I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

71 – Extreme God

It has been said since ancient times that those who have power will soon gain power.

Manners make man, Might makes right.

It was only in modern times that civil control was barely achieved and military power was separated from power, but at this time, there was no such thing as a monumental monument of human intelligence.

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Remember, the name given to this period by later generations.

Warring States. Countries fighting endlessly. This alone shows how important the military force was at this point in time.

Those who hold force in their hands will soon gain a country.

It is different from the throne. It is possible to monopolize state power based on military power, but usurping the throne was another issue.

No matter how strong the power, the king’s authority cannot be easily violated.

The Kyuseong Jeon family, who stole Qi from the Yeo clan of the Kang surname, consolidated their power by inheriting positions in the upper kingdom for over 50 years, but it was only after they were formally installed as feudal lords by King Weiyeol of the Zhou Dynasty that Kang Seong He drove out the Yeo clan and changed Qi from Jiangji to Tianzi.

However, I didn’t have to worry about this complicated process.

All the justifications and justifications have already been given to me. All it lacks is actual power.

It doesn’t matter if I don’t have to assassinate or dethrone my father, the current King Yeon. If you hold the national power of Yan in your hands, you can naturally occupy the throne over time, but what is the need to take risks by overdoing it?

“Certainly…If we can get the support of the military, there is no need to stick to the central political world…”

Hankyung, who is a hostage to Jo Nara and keenly aware of the importance of military force, responded positively to my argument to secure the military.

However, Jeon Gwang was somewhat skeptical.

“In the end, the military authority is also controlled by His Majesty. Right now, the invasion of Zhao ended in failure, and His Majesty withdrew from the frontlines, such as leaving a long post in the upper direction and entrusting the military to the Changguk Army, as requested by the Zhao Dynasty, but His Majesty always He is the one who can heal you.”

“I also do not mean to neglect the court. My father is there, and I will increase the number of people who support me through the guild I have.”

Political funds don’t necessarily exist only in the future.

For those with quite a bit of political standing, it is basic to host a banquet with guests, even if they do not necessarily have military titles. And the cost is not enough with the green salary alone, so the bureaucrats always have to think separately to earn money.

Among them, the most common way was to receive donations from rich people and listen to their requests. Those who did not receive solicitation money and borrowed funds only through usury like Maeng Sang-gun belonged to the axis of integrity.

“Your Majesty sometimes makes misjudgments, but by nature you are decisive and act very promptly. The goal of obtaining a military rank is good in itself, but it is necessary to approach it more carefully and keep an eye on it with special care even after success. .”

Yes. If he wasn’t a person with enough determination, he wouldn’t think of stabbing the back of the head of the opponent who had been trying to make peace until yesterday.

As a result, it was a misjudgment, but that doesn’t necessarily prove that King Yan is incompetent. Because I know from my previous life how fraudulent the masters of Gijeonpamok are, I predicted the victory of Jo Nara, and common sense would mobilize five times as many troops, but I would think that I would lose.

I admitted to myself that I had been underestimating King Yan too much, and answered Jeon Kwang’s advice with sincerity.

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

“Anyway, Gongja-nim, then how do you plan to get General Changguk, General Geukshin, and General Jingae? First of all, Prince Changguk is also friendly with Taebu, so let’s arrange a meeting through that side?”

“That’s right. As the doctor said, the seniors have nothing to do with the three people? The goal of obtaining a military rank is grand and nice, but to be honest, there are no results yet, right?”

Jingjia’s direct words stabbed the lungs sharply…… I want to see

I’m sorry, but I’ve lived with my mouth shut, but I’m not the kind of guy who only talks. The stage of opening one’s mouth without any results was graduated immediately.

“No. The plan has already begun.”

“Already?”

Jing Jia asked back with an expression of genuine surprise at my counterattack.

Even though I want to tease Hyung-ga, I give up when I see Han-kyung and Jeon-gwang waiting for my answer.

“Yes. I sent someone to General Geukshin.”

“Again?”

“Hmm?”

“As for the army of Changguk and General Jingae? And it’s not like they’re recruited just by sending one person, so that’s all?”

“The two will be recruited from now on. Depending on who you send, the result will be different.”

I remembered the person I sent to the extreme god.

I sent it around the time I left Jo Nara, so maybe the conclusion has come out now.

“Who the hell did you send so confident?”

“Well, Hankyung seems to have noticed?”

