Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 174: The Mysterious Prisoner!

Chapter 174: The Mysterious Prisoner!

The next day, another decree from the Sage Emperor reached the borders:

“To resolve the conflict between Hu and Han generals, the number of Han commanders in a border army regiment cannot be below 20 percent as long as the number of Han soldiers in a border army regiment exceeds fifty percent!”

This decree was delivered to Fumeng Lingcha, Go Seonji, Geshu Han, An Sishun, and many others… All of the Hu generals in the empire were subjected to this limitation.

However, this decree didn’t cause much of an uproar by the border. After all, demanding twenty percent of the commanders to be Han when the Han troops in the regiment numbered more than fifty percent was not overboard.

The Hu generals had indeed pushed their boundaries by appointing all of their commanders to be Hu. However, since the Sage Emperor had never interfered in this matter, the Hu simply did as they pleased.

But now that the Sage Emperor had passed such a decree, they had no choice but to follow it.

Even if it was Fumeng Lingcha and Go Seonji, they could only kneel down and thank the emperor for his magnanimity.

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“Even though that wasn’t my intended outcome, the results are still satisfactory!”

Wang Chong heard the news while he was still in the ‘imperial prison’. Even though he was fairly satisfied with the outcome, he still felt that it was a pity that the ‘regional commanders’ policy was approved.

For the sake of this matter, he had done everything in his power. The old master had also written a memorial to the Sage Emperor. He had even earned the support and approval of countless Han generals.

However, the gears of destiny still continued to rumble on. Fate was not something that could be altered so easily.

That being said, his hard work was not completely futile.

At the very least, the ‘utilizing Hu talents’ policy had been abolished. This meant that it would be difficult for the Hu to wield as much influence over the Great Tang’s military as they did back then.

This would limit the destructio

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