Although the imperial power of the Yun Nation was supreme, the warlords of each city were actually hereditary. Their heirs would take over and consolidate the strength of the family in a region from generation to generation.
After hundreds of years, the warlords were more or less like local tyrants.
The so-called imperial power was just a title in name.
According to the history of China, it was almost a replica of the emperors and the feudal lords.
However, the feudal lords were replaced by the warlords here.
The warlords were divided into factions, and the relationships were extremely complicated. Even if the emperor of the Yun Nation wanted to change, it would be difficult for him to do so.
However, the lives of the warlords of the Yun Nation, who were originally tyrannical, were extremely difficult.
In particular, the corpses of the original owners of most of the cities on the frontline of Dayao's army were now scattered on some rocky hills.
There were also a few who saw that the situation was not good and threw everything away in time to escape with their lives.
The current state of the battle had caused everyone to be alarmed.
The officials in the remaining cities were also in a state of panic.
In particular, two of the warlords who were facing the frontline of Dayao's army ran away when they saw that the situation was not good. The rest also sent their families and children away.
However, the warlords who had lost their cities were no different from drowning dogs. Just as they ran back to Wang Capital with a glimmer of hope, Zheng Chengmian found an excuse to behead them.
There was a strong army outside, but there was also a prime minister who was eyeing the warlords covetously.
Even though Zheng Chengmian finally believed that Dayao was preparing to destroy the Yun Nation and was prepared to fight to the death with the last of his troops, he still didn't show any mercy to the warlords who had abandoned their cities.
They would die if they ran back.
However, they would also die if they didn't.
Nearly half of the 200 cities had fallen into the hands of Dayao.
Even the most optimistic people had an extremely mournful attitude toward this war.
Not to mention the warlords who were well aware of the military strength of both sides.
Now, some of the warlords had begun to drink and indulge in debauchery every day. They were unscrupulously preparing to enjoy their last days. It was as if the cities were covered by dark clouds, and the atmosphere of despair was freely spreading.
At this moment, a person appeared.
It was Lin Mengsheng, a young scholar in his thirties.
He had a glib tongue and persuaded many warlords to surrender to Dayao.
There were a total of 47 cities between Wang Capital and Dayao's frontline.
It could be said that once these 47 cities were opened, there would be no more barriers in Wang Capital except for the three defense cities.
Given the current situation and the military strength of Dayao and the Yun Nation, surrendering seemed to be a wise choice, but it wasn't.
Many people had such thoughts but didn't implement them in the end.
First, the aboriginals had a bad reputation in the Yun Nation.
Secondly, surrendering to the non-humankind would be a stain that would go down in history. Their descendants wouldn't be able to raise their heads in the future.
Secondly, there were people who wanted to surrender at the frontlines, but at that time, when the enemy was at the city gates, how could Zi Donglai accept it?
Fourth, they still had to consider. Even if they were to Dayao.
Now that there was a war, no one knew where those people had hidden themselves.
But if they surrendered, they would have to bear the infamy of being cursed. Who knew when those experts would appear from somewhere and kill everyone in the City Lord's Mansion? They could even spread their chivalrous reputation among the people.
As a result, the idea of surrendering was only in the minds of some people.
However, Lin Mengsheng somehow obtained some information about the current situation of Dayao's prisoner camps and used it to infer the changes in the aboriginals. He convinced dozens of warlords and personally went to the frontline to seek an audience with Zi Donglai.
After listening to the empress, Ren Baqian asked, "What's his purpose?"
Hearing Ren Baqian's question, the empress's expression immediately became strange. "I heard that his teacher and a few of his fellow disciples were assassinated by Zheng Chengmian on their way to the capital …"
Ren Baqian was speechless.
If he remembered correctly, that was done by the people from the Rearguard Commandery.
If that was the case, then the people from the Rearguard Commandery had really made a great contribution.
Regardless of whether this person was telling the truth, it was fine as long as these people surrendered.
So what if this person wanted to use this contribution as a way to advance? Dayao indeed lacked such talents.
The empress had similar thoughts. "I'm afraid this person has other plans, and I don't like such people."
Ren Baqian felt that the empress's preferences were normal.
No matter who it was, they didn't like traitors.
"An official who is loyal but can't bring benefits to the people, or an official who has his own thoughts but can get things done. Which one do you want to use, Your Majesty?" Ren Baqian raised this question.
In fact, this was a question that the empress had to face sooner or later.
In the past, there were only aboriginals in the imperial court, and there weren't many other people that could be used. The empress had never considered this question.
The aboriginals were said to be simple because of their straightforward temperament. On the other hand, Dayao was really poor and didn't have many colorful things to baptize them with.
However, people would always change.
It was the same for the aboriginals.
As Dayao changed bit by bit, every aboriginal official had to undergo this baptism test.
Not to mention the people from the Yun Nation and the Jing Tribe. The empress would need to use them sooner or later.
It wasn't a good thing to have the aboriginals on top of the other races.
Ren Baqian simply took this opportunity to raise this question.
The empress pondered upon hearing Ren Baqian's question.
"Of course, I like loyal officials. However, if I can't satisfy both sides, I'll use the second option. Is this what you mean? "the empress said after thinking carefully.
Ren Baqian applauded and said, "As expected of Your Majesty, you understood immediately."
"You seem to like using these people? It has been like this since the beginning of the Jing Tribe! "the empress looked at him.
"Your Majesty, although the aboriginals are loyal, there are many things that they can't do. Furthermore, we don't have too many of these powerless officials! We can't possibly send ordinary people over to be officials, right? That would definitely create a mess. His Majesty had to use these people! Whether it's for Dayao or for the people! "Ren Baqian immediately said.
In all fairness, he did like to use people who weren't aboriginals.
The aboriginals were indeed very powerful.
However, this kind of power had nothing to do with construction! It was about destruction!
What he wanted to do was construction. Those who weren't strong but were smarter than the people from the Jing Tribe and the Yun Nation would be more useful.
However, this would inevitably lead to the gradual entry of non-aboriginals into the imperial court. When facing the powerful aboriginals, they would definitely band together.
Such an outcome would make it easy for others to suspect him because he wasn't an aboriginal. Furthermore, he was the one who created that situation.
This was something that he had long understood.
"I understand, and I won't doubt you." The empress sighed.
How could she not understand?
It was just that Dayao had always been the aboriginals' Dayao.
This kind of life seemed to be about to change.
Ren Baqian held the empress's palm and transferred his warmth to her.
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