Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 14

Wang Wei and the other contestants spend half a month to adjust themselves before they return for the Fourth Trial of the Pagoda.

In this trial, Wang Wei forgot who he was and where he came from. In this trial, he was no longer the young master of the Dao Opening Sect, nor the traveler from Earth. No, now he was the Emperor of the Great Xia Empire who ruled an extremely vast amount of land.

His empire was prosperous; all common people had enough food to eat, proper clothes to shelter them from the winter cold, and enough reserve wealth to spend freely.

The ministers were all loyal to the Emperor, the generals who hold vast amounts of military power were loyal and had no desire to rebel.

All the other foreign countries in the world worship Great Xia and dare not encroach on its border. They would send large amounts of taxes in the form of offering every year.

What a beautiful and powerful country? And Wang Wei was in charge of such a prosperous country.

In fact, all of these were his delusions.

At this moment, the Great Xia Empire was actually on the verge of collapse. The majority of the land and wealth of the country were in the hand of the aristocrat family. Most of the officials were corrupted and fighting with each other for power.

The court was divided between the Head Eunuch and the Prime Minister. These two people hold more than 90% of the capital’s power. In the different Prefectures, the local governors hold all the political power and control the city guards.

On the border of the Great Xia Empire, the armies are loyal to their commanding officer and do not even recognize the Emperor.

As for the common people?

Their lives were more miserable than wandering street dogs. They had gone through many famines due to the recent drought. The government treated their lives as if they were more cheap than dirt in the slum.

The aristocrats exploited them for their labor and gave them a small amount of food to support them long enough to continue working.

The lives of the common people living near the border were even more miserable. The foreign countries who lust after the fertile land of the Central Plains have repeatedly attacked the Great Xia border.

However, the border generals did not fight these invaders, instead they open the gates and allowed them to kill, rape, and plunder their own people. After getting what they desired, the foreign race would leave and return back to their own country.

As for the common people? Well, who cares about them. In these situations, they have tried to revolt, but as soon as they start, the army would rush immediately to quell these rebellions.

In these chaotic times, the people of Jiang hu have become more unruly. Heroes of all kinds have risen and became famous for their martial arts. At the same time, many ambitious people soon noticed that the Great Xia Empire was about to be destroyed and began to prepare to proclaim themselves emperor and create a new dynasty.