supreme deity

Chapter 766 Absence
"You should have heard the rumors, right? There's a group of people in the government and the opposition who are criticizing and impeaching me for my concurrent position as Commander of the Traitor Assassination Bureau."

Lin Rui sipped his tea and chuckled, "What you're saying is that the Star Port, the Cabinet, and the Bureau of Assassination are all important tools of the country and can't be entrusted to one person. I'm not of royal blood, but I've taken on the responsibility of regent, and I'm in charge of both the Cabinet and the Bureau of Assassination at the same time. This level of power is rare in ancient and modern times. If this continues, there's a risk of usurping power. I implore the court to take swift action to rectify the government, strengthen the foundation of the country, and bring peace to the world."

Lin Rui narrowed his eyes. "Although these remarks are malicious, I have to admit that it is indeed unseemly for me, as the Duke of Zhenguo, a Cabinet Councillor, the Governor of Xinggang, and the Minister of Commerce, to concurrently serve as the Commander of the Traitor Assassination Bureau. I cannot spare enough energy to do both. I am afraid that I will neglect one thing while neglecting another, and thus hinder national affairs."

Zhang Tianchang's expression suddenly became serious upon hearing this: "Duke, you are wrong. The power of the Bureau of Assassination of Traitors must not be abandoned! The implementation of this new policy is like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind.

"The Duke of Zhenguo carries the hopes of the people, and countless people across the country look forward to your services, hoping that you can alleviate the country's difficulties, revive its decline, and restore the prosperity of our dynasty. But without this powerful authority, how can you eliminate old abuses and implement new policies? This is for the country and the people, not for personal gain."

Zhuang Mingyue also nodded slightly, a look of worry in his eyes. "Brother, the affairs of the world cannot be established without power! Senior Brother, your leadership of the Cabinet and the Bureau of Assassination of Traitors is necessary for the implementation of the new policies. Without centralized power, how can we implement the reforms? Senior Brother, please do not make mistakes. If you feel that this is not appropriate, you can wait until the new policies are effective and then return power to the court."

Lin Rui was slightly surprised, thinking that Old Zhang was really experienced and could actually say such words, which were elegant and reasonable.

He became more relieved and smiled, "Don't worry, I wouldn't be so foolish as to destroy the Great Wall. Don't worry, after I leave this position, I will be promoted to Deputy Divine Envoy and will also take charge of the Imperial City Division. Mingyue will take over as Commander of the Traitor Assassination Bureau, and Tianchang will be transferred to the capital as Deputy Commander of the Divine Supervision Bureau."

The so-called Divine Supervision Bureau is an internal supervisory department of the Imperial City Administration. It supervises the Imperial City Administration on behalf of the gods, and its powers and responsibilities are like the inspection center within the Security Bureau.

Although in the past 800 years, some of the power of the Divine Supervision Bureau has been usurped by the Assassination Bureau and is in turn supervised by the Assassination Bureau, the Divine Supervision Bureau is still the second most important agency in the Imperial City Bureau after the Assassination Bureau, and the members of the Imperial City Bureau are afraid to talk about it.

Lin Xi had previously served as the deputy commander of the Divine Supervision Bureau until he was transferred to the Demon Suppression Bureau a few years ago.

Taking advantage of the vacancy left by the death of the commander of the Demon Suppression Bureau, Lin Rui promoted Lin Xi to the position of commander of the Demon Suppression Bureau, making him the chief leader of the 47,000 alien walkers in the Imperial City Bureau, and managing all the "Demon Suppression Envoys" lurking in the Earth Federation.

In fact, Lin Rui prefers Zhang Tianchang to be the commander of the Anti-Traitor Bureau. This person comes from the countryside, is well versed in the people's sentiments, is diligent and responsible, capable and knowledgeable, and has worked his way up from the grassroots level.

Unfortunately, Zhang Tianchang was too old to take the top-level demon test, and he did not have enough merits.

Lin Rui was able to be promoted to the commander of the Anti-Traitor Bureau, but he did so by stepping on the official hat of a state governor. Zhang Tianchang's resume was much more ordinary.

Zhuang Mingyue was shocked when she heard this. She didn't expect Lin Hao to do this. Not only did he refuse to give up the assassination plan, but he also wanted to further seize power and strengthen his control over the Imperial City Bureau.

Lin Hao considers himself the commander-in-chief of the Imperial City Bureau and is in charge of these two important departments. Who else in the Imperial City Bureau can resist his will?

She looked suspicious and said, "Brother, I'm afraid the Emperor and the two divine envoys won't agree. And the Lord Divine Official, I'm afraid he will also have an opinion of you."

Lin Rui smiled casually and answered the question irrelevantly, "The war between our dynasty and Purgatory is intensifying. Not only are both sides now deploying tens of millions of troops, but they have also invested a large amount of demonic war equipment. According to the Ministry of Revenue, based on the court's current income, it will be in a huge deficit in at most six months, and the income will not be enough to cover the expenses. The Grand Astronomical Minister hopes that I can find a way to further increase the court's income without affecting people's livelihoods. I have agreed."

