"Not only that, I also unearthed quite a few secrets of the capital." Su Ziji closed his eyes in contemplation and felt a tangled web of relationships among the meritorious nobility flood into his mind.
"Though this is only intelligence on the noble scions within the Imperial Feather Guards, if I use it well, I could probably crush all resistance in one stroke and take complete control of the Imperial Feather Guards."
"But doing that would be digging my own grave."
The same principle still held: Su Ziji could rise in rank and expand his influence, but that growth had to come through connections, not his personal abilities.
"Let's see whether anyone else has experience bundles like this." Su Ziji went to seek advice from the officials who had not yet left. He did not need them to say much; a sentence or two would suffice.
To keep up appearances, quite a few officials did force themselves to offer a sentence or two.
Experience +300 Experience +150 Experience +200
Compared with what he had gained from consulting Fang Zhen, the experience these answers brought him was far lower.
"As expected, there aren't many as capable as Fang Zhen. And many of them aren't truly on my side at all. Their resistance is strong, too, or I wouldn't be getting so little experience."
The experience from one or two people might be meager, but with enough people, it accumulated into a considerable sum.
"I'm almost at level fifteen." Sensing an imminent breakthrough, Su Ziji excused himself to get some fresh air in the garden and found a quiet spot.
The plants here were all putting out fresh shoots. Anything that had withered, whether small trees or flowers and grasses, had long since been pruned by the servants, so all