Brother, Stop Doing It, You Are A Villain!

The development of any force will inevitably embark on the road of external expansion. The way of expansion can be peaceful or war, but this is the only way that no force can avoid.

Regardless of the fact that the overall pattern of cultivation forces in the upper domain is stable and peaceful today, superpowers like Yunjian Pavilion have all smashed their own world in the bloody storm. You don't need to invade others, but you must have strong force, otherwise you will become fish on other people's chopping board sooner or later.

Wuling City is currently facing such a crossroads.

However, in view of the fact that the establishment of Wuling City is still too short, although it has the blessing of new weapons, its force is still not enough to compete with first-class forces. Therefore, the method of force expansion is not advisable. The best way is to cultivate your own martial arts and accumulate strength.

But on this issue, Dai Zhixin put forward a different point of view.

Dai Zhixin believes that the biggest problem facing Wuling City right now is not how to expand, but what form of power it intends to develop into.

She came up with two ideas. One is a union of city-states and the other is an empire.

The advantage of the city-state alliance is that it can expand its power in a peaceful way. But there is also a big problem here, that is, it is difficult for the city-state alliance to achieve a unified idea. If people's hearts are not unified, internal friction will easily occur at a certain stage in the future, which will lead to civil strife or even civil war.

The advantage of the empire is that it can use force to integrate cultures, unify thoughts, and achieve the goal of centralization. However, building an empire is obviously a bloody road. If one step is not taken well on this road, then Wuling City will face disaster.

Due to the unique culture and power structure of the upper domain, it was difficult for the officials in the chamber to keep up with Dai Zhixin's train of thought. They can easily understand how the Five Elements came to be, but they don't know the difference between peaceful expansion and forceful expansion.

Simply put, experience limits horizons.

So after some debate, Dai Zhixin, who had almost no support, became a loner, and the faction headed by Bai Shuanghua gained the upper hand. Of course, this is not a partisan dispute, at most it is a conflict between different ideas.

But when this issue was placed in front of Feng Shao, Feng Shao was deeply troubled by it. Because he found that, in fact, even he himself hadn't thought about the future development route of Wuling City.

The current Wuling City has become one of the forces that cannot be ignored in the upper domain. Although there is still some gap compared with the real first-class forces, but in terms of influence, it can already be ranked among the super-first-class forces. However, the mismatch between strength and influence has caused Wuling City to be a bit "puffy" today.

Right now, Wuling City is backed by Yunjian Pavilion, and has a good relationship with super-class forces such as Tai Xuan Sacred Land, so there is no need to consider its own safety for the time being. But this kind of friendly relationship based on favors and interests is not so reliable, and Wuling City can't give up the road of expansion just because of this.

However, rash expansion can also easily arouse the vigilance of some forces, adding some enemies hidden in the dark to Wuling City for no reason. "Peaceful rise" is actually a false proposition, because even if you love peace, there are always some people who want to suppress you. If you don't have a strong force to rely on, then what awaits you will be an abyss of whatever you want.

After thinking about this question, at least the current development plan of Wuling City already has a clear answer. However, after careful consideration, Feng Shao decided to discuss the longer-term planning goals with Dai Zhixin carefully.

So the two closed the door and discussed the matter in detail.

During the discussion, Dai Zhixin proposed many ideas that were quite novel to Feng Shao.

For example, Dai Zhixin believes that the current power structure in the upper domain is somewhat similar to the United Nations in this world, but the overall framework is still very loose, and various small alliances rule one side. A truly powerful Sect can ignore the established rules and do some unethical actions, while other Sects dare not speak out about this, and many Sects are even forced to gather under their command to cheer for them .

However, if there is a big event that is enough to endanger the interests of all sects, they can immediately put aside their disputes and fight against the common threat together.

This pattern of barely maintaining a balance in the conflict has actually existed for a long time, and it can even be traced back to a few Thousand Years ago. The proof is, what were the superpowers a few Thousand Years ago, and those are still the same a few Thousand Years later. Although some forces have declined and some forces have risen, the overall situation remains the same.

For example, the Tianxin Sect disappeared and was replaced by the Yunjian Pavilion, which was rebuilt from its foundation. This is a bit similar to the disintegration of the current Soviet Union, and the Russian Ross inherited the international status of the Soviet Union.

The reason for this situation, Dai Zhixin believes, is that the overall interests of the upper domain have basically been divided. Even if a latecomer has the ability to have connections, it will be difficult for them to break out of their own world in such a situation.

The rise of Wuling City is thanks to Feng Shao's discovery of "natural Spiritual Qi", a new resource that no one has ever paid attention to.

But new resources not only mean new opportunities, but also new crises. Right now, no force has paid attention to the natural Spiritual Qi, but it will be a matter of time before the natural Spiritual Qi enters the field of vision of all forces. At that time, it is inevitable that the upper domain will have to redefine the power structure, and turmoil will naturally be inevitable.

