Only then did he understand why Wenren Sheng had said he would fall in the future.
This was the truth.
He really had fallen.
"Why are people like this?"
"At the start, I clearly wanted to give every one of them wealth and glory."
"But they changed, and so did I."
"I guess this is the human heart."
He sighed.
"Forget it. Whatever happens, happens."
"At worst, I die."
"And everything ends."
After High-rank sighed, he was locked in prison.
To his surprise, Sir did not execute him.
Just like that, he watched the years pass one after another.
Every day, the court's newspaper was delivered to him.
Of course he knew what newspapers were.
Every day, the paper spoke of new developments.
"In the Jiazi year... His Majesty established the World Gazette."
"The World Gazette reports the world; all the people under heaven praise it."
"Everyone reads the paper, everyone learns characters; only by being literate will they not be bullied."
Hmph. Letting the commoners learn characters—wouldn't that make their minds restless?
He looked at the World Gazette.
It was a newspaper Sir had established.
Every commoner could receive a copy for free.
Naturally, this was a massive expense.
But precisely because of that, everyone wanted a copy.
At the very least, they could take it home and use it to start a fire.
After that, the newspaper said that His Majesty had established a seaport.
Anyone could freely go out to sea.
High-rank could not help sneering. Spending such enormous effort just so the commoners could go overseas.
On the surface, it seemed there was a new place to disperse the population.
But in that case, the commoners overseas would definitely declare themselves kings, and in the future they would counterattack back here.
Wasn't that just burying hidden