Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 1511 - 1504: Governance by the Literati

Chapter 1511: Chapter 1504: Governance by the Literati

That is to say, the parents who are Mages might give birth to children who are magic dregs. Parents from a cultivation family might also have offspring that are unable to form a core.

The most direct solution to this problem is to have more children, much like drawing cards, in order to maximize the efficiency of producing excellent offspring, or one could choose to take an unconventional path.

In the Western Continent, the best solution to this problem is to intermarry with the Elf Race and the subrace of the Dwarf Race, giving birth to offspring that carry the bloodline of Elves or Dwarves.

As the dazzling gem of the Ancestors’ biotechnology, Elf bloodlines can significantly enhance the likelihood of showing dominant traits for magic adaptability.

Thus, although it’s often said that the Demon Clan resembles the Elf Race somewhat, the fundamental reasons for their respective situations are entirely different. In the Western Continent, the main issue faced by the Elf Race is actually discrimination. In fact, quite a few magical families have started covertly accepting the Elf Race to improve the bloodlines of their descendants, producing more offspring with dominant magic adaptability traits.

In the East Continent, the Demon Clan faces not only discrimination but also fear from the Human Race.

One could say that the Demon Clan represents subtraction, while the Elf Race represents addition; the Demon Clan affects the offspring’s ability to form cores, while the Elf Race significantly enhances the likelihood of magic adaptability.

However, it needs to be clarified that the magical systems of the East Continent and the Western Continent are two completely different systems. The magic system of the East Continent focuses on storage methods, emphasizing the storage of magic power within a core and its release throughout the body. In contrast, the Western Continent prioritizes the Circulation Method, focusing on guiding the flow of magic power throughout the body for release.

Therefore, the Demon Clan is not entirely without hope because those who cannot form cores can learn the Circulation Magic from the Western Continent. If the people of the East Continent could accept the magic system of Circulation, I believe this racial discrimination and fear would be greatly reduced.

Indeed, the magic power circulation method is a popular magic system that almost everyone in the Otherworld can cultivate. Conversely, the cultivation system of the East Continent has a clear threshold and is only suitable for certain individuals.

Returning to the topic of the Dongsheng Empire, in terms of raising moral standards, the Dongsheng Empire has indeed made a significant improvement compared to its predecessor, the Chang Empire. Although such improvement may not be noteworthy from the perspective of Luo’er and other modern people, when viewed in a feudal era, these decisions of the Dongsheng Court could indeed be deemed sanctified.

The reason for this outcome, according to the analysis of the Advance Team, likely originates from the political system reform of the Dongsheng Imperial Court.

As emphasized repeatedly before, empires in Kyushu have always been martially oriented, with the empire from top to bottom focusing on cultivation and valuing martial prowess.

However, a significant change has occurred in the Dongsheng Empire. Although nominally the Dongsheng Empire still honors martial values, and the Emperor is called Emperor Wu, the real control of the empire is based on a Cabinet Imperial Court founded on Civil Officials.

This change is very evident because, throughout the history of its predecessors, even including the earlier Chang Empire of Dongsheng, the governance had always been by warriors, that is, by Cultivators.

A person’s energy is limited, and it is not possible to focus wholeheartedly on two things simultaneously. And these Cultivators, aiming to raise their status, can only devote themselves tirelessly to cultivation, leaving no room for distraction. Thus, to some extent, the officials of the earlier Dongsheng Empire were almost without exception illiterate and crude.

Certainly, there are indeed those highly skilled in both literature and martial arts in this world, like Yichuan Long whom Cheng Ziang had once encountered. However, such outstanding individuals are rare, and there are only a few such talents in the entire Imperial Court, leading to almost predictable governance chaos.

Moreover, most fatally, these Cultivators are often not loners; they are backed by powerful families. In various Courts of Kyushu over the ages, the top officials have almost always been progeny of powerful, wealthy families, leaving no avenue for ordinary people to rise.

To some extent, the previous political system of the Dongsheng Empire’s Court is no different in essence from the tribal alliance of West Outer Heaven, where several powerful aristocratic families together can support the establishment of a court.

