Chapter 132 Attack on the Snowy Night

The news that the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan eliminated the four clans of Strength, Destruction, Defense, and Agility did not cause much waves. After all, the Extreme Yin-Yang Leopard Clan even killed seven Titled Douluo. There were only four Soul Douluo families, so it was nothing more than destruction.

The soul masters in Lan Ba ​​Academy who chose to accept Zhuang Xingyu's recommendation to other high-level soul master academies were all nobles, but they were all minor nobles. If they were middle or large nobles, they would not go to Lan Ba ​​Academy, but would definitely go to Tian Dou Royal Academy.

To Zhuang Xingyu's surprise, after Emperor Xue Ye learned that Zhuang Xingyu was going to recommend these soul masters, he took the initiative to admit all of them into the Tiandou Royal Academy, opened several separate classes, and taught them separately from other people in the academy.

More importantly, Xue Ye is the honorary main teacher of these people. Xue Ye teaches one class every week. Unlike the other students, Xue Ye also sends people to teach them military courses. He chats with these people in his free time. He also plans to be there in person to give a speech at graduation and bestow graduation medals on them.

After graduation, these soul masters can directly join the Imperial Guards and the Imperial City Guards. These students can advertise themselves as "Disciples of the Son of Heaven"! Their status and position are greatly improved.

Xue Ye continued to recruit students for this class, [only accepting minor nobles, not middle or major nobles].

The dean of Tiandou Royal Academy in previous generations was always a prince of the Tiandou Empire. This time, the dean was Prince Xuexing. However, Xue Ye changed the clan rules directly this time and served as the dean of Tiandou Royal Academy himself!
After hearing this, Zhuang Xingyu looked at Xue Ye with admiration, "He has the signs of a great leader. He is indeed a powerful emperor who can control the entire Tiandou Empire for decades without even being a Soul Emperor."

"I just don't know if you can withstand the counterattacks of the great nobles under you, and I don't know if the three titled Douluo of the royal family are really loyal to you. Otherwise, you will definitely be safe."

Zi Han asked doubtfully, "Xingyu, doesn't Xue Ye just want to cultivate a few reliable confidants? Any normal person would know to cultivate confidants! How can you judge that Xue Ye has the potential to become a great leader? I think his previous decisions were mediocre and nothing special."

Zhuang Xingyu analyzed: "Xue Ye is very ambitious, and things are not as simple as you think. In fact, Xue Ye knows everything. Before, due to the weak royal family, he was forced to play dumb and cooperate with others. Now that he has strength, he will naturally show his strength."

"Throughout the history of Douluo Continent, no matter who is in power, if they initiate changes and touch upon too many things when they are not strong enough, no matter who the emperor is, no matter what the specific situation of that power is at the time, even if that dynasty is at its peak, it will be overthrown by the aristocratic families."

"Han'er, if you look through the history of Douluo Continent, you will find that all the dynasties that were at their peak, with peace and prosperity both inside and outside, suddenly collapsed during the reign of a certain emperor. This is especially true if the emperor was a wise ruler in the early years but suddenly became a tyrant in the later years."

"I don't need to look. This emperor must have wanted to take back power, strengthen the imperial power, and crack down on the aristocratic families. The scope of his move was too large, and he was not strong enough, so he was directly overthrown. The charges he carried must have been imposed on him by the aristocratic families, because he is already dead. People without soul power in Douluo Continent have no power to speak. The pen is in the hands of the aristocratic families in Douluo Continent. They will beautify themselves and shape themselves into great heroes who save the world. They can write whatever they want."

"To control an empire, you only need two things: the 'wooden warehouse' and the pen. Xue Ye is now starting to cultivate his own direct lineage in the legion. The previous legions were severely infiltrated by the aristocratic families, and he needs to promote people from the minor nobles."

"Whether it can be realized depends on whether Xue Ye can mobilize the officers of the legion, whether he can arrange his own people to be there, and whether those people can survive after being arranged. This may be a lot of challenges. But as long as Xue Ye's orders can be executed outside Tiandou City, it means that Xue Ye has the ability to change it. Otherwise, he will either be a puppet or wait for death."

"I can predict with certainty! After Xue Ye completes the reform of the legion, the [Second Step Plan] will gradually suppress the noble families, take back the coinage rights, and return important industries such as salt and iron to the royal family. After that, the treatment of civilians will be slightly improved."

"The next most crucial point is whether Xue Ye's orders can be truly executed. The more government offices they pass through, the more their meaning will change. Maybe Xue Ye said the number 1 in the palace, but it becomes 2 or 3 at the next level, and then it becomes 5 in the village at the bottom, which is completely distorted."

"This is the confrontation between the noble families. For example, Xue Ye took out 100 million gold soul coins to subsidize the poor people who have no soul power. His original intention was good. But Xue Ye is only the one who sets the general direction. He does not have the energy to distinguish who should get the subsidy one by one."

