Resentment Will One Day Flood the Empire

Debate was debate, but there didn’t seem to be much disagreement?

Yan Shou nodded in satisfaction.

Sending all these Jianghu people to the people was what he wanted.

They had come for merit, but now he was telling them to go home and farm.

This was definitely a fatuous act.

In all dynasties, there was no reason to let a victorious army with merit return to their fields.

These heroes were at the age of striving, and they had merit and rewards.

They didn’t have to worry about food and drink, and they were strong and powerful.

He had also given them privileges.

Wouldn’t the next step be to rely on their strength to bully others and oppress the people in their hometowns?

His Great Yan would be filled with resentment sooner or later.

Although these heroes might be the best lackeys, for the sake of his fatuous ruler career, it was better to let them return home to bully men and dominate women.

However, he still needed an explanation for the setting of the Flower and Bird Envoy.

So, Yan Shou returned to sit on the dragon chair, cleared his throat, and looked at the courtiers below.

Facing the Grand Commandant’s request that he breed for the country, he knew this was a test.

But he had really guessed correctly.

He was a fatuous ruler.

“Gentlemen, and Grand Tutor; he wanted to ask a question.

Why does the Emperor definitely need a prince?”

Faced with this obvious question, the court was silent.

“No one dares to answer?

Good, then he would find someone to answer.”

Saying that, Yan Shou stood up and looked at the Grand Tutor, who was at the head of the civil officials, “Selecting concubines is for a prince.

Grand Tutor, why do you think he needs a prince?”

The Grand Tutor paused and then lowered his head.

“Your old subject doesn’t know!”

“Old Grand Tutor, you don’t dare to say it, so let him say it?”

“Why select concubines?

Because he must continue the great unification, and he will eventually die.”

Hiss!

The Nine-Room Hall was silent enough to drop a needle.

“After his death, if there is no prince, the court will fall into turmoil.

If it’s serious, the country may collapse.

The late Emperor left in a hurry, and he was afraid that one day he would be the same.”

“Your Majesty…”

The civil and military officials in the hall all knelt on the ground when they heard this.

This sentence was, to some extent, a scolding of everyone present.

The new ruler believed that the True Dragon’s collapse was suspicious and that the fault lay with the courtiers.

He was afraid that he would be the same, and this conclusion was very serious.

“Why confess guilt?

It’s just death.”

Yan Shou clapped and laughed, “This matter is actually very simple.

As long as he is immortal and always sits on this dragon chair, all problems will be solved, right?”

“Some time ago, he and Chongyue had a detailed conversation all night and learned many secrets.”

“He wanted to set up a patrol division, and the personnel under its jurisdiction would be called Flower and Bird Envoys, to search the mountains and seas for immortality.”

Hearing Yan Shou’s delusional words, the Grand Tutor finally couldn’t help but touch his forehead!

He thought it was because the True Dragon Emperors of two consecutive dynasties had suddenly collapsed that the new ruler was wary and guarded against the courtiers, but he didn’t expect it to be for such a reason.

The Grand Ancestor was a wise ruler for so long before he became confused in his later years, and the late Emperor was also a wise ruler for more than ten years before he followed his father’s old path.

Could this new ruler think that he would be the same?

However, the sudden death of two consecutive True Dragons was also an irrefutable fact, so it was no surprise that the new ruler had such thoughts.

The Grand Tutor shook his head, and his lips moved, but he couldn’t open his mouth no matter what.

But explaining such things was just covering up, and it was not easy to explain.

Seeing that the wise men in the court were silent, Yan Shou directly named the Grand Tutor, “Grand Tutor, he asks you, how old can the longest-lived person live?”

This question was a bit abrupt, but the Grand Tutor still honestly answered, “One hundred and sixty is a ‘flower armor’, one hundred and seventy is ancient, one hundred and eighty is old age, and the True Dragon bloodline can enjoy more than a thousand years.”

Yan Shou asked the Grand Tutor again, “Grand Tutor, do you think a thousand years would be the limit of the True Dragon’s lifespan?”

The Grand Tutor thought for a while and replied, “It shouldn’t be, but it’s very close.

Even if he could live longer, he would probably not be able to speak or walk at that age, and he would only be able to lie in bed and be manipulated by others.”

“Then why is the Grand Tutor still so vigorous?”

After saying that, Yan Shou didn’t care what the Grand Tutor thought and directly waved his hand, “Therefore, he wanted to seek a True Immortal and obtain immortality, so that Great Yan could last for thousands of generations!”

Everyone looked at the Emperor on the dragon chair in surprise, including the Grand Tutor, who had a tense expression.

No one spoke, they needed to digest it.

