Among the five Imperial Advisors, Shui Liu Xiang, Mo Li, Beiye Piaoling and Sima Pianxian were all determined to protect the Seven Great Generals. Only Dongfang Tianxiu didn't care about the Seven Great Generals at all. He even wanted to get rid of them.
Unfortunately, Shui Liu Xiang, Mo Li, Beiye Piaoling and Sima Pianxian had jointly warned him that if he dared make a move on any of the Seven Great Generals …
It didn't matter if he killed them or if he only wanted to kill them.
Even if it was just a slap! Then sorry, Dongfang Tianxiu was dead for sure. The four State Preceptors would join hands to kill Dongfang Tianxiu! Then, they would completely destroy the Dongfang Family and leave no one alive!
For this reason, the four Imperial Advisors had sworn a Heart Demon Oath in front of everyone during the Great Chu Royalty's sacrifice ceremony!
Therefore, Dongfang Tianxiu didn't kill the Seven Great Generals of the Human Race. Every time he encountered them, he would take the initiative to avoid them. He was afraid that he would hit one of them in a fit of anger and bring disaster to himself and the entire Dongfang Clan!
This was why the Seven Great Generals of the Human Race had the opportunity to perform and qualify to step onto the stage of history.
Otherwise, with the Emperor around, they wouldn't have had a chance to shine.
What Yan Guilai really admired was that the Seven Great Generals hadn't become arrogant because of the Emperor's favor. In order to protect the Human Race, they had completely disregarded their personal gains and losses. They had worked together sincerely and tenaciously to keep the Demon Race out of the country.
However, the tenacity of the Seven Great Generals had also caused them a lot of trouble.
Especially 10 years ago, Shui Liu Xiang had announced that the Military Department would officially break away from the Great Chu Royalty's rule in a fit of anger. The Great Chu Royalty had immediately cut off all financial and material support.
Chu Wuqing had been very unyielding. Since the Military Department wasn't willing to accept the Royal Family's rule, the Royal Family wouldn't give them any more support for free. They wouldn't even provide military funds.
In Chu Wuqing's opinion, as long as the military funds were cut off, Shui Liu Xiang would definitely not be able to hold on for long. She would soon come to beg for help, and he would be able to take advantage of the situation and extend his tentacles of power into the military.
But in fact, if it were any other matter, Shui Liu Xiang might really give in.
However, this matter was really different. It was related to Chu Xingyun's honor and dignity. In any case, Shui Liu Xiang could not give in in this regard.
This stalemate lasted for ten years. The military department's situation also deteriorated day by day, to the point that it was almost unable to continue.
On the contrary, the Great Chu royalty was considered to have flourished after they stopped providing military funds. They had money and resources. Everyone in the Great Chu royalty was filthy rich.
What infuriated everyone was that under the same rank, the salary of a Great Chu royalty official was ten times that of a military official.
It should be known that the generals of the military had to sacrifice their heads and shed their blood. They had to go to the battlefield at any time, and once they went, they might not necessarily return alive.
As for the Great Chu royalty officials, although they also worked hard and had great achievements in governing the entire human race, no matter what, how could their salary be ten times that of a military official of the same rank?
Whether it was Shui Liu Xiang or the Seven Great Generals, they all knew very well that Chu Wuqing was using this method to demonstrate his power to them and flex his muscles.
However, the more this was so, the more they could not give in. No matter how difficult the conditions were, they would grit their teeth and persevere.
Originally, the Great Chu royalty and the military were just fighting over personal feelings. They were just stubbornly unwilling to compromise.
However, as time passed, as the Great Chu royalty's money and resources increased, many things began to change imperceptibly.
If money and resources were used on the frontlines, they could be used to fight against the Demon Race. They could reduce the casualties of the human race and increase the casualties of the Demon Race.
However, if they were used as salaries and bonuses, and were given ten times the amount to those officials, it would only foster arrogance and corruption.
If they had never received it before, then so be it.
However, since they had received a sky-high salary for ten years, no one was willing to take the meager salary from before, which was only a tenth of the current salary.
In an instant, all the officials in the entire Great Chu Dynasty were super rich.
As for all the military officials in the military, they were so poor that they could barely afford to eat.
In order to protect their own salaries, as well as the immediate benefits, the Chu imperial family from top to bottom completely opposed the military.
Now, not to mention that Shui Liu Xiang did not want to compromise, even if she wanted to, she would not be able to change the state of opposition.
As the arrogance and extravagance raged and the corruption prevailed, the entire Great Chu royalty had already started to rot. Even Chu Wuqing was immersed in the vast amount of money and benefits he received every year. He did not want to change anything.
Ten years ago, the Great Chu royalty only had one thousand taels of gold per month. With the number and scale of the Great Chu royalty, this could be said to be very frugal.
However, ten years later, the Great Chu royalty consumed ten thousand taels of gold per day!
Not only was the consumption of money, but the consumption of all kinds of materials and resources was also exaggerated to the extreme.
Simply speaking, the toilets of the Great Chu royalty were all made from gold bricks. All the furniture and decorations were also made from ninth-tier spiritual materials.
Some people had calculated that if the Great Chu royalty was dismantled and used to make weapons and armor, then the eight million soldiers of the seven generals and Shui Liu Xiang could all be equipped with emperor equipment sets!
However, in reality, the Great Chu royalty was unwilling to take out these materials and money. These were all the property of the Great Chu royalty and belonged to the individual. Why should they give it to the military?
Under the arrogance and corruption, the slums had expanded ten times in ten years. The number of poor people who could not continue to live had also increased ten times.
Originally, the Chu Dynasty's royal family had wholeheartedly given aid to the poor. However, starting from ten years ago, this aid had been cut off. The Chu Dynasty's royal family no longer cared about the life and death of the poor.
As the saying went, "Wine and meat go to waste at the door of a vermillion house, while frozen bones lie on the road." It was not a problem to use these words to describe the current Great Chu royalty.
Yan Guilai admired the backbone of the seven generals. He admired their integrity and perseverance. Therefore … even if he gave them three hundred million taels of gold for free, it was actually not a big deal.
Yan Guilai was not a miser. When it came to money, he could not say that he did not like it, nor could he say that he did not want it.
However, Yan Guilai's rationality could always overcome his own greed.
Yan Guilai knew very well that this money was in his hands, but he actually could not use it.
Other than eating and drinking, what else could he do?
As for eating and drinking, You Zai had already announced that the Golden Phoenix Restaurant would always be open for him for free. No matter how much money he spent here, he would not have to spend a single cent.
As a result, even Yan Guilai's last avenue of spending money had been wiped out.
It was not that Yan Guilai did not want to pay. In reality, even if he did, no one would accept it!
From the bottom of his heart, Yan Guilai really did not mind giving the gold to You Zai for free. However … You Zai would not accept it.
If he really accepted so much money from Yan Guilai, then You Zai would not be able to take care of himself.
As the saying went, if you take someone's money, you have to take care of them. After taking so much money from Yan Guilai, whose subordinates were the seven generals of the human race? Who were they fighting for?
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