He changed Tiwat

“I met the Emperor a few days ago and received some help from him, which is just enough to solve the problem of Guili Plain. Of course, my strength alone is not enough, and I need a lot of assistance, such as... some industrialized technology.”

"industrialization……?"

“Yes. Industrialization.” Han Fulai nodded seriously. “Zhidong and Fontaine have already taken the lead over us in this regard, and we should catch up. Liyue coins can circulate in the domestic market, and by using the Mora recovered from the domestic market, we can also establish industrial cooperation with Fontaine and obtain Fontaine’s industrial technology.”

Gan Yu nodded just as seriously.

"Only you, Keqing of Yuheng Star, are capable of shouldering this great responsibility. You are the hope of Liyue!"

"Eh...me? Me?" Keqing was a little shaken. How did she, a civil engineer, suddenly become the hope of Liyue?

"Because among the seven stars of Liyue, only you, Yuheng, have always wholeheartedly fought for the future of the people of Liyue, never caring about personal gains or losses, honor or disgrace." Gan Yu spoke from the heart.

Her attendance at this press conference was meant to demonstrate to the Liyue community that Moonsea Pavilion was prepared to stand with Jade Balance Star.

"I have already reported the current situation to you. The Emperor has retired, the reforms are incomplete, the Fools are eyeing us covetously, the Seven Stars are each going their own way, and there are even traitors jumping around... Only you are a pillar of the nation that can be trusted!" Han Fulai said with great emotion.

For Han Fulai, these four trillion yuan were his "campaign funds".

Although the issuance of new Liyue currency may cause some price increases and inflation in the short term, in the long run, this huge sum of money will bring new industries to Liyue and make Liyue prosperous and strong.

In Han Fulai's words, this is called "grasping both military equipment and construction, and making sure both are strong!"

Ningguang, whether driven by ambition or public interest, cannot afford to relax her efforts regarding the Chiyan Army, given that she herself is the biggest beneficiary of the "Qunyu Pavilion Fleet." Therefore, in terms of infrastructure development, Keqing will be needed—ultimately, building one's own political power in the short term is difficult; the best approach is to cultivate a sufficiently strong political ally.

Several days ago, Han Fulai and Gan Yu had already devised this strategy in private discussions in this office.

When Han Fulai took the civil service exam, he had already proposed a reform plan for the agricultural issues in Liyue. As for the industrialization issue, he also had a preliminary idea after he obtained the power of the Salt God.

If there was anything deceptive about Han Fulai's words just now, it was that the candidate might not necessarily be Ke Qing.

This person can be Keqing, or any of the Seven Stars, as long as they meet the criteria.

But thankfully it was Keqing.

Han Fulai thought to himself.

Because Keqing may be the only one among the Seven Stars of Liyue whose ideals are similar to his.

"You said that the time for change has come." Han Fulai stood up, placed his hand on his chest, and bowed to Keqing. "Sometimes, in our great Liyue, responsibility falls on one person to lead the people out of the shadowy valley and onto the sunlit plateau of peace and prosperity!"

“When a country is going downhill, someone has to sit in the driver’s seat and hold the reins.” Gan Yu also stood up, put his hand on his chest, and bowed to Ke Qing.

Keqing's expression was priceless. Her mind was torn between "Are you kidding me?" and "But it feels really good," and she was at a loss for words.

Well, being personally acknowledged by Han Fulai and Gan Yu made Ke Qing almost cry.

After a while, Ke Qing asked softly, "Is that really what you think? Can I... do it?"

"We all believe in you!" Gan Yu and Han Fulai said in unison.

“We are just Yue Haiting civil servants who help you implement the policies,” Han Fulai said.

“You set the policies, and we are responsible for implementing them,” Gan Yu said.

"The wheels are already turning."

Han Fulai extended a hand to Ke Qing.

"We have no choice."

Gan Yu also extended a hand to Ke Qing.

Ke Qing felt her blood boiling, and that sense of mission filled her with power.

She also extended a hand, placing it on top of the two people's hands.

"We will inherit the great cause of the Emperor, and our goal is to let the light of Liyue spread throughout the continent of Teyvat!"

Han Fulai recalled a video game he had played before, a game called "Republic Brilliant," also known as "The Glory of the Republic."

