Free Web NovelChapter 1482: Chapter 548 Deployment_2
Zhou Tian didn’t intend to keep the power firmly in his hands in the future, so he planned to continue delegating authority to his Beastman subordinates, just as he had always done. However, after the previous incidents, although Zhou Tian had to make the decision to delegate authority for his own growth, deep in his heart, he couldn’t help but be cautious of those Beastmen in power.
Suppressing the Beastmen’s power forcefully was definitely not an option, and regardless, Zhou Tian would have to delegate authority. What Zhou Tian planned to guard against was the power structure itself, but no matter how well-arranged a political structure might be, it was bound to have flaws. Given the decent state of the Beastman power structure in the past, an incident had still occurred, making Zhou Tian naturally more distrustive of the power structure’s ability to restrict the ambition of those Beastmen.
Thus, rather than placing all his hopes on the unreliable power structure, Zhou Tian was more inclined to use subtle tactics to make the Beastmen wary of their own fellows.
Once touched, power has a strong addictive nature. It’s bearable not to have controlled power, but once one controls immense power even for a day, they would undoubtedly not give it up. After seeing the benefits of power, any living being would certainly desire greater power. In this situation, Zhou Tian’s deployment became quite simple.
Previously, there was a flaw, albeit not a defect, in the internal power structure of the Beastman Tribe. Under Zhou Tian’s deliberate arrangement, despite varying degrees of power, the earlier small bosses within the Beastman Tribe had almost similar statuses. Therefore, for this reason, all small bosses stood in the second echelon, with no room for advancement unless they overthrew Zhou Tian, the ultimate boss—making it difficult for those Beastmen to gain higher status and power.
Such a power structure was common in many Monster groups due to the Monster System; bosses didn’t have to worry too much about Beastman rebellions. Consequently, even if the power structure was irrational, no monster boss would truly be too concerned.
However, the hidden dangers in the power structure would obviously erupt one day, and clearly, Zhou Tian was one of the victims. For this reason, since he had completely dismantled his original clan’s power structure, Zhou Tian straightforwardly set up a different power structure at that time.
Having learned from the previous experience, this time Zhou Tian did not make rough arrangements like during the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, where after setting up his subordinates as small bosses, he would just leave them aside as nominal kings. Although the original arrangement was convenient, clearly, it easily fostered ambition.
Therefore, in the new power structure, Zhou Tian set corresponding authoritative positions directly. Although in terms of strength, all the small bosses were still on the same level, under Zhou Tian’s deployment, in the future internal affairs of the Beastman Tribe, there would clearly be varying degrees of power among these small bosses.
The Council would include all small bosses from the Beastman Tribe, each having a certain degree of speaking power. Nevertheless, there would certainly be rankings and a Council Leader eventually. When Zhou Tian was away, the Beastman Council would directly take over all the power of the Beastman Tribe. In this situation, although Zhou Tian remained the only king of the Beastman Tribe, practically, the real control of the Beastman Tribe would then belong to the Beastman Council.
Undoubtedly, whichever Beastman gained more influence in the Council would certainly see an increase in power internally. Although it wasn’t Zhou Tian’s intentional arrangement, based on how things were set up at that time, it was expected that the power and status of the internal small bosses would definitively be distinguished.
And if that situation occurred, Zhou Tian’s goal would have been achieved. freewёbnoνel.com
When there was a difference in status among the small bosses of the Beastman Tribe, all small bosses would then endeavor to occupy the position of Council Leader. Although a Beastman becoming the Council Leader might still inevitably harbor some inappropriate ambitions, based on the arrangements at that time, that Beastman would arguably be more afraid of losing his position to others.
In such a scenario, with small bosses in high positions striving to protect their statuses and the others aspiring to take over, even if the Beastman Tribe seemed uneventful from the outside, it was believed that internal struggles for power and profit would inevitably occur. Depending on the situation at that time, it was feared that Zhou Tian’s subordinates would find it not so easy to unite.
And based on Zhou Tian’s strength and the authority he possessed, if his small bosses couldn’t unite wholeheartedly to contend against him, even with the help of the Deities, Zhou Tian didn’t believe they could succeed in usurping power. Only under the current arrangements could Zhou Tian confidently hand over the power in his hands once again.
