Your Lord Has A Screw Loose?
Chapter 691 - 693: Rebels and Remnants, Deal With Them Together

Chapter 691 -693: Rebels and Remnants, Deal With Them Together

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“The Destiny Dynasty is indeed different, at least national fortune cannot influence the length of the dynasty.” Qin Muye sighed. Although the national fortune was closely related to Great Qian, it was not true that it determined the direction of Great Qian.

“???” Qin Muye felt this was perhaps not so good, as legally, it was indeed difficult to eliminate that group of remnants, so they had simply been dismissed and sent home initially.

“Alright, fine, let’s leave it at that. How will we address subsequent issues like city defense? With this batch of rotten eggs and bad potatoes thinking they can achieve anything, I’m afraid they’d be arrested the moment they step out,” Qin Muye asked.

“Alright, let it be; it’s not a big deal anyway,” Qin Muye wasn’t too concerned about this issue, as there were sights to see, but tasks were more important, and he couldn’t run from his debts either way.

“It’s simple, just have this group submit a declaration of allegiance. With their cowardice, even though they seem arrogant and haughty, if caught, they’d certainly do whatever is dictated to them. Gathering evidence of their involvement in a rebellion would be easy, not to mention, if worse comes to worst, accusations could simply be fabricated.”

“After that, pinning the crime of rebellion would settle most of it,” Qin Muye was curious about what the mastermind planned next.

“Next, the Imperial City should experience a brief period of chaos, let’s hope it doesn’t affect the civilians; a drop in national power would be troublesome,” Qin Muye advised.

“It’s started already, huh? I didn’t expect the schemer to operate so cleverly…”

“Why don’t you just deceive that group of remnants as well? Start with a cleansing by the king’s side and then a pacification of turmoil. After all, the world is so large, there must be many hidden threats; just stir them up and clean everything at once,” Qin Muye contemplated making it an even bigger affair.

“Some operatives are already carrying orders to set a trap, as soon as these people make a move, rest assured, not one will slip through; they will all be captured for our use.”

“Master, rest assured, we’ve already planned the routes. When the time comes, we’ll proceed from the residences of those remnants, not only completing the plan but also recouping some funds for the state treasury,” they reassured.

“This plan might not work, there are too few people; moreover, they won’t be able to instigate a significant rebellion. Chen Liuhuan’s Iron Blood Army is currently moving southward toward the Imperial City; they’d probably be slain by Chen Liuhuan before even reaching the Imperial City.”

“Master, I understand you find this situation entertaining, but given the current state of Great Qian, if such a big show really unfolds, whether you can see it through to the end is one thing; endurance through such turmoil by Great Qian is questionable.”

“Master, what you need is a clear and just reason; the rest is unimportant. A complete chain of evidence will suffice, even fabricated evidence is acceptable, from investigation to interrogation, to judgment, all will be handled by our people. We just need to justify it to the national fortune; the rest doesn’t matter,” they explained.

After all, mere gestures were ineffective, and Poison Father was crushed instantly, which to outsiders looked like he and Qin Muye were putting on a very unprofessional act.

After all, it was a feudal society.

After all, if truth be told, this group of royal family members were being coerced; theoretically, once rescued, they should be restored to their original positions.

The battle wouldn’t collapse at a touch, but a mob would be quickly dispersed.

The Imperial City was still garrisoned with many from the Iron Blood Army, these soldiers were extremely formidable, each possessing the strength around the second tier of the First Realm in Martial Arts, claiming one could fight a hundred would be bold, but fighting ten was not too difficult.

Moreover, the people gathered wouldn’t fight to their last as seen in games; if they had cohesion, the military power of the entire Great Qian wouldn’t possibly be so weak.

Initially, it would indeed drop, but after cleansing these remnants, it would recover and even experience a brief period of rise because the rebellion had been quelled successfully.

National fortune severely suppresses the Alien Clan Transcendents, but offers no actual aid in strengthening oneself.

If Huangfu Xing doesn’t succeed, Qin Muye isn’t worried; there’s always the third generation. As the Supreme Emperor, he’s not particularly concerned about enduring the troubles of the entire world, let alone sending away a prince or grandchild.

Now, however, they’ve decided to slaughter his entire family and seize all their assets.

