Chapter 1758: I Admit We Are All Dim-Witted Rulers

"I have a statistical table here on the origin of anomalous events."

In the bewildered gazes of the kings, Li Ang, who had been prepared long ago, touched his cufflinks, took out a board from the Mirror World and set it on the table, then pointed to the most prominent pie chart in the middle:

"Over the past fifteen years, the Cleaning Bureau's branch has handled a total of 1,902 anomalous events, among which 21 were outer god invasions, 63 were extreme behaviors of various churches, 205 were naturally formed dangerous environments, and demon sacrifices and Sea Clan attacks..."

After simply explaining the meaning represented by each small sector, Li Ang raised his hand and pointed to the largest sector, saying with an expressionless face:

"Finally, there are anomalous events born from ordinary people due to various realistic problems, totaling 1,236 cases, accounting for 65% of the origins of all anomalous events. And almost every one of these anomalous events has a direct relationship with improper governance.

And it is not just the Lvzhou Kingdom that has such problems; the situation in other kingdoms is equally bad. According to the internal statistics of other Zodiac branches, in each of the Twelve Kingdoms, the proportion of anomalous events born from ordinary people is basically above 50%.

So theoretically speaking, more than 50% of our Cleaning Bureau's current work is caused by the overly inferior governance level of various countries. As kings of the Twelve Kingdoms, everyone should take the main responsibility!"

?!!!

No! The situation is not right!

After hearing Li Ang's accusation, the kings at the "Anti-Food God" table suddenly reacted. It turned out that these "main topics" were not just smoke screens for convening the assembly; they also contained the Food God's calculations!

The Food God took this opportunity to wantonly criticize the current governance level of the Twelve Kingdoms, not to ask for benefits for the Cleaning Bureau, but to harbor evil intentions!

Next, as long as he takes out another unknown chart to prove that after the Queen of Lvzhou ascended to the throne, the proportion, quantity, and intensity of anomalous events have all shown a significant decline, he can prove that her governance level is far higher than other kingdoms.

And as for what will be discussed later, I'm afraid it won't be paid protection or deepening cooperation, but how to promote Lvzhou's governance method, so that the Food God can extend his magic claws to other kingdoms!

As for the Cleaning Bureau... significantly reducing the number of anomalous events has unspeakable benefits for them; how could the Cleaning Bureau possibly oppose it?

"Your Excellency Li Ang!"

After seeing through Li Ang's "sinister intentions," the Queen of Mo Erna hurriedly questioned:

"Setting aside whether your statistical chart is accurate, your attribution method itself has a big problem!

Governing a country is a very complex thing; it is not something that a king can decide alone. Moreover, the strength of the country, resources and products, geographical location, folk customs, etc., will all lead to completely different results. It cannot be simply attributed to improper governance!"

"Her Majesty Liena's words make a lot of sense."

After the Queen of Mo Erna finished speaking, the sickly king of the Green Kingdom hurriedly stood up to help:

"For example, the Lvzhou Kingdom under Her Majesty Weiluonika's rule—in the past, Lvzhou was defeated in the war with the North Kingdom, two counties were completely smashed, and it suffered immense losses. Various contradictions and problems in the country continued to intensify, which naturally led to the outbreak of anomalous events.

But recently, Your Excellency Li Ang has taken action many times, not only helping the Lvzhou Kingdom eat up the technology and workers of the Keluoke Kingdom, but even directly changing the former king who had an extremely tough attitude toward Lvzhou, and supporting a new queen who is... somewhat close to you to ascend to the throne, forcibly eliminating the war.

And at the same time, the Lvzhou Kingdom, which has solved internal and external troubles and whose national strength is growing rapidly, naturally improves quickly compared to the past. The number of anomalous events will presumably also decrease significantly, but I'm afraid this cannot be counted as Her Majesty Weiluonika's governance, right?"

"..."

Done!

Watching the Food God, who looked surprised after hearing the words of the sickly king, and the two directors beside him who had fallen into deep thought, the hearts of the "Anti-Li Ang" kings couldn't help but let out a long breath.

