After thinking it through, the Emperor found it incomparably thorny.
The reason was simple: the court officials would never allow him to do this!
He had barely begun to act in earnest as Emperor before four Innate Experts had stormed into the Imperial Palace.
Never before had such a thing happened in the Great Yan Dynasty.
Now he wanted to touch their rice bowls, to let the common people use the Hero Network to stop them from skimming profits and dividing up customary allowances. Wouldn't they fight him to the death?
The Heavenly Saint Army could do this because they themselves were a demonic sect, and martial arts experts to begin with.
If it had been during the Late Emperor's reign, when the court could still afford to support Innate Experts, this might have been possible.
But now, the court's revenues had long failed to cover its expenses.
Still, after thinking it over and over, the Emperor refused to give up. He decided to test the waters.
The next day, at the morning court.
"Yesterday, I went to look at a county town seized by the Heavenly Saint Army. I discovered that when they heard cases, they let all the people of the city watch..."
Seated on the Dragon Throne, the Emperor addressed the assembled officials. "I think this is good. With the people watching under their very eyes, how could muddleheaded officials embezzle and bend the law? They would surely have to be righteous and upright, handling matters impartially."
"Your Majesty must not! The Heavenly Saint Army are a band of bandits. How can we abandon the study of morality and classical writings only to imitate bandits?" The newly appointed Minister of Rites immediately remonstrated.
"Indeed. County Magistrates are all jinshi who have read the classics thoroughly, appointed from