The policies of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom did not completely favor the common people; Spirit Masters still retained many privileges.
Policies such as subsidies for low-level Spirit Masters and peerage for mid- to high-level Spirit Masters were all retained, and a large number of new benefits were added, such as the merit system.
As long as you complete a Mission, you can obtain a certain amount of war merits or meritorious service, which can be used to exchange for gold coins, various Cultivation resources, and even Spirit Bones and divine medicines.
In a World where strength is respected, complete equality is a joke, and not a funny one at that, so Nangong Lingyun did not force it.
He only made considerable restrictions on acts of random killing and unwarranted oppression.
Acts such as Zhao Wuji killing everyone in the entire restaurant, including other diners, just because he didn't enjoy his meal, as well as large-scale population looting and trade, which were too insane, would be strictly prohibited, and anyone who violated them would be killed without question.
Moreover, the sins committed in the past, unless some were too prominent, were forgiven for a large number of ordinary Spirit Masters, and only the laws promulgated from that day on would be enforced.
But even so, he was still revered as a god by countless people, who were greatly encouraged.
They also knew that asking for too much was impossible, and they were already very happy as long as their right to survival could be guaranteed.
In a restaurant in Chang'an City,
Nangong Lingyun, disguised as an ordinary middle-aged man, ordered a pot of wine and a few side dishes, and silently sat in a corner, listening to the people around him chattering about everything under the Sun.
Historically, many policies, when finally implemented at the lower levels, often went against the original intentions of the formulators.
For example, there was a law called the Green Sprout Law in Wang Anshi's Reform, which was originally intended to eliminate private usury exploitation, change it to state control, and stipulate a lower interest rate.
Normally speaking, reducing the exorbitant profit of 'nine out of thirteen in three months,' or 45 percent, to an annual interest rate of 20 percent should have been a great benefit to the people.
At the same time, it could also make money for the country, achieving the effect of 'the people do not increase taxes, but the country has enough to spend.'
However, during actual implementation, grassroots officials discovered that there was profit to be made, and forcibly coerced a large number of people who did not need loans to borrow.
At the same time, the relatives of these officials also had an excuse to directly embezzle the national treasury's funds and goods as capital for business.
Some, with a little conscience, would return the principal after making money, but many people would directly find a scapegoat to kill and hand over, turning the loans into bad debts, and finally turning a good law into a major malpractice.
Therefore, Nangong Lingyun occasionally went to various places in disguise to conduct private visits and investigate the actual implementation effect of various policies and regulations.
The Space attribute allowed him to come and go freely, with Qianbian Wanhua and unpredictable abilities, coupled with a mental Domain that could almost completely present the movements within a radius of dozens of kilometers, making almost no place on the entire Douluo Star unmonitorable.
And you know what? He really discovered a lot of clever little devils; it can only be said that people's creativity is infinite when it comes to making money.
At this moment, with the spread of news on the giant screen,
the originally relatively calm restaurant, where only a few people were quietly talking in private, soon began to liven up.
Nangong Lingyun originally thought that everyone would be more excited,
but unexpectedly, while they were indeed excited, they were even more worried.
Some were worried that he would immediately go to the God Realm after becoming a Divinity, and the Empire currently didn't even have a prince; Ah Yin was pregnant, but it was not yet known whether it was a boy or a girl, so what would happen in the future?
Others were worried that after he left, Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong would be the strongest combination in the country, and whether Spirit Hall would make a comeback or even usurp the throne?
Some even confidently suspected that the emperor's ascension to become a Divinity was actually a conspiracy by the God Realm, and that some dirty thing was trying to trick him into going to the God Realm for an ambush and assassination.
Nangong Lingyun was covered in black lines as he listened.
It could only be said that these people were worrying too much.
However, this also made him decide that when he became a Divinity in public in seven days, he would publicly announce that he would not abdicate for at least a hundred years.
The issue of succession has always been the foundation of a country, and those who are worried and those who see opportunities are not necessarily only these people.
Of course, he would still go to the God Realm, at least to see what the situation was there now, and also to see the Golden Dragon King and the Space-Time coordinates of other planes under the jurisdiction of the God Realm.
As for the God Realm's regulations that Divinities cannot easily descend to the lower realm, and once they come, they cannot leave...
His situation was different from others; he would not temporarily ascend through ascension, but would use ultra-long-range Space wormholes to enter the God Realm as a visiting guest.
Guests naturally have the right to leave.
In the following days, Nangong Lingyun conducted private visits in Heaven Dou City, Star Luo City, Spirit City, and Sun Moon Continent.
In addition to a pile of Missions for the Dark Department and the Ministry of Justice, many plans were also more complete and detailed.
Returning to the palace, he happened to see Qian Renxue playing cards with two Tsunades, always being the landlord and winning every time.
"Xue'er, you're here?"
"Yes!"
Tsunade played a three, and Qian Renxue uninterestingly threw out a royal flush, four twos, four aces, four kings...
In just half an hour, she had already won to the point of being completely numb, and she didn't feel the slightest fluctuation in her mood when she got good cards.
"Um, there's something I should tell you."
"What is it? Why are you being so polite with me? It can't be that my mother is pregnant, right?"
Qian Renxue turned her head, with a strange look on her face.
Nangong Lingyun's skin was as thick as a city wall. In the past, when there was something, even some relatively perverted behavior, he would directly request it, but today he would actually lay the groundwork beforehand?
Could it be that he had decided to make Gu Yuena the empress and wanted to test her attitude?
However, wasn't it said that he didn't plan to make an empress in the short term? Why did he suddenly change his attitude?
Qian Renxue's words were just a joke,
but what she never expected was that
upon hearing this, Nangong Lingyun and the immortal body Tsunade's expressions suddenly became extremely strange.
Their mouths were half-open, their expressions sluggish, and they seemed extremely stunned.
"Isn't it? What's with your reactions?"
"You... you guessed right."
Qian Renxue was instantly stunned.
Her eyes widened, but her pupils contracted sharply, and her mind was blank, and she didn't know how to react for a while.
After a long time, she tentatively asked,
"Whose is it?"
"Whose else could it be? Who else has the qualifications to subdue that woman?"
"That's good..."
Qian Renxue patted her chest, with a look of relief on her face.
If it was that trash Yu Xiaogang, she would really collapse.
But immediately in the next second, she grabbed Nangong Lingyun's arm in exasperation and bit him hard.
Qian Renxue covered her face, her heart filled with an unparalleled sense of absurdity.
In the past, her mother was her father's disciple, but now, this kind of thing had actually happened again. Was she destined to not be able to avoid ethical tropes?
How would later generations' history books describe this plot?
Nangong Lingyun knew that Qian Renxue was not really angry, so he gently hugged her from behind and comforted her softly:
"Okay, don't be angry. What's done is done. I'll make it up to you tonight."