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This is the temporary location of the cabinet.
Huo Yuhao was sitting in a conference room. He looked at Jing Hongchen who had pushed the door open and said with a smile, “Prime Minister Hongchen, you’re here?”
I forgot to write the chapter title, the system backend cannot change it, let's see when the editor can change it...
These chapters are mainly transitional, and the story of the beast tide will unfold later... The beast tide is also a section that I have spent a lot of energy on, and I will deal with a lot of things...
Chapter 465 Draws a Circle
The other members of the cabinet were not present. Only Jing Hongchen and Huo Yuhao were present.
As soon as Jing Hongchen saw Huo Yuhao, he said solemnly, “Huo Yuhao, you’re taking too big a step.”
"You have just ascended the throne and your foundation in the court is not stable. How much resistance will you face if you carry out reforms in such a high-profile manner?"
"Even if it's Mingde Hall and I, we can't dominate the court alone. Do you think those priests and army commanders will obey me if they don't file a petition to impeach me?"
"Did you see the way Ye Yulin looked at me? Do you think he is willing to listen to me?"
In order to avoid suspicion and win the support of the public, the cabinet members had to include some senior ninth-level soul mentors and important officials, and Star Douluo Ye Yulin was one of them. His qualifications and strength were not inferior to Jing Hongchen, and it was unlikely that he would be willing to listen to Jing Hongchen's orders without resentment.
Huo Yuhao chuckled and said to Jing Hongchen nonchalantly, “Hongchen Prime Minister, relax a bit. Now there is no Sun Moon Emperor Xu Sheng, only cabinet member Huo Yuhao. I still have to follow your arrangements, Prime Minister.”
Jing Hongchen was left at a loss whether to laugh or cry by his words. He sat down at the table, poured himself a cup of tea and sipped it carefully.
After taking a few sips of tea, he slowly said, "The Soul Mentors of the Hand of the Nation are only loyal to the royal family. They previously believed that Xu Tianran was the orthodox one, but now that you have Elder Kong backing you up, you don't need to worry about the orthodoxy issue."
"The Third Prince no longer has the ambition to fight for power, so there is no need to worry too much. Those civil servants can't cause any big waves. The political situation seems to be stable now, but you must solve the problem of controlling the army."
Jing Hongchen's tone was quite serious.
"I warn you, the commanders of every soul guide group have been promoted step by step from small team leaders, and they have extremely high prestige in the army. If you dare to order them to resign today, they will dare to mutiny tomorrow."
Huo Yuhao was silent for a long time, then asked calmly, “Master Hongchen, what do you think?”
He no longer called Jing Hongchen "Prime Minister". The title of Hall Master seemed to lower the rank, but it brought the two closer together.
Jing Hongchen did not need to remind him again and again about the military issue, and it was also what he always attached the most importance to.
Jing Hongchen frowned: "You also saw today that the Brilliant Duke in the north launched a rebellion and wanted to establish his own principality. He is certainly not to be feared, but if the Hand of the Nation rebels, do you know what the consequences will be?"
Huo Yuhao said: "The Protector of the Nation is stationed in Mingdu. I am confident that I can suppress them."
To some extent, he is more intimidating than Xu Tianran, who is supported by Long Ye and the others, because the Holy Spirit Church and Xu Tianran are only in a temporary cooperative relationship, while Beidi Douluo will always stand behind him.
Jing Hongchen persisted: "It's useless for you to just calm them down, you have to make sure they obey!"
Huo Yuhao fell into deep thought after hearing this. He thought of a few people and said, “Master Hongchen, send some Mingde Hall graduates to the army. I think Ji Juechen’s personality should be very suitable for military life.”
After thinking carefully, Jing Hongchen nodded and said, "This is the only way, but military promotion cannot be rushed. Military merit and prestige are required."
After thinking for a while, he said, "This rebellion suppression is a good opportunity to accumulate military merit and reputation, or other wars can also quickly accumulate military merit."
As he spoke, Jing Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao and said calmly, “But it seems that you are going to coexist peacefully with Tianhun Xingluo at the moment.”
Huo Yuhao nodded honestly and admitted, “Yes, Master Hongchen, I will not take the initiative to provoke a war, and in the future we will open up trade with the Tianhun Xingluo border and build a trade-friendly city.”
"My national policy is the word 'peace'."
Upon hearing this, Jing Hongchen fell silent again.