Dai Zhixin's analysis was reasonable and well-founded, and Feng Shao recognized it very much. Then the question comes back to the essence, which is: What is the development model suitable for Wuling City? If the answer to this question cannot be found, Wuling City will have no advantage at all in the face of future turmoil that is very likely to occur.

"Jianguo!" Dai Zhixin said categorically, "Jianguo is the only development model suitable for Wuling City! What's more, it can't be a loose federal state, it must be a highly centralized monarchy!"

Feng Shao was immediately overwhelmed by Dai Zhixin's ambition.

"You mean, let me be the emperor?"

Dai Zhixin laughed: "That's not necessarily the case. It's not uncommon for the predecessors to plant trees and the descendants to enjoy the shade. You can also learn from Cao Cao, lay a large foundation, and then hand over the matter of becoming emperor to your son."

Feng Shao: "..."

Feng Shao rapped on the table while pondering: "But you should also know that with the strength of Wuling City, it is obviously impossible to conquer a vast empire. If you want to change the culture that has been inherited for Ten Thousand Years, and It's not an easy thing."

"Indeed." Dai Zhixin nodded and said, "Fortunately, we have already started a reasonable foundation."

The "reasonable foreshadowing" that Dai Zhixin refers to is the "compulsory education" system that is very characteristic of Wuling City.

Compulsory education in this world teaches basic knowledge. The compulsory education in Wuling City teaches cultivation and skills.

"The Tiangang Sword Sect and Ziqing Sacred Land disciples you brought this time, in my opinion, are actually in line with our established development strategy. Expand the influence of Wuling City through the Cultivation Academy, and make Wuling City gradually become the focus of all cultivators. Comprehension of the Sacred Land in China. Of course, it takes time to accumulate. It can be as short as ten years or as long as hundreds of years. When the influence expands to a certain extent, no matter what Wuling City does, it will have countless Fans cheered for it and worked hard. At that time, we will have the basic conditions for expansion.”

After thinking for a while, Feng Shao nodded approvingly: "What you said is also reasonable, but I think it's still a bit superficial. I think we can use two prongs to expand our influence not only in cultivation, but also in thought and culture. Let more people recognize Wuling City and its culture from the bottom of their hearts."

"Cultural dissemination? It seems that you also went with me!" Dai Zhixin smiled. "In fact, during this period of time, I have already written a plan on cultural dissemination. But those guys in the meeting hall can't read it. I understand, so I will wait for you to come back so I can show you!"

While talking, Dai Zhixin handed Feng Shao a stack of densely written documents. After Feng Shao took it, he looked it over carefully, and finally found that this is really a very detailed cultural communication plan.

Question: What kind of weapon in this world kills people without seeing blood?

Answer: Culture.

This point of view is actually still in the blind spot of the public, and even the Transcending Tribulation Realm Power who lived for a thousand years may not be able to penetrate it. Therefore, cultural dissemination has become the best weapon for Wuling City.

Dai Zhixin's cultural communication plan is generally divided into five realms: education, entertainment, commerce, cultivation, and industry.

In terms of education, in addition to the Cultivation Academy, professors of basic knowledge can also be added. Dai Zhixin suggested that with the funding from the Chamber of Commerce, a pilot project would be carried out in the entire East Continent, and schools would be established in each city to recruit school-age children for cultural education. This proposal was actually made as early as when Wuling City was first built, but at that time Wuling City was still very poor and did not have the money to build such a large city. But now Wuling City is very rich, so we can start to build it.

Entertainment is relatively simple. Dai Zhixin directly copied some of the entertainment programs in this world, such as dramas, dramas, musicals, Erren Zhuan, cross talk, sketches, etc., etc., she felt that they could be used in this world. Add some material to the entertainment and dissemination, so that more people can know Wuling City.

In terms of business, Dai Zhixin has already taken care of it all. She plans to expand Dai's business to the entire upper domain, so that everyone can use the good things from Dai's business, and let everyone know how happy the people of Life in Wuling City are living!

Obviously trying to benefit himself!

In terms of self-cultivation, it is to establish branches of self-cultivation colleges in other cities. While screening talents, they will continue to send fresh blood to Wuling City, and strive to increase the number of graduates from the self-cultivation college to 10,000 each year within ten years. Cultivator Academy, cultivating higher rank cultivators.

As for industry, it is more complicated. This aspect needs to be combined with business, and a more reasonable technology research and development system and production system should be planned. For this reason, Dai Zhixin made a proposal that surprised even Feng Shao:

Promote the company model and establish a state-owned enterprise!

When seeing this, Feng Shao couldn't help feeling secretly:

This brain hole is really too big!