[After Tang Chuan led his troops to reclaim the Balak Kingdom.]
[The atmosphere in Barak Royal City instantly became subtle.]
[After their initial panic, the nobles who had once followed Xue Hansong to defect to the Spirit Empire quickly began to make their own calculations.]
[Seeing that Tang Chuan did not engage in wanton slaughter after entering the city, but instead restrained his army and pacified the commoners, they thought this Blue Silver King was someone they could "reason" with.]
[Consequently, invitation letters flew like snowflakes into the City Lord's manor that Tang Chuan had temporarily requisitioned. Carriages fully laden with gold, silver, treasures, rare Spirit Medicine, and even peerless beauties streamed endlessly toward the manor gates.]
[The thoughts of these nobles were very simple.]
[Tang Chuan had conquered the Balak Kingdom, and the Heaven Dou Empire would reclaim governance over this land sooner or later.]
[As long as they could curry favor with this powerful Blue Silver King and preserve their Family's noble status and fiefdoms, those gold, silver, treasures, and beauties were nothing.]
[However, to the nobles' utter surprise, Tang Chuan rejected all the gifts sent to him without exception.]
[He refused the gold, silver, and treasures, returned the rare Spirit Medicine, and even sent the meticulously selected, gorgeously dressed beauties back the way they came with polite refusal, not even letting them cross the threshold.]
"These nobles are truly naive."
[Inside the former royal palace, which was now the temporary City Lord's manor.]
[Tang Chuan sat in a study, flipping through the statistical report on the land and population of the Balak Kingdom in his hand, a cold smile playing on his lips.]
["Still trying to bribe me with sugar-coated bullets?"]
["Heh, what I want is far more than just your gold, silver, and jewels."]
[After setting down the report, Tang Chuan's gaze fell upon the complete map of the Balak Kingdom hanging on the wall, his eyes shining with a brilliant light.]
[As for what to do after reclaiming the Balak Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sylves, he had already formulated a complete plan in his mind.]
[This plan was to fully implement the Fubing System and carry out the Land Grant Decree in the Balak Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sylves!]
[One had to know that the combined land area of the Balak Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sylves was immense.]
[Their arable land area was several times larger than the sum of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's directly governed territories, the Blue Silver Count Territory, the Jade Phosphor Marquis Territory, and the Nine Heart Begonia Marquis Territory combined.]
[If such vast lands could be entirely integrated into the land grant system, the number of Fubing soldiers that could be raised would be astronomical!]
[Within the Heaven Dou Empire, if they were to implement the Fubing System and carry out the Land Grant Decree on other nobles' fiefdoms,]
[on one hand, they would lack a righteous cause.]
[On the other hand, it would inevitably trigger a fierce backlash from the native nobles of the Heaven Dou Empire, disrupting the hard-won overall stability.]
[But implementing this system in these two newly occupied enemy territories, the Balak Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sylves, was a completely different story.]
[This was enemy territory, land newly conquered by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.]
[Before being officially enfeoffed, all resources on this land, including the fiefdoms occupied by those nobles for generations,]
[theoretically belonged to the imperial Family and the Empire.]
[Since the Heaven Dou Empire intended to convert these two kingdoms into provinces, it was impossible to grant the local nobles the same treatment and privileges they enjoyed during the kingdom era.]
[This was destined to arouse the resentment and hostility of these nobles.]
[In that case, it would be better to be thorough—confiscating all these nobles' fiefdoms, distributing them to the commoners, implementing the Fubing System and the Land Grant Decree, and cultivating more Fubing soldiers as his core support base.]
[Of course, Tang Chuan was also well aware.]
[Doing so would inevitably provoke fierce resistance. The native nobles of Balak and Sylves would never sit idly by while their fiefdoms were seized.]
[And the nobles within the Heaven Dou Empire, seeing Tang Chuan treat the noble class in such a manner, would surely feel terrified and wary, and might even unite to boycott him.]
[But compared to the massive benefits brought by implementing the Fubing System and strengthening the power of the Heaven Dou Empire,]
[these risks and costs were entirely worth bearing.]
[Moreover, deep down, Tang Chuan wanted to do this.]
[In his past life, the World he lived in, though not perfect, was far superior in terms of equality and justice compared to this Douluo Continent, where Spirit Masters and nobles stood high above while commoners were treated like ants.]
[After coming to this World,]
[Tang Chuan had witnessed too much oppression and exploitation of commoners by the nobility.]
[Compared to the Empire's nobles, although the Spirit Hall was highly ambitious, they indeed did a lot of practical work in providing Spirit Awakening services for commoners and helping them awaken their spirit power.]
[Since he chose to help the Heaven Dou Empire oppose the Spirit Hall, he had to at least make the Heaven Dou Empire benefit the commoners more than the Spirit Hall did.]
[Only in this way could he find peace of mind.]
[Once he felt that the preparations were nearly complete,]
[Tang Chuan sneered inwardly, set down the report in his hand, and ordered the adjutant beside him,]
["Have the elite Spirit Masters of the Qingdi Sect, along with the Spirit Masters from the surrendered Dragon Snake Sect and other Sects and Spirit Master families, cooperate with the officers and scribes of the Fubing Army. Start from Barak Royal City and confiscate all noble territories."]
