Dragon's Origin

Chapter 625 Neutrality (Part 1)

Wang Sheng arrived with Mei'er and Rose right on time.

After getting up early to do his morning exercises, Wang Sheng knew they were waiting anxiously, so he rushed over without even having breakfast.

"Old Zhou, get some decent breakfast ready," Wang Sheng shouted unceremoniously to Steward Zhou, who greeted him. "You've struck it rich, but you're not treating me well!"

Steward Zhou welcomed Wang Sheng, Mei'er, and Rose into the reception hall with a wry smile, then quickly ordered the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

As usual, Mei'er and Rose greeted the Emperor and then went into the inner hall, excitedly planning with the Empress on how to spend the money.

Wang Sheng and the Emperor, along with Steward Zhou, had breakfast in the side hall of the reception hall.

"Well, finally figured out how to spend money," Wang Sheng said after only one bite, recognizing the meat the kitchen had served.

Seven-star level demon beast meat, for cultivators, meat from a demon beast one level below their cultivation realm is the best supplement.

Clearly, this was specially prepared for Wang Sheng.

When eating with the Emperor before, although it was exquisite and delicious, it never included this level of demon beast meat.

It seems Wang Sheng's words yesterday had an effect.

"I was also confused. Having gold coins, I didn't hurry to spend them, and even started worrying," the Emperor said, raising his glass to Wang Sheng, who also raised his glass in response.

"You're right, many things require gold coins, and once you earn them, you should spend them, no need to worry," the Emperor seemed to have figured it out overnight, telling Wang Sheng as he put down his glass.

Wang Sheng, with his mouth full of demon beast meat, freed a hand to give the Emperor a thumbs up, then continued to devour the meat.

Opportunities to be treated by the stingy Emperor are rare, so he had to eat his fill first.

The Emperor was also eating, but his movements were much more elegant than Wang Sheng's unrestrained style.

Even at a fast pace, it was pleasing to the eye.

"Know how to spend money now?" Wang Sheng asked with a smile after finishing breakfast, returning to the reception hall, and sitting down with tea.

"I hadn't thought about it before, but after Steward Zhou brought back your words yesterday, I thought of many ways," the Emperor honestly replied.

Although in terms of age and seniority, the Emperor was Wang Sheng's de facto father-in-law, they were now speaking as equals.

For the Emperor, as long as he wasn't panicking, spending money wasn't difficult.

So many things were waiting for him to allocate gold coins.

However, the Emperor was most interested in the cultural center and economic center that Wang Sheng had suggested to him back then.

Even with this spending, he wanted to invest in those.

However, what interested the Emperor most was the right to speak that Wang Sheng had mentioned.

"Tell me more about those great scholars and the right to speak," the Emperor asked Wang Sheng for advice.

At this moment, the Emperor was genuinely speaking to Wang Sheng with an attitude of seeking guidance.

"Throughout the world, who is teaching and writing articles, praising virtues, are they our warrior cultivators or those cultural figures holding pens?" Wang Sheng asked with a smile.

"Of course, it's those great scholars," the Emperor replied without hesitation.

Joking aside, warriors like Wang Sheng or the three Great Offerings were already doing well if they could write down the essentials of their cultivation techniques.

Asking them to write articles was simply impossible, let alone praising virtues.

"Then tell me, if we are alive, there may still be people who remember our glorious battles, but if people want to know about us a hundred years later, how will they know?" Wang Sheng asked again.

"A hundred years later, I'm afraid they can only rely on some articles and historical records," the Emperor was an expert in this area and immediately realized the key point. "At most, it will be recorded in family secrets, but not everyone can see these family secrets, and each family probably only has two or three people who know."

"Exactly!" The Emperor was constantly thinking about becoming a true Emperor, an Emperor who could awe the world.

As the saying goes, one who does not plan for a lifetime is not enough to plan for a moment.

The Emperor was planning for the foundation of ten thousand generations, how could he not understand what Wang Sheng meant?

A hundred years later, if people wanted to know the history, they would probably only be able to turn to historical books.

The problem is, historical books are also written by people.

If the people writing the historical books add a few good words about the royal family today and a sentence about the royal family's power tomorrow, would people a hundred years later subconsciously think that they should respect the royal family in that way?

Of course, the premise is that the royal family still exists at that time and still occupies some nominal advantage.

Is this reputation important? Of course, it is!

Wang Sheng had said that in the business world, a good reputation can be eaten as food.

In the political arena, if the royal family's great reputation spreads wider and wider, that would be an incredible thing.

The Emperor had never thought that he would be able to completely bring the entire world under the control of the royal family in his lifetime.

However, laying the foundation for future generations bit by bit and implementing it in a planned and step-by-step manner was something he had already thought about.

The right to speak that Wang Sheng was talking about was now very clear to the Emperor.

What is the right to speak? It's when everyone doesn't know the truth, but a few authoritative scholars say that the fact is like this, that is the right to speak.

In Wang Sheng's words, it is actually public opinion propaganda.

This kind of propaganda can not only be done a hundred years later, but can also be started now, subtly changing the people's thoughts and ideas bit by bit.

There are always people who can't cultivate and choose to pursue scholarship and officialdom.

As long as the capital continues to maintain its leading position and monopoly in the cultural field, wouldn't it be able to do whatever it wants?

"If you are really worried in the near future, then announce it to the world again," Wang Sheng continued to point out without any stinginess. "Just say that the capital is permanently neutral, what do you think?"

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"Permanently neutral?" The Emperor pondered these four words, carefully considering them.

Steward Zhou was also carefully considering them on the side.

The four words were easy to understand, and Wang Sheng didn't care how the two pondered, he slowly sipped his tea.

Permanent neutrality, of course, was a reference from the permanently neutral country of Switzerland on Earth.

Even during World War I and World War II, it was able to remain safe and sound, and there was indeed a reason for it.

"Even if it's permanent neutrality, don't trust others too much, your own strength must still be vigorously developed," Wang Sheng timely reminded. "It's just not giving them an excuse to attack."

The Emperor certainly knew the key to this, nodded, and continued to ponder.

Since he had already suggested that the Emperor develop in the direction of Switzerland, Wang Sheng would certainly not forget how developed Switzerland's banking industry was, and how many wealthy people from all over the world were willing to deposit their wealth in Swiss banks.

It seems that Mei'er is now restricted by the major vassal states and can only engage in the financial industry, isn't she?