The Sun-Moon Empire is the strongest and can fight three enemies alone. If the Sun-Moon monarch signs a treaty and promises not to start a war, then the three Douluo kingdoms will certainly accept it. The entire Douluo continent will usher in a brief peace.
Huo Yuhao was born in Xingluo, so it is impossible for him to allow the Sun-Moon Empire to start a war.
But Jing Hongchen still has a trace of passion in his heart to fight for the Sun and Moon Empire to unify the four continents.
However, he and Huo Yuhao were completely united in their success and failure, and they could not have any disagreement. If Huo Yuhao's identity was exposed, the Hongchen family would also suffer together.
Jing Hongchen thought of a distant figure, the father of He Caitou Xu He, the elder brother of the old emperor. At the beginning, he was also a peace advocate, and believed that soul guides should not be used in war.
But such a weak ruler ended up miserably.
But Huo Yuhao gave Jing Hongchen a very strange feeling. Although he also advocated peace, he had a strong ambition hidden in him, which was completely different from He Caitou's father.
Jing Hongchen sighed and said, "Whatever. To fight against foreign enemies, we must first stabilize the internal situation. The most urgent task now is to consolidate your foundation in Sun and Moon. As long as the foundation is strong enough, the fake play will become real in due time."
After discussing important government affairs in detail for a while, Jing Hongchen took a sip of tea and changed the topic to a lighter one.
"Huo Yuhao, do you still remember the civil servant who you always complained about at the morning court every day?" Jing Hongchen smiled as if he had thought of something interesting.
Huo Yuhao was deeply impressed by the silver-bearded old man: "I remember. What happened?"
Jing Hongchen chuckled, "The news just came out that he thinks the establishment of this cabinet is heretical and allows Mingde Hall to dominate the government and the country, and now he plans to go on a hunger strike in protest."
"If this cabinet is not dismissed, he will not eat."
Huo Yuhao was also amused when he heard this. He sneered and said, “How can you make me die by crying day and night? Hongchen Hall Master, remember to send people to sell barbecue in front of his mansion three times a day during his hunger strike. Remember to fan the aroma into his house and see how long he can endure it.”
As he had guessed, apart from submitting memorials and kneeling down, the only recourse these civil servants could resort to was hunger strike and banging their heads against pillars.
However, he unexpectedly had a favorable impression of a few of the remonstrants, who dared to speak frankly to him in court, and their attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and they looked very righteous. He was also happy to debate with them, just as a pastime.
Even Jing Hongchen couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Huo Yuhao was a little too unkind.
Huo Yuhao pinched his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly asked, "Master Hongchen, do you think I'm acting like a tyrant?"
Jing Hongchen did not expect Huo Yuhao to ask this question suddenly. He shook his head and said, “Although you insisted on setting up a cabinet against all odds, you are far from being called a tyrant because you tolerate the voices of the ministers.”
Huo Yuhao asked again: "When Xu Tianran was in power, were there so many voices of opposition?"
Jing Hongchen shook his head again: "No."
Huo Yuhao asked curiously: "If that's the case, why do so many people not oppose Xu Tianran, but oppose me?"
After thinking carefully, Jing Hongchen replied, "Because Xu Tianran is really a tyrant."
Huo Yuhao was stunned for a moment, then laughed at himself.
It's really funny. When facing a tyrant who has killed countless people, everyone is very cautious for fear of saying the wrong thing, but when a new emperor who is a little more merciful comes to power, everyone comes out and speaks freely.
However, he did not need to deal with those ministers all the time. Soon, the new Sun-Moon Emperor would have to practice in seclusion and completely delegate power to the cabinet to handle state affairs. Huo Yuhao himself became a member of the cabinet's think tank.
Next, he will represent the Sun-Moon Empire to visit the Xingluo and Tianhun Empires and bring the Sun-Moon Empire's peaceful foreign policy.
Jing Hongchen returned to the topic of the army and murmured, "Even the strongest man under Grand Duke Huihuang cannot reach the eighth ring level. I can arrange for Juechen and other students who are interested in joining the army to join the army and go to quell the rebellion."
"As long as you accumulate enough military merits and prestige, and have enough strength, you can legitimately take over after the previous legion commander retires."
"As for those former legion commanders, they can be promoted in name only and demoted in reality, granted the title of Duke, and allowed to enter the Worship Hall."
The general process has been tentatively drawn up, but it will take a long time to fully control the military power.
"Military merit..."
Huo Yuhao pondered secretly in his heart, and suddenly thought of a good idea.
