This plan rested on the Imperial Guard System Meng Zhao had obtained not long ago. With it, he could encompass the entire Northern Lands, weaving a vast net across heaven and earth and making targeted arrangements.
Across the three northern provinces—every prefecture and county—how many nobles were there, how many great clans, how many powerful local tyrants? How many Jianghu gangs and martial arts sects? Which could be won over, which could be used, and which had to be struck down?
The system Meng Zhao had built over these short few years was clearly incapable of accomplishing this, nor could it make detailed plans for such a matter.
But the Imperial Guard System had been established over a long period, and its structure was complete. Every province, every prefecture, every county, even crucial military strongholds and villages, possessed secret archives containing countless files and records. They were enough to let Meng Zhao understand the entire Northern Lands as clearly as the back of his hand.
It could be said that what would limit Meng Zhao's development from now on would not be a lack of targets, nor a lack of abundant information to guide him, but insufficient strength—he could not produce enough manpower to fill the Northern Lands.
Still, Meng Zhao had not spent all these years doing nothing. He had continuously taken in orphans, trained civil and martial talents, and recruited exceptional individuals from the Jianghu Martial Arts World. He could already put part of his plans into practice.
Moreover, Meng Zhao intended to retain certain forces rather than uproot them completely, which also temporarily eased the shortage of manpower.
Thus, over the next period of time, Meng Zhao secretly summoned many members of the Meng Family and assigned them tasks one by one.
In a short time, the