Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1218 - 1120: The Terrifying Implications of the Newspaper (2)

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zihan nodded in agreement; indeed, as Lin Yi said, it was quite unbelievable for him to unify three countries in such a short time by himself.

Changing the livelihood of the people is simply impossible in such a chaotic era; it requires a peaceful and stable prosperous age to achieve.

Moreover, how could Lin Yi, focused on immediate tasks without considering others, possibly handle everything?

At this moment, Xiao Zihan couldn’t help but brighten up; wasn’t this precisely the time for him to shine?

Lin Yi doesn’t have the time, but he certainly does, and he can absolutely take charge of these matters.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zihan couldn’t help but brighten up and said to Lin Yi:

"The most important thing right now is to ensure that the people have food to eat, to improve their living conditions by several levels—this is currently of utmost importance.

Otherwise, it will be hard to stabilize this government.

Especially since you’ve just ascended and aren’t familiar with the officials below; although you’ve set up newspapers to convey all your decrees, it’s inevitable that some will obstruct them.

For instance, when arriving at a district or county, can the officials there ensure your newspapers are successfully disseminated?

Can they make sure that the decrees in the newspapers are known to the people?

Clearly, this is unrealistic.

At that time, they might take advantage of the situation, and we wouldn’t have any means to intervene.

It’s no exaggeration to say that if they instead use these newspapers against you, it might lead to unintended consequences for you.

Let me put it this way, if they first have you use the newspapers to express your intentions, convey your decrees, and when the people become very reliant and completely trusting of these papers.

At this point, they might craft narratives within the newspapers, directly alter or even replace the contents you issued, writing whatever they wish.

By then the authority of these newspapers will be undisputed.

When the people see this, they won’t think it’s their doing but will believe it’s your imperial command.

And what kind of consequences would occur then? I’m sure you can guess even without me spelling it out."

Undeniably, Xiao Zihan’s words made Lin Yi break out in a slight sweat.

Previously, he only thought about using newspapers to convey his decrees, allowing all his actions to be directly known by the people, which is the greatest advantage for rapidly spreading his prestige to every citizen.

Letting the citizens of Dayou Country and even Yan Country and Zhao Country know who the current emperor is.

Letting them all see how generous and lenient the current emperor is towards them.

But after Xiao Zihan’s words, it was like a peal of warning bells, ringing loudly in Lin Yi’s ears.

It was true, earlier when he spread these newspapers he had already encountered significant resistance.

This was just within Dayou alone, but now he’s conquered lands of three forces; it means his influence has directly tripled, and the officials below are very varied.

The forces he holds are limited in loyalty to him.

In other words, he can’t fully control every single place.

Thus, even if someone falsifies, he simply wouldn’t know.

And if someone exploits such gaps to concoct schemes, it might ultimately result in him not only failing to win the people’s hearts but also losing some part of it, which just makes him sweat.

Say what you might, although he’s very attentive and has mastered knowledge from later generations, he indeed hasn’t thought deeply about such terrifying matters.

Add to that his rapid pursuit of unification, quickly annexing territories, he hadn’t at all considered that a hastily issued decree might have such numerous drawbacks.

Fortunately, Xiao Zihan came along; thankfully, Xiao Zihan timely pointed it out.

Perhaps now, the officials haven’t thought about such things yet, or haven’t given it much thought.

The main point might be because his prestige still exists now.

His thunderous actions have subdued everyone.

But if he really becomes complacent, staying in the deep palace, or truly goes overseas to campaign, what would happen here then?

Or, if he transfers governance rights of these places into another’s hands, those individuals might lack his kind of authority.

By then, some unexpected chaos would definitely arise.

"It’s just as you said, when newspapers were issued earlier, some removed the teams I arranged to distribute them.

Indeed, what you said is true.

Currently there aren’t many state offices, they’re still manageable, but once expanded to a certain extent, the newspapers might take over a month to be dispatched.

By then, if any events occur, we simply wouldn’t know.

Sigh, there’s no solution, given how underdeveloped communication technology is now.

If telephones existed, such inconvenience wouldn’t occur."

Seeing Lin Yi frown, Xiao Zihan also furrowed her brows, as she asked Lin Yi:

"How many people can you bring over here?"

Lin Yi was at a loss for a moment upon hearing this, then he shook his head with a laugh:

"I understand your idea; you’d like to bring more people here for construction, but it’s a rather uncertain factor.

The risks involved are too great, so I absolutely won’t bring anyone not fully trusted over.

Moreover, there’s another point: bringing people over is hugely resource-consuming for me; even if I eliminate a country, merge it, I can only manage to bring one person at best."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zihan felt a twinge of emotion; she hadn’t thought Lin Yi would pay such a high price to bring just the two of them over.

Destroying a country just to bring one person—that would be extraordinarily difficult.

Because of this, Xiao Zihan dismissed this idea.

Then, frowning, she fell into thought:

"Can you bring modern-day items over here, and if so, how much at a time?"

Since she can’t bring people over, Xiao Zihan is unwilling to give up.

She wants to know if Lin Yi can transport things from the real world here; if possible, then things will be much simpler.

At this, Lin Yi’s face immediately bore a peculiar expression.

Seeing this confused Xiao Zihan:

"What’s with that look? Are you unable to bring things over, or does it require a heavy price?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi waggled his fingers.

Seeing this, Xiao Zihan frowned and showed a disappointed expression:

"Alright, if things can’t be brought over, it isn’t a disaster. But progress seems slowing considerably."

No one expected, as Xiao Zihan just spoke, Lin Yi interrupted her immediately:

"No, that’s not what I meant. My gesture doesn’t mean things can’t be brought over from the real world, but rather there’s no limit.

If I make a trip back, I can bring many things.

To put it this way, you should know about our spaceship, right?

Isn’t that thing large?

I can bring several back at once without issue."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zihan, once disappointed, immediately brightened up.

[To be continued...]