Free Web NovelChapter 1886: Chapter 10: Confrontation, the World, Emperor Qin!
Wen Qingyu sat in the dark ink covered with ripples, sitting at the focal point of the world’s grand chessboard, with a calm gaze.
[Will choose Jiang Yuan]
[Will choose Jiang Gao]
[Will choose self-establishment]
[Will choose to fight desperately, regardless of numbers]
Every ripple is like a thought, each ripple like a rising and falling idea. Finally, a possibility emerged in the depths of the mind—[Jiang Su sacrifices Jiang Yuan to allow Jiang Gao to ascend the throne]
Wen Qingyu’s plan was merely exhaustive.
Listing everything possible and impossible, and that’s it.
What Wen Qingyu had to do was to choose a path among these countless thoughts. Although Jiang Su wanted Jiang Gao to grow, Wen Qingyu understood too well that what leads to growth, aside from events, is time.
As long as during this time, the internal conflicts within Ying Country are exacerbated.
"The clashing of swords and smoke of war, weapons rise on all sides."
"An emperor can be replaced. Even if an emperor is used as a sacrificial offering to awaken the heart of another emperor in such a bloody ritual, perhaps it is worth it, but, but..."
Wen Qingyu’s eyes seemed to see the distant battlefield, saw the emperor, saw Jiang Su, saw Jiang Gao, saw the sacrificial Jiang Yuan, saw the countless white bones and the chaotic situation of the world.
"The people’s hearts have deteriorated, but they cannot be restored in just a short time."
"Jiang Su, Jiang Su."
"In your eyes, there are only heroes, emperors, and generals. In your eyes, there were never the common people, were there? Such a person as you, a formidable hero, ruthless, almost self-righteous, but, what a coincidence."
"It’s really too coincidental."
The gentle and calm young man muttered to himself:
"I, too, am the same."
Wen Qingyu stirred the internal conflicts within Ying Country, but even as ruthless as he was, he hadn’t truly anticipated the massacre of the starving people. The lake’s surface rippled, and Wen Qingyu gently lifted the fishing rod, murmuring: "The opportunity for Ying Country’s transformation has come; afterward, it will be the perfect world in your eyes."
"But the people’s hearts have also fallen."
"You’re unlikely to value this matter as much as my lord does."
"Even if the policy doesn’t change, as long as there is a wise ruler, things will gradually improve and reach the Ying Country in your eyes capable of vying for supremacy. But at this moment, Ying Country is at its weakest."
"You’re using national power and the people to nurture poisonous insects, splitting the country internally. When Jiang Gao takes the stage, he will naturally restore order, but this also takes time. Once the people’s hearts are rotten, they are not so easily repaired. When your poisonous insects mature, it is when you’re at your weakest."
"You’re waiting for Jiang Gao to transform and rise."
"I’m waiting for Jiang Yuan to exhaust the people’s hearts."
"People like us are the same, but you chose to overlook the people, focusing on heroes, while I do not..."
Wen Qingyu’s voice halted.
After a long while, he chuckled lightly:
"If I hadn’t met my lord, I might have been the same, right?"
"Ah, it seems I really should thank the events of ten years ago, when my fifteen-year-old lord brought me here with that Thousand-Day Drunk and the Treasure Weapon rope. Otherwise, wouldn’t Wen Qingyu be like you?"
"Now, Grandmaster, you and I should both thank Jiang Yuan."
"Jiang Yuan gave you a wise ruler, Jiang Gao."
"Gave my lord the support of ’Punish the guilty and comfort the suffering.’"
"Ruler, people, emperor, hearts; what is most important will be determined by this final battle. However, this time, between you and me, it’s six-four; ultimately, at the brink of war, you win over me, but not by much."
"As for what is called strategy, between you and me, it is merely each taking what they need."
He lifted the bamboo rod, finally uttering that sentence as relaxedly as the day when Yuan Shitong and Xue Tianxing were beside him:
"The world is vast, heroes rise everywhere."
"Do not underestimate the people of the world."
He finally finished saying this sentence.
"Jiang Su."
The fish took the bait, my lord, this is all that I, your minister, can do.
...
Qin Country lacks time.
However, since Qin Wu proclaimed himself emperor, it has also been four years. Under the governance of Yan Daiqing and the Heavenly Strategy Mansion, the entire realm of Emperor Qin has rapidly improved its logistics capabilities, increased provisions, and forged weapons and armor.
Four years ago, Qin Country was impoverished like Emperor Qin.
Lacking the foundation and qualifications to launch a major war.
But four years later, their food supplies are full, logistics abundant.
Emperor Qin, during these years, has consistently led by example, leading the Qilin Army at the forefront of the world’s disputes, holding back Jiang Su while boosting the morale of the entire Qin Country Qilin Army and the Heavenly Strategy Mansion.
In Jiang Su’s eyes, he saw the world, saw myriad heroes.
He saw that heroes led this era, fighting against the tide.
Thus, with the prowess and foresight of a formidable hero, he placed his pieces, sacrificing the people, using the blood of the emperor as a poisonous insect, to let Jiang Gao grow into a formidable ruler in the chaotic times; then with this wise ruler to turn the tide, consolidate power, and step onto the end of the tumultuous times.
The line of Heavenly Strategy changed because of one person.
That person walked at the forefront, and it was that person who, over ten years ago, lifted them up one by one, allowing them to gradually converge around him, finally becoming what they are now.
Seeing the common people, seeing the trend of the great era.
One sees heroes and lords pioneering the green history of the world.
One sees the hearts of the people as the foundation of the world.
Jiang Su is waiting for the gentleman’s transformation, Emperor Qin is waiting for unity from top to bottom.
The whole world awaits a conclusion.
