Douluo Continent: Starting from Awakening the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul

"Then what do you want the world for?" Di Ming asked at this moment. He was a little confused. He wanted to rebel, but he didn't want to be the emperor. What kind of routine was this?

"We are one family. If I want the world, doesn't that mean you all want it too?"

"Why must I be the emperor?"

"Why can't it be the father, or the eldest brother?"

"We're all members of the imperial family, it doesn't matter who's the emperor."

"After this war, I have come to realize that in order to achieve lasting peace, we must unify. Only unification can eliminate war."

Silence fell in the study once again. Di Hong was right. Di Yuan was also aware of the benefits that unification could bring, but to be honest, he did not want unification, because unification would inevitably affect the interests of many people.

For example, these nobles, and the Spirit Hall.

A powerful and unified continental empire would not allow the existence of a force like the Spirit Hall, and these nobles would inevitably become the sacrifices or the ones who were abandoned in the war of unification.

It is very difficult for someone who has enjoyed an upper-class life to return to the ordinary life they once had.

Would an emperor beg for food?

Of course, although he opposes the unification of the mainland, it is because he opposes someone else unifying the mainland. Unless the person who unifies the mainland can continue to protect their interests, he will absolutely not support it.

If he were to unify the continent, he would agree without hesitation; who would complain about having a stronger power?

"If that's really the case, the kingdom doesn't have the capability. Whether it's military strength or the power of soul masters, we don't have the strength to unify the continent."

Di Yuan was clearly tempted, but he wasn't stupid. He knew very well that with the power of the Kingdom of Silves, unifying the continent was just wishful thinking.

“Then let’s take it slow, twenty years, thirty years, forty years, fifty years, one hundred years.”

"If one generation isn't enough, then two generations; if two generations aren't enough, then three generations."

"As long as we work hard, we will succeed one day."

Di Yuan looked at Di Hong.

"It seems you had this planned all along."

"I've been thinking this way for more than just a day or two, haven't I?"

"Tell me your plan."

"it is good."

"My plan can be summarized in a few points: self-reliance, infiltration, and win-win cooperation."

Afterwards, Di Hong told Di Yuan and the other two about the plan he had been thinking about for the past year. Of course, he also hid a lot from them. He couldn't tell Di Yuan and the others about Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue and Tang San, nor could he tell them that the Spirit Hall would launch a war decades later.

Self-strengthening means enhancing the overall strength of the Kingdom of Sylves, both economically and militarily. To become stronger, the Kingdom of Sylves must reform, that is, change its laws.

Reforms cannot be done casually; they must be combined with the actual situation and the national conditions. He cannot do this himself, but he can provide some ideas based on his memories from his previous life. The reform must be carried out by Emperor Yuan or Emperor Yang.

Strengthening the military means carrying out military reforms, such as creating a fierce and powerful army like the Qin army of the previous era, or the Tang army.

In the Douluo Continent, it's very difficult for ordinary people to rise above their circumstances if they aren't Soul Masters, because this world is controlled by nobles. Therefore, becoming a Soul Master is almost the only way out for ordinary people.

But not everyone can become a Soul Master, especially ordinary people without a family background.

Nobles can recruit commoners as Soul Masters, but they will not awaken Martial Souls for ordinary people. In their eyes, commoners will always be commoners, and becoming a Soul Master is basically just a dream.

Primary Soul Master Academies all have work-study student slots. These are reserved for those who have just awakened their Martial Soul, come from poor backgrounds, and cannot afford tuition. He had specifically looked into it and found that there weren't many work-study students in the kingdom's primary Soul Master Academies.

Because most people cannot become Soul Masters, it is considered good if one out of a hundred people becomes a Soul Master.

Every year, the Spirit Hall sends people to the villages below to help them awaken their spirits. However, among the children of school age in dozens of villages, the number of spirit masters can be counted on one hand. If you are lucky, you can meet a few, but if you are unlucky, you can visit more than a dozen villages and not find a single one.

There are many villages like this throughout the kingdom. Not to mention commoners, even some people from noble families cannot become Soul Masters. Of course, these are only a minority.

Innate soul power almost awakens a soul master's future; without soul power, there is no future, unless there is a great opportunity.

This is the cruelty of this world.

However, the commoners who are looked down upon by others possess boundless power in Di Hong's eyes.

As a transmigrator, he knew that the power of the people was great and that a united people was invincible. He believed that this statement still applied in the Douluo Continent, because although Soul Masters were powerful, they were not so ridiculously powerful.

After all, Tang San's hidden weapons were enough to severely injure Qian Renxue, who had become a god.

Unite the common people, recruit and train Soul Masters, implement reforms, recruit craftsmen to forge weapons, and reform the army to make it stronger.

Of course, all of this requires money, and a lot of money, so his plan also includes encouraging agriculture and commerce, so that industry, agriculture and commerce can move forward together. Only when commerce is developed can more tax revenue be generated, and the geographical location of the Kingdom of Sylves is just right.

Although surrounded on all sides, it was situated on an important trade route.

Developed agriculture can also produce more food, and encouraging industry can lead to better machinery.

Of course, there's also the issue of public security. As the capital of the kingdom, the security of Silves City has always been the responsibility of the Spirit Hall. Every day, the Spirit Hall is arresting people and sending them to prison. The kingdom's city defense army is like a bunch of useless bums. In his opinion, this is absolutely unacceptable. The security of the capital must be the responsibility of the kingdom.