Eradicating the evil soul master would definitely mean great military merit, and he just happened to know where the Holy Spirit Church's headquarters was.
Demonic forest.
He must eradicate the Holy Spirit Church, and he does not need those credits, so he can give them all to Mingde Hall.
"Let's just arrange it like this for now."
Huo Yuhao nodded: "Master Hongchen, there is just one word that needs to be changed."
"What word?"
“Suppressing the rebellion.” Huo Yuhao said in a deep voice, “I prefer to call it liberation.”
"I will personally take charge of the situation at that time to avoid unnecessary casualties."
"The army must have its own discipline. I don't want to see things like burning, killing and looting after victory."
Jing Hongchen was slightly stunned and nodded seriously.
Huo Yuhao leaned back, took out his soul guide cigarette and took a puff, then said sadly, “War always results in death, and unnecessary death is never good. I don’t understand why the Sun-Moon Empire, with such a strong national strength, didn’t think of using other methods to unify the continent and fight with the other three kingdoms for four thousand years.”
He didn't understand why in a world ruled by soul masters, there would still be a need for an army of ordinary people to serve as meaningless cannon fodder.
Jing Hongchen asked in confusion: "The territory was conquered inch by inch by artillery fire. How could there be a second method?"
Huo Yuhao curled his lips, sat up straight, and looked at Jing Hongchen with a smile: "Master Hongchen, what do you think is the fundamental reason why Sun and Moon cannot defeat Douluo Three Kingdoms?"
Talking about this topic, Jing Hongchen also became serious and said, "Of course it is because our previous soul guide level and top masters are not as good as Douluo soul masters, but with the development of the times, we will soon be able to close this gap and surpass them, in our generation."
There seemed to be a flame in his eyes.
Huo Yuhao asked, “Who do you think is the biggest opponent Sun and Moon will face in conquering the continent?”
He took out a huge map of the continent and spread it out on the table.
Jing Hongchen decisively pointed to the border between Xingluo Tianhun and Douling Three Kingdoms, a separate area in the west of Xingdou Great Forest: "Of course it is Shrek Academy."
"Yes, it is Shrek Academy."
Huo Yuhao nodded in agreement: "Master Hongchen, what do you think of Shrek Academy?"
Jing Hongchen gave a very high evaluation: "It is the holy land and spiritual totem of all soul masters in the whole continent. There are countless strong people. It has a hundred responses in the three countries of the continent. It is worthy of the name of the first force in the continent."
There are even many spiritual Shrek people in the Sun and Moon royal families.
One of Xu Tianran's dreams after unifying the continent is to preserve Shrek Academy and study there wearing Shrek Academy uniform.
Huo Yuhao said: “If the Sun Moon Empire intends to unify the continent by force, it will have to face the three-nation coalition commanded by Shrek Academy. The Body Sect is the protector of the Heavenly Soul Empire and will never sit idly by.”
Jing Hongchen shook his head and said confidently: "As long as we accumulate strength for a few more years, no matter how many coalition forces there are, they will not be a match for my Sun and Moon Army on the front battlefield."
“But Master Hongchen, you should know that the advantage of the three countries on the mainland does not lie in the front battlefield, but in the top combat power above the Titled Douluo.” Huo Yuhao changed his tone and asked a question, “If the top masters of the three countries came to Mingdu and collectively self-destructed, can the Sun Moon Empire stop them?”
Jing Hongchen did not answer. In fact, they already had their own guesses about this question, but until the day of life and death came, no one knew the real answer to the question.
Mingdu’s defenses could block one or two of the dying counterattacks of peerless masters like Du Bu Si, Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xishui, but if all of them came together, the only outcome would be that Mingdu would be razed to the ground.
“Do you have any good idea to deal with Shrek Academy?” Jing Hongchen narrowed his eyes slightly and looked directly at Huo Yuhao with sharp eyes.
Huo Yuhao stood up with a frivolous smile on his face.
"Master Hongchen, I was once a student of Shrek Academy. I would never do such a thing as throwing a ninth-level fixed-type soul guide shell at Shrek City, and I am not willing to fight with swords unless it is absolutely necessary. But I do have a highly feasible conspiracy. Are you interested in listening to it?"
Jing Hongchen's curiosity has been completely piqued: "I would like to hear the details."
Huo Yuhao first asked a question: "What do you think is the fundamental reason why Shrek Academy has such a great influence?"
"Of course it is the heritage that has been passed down for thousands of years." Jing Hongchen replied in a deep voice.