Chapter 1129 Palace Examination

Even though His Majesty had suppressed them several times with the force of thunder, it still had little effect. So much so that at the Lantern Festival, a bloody painting of rivers and mountains had been performed...

Moreover, there were external troubles.

The founding emperor of Great Zhou was skilled in both pen and sword, his civil and military strategies were outstanding, and his achievements were glorious. At the founding of the dynasty, he led several personal expeditions, devastating the Tartars and Western Xia around him, making them flee in total disarray. After centuries of recuperating and breeding, they had barely recovered. However, precisely because they had regained their strength while internal strife frequently erupted within Great Zhou, it was no surprise that they repeatedly violated the borders.