Star Luo Empire, Gengjin City.

"Yes, we will follow this plan after obtaining His Majesty's consent."

After signing his name on a document regarding the reduction of imperial corvee, Dai Mubai patted the shoulder of the deputy director of the State Taxation Bureau in front of him and nodded.

After receiving the approval of the Imperial Crown Prince, the deputy director backed away and left the East Palace.

This is currently the highest-ranking official affiliated with the princelings. He is responsible for formulating national tax laws, and his status in the empire can be considered very prominent.

Although Dai Mubai had obtained the emperor's tacit permission to start recruiting his own party members, this was not so easy to do.

Just like the status of the Dai family and the Zhu family has not changed for hundreds of years, many families in Xingluo are hereditary.

Except for the emerging Endeavor family and a few enterprising heirs of old families who are willing to follow the prince whose ideas are different from the emperor's, most of the powerful families maintain a wait-and-see attitude, or still closely follow the emperor.

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For these families with long inheritance, they do not necessarily need to participate in the struggle in the process of passing on imperial power. Although the benefits are great if the bet is right, getting involved in the imperial power itself is a very risky matter. If you are not careful, there will be great dangers.

You may end up with a lot of people being killed.

If the emperor feels that you are trying to interfere with the prince's will...

And for the empire, as long as you have enough ability to maintain the operation of your part of the "machine" and no "component" better than you appears, then your status is unshakable.

Therefore, many old families are rarely, or even basically, unwilling to intervene in the "struggle" between the prince and the emperor. Instead, they concentrate on their own careers and wait and see.

This situation in Xingluo can also reduce the bloody storm caused by the transfer of imperial power to a certain extent and ensure the normal operation of "most" of the empire.

Seeing his ally leave, Dai Mubai took a deep breath. He knew that most of his current measures would not be approved by His Majesty the Emperor, but he still wanted to do it.

Star Luo is a huge machine that operates tightly. Although it makes the empire extremely powerful, it is also extremely cold and ruthless.

Dai Mubai felt that this situation could not be maintained forever, otherwise without any warm reins, it is very likely that this huge machine would quickly disintegrate after reaching its peak.

As Teacher Fan once mentioned, the Great Qin existed before the Era.

Dai Mubai didn't want his country to be as fleeting as that extremely bright and powerful empire. He wanted Xingluo to be more powerful and less cold at the same time.

Let the people of the empire feel that this country is no longer so cold but has some warmth.

At least this way, when there is a real disaster in the future, the people of the empire will not side with the enemy...

This is Dai Mubai's goal, and there is still a long way to go.

After combing his bright blond hair, Dai Mubai slowly walked towards the back.

I have been busy with various affairs during this period, so it’s time to take a short break.

Stepping into the East Palace Garden, which he had not entered for a long time, Dai Mubai's spirit was shaken by the natural freshness, and his brain, which was a little dazed and tired due to the constant running, was also relieved a lot.

Then, Dai Mubai saw the woman sitting in the East Palace courtyard admiring flowers and painting.

The shoulder-length hair is tied behind her head, and the delicate and loose black dress cannot hide the woman's slim figure. The tear mole under the corner of her eye adds to her charm.

This is his princess, Zhu Lanmiao.

Looking at this face that was very similar to his former fiancée, Dai Mubai couldn't help but think of that girl who was so tough that everyone felt sorry for her.

Who would have thought at the beginning that a girl could really get rid of the control of the empire and have a future of her own through her own efforts.

Dai Mubai's eyes were a little dazed, he was really an admirable old friend...

It is said that she returned to the empire a few years ago, and as the special envoy of the Cardinal of Wuhun Palace, she tried to do something for the country that once belonged to her.

Although it was difficult, she did do something.

Wuhundian cannot change the empire's power policy, but there are many things besides policies that she can use Wuhundian to do.

For example, in recent years, Zhu Zhuqing has used his identity and power to recruit local spirit masters from the Spirit Hall in various parts of the empire, wiping out gangster dens one after another that existed with the tacit approval of the empire, providing safer passages for the people traveling between them.

Moreover, the gangsters' filth and food confiscated by Wuhun Palace will be given to the local people for various reasons or methods.

This has led to the fact that where gangsters were more prevalent in the past, the lives of the current residents will be better.

Moreover, Dai Mubai heard that every bandit suppression operation was personally led by Zhu Zhuqing, and he would visit the points in advance to draw maps and figure out plans, and then use thunder attacks to destroy all enemies at extremely fast speeds and at a very small cost.

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After running around all these years, Dai Mubai even suspected that Zhu Zhuqing might know the geography of the empire better than some of the empire's surveying and mapping specialists.

Because of her mysterious and strange fighting methods, she was even given the title of Shadow Shura.

The girl who was let down and hurt at the beginning finally lived the way she wanted to be... so good...

With his mind returning, Dai Mubai slowly approached his wife, a girl who was one year younger than him.

Different from the cold Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Lanmiao is a gentler girl, but equally determined.

Perhaps people with a weak will cannot survive in the Zhu family, so every Zhu family member Dai Mubai has met is a "warrior" with extremely strong will and respectable people.

Zhu Zhongda is like that, Zhu Zhuyun is like that, Zhu Zhuqing is like that, and now my own Crown Princess Zhu Lanmiao is like that too.

At the beginning, Dai Mubai had doubted whether his wife was an spy arranged by the emperor to monitor his every move and restrict his chess piece.

Later, Dai Mubai realized that he seemed to be wrong. Lan Miao was indeed appointed to him by the emperor, but not to supervise and restrict him, but just because she was very suitable, or should be said to be very suitable.

In the process of getting along day by day, Dai Mubai not only discovered that his wife was firmly thinking from his own point of view, but also analyzed a lot of information from the perspective of his previous experience in the Zhu family and provided Dai Mubai with a lot of suggestions.

Since she was not the prince's fiancée before, Zhu Lanmiao was also one of the spies responsible for monitoring the movements of officials, and was specifically responsible for work within the imperial city.

Therefore, her understanding of the situation in the capital and the court officials is far superior to that of Dai Mubai, who has been away from Xingluo for many years.

It is even said that many officials under Prince Dai Mubai now discovered it under Zhu Lanmiao's guidance.

Slowly walking behind his wife, Dai Mubai covered her eyes, bent down and stretched his head to the side of her face:

"Guess who I am?"

Zhu Lanmiao smiled and stretched out her hand, placed it on Dai Mubai's palm, and touched the familiar joints: "It's my Mubai, right."

After kissing Zhu Lanmiao, Dai Mubai sat next to her and noticed a newspaper on the table where she put her paints.

"Wuhundian tabloid, why are you starting to read these now?"

Zhu Lanmiao smiled, dipped a stroke of paint into the colored pen in his hand, and wrote on the drawing board:

“I think it’s quite interesting to understand what’s happening on the mainland from a different perspective through this way.”

"And I am no longer a member of the Zhu family in the strict sense. I cannot inquire about many things as before. By understanding what is happening outside in this way, I can help you better."

"I am your Crown Princess, husband and wife, and I should share your worries."

"Thank you, Lan Miao."

"Tiandou's crown prince is getting married next month, Mubai, are you going? Tiandou seems to have sent you an invitation letter."

"No, I won't go. Compared to Prince Tiandou's wedding, I have more important things to do. Your Majesty thinks so too."

"The Imperial Foreign Secretary will take care of this."
Chapter completed!