Chapter 118 — The Supreme Sovereign
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 4 of 4
" As he spoke, some chord was struck within him, and he rose to his feet, somewhat agitated: "The Jingping Imperial Preceptor and I pushed these reforms precisely to change the state of affairs in which the sects hold the lifeblood of the people and the lifeblood of the nation in their grasp. I mean not only to reform — I mean to make revolution: revolution against these sects, revolution against myself!
If these sects will not be reformed, then let them wait for me to make revolution against them and take their lives!
All the resources in the sects' hands shall be taken back into the hands of the state; never again shall they come to squeeze me! Not the sects alone — the court must change as well; if the court does not change, it will sooner or later be done for! You all say the Jingping Imperial Preceptor is radical; the Jingping Imperial Preceptor is not as radical as I am. Everything the Jingping Imperial Preceptor has done was done at my behest! To oppose the Jingping Imperial Preceptor is to oppose me!
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