The second was to be transformed into Great Qin Underworld Soldiers. Perhaps one day, they would recover their consciousness and memories, which was equivalent to being reborn once. Many people could not bear to part with family and friends, nor did they wish to truly die, so they would choose the second option.
However, places in the second option were limited. It was impossible to transform every fallen soldier, so Great Qin had carefully preserved the bodies of those soldiers as well.
The second issue was corruption within officialdom—forming factions for private gain, appointing cronies rather than worthy talents. This too had to be treated with utmost seriousness and thoroughly investigated.
For this was the source of internal turmoil. How many ancient dynasties had met their downfall precisely because of such matters? Zhao Fu would absolutely not allow such things to happen.
Of course, the matter had originated from what Zhao Fu discovered while speaking with numerous talented scholars aboard the great ship on the river. Though they were unsuited to official positions and held certain misunderstandings about the court ministers, Zhao Fu still wanted to prevent the things they spoke of from occurring.
Thinking this, Zhao Fu summoned Ye Qiuye, the former White Lotus Sect Holy Maiden. She had later been incorporated into Great Qin's intelligence organization, while the White Lotus Sect had also been renamed the White Sect.
What the White Sect excelled at was bewitching people's hearts. It was also the most widely spread and had the greatest number of members, containing people from every walk of life. They might be beggars, wealthy merchants, or soldiers—any of them could be one.
Much of Great Qin's intelligence now came through them. The information they provided was vast and abundant, encompassing all kinds of matters. Yet certain highly secret