Tachao's Internal Affairs
As his fingertips lightly brushed across the ink marks on the rice paper, a strange glint flashed in Xu Yuan's eyes.
Perhaps it was the butterfly effect caused by his arrival that brought forward the Great Desert spirit's journey to the Great Desert Royal Court so much.
The Great Desert Goddess's escape was not unfamiliar to him; in the numerous timelines of his previous life in Cangyuan, this woman would pull off such a stunt in almost every one of them.
When Xu Yuan encountered this woman's storyline in his previous life, he was always quite puzzled about the reason for her escape.
This woman's goal had always been to seize the highest power in the Tachao clan, and escaping the Tachao Royal Court meant that she had completely distanced herself from the center of power in the Great Desert.
However, after reviewing various Prime Minister's Mansion from the Prime Minister's residence, Xu Yuan could now understand why the other party had chosen to do this.
Because of this woman's status as a goddess.
Furthermore, there was a deep-seated personality cult surrounding this identity among the various tribes of the Tachao.
In his previous life Xu Yuan couldn't understand the concept of personality cult at all, but he saw it in others during his travels in the Great Yan Dynasty.
Even though the power center of the Great Yan Dynasty was now a balance between imperial and prime ministerial power, the opinions of the grassroots officials, gentry, Confucian scholars, and countless ordinary people regarding his Prime Minister father were almost all those of a thief who had stolen the country.
The emperor, on the other hand, was a god or saint in the hearts of countless common people.
This is the historical inertia accumulated over the thousand-year reign of the Great Yan Dynasty, and also the inevitable result of the government's propaganda over countless years.
As a theocratic state, the Tachao naturally had two "kings".
One was a secular royal, and the other was a religious goddess.
She is the representative of the gods on earth, the hope for the revival of the Great Desert, and almost every Great Desert dweller has a natural reverence for the goddess.
The moment the identity of a goddess is revealed, there will naturally be people to support her.
Just like the sixth prince of the Tachao who died at his hands, despite being a member of the Tachao royal family, he still chose to betray his own people.
As long as the waist spirit can escape the control of the Tachao royal family, with her noble status as a goddess and the special nature of the Kirin Wolf, she can quickly develop a group of followers exclusively for her among the various tribes in the Great Desert.
Thinking of this, a wry smile appeared on Xu Yuan's lips.
This Great Desert Goddess must have sent it.
Based on his understanding of the plot of "Cangyuan", Li Junwu's accidental inspection tour will most likely become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.
In ordinary times, many corrupt and greedy people hold high positions, but in this era of great upheaval and brilliant talents, those who hold positions without doing their jobs are generally brought down and killed by various means.
As the final boss of one of the timelines in "Cangyuan", the Great Desert Goddess was able to lead the Great Desert to rise. Her scheming, cunning, and abilities were all top-notch in the world. However, this does not mean that there are no ruthless people in the Tachao royal family who can rival her.
In Cangyuan, if players miss certain choices, the Great Desert Goddess will simply disappear from most timelines. However, through later, minor plot details, players will learn that this woman was killed by the Tachao royal family.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan gently shook his head.
Having traveled through time, he rarely considers this to be the result of completing the world.
Everything has a cause and effect.
In the power struggle with the Tachao Royal Court, this Great Desert Goddess was always at a significant disadvantage.
If you want to achieve big results with small investments, you must tread carefully; success is accidental, failure is the norm.
The loss of this elite force of a thousand men is unlikely to be concealed from Li Junwu, Tachao royal family will undoubtedly tighten its surveillance of this goddess.
even,
Xu Yuan believed that after this battle, the Tachao royal family might even go to great lengths to kill this woman.
Experience determines one's perspective.
The conversations between his father and the high-ranking Prime Minister's Mansion, as well as the internal Prime Minister's Mansion he had read over the past year, gave Xu Yuan a deeper understanding of the word "power" compared to his previous life.
Because of the goddess's identity and the special nature of the Kirin Wolf, the Tachao royal family could tolerate many of the waist spirit's unruly acts.
For the Tachao royal family, compromise and tolerance could bring substantial benefits, while a complete break in relations would result in enormous losses.
However, the Great Desert Goddess's escape has crossed the line for the Tachao royal family.
She threatened the Tachao royal family's rule over the lowest levels of the Great Desert.
Politics is the art of compromise and cooperation, but when it comes to the struggle for supreme power, there is no room for compromise; there is only a life-or-death struggle at any cost.
Li Yaoxuan, the "restoration hero" who was once able to tolerate and even help the Prime Minister's Mansion's mansion grow stronger, could not escape this vicious cycle in the final moments of his life, let alone the powerful figures within the Tachao royal family.
As Xu Yuan silently mourned for this familiar yet unfamiliar waist-slimming woman, a thought suddenly popped into his mind.
If circumstances allow, perhaps their Prime Minister's Mansion could get involved in this power struggle in the Great Desert?
According to his reasoning,
This Great Desert Goddess is likely to die in the internal strife of the Tachao royal family, but if his Prime Minister's Mansion can offer her some small assistance, her fate may be rewritten.
Of course, he wasn't helping this woman out of charity.
Supporting an opposing regime within the Great Desert not only weakens and divides its power, but also allows for the extraction and exchange of some benefits.
Sunlight streamed down like a waterfall, and the room fell silent for a moment.
Once the thought arose, it began to spread uncontrollably in Xu Yuan's mind.
Lou Ji's Black Scale Guard had a complete procedure for supporting the opposition in a still relatively united regime, but judging from the current political situation in the Great Desert, it seems that even this procedure is not needed.
All their Prime Minister's Mansion needed to do was rescue the waist spirit from the surveillance of the Tachao royal family and then release her back into the wild.
As for the rest, the woman will take care of it herself.
This is a deal where the return far outweighs the investment.
As the thought flashed through his mind, Xu Yuan suddenly felt a little hesitant.
Everyone has their own area of expertise. Lou Ji's Black Scale Guard are not gods; they cannot obtain just any intelligence.
If he were to carry out this plan, he would have to swallow his pride and beg Li Junwu to make copies of all the maps and letters she had obtained, as well as the intelligence she had gathered about the Dachao People (a government office in Zhenxi) and give them to their Prime Minister's Mansion.
Without this intelligence support, blindly sending people deep behind enemy lines could very well be like throwing meat buns to a dog – a mission from which they would never return.
But this kind of information is already considered top secret.
If he asked Li Junwu for it, everything would be fine, but Xu Yuan would owe him a huge favor.
If I don't give it to them, can we still be friends?
and,
Friendships can never be purely platonic once interests are involved.
With a sigh, Xu Yuan silently put the stack of letters into his Sumeru Ring, then slowly stood up and walked towards the location of the "Communication Crystal" in the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Due to the unique nature of the Great Desert Goddess's identity, the Tachao royal family should have a window of opportunity to take action against her.
First, try asking Lou Ji for help. If that doesn't work, then try sounding out this good-brother's opinion.