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Chapter 453: 283: Come and Invest_3
Chapter 453: 283: Come and Invest_3
Chapter 453: Chapter 283: Come and Invest_3
Xu Yang shook his head and gently helped her up with an open hand, speaking calmly, “It’s natural for human hearts to have selfish desires; it’s inevitable. Today, the Wandao School has been established, and the affairs of Great Zhou are in the past. If you do not wish to step out, then I can allocate a region for you to re-establish a rightful nation, to inherit the imperial throne as a reward for the achievement of the Su Family. How does that sound?”
“Shaoqing dares not!”
Su Shaoqing became even more anxious upon hearing this and hurriedly shook her head, “Shaoqing only wishes to stay by the side of my ancestral emperor!”
Seeing her like this, Xu Yang then smiled and soothed her, “Then there’s a lot you still need to learn, so you can take on important responsibilities. Although I cannot grant you the honor of an Empress, within the Wandao School, there will always be a place for you, Su Shaoqing.”
Su Shaoqing finally felt at ease, but still a bit apprehensive, “Your Highness is too kind; Shaoqing will definitely keep this in her heart.”
Xu Yang shook his head and said softly, “You don’t need to be so formal with me, and you don’t need to carry such irrelevant burdens on your shoulders. Doing so will only tire you and cause you to lose yourself, hindering your cultivation.”
“Shaoqing… understands!”
Su Shaoqing nodded, though her eyes still held some confusion, it was uncertain if she truly understood.
Seeing this, Xu Yang did not say more, allowing her to slowly come to her own understanding.
In fact, she hadn’t made any serious mistakes. She just held onto a mindset of being the leader, viewing herself as the head of the Tian Wu Remnants, which led to some resistance, even refusal, to accepting the allegiance of other Tian Wu Remnants and descendants of Great Zhou.
In short, she feared losing favor!
She may not even be aware of this subjective mindset of being in a dominant position.
As for this, Xu Yang did not blame her too much because human nature is such that not everyone can be thoroughly understood.
Although not blaming her, he felt the need to remind her. Xu Yang did hold her in high regard and truly did not wish for her to bear the various burdens of her family, lose herself, hinder her cultivation, or make mistakes…
However, these things required her to come to an understanding on her own. If she were to grasp this thoroughly, then Xu Yang would not mind entrusting the Wandao School to her management, to cultivate an “Empress” to take charge.
Being an Emperor or a Taoist Monarch, these supremely revered positions, while aspired and longed for by others, held little attraction to Xu Yang.
Cultivation, Proving the Dao, and transcendence were his fundamental pursuits. Only if he genuinely could not let go would he bother with such affairs.
He had no interest in being an Emperor or a Taoist Master—it was just that he disliked someone having authority over him.
I digress, let’s get back to the point. Integrating the Tian Wu Remnants and the various factions seeking to join did not require much deliberation.
It’s actions that matter, not intentions—whether they join out of loyalty or opportunism is insignificant. What matters is what they can do and what they will do.
Xu Yang had never expected anyone to follow him with undying loyalty, nor did he mind if his subordinates harbored different thoughts and ideas.
After all, thinking is not a crime. As long they do not act on it and create value for him, whatever they think is their business.
All Xu Yang needed to ensure was that they could create value and not become a malignancy or a hidden trouble that endangered the whole. That would be enough.
This was easy. Once laws were laid down and the system perfected, it would become a vast melting pot. These people would be like firewood, tossed in to unleash their value. Even if they had ulterior motives, they would be gradually assimilated by this immense furnace or devoured and destroyed.
Therefore, Xu Yang did not need to worry about any trouble these people might cause him. Under the legal system of the Wandao School, they were merely kindling with no choice but to burn.
Once they had burned to a certain extent, even if they still harbored thoughts of defection, the people around them, and even they themselves, would ruthlessly snuff out such rebellion!
This is the power of overwhelming momentum, vast and unstoppable!
Just wait and see…