Like the measures such as returning fire losses to the public, anti-corruption funds, favorability decrees, etc., to be implemented, they must conform to the existing era, even considerations like industrialization, agricultural development and so on, must be tailored to local conditions.

Qin Muye originally thought it was about instigating the Royal Family to rebel, but unexpectedly the mastermind took a direct and opposite approach, using a group of colonels who took salaries without work and exploited soldiers. These people were already dissatisfied due to their dismissal and loss of influence and financial resources.

Qin Muye was quite disappointed, “That’s really too bad, I thought there would be another big uprising.”

Qin Muye had never intended to promote this; these matters had little to do with him, and the revitalization of Great Qian couldn’t be done by him.

Listening to this, Qin Muye couldn’t help but fall silent; he always felt that this method was somewhat similar to that of someone named Wanyan Gou.

Qin Muye was frustrated, “Am I like that kind of person? I just thought about it, thinking isn’t illegal.”

As Great Qian gradually regained its Primordial Qi, the nation’s fate also grew stronger, but it still couldn’t manifest visibly. Qin Muye was concerned about the embarrassment if Great Qian’s national strength wasn’t effective when it was time to suppress the Spirit Monster.

So, in reality, he used an indirect approach, which completely eliminated any worries about the Royal Family members feuding over who would be Emperor, because they truly had no choice in the matter.

He was just a spectator who enjoyed the chaos, not worried about potential harm to the nation’s fate, which indeed could happen, but as long as he mitigated the losses in time, there wouldn’t be too much trouble.

This man had a kind heart and couldn’t bear to see the decline of national power, especially since it had been raised through hard efforts, and a decline would complicate the ongoing revitalization.

A pause for a hundred or so years was manageable, but a thousand years would be too much, which contradicted his interests.

Now, the opportunity had presented itself.

If one generation wasn’t enough, then two, three generations would suffice. Not to mention persevering for six generations, even a hundred or a thousand generations would be no problem. However, Qin Muye might not be that patient; if by the third generation Great Qian hadn’t revitalized, he would personally intervene. He didn’t have that much time to stay here.

Fighting ten with one was still premised on the opposition daring to fight, but if it truly came to that, it could actually be even more terrifying.

Take the Grand Canal as an example; it was completed with the efforts of one generation and placed there wasn’t able to increase the national strength of Great Qian, but rather became a significant disadvantage. However, as the Grand Canal gradually started to affect uniting the north and the south, the nation’s fate would gradually improve, thus using national fate to judge the correctness of certain policies was a major pitfall.

Therefore, he initially kept them under house arrest and waited until things stabilized before finding an excuse to execute them.

Thus, this task was left to the City Defense soldiers, who had been with the Iron Blood Army and had seen bloodshed. Chen Liuhuan had previously confronted Duanmu Yan and Yan Ling and had even dealt with many rebel forces before this. These battle-hardened soldiers were far stronger than those Imperial City soldiers who only knew how to collect their salary and idle away their days.

Therefore, all that was needed was to use both pressure and incentive for dual guidance, and with a leading figure to incite them, it was very easy.

In this regard, he was very calculated; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to sit on the Dragon Throne and maintain the nation’s fate.

It’s also said that he still had half of the causality unaddressed; the longer such things are dragged on, the more problems would arise, naturally, it had to be resolved as soon as possible.

In this respect, it was definitely necessary to communicate with these people. Qin Muye initially thought of letting the Spirit Monster handle it itself, but then he thought that it wasn’t appropriate for the Spirit Monster to interfere in the affairs of Great Qian.

These remnants were those officials who had previously attached themselves to the Alien Clan families. Though their official positions weren’t high, they were absolute lackeys, and some till now hadn’t given up and were still thinking of restoration.

He hadn’t executed them before because he considered the nation’s fate; after all, killing members of the Alien Clan was acceptable as they weren’t his own people, and it didn’t have much connection with the nation’s fate. But these lackeys were high-ranking officials, and though dismissal was permissible, executing all of them at that time would have truly turned an ascendant period into a decline.

It could only be left to Huangfu Xing; his task was to clean up the mess a bit and leave something for Huangfu Xing to handle himself.

As for binding the Royal Family, it was essentially a protective card to be used; after all, both sides benefited.

As for failing to suppress a revolt, that wouldn’t be a concern because the dynasty had already changed, and there was no need to worry about the nation’s fate.