"Your vision is what they call dragon-slaying."
"In truth, it is confined to the Central Plains."
"But this Prince's vision encompasses the entire world—to have our Huaxia iron cavalry ride across all lands, to make every land beneath heaven the territory of Huaxia."
"This is this Prince's goal."
Zhu Ying pointed at the map behind him and spoke with solemn conviction.
Yao Guangxiao looked at the map of the world and became absorbed in it.
After a while.
"Compared to Your Highness's vision."
"This humble monk falls short."
"Before entering Yingtian, this humble monk had already heard of Your Highness's measures to alter national policy."
"Abolishing the right to tax exemption can fill the treasury and prevent people from using so-called tax-exempt privileges to evade taxes."
"That is the first benefit."
"Tanding Rumou."
"This is a national policy unprecedented in history, and an open scheme aimed at the landlords and nobles of the realm. It is no less significant than the Order of Favored Grants from the Han Dynasty."
"Moreover, unlike implementing it after Your Highness ascends the throne in the future, carrying it out while the Hongwu Emperor is still alive means relying on his prestige. There would be no need to care about so-called rules of balance, and these national policies and decrees could be implemented far more thoroughly."
"This is a truly great benefit, benefiting the country, the people, and the world."
"Third."
"Reducing the power of the feudal princes."
"While the Hongwu Emperor lives, the feudal princes are not a source of disaster. But as time passes and a new emperor ascends the throne, everything will change."
"For years, this humble monk has remained by Prince of Yan's side. Though my calculations showed that the current Crown Prince's fate was incomplete, Prince of Yan's own ambitions