334 Chapter 334 Meeting Ruolan Again (1/2)

The doors of the meeting hall only opened once more when night time hit. Hundreds of people surged out from within, either excited, filled with anticipation or filled with worry. However, most of their faces were filled with exhaustion.

Zong Shou tossed out tens of plans all at once which most were passed. However, the more it went on, the more careful the people got, smacking the tables and making noise. They wanted to think carefully before making their stand which was why the entire meeting lasted for an entire day.

Speaking of which, it was really weird. The moment Zong Shou stepped out of the meeting hall, the monster body started to act up. One thought caused the foxtails and fox ears to retract into his body, letting him heave a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was that he would be unable to retract the monster body anymore.

”Ruler!”

A person suddenly appeared beside Zong Shou like that of a spectre. Zong Shou looked around and realized that it was Ren Bo, the scheming official that caused him to lose millions of beast crystals of profits for no reason, his brows were frowning tightly.

”Ruler I don't understand why you want to build this meeting hall to restrict your own power?”

”This, it was said that in the past the Confucians did the same during the 3 emperors prosperous era. Elders and leaders all discussed matters together. The ruler, in ancient times, was just the leader of the various ministries, ruling together with them and didn't fight and kill his subordinates to gain power. Prime minister you are from the Confucian path so you should understand. I am not talented and copying the ancient methods will definitely not go wrong…”

Seeing Ren Bo's expression move slightly, a look of shock and respect appearing in his eyes, Zong Shou smiled involuntarily, ”Prime minister you really believe me? All these righteous words are actually all fake. I just don't want to stay here and deal with those complicated administrative matters. I also don't want to remain in this Gantian Mountain all the time.”

Ren Bo was speechless, following which he laughed awkwardly, ”So that was the reason! However, ruler don't you want to consider it deeper? You are smart and if you are in charge of Gantian Mountain its power will definitely be able to rise up largely within a few years. Unifying the cloud continent wouldn't be tough either…”

Zong Shou was feeling guilty inside, actually, he was a beginner towards government matters and didn't understand most of the things. He had just a few tricks in his book which were mostly all used up. If he was really going to lead, then this Gantian Mountain would be definitely stirred up into a total mess.

He wasn't willing to apologize for that, keeping the demeanor of a smart ruler, directly shaking his head, ”No matter how strong Gantian Mountain is, can it allow me to travel freely in this land, letting me travel the heavens and the world, allow me to search for the pinnacle of the martial path? Furthermore, if I want to try new things once more what are you going to do?”

A single sentence stunning Ren Bo, then Zong Shou said in an ethical manner, ”Anyways I will depend on you regarding Gantian Mountain matters. Besides I won't be letting go totally…”

Hearing those words, Ren Bo really got worried. With Zong Shou's character, he might really do things similar to closing down Shili Ling Xiangding or things as scummy as this meeting hall.

At that time it would be a huge headache to him. Thinking of which, he really wished for Zong Shou to not bother about anything and just scram.

This ruler was best at flipping things on its head. Living a luxurious life he can come up with a huge theory and forcefully make it sound like he was thinking for the future of Gantian Mountain.

He was undoubtedly really smart, however, the way he did things were sometimes really preposterous. Many times his heart nearly couldn't take it.

He, as a prime minister, seemed to only have a five-year term with Zong Shou. At that time, when he wants to continue, he needs Zong Shou to recommend him and obtain half the votes of the people within the meeting hall.

However, within these 5 years, he wouldn't be inhibited by the ruler and he could do whatever he wanted with Gantian Mountain to prove what he had learned over tens of years.

”Ruler guides the subjects no matter how you act we subjects are unable to persuade you. We can only listen to you so why do you have to do that?”

Hypocritically speaking to try to make him stay, Ren Bo's tone changed, ”The ministry of war is the foundations of the ruler's rule, so you won't easily give it to others. As for the ministry of justice and ministry of personnel, they are important but they didn't affect the foundations. Ruler, please let the cabinet run them if not there will be a lot of inconveniences…”

Zong Shou's expression turned really weird. This Ren Bo was truly a cunning official. To be able to adapt to his role so quickly and take more power from his pockets. He really was shameless!

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After debating for a while, Zong Shou resisted Ren Bo's nagging and in the end, he only handed out some power from the ministry of personnel before he sent him away.

When he left the Zhengang Peak, Zong Shou still didn't return to his palace, directly disguising himself as he left Gantian Mountain with a very simple carriage.

He didn't bring any other guards, just Zong Yuan, Hu Zhongyuan and a few others, protecting his carriage out of Gantian Mountain.

Hu Zhongyuan didn't know where Zong Shou was going to go. Along the way he dissed Zong Shou, saying that although he was 'disguising', his luxurious ways still weren't changed.

A brand new cloud crossing carriage, hundred-odd feet of small space was tightly packed, tens of spiritual formations were built, the design of the carriage was also really beautiful.

The few guards were all martial ancestor experts, they rode on grade 4 mounts, their clothes and armors were all extremely exquisite.