Weakness is a sin!

Whether you like it or not, no one can escape this ironclad rule.

Between kids, the weaker one might just get a beating!

Among adults, the weak are at worst bullied!

A nation, a people, if they become weak... that's a disaster!

Inside the Deyang Palace, everyone looked up, stunned, at the Emperor. The word "weak" struck them deeply.

Why are the descendants of Yan and Huang so weak?

For a moment, everyone was deep in thought!

After a long while, Liu Hong couldn't help but sigh softly.

"My lords! Have you come to your understanding...?"

Upon hearing Liu Hong's question, everyone in the hall expressed their own opinions.

Natural disasters, man-made calamities, food shortages, wars, diseases... and many other factors were listed one by one by the people.

"Yes! These are the main reasons for a country's turmoil and decline!! But I have a different idea!!"

Hearing what everyone said, Liu Hong did not object, after all, what they said was true! However, he still had his own set of ideas.

"What are Your Majesty's thoughts...?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Liu Hong, wondering what else they hadn't thought of besides those things.

"National concept, national self-confidence, and national cohesion!!"

We must let modern and future generations know that we, the descendants of Yan and Huang, are the best and the strongest!! Not just anyone can trample on and bully us...! Anyone who dares to offend us will be utterly defeated and never return!!

Everyone should bask in the glory of our Yanhuang civilization. Those barbarians from all directions who dare to defy us, we shall beat them until they submit! If they refuse, we shall beat them until they do!

Those who defy the might of the Han Dynasty... shall their clan be exterminated... their race wiped out... to prevent future troubles! Only then can this be done!!

When those barbarians are strong, they bully us; when they are weak, they surrender to us and bleed us dry!

I want to tell them that this situation is gone forever... Either they integrate into us and become a part of us, or... they disappear completely!!

A feud spanning ten generations... it is still worth avenging!

Liu Hong's powerful, menacing, and absolutely confident words echoed throughout the Deyang Hall, and his domineering declaration shocked everyone present!

Everyone, including the two old men Chen Fan and Hu Guang, felt their hearts race. Although they were old and their bodies were decaying, their minds remained sharp.

Hearing the emperor recount the calamities suffered by his descendants, they were more distressed than anyone else! Their hearts were filled with anger and hatred!

The group of adults, including Yang Qiu and Xun Shuang, and the group of teenagers, including Xi Zhicai and Guan Ning, all looked at their emperor, their leader, with reverence in their eyes!

Liu Hong took in everyone's expressions. It seemed that the great power chauvinism, revenge ideology, and national supremacy theory that he had developed using his previous dream had been accepted by these ministers.

He firmly believes that as long as he persists in putting these ideas into practice, they will be deeply ingrained in the blood of every Han Chinese.

Yang Qiu stood up, his expression excited, and said, "Your Majesty is absolutely right!! In order to spare future generations from suffering, we must thoroughly absorb, eliminate, and eradicate those who do not submit to the king's rule. Only in this way can we prevent future troubles!!"

“Indeed! Commandant Yang is absolutely right!” Li Ying echoed, his gaze firm.

"We second that proposal!!"

Chen Fan, Hu Guang, Li Ying, Xun Shuang, Yuan Feng, Cao Song, Song Feng, Xi Zhicai, and others all stood up and echoed his sentiments.

"Haha~ With you all here, I have no worries, the Han Dynasty has no worries, and we, our descendants... will also have no worries!!!"

Looking at everyone's expressions, Liu Hong couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh. His gaze seemed to pierce through time and space, seeing the scene of those young great men gathering together to save the nation from peril during the most dangerous and darkest period of Chinese history!

Liu Hong then got up and went to the front of Deyang Hall, and the others followed closely behind.

Looking up at the cloudless sky, Liu Hong said, word by word:

"So that the people of the Han Dynasty may have no worries about food and clothing, so that the civilization of Yan and Huang may shine in all directions, and so that my descendants may enjoy peace forever!"

I, Liu Hong, hereby swear to Heaven!

To accomplish this glorious and great mission!

I am willing to dedicate my entire life to this cause, working tirelessly until the very end.

At this moment, Liu Hong swore an oath not in the name of the emperor, nor in the name of the Han Dynasty, but solely in his personal capacity. Yes... he thought of the idol he would later admire so much, that gentle, elegant, yet righteous man!

Although times have changed, he still shouted the same slogan and made the same vow! In short, everything is for the sake of future generations, and the two are not contradictory!

Upon hearing Liu Hong's lofty and unwavering vow, the crowd behind him widened their eyes. In their eyes, it seemed as if a door appeared, which Liu Hong then slowly opened, leading to a bright and open road!

"This old minister hereby swears to Heaven that he is willing to follow Your Majesty to the death, and to devote his entire life to fulfilling that glorious and great mission, working tirelessly until his dying breath!"

At this moment, the old minister Hu Guang also swore an oath to Heaven with tears in his eyes!

"We, your humble servants, hereby swear to Heaven that we are willing to follow Your Majesty to the death... to serve you with utmost loyalty and devotion until our dying breath!!"

The others followed suit, each gazing intently at the cloudless sky. At that moment, they seemed to have found something more meaningful than building temples and shrines!

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