The Grand Tutor was the first to digest it and said, “Your Majesty should first stabilize the foundation of the country.

As for the others, they must be seen to be believed.”

He didn’t directly refuse, nor did he directly agree, but said that they had to be seen to be believed, expressing it more euphemistically.

“Very good, Bai Dingshan, come forward to receive your orders…”

……

The Grand Tutor had no objection to Yan Shou setting up the Flower and Bird Envoy, and the courtiers naturally had no objection.

As for letting these heroes return to their fields to be Flower and Bird Envoys, it wasn’t something they could control.

In name, they were the Emperor’s Own Troops, so of course, the Emperor could do whatever he wanted.

However, Bai Dingshan, who had the additional title of Military Observer, returned to his mansion and sat in the same seat as before, and noticed something was wrong again.

Military Observer; could it be… this was a warning?

Not only was he warning himself, but he was also warning the Grand Tutor, and even the courtiers, and warning the local officials?

Great Yan was divided into Inner Service Officials and Outer Service Officials.

The Inner Service Officials were responsible for governing the core area, with Baizao as the main city, and the Outer Service Officials were local officials who were enfeoffed.

The Outer Service Officials had a superior-subordinate relationship with the central court, but they had stronger autonomy and hereditary inheritance than the later magistrates, prefects, and governors.

Therefore, the enfeoffed princes had great power, and they also had their own private armies.

There was no limit to the number of private armies.

You could organize as many armies as you could afford to raise.

Of course, since these princes were mostly enfeoffed in remote areas, no matter how they farmed, the army they could support would not be comparable to the core area located in the hinterland.

However, this was also a threat, and it was a sequelae left over from when the True Dragon unified the hundred tribes.

If you princes are useful and can suppress the local area and govern the local area, then that’s very good.

He would let you be and not care about you, because managing too much would hurt both sides.

But if they were useless…

Bai Dingshan’s heart tightened.

He was good at everything except fighting, especially figuring out people’s thoughts.

As the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, he was very good at thinking about interpersonal relationships and conflicts.

Military Observer!

Observing was what he meant, and the meaning of military appearance was very broad, but it mainly referred to a series of military affairs.

Most importantly, he was directly dispatched by the Emperor and could directly intervene in certain local decisions?

In other words, His Majesty wanted him to monitor the local military and see who were useless people.

How could useless people be in charge of the local area and be a prince?

And these three thousand Flower and Bird Envoys, in name, they were searching the mountains and seas for immortals and looking for beautiful women, but in reality, it might not be that simple.

Beautiful women?

What was beauty?

Fine jade and talent were also beauty.

Bai Dingshan realized that he was wrong from the beginning.

He had succeeded in quelling the rebellion, and everyone admitted that he had certain talents, but could he, Bai Dingshan, lead troops better and have more strength than Chongyue?

Impossible!

Although he, Bai Dingshan, was also an expert, he would definitely not be Chongyue’s opponent if they fought.

Even if he rode a horse at full speed, he couldn’t catch up with Chongyue walking.

Logically speaking, it would be easier to suppress the bandits with Chongyue around, but His Majesty sent twelve golden plaques to call him back.

Ordinary people would have a hard time seeing one golden plaque, but Chongyue was sent twelve in a row.

That was how much he valued him.

Letting him, Bai Dingshan, quell the rebellion was giving him, Bai Dingshan, a chance, and then letting him take the position.

Calling back Chongyue was probably because he valued his talents.

His Majesty very much needed talents like Chongyue, and he didn’t hesitate to order it with twelve golden plaques.

In other words, His Majesty needed talents, but he didn’t want to say it openly.

No seat!

Bai Dingshan already believed that Yan Shou was a wise ruler comparable to his ancestors, with great ideas, great strategies, and great ambitions.

From writing poems to seeking to purify the court, from changing generals to successfully quelling the rebellion, all of this represented that he, who had been silent for three years, was going to make a big move.

Asking the Grand Tutor about his age in the court was to knock on the Grand Tutor that old people who didn’t die were thieves, and his brother entering the court would definitely break the pattern of the Grand Tutor and the Grand Commandant governing together.

And these three thousand Flower and Bird Envoys, although there weren’t many of them, they all had their own sects behind them.

This move also kept a close eye on the local officials and the Jianghu forces of Great Yan.

So, His Majesty didn’t send him troops.

From the very beginning, did he calculate how he might quell the rebellion?

Did he know that he was good at socializing and that his brother had traveled around and made friends with many extraordinary people?

No wonder he gave him, and only gave him, a hundred Imperial Guards.

Hiss……

How terrifying!

Bai Dingshan’s heart was clear, and he completely understood.

He understood everything.