Zhuang Mingyue suddenly understood that this must be a deal between Lin Hao and Dasitian.

She then heard Lin Hao laugh and say, "The Tianyuan War is indeed the most important event for the country. I have to raise military funds, enrich the national treasury, and take into account the welfare of the people. How can I lose the power in my hands when implementing the new policy?
Just as Junior Sister Zhuang said, everything in the world cannot be established without power. Even if the world slanders me and officials from all walks of life criticize me, I must make consolidating power my top priority!

He is not a real citizen of the Song Dynasty, nor is he a loyal minister who can devote all his wisdom and loyalty to the Song Dynasty and the Eastern Abyss. How could he be so stupid as to give up the power in his hands because of a few words from others?

It happened that the theft of Huangfu Qing's war dragon happened, which changed the situation in the court again.

Although Lin Rui did it, he has not revealed any flaws yet, so the fire will not burn him. Instead, it will make the Grand Astronomical Master more wary of the emperor, giving him the opportunity to further expand his power.

You must know that the construction speed of the sky canopy in the Federation is getting faster and faster, and the Transcendence War is just a matter of a few years. While the East Abyss relies on his financial management ability, he and his master should make more money and accumulate more strength. Why should he care about the opinions of the East Abyss and the Emperor?
Of course, in addition to making money, Lin Rui also doesn't mind spending some energy and time to improve the people's livelihood in the Song Dynasty and accumulate reputation in Dongzhou as a means of protection in the future.

This would make the Eastern Abyss and the Great Astronomical Lord a little more cautious and they would not dare to attack him at will. Secondly, the people of the Great Song Dynasty's recognition of 'Lin Hao' would also help his Sky Curtain True Spirit resist the erosion of the Great Sun Heavenly Lord.

Although the people's understanding of him is not as accumulated as things like the 'Jingyi Holy Altar' and the 'Imperial Seal', and cannot be aggregated and is not stable enough, it can still play a certain role.

In fact, Lin Rui has been hesitating whether to practice the methods of "loyalty" and "public will". In this way, he can avoid the "Jingyi Holy Altar" and "Imperial Seal" and directly use the method of public will to gather public opinion.

He actually has excellent conditions for cultivation, but he is worried that he will not be able to achieve "Danxin" in the future, and it will become a means for the Eastern Abyss to restrain him.

"You two will rest in the capital for five days first. During this time, you can learn more about the situation in the capital. I will arrange a demon test for you in three days. After that, you can accept the imperial edict and take up your posts. By the way—"

Lin Rui thought of something. "Later, you two can go to Star Harbor and visit the Ruifang Colonial Suit Hospital. Choose two or three colonial suits within your soul's tolerance. I've already contacted the Ruifang Group. They can arrange any kind of bloodline colonial suit for you. Not only will it be at cost price, but you can also buy it on credit."

The latter sentence was said to Zhang Tianchang.

Zhuang Mingyue came from a prominent family, so naturally she didn't need a loan. However, Zhang Tianchang was a truly honest official. He had been the Defense Commissioner of Fuqing County and the Imperial Dragon Commander for more than a year, but his family fortune was only 50,000 taels of magic silver. In the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, he was the most honest person among all.

At this moment, Lin Rui saw a flying book of a million miles flying into the hall from outside.

After he took the flying letter, he paused and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Yes, Master! Master knows that Junior Sister has returned to the capital, and asked me to take you to see her. Tianchang, come too. Master also wants to see you."

In fact, the main purpose was to get him to go to Tianyuan.

Luo Wangshu collected and captured dozens of demons above the eighth level for him in the Tianyuan Channel, and asked him to go down and harvest them as soon as possible so that he could practice his secret blood evil technique, the 'Blood God Wings'.

Zhang Tianchang's expression froze when he heard this. Lin Hao's master, Luo Wangshu, the third divine envoy of the Song Dynasty, was a person whom Zhang Tianchang had respected for a long time.

※※※※About half an hour later, Lin Rui rode the magic dragon and brought Zhang Tianchang and Zhuang Mingyue to the depths of the Tianyuan Passage.

When the three of them came out of a long, narrow and deep tunnel, they felt their vision suddenly expand.

The first thing they saw was a huge underground cave that was more than a thousand miles wide, over a hundred miles high, and of unknown length. Then the three people's attention was attracted by a huge underground fortress that was 450 miles wide in the left front.

The height of this underground fortress has reached an astonishing 50 miles. The outer layer is made entirely of a mixture of high-strength cement and steel bars from the extraterritorial demons. From a distance, it looks like a huge rock mountain, filling this huge cave.

They arrived at an unfortunate time, as a large-scale attack had just taken place in the underground fortress.

It can be seen that from all directions of the fortress, there are demons surging like a tide. Their roars are deafening, as if they can tear the sky and the earth apart. Countless hideous faces and distorted figures emerge under the illumination of the fortress's artillery fire and searchlights.

The number of these demon troops seemed endless. They charged forward madly without fear of death, climbing, crashing, and trying to shake this towering and indestructible fortress with their flesh and blood. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, smoke and blood.

