I wield power with my innate talents, and forge the Heavenly Court.

Chapter 106 Shadow, Gathering National Fortune

At this time, Qin Liangyu might not have been well known to Emperor Chongzhen.

She truly came to Emperor Chongzhen's attention around the third year of his reign, when Huang Taiji besieged Shuntian Prefecture and Qin Liangyu led troops to defend the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen at that time greatly admired him and even wrote four poems for him.

That might not be the case at that point.

After all, Emperor Chongzhen had only just ascended the throne, so it was normal that he was not familiar with it.

As a woman, Qin Liangyu submitted a memorial during the Tianqi era, criticizing the officials in the court. Even the Tianqi Emperor reprimanded the ministers for this.

It's likely that the high-ranking officials in the court won't mention her to Emperor Chongzhen much.

Therefore, it was impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to recommend her to go north to suppress the bandits.

Moreover, Wang Dahu also has a large army stationed in places like Wenxian in the south, so even if Qin Liangyu really wants to go north, he is capable of resisting her.

On the contrary, Yang Jiamo, who was then the Shaanxi Provincial Military Commander and the Gansu General of the Cavalry, and the border troops of the Great Wall in the north were more worthy of the dynasty's attention.

Naturally, the dynasty needed to return to Lintao Prefecture to take command and prevent attacks from the north and northwest.

After returning to Lintao Prefecture, the dynasty did not immediately attack Lanzhou or Jin County, or send troops to the Shaanxi Provincial Military Command.

Instead, they plan to develop steadily for a period of time, cultivate talent, and recruit more rural members.

This will allow us to more quickly digest and conquer the occupied territories later on.

Moreover, it is winter now, and the weather is freezing cold, which is not very suitable for sending troops.

Even the development of the territory was limited to things like building roads and establishing schools.

However, at the same time, the dynasty also separated a department from the Military Intelligence Bureau.

The dynasty was named Shadow, meaning the shadow under the night, to secretly gather intelligence from all over the world, and even to carry out covert missions and assassinations.

As for the Military Intelligence Division, it was mainly responsible for military matters, such as gathering intelligence on enemy forces and relaying messages to its own troops.

To this end, the dynasty even developed several supernatural powers.

Invisibility: A first-level supernatural power that can conceal one's form. At the initial stage, it can last for 15 minutes, and at the later stage, it can last for an hour or half an hour.
Water Entry: Level 1 Supernatural Power, allows the user to move freely underwater, duration as above;
Imitation: Level One Supernatural Power, which allows one to mimic other people by adjusting changes in skin and muscles, with the same duration as above;
See through obscuring objects: A first-level supernatural power, allowing one to see objects behind obscuring objects;
Soul Chaser: A level one supernatural ability that can track and lock onto an enemy's range using a person's aura, but cannot exceed a radius of one mile.

Soul Capture: A first-level supernatural power that can confuse the enemy's consciousness and extract information.

The last one, and also the one with the widest applicability.

Bird Taming: A first-level supernatural power, as the name suggests, it means being able to train and control birds.

Moreover, with prolonged training and development, it can even achieve long-term control, allowing it to command birds to perform relatively complex actions.

It is most suitable for transmitting information, scouting enemy positions, and so on.

Various factions may notice the easiest carrier pigeons to train, but they will never pay attention to just any random bird.

If it's used to train eagles, then its effects are even greater.

Not only do they fly at higher altitudes, but even if something goes wrong, it's very difficult to shoot them down.

At the same time, they can also be used as a means to stop opponents from transmitting information via carrier pigeons or similar means.

Immediately after the establishment of Shadow, the dynasty issued an order to go to Guangdong and other places to find crops such as corn and sweet potatoes.

Another search was for information about Xu Guangqi and his book, "Complete Treatise on Agriculture".

He remembered that Xu Guangqi at this time seemed to be in his hometown of Shanghai County, Southern Zhili.

It is unknown whether Xu Guangqi was reinstated by Emperor Chongzhen at this time.

If these high-yield crops could be found, along with Xu Guangqi's "Complete Treatise on Agriculture," and combined with the miraculous method of cultivating grains, the People's Salvation Army would no longer have to worry about food.

If we could invite Xu Guangqi over, that would be the best outcome.

With his magical ability to cultivate crops, he will surely be able to produce superior varieties.

Not to mention, Xu Guangqi also knew about firearms and cannon casting.

Although the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army possessed supernatural powers, that doesn't mean that firearms and other scientific technologies were completely useless.

Considering the various technological weapons of later generations, what are their current supernatural powers compared to that?
Moreover, perhaps combining them with supernatural powers will create many different sparks?
A workshop producing magical artifacts on an assembly line, including magical rune bombs, flying cars, and more.

Thinking about it, the dynasty does indeed have some expectations.

By the time the dynasty had made these arrangements, it was already December 30th of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just before the beginning of the first year of the Chongzhen reign.

On January 1st of the first year of the Chongzhen reign, history turned a new page.

Standing atop the city wall of Lintao Prefecture, Wang Chao gazed at the night sky, his mind lost in the darkness. Using the spiritual energy and national fortune that enveloped the entire territory as a medium, he seemed to see the whole land.

Because the dynasty recruited laborers on a large scale to organize road construction, school building, and so on, the people within its territory all reaped a considerable income.

Even in the areas that were eventually brought under their control, more than a month had passed. They could have earned at least two or three hundred coins and were able to eat and drink at the construction site.

