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Chapter 2250 The Secret to Winning Popular Support
Chapter 2250 The Secret to Winning Popular Support
Forget it, I won't think about these things anymore. Since Qixia Sect is going to emerge from seclusion and engage with the world, he must strive to secure resources for the sect.
This land and these people have all been taken over by Cang Yan. If Qixia Sect wants to prosper, it must take some more from him.
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When Aunt Zhu entered the Imperial Study, the guards on both sides bowed to her.
"Thank you for your hard work, Auntie." He Lingchuan personally took out a jar of fine wine. "This is Qiongmi Osmanthus Wine, brewed with the delicate flowers of the old osmanthus tree in the Golden Palace and Qiongmi rice. Hmm, Qiongmi rice is a new variety of spiritual rice that was successfully cultivated only five months ago."
"Oh?" Aunt Zhu took it, unceremoniously broke the mud seal, and took a few shallow breaths.
The Spider Queen sisters both love to drink.
"To be honest, it's not as good as the fruit wine last time." The old lady always spoke her mind and didn't care about social niceties.
“Second Madam prefers peach blossom wine more,” He Lingchuan said with a smile. “Alright, I’ll send some more fruit wine to your residence. Remember, this time don’t hang the palace servants who deliver the wine upside down.”
Last time, a palace maid brought wine to Granny Zhu, but she took the wrong path when leaving the cave and ended up being tied up by the little spider guarding the cave.
"Don't worry, it won't happen again," Aunt Zhu said readily. "I've already arrested the Heavenly Centipede who robbed the Xuanjing warehouse, but it hasn't fully confessed."
"Incomplete?" He Lingchuan understood. "It only acknowledges some of the crimes?"
"Yes. It insists that it only robbed five Xuanjing warehouses and stole less than 1,500 jin of Xuanjing. The rest that was stolen has nothing to do with it."
"Believable?"
Aunt Zhu moved her front paws: "There are really not many monsters that can lie under my claws."
The Soul-Capturing Mirror exclaimed, "If this is true, where did the two stolen warehouses and two thousand catties of Xuan Crystal go?"
“If there are no other thieves, then someone must have embezzled the Xuanjing inventory and framed Tianwu.” He Lingchuan tapped his fingertips lightly on the table twice. “Over the years, it’s inevitable that termites will grow in the warehouse. I will send people down to investigate carefully.”
When he said that, it meant someone was going to lose their head.
Cangyan has been established for several years, and the Dragon God has been very strict in cracking down on corruption, but it still occasionally surfaces—it is not easy to use clear laws and strict regulations to combat human nature.
He turned to look at the sand table.
To others, it appeared as a complete map of Cangyan. Mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, and cities were depicted in remarkable detail.
But in He Lingchuan's eyes, the sand table was covered with stars, most of them shining brightly, with only a few slightly dim.
"Of the seven reported stolen Xuanjing warehouses, only five were robbed by Tianwu." He pointed to two dimly lit spots and said, "Okay, let's start investigating these two places!"
Aunt Zhu asked curiously, "Why these two?"
He Lingchuan yawned: "The residents of these two places have some complaints, and I've wanted to investigate them for a while now."
These stars on the sand table represent the power of will, which can only be seen by the owner of the Clang Dragon Armor.
The dimming of the stars indicated a decline in the local people's faith in the Dragon God. After years of practice, He Lingchuan discovered that this was mostly related to the local government's governance level. There was corruption among officials, collusion between officials and businessmen, people's lives were not good, or local officials were simply incompetent... In short, once there were grievances and complaints, the power of the prayers passed to the Dragon God naturally decreased.
The faint starlight in these two places coincided with the stolen Xuanjing warehouse, so He Lingchuan naturally had to start his investigation from these two places first to see if local officials were behind it.
For any empire, "reaching the ears of the emperor" is no easy task; the larger the country and the longer its history, the more absurdly difficult it becomes. Emperors, residing high in the imperial court, find it difficult to understand the lives of ordinary people far removed from the court.
This misalignment between the upper and lower classes, when accumulated over time, becomes a chronic problem. While the people are clearly suffering, those in power believe the world is at peace and the people are living in prosperity. It's only when swords and spears pierce the illusion of the imperial court that they realize the truth—and by then it's too late.
With this astrological chart, He Lingchuan could directly observe how people across the country evaluated the government system and local livelihoods. He would investigate those who needed to be investigated, execute those who needed to be executed, and transfer those who needed to be transferred, making timely personnel appointments and removals to protect people's livelihoods and quell public grievances.
If they can't find anything the first time, they'll try again! Every time the Cangyan Royal Court issues an order, they catch their prey instantly. The people of Shanjin naturally applaud and cheer, praising the Emperor's divine might and wisdom.
However, everyone in the official system was on high alert, feeling as if they were surrounded by the royal court's eyes and ears, with a sword hanging over their heads, not knowing when it would fall.
Cangyan has been established for a much shorter time than Beijia and Mou, and its territory is still relatively clean. He Lingchuan also cracks down hard on every case he discovers to serve as a warning to others, so Cangyan's administration is generally quite efficient, and its Yuan power level is steadily improving.
Of course, Aunt Zhu didn't know about the existence of the Wish Power Star Chart, nor did she know that Wish Power and Yuan Power were related.
Even if it knows, it doesn't care; it only cares about the things at hand.
"It also confessed that it was the guardian spirit beast of the Qixia Sect. This immortal sect has been in seclusion for more than a hundred years and its reserves of Xuanjing are very low, so it sent it out to plunder some to replenish its supplies."
"Qixia Sect?" He Lingchuan frowned slightly. "Where have I heard of it before?"
"Liu Qingdao claims to be from an ancient immortal sect and seems to have special skills. He's currently researching information." Aunt Zhu said discontentedly, "These newly emerged sects and powerful demons seem to have lost their minds. They don't know that the world outside has changed drastically, and they think they can do whatever they want as soon as they come out of the mountains."
"Even if they knew, they wouldn't care. For the past few thousand years, they didn't need to pay attention to mortals." As the saying goes, there is a difference between immortals and mortals. How different are immortals and great demons when they look at mortals from when they look at ants? "The laws of Yuan Power have only changed drastically in recent years. In the past, they didn't need to avoid the human kingdom at all in the Gold-Shining Plains. That's why they say empiricism kills people."
He then asked, "Has the Qixia Sect opened its gates yet?"
Once the mountain gate is opened, the sect will be publicly established, and registration will be done here in Cangyan.
"not yet."
Where are they in seclusion?
“The Heavenly Centipede said it’s in Guye Mountain, west of Weian City. It’s not far. I’ll catch it and take it there in the next few days to lead the way!” Aunt Zhu added. “And what do you want to do with this Heavenly Centipede? It’s very pragmatic and willing to submit to Cang Yan.”
"Alright, then the old lady can keep an eye on them for now. They don't need to be sent to Dong Rui." These powerful demons who are forced to submit always have a period of observation. Those who don't pass the observation period don't have a pleasant fate.
Aunt Zhu laughed and said, "If Dong Rui finds out, he'll probably be furious. He's been eyeing this centipede for a long time."
Dong Rui has been dissatisfied lately, complaining that he doesn't have any suitable experimental subjects.
He Lingchuan said irritably, "I'm the one who should be annoyed. The flower ants just reported that the black spot disease on the man-eating flower has worsened again."
(End of this chapter)