This question did not linger for long. For the ministers now serving as chief councillors, the most urgent matter was to quell the various adverse effects brought about by the strange phenomena in the sky.
Yet they did not understand the cause of this matter, much less did they have any way to directly suppress the celestial anomalies. They could only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, doing their utmost to calm the incidents continuously erupting across the land.
But such a state of affairs could not last.
For one thing, the celestial anomalies showed no sign of stopping. Instead, they only grew more intense, inevitably stirring up even more incidents. In truth, when the anomalies first began, there had only been scattered disturbances throughout the realm. But as time passed, incidents sprang up one after another like bamboo shoots after rain, steadily expanding in both scale and reach.
Recently, even the armies and local government offices had begun to stir. These organizations were important vessels for carrying out the imperial court's will, and the disturbances among the people depended on them to suppress. But one could easily imagine that if the anomalies continued, it would not merely be the common folk—these local bodies, which were like the court's hands and feet, would also be thrown into turmoil. When that happened, the situation would spiral beyond all control.
That was precisely why the chief councillors had placed such importance on the disciplined New Army just now.
There was another reason as well: human strength had its limits. Even though the Central Pivot court sat in Prosperity Capital and oversaw the entire situation, those who actually had to handle these matters were people. As signs of disorder emerged throughout the land, more and more reports arrived, each describing different