Inside the Anyang City Lord's Mansion, everyone was arguing endlessly. Everyone had their own reasons, and their reasons were indeed irrefutable.
The first faction includes some more cautious officials and even the most recently promoted radical officials of the Shang Dynasty, represented by Ling Zhifeng.
Recently, because Ye Kun represented the Shang Dynasty on a diplomatic mission to Dongsheng Shenzhou, all domestic affairs, including the construction of the royal palace, were entrusted to Ling Zhifeng. But it was because of this that Ling Zhifeng understood more that although the current Shang Dynasty seemed powerful, it actually still had many problems.
The biggest problem is "reputation". The Shang Dynasty was established too recently, and it may have some fame in Yingzhou, but how much fame will it have outside Yingzhou? Especially for those Mahayana masters who often stay in seclusion for more than ten years, dozens of years, or even more than a hundred years, the Shang Dynasty is no different from a child playing house in their eyes.
This fairyland is, after all, a world for the strong!
In other words, the Shang Dynasty was not qualified to have a true, equal dialogue with these masters! And if an equal dialogue was not possible, there should be no dialogue at all!
This is Ling Zhifeng's idea, and in fact it is a very correct idea.
But there is one thing, no risk, no reward! As the saying goes, the bolder the person, the more productive the land. Only by taking risks can we achieve real leapfrog development. Of course, once the step is too big, it will be a disaster.
The second idea is represented by the two counselors Xu Ren and Li Yuanming. This is a typical idea of "waiting for pie to fall from the sky". Just think about it, as long as someone ascends to heaven, the Shang Dynasty will be waiting in the sky to "pick them up", and it will be a life-saving grace. Just thinking about this result makes people excited.
If you save one, you will have one quasi-immortal master; if you save two, you will have two quasi-immortal masters. If you can save a hundred, the Shang Dynasty will have a hundred quasi-immortal masters; from now on, the entire Immortal Realm will tremble at the feet of the Shang Dynasty.
The prospect was so beautiful that Li Xian couldn't help but be shaken when he heard the plan.
But this plan has a serious drawback - relying on oaths to constrain will make the masters dissatisfied. And the fact that you, the Shang Dynasty, specifically do this is a bit chilling. Maybe it will backfire in the end.
In this fairyland, oaths are important; but for some masters, they would rather die than be bound by any constraints; there might really be masters who would risk their lives to drag Shang Chao to be buried with them.
Moreover, Xiao Xuan clearly told Li Xian that as a quasi-immortal master, they have ways to transfer the oath. For example, they can split a "second soul" and so on. Although it will cost a certain price, it is not unacceptable. For the soul of a quasi-immortal, the soul can be slowly restored in the later stage.
The reason why Xiao Xuan did not do so was because he was rescued without any calculation, and Xiao Xuan was a great Confucian sage who knew how to be grateful. But others might not be so!
Hearing this, Li Xian shuddered. Li Xian finally realized a very serious fact: many people in the Shang Dynasty, especially those in science and technology, were initially bound by oaths.
However, as the Shang Dynasty developed and technology advanced, Li Xian also gave these people a lot of rewards, especially luck and even merit, which made their cultivation progress significantly.