Chapter 949: Chapter 881: The Red Emperor’s Ambitions
Zhang San led the troops back to the Capital Region Road and, before entering Daxing City, sent soone to report to the Red Emperor that he was returning and bringing back the entire family of the King of Shu.
After all, since he was ordered to go on an expedition, it was only natural to report first upon returning.
However, even when Zhang San and his troops were at the south of Daxing City, no news ca of the Red Emperor sending soone to greet him.
It was apparent that the Red Emperor did it on purpose.
Even if the Red Emperor was indeed diligent in state affairs, dealing with nurous matters daily, he could still have sent soone to greet him.
But since no one ca to greet him, it could only an that his notoriety had already spread from the Sword South Path to the Capital Region Road.
Therefore, the Red Emperor knew it was inappropriate to send soone to greet him, soone suspected of slaughtering 130,000 people.
And this let Zhang San… feel much more at ease.
He just feared that the Red Emperor might not know this news, or had discovered that his reputation wasn’t that bad.
Now that his reputation was terrible, ironically, it ant safety.
Therefore, Zhang San, having soone “protect” the family of the King of Shu, entered Daxing City.
At this ti, the Red Emperor and the ministers were in court, and upon hearing that Zhang San had returned, they imdiately summoned him.
Dust-covered Zhang San entered and imdiately cupped his hands in salute to the Red Emperor.
“Your Majesty, fortunately, your servant did not fail the mission. I have investigated the rebellion incident involving the King of Shu in the Sword South Path thoroughly and have safely escorted the King of Shu’s family back to the capital.”
Previously, although Zhang San had sent reports to the Red Emperor, the Red Emperor had not read them at the ti.
The Red Emperor initially thought that if Zhang San had killed even 130,000 people in the Sword South Path, surely his brother Yang Ling’s entire family was also dead.
But how did they manage to return safely?
The Red Emperor curiously asked, “Minister Zhang, what exactly happened in the Sword South Path?”
Zhang San imdiately explained, “It was all thanks to Your Majesty’s divine foresight! When your servant arrived at the Sword South Path, I discovered that it was the four major families in Yizhou City colluding with an evil cult, attempting to secretly overturn our Great Sui. Therefore, the four major families, allied with so officials in Yizhou City, imprisoned King of Shu Yang Ling and plotted rebellion in his na.”
“Fortunately, Your Majesty was wise to send . With the Divine Martial Army and the martial artists from the Town Martial Office’s help, and under the cooperation of various generals in the Sword South Path, we infiltrated Yizhou City by night, capturing the four rebellious families and rescuing King of Shu Yang Ling’s family. The evil cult even tried to incite so citizens of the Sword South Path to oppose the Imperial Court. Now, both the evil cult and the rebels have turned to bones.”
“This is indeed the heavens blessing Great Sui, blessing Your Majesty!”
As Zhang San spoke, many in the court had already noticed that the Red Emperor sending Zhang San to the Sword South Path to suppress the rebellion hoped to taint Zhang San’s hands with the blood of the Imperial Clan.
The blood of Kaihuang was not easy to ntion.
But with Zhang San’s hands sullied with the King of Shu’s blood, the situation would be different.
However, Zhang San not only spared the King of Shu but also quelled the rebellion in the Sword South Path.
These were not the most important; what mattered most was that Zhang San saved the Imperial Clan’s face, which could earn him gratitude from many mbers of the Imperial Clan rather than the initially planned hatred.
The Red Emperor also never expected such an outco.
“Hahaha… Minister Zhang, well done! I knew that Minister Zhang always gets things done reliably! Look at Qin Wulie, whose heavy-handedness in suppressing rebellions cost a royal brother. Alas—”
After Zhang San completed his report, he found a place to stand nearby, continuing to listen to the Red Emperor and the ministers deliberating on affairs.
After listening for a while, Zhang San realized that the Red Emperor wanted to send troops divided into five paths to attack the Tujue.
The reason was quite simple.
When Kaihuang was around, the Tujue divided into five paths to attack our Great Sui. Now that our Great Sui is strong, and the Tujue is weak, isn’t this the perfect ti to attack the Tujue?
Zhang San had little to say in response to the Red Emperor’s proposal.
But already, so in the court began to oppose the Red Emperor.
“Your Majesty the Red Emperor, this old minister believes it is inappropriate! Although our Great Sui and the Tujue have had many confrontations, the past year or two has been relatively peaceful. Sending troops to attack the Tujue now would plunge our Great Sui and the Tujue into prolonged war, burdening the people with hardships! Therefore, I hope Your Majesty will reconsider.”
An elderly minister from the Ministry of Household stepped forward and said.
The Red Emperor snorted coldly, angrily responding: “Then I shall conquer the entire Tujue, kill all the Tujue people! That way, we will not be embroiled in a long-term war with the Tujue!”
Though the old minister from the Ministry of Household didn’t understand warfare, he did know that exterminating all the Tujue people on the vast northern plains was no easy task.
At this mont, an old minister from the Ministry of Rites also stepped forward.
“Your Majesty the Red Emperor, recently, the Tujue have been embroiled in internal strife with battles raging between tribes, plus there’s a plague of mice on the plains, leaving the Tujue with little energy or interest to wage war against our Great Sui. Launching an unprovoked attack at this ti could easily draw condemnation. This is inappropriate.”
Upon hearing this, Red Emperor Yang Quan sniffed disdainfully.
“Did the Tujue have a reason to attack us when they did?”
At this point, the Red Emperor widened his eyes, angrily saying: “I have made up my mind on this matter. It doesn’t matter who tries to dissuade —it’s useless! I will act as the Tujue did to us back then, using their own thods to deal with them!”
Hearing this, the war faction, of course, beca eager.
Especially many from the Ministry of War realized this was a great opportunity to earn rits.
“What I aim to do isn’t rely to be an emperor! What I aim to be is an emperor that surpasses all in history! Even conquering the Tujue is just the first step; there are many small countries around the Tujue, right? Even so small nations around our Great Sui constantly flaunt their martial prowess at us! I want to subdue them all, make them submit! Even annihilate them! To make our Great Sui’s territory unprecedentedly vast! To establish an everlasting grand achievent for generations!”
At this mont, Yang Quan seed to go completely mad, laughing as he glanced at the ministers below who wished to stop him.
“Now, who else dares to block ?”
At this mont, many scholars began to suffer from ailnts.
Scholars possess their pride, along with their persistence.
In fact, many tis, in the hearts of so scholars, dying due to offering advice was instead a kind of honor.
So, the mont the Red Emperor posed this question, five or six ministers stood forward in the hall, each an elderly minister.
Evidently, having lived enough, they only lacked a reputation to be recorded in history.
Seeing so many fearless individuals standing out, the Red Emperor angrily declared: “In that case, guards, drag them all out and behead them! I’d like to see who else dares to oppose my grand plan for a northern expedition!”
At this mont, from the side of the military generals, soone stepped out, bowing to the Red Emperor with cupped fists.
“Your Majesty the Red Emperor, your servant opposes!”
At this mont, everyone looked at Zhang San, who decided to step forward and risk his life at this juncture, utterly bewildered.
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