Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 828

Chapter 828: Chapter 825: Prosperous Mountains and Rivers

After the Yan Army entered the city, Second Prince Murong Ping followed Murong Yan’s instructions, ordering the Yan Army not to burn, kill, or loot from the civilians, and announced Yan’s new political policies in Chang City.

The civilians knelt and thanked the emperor’s grace, while the Wei nobles who remained in Chang City were filled with resentment, unwilling to leave the old capital of Wei. They intended to negotiate with Murong Ping, planning to use the support of their Wei old aristocratic family to coerce Murong Ping, but they didn’t even get to see Murong Ping’s face.

The implementation of new policies would harm the interests of the old aristocracy. At that time, it was precisely for this reason that the Yan Kingdom, after Empress Ji’s reforms, was scorned by the noble families of various states.

And the reason the monarchs of other states, seeing Yan gradually becoming powerful due to Empress Ji’s new policies, even looking down on other states, could not imitate Yan, was because the rulers of each state did not have the courage of Empress Ji and did not dare to make a decisive break with the aristocracy.

The aristocratic forces were deeply rooted in the court, and a slight mistake could overthrow royal authority. There were precedents for this in various states, so historically, the attempts at reforming to strengthen the states were often weak and ultimately failed due to the pressure of the aristocracy. The strong ministers and pioneers who advocated for reform often met tragic ends.

Empress Ji’s reforms succeeded because of the favorable conditions of the time, place, and people.

But if other countries wanted to imitate, if the reigning monarch did not have the determination to stake everything, and the courage to face the overthrow of royal power, it would be difficult to shake the old regime even a little.

On the twenty-fourth of the same month, Second Prince Murong Ping tidied up the Wei Imperial Palace and led his troops outside the gates of Chang City to welcome Emperor Murong Yu into the city.

When Emperor Yan stepped into Wei’s capital, Chang City, it signified that the once despised Yan Kingdom had now risen to become a powerful nation, declaring to the states that Yan had trampled the once mighty Wei Kingdom underfoot.

This also caused the Jin Kingdom and Xiliang to become wary of Yan again.

As one rises, another must fall. Yan becoming stronger inevitably meant the decline of another country.

Xiliang, which had gradually shown the potential of becoming a powerful nation by annexing small countries, had its ten thousand elite troops killed in a battle with Jin’s southern borders, followed by the rebellion in Yunjing, leading to a decline in national strength and a shortage of troops. Even though the newly ascended Empress of Xiliang was a wise and capable ruler, it would still take time to restore Xiliang.

First, Yan was on the verge of destroying Wei, and then Jin was swallowing up Daliang, making Xiliang extremely anxious, wanting to ally with the Rong and Jin Kingdoms to resist Yan.

Xiao Rongyan received news, half an hour before entering Chang City, that the Empress of Xiliang had sent an envoy to the Rong to discuss an alliance.

However, the Empress of Xiliang might not have anticipated that Yan had already signed an alliance with the Rong to not attack Xiliang within three years. Instead, the Rong and Jin were eager to destroy Xiliang.

Today’s splendidly dressed Emperor Murong Yan, supported by Feng Yao, slowly walked out of the grand tent. Seeing Xiao Rongyan standing under the flag of the Blackbird and Green Sparrow, burning the secret report and casually tossing it into the pond, he stood with his hands behind his back, displaying a regal aura.

Murong Yu’s pale lips curved slightly, his eyes showing a warm smile.

In fact, Murong Yu had been bedridden for more than half a month, but this time, as the emperor of Yan, he needed to enter the Wei Imperial Capital and step into the Imperial City in front of the people, which held a different significance.

He needed to tell the various states that Wei was now a land under Yan’s control.