Ten thousand I am across the heavens

Chapter 1855 You Are Not Without Value Apart from the Throne

Although he was extremely frightened, he was the emperor after all. After a brief panic, he quickly calmed down and did not show his fear. Instead, he looked at Lan Nuo expressionlessly until Lan Nuo said, "There is no need to look at me like that. I already know all the useful information about you."

The sound coming out of his mouth at this time was exactly the same as the emperor's own voice. Finally, the little emperor sitting on the chair was moved.

"Don't be so surprised. I already know not only your voice, but also your daily habits, your likes and dislikes for every minister in the court, and who your followers and trusted personnel are. I know you don't believe it, so in order to make you give up, I will first tell you the secrets that you dare not tell anyone."

At that moment, Lan Nuo began to enumerate a series of little secrets of the young emperor. The young age of the emperor was actually one of the major destabilizing factors of the dynasty. There would always be ministers who believed that a younger emperor was relatively easier to control. In this way, they could take advantage of this and achieve an effect similar to holding the emperor hostage to control the other lords.

Obviously, he does not hold all the power. In order to consolidate the power in his hands, he has been secretly promoting some of his confidants to build his own power. It must be said that this little emperor has some skills. If nothing unexpected happens, if he is given a year or two, he will be able to hold power like his father did and truly become the master of this country.

But all these could only be realized after his secret plots were successful. He did not tell any ministers about these plans, and even his confidants knew nothing about them. In order to ensure that his dreams would not be leaked, the young man, who was full of vigor and vitality, did not allow his concubines to sleep with him. At most, he would drive them out after the matter was done. He was extremely cautious.

And just like that, his entire plan, including every detail in the plan, was predicted one by one by the guy in front of her who looked exactly like her. This finally made her begin to fear from the bottom of her heart. Peeping into the secrets in people's hearts is no longer something that ordinary people can do. This person can also transform into her appearance. Could he be a demon who stole the country?

Isn't it said that the royal family has the dragon spirit of the emperor, and the demons dare not covet it? If it weren't for the demons having such rich means, the throne should have collapsed long ago.

The information that Lan Nuo knew was naturally obtained from this person's mouth through coaxing or threats. Logically speaking, the most important thing he should do now is to kill the little emperor to silence him, and then find a way to hide the body, so that his identity will be perfect.

But under certain conditions, Lan Nuo's own moral level is still relatively high. Especially in the process of communication, it was discovered that this guy has clear logic and quick thinking. Under normal circumstances, he can grow into a great leader, and may not be unable to grow into an outstanding politician or engineer in the future. Talents are really rare these days. During the period of agricultural civilization, there were few people who could read and write. Lan Nuo estimated that he had at most 90 years, and could only train three or four generations of people. The starting stage of the first generation is the most critical, and no talent should be wasted.

"I know you're getting scared." Lan Nuo took out a gorgeously decorated ivory dagger, which was the self-defense weapon that the little emperor had placed beside his bed. But now the dagger, which was originally used to protect himself, was pressed against his throat.

"I'm going to take off the stuffing in your mouth now. Don't even think about shouting. I can guarantee that I can cut your throat before you shout. Cooperate with me from now on. I can give you a chance to live. After I go to court for you, I can even tell you what has happened in the past few days.

In fact, it doesn't matter if you really scream out loud. I will just kill you on the spot, and then tell the people who come in that you are the thief who assassinated me. They will have to believe it whether they want to or not. It's just like on the journey to obtain the scriptures, no matter whether it is the Monkey King or the Six-Eared Macaque who survives, the four masters and apprentices still cannot do without their eldest brother. "

The little emperor might not understand the last metaphor, but after the stuffy thing in his mouth was taken out, he did not scream or even say a word.

"Very good, it seems that you are a smart person. Since you are willing to cooperate, I am happy to spare your life. Tomorrow I will go to court for you and you will govern the country. As for you, I will be locked up in the basement for the time being. Don't think about escaping or breaking free from the rope, because I can guarantee that you will never be able to break free. Blind struggle will only hurt yourself.

Every day when I come back, I will take some time to tell you what happened in the court. You have a quarter of an hour to ask me questions. Apart from that, I will make sure you can’t make any sound. "

The little emperor was completely confused this time: "Why don't you kill me? You have my face, my voice, and even know everything about me. What use am I to you?"

Lan Nuo looked at him with some pity, smiled, reached out his hand, touched the little emperor's head and said: "Everything you said can be summed up in two words, that is, the throne. You have always felt that your value is equal to the throne, and you have never thought about whether you have any value other than the identity of the emperor? When you figure this out, you will understand that the throne is just a tool for me, and what I want is not limited to the throne."

As the ruler of a country, the little emperor who controls an empire, this was the first time he had heard of such a thing. He wanted to angrily scold the man in front of him for being ignorant of the heavens and the earth, but he quickly swallowed back what he wanted to say. The other party had such great magical powers that he could enter the palace without being discovered by anyone, and could investigate all of his secrets without him even noticing. With such abilities, the throne was indeed within his grasp.

"Okay, take your time to think about it. To entertain you, I left you a few books, all written by people from this dynasty. They are quite interesting. Read them when you have nothing to do."

Lan Nuo carried the parking space into the basement, and the books were just piled where his feet could reach. Although he couldn't break free, he could barely turn the pages with his feet. The little emperor felt that this was a great humiliation, but his mouth had been stuffed again, and Lan Nuo had turned and left. No matter how angry he was, he couldn't change the predicament before him.

