Chapter 558 - 488 Sanshan Valley, Three Yellow Plum Trees
Three measures were adopted to completely draw worldly society forces into the court’s camp.
Establishing a sect ranking system and conferring official titles was tantamount to incorporating all sect forces into the court.
Setting up a Martial Arts Academy was akin to establishing a martial artist cultivation system under the court, similar to cultivating scholars through the establishment of Prefecture Schools, State Schools, and County Schools.
The martial artist supervision institution serves as both a restraint and a ladder for the advancement of the sect forces. According to Yang Zhenshan’s idea, official positions and Government Officials within the martial artist supervision institution would be selected from among the sect forces.
In this way, the court will have strong control over the civilian sect forces.
If any force resists the court, there is no need for the court to mobilize a large army; instead, a single command would suffice, and other worldly society forces would eliminate the resisting force.
Moreover, the large inclination of sect forces towards the court also benefits the collection of intelligence from worldly society for the court.
Take the Divine Sun Sect for example; in fact, many worldly society forces are more informed than the court. Although the actions of the Divine Sun Sect are secretive, they can’t escape the eyes of everyone, and there are always traces found by some.
However, these traces are hard to relay to the court.
But with the martial artist supervision institution, any sect force can convey messages to the court.
Having sect forces across the land as bases for intelligence gathering means that there should be nothing that can be kept from the court.
Yet, these three proposals all share a significant problem—they require a massive amount of Silver.