Immortal Fairies Always Have Designs on Me-Chapter 873 - 370: Lu Jin’an, Dongfang Xinglan—Strategy Decided_3

"Otherwise?"

"Then tell me, how much strength can you wield here?"

"Invincible below the Martial God." Lu Jin'an said slowly: "Of course, the premise is that the three Martial Gods you believe in really exist."

Dongfang Xinglan nodded: "You want to handle this quickly, right?"

"Yes." Lu Jin'an glanced at her: "So do you, otherwise you might not even get the Imperial Throne, and everything would be over."

"In that case..." Dongfang Xinglan handed him the blanket and stood up, saying: "I have a way to quickly pacify all the lords and ascend to the throne."

"Speak."

"Domination." Dongfang Xinglan stood still in front of the cave, listening to the sound of heavy rain outside.

Lu Jin'an put away the blanket, placed Zhiyu aside to let her play for a while, and then came to Dongfang Xinglan's side.

"In today's chaotic Eastern Dynasty, it's not just the various princes of the Dongfang Family eyeing the throne, but also other ambitious figures."

Lu Jin'an clasped his hands behind his back: "In your understanding, the Martial God is supreme, the Martial Saint can be exhausted with an army. Without external forces interfering, the path to unification is not difficult, yet not easy either.

The path of domination, where strength wins, strategy wins, military battles win, terrain wins, actions win, but for a country, it hides pestilence.

The armies you hold are not enough to stabilize the territories gained, more importantly, what I need is not an unstable dynasty."

"Heavenly Dao is constant, responding properly leads to fortune, responding with chaos leads to disaster. To know the future, observe the past." Dongfang Xinglan turned to look at Lu Jin'an: "Governing with virtue, losing virtue leads to ruin. With the Eastern Dynasty at this stage, why not domination?"

"As for the outside world." Lu Jin'an said calmly: "Conspiracies are easy to break, open schemes are hard to prevent. The shortest the Thirty-Six Domains of the Eastern Realm need is ten years of stability.

Firstly, the external situation is not as optimistic as you imagine. The population of the Three Great Dynasties' Thirty-Six Domains is not a small number, currently it can't be absorbed. Secondly, the Thirty-Six Domains are treasure lands, outsiders will vie for it. For now, there can't be conflict."

"So, you're to act with domination for me." Dongfang Xinglan said slowly: "The man who died on horseback before was named Song Zhong, now the Commander of the Jinyi Guard, and a piece I placed in Shengjing."

"You've ordered the Jinyi Guard to cause trouble?"

"What's the problem?"

"No problem." Lu Jin'an smiled slightly: "Therefore, I sent you a big gift after entering the Eastern Dynasty."

Dongfang Xinglan's eyes narrowed slightly: "Were those cities in West Huang City the ones you burned, and were you the one who drove the people south?"

"Yes." Lu Jin'an nodded: "How is this gift?"

Dongfang Xinglan's starry eyes brightened slightly, a faint smile on her lips: "It suits my intention well."

"Based on this." Dongfang Xinglan continued: "I want you to take charge of the Jinyi Guard."

"Oh?" Lu Jin'an smiled: "Even if the Jinyi Guard only acknowledges you, as long as the imperial power remains, how can you as King Qin decide?"

"The Jinyi Guard, can't they rebel?" Dongfang Xinglan sneered: "Song Zhong's rebellion attempt to kill me will inevitably be publicized by the Crown Prince as a wicked act ordered by me, pinning a conspiracy charge on me, resulting in the Jinyi Guard's purge, to be used as a tool for the Crown Prince to gather public support.

Using this pretext, you'll save the people for me and become rebels!"

"Disrupt the other lords, then force them to seek help from you..." Lu Jin'an nodded slightly: "Then you'll use this to defeat me..."

"Saint Lu, are you willing to cooperate?"

"This move is feasible." Lu Jin'an smiled slightly: "I need speed, so do you."

"But, a large portion of the 172 States of the Dynasty remains under Shengjing." Lu Jin'an continued: "By using your Jinyi Guard, I can maximize the impact, but still it's not enough. As long as the Crown Prince makes no mistakes, the people of the world should not wish for war, right?"

"Whether they wish or not, is it up to them?" Dongfang Xinglan looked at Lu Jin'an with a slight smile: "Or is it that Saint Lu has become soft-hearted?"

"The people's heart ensures stability, but hoarding brings ruin..." Lu Jin'an chuckled: "Indeed, it's not up to them."

"But..." Lu Jin'an leaned forward slightly: "I've heard that though your Crown Prince brother may not have your reputation among the people, his current actions reflect those of a wise ruler. With the support of gods, the State Preceptor, and certain Martial Gods backing him, with just this, it's still not enough."

Dongfang Xinglan shifted her gaze to the pouring rain outside: "The gods, the State Preceptor, and other Martial Gods are not the issue, as they are too distant from the common folk. Therefore, as long as the Crown Prince makes a mistake, it will suffice."

"What mistake?"

"I'm still thinking."

"Why not listen to my opinion?"

"Hmm?"

"Hoarding brings ruin." Lu Jin'an lowered his eyelids slightly: "Hoarding invites bandits, fattens enemies, brings national ruin!"

Boom——

In the thunderous rain, Dongfang Xinglan fixed her gaze on Lu Jin'an's lightning-lit face: "You mean to provoke Jiuli and Shenmiao to storm the borders?"

"How about it?" Lu Jin'an looked into Dongfang Xinglan's eyes: "Has Lord Qin become soft-hearted?"

"I, soft-hearted?" Dongfang Xinglan laughed heartily: "Outside the border, are there not nations?"

"There are."

"That's settled then." Dongfang Xinglan lowered her eyelids slightly: "Governance and law, treating people by principle, as long as there's a nation, every generation repeats the same acts. How much is the price for just the people's support?

Now, if I want to ascend to that supreme position, I must abandon this lifelong ideology and instead start from the two words 'Human Clan'."

"You must do this." Lu Jin'an said slowly: "Because it's not just the matter of the Three Great Dynasties."