The Great Chu royalty and the military could not be reconciled, and the military had many conflicts with all the officials. In fact … humanity was already on the verge of collapse, and there was almost no solution.
And at this time, Yan Guilai appeared. Although it was only a suspected identity, it had to be said that this identity was the only one that could reconcile all the conflicts.
Regardless of whether Yan Guilai was Chu Xingyun or not, everyone tacitly agreed that he was. Even if someone knew that he was not, it was useless.
In fact, Yan Guilai sat on the throne of the Chief Magistrate with the identity of Yan Guilai. This had nothing to do with whether he was Chu Xingyun or not.
Yan Guilai nodded deeply and said, "Although Chu Xingyun has contributed a lot to humanity, I still don't recommend using this money to repair his statue. After all … there are too many places where money is needed."
As he spoke, Yan Guilai paused for a moment, then sighed and said, "Besides … with the fall of the other four great provinces, I'm afraid that not many of the three thousand statues are left."
Faced with Yan Guilai's words, Ye Ling smiled proudly and said, "You are wrong about that. In fact … even when Qingmu City was suddenly attacked and quickly fell, there were still people who escaped."
Yan Guilai looked at Ye Ling suspiciously and said, "I know that. After all … with the transportation portal, there was definitely enough time to escape. It was just a matter of how many people there were."
Nodding, Ye Ling said proudly, "In fact … those three thousand statues were all moved back to the southern provinces by the people who escaped …"
As she spoke, Ye Ling's eyes gradually lit up. She said proudly, "Did you know? Those people who escaped didn't bring gold, silver, or jewelry. Instead, they moved these worthless statues back. And … it was the same in all the cities. "
Hiss …
Yan Guilai sucked in a long breath of cold air, his face full of disbelief.
Looking at Yan Guilai's shocked expression, Ye Ling smiled and continued, "Now, in the wealthy district, the commoner district, and the slum district of the 1000 human cities, there is a statue erected. 1000 cities, exactly 3000 statues!"
Nodding his head, Yan Guilai said, "I understand what you mean. You intend to let everyone know that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil by repairing the statue. People who shine will never be forgotten!"
Ye Ling nodded and said, "Yes, that is indeed the case. But to be honest, those statues have not been repaired for over a hundred years. If they are not repaired, they will become an eyesore."
Hearing this, Yan Guilai couldn't help but laugh. He waved his hand and said, "Although I am not sure if I am Chu Xingyun, but … the possibility that I am Chu Xingyun is more than 90%."
Nodding her head firmly, Ye Ling said, "That's right, there is a 99% chance that you are Big Brother Chu. Otherwise, how can there be so many coincidences in this world?"
Nodding his head, Yan Guilai smiled and continued, "Since there is a 99% chance that it is to repair my own statue, then the money should naturally be paid by me."
While speaking, Yan Guilai hesitated for a moment, then said, "How about this, in my own name, I will donate 30 million taels of gold, 30 million taels of silver, 30 million taels of bronze, 30 million taels of black iron, and 30 million taels of red tin!"
Hearing Yan Guilai's words, Ye Ling's eyes immediately lit up.
One had to know that there were only a total of 3,000 statues. Just Yan Guilai's own donation alone was already extremely exaggerated.
On average, each statue contained 10,000 taels of gold, silver, bronze, black iron, and red tin. This was practically enough to build a golden statue!
After receiving the donation money from Yan Guilai, Ye Ling couldn't help but smile sweetly, then quickly turned around and left.
Watching Ye Ling leave, Yan Guilai couldn't help but sigh.
Ever since he had introduced the minimum living security system, he had encountered many difficulties. The biggest one was that everyone didn't understand, and he had been boycotted by the rich and the commoners.
Even many people in the military couldn't understand. They didn't understand why Yan Guilai would use precious resources to support the old, young, sick, and disabled.
It wasn't that everyone didn't have sympathy, but … in this critical period of human survival, limited resources had to be used where it was needed most.
Now, although Yan Guilai's method was very benevolent, it wasn't wise.
It had to be known that Yan Guilai was using the Great Chu royalty, as well as the military's food reserves. Once autumn came and there was a shortage of food, was he going to let the army go to war with empty stomachs?
Faced with everyone's doubts, Yan Guilai couldn't explain. Was he going to tell everyone that he had planted thousands of kilometers of spirit grains, spirit wheat, and spirit rice in the demon race's territory in the outside world?
Obviously, this could not be said. Otherwise … the spies of the demon race would soon find out the news, and he would not be able to keep his food.
By now, the spirit grains, spirit wheat, and spirit rice had already entered the stage of maturity. In another half a month, they could start harvesting.
According to Yan Guilai's plan, the military wouldn't eat ordinary corn in the future. They would directly eat spirit wheat and spirit rice.
As for the spirit grains, they could completely push them to the market and let the rich enjoy them.
As for the corn grown in the southern provinces, it could be enjoyed by the commoners, as well as the old, young, sick, and disabled in the slums.
Fortunately, although they didn't understand, the Seven Great Generals of the Human Race, as well as the entire Great Chu royalty, still supported Yan Guilai without hesitation. They didn't intervene to stop him.
After three days and three nights without sleep, Yan Guilai finally finished dealing with government affairs.
Stretching tiredly, Yan Guilai was about to rest when someone came to report that a lady called Liu Yan wanted to see him.
Hearing that Liu Yan had come, Yan Guilai still wanted to see her, even though he was already very tired.
Soon, under the lead of the assistant chief governor, Liu Yan walked into Yan Guilai's office with an uneasy expression.
Looking at Yan Guilai's familiar smiling face behind the huge office desk, Liu Yan suddenly felt a little dazed.
Just a few months ago, this little brat had been pestering her every day, wanting her to accompany him to drink.
He had even taken advantage of her drunkenness to climb onto her bed and burrow under her blankets.
But today, a few months later, he was already standing at the peak of human power and had become one of the three leaders of the Human Race. He was even the one with the most power.
Of course, from different perspectives, the positions of the three leaders were also different.
From the military's perspective, as the saying went, political power came from the barrel of a gun. Whoever held the army in their hands was the boss!
From the perspective of the Ministry of Law, as the legislator and enforcer, the Ministry of Law had the most power. No matter how powerful the Ministry of Politics and the Ministry of Military Affairs were, they still had to abide by the law. Once they broke the law, they would still have to accept their judgment and even punishment!
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