If this proposal by Si Ren had been made at any other time, it would undoubtedly have been voted down unanimously, and might even have been used by the others as an excuse to attack the Imperial Court. This was a blatant seizure of power.
The position they had reached today was the result of the painstaking efforts of several generations, all for the sake of this supreme authority.
And now, with a single casual remark, Si Ren wanted to take that power back. Who would willingly agree to such a thing?
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