Zhuang Mingyue looked at the scene in front of her, her eyes filled with shock and a little weirdness.

She knew a lot about the demons, so she was deeply aware that this war taking place deep underground had become completely demonic.

It can be seen that this demon army is also filled with a large number of various mechas, combat robots, armored vehicles, magnetic levitation tanks and other heavy war machinery cast by extraterritorial demons.

The density is extremely high. On the entire battlefield, which is a thousand miles wide, there are at least 70 armored vehicles and maglev tanks of various models, and the number of mechas and combat robots also reaches millions.

Zhuang Mingyue looked into the distance again and saw that there were at least 5,400 heavy artillery pieces of various models in the rear. They roared continuously, their voices as loud as thunder, and they continuously fired various annihilation bombs, armor-piercing bombs and explosive bombs at the fortress opposite.

Other engineering machinery such as tunnel boring machines, rock drills, engineering robots, etc. can also be seen everywhere.

They are either clearing the way for attack, clearing rubble, or reinforcing and expanding caves.

The Song Dynasty was no less powerful. The outer layer of the giant fortress was covered with various types of artillery, including Gatling Bodhisattva, Six Roots Pure Wish Wheel, Great Compassion Plasma Cannon, Ion Cannon and other types of close defense guns and fortress guns. They were lined up outside the fortress and looked like a hedgehog from a distance.

The dense firepower from both sides caused a loud roar and a huge earthquake, which shattered and deafened many people's eardrums in this closed underground space. The shock waves and vibrations caused by the explosion of the shells caused this giant cave with a width of more than 1000 miles to collapse continuously. Large-scale collapses occurred from time to time, burying a large number of demons and war machines underneath.

It is said that this cave was originally only two hundred miles wide. As the two sides fought repeatedly, they dug tunnels to attack from behind. Now the battle line is getting longer and longer, and the cave is getting wider and wider.

"I heard that the Great Song Dynasty's monthly expenditure on purchasing various machinery and weapons reached 160 million taels of divine gold last year. I originally thought this was an exaggeration."

Zhang Tianchang was shocked. "I didn't expect the war beneath the Abyss to reach this scale, with both sides using so many Heavenly Demon weapons."

He then asked with a puzzled look, "But what about these Purgatory Demons? Where do they get so many people to control the Heavenly Demon weapons?"

It should be noted that except for a very small number of human-shaped demons in Purgatory, the rest have no intelligence and only know how to follow orders.

However, there are tens of thousands of armored vehicles, magnetic levitation tanks, mechas and other heavy weapons in this demon army. Where do the Purgatory Demons have so many people to operate these weapons?
Lin Rui, with his hands behind his back, spoke calmly, "They are biochemical soldiers created by the Changsheng Society. Another group has been illuminated by the light of Purgatory and awakened their spiritual intelligence."

The so-called biochemical soldiers are a combination of the Changsheng Society's cloning technology based on the DNA of Tianjixing and mechanical technology. They can resist the influence of the Light of Purgatory to a certain extent and help them operate various weapons and engineering machinery.

The Changsheng Society also produced a large number of biochemical beasts for Purgatory. In addition to their powerful combat capabilities and fearlessness of death, they also have a certain degree of intelligence and are used by the Changsheng Society as consumables during offensive operations.

There was envy and anticipation hidden in Lin Rui's eyes.

Purgatory's purchase of arms and war machinery is on a larger scale, reportedly reaching 25000 million taels of divine gold per month, which translates to a full 25 trillion federal currency.

Moreover, Purgatory is different from the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty's 16000 million taels of divine gold were divided among various parties.

Nearly 60% of Purgatory's arms and machinery purchases were taken up by the Immortal Society.

However, after that, the expansion of Ruifang Group and Forest Heavy Industry was completed, and Lin Rui's power in the Song Dynasty was further expanded. He could already take over nearly 60% of the pharmaceutical business and 30% of the arms business in the Song Dynasty. These businesses alone could make him a fortune.

What surprised Lin Rui was that these Purgatory Demon Army had actually equipped some of the thick-skinned and tough fifth-level demons with modular reactive armor, making their defense capabilities almost equivalent to those of light armored vehicles.

They also equipped those fast-moving and ferocious demons with various boosters, giving them faster speed and greater strength.

Lin Rui narrowed his eyes, thinking that these monsters had invested even more financial resources, and were actually willing to equip these low-level monsters with armor!

"Let's go!" Lin Rui then controlled the magic dragon and continued to fly towards the fortress in the distance.

On the battlefield, demons roared, artillery fire roared, and smoke filled the air. The steel torrent formed by numerous armored vehicles and tanks and the dark breath of demons intertwined into chaos.

However, none of them could stop Ma Tianlong from traveling through the void.

When Lin Rui passed through numerous magic arrays and arrived at the main hall of the fortress's commander's mansion, he saw Luo Wangshu sitting upright on the throne above, holding a small golden sword that was condensed entirely by罡力 and sword intent in his hand, slightly distracted.

(End of this chapter)