Wei Zhongxian, the famed Nine Thousand Years who had once wielded overwhelming power throughout Ming's court and country, was not only alive, but had also fled to the Great Song Dynasty and single-handedly devised a plan to stop Ming's western expedition.
When Yu Huatian learned that Wei Zhongxian was the man behind it, he was quite surprised.
More than ten years earlier, after Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne, he had stripped Wei Zhongxian of his position.
The next Director of the East Depot had been Wan Yulou, followed by Cao Zhengchun.
That purge had swept through almost every part of Ming. Everyone belonging to the Wei Faction had been slaughtered.
Even Wei Zhongxian's name had all but become taboo in Ming.
Yet unexpectedly, not only had the man survived and escaped to the Great Song Dynasty, he even still had people in the court now.
It was truly hard to believe.
"Wei Zhongxian was executed on his way into exile, and his corpse was brought back to the Capital. But judging by things now, he must have merely faked his death, substituting another corpse while he himself fled to the Great Song Dynasty and went into hiding."
"And these officials opposing the western expedition had all colluded with Wei Zhongxian before. They simply concealed it more deeply. After Wei Zhongxian was executed, they went to ground. If he hadn't appeared this time, they probably would never have been exposed in their entire lives."
"That old bastard disappeared for so many years, yet he still had so many moves held in reserve. Truly frightening!"
Ma Jinliang and the others were also deeply shocked, chilled by Wei Zhongxian's array of methods.
A man who should have been dead had come back to life, and he had even kept so many hidden pieces