"The real executors are the aristocratic families. They dare not resist Xue Ye openly, but they can use tricks. You, Xue Ye, want to give gold soul coins to the poor people without soul power, right? I won't. I will give those gold soul coins to the rich, but not to the poor people without soul power. Not only will I not give them, I will also send people to oppress these poor people without soul power." "Over time, resentment accumulates. The common people don't know about these things. They can only see Xue Ye talking big but not doing anything. Because the imperial power of the Tiandou Empire does not go below the government. Below the government, it is actually controlled by the aristocratic families. The controllers there are not Xue Ye's people at all."

"But the common people don't understand this. In the eyes of the common people, Xue Ye is the emperor of the Tiandou Empire and can control everything in the Tiandou Empire. Those people are your people, Xue Ye. You are the emperor, how could you not control those people! How could those who beat me not be your people? Those people beat me because of your will, Xue Ye. You are a bad person."

"Civilians cannot see the underlying reasons. They don't know that Xue Ye's power is actually limited and that he cannot control places below the Tiandou Empire. Over time, Xue Ye's public credibility will decline, and Xue Ye's orders will automatically become inoperable."

"Therefore, Xue Ye's [Third Step Plan] must be to set up a new team to issue orders without going through the court, avoiding the aristocratic families, because if it goes through the court, Xue Ye's orders will definitely not be passed. In the future, there will be two kinds of orders in the Tiandou Empire. One is issued in the name of the Tiandou Empire, nominally representing the Tiandou Empire and the royal family, but in fact it is not at all. These things represent the interests of the Tiandou aristocratic families;"

"The other is Xue Ye's handwritten order! It is conveyed directly to his subordinates. This represents Xue Ye's true intention, but these things cannot be made public and can only be known by a few people. These aristocratic families naturally want to exploit those without soul power. Common people don't know this. They can only see the orders issued in the name of the Tiandou Empire, so common people will misunderstand Xue Ye. Those aristocratic families are also happy to do so and put the blame on Xue Ye."

"Let's see if Xue Ye has the ability to solve these problems! It's very difficult. No one in the history of Douluo Continent has ever been able to solve them."

Zi Han was very surprised. "So according to you, although there are many challenges, the Tiandou Empire can still become the strongest force in Douluo Continent under Xue Ye's leadership?"

Zhuang Xingyu shook his head. He was not optimistic about Emperor Xue Ye. "No, I just talked about his advantages, not his disadvantages."

"Xue Ye's biggest flaw is that he represents the interests of the Tiandou nobles. He does not represent the interests of the civilians without soul power. He cannot see the power of the civilians and cannot see that the civilians are the carriers of history. Xue Ye will think of those civilians when he is in trouble, but once the difficulties are overcome, he will abandon these civilians without soul power."

"Xue Ye chose to support the minor nobles and attack the major nobles. However, after Xue Ye attacked the original major nobles, the minor nobles grew into new major nobles. It's another cycle. The only solution is to support the common people! But Xue Ye has no other choice, because the innate spirit power of the common people is too low. If he wants to support the common people, he must increase his investment in the common people. Think about it! If the Tiandou Empire invests one more point in the common people, the nobles will have one less point. Naturally, they will not agree. The obstruction they encounter in the middle must be unprecedented."

"The most important thing is to see how long Xue Ye can live! If he can live for more than 15 years, and the next emperor continues to implement Xue Ye's plan without any trouble, then the Tiandou Empire will definitely be revived and reach its peak. Unfortunately, this is impossible. The wheel of history rolls forward and will not stop for your Xue family."

"For the Tiandou Empire, there are only two internal conflicts: the royal family and the nobles, and the court and the local areas. In fact, the interests of the Tiandou royal family are consistent with those of the civilians who have no soul power. For example, all the taxes of Tiandou come from the civilians. The nobles will not pay. They will pretend, escape, and hide. It is good enough not to cause trouble for the royal family. The nobles will also conceal the number of living beings, raise private soldiers, monopolize the Tiandou court, and fight against the royal family. In Douluo Continent, any empire that wants to be truly prosperous must suppress the aristocratic families!"

"Xue Ye can see this, but understanding is one thing, and being able to do it is another. Xue Ye himself is the greatest noble in the Tiandou Empire. If he wants to carry out the reform to the end, he must start with the factorial he represents. If he does this, the supporters who originally stood by Xue Ye will also turn against him, and Xue Ye will be alone, which will be very dangerous."

"If Xue Ye can really turn his knife to the level he is in and really put civilians first, then I admire him and I will support him without hesitation."

"But is this possible? Even I can't sacrifice myself for the sake of the people of the world, let alone Xue Ye! Only the eternal saints can be strict with themselves for the sake of the people of the world, and truly cut down the level they are in, rather than just pretending. However, the smears and attacks such people suffer must be unprecedented. The vision and thinking of such people have surpassed several eras. There may be a few of his former supporters who are willing to support him, but those people definitely can't understand it. Throughout the history of the human race, there is no more than one person who can do this."

Zhuang Xingyu shook his head, his expression somewhat sad. He began to ask himself, asking himself whether he could solve these problems after unifying the Douluo Universe, whether he could let those civilians without soul power settle down and live happily; after unifying the Douluo Universe, the supporters around him would become the new aristocratic families, and whether he could still restrain those aristocratic families in the current situation...

Zhuang Xingyu had no answer.

(End of this chapter)