You Have Disappointed Me Greatly

"Did Idle Jiang Li ever try to change the prevailing customs of the Nine Provinces?"

"Your..."

"Hmm?"

The First Emperor raised his tone. Meng Yu was indeed exceptionally clever; knowing where the problem lay, she hastily changed her words.

"Replying to Your Majesty, Master said that the customs of the Nine Provinces had existed for tens of millions of years and naturally had their reason for existing. The Human Emperors of every generation had never changed much during their reigns, which showed that this was part of the course of history. As the Human Emperor, he could not go against history and change the Nine Provinces."

The First Emperor let out a cold laugh.

Meng Yu continued, "Master had another consideration as well. He was on good terms with all the upper-echelon cultivators. If he changed the Nine Provinces, he would be making an enemy of the entire upper echelon, which would not be conducive to unity."

"Then had he ever punished evil and rewarded good?"

Meng Yu understood. The man before her leaned toward fairness and justice, so she followed the First Emperor's preferences. "Replying to Your Majesty, he had."

"Master often drew his sword to aid those who suffered injustice, and the world vied to praise him. Once, Master saw someone murdering another in the street and killed the murderer. When Master learned that person's Household often committed every sort of evil—murder and arson—he uprooted the entire Household. The locals clapped their hands and cheered."

"Only that?"

"What was the root of that Household's evil deeds? Why had no one reported them, waiting until that useless Idle Jiang Li arrived before they were punished?"

"How many such Households existed in places Idle Jiang Li could not see?"

"If the system remained unchanged, once that Household vanished, a new