Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and the other fallen warlords were content with their own territories. Regardless of whether they were acting or not, Yang Rui had always been investigating the development of their forces and was not worried about any unusual movements.
At this time, Yang Rui was not in a hurry to make a move in the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region. Even if he could not replace the Han Dynasty, he could still complete the unification of forces easily. The reason was that the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region had suffered too much war. Yang Rui wanted to give the entire region time to rest and recuperate.
During this period of rest and recuperation, Yang Rui wanted to reserve at least two to three years. At most, it would be four to five years, which corresponded to the historical facts and historical points in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It would also be more convenient to deal with the other forces.
Calculating the few main obstacles that Yang Rui currently faced, Liu Biao's illness should be in the next few years.
During this period of rest and recuperation, Yang Rui wanted to make military preparations and try to control the economy as much as possible. He also wanted to infiltrate from other aspects. It would be best if he could do it without bloodshed.
At the same time, Yang Rui also wanted to make arrangements in the entire game world. He wanted to lay down a certain foundation in trade, information, and connections. He wanted to make preparations for the large-scale transfer of the civilizations or the possible storyline.
This was also what Yang Rui was currently doing. He wanted to start with trade in the Sacrificial and Magic Civilization Region. This was a move to lay down a foundation in the various civilization regions.
The reason why Yang Rui did not start with the historical civilization region was that most of the historical civilizations did not deviate much from the background setting. When the time came, he only needed to inquire from the real world or a little speculation to achieve an understanding of the background.
At the same time, the storyline development of the historical civilization region was more fixed. The difficulty of engaging in trade activities was also relatively more difficult. Yang Rui listed this as the next step of the operation.
With such a plan in place, Yang Rui would then be free to engage in the various matters at hand, including conducting trade operations in the magic and sacrificial civilizations, starting proxy wars in the three civilizations' territories, developing forces in foreign dimensions, and abducting talents everywhere.
What Yang Rui was doing now was naturally to lay the foundation for better control of the game in the future. It wasn't because he had a certain level of strength and status that he stopped moving forward.
Ever since Yang Rui had sent dozens of officers into the real world, communication had become more convenient. Their understanding of the game's affairs had also become more thorough. From time to time, Yang Rui would let an officer go offline to communicate.
Full communication also allowed the officers to better understand Yang Rui's intentions. After understanding Yang Rui's layout, they could let go more and put more effort into cooperating with Yang Rui in the game, greatly increasing the efficiency of mutual cooperation.
"Brother Wang of the East Sea, the Wang Family of Bingzhou has submitted a memorial to request for a fertility reward. I wonder if Brother Wang has any advice …"
Occasionally, Yang Rui would symbolically convene a meeting of the Han Dynasty. Of course, Yang Rui's main goal was to discover talents and obtain information and clues. The meeting was just a formality.
Such a meeting would only be held when Yang Rui was in Luoyang Royal City. If Yang Rui wasn't in Luoyang Royal City, no one else would be allowed to convene.
"What do you all think?"
When discussing certain topics, Yang Rui would always push the questions to the 'Han Dynasty courtiers' who were participating in the meeting with the goal of discovering talents or identifying the team.
"The Wang Family is an aristocratic family. They have sincerely respected the Han Dynasty and are involved in the great policy of encouraging fertility. I think that the Wang Family should be outstanding and allocate the relevant rewards …"
The Wang Family was an extremely influential aristocratic family. Many people in the imperial court spoke up for them. When Yang Rui pushed the topic to the crowd, a direct descendant of the Wang Family sought support.
Yang Rui's implementation of the fertility encouragement policy was a fact. However, when Yang Rui had the Han Dynasty's young Emperor Liu Xie issue a decree, he had already stated how the rewards would be given. Specifically, it would all be supported by the local finances.
In reality, Yang Rui's implementation of the fertility encouragement policy was mainly for the revival of the population within his jurisdiction. As for the distribution of the rewards through the young Emperor Liu Xie, it was only to put some financial pressure on the other factions.
Under normal circumstances, apart from Yang Rui, no faction would do such a thankless thing. Even the Wang Family of Bingzhou was in the same situation.
Not to mention whether or not the Wang Family of Bing Province had truly completed the population promotion in such a short period of time, and how great the results were, even if the results were very remarkable, in theory, the Han imperial court shouldn't have allocated any funds to him.
Even so, Yang Rui didn't express any opinion or change in expression because of the Wang Family descendant's stance. In fact, Yang Rui would occasionally nod, confusing the crowd's judgment.
"I agree with Assistant Minister Wang's opinion. In order to show the prestige of the Han Dynasty, we should allocate the reward funds. If the treasury permits, we should even double the amount …"
"I second the motion …"
"I second the motion …"
"…"
Perhaps it was because of the confusion brought about by Yang Rui's nod, but more than half of the officials in the imperial court actually agreed to allocate the reward funds to the Wang Family of Bingzhou. This was truly beyond Yang Rui's expectations.
Yang Rui wondered if there was something wrong with the heads of these officials. Could it be that they didn't know that the current Han Dynasty's funds were all provided by him? Even the salaries of these officials were all distributed by Yang Rui!
"Is there anyone who has a different opinion?"
Facing the officials, Yang Rui continued to ask. In fact, he was presiding over the imperial court, but he still didn't show any inclination to take a stand.
"I think that back then, the King of Donghai had the nation in mind and promoted the population reward policy. He made it clear that the reward funds would be borne by the local government. At this time, the Wang Family of Bingzhou wants the imperial court to allocate the reward funds. I think it's very inappropriate."
Perhaps it was because Yang Rui had never made things difficult for the officials, but the officials said that Yang Rui usually didn't pursue the matter in person. Other opinions immediately appeared in the imperial court.
"I second the motion …"
"I second the motion …"
"…"
Immediately, most of the officials stood up to second the motion. The number was even more than the number of people who agreed to allocate the funds just now. In this way, there must be some people who agreed with both sides, and they agreed with two completely different viewpoints!
Could it be that some of them had discovered something and suddenly awakened?
Yang Rui couldn't help but suspect that the officials in the imperial court were all white. Yang Rui was very sure that if he continued to let the discussion go, many incredible things would happen, and in the end, they wouldn't be able to reach a unified point of view.
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