Chapter 1724: The Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, and the Jianghu bowed its head

It took Su Mingzhe a lot of effort to take over Shaanxi, Yunnan, Huguang, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places.

Although he has never stopped infiltrating these places over the past two decades, most of these territories have two characteristics.

One is that the land is vast and the population is sparse.

Another is that local clan forces are particularly united.

Faced with this situation, Su Mingzhe's approach was to win over some people, then force some people to be neutral, and finally attack some people.

The whole process is quite time-consuming and laborious.

……

In the blink of an eye, Prince Ruyang and his family of three had been imprisoned for more than a year.

During this year, Su Mingzhe kept entertaining Wang Baobao and Zhao Min. Although he did not succeed in persuading the two to surrender, he did help them eliminate a lot of their vigilance, precautions, and hatred.

After another banquet.

Zhao Min returned to the prison and said with an uneasy look:

"Father, I just heard a piece of news from Ji Ruxue. I'm afraid that this Su thief will firmly establish his throne."

"Minmin, why are you so ambitious today?"

During the year that Prince Ruyang was in prison, he ate well, drank well, and was able to read and write every day, so his life was quite comfortable.

However, his attitude towards Su Mingzhe has never changed, and he has always called him "evil villain", "traitor", "Su thief" and so on.

Facing her father's doubts, Zhao Min had to smile bitterly and explained:

"Father, today, Ji Ruxue took me to the meeting room of Su Ze. A brand new map of the territory was hung in the meeting room. It not only drew the detailed outlines of the mountains and rivers, but also changed the thirteen provinces of my Yuan Dynasty to twenty-three provinces."

As Zhao Min spoke, she told Prince Ruyang about the detailed national policy formulated by Su Mingzhe, and finally sighed:

"From these national policies, it can be seen that Su has a lot of strategies for governing a country. In addition, within this year, he has successively conquered Henan, Huguang, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, and his troops have grown to a million. Compared with him, the combined strength of the Sky Eagle Sect, the White Lotus Sect, and the Ming Sect is probably not even a tenth as good as him."

"Now, we can only watch him unify the world."

While the father and daughter were talking, Wang Baobao also came back.

Unlike Zhao Min's surprise, when Wang Baobao came back, his eyes were dull and he looked distraught.

Zhao Min asked, and Wang Baobao choked up before he burst into tears:
"Father, His Majesty... has returned to the Eternal Heaven!"

……

Last year, Su Mingzhe started a rebellion, and in less than a month, he occupied the vast Henan Province.

The Sky Eagle Sect, the White Lotus Sect, and the Ming Cult were all provoked and unwilling to be outdone, so they used all their might to face the Tartars.

The Yuan court, which was already short of military forces, had to fight off the fierce rebels for a year, but was eventually captured by the Red Turban Army and its capital city was conquered.

Just now when Wang Baobao was having a banquet, the generals under Su Mingzhe knelt down and asked Su Mingzhe to ascend the throne and become emperor.

……

"Su Lang, everyone is asking you to ascend the throne and become emperor today, why are you refusing?"

Ding Minjun has been following Su Mingzhe for more than ten years and gave birth to a son two years ago.

Although she didn't dare to hope that the man would make her the queen and her son the crown prince after he ascended the throne, but thinking about her own merits, she thought that she could at least become a royal concubine and her son could at least become a prince, right?

"This is an ancient ritual. You must decline three times!"

Su Mingzhe naturally wanted to become emperor for a long time. After all, the Yuan court had been destroyed, and what followed was a battle with the White Lotus Sect, the Ming Sect, and the Sky Eagle Sect.

If he did not ascend the throne and become emperor, there would be no legitimate reason to attack these three families.

"so troublesome."

When Ding Minjun heard the man refuse twice, she immediately became upset.

However, after a while, she remembered something, snuggled into the man's arms, and said coquettishly:
"Su Lang, after you become emperor, can you take me back to Emei?"

"No problem. If you don't return home after becoming rich, it's like walking in the night with rich clothes!"

