After all, in his previous life, it was hardly just for a day or two that he had been deceived by those beneath him.
Wu City being seized by the Yellow Heaven rebels was undoubtedly a colossal scandal. It was perfectly reasonable for those below to not want him, the Emperor, to see it.
But upon careful thought, something felt wrong. According to the memorial, a meteor had smashed through the city wall, and a rain of fire had struck the military camp. Such an enormous commotion, such miraculous phenomena—it was practically a genuine Child of Heavenly Mandate.
Even if this news could have been concealed from him at the time in his previous life, it certainly would not have remained secret afterward. By all reason, he should not have known nothing at all.
"Could it be that appointing Wu Qi as General Who Pacifies the South triggered a butterfly effect?!"
"That shouldn't be it either..."
"During this time, I first brought the chief eunuch Pang Hu to heel and had him lock horns with the Imperial Uncle, diverting the other man's attention. Quite a few of the Imperial Uncle's people were cut down, and memorials accusing the chief eunuch of slaughtering loyal and worthy men, asking me to issue an edict to execute him, have piled up like mountains on my desk. That is far more of a disturbance than appointing some mere General Who Pacifies the South!"
Liu Guangzheng thought to himself.
The Southern Wasteland was merely a remote region. One General Who Pacifies the South and one Wu City amounted to nothing, whereas the Divine Capital was the heart of the imperial court. The slightest ripple here, once it spread outward, would become a raging storm for the entire realm.
If this had been just after he