Great Sui.
Time flowed like water, and half a month hurried past.
Over that half month, far from growing quiet, every part of Great Sui became even livelier.
When they heard Yu Huatian say that once the Divine Land was unified, rewards would be granted according to merit and the realm divided into fiefs, with anyone having a chance to rule a vassal kingdom, everyone erupted in excitement.
The ever-ambitious Li Clan, in particular, immediately began finding ways to rally various forces, preparing to join Ming in its Western Expedition against Great Han.
Even many Jianghu sects refused to be outdone.
After all, ascending a throne and ruling a kingdom was a temptation many could scarcely resist.
Yu Huatian paid them no heed. Giving them a little hope to spur them on was a good thing, too.
If someone truly rendered great service in the end, he would not mind letting them rule a province and establish a vassal kingdom.
After all, he currently had only three or four candidates for vassal kings in mind. Once the Divine Land was unified, it would be divided into the Nine Provinces. Apart from Mingzhou, where Ming lay, the other eight provinces would all be granted as fiefs, establishing eight great vassal kingdoms. That meant eight vassal kings would be needed, and there were still plenty of positions left.
In truth, he had little choice in taking this course.
Although it was somewhat difficult to understand why a realm unified through such hard work would ultimately be divided into fiefs again.
In this age, however, transportation was inconvenient and communications poor. Governing the entire Divine Land with the strength of a single nation was simply too difficult.
Unless there were enough martial artists stationed everywhere, with Heavenly Being experts at court standing by