Chapter 711 - 351: Loyalty! Break Ling Ao’s legs!
Suo Lun looked at Yan Wuzhi’s stubborn yet handsome middle-aged face and sighed softly in his heart.
Although he disparaged Yan Wuzhi verbally, his actual opinion of the man was very high.
This was a person whose strengths and weaknesses were both quite pronounced, his talent in domestic affairs incomparable, and he possessed a deep understanding of human nature. He knew how to employ people well, was upright, and resolute.
The downside was his lack of emotional intelligence, arrogance due to his talents, and stubbornness.
Even though he was merely the Chief Historian of the Governor’s Mansion of the Southeast Province, he looked down on everyone, not holding his elder brother, Prime Minister Yan Wuji, much in esteem either.
Such talent definitely required someone very strong to keep him in check and to boldly delegate powers, to protect him so he could charge ahead.
The previous Duke Zhi Wei just barely qualified as such a person, with a broad mind and a strong enough background to entrust the entirety of the Southeast Province’s domestic affairs to Yan Wuzhi.
Yet even so, Yan Wuzhi did not hold Duke Zhi Wei in high regard, thinking of him as nothing more than well-born with no real ability.
Upon Duke Zhi Wei’s beheading by Suo Lun, Yan Wuzhi felt somewhat regretful, but that was it, and he wasn’t greatly saddened.
In his view, the Southeast Province was nothing but a stepping stone for himself, Yan Wuzhi, and Duke Zhi Wei was merely a collaborator, far from being his lord.
On the other hand, Suo Lun’s current status was gained entirely through his own efforts, starting from nothing and rising to power in less than two years, leaving Zhi Li beaten and disheveled.