["Register household registries, measure the lands, and fully implement the Fubing System and the Land Grant Decree."]
["Yes, sir!"]
[As a Fubing soldier himself, the adjutant could not help but feel extremely thrilled and excited. He accepted the order and departed.]
[After the order was handed down,]
[a massive land reform was fully rolled out across the Balak Kingdom.]
[The officers and scribes of the Fubing Army went through every street and alley, registering the household information of every commoner and measuring every piece of arable land.]
[Then, according to the standards of the Land Grant Decree, they distributed these lands to the commoners who had rented land from nobles for generations but had never owned land of their own.]
[When those tattered and emaciated commoners received the deeds representing land ownership with both hands, many wept bitterly on the spot.]
[They could not help but kneel on the ground, kowtowing in the direction of the palace, shouting slogans like "Long live the Blue Silver King!" and "Long live the Qingdi Sect!" with voices filled with the joy and gratitude of a new lease on life.]
[At the same time, to sever the influence of the Spirit Empire, Tang Chuan also established an organization named the "Qingdi Palace" in Barak Royal City, based on the core architecture of the Qingdi Sect and the Fubing System, specifically tasked with conducting free Spirit Awakenings for commoners.]
[However, Tang Chuan's measures were undoubtedly digging up the very roots of the noble class!]
[Upon hearing the news, the nobles of the Balak Kingdom completely exploded with rage.]
[They had originally thought Tang Chuan would at most confiscate a portion of their assets and reduce some privileges, but they never expected that this Blue Silver King actually intended to directly seize all of their fiefdoms and Foundation!]
[One strongly-worded joint protest letter after another was sent to the City Lord's manor, accusing Tang Chuan of "acting against the natural order," "sowing discord between nobles and commoners," and "destroying the laws of the ancestors."]
[Some even publicly declared,]
[that although they were no match for the Qingdi Sect and the Heaven Dou Army led by Tang Chuan, if Tang Chuan dared to continue harming the interests of the noble class like this, they would surely spare no effort to seek revenge!]
[After reading these protest letters, Tang Chuan merely let out a disdainful laugh.]
["Revenge?"]
[Tang Chuan casually tossed the letters onto the table, stood up, and a cold flash of Killing Intent flickered in his eyes.]
["I'd like to see what you will use to seek revenge."]
[The next morning, at dawn.]
[Under Tang Chuan's orders, a squad of elite Spirit Masters from the Qingdi Sect and the Fubing Army directly surrounded the manors of the three noble families who had protested the most fiercely.]
[While those three noble families were still fast asleep,]
[their gates were violently smashed open, and the volleys of flintlock muskets and explosions of shrapnel grenades shattered the tranquility of the royal city.]
[In less than an hour,]
[the three noble families were completely wiped out!]
[Tang Chuan's ruthless methods and decisive actions struck terror into the hearts of the entire noble class of Barak Royal City.]
[The nobles who had still been secretly networking and preparing to unite in resistance were instantly silenced like cicadas in winter after seeing the fate of those three families, no longer daring to publicly step forward in opposition.]
["A blank sheet of paper is best for drawing."]
[After deterring them with iron, blood, and slaughter, Tang Chuan stood by the window of the City Lord's manor, gazing at the land outside that was being redistributed, his tone indifferent and cold.]
["Since we are reforming, we shall reform to the very end!"]
["As for the counter-attacks and settlements of those nobles, as long as the Fubing System is implemented, my Zhechong Prefectures will be scattered across all key towns and cities."]
["As long as I station a squad of elite Spirit Masters from the Qingdi Sect in every Zhechong Prefecture,"]
["if these nobles dare to resist, I will dare to kill!"]
["Killing them until they no longer dare to resist."]
[Tang Chuan's eyes were filled with coldness and murderous intent; his aura of iron, blood, and warfare almost overflowed.]
Black World, Blue Tyrant Academy.
Seeing this, Tang San could not help but frown immediately, filled with incomprehension and anger.
"How can this Tang Chuan do this!"
"These nobles have done nothing wrong. They didn't treat human lives like grass in their fiefdoms; they merely collected land rent!"
"These nobles maintained peace in their fiefdoms and leased out the land."
"Isn't it perfectly reasonable for these commoners to pay land rent?"
"Why must he ruthlessly exterminate these nobles?"
"Although these nobles collected rent from their fiefdoms, they also stabilized the order of the Empire, allowing the continent to maintain its current peaceful state."
"Does he honestly think distributing land to these commoners is a good choice?"
"These commoners are completely illiterate. Is letting them manage the land themselves really better than the nobles managing it?"
As a staunch defender of feudalism,
although he was also born a commoner in his childhood, after becoming a Spirit Master and learning his true identity as the son of the Clear Sky Douluo,
Tang San had long separated himself from ordinary commoners in his heart.
His allegiance was firmly aligned with the Spirit Master and noble classes.
Therefore, seeing Tang Chuan persecuting the nobles and implementing the Fubing System in the comparison video,
Tang San only felt exceptionally angry, as if his own future interests as the Blue Vast King were also being infringed upon.
(End of Chapter)
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