Great Qian Imperial Family's Plan: Enlist the Martial Prohibition Hall and Reestablish the Tianwu Army
While the Grandmaster of the Martial Prohibition Hall were taking stock of their belongings and parting ways, news of the Martial Prohibition Hall's split spread.
Before long, the news spread throughout the entire martial Jianghu Daqian, which could be considered a conclusion to the matter of Lu Tianheng's execution.
After all, many people had previously speculated that the remaining Grandmaster of the Martial Prohibition Hall might unite to avenge Lu Tianheng.
Unexpectedly, they were so decisive and clean-cut that they broke up immediately, which relieved the worries of the other Jianghu factions.
It should be noted that although the Martial Prohibition Hall had been severely damaged before, its remaining strength should not be underestimated.
However, when Jiang Lan heard this news, he was furious. He was planning to take over the Martial Prohibition Hall after dealing with Lu Tianheng.
Lu Tianheng has been killed, but it has been spread that the Grandmaster of the Martial Prohibition Hall have also dispersed.
This immediately enraged Jiang Lan, who smashed several things in her Imperial Study.
Wei Jin, who was serving him, had a solemn expression, kept his eyes straight ahead, and dared not utter a sound.
After throwing a tantrum, Jiang Lan finally calmed down.
A warm smile returned to his face, completely masking his previous anger.
"Go and investigate how many Grandmaster in the Martial Prohibition Hall are still loyal to our Great Qian," Jiang Lan casually instructed.
"Yes! This old servant will do it immediately!" Wei Jin replied respectfully, then turned and left the Imperial Study.
Jiang Lan watched Wei Jin's retreating figure, her eyes flickering.
In fact, he had always had a plan to incorporate the entire Martial Prohibition Hall and then rebuild the Tianwu Army.
The Tianwu Army was the imperial army before the establishment of the Martial Prohibition Hall, because many experts and key personnel were transferred from the Tianwu Army when the Martial Prohibition Hall was established.
Therefore, the Tianwu Army gradually fell into disuse until it was completely abolished, leaving only the Royal Guard to protect the Imperial City.
Even now, the Royal Guard's combat strength is quite worrying, because there are no experts joining the army.
Therefore, their combat strength has never improved, and the Royal Guard can only perform ceremonial duties such as maintaining the dignity of the royal family.
After all, not long after the establishment of the Great Qian Dynasty, under the leadership of the three emperors, the entire Great Qian was quickly unified.
There are no enemies around Daqian anymore, and the only enemies that need to be suppressed are the powerful Jianghu figures.
Ordinary troops are ineffective against these people.
After the establishment of the Forbidden Martial Prohibition Hall, it gradually began to seize power from the Tianwu Army, leading to frequent power struggles and endless conflicts between the two forces.
Maintaining an army required enormous military expenditures, and in addition, the capital city had just been moved, making the economy quite difficult at that time.
Therefore, in the end, Tianwu Emperor made a firm decision and completely abolished the Tianwu Army.
Then the responsibility of protecting each state and county was handed over to the Martial Prohibition Hall.
As for daily security issues, they were left to the constables of each city, who were under the jurisdiction of the city lords.
However, even the city lords have to act according to the whims of the Martial Prohibition Hall.
After all, at that time, the Martial Prohibition Hall was at its zenith and enjoyed the deep trust of the Tianwu Emperor.
Furthermore, those who cause trouble, commit crimes, and commit serious offenses in various places are almost all highly skilled individuals from the Jianghu martial arts world) forces, and the Martial Prohibition Hall must also handle them.
Abolishing the Tianwu Army not only resolved the dispute with the Martial Prohibition Hall, but also saved a large amount of military expenditure, Tianwu Emperor would certainly be happy to do.
However, the situation is completely different now. The Martial Prohibition Hall is out of control and is now practically defunct.
That's why Jiang Lan had the idea of reorganizing the Tianwu Army. However, before he could even put this idea into practice, reality hit him hard.
The fact that all the Grandmaster of the Martial Prohibition Hall dispersed on their own is bound to enrage Jiang Lan.
But since things have come to this point, getting angry won't help. The most important thing is to see how many people are still available to us.
Subsequently, Jiang Lan received news that Chen Qianliu and Liu Changxing wanted to join her.
Although there are only two Grandmaster, it's still not bad. At least these two Grandmaster are loyal to the Great Qian Imperial Family.
It's still better than those people before, who, as members of the Great Qian Dynasty, did things that betrayed the Great Qian.
Moreover, with these two Grandmaster around, my plan to build the Tianwu Army can now be implemented.
This way, when dealing with those Jianghu forces, you won't be completely without anyone to rely on.
Not long after, an imperial edict to reorganize the Tianwu Army arrived in the hands of Chen Qianliu and Liu Changxing.
Chen Qianliu appointed commander-in-chief of the Tianwu Army, and Liu Changxing was appointed deputy commander-in-chief. They were instructed to gather Jianghu figures and form an army composed entirely of Jianghu practitioners.
Then, with proper training and discipline, they will be given important positions once the army is fully formed.
Subsequently, Chen Qianliu and Liu Changxing began a vigorous campaign to recruit ordinary martial artists.
This made many ordinary martial artists overjoyed. After all, the current environment is bad and survival is difficult. Now that they have a stable source of income, what more could they ask for?
So the Tianwu Army quickly recruited enough men and began training.
Before long, news of the Great Qian Imperial Family reorganizing the Tianwu Army spread throughout the Jianghu.
Many people scoffed at this, after all, the combat power of ordinary troops is nothing compared to these highly skilled martial artists, and they are completely vulnerable.
A Grandmaster could easily annihilate an army of tens of thousands of ordinary people.
Even if they can't wipe them all out at once, Grandmaster can always withdraw and come back later.
After all, there are real examples to back this up; it's not just empty boasting.
In the early days of the Great Qian Dynasty, an army was dispatched to besiege Grandmaster. As a result, most of the dispatched army was killed or wounded, while the Grandmaster who was besieged was unharmed.
This was also the main reason why Tianwu Emperor was determined to establish the Martial Prohibition Hall and eventually abolish the Tianwu Army.
Therefore, those Jianghu forces completely disregarded the fact that the Great Qian Imperial Family was rebuilding the Tianwu Army and simply let it be.
However, they seem to have misunderstood. The Tianwu Army that Jiang Lan has formed this time is quite different from the previous Tianwu Army.
The newly reorganized Tianwu Army has no ordinary soldiers; it is entirely composed of martial artists, making it no easy opponent.
Jiang Liu, far away in Yunzhou, was also stunned by this dazzling series of news, not expecting that these people would act so quickly.
The good news is that six Grandmaster have actually gone to the Exotic Beast Valley in Qi Province. As a member of the Exotic Beast Valley, he certainly hopes that the Exotic Beast Valley can be preserved in this chaotic world.
However, Jiang Liu was a little wary of Jiang Lan's actions. Although he didn't know how strong the army was in this world, it was still a force to be reckoned with because of its large numbers.