In the end, I couldn’t completely give up my greed to make fun of Hyung-ga, and I was a bit mischievous.

“As expected…”

“No, who is it? Mr. Jeon Kwang, do you even know him?”

“Well, I’m sure someone can guess…”

Jeon-gwang hinted a little for Jing-ga, who couldn’t make sense of it.

“Think about how the supreme god general came all the way to Yan.”

Geuksin originally came from the country of Cho.

Nevertheless, he came to Yan because King Soyeonyang bought horse bones and built a golden platform on the banks of the Yeoksu River to invite wise men.

Geukshin, he was one of the maegolgyeomjaes who came to Yan in pursuit of the horse’s bones.

“Ah!”

Only then did Jingjia realize who I had sent and shouted.

“You sent Mr. Chuyeon!”

That was the correct answer.

§

“Isn’t the world fun?”

Chuyeon raised her head at the words of the person sitting across from her.

There was a man who had just entered the stage of an old man who looked a little younger than Chu-yeon.

One of the talents of Maesamagol who searched for Yeonhwawang with Chuyeon.

It was extreme.

When Geukshin put down the brush he was writing on and turned his attention to Chuyeon, Chuyeon asked back.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s a cycle that yin and yang singers like you talk about. In the past, I thought it was funny, but as I’ve gotten older, I’m starting to think it’s true.”

In the past, he said, recalling the time when he had just moved to Yan.

At that time, he said he was very young. He couldn’t control his blood, and he had a strong will to show off the talent he had learned to the world.

When I think about it now, I miss it, and I feel ashamed of my immature days.

“Do you remember? The day everyone gathered at the golden age to see His Majesty the Little King.”

“Of course. I’ve never forgotten one.”

“Is that so? Yes, so am I. However, contrary to our memories, His Majesty the Little King is happy, and Hwanggeumdae is forgotten.”

Despite inheriting the worst conditions, the great king gathered talented people from all over the world with superior ability and great personality to grow the Yan nation into the strongest nation in the world, even for a moment.

If there’s one mistake King Yeonhwa has made, it’s that he was so focused on state affairs that he didn’t care about his children.

King Yeonhye, who succeeded the heir, was a cancer soldier. He fell for the accusation and threw out his malice, imprisoned Chu-yeon, and imprisoned the extreme god. If So-jin had been alive until then, he would have died after being exposed as Sejak by King Yeon-hye, not anyone else. In the end, malice and Chu-yeon could not stand him and went to Jo Nara.

If it wasn’t for him, wouldn’t the golden belt raised by the younger king still shine that brilliantly?

“Look at it. Doesn’t Danggeum’s Yeon Nara see the second coming of Hwanggeumdae?”

Geukshin and Chooyeon, who have returned to the center of the military once again, come to visit him.

Malice died, but his son, Akgan, took over the Changguk Army, and Sojin died, but his younger brother Platoon took over in Yan.

“Actually, I wasn’t expecting today’s event.”

“Where in the world is there a person who knows the future? Even in Yin-Yang, they try to find the right direction in the mundane world by using nature’s direct journey as a guidepost, but they do not know the future.”

“I don’t mean that. I’m talking about the sick leave area.”

Just as Chuyeon was a master of Yin and Yang, Geuksin was also a scholar who belonged to the School of Law and the School of the Byeongga among the 100 disciples, and was also called Geukja (劇子).

Now he has become a general and belongs to the military, but when he first came to Yan, he started as a civil servant, not a military officer.

Among the talented people who gathered in the Golden Age, the only one who belonged purely to the general had malice.

“I expected Yan’s crushing defeat in this war.”

“A crushing defeat?”

“Yes. Yulbok and Gyeongjin die, and Akgan returns to Jo Nara just like the previous Akgong did. That’s such a disastrous defeat.”

Chuyeon remembered another person who had predicted the same outcome as the extreme god.

Heedan.

The young Young master of Yan, who was confined to Handan, saw the same result as a supernatural being. And beyond that, twisted the result.

It was something that even the supreme god, who had accumulated all kinds of experience defending the battlefield and the court for decades, could not accomplish it. Regardless of whether Geukshin had the will to change it, at least Heedan’s eyesight itself was comparable to that of Geukshin.

‘As expected, my judgment was not wrong.’

It was the moment when Chuyeon’s trust in Heidan grew stronger in her heart.