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Chapter 909: Chapter 383 Liang Country Monarch and Ministers Chapter 909: Chapter 383 Liang Country Monarch and Ministers Yue Country, the grand city of Liang.

Since Emperor Hua Guang became the first Human Emperor, he chose to establish the capital in the grand city of Liang, governing Central State and uniting the barbarians of all around, initiating an era of prosperity.

However, during the ancient times, Immortals and gods coexisted with mortals.

The dominant force in the world of the Nine Provinces was not those tiny mortals, but rather those Immortals who possessed extraordinary power and could move mountains and drain seas.

Therefore, the so-called Human Emperor of that time was nothing more than the common ruler who had subjugated all the Immortals and received recognition from all Cultivators.

The Three Emperors of ancient times ruled only over Immortals and didn’t directly govern mortals.

They were emperors of the Immortals, not of the mortals.

And Immortals and Cultivators, for the sake of cultivation, often resided in Blessed Lands and Cavern Heavens, where Spiritual Energy was abundant.

Such places were often found in deep mountains and vast marshes, far from the plains.

Thus, during the ancient times, the Three Emperors and Cultivators cared little for the governance of mundane mortals, allowing things to take their own course, unfazed.

It was for this reason that, other than Central State, the development of the territories of the other Nine Provinces only began nearly two or three thousand years ago, when Spiritual Energy started to deplete rapidly and the Immortals went into hiding.

Just as more than two thousand years ago, the Coastal Aristocratic Family in the southern Yangzhou, set their capital in Jinling, and from this stronghold, they slowly developed the southern lands.

Similarly, Yong State, Ji Province, Xuzhou, and other regions followed suit.

From this, one can see how prosperous Central State, which had been developed for tens of thousands of years, must be.

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And how mighty the ancient Imperial Capital of Liang, at the core of Central State, must be.

Indeed, this was the case.

The grand city of Liang, located to the south of the great river, surrounded by water on three sides, irrigated over a million acres of fertile fields, sustaining tens of millions of citizens.

Among all the provinces in the Nine Provinces, Qingzhou has always been at the forefront, and Liang, having occupied the entirety of Qingzhou, naturally became the most formidable state among the Nine Provinces.

Since the seventh year of the Shenwu era, when Lai State was conquered and Qingzhou unified, the country of Liang has focused not on warfare but on consolidating internal governance, recuperating and increasing Inner Strength.

Now, six years later, with Liang’s thorough governance, the newly acquired territories of the five prefectures in eastern Qingzhou have already aligned their loyalties and have begun to produce large amounts of money and Tribute, flowing westward into the grand city of Liang.

And from all corners of the earth, Merchants and Travelers from every region of the Nine Provinces have been transporting goods towards this central city of the world.

The grand city of Liang, which amassed the wealth of the world, and Liang which possessed this city, thereby radiated its influence throughout the world.

Just like at this moment, the Monarch and Ministers inside the grand city of Liang held a meeting regarding the changes to Liang’s west and south.

The Liang Imperial Palace.

Inside the Chamber of Political Governance, the Liang Emperor sat at the head, while the Group of Ministers were seated in two rows below him, each with documents and memorials before them, their expressions solemn.

“Noble ministers, Wei is currently pressed by Zhou, and the city of Chang’an hears alarms daily, the sound of warfare ceaseless.

Similarly, the Zhao people have mustered their troops in Henan, a three hundred thousand strong army drilling day and night, massively building warships, training the navy.

Upon the great river, it’s all Zhao boat shadows.

Their coveting of Henan is widely known to all.

Facing such circumstances, Zhou is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and internally, after seven years of military conscription, with soldiers and casualties in the millions, the people are burdened by Tribute and worn out from travel, displaced and homeless.

Scenes like this hint at the inevitable decline of the nation.

In my view, it seems Zhou might not be able to hold onto Henan and Nanyang much longer.

My ministers, what are your thoughts?

Should our great Liang make a move, muster troops westward, and seize these two prefectures, lest they fall into the hands of Wei, Zhao, and Chu?

It would also serve to shield our western borders of Liang and secure our frontiers.”

The voice of the Liang Emperor resonated with authority and solemnity, carrying an immense self-confidence and assurance, as if even against the three great powers of Wei, Zhao, and Chu, there was no trace of fear.

Outsiders might view this as somewhat presumptuous.

But those who understood the current Liang Emperor knew that this was far from arrogance, in fact, it was rather humble.

The Liang Emperor, now forty-two, had ascended the throne twenty-two years before; from the beginning of his reign, he led military expeditions year after year, conquering the reaches of the North and South.

At the start of his reign, he embarked on the Southern Expedition against Yue Country in Yangzhou, engaged in years of warfare, and ultimately compelled Yue Country to cede the three prefectures north of the Yangtze and submit to Liang, bringing the great power of Jiangnan to its knees.

After subduing Yue Country, the Liang Emperor spent less than a year in respite before leading an army eastward to conquer the states of the East Sea in Qingzhou, wiping out several small nations and establishing the East Sea Prefecture.

Immediately afterward, he marched north to campaign against Lai State, and after several years, even under the intervention of Xu State, the northern powerhouse, he eliminated this two-prefecture giant in northeast Qingzhou, completely removing the stumbling block to his unification of Qingzhou.

Subsequently, this fact was proven.

With Lai State out of the way, the various smaller states in eastern Qingzhou did not last two years before they were one by one eradicated and converted into prefectures by Liang.

Up to the present, the entirety of Liang encompasses fifteen prefectures, becoming the solitary nation in Qingzhou, truly the paramount power in Central State.

Out of these fifteen prefectures of Liang, a full five were conquered by the current Liang Emperor himself.

With such prestige, such accomplishments, in addition to consecutive victories against several overlords and Liang’s current strong national power, naturally, he had the authority to speak such words.

Because he was, in truth, a great Martial Emperor.

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To expand the empire is to be martial.

“Your Majesty, the unification of Qingzhou has already made the other nations of the world wary, viewing us with guarded hostility.

Moreover, we already occupy half of Central State’s territory, which, to the rest of the world, is significantly substantial.

We already hold in our hands half of the future gains of the world.

Excess leads to spillover, and too much is as bad as not enough.

Merely unifying Qingzhou has led the two nations to the North, Zhao and Xu, and the two nations to the south, Chu and Ning, to all watch us like tigers eyeing their prey, coveting the land of Qingzhou.”