Therefore, they enjoyed an unprecedentedly prosperous year in the new year, which gave them an even stronger sense of belonging to the dynasty and the People's Salvation Army.

In an instant, the dynasty saw through its spiritual vision that all the inhabited places in its territory were filled with a large amount of bright yellow light, which made the national fortune of each place gradually stronger and continuously expand outward, connecting with each other.

Gradually, the national fortunes within the entire territory began to merge into one, with no longer any distinction between strong and weak, light and dark, seemingly suppressing all dissent. However, the dynasty could clearly sense that gray and black energy still lingered throughout the territory, only it was completely suppressed under the powerful national fortune, appearing so insignificant.

If this were the world described in fantasy novels from my previous life, the rulers of those dynasties would probably wish their country's fortunes were even stronger, and ideally, they would completely eradicate the gloomy resentment among the people.

However, this place is different from a real fantasy world, and the dynasty is not thinking about establishing any dynasty.

At least for now, the dynasty has no need for that.

On the contrary, the entanglement between national destiny and public resentment allows for a clearer understanding of the political situation in various regions.

Therefore, the current state of national prosperity, which has completely suppressed public discontent, has actually hindered governance in various regions.

After all, even under a dynasty's strong national fortune, it can still sense the resentment of the people in various regions.

However, others may not be so.

Perhaps those strong public grievances were so clearly perceived because the atmosphere of gloom and darkness was so obvious.

However, the complaints and discontent of ordinary people may be drowned out by the prosperity of the nation.

It doesn't mean that the dynasty had to force or insist on speaking up for the complaining people and taking care of everyone's grievances.

However, when he could, he would never mind showing more goodwill to the people under his command.

Moreover, it won't be him who handles the matter then, but rather the local officials.

All a dynasty needs to do is adjust the balance between national fortune and popular discontent.

The nation's destiny may be advantageous, but it must never completely overwhelm everything, nor should it forbid the people from expressing their different voices on a spiritual level.

Yes, it's that public resentment.

When the public grievances are resolved, they will be transferred instantly to the dynasty's consciousness space via spiritual power, along with an equal share of national fortune.

Upon realizing this, the dynasty's thoughts stirred, and the vast national fortune covering its territory immediately began to converge upon him rapidly.

However, the dynasty did not take it into its consciousness space, but instead manipulated the boundless national fortune, gradually letting it sink into the golden sphere above its head.

Gradually, the golden sphere, which was originally illusory and ethereal and mixed with a large amount of bright yellow national fortune, began to be filled and compacted by more and more national fortune.

Gradually, the golden sphere began to take on a tangible form, with countless bright yellow national fortunes emanating from it, fueled by the sense of belonging and cohesion among the people of the territory.

It began to continuously condense and compress, and little by little golden power was refined and evolved, making the gold within the golden sphere increasingly rich, gradually radiating brilliant golden light.

Once the nation's fortunes were restored to balance, the golden sphere above the dynasty's head had almost completely materialized, radiating brilliant golden light, like a sun in the spiritual world.

However, the dynasty was able to clearly sense through its control that its interior was still filled with a considerable amount of bright yellow national fortune.

This means that it has not yet completed its final transformation.

Moreover, as the golden sphere of light continued to condense, the bright yellow national destiny began to have difficulty integrating into it, requiring even greater power to forcefully suppress it.

As a result, the transformation of the nation's destiny within the golden sphere requires increasingly stronger national power.

The dynasty estimates that it will probably need two or three more rounds of such national fortune to converge in order to completely transform and complete its final metamorphosis.

Alternatively, they could occupy a larger territory, gather the spiritual power of more people to transform the nation's destiny, and then use that power to drive its transformation.

However, as the pinnacle of this world, the dynasty was not in a hurry; it preferred to expand steadily and surely.

Otherwise, the dynasty could have gone to Shuntian Prefecture right now and quietly cut off Chongzhen's head.

However, that doesn't mean much.

The Salvation Army was only a handful of people, and the members of the peasant commune had become extremely rare after being largely drawn away by the dynasty to serve as officials at various levels.

Even if the dynasty occupied the capital, Shuntian Prefecture, it would only mean adding another city to its territory.

The result was that the Ming Dynasty was in complete chaos, with turmoil breaking out everywhere, and countless civilians dying.

Even if it were not for any other reason than the spiritual power emanating from countless people, he would try his best to avoid turmoil and preserve the population as much as possible.

Moreover, in both his past and present lives, he was just an ordinary person from the bottom of society, not one of those high and mighty, cold and ruthless gods and monarchs.

He also had a strong empathy for ordinary people, and when possible, he would naturally prefer to expand his sphere of influence little by little in a relatively gentle way, in order to help more people survive.

Of course, he would never mind making some necessary sacrifices if needed.

Wang Chao never minded showing kindness to others, but more often than not, he was still self-interested.

If there's no threat, anything is fine, but if it threatens him or causes him trouble, then naturally he should be slapped to death.

For example.
The dynasty looked in the direction of Gongchang Prefecture.

Amidst the bright and vast national destiny, patches of gray and black aura suddenly appeared.

Under normal circumstances, the dynasty would not pay attention to these matters; local officials would handle them.

Of course, in these places, as long as there are no excessive actions, the local officials will not take drastic measures. They will usually implement division and gradual change.

For example, if everyone in a region is against the rule of the People's Salvation Army, then they should be dispersed and settled in different places.

Thus, they are alone and unable to make a difference, so naturally they cannot stir up any trouble.

(End of this chapter)