#615 - imperial power

An hour later.

After chatting with Zhou Cheng for a while, Wei Changtian emerged from the latter's residence with a small money bag.

Little Xu Comrade had bet twenty taels at the time, plus the compensation money, totaling thirty taels.

Just thirty taels of silver, but Xu Qingwan had been talking about it for a long time, and I don't know whether to say she was good at managing the household or just penny-pinching.

"Alright, let's go back."

Climbing into the carriage, Wei Changtian casually gave an order.

Wang Er, who was driving the carriage, was stunned for a moment, and whispered a reminder:

"Young Master, the people from the Tongzhou Society are still waiting in Huaihua Lane."

"Oh, right, I almost forgot about that."

Wei Changtian glanced at the sky outside the carriage and lazily yawned.

"Heh~ Then let's go."

"Now that we're here, we should meet them after all."

From dusk to night, Wei Changtian didn't stay at the Tongzhou Society for too long.

After all, an organization like the Tongzhou Society can be very complicated, or very simple.

Although the members are all famous figures in the current Da'ning, they have all taken the Puppet Pill, so they will never betray Wei Changtian.

Of course, some people may have the intention to betray.

However, this kind of intention cannot be transformed into "actual action."

Because before they take any concrete "betrayal actions", the toxicity of the Puppet Pill will take effect and take their lives within a few short breaths.

Such an organization that will never betray is undoubtedly very easy to manage.

Therefore, Wei Changtian did not make any long speeches, nor did he say those words to win people's hearts.

He only said one thing—

At present, although Ning Wenjun is seemingly willing to submit to the Wei family, he must be secretly accumulating strength.

In this way, the future capital may not be so peaceful, and these people may encounter danger.

If anyone in the Tongzhou Society is unwilling to take this risk again, they can directly bring it up, and Wei Changtian will allow him to take a position in Da'shu.

Leaving Da'ning and becoming an official in Da'shu.

There are advantages and disadvantages to this choice. Originally, Wei Changtian thought that many people would want to go to Da'shu.

But in the end, no one made this request.

"Uncle Li, why are you unwilling to go to Da'shu?"

On the way back, Wei Changtian and Li Kan, who were going the same way, were in the same carriage.

Due to Li Yang's relationship, Wei Changtian did not call Li Kan "Lord Li", but used a more affectionate title.

The latter seemed to be quite pleased with it, with a smile on his face all the time.

"Young Master Wei, do you want to ask why everyone is unwilling to go to Shuzhou?"

"Yes."

Wei Changtian did not deny it, nodded and said: "Not to mention whether Ning Wenjun will rebel in the future, even if it is considering the upcoming war, Da'shu is much safer than Da'ning."

"Moreover, Da'shu has now established a dynasty, and the official positions you will have after going there will definitely not be smaller than they are now."

"Isn't this a good thing? Why is everyone unwilling?"

"This matter . . ."

Li Kan looked at the night scene of the capital outside the carriage curtain, and sighed softly.

"Alas, Young Master, I know you are doing this for the good of us old fogeys."

"We also understand that Da'shu is much more stable than Da'ning."

"It's just . . . everyone is unwilling to have their children and grandchildren bear a bad name because of themselves."

"Bad name?"

Wei Changtian was stunned: "What bad name?"

"Naturally, it's the bad name of treason."

Li Kan looked at Wei Changtian and explained softly:

"Young Master Wei, everyone is very clear about how Da'shu came to be."

"Ning Wenjun was a prince before, and even if his ascension to the throne was hasty, no one can find fault with it."

"But Ning Yu'ke is different."

"Although she is also surnamed Ning, she is only the daughter of a prince."

"Such a woman has now become the Empress of a country, and has established a new dynasty on her own . . . Although the people of the world dare not say it, they all feel that her words are not righteous and her name is not proper."

"To put it bluntly, the people of Da'ning actually mostly believe that Da'ning and Da'shu should still belong to one family, but are only temporarily divided into two."

"Among the two countries, the one with the orthodox lineage is naturally Da'ning, and the orthodox emperor is naturally Ning Wenjun."

"In this case, if we people go to Da'shu, what will people in the streets talk about . . . Young Master should understand."

". . ."

The night was getting darker, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and most of the shops on both sides were closed.

After Li Kan finished speaking, Wei Changtian nodded and remained silent for a long time.

For these court officials who value their reputation more than anything else, it is indeed impossible for them to be willing to be pointed at and scolded as "traitors" by the people.

Wei Changtian can completely understand this matter.

Therefore, the reason why he was silent was that he did not expect the people of Da'ning to have such an attitude towards Da'shu and Ning Yu'ke.

Or rather, it's not just the people of Da'ning.

I am afraid that the people in the other thirteen prefectures under Da'shu's rule, except for Shuzhou, have similar ideas.

Just like Li Kan said.

People in the world still feel from the bottom of their hearts that whether it is Da'ning or Da'shu, they both belong to the Ning family.

And Wei Jia and Ning Yu'ke are just "rebels" who succeeded in their rebellion.

The concept of the royal family is deeply rooted, no wonder there was "holding the emperor to command the princes" in the previous life.

Faced with such a concept of "the country relying on imperial power", Wei Changtian, as a modern person, naturally felt backward.

However, he also knew that it was difficult to change this universal value.

Learn from Chen Sheng and Wu Guang? Vigorously promote remarks such as "Are kings, marquises, generals, and ministers born with a noble lineage?"

Forget it, it would be a loss if a bunch of uprisings were caused everywhere because of this.

Alas, troublesome . . .

Sighing in his heart, Wei Changtian felt the difficulty of "governing a country" for the first time.

As a social animal before time-traveling, he certainly could not have any experience in governing a country.

And those web novels he had read were written very simply, basically the protagonist grabbed a territory, and then the people accepted the protagonist as their new emperor without any obstacles.

But the fact proves that this is not the case at all.

Even if Da'shu's policies towards the people are good enough, and Wei Changtian even gave a passionate speech on the theme of "the people are more important than the ruler" on New Year's Eve.

But even so, the status of the royal bloodline in the hearts of the people is still unshakable.

If you want to change it, maybe you can only rely on time to . . . Hmm?

Suddenly, Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes and thought of something.

Although Ning Yu'ke's bloodline is not so "pure", she is also surnamed Ning anyway.

But what about Xu Sui Sui???

She is a Daqian person on the surface, a time-traveler in reality, using Qin Zhengqiu's strength and Li Qi's prestige to establish a new Feng, and then proclaiming herself empress...

How could the people of Da Feng possibly agree to this???

If she had been holding on to Li Qi, or simply supporting Li Qi as a puppet, Wei Changtian might have been able to understand.

But Li Qi is now about to restore Da Feng in Jianchang Prefecture, so how will Xu Sui Sui win over the people in this situation???

To put it bluntly.

Since the people of "former Da'ning" do not recognize Ning Yu'ke, then why should the people of "former Da Feng" recognize Xu Sui Sui as the emperor?

That's right.

Why should she?