As night fell in the depths of the palace, the maids and eunuchs walking in the corridors took away the lampshades one after another, and then lit the eternal mermaid ointment inside, and soon every corner of the palace was illuminated.

Thorough.

At this time, the ministers responsible for handling government affairs also left the palace early and returned to their mansions to rest.

However, the ministers could rest, but the emperor was still at work and had no intention of taking a rest.

It is good or bad to be an emperor.

The good thing is that he is the greatest in the world and is known as the Emperor.

The disadvantage is that cultivation and the world cannot have both, and a balance between the two must be maintained.

If you choose to practice, you must leave the government affairs to the ministers below. Just like the Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Court, he practices almost every day and rarely summons the immortals to gather in the Lingxiao Palace for meetings and discussions.
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If you choose to maintain the emperor's authority and the world, then the time the emperor spends practicing will be pitiful and almost negligible.

Therefore, emperors in the past dynasties would be very distressed and feel that they had a headache, that is, if they wanted to conquer the world, they would not be able to maintain their own path to immortality, and if they wanted to conquer the path of immortality, they would not be able to maintain the long-term stability of the world.

After all, the current feudal era is far from achieving the high degree of autonomy that would be achieved in the constitutional monarchy era in later generations.

Rather, everything needs to revolve around the emperor.

The feudal imperial power was supreme, and the emperor's intervention was needed to maintain the foundation of the world.

Otherwise, within a few days, there will be ministers with overwhelming power, evading the imperial power, not caring about the emperor at all, and even imprisoning and killing the emperor, staged the most brutal power struggle.

Throughout the ages, this kind of thing has happened countless times.

Therefore, the emperors were also afraid that these ministers would rebel. Therefore, even if they practiced in seclusion, they still had a lot of worries. They would not completely trust their ministers and allowed these ministers to monopolize power and do whatever they wanted.

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Emperor Zhou is currently reviewing the memorials and reviewing the major world events that ministers must uphold every day.

In the recent days of Emperor Zhou's cultivation, the sea frontiers were fighting chaos, and the Mobei was full of smoke. It seemed that the world had never been at peace.

People who were driven to barbarian areas were greedy for the wealth of the Zhou Dynasty, and they always wanted to come and take a bite of fat meat.

In addition to external troubles, there are also internal worries.

When Emperor Zhou saw that Zhao Ning had become the contemporary leader of Taohua Academy, he couldn't help but frowned and felt very unhappy.

For Emperor Zhou, Confucianism could only be a hawk in his hands, but it could not develop and grow to the point of threatening the imperial dominance.

Once the power of the hawks and dogs begins to expand endlessly, even the emperor will have to tolerate it, that will be the biggest disaster.

For a moment, Emperor Zhou looked at the memorial in his hand, with a cold light in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "The four major families are lawless. During the Taizu period, they had the idea of ​​disobedience, so they were suppressed by Taizu and gradually adopted the soft and gentle approach.

Strategies to appease them.

Now, the Rongguo Mansion has fallen into decay, and the children in the family are like pigs and dogs, unable to be used. It seems that the eradication of the four major families is not far away. Suddenly, Zhao Ning jumped out of nowhere. He is really the bastard of the Zhao family.

My great plan for the future."

Emperor Zhou didn't take Zhao Ning seriously before. Even if he was the so-called Six-Yuan Number One Scholar, as long as he didn't give Zhao Ning support in terms of training resources, then Zhao Ning would not be able to make any progress even though he was extremely talented.

Resources are the core of cultivation, and the imperial court has the greatest resources and voice. Therefore, the position of emperor is very popular, and everyone wants to be the emperor.

The emperor is just a false name. The right to speak and the power to allocate resources hidden under this false name are what all practitioners dream of.

If you gather the power and resources of the entire world to support yourself, how terrifying and powerful will this person's cultivation be? It goes without saying!

This is where the imperial power is most powerful.

Justifiably control the world's resources, and you can have whatever you want.

If not, which cultivator is willing to give up the path to immortality and run out to compete for the emperor's position?

Now that the emperor has been captured by their family, they are naturally unwilling to be trapped here.

To suppress the four major families headed by Rong Guofu is to take back the power from these big forces that they had to give away in order to compete for the world.

In other words, it is the bulk of resource allocation, and he must have it in his hands.

After all, resources are needed to maintain the operation of the court, the bureaucracy, petty officials, the army, etc.

The higher the position and the higher the weight, the greater the amount of resources consumed for daily food and clothing.

Even though he is now the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the resources in his hands are actually very limited, and he does not feel that the resources in his hands are really endless and ample.

Zhao Ning appears as a dragon slayer.

And Emperor Zhou is the dragon sitting on the throne.

The dragon slayer will eventually turn into an evil dragon.

This is the truth in any era and has never changed.

Now Zhao Ning, the dragon slayer, has begun to accumulate strength. As the dragon of Emperor Zhou, naturally he cannot allow anyone to ride on top of him to challenge his authority and status.

"The throne of the emperor cannot be shaken. I will kill Zhao Ning."

For a moment, Emperor Zhou angrily threw the memorial in his hand into the fire and burned it. With a fierce look in his eyes, he thought carefully about how to deal with this matter.

"We can't let Zhao Ning grow up safely. We must give him something to do."

At this moment, there were sudden sounds of footsteps outside the door. Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of Daming Palace, hurried in, walked to Emperor Zhou's side, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Princess Ji is here.

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After hearing Dai Quan's words, Emperor Zhou suppressed the anger on his face, but returned a calm and calm expression, saying: "Let her in!"

I was thinking deeply: I heard that she has been close to Zhao Ning recently, can I make a fuss about it?

The royal family is ruthless. Even as a royal princess, she is still a bargaining chip, a chess piece placed on the chessboard that can be used.

Although Emperor Zhou felt sorry for his little daughter, he cared more about the power in his hands and the dignified status of the entire royal family.

Compared with a daughter, the emperor's position is undoubtedly much more important.

If a princess could be sacrificed to eliminate the hidden danger of Zhao Ning, then Emperor Zhou might not be unwilling to make such a sacrifice.

In a word, the imperial power is supreme and the interests of the imperial power are unshakable.

For the interests of the emperor, anyone can sacrifice.
Chapter completed!