“Then let’s name this project ‘Liyue’s Radiance’,” Han Fulai said.

Three hands were tightly clasped together.

…………

The origins of the "Liyue's Radiance" project have been the subject of much debate among historians. The generally accepted view is that the project arose after Secretary Han officially entered the Teyvat political arena, and most related documents for the "Liyue's Radiance" construction project appeared after April of Liyue Calendar 37xx. However, there are also rumors that Ms. Ganyu and Secretary Han reached a private agreement before this.

We can be certain that in the early stages of "Liyue's Radiance," the initial advancement of Liyue's agricultural development and industrialization was inseparable from the assistance of Keqing, a key member of the Yuheng Star team. Secretary Han and Ms. Ganyu both served as Keqing's assistants in related projects. Therefore, some scholars believe that Keqing was the true architect of the "Liyue's Radiance" project.

However, Ms. Keqing herself has always been tight-lipped about the origins of the plan, never mentioning the initial circumstances in public.

[According to Ms. Yuuki's recollection, Ms. Keqing commented on the "Liyue's Radiance" project in a private conversation with her: "Their so-called cooperation is just them coming up with ideas and me doing the work!" This suggests that Ms. Keqing was probably not the main architect of the project. This is mentioned here merely as one person's opinion for readers' reference.]

—Excerpt from the historical biography "He Changed Teyvat" published by Fontaine Steambird Publishing, by Shi Jun.

Chapter 100 I am the Liyue Government [4k5]

Many things happened in March of Liyue year 37xx, but March 9th is a date that stands out in the gaps of history.

Nothing happened that day.

At least for historians of later generations.

But for Han Fulai, this day was very important.

This is his first step in the struggle for supreme power in Liyue, and it may be the most important one.

In Liyue, most people yearn for life on the Jade Palace, but know very little about the rules governing its operation.

People know that the Liyue Sept are the cream of the crop, holding the lifeline of the city, but they have little understanding of how each decision is formed and promulgated; people know that each year's newly promulgated regulations bring new variables to the market, but they don't know how these regulations are extracted from complicated meeting minutes and transformed into clear text.

But Gan Yu knew.

As the executive secretary of Moonsea Pavilion, she undertakes many tasks unseen by the world. Although everyone in Liyue knows the saying "The Seven Stars come and go, but the Rain is the only constant," it is difficult to associate the Rain with the gardener in Moonsea Pavilion.

Moon Sea Pavilion has a small garden where red rainbow lilies and blue glass lilies are planted.

Every morning, a gardener with long, light blue hair waters and fertilizes the garden, tending to the insects and weeds. Occasionally, when Yuehaiting, a civil servant who has been working late into the night, comes to the garden to relax, he has the chance to see this gardener burying her face in the hydrangea-like blossoms, as if kissing the petals. Those who witness this scene often smile; the flowers are beautiful, the girl is beautiful, and the scenery created by the girl and the flowers is even more beautiful.

What is little known is that Yuehai Pavilion has never had an official position as a gardener. For hundreds of years, the gardener of this garden has been concurrently held by Gan Yu, the executive secretary of Yuehai Pavilion.

As a gardener, Gan Yu's skills far exceed professional standards, perhaps even on par with that of the flower-loving Genji of Gechenlang City.

She once wrote a book called "Flora of Yujingtai", in which she recorded the morphological characteristics and habits of common plants in Yujingtai in beautiful handwriting.

This handwritten book is clearly categorized, concise yet detailed, and even covers plant care challenges and solutions rarely found in professional books on the market. Topics such as the care characteristics of glass lilies and grafting methods for rainbow lilies were all discovered and summarized by Gan Yu through her daily work as a gardener.

Its readability, practicality, and even its popular science value are sufficient for publication as a formal journal. However, this handbook has one flaw that Gan Yu considers a private secret—the latter half of the handbook records the planting methods for various vegetables. But vegetables don't actually grow on the Jade Capital Terrace.

So there's something even less known—hundreds of years ago, this garden was a vegetable patch, growing all sorts of fresh, healthy, and delicious vegetables. It was also tended by Gan Yu, an unofficial vegetable farmer from Yuehai Pavilion.

As for why the vegetable garden was turned into a flower garden, that remains a secret for Gan Yu, who is neither greedy nor prone to gaining weight.

