Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 981 - 981 7 I was Forced to Unify the World 2 in 1_4

Chapter 981: Chapter 7: I was Forced to Unify the World [2 in 1]_4 Chapter 981: Chapter 7: I was Forced to Unify the World [2 in 1]_4 Dong Xiaoyan opened her bewildered big eyes.

Truth be told, she genuinely couldn’t understand, and despite knowing how abrupt and perhaps inappropriate her question was, she still asked it.

Isn’t it good for each country to just live its own life?

“Alas, whether there’s war or not, is truly not something a monarch can solely decide.”

The Qin Emperor smiled bitterly, speaking to this naive young girl, “From birth, humans start to compete, to trample others down, to stand out, to be like a crane among chickens, distinguished from the crowd. That’s competition for you… whether it’s on the battlefield or in any other field, it’s all the same.”

“If being a monarch is considered a profession, then in our line of work, it’s probably the most helpless one.”

“Because it’s the most passive, if you don’t fight others, they will come and fight you. If you are weak, they will still come to fight and annex you; even if just to survive, to avoid being annexed, you have to fight back, to strengthen yourself… Not to mention one’s own glory and wealth, the pinnacle of power. How can one not strive to govern well, to make one’s own country powerful, so as to hold an invincible position?”

“And when your own power becomes great, so great that other countries dare not provoke you, your own proud and fierce soldiers naturally become restless. Why? Without warfare, there’s no military merit, without military merit there’s no promotion, and without promotion, this is what life amounts to.”

“You want to preserve your glory and wealth, your lofty position of power; wouldn’t your subordinates feel the same? To study literary and martial arts, to be brought into the service of the emperor’s household, is that merely talk?”

“Take you, for example, Yan Yan. You’ve practiced martial arts all your life; surely it wasn’t your sole purpose just for the sake of practicing?”

“The principles are all the same.”

“On one hand, a monarch is governing the country, but on the other hand… depending on what stage of development a country is at, what measures it needs… most actions of a monarch are also driven by the power of their own country! You can’t stop, you can’t even slow down!”

“If we take our Great Qin as an example, at the beginning of its founding, the initial intention was truly for stability, exactly as you said, for the people to live their lives well. At least the first few generations of rulers, they were all struggling to survive, then to transition smoothly, to protect what they had achieved, to honestly live out their lives.”

“But with continuous self-preservation, when others attack and you are forced to fight back, even to the point of making concessions… to make the enemy withdraw, to seek peace at the expense of dignity, the sourness inside, outsiders can hardly understand. And with the domestic efforts for development… gradually by the time of the previous monarch, my father, our national power had reached unprecedented levels, every sector was flourishing, already showing signs of a coming spring, a glimpse of a glorious era…”

“When it came to me, it was as if there was a road laid out in front of me, and like an arrow on a bow, I had no choice but to shoot.”

“Running ahead like a crazy man, smoothly and naturally… This is the return on strong foundations, but other countries also became vigilant; since my father’s reign, they had continuously attacked Great Qin.”

“Great Qin fought endlessly, defending the east and the west, waging wars in the south and north, blocking attacks here and killing enemies there… And in the midst of all these battles, Qin didn’t lose an inch of territory, but because it supported war through war, it passively cultivated a multitude of famous generals and talented leaders…”

“And another product of the emergence of such talent, ambition, naturally gave rise to the momentum to swallow up all under heaven. It became an inevitability, a necessity!”

The Qin Emperor spoke indifferently, “This, then, is what they call… the trend of the times. The current situation isn’t about me wanting to unify the world, nor is it about soldiers pursuing glory and influence through war… Rather, it’s the entire situation, the great trend, that has been pushed to this position through countless battles.”

“It’s almost as if… it was forced to this position.”

The Qin Emperor sighed deeply, “If I say that I was forced… forced to reach the point of unifying the world, what would you think? Would you think I was joking?”

Feng Yin and Dong Xiaoyan both found themselves speechless, forced to the point of unifying the world… You, Qin Monarch, actually uttered such words, wouldn’t you really be beaten to death for saying it?

But…

Both of them believed it!

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[This chapter is also my own confusion, and then, it’s just a personal perspective. Just something for everyone to read and smile about.]