When Su Mingzhe attacked Sichuan, he received strong support from the Emei Sect because of Ding Minjun. It would be embarrassing if he didn't return the favor, so he immediately promised:

"When the time comes, we will go back with the dragon and phoenix carriage in all glory!" "Thank you, sir!"

Ding Minjun smiled happily when she got the promise.

Her ambitions have never been high, and being able to return to Mount Emei and show off her power is more important than anything else.

Of course, if a man could reward Sichuan to his son after becoming emperor, he would be even happier.

……

The next day.

Su Mingzhe was just about to reject his generals' second attempt to persuade him to surrender when he suddenly heard his guards report that a disciple of the Wudang Sect wanted to see him.

"pass!"

Not long after.

Song Yuanqiao, along with his three fellow apprentices Yu Lianzhou, Yin Liting, and Mo Shenggu, his son Song Qingshu, and other disciples including Zhang Wuji, came to the hall of the general's mansion.

When Su Mingzhe saw Song Yuanqiao leading the team, he stood up and said with a smile:

"It turns out that it is Master Song who has arrived. Please forgive me for not welcoming you in person!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

Song Yuanqiao knew that Su Mingzhe was about to ascend the throne and become emperor, and that he could no longer interact with him in his previous capacity, so he took two quick steps and led the Wudang disciples to pay their respects.

Su Mingzhe took two slow steps and waited for the Wudang disciples to finish their ceremony before he stepped forward to help them up:
"Master Song, you absolutely cannot do this! You are monks, how can you pay homage to this general?"

"As you should. The great general has done a great service in protecting our country and our people. He deserves this respect!"

Song Yuanqiao looked ashamed and kept lowering his head, putting on a very humble attitude.

……

Over the years, Su Mingzhe and the Wudang Clan have always had a good relationship.

In particular, after Su Mingzhe delivered the message to the Wudang Sect and saved Zhang Wuji, the relationship between the two sides became even more harmonious.

But last year, when Su Mingzhe started a rebellion, he sent a letter to Wudang, asking Wudang disciples to come down the mountain to help.

As a result, Song Yuanqiao refused to send his disciples down the mountain on the grounds that the Wudang Sect was a monastic sect.

This casts a shadow on the relationship between the two sides.

Today, Su Mingzhe's momentum is set, and he may unify the country and recreate the world at any time.

If the Wudang sect continues to "sit back on the Diaoyutai", then it will be a bit "uncertain of the future".

After being persuaded by several fellow apprentices and many disciples, Song Yuanqiao went down the mountain in person, ready to "renew their relationship" with Su Mingzhe and consolidate the relationship between the two sides.

As a result, as soon as the two met, Su Mingzhe said, "You are monks," which was clearly an attempt to find fault.

In order to let Su Mingzhe vent his anger, Song Yuanqiao simply acted ashamed and embarrassed.

……

So the two sides chatted for a while.

Su Mingzhe's dissatisfaction was somewhat alleviated, and he ordered a banquet to entertain the Wudang people.

After Song Yuanqiao and his disciples took their seats, they were suddenly shocked when they saw the people who came to accompany them:

"Divine Monk Kong Xing, Nun Jing Xuan, Manor Master Zhu, Manor Master Wu... When did you arrive?"

"Namo Amitabha! I and my disciples arrived here a month ago!"

The monk Kong Xing is a high-ranking monk of the Shaolin Temple with the surname Kong. His status in the martial arts world is comparable to that of Song Yuanqiao, Yu Lianzhou and others.

At this moment, the monk Kong Xing also paid homage to Su Mingzhe.

Master Jingxuan of Emei, as well as the owner of Zhuwu Manor and others followed closely behind.

Except for Huashan, Kunlun, Kongtong, Beggars' Sect, Ming Cult, White Lotus Sect and Sky Eagle Sect, all other well-known big sects in the martial arts world have basically sent their disciples, and some even have the leaders come in person.

Seeing this scene, Song Yuanqiao couldn't help but guess that Su Mingzhe's trend was already established and even gods and Buddhas could not stop him.