Furthermore, the fact that Gan Yu buried her face in the Rainbow Flower was to stop herself from picking the Glass Lily is another secret.

As Gan Yu's personal secretary, who was obligated to help keep her secrets, Han Fulai would usually look for Gan Yu in the garden when he didn't see her in the office.

Gan Yu was holding a winnowing basket and a small shovel, weeding and removing pests from the flowerbed at the time.

In the legends of Liyue, the Kirin are benevolent creatures among the mythical beasts. They do not tread on living insects, nor break living grass, they do not live in groups, do not travel, and do not fall into traps. When at rest, they are docile and unhurried; when in motion, they are graceful and dignified. They are a gentle and elegant race.

Based on Han Fulai's observation of Gan Yu, only the five words "Qilin is a celestial beast" in this legend are probably true.

Sweet Rain not only eats flowers, but also prunes branches and pulls weeds, and doesn't even blink when swatting insects with a shovel. It can live among people in Liyue Harbor, or travel far and wide, and will likely fall into traps disguised as Sweet Flowers…

As for gentleness and elegance... even when Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhenjun doesn't open his mouth, he still looks gentle and elegant, just like Zhong Li doesn't look like he didn't bring his wallet...

"Gan Yu," Han Fulai called out.

Gan Yu turned around, her usual smile on her face. Most of the time, Gan Yu was a gentle and approachable young woman.

"You're back?"

"Yes. I accompanied the Emperor to several places these past two days, and he told me some things," Han Fulai said.

"The matter of the Salt God and the Silver Plains Hall?" Gan Yu asked.

Han Fulai nodded. He and Gan Yu had a divine power contract that connected them, so it wasn't surprising that Gan Yu knew where he was going.

"So, the Emperor wants to solve the problem of the Silver Plains Hall?" Gan Yu blinked.

"Yes, I have obtained a portion of the Salt God's power," Han Fulai said without any concealment.

"Oh, that's good." Gan Yu simply nodded, her reaction indifferent, as if the power of the demon god wasn't such a big deal. The potential problems caused by the remnants of the salt god in the Silver Plains Hall seemed insignificant to her.

Gan Yu's reaction further confirmed Han Fulai's suspicions.

So he asked a question: "Where were you during the preparations for the Lantern Festival... when the Fools were carrying out the bombing at the General Affairs Department?"

Gan Yu did not answer.

Han Fulai didn't need Gan Yu's answer.

“You were at Yuehai Pavilion at that time.”

That evening, when Han Fulai returned to his office, Gan Yu left a light on for him. Gan Yu, unusually, didn't work overtime that day.

"The straight-line distance between the General Affairs Department and the Moon Sea Pavilion is only a kilometer. At your pace, you can reach the General Affairs Department in no time... and you will have plenty of time to stop the Fools."

"But you didn't stop it."

"The Liyue Strategic Materials Embargo Law is part of the restructuring of the Moonsea Pavilion, and the document was issued by our Moonsea Pavilion Office. You also knew about the Fatui's acquisition of Coral. You also knew that the Flying Cloud Merchant Guild's warehouse was next to the General Affairs Department."

"But you just watched it happen."

During the Lantern Festival, Liyue Harbor was short of troops. Han Fulai and Ningguang fell for Pantarone's diversionary tactic, sending the Thousand Rock Army and Xiao to guard the Golden House. However, there was actually a Moonsea Pavilion Executive Secretary in Liyue Harbor whose combat power was no less than that of the Demon Slayer and who could be deployed at any time.

People often think that Gan Yu, the executive secretary of Yuehaiting, is just a secretary who assists the Seven Stars in their work, and is a "companion star" next to the seven stars who reside high on the Jade Capital Platform.

However, this executive secretary of Yuehai Pavilion actually only accepts orders from Yan Wang Dijun and herself, and only does what she thinks she should do.

“We didn’t know at the time that the Fatui’s need for amber was related to the raw materials for making Mora—but you actually knew from the beginning. Because the Qingxu Pool Ruins contain reserve resources left by the Geo Archon for Liyue, and you’ve always known that.”

Han Fulai recalled that some time ago, in order to investigate Zhiyi's background, he took Zhiyi's thick stack of planning documents back to Yuehaiting and asked Gan Yu to help him take a look.