The appearance of the Dongsheng Empire completely changed everything; after drastic reforms, the Dongsheng Court now implements a very strict selection mechanism for Civil Officials. Those who cannot practice cultivation, whether they be children of great clans or from humble backgrounds, as long as they have talent, have a chance to enter the court and serve as officials.

The entire government administration is monopolized by the Cabinet, from the appointment of Cabinet ministers to the dismissal and appointment of county magistrates. The Civil Official system of the Dongsheng Empire has spread throughout Kyushu, reaching down to the county and township levels and providing numerous positions for talented individuals.

It is from this moment that the Dongsheng Empire finally began to display the moral standards befitting the beacon of Kyushu civilization. Scholars may not necessarily be benevolent, but they are certainly much more rational in governance than warriors.

Supported by the Civil Official system, the Dongsheng Empire has entered an era of unprecedented development, abolishing many of the malpractices of previous dynasties and supporting what was on the verge of collapse.

Previously, there was always emphasis on the frequency of the Dongsheng Empire’s invasions of West Outer Heaven, far surpassing previous dynasties; this is because under the governance of the Civil Official group, the Dongsheng Empire had stronger national power, hence it was able to launch large-scale expeditions repeatedly.

However, from various signs, the cultivation forces of the Dongsheng Empire are still very strong, and their presence can be clearly felt both in West Outer Heaven and in Fengyu.

After all, a cultivation force that has developed for over a thousand years is unrealistic to completely eradicate. But currently, it appears that the Civil Official group of the Dongsheng Empire is deliberately strengthening its control over the Empire to prevent military figures from usurping power, and to avoid repeating the tragedy of previous dynasties.

Military power has a significant deterrent effect on ordinary people. It is always said that the pen is mightier than the sword, but in reality, a real sword that sheds blood is what truly shocks people.

Given the objective existence of strong martial forces in Kyushu, the status of cultivators cannot be easily changed; scholars may kill effectively, but warriors shock and awe with their killings.

Thus, for a long period of time, the warriors, or the cultivator forces, will firmly control the majority of benefits and will not be easily defeated by these scholars.

If scholars wish to defeat these warriors, aside from using cunning strategies, what is more important is that they have to find a powerful force of their own to counter these warriors. Because in the face of absolute power, any cunning strategy is ineffective.

The carriage, following the ancient trails of Kyushu cultivation, slowly entered the territory of Fengyu. Unlike the barren expanses of West Outer Heaven, Fengyu is much more developed environmentally and after traveling just over twenty kilometers, they encountered a town.

Although passing through West Outer Heaven in their invasion, the army of the Dongsheng Empire did not much disturb the Demon Clan people within Fengyu. Of course, there were some roaming soldiers looting and plundering, which is typical for feudal armies, but these were in the minority.

The army of the Dongsheng Empire still maintained considerable restraint. With the addition of Kunzhou transport, only a small number of troops needed to pass through Fengyu to reach Kyushu, so it did not cause too severe an impact, and the lives of the Demon Clan people in Fengyu remained relatively peaceful.

Although Fengyu is the land of the Shanyue people and Demon Clan, the interior presents a distinct distribution of mixed major settlements and isolated minor ones. In large cities, there are both Shanyue people and Demon Clan people. In those small towns, they are either all Shanyue people or all Demon Clan people, with a clear gap in between.

For instance, the first town that Luo’er and his group encountered was a very typical Demon Clan town, with few Shanyue people besides the visiting merchants, mostly inhabited by the Demon Clan.

For Luo’er and his group, encountering a town populated by the Demon Clan as the first city was quite satisfying. Although the map already indicated which cities had which populations, actually seeing it with their own eyes brought them much relief.

Unlike the Dongsheng Empire, Fengyu does not have a top-down bureaucratic system. Their local officials are almost all elected locally, not appointed from the top-down like in the Dongsheng Empire.

The advantage of doing so is quite obvious, in these towns dominated by the Demon Clan, the town chiefs elected are Demon Clan people. If the Dongsheng Court were to appoint someone, they would likely appoint an official from Kyushu, which would be most troublesome.

Search the lightnovelworld.cc website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.