All of the changes in the Daxi Kingdom were kept unhidden—this was at Li Lianhua's request. Only when others felt envy, jealousy, and greed would they make their next move.
Once they exposed their hand, the Daxi Kingdom could figure out the weaknesses of other nations, formulate targeted strategies, and plan their next steps and direction of action.
Recent changes in the Daxi Kingdom were simply too massive; they could no longer deal with other nations using the old diplomatic playbook. Matters of allying with distant states while attacking nearby ones, or forming vertical and horizontal alliances, could only be determined after gaining a detailed understanding of those countries' internal affairs.
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