World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 977 - 451: Big Sweepstakes?_2

Chapter 977: 451: Big Sweepstakes?_2

The remaining major kingdoms, even if they also claimed to be the world hegemonies, were thoroughly ostracized from this circle.

Princess Zhi Yan, due to her own talent, came close to studying at the Sky Holy Palace and almost entered this circle, but because she had to inherit the Rage Wave Kingdom, she gave up this opportunity.

Ashi Liren left the secret chamber, leaving the space to Zhi Yan and Suo Lun.

At this moment, her mind was filled with complex emotions, requiring contemplation and digestion.

Moreover, after sensing that mysterious energy within Suo Lun, she was almost convinced that Suo Lun was the fabled World-Ending Demon Emperor.

But then, that thought gradually became more distant, increasingly feeling surreal.

And she could not ask, nor would she ever ask.

Once she voiced the question, it would bring danger to Suo Lun.

If Suo Lun truly was the World-Ending Demon Emperor, then this secret should be known by no one.

When a secret is buried within one’s own heart, it provides a great sense of security. But as soon as a second person becomes aware, even if that person would never betray you, they would be filled with endless unease, which could lead to flaws in one’s actions.

Therefore, even though Ashi Liren was extremely curious, she would definitely not ask aloud, nor would she seek verification by any means.

She would pretend to know nothing!

Because the secret was too shocking, too terrifying.

Once exposed, no one under the heavens could save Suo Lun, not even his master, Jiang Shang.

Suo Lun was still too weak, and there would be no place for him in the vast world.

"Husband, I have delivered Fang Zeming’s flayed skin to Fang Qingyi for you," said Princess Zhi Yan.

Suo Lun was taken aback, then immediately grasped the implication of her words, and instantly gave a big thumbs-up.

Zhi Yan said, "Husband, have you completely decided?"

Suo Lun said, "Can you accept it? After all, this is your kingdom."

Princess Zhi Yan said, "Between two evils, choose the lesser. Rather than becoming a puppet of Yin Zhou, I would rather ascend to the throne in Tianshui City and then make a comeback. In three to five years’ time, to retake the entire Rage Wave Kingdom."

Zhi Yan’s tone was breezy, but her valor truly surpassed that of the vast majority of men.

Suo Lun gently embraced her and said, "Although we have made the same decision, I made mine based on obsession and emotions, while you made yours based on wisdom."

Zhi Yan said, "Then when do we start the great confiscation?"

"Tomorrow," Suo Lun said. "Let them have a good night’s sleep."

Suo Lun spoke calmly, but his words meant a complete storm for the entire Rage Wave Kingdom.

There has never been such an event in the history of the Rage Wave Kingdom.

The royal family sending troops to confiscate the properties of all nobles, using the retrieved Gold Coins to maintain the state’s operation, to fill the deficit of the commoners.

By doing this, Suo Lun was essentially slicing the flesh of nobles to feed the army and the commoners.

The Rage Wave Kingdom was divided into three parts: the aristocracy was one faction, the commoners another, and the military another.

Throughout history, monarchies have always carved the flesh of commoners to feed the aristocrats.

But now, Suo Lun was going beyond slicing the flesh of the aristocrats; he was going to slaughter them as if they were pigs.

Moreover, throughout the several thousand years of history of the Human Kingdom, there had been no such event.

Once Suo Lun did this, he could never turn back, would become the public enemy of the whole world, and would stand completely opposed to the nobles and the feudal lords, in an endless battle.

Unless Suo Lun turned the Rage Wave Kingdom into a socialist empire, he would be forever nailed to the disgraceful column of the aristocracy.

Because Suo Lun himself was also a noble, he was supposed to serve the interests of the nobility, yet he had completely betrayed his own class.

So once Suo Lun gave the order to act, he truly could not turn back.

By then, would the Turing Clan, the Tuli Yun Family, the Chu Family, and the Jian Family still stand by him, or would they immediately betray him?

Suo Lun did not know!

Because they were also nobles!

What’s most crucial was, even if Suo Lun confiscated all the noble properties to let the kingdom through the crisis and provide for the commoner class and the army.

However, the nobility controlled the power of public opinion! The common-class might not appreciate Suo Lun’s actions and might even join the countless nobles in denouncing Suo Lun’s tyranny and shamelessness!

These commoners would not know that the Gold Coins Suo Lun seized from the noble properties were meant to fill their deficits; they would only think that Suo Lun pocketed them all.

In their hearts, Suo Lun would become a complete tyrant and despicable.

Such things were far too common. King Quo Bian desperately protected the interests of the kingdom from being invaded by Yin Zhou, protecting the nation’s subjects from being enslaved by Yin Zhou.

However, in the eyes of the kingdom’s subjects, King Quo Bian, in order to ascend to the throne, committed fratricide and regicide, an absolute beast and predator.

Emperor Yongzheng, for the sake of state finance and people’s livelihood, implemented tax reforms that treated gentry and commoners alike in grain tax, greatly offending the literati across the land. Though fundamentally, he did this to maintain his own dynasty’s rule, at least he also protected the interests of the commoners.

Yet more than two hundred years later, there were still people cursing Emperor Yongzheng’s illegitimate accession, talking about how he killed his brothers and altered the will. In many films and television works, he has been assassinated over and over by vigilantes of justice.

This world has always been such that I try to reflect my heart like the bright moon, but alas, the bright moon illuminates only the ditches.

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