[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-urban-romantic-divine-doctor":3,"chapter-urban-romantic-divine-doctor-urban-romantic-divine-doctor-chapter-1163":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Urban Romantic Divine Doctor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},390987,651,"Chapter 1163 - 1160: Taking Life and Death Lightly, Fighting If You Refuse to Yield","urban-romantic-divine-doctor-chapter-1163",1163,"\u003Cp>Xuanjizi shivered, his pupils filled with fear: \"Your Majesty, do you truly intend to follow Xu Wendong’s advice?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Absolutely not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Under no circumstances!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Implementing the Examination System is fraught with difficulties. It would shake the very foundation of our Blackwater Kingdom, and a single misstep could lead us to ruin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He agreed with Xu Wendong’s suggestions on healthcare, elderly care, taxation, and even setting up schools for the common people’s children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These ideas would indeed improve the state of Blackwater Kingdom, allowing the common people to live better lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Examination System were adopted, it would certainly face much opposition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang walked outside the hall, gazing at the vast night sky, sighed softly: \"My whole life, I’ve been following my ancestors’ opinions, treading carefully while sitting on the throne.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though I am the Monarch of Blackwater Kingdom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve always wanted to break from the path set by my ancestors, to sincerely do some good for the common people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanjizi softly said: \"Conquering a country is easy, ruling it is difficult. You have been excellent already.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang: \"All along, I’ve had a dream.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wish to make Blackwater Kingdom a First-Level Cultivation Country.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want my subjects to live in this world with their heads held high.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To live with dignity and self-respect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, he looked at Xuanjizi, smiling slightly: \"Isn’t it unrealistic?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanjizi’s heart trembled fiercely, astonished by Fan Liang’s ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the shock, he said: \"Unrealistic dreams are the ones truly worth realizing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, tell me, how can I make Blackwater Kingdom a First-Level Cultivation Country?\" Fan Liang showed a pained expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanjizi was speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To reach the status of a First-Level Cultivation Country, at least five billion people are required.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackwater Kingdom has less than one hundred million population.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang quietly said: \"Actually, you and I both know, no matter how hard we strive, Blackwater Kingdom can never become a First-Level Cultivation Country.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, we can make Blackwater Kingdom better and better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Transform Blackwater Kingdom into a prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if we remain a Third-Level Cultivation Country.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the people of Blackwater Kingdom can still live with dignity in this world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What I truly want is nothing more than this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanjizi’s expression was solemn: \"Your Majesty, the late monarch entrusted me with the important duty to oversee the kingdom on his deathbed, I cannot stand idly by while you act recklessly and harm the foundation of our country!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, he added: \"Unless, I too have gone mad!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mentor, I do not wish for our relationship to become strained.\" Fan Liang’s face showed no emotion, but inside, he felt some disappointment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he had always believed that Xuanjizi was the one who understood him best.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now it seems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things were not as he imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanjizi: \"Your Majesty, this matter is no small affair, I need to carefully weigh the pros and cons! Even if I tacitly approve your stance, will the entire court’s civil and military officials agree? You know better than I do, they are the greatest resistance to change.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang said: \"I only need your opinion, as for the civil and military officials, I will remove their resistance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only wished to find an ally to stand beside him in this battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Wendong does not count.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Xu Wendong was ahead of him on this path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, take life lightly, if you don’t agree, just fight!\" Xuanjizi spoke inexplicably, then took off his long robe, revealing his thin frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"State Preceptor, what are you doing?\" Eunuch Liu was full of anxiety, even though Xuanjizi was the mentor of His Majesty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to behave like this within the Imperial City is the greatest challenge to imperial authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not mad, I am not mad, I am not mad!\" Xuanjizi, shirtless, wearing only white panties, laughed while walking out of the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang also showed a somewhat intriguing smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mentor had tacitly approved of his idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He behaved so crazily just to give the deceased father an account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Inform all civil and military officials that at tomorrow’s morning court, all Fifth Grade and above officials must not be absent!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang left a sentence and then turned to enter the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eunuch Liu quickly complied, having a premonition that this Blackwater Kingdom is about to change drastically!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>------\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden Throne Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The civil and military officials gathered together, whispering to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were accustomed to attending morning court regularly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it had been a long time since they were commanded to attend morning court in such a manner as today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surely, there was a major event occurring in Blackwater Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, Fan Liang appeared in the hall dressed in his Dragon Robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone bowed simultaneously in greeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need for the courtesies, my beloved ministers.\" Fan Liang, looking somewhat haggard, sat on the Dragon Chair: \"Yesterday in the Imperial Study, I dozed off, and in my sleep, I dreamt of a sage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That sage gave me some advice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Advice sufficient to improve the state of Blackwater Kingdom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, I have gathered you here to have you consider it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, everyone brightened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had no doubt about Fan Liang’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because before, there was a Monarch of a Third-Level Cultivation Country, who was guided in a dream by a sage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a hundred years, he advanced his country to a Second-Level Cultivation Nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang spoke the guidance of the [dream] sage: \"Collect taxes according to rank, establish a strict and distinct elder care and medical policy, open schools, educate the wandering vagrants in the wilderness, improving the public’s overall cognition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He meticulously explained these points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, everyone’s eyes lit up, if these suggestions were implemented, they would certainly improve the current state of Blackwater Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a middle-aged man voiced a different opinion: \"Your Majesty, I do not deny the sage’s advice is indeed excellent, but I do not understand one thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mortals only live for a few decades, why should we go to great lengths to do such things?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang asked calmly: \"If we strictly follow the sage’s guidance and establish a perfect elder care and medical system, do you think, would the average lifespan of mortals increase?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, his voice carried a trace of anger: \"Do not forget, every one of our ancestors was a mortal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Without those common folks, even if only we cultivators remained, could we still call it a country?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xuanjizi, excited, said: \"A few days ago Lixing changed positions, last night Your Majesty was guided by a sage in a dream, this is providence blessing our Blackwater Kingdom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone shouted in unison: \"Guided by the sage, Blackwater Kingdom’s national destiny is certain to prosper, the dragon soaring to the seas!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, Fan Liang felt a joy in his heart but feigned calmness: \"It seems my beloved ministers also greatly appreciate the sage’s guidance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire court immediately expressed that this was providence blessing Blackwater Kingdom, willing to implement these recommendations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fan Liang internally scoffed repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You all so readily accept the sage’s advice, when I announce the implementation of the Examination System, you should find no ground to oppose, right?\u003C\u002Fp>",1222,"2026-05-30T06:35:41.522Z","2026-06-01T04:30:33.480Z",1,"novelbin.me","d3d775230188ae0300ecfa91d211c714d7f86299a89d5ae8ab8e6c454cab4b82","urban-romantic-divine-doctor-chapter-1164","urban-romantic-divine-doctor-chapter-1162",1693,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Furban-romantic-divine-doctor-cover.jpg"]