Cutting their way through with swift blades and severing tangled knots was, instead, the simplest course. At every city and every place, they only needed to seize all the upper ranks, then have Dao officials make a round among the people. Right and wrong, good and evil would become mostly clear. Even if a few fish slipped through the net, it would do no real harm.
But now, there was far too much trouble to deal with.
Thus, it was not until the second month of the ninth year of Heaven-Answering that the rewards for the three provinces were finally settled.
Great New's policy toward the officials of the old Cang was this: minor offenses such as corruption and bribery would be forgiven, but anyone tainted by human lives would be killed without mercy.
Such slaughter naturally stirred up no small amount of unrest, yet it also put many hearts at ease and won a great deal of popular support.
Beyond that, the very few worthy and capable officials who had refused to wallow in the mire with the rest were also given the chance to be absorbed into the system for further training.
As Great New grew ever larger, its standards for officials rose ever higher. To even enter the training ranks now, one's family had to be spotless for three generations. Any stain at all meant losing the opportunity.
Therefore, such an opportunity was naturally exceedingly precious.
Once the affairs of the three provinces were settled, the fate of the New Nation climbed to another peak. As for Zhao Cheng, although he no longer performed separate sacrifices to Heaven, his cultivation continued to rise with the expansion of his territory. His Dao Fruit was steadily transforming toward a complete Daluo.
Indeed, if he were to sacrifice to Heaven