Chapter 266
“In the fight for domination, not advancing means backing up! Not becoming the overlord means becoming a pile of bones!” Diwu Qing Rou said .
“It is true that, during these years, Great Zhao has not lost any territory . But it did not gain any either . During that same time, the enemies advanced every year . Before, they did not dare to touch Great Zhao because Great Zhao was a gigantic beast to them . They were not able to fight it so they did not dare to . But over ten years ago, Tie Shi Cheng fearlessly mobilized his troops and broke this ironclad law!”
“That Great Zhao was falling . ” Diwu Qing Rou’s eyes flashed with a conflicting look, “At the time, I had just come into power . I immediately hatched a dark scheme to assassinate Tie Shi Cheng! Surprisingly, both the officials and military leaders in the court joined together against me . They said I lacked intelligence… Haha…”
“After that, I started a policy to kill all of the blacksmiths of Iron Cloud . They immediately used their words as weapons and called me a cruel person!” Diwu Qing Rou sighed and said, “But have they ever thought… This was war! War is brutal . That year, if I did not assassinate Tie Shi Cheng, Iron Cloud would continue to prosper . And then, even I cannot deal with the brothers Tie Shi Cheng and Tie Long Cheng together…”
“That year, if I did not have thousands of blacksmiths killed, the number of soldiers that would fall under Iron Cloud’s vanguard would be at least a million more…” Diwu Qing Rou let out a sigh, “Each of those incidents was inhumane; how could I, Diwu Qing Rou, not know this? But are the soldiers in Great Zhao’s military not nurtured by fathers and mothers?”
“If I did not hatch a plan to kill Tie Shi Cheng, the heavenly talent, Tie Bu Tian, would grow up to join forces with his father . With his uncle’s support, he will become a dominating ruler! Then Great Zhao would be finished!” Diwu Qing Rou sighed, “I, Diwu Qing Rou, could not avoid doing this, even if I have to be scorned for all time . Great Zhao has a billion subjects!”
“Accusations can easily be made!” Han Bu Chu said, “You do not need to pay any mind to those backward scholars, Prime Minister . You are talented and wise . You maintained the vast territory of Great Zhao with the strength of just one person . Such great achievements are seen by the world . The later generations can judge for themselves!”
“Judgement of later generations… Hahaha!” Diwu Qing Rou laughed softly, “What does the judgment of later generations have to do with me? Do I, Diwu Qing Rou, need the judgments of the later generations? Even if they look down on me, then what?”
He slowly took a few leisurely steps . Finally, he paused and said slowly, “Continent Center is in chaos, but we can rebuild it again . If the capital is no more, we can leave it . However, if the people’s hearts are in chaos, it is over . Even gods would be helpless . ”
“You are right, Prime Minister . ” Han Bu Chu said with complete conviction .
“There is one thing, Bu Chu . You only see the sinister side of King of Hell Chu’s scheme . You cannot see the big opportunity hidden in it!”
“For King of Hell Chu, this is of course a successful scheme . For us, however, it might be a big opportunity!” Diwu Qing Rou’s eyes flashed sharply as he said each word, “We must grab tightly onto this opportunity . King of Hell Chu must be very proud right now, but he will greatly regret it later!”
“Big opportunity?” Han Bu Chu was stupefied .
Right now, it looked like all harm and not one good thing . Where was this big opportunity?
“Almost all of Great Zhao’s spies were gathered in Iron Cloud; there were tens of thousands of them in Iron Cloud . In Iron Cloud Citadel alone, there were thousands . ” Diwu Qing Rou said, “The first time King of Hell Chu made his move, he only killed a few hundred people . It could be said that the greater part of the network was still safe . However, we made our move, and King of Hell Chu followed that momentum and killed all of them . This paralyzed our spy network in Iron Cloud . ”
“When his enemies remained quiet, he made his move and used all tactics to force his enemies to move . The moment his enemies stirred, he used that momentum to turn over fate! This was King of Hell Chu’s strategy . ” Diwu Qing Rou said slowly, “This move of King of Hell Chu to strike at inaction, I am still studying and learning . ”
“Studying and learning…” Even Gao Sheng’s eyes showed a look of respect .
Who was Diwu Qing Rou? Diwu Qing Rou was an ultimate statesman and a conniving military strategist! It could be said that in all of Nine Heavens, Diwu Qing Rou was the ideal person to learn from . Who would dare say that there was anyone in this world worthy enough for Diwu Qing Rou to learn from?
However, today, in front of his subordinates, Diwu Qing Rou said that he was learning from his enemy, King of Hell Chu! How tolerant, magnanimous, and generous it was for Diwu Qing Rou to say something like this given his position?
By saying so, not only did it not damage his prestige, it actually put everyone in awe!
“I might not be able to learn King of Hell Chu’s skill, but I can learn his technique . ” Diwu Qing Rou sighed slightly, “There are many things that might give the most gain . But some methods can only be done by King of Hell Chu, and not by me . ”
Han Bu Chu nodded sympathetically .
In saying these words, Diwu Qing Rou had directly pointed out the fundamental differences between him and King of Hell Chu .
They were age, experience and status . There were some things King of Hell Chu could do with his thick skin, but Diwu Qing Rou could not . At least not up front .
However, King of Hell Chu could do them in the light of day and the dark of night .
It was because he was young, and he was being suppressed by a great giant like Diwu Qing Rou . No matter what, he only needed to want to do so . There was no need to pay attention to tactics . He only needed to defeat Diwu Qing Rou once and people would praise him!
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