Chapter 305 - 169: A Decade-long Plan, the Fulfillment of a Hundred Corpses
The person to be executed in autumn was not lacking in spies sneaking in from the Northern Territory, Yaozhou, or the Southwest border. What these people said might not be true, but the Northern Territory thousands of miles away was far more chaotic than rumors suggested.
Since the ascension of Emperor Longping, the border army in the Northern Territory began to operate independently of the Imperial Court, refusing to follow the Yong Dynasty’s orders, eventually leading to a situation of various military governors dividing the territories.
When Emperor Jingxing first ascended to the throne, he had the intention to rectify the chaos in the Northern Territory, but before he could act, troublesome issues such as the Yaozhou rebel army and Southwest military coup arose on the imperial desk.
They say that with many lice, you don’t get bitten, with many debts, you don’t worry. Faced with such a situation, Emperor Jingxing was surprisingly calm, sending representatives to appease Yaozhou, slowly pacifying the Southwest, temporarily shelving the Northern Territory... the matter of selecting beauties was instead pressing.
Emperor Jingxing had been on the throne for half a year, and before he could savor the benefits of being an emperor, he had to seize the opportunity while ’young’ to enjoy all the privileges once.
Thousands of miles away in the Northern Territory, Zhu Huai’an, who once looked more like a beggar than an actual beggar, had now transformed into the backbone of a regional power.
Even though Prince Changting had already passed away, his reputation in the Northern Territory not only hadn’t waned but had become even more irreplaceable due to the renewed chaos in the region.
Those soldiers who once followed Zhu Sheng to battle life and death mostly compare the past with the present, wondering how the Northern Territory would be if the great general was still alive.
Now, the unexpectedly arrived Prince Zhu had become the replacement in the minds of these soldiers.
These former forces left by Prince Changting were undoubtedly the most precious legacy left for Zhu Huai’an. As long as he could seize control, he could establish his foundation.
At this time, in the Northern Territory, within the capital of the Seven Towns, Fangyi City, inside the Governor’s Mansion.
"Your Highness..."