[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1010":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1544245,2006,"Chapter 1010 - 1010 1005 Full Belly Rebellion","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1010",1010,"\u003Cp>1010: Chapter 1005: Full Belly Rebellion 1010: Chapter 1005: Full Belly Rebellion He had always been a pragmatic man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Highness King Jin, I feel you might have misunderstood the Emperor’s decree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What misunderstanding?” King Jin’s heart skipped a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Edicts, the throne—these were matters that could instantly agitate his nerves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Jie bowed and said, “The Emperor meant that only the one who resolves this natural and man-made disaster could be named Crown Prince, yet Your Highness, you have only focused on the rumors of man-made calamities, neglecting the natural disaster that preceded it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the common people are displaced and starving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with some deliberately stirring the pot, that is why we see rampant rumors today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they are living in hardship and barely surviving, they think this is a divine punishment, believing the Emperor has angered the heavens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if Your Highness could enable them to survive and live well, they would naturally feel blessed by heaven and awed by imperial mercy, shattering the rumors without a fight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lord Huanzhi spoke with such relevance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wasn’t a top-tier loyal official, who would offer such candid and heartfelt advice during such sensitive times?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a shame that his advice fell upon the wrong ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s what Huanzhi thought, but King Jin did not see it that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He believed the situation was clearly orchestrated by someone intending to use the disaster to usurp the imperial power, while Huanzhi was talking about it as if it was merely a matter of people not eating and drinking well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself had been staying in this godforsaken place, and even was struggling to eat well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See, he never complained; he could swallow down the steamed buns and vegetables just fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>King Jin, with furrowed brows, said dryly, “Lord Jie, you are a scholar and a minister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I understand your thoughts very well, but Lord Jie ah, you are thinking too simply…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled over a stool and invited Huanzhi to sit down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Jie, please have a seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I will explain this slowly to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huanzhi wore a long-suffering expression, not needing to listen to know what King Jin would say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like playing the lute to a cow or preaching to birds—how could their thought patterns, one focused on the people, the other on power, ever align?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the man was King Jin, and no matter how impatient Huanzhi was, he could only sit down and listen to his lofty speeches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lord Jie, in recent days, I’ve noticed these seditious commoners harbor thoughts of rebellion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why haven’t they rebelled yet?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it because they’ve not eaten their fill and lack the strength to do so?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you believe, if they had enough food now, they would surely seize you and me, perhaps even kill us to make a statement?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huanzhi couldn’t even muster a bitter smile, just sat dumbly, waiting for King Jin to expound further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t be so naïve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s not discuss our current lack of food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if we had vast amounts, we certainly can’t satiate them, thus giving them the strength to rise against us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huanzhi silently shifted his gaze to the window, looking at the frail women and children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Unless we capture and execute those instigating rumors, I dare not devote myself wholeheartedly to rescue these disaster victims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we feed them and they rise in rebellion, wouldn’t I become a criminal to the nation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huanzhi’s lips twitched slightly as he responded faintly, “But they are nearly starving to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young may cope, but the elderly and children are already frail; they can’t endure much more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t that even better?” King Jin laughed, pointing at an old toothless woman, “Look at her, she must be over seventy, no teeth left, can’t even eat properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she survives this half year, how much longer can she live?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One year?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or three?”\u003C\u002Fp>",652,"2026-06-06T06:55:03.124Z",1,"novelbin.me","be97cc7d091cba5ad8c5bc81a88722f4718a4de28b98614c736853d899a9a9e3","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1011","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-1009",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]