And Lan Nuo also came to the turbulent court for the first time in this world. Although they had never been emperors, they had served as leaders of a group more than once. Although the political system of each dynasty was different, they all ended up in the same way, which was nothing more than mastering and distributing power layer by layer, and thus establishing a state machine with more or less efficiency to achieve rule. The state machine in the feudal era was bound to be low and was limited by productivity. No matter how much thought and effort one put into it, it was tantamount to carving flowers on firewood.

The young emperor might have been a great ruler in the original history, but the plans he made were small in scope, and the so-called power struggle was ultimately limited to the court. Lan Nuo was different. He was ready to play without the original vested interests. Thanks to the young emperor's previous management, he was able to mobilize a considerable amount of power in the court.

As a result, the Ministry of Works, which was not particularly valued, gained unprecedented power. The emperor was going to personally guide them to build several large projects and put all the power he had accumulated over the years into it. In the eyes of those who originally supported the young emperor, the wise and powerful young emperor suddenly went crazy and ruined the good situation inexplicably. Those who were originally in key positions were transferred to this insignificant Ministry of Works, which was simply nonsense. But it was too late for them to stop it.

Lan Nuo knew that he was pressed for time, so after the court session ended that day, he asked the people he recruited to stay and personally explained to them the next project he was going to build and the acceptance time set for them. If they were people from the industrial age, they would definitely realize the importance of these construction projects, but in the eyes of other ministers in the court, the emperor's temperament had suddenly changed, and it was obvious that he was not doing his job and was wasting his time on trivial matters.

However, the projects that Lan Nuo personally supervised and promoted will explode with energy far beyond their imagination in the future. These include coal mine and iron mine transformation, iron and steel smelting, manure storage, saltpeter storage, casting, salt drying, sugar boiling, glass, and a series of basic chemical projects.

Time is everything. Lan Nuo has no time to play any power struggle with the people in the court. He should use the power he can mobilize now to build a coal and iron industrial complex, develop the process of manufacturing three acids and two alkalis by primitive methods, and let the army of this era experience what the art of explosion is. This is the fastest way to solve all problems.

When he returned to the basement of the palace and told the little emperor who had been reading books here all day what he had done today, he immediately flew into a rage, not caring about his status as a prisoner. His face flushed as he angrily scolded: "Are you crazy? You have destroyed the power I have worked so hard to build. You have pushed several promising young men who could take over a state to become craftsmen. You! You! You might as well lock me up for life, or even let me die in this basement. Even if you let me go back now, I can't save the situation. Don't you really know how sinister the struggle in the palace is? Don't you know how many people are eyeing the throne under my buttocks?"

The anger had made the little emperor somewhat confused, and for a moment even the names of people began to get mixed up.

"Why are you so excited? Do you know that if you had spoken a little louder, I would have strangled you? You only have a quarter of an hour to ask your questions. Venting meaninglessly is just a waste of your own time and will only lower my opinion of you."

The angry little emperor calmed down and thought seriously. If Lan Nuo was really a fool, he would not have planned so carefully. He played himself and replaced his identity, becoming the emperor without arousing any suspicion.

If you think about it this way, there may indeed be some tricks in those projects.

"Well, you are the emperor now, so you can do whatever you want. I think the workshops you set up will surely make a lot of money, but have you ever thought that the profits need to be protected by sufficient military force? Without the army in your hands, you are just a piece of fat meat in the mouths of others."

"Well, if you can think of this, you are already better than most people in this era. You can realize that force is used to gain benefits, and benefits are used to further expand your force.

But under the previous national system, both your efficiency in plundering benefits from the bottom and your efficiency in converting these benefits into power in your own hands were too low.

You are right. If the factories I built were just factories, they would indeed be a big piece of fat meat. But if I tell the workers in the factories that they have finally lived a good life, if they are plundered by the bureaucrats, they will become slaves again, lose their current lives, and lose everything they have created through their labor, then do you think they will be willing to become my soldiers?

Do you think the workers who have to obey the strict rules and regulations in various factories every day and follow orders are more combat-effective, or the aristocrats who are supported by the full-time farmers and have practiced martial arts for many years are more combat-effective?

It's not just the workers in the factory. When excellent products enter the market, a larger interest group will naturally be established. These interest groups rely on the high-quality goods that only we can produce. In the struggle in the palace, will they choose to stand on my side or on the side of the conservative and backward forces? "

"Oh! Naive!" The little emperor seemed to completely disagree with Lan Nuo's idea, but after losing his status as emperor, he was thinking about what the basis of his rule was, why a person who looked exactly like him could easily deprive him of his status, and what the throne represented. These questions could only be understood from an objective perspective, and they also made him understand many things that were usually unclear to him.

The days passed by in busyness, and Lan Nuo tried hard to impart all the knowledge in his mind. After all, people are people, not wild animals. Those who can hold high positions are all smart people. Their concepts may be backward, but their brains are definitely sharp. They may not be able to accept new theories, but that does not prevent them from applying them in practice.

As Lan Nuo personally went to the site to provide guidance, the efficiency of each department increased rapidly. Soon, snow-white salt and sugar, red molten steel, and a large number of substances they had never seen before were produced.

[To be continued]

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