Many people might not know that for more than a century after Qin Hui's death, he was still adorned with praise implying loyalty to the crown.
It was only later, when wise rulers came to their senses, that they realized such ministers, who did nothing but flatter their sovereigns, had no bottom line, followed no righteous path, and handled no proper affairs. Though useful, they could not be left with good reputations.
Otherwise, the dynasty would fall into chaos and could not last long.
Because everyone would think loyalty was useless, while going whichever way the wind blew felt much better.
A dynasty would eventually perish, but loyal and upright ministers could delay that destruction.
Thus, emperors loathed loyal and upright ministers, yet still had to leave them good names.
People like Yu Qian and Yue Fei would ultimately have to be rehabilitated.
Ordinary People were basically all afraid of death.
But Ordinary People would die sooner or later.
Under such circumstances, quite a number of people believed that reputation was more important than life.
Just as Lord Guan had said, "Though the body may die, one's name can be recorded in bamboo and silk."
In fact, he had succeeded in doing so.
Honor was more important than life.
But now, Wenren Sheng knew that a good reputation alone could not keep people.
Because the level of this competition was simply too high.
The final reward was "World Lord."
Once you ascended to the position of World Lord, would you still need to care about your former reputation? No.
Because the entire world would be yours to rule.
Of course, people who were too evil and utterly without principles would find it difficult to reach that position as well.
Because no one was willing to grow close to or rely