time hurriedly followed the White Lotus Sect's retreat track, and even if they ran after each other, they couldn't catch up. In the end, they could only stare at the ocean on the coastline near Nanwan Island, while temporarily stationed there. , and by the way, requested the support of the imperial navy.

There is no way, they are all soldiers, even a large part of the soldiers

They don't know how to swim. At the same time, except for recruiting some small fishing boats from the surrounding area, they have no big boats at all. They can't rely on small fishing boats to attack the daughter country somewhere overseas. That is not to wipe out the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, but to lead troops. Go and die in the ocean!

So we can only stay where we are and wait for support.

As for Emperor Xuanwu, it doesn't really matter. If you want to fight, just fight. Anyway, the state treasury has made a lot of money recently by selling off those unowned properties. In addition, a large number of disaster-stricken people have been taken away by the White Lotus Sect, which means a lot less money is spent on disaster relief every year. The treasury is now quite full of funds, and those officials insist on annihilating the White Lotus Sect.

So Emperor Xuanwu went with them. He wanted water troops to transfer water troops and money to transfer money. If he won, he had good guidance. If he lost, he would give him whatever he asked for. It was obvious that the generals were useless and the officials were incompetent. inability.

However, even though Emperor Xuanwu was very cooperative, the court officials did not cause any trouble because there were many fixed procedures to follow. When the navy finally arrived near Nanwan Island, it was already a month later. When the official attack was launched, it was even more difficult. It's the stormy season.

How to describe this season?

Even Qu Jie and the others did nothing at all. Those naval forces who did not know much about the ocean conditions and had only fought in inland lakes or rivers chose to go to sea on a sunny day without any precautions, and then they still did not find Qu Jie and his daughter's country. The location was hit by a violent storm.

Not only were the ships heavily damaged.

The casualties were also extremely heavy.

When they made an emergency return and returned to the coast for statistics, a total of nearly 30,000 soldiers were missing.

Fifty-six ships were damaged.

These were completely damaged, irreparable or sank directly in the ocean. There were also countless severely damaged and slightly damaged ships. Not a single ship came back intact. There were also losses in other aspects such as materials and weapons. Not to mention, it's impossible to measure.

On the contrary, Qu Jie and the others discovered that there were still many people surviving on the ocean, so they quickly dispatched an emergency boat and through various operations such as salvage, they rescued a total of more than 10,000 people. While treating them, they imprisoned them.

After all, they are enemies, and even if there is a life-saving grace for them, they may not recognize it, so it is better to keep it in confinement for the time being and conduct careful inspection or education before talking about it.

Time goes back to more than a month ago.

Although the White Lotus Saint and the elders of the White Lotus Sect feel that Qu Jie is a bit alarmist and are confident that they are not afraid of the imperial court's encirclement and suppression, because Qu Jie is giving orders as the White Lotus Saint, other senior officials are not only willing to obey orders, but they are also

I am very curious about what the daughter country created by Our Lady of the White Lotus looks like.

Therefore, in the end, their arms could not twist their thighs, and there were fewer people than more people, so they had to agree.
To be continued...