The Cruel Tyrant

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Chen Kingdom, imperial palace.

In front of the Emperor of Chen there were more than a dozen items that came from the Qing Kingdom, some of which were sold through normal channels, such as toilet paper, soap and cloth.

Through abnormal channels were gunpowder, dragon bone water lift, steel, and animal-drawn seed plough. If these had him shocked, then after hearing the descriptions of the other things from his spies, there was only fear that burrowed deep in his soul.

Emperor Chen breathlessly asked the spy: "He abolished the system of slavery and forcibly expropriated land. Isn't he afraid of all the nobles and aristocracy rebelling? So what if his martial arts is unmatched. This time the interests of the entire Qing Kingdom's nobles were affected. Did no one resist?"

This ordinary-looking spy recalled what he had seen and heard in the Qing Kingdom and cold sweat covered his back. He himself was born in an aristocratic family, so in his eyes, Su Mu was a complete unreasonable and cruel tyrant.

"Some people resist, but there are too few people to make an impact?"

"Why?" Emperor Chen asked in puzzlement.

The spy said with a chill in his heart: "Benefits and conflicts. He abolished the system of slavery, gave the slaves the benefits, divided the fields to the poor people, and stipulated that the concubine's children must get a share of the family property after the age of twenty. Originally it was a conflict between the nobles and the Qing Kingdom's Crown Prince, but he turned it into a struggle between the commoners and the nobles, between the legitimate children and the concubine's children."

The spies thought of those patriarchs who were preparing to unite various aristocratic families to fight against the Crown Prince of the Qing Kingdom, only to get stabbed in the back by their illegitimate half brothers in the end.

"Crazy lunatic....." Emperor Chen slapped at the table, glaring and shouting loudly: "So, doesn't that mean the Qing Kingdom has become a complete mess?"

"That's not the case." The spy once again told Emperor Chen about what he had seen and heard.

After listening, Emperor Chen waved his hand and pushed all the things on the table to the ground. Emperor Chen fell into the chair and shouted angrily: "It's these unusable things that drained thousands of gold and silver from Chen Kingdom!"

"Someone come, pass Zhen's personal letter to the monarchs of various countries, I don't believe that they can continue to tolerate this tiger and wolf rise in power!"

In the Qing Kingdom, in the imperial palace, in the study of the Crown Prince's Palace.

Su Mu raised his eyebrows at the intercepted letter: "Tiger and wolf? Am I so scary?"

The twelve members of the cabinet, including Yun Feiyu and Yun Feiyan, quietly slandered in their hearts: "If you knew that the people of the Qing Kingdom used to call you scourge of ghosts, you wouldn't think so."

Su Mu put down the letter and asked the twelve people who had read the letter: "What do you think?"

Hu Yuan pondered for a moment and said with a serious face: "Your Highness, the plan of driving wedges between allies has been used before. I am afraid that it will not be effective at this time. And the development of the Qing Kingdom cannot be completely concealed. I am afraid that the surrounding countries, including Shi, Wu, and Wei already have an understanding of our Qing Kingdom."

Su Mu's finger lightly swept across the smooth table top. He then slightly turned his head to look at Hu Yuan on the right and said, "Your meaning?"

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