The calm voice of the Ancient Witch Emperor came from the palace: "Ye Aiqing, come in."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xiang Chen straightened up and walked into the hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, there was a powerful spiritual force flowing through his body, as if he could see through every cell in him, and his soul and origin could be clearly sensed.
Sitting in the main hall was a man wearing the royal robe of the Flame Witch Totem of the Witch God Clan. He was the Ancient Witch King.
Xiang Chen's eyes were slightly lowered, and when he came to the palace, he saluted again: "Ye Xiuchen pays homage to your majesty."
This should be the closest he has ever been to the Ancient Witch King, even though it was the incarnation of ten thousand monsters who came to meet him.
The Ancient Witch Emperor nodded slightly and said, "Ye Aiqing is exempt from the courtesy."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiang Chen straightened up, but lowered his eyes slightly, not daring to look directly at the majesty of the emperor.
The Ancient Witch King's voice was light but contained supreme majesty: "Speaking of which, this is the first time that I have met Ye Aiqing.
Ye Aiqing's youth has surprised everyone. He has such accomplishments at such a young age, which shows that Ye Aiqing is also a person with great talents and great luck."
Xiang Chen said respectfully: "Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. It was all thanks to the cultivation of the Holy Court and the Imperial Dynasty. Otherwise, I would not be able to do what I do today."
The Ancient Witch King smiled and said: "I like young heroes very much. You are energetic, motivated, and ambitious for the future. It seems that you see yourself in your youth."
"I have read the information submitted by Nightingale, and there are no problems with Ye Aiqing's political review. However, I would like to know, what are your opinions and suggestions for Ye Mingsi?
Why do you want to join the Ye Ming Division? What are your views on the current situation in the world?"
Xiang Chen's expression straightened, he lowered his voice, bowed slightly and said, "Then I just said a few lies. Your Majesty, please don't take offense if you say something bad."
"Speak freely without any scruples. No matter what you say, I will forgive you first."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xiang Chen then said: "Ye Mingsi, in the eyes of the people of the world, is a sharp sword that belongs to His Majesty. It is a sharp weapon that manages and supervises all officials in the world. It is one of the institutions that His Majesty trusts most."
"At the same time, it is necessary to deter all officials and prevent enemy infiltration and our officials from rebelling. This is the necessity of the existence of Ye Ming Division."
"The purpose of my joining the Ye Ming Division is also very simple. First, I have a channel to do my part for His Majesty, and later I can use the prestige of the Ye Ming Division to protect our Ye clan from declining."
The Ancient Witch King smiled lightly and said: "You are direct in your words, but also very truthful. Keep talking."
"Yes, I don't have any good suggestions for Ye Mingsi. Ye Mingsi has developed for so many years and its internal system has been almost perfect. I dare not give advice to the country even though I am half-assed."
"As for the current situation in the world, I have some opinions, mainly based on the current situation in our ancient times."
"Now in Taikoo, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the two major anti-thief forces, Jiutian and Beiminghai, have been wiped out. Then the problem we in Taikoo face now is our own internal development and strength."
"I boldly suggest that Swire needs reform!"
"Reform." The Ancient Witch Emperor frowned and asked, "What kind of reform?"
Xiang Chen said: "We need to change some of our original ideas regarding people's livelihood and public opinion."
"Speaking of which, although Taikoo's current environment is relatively clean, there are too many pests inside, and many of them even come from the Witch God Clan!"
After Xiang Chen said these words, the Ancient Witch Emperor's eyes became sharper, and Xiang Chen felt like a cold light piercing his back, but he calmed down after an instant.
"go on."
"Due to the racial system of the ancient Wu God Clan, many Wu Clan people have always been aloof and arrogant. They usually do not treat other races as human beings. They have committed countless crimes at the bottom of society and accumulated extremely deep public resentment."
"I did an investigation and found out that when His Majesty was attacking Jiutian, due to a few words of incitement from Emperor Xiang Tian, countless Taikoo people secretly rewarded him in order to resist their dissatisfaction with the rule of our dynasty."
"These dissatisfactions are nothing now and cannot accumulate much power, but our dynasty will eventually develop for a long time.
After enough grievances have accumulated, if a change occurs one day and causes these people to explode, it may also set off a riot that shakes the foundation of our dynasty."
"The source of all this comes from the oppression and abuse of other races by many members of the Witch God Clan. Therefore, I boldly petitioned and His Majesty established a heavy law to specifically target those Witch God Clan members who have made people angry and resentful, so as to rectify the atmosphere at the bottom of society and strengthen the people of ancient times.
A sense of recognition for the dynasty.”
"I know that what I said may offend the interests of many people and affect the authority of the Witch God Clan. However, for the long-term stability of the dynasty, I hope that your Majesty will pay attention to public opinion."
"Of course, I dare to confide these words to His Majesty, and I don't dare to speak nonsense to outsiders."
After Xiang Chen finished speaking, he bowed slightly and then said nothing.
The Ancient Witch King took a deep look at Xiang Chen and was silent for a while without speaking.
"Ye Aiqing, you are very brave, you dare to risk the world and say this. However, from the perspective of the emperor, I know what you said is right. From the perspective of my own race, I should behead you.
"
Xiang Chen smiled and said: "But your Majesty is a wise king after all. You are not only a member of the Witch God tribe, but also the king of all races in ancient times."
His flattery was so skillful that even the Witch King was very pleased with it.
The Witch Emperor smiled slightly: "You have great insights into civil affairs, and it would be a bit unworthy of you to serve as the Night Secretary.
Everyone knows what you are talking about, but the hegemony brought about by the racial superiority and long-term dominance of our Witch God clan has become deeply ingrained and difficult to change.
If we want to change it directly, we will make many people in our own race dissatisfied."
"So, this situation is difficult to solve. If we really want to solve it, we can only slowly figure it out and slowly establish some laws so that the ancient races will gradually have more legal protection."
"Of course, you can bring this up and think of this, which shows your loyalty to the dynasty.
But the ideas of you young people are too idealistic. You don’t know how many people’s interests and power will be affected by such a reform. The backlash it will cause will be turmoil in the world.”
"At present, our dynasty still has absolute force to stabilize the country. This depends on the strength of our race. Of course, what you suggest is another long-term imperial way, but it is not suitable for the Witch God Dynasty.
Our way of ruling has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of all our tribesmen. If we change it, it will shake the hearts of our tribesmen! By then, there will inevitably be internal conflicts and the world will be in chaos!"
Xiang Chen's expression changed greatly, and he quickly confessed: "I definitely have no evil intentions."
His heart sank. As expected of an emperor who has been working for thousands of years, he immediately saw the biggest disadvantage that his suggestion would bring to the Witch God Clan, a hardcore emperor magic player.