Otherworld Advance Team-Chapter 1767 - 1760: Assisting with Reforms

The atmosphere at the banquet was very harmonious, and both sides engaged in good communication and exchange.

What surprised Luo’er a little was that, despite being a commoner, Yi Xiang was even more composed than expected. She was almost intimately aware of everything about the Liangyu Mansion and could even express some of her own views on current politics.

Obviously, this was the main reason Yi Xiang could marry into the Yichuan Clan. Rather than being particularly concerned with her status, the Yichuan Clan, as leaders of the Wen Family, seemed to value talent more.

Coming from a business background, Yi Xiang was adept at financial management, and she was responsible for most of the financial operations of the Yichuan Clan. As the Young Mansion Mistress, she had a high decision-making authority and could independently decide on policies significant enough to alter the operations of the Liangyu Mansion.

Moreover, judging by her speech and behavior, she seemed to be very fond of her husband. Their relationship was clearly not just a political marriage; she genuinely liked Yichuan Fei.

This kind of thing seemed quite common in Kyushu since the prevalence of the Wu Family made the Kyushu people care less about traditional rites and teachings.

On the one hand, this could lead to intensified social conflicts, making them hard to resolve. But on the other hand, the Kyushu people, breaking through moral teachings, were more courageous in facing their true needs.

The reason Huayu Ting concealed his relationship with Fei Yu was not because of Fei Yu’s humble beginnings and her former status as a slave. It was merely because she was from the Demon Clan, that’s all.

If Fei Yu were not from the Demon Clan, Huayu Ting wouldn’t have so many concerns, and perhaps the tragedy of the Huayu Family wouldn’t have happened.

Due to the randomness of cultivation talents, male superiority over females did not exist in the East Continent. Because for a family, as long as a person, whether male or female, had excellent talent, they should be cultivated instead of overlooking one for the other.

In a society where martial prowess is paramount, cultivating more cultivators is the fastest way to enhance family strength.

Therefore, once a person with cultivation talent is identified, regardless of gender, the family will invest resources in their development.

This also resulted in another form of gender equality. Even in large families, women still had a voice, could express their opinions, and were not easily oppressed by the family.

Ultimately, all social contradictions boil down to class contradictions.

In the East Continent, all social contradictions could actually be attributed to the conflict between cultivators and non-cultivators, the latter naturally occupying a position of oppression.

Under such divisions, gender, race, and even status become insignificant.

Those unable to cultivate, even if they become the current Emperor Wu, still fail to gain others’ respect. Conversely, those with cultivation potential, even if they are women or just beggars, will have resources invested in them for training.

Of course, large families tend to prioritize nurturing their talents first. Only when they lack talent do they consider introducing it from outside.

Although the Yichuan Clan is the leader of the Wen Family and should uphold Wen Family’s rites, they originated from the Wu Family and thus don’t particularly care about rites.

So, for them, it’s not impossible for a woman to run the house, especially after Yi Xiang showed exceptional talent, making her naturally become the actual decision-maker of the whole Liangyu Mansion’s operations.

It seems, upon reflection, that although Yichuan Qing is the patriarch of the Yichuan Clan, he is also a Hundred Chief of the current dynasty and has no time to attend to family affairs, leaving it to the eldest son, Yichuan Fei, to handle.

Though Yichuan Fei holds a current position, he is also an official of the Imperial Court. Therefore, he can only roughly manage family affairs or leave them in the hands of his wife.

This relationship among the three is akin to a board director, a manager, and a secretary. The true manager of the entire family affairs should be Yi Xiang as the secretary.

Thinking of this, Luo’er couldn’t help but be curious about how Yi Xiang manages family affairs. If clansmen cause trouble, could she handle it as Yichuan Fei would?

One should know, although there’s no male superiority over females in Kyushu, it doesn’t equate to gender equality. Besides, Yi Xiang is not only a commoner but also a non-cultivator, placing her in a position of oppression within Kyushu’s conflicts.

Therefore, Luo’er was very eager to know if Yi Xiang encountered troublesome cultivator clansmen, whether she possessed the ability to maintain control.

"What is the Saint thinking about?" Noticing Luo’er’s introspection, Yi Xiang couldn’t help but curiously ask.

"Nothing much," Luo’er smiled faintly, saying, "I have known your brother for a long time but never knew he had such a brilliant sister."

Strictly speaking, Luo’er and Boyan were not familiar. Because all the contact with Boyan was conducted by Cheng Ziang, who at that time was more involved in handling the Demon Clan’s promotional work.

"The Saint exaggerates," Yi Xiang smiled charmingly, lowered her eyelids, and said, "I did a few years as a study companion in my childhood, so I know a little about book reasoning."

"Oh, then is that when Madam became acquainted with the Yichuan Young Mansion?" Luo’er asked with interest.

Considering that the matter of accompanying studies mostly related to the Wen Family, Luo’er had reason to believe that Yi Xiang might have been Yichuan Fei’s study companion.

Sure enough, upon hearing Luo’er’s inquiry, Yi Xiang blushed and lowered her head, showing a shy and unwilling demeanor.

Such behavior could only prove that the relationship between Yi Xiang and Yichuan Fei was not as simple as a mere arranged marriage. They grew up together like Huayu Ting and his wife, no wonder Yi Xiang always looked joyful whenever Yichuan Fei was mentioned.

Reflecting on this, Luo’er couldn’t help but sigh, sometimes the rule of the Wu Family wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. At least, this society provided relatively equal opportunities; as long as one could cultivate, they could rise above others.

However, he also understood well that the magic system in the Otherworld was extremely cruel. Whether one could cultivate or learn magic was basically predetermined at birth.

Whether people from the Western Continent could learn magic, or to what level they could learn, was decided at birth with no possibility of change.

Though the East Continent was somewhat better, cultivation, in essence, still belonged to a form of magic. No matter how diligent a person is, or how abundant the resources, ultimately they could not break through the limitations of their own talents.

However, individual inequality should not become an assistant for social inequality. A civilized society should ensure equality for all, despite differences.

Nowadays, with Earth’s weapons continually entering, the Western Continent’s social structure is gradually moving toward an equal state.

The nobles of the Western Continent still controlled the qualifications to learn magic, but Earth-manufactured firearms circulating among the populace have become an important weapon for ordinary people to resist the nobles.

The power of modern weapons enabled the Western Continent’s nobles and commoners to reach a state of equality in terms of martial strength for the first time, thus fostering relative social equality.

Therefore, although it may sound shameless, to achieve relative equality, the East Continent might need to export weapons or continually develop firearms, achieving a state of equal martial strength between cultivators and non-cultivators.

On the second day after the banquet, Yichuan Fei finally arrived tardily. He took the initiative to come to Luo’er’s residence to inform him of the Imperial Court’s stance.

According to Yichuan Fei’s description, the Cabinet government of the Dongsheng Empire, in principle, agreed to all the requests proposed by Luo’er, without adding any conditions, only hoping that the Advance Team would assist the Dongsheng Empire in completing military reform.

Since the battle of West Outer Heaven, the military system of the Dongsheng Empire had faced criticism from both the court and the public, signaling the end of the civil captain-and-military general combination mode.

Therefore, the Wen Family Imperial Court urgently hoped for military reform aimed at weeding out Wu Family’s elements in the army, ensuring the military was fully under the Wen Family Court’s control.

This civil captain-and-military general combination mode was essentially the result of the Wen Family’s continuous encroachment and the Wu Family’s constant concessions.

Since the establishment of the Dongsheng Empire, the military had been under the control of the Wu Family, which was how they built the Bailong Clan’s dominion.

But as the Wen Family ascended the political stage of the Empire, it became natural for them to reach out to the military. After all, a group without a military, no matter how grandiose, ultimately was just like a grasshopper after autumn.

At that time, the Wen Family constructively proposed the civil captain-and-military general combination system, ostensibly maximizing the respective roles of the commanders and generals, but in fact, relying on the commanders to monopolize military command.

Ever since, the military generals of the Dongsheng Empire could only charge into battle, while the task of commanding the army fell to the commanders inserted by the Wen Family.

This situation persisted for over a hundred years. Now, the Wen Family Court is no longer satisfied with the military being commanded by civil captains. They need a reform that merges generals and commanders, eliminating separate military generals, requiring cultivators to go into battle under the management of Wen Family commanders.

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