Not just the capital, but the entire kingdom.

A safe and stable environment is essential to attracting more people.

Furthermore, we need to cultivate military and administrative talent and increase investment in the Soul Master Academy.

Infiltration is quite simple, just as the name suggests. However, it requires building a powerful intelligence organization, which Di Hong is not good at. This is something that only Di Yuan and his team can do.

This intelligence organization's mission is to infiltrate two major empires.

Chapter 42 Be Prepared

"An intelligence organization?"

Names flashed through Di Yuan's mind, but none of them seemed suitable.

When he looked at Di Ming, who was sitting next to Di Yang and looked very honest, he immediately decided on the person to take the seat.

"The second brother will be in charge of building the intelligence organization."

"Huh?" Di Ming pointed to himself.

"me?"

"How would I know how to do this?"

"I can't do it, I can't do it." He waved his hands repeatedly.

He had never done the work of building an intelligence organization before.

“You’re the right one.” Although Di Ming was a playboy, he had excellent observation skills and was very good at intelligence gathering. Di Yuan had a grasp of the situation of all the nobles in the capital, which was mainly due to Di Ming’s efforts.

Although he indulged in a life of debauchery every day, he could easily grasp the situation of all the nobles while drinking.

It can be said that these nobles had absolutely no secrets from him.

He even uncovered the spies planted by the nobles within the palace.

Di Hong also felt that his second brother, Di Ming, seemed to be very suitable. Back in Tian Dou City, he could spot the spies in the Earl's Mansion at a glance, so it was appropriate to entrust the establishment of the intelligence organization to Di Ming. Moreover, it seemed that no one else was more suitable than him.

This intelligence organization must be secretive, hidden in the shadows, yet omnipresent.

Moreover, this intelligence organization is not only responsible for intelligence gathering, but also for some assassination operations.

The third step of the Emperor's plan is to win over officials. This win-win strategy involves not only recruiting Soul Masters but also winning over some Imperial officials. Many people in the Empire are frustrated and unfulfilled, and these are the people they are trying to win over, as well as some military generals.

The military is dominated by aristocratic customs, and it is difficult for people of bad birth to gain power unless they are Soul Masters. Therefore, many generals who are not Soul Masters have made great achievements in battle but have not been able to rise in rank.

His idea was to win over these people and lay the foundation for Golong's future infiltration. He was determined to place Golong in the Heavenly Dou Empire's army as an infiltrator; otherwise, he wouldn't have secretly trained him and had Shen Yi teach him about military matters.

He wanted Goron to take control of the Heavenly Dou Empire's army.

He believed that with Golong's talent, establishing himself in the Heavenly Dou Army would be a piece of cake. After all, according to the original trajectory, he should have become the number one person in the Heavenly Dou Empire's army in the future.

All Dihong had to do was go with the flow.

In his view, the most opportune time would be when Qian Renxue's undercover work was exposed and she took action, and there were still decades to go before that time, giving him ample time to prepare.

Over the past few decades, they have had to cultivate as many administrative and military talents as possible, recruit as many free Soul Masters as possible, and at the same time cultivate their own country's Soul Masters.

Di Hong's plan was not very complete. After he finished speaking, Di Yuan and Di Yang began to help him improve the plan. They had completely agreed with Di Hong's plan to seize the country. They all knew that this was a road of no return. Once they started to move forward, there would be no turning back.

Only two outcomes await them: success or death.

Even the纨绔 (playboy) Emperor Ming began to think about how to build an intelligence organization. In his opinion, Emperor Hong's plan to seize the country was a very exciting thing, much better than indulging in debauchery. Moreover, he could also prove that he was not useless and that he could get things done.

After a day of discussion, the father and his sons improved the plan. Although it was improved, it was difficult to implement.

They couldn't treat the people of the Empire like fools, so their plan had to be extremely careful, without making a single mistake or revealing the slightest flaw.

"Leave this kind of thing to us. All you need to do is cultivate diligently and strengthen yourself."

"Without strong capabilities, even the best plan is useless."

Di Yuan spoke earnestly to Di Hong. In his view, as long as Di Hong was powerful enough, even if their plan failed, the empire would not dare to act rashly. Perhaps a titled Douluo could not fight against a million-strong army, but he was enough to kill an emperor, or even wipe out the entire royal family.

The Heaven Dou Empire's royal family does not have any titled Douluo protecting them.

Di Yuan was actually making two preparations. On the one hand, he was to carry out his plan to seize the country. On the other hand, he was also preparing for failure. If he failed, he would prioritize protecting Di Hong. As long as Di Hong was alive, the Di family would not perish.

If they fail and face the empire's encirclement and attack, then Di Hong can go to the Spirit Hall or the Star Luo Empire.

He believed that these two forces were very willing to accept a genius like Di Hong, even if it meant offending the Heaven Dou Empire, especially the Star Luo Empire. In the eyes of the Star Luo Empire, what was the Heaven Dou Empire? If it weren't for the Spirit Hall, they would have destroyed the Heaven Dou Empire long ago.

"Don't worry, Father. At my current cultivation speed, I'm confident I can reach the Title Douluo level before I turn thirty."