Gan Yu easily pointed out the flaws in Zhi Yi's plan to redevelop Qingxupu, and also introduced him to the history of the Qingxupu ruins' development decades ago. She mentioned the legend that Qingxupu was buried with treasure, and at the time Gan Yu only said that it could not be developed due to technical reasons, but did not say that the legend was false.

“I had a question during the Qingxupu incident. Since the Golden House stopped production, two people in Liyue have begun preparing for ‘the day when the Geo Archon is no longer here.’ One is Ningguang, and the other is you.”

"Your strategy is to seize control of the Moonsea Office, clean up the Moonsea bureaucracy, maintain a political balance between humans and immortals, and, if necessary, use the power of the Liyue Immortals to replace the Seven Stars government—but these are all political matters, and the economic strategy is completely ignored."

"After the Qingxupu incident, I discovered that Ningguang had been searching for a way to restore the Golden House to production, because this only mint on the Teyvat continent is the most important thing in Liyue, and the most important source of income for Liyue as the number one economy on the Teyvat continent. If Ningguang can think of something, there's no reason why you can't."

“Unless… you had a way to restore the production of the Golden House from the beginning. You assisted the Emperor in controlling Liyue for three thousand years. As long as it is related to Liyue, there are very few things that the Emperor knows but you don’t.”

"I also reported the counterfeit currency circulation incident in Liyue Harbor to you, but you did nothing. Because in your view, if necessary, you can join forces with the Asmodians to open the Qingxu Pool Ruins at any time, so that Liyue can once again have a near-infinite Mora reserve, right?"

Gan Yu smiled without saying a word.

Han Fulai sighed.

"I was too stupid. I should have thought of this a month ago, when I found out that Ba Che had been released."

"Before I got involved, there was a three-way arrangement in the Ba Che incident. The immortals wanted to use Ba Che to help Shen He unleash his killing intent, while also testing the Seven Star Government—but who came up with this plan? Weren't those carefree hermits on the mountain either on vacation or staying at home? No way?"

"Just the day before yesterday, the Emperor took me to the Lonely Cloud Pavilion."

"We encountered demons at Guyun Pavilion. The Emperor said that because Guyun Pavilion was originally the place to suppress demon gods, the remnants of those demon gods still affect this place, making it particularly easy for demons to gather here. The Great Sage Who Subdues Demons often travels between Dihua Island and Guyun Pavilion to subdue demons. So Xiao is actually also responsible for guarding the seal of Guyun Pavilion."

"When the Fools went to Guyun Pavilion to release Ba Che, why didn't the Demon-Subduing Great Sage stop them? Because you had already made a plan after the Lantern Festival and informed the Demon-Subduing Great Sage to temporarily let the matter go."

"Moreover, the Emperor left Liyue Harbor several days earlier for some reason, and you were the one who told me about it. Given the Emperor's personality, he wouldn't allow Liyue Harbor to suffer too much damage; he wanted to make sure everything was arranged before leaving."

"You always wanted to exclude me from this matter, believing that I was not mentally or physically capable enough to handle it at the time—so I wasn't the person the Emperor had arranged to deal with Ba Che. The Emperor entrusted this matter entirely to you, right?"

Gan Yu put the garden shovel back into the dustpan, straightened her clothes slightly, and finally became serious.

Han Fulai summarized it in one sentence—

"So far, everything that has happened in Liyue Harbor has been under your control, Gan Yu."

"When did you come up with these thoughts?" Gan Yu asked softly.

“Yesterday. To be precise, after the Emperor opened the Salt God Ruins for me and gave me that task.”

Han Fulai smiled bitterly. These women in high positions in Liyue, when they're lying, they're all more talented than Oscar-winning actresses.

After the reform of Moonsea Pavilion, Gan Yu has always kept to her duties as a secretary and no longer interfered with the current situation in Liyue Harbor—but this was just her way of lying low and waiting.

She was waiting for the situation to develop, waiting for the right opportunity.

Zhongli once said, "Heroes were created by the times." So who created the "times" in the past?

It is Zhongli, it is Ningguang... it is Ganyu.

For Gan Yu, Pantarone's scheme for the Golden House and the Fatui's stirring up trouble in Liyue were merely pebble thrown into the water, a weight to break the balance—using external forces to disrupt the old order and then establish a new one.