A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 523 The Great Purge is an indispensable part of the process.

Wearing the dragon robe, Jiang Shuzhou felt somewhat emotional.

This dragon robe is made of 100% pure dragon hide, using only the hide of legendary dragons.

Every Chinese person dreams of wearing a dragon robe, and Jiang Shuzhou has now realized that dream.

Although the area he ruled was already several times larger than China, wearing the dragon robe still stirred his emotions.

A man is a boy until he dies. I had never made up for this part before, but now that I have, I feel much better.

"All my beloved subjects, please rise. The ground is cold, so don't catch a cold."

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Shuzhou, dressed in a dragon robe and reclining on the dragon throne, didn't seem like a wise ruler at all.

However, naturally no one dared to criticize him, after all, this was the Ovi Empire, not ancient China.

For these people, the feudal centralized system of ancient China was already quite advanced.

After all, this place still operates under a system that combines feudalism and serfdom.

The administrative efficiency is extremely low.

In the prime plane, where true kings and nobles are born, this is quite normal; it's in places like the Mage Alliance that it's truly unbelievable.

After all, where individual power reaches its peak, there is bound to be strongman politics, and this strongman is both powerful and has a strong personality.

The mages are powerful but not particularly assertive, which is why they were able to create that semi-democratic system.

However, Jiang Shuzhou was deeply influenced by Chinese culture, and his demand for the government was strong intervention. That's why the Soth Society basically took care of everything a person needed, from clothing and food to housing, transportation, and even birth, aging, illness, and death.

Extreme responsibility and dedication represent extreme loyalty.

Although corruption still occurs within the academy, Jiang Shuzhou turns a blind eye to it. It's not that the academy is unaware of it, but rather that it's too lazy to care.

To Jiang Shuzhou, these people were nothing more than pigs that he fattened up to be slaughtered.

If it's not fattened up yet, or if it's still useful, then we'll leave it alone.

But what about in the future...?

When the time comes, once the evidence is presented, we can simply make an arrest.

Hot-swappable, very convenient and quick.

Take, for example, the nobles of Mendetke.

This time when attending court, Jiang Shuzhou specifically instructed that none of these people be brought along.

He planned to open the granaries and distribute grain. After all, for Jiang Shuzhou, he only needed the labor of ordinary people to do the work, and he didn't need their food. Moreover, this place was full of private slaves of nobles, so who would make up for the labor shortage that Jiang Shuzhou lacked?

Of course, the so-called granaries were the private granaries of the nobles.

At this very moment, the puppets have already mobilized. As the agents of Jiang Shuzhou's will, they have always been adept at suppressing counter-revolutionaries.

For Jiang Shuzhou, the Great Purge was an unavoidable part of the process.

"New list, kill them all."

Through commands from the management system, the fakes received that long list.

They quickly sprang into action, deploying troops, pinpointing the enemy's location, and blocking their escape routes to ensure they could not escape.

These hypocrites are already familiar with what they do every day.

Meanwhile, Jiang Shuzhou's side was also going through the procedures.

"I am a man from another world, and now I am being enfeoffed as a king in a foreign land. I shall naturally name myself Qi, in order to honor my ancestors."

As a Chinese, Jiang Shuzhou naturally has an ancestor, Jiang Ziya, and as his descendant, Jiang Shuzhou has inherited some of his characteristics.

For example, they like to beat up gods.

In the past, our ancestors wielded a whip to lash out at the gods. As a descendant, Jiang Shuzhou naturally followed suit and embarked on the same path as his ancestors.

On another note, would our ancestors have liked being farmers? After all, their whip skills were superb, so wouldn't it be a perfect fit to whip Nigger?

"Your Majesty is wise!"

When Liam, a white man, said such things, Jiang Shuzhou could hardly contain himself, no matter how many times.

"Alright, Lord Liam, you have rendered meritorious service in helping the emperor rise to power, so you should be given a few get-out-of-jail-free cards in the future."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liam was overjoyed upon hearing this. What was this? A get-out-of-jail-free card! That was something that could even exempt someone from the death penalty. Could it be something bad?

This is trust, this is security!

He clearly didn't know that the "immunity card" didn't actually exempt him from death.

"By my decree, the Mendetek nobles, who are arrogant and domineering, oppressing the people, abducting women, indulging in debauchery, desecrating corpses, and disregarding human ethics, are hereby ordered to be executed!"

Compared to the nobles of Mahabé, the nobles of Mendetek were even more ruthless.

Mahabre was merely someone who ate people when he had nothing better to do, but by the time they reached Mendetek, these nobles were no longer human. They were capable of anything, even deliberately modifying others to satisfy their twisted desires.

That's insane.

It's entirely designed to torture people.

Even a seasoned mage like Jiang Shuzhou frowned upon seeing those depraved scenes.

That's practically Slaanesh's way of doing things.

However, these people will never have the chance to continue harming the people.

Soon, a few seconds after Jiang Shuzhou gave the order, one by one, terrified heads were brought up on plates by the soldiers.

There were even more than a dozen empty plates.

"You...can't!"

With a soft thud, the kneeling civil officials felt footsteps all around them, followed by warm blood splattering onto their bodies.

Looking up furtively, all they could see were the heads of their once spirited colleagues, backed by powerful nobles. Their heads were placed on plates and presented to Jiang Shuzhou by a soldier kneeling on one knee.

Some civil officials felt a chill run down their spines and quickly touched their necks.

"Am I...am I still alive?"

They asked the others in trembling voices to confirm whether their heads were still there.

"You all had some flaws in the past, but since you are alive, that's not a big problem, so I won't pursue it. But I hope you can fully understand that I am different from those nobles."

Jiang Shuzhou said calmly, this time without using any flowery language.

"Your previous wages were too low; it was difficult to even support your families. How about this, I'll make the decision: first, I'll give you a bonus equivalent to three years' salary, as a reward for the humanity you still possess. Then, I'll increase your wages to five times their original amount. What do you think?"

These words immediately caused an uproar among the crowd.

"Your Majesty is righteous and benevolent, loving towards the people and all living things, and your benevolent governance benefits the people..."

"Please feel free to give me your orders!"

The Chinese culture they had memorized overnight now came in handy.

As the saying goes, what the superiors do, the subordinates will follow. Since their immediate superior, Jiang Shuzhou, is Chinese, they naturally couldn't possibly be ignorant of this; at most, they would only have a superficial understanding.

It's perfect for flattering people now.

Using carrots and sticks, combining kindness and severity, this old-fashioned approach still works.

With a satisfied smile, Jiang Shuzhou snapped his fingers and distributed a system to each of these people.

Loyalty cannot be achieved by mere words.