The sharp-minded Queen of Mo Erna first found the loophole and refuted Li Ang's rough and forced attribution, making his argument that "the governance of the Twelve Kingdoms should take the main responsibility" no longer tenable.

And the sickly king immediately followed up, pointing out that the improvement of the Lvzhou Kingdom's situation was not because of governance problems, but because it sacrificed the interests of the Keluoke and North kingdoms to forcibly support it, blocking Li Ang's plan to use the Lvzhou Kingdom's situation as an example.

This wave of cooperation is really...

"Awesome!"

In the astonished gazes of the "Anti-Li Ang" kings, the Food God, whose argument was refuted and whose subsequent planning was blocked in advance, actually showed a somewhat pleasantly surprised look on his face.

"I thought I would have to explain it slowly, but I didn't expect the two majesties to grasp the key points themselves!"

After praising the Queen of Mo Erna and the sickly king, in the suspicious gazes of the "Anti-Li Ang" kings, Li Ang said with a full smile:

"My view is the same as the two majesties. The main reason why the Lvzhou Kingdom's situation has improved significantly is not the level of governance, but absorbing the technology of the Keluoke Kingdom, solving economic problems, and improving the relationship with the North Kingdom, solving war problems.

In other words, it is material abundance and the elimination of potential war threats. And what I have always wanted to do is to help the countries under everyone's rule obtain these two benefits through large-scale resource allocation, let the situation of other kingdoms also improve, and then significantly reduce the birth of anomalous events."

Mutual benefit, eliminating war...

"..." xn

After a quite long silence, whether it was the kings at the Anti-Li Ang table or the queens at the Scandal table, they almost simultaneously found the agenda form sent by the Cleaning Bureau before the assembly started, and flipped straight to the part belonging to "new ideas" at the back.

And among a series of "related subsidiary topics," the two that were specifically written in large characters and ranked at the very front were exactly:

Maintain large-scale international trade for a long time, carry out resource allocation, stabilize mutual benefit, and guarantee the material foundation of various countries—Proposed by: Lvzhou Kingdom

Strengthen international communication, solve contradictions in advance, dilute conflicts, and then reduce the intensity of war, or even eliminate war—Proposed by: Lvzhou Kingdom

Proposed by: Lv! Zhou! Kingdom!

After the harsh sound of flipping pages completely stopped, the Anti-Li Ang kings looked down at the two bright Lvzhou emblems, and then looked up at the Food God, who had an expression of "you guys are really on the ball," and only felt a sudden stabbing pain in their hearts.

Maintaining large-scale trade and mutual benefit is not a problem; everyone has done this in the past. But the purpose of doing this in the past was for the massive profits brought by large-scale trade, and now the primary purpose is to become resource allocation... Then who will lead this allocation?

Resolving contradictions and eliminating war is also not a problem; after all, fighting less is a good thing for everyone. But the problem is that contradictions intense enough to require war to solve mean that the conditions of the two sides cannot be negotiated, and someone has to suffer... But who decides which side suffers?

Besides the Food God, who is a director of the Cleaning Bureau, the lover of six queens, and proposed these two ideas, who else could it be?

And if the Food God really wins these two proposals, then not only will my foreign trade be managed by others, but even whether to fight or not will depend on his face? If he doesn't agree, I might not even have the qualification to fight?

Then what kind of king am I? I might as well kneel down and kowtow to him on the spot and just recognize him as my father!

Watching the Food God, who was not in a hurry to press the attack but was smiling and looking at them, seemingly waiting for them to express their stance, the Anti-Li Ang kings couldn't help but feel their scalps go numb.

Looking at this meaning, if I didn't stand up to refute the Food God just now, I would have to accept the hat of poor governance and be forced to accept Lvzhou's "guidance." But if I stood up to confront him, I would have to incidentally confront the Lvzhou Kingdom, which is equivalent to admitting his two "new ideas"?

This